The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-23
Observations
Many in Capital
Head For COP.
Convention
BY Helen Esssry

hdlA OF Oll4Nlhl W dsulAELbu -
packing its bags for Chicago and
the gathering there on June IS OF
the Republican hopefuls. Despite
the cut and dried program that
awaits the delegates, and the pros
pect OF news scarcity In the goinss
on there. many newspapers sent
their respondents out a week
before the opening day
I've been wondering about the
mood OF the convention. Would IL
he the usual compound OF bands.
waving flags, back-slapping favor
tie sons and smoke.iilled rooms?
called Robert Prichard. the Repub.
lican National Committees Mum.
Der Two man az the job OF selling
the country the virtues OF the G. o.
P. and asked about the prospect OF
good cheer at his convention.
The theme Of the convention
will be patriotism" said Prichard.
We are going 10 cut down the
number OF bands. o course. there
will be music. But none OF the old.
time hurrah. Flags Oh, yes, some
in the convention hall. But not all
over the place as they used TO be.
Elephants Absolutely not.
Tied 10 string and being led
around 10 whip up the crowd? No.
Stree Il isn't going to be neces-
ssry 10 have party mascots this
time. This isn't circus we are put.
ting on. We've got real business to
transact
All convention speeches will be
shorter than ever before, Prichard
promised. Seconding speeches will
be limited to 10 minutes. Former
President Herbert Hoover is a.
lowed a speech OF IS minutes. Mrs.
Calre Luce, who some people think
may stampede the convention and
get herself nominated for the vice
presidency. will talk for so min
utes
Hoover and Mrs. Luce have al
ready sent their speeches in TO the
Republican national committee,
where they are being peppered up
or flattened out as the need calls.
How long Governor Warren OF Cal
ifornia will talk is as yet uncertain.
He has'n yet submitted his key
note speech 20 headquarters.
The Democrats have not gotten
down 10 convention routine. Their
committee on arrangements met in
Chicago June Is and IS. At the mo-
ment there are still some delegates
unnamed
But things will whip up in no
time and as for that choice OF vice
presidential nominee why, any
thing can happen.
Some people think the northern
Democrats can be made 10 agree
with the southern, the eastern. the
middle western, the northwestern,
and the western Democrats (bis
country, this), and line Henry A.
Wallace up for vice president
Some people-not Democrats -
say Mr. Roosevelt has the conven-
tion-and the country-and the
world-on the spot and can get any
thing he wants done. Anyhow the
vice presidential nomination will
be the only fun the Democratic
meeting OF mid.July will provide.
asked Miss Virginia Rishel, who
gets out the Democratic Digest. Of
fetal publication OF the Democratic
National Committee, II she thought
her party's Chicago meeting would
be merry one.
oh. no. said the wise Virginia.
"On the contrary. Hannegan, our
national chairman, has passed the
word down the line We've got TO
get down to work at once. get the
work done and get out as fast as
possible. This is no time for sky
lsrking or cheering.
Speaking OF the international in
Huence. suppose there will be a
lot said in words OF many syllables
al both conventions about our for
eign policy"
Well. it is not surprising that we
have no concrete foreign policy.
Actually most OF the people In this
country aren't interested in a for
eign policy simply because most OF
the people in this country are not
interested in foreign countries.
II will take a powerful amount OF
sales talk 70 persuade half the
country that the troubles and hates
Of Europe Asia and Africa are our
responsibility foreyermore. And II
isn't impeding the war effort TO
say this
still hope. maybe II is Polly.
annish wish, but | don't apologize
for il, that some day some genius
will sell the world the idea OF the
stupidity OF war Could anything be
more imbecile than the way we
killed, MANNED. and starved the
Italians when they were fighting
with the Nszis, and then suddenly
changed to loving, feeding, srming
and clothing the Italians the mo.
ment we captured Rome?
Before the war is over We may be
killing Italians once more. Four.
legged animals aren't half as dumb
as We. the two-legged creatures
provided by nature with what Is
supposed 10 be a thinking mind.
Four.legged animals fight only
when they have to and when they
IRE mad