The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-16
Observations
Extension of Good
Neighbor Policy to
Result in Dispute
BY Helen Esssry

OF congress GU the iItSlubul IT,
quest that Congress extend the "A
ministration's program of cultural
relations" the Good Neighbor
policy-to other countries than
those Of Latin and South america.
Critics Of certain activities carried
out so far south OF the Dor
der will be waiting with plen-
~ Of ammunition 10 FIRE at the new
legislation.
Bills covering the White House
request were introduced in both
Senate and House. But the Sen
ate Foreign Relations committee
decided 10 pass over the meas
ure in that body and let the House
Foreign Affairs Committee start
running with the ball first Rep
-resentative Sol Bloom CD Of New
York. chairman of the House
group and sponsor OF the House
bill is giving the bill priority on
his agenda.
Bloom saw nothing surprising
in the Senate action, inasmuch as
the House was given first cracI at
such similar legislation as the
UNRRA and lend-lease bills
AFTER MONTHS OF TALK.
vital postwar legislation is begin
ming to move in Congress. The
Senate has suatched the lead
away from the House and is be
ginning to jam through the legisla.
tive program recommended by Ber-
nard NJ Baruch.
The first OF the bills to be pass
ed by the Senate is the George
Murray measure setting up, ma
chinery for the settlement of can
celled war contracts.
This is the most urgent of the
bills TO be tied up and the war
business boom might turn into
tailspin
Next in line are bills providing
for disposition of surplus war pro
perty and plants, and for handl-
ing unemployment compensation
program for millions OF discharged
war workers.
The House is in jam on post
war legislation. Its Military Az
fairs Committee reported one kind
Of contract termination bill. its
Naval Affairs Committee another
kind OF bill
The House special committee on
postwar economic policy has now
tackled the job OF ironing out the
talgle. Speaker Sam Rayburn,
sponsor OF the postwar committee,
is determined to bring the military
committee-which wants TO give
Comptroller General Lindsay War
rem a veto" power on settlements
into line.
The postwar committee is eX-
pected TO report a bill shortly that
will follow the main lines OF the
George Murray bill. which denies
Warren the veto he seeks.
THE OPA ANNOUNCEMENT
ending all meat .rationing expect
that on beef steaks and roasts drew
a look OF suspicion from some Re-
publicans. One OF them, Senator
Bushfeld (Rl Of South Dakota,
who has held there has been no
necessity for rationing, said the
OPA move was TO be expected
with an election coming up.
Republicans generally, however,
credit Administrator Chester Bow
les with doing a good job. They
still frown at recollections OF Leon
H anderson.
1T LOOKS AS If THERE A
LONG ROAD ahead before the
Washington sedition trial reaches
a verdict in the case Of IS men
and two women charged with try
ing 10 undermine the morale OF the
armed forces. Lawyers in tbs
case, in fact. are quipping about
forming a "Seditiou Trial Bar As
ISOLATION"
Meanwhile. the prosecution, try
ing 10 keep the record free OF any
thing on which the Supreme Court
might reverse a conviction. faces
lurking hazards every stepLof the
way.
How easily a slip can occur was
illustrated when Chief Prosecutor
o. John Royce. discussing a minor
matter Of bail bonds, let out the
fact, in the presence Of prospec-
tive jurors. that there had been
previous indictments OF more OF
the 81 defendants. Chief Justice
Edward c. Eicher later disqualified
all OF the veniremen present at the
tine.
The court faces tremendous or.
deal Defense lawyers are bonn
harding Justice Eicher with obiec-
tons and motions. hoping that
somewhere he will give a wrong
answer that will furnish grounds
for reversal