The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-19
Michigan in
Washington
By ESTHER V. w. TuFTY

III dlther' Should they call a
FINALE member a lady or a
| "gentlewoman"?
In the August House, a male
member is identified as the gentle.
man from such and such state. But
there's no uniformity In addressing
the women.
Top notch parliamentarian Earl
Kitchener, of Adrian. says ia iy".
but he made the observation that
some OF our most fluent orators
always say the gentle LADY,. But
| Majority Leader Mccormack hum
ously objected on the basis that all
ladies are not gentle.
Not a woman's voice was raised
during this solemn debate. AL
through Mccormack did suggest
that the nine ladies' women, gentle
women, gentle ladies or what have
you be called in for consultation.
Still the men argued on. Die
dionaries were referred to. but that
didn't help either 4 lady" was
defined many ways including IA
woman to whom obedience is due"
That would never do. 4 gentle.
woman was defined by Webster
as a woman of good family or
breeding. So what?
Back in Speaker Longworth's
time, it was ruled that gentlewom-
en- was the accepted term, even II
cumbersome and "a mouthful".
OF course, il the gentlemen had
just asked the obvious person to
ask. the dean of the distaff side
OF the House. Mary Norton of New
Jersey, they would have received
n quick and sane solution.
Says the woman who has been
in the House longer than anyone
else. Why not call everyon Just
a member? over on the Senate
side the form of address Is sena-
tor not gentleman so it does not
have to be changed II the member
is a woman.
The Jersey City legislators sug-
gestion is in keeping with her lorg
time desire that women be consid-
cred as people" not women.
Some find a slap at Vermont Re-
publican Warren Austin, the most
out'and-out of Republican interna-
tionalists, in the naming of Senator
Arthur Vandenberg to the United
Nations conference in San Franci-
SEQ. But judging from invitations
to the House side, it would seem
that the President was simply Sc
] ting on an Official ranking basis.
He named ranking members from
both committees dealing with for
eign affairs.
Nor is a slap seen at Thomas
Dewey in the naming of Harold
Stasser After all the commander
is ION call" and a devout interna-
tionalist. II the titular COP head
were at the meeting, the emphasis
might shift to partisan politics.
The naming of oman, Virginia
Gildersleeve. is a triumph for E.ea-
nor Roosevelt, who spearheaied the
protest at the absence of women
from such leace making confer
ences as Dumarbton Oaks.
Fred Crawford, OF Saginaw,
charges that Congress Is giTen the
run-around in the drafting of young
men on the farms. Said Crawford:
I'VE are told there's no idea Of cir
cumventing the Tydings amend.
ment but their underlings are out
in the field putting tie pressure on
local boards to induct s'illed farm
ers". (The Tydings amendment call
ed for review of yolng farmers
t. screen out the essential from
the non-essent'alD
Michigan Is known we'll in Rus.
sia. The FEA in Washington has
decided to make public the great
contribution of vehicles-for-war.
For some time the extent of su"h
aid to Russia has been hush-h'' sh.
The exact output of each plant IS
still unrevealed, but partially the
story Is told because. some Of the
powers-that-b in Washington say
lets give credit where credit is
due.
Michigan.made trucks on lend
lease helped the Soviet armies
solve some Of the most difficult
problems of transportation asso-
ciated with drive against the Nazis
on the Eastern front. Up to 1915
some $4,000 motor trucks went to
the Soviet-and more than three
million sets of tires. The largest
individual group consisted of 49,
S59 Of the Pa ton tyre trucks built
by Yellow Truck and Coach divi-
sions of General Motors. REQ. and
Studebaker. Also moe 24j dues"
by Yellow Coach. Each vehicle