The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-30
Observations
These Days
Hectic For
Capital correspondents
BY HELEN ESSARN
Ry HELEN EssARY

BY HELEN ESSARY
This village, This week And last
week, And next week
Via; a scething spot The watch
DO. chat threatened never TO boil
IS ruaniug out over the flames.
sputeginr Flashing green and red
lights. What could happen next
What do you do now?
Did YOU tear over TO Congress
% listen in on the Pearl Harbor in
,esIea,ilnc Bat +; YOU dix that you
missed General OF the Army Dwight
Fiseahower's testimony before the
Senate Military Affairs comm L
tee
on the other hand you wanted 20
hear Adm. Ernest King. say what
he thought about universe. military
training 10 the House Military Al
fairs Committee.
And what were you going 10 do
about the UNRRA hearings before
the Foreisn Affairs Committee with
Director Herbert Lehman For the
sake Of fair play. you really ought
70 have heard the truth about IN
IRA. Are United States efforts at
relief and rehabilitation abroad as
bad as some people say?
Suppose you did all that. suppose
YOU even tried TO do all that-then
YOU probably missed a good press
conference at the White House. II
Won could only be al nine places at
once. including the hair dressers,
and meanwhile leave your 10 fin
gers somewhere 10 have a mani
cure.
You had to start somewhere.
Take Pearl Harbor. Take 1t l. you
can plow your way through the
mountains Of maps and releases at
tentive Senatorial Gallery Manag-
ers Harold Beckley, Joseph Wills
and Howard Dawes would give you
at the request OF the committee.
Or was It at request OF the Army
and Navy?
One more map on the wall or in
the hand and you would be so con-
fused you wouldn't understand any
thing Perhaps somebody wanted
YOU 10 be confused. Did you ever
see so much khaki and gold braid?
And what a pretty sight are the
test.fying generals and admirais
saving sir" to the members OF
Congress and the press.
Let US suppose you refused to
miss General Eisenhower. And he
was way over on the House side.
Pushing your way through the mob
of standees you hesitated outside
the Caucus room where the facts
about Pearl Harbor were struggling
TO hide their heads.
What would be the best way to
get to the House side? You took
an elevator. Hoped it was the right
one. Now you were down in the
basement. Now in one Of those fool
ish little tunnel roller-coaster cars.
Now in more strange subterranean
passages. Now into an elevator.
Now down the long marble corri-
dor joining the House and Senate.
Now outdoors in the wind and cold.
And, at last. you were watching
the glamorous Ike in action
I'll tell you more about UNRRA
and the other current congression-
al hearings later. Right now | want
TO say a word or two about the
Truman family as charming people.
They've several special talents
those Trumans. You must have no
ticed they've done RICH: well. |
think their most delightful talent
IS their gift for making visitors
leave with a feeling of achieve
ment.
For example: Every reporter
leaving one OF Mr.. Truman's news
conferences thinks by George,
wasn't | good! Weren't We all
good We Amos. say. We OF the
press: Its swell OF us to come here
and help Harry out"
Mrs. Truman and daughter, Mar
garet, created the same sort Of at.
moephe~e al the White House the
night they entertained women writ
ers and radio people. They were
graceful hos.s. You felt quite at
home and very. very charming your
self
Margaret Truman. by the way. IS
adored by the domestic staff at the
White House. The President Is de-
termined that she not be spoiled by
special attention. But when Mrs.
Truman was not looking. Field. he
butler quickly exchanged Miss
Humans finished plate OF ice
cream FOR a second helping. It
was a pleasant incident.