The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-01
Observations
Excitement Seen
as Important in
Making Peace
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BY HELEN ESsARY

For while this morning I
thought | simply couldn't get down
no the job of pretend ng to nave
idea OF importance. ! goi myself
lost in the sprlghtly pages OF rR0
fashion magazines.
Fashion magazines This spring
are a flowery oasis in the middle
OF reality. As much as 1 admire
the persistence and ingenuity OF
nay own sex / can't see how the
girls keep SO Dlithe PAGE after
u4ge OF earnest discussion az the
barred mldriff". the exposed thigh
"tAe look Of being all cut from one
piece; the credo. that without
ease there il no elegance the
perfect playsUit that makes the
summer etc.
I'd like to see somebody try TO
make peace little exciting. It
must De made exciting II wars are
ever TO end. The fashion experts
could dress up peace in sarong
or something for public consump-
ton They could give II a new
waistllue. plus dash, charm and H.
Make the gulible public think
peace is fun
You see what I mean about get
ting lost in the fashion magazines
they are the most powerful o.
all publications They have an in.
fmence that no worthy publications
can compete with They have ap-
peal 10 vanity and love OF adven-
ture. sugges, that the peace
makers who meet in san Francis
co, April %, remember the fraii
tiles Of human beings. their van
Titles, their love OF adventure
when they write the treaties
in putting down the noble sen.
fences OF international covenants,
r. is important to remember that
after all nations are made up OF
people not documentary evidence
The only way to avoid new and
sudden wars is 10 remember this
Women are canny creatures Per
haps Dean Gildersleeye, selected by
President Roosevelt TO represent
women al the peace table. viii put
some practically, some magma
tion into the peace making. Dean
Gildersleeve has had excellent
training in human values in her
post at Radcliffe College. She now
has a superb opportunity 10 sell the
principles OF lasting peace to
this hemisphere at least
COMPLAINT - Why have the
city fathers in the capital shut OF
that MONDAY siren9 Without its
shrieking warning | never know
what is the time OF day. Every
body needs a midday reminder that
ITS later than you think
SINCE MANY PEOPLE ARE
TALKING about Alaska nowadays.
! looked Up the seal OF the territory
merely by staring az the ceiling
% the House OF Representatives
Alaska. according TO its own story.
is a land not Of snow and ice and
seals II Is bursting with verdure
-reaping machines, sheaves OF
wheat and oldtime sailing vessels
lettering on placid seas.
I'M TAKING PLEASURE in the
new importance OF Senator Arthur
Nandenberg. His demand for
definite foreign and postwar poll
cy for this country has put him
once again on the est OF the wave
as a national figure
II he does accept the Presidents
invitation TO sit at the San Fran
cisco peace conference. IL will
mean that he has received in writ
ing, some assurance OF the Roose-
veltian plans for the postwar world
Other Republicans likewise feel
they cannot be put on any kind Of
a spot by any presidential vagarv
in this vital matter.
We don't want any more bust
ness OF "a Atlantic Charter-by
word-of-mouth' said the Republi-
can. we want TO have set down
in black and white what we are to
expect
The selection Of Cordell Hull as
adviser to the peace gathering is
pleasing to many people. Curious
~ enough the former Secretary OF
State and Republican international
spokesman Arthur Vandenberg
are extremely sympathetic in their
international beliefs. They NAV
be counted on to agree on most
issues when they meet in san Fran.
cisco
SICK or well. Cordpll Hull is stIlI
ar American sym Dol! He still has
the respect OF the Allied world