The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-06
Observations
Hoover Believed
TO Have Received
Definite Job
By HELEN EssARy

Herbert Hoover came back TO the
White House for more than q so.
eial call
For the first time In mere than
u years. he crossed the threshold
that used to be his own front door
step when he was president OF the
United States.
In the years that have interviewed
since ho rode down TO the Capitol
TO see his successor. Franklin
Roosevelt, take the oath OF office
for the worlds number one lob,
Hoover has learned little OF the
technique OF being a smart politi'
clan or playing UP TO the press.
You know that the instant he step
ped from his car in front Of the
executive ofiices OF the White
House and waved the photograph
ers away.
He was also far from chummy
when he told the news people
Il cannot discuss matters which
are the affairs OF the President OF
the United States"
Even IL he wasn't chatty he still
looked the able. conscientious
American citizen he is when he
paused a moment outside Mr.. Thu
mans closed door.
II is my bet-my daily double
since the ban on racing has been
lifted-that not only has Hoover
been offered the post of feeding
Europe. but that he has accepted
the offer.
Mr.. Truman would not have ask.
ed the former president 10 come
10 Washington for a publicly-known
conference II he had not had a
definite offer TO make Nor would
Hoover have come so cheerfully
IL he had not been prepared TO
accept the offer
II is my guess that all the pre-
liminaries for a new Hoover post
had been arranged before he saw
the President. During the 40.min-
ute conference with the Chief Exc
cutive. the details were settled
upon.
II would be a wise decision 20
use HooveFe gifts and experience
in devastated. hungry Europe. His
success as food administrator m
Europe after the first World War
nag never 0t"e4s.'. S.zssssI-ies. ~
people have believed II a waste or
FIRST class. much-needed material
10 let Hoover's talents 90 unused
so long.
The former president. who is the
only living ex-president, appeared
very 1T He made few visits 70
Washington during Rooseveit's ad-
ministrations. Everybody who saw
Hoover yesterday said he looked
better than he had for many a day.
ONE OF THE STUPIDITIES for
which some members OF Congress
will have TO answer come next cleo
ton day is the haggling that goes
on when an appropriation for u
hospital is sought. Congress ap-
propriates hundreds OF millions Of
dollars for destruction. II pays ex.
pense accounts of hundreds OF thou.
sands Of dollars for trips TO
Europe, Asia and Africa in order
that some OF its members may gaze
on destruction.
But It goes niggardly over the
prospect OF modest appropriation
for much needed housing and care
Of sick people In the District OF
Columbia.
listened to such goings on In
the hearings before the House Dis
trict committee on whether the
proposed Medical Center shou:d
have this number OF beds or that
number OF beds, The objections 70
the hospital and TO increasing the
number Of hospital beds in the Dls.
trict sounded SO silly. Everybody
knows there are not enough hos
pitfalls in the District now. Everypc-
dy knows that Washington and
the neighborhools over the District
line are growing so fast you can't
keep up with the population on an
adding machine
A Medical Center such as Sena-
tor Willard Tydings Is trying 10 get
would combine three hospitals. II
will operate with modern equin-
ment at the cost OF one. Should
there he a FIRE in any one OF the
three hospitals I've mentioned
in fact in almost any hospital IN
the capital or the nation-there
would be a holocaust that would
disgrace the country The FIRE haz.
ard. in the Washington hospitals
are so terrific the mere telling Of
them makes one I'll with fear.