The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-11
BY ESTHER V. W. TUFTY


When a number OF COP National
Committeeman, largely from Mid
die West, Northwest, and West
Coast. went to the Republican Ma.
tional Committee meeting in Chi
cago they were determined TO un.
seat Herbert Brownell, the party
chairman. They even had a candi.
date, Sinclair Weeks of Boston,
heralded as more grass root" than
Brownell and free of any associa-
ton in the public mind with the
unsuccessful candidate for presi-
dent, Thomas +. Dewey.
/ But the movement died aborn-
Ing, not because of a great pro
| Brownell sentiment, but because
the Republican party doesn't op.
crate that way" \ party chair
man always resigns when the time
comes for him to depart. To break
the precedent wasn't popular with
even some OF those seeking to I'M
seat Brownell.
Fred Baker. OF Seattle, summed
up the feeling when he said that
mot enough votes could be rallied
and besides Republicans don't get
rid OF their chairman that way"
AS to the "smoke-filled-room"
talk about presidential timber TO
sell on the 194S market, the sentl-
ment had not crystallized. There
was a lot of talk about and for
Harold Stassen. but many fear his
/ liberalism. Harvey Jewett, Jr..
OF South Dakota. said, "Stassen is
great man but he'll have TO get
rid OF some of his friends before
some Republicans will go for him
One OF those friends, IL was made
clear, is Joseph Ball. the Minneso
ia senator, who voted for Democrat
Franklin Roosevelt.
Not discouraged by such re-
marks. William Stearns. Of North
Dakota. a great Stassen booster,
said he found more enthusiasm for
the former Minnesota governor
than he had expected.
All the II Michigan members OF
the House and the two Michigan
senators have signed a petition
naming Sault Ste. Marie as their
choice for the permanent home OF
the United Nations Organization.
The petition was sent to the Hon.
slogan Gavriolovic. chairman or
the Site Selection subcommittee.
United Nations Organization, Lon
don. England.
Just what a new process by Dow
[ Chemical Company of Midland will
mean TO Michigan's sugar beet in
| dustry (the fourth largest in the
/ United States) is anybody's guess.
/ But the chances look bright for
more beets to the acre. (The Dow
powers-that-be say Il tons as com
pared to II at present yield per
, acre.l When and If the sugar in
/ dustry ever becomes normal. this
more sugar" may make the sugar
growers demand a reshufile on su.
gar quotas, cutting down on the
amount of off.sugar from Cuba and
J the Philippines, when they recover.
The Dow invention would cover
the beet seed with a thin coating
which would so strengthen the seed
that each could be certain to pro
duce a sturdy plant. This would, II
| is promised. eliminate the necessity
for thinning and blocking. for
which stoop labor is imported from
/ Mexico and other southern areas
during certain growing periods.
The experiments in Michigan
I have been more successful than in
/ Colorado. the top beet sugar state,
where the soil is different. Some
/ ingredient in the coating kills
black root, the bane of the sugar
beet grower in Michigan. but with
which the Colorado farmers are not
so concerned.
Not only in Michigan but abroad
is this process promise of more
production. In Germany and ia
pan, where land is scarce and the
need for food great, the process
may be used not only on beet seed
but several other varieties.
To the Michigan farmers this