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CARD OF THANKS

CARD OF THANKS
Mrs. George Mitchell and family wish to
thank their many friends and neighbors
for their sympathy and floral offerings in
the loss of husband and father, Rev.
George Mitchell.
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Jottings

It's still too late the wartime
earning
Too workers will be broke
Remember that the advertisers whose
FRIENDS with hearts right
Freedom Is More Than Word title of Marshall Fields book
is nomination for the book title of the year.
We have considerable sympathy for fellow
toned
he'd "never read the book"
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Do Missionary Work With Look"

Look Magazines May issue does good job pressing
domestic subject in prejudice: Our Postwar Battle Buy couple
Of copies Keep for reference and person.
feably friendly unfriendy white Protestant Catholic
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Letters
Let's Move Forward
With Understanding


Editor: Why is it that our peo-
pie seem to have so much doubt in
their minds in regard to our new
President Truman.
have heard some speak against
the mans past life. But who are
we to condemn that man? Have we
not ourselves been condemned all
our lives because we are of dark
race? Then, too, sometimes we con-
denim each other.
l have heard the saying, "The
thing the country needs is a good
five-cent cigar. What this country
really needs is little more under
standing and tolerance and less
greed and prejudice. AS reader OF
your paper truly believe everyone
is entitled to equal rights and un-
derstanding. We lost a great man
when we lost our late President,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He will
always be remembered in the his
tory of our nation and in our
hearts. Let's cast our prejudice
aside and go forward as he would
want US to do. Let's all cooperate
with our new President. After all
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gain is that Warner Brothers studio
now employs 200 Negro custodians,
and has made a Negro the super
intendent of this force.
Despite the war and the crying
need for skilled technical help, the
door is still barred against the Ne
gro in this Hollywood field. One
very bright exception is Ralph
Vaughn, skilled architect and ar
fist, who for two and one-haf years
has held a post as a scene or set
designer on the MGM lot. Mr..
Vaughn, formerly of the staff of
Paul Williams, noted Negro archi-
tect, is one of the seven persons
admitted to membership in the
Union of Set Designers, Local 1921,
A. F. of L., since Pearl Harbor.
One other such exception is CAL
win Jackson, who for the past year
has won laurels as an assistant in
the MGM music department.
Negro newsmen and publicists
have for years tried to batter down
the Hollywood bars against them,
but until young Phil Carter landed
with a major film company, none
had succeeded. However, Mr.. Car
ter's assignment was but for a
single, all-Negro picture, and when
that was well launched, so was Mr..
Cartwright out of the studio.
Until very recently motion pic
ture companies have Disseminated
brazenly against the advertising
columns of Negro publications.
Publications of every other minority
group carried heavy advertising
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20

ing as q deck officer on an aircraft
carrier In the battle Of the Philip
pines. when the folks In Pittsburgh
wirelesssd to ask whether he'd
mind II they ran him for Congress.
He said he didn't mind; then he
went back to fighting Japs.
Not until December did he learn
he'd been elected; not until Febru.
airy did he arrive in Washington to
help govern his country. The one
thing he really knew about was
the Navy.
80" he said, II was made a
member OF two committees one
having to do with coinage, weights
and measures. and the other with
civil service"
Rep. Fulton did not care whether
the country made square money or
put out quarters with holes in 'em.
SO long as they could be spent.
Neither did he lose sleep over how
many pounds in a peck. He wasn't
too interested in the civil service,
although he did startle the commit
tee by demanding an investigation
Of the civil service commission.
What he wanted was a place on
the Naval Affairs Committee. A
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20

vacancy came up and Rep. Fulton
tried every possible way to get the
appointment.
But was babe In the legis-
lative woods" he said. II discov.
cred that new congressman
should not expect to become q
member Of an important commit.
tee, no matter what his oualifica-
lions.
Il believed that could contrib
ute something on carrier doctrine.
When most OF the current men,
bers Of the Naval Affairs Commit
tee were appointed, It was the bat.
tleship that was important. Now
II is the aircraft carrier that is
the backbone OF the fleet"
Somebody else got the place on
the naval committee: A citizen
Of Carterville. ILL.,, who lists him.
self in the congressional directory
as c. W. (Runt) Bishop. Rep. Full
ton said he had every respect for
Runt.
So do |, and l can report that
the newest member of the Naval
Affairs Committee used to be the
best tailor in Carterville. He also
worked as a coal miner. a telephone
linesman and postmaster. He has
been a member Of Congress for
three terms, during which he has
been a favorite subject for the fem
mime feature-writers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
. HAT TER and
- q Fact or two

The distinguished French COM
poser. Counod. was the son Of
an eminent painter and engrav-
er. who died when Charles was
ave. Gounod ascribed his artis-
tic success to his mother, who
was q remarkable woman and an
accomplished musician.
MeGiIi university In Montreal.
Canada, was opened to women IN
1888. Today ali Canadian uni.
versities are open to women.
The father Of General and
President Ulysses s. Grant was
q tanner and farmer.
The ancient cities OF Tyre ana
Sldon were celebrated for their
glass.
THREE UTAH BROTHERS
have married three South Caro-
lima sisters. whats this ?" asks
the man at the next desk, "a
family Observation-Disclosures
movement
The new motor cars will be
wider-news item. This should
make trying to park more of an
adventure than ever.
I
n 10 ssiimotsd ieo, 600, 900
people Up a K the English lon
gUoss. This, we assume, does
not include trolley eondveters COLI
ing out the cor stops.
! I
There's one school Of thought
that the chances Of world peace
will be greatly enhanced II the
u. s. A. and the U. s. s. r. re-
main as close together diplo-
matically as they do alpha
betically.
Tokyo became the capital Of
Japan in 1868. That's at least
one big mistake its present i'm
habitants can blame on the hon
orabie ancestors.
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ders. you'll like the place where
I'm taking you," he said confidently.
There was an air Of excitement
about him, as he drove toward the
River Basin, and from there up to
0leander Drive. where are we go
ing" she repeated.
His laughter was triumphant.
Home, darling. Ny mother has
asked me to bring you home for din
ner."
She thought, stunned, this meant
what! That Burke wanted TO marry
herl That he had brought her here
for the older woman's blessing?
Burke said, "Try to make mother
like you, Gail"
They had stopped before q large
white house, and Gail felt herself
quaking. She'd met Burke's mother
casually at women's club meetings,
but never in her own house. Well,
here 1t was.
Mrs. Gentry was waiting for
them. She was q small, plump wo-
man who undoubtedly had been .
beauty in her day. Her thin white
hair was fuffed out around her full,
finely-lined face. Her cheeks were
rouged, her false teeth white and
sparkling, her little smile as she
greeted her son feminine and coy.
$50 you are Gail Benton!" Mrs.
Gentry obviously chose to forget
they had met before. She held out
soft white hand. "And you are a
doctor. 80"
"It's on q par with being q flag
pole sitter, l suppose" Gail said
spontaneously. But inwardly, she
quailed. This woman with her tend
ed body and useless hands; Gail had
seen her counterpart dozens Of
times. The purely female woman
who, II death or divorce removes her
husband, demands q substitute love
from her son; thus burdeniug him
with responsibility and a sense Of
ruilt that could keep him tied to her
forever.
Tts certainly . madhouse in
Washington" Burke switched the
conversation determinedly. Appar-
entity, he didn't want bis mother TO
discuss Calls career.
He was not very successful how
ever. At dinner, Mrs. Gentry sat at
the head Of the handsomely appoint
ed table, keeping q smiling mouth
and q sharp eye on the service, on
Burke's reaction 10 Gail. on Cats
wavering poise.
(To be eontinuedl
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
Side|ights on The News
By FREDERICK c. oTHAM

BY FREDERICK C. oTHAM
Big stories from little speeches
sometimes grow: this concerns one
of the shortest congressional op-
erations yet.
Rep. James @. Fulton, Pittsburgh,
Pa, lawyer known among the lad
les Of the Capitol secretariat as the
only handsome congressman, asked
for time to make q speech. He
said Causing some OF his long
winded cohorts to gulp) that he
needed 30 seconds.
He used his half minute to say
that he'd tried in vain to become
member OF the Naval Affairs
Committee, that he believed his
qualifications would make him use
full, and that he intended to try
again. Then he sat down.
He didn't seem to have anything
else on his mind and I asked him
to drink a cup of coffee Che took
iced tea) with me in the House
lunchroom on the theory that those
unexplained qualifications might
be interesting.
They we're.
1t. Fulton-this same congress
man I'm talking .about-was serv-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
Money
These DaysSSSsssis 0 I" Z: yoRotsRi

No economic system has success.
fully abandoned money as a means
OF exchange. In effect. money is
a receipt for labor performed; 1t is
q receipt that simplifies the er-
change OF labor for goods and ser.
vices. In the current world. It's
value Is determined by govern
ments which set up legal and eco
nomic controls to achieve a certain
sterilization. These do not al
ways succeed and an initiation APP
pears In varying degrees OF inten-
sity, but. this article will not dis
cuss this phase OF the problem.
The difficulty which we face to-
day is that in many countries
money has no value. except specu-
latively. to assure the exchange Of
labor for goods or services. For
instance. there being no German
government, there can be no Ger
man money, except such tokens as
the occupiers provide.
When money was based upon
gold as a standard, 1t had this uni
versal value, namely, that II was re-
lated in whatever country to gold
or its exchange was pegged to
the British pound. No matter how
deprecated the money OF a country
might be. 1t possessed some ex-
change value and could be convert
ed into pounds and in more recent
years into American gold dollars.
That is not altogether true today.
One Of the major impediments
to the re-establishment OF gold as
the basis for the value OF money is
its extraordinary maldistribution
According to the latest figures
available. this Is the gold reserve
OF the principal five countries, ex-
Guiding Soviet Russia which does
not report:
United States, $4,000. 900. 900:
United Kingdom 81 1000, 900, nomin-
al holding. actual holding In Ex-
change Equalization Account:
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20

/ France. si.777.OOO,OOO; Germany
and Japan none.
Although the omission OF Soviet
Russia makes this table almost
worthless. Il nevertheless provides
some basis for indicating the dis
tortiou. Great Britain has dollar
assets In the United States amount.
ing to $500. 900. 900: It neverthe-
less Is SO deeply indebted both to
the United States and the countries
within the British Commonwealth
Of Nations that II may be regarded
as practically without gold assets
at the moment. The production Of
gold has naturally been reduced
during the war, the world total.
excluding Russia. for the first three
months OF 1876 ranging in the order
Of $50, 100000 per month. the larE-
est producer being the Union Of
South Africa which produced in
the order OF $50. 900. 900 per month.
The Russians produced consider
able amounts Of gold before the
war; what they have done since is
not known. The last figure, even
on an estimation from available
data, is for 1888. In that year, the
estimated world production outside
Of Soviet Russia was s1.136. 100000;
the United States produced sl7S,.
$4,000; South Africa, $425,649,-
900: Soviet Russia, $3.50, 000, 900.
Before any degree OF economic
stability can be established and
before world trade can be recon-
stituted, money needs to be made
valuable in all countries and ex-
change values need to be given a
foundation upon which II Is possible
to determine precisely what is the
return for the labor. goods or ser
vices involved in the transaction.
World trade prior to the war
was gradually dsgenerating into a
universal barter system. During
much Of the war. exchange has been
on an slesuaosynary basis. Lend.
Lease Involving not loans but the
use Of goods without payment In
money. Although there has been
reverse LsAd.Lsass. Il 10 In total q
mere token. Neither barter nor
Lsnd.Lsass II . sound basis for
international trade nor can book.
keeping with safety replace money
a. . receipt for value.
Breton Woods. q most repre-
SCENTS . slight stab at the problem,
which can never b solved intsrna-
tionally until II II solved domestic
ally In the principal countries ana
that will, on present Indication, Be
slow and vsxsd task.
Il does net represent psssimism
to describe the complexities Of this
situation: the human race has
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

II don't apree with Doctor Nc
Cormick Revnan Gail s.;S "AnJ 7
am NOT follow;no his instTn..;ons y
Reyna looked nm at her. and said
stead;lv aI b.ya snt;ra oone -. -
YOU Gail. Yop cont;nns do;ne VIA
you think best for me.D
Her round, dur;n1 N. ,f,.rroor
proved satisfsctorv T;ttjs Nh.
Sermalino wa, PROGRESSING nicely
Mrs Spartal;ni the maty;.rehai ia
Rrandmother. was ready IN "a howe
And, later. when she ret,srred N
Reyna,. room. Mis-. I.snsh.n toid
her that the sick woman. tsmners-
ture was no bighsr thar II hsd h.sr
in the morning Gail left the hos
pital feeling easier
Reaching the curb ,bs ,.v t.1;
stop: Howard Thaver and HI,
daughter Lucienne ai;ohtsd Incl
enne came over and t;ssea Gail
warmly. Howard shoot b.nd. LII
her. and asked abont Rsvns
aShe;. about ths .. rsD c.H ,.la
them, afraid to be .ny NOR. en,our.
aging.
"Wbat did Doctor Mccorm;ck ,.v
about her eond;tion,n Uow.rJ
asked
Gail flushed "He wasn't vsrv cou
municative. IMAGINE heTI ali
YOU"
1Can We zee Revna for . b;t,n
aBetter NOT She ws, .Issn;r,
when looked in a n,;nnte soon
"That,s finei" Ipcienne s,;d b.r
merit LITTLE fare glowing v;th mr..
pose. aWe'n track down Doctor
kramer instead and Inv hiyn .
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
THEY say
Congenital Defect
May be Traced to
German Measles

San Francisco - Former Pres
ident Herbert Hoover urges Senate
ratification Of the United Nations
Charter, but adds: THE founda-
lions of lasting peace must be laid
in the economic and political set
Element among nations by which
this war is to be liquidated. The
nature OF these settlements will
have more to do with lasting peace
than the charter"
New York-Ira Mosher. president
Of the National Association OF
Manufacturers: The present spor-
adic outbreak Of strikes across the
country seems like an ominous
warning Of more widespread strikes
and labor unrest as soon as Japan
is defeated"
Washington-Senator Eugene D.
Millikin, (R) Of Colorado: There
isn't a country in Europe today
that isn't facing a revolution and
counter-reyolutions and It is the
custom Of successful revolution
aries to repudiate the obligations
OF their predecessors"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
Rival to my Heart
By Ann Pinchot

The phone was ringing as she en-
tered her house. an take it," she
called to Katie. Probably a patient.
But it was Burke Gentry. Her
hand, holding the receiver, began to
shake. "Oh, Burke" she whispered.
II just got back from Washington
an hour ago" he said. Was that the
way 10 begin q conversation with the
girl whom you'd left fos good7 No
explanations, no apologies. 81 want
TO see you tonight" he added. "Can
you get ready in q half-hour?"
"My magic lamp Is out Of order, /"
she said, "but I'll do my bestp She
was an idiot, she thought, to fall so
eagerly into his arms. Why can't I
be more feminine, more guileful?
Then she realized suddenly that
he must have given up his camping
trip to return to her, and the heavi-
ness in her heart disappeared.
Burke was sweet, really; blunt,
masculine, tactless, perhaps, but you
couldn't help loving him.
She went into the living room,
smiling family TO herself. She was
still there when Burke rang the
doorbell. "Gailp he cried, coming
swiftly to her. Hello, darling. I'm
backl"
She went into his arms and his
mouth caught hers hungrily. All
her doubts vanished. "I'm so glad,
darling" she whispered. "I'm so
glad"
Katie gave him q drink, while
Gail went into the bedroom to
change. She was humming to her
self, as she slipped into blue silk
frock. She felt wonderful II only
she and Burke could have q nice eve
ming TO themselves.
When she returned to the living
room, Burke said, too casually,
Were celebrating tonight, honey"
"Are we! What about7"
He stood near her, tall and big
shouldered, his blond head towering
above her like q golden crest, his
tanned face q little self-satisfed.
at looks as II your old friend stands
= pretty good chance Of becoming
Captain Burke Gentryl"
"Burke!" She stihed her first
rush Of disappointment. Then IL
has come through! How wonder
full"
Hold It, darling. Maybe the cele-
bration Is a bit premature. They
aren't handing out commissions the
way they used to-but I seem to
stand an excellent chance
"Where are we going?" she said.
BE put his arm around hsr shout
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
Observations
Battle TO Make
Capital Labor
Behave Sensibly
BY HELEN EssARY

Ponald Richberg's battle to make
Labor behave and Capital TO watch
its step may be agitating some EN-
ployers and employees but 1t makes
sense to me. That's about my only
criterion of behavior nowadays
does il make sense?
Richberg, you may remember, is
the chairman of the committee
which drafted the Act TO Promote
Industrial Peace. recently intro
duced in the Senate by Senators
Joseph Ball, Harold Burton and
Carl Hatch. The bill is described
in elegant congressional language
as an attempt Ito bring order into
the confused labor policy of the
federal government and to apply TO
both organized labor and employers
a discipline commensurate with
their national responsibilities.
Undoubtedly Richberg and SEN
ators Ball, Burton and Hatch are
going to be caught between Scylla
and Charybdis on this fine effort 10
bring a little reason into the
labor problem" Both Labor and
Capital think You must be 100 per
cent for me-or you are my enc
my"
Labor is inclined to be suspicious
OF a helping hand that offers other
than sho-er hours and more cash.
And Capital is suspicious OF La
boris fair demands" as a cloak for
war on industry and an increase OF
the political power of Labor, al
ready greater than held by any
organized or economic class in the
United States.
Before the Richberg bill 10 debat-
ed | should like to suggest that
its friends earnestly consider the
subject of domestic labor. Here
is a most important matter too OF.
ten side-stepped by Labor and Capt.
tar In the field OF domestic labor,
housewives are Capital. And
mighty poor job for the most part
we capitalists have made Of our
relationship with the workers In
our homes.
Try az | will to be q rage with
domestic workers, ct is the mood
of the moment to be in q rage with
domestic workers) cannot help
but believe that we, the house
wives, have brought much OF the
present confusion on our own
shoulders. We have either given
too nue. for too little or too little
for too much.
Here, indeed, is a problem for
women to properly consider. II Is
so definitely our problem. Perhaps
when the war is ended some OF
the women who have done such
efficient war work will put their
mind and their enthusiasm on solv.
ing the tumble OF domestic service.
Here, my dears, is q chance for
real work. And you'd better be
looking for something to do when
the Red Cross and the A W. v. s.
no longer need your voluntary help.
THE WASHINGTON EAR re.
ports that he Republicans, as they
consider Mr.. Humans successes,
are getting mite upset over their
prospects at the next election. How
ever, the Republicans are counting
on Bob Hannegan, postmaster gen.
eral, to provide the mistakes they
need for their campaign fodder.
UNDOUBTEDLY EUROPE, par.
ticularly the continent OF Europe.
IL writhing in chaos-but l do not
enjoy the reports of plundering by
Bnited States soldiers, brought
back by the soldiers themselves.
II United States soldiers are
plundering in Germany or in any
other conquered country. 1t is the
fault OF their commanding officers
who should stop such outrages by
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
REVIEW OFFERED

Ann Arbor, Mich, -Four courses
OF review will be offered to medi.
cal men in conjunction with the
University Of Michigan School OF
Medicines postwar graduate study
program. Returning medical Off
GERS will be given priority In the
graduate program in hospital train
ing for resident physicians and in-
structors at medical schools. DR..
Albert C. Furstenberg. dean OF the
Medical School. who made the an
nouncement, also described the
postwar program as expanded far
beyond peacetime scheduled"
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20

faced and met 1t on other occasions
But those who believe that some
snap formula or hurried curbstons
opinion is an aid to solution are
In for a sad disillusionment. for
the truest component Of money Ia
general confidence in its worth az
receipt or in the worth OF that
which guarantees it--and conf
dence. being psychological. will not
be restored overnight for those who
have lived through this hell.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-20
ANNOUNCES GRANT

Lansing-Dr. Eugene B. Elliott,
state superintendent OF public in
struction. today announced a $751;
800 grant to the State Board Of
Education from the w. X. Kellogg
Foundation for an experimental
program in community self-im-
provement. Elliott said that al
though the department Of public
will administer the pro-
gram. activities will not be related
exclusively to education.