The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-10-06
Observations
Byrnes Expected to
Make Changes in
State Department

Look for Secretary Jimmy Byrnes
60 move fast on his return from
London TO shake the stodginess out
of the State Department.
He may be forced 10 so farther
than he had originally anticipated
since, under President Truman's di.
receives. the department will be-
come one Of the largest as we'll as
one of the most important in gov
eminent
Byrnes will have the task Of
publlcizing the United States
abroad-taking over functions OF
the OWL foreign seryice-and keep
ing foreign intelligence work going
functions formerly performed by
OSS. SO far the search for pers-
onnel has not been very fruitful.
OF 500 persons TO take the writ
ten examination for appointment
as foreign officers in the past
month, only 40 passed.
SOME OF THE BRASS HATS"
in the Army and Navy are not too
happy about the lifting Of censor
ship. They find that they cannot
sit on stories until they decide to
break them.
Occasionally, however, they still
try 10 hold up a yarn, much TO
the dismay. OF their respective pub
lie relations departments. They
forget that even during the war
press and radio censorship was on
a voluntary basis.
Even after VI day, newspapers
and radio stations agreed TO lay
Of when the Army or Navy urged
them TO cooperate and submitted
good arguments for so doing. Re-
porters, however, have become
skeptical about such agreements.
Recently one admiral refused to
give out information about feet
units due to come home for a gala
Navy day celebration. One serv.
ice broke the story anyway, and
few hours later the Navy issued a
fairly complete list OF ships due
home.
THE PHILIPPINES, scheduled
for independence by next July 4,
want 20 years of free trade with
the United States. To prospective
opponents OF the idea. Resident
Commissioner Brig. Gen. Carlos P.
Romulo argues:
."Yol will lose trade with US in
proportion as we have to surrender
your markets. This will be no
more to our liking than to that OF
American manufacturers and ex-
porters who will have to meet tariff
barriers in the Philippines rising
year by year against them"
Romulo scorns a proposal that
the United States contribute $780,
100000 to Philippine reconstruc-
ton. That sum. he says, is eQuiva-
lent to exactly one-thirteenth OF
the damage to property Incur
islands as assessed hy~our own
experts"
THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN
, LEADERSHIP intends to make a
B fight for a 20 per cent cut in In
come taxes, effective jan !.
The proposal first was advanced
by Rep. Harold Knutson (R) OF
Minnesota, ranking member OF the
tax.writing House Ways and Means
Committee, and has the whole
hearted support Of Minority Leader
Joe Martin.
COP congressman also will back
complete repeal Of the S5h per
cent excess profits tax on corpora
tons.
The Democratic position on taxes
has not yet jelled.
THE BELL BOTTOM" TRoUS-
ERS with one.pocket uniform dear
to the girl in every port are slat-
ed for a cutback-and not IN ma
terial, either.
A new regulation uniform not yet
announced by the Navy will replace
the so-called monkey suits OF I'm
Gle Sans seamen.
With the Navy turning thumbs
down on the traditional sailors uni
form. some Of the colorful spirit C
the hale and hearty lads OF the
sea &c lost.