The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-04-26
Observations
Merger Of War.
Navy Department
After War;

AlltI W al
Rep. clifton A. Woodrum Cd 81
virginia. chairman OF the House
committee on postwar military
policy, predicts thar proposals for
A merger OF the War and Navy de
partments will not be acted upon
M Congress until after the war.
Il think there's little chance that
ANYTHING will be done TO establish
a unified department OF National
Defense until after the war with
japan said Woodruff.
Woodrum's committee held pub
lie hearings on the proposal, but
made no recommendations Sew
eral proposals for merging the
Army. Navy and Air Corps under
one cabinet head have been intro
duced and are now pending IN
committee.
TOTAL DAMAGE TO PROPER
TY N FRANCE as a result OF the
war has been estimated at 40 bill
lion dollars French rehabilitation
will require the services Of 100000
persons working 40 hours a week
for IT years. one million. two
hundred thousand dwelling units
and 10000 industrial buildings
will have 10 be restored
PRESIDENT HARRY 5. TRU-
MAN tells his former Senate col
leagues he had a better time pre-
siding over them than when he
was one Of them. Since he did
not vote except in the rare case OF
a tie, he did not have 10 worry
about his constituents
Trumen. skilled parliamen-
tartan. sometimes took the liberty
OF throwing out hints 10 new Sen
ate members as to what thew
should do and adopted the rushing
tactics for which former Vice Pres!-
dent John Garner was noted.
For example, when Majority
Leader Alben ". Barley (Dl OF
Kentucky asked that the nomina-
ton OF Fred " Vinson for war mo
bilizer be called up out Of order.
Truman sang out
Without objection so ordered
and without objection so confirm
ed.
Barley. equally quick on the
trigger, shouted Il move that the
president be notified"
And Truman responded With
out objection, so ordered.
And before most spectators
knew what was happening the Vim
son nomination had been approx.
ed
ALTHOUGH 1T HAS BEEN
OPERATING quietly in contrast to
the Senate's food study commit
tee, the Houses seven-member
committee investigating the food
shortage is expected to produce an
important report getting at the
nub OF the food situation about
May !. well in advance OF any
possible report by the Senate com
mittee.
The House group met quietly IN
daily session. heard leaders in gov
eminent and the food industry. II
called on and got the collaboration
of War Mobilization Director Fred
Vinson who produced for them
every important government offici-
al connected with Galleries and vita
minis and good red beef.
BOND ISSUES FOR VICTORY
in the Far East will probably re-
main at the present level for the
rest OF this year The cost OF
moving troops and supplies 10 the
Far East will keep up the war bill
Next year II may be reduced as
the war becomes one-iront propo-
sition.
THE FIRST MEN TO RETURN
20 the United States with eyewit-
ness accounts Of Navy amphibious
operations in the Pacific are the
directors Of combat photography.
Dressed in their flying clothes
haggard and unshaven after their
long journey from the battlefront,
they came straight from the air
port 70 the Navy press room 10
tell what they saw Of the fight for
the beaches.
Usually. they leave the scene o.
the invasion the morning after