The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-25
Observations
Senator Would
Add Dignity to
Domestic Work
By HELEN EssARY

IN THE SENATE CAUCUS
ROOM. where the Foreign Rela-
tions c mmittee has been sitting
in state listening to pros and cons
OF the Charter, collected several
good items. Had = eorner-of-the-
table chat with young Bill Full.
bright Senator J. w. Fulbright
CD Of Arkansas). on methods OF
raising the esteem in which the
public holds labor and, of all things
else, politics.
We're pretty stupid in this coun-
try, says Bill. in not managing TO
give more dignity to the business
of working with the hands. Ger
tainly, he agreed, domestic labor.
cooking and houseworking should
be made more OF profession. Who
is the most important member OF
many households? Why. the cook,
said Bill Fulbright Then. why In
tarnation not make her feel she is
valuable? Not with extra cash, but
with consideration.
The senator from Arkansas said
we are even more stupid in our at
titude toward men and women In
public ONCE than in our attitude
toward labor. We keep talking
about cooked" politics and cook
ed" politicians as though there was
neither decency in the breed nor
the ONCE Not only Is there decen-
cy in the breed and the office, said
Bill, there is courage and fine pur-
pose and devotion TO duty.
I'D WRITE ABOUT how elegant
and wise the senator from Michi-
fan, Arthur H. Vandenberg. appear
ed at the Charter hearing II Arthur
would let me print that wonderful
San Francisco story he told "off the
record. But since the Republican
international spearhead has gone
so grim, refuse to write what I
had planned about how well he
would do in the White House, come
1913.
STUDYING THE CROWD at the
Charter hearing. decided that most
crowds, where there are men to lis
ten to. in church or Congress re
composed mostly of women. -Wom-
en- certainly are spectacular now
adays. Haven't seen AN average
woman" in months. Flowers In
the hair, high pomadours Japanese
geisha effect Why? Now. I won
der), bare legs, bosom rampant,
man-eating lipstick. earrings the
size of pie plates. And they have
opinions on everything! No long
er inarticulate in public, are the
females Of today.
LOVELY WORDS IN THE
CHARTER. I'd vote for 1t II I were
in Congress. But I'd vote in the
hope and not the conviction that
il would cure war. | wonder how
soon the lovely words would go
up in smoke once the tom-toms OF
war began to thud, thud.
Again / say, war is exciting
Peace is dull There's the catch
to the Charter. Everybody who
has been in any fighting zone will
tell you how thrilling il was over
there, even IL you were afraid every
second that you might be shot. II
was the fear that made II so terri
fic. Almost like a continuous last
act dive from the top of a circus
tent. Or catapulting from a gun.
AwnN w.~h w~nN
come out alive or not. But boy.
how fat. by comparison. the old
home place and its safety, and
even tn home folk.
CONSIDERABLE UZZING
ABOUT THE TOWN over the res
ignation Of Col. Oveta Culp Hobby.
WAC director. Don't believe the
value of Mrs. Hobby was ever prop
erly appreciated. Am convinced
that without her particular quail
dissemination OF brains and
charm-none OF the uniformed SER
vices for women could have been
launched. Mrs. Hobby was the
pioneer in this daring new field for
women. She and the first WACs
crashed tho prejudice against wom-
en- in uniform. Their fine enthusi-
asm and work cleared the way for
the thousands of other women who
followed their lead in the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps.
Mrs. Oyeta Culp Hobby is
Texas woman. Her successor, Col.
Westray Battle Boyce (what notice
able names these WAC leaders
have) is also from we'll below the
Mason Dixon line. Comes from
North Carolina. Just goes to show
nut q u0utharp lad, u vpgfarr,