Detroit evening times., 1945-12-26

tore \, why any little no
account night-shirt or n piece Of
lady-pants with a ribbon on II,
why II was S28 and we can't
guarantee delivery and II you
go into a restaurant they cut
your ears off and fry them I'm
deep fat, and here certainly
wish l could get even a look at
a new car and put some money
into circulation for something
useful but 1 can't even buy a
set Of chains and I hope nobody
Is asking me how those kids are
expecting To get by on S25-SSO
a week To start, especially with
wife and baby or a baby on
order and I certainly don't wish
I was that poor Truman with
all those strilfs and you can't
tell how IL goes with Russia.
- ETH0BGH I bet ff I was
"a To meet some Russian and
We could speak some language
tO get along together why
would find he was n pretty good
egg because they say they like
90 drin.l and as far as COmmun-
ism II concerned why that
seems to be strictly export
goods because ID seems like
there Is small bunch OF head
bosses and they live on caviar
and highly seasoned viands like
our New Dealers and YOU can't
tell me those ordinary Russians
enjoy getting their gizzard
blown out just because the big
guys decide Ia take over China
or Turney and l just never
could understand why. II they
are 80 dead set on rescuing
oppressed minorities, they don't
set up couple of thousand Of
those good, luxurious trains on
those efficient Communist rail-
roads and give them nice
warm strip OF land along the
Black Sea instead of needing
the Arabs all the time.
~ 4 Nd. STILL. II il was me,
a YOU wouldn't find me in
NeSting my savings In some nice
little house with a yellow tile
bathroom and all like that, and
then, after get gypped, well,
then the OPA SAYS ! have 10
rent IL for $3.50 month be-
cause notice that Harry
Hopkins did all right for him
self, leaping from $4,000 Ia
$4,000, and they all like
proht in their own line and the
way the old man took that John
Hartford for that 5000, 900 don't
look like he was indifferent TO
nice cleanup. and Yet those
veterans simply have got 10 have
houses to live in, or there will
be hell To pay.
And FlSt 10 think. we were
hollering murder about extra
Nagance and balance the budget
and a lot of our cities are Just
like "A mess of old. down
ruins, and then we whipped up
factories all bigger than anyone
ever saw before. and barrackS =
and battleShipS for a war and
We sent things over the world
and built warehouses and docks
and railroads and now We
say We can't even build a million
ar "a houses for the BOYS who
did the fighting and let them
pay for them on time because
that would upset the economic
system whereas the economic
system has got 80 YOU don (
find anSbody willing 10 take a
chance building a house for rent.
"NELL, II ! was Truman, ]
would want To crawl up
In somebody's lap and bawl my
ewes out or check out some
night In n car with a good set
of tires and the old lady and the
kid and the dog and would
head for some place Ike
wyoming or Montana where
They have good fishing and hunt
ing and NnsI can buy YOU some
Lumber aRd--otnr nuifS and I
would get couple Of the neigh
bors To help me slap up a nice
warm little shack and, after afi,
IL isn't 80 long since that II the
way they done out around Mis-
souri, and Kansas where he
come from and | bet his mother
can tell him about times when
they didn't have gas stoves and
electric lights and some Of them
lived In sod houses hut they
were solid people and most Of
the mothers taught the Kids
good lessons and they grew up
American and now Harry Is
president OF the T.. -. 4.
"RECAUSE. the way I see n.
~ well, I don't know hut ~
seems 10 me If they had Of been
working for ten per cent raise
or, say, anyway, fifteen, they
would still be ahead Of where
they are now, when you consider
they are Oft the payroll for
hfteen or twenty weeks and
meanwhile -nobody-can- get-a
new ear So people go around
spending all these millions for a
lot OF trash merchandise for
Christmas that nobody wants.
anyway, but YOU have 10 do II
or YOU feel like a heel and ~
would he better 10 give them
the cash money and tell them TO
save IL for when they can buy
something really useful and no.
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