The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-02
Observations
Many Frenchmen
Fear DeGaulle
May Lose Power
By HELEN EssARY

The men and women who man
age to get abroad nowadays on
special missions bring exciting
stories to the stay-at-homes. (Stay-
athomes are people without prior!
ties.)
4 diplomat who returned last
week from ,l,adis says that many
French soldiers, o"lcers and en-
listed men are trying to resign
from the french Army and enlist
10 the Army of the United states.
Men of high military rank are beg
ging TO be taken in as plain Amer
ican doughboys.
The .eason for this apparent
trend is that many F'renchmen, es-
pecially the military people, do
not believe General Charles De
Gaulle will long remain the leader.
they regard him as too much OF
an opportunist. A fellow who Is
thinking first and always Of what's
best for DeGaulle.
These Frenchmen, in the United
states Army. would, they believe.
etnf be fghtin for freedom and at
the same time would collect q
reasonable pay and have a sort Of
storm cellar until France settles
down to some kind Of r stable gov
erument.
II, argue this particular group OF
Frenchmen, they align themselves
either with General DeGaulle or
against him they may lose their
heads in the struggle for control OF
The government that is certain soon
10 overtake France.
WOMAN'S PROGRESS in pub
lie life is taken without a second
thought. 1t is amusing, however
that two lady lawmakers have got
II emselves on tours of the war
fronts.
REPRESENTATIVE Margaret Chase
Smith is seeing the Far Eastern
scene with members OF the House
Nal Affairs Committee. Repre-
sentative Clare Luce is seeing
Europe in pant. cit is Mrs. Luce
who is in the pants) under the
chaperonage OF the House Military
Affairs Committee. 1t is amusing
again that the two committees
which represent the entire House
assignments OF Congresswomen
smith and Luce are the warlike
ones.
I'VE VERY MUCH enjoyed the
commotion over the appointment
OF Archibald MacLeish as ASST
ant Secretary of State. why Is IL
that the thought OF a poet In gov
eminent throws everybody except
such sound characters as you ana
T into delirium. I see no ooJec'
lion to a poet in government.
Warbling thoughts might be
nice change from battle cries and
political slogans.
Suppose you can't always under,
stand poesy? Can you understand
diplomacy? Or can you understand
oratory? Or prediction promises!
Besides Archibald MacLeish Is a
practical fellow as we'll as rhyms'
ter. (Sorry understand the trouble
with him is that his ideas have
not the proper jingle.) Anyhow
l insist he is a practical fellow. He
hes done right we'll for himself.
There's no combination as produc-
tive in the postwar world or IN
any other world as a sentimental
tongue (call it a mild tongue II you
prefer), ami a sharp eye.
I'm for Archibald MacLeish. |
certainly envy him. his home, the
old mansion in Alexandria, where
Robert T. Lee lived when a boy.
It's a mellow, beautiful place. His
across.the-street neighbor is John
L. Lewis, who, whether you lie y
or not, is one OF the great men oil
his generation.
SINCE WROTE A PARA.
GRAPH about the crosses the
Young daugh. irs OF Crown Prin-
cess Martha OF Norway wear about
their young throats, I've had many
questions like this: What kind OF
crosses are they?
The crosses OF the royal Norwe-
gian children are fairy crosses
Thev were given to Ingrid and Rag
hnhild by Mrs. Alonzo WinsloW'
whose son and daughter. Vaughan
and Priscilla. are friends OF the.
Norwegian eviles.
Mrs. Winslow is the wife OF the
architect Of the White House. Be
fore she became blind she was an
artist. She continues to be one OF
the most fascinating personalities
in the capital. She refuses to be
helped about her house as. most
sightless people are helped. In
stead she IS guided by the song OF
her % birds.
Mrs. Winslow knew OF the belief
that certain crosses made OF stone
dug No from a snot in virginia
world protect their wesrers from
evil. She had two OF the crosses
found for her children's royal