The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-12-03
Observations
Truman's, Prime
Ministers Signatures
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BY HELEN EssARY

BY HELEN ESsARY
A student OF handwriting would
enjoy the signatures OF President
Truman, Britain's Prime Minister
Clement Attlee and Canadian Prime
Minister william Mackenzie King
as they showed on the official docu-
ment Of atom bomb control.
Mr.. Truman put his name down
with : flourish. The middle mi.
tial $ Joined the IT" for Tru-
man with a swirl half an inch high.
There vas a swish about the whole
signature that should discourage
those VIII complain the new Presi-
dent is slow at getting anything
done
Prime Minister Attlee did a tidy
bit OF writing. He skipped his FIRST
name. Clement. Joined the &C"
for which II stood TO his middle
initial "a" with a restrained up
ward stroke OF the pen. And wrote
"Attlee" so compactly and so
Eparsely you had 10 guess at what
the tiny letters stood for.
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
showed a rather bold slanting PEN
manship. At first. But he dwindl-
ed away on King" and thus failed
20 cary out the promise OF Mac
kenzie". The Canadian prime min
lister 'lso skipped'his own first two
initials, "W. L., in his official au.
togranh.
was interested in studying the
atom bomb statement as issued by
the White House that the words
"City OF Washington" were used.
Some folk call US Washington, D.
c." This was President Woodrow
Wilson's idea. But when Warren
G. Harding became president he
ordered a return TO the official geo
graph'ca form Of the founding
fathers: THE City OF Washington"
BOBBING Up IN THE SURGE
OF ideas that all but clog this
swirlirg capital are the same
queries. You hear them in the cor
ridors and committe rooms OF the
Capitol, in the drawing rooms and
sitting rooms OF the citizenry. You
overheard them IN the buses and
stree. cars.
Why is It that nobody in this
country seems TO want to do any
real work, row that the war is
over?
Why is It that every form OF the
general inefficiency and slovenli-
ness you meet everywhere is blam-
ed on-"But we can't get anybody
10 do anything"
II this last is true, what Is the
meaning OF the complaint, the ma
tional alibi almost-"Millions OF
people can't find jobs-What is this
country coming to-"
So f3r-strikes and more strikes,
ANOTHER BIG CAPITAL
QUERY: What OF the plans for re-
organization in government officest
And the secondary question
mark. Why has President Truman
not done more with this proposed
reorganization?
To 10th OF these questions the
answer might be almost the same.
II is not simple TO reorganize any
thing. Reorganization means, first
discharge much OF the personnel.
Very good. But who wants to be
discharged Not !. Nor you. Nor
do any OF the useful friends who
led you to the nice job you have
today mean to rejoice II you re-
duce the Office force.
Organizations OF all kinds gather
workers by the handful II is al
most impossible to uproot without
loosening the whole plant. Par
ticularly reluctant to reorganize
are tie small bureau chiefs who
wish to keep their own depart
ments as large as possible. Big
STATS give the chiefs seeming i'm
portauce. Make the responsibility
seem tremendous. Don't stream
line them until they are as. slick as
a sprig o willow.
Is II smart TO offend politicians 7
who may be helpful in some. future
election by discharging the consu-
tuents they put on your payroll? |
The roorganizers have many prob |
lens.
A DASH OF NORMAL HUMAN !
rivalry always flavors the Capitol |
hearings on overseas matters.
Members OF Congress are likely TO
say in questioning witnesses at |
hearings something like this:
"Mr Chairman, there was one
matter the congressman preceding |
me I'D not bring out in the testi.
mony. This was probably because
he was not in North Africa or !
Australia or China or Timbuctoo. |
] was IN these and other vital spots.
Mr.. Chairman. and the conditions |
! saw there appeared to me as
follows.