The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-03-31
Observations
Conference Will
be Homecoming 10
Sol Bloom

The san Francisco United Ma
,ions conference will be a home
coming for Representative Sol
Bloom d. Of New York, who al -
years OF age Is one OF the most ac-
tive members OF Congress.
Bloom chairman OF the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. cele-
brated his 18th birthday few days
ago
And now he is looking forward
20 his FIRST visit 10 san Francisco u
80 wears. as one OF the congress
sioHal delegates 10 the information
al conference Sol rOamed the
streets there as a boy and boasts
that he is probably the only man
IN the country who can recite the
newsboys CRY Of that earlier day
when there were something Ike
nine newspapers competing IN the
Golden Gate city.
WITH THE CAPTJ RE- OF more
than 1000 0Or Germans by the Al
lied forces in western Europe since
D-Day. military observers credit
a major part OF this feat 10 Gen.
Dwight d. Eisenhower ability 20
SPEAK German.
Since the Normandy INVASION
stfable diplomatic Ike Eisenhow
or mas gone on the radio periodical
" 10 ask the German people IN
their own language 10 give up be
cause they cannot win and by
continuing fighting they are only
prolonging their own misery.
Washington military quarters
fee that although Eisenhower has
only directed his surrender appeals
to German officers recently many
enemy soldiers and officials have
decided 10 give up rather than 70
on fighting.
THE UNITED STATES HAS
UNDERTAKEN part OF its
lend-lease operations to rehabiii-
tate two foreign navies Chinese
and French
In aiding the Chinese, the Amsri-
can government has started from
scratch. for eight years OF war win
Japan has seen the Chinese navy
virtually disappear II has under
taken the task OF training 1000
Chinese to serve as the nucleus Of
a new post war Chinese navy
The French navy is still formid
able despite the rayages OF more
than FIVE years Of war but must be
re-equipped before it can become
a really effective Allied force. Some
Is million dollars is being expend-
ed for furnishing the entire cloth
ing requirements OF the French
navy.
We DAY WILL BRING a show
down between the AFL and the CfO
over continuation OF government
wage controls.
The older. more established ALL
wants TO do away with government
handling OF labor relations and per-
init a resumption OF free collec-
tive bargaining when Germany
goes down.
Federation. spokesman claim,
however. that the clio has shown
its intention TO take an opposite
stand They insist their rivals de
sire continued government support
~ settling disputes and making
wage contracts.
IF THE OFFICE OF PRICE AID
MINISTRATION is successful in
its efforts TO get authority 10 do
something about the rising prices
Of real estate farm and urban-it
may mean money In your pocket.
OPA Boss Chester Bowles SAYS
his agency is alarmed about a jump
OF 40 TO 60 per cent in real estate
costs during wartime and from 9th.
err government sources have come
figures indicating that these prices
have doubled in some sections.
Anyway. Bowles says Il Is ser
tous situation which s putting pres.
sure on the whole price control
structure and should be brought
under control II has not been de-
eided just how the JOB would %
done although Il could be through
taxation on excess real estate prof
it's. drying UP credit which would
cut down competitive bidding or
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