The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-06-25
Observations
Otosclerosis May
Cause Deafness,
May be Inherited
BY HELEN ESSARY
BY HELEN EssARY


tngton hammer at the already en-
feebled ear drums with talk Of
World War II. This is the new GER
tainty.World War III!
The great military minds down
lin the air-cooled Pentagon build
ling have gone in for a kind OF low
moan which goes something like
this:
World War | and World War II
are but preparations for World
War III. Wars | and II have been
mere warming up exercises. They
have taught US more about how to
KIN and destroy than all the other
wars OF history put together. World
WAR III will give the new ingenui-
~ and the old evil in man real
chance."
Now having started your day hap
PLY, shall offer the practical sug-
gestion offered by one great mill
tary mind on the best chance q
avoiding World War III:
Make people realize how much
o war costs-in cash. In cash out
of their own pockets. In the months
before war breaks upon us, while
the tom-toms are whipping up the
war fever, the cost of trying to
save the world means nothing but
q few marks on paper. II is hard
enough at any time TO appreciate
money figures on paper. And the
higher the figures go the less able
you are to comprehend them.
"If the President Of the United
States should say, for example, that
the outlay required OF the Ameri-
can people by the United States
Treasury in the present emergency
is about three billion dollars, etc
could your mind or mine appreciate
the months and years Of work and
taxation needed to accumulate that
much money
Certainly not, The words "bil-
lions of dollars have no more real
ity than the statement in an astro-
nomy textbook that some star Is a
trillion miles away. Not until the
time comes to pay up the billion
the war has burned up like so much
char in a forest fire does the dim
witted citizen begin to understand
what he has let himself in for.
"If that knowledge could be I'M
pressed on him, before war is de-
clared-and there should be some
way OF getting this knowledge over
then we might have faint hope
of a lasting peace. Poetic words
and horror stories won't stop wars.
You've got TO hit a human being in
his pocket book II you really want
TO scare him"
The most confusing stories came
out of France. A young French
man l knew in the pale pre-war
days came to call the other day.
He and his family had been through
the German occupation but l could
not discover that they had suffered
too much from the invaders.
He himself had been in a prison
camp, but because OF a slight in
jury which prevented him from
fighting, he was sent back to Paris
free man and got himself an
excellent post in the French clvi
ervice.
His brother had also been taken
prisoner by the Germans but, when
lie developed appendicitis, the Ger
mans returned him to his family.
"Of course It was tough to have
the Germans in France" said the
Frenchman, but they were careful
not to intrude too much. The
countryside suffered terribly. But
Paris was untouched.
"a severe food shortage? ] do
not think so in most places. You
see, France Is a very fertile coun-
try. Crops and animals grow fast.
my brothers business is very
good again. He is banker. And
my sisters husband has an excel.
lent government post. There has
indeed been a servant shortage in
Paris and my mother has had but
one maid. And there were times
when we had little fuel. That was
last winter. Now every one is
happier.
"The shortage OF clothing? That
perhaps was exaggerated. Many
French countries had surplus OF
materials. This accounted for the
pig hats that were the style. They
were a scheme to use up the ma.
terials.
AS have said at least once a
week, how do you know the truth
when you see it in a foreign Ian
guage or any where else7