The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-07-24
Observations
Navy Press Chief
Miller, Lauded by
Reporters

Washington reporters assigned
10 the Navy Department have no.
ticed a marked improvement in
the Nays handling OF important
news and news problems with the
advent OF a fighting admiral as
head o: the Navy Public Informa-
ton office.
The new press chief is Rear
Adm. II. b. Miller, who wanted to
command a carrier at sea. Miller
previously had been sent % the
Pacific TO straighten out kinks in
the Nays news set-up there. He
did such a fine job that Naval
Secretary James Forrestal pre-
vailed on him TO take the Wash
ington news post.
What reporters like about Miller
is his willingness to see them at
any time. Miller greets cores
pondents with Come in, troops.
What's the gripe?" when they
have a grippe, he proceeds 10 iron
il out.
THE l945 FISCAL YEAR proved
to be the busiest in FBI history,
with convictions reaching an all
time high OF 1888, compared TO
the previous high of 1856 in ne
preceding year. Sharp increases
were noted in several major crime
categories. Bank robberies rose
from 20 TO the fiscal year OF 1914
to SO in the past year. Frauds
against the government brough;
34s convictions. as against 235 in
the previous year. Convictions Cor
theft from interstate shipments to-
tailed 1,426-or more than twice the
SIS OF 1914.
PROSPECTS NOW ARE that be-
fore the summer is over President
Truman will have secured congres.
sional approval OF the basic fea.
lures OF his plan for international
cooperation-the United Nations
charter and the Breton Woods
financial agreements.
Another Administration must
measure, which already has been
passed by Congress, would author.
ize SO per cent cuts in existing
tariffs in trade agreements nego-
tiated with other countries.
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee hearings on he charter
started July 9. Senate ratification
by an overwhelming majority is
forecast early in August.
The Breton Woods proposals. are
up for Senate consideration. Early
passage Is predicted, but Repub-
licans, led by Senator Robert Taft
(R) OF Ohio. intend 10 hurl bar
rage OF amendments at il.
The emphasis on research on
preparedness which IL sweeping
through Congress Is being used by
opponents OF compulsory military
training as an argument against
that proposal.
Their argument is that research
will so revolutioniZe the weapons
OF the next war, IL there is one, that
compulsory military training would
be practically useless.
Military men answer that it Is
not only necessary to develop wea.
pons, il is essential that the men
be available to use them. They in.
sist, moreover, that preparedness
must take not one but numerous
forms.
The United Nations Clothing
Drive netted some prize furs
among other things. The furs are
to be issued to refugees only on
doctors prescriptions in areas
where sufficient heating Is no.
available.
So far the clothing drive has re-
ceiyed at least one mink coat, sew.
eral silver foxes and other less
glamorous furs. Plus assorted head
aches.
One wealthy matron gave her
daughter permission TO donate a
black dress to a clothing drive
matinee" al a neighborhood thea
ter. Two weeks later she realized
that she had put 1870 in one OF the
dress pockets for safe keeping.
After officials had painstakingly
traced the dress TO New York and
rescued II, the woman told them
that she had made a mistake; the
s270 was in the pocket of a red
dress and she had just retrieved It
Her offer OF cash donation ia
the drive to compensate for the
trouble she had caused was 70
litely turned down.