The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-08-15
Observations
President Like
Dad Back From
Vacation
Poor Papa Irumanl

WI ~
When he sailed TO the United
States from his little fling at max
ing a perpetual peace with those
amusing collaborators, Joe Stain
and Glenn Attlee. he reminded me
of the head OF a family who. having
been away on a holiday, returns
10 find heaven knows what has
happened at home in his absence.
"Just wait until the President
gets back" half the agencies in
Washington said to the other half
"I'll tell him how you have been be-
having.
You'll see. The President will
soon learn what you've been do
ing while his back was turned.
You'll be sorry" So the capital
bristled with tattle tales. Crowd
ing the tattle tales off the well
come-home-dear-President mat were
those persons who, while the chief
executive was out Of the country,
have thought up domestic chores
for him to do. For example:
Secretary OF War Henry L. Slim
son: "Mr. President. Mr.. Presi-
dent! Pay no attention to Sena-
tor Edwin c. Johnson OF Colorado.
We do need 100000 men in the
Army. We also need 10000 more
women WACs."
The Navy and Marine Corps:
"Mr. President, II the Army needs
more WACs. we certainly need
more WAVES and SPARS. We
want to send more Of our womep
abroad"
Service Wives: Mr.. President.
Mr.. President. Mr.. President! II
you send civilians and uniformed
women abroad why can't you send
us? What do you suppose is hap
pening to that institution OF mar
rage while you separate families
and then mix them up with other
people!"
The civilian sick: "Mr. President.
we wish you'd make the surgeon
general Of the Army send more doc
tors back home. We're just dying
in droves while that man is failing
10 send requirements to the Pacif-
II and other spots. PLEASE spank
the surgeon general"
Senator Arthur Vandenberg (R)
OF Michigan: "Mr. President! II
occurs to me and possibly TO my
good friend and former colleague.
Schwellenbach. now secretary OF
labor, that the time is ripe for a
conference of Representatives or
labor and management for the es-
Enlistment of an industrial peace.
] wish. sir. that you would give
this matter your attention as soon
as possible. Thank you. sir"
The country-atlarge: "Mr. Pres
ident. while you were over there
Strengthening out Europe, Congress
ran off home and did absolutely
nothing about reconversion OF bust
ness or unemployment OF veterans.
We told Congress you said they had
20 do this before they left for
those European, Asiatic and Afri-
can sightseeing trips everybody is
80 crazy about now. But they
wouldn't pay the slightest atten-
ton. They answered back in long
speeches about other things"
80
have some ideas want to talk
over with you myself. Mr.. Truman.
Are you sure that you and Mr..
Attlee were smart in allotting Rus
STA SO much German machinery and
industrial and chemical equipment?
Machinery means guns, and guns
mean war. Another war. That
thought bothers me greatly.
Was II really necessary to give
Poland such a hunk OF German?
wouldn't have half the slice been
sufficient?
This last matter / am particular
about. Now that you have seen
Europe and England, do you feel
this wicked, wasteless war has
settled anything? Aren't the coun-
tries Of Europe going to keep on
hating each other forevermore? Do
you think we have made the world
a safer. kinder place in which TO
live? Could we-answer carefully
could we have done better for
humanity II we had stayed at home
and minded our own mistakes?
AS a citizen Of Missouri, Mr.. Tru-
man, did they show you at Pots
dam that what the United States
has done in Europe Is right?
Welcome home, Mr.. President!