The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-01-29

by the Senate. Oldtimers also re
called that the tie-vote in the War
rem case made Vice President
Dawes face red. The senators were
irritated at some Dawes remarks
about their lack of responsibility,
organization and general absence
OF business-like procedure. Yet
when he was to break the tie vote,
he was downtown in his hotel room
and even a hasty Paul Revere" trip
las Norris described it, didn't get
him 10 the Senate in time.
Old friends of the Michigan sen
ate remembered how Jim" used TO
heckle Jesse Jones. who frequently
used 10 have to appear before the
Banking and Currency committee
on which COuZens was power
In fact, it was Couzens who pushed
for an investigation OF Jesse Jones
who at the time was charged with
using REC for. benefit OF some
friends and relatives. Couzens
own secretary. John Carson. was
put in charge OF the probe, which
petered out for lack OF testimony
and funds.
Senator Arthur II. Nandenberg
made this comment on the Wallace
nomination, Il am in opposition 10
the appointment unless the great
resources of the RFC are separat-
ed from the department 1t would
be like naming Sinatra to the ST.
preme Court in payment Of a cam
paign debt.
University women have been
smart about the no-conyention ban
put on by the Office of Defense
Transportation. They are plan
ming a Convention without travel
as a wartime substitute for the hi
ennial convention scheduled for
May %.
With a few days the blueprint OF
this first OF its kind convention
will go forward to Mrs. Lindley F.
Mills, OF Kalamazoo. president Of
the state division of the American
Association OF University Women
This is the way the convention
without travel will operate. On
convention day, members OF the
American Association Of University
women Till get together in their
respective home towns Delegates
will be elected to the non-existent
national meeting. Delegates will
vote by mail. Addresses will be
given via radio prescriptions and
the phonograph Election results
will be tabulated in Washington
and sent out through the press and
mail
The theme OF this non-travel con-
vention will be The University
Womens Responsibility in This
Time OF Crisis. This makes GER
tain a meeting OF minds not OF
persons in the coast-to-coast all
day session.
The AAUW convention program
committee just happened to be
meeting in Washington when War
Mobilization Director Byrnes made
his appeal for no-conventions to
eliminae non-essential travel. The
committee Immediately reversed
its thinking TO map out this in.
genious plan TO do things, not to
go places.
Approval was necessary from the
national hoard. which has been oh.
tanned. The Michigan member is
Mrs. Emil f. Storkan OF Battle
Greek.
The city OF Lansing has been
thanked by Edward Falc6 by WPB
for holding a one.day test brown
out" under the provisions OF Utili-
ties order 10. which saved i
tons OF coal The letter was ad.
dressed TO Otto f. Eckert, general
manager OF Board Of Water and
Electric Light Commissioners
Director OF War Utilities Falck
commented the savings OF Il tons
in a single "a hour period showed
in a practical way the importance
OF the ban on unnecessary sign and
decorative lighting"
Plants grown in houses should
be watered thoroughly and then
not watered again until the sur