The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-21
The Course Of Events
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Well, we have had an exciting
time this past week here In New
York.
First OF all, there was Winston
Churchill In all his glory OF per-
sonality and oratory, the best that
Britain has or any country can
have, speaking his mind and win
ming back the goodwill OF Ameri-
cans for a fumbling Britain. Ex-
cept for few Communist hood
lums, who booe1 and Kissed and
beloved by order OF the Kremlin,
New Workers loved Winston be-
cause. he is winston and they liked
his socking his erstwhile partner
in crime, Joe Stain. square on
the jaw. II sounded good to have
a bit of truth-telling for a change.
Then we had that curious front
page episode OF Gloria Vanderbilt
Stokowski telling her mother to go
to work like in the old-fashioned
melodrama. Why the private lives
OF Gloria and her mother are i'm
portant, / do not understand. In
fact, as 1. newspaper reader, have
never been able to appreciate the
peep-hole column that tells OF the
vices, immoralities, sins and indec-
encies of Insignificant, synthetic,
press-agented nobodies called cele-
brities.l Apparently, 1t is on the
assumption that dirt In clean
world is news. But dirt should be
swept out and away.
Then Secretary OF State Jimmy
Byrnes attended his kinfolk among
the friendly sons OF st. Patrick
and made a grand speech, as be-
fits an Irishman on such day. In
the course OF which he announced
the sound American doctrine that
having Established the charter OF
UNO as American policy. this coun-
try intends to stand by that. And
verybody hoped that our govern
ment would, In truth, stand by
some principle long enough to
mike II count.
No matter whether you like X
or dislike England or like or dis
like Russia, II Is an ennobling pic
ture to see this heroic figure OF IL,
Winston Churchill, travelling the
world. subihitting to every physical
hardship, fghting for his country
against odds, crying In his clarion
voice for principles which are and
have ever been oar principles. In
this era OF twisters and two-timing
politicians, who say In private what
they do not say In public, 1t is
stimulant to pride and decency to
see this figure. Churchill. stand
glory TO human dignity.
And then one wants to crawl into
hole at that front-page quarrel be-
tween mother and daughter-an
age-old quarrel that is normally
patched up when the mother is too
old and the daughter normally DE-
flated. Every family, every neigh
borhood possesses such a pair and
they do not rate the front pages OF
newspapers or the staccato voices
OF the radio newscasters.
What makes Gloria newsworthy
Is that she inherited $4,00O,OOO.
She never earned any OF It. She
was born to 1t. In her particular
case, even her father did not earn
IL. II came down to him from
cantankerous ferry-captain, hard.
swearing. long-spitting, able, tough,
the ancient Commodore Wander
bilt who would. were he alive to-
day. marvel at what money and
the course Of events could do to
his progeny. Some OF them are
among our leading Communists, to
say nothing OF brawlers In public.
Sixty million casualties OF war.
q, ,00O, 900 persons displaced and
dispossessed, 20.000,O00 inevitably
must die OF starvation during the
next four months, and l am TO
worry over the morals and manners
of one who, had she lived by the
traditions Of her race. would never
have been noticed-which would
have been better for her and for
the world.
I should like to protest against
this self-advertising Of nonentities
by publicized wickedness. Instead
OF telling about rich gal who
instructs her mother to go to work,
why not tell about the thousands
Of decent men and women who
support their parents. who keep
them off relief rolls, who bring
to them honor and dignity? And
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