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The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Officers Named
by Pistol Club

Officers for the coming year
were elected at meeting Of the
Ypsilanti Pistol Club, Friday eve
ling.
Martin Estey was elected to the
post of president. and Christopher
Markham to the vice presidency.
Mr.. Markham was also elected
senior range officer. Robert Cool
ey was named as the secretary
treasurer.
Discussions of the meeting con-
cerned plans for summer activities.
and further talks on a proposed
firing range, which the organization
plaps to construct in the near fu.
ture.
Members voted TO be classified
as a class A club. affiliated with
the National Rifle Association.
which will make the membership
eligible to shoot in competitive
contests throughout the country.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Three Held

The Willow Village sheriff's OF.
fee made three arrests Friday
night and early this morning, II
was reported today.
Private Dan Basom, former resi-
dent at 10330 Warren Rd.. was
apprehendel for being absent with.
out leave from his Army duties.
A second offender. Bascom was dis
covered beside a hedgerow at War
rem and Gotfredson Rds., out OF
uniform. He told officers he had
been staying in a Plymouth hotel.
Basom was taken to the county jail
pending arrival OF military police.
Hlney Ortkeies. 1918 CRANKY Ct.
and James Taylor. 1712 Brighton
St.. were arrested on charges Of
intoXication and disorderliness.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Ping Pong
Will Begin

Drawings for the West Lodge
pingpong tourney were completed
Friday afternoon and elimination
contests are slated to start Mon
day, according to Bill Riordan. in.
tramural sports director.
At 1880 p. m. Monday, Bob Green
berg will face John Bareham, and
B. II. Gross will meet Sherman
Setomer. At 8 O'Clock, Lowell
Emerling will play Royce Lampe,
Al Hamburg will play Lou Arlin,
and Bob Smith will oppose Douglas
Blocker.
Each match will consist OF the
best two out OF three games. with
q points or a two-point advantage
per contest. Tournament games
rate priority on the West Lodge
tables, Mr.. Riordan announced.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
City Firemen
Answer Calls

City fremen answered alarms for
two grass fires and one small roof
FIRE, Friday afternoon.
The roof FIRE was at Trailer II,
Ypsilanti Lodge, occupied by John
Stobie. The blaze started as
result of sparks from the trailer
stove which was Neing cleaned.
They fell on the freshly tarred roof,
igniting 1t. Extent OF the damage
was a small hole in the roof.
The grass fires were at the
corner OF Youngs St and Johnson
Ave. and at the corner OF College
wood DR.. and Cornell Rd.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Grid Battle
to be Shown

Motion pictures Of he ls45 Mich.
igan-Minnesota gridiron battle will
be shown Sunday evening in West
Lodge at 80, It Was annouced to-
day by Bill Riordan, Intramural
sports director
The showing is open to the pub
lie. he stated. without charge.
About l25 people viewed the films
OF the 19i5 Michigan.Purdue game
last Sunday.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Sings May
be Weekly

Plans for a weekly Sunday eve
ming community sing are being con-
sidered for West Lodge, It was re-
ported today by Mrs. Betty Dingley,
social director.
The community sing, conducted
by experts from the University OF
Michigan School OF Music, will be
scheduled for to 1880 p. m, she
stated
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
aIIEsrs Al nIMMEn

The nine West Lodge dormitory
directors were entertained at din.
ner Friday evening at the home OF
Walter D. Fariss, University OF
Michigan veterans coordinator, and
Mrs. Fariss. The dinner followed
the regular weekly meeting OF the
directors, who represent dormitory
residents in social and athletic
planning.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
MAINER HEARING

Jackson-AP-John c. Muck. for.
mer assistant superintendent OF
the Jackson County abstract office,
waived examination at his arraign-
ment Friday on embezzlement
charges. Prosecutor Murl Aten said
Muck's accounts showed a shortage
OF 1929 over a slX-year period.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
INJURED IN CRASH

Detroit-AP-Pfc. Herbert II.
Prultt, son OF Mrs. Beatrice Prultt,
OF Detroit, was one OF two men in
jured IN the crash OF a transport
plane In the Philippines last Satur-
day in which six Army officers and
men we're killed, It was learned
here today.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Willow Run Calendar
TODAY

TODAY
300 p. m.-Meeting Of court
chairmen, West Lodge.
$500 p. m.-Open house, juke.
box dance, West Lodge.
SUNDAY
700 p. m.-Communlty sing,
West Lodge.
1880 p. m.-Football films, West
Lodge.
MONDAY
900 p. m.-Child Care Class,
West Lodge.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30

f42 Jurisdiction over the huge vii.
low Run plant. Thus the UAW
convention settled a long fight be.
tween Local 142 and Ford Local so.
The Kalser-Frazer Corporation
expects TO secure its entire labor
force from Ypsilanti and the imme-
diate Vicinity, It was declared Fri.
day by Joseph w. Frazer, corpora
tion president, in a conversation
following a press luncheon at the
Willow Run plant.
Mr.. Frazer made the statement
when asked wha. transportation
facilities his corporation was ar
ranging to bring workers from De-
troit and other relatively distant
points. we don't expect to get
workers from Detroit" the auto
executive said. The immediate
area around the plant can supply
our labor demands very easily"
Outlining the labor situation at
the plant. Mr.. Frazer announced
that all top supervisory employees
had been hired. The primary de,
mand now a: Kaiser-FTszer is for
skilled laborers, he stated. The
corporation now has 1000 EN-
ployees, while 1000 construction
workers are converting the former
Bomber Plant for automobile pro-
duction.
Ford, General Motors, and Chrys-
Ter plans to produce lightweight.
low horsepower cars for export in
:he near future brought a query in
kaiser-Frazer entering that field.
Mr.. Frazer exclaimed: Enter It!
Wen lead it,"
Mr.. Frazer announced 10 press
Representatives that virtually all
parts orders have been. placed
Fridays press luncheon was Civ.
en- by the corporation 20 demon
strate the Rototiller which started
coming off tn Kaiser assem-
bly, lines this week.
Production of $4,000 Kaiser,
Frazer Cars is scheduled this year
at Willow Run, according to Mr..
Frazer, president Of the corpora
ton.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30

Detroit, Mar. 3O-AP-WFA -
Michigan graded eggs in case lots
FOB Detroit:
Whites-Grade A: jumbo AZ: ex-
ira large 39-39iz; large 1888: me
dium, 3i-35; small 329. Grade B:
large "a.
Browns-Grade A: large 80.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30

will be dancing to juke-box music,
Mrs. Dlngley stated. The first open
house, last Saturday evening, was
attended by about $50 persons. she
said.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Willow Run Schools Will
Have Free ImmunizatiOns

as follows: Simmonds School; April
s; Ross School, April Il; Spencer
School, April "a; and Foster
School, April 26. All cinics will
open at 9 a. m.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
Open House
For Veterans

An open house for both single
and married student veterans will
take place tonight at West Lodge,
s 10 IL p. m. II was announced by
Mrs. Betty Dingley. social director.
Ping-pong and billiard tables will
be available for guests, and there
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
DIES OF INJlJRIEs

Detroit-AP-Michael c. Scott,
72. OF Hazel Park. died Friday Of
injuries suffered when an automo-
bile struck him.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
ExrINnIIIsA EIREs

Firemen from the Village fire de-
partment extinguished a grass fire
Friday at 95S f. Michigan Ave.
There was no property damage.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
INCREASE ANNOUNCED

Grand Rapids-AP-A general
hourly pay increase OF l6iz cents
was announced today for all en-
ployes Of Lear. Inc. o. Grand Rap
ids and Piqua, Ohio. The firm,
which manufactures radios for air
craft and home use. renewed is
contract with the CIO United Elec-
trical, Radio and Machine Workers,
providing a union shop for mainten
ance and production workers.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30

Evergreen Bargains at Ann Arbor
Nursery by Island. Ann Arbor.
Open till dark. adv.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30

Khaki cloth is woven from FIVE
different colored threads.
The Ypsilanti daily press., 1946-03-30
WILL
COME FROM
THIS AREA

Atlantic City, N. j.. Mar. soap
The clio Auto Workers Union to.
day gave Graham-Palge Local No.
f4a Jurisdiction over the huge VIII
low Run plant. Thus tho UAW
convention settled a long fight be-
tween Local 142 and Ford Local so.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Grosshopper Gauge
From the New Orleans rimes-picayune.

rfom tne NeW OTleans I1meS-P1cayune.
Electrical research has developed, for
Montana entomologists, thermocouple
delicate enough to measure the body
temperature of a grasshopper This is
heralded as companion step to that
intimate study of the mosquito and fly
which, unless the scientific method
suffers a defeat, eventually will cinch
mans ability to repel and wipe out such
insects. just how the knowledge of
whether graSshoppers run a tempera-
ture or chill will facilitate this worthy
movement remains somewhat a puzzle,
but so do lots Of things until they are
cleared up.
Newsweek magazine helpfully sug-
gests that the object is to test the not
too-incredible theory that in feeding,
grasshoppers prefer the shade in hot
weather and the sunlight in cool. If
this is so, the exterminators will know
where to put their poison; and we pre-
sumo they viii continue to put 1t where
they do now, which Is just about every
where. The alternative Of picking al
the poison up at noon and putting 1t in
the shade, and of transferring 1t at dawn
to the sunswept prairie, does not strike
us as any less expensive.
Time was when rural folk, under the
Ernest Thompson Seton influence, could
tell you of the bat any detail OF the
feeding habits Of insects, without need
ing a thermocouple to prove that they
get warm and cool and that they
govern themselves accordingly. Time
also was when the good old WPA would
furnish grasshopper watchers at no ex-
pense save the addition of another
cipher to the national debt. But we do
not bewail the stepping In of science
here, since the thermocouple should be
of great value in all industry where
microscopic parts figure. Also to detect
the "sizzle" or frigidity of those minute
morsels lately represented on menus as
the meat course.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Frost

They knoio 1t noD: there is a sudden
furry
OF ioings-u consultation in the grass.
Yet there is little time for talk: they
hurry
TO finish up their chores: the hours
Too ssDiftly noso for what mast stu be
done:
The ants bring In their stores. the
listless bees
Seek the last dregs OF pollen, ,ptile the
Fades sa6ron-pale behind the totper-
ing trees.
Noic kdtydids and crickets grow apare
OF something onainous. beyond their
knoaping;;
There Is a gro,Dipg npurmur In the air
The grGsshoppers hare left, the bees
are going;
Without delay the birds prepare tor
flight,
Fore,Ddrned Of frost upon the coming
night.
MAE wINKLER GOODMAN.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Security and Taxes
By George Fielding Eliot

PEORIA, In.-Existing plans for our
armed forces represent absolute mlnima,
the lowest possible estimates consistent
with the discharge Of established re-
sponsibilities and commitments. They
do not include margin of imitation to
allow for possible use Of the congress
sional pairing knife. This is q point
which one may hope the Republican
Study Committees" which are to draft
the legislative program for the new
majority party will keep In mind as
they approach the problem of how they
are to set about the promised reduc-
ton in taxes.
Take for example the plans for the
Army. As Of the end Of this fiscal year
June 80, 1947-the strength of the
Army Is to be 1,070, 900. General Of the
Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of
Staff. has stated that further cut to
100000 is anticipated when occupation
forces can be reduced. This is certainly
rock bottom when the jobs which the
Army has to do are considered. First
Of all, this figure includes the Army
Air Forces. which with 400, 900 officers
and men must provide our major long
range striking force, the cornerstone of
our national security. adequately dis
persed in well-located bases In addi-
ton, the Air Forces must carry on an
extensive program Of research and de-
velopment which we dare not stint in
either personnel or equipment.
y
There remain 400, 900 men for the
ground forces, plus essential Army
overhead. Out Of this figure Gen. Els
enhower must provide the bulk of the
occupation Armies (which will total
100000 In Germany, 5000 in Austria
and perhaps 10000 in Japan and
Korea at the end of this fiscal year,
but are to be further reduced as far
as security permits. When these needs
have been taken care Of, he must still
find ground garrisons for our outlying
naval and air bases, q reserve Of ground
troops (Which ought not to be less
than i've divisions in the continental
United States)-personnel for training
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Farm Wife Worth SIS. 900

There Is no reason to be discour-
aged. We may tangle the skeins of
domestic affairs; the international
conferences may jounce and bump
along. A man may dream Of roast
beef and good five-cent cigar.
Women's hats reach higher and the
chassis OF new cars sink lower. We
are blinded a bit by the sunrise of
the atomic era. But fundamentally
all Is well; courage is still a hallmark
OF the land Of the free. Professor
George A. Pond Of the University Of
Minnesota comes up with state
ment that good farm wife is worth
exactly $4,000.
He went about 1t scientifically-as
a professor Of agricultural economics
should. He asked sizable group of
farmers who keep accurate records
to say how much their wives CO.
operated in running the farms.
With all the data assembled, a fact
stood out in stark relief. Those
farmers who said their wives CO.
operation was feature Of the farm
operation made exactly $2,760 a year
more than the farmers who reported
their wives "did not Cooperate ex-
tensively." The professor logically
concluded that If farmer had an
investment that would earn him
$2,7e0 at 4 per cent it meant $6s, 900.
1t Is good to know how q farm
wife's value is determined by pro-
lessor OF economies. without delv-
ing into the mysterious realm of
economies as a whole. we venture
mildly to suggest that the figure be
raised to the good, well-rounded sum
OF 100000. We should not quibble
over sal 000 when a wife tends the
chickens and garden. puts up straw
berry jam and elderberry preserves
and makes hot, fluffy, fragrant GIN
gerbread with raisins In 1t at least
twice week.
Evening star., 1946-11-16

1t seems rather unfair to Repre-
sentative Taber. who will be chair
man of the Appropriations Commit
tee in the next Congress, to ask him
to commit himself now on the size
of the lump sum.
What we want from Mr.. Taber and
his colleagues Is a determination of
the size of the Federal payment, and
the many collateral issues which
stem from it, on the facts. The
clearest statement of the facts prob
ably will be contained in the Presi-
dents budget message and the Com
missioners' recommendations on ap-
propriations next January.
There is a tendency to regard the
size of the Federal payment as the
most important issue in District
National Government fiscal rela-
tions. But the more important issue
is the principle to be followed in
determining the size of the Federal
payment.
The fair principle is to estab-
lish some fixed ratio between the
amount charged to the local tax
payer and the amount to be paid by
the National Government in the
support and development of Wash
ington. It is when we depart from
that principle that we get into
trouble.
Congress not only sets the amount
of taxation in Washington; it does
all the spending. It lies within the
power of Congress to levy confisca-
tory taxes on the people who pay
the taxes here and to spend the
money in a way that dilutes the
benefits. That has been and will
continue to be the tendency unless
the dollars taken in taxes from
Washingtonians are matched, in
some definite proportion, with Fed
eral dollars. One reason for our
present financial condition in WASH
ingten is that too much has been
asked from too few local taxpayers.
If Congress chooses as policy to ex-
empt great numbers of potential
local taxpayers from any local tax
responsibility, then Congress must
supply from other sources the miss
ing revenue. It has exempted the
taxpayers. But it has not supplied
the missing revenue.
d, Mr.. Taber is an able legislator, a
man with reputation for fair deal
ing and no more addicted to partisan
maneuvers than his brethren on
both sides of the aisle. Whatever
may be his personal predictions
now on financing the needs of the
American Capital, The Star earnestly
hopes that they will be shaped by
his new responsibilities; that he will
work for policy based on the desire
to be fair to people who have no rep
resentation in their Government,
and that the policy will be con-
structive in relation to the develop
ment of great Capital City.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Too Many Stutisticiuns?

No one ever has questioned the
courage of Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal and most likely no one ever
will, after the demonstration of fear
lessness he gave before the Princeton
University Conference on Education
and the Public Service. Eschewing
any desire to step on anybody's toes,
Mr.. Forrestal proceeded, in effect, to
stomp around deliberately in an area
thoroughly cluttered up with toes in
danger of being stepped on. The toes
belong to the small army of statis-
ticians, economists and lawyers on
the Government payroll in Washing
ton.
"I have observed" Mr.. Forrestal
declared, what seems to me to be
some imbalance in the predomi-
n 'e of statisticians, lawyers and
economists in our Government, as
contraSted to the number of men
drawn from more general expert
snce. Training in the categories I
have named is useful, but suggest
that sometimes people with such
specialized training tend to rely too
much on the techniques of their
training to the detriment of prac-
tical solutions. He added that
complete reliance cannot be had
on technical Skills"-that common
sense and other basic human virtues
must remain the essence of demo-
cratic government"
Mr.. Forrestal did not attempt to
account for the influx of the techni-
cal specialists, but he might have
pointed out that the Government in
recent years has been so overrun by
statistics, directives, reports, ques-
donnaires and analyses that small
army of statisticians, economists,
analysts, lawyers and co-ordinators
is required not only to produce them
but to understand them. Perhaps
statistics have become so much a
part Of Government that they would
pile up whether there were statisti-
clans in Washington or not. Such a
prospect is so overwhelming that it
probably would be the better part
. of wisdom to keep an adequate sup
ply of statisticians on hand to un-
Evening star., 1946-11-16
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Senator vandenberg Of Michigan, for
two years an important factor In the
formulation Of American foreign policy,
has made certain his selection as chair
man Of the Senate Foreign Relations
COMMITTEES the process Of announc-
ing his candidacy for the office. It is as
simple as that, and tribute to Mr..
Vandenberg,s ability and leadership of
COP thought on foreign affairs.
The Michigan Senator for a long
time has been q particular target for
the Communists-both those in Russia
and those in the United States. His
accession, therefore, to this important
post In the new Congress will bring no
Joy in Moscow. For 1t is the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee which first
passes on treaties-including treaties OF
peace-which may be negotiated by the
President. And it is the chairman of
this committee who In the past has had
strong influence on the State Depart
ment and the conduct of the countrys
relations with foreign governments.
Mr.. vandenberg is not a hater of
Russia-or even Of Soviet Russia. It
has been his constant assertion that
the United States and the Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics can live at
peace. However, 1t has been MIR. VAN
denbergs assertion, too, that co-opera-
ton between the two great powers must
be mutuai-and that there shall be no
"appeasement" Of Soviet Russia through
acquiescence In RuSsia's territorial and
governmental encroachments in Europe
and In Asia. He has backed strongly
the attitude Of Secretary of State Byrnes
In hts dealings with Soviet Russia, both
at the Paris Peace Conference and the
United Nations and in Foreign Minis
ters' meetings.
1t may be assumed, therefore, there
will be no weakening of this country's
attitude in its foreign relations-par-
ticularly with Russia-because control
Of Congress is passing from Democratic
to Republican hands. Mr. Vandenberg
and the Republican majority in the new
Senate may be expected to give Presi-
dent Truman and Secretary Byrnes Just
as adequate support as they have re-
ceived frcm the Democratic majority
and Senator Tom Connally, chairman
Of the Foreign Relations Committee in
the Congress soon to die. In view of
the fact that Moscow radio, prior to
the recent American elections, strongly
urged the reelection Of Democratic
Senator'S and Representatives, especially
the New Deal variety, the victory OF
the Republicans at the polls can in no
way be considered triumph for the
Soviets.
1t Is no secret that Mr.. vandenberg,
along with Secretary Of State Byrnes,
deeply deplored the Madison Square
Garden speech Of former Secretary OF
Commerce Henry A. Wallace q couple
Of months ago, in which Mr.. Wallace
urged q policy Of appeasement-al-
though he denied 1t was intended as ap-
peasement-toward Russia and retreat
Evening star., 1946-11-16

and development programs, including
the training Of the National Guard and
organized reserves, and the indispens-
able minimum for the administration
and housekeeping of the military estab-
lishments.
How even an Eisenhower is going to
stretch 100000 men to cover all these
requirements is difficult to understand
Certainly no reduction in that figure
can even be thought of in the present
state of the world. It is abundantly
clear that the Army leaders are not in
dulging in the time honored practice of
asking for more than they need ON the
theory that Congress will cut their esti-
mates anyway. Indeed, as long as the
occupation Armies remain at or near
their existing levels, it Is hard to see
how the figure of 1.070,000 can be cut.
Here In the heart of Republican
Illinois, there is certainly no sentiment
whatever for any tampering with the
national security in order to reduce
taxes. There Is indeed very clear and
heartening understanding of the fact
that strong and vigilant America Is the
one dependable guarantee of world peace
that Is at present in sight OF course
the average man would like to see his
taxes reduced, but no one to whom this
reporter has spoken on the subject would
wish tax reduction which involved a
reduction in the national insurance
policy-the armed forces; there is no
tendency to say I'VE can get along with
smaller Army and Navy. We don't
need such forces now that the war is
over" Instead the Illinois workman,
farmer, student and even preacher, says
Let's be sure we have enough Army
and Navy to keep the world at peace
Right now 1t seems to be up to us. Sure
we ought to cut expenditures, but let's
not begin with our insurance premiums -
The Republican Study Committees
should not neglect to sound out the
grass root" sentiment as they begin
their calculations on pairing the Federal
budget.
tcopyrisht, 1e46)