The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1946-01-29
observations
Cabinet Changes
Not Likely TO be
Made Until Fall

President Truman Intends TO 20
through the coming congressional
elections with his present cabinet
One OF the Presiden IS closest as.
sociates is authority for the state
ment that Mr. Truman has No
intention OF changing any present
cabinet member. Thus would
serve to end current OF rumors
forecastinE cabinet switches be
| fore the voters 20 10 the polls next
November.
The President is pictured as will
ing 10 retain Secretary OF the
| Interior Ickes as long as the vet
eran New Dealer wishes 10 re
main lckes has been tie subject
OF most cSbinet change rumors
Mr.. Trufnan's choice OF his
| friend. Edwin c. Pauley. a under
secretary Of the Navy provoked
new rumors that Navy Secretary
Forrestal will resign shortly. one
report stated that Pauley would
succeed Forrestal as Navy secre-
tary by April !.
The Whit House authority stat
ed, however that Forrestal was
anxious. To return 10 his private
business interests but had prom
ised the Chief Executive 10 remain
so long as his services were de-
sired
A Navy spokesman added that
Forrestal had NO intention OF re-
signing until after Congress has
acted on the proposed legislation
for merging the Army and Navy
into a single department OF national
defense.
LOOK FOR A BIG BOOM IN the
helicopter business this year and
next. The flying windmills' will
become quite common in most com
munities / the not too distant fu-
ture.
Like other developments. the
helicopter rushed far ahead OF
shedule under the impetus OF war.
The armed forces spent millions
of dollars improving the wingless
wonders
And don't get the idea that the
| helicopters OF today and tomorrow
are. or will be, slow and cumber-
some. Recent test flights showed
some models carry a comparatively
heavy load at speeds Of more than
100 miles per hour.
Helicopter enthusiasts believe
the unu ual flying machine has
/ tremendous possibilities as cargo
and passenger carrier, especially
| in small communities.
Practically no flying field is
necessary. Some models can land
and take of from the roof Of a
comparatively small building.
Eventually, It is hoped that fair
| " large helicopters will be used
TO shuttle airline passengers from
large flying fields TO metropolitan
centers.
At present, most big fields are
located 10 to 10 miles from bust
ness districts, and passengers have
to wait and waste time before
catching buses and taxicabs.
The helicopter will never replace
the large, speedy. long-range pass
enger plane. But II definitely has
a place of its own in the cargo
and transportation field. Watch
1t from Tow on.
RARE THING HAPPENED ~
CONGRESS RECENTLY.
Chairman Doughton Cd OF North
Carolina, of the House Ways and
Means Committee, held a news
conference. was the first time
in the memory OF the oldest re-
porters tn Doughton has done
such a thing.
The octogenarian chairman talk
ed freely about taxes and invited
questions on the subject. He said
that he did NOT think there could
be much additional tax reduction
until the budget was balanced.
He explained that the committee
would draft a bill to overhaul the
social security-old age pension sys
TEN before tackling taxes again.
Veteran newsmen listened in as
| constituent Then a light dawned
upon them.
They recalled that some weeks
ago Chairman George CD) Of Geor.
| gia, OF the Senate Finance Com
mittee, held frequent news confer
ences and urged substantial tax
reductions.
They remembered that Dough
ton was inCeRsed because George
did this particularly since the Ways
and Means Committee and not the
Senate originates tax bills.
Could Il be. they asked, that
Doughton was taking a leaf out OF
Georges book. and was beating
him TO the gun in his own tax pro.
gram before the public.
The most deaths OF children
| to 1 years old are caused by ac-