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T 0 Side' Glances if . . 3 Washington Merry-Go-K?ound 8 ft By DREW PEARSON 0 "IBlTORIAI PAGE -O- ft 4J b1 4 La Grahde Evening Observer O Frank Schirtj; Publisher ttjpii-:.si)A t:vi:mnc, mauch 27, mi.') "What Are You Cryhifj About, Neifl(fwr?" I 'age' Two iiivmm Mar 7' U GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Valley irrigation project. A city of 10,000 ' And Itrcfhtmp4 te Uiiij,Y.(ttf': but be yo transformed by the reiiewfhjr of your mind, that ye may prove what In that Rood, and acceptable, and per ' feet, will of God. Romans 12:2. ' ' THOUGHTS FOR TODA1? 1 Troth makes on the ocean- of nature ho dun track of light every eve look ing on finds its own. Kulwer-I.ytton. A Crack in the Curfew Hell With the allied food and entertain ment industries of greater New York's voluntary decision to decline Mayor I. a Guardia's "extra hour of tolerance'' and abide by Mobilization Tiirectnr l'yrnes' midnight curfew request, the whole fusg l)0tween the mayor and Byrnes seems to have simmered down to a tompst in n demi-tasse. Ftut perhaps it is of some interest as an example of how a psycho kiglcnlly sound idea can be defeated by Unsound psychology of application, Byrnes requested the curfew as a means of saving heat, electricity, trans portation and manpower. He fortified tho request by invoking OPA and WMC sanctions which could, for all practical purposes, put" anyone out of business who refused to accede to the request. Ilyrnes hIno mentioned some less tan gible but inure persuasive reasons for a COl'few,' and Mi since repeated them. 'They are unanswerable. Certainly, as he said, the men nt the front have a right to expect some mimll sacrifices from us at 'home. And certainly it is a small siifcrifife indeed to end one's merrymaking at midnight. Rut these reasons were not itiven as the impelling force behind the curfew. Instead, liyrncs requested the curfew as a practical economy. And even before il fent into effect it was obvious that UujMU(ii4 would be small. Novol'tholoMK. pill' (r n v n r n mnnta tftmtijrlurift trfe land responded iiktrio- r lieultvi AliuVnone was more enthusias tic than New York's, where the mayor put through the city council a new clos ing law; with arrest and stiff punish ment for violators. Then speakeasies sprang up. And soldiers on leave, at loose ends after midnight, got into more trouble than f'C.v would ever find in a night club. So a Omirdia reversed himself with equal enthusiasm, defying Flyrncs and the city's new closing law which he him self had put through. It won him con demnation almost everywhere except in his homo city. !ut the home city is whoro the mayor is running for re-election next fall. And the curfew might thus have stood today knee-deep in ineptitude, Hut tho army and navy orders to Servicemen to observe the midnight curfew hour seem to have won the issue for Ilyrnes where other means merely created an impasse. Tho whole thing seems to demon strate again that you can't legislate re sponsibility into a people, especially the .American people, and most especially by such devious ways. The denouement in dicates that Ilyrnes might have been more successful if he had frankly in voked his curlew on ethical rather than practical grounds. As it is there is a suspicion that be hind a screen of dubious logic Byrnes has made a well-hitonlioned hut' mis guided effort to replace individual con science with a governmental substitute. Doing, nettling hurts must just after you finish it. WASHINGTON The army's promotion policy on general officers came in for a thorough laking-over last week, when the senate military affairs committee met in a closed-dour session to consider the recom mended promotion of nine lieutenant Ken erals to full generals. ChainnaiOEIhcrl Thomas of Utah opened the- discussion hy remarking that '.hf had never before. known a sing pe riod iitVur histoiy to produce so many gonei :d:;v Thomas was .apparently making a simple observa tionhut siiifi found he had stuck a respon sive chord. lbs committee jdused to vote to confirm the nine candidates without first having chief of staff Marshall appear before the committee and explain the promotions. Hard-working Happy Chandler of Ken tucky wanted to know how these .nine men had been selected. "Men like Patten, Hodges, Patch and Simpson the commanders on the western front are all lieutenant generals now," Chandler observed. "Why shouldn't they be promoted just as soon as these nine men suggested here?" " Styles Bridges of New Hampshire second ed Chandler's question, referring specific oily to Patton'and Hodges.' Chan Gurney of South Dakota pointed out that these four men (I'attdn, Hodges, Patch, Simpson) are commanders of single armies, rather than of army groups. The generals recommended for promotion arc Bradley, Devers and Clark, all commanders of army groups together with Generals Handy, McNarney, Somer vell, Spanlz, Kcnney and Krueger who hold various home front and overseas commands. "But Patlon and Hodges are lieutenant generals just like the rest of them," Bridges replied, pointing out also that Walter Krue ger one of those named for promotion is commander of the sixth army, not of an army group. Senatorial Pique The senators then got down to a discus sion of the individual officers whose promo tion they had been asked to approve. They weren't too happy about General Somer vell, head of at my service forces, but where they really agreed was in their objection to promoting l.icut. Gen. Joseph .McNarney to be a full general. McNarney is now deputy supreme alllerl commander in the Mediter ranean area. '' As deputy chief of staff until a few months ago, McNarney sceeded, in his frequent ' appearances before the committee, in win ning the dislike of nearly nil members. They didn't care for his personality and never had much respect for his ability. They remem bered particularly Ijie time during the last congress, when Senators O'Mahoncy, Chand ler and Bildges went to the war department' to find out about the army's plan to destroy a huge file of complaints brought against officers named for promotion. . ' " ' Not all members are certain that there was anything wrong with the army's plan, but all remember .that thqy didn't care for McNamcy's reception qf the three senators. Finally il was agreed that General Mar shall should be brought to appear before the committee before il acted on any of the nominations. Disgusted with the whole procedure, Sen ator Chandler declared; "So far as, I am concerned, I will support a bill to permit Marshall to promote anyone he wants with out senate confirmation. We're just sup posed to be here as a rubber stamp, I gues3."' Note: General Marshall, in a super-secret session later in the week, explained his pass ing over Pultun, Patch, Hodges and Simpson by pointing out that they were all subordin ates to Bradley and Devers. Krueger, ho explained, is subordinate to MacArlhur, who is a five-star general. Thus, Krueger's rank will not be as high as that of his superior, just as Bradley arid Devers will outrank the generals under them if their promotion is approved, but will be ranked in turn by Eisenhower. Marshall was put through a long grilling on McNarney, who once established the rule that no col ionels nor lieutenant colonels, no matter how well trained, could go overseas for combat if beyond a certain ago. Crackdown en. Franco Credit UNftRA with being at least one Washington agency which has cracked down on fascist Spain, and in no uncertain terms. Perhaps this is because it is an international organization. Anyway, UNRRA has issued a confiden tial but emphatic order that-no supplies shall be purchased from Spain. This Is in direct conflict with the state department, which not truly sanctions the purchase of goods from Spain, but, much more important, gives export licenses for the shipmeit of (Continued on Page 6) . ya 1W, gv BgA tCtviCE. Ifft 1. M. HEC. 0. S. PAT. Of F. "Oh, I wo.i lots of slakes and purses when I was operating my rac ing stable, but I've dona so well here driving rivels thai I dread going back to the track after the war!" 0 McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM, E. McKENNEY. America's Card Authority EVALUATING HAND BY "POINT SYSTEM" (This is the first of two arti cles on the Yarnall "Point System.") Mr. L. F. Yarnall of Venlnor City, N. J., uses a point count instead of honor counts for eval uating the high cards in his hand. He has taken the old Work count, which was an ace. lour points; A Q J X V A J X X K J X X X X WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT She needed some denal work clone, and so tho wife of a navy 'officer stationed in a small mid-western town made an appoint ment with a local dentist. He told' her just what she needed done and then jisked casually, "What does your husband do?" When she said. "He's with the navy here," the dentist froze up and told her she had better find someone else to do her work as he was booked solid for several weeks. "I'll be glad to wait until you can lake me," said the the navy officer's wife. And then she got the truth. "I have to save my appointments for per manent people," said the dentist. "This war isn't going to last forever, and I have to take care of the people who are i;oing to support nic when it's over." Sure, the war is going to. bo., oyer, some.,,, day. 'Thanks to tho men in uniform' and nobody else. But their families, when they follow them around the country, over and over again have to step to the foot of the line to let "permanent civilians" take precedence over I hem. They are used ti finding that permanent civilians get first chances at houses and apartments. And that permanent civilians get special consideration in stores, find that permanent civilians are preferred for jobs. And now here's a case where you have to he a permanent civilian, or a dentist doesn't want to bother with fhiing your teeth. You'd almost .think thai it's the perman ent civilian who is fighting the wai. king, three points; queen, two joints, and jack, one point. After totaling up your point count, according to Mr. Yarnall, you now divide the total by four to determine the number of hon or tricks in your hand. The point count for the above hand is three for the spade suit, five for hearts, and four for dia- Questions & Answers ' Q Who is Bela Mikols? A Premier of the Hungarian provisional government. Q Hoe many languages and dialects rre spoken in Russia? A . rcund 150. Q What German province lies just north of the state of Sax ony, now under Red army inva sion? A The Prussian province of Saxony, once part of the king dom of Saxony. monds, a total of 12 points. Di vide this by four and with this system, you now have three hon or tricks as compared to two when using the honor trick count. When using the honor point system, you must remember that every hand has a constant count of ten honor tricks. The purpose of this method of counting is to portray the value of lower honors whose valuer, are disregarded or under valued in most systems. Thus the bidder has a fuller mental picture of the stregnth or weak ness of his hand. O IN FORME" YEARS 30 Years Ago An army of variegated cut worms infested Grande Ronde ranches at various points, and where they have struck the ruin is complete. Umatilla county also was attacked by the pests and state farm experts were call ed in to combat the plague. The Neighborhood club made pains to beautify the city, an nouncing prizes would be award ed to those who had the best lawns, and most artistically ar ranged grounds. Twenty-one days after being bitten by a rabid coyote, a work horse owned by D. E. Brannon of Oro Dell, fell victim to rabies and was shot. Q What is Germany's Bund Deutscher Maedel? A Hitler's girls' organization. Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Corraspondrat Funny Business CD " --v,vV,. , . , - ? Q o SO THEY SAY ( The Dresdiitl, catastrophe is without precedent. Not a single detachers budding remains in tact eleven capable of recoil strm'tiWt. The town area is de void of human life. A great city has SHen (Viycd from the map of Europe. -Rudolf Sparing, C!ei5)i)n re porter. th. fiv,nt m 1 I... I.,.,.-.,. ......I There have been too manv ,,;,v smoke-screens designed solelv to duck the blah for failure. Assistant N.)y Secretaiy II. Stiuvo Hensel. WASHINGTON Behind John L. Lewis' demand for 10 cents a ton royalty on all coal mined, and behind North Carolina Sen ator Josiah W. liailey's proposal to stop all such goings-on. by law, there is a funda mental question of policy generally over looked: Is post-war social security to he expanded as a function of government? Or is it to be left as the private responsbility of in dividuals, paternalistic - minded employers and social-minded unions-.' This isue isn't exactly new, but its post war implications are net clear and net ap preciated. Before 4'hc new deal, many cor poiations hafijyension plans of their own. Klany labor ft.idelO .ot'.'eeted to them be cause they p?e considered anti-union, the idea iiein, 'Sh if an employer dangled tho reward of a pension In fere his employes, il made Ihem too willing to be exploited in other ways. But sonij; of the union themselves went in for a drgiiy of this old fashioned patern alism. Typou'i uphical and Pressmen's ' un ions, a,T.ong others, had weil-cstablishcd homes to whiwilj their U ss foitunate meni eers could lctiro when tee old to work at their trades, l!t) ,o With the passage of the original railroad retirement act and the social sistflinty act in lP!i:i. the need for nricte pension plans' -' largely disappeared :USi the government took'; lltfM re-sOonsihititv 'Aw old-ace Inmefd payments. Mmiiariy, with too p.issage oi "Hesaya he's utcd: to traveling on an observation plalforml" It is ul best a curious process when an American, a-intisher and a Russian with no Poles present sit down together to '" anv fovt ,f gevevn-iont Q'i I'ei.md, i , i r.ein iici i n c that pieservation of Polish independ ence and self-government was the world's springboard into this war. Sen. Arthur H. Vandcnberg tRi of Michigan. 17 tile unemployment insurance law.! of the various states and the federal government. ,e need tor (Dions to pay strike or sick benefits was reifSijt d. The trend all thiough the war yens has been to extend government oUi-Uf.e retire ment and unemployment insurance benefits ti-Jh.- millions o workers previously not . C) ' " 1 liu : - ;- ! ' v.- tl'.i benefits to eo t r mu ir.pleyment c.oised by sickness or accident. "Ci.uile to giavo" so cial security ideas have caught on and gov ernment hospitalization and health Aisur ante benefits of some kind arc certain to bt provided, eventually. But now comes John L. Lewis proposing that his United Mine Workers' union be given a royally of 10 cents a ton on every ton of coal mined, so that the union can si t up its own unemployment insurance system, it own medical and surgical ser vice, hospitalization, insurance, rehabilita tion and economic protection. The trite question posed by this issue is, where do we go from here? Onward to Stealer protection, or backward to the pri vate welfare plans of employers and unions interested in the economic security of their employes and members? This same issue came up a year ago when the CI O. Steelworkers' union presented its demands for such additional benefits as dis missal pay, sick leave, insurance, and guar anteed annual wage, all to be paid for by the employer. Steel company executives asked tlien if these matters were rightful responsibilities of the employer, or whether the government was not tending to assume more and more responsibility for all such reforms It is noteworthy that neither the steel workers nor the miners have asked that their-sucial benefits be granted in place of .tWftnment benefits. :.fcvtead, private bene fits are asked for as a supplement to what ever ihe government sews, fit to tsu-tow. From this it mighV'be ,acgJied (Hat ''tho. nroDer solution of the in'.v r.;.nj i... t..ku- Lewis is nota B,iiley,-bil to outlaw the collection of royalties fV benefits to union r) mcmlH-rs but the passage of exf(jr).1ed soci4h security legislation bv tho immnv which would moke the Lewis demands un necessary, oc On the other hand,(tt)can lKnri!uod thnl the miners' demand and t'(KS) steelworkers' remands offer an altornativeto extend gov- , : n; s,v..., s .;. . .- i..'u..e,i :i.,,;.,-ine and' all that. This alternative boils down to a return to rugged individualism and pat ernalism the steel industry to look after the welfare of its employes in the one in stance, the miners' union to look after the wtilbcing of its members on the other. Q What is the army's Shoot ing Start A The P-80 jet-propelled fighter plane. Ceiling is above the 40,000 feet of conventional fighters, and speed believed greater than any other fighter. Q How many fingerprint rec ords does the FBI have? A 94,000,000. IS Years Ago An ordinance regulating oil traps in business buildings, par ticularly garages and filling sta tions, and another changing the La Grande rule on electrical work to conform with the state code, were adopted by the city commission. Urging a general clean-up of property, Fire Chief C. T. Lind sey pointed out that failure to clear off dry grass, weeds and rubbish often resulted in fires later on that were costly To fight. Q Does the signal corps use much wire for telephone com munications? A It has used as much as 2H5, 000 miles in a single month. Q What is a quid in England? A One pound sterling. 10 Years Ago A La Grande bid for one of the four U. S. army air bases to be established in Oregon, was made by the Commercial club. The La Grande Rotary club elected the following directors to serve during the ensuing year: J. Donald Meyers, Merlin Bat ly, Harry McKinlay, Roy Gret tum, Dr. James J. D. Haun, Rev. Clarence Kopp, Elmer McManus, Dr. Ray Murphy and B. F. Wylde. This Curious World OF THE SUN and moon BMeAtX KIEL AT DEFINITE INTERVALS. IP THERE WERE AN E3-lPSE OF THE SUN AOW, THERE VOULD BE CNE IN EXACTLY S rAM, fDArX, S NOOKS PROM NOW. AF fl Co) COr'ii B KtA StOVICt. t C m AKE The ? VSS'T S MNO WEATHERED H-C? sin CZ; 1y S fEvces ak'ocmewma Tura a PAPER FULP, WELL .v.vIC A'.TH P endulcw Clocks have to STAND STILL ra (?LAl, 'S3ff V-,-. 1 j. ' --z:tfy4 CO1 screws 3-26 o 1 I 3 (O) NEXT: What are spring tides?
