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ADNESIMY INNING, M('ii 2(1945
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EVENING OBSERVER'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
Ronde Valley Irrigation project.
LA GRANDE A city of 10,000
Extend the city limits.
TODAY'S TEXT
Then the hiiruI that talked with me
went forth, and said unto me, Lift up
now thine eyes, and Bee what is this
' that, goeth forth Zechan'ah 5 :5.
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indies for the World
In iMtWnd 1911 the powerful armies
of Germany and Japan swept like a
swarm of locusts through Europe and
the Orient, devouring whatever of value
lay in their path. And according to
available evidence, their pillage of tex
tiles and clothing was particularly tho
rough. The output of looms and mills in oc
cupied countries w a s appropriated.
Many portions, especially those with
garments of some value, were left only
what they were wearing. The passing
years have reduced the great majority
of jK-ople in the Halkans, Poland, Hun
gary and western liussia, in France,
I'elgium and Holland, ami in the Philip
pins to a uniformly tlireaillmre state.
Relief workers tell stories of families
in Krlgium and France which have only
one shirt among all the members of both
sexes. In Yugoslavia a death notice at
tracts crowds of shivering people offer
ing fantastic prices for the clothing of
tho deceased. In lielgrado a woman of
fered "ample reward" for an old pat
ched shoe that she had lost. From his
inspection lour of Ley to, ltrig-licn. Car
los 1'. Komulo reported that "the great
est need is clothing."
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Liberation of many occupied lands has
not remedied this situation, but it lias
made large-scale assistance possible.
And so, during the month of April, the
people of the United Stales will be asked
to contribute 150,000,000 pounds of
used and usable clothing for the degti
tue men, women and children of war- (
ravaged countries of Kui'oie and Asia.
Tho collection will lie made through
tho united national clothing collection,
of which Henry J. Kaiser is chairman.
Tho organization is just what the name
implies united, in that it has the
sponsorship and assistance of almost
every foreign relief group in this coun
try and many of our own charitable as
sociations; national, in that it will func
tion in this and every other community
of the nation.
Tho collected apparel will be distri
buted, without cost or discrimination, to
restore health and decency and self
:spect to a vast number of the world's
unfortunates. Tho latest compilation of
reports indicates that in liberated
Europe alone there arc 30,000,1X10 al
most literally naked, and 125,000,000
others in urgent need of clothes, shoes
and laxiding. So the goal is only for
minimal needs.
In his letter inviting Kaiser to head
the organization, President Koosevejt
wrote: "I feel assured that this appeal
will receive the traditionally generous
response of the American people."
Throughout the years, Americana
have resHnded to emergencies affect
ing their own or other people in an
immediate, warm-hearted way that has
made their generosity truly traditional,
(t is incredible that they should not
respond with the same generosity to
help relieve the victims of history's
great es tdisaster.
O SO THEY SAY
The trouble with planned econ
omy, in Hute of its supposed ben
efits, is that it is impossible to
see how suvh an economy can
Work wiothoul dii'tatoiiihip.
Aitlulr A. Hallantine, former (
triasyiy undersecretary.' )
IIe( (the Jitp,1 hasn't the pilots?
to ,'1m H e pl.MK's if he had then.
nni) lie 'hasn't the -mechanics to
C fn.tintiiin thrm if oli gave him
rtty- pilules'. His good mechonics
Srie down-nil liabaul. Bougain
O 'He. JV'owak, and in the swamps
back of Hollandia. r)
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'THo c.rrat areas and popula
ftjonOf. the Far Kast have fur
Mtier tv)o than the west. .ey
offer one of the greatest oppor
tunities for an expanded u(8jd
trade and higher standard of
.living. So it is in our interest to
belli them all r r;in
-Charles P. T.ift, state depig
ment -.pccul jtiit.mt.
Irorti Ilia library'.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
By PREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON In a highly secret ses
sion before the senate military affairs com
mittee last Thursday, General George Mar
shall, army chief of staff, refused to guess
when the end of the war with Germany will
come. According to all logic, he said, tho
German resistance should be at an end now,
but there is no atyn that the army is collaps
ing. ThenJestapo still retains its hold of
terror on Germany. O q
Marshall pointed out that Gorman gasd
line stocks are practically dried up, and that
the nazis do hot have enough fuel to move
their supplies, let alone their armored vehi
cles aiut artillery. On 'he other hand, ho
said, their supply problem is far simpler
than ours because they-pre fighting at home.
Their repair awl replacement job for tanks
and other vehicles is also comparatively
simple. When allied armor is knocked out,
it means .that it is lost if the damage is too
lOuch for the field repair bases, while a nnzi
task which has suffered tar more serious
damage can be taken right into a tank fac-
torjr not so many miles from where it was
hit. This is a tremendous advantage, he said.
The chief qt staff also told the senators it
II a mistake to. figure that the Japs will fold
up quickly once Germany ia out of the War.
Although it losses have been heavy, Japan
till has a formidable army and vast store
of supplies. He would not estimate the length
of time needed to defeat the island empire.
But Insisted it would be extremely tough -going.
Marshall said nothing during this session
about his plan to take over as supreme com
mander in the Pacific once Gormany falls,
but members, of the committee now take
that for granted.
;l Explanation?
General MacArthur's army friends in
Washington have a unique explanation fo.'
his refusal to, let Maj. Gen. Norman Kirk,
surgeon general of the army, visit Manila
on his recent inspection tour. They say pri
vately that no suitable housing was avail
able for General Kirk. One MacArthur sup
porter, who. is familiar with the Kirk inci
dent, added, "When you arc a five-star gen
eral you don't have to give an explanation
for what you do."
Further details of General MacArthur's
refusal to let General Kirk, touch foot even
on the island of Luzon in order to inspect
army hospitals there have now leaked out.
Kirk, as head of the army medical corps, ar
rived in Leyte with a staff of medical ex
perts ready to place them in strategic posi
tions. In Luzon fighting was heavy at that
time.
As a courtesy to MacArthur, Kirk radioed
him from Leyte island that he was coming.
He received in reply a message saying that
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WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
We can "tighten our belts" to help keep
others from starving, can't we?
We've gonc on at length about wishing
that we could in some small way share the
misery our men are having to endure.
We've talked u lot of sympathy for the civ
ilians of other countries who have known
the real horrors of war tho cold, the hun
ger, the bombings.
We have said we feel pretty sillv ahout
our little sacrifices so small, so far, they
don't even deserve the dignity of the world.
Well, maybe we'll have our chance to
prove thut we weren't just talking that
we actually feel that way. Maybe, hy cut
ting down on our food without complain
ing and without cheating we can really
share what we have with those who need it
worse than we do.
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON Tighter government
regulation of the quality of wartime cloth
ing and restrictions on trimming.'! put on
women's ready-to-wear apparel are the next
orders which OPA will issue. in its efforts to
hold the line on living orders and assure
production of adequate supplies of lower
priced garmonts.
Prevention of quality depreciation has
been put into effect, but OPA is going to
attempt it in the appa.vl field, none the loss.
At the present tune, all manufacturers of
apparel are usked o file yoluntaiy state
ments of specifications on their output, but
the new quality control lobulations are in
tended to make the filing of sp. cif cation
statements mandatory, tviul an enforcement
procedure will be forked out lo insiuv that
tile specifications are lived up to.
lUiilatmn of trim on i omen's :'H)parel is
even more difficult because of its variety.
A .(Uit, with a few farcy luiUons(prl it is one
thing but w ith a piece o: costume jewetiy
pinned on it becomv sometjiihg in an en
tirely ditfefent price )line. Just how trim 1
can be eotilrolled has n'd' Inlcn.' decided.
It could be done by limiting the trini
to a,certauO)i(ixi)iiae of price of thecal)
inei.Oor it could iV done by lim.ting the
trim to ii)it the manufacturers pil)on in
a base period. v'' .
In the nieanlimivJJindustiAryipposition
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regulations h,iuretlv largely
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binned itselLuul. The hearings (jPOuv con-
creesman Howard Smith's committee to
fee tOTK
t well-
vestigale federal agencies were y,t
tended and the congressmen Jfirinselves
never got very stoamed up by what tiny
were told by the industry representatives.
With the interest of congiess as a whole
now ccntereri(3)n tho food situation, the
textile and ayartl older may go into tltwi
his presence was not needed.
Scarcely believing his eyes, General Kirk
gave MacArthur a chance to change his
mind by sending another telegram which
aid in substance: "Don't understand your
message. Do you meanOby your telegram
number so-and-so that my assistance is not
(jelcome?" ,q
General MacArthur's reply was "briefjand
to the point. It read: "No, rpeat No."
Kink then got in his plane, boilingnad,
and came home.
Note The war department for some time
has been split into the pro-MacArthur and
the anti-MacArthur schools. Many of the
general's own contemporaries don't like him,
O feel that hS has never given sufficient credit
to men who bore the brunt of the Pacific
fighting such as General Kreuger, Eichel
berger, Kenny, Arnold and others. They
also resent tho fact that news dispatches
from the Pacific must bear the dateline
"General MacArthur's Headquarters," and
point out that in contrast Eisenhower re
quires no such date line and has given much
credit to Generals Patton, Hodges, Simpson,
Patch, and Devers, all of whom are well
known to the public, whereas few know the
names of the generals commanding Mac
Arthur's armies.
Ad vie to Young Senator
Senator Milton Young, newly-appointed
North Dakota republican, was welcomed by
a group of his colleagues at a down-town
Washington club last week. Each of thoso
present had a few words of advice mostly
facetious to offer him.
Crusty old Senator Hugh Butler of Ne
braska, however, a constant GOP foe of the
administration, got rather serious in his re
marks. He told Young that although the
GOP is a minority in the senate, it has a
good organization and is able to make its
weight felt.
"Our party organization is an important
thing," he said. "But that docs not mean that
a member is bound to vote with his party
at all times. On the really important issues
republicans and democrats arc expected to
vote according to their conscience even if
that means voting against party colleagues."
When it came the turn of Progressive
Republican Wayne Morse of Oregon, former
WUJ member, Morse remarked, "Senator
Young, I'm glad to see that twinkle in your
eye. You'll need it you need a sense of
humor in the senate.
"As to voting with your party, in the two
and a half months that I have been a mem
ber of the senato I've found my vote regis
tered against those of the majority of my
republican colleagues in a good many in
stances. "Only last week" he stid, "I found myself
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It looks as though it is going to he up to
us. If e want to take advantage of ttie op
portunity to do something real in '.he war
we can. If we were just talking, we won't
tighten our belts now.
We'll get everything we can for our
selves. Wp'll hoard, we'll get in !io f r
scarce articles, we'll say: "They von't catch
ME short this time." We'll act as i'lough
eating exactly as we used to cat v. e:e the
most important thing in the world.
But if we meant what we said we'll raise
gardens, we'll spend our summer canning,
we'll cut what is plentiful and get along
with as little as possible of what is scarce.
It looks as though the time has come when
wo and the world will have a chance to find
out just how real our sympathy is.
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with only token resistance.
Opposition to these orders was really cen
tered in the makers of higher-priced fabrics
and apparel. They represent approximately
25 per cent of the number of firms in the
business, hut thei routput is only from 15 to
20 per cent of the total U. S. apparel pro
duction. For a time it was Wlievrd, fthat
most of these firms would be forced Out of
business for tile duration. Modifications of
the orders and a better understanding of
how they would work have leniovcd most
of these fears.
PPA says consumers shyuld begin to find
larger supplies of lower-priced lines of cot
ton apparel in stores in the very near future.
Lower-priced rayon and woolen items may
not appear in larger supply before full. , ,
The real bottleneck in the apparel, supply'
situation is in 'he spinning of co!tfi and
V.ool yarns. There i.t plenty of raw 'cot ton
and wool, but a shortage of labor t') spin it
In the case, -of ray:i. the whortyge is h1! J
chomical ii-ply, for fiber prvduclimi:- The
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ders have,. unquestionably' caused confusion J
.ffljthe imttujliy, which is a complicated busi
ness built up on long established trade prac-
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frtje orders to change these traditional KJ
ways of Kwng business are therefore com
plicated. But the confusion Qt)iese orders
have caused in the industry arc rwiing,
point out the industry mortTyn the gnvern
(oi)it war agencies, if comp.Ord to what the
public confusion would have been if OPA
;,nd WPB had done nothing and had nietely
:, How ed a bad situation in a short supply of
Kw-cost clothing to get worse. The alter
native would prubahiffNhavv been rationing
of apparel.
ha e been.
Think Vnat fun that would
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CO 9. 1W5 BY WA SERVICE. INC. T. M. fiCC. U. S. PAT, 0PF.
"John has tried everywhere to hire maid, but you know, actual
ly, I'm getting uaad to being without halpl"
McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WM. E. McKEMNEY, America's Cord Authority
HOW "POINT SYSTEM"
PICTURES THE HAND
(This is the second of two
articles on the Yarna'u "Point
System.")
ly. By using the point count,
the bidder gets a clearer picture
of the positive value of his hand
and also a better picture of its
defensive value against an op
posing bid.
Too many players fail to place
tho proper defensive value on
Mr. L. F. Yarnall of Ventnor
Eity, N. J., who advocates tho
point count system, states that
the combination of K J X is
grossly undervalued in honor
trick counts where it receives only
the value of one-half of an hon
or trick. When using his point
system, the king receives a value
of three points and the jack, one.
thus this combination has a value
of one full honor trick.
He goes on to state that there
is one chance out of three that
queens and jacks and this point
system may help.-especially for
defensive purposes.
O IN FORMEP
YEARS
30 Years Ago
O. W. Guhlman, who, with his
family arrived last fall from Ne
braska, purchased the 'Walter A..
Ott farm of 20 acres north of
Island City.
Two cows and several dogs
were dead from poisoning, and
a number more were treated to
prevent their death, as a result
of a widespread scattering of
poison. Most of the dogs killed
were valuable or were house
pets.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Dunn
entertained the Entre'Tthtfs card
club. Honors for high scores
went to DoLile Green and to Mrs,
Robert Pattison.
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the ace and queen of that suit
are in partner's hand and two out
of three that either the ace or
queen will be there.
Here is another example:
Taking today's.. hand, we find
the count of seven in spades,
three in hearts, six in diamonds
and two in clubs for a total of
18. Dividing this by four, we
find this hand has four and one
half honor tricks, while the ordi
nary player would value the
hand at between three and three
and one-half honor tricks.
It is Mr. Yarnall's opinion that
the beginner in bridge fails to
place the proper value on queens
and jacks when held separate-
Cluestions & Answers
Q What six tropical diseases
occurred among our South Pa
cific troops. in epidemic form?
A Malaria, dysentery, dengue,
Bancroft's filiariasis, scrub ty
phus, infectious hepatitis.
15 Years t.jo
Dr. W. H. Phy has been ap
pointed to a national committee
in connection with the expansion
program of the Boy Scouts of
America.
The Neighborhood club's "Ore
gon Trail beautiful" committee
inaugurated a campaign to pre
serve the n."i.'iral beauty of the
Old Oregon Trail highway, par
ticularly that part between La
Grande and the top of Cabbage
hill. This part is densely wood
ed along many section, and ranks
high among the strips of beauti
ful highways in the west.
10 Years Ago
Following nearly two hours of
hearings of protests from citizens,
the La Grande school board ad
journed without taking action on
the question of teacher salary
increases. ' i
Arnold L. Grulapp, city super
intendent of schools, announced
winners in the finals of the city
declamatory contest which was
held for the 6th, 7th mid 8th
grades. Mildred Fleshman was
winner in the un-humorous sec-,
tion and Richati Abrahamson
was chosen .winner in the humor
ous section.
Q Where did the Dardanelles
strait get its name?
A From the castle of Dardan
us at the southwest entrance.
What great-power nation
no airmail stamps?
Great Britain.
Q What are the percentages
of people in the four blood types?
A Type O, 45 per cent: A, 43
per cent: B, 8 per cent; AB, 4 per
cent. Type O can be transfused
into any other type; type AB can
receive any other type.
This Curious World
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