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WASHINGTON Believe it or not, but
Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace has
been carefully studying the work of Secre
tary of Commerce Herbert Hoover, and has
paid private tribute to him.
One of Hoover's closest advisers, when
he was secretary of commerce was Dr.
Julius Klein, director of the bureau of for
eign and domestic commerce, later assistant
secretary of commerce.
Twice, Wallace has called Klein in to ask
his advice on the reorganization of the new
commerce department.
Wallace also dropped a significant remark
to business callers the other day about
Hoover. He said that Herbert Hoover un
questionably was the best organizer and had
the greatest vision of any secretary of com
merce in recent history.
, It is predicted by some of those around
Wulace that he will go back to a lot of
Hoover's ideas about running the commerce
department.' This probably will mean a
clash with the state department on the im
portant point of foreign trade. Hoover had
his own experts stationed abroad to report
on foreign trade. But Harry Hopkins let
this be taken over by the state department.
Many businessmen have urged that it be
transferred back.
Ex-Senator Gillette Testifies
One of the most tiresome things about
congressional hearings are the monotonous
statements mudc by witnesses. Pages long,
they are usually less illuminating than ten
hot questions.
Chairman Guy Gillette, of the surplus
property board, for 12 years a senator,
knows this, but when called to testify be
fore the senate small business committee,
he found himself with a very long statement
on his hands.
Senator Wherry, of Nebraska, who was
acting chairman of the hearing, asked Gil
lette if he had a prepared statement.
"I have a prepared statement," replied
Gillette, "but I believe it might be well to
leave it with you without reading it unless
you insist on it. I haven't read all of it
myself."
"You think you'll agree with it?" asked
Wheery joshingly.
"Yes, I do," seplied Gillette flashing a
broad smile, then proceeded to answer the
committee's questions.
FDR His Own Secretary of State
Just after the new millionaire team of
state department executives was. appointed
last December, Mrs. Roosevelt telephoned
her husband, then at Warm Springs, ex
pressing her strong disapproval. She felt
they did not reperesent her husband's
philosophy on foreign affairs. FDR's reply,
briefly put, was; "If they,,don't behave I'll
fire 'em."
The president also reminded Mrs. Roose-""
velt that he .was running, foreign 'it fairs
himself. ,
There is no question but that the presi
dent is anxious above 'all else to .avoid the
failure of his old chief, Woodrow Wilson,
and has set as his most cherished goal the
wining of the peace after the war. But
today, with many other problems to watch,
the president cannot devote all his time to
foreign affairs. In addition, his periods of
rest and relaxation necessarily have become
longer, so that he is not it Washington as
much as formerly. , .
Since the November elections, actually
the president has spent not much more than
two months in the White House. He went to
Warm Springs shortly after elections, then
to Hyde Park for Christmas, then to Yalta
two days after his inauguration, then im
mediately after his return ho went to Hyde
Park, and now is away at an undisclosed
place again.
During one important part of his time,
the trip to Yalta, the president was giving
his time exclusively to foreign affairs. And
also he keeps in touch with things by courier
and cable. However, it is impossible for
him to watch everything, and the snubbed
invitation to General De Gaulle, is a case
in point.
Stale department career diplomats, by in
ference blame the president for this serious
blunder in our vitally important relations
with France. They infer that they were
merely carrying out orders from FDR to
invite De Gaulle to come to Algiers French
territory which was like De Gaulle inviting
Roosevelt to be De Gaulle's guest in Puerto
Rico.
Secrecy At Yalta
But a strong state department would
have saved the president from this, error.
Sumner Welles, as under-sccretary, never
hesitated to stand up for what he thought
was the right policy. If he saw the presi
dent getting off on a tangent he battled it
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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 limit.
Help
TIIOT FOR DAY
Then gently scim your brother mnn,
Still gentler sister woman;
Tho' they may gnng a konnin' wrung,
To step aside is human. Burns
For Holland
To most Americans the Dutch have
always seemed a quaint people with
their windmills, wooden shoes, tulips,
Btorks, .wide starched caps and wider
breeches. We've chuckled nt them and
their queer clacking language, but we
have also admired them for their in
dustry and neatness, their apple-cheeked
health, and their resourceful battle
against the encroaching sea.
Perhaps the average American's pic
ture of the Netherlands has been a
little distorted. The Dutch have known
bitterness and unrest and bleak pov
erty. Yet in the main our impression
of it healthy, happy people has prob
ably Ik'oii accurate. At least it was
until May ID, HMO.
On that day, nearly five years ago,
Commenced what is doubtless the most
tragic chapter of Dutch history. The
Germans invaded the low countries to
"protect" them from the allies. Kotiv
days later, after tho Dutch armies had
capitulated, the luftwaffo flew over the
great city of Kolterdimi tinopiHised,
and bombed it to rubble.
From then on the night of terror
grew blacker. . Tin' nir.is, early con
vinced that their brutality was not for
gotten or forgiven by 'their l'ulch neigh-'
bol's, resorted to cruelty. The stout
hearted J lutcli fought bad; as best they -
Funny liusincxn
could with 'sabotage, passive resistance,
disobedience and ridicule.
Ifist fall release seemed imminent.
Allied armies drove up from Belgium to
free the southern Netherlands prov
inces. Then the Germans held. And for
the greater part of the country still in
nazi hands, the worst was only begin
ning. The Germans opened dikes and dams
and poured the bitter brine of sea water
over land made sweet and fertile by the
toil of generations. The important
source of food thus lost cannot be re
claimed, it is thought, for at least ten
years. Starvation thus was added to
indignity and fear.
In the ruins of tho once proud city of
Rotterdam, and in the streets of Am
sterdam and the Hague, Hollanders
dropped and died of starvation each day.
There was food only for the German
conquerors. And their cruel fury appar
ently increased as defeat loomed nearer.
Now at bust the day of liberation is
at hand not only for the Dutch but
also for the Fnglisli, as the Germans
are driven from their V-bomb installa
tions on the Netherlands coast. And
there is nothing in all the present tide
of allied victory that brings greater
cause for solemn rejoicing.
Relief organizations apparently are
prepared to move in quickly once the
nazis are driven out. And there is ur
gent need for haste. The little coun
try whose markets once abounded in
golden butter ami cheese, rich cream
and other enticing food is now without
even sufficient bread for most of its
people. Kaeh day's delay in bringing
foixl to them will mean the death of
hundreds more.
It is, in part, for such people as the
Dutch that the president has asked us
1o tighten our belts. As we think of
them we might reflect on the m eager
ness of-the sacrifice we are asked to
make.
WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
-v "He scattered thumbtack's- -itiutsid- my
bedroom door so that I would step on them
in the morning," a Chicago woman recently
told the Judge' who was hearing her divorce
testimony.
Sounds cruel but maybe at that, the
mental thurijotocks somfc wives scatter
around in the1 morning probably do about as
much to ruln;a day.
Like the wife who never gets up to cook
her husband' breakfast, but lets him cook
and eat a solitary meal and start off to the
office to earn the money to support her
without a pleasant or encouraging word.
Or the wife who does get up and cook
the breakfast, but doesn't trouble to put on
any make-up or comb her hair, or slip into
something fresh and attractive.
Or like the one who picks up last night's
argument; "right -where' 'It letl 'off, and get's1'
in a few nasty cracks to rankle in her hus
band's mind all day and make his co
workers wonder' what has happened to his
disposition. . .
Or the wife who gives her husband
numerous errands to run on his lunch hour
and on his way home, with the reminder
after each one, "Now be sure you don't
forget that, George."
Or the wife who starts worrying ou,t
loud as soon as she is awake about her day,
and all she has to do.
Or the one who starts the day off by giv
ing a detailed account of how bad she feels.
Certainly those are mental thur.it tacks
any man has a right to resent being scat
tered in his path when he is trying to get
ready to face a new day of work.
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON, La Grende Evening Observer Wuhingtoa Correspondent
UE- "" .'.' :-" , '.: h'nuM
The gun icr in.l.ti on making it mule ol
pouunil li jilt!"
WASHINGTON Average citizens prob
ably know little about the workings of the
approximately 800 Industry Advisory Com
mittees and Labor-Management Advisory
Committees functioning in Washington to
day, but they're here nevertheless and go
ing nobody knows for sure just where.
The idea of calling in a batch of citizens
having highly specialized knowledge of one
kind or another and asking tliem to tell their
government how things should be done goes
back to 18li3 when the National Academy
of Sciences was given a federal charter in
which it was stipulated they should give
advice whenever needed.
Tin- four-dollar, polysyllabic political sci
ence nainc"ft this sort of thing, is '."func
tional. grniio'ritpresonUitiun." It was rather
slow to catch on but from a number" of o,uar
tcrs is is advocated there should be more
functional group representation to. correct
what's wrong with your government. Labor
organizations keep needling for more of it
and so do the business and fanu pressure
groups'. , ;
The Joint Committee to Study Reorgan
ization of ColigreSs, headed by Senator Bob
La Follvtto and CongrceSman Hike .Akin
ronVy, may even hear proposal tli'at Con
gress should have some of thisi? advisory
committers hanging amund to give free ad
vice when called on. The theory bihind
this u that whil, congressmen come from
all over and give the country good goo
graphic representation, thcrorjue too many
lawyer; id Congress and th.s is supposed '.o
k lo Hit detriment of ll'Shdoctors. mer
chant and chief,)as well as to the bnlQlK,
bakers and landlestickmakers. In a perfect
state, .4 is argued, these ai( all
should be repirsenval proportionately ill
government.
European countries have (S)'ei iciicrd with
this tvne of tliinu in various ways. France.
,;; s,, 'Cj"t! !S """(ol Czechoslovakia and even Germany under
I he nttVssary(J.,ol sup ... ,. .. . , ,.,, . Slrtn., ,
Italy it was highly developed unoer tho
corporative state.
Grow th of the idea from 1863 on has been
slow but steady. Up' to W:ir I only 00 such
.tdvi.-orj' tump., had Ken trt .Atd. fccrnarii
SO THEY SAY
Pen't lie a gadabout. The girl
wlM.'I'lits.from ioh to job doesn't
avoid lianl work or menial tasks
hut she 'probably will avoid suc
cess. -''Kttool Your Thinking," labor
department women's bureau
pamphlet.
Tho tower our tfixes arc
more pitrch'ismg power wi
the
be
left at home in the hands of
people motuiy 'hat can be spent
by llr in lor the thingf they want
buy or thai can i'o saved and
uivj-sted in wlta,! ever ( planner
thoy choose. q
iteanlsley Kuml, pav-as-vou-
Olo tax plan originator.
u v 0 o
' Ji'V O canQo anywIfCvo Cfti the world
and take its simply base right
along. Tin
limited. Tl
So- and repair ooiliticigyon
'.intly will be Wvithin feady
range.
Commodore Wotrall R. Carter
of Norfolk, V.I.. Service Squad
ron 111 iollllu.lli.ln-.
Baruch is the real daddy of the modern In
dustry Adivsory Committee. ' He created
some 400 of them when he was" Chairman
of ":c War Industries Board in 1017 and '18.
They passed out of the picture, after -the
Armistice,' though many people thought,
they should, have been maintained. - They
were revived as code authorities in the blue
eagle'NRA days.' passed out again when the
National Industrial Recovery Act was de
' clared unconstitutional.
But in 1933 a Business. Advisory Council
nf businessmen was organized for the De
partment of Commerce. It is still functioning.-
It was responsible for the creation of
the Committee for Economic Development,
admittedly the best of the postwar planning
agoneics. Just after he was named Secre
tary of Commerce, 'Henry Wallace put the
Council to work -on the prohlems of small
business.
Foreign Economic, Administration has a
Trade Relations Staff. which has done much,
to keep America's exporters and importers
alive during the war years. . . ,
Surplus War Administration is geared to
use m'any of the V& Industry Advisory
Committees. ' ' '
. Hoard of War Communications is made up
of representative from telephone, telegraph,
cable an radii tympanies, to co-ordinate
war rommunicatiniis pioblj'ms- for the gov
ernment military services. 0
Th' FcU'oiiim Industry War Council took
in the whole oil: production. refining and
jnaryting industries in a tight' little organ
ization undi Petroleum Administrator for
War Harold Ickcs. Such an organization
would not be permitted ivr a minute in
others gj peace times under the ami trust laws, bill
here it is as a wat-timc phenomenon, func
tional group representation in govVrni:(eit
developcc'(3a)ils possibly highest dcgi.
That raises the big controversial qurition
on this whole issue Are government ad
visory groups demciSntic? Do they bring
government closer to. the. people and (?Jye
vcrsa? Or do they1 fricrely give vcsteaH in
terests legal standing by i):ing their
lobbyists right into the council chambers of
eioxirniiuiit"
COPW. IMS BV WEA SEBVICr. INC. T. M. DEC, ll'. S. PAT. OFF.
"I don't see why you have lo go fishing with the boss! 'If I were
you I'd go fishing with tho War Labor Board they're the ones
who give out the raises!" ,;,,. '
o McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority
"SMOTHERING" KING
PROTECTED 3 TIMES
(This is the second of six
articles on the smother play,
the most difficulty play in
bridge to recognize.)
This hand was originally play
ed by John R. Crawford of Phila
delphia, now in the army. John
nie was the youngest man to be
come a life master.
Once again we find the king
of trump well protected by East.
East won the first two tricks
Crawford
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held the king and eight of trump.
The ace and a small club were in
dummy. '
Crawford trumped the dia
mond with the ten of spades and
East was helpless.
o IN FORMER
YEARS
30 Years Ago, April 9
John Staub, dean of the college
of liberal arts at the University
of Oregon, was in the city.
Homer A. Galloway and Dan
iel M- Dozier of Wallowa county
purchased 400 acres of the
George Palmer Lumber com
pany's cut-over lands on Cabin
creek. , Frank H. Fagor of Cve
purchased 80 acres of .the lum
ber company's land on the Look
ing Glass. ......
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Propeck pack
ed their prairie schooner and
started overland for their home
stead in the Lookout mountain
country. , .. They planned,-. o ,IW,H?,.,
their home there permanently.; , .
with his king and ace of hearts
and Crawford ruffed the third
heart. The jack of trump was
led. Naturally, East did not
cover.
When West showed out, an
other round of trumps were tak
en. , Then the ace and king of
diamonds were cashed. Craw
ford ruffed another heart. Now
the two high clubs were cashed
by Craword. A small cluh was
played which West had lo win
with the queen.
- West had nothing to return but
a diamond. Crawford held the
ten-and nine nf trump while East
Questions & Answers
Q Where is the world's larg
est airport?
A Tinian Island in the Mari
anas, with several 3000-foot run
ways for Japan-bombing B-2!l's.
Q How- fast docs a rocket go
at moment of reloase from a
plane?
A 400 feet a second, about the
plane's speed. Two seconds later,
1400 feet a second.
15 Years Ago, April 9.
An increase of over 4000 vol
umes in circulation has been
rrade by the La Grande public
library in the first three months
of 1930, as compared with the
first throe months of .1929. At
the close of 1029 there were ap
proximately 16,700 volumes in
the library and 515 had been add
ed in throe months ofll30. ,
Farmers in the LbweY Cove
area were sowing alfalfa, barley,
and spring wheat.
Floyd McLin, teacht-at Wil
low school attended ijfiie Inland
Empire Educational association
convention in Spokane. Also
attending is Harold King,
school instructor. They.
there with Mr. and -Mrs.
Towler.
high'
drove
E. D.
10 Years Ago, April 9
Arrangements were being made
for p a r t i c i pation of the La
Grande high school barrt, in the
siaie music contest at 4Jie Uni-
V.r':ilv nf nroonn " -
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At a mretinff nf thtt J;.q Hranfln
Neighborhood club, the president,
u i-t a ' ';' . ... i
mi a. o. v.t,. Avery, announqca mat
the Union Pacific club house
bllildinir w h .r h ,:,-'. Vop'onltv
given to the club to be used ns
a club' house would be moved to
JN and Sixth streets.
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