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Side Glmee EDITORIAL PAGE Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher THURSDAY KVKNINU, AI'llM, 12, 1915 I'ajfe Four- That Mysterious Thing Called Love mi ' r W JP. I iFl Because i arke S I i 1 1 i r EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Rnnde Valley intention project. I. A GRANDE A city of 10.001 - ""-Extend the city limit. TODAY'S TEXT And whatsoever the unclean person loticlioth .shitll he unclean; and the soul that loiicheth it shall lie uhcloan until even. Nunihors 19:22. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Know when to speake; for many times it brings danger to givo the best advice to kings. Merrick. Freedom and Beyond Soon after American forces first en tered upon German soil, General Eisen hower broadcast an appeal for revolt to the foreign workers inside Germany. The appeal went unanswered, and the revolt did not develop. Now the Amer icans are finding out why. Thousands of these slave laborers have been freed by the allied advance. And reporters who have seen them have spoken particularly of their apathy. They are. as one writer de scribed them, "numb." It is not sur pri.sinj; that they bad neither the si length njir the spirit to revolt. We do not know now the exact con tribution to this apathy, but it seems safe to construct a general explanation from the imagination. It must have been sonn'tliing' like this: To the first prisoner - laborers, the numbness came with the swift, stun ning' defeat, of Poland, and afterwards of France and the low countries. IV fore the effect of the blow had worn off they were uprooted and carried off Funny Business to supply the conqueror's war machina under threat of the conqueror's joins. At first they planned underground or ganization and, perhaps, open rebellion. Those who came later nourished the same plans at first. Hut not even the most ardent spirit could survive many months id' the lonjr, heavy hours of labor, poor and scanty food, and the filth and misery of their dwellings. Later the allied bombers came, the prelude to liberation but still a source of terror and dancer to friend as well as enemy. As the hoinbinjrs increased so did the brutal vigilance of the jfestapo and SS joiards. Food grow less and worse, cold and fatijou; increased. Only when the imminent arrival of the Americans brought confusion did these enslaved .workers summon the strcnuth to rise up and flee. And when freedom at last had come, their only wish was to be fed and allowed to make their weary way out of the hated land of Germany by the shortest route, whether or not the way led to their homeland. There are still millions of these dis placed prisoners in what is left of Hit ler's Germany. Returning' them to homes scattered all over Kurope is a tremendous task that will require months and perhaps years. Until it is accomplished thev must be housed and fed. And their eventual resettlement will not solve the problem. The nightmare of servitude, which for some has lasted five years, must have left these mil lions sick in body and mind. It is doubt ful that many will recover completely from the experience. So these men (and women, too) who should have helped form the core of Duropean recovery may instead become problems to themselves, their families, '.heii country anil the whole postwar world. They will make up still an other segment of the tragic aftermath 1 f war. 0 ' v . . s ... ' -i 1- MtiiiMH.iv: 1 - 11.. v, n.' .-.1. "l.i caso I light on a Jap!" a SO THEY SAY If Ihe conflict is prolonged out .ill Germain's resources arv destroyed, il will Ik' of no avail lor the German people to say that because we have ::iotiiercd them it is our rcspon. ihihty t- teed ihrm. Hep Albeit Wore (ID of Tin nessce. How I'cipU' piotcstod when w were .(bout tu enter their cellars v. here thev hail Moved all their property and food. We were looked upon us thieves ahti plun derers and ilttfoWuiUtl'ly the) vich'hot wrong. p -I'nmailcd letter on-, llci ma(t) eailed on Weslerff Kront. eiv'Sf-Jl) fulWn3al differ ctuo betuVcn the apparent psy chology of our -yten and the Nazis. The Genii clearly have a sadistic streak ill their national character. Their cruelty is de liberate, and it continues, even increases after the end of a bat tle. A lied Army officer. WASHINGTON The brass hots, both British and American, have found there is more than one way to support Spanish Dictator Franco . . . For some time the Spanish fascists have been trying to peddle 2,000,000 blankets tu UNRRA. But strong willed Governor Lehman turned the deal down. He also issued an order that no re lief goods were to be bought from Spain. So now the British army is buying the 2,000,000 blankets from Franco and giving them to UNRRA as its contribution. Fur thermore, the U. S. army is purchasing an additional l,0uu,0Gu blankets for its own use . . . Final payoff is that the state depart ment has ok'd the dual . . .The diplomatic grapevine for weeks has warned that one of Moscow's chief gripes about the state de partment was not so much Poland, but close U. S. collaboration with Franco. The Soviets can't seem to forget that Franco enlisted the blue legion to fight against them, even if the state department can. Small Oil Companies Suffer Like a breath of fresh air was the way government officials described Judge Vin son's brief tour of duty as federal loan ad ministrator. However, some of them are wondering why he permitted his defense supplies corporation to get away with a squeeze play against small, independent oil companies . . . All oil shipped east gets the benefit of a U. S. government subsidy called a "compensatory rate." This amounts to 1.52 cents a gallon and compensates for the rail haul, which is more expensive than the water route . . . But Vinson';; defense sup plies corporation removed the compensatory rate from small oil companies shipping nat ural gasoline to the east coast. These com panies shipped it east, where dealers blend ed the natural gasoline with naptha and made A-l 'gasoline . . . Removal of the compensatory subsidy automatically puts these small companies out of business when it comes to natural gasoline. Only thing they can do is sell it to the big companies in Oklahoma and Texas, who mix it them selves with naptha and then ship it to the cast coast. But the big companies are paid the shipping subsidy provided they mix it before they ship. It's all a matter of having the mixing facilities in the south west, not the east. "Torch Singer" Steltinius Handsome Secretary of State Ed Slettinius spent several days in New York rehearsing for the state department movie on Dum barton Oaks. But despite rehearsals, movie goers get a chuckle out of the way Ed rolls his eyes. Reason is he didn't learn all his lines, had to look at a blackboard just over the movie-camera in order to read them. This makes his eyes roll away from the lens as if he were a torch-singer. Other wise it's an A-l picture . . . Philippine President Osmena underwent a successful operation in Jacksonville, Fla., recently, is now resting at Ponte Vedra . . . The state and interior departments both have their eyes on the Philippines. State's budget carries a salary allowance for a U. S. ambassador to the Philippines. Interior's budget caric? a salary for a high comrnisisoner. If. there is immediate in dependence, there will be an ambassador; if not there will he a commissioner . . . Sir Gerald Campbell, British minister under Lord Halifax, is leaving the British em bassy soon . . . Best speaker at the Hugo Black testimonial dinner was Mrs. Roose velt. Next best was Toastmaster Alben Barkley. Bemoaning the fact that fighting liberal senators were elevated to the courts, Majority Leader Barkley said: "I have lost sp many senators to the courts that you can see by any recent roll call that I myscif fee! lost" . . . Among the new deal senators promoted to the courts are Black of Ala bama, Byrnes of South Carolina, Minton of Indiana, Bone of Washington, Schwallen bach of Washington, and Duffy of Wiscon sin. Jesse Jo.ies's Old Job Backstage jockeying has been terrific to fill Jesse Jones' old job as federal loan ad ministrator. Controlling the purse-strings, it has become the key position in the post war setup . . . For a time, crusading Justice Bill Douglas let his name be put forward. Chief sponsor was FDR's one-time favorite, Tom Corcoran. However, Douglas' close court friends, Hugo Black and Wiley Rut ledge, came to him at a dinner, urged that it was his duty to remain on the supreme court. If he left, the court conservatives would have a majority especially if the Corcoran trade went through and Jimmy Byrnes was appointed to Douglas' place . . . So Douglas withdrew his name . . . Ala bama's Senator Bankhead at first seemed See WASHINGTON . . . Page 6 WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT Clival Britain is alarmed over the rise in illegitimacy in that country since Allied soldiers have been stationed then?. There was a 50 per cent increase in such births in England and Wales in 1IM3, compared vit:i figures for 1!)38. The question is what are America and Canada, as well as Kngland, going to do about the protection and support of these children after the war is over and. their fathers go back home'.' If American women were askeil to decide on a policy for America t" follow in regard to children horn out of wedlock to English girls and American fathers, it prhahly would be "Let England look after them." Because African women stirred up by such stories as that of quadruplets born to an English girl and the husband of an American resent having American homes broken up by girls in other countries. "If they an- going to make a play for our men, then let them take their chances. And if they find themselves with illegitimate babies that is their look-out," is likely to be the most typical reaction of feminine America. That may not be fair-minded or big hearted or even neighborly. But it's human. The wives and sweethearts of American service men, who are sitting at home wail ing for their return, couldn't be expected to have much sympathy for the English girls who have affairs with American service men and find themselves with illegitimate children to look after and support. So it is probably a good thing that the question of what to do about the illegiti mate children of English girls and Ameri can servicemen isn't left up to American wo men to decide. They wouldn't make an impartial jury. Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON An iiu-iense in the num ber of liiwyers in Congress is shown by an Dceupational .survey of the !( senators an-1 representatives sitting on Capitol Hill today. There were lawyers in the senate at the start of the war in VM, but there are 7U lawyers in the senate nt the 7!Uh congress today. There were 2'M) lawyers in the house four years ago. 2'.W today. This preponderance of legal minds ap proximately 73 per cent nf the senate an-1 5;i per cent of the house hay been frequent ly mentioned as one of the things that's wrong with congress. Thu criticism raises the point that if you want U hire somebodv to write you a law you'd look first for a lawyer. Nevertheless the big idea of repre sentative government is that it is supposed to pick a good cross section of the popula tion to do the governing and congress as :t is now set up gives only a .;ood geographical cross section, picking .in congressman for every 20.0H odd souls. What would hvlt. it is claimed, would hv t irt congress have an advisory body which would truly repie sent in better proportion Lie occupations of the people w ith the c: ; vt pel cen'age of bankers, soda jerker, track touts. h;U billies, houi-e wives, beauty parlor operators or w luil have you. It's a nice idea to fo. .n iind with, but further vSamination of tin previous ov side line occupations of Ihc pusent members 01 WMigress shaws that H k about as variegated ) lot of jack-of-all-t;(kV you could k lor. o OKyvi in the senate top li. a y(a1,; ft y- wit'. , QlawWrs, (ik lot of djiA list ot:.- tytyiest,. (Ht)d oceuifiiuous '(rv m si.Q .Weh as bank- lOL- or f:oV,'utW it Itf 1 L j .Q .ImmJ V MasMfreati.-n alittle d'Mvu! 1 1... (J. (.) .Von ., .M.lll I'l 111.11 7-Nlll. .IMK.I.!-lfV . .t' iV non-lawyei Mnalor .d; t.lc mi .G-Xfl) nexW painen nd pubmluvs, (eA'n business men, three farmers and sVekmcn, four pro fessional office-holders w : o can best be classified only as poi(5t).,r,s, on.iucator iThomas of Utah and one showman and radio cnteit.imea- T; I ; of M.1I1.0 u!u can probably speak (01 :hc civotieis a:-..s swooners. .Niitr lli.it the newspapermen and publish ers u.ak si coiid :nly to the lawyers as thrutttrs around of weight. The busincss : 1 1 -n run the gamut. O'Daniel of Texas is a lluur salesman, Ciurney of South Dakota runs a seed and nursery buiness in addi tion to a radio station, Maybank of South Carolina is a cotton exporter, and Wherry of Nebraska is an auto and furniture dealer and eir.balmor. It'.-, the non-knvyer members of the House, though, that show up the real variety of Anierie.oi life. In the present congress are 71! businessmen, 2? educators. 26 newspaper men and publishers, 25 dirt farmers wh.i don't elaim any other occupation, 15 life time politicians and professional officehold ers, a veterinarian, six doctors, two dentists, three engineers, two stage stars (Helen t-lahagei. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas) an.l tu:i pharmacists (Durham of North Carolina and Tibbott of Pennsylvania). It's among the 7ti businessmen that you get rial diversification of interest. Nineteen are real esute and insurance men, which is un.i. vstandablc when you think how they Set .eojnd and mot people Aside from tha: i n -ciitration it's a ho.li;.. p.tdge. Seven bufMrrs. and contractors, six bankers, four Inn-hoi men. tw o aecoiintans. aato dealers, oil ;,iui Kos mm, ad men. .r.anufjctutcis, ai.vi Diir shipbuilder, clothier, adhesive tnokei. miller, mine opcia'or, grocer, .iivo.it, .t. merchant, g Id m.ne, ice c:-eam i'oa.ser. - J I'm ; 2 I .'. cent ale veterans 17 in l ie si note .njllie hou'..e. F )u.ln mrud M, p (!) imv Kirfli) h.i in the pttscnt O',0l,ii) uPuie Spanish A'ne .can, one in it n wn r . i i ji . . - i r COPft. 1 W BY WE SERVICE. WC. T. M. SEC. U, 8. PAT. OFF. A-li "Yes. it's small, but it's the only apartment I could find, and thought you'd like the cozy foxhole almospherel" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority ANOTHER PROTECTED KING IS SMOTHERED (This is the fifth of six arti cles on the smother play, the most difficult play in bridge to recognize. The reason for calling this rare play the smother play is that it literally smothers the opponent out of whats corns to be a per fectly sure trick. You can sec that when the declarer is forced to ruff the third diamond, it looks hopeless for him to capture East's king, but il is done in the fol lowing manner. A low club is played to the king and the ten of trump play-, ed. East, of course, refuses to cover and the declarer plays the with the king, which south will ? win wdth the ace. f. Then the last trick is won in J dummy with the nine of trump. IN FORME" I YEARS 1 A Q 10 9 7 VK965 872 K5 2 . ,Kfi53 V3 N J 1082 QJ106 W E AK4 5 S 32 QJ107 Deaer 6 4 1 ' A A .1 8 4 V A Q 7 4 93 A98 Duplicate E.-W. vul. South IVesl North East 1 A 2 2 Pass 4 A 1'ass Pass Pass Opening Q. 13 30 Years Ago ,. Charles E. Olsan was re-elected superintendent of the La Grande high school, and teach ers re-elected included Janet Hershcy, Stella Hunter, Flora M. Koch, Grace MacMillan and Roy S. Mcintosh, Bell B. Edwards, E. A. McEachran, Bert W. Harris, Lucile Ramsdcll and Eleanor White, f tiier teachers engaged were 'da S. Howard of Golden c'alc. Wash., Gertrude Schwalbe of Minnesota, Cecil Hindman, Kansas City, and Fannie Schlapp of Wisconsin. Circuit Judge and Mrs. J. Knowles left for Portland, Cor vallis and Eugene. Mrs. Knowles will remain for a considcrablf lime in Willamette valley points, lifter visiting their daughtet, Inez, who is attending college in Corvallis. eight spot. Now comes the queen of trump and once again East refuses to coyer and the declar er drops his jack on the trick. he ace of spades is now a sin gleton in the South hand while East still holds the king and Jhe six of trump. Decalrer's next play is to cash three rounds of hearts and then the ace of clubs. West is then thrown in the lead by the play of the third club, south discarding a heart, and once again we find that, regard less of what he returns, the de clarer can trump in dummy with the seven spot and east ust either under-trump and ! si his king to the ace or over inmip Questions & An v i. crs Q Are the Japs sti' ' oting our scrap metal at us? A Spectroscopic ex iriitions nf their weapons says ; ;. Q By what name do the French know Mainz. Gc nianv. Rhincland city recently captured'.' A Mayence. IS Years Ago Miss Ethel Hansen, teacher of the first and second grades at the Island City school, was given a birthday handkerchief shower by her pupils. They also took ; two birthday cakes, which were served with ice cream. Ernest DcLong was preparing . to experiment with a new va- i riely of alfalfa and a new type j of irrigation. The tests were un- ( der the direction of H. G. Avery, f county agent. t 10 Years Ago The Union county dairymen's association met at the city hall i with E. C. Harlan, chairman of : the slate milk board. Harlan re- j ported on what was being done ; in other sections of the state to- war stabilizing the ' price of mi'k. Mr. Gcrtner, president of the local association, was in structed to appoint a committef to devise means of raising funds to pay for the services of a repre sentative of the milk contrtJ beard. C. M. Humphreys of La Grande was elected president of the eld irs conference of the Presbyter 'an church during a meeting held in Eaker in connection with the nessions of th; Grande Ror.de Presbytery. This Curious World 1 i "cI-'fiJESr AND '-OV,SiT points IN THE Aucvol AEr NLY IN E SAME STATE ... CALlPwIIA...SuT IN THE. COUvrX ' ""-"-v ""''NTEO ON WHITE PAPSR,'jV' r- ?V H ) FRAWIfc THAYBE. ' Vtoie A- U O U 0-' .- n r p Kit). en of tl'.ejej'igres.iuft-a0 Il)!C'ri bom. coming ,(m CetJ 1'rtak-T.C 'e,!?. tM Chairs Sc.nd. Sden. f,&Bo(b.c.a. urn ovriiMiy, Poland, and Greece. Oi.(g)one admits he was born in a ,Q cabin. A. Lomard Alien of Louisiana. On tlii- whi le, a putty representative b.ineh. O PA iT1-BOILING FOPO, - IS NO HCTTESJ TNAN ip BOluSfi. S-'H,,, AVO - taats Moms ci . Msg sen, iC't'sct' Mr I 17 I wVNV-, -a Li Hi Gi Ol Hi D C I'i c EXTi So big Braiill
