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Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
THURSDAY KVKNINU, AI'llM, 12, 1915
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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.
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"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.
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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!
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.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.
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"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.
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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
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Aucvol AEr NLY IN E SAME STATE
... CALlPwIIA...SuT IN THE. COUvrX
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Chairs Sc.nd. Sden. f,&Bo(b.c.a.
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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
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