La Grande evening observer., April 23, 1945, Image 2

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La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
MONDAY EVKNIN'U, AI'RIl, 2.l9J5 '
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EVENING OBSERVER'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
Honde Valley irrigation project.
LA GRANDE A city of 10,000
. Extend the city limits.
TODAY'S TEXT
' The blind receive their sight, and the
lame walU, the lepers are cleansed, and
the deaf hear, the dead are raised up,
and the poor have the gospel preached
to them. Matthew 11:5.
Time to Buckle Down
It seems certain that congress is
about to assume a more dominant part
in the operations of government than
it has exercised in many years. There
is evidence of Una in President Trn
lnan'B personality, in his bac!;round of
senate experience, and in the mutual
confidence and esteem that mark his
association with his former colleagues.
' Less personalized government and
more 'advice and consent of the senate"
would seem one of the safe predictions
for the Truman administration. Hut if
this is to be the case, then it behooves
congress to wake up to its responsibili
ties and prove that its members are
ready for and equal to the role that
some of them have been querulously
demanding for the past decade.
' Three events which immediately pre
ceded President Roosevelt's death gave
distressing proof that congress, and par
ticularly the senate, was not function
ing in a way to arouse much confidence
in its readiness to play a more import
ant part with ability and authority.
First was the scolding that Majority
Leader Hark ley felt compelled to give
the senate for meager attendance and
in-attention to highly important legisla
tion. Then came an illustration of the con
sequences of inattention. Senator
Homer Ferguson barely caught and
stopped a bill, after the military affairs
committee had studied and approved it
and the senate had passed it, which
banned publication of any coded mess
ages and which, in effect, would have
opened the door to censorship of any
government information and the effec
tive stifling of freedom of the press.
After that came revelation of an in
volved, elaborate mixup with the slate
department over agreements reached
at tlm international air conference in
Chicago last December. The upshot was
that some senators seemed to have sanc
tioned the state department's commit
ting this country to an international
aviation policy without its being pre
sented to the senate for approval in
treaty form.
These things cannot be explained
away by accusing the senate of drowsy
indifference, though there may be some
of that, too. The chief trouble is that
both senators and representatives are
tied down with so much committee work
that knowledge of all pending legisla
tion, or even attendance at discussions
of it, becomes impossible.
A joint congressional committee is
now holding hearings on bills designed
to consolidate committees, hire more ex
pert h e I p, and otherwise promote
streamlined congressional efficiency.
Such reorganization is badly needed
and should be accomplished speedily.
Congress cannot function efficiently in
our present huge and complex govern
ment without it.
Sound Effects
We see where Chicago soldiers fight
ing in (iermany have heard some re
cordings of their home town's famous
Loop traffic, subways, elevated trains,
hockey games and bowling alleys. It'll
not only help their homesickness but
also refute those rumors that, all is quiet
and complacent on tho home front.
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o SO THEY SAY
What our country (tin's in the
ni'Nt months will bo a. test of our
generation. We have been given
a second chance, a reprieve in
which to lay the foundations for
peace.
Hep. Kmily Taft Douglas of
Illinois.
Vntoi Innately, ninny of our
I'rof,Hors became hostage, so'
that we do not know how many
pr.iniint-nt loaders in tho educa
tional field niv left. The situa
tion is very had.
David Friedman, Netherlands
information bureau.
We men of sriitneo in Britain
can never Mrgct ih.it long lielorv
the l.'n.ted Status ctime into open
i-.Uiance with A ut, a time w'io
uV stood alone in i'ci pot ato, heed
UQr(i.-in!.'ej'.(yi)iiu.uen,Of'cient)
reauv had 101I10OI liahiii.
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Washington Merry.Gp-Rounci
Side Glances
WARWTNGTDN. Dappw, debonair An
thony Eden made an excellent imprion
before the closed-door luncheon of the en
ute foreign relations committee except for
one thing. He didn't mention the name of
Franklin Roosevelt.
Some senators felt that in view of the way
Roosevelt had supported British policy, the
British foreign minister might have paid a
tribute to the lute president. Otherwise,
however, Eden did an A-1 job of winning
senate support for the United Nations treaty.
Eden's most applauded rcmuri: in the off-the-record
session was when he told senatois
that Great Brituin would go through the war
against Japan "to the very end."
Referring to the importance of the San
Francisco conference, he said: 1 repeat what
I suid in Glasgow, even though I was criti
cized for it, that we cannot survive another
war. That is why this conference mu"t
succeed."
Eden told how his own son was fighting
in Burma and that he had received a letter
from him in New York muiled only eleven
days before a tribute to, the air transport
command. He also paid tribute to President
Truman and complimented him on persuad
ing the Soviet to send Foreign Minister Mol
otov to San Francisco.
"A conference of foreign ministers," he
added, "has a greater chance of accomplish
ment than one attended by ambassadors."
"Hear, hear," applauded British Ambassa
dor Lord Halifax, grinning slyly.
Amaed at U. S. Might
Eden also complimented the senate on the
fact that the United States is approaching
tho problem of peace from a non-partisan")
viewpoint, not letting it be a political issue.
He said England is doing the same. But
perhaps Eden's most significant statement
was regarding his visit to the U. S. chief o(
staff. '
"Lord Halifax look me over to see Gen
eral Marshall," he explained, "and spread
out for me on the map the vast power of the
American forces. I must say that you have
done a miracle in this war."
And then he went on to pay tribute to U.
S. military achievement, especially to the
tremendous strength of the U. S. navy in the
Pacific and the victories which no one had
believed possible a short time ago. Conclud
ing, he turned to Lord Halifax and asked:
"And can I say what I said when I left?"
Lord Halifax nodded, as if a great secret
was going to be disclosed.
"I said," continued Foreign Minister
lMen,'"Orrl Marshall is such a Biee ma."
Senators who liitened thought they read
into this remrk the diplomatic inference
that, with all our military might, we would
not seek to use that might to dominate the
world.
In addition to members of the senate for
eign relations committee, U. S. delegates to
tho San Francisco conference were also
present, including Dean Virginia Gilder
sleeve of Barnard college and Commander
Harold Stassen of Minnesota.
Stassen paid tribute to British coopera
tion in the Pacific and the wisdom of send
ing the British fleet to the Pacific'
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, who has
become one of the leading figures in the U.
S. delegation, told Eden:
"This, Mr. Foreign Minister, is the cor
oner's jury. What we do in San Francisco
must pass the final test in this room." (He
referred to the foreign relations committee
room in which they were lunching.)
"I also think we snould remember that we
can't expect too much at ' San Francisco,"
Vandenberg continued. "We are to set up
a constitutional framework. We are not to
write the peace. And we don't want the
world to be disappointed if that is all we do."
Senator Barkley chided Vandenberg gen
tly. "I want to remind the able senator
from Michigan," he said, "that a coroner's
jury is a jury that acts only after the body
is dead. I hope that he does not imply that
this committee Is to pass upon a dead body
to be brought back from San Francisco."
No Dead Tieatisi
Vandenberg later explained that In using
the words "coroner's jury" he was referreing
to the last war and the peace treaty that was
killed in the same foreign relations commit
tee room.
Republican Congressman Eaton of New
Jersey also spoke briefly, referring to the
fact that the senate, by inviting members o
the lower house to luncheon, finally hod rec
ognized the "unused brains of congress."
Senator LaFoleltte of Wisconsin, the only
isolationist present, was also called on, to-
gether with GOP leader White of Maine, the
only senator to deliver a Friday afternoon
oration.
Hit of tho luncheon was registered by
British Ambassador Halifax, who said a lit
tle whimsically: "I confess I was a little
concerned when I heard my foreign minister
express his delight that this conference was
to be attended not by ambassadors but by
foreign ministers." '
WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
A woman whose YWCA-USO job take3
her to college campuses all over the country
reports that the question most often asked
today by co-eds is, "What can we do to be
come as mature as the young men our age
who have gone to war?"
It is a good thing college girls are really
interested in growing up fast enough to be
on a level of understanding with the young
men who have gone to war. Still they
shouldn't expect to mature as fast on a col
lege campus as a man matures who is fac
ing death in a foxhole.
Nor will they mature in the same ways.
But they can grow up enough to be good
companions and understanding wives to the
men who traded college for war.
Of course, they ought to know as much as
possible about the war and the world today,
so that they won't seem like durnmies to the
young men who have been-.learning history,
and geography the hard way; ' .;
But where they have a real chance to gain
knowledge and maturity that will really
help them and the young men they will mar
ry is in taking training that will make them
better wives, better homemakers, and event
ually better mothers. "
For their marriages and their homes and
their children are going to be deeply import
ant to the young men who come back aftev
lonely years in strange places. And the girl
who is capable and understanding in the
role of a wife and mother will be mature
enough for any young man.
It is more Important for her to be able to
create a happy home for her young man,
than to be able to share with him the knowl
edge of what it is like to live in a foxhole. '
Behind Scenes in Washington
By' PETER EDSON, La Granda Evening Observer Washington Correspondent
Background of the misunderstandings be
tween tlie senate foreign relations committee
and the department of state over postwar
civil aviation treaties and agreements goes
back to the 54-nation conference in Chicago
last fall. It involves many different reports
as to who said what to whom when, and
what he mailt when he did say it.
A large part of the trouble may stem from
the fact that Senators Josiah W. Bailey of
North Carolina and Owen Brewster of
Maine, nominal delegates to Chicago, were
not in attendance for nil of the six-weeks'
conference. Bailey was there two weeks,
Brewster less than four. Hut whether (hen
Assistant Secretary of State Adolf A. Berle,
jr.. who was head of the American delega
tion and chairman of the conference, pulled
a fast one on the senators in their absence
by committing tho U. S. delegation to ac
tions beyond conditions imposed by the sen
ators, is a principal point of controversy an.l
it is a moot question because the senators
weren't on hand to stop him.
Senator Bailey at Chicago took the posi
tion that any executive agreement on civil
aviation had to be within the bounds of ex
isting law, and that if it wasn't it would
have to be submitted to tho senate for rati
fication aj a treaty. After obtaining what
he thought was Kerle's agreement to this.
Bailey left. Chicago.
After he had gone it appeared to Sen.
Biewstor that the V. S. delegation at Chi
caijo rintiotilnily Berle was going beyond
this, limitation. Brewster brought to fljiloj'
in Washington a diuft of a pioyostd new
moot Inch cxn'nted his limitation and
I'.ai ley wtstie bac k to Birle in I'h.cugo, pro
test ng IV. etcr ai& 1i'.t trf'.ve'VOg8iii-
te:, S.'V.Pg Kexnuld not i(C ,n.'oi(8) (j)h (shut
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''Regardless of the food shortage and everything, don't you dare
repeat what you just said in front of the children and those
neighbors may count their chickens every evening anyhow!"
O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
' By WM. E, McKENNEY, America'. Card Authority
A SLAM END-PLAY
BY MILTON C. WORK
' Heading the list of all great
bridge maestros of the past,
probably, is Milton C. Work. He
played whist as a young man,
then turned to the practice of
law. Just before World War , I
he started on his great career as
an auction bridge authority and
continued to be the outstanding
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Work finessed the queen of dia
monds, cashed the ace and threw
West in the lead by playing the
nine of diamonds, forcing him
to lead a club into his ace queen.
o IN FORMElF
YEARS
30 Years Ago
The new $65,000 Elks home in
La Grande was officially turned
over by the contractors and arch
itects to the building committee
of the lodge, and plans were be
gun for the dedication.
Mis. George H. Currey and
Mrs. A. T. Hill left for Eugene
to visit their daughters who were
attending the university. '
City Water Supt. L. M. Hoyt
and City Engineer Howland and'
Engineer Papst returned from
the Beaver creek intake where
they commenced preliminary sur
veys contemplating construction
of a suitable dam on i Beaver
creek to augment the water supply-
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mo a.(W'iCf;yiio'as planning 10 0 i
Wm eh.VeP tha gorS fearing hed
iholo conforfi)fi wouivi, collapse and ant-
as muehCsii ny could, projoos.'d
f. ; -.i.'ii'-Viia-r 1 n iw.i-imeooms nno uve-ivue-
Sir Henry Dale, pi'Gld, fo'Kvidonitrjagieements. The former piovided
al soci.rWioULondenrrv O Otransit ilyjhts for planes of anv country'ixgn-
Q'.iWs ifi luoiluvthiWd ui)d jjtWKoB-WlP'JlVa
Touaooiauon. v, -a w ,
(Villi O h
ing the agreement to fly over or land for re
fueling and repair in the territory Of- any
other signing country. The latter provided
transport rights to pick up and discharge
passengers and cargo at any stop along a
direct route. '
These two controversial documents, plus
a permanent civil aviation convention set
ting up an international governing body for
post-war flying and a three-year interim
agreement to govern till the permanent con
vention could be put into operation, repre
sented the work of the Chicago' conference
which closed Dec. 7.
Nothing much happened till Feb. 8, when
Assistant Secretary of State Dean Acheson
came before Sen. Bailey's Commerce com
mittee to advise that the solicitor of the state
depai tnient, confirmed by the attorney
general, had said that the permanent con
vent ion was a treaty requiring senate rati
fication while tho other three documents
could be handled as executive agreements.
At th end of a four-and-a-half hour execu
tive session, Acheson asked Bailey if he in
tended to request further delay on the in
terim agreement and th two- and five-freedoms
agreements.
Bailey answered that his committee com
mcrcv was not pursuing a policy of delay
on these matters.
Acheson then called Sen. Connally for his
opinion. Connally asked what Brewster and
Bailey had to say aftd' was told that Sen.
Bailey had been consulted and hid given hW
opir.ior. that "We had authority td "make
those aitnfeiftents under the eivil aviation
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Connally then aa id, "As tar at I art) con-
ccrne. it'thlSisitfue, IJiye no vbjectiori.to
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Tie nresident h.iH sont ihp ,i.'-aiint
on to thf)senate(Bl) riSP.ficatifefi an-0
ouici(Uy acceptedpine lpwnnVJagvw
and the five freedoms, tVWfect nss-
bridge writer of the world until
his death in 1934.
" Many still recall the old "Work
count" in which an ace was val
ued at four points, a king three,
a queen two, and a jack one.
Actually, Work adopted the old
auction "pitch count" and ap
pied it to bridge. While (some
players still use it for no trump,
where it works fairly well on a
balanced hand, it does not take
into consideration distribution.
Work was a great player as
well as a great writer. He em
ployed a nice end-ply to help him
make his contract on this hand,
which also helped him to win a
chargpionship at one of our
tournaments just a few months
before he died.
Of course the double marked
West with , the missing high
cards. ' '
After ruffing the opening lead,
l.e led trump. West hung on to
the king, jack, ten of diamonds
and the king and jack of clubs.
Questions & Answers
Q How did the name Persia
(now Iran) originate?
A In ancient times a prov
ince of the country was named
Pars, and the Greeks called it
Persis. The name caught on as
Persia for the entire country.
15 Years Ago
. After more than a week of un
settled prices, the' gasoline 'Jwart"'
was almost over. Due to an. in-"
crease- of the wholesale, price
from 7 Mi to 8 cents, motorists
paid 25 at some places end 6
at others.
Miss Jean Williams, junior at
the University of Oregon, won a
prize for the best individual cos
tume in the April Frolic, annual
costume affair of the women's
league.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Helm, Mr.
and Mrs. Clark Fitzgerald, Miss
Grace Cullen, Miss Wilma Gas
kill, Miss Monica Ruel, Ted Kline
and Jack Hiatt drove to Boise to
attend a baseball game in which
Helm played
10 Years Ago
Mr. and Mrs. Lexro Prilliman
and Rolex Prilliman of Portland
spent an Easter vacation at the
home of their mother, Mrs. Harry
Myers, on O avenue. The men
returned to Portland where both
were instructors at Hill's Military
academy. '. . '
Mildred Green and Dorothy
Lee Reynolds, students at St.
Paul's school for girls at Walla
Walla, arrived in La Grande to
spend the Easter vacation with
their parents. . .
This Curious World
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SUPER- INSECTICIDE
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THE WAR, MISHr, IF
BROADCAST WITHOur
DISCRIMINATION, KILL
OFF THE INSECT PESTS
THAT EAT OUR CROPS,
BUI II WUULUI ALSO
DESTROY THE BEES
AND OTHER INSECTS
THAT, BY CROSS
POLLINATION, MAKE
CU CROP ROWING
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