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U I ii i i in i m f EDITORIAL PAGE'J ' La Grande Evening Observer :", Frank Schiro, Publisher FRIDAY KVi;MN;, Al'ltll, 27, iW-, We Imagine KVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete (lie (Jriimle Rondo Valley irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,(100 Extend the city limits. "TnorGir'Tf'OR today I'nrty honesty i'h party expediency Glover Cleveland. Lumber and Housing , For Europe .ljjverynnt! in America today Uiiowh 'Unit luiiiber i.s the most critical of all war materials, and thai, haulier has played and will continue to play a liiK part in the winning of the war; lint when it comes to lend-lease lumber for the rehabilitation of foreign countries, then that i.s another story. Ilrilain needs a minimum of five hundred thou sand temporary dwellings now and im mediately after the end of hostilities in Kuropc. To help tide Ihem over the emer gency the war production hoard recent ly announced that thirty thousand such units have been authorized to he pre fabricated in this country during the next seven months, requirine; Hil.tNIO, (KKI board feet of lumber. Kiujitv mil lion board feel of lumber is to lie sent to KiiKlnnd for repair of bomb-damav.eil existing structures. A total of l,7o(l. (100 board feet of lumber has been authorized for previously occupied coun tries for the repair of damav.c wreaked by the evacuating uazi armies. W'l'l! has authorized ."i.CiOO.oiio board feel of lumber for the construction of barracks (to be prefabricated in this country) to house workers at I'Vench ports. While this is only a small part of America's lumber production, it is still lend-lease lumber beinn used to help rehabilitate foreign countries, and what Fining Hitsincss yx-: . ... ; ., i i r. r.-"-; " "He's not to lure ho'i going to got contributions in coin 1'uge Two Meeting You Here!" commitments have been made by those in chnrjre of lend-lease, no one knows, but it i.s time some of us are finding out before we wake up to find that bil lions if feet of America's forest pro ducts have been Kiven away to foreign countries under lend-lease, and our natural resources dissipated. America's farm buildings and homes should be preserved and kept in good,, icpair. Homes for the returned soldiers must be provided. Homes and new rami buildings for after the war must be provided. Will lend-lease lumber for the rehabilitation of foreign countries deprive Americans of the homes and farm buildings we will need? Ask your congressmen about this problem. Kamerad! Nazi thought is mystifying at best, ami when expressed in a .smattering of English it becomes even more so. Thus we can't be sure what was going through the mind of the German soldier we read about who gave himself up to the Americans with these words: "Surrender New York Detroit Iiihn I,, lcwis Surrender." We can scarcely hope that nn.i edu cation taught and identified those names in a very flattering light. ISut still there's an outside chance that what lie was really trying to say was this:. ' "I surrender to the people who piled on a nai "ow island the world's most imposing mass of masonry to house u great, rich .'city which stands today, unhoiiihcd and unharmed. "I surrender to the people of another ."real city, one of many arsenals, whos" planes ami bombs and guns have blast ed our own great arsenal of the Kuhr to rubble, and all but leveled our once proud capital of liciiin. "I surrender to a, country where a strong man can defy the orders and i wishes of his government, wrongly and ' in time of ;ir, and still live. "In short, I jjive up." & SO THEY SAY It's a ti'iuMi thing to hoc how tin m' I'tvh.s ;uv aCriiul to be sv'i'n talking tn us in front of kraut prisoners. - 1'fc. FriMi'hc Schmidt of Now York Cit., with Third army hi LVerhofcluvakiu, K v v i y thing (in G rewe ) now i-o.sts n linn's nure than normal ly. Tlu- p.ty of a workman i. v.'ty hiiih. whili the pay of a nvil .via ant is i jitivmtty low. A own men l.ttorvr ivw gets more than the tUivotor of a govnn monml do;ai tincnt. A 1 1' x t . ; las. O wok a i r force , iiion officer to Givck foicign minister. 1 believe in democracy but I aj .i fctliece in wary watchful ness of the en.Mnv. If l-V1 :i t-fori. ;',tei1 to c:ei,v' boukVi our owoj (j'-'i'V' promising civth.'.vDon will ne at .T n,l. r . ,W ' - r ... - d. Ci V. . .v. ::.v." : . . iieerg SansomeV British em- at thii place!" bassy attache o Washington Merry-Go-Round ' By -MEW PEARSON' U ; SAN FRANCISCO When the American army swept into Germany it was fortunate enough to capture on interesting figure in Dr. H. J. Caesar, the counterpart of our alien property custodian, who had charge of all American banks and alien properly seized in France. '! Dr. Caesar was cross-examined at length. From him came highly enlightening and hitherto secret information about the man ner in which certain British and American branch banks in Paris collaborated with the Germans after the full of France. His testi mony highlights the main issue underlying the problem of future peace namely wheth er, despite all the plans worked out at San Francisco, certain allied business firms to gether ' with their friends in the state de partment, the army and the British foreign office are going to maneuver behind the scenes to strengthen Germany once again as a bulwark against Russia. This largely lies at the root of the ticklish Polish question. Russia wants a Poland which will cooperate with her and be a buff er against another German invasion. If there were no .fear of future Germany, there might be less insistence on a puppet Poland. Ex-Justice Jimmy Byrnes descrbide this 'graphically to senators upon his return from Yalta. Telling how Stalin got excited on the question of Poland, Byrnes quoted Stalin as saying: "You speak of English honor, Mr. Prime Minister, and your desire to protect the safety of Russia. But twice in 25 yean: German armies have marched across Poland to tuack Russ'la. If that happens again will the English armies come to our defense?" yefore Poljind was invaded last time it will be remembered that British business interests wevvl quite willing, even apparently anxious, to,. have the Sudelenland taken away from Czechoslovakia. President Boned complained- bitterly regarding Lord Runci man's atlitudo on this but the British ap peasers' policy was to strengthen Germany at the expense' of Russia's friend and buffer ally, Czechoslovakia. Finally, . it .was American and British banks which) poured money into Germany for years before the war and then maneu vered to have reparations and war debt can celled in order to protect their own loans. The Chase National bunk was one of the worst offenders. That is why a lot of peo ple in Washington, Moscow and the world at large ai:o'"watching to see whether his tory will repeat. That is why the evidence unearthed from the secret files of German alien properly custodian Caesar is so signif icant. It indicates that even during the present war, the Paris branches of Chase and J. P. Morgan were quite willing and anxious to do business with, the Germans though. British banks were more so. WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT A major in the United States army hun unto the key to the front door of his home through three years of buttle. He figured sonic day he'd come home unannounced, un lock the front door and surprise his family. He finally made it home, walked up to his ' own front door and found it standing wide open. Perhaps that story is symbolic of the wel come waiting for most returning servicemen. Fur from home they may sometimes won der and worry for fear their families have learned to get along without them. They muy wonder whether or not they ure still important members of the family circb when Ihcy read cheerful letters from home saying, "Don't worry about us, we are get- Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent . Looking under the bed to .sec who might hi' hiding there to disturb the sweet dreams of peace being envfsaged for Sun Francisco, the first thing thut greets the eye is a scary spectacle so frightening it makes you want to dive for the pillows and pull the covers up over your head tight. It is the prospect of representatives from 42 U. S. clubs, socie ties and pressure ('roups who have been in vited by the stale department to send to San Francisco spokesmen who will serve as con sultants to the eight-member officiul U. S. delegation. t The 411 United Natiuns may have their dif ficulties in agreeing how they will lie in the same lied of security, hut their peaceful slumbers will not be disturbed nearly so much by a Soviet Russian with a secret vot-? plan, n temperamental Do Gaulle French man Willi a collection of trick amendments, two quarreling Polish factions, nor a half dii.cn British dominions scheming quietly to rule the world, as they may be bothered by this fringe of 42 lobbyists. Included in the 42 ure four big business groups, two associations of lawyers, threo labor organizations, four veterans' organiza tions, four farm groups, five women's socie ties, tow Catholic, two Jewish and two Pro teslunt uuxiharies, six peace societies, four businessmen's luncheon clubs, three educa tional societies and the national association for tile advancement of colored people. If the object of Sun Francisco is to estab lish peace and keep the peace, why don't a liM of these people stay home? The fact thai'J more thn one of each of the pressure groups, are invited to San Francisco is in itself evidence th.Q in no:W.il times t,hyy ('"' if(y with t(M)H other on the saty Q'hing. (J J O On the nvtf riee:,rfure for SaivKvancisco. . . .- i... -;,. , ...iSiu a .'v ....V'7 "..W. ...u :,:.;,. " ivi ui a ?iiv-v will! uuiuiitti vvu, in- lion torchlights. Ruling brothers, Barnum . . Dr. Caesar testified that "the protection afforded to Chase was justified on the . ground that it had been active on behalf of Germany before the war in such matters as the German 'stand-still' credit negotia tions. "The British banks," lie said, "wore even more preferred by the Germans than the branches of Chase and the Morgans. The. German occupying autliorities decreed that British and Canadian banks in the occupied . zone of France 'shall no longer be considered as enemy banks.' These branches provided long-term credits to assist the German war machine. They supplied the Germans with general economic information obtained, through their offices in unoccupied France, and they were particularly useful as deposi tories to the German authorities." But especially significant were some of the letters found in Dr. Caesar's files. Ows indicated that the J. P. Morgan company had gone out of its way to curry favor with the Nazis by showing that the Morgans had nothing to do with Jews. One memo sent to Gel man-banking-czar Caesar by Mr. Le cestre, a high official of the Morgan firm, read: "On the attached sheet there is rep resented some information relative to the predecessors of Mr. J. P. Morgan, actual head of J. P. Morgan and Co., Inc., New. York. Following the tradition ot his father, . Mr. Morgan never admitted Jews as associ ates or fellow workers. ; ' "The Morgan house has been frequently found in its business, in opposition to the great Jewish banking houses in the United States, such as Kuhn, Loeb and Co. As to Morgan and Co., Paris, the personnel, since the foundution of the bank in 1868, has nev er included a Jew." The memo is dated Jan. 15, 1943, more than a year after Germany declared war on the United States. Another memo ound in the files of the German alien property cus todian, dated May 6, 1941, is signed by Ber-enberg-Gosler, Paris reprsentative of the reichskredit-gesselschaft. It reads in part: "Subject: Morgan & Cie. ' ' "During a dinner to which 1 was invited by the French partner of this firm, Mr. Pes- , son-Didion, Mr. P. D. again spoke indignant ly about the clique in America which con tiually attempts to draw the United States into an unjustifiable as well as ridiculous war. He told me that I would know from my stay in New York and Boston, the views of the partners of his firm and also how they hate Roosevelt that Roosevelt is driving America toward a catastrophe by his eco nomic and foreign policies. "With respect to England, Mr. P. D. hopes that the conservavtive party under Sir Sam uel Hoare and Lord Londonderry will get that the conservative party under Sir Sam See WASHINGTON . . . Page 4 ling along fine." They may even search their minds for "keys" to unlock the closely-knit family uits they have had no real part in for so long. They often worry about how to get a wife, who has gone home for the duration, to break away from the inflence of her family; how to re-establish a marriage tha; was barely started before the war intciefered; how to become a real father to the child to whom "Daddy" is only a picture on tac man tle. And yet for all their searching for keys to open these doors to the lives they once led, most servicemen will probably come home to find the doors standing wide open, and the keys not even needed. & Bailey and Hollywood touches thrown in, may so scare the delegates from the other 45 United Nations that they will revolt. They may rise in unison and say: "If this be the price of peace, give us war; if this be the higher standard of living to which you Americans wish to raise the rest ot the world, led us back into slavery; if this be democracy in action, give us dictatorship. If this is what we have been fighting for, goodby." Loving this country and not wishing any other, it is possible to enjoy the corn relish at high noon knife-and-fork deliberations of Lions, Rotarians and Kiwanis; to view with detachment the bickerings of A. F. ot 1... C. I. O. and N. A. M.; to argue religious differences with tolerance; and to get some genuinely hearty laughs every now and then out of the women, God bless 'em, who will join clubs. All these things are as American us apple pie and ice cream and we under stand them. Why Secretary of State Stettinius invited them to San Francisco is understandable. Why they want to be there is understand able. They're all tremendously interested and they want to contribute their two cents' worth. Who doesn't? As a demonstration of American public, pinion expressing itself by insisting that the statesmen get together and for an or ganization that w ill stop war, this 42-act greater combined lobby; of counsellors ctfR exert a wholesome influence. But if the boys and girls get the in'ea that they are go ing to San Francisco to put over ft projects, to insist on patented panaceas of their, own preparation, to stage demonstrations and raise holy Jv'Acf if their private, picayurrti-h Kejiee'floiishi is not follov(cji to(t)ie,I.it d, i ii o o O tail o o- .- ..... .O. -O ,u ine name oi Ice, sweet pwite, they bought to stay home. O O O UC3 Srfe Glances l ; , COWL W T MM MRVICt, WC. T. M. MO. U. T. Off. "My contract comet up for renewal next week and do I wish I hadn't won all that money from the boss, taking his beli on when the war would end!" ''' ' '" . McKENNEY ON BRIDGE ' By WM. E. McKENNEY, 'America's Card Authority HOW "RULE OF U" CAN HELP DECLARER No series of articles on great bridga leaders of tha past would be complete without mentioning Robert F. Foster, a peppery little Scotsman now in his nineties. Ha was card editor of the New York Sun for many years and wrot.; scores of books on whist, bridge- Foster A A J 9 K9 A 1087 5 Q105 Rubber Neither vul. South West North East 1 Pass 2 Pass 2N.T. Pass 3N.T. Pass Opening 4. 28 whist, auction, contract and al most every card game. His most notable contribution to the modern day game was his invention of the "rule of eleven." As you probably know, this rule requires a player making a lead not from a sequence to lead the fourth best of his longest and strongest suit. While this rule is supposed to work to the advan tage of the defenders, quite often it works to the advantage of the declarer. You can see that the declarer's problems is to keep East from getting into the lead. A small diamond was played by the declarer, intending to ito Questions & Answers Q Have the Russians and Jap cnese had many clashes along the Manchurian border? A More than 2000. In 1939 the Japs lost 18,000 troops in an undeclared war that raged through the summer. Q What are gold seal dollars? A Dollars used in the north Africa campaign, with yellow ink Instead of blue for the U. S. seal. Q What are the general di mensions of Okinawa? A 70 miles long, 2 to 18 wide. This Curious World Are THE PHILIPPINES ENT!n IN me TCKK1PZONE, EVT'W in THE TEMPERATE 2CNE, OKOO TucvtiiB iij jfm-j a AiNSWER.CJntirelylnfthe torrid zone, Wenty Agrees wnth latitude. A 7 32 V 10 8 KJ9 AJ973 Q 1084 I N I K65 A653 fj c VQJ742 Q e 6432 8842 teller K CINCHONA TREES ) -WSw U NEXT: Eskima house construction. o up with the king, but of course when West's queen drops, now you con read the whole hand. You know that East has a single ton club and it should be the king. Thus the declarer makes five odd. If a heart had been opened, Foster by the same reasoning could have made 12 tricks. O IN FORMER YEARS 30 Years Ago The junior class of the high school entertained the seniors at the annual banquet in the gym nasium of the high school. The reception room was decorated with pink and green crepe paper pennants and evergreens. Mat tie Schofield was toastmlstress and called upon the following: To the seniors Stella Bodmer; sen ior response Blanche Black; To the faculty Helen Pierce; facul ty response Mr. Girdler; To the senior mascot Alvin Jacobson: response Earl Reynolds. Nearly 100 persons were present; - La Grande, Pendleton and Baker commercial clubs joined in a plan to provide uniform sign posts to mak the Old Oregon Trail from Huntington to the Co lumbia highway junction. IS Years Ago W. C. Perkins was elected pres ident of the La Grande Rotary club for the year 1930-31 to suc ceed Dr. Ray Murphy. Fred Lanzer was elected vice-president, and Francis Greulich, sec retary treasurer. Ernest Burnett and family, ac companied by Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Burnett, drove to Baker to spend the day visiting at the J. E. Bur nett heme and to witness the Baker-Boise baseball game. Carl Baum left for Portland on a business trip. ,. t 10 Years Ago The Odd Fellows and Rebek ahs met to celebrate the 116th anniversary of the order. About 125 members were present. ' Teachers from schools in Bak er, Milton-Freewater, Cove, Un ion, Flora, Weston and La Grande, met at the high school to , discuss vocational and education-, al guidance in the schools. MUCH OF OUR KNOWLEDGE OF PLIGHT HAS BEEN LEARNED FROM NOW MAK CONTEMPLATES LEARNING MO o o CO o l'U')ictwe.-our and G O
