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Newspaper Page Texti. .1- : . EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher - SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1945 All Right, If This is EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande ' Ronde Valley Irrigation project. LA RANt)E "A city, of 10,000 Extend the city limits. TODAY'S TEXT Then touched ho their eyes, snyinjr. According to your fuith be it unto you. Matthew 9:29. Just laws are no restraint upon the freedom of the good, for the Rood mar. desires nothing which a just law will interfere with. Fronde. The Last Chance Only a heartless handful of men stand between war and peace. Not a soul upon earth can honestly doubt that Germany's doom is at hand, or that the same doom awaits Japan. Yet a Hitler and a Ilimmler in Germany, a 1 1 i roll i to and a cabinet of war lords in Japan prefer to darken each new day with bloodshed and destruction. It must have occurred to every one in the last few weeks to question why the Almighty Power that guides human destiny permits these men to live while good and great men die. It is scarcely within our province to sermonize. I!ut we have shared this universal question ing and have found a possible answer which we doubtless share with others. Since the forgotten dawn of human life, man has settled his disputes by bloodshed. The practice has continued while men grew in knowledge and un derstanding and compassion. As civili zation became more complex the war breeding dispute passed from individual men to their governments. The men who fought war learned to hate it. And more and more men have come to know this hate as succeeding Funny Hit sin ess -.(ft. ujpaa a w. 1 ami think that o.iiuli Uimtr quit y:.'S-lm iM e!y Page Tw His Idea of Peace wars have involved greater portions of the world's populations. Men have come to hate war. But not; all men. Adolf Hitler did not hate it. Adolf Hitler, a failure and a bum, found in war a congenial atmosphere. And he led into war a people who 20 years before had lain exhausted in defeat tmd sighed, "never again." Men have come to hate war when war was upon them. Hut some have for gotten quickly. And others have turn ed from the hated thing as they do from death, and have said that this cannot happen. Hut still they have done nothing to prevent war even when they have seen its approaching shadow. So today war has again returned, with an nwfulncss never seen or im agined. It has struck wildly and blind ly, bringing death and destitution to millions who never fought or offended. It has ground to dust the cherished re lics of centuries. It has found beauty and charm, and loft ashes and ruin. Today delegates of the world's na tions are met to try again to put an end to war not to settle a peace in I he war still raging, but to bring peace for all time. And as they moot the awful lesson goes on, day after day, so that they may not forget, so that their small disputes may be mocked by the daily evidence of a type of war that soils and degrades the name of man kind. This is mankind's last chance. This war has all but destroyed the rich and ancient culture of a whole continent. It lias led mankind to the brink of disaster and given it a fore-taste of what man's devilish ingenuity will de vise for another war the extinction of civilization. So perhaps Hitler and llirohito live lo drive home to the world the lesson of its ancient folly, and to convince the men of San Francisco and the men and women of the world that this must be the end of war or the end of man. o SO THEY SAY Heir Hitler, it he docs not re sist capture, will be made pris cner. us have other high Nazi of ficials, and will he held for ac tion of higher authorities. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. o The world is ripe tor a change of heart, for a (jreiit switchover (mm the past. And If at Sun Francisco we ore wisely guided we tuny well be ut the opening of a new era in the relations of the nations lo each other. Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, premier of the Union of South Africa. All the ruli of warfnr are ob solete and must be thrown over board. All nynns are fair fni permissible (ft the struggles against the terriblii ije. i-Goebbels. 0 Full employment reaulros n k,l.,m ,vl I, .!., I 'e.-.Jsu.s,...- National Planning ao-ticutlon. Washington Merry-Go-Rbund By DREW PEARSON SAN FRANCISCO Despite packed hotels the late President Roosevelt was wise when he picked this city as the meeting place for the United Nations conference, for San Fran cisco is the symbol of the courage of the American people. Gutted by one of the worst fires in history, hopeless San Francisco bounced back to be come one of pur great American cities and host to a conference which seeks to restore hope to. a hopeless world the world today, gutted and wartorn, is no worse off than San Francisco after the earthquake of 1906. Yet it came back Europe and Asia, if they take a lesion from the city of the Golden Gate, can do the same there is a zippy atmos phere here which inspires diplomatic energy. None of the stodgy defeatism of Geneva, Versailles or Paris. Even Washington is getting too blase, too old worldish for a suc cessful international conference. Delegates take on the spirit of the city . which surrounds thorn. When delegates know that an eager anxious city plus an eager anxious nation is watching them, de pending on them, they think twice before going home empty-handed. Latin-Americans have a word for it "am biente" or atmosphere that is why the Rus sian delegation is making things tough. Language is one barrier between the Rus sians and contagious atmosphere of San Francisco. Another barrier is the way they remain isolated. They won't expose them selves to contagion. They are shutting up in hotel suites unexposed to the hustling, contagious, "never say no amiente" of this town which raised itself from ashes. The British got off to the best conference start with the help of the dominions. Elder statesman Jan Smuts of South Africa, who has seen more conferences come and go than any man since Aristide Briand, had written a preamble to the United Nations constitu tion which may go down in history along side Thomas Jefferson's declaration of in dependence the British dominions, inci dentally, have breathed a lot of semi-independence at San Francsico. Some make no effort to conceal that their future is bound up just as much with the U. S. A. as with Britain. Records show that in other confer ences they have visited about as much with this country as with London. WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT A small Iowa college has announced that at the close of the war it will build on its campus an apartment house for married stu dents, which will provide them with com pletely furnished and comfortable living quarters for $35 a month, including utilities. In making the announcement the president of the college said: "This generation be lieves in early marriages and I am inclined to look with favor upon them." This school is just one of the many that today are facing the question of what to do with the married students who are already beginning to arrive on campuses under the G. I. bill of rights. Housing them is, of course, the big problem in most schools. For married students in the past haven't had much consideration from colleges and universities. On most campuses, if a young couple decided that one or both would con tinue working for a college degree after marriage, it was up to them to find whatever Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent ' Criticisms thrown at the Dumbarton Oaks proposals in the last six months give the best indication to hurdles which delegates from 46 nations will have to clear in drafting the United Nations organization charter at San Francisco. Taken together, till the U. S. public suggestions for strengthening the Dumbarton Oaks proposals may be reduced to ten main points: 1. Inclusion of a "Bill of Human Rights." 2. Provision to settle disputes on princi pies of justice. 3. Greater protection for the smaller na tions. 4. .Greater protection of dependent colon ies. 5. More regional organizations to maintain peace. 6. Strengthening of international law. 7. More authority to use force to maintain peace. 8. More mandatory disarmament. fl. Better definition of powers of security council and assembly. 10. Modification of the voting procedure Criticisms of U. S. senators should prob ably be given top consideration because the senate will be asked to ratify the charter written at San Francisco. Only four sena tors huve thus far come out in open opposi tion to the Dumbarton Oaks proposals. A majority of the senators have reserved their opinions, apparently waiting to judge the results achieved at San Francisco. But the 16 freshman senators in a letter to President Roosevelt last January gave their full support lo the Dumbarton Oaks proposals, 11 other senators have spoken in full support of the objectives and eight more are on record with conditional support. : Senator Tom Connaily of Texas, chairman of the senate foreign relations committee and a delegate to S.in Francisco, while ad- nitting that it would be impo.tsltle to crc-O a)c a United Nations organization that would meet the views c( yvcry senator, has himself put the finger on one possible weak ness in proposing the creuiio.i at San Fran cisco of an interim council a temporary or r? ganization to take the responsibility of acl- juotm tnttrnational problems until the Typical of state department bell-muffling was its failure to get Australian External Minister Herbert Evatt in to see President Truman before he left Washington. They told Evatt, one of the best friends this coun try has in the south Pacific, that Truman was too busy to bother about Australia. (Among other things he had conferences scheduled with Congressman Jed Johnson of Oklahoma). Finally Senator Hatch of New Mexico heard what had happened, tele phoned the White House direct and Presi dent Truman was delighted to see the Aus tralian external minister. "When the fascists come out of their fox holes," says Aussie statesman Evatt, "Japan may get strong again. That is why we must have regional agreements in the Pacific as protection against aggression.'' . Australia, adds Evatt, is dead against the right of a big nation to veto the attempts by regional groups to prevent war in their re gion. Most people don't realize it, but un der Dumbarton Oaks, England's one vote veto power could stop the Pan-American un ion from taking steps to head off Argentine aggression or, Russia veto could stop Aus tralia, New Zealand and the U. S. A. from heading off Jap aggression in the Pacific. A lot of powers would like to change this at San Francisco. This is what many U. S. delegates don't like. British labor leader Clement Atlee takes a constitutional in the evening up and down San Francisco's steep hills. Despite" his 61 years, he takes the hills as fast as he docs his press conferences, where he answers questions fairly well. Even Indian propa gandist J. J. Singh was admitted to the Brit ish press conference and fired critical ques tions. British labor leader Atlee contrasts with Secretary of State Stettinius who dodged questions, said almost nothing. Stet tinius flashed a gorgeous smile, knew each newsman by his name, but otherwise ap parently did not believe in open covenants openly arrived at. When Stettinius arrived at the Washington airport, the navy band played "Lights Out." Nevada's rotund Senator Pat McCarran has got himself another free trip to the west coast, to say nothing of his home town Reno. He is senate observer to the Sar. See WASHINGTON . . . Page 6 living quarters they could. Unless the couple were helped by wealthy parents, the rooms and apartments they could afford were usually not only dingy af fairs, but often cold in winter; hot in sum mer, and completely lacking in conven iences. The married couples just had to struggle along under such living conditions because they couldn't afford anything better. And it wasn't unusual for them to have to spend so much for a roof over their heads, they could not afford the proper food. So if the G. I. bill of rights wakes up col leges and universities to the need for proper housing for married students, as well as sin gle ones, a lasting good will come of it. And perhaps in the future fewer young people will have to choose between marriage1 and finishing an education that will mean so much to their future. ' "' charter adopted at San Francisco can be ratified and the United Nations organization can be made a going concern. Perhaps the most constructive and care fully thought out proposals for amending the Dumbarton Oaks proposals have come from Senator Arthur Vandenburg of Mich igan, also a delegate to San Francisco. In brief, Vandenberg's nine proposed amend ments would include: A firmer declaration in the preamble to establish justice and pro mote respect for human rights; inclusion of the principles of the Atlantic charter as ob jectives of the United Nations organization; revisions of treaties which work injustices on any people; greater responsibility for the security council to act in any situation threatening world peace. Outside the senate, the more responsible criticism runs a wide range. Commander Harold E. Stassen, another of the delegates to San Francisco, is on record as favoring the world peace force idea, giv ing the United Nations organization more power to enforce its decisions than was con templated in the original Dumbarton Oaks draft. John Foster Dulles, however, has cau tioned against appraising the Dumbarton Oaks proposals solely on the basis of its use of force, while, ignoring the constructive op portunities for non-military enforcement of peace through the world court and the eco nomic and social council. Ex-President Herbert Hoover, in a six point criticism, has put forward the treaty revision suggested by Vandenberg and in addition has called for absolute disarma ment of the Axis and relative disarmament of the United Nations, more rcjjiynal organ-.) izations like the Pan-American union in oth er areas of the world, and checks on the use of ftiriv ,thiui,h the president and Ihe sen- ate These ari-Vi'y no means all the changes that have been proposed. But they incor Ttptirate the principal constructive suggestions. "The dreamy idealisnvituff and the crackpot schemes can be ignored because they wouldn't work and aren't gjing to (jet any plabi.. btokko. Side Glances epPU'lW BY NEA SERVICE. INC. T. M. BEG. U. PAT. OFF. Hm$Q "Bob says Manila is one of the most interesting cities he ever saw he's met a nurse he used to go out with here at home I" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE . By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority WRONG RUFFING LETS TAKE-OUT BID MAKE Today's hand came to me from Mr. D. Cameron Montgomery, jr., a medical student at John Hop kins university, Baltimore, Md. In his letter he stated that his bid of four no trump was intend ed as a gigantic take-out double. Well, I am afraid that I do not quite agree with that bid. Nevcr tiielcss, his partner did bid and they got into a pretty good con-t-act. I think East handled the play A A K J 0 4 J 109 75 6 KJ Rubber Neither vul. South West . North East 1 A Double 4 A Pass Pass 4 N. T. Pass 5 A Pass Pass Pass Opening 6. 30 of the hand well. He played low to the opening lead, letting North win with the ten spot. If North returns a diamond and gives South a ruff, the contract is made. But North returned a heart, which the declarer won with the king, then ruffed a small spade. The ace of hearts was cashed and a small heart led. Here North made a serious mistake. He ruffed in with his nine of clubs. Of course the de- Questions & A nswers Q What was the original name of Potsdam, famed heart of Prussianism? A Potzukimi. It appeared in history in 99 as a Salvonic fish ing village. ' Q How much coal is required in manufacture of a tank? A The Germans figured it at 90 tons; 120,000 tons for a battle ship. Q How long has cocoa been in use? 9 Cortez found the natives of Mexico using it (the cacao bean) both in their diet and as money. This Curious World W T ., 4 -Jo A QS 6 5 3 2 y 82 K J 10 96 Montfomery None I N I A 107 VAQ63 w r K4 AQ75 "ct884 32 r i Q875 A 10 3 I Dealer 42 I AN EXPERIENCED ESKIMO CAN BUILD I Y X A GOOD SNOW HOUSE IN AN HOUR. J WHEN RAIN STOPS COWNG, 1 4IL. . ' DOWN, IT LET3 UP," Ssrt pSrtJti- EDNA M. WILSON, VsSV ' JJ 1 I1LXT: Whdi pe.t au n,4 Motmon iropj? clarer ovorruffed with the queen, ruffed his other spade and then cashed the ace of clubs. He dis carded his losing diamond on the queen of hearts. North might have defeated the contract had he kept that nine of clubs to ruff the queen of hearts with. O IN FORME!? YEARS 30 Years Ago George L. Cleaver of Imbler is cno of the delegates from Union county to the Celilo festival. He planned to go to Portland and take the trip up-river from there. Pending installation of a perm nnent pastor early in June, Miss Olive Childers of the Salvation Army took charge of the puplit in the Methodist church. 15 Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. Walter Price re turned from a motor trip to Sa lem where they visited with their daughter, Helene. " u Members of the "Coterie bridge club were guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Maxam at their home. Mrs. J. H. Albertson and A. J. Gower won high score honors and con solation prizes were received by Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Sinden. ' Cecil Sherwood, former La Grande high school athlete, com pleted six weeks of strenuous grid practice under the direction of Coach Paul J. Schissler, at Oregon State college, where for two years ho had been one of the main cogs in the football machine. 10 Years Ago 1 With only a little over a week's ital practice, the La Grande Ti per track and field team made a strong showing at the quadran gular meet at Pendleton. Five records were broken, with Bark er of La Grande taking the mile in 4:38.4, one of the fastest miles ever run in eastern Oregon. Kilby, La Grande, finished sec ond in the mile, and Barker and Kilby finished second and third, respectively, in the half mile. Don Stilt tied for first with Mill er of Walla Walla, in the high jump, and with Kesler, La Grande, for second place in the pole vault, and was third in the broad jump. Klein, Kesler and Gehring placed in the high hur dles, and Waldcn and Inseth fin ished third and fourth in the javelin. o HORSEBACK RIDING WAS .V'tySEtPi'BED REMEDY PSSTUBERCULOSIS CENTURY AGO. NIC. U. S. PAT. Qf F.