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,1 ! f1' 41 4 4!l 53 ; 5' ! f ' EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher TUESDAY KVKNIN'fJ, MAY 1, 19-15 EVENING OKSKRVEK'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Valley irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,000 -Extend the city limits. TODAY'S TEXT And thinkest thou this, O mini, thai jndji'i'st them which do .such things, mid does I the same, that thou slmll escape the judgment of (iod? liomans 2:'.). THOUGHT I'OR TODAY We should look at thi lives of all as ' at a mirror, anil take from others an example for ourselves. Terence. Keeping Up With the British The llrltish Rovcrnmcnt has an nounced plans for a hunt- new aeronau tical research estahlishmcnt to he liuill after the war near lledford at a cost of millions of pounds. Construction of the new center will lake several years, and in the meantime research will continue at the Royal aircraft establishment at FarnhoroiiKh and in the laboratories of private aircraft manufacturers. Special attention is to be paid to the newer problems of aerodynamics, such as the behavior of aircraft at speeds above that of sound, problems which the advent of jet-propelled planes have already posed. Our military authorities have been conduct inn', as pari of the war effort, similar research, in cooperation with the national advisory council for areo nmilies. The work, and of course, lh. findini'.s anil conclusions are war see rets, at present. One iiitcresliny; dis covery can be disclosed, however. And that is that when plane speed nears that of Mound, all previously proven Miles anil laws of aerodynamics mean nothing. Funny Business v i ! , 1 1 ' Spelling It Out ' f.;n i. i ; " . i y. . ,". - . .. . , - iWWSf it -''V ,e iVV 'tJ'r wwewi- .. ,,. ".""',-, ..... , -. W- " ,., COM lil. M.Wl, ' t""l ly.'oil, "I expect lo get tired, sill" I'age Two For the sake of our future defense and our future in commercial aviation, continued cooperative research by gov ernment and private, industry is essen tial. ' And there would seem to be little occasion for fear that competition with liritain would lend' '-us "-into' ah- 'tohma nient race." The future role of aviation is peaceful and productive. Competition in research and engineering will be healthy and, it seems to us, inevitable among progressive nations. Interesting Relics American soldiers in Germssnv have come upon some interesting old relics of a bygone time, living in comfortable seclusion until disturbed by tlie advanc- ing invaders. One of them was the Princess Tier mine, widow of Kaiser Wilhelm. "lie was a poor old man with the wrong sort of children," she said of him. "lie loved Germany." Another was the ancient, massive, iron-visaged Marshal von Maekensen, idol of two generations of Prussian Jun kers and perfect symbol of German militarism. "Can't vou do something to stop the Russians from killing mv chickens?" was his complaint to his American captors. There were others, loo, including a lew tat nous, nazi-loving llohenzollerns. I.ut these two are enough to provide .mother compelling reason for uncon ditional surrender and the pursuit and punishment of war criminals. Heaven forbid (hat Adolf Hitler should escape to grow old in half-forgot I en half-forgiven exile and one dav o called a "poor l, ,., WMl) ,uve'( 'ermany , (,!lt im,,,,.,. , anv '!her top nazi should live to complain "I '.Hi. that the citizens of a country scourged by his own country's mass murders were actually killing his o SO THEY SAY We must never, never forgot the revolting, savage cruelty of the .hips, 'nicy must never be al lowed Id esc:i; this war with only :i military defeat. Maj.-Gon. Robert S. Bcightler at Manila. Manila is dead, ami Tokyo must ei it net in reprisal but as a defense measure necessary to insure Pacific peace. Hrij;.-Cieii. Carlos I Honiulo. For sheer physical hardship it.it suffering inic will never see 0 ai.ytlnn): more frightful than the Htccn hell of Poiif:ainville. u Nlaj.-Gen. K.il'eit S. lieightler in Miinila. e 0 I.rt us kcrp ;ur perspective ;imi ruthlessly (rt .ist .myUiinj; which will nuke us fritter away tiv fruits pf tmr vietery in this war ;ts wtQiid those iO.U' last wai. A r t h u v Swi't'UiT, prcsulent Wp.'Jmwv WiImmi fuunclution. Washington Merry-Go-Round By DHEW PEARSON LOS ANGELES Last week this column dealt with the refreshing atmosphere of San Francisco, the manner in which it had built itself up from the ashes of earthquake defeat; how its perseverence could serve as an ex ample to peace-striving, war-weary nations. ' This is now vigorously denied by the folks in Los Angeles. Their city, say my friends of the City of Angels, has accornplished much more inspiring miracles. If the United Na tions had held their conference in Los An geles instead of San Francisco, I am now in formed, they would have wrapped up the peace of the world in a neat bundle decorat ed with Hollywood stars and been ready to go home long ago. Such conflicting views, with ardent argu ments on both sides, constituted a lough di lemma for a columnist. Anyway, this much is definite! It did pour rain in San Francisco the day the conference opened. Correction After the death of Franklin Roosevelt, this column published an intimate story of the late president's first political vic tory as told by him to this writer namely, his defeat of "Blue-Eyed Billy" Sheehan, nominated for the U.S. senate by Tammany Hall and the Ryan traction interests. John F. Killeen, 'former editor of the New York Democrat, now writes that the name of Al bany's political boss who opposed FDR, was not "Pinkie" McCabe, as published by me,' but "Packy" McCabe. Killeen also supplies the following additional interesting informa tion regarding FDR's first big political vic tory: " ' ' "Charlie Murphy (whom Roosevelt Indi rectly ' defeated in the Sheehan senatorial fight) was then at the zenith of his power as leader of Tammany Hall. So Murphy tried to' clip the wings of this new FDR leadership which had given Tammany its first defeat in the state-wide control of the Democratic party. "Hence the grapevine in Tammany club houses began gossiping that young Roose velt was anti-Irish, anti-Catholic, etc., and there was much Tammany jeering when Leader Murphy substituted James Aloysius O'Gorman instead of Sheehan for senator. The 'dude from Hyde Park wouldn't take Sheehan,' sneered the Tammany boys, 'so Murphy gave him O'Gorman to swallow. Now he's on the spot and done for.' "But immediately, FDR announced that O'Gorman's selection was 'great' and lined up his followers for O&orman, who thus became U.S. senator. WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT Whenever, women with war jobs are ques tioned about their post-war plans, many of them say firmly that they want to continue working after the war. But it isn't likely there will be jobs for all the women who want them, for already em ployers are talking about who shall get pref erence after the servicemen. So, the woman who wants a job in the postwar world should be making plans for it right now. Evidently wanting a job isn't going to be enough. The women who will get the jobs and keep them are the women who have given the best accounts of themselves during the period when jobs were plentiful. Any woman who wants to keep right on earning a pay check ought to be sure she is Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent Anyone thinking that all the problems of the world are going to be settled at the United Nations conference here is doomed to disappointment. Yet many people persist in this misbelief, and all kinds of miscon ceptions are rife, as shown by questions asked and criticisms offered of the Dum barton Oaks proposals for a United Nations organization to maintain peace and security And this constitutes a threat against the success of the conference. Much of the con fusion can be avoided by sticking to one fundamental concept: The most that can be done is to lay the foundations and put up the framework for a house which it is hoped will be occupied by an international organization that in time may start lo begin to commence to do some of the things misinformed people believe are going to be done now. Specifically, delegates from the 46 nations will write a Charter. That's all. This Charter will be like the articles of incorporation for an international big busi ness. The business which the corporation will carry on when it gets going will be the business of preventing future wars. In writing the Charter, the San Francisco conference will be guided by the rough sug gestions drafted at Dumbarton Oaks last fall, but thuv proposals will be completely re written, subtracted from and adied to bv amendments and revisions. This w ill be a long and involved process. Many people on the outside may become im patient and lose interest. After the great fanfare of publicity over the opening ses sions, tlurSan Francisco conference will be come middling dull. Many lobbyists and pleaders for special causes may give it up as a hopeless job and hume, particularly if their expense money runs !ow. q It the war folds in Europe, it things in Wairljinfcton start popping utul'fr, President TniTiian, if domestic issues g"i hotter than thin nebulous international stuff, a (toj of the press and radio people will b-.1 ordered back where tliey came from, and a di g watch will be set up to seejyhethcr the Sn Francisco conference Hwsfcvr dies. "Since that time," concluded Killeen, "no one ever questioned Roosevelt as to his tol erance of race, color or creed, and Murphy took occasion to emphasize that he never believed Roosevelt was ever prejudiced against the Irish. So Franklin Roosevelt, as always, turned his first 'political crisis to his own advantage." Thb two key spots to keep your eye on In the Truman administration are the justice and Interior departments. They are the two big potentialities for plunder bund. One, in terior, has charge of the public domain, the big. oil lands, the grazing rights, the tremen. dous power leases of Bonneville dam, etc. The interior department was where Warren Harding came a cropper, and that is where the big moguls of the west already are ang ling to get their man adroitly placed. Justice is even more important Income taxes The decision whether to prosecute or not to prosecute means life or death to the big city political machines, and more than anything else they would like to have a close pal in the driver's seat as at torney general . . . another key spot in justice is the anti-trust division. Anti-trust division is a vital key to the whole American business layout after the war. Watch it closely. Before John Snyder of St. Louis was ap pointed federal loan administrator, White House friends went round to get Jesse Jones' reaction on various appointees, including Cliff Durr, Synder and Emil Schram. Jesse gave a sour recommendation to Snyder who previously had worked under him. Accord ing to Jones he was not competent enough for the job. But now that Snyder has the job, Jesse has been telling friends that he put him across. General Marshall's crack against lone con gressmen visiting the war front was inter preted on capitol hill as being aimed at Clare Luce, congresswoman from Connecticut who had been sojourning on the Italian front since early March. Last winter also, La Belle Luce visited the Italian front for more than a month. Mystery of how she got airplane transportation now seems to have been salved her friend General Lucian Truscott, commanding general of the Fifth army in Italy. ' I Latest front line wisecrack: The people of liberated Europe should declare war against the United' States. Then they could all sur render and eat like our German war prisoners. actually EARNING hers right now. She ought to check up on herself and see whether or not she has given as much to her job as she should have and whether she has brought lo it not only efficiency but a pleas ant personality and the ability to get along with other employees. Sassy Susies have held down jobs during the war and so have Troublesome Trudies and Lazy Louises. But they haven't made any records that will make employers want to keep them on or move them in!o other jobs, when it comes time again to pick and choose employees. It isn't too late right now for the women who have been trading on their "indispen sable" status to turn over a new leaf and start giving more to their jobs. At about that time the conference will be settling down to its long hard grind in half a hundred or more committees, each given the job of studying one particular question or drafting one particular section. They will be fighting commas, semicolon!, clauses and reservations all over the place. If a few nice fights can be stiired up over giving Soviet Russia three votes, or if some delegation takes a walk, that will help keep the interest alive. But don't count on it and above all don't give up hope and damn the diplomatic dodoes to eternal oblivion. What is important about San Francisco is what comes out at the end, not what goes in at the beginning. Don't lose sight of the big objective.' " If at the end of one or two or even three months the San Francisco conference pro duces a Charter which does jusl three things, you can put it down as a success. Those three things are: 1. Create an organization which will deal with future threats to world peace and so stop wars by removing their causes before they happen. 2. Make provision for gearing a World Court into this machinery so that when na tions do get into arguments they can settle their disputes by international law instead of by force of arms. 3. Establish a formula for international machinery which will see that the dependent, colonial arras of the world are governed with justice and not exploited or held in subjec tion. Don't look to San Francisco for the solu tion of any disputes connected with World War II. SarrFrancisco won't settle what will0 be done with Germany or Japan, won't fix the boundaries of Poland, won't Jree India, won't decide what to do with war criminals, won't settle Francisco Fronco's Spanish ome let and w on't make Chiang KaiQiiek cooper ate with the Communists. OSome of those things will be s-.tled when the terms of peace are dictated. Others may become legitimate business for the United Nations organization after it is set up. But as far as San Francisco is concerned, forget o Side Glances oem iw iv nr stuvicr, inc. T. m ma u. . wt. on. - "No sausage again today? I suppose the next excuse will be that we hare lo feed the Germani!" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE ; By WM. E. McKENNEY. America's Card Authority A LESSON IN WHEN TO REFUSE A TRICK 1 Today's hand has two very good lessons in it. As a matter of fact, it could almost be re ferred to as a Sylvia hand, but I think that East's is too good to call it a Sylvia play. ' Now of course the natural thing to do when you win the opening spade lead is to lead the ten of diamonds and play low AKQ K 8 10 7 AQ983 Duphcate-N.-S vul. South West North East 1 A Pass I Paw 2N.T Pass 3N.T. Pasj Opening J 1 diamond would refuse to win this trick. But you can see that if you win the trick, regardless of what you return, the declarer has no prob lem making the hand. Therefore the real defensive play is not to win the trick with the queen. Naturally the declar from dummy. I suppose few players with the queen and one Questions & Answers Q Who was Robert Raikes? A The orginator of 1 Sunday school, in 1735 in Gloucester, England. His purpose was to get gangs of young ruffians off the streets. Q How long is the Danube river? A 1750 miles, from the Black Forest to the Black sea. Q What people eat clay? A The Otamacian Indians of South America mix it with their food. Q What famous composer was born in Leipzig, Germany? A Richard Wagner, in 1913, the vear Napoleon lost a decisive battle there. Q What is the Jap term for black marketing? A Bargaining in the dark. This Curious World 1 T II BM - . -0 IW lV U lilKOCL INC O MEARLY TVVO-THIRD5 OF THE EARTHS fURFACE is Still wfrftofl, SINCE IT LIES AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR SEAS. 433 V AT4 KJ9B42 482 J 10 8 7 I N 1 9842 VQ82 W EVJ10 63 A83 e Q5 ". I Dlr K10S it IN THS 10N& RUN, WE'RE 0VERJ4KEN R. A. CONKLIN, er will continue the diamond and will probably finesse again, -However, a good player will protect himself two ways on this hand. He will lead the ten of diamonds and play the jack from dummy so that if East does make this clever defensive play of re fusing to win with the queen, he now has another play , available end that is the club finesse. Af ter taking the club finesse, he simply lays down the ace. and an other club, hoping they breajc three-three. O IN FORMER YEARS 30 Years Ago A storm which began in eastern Oregon yesterday continued, blanketed the Grande Ronde val ley with three inihes . of wet, soggy snow, and higher elevations with much greater depths. . Ulrich Lottcs found a coin in his cash drawer that may have in trinsic value far higher than its 50-cents face value. It was mint ed in 1814, but was in fine shape. One peculiarity of the coih is that' instead of the edges being milled they were stamped .the words "fifty cents-half dollar.".: 15 Years Ago : The Rev. and Mrs. William Crosby Ross of Boise, returned to their home after visiting in La Grande with friends. He former ly was pastor of the Presbyterian church here. Two La Grande boys took part in the annual relay meet between Oregon Stale and the University of Oregon. They were Clare Mc Kennon, U. of O. and Claude An son, O.S.C. McKennon's running was spectacular in that he came from behind in the half mile of the sprint medley relay to win. Anson was a member of the OSC team which won the four-mile relay. 10 Years Ago Margaret McAllister, the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Angus McAl lister and a student at Whitman college, was elected vice presi dent of the student body for the coming year. Angel Metsopulos was elected representative of the Wallowa Odd Fellows lodge to the grand lodge meeting in Salem. He re cently was re-elected head of the lodge at Wallowa, his former home. ; COMTAINf APPROXIMATELY 700, OOO Bur 7V WORDS MAKE UP ABOUT OF OUR ORDINARY' SPEECH ODD TO gUPTE. NEXT: Are rattlesnakes good sports?
