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: EDITORIAL' PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher SATURDAY KVKNIMi. MAY 5, 1915 I'age Two Alles Kaput 4 Si -'-.ieZ-iV i - - rjT' EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Konde Valley irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,000 - Extend the city limits. TODAY'S TEXT For to him that is joined to all the living1 there is hope: for n living dojr is better than a dead lion. Kcclesiastes 9:4. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Everything that thou reprovest in another, thou must most carefully avoid in thyself. Cicero. Plain Speaking ' Reports from Washington say that President Truman talked right "on the line" to soviet foreign minister Molotov, who "appeared to appreciate" the vigor and positiveness with which the presi dent expounded the American view point on the Polish situation. This is in line with reorts from Moscow that Mr. Molotov's superior. Premier Stalin, enjoved the bluntness of the late Wendell Willkie and of lVesi dent Eric Johnston of the U. S. cham ber of commerce when those gentlemen visited his capital. And these reports might le an object lesson to a perhaps small but very vie! .segment of our public, which appears to feel that Marshal Stalin is so sen sitive, or petty, that he can not endure frankness or friendly disagreement on any point. Certain publicists seek to create an impression that the United States and Great Britain have only two opti :is-.-. cither to "yes" Moscow sl.ivi.-My on everything, however violently it may offend anainst every democratic in stinct, or to fight the soviet. Coopera tion with Russia, these soft-soapers feel, can be had only at the price of letting the Kremlin run the show. That, in our opinion, is poppycock. Neither Stalin nor his associates are tha't petty. They are, properly, doing their best to advance what they con sider Russia's long-term interests just as Churchifl is Britain's and we', trust ; Truman will this country's. Hut Stalin is a prime realist. He knows that his Russian interests and our American interests do not always coincide. He will press his full claims as far as he can hope to make them stick. Rut he, no more than we, wants to go to war over anything short of the unavoidable. And, if it is his friendship and admiration we seek, we will get them more quickly by standing up for our own interests and principles than by standing up for our own interests and principles than by cheap boot-licking. The communist regime has felt, un derstandably, that every man's hand was against it. Moscow was courteously sold down the river long enough so that we can not expect to kid Stalin by pull ing our punches. What Moscow wants, Stalin demands. What Moscow dislikes, wholly-controlled soviet journals condemn bitterly and sometimes violently. Stalin does not assume that the price of cooperation must be his plaving Casper Milquetoast. Why should we? At the Sim Francisco conference cer tain decisions must be made that in volve disagreements between Russia and the Anglo-American democracies. Are those decisions to Im; made by con ciliation and cooperation or by unilater al action of Moscow, accepted, sulkily but docilely, by us'.' President Truman's positive, vigor ous conversations with Mr. Molotov set tone that is distinctly encourogaing. Funny llusiness r ' ''"fV'v' ; .... .. c SO THEY SAY (itTtr.an war prisoners should N timounhly indoctrinated into liw uvikms vt democracy. Al though forcible indoctrination is ptuhitnud by the Geneva cpn vt'iition, force should be used, if necessaty. because the United States is the only country to ob rcive the convention. Wp. Richard Y. Harless lD) of A: i.'nna. Th Washingtpn Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON SAN FRANCISCO There is an important parallel to be drawn between San Francisco and Versailles. ,11 may have repercussions that will effect the future peace of the world, t At the Versailles -peace conference, Wood row. Wilson lost out to the other members of the Big Four on point after point. He had to compromise on Jugoslavia, on Italy, on various boundary questins. Most of all he had to sign a treaty of alliance with France and England in order to get his league of nations accepted. .' '. The American public felt Wilson had yielded too much. At that time we were just feeling our oats internationally. We felt that the American army had really won the war though some of our allies disagreed. The great middle west was convinced that if Europe didn't want to play ball with us, we could thumb our noses at Europe and get along perfectly well in our own. That view eventually was reflected in the senate's rejection of Woodrow Wilson's treaty and another war became inevitable. Today, Soviet Russia occupies very much the: same spot as the United States in 1919 and 1920. The Soviet today has the greatest resources in the world. It is more self-sufficient than any other - nation. It feels that its armies bore the major burden of this war though some ol their allies disagree. The leaders cu Russia, especially the generals, are report ed believing that the Soviet can get along on its own without the rest of the world, if the outside world doesn't want to play ball.-.. r-- . .Meanwhile, their Woodrow Wilson of San Francisco Foreign Minister Molotov has been, turned down on points. Same of his points have: seemed poorly conceived and out of place and he has not always handled himself diplomatically. But the effect of Russian public opinion is the main thing that counts, the effect which is registered on the potential isolationists of this new peace era. And that effect obviously must be bad. Just as the American public in 1919 saw their representative rebuffed at Versailles, so the Russians see their man . rebuffed at San Francisco. They don't remember the Molotov. victories, only the rebuffs. And that is why when the final history of this peace era is written, the vote against Molotov on Argen tina may be the straw that broke the back of Russian world cooperation. Molotov only asked for four days to think over the ques tion of Argentine admission. His pleas prob ably would have the support of two great figures, one dead, one ill Franklin Roosevelt and Cordell Hull both virorously opposed to fascist Argentina. Four days to consider the Argentine ques tion was not much to ask, and yet Secretary of State Stettinius missed the pue'to make a gesture toward Russia. Molotov made his plea for a delay on Argentina in the best democratic tradition. In open plenary ses sion, in the rough and tumble of American democratic debate. In the end, Argentina . would have been admitted anyway, but the delay would have helped Russian opinion at home. This small point may turn out one of the most Important at the conference. For, if the Russians find themselves outvoted- too frequently and too overwhelm ingly, they may do what the U.S. senate did to Woodrow Wilson. And a peace organiza tion without Russia, like a league of nations without the United States, would mean an other world war unquestionably. The San Francisco debates over Poland, Argentina and the framework for prevent ing future war are all-important. But while these talks are progressing, bickering con tinues backstage over the very tangible prob lems effecting diapers, shirts and cotton dresses. In the end, these may tinge inter national friendships almost as much as de bates over Poland. At present a controversy is raging over cotton shipments to France. The row is with French textile manufacturers who won't pro duce cotton duck for U.S. army tents and other military purposes, even though we send them the raw cotton via lend-lease. We are 'trying to produce more military duck in France in order, to use textile mills in this, country for women's dresses, diapers, children's clothes and overalls. - And. under the lend-lease agreement, France is supposed to use all the raw cot ton we send her exclusively for military purposes. However, Col. Robert Stevens of the U.S. quartermaster corps, former president of the large New York textile firm of J. P. Stevens, has just come back from France with a re port that not one yard of badly needed duck has been woven by French manufacturers. As a result the army wants to cut off fur ther lend-lease cotton shipments to France. French textile mill operators claim they have five years of last production to make up, and are determined to concentrate on turning out fine goods for civilian use. They claim also they are weaving quantities of See WASHINGTON . . . Page 6 WE; THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT ' ' If we really wanted to get some feeling into our speech today, we'd discard some of our old comparisons for new ones. We'd say, for instance, "He hasn't a red ration point to his name." Or, "He'd give his last cigaret." And how about, "As welcome as a V-let-ter." Or, "About as dependable as a tire run ning on its third re-tread." Or even, "She's the kind of woman who feeds her kids oleo and serves butter to her important guests." , Or, "As long as a cigaret line." Or, "An under-the-counter customer." You'd get the idea just as quickly if some one said, "You're as welcome as a T-bone steak." Or, "As cautious as though she were spend ing her last shoe stamp." Or. "She treats her husband as though she expected him to give notice." Or, "Careful as a woman putting on her last pair of nylons." .- Or, "As unpredictable as the army." Just as graphic would be "Short as a leave." Or, "A dress that should have been given to the United Nations relief drive." Or maybe, "Scarce as a furnished apart ment." And certainly, "I'd rather face the ration board." Behind Scenes in Washingtpn By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Obserrer Washington Correspondent Inmost task of San Fran cisco is n,it negotiation, not char ter drafting. It is to create an o! K.inw.ition which will be im bued with a righteous spirit, an : ctive principle. John Foster Dulles of New Yoik. aoviscr to L'. S. delegation. "Frankly, I think Surge is going io, frown cn that sort ol thing!" The cvcat cause of peace and rood-will on earth is very much ,rc the hands of the press, perhaps now the most potent force m the st;, its and in large parts of the Civilurd world. -Field Marsh.O Jan Smuts, premier of the L'nioffcJoo Scnith Africa. CitristirA SAN FRANCISCO Neatest trick, which the Soviet Russian delegation has pulled at this United Nations conference is at the St. Francis hotel, where they got possession of a private kitchen and dining room up on the 12th floor, which is French headquarters, together with a private elevator connecting it with the 10th floor, which is Russian headquarters. Funniest angle on the whole business is that the French didn't know any thing about it although the Provisional Gov ernment of France now looks on Soviet Rus sia as its strongest ally and closest friend. But that's how things are at San Francisco, and it's typical, for the close-mouthed Rus sians have become the big mystery operators of the conference. The little matter of the Russian kitchen corridor into French territory at the St. Fran cis came about through the Soviet delega tion's desire to have a private dining room for Foreign Commisar V. M. Molotov. There wasn't anything available on the 10th floor, to which the Russians had been assigned, but up on the 12th was a beautifully panneled suite in which the late Mi's. George Post, widow of a fabulously wealthy west coast lumber king, had lived for some years in lavish surroundings. Mrs. Post died a few months ago. Most of her antiques and art treasures had been disposed of by her estate and there had been no takers for her humble abode, though the housing shortage here is pretty acute. The Soviet advance men looked over this private suite P In its pristine ekgaao and being a practical people able to gt slang with the bre essentials of lift, tacid4 it would do. The question was how to get from their offices and bi rooms on the 10th floor up to the 12ai floor. There are several connect jVi; stairways aixi public elevators, but they wouldn't do. It just happened tbat ta join ing Mrs. Post's suite was a he'tel sewce ele vavr. It was turned over to the Russians, ecft-pitt They put in their eW pper.Uof ..j WJien on trie snail iroin;(u)n w , V.cT" vfilh s.'uie P, installed trWir" own chef :7f -.t i-'-.s.-'-'wr'C'T T"tt Side Glances " com mi rr icr inc. T. m. ma. u. i. kt. off. S-7 "I guess that looks showy enough I want something pretty snap py though rhalU'roaich up to my eon's uniform so he'll be proud of me when he comes home!" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE ; By TO E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority BEGINNING: SERIES ON SUIT DIRECTING (This is the first of six arti cles discussing the suit direct ing convention.) - The most modern playing con vention in use today is the suit directing play, so in order to again familiarize my readers with this convention, I am going to A K 10942 VQ 1084 2 J 10 J A87 I N 103 V A65 W E 93 Q816-1 s AK95 ?2 1 Da'er ! ?nnfi a ,QJ5 KJ7 2 AKQ954 Bridge N.-S. vul. South West North 1 Pass 1 A 3 4 Pass 3 V 4 A Pass Pass Opening K. East 2 Pas3 Pass give you a series of six articles explaining the convention. In this convention, the play of an unnecessarily high card may be asking partner not to continue that suit but to shift to the high- Questions & A nswers Q What is the world's largest island, not counting Australia and Greenland? A Borneo, 300,000 square miles nearly as large as Texas and Louisiana. er of the two suits not trump. Before playing to the first trick,- west had to stop and count . his defensive tricks. The bidding practically marked north with five hearts. That meant that east had only two hearts. Therefore west played the ; queen of diamonds, asking his ' partner to shift to a heart. West won the heart trick with the ace and returned a heart. Now you can see what ' hap pened. As soon as trump was led from dummy, west jumped in with the ace and led a1-third ; heart, giving his partner a ruff to defeat the contract. o IN FORME?? YEARS 30 Years Ago, May S . Avery Harrison, chief clerk in the mechanical office of the La Grande division of the O.-W. railroad and Mrs. Harrison left for an extended tour through the east. They planned to visit Wilkesbarre, Pa., New York, De t r p i t , Buffalo, Chicago and Omaha. " 1 J'i. Col. -andV Mrs. ' . -SJ-'haaho. were visiting in Pendleton.' Entries for the Eastern Oregon Interscholastic meet here mount ed to almost 100. ' . 1 Q What is the average age of persons receiving Ph. D. degrees? A 26. in Mrs. Post's kitchen and s theirsi tih o o they decide they want to go home. Molotov doesn't spend much time at the hotel and he has taken only a few meals in suite P. Most of the time he's not at the con ference is spent at the Soviet consulate. Some of the correspondents taxied out to see what went on. but Russian plainclothesmen didn't let them get out of the cab. When Molotov is at the St. Francis, where he has plush office space, parlor, bedroom and bath, an American MP is stationed at the 10th floor public elevator exits and no body gets off who hasn't business. Molotov went to a movie Sunday night, to see news reels of the conference opening. Four rows of seats were reserved and he entered surrounded by a flying wedge of guards. When he sat down he was surround ed. He stayed only about a quarter of an hour. Much has been made of the Russian com munications ship anchored out in the bay. Rumors have flown that Ukraine and White Russian and even Lublin Polish delegations are out there, waiting for the correct moment to appear. But both the British and the Am ericans had similar radio communication ships at Yalta for the Crimean conference, so it's nothing new. How many Russians are at the consulate, on the ship, or staying at the hotel, nobody knows. St. Francis management has no idea how many Russian guesis it has. It knows definitely it has 23 out of the 46 delegations and it knows the names and room numbers of 47J delegates and advisor in 22 out of the 2j delegations, plus 26 liaison men from the coordinator t office fir the 13 Latin-American delegation. The St. Franevs is easily the most eosmopoliisn center :n town, swarming with mbbci-necker ami autograph ekers. But on the t3rd delegation, th Sus;xi, the , St. Franris rr.angen,ent Jun gave up. The first 30 arrival lAciui ig 12 w lmtn secp. tatifs. were du.y reg.sve'.ed. 8j1 wfen cteks f Jwtd they uoi jdn t rd she Rust an Jifra tures they Juit lei Vit tact mrrivj,move to arad'taW ior ie wj(ole tisor, doing with) it what they wft'.nO cy'u Q What is the principal indus try of Negros Island in the Phil ippines? A Sugar; three-fourths of the Philippines' annual crop comes from there. Other Negros prod ucts are copra, lumber, rice. Q Who originated latitude and longitude? A The ancient Greeks. IS Years Ago, May S Roy Forrester won the third and deciding leg on the Hot Lake Sanatorium trophy at Lone Tree yesterday in the final trapshootof t h e Oregon - Idaho telegraphic competition. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Gralapp were complimented at a surprise wedding anniversary party at their home. Three tables of bridge were at play with Ira Woodie winning first honors and Miss Florence Williams receiving sec ond award. Those in charge of arrangements were Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Evans and Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Towler. Q Why do mechanics like the jet propulsion engine of the P-59 Airacomet? A There are only 11 bolts holding it together, and a job that takes five days on a conventional engine can be done in one day on the P-59. 10 Years Ago. May S " Six permits were issued for al terations and repairs to La Grande houses owned by the state involving expenditure of $5549.12. Dr. James J. D. Haun turned in the best 18-hole score of the La Grande Country club in the year's opening event. He scored a 43 on his first round and 42 on the second nine. - This Curious World At the beginning op thu CENTURY, THERE WERE MANY SCIENTISTS WHO PREDICTED THAT THE HUMAN BODY w COULD NOT WITHSTAND A .SPEED OF MORE THAN OO WiES HOOK. ecu. i43 gr wtA ynvicr m. Rta w. a. mt. off. I WKEM A CLCUD cattac J IT IS ONCK THE fV. A.H.ai,T i3&B frfeXTi Our distant hamii c-onttt nr-eitnjra ft? 1 Oo CP I'JM i I o o o o OO o o o Q
