; . EDITORIAL PAGE
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schlro, Publisher
TUKSDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1945
Unfiling, Unhonored, Unwept
EVENING OBSERVER'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 the pots, and the shovels,-and
the snuffers, and the spoons, and all
the vessels V brass .;whorewith they?;
ministered, look thoy away. II Kings'
25 :M.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Fathoii no prophet's laws 1 seek,
Thy laws in Nature's works appear;
I own myself corrupt and weak,
Yet will I pray, for thou wilt hear.
I'.yron
V-E Day A Rededication
As we stand on the dawn of n
l'uropean peace a j.eaee Lrln.'.ing to
a close six years of horrible war we
have no cause to rejoice at the lifting
of our burdens or the completion of n't
enforced task.
The burdens are not lifted, and for
the people of this nation, the task is
not done.
Kven in Europe the problems are not
solved and the cost is not yet fully
paid. We have left on the battlefields
of Kurope, according to the most re
cent count, H!:l,28l of our dead.
Wounded, mangled and ill have to
taled 131, M55. Over (57,(1(10 have been
reported lost and we hope to bring
back home a total of 52. !)!)() prisoners.
Unless we now re-examine the
European conflict ii the terms of fun
damental human truths, this payment
of human lives will have been in vain,
merely a down payment to (lie jugger
naut, the beast of war. We must then,
now, rededicate ourselves to the cause
of peace, to the suppression of tyrants,
to the annihilation of false ideologies
ideologies which are not dead in Europe,
which may today be extant in our own
land.
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We must rededicate ourselves to con
tinued . alertness the price of human
liberty is still eternal vigilance,
We have won u'war, but for us war
is not over. ' , ,
, On the, vast reaches of the Pacific,
American fighting: men still die. .' There
a foul philosophy, predicated. by. people
drunk with arroganccV still' holds' sway.
For us this maj' be . a greater var.
.. We niny pay still more heavily with
", the lives of the lyputli ojj-thiji .nation;
..t-vwith their, vveli-bqinjf ,and hiippinesijr
''.'? J'ahtf with. oursC Aihless "we jiut.'.wilii'b'Ht''
hesitation, every thilig. we po'sseds into'
, the Pacific war; ', .. 4v.'. .''.'
There must be no lot-up,, no relaxa
tion, no putting off. In the words of
President Truman:' "
"Much remains to be done. The vic
tory won in the west must now be won
in the east. The whole world must bo
cleansed of the evil from which half of
the world has been freed ... I call upon
the people of the United States, what
ever their faith, to unite in offering
joyful thanks to God for the victory
we have won and to pray that he will
support us to the end of our present
struggle and guide us into the way of
peace.
"We must work to finish the war.
Our victory is but half won The, west
is free, but the east is still Jn bondage
to the treacherous tyranny of. the Jap
anese. When the last Japanese division
lias surrendered unconditionally; then
only will our fighting job be done."
At home we have a tremendous prob
lem of li'construction. The war in
Europe alone has cost us more than
1S5 billion dollars and the total price
has not been tallied; its limits may
never be reached. The war in the Paci
fic may mount to greater cost. This
debt must be paid by the sweat of our
brows. In addition, we face the fact
that a large portion of the cost of
European reconstruction must be borne
by this nation.
V-K day in Kurope is only a milepost,
early in the path of total victory
against the agents and forces of war.
It is an opportunity for rededication
to the principles of justice and the wel
fare of humanity and to the completion
of the greater tasks which lie ahead.
Q SO THEY SAY
To (hi' enemy: We has1 forti
fied this islam! for n your, but
we cannot win this war with Just
the Yamato spirit. We cannot
mulch your quantity. There is mi
editor road for us to follow but to
die.
Jar note found in hvo Jinta
cave.
There has befh a certain
amount ,o murder . , . and a good
deal of high-class 'looting. This
has been hard on the people liv
ing along the way. but after all,
the Germans brought these people
iylio their country, so they can
take the unsequencos for a fciv
days. '- '-'
Maj. -Gen. W. I'. Tempter, 21st
Army Group AMU director, on
liberated slave labor.
The killing rlnrted aain out
side the gates. 1 saw SO men beat
en to the ground ar.d pounded
until dead.
Liln-rated French prisoner, on
r. tirr mtirh from NorhertwiiM
;m 9.1
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Br DREW PEARSON
SAN FRANCISCO By all odds the most
skillful diplomacy game at this conference
has been played by dapper, Signified An
thony Eden of Great Britain, He has man
aged to come put as the friend of all sides,
and most important of all, the mediator be
tween Russia and the United States.
In other words, Eden has completely re
versed the previous role of President Roose
velt, who up until his death had acted as the
mediator between Churchill and Stalin.
The Churchill-Stalin rivalry was not mere
ly personal. It was historic. It was based
not only on the fact that Churchill just after
the last war, urged the sending of allied
troops Into Russia to help the White Russian
generals overthrow the embryo Bolshevik
regime, but that he flirted with the Cliveden
set which in 1939 advocated war between
Russia and Germany while England sat on
the side lines.
This was the basis for the personal sus
picion between him and Stalin. But histor
ically, Churchill was carrying out a century
old British policy of isolating Russia. For
100 years, the country with the greatest land
mass in the world, Russia, had been kept
without a warm-water seaport by Britain,
the country with the greatest navy in the
world.
That rivalry was the reason for the Anglo
Japanese alliance, whereby the British,
working through Japan, helped to stop Rus
sia from getting Manchuria and a warm
water port on the Pacific.
That rivalry was behind Britain's sphere
of influence in Persia (now Iran) to prevent
Russian use of the gulf of Persia. That rival
ry was also the cause of the Crimean war in
which the British fleet and British troops
actually landed on the same spot where
Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt later held
their Yata conference and waged a bloody
battle to prevent the czar from coming down
to the Dardanalles and getting an outlet
through the Mediterranean
Finally this. 100-year-old Russo-British riv
alry was behind Britain's taking Latvia,
Lithuania, Estonia and Finland away from
Russia after the last war to block her outlet
to the Baltic sea.
That rivalry continued during the Toher
amYalta conferences, with Stalin and Chur
chill both trading against each other and
Franklin Roosevlt sitting in the middle.
At Teheran the argument was over a sec
ond front through the Balkans which Chur
WE, THE WOMEN
. ',' Br RUTH MILLET!!. . . , .,
The Hollywood designer, Irene, who can
dream up suits and dr"sscs for stars that
make women in movie audiences sigh with
envy has dreamed up a new post-war prob
lem for women.
She says, "We must be t'Mcful not to
shock the boys coining buck with garish
clothes."
Before the girls start' throwing away their
outlandish hats and violent ensembles they
had better remember that the men will piob
ably come back ready to accept any kind of
clothes.
Some of them are used to Paris fashions
which arc pretty daring themselves. Some
are used to the native costumes of the Pa
cific. Some are used to the get-ups of the
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO One thing different
about this United Nations Charter being
written at San Francisco is that no one
Thomas Jefferson or James Madison is going
to be able to take all the bows when the
muses of history put in a call for "Author:
Author!" Instead, every one of the 250 deli
gates and lot. of their 1,100-odd advisors and
technical experts may be able to go home
and tell the family in all honesty, "This
deathless prose sentence was written by
papa!" Or "Observe the noble comma which
I insisted be placed bet'wen the clauses of
this most important sub -paragraph."
First week of the conference, as you may
have noted with some boredom, was given
over to oratory in which heads of the 40
nations" delegations got keynote speeches o'f
their chests. All were no doubt important,
but pretty middling dull by the time they go;
through second or third translation. There
was applause from time to time as some na
tional spellbinder restated a somewhat ob
vious platitude on the glories of peace or
the horrors of war, but no ovations and no
on got lifted out of his plush seat in wild
acclaim over the inspiring thoughts or beau
tiful phrases of any speaker. Oratory at thi:".
clam-bake is pretty dead, which is probably
just as well, for it's tlv substance and no:
the flourishes that will be most enduring
and now the more than W00 unknown Jo
Doukes authors have, to start producing.
Dumbarton Oaks deadline for delegates to
submit their ideas for amending the Dum
barton Oaks document is Friday. In other
words, too noble sentiments oppressed ty
the orators will have !,i be re iueed to writ
ing and submitted (oithe general secretary of
the conference, young Mr. Alr'tiis. The
compile file of suggested cha(le) may fill
gmore than 1.000 pages.
All these piVtK'sed amendments weiVt)lv)
e.'titUSored by the full conteiem-,0 There
will be a lot of duplication. FiiVob of the
secretary general will be to take the several
hunAgy.t proposed amendments and classify
them according to four main divisions of sub
ject matter.
ceo m!,5;!..fc'ir,6 wj'li the general :".
chill favored, or through France, which Sta
lin favored. Curchill wanted the allied armies ,
to get into the Balkans Russia's sphere of
influence and thereby keep the Russians
out. He didn't want allied armies ruining
factories and alienating the population of
western Europe which was to be Britain'!
sphere of, influence.
In the end Roosevelt tipped the scales In
favor of Stalin toward a second front
through France.
Once at Teheran, Churchill trying to poke
a little fun at Stalin, said: "Marshal, I have
noticed that whenever anyone comes into
contact with you they become slightly pink."
To which Stalin replied: "And Mr. Prime
Minister, any good doctor will tell you that
pink is the healthiest of all colors."
And Roosevelt, wanting to pour oil on the
troubled waters, said: "Gentlemen, let me
remind you that there is nothing more beau
tiful than all the colors of the rainbow." .
But at the end, as Churchill bade farewell
to Stalin, there was still tension between
them.
"Well, good-bye, Marshal," said the prime
minister, "I'll see you :n Berlin."
"Yes," shot back Stalin, "I in a tank and
you in a Pullman car."
Roosevelt was shrewd enough to continue
as middle man even at Yalta, despite the
fact that he was slipping physically.
He kept both Russia and Great Britain in
the position of playing up to the United
States.
The loss of that startegic bargaining power
is the most important development of this
conference. Stcttinius has lost what Roose
velt had and Anthony Eden has cleverly
stepped into his place. The United States has
now slipped into the position of being the
chief rival and potential opponent of Rus
sia, while Eden has maneuvered so that Eng
land sits in the middle, able to throw its
weight to one side or the other.
It is not healthy for any nation to get out
on a limb as the chief opponent of another.
And real statesmanship in the stat3 depart
ment should have steered away from these
rocks during the advance conference con
versations. The error can be patched up.
Public opinion in the United States is too
sane to let the unfortunate USA vs. USRR
clash poison our relations. The goals of peace
are too important. But mistakes like this
are expensive and we can't afford to make
any more.
Pee WASHINGTON . . . Page 6
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Indian women, etc.
After seeing and accepting all of these for
eign fashions and many more it isn't likely
the men are going to be upset by even a
shocking pink suit worn with a purple top
per. In fact American women are probably go
oing to look so good to most of the returning
men that they won't quibble over whether
or not an evening dress is to extreme, or
a hat causes others to turn around and stare.
If the girls just keep their figures the pin
up conscious service men aren't likely to
care what kind of clothes they go in for.
It really looks as though this is one post
war problem the women needn't get worked
up over.
poses, membership and general secretariat.
Second, those dealing with the general as
sembly its structure and its political, eco
nomic and trusteeship functions. Third, those
dialing with the economic council its
structure and its functions in making peace
ful settlements, enforcing decisions and
handling regional sccu.ity arrangements.
Fourth, those dealing with the judicial or
ganization the world court and internation
al law.
The full San Francisco conference has been
split up into four commissions, each of which
will be responsible for the drafting of one of
the four main parts of the charter, as out
lined above. All the proposed amendments
will therefore be referred by the secretary
general to th appropriate commission. The
commissions w ill meet in open session.
But the four commissions, in turn, are
divided into 12 technical committees, two for
the first and fourth commissions, four for
the second and third commissions. Each oi
the four commissions will therefore take all
the proposed amendments referred to it by
the secretary general and sub-divide them
by technical committee. Every nation gels
to name, its own members on any commis
sion or committee. Actual work of drafting
the United Nations Charter, section by scc
ti.m. will be done in secret meetings of
these 12 technical committees. As each com
mittee polishes off its section combining,
incorporating or throwing out the pvopused
amendments referred to it and grafting them
on the matching Duir.'.wrton Oaks sugges
U. mis that (eetion will be reppitc.l back to
the commission. Each of the cM!imi;!S:onS'
may approve the drafts of,itn tecfihtal M1V ,
miCovs or send t'ltem oaf for Wlfjilinifi
Wfion e:ich of the four coiitnylssions has com- O
pleted t,he) drafting of its part o the charter, r.
that part will' be repoftod ,uPto the-(Suit U
conference, which will nieJ in open plenkrVQ
session to consider it. Any section, sub-sec- C
lion, aiticle. sentence, clause, phrasV word
or punctuation mark m.iy(ft? fought over
and changed in plenary session.
But when the conference finally agrees on
a draft of the charter that will be it and"
rfe1i.V,t'i; S.S'a.il tn hack where thev cam-
Side Glances
II ,J f I Ell
con 1 hi tf NtA it Hvice. mt. t. w. o. u. . ttr. pit. S' 9
"I'm sure I didn't offend' your parents, dear, iwith my little ex
planation of the purpose of social security they look prepated to
stay with us all aummerl" ,
O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WM. E. McKENNEY; America's Card Authority .
SUIT DIRECTING ALSO
DEMANDS RESTRAINT
(This is the third of six art
icles discussing the suit direct
ing convention.)
While the suit directing conven
tion has a lot of possibilities, do
not think that you can use it on
every hand or you will spoil your
game. But there are many sound
convention. He played the king of
hearts on South s ace. t,
Now, when the declarer took
the club finesse, East did not
have to guess as to whether to
lead a diamond or a spade. His
partner had told him with the
play of the king of hearts that he
must lead the higher of the two
suits in question, which in this
case would be diamonds and
spades.
O IN FORMER
YEARS
30 Years Ago, May B
Mrs. Frank Rechlin returned
fiom a week's visit in Pendle
ton, where she attended a dancing
party given by Mrs. F. L. Judd,
Mrs. Sam Thompson and Mrs. G.
W. Phelps. She was accompanied
to La Grande by her niece, Mar
garet Phelps, student at Pendle
ton high school, who is over for
,tha track meet .in, this cUy.tH ,'v
" Mrs. Elizabeth Donnelly enter
tained the Pinochle club at her
home or. First street. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Bay received high score.
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ways in which the convention can
be employed.
The declarer was quite wise in
allowing East to hold the first'two
tricks with the ten and jack of
hearts. When the five of hearts'
was returned, he had to win with
the ace.
Now ,of course, East knew his
partner held both the king and
queen of hearts, so at this point
West employed the suit directing
Questions & Answer 8
Q How many casualties has
China suffered since war with
Japan broke out in 1937?
A Gen. Chen Cheng, war
minister, says 3,100,000.
IS Years Ago, May 8
With orchards throughout the
valley heavy with blossoms, fruit
growers had a narrow escape
from serious damage when the
mercury dropped to 34 degrees in
La Grande and to the freezing
point in some soctions of the val
ley. Cloudy weather prevented
any loss, however.
Events of music week attract
ed considerable attention shown
and large crowds attended the
programs. Music hours, were Held
at the Grande Ronde hospital and
musical programs featured the
meetings of various civic clubs.
Q What decs the Nci:e
Valhalla mean?
A Hall of the Slain.
10 Years Ago, May 8 ,
Miss Blanche Clark, Miss Edith
Darby, Miss Eva Wear and Mrs.
i'o'iert Eakin, Miss Imogen Rus
Miss Margaret Notson, Mrs.
Helen Druley and Miss Marie Tig
glebcck were among the Univer
sity women who went to Wallo
wa Iike for the weekend follow
ing llu district AAUW meeting at
Enterprise. , . .
Clark Webb, employe in the
local Montgomery Ward store,
w as appointed to the state depart
ment of agriculture in the mar
k e t enforcement division o f
weight and measures, replacing
Charles B. Orai, who was with
the division for 18 years.
Q What is noteworl'
the Jap city of Karuiza
A It is Tokyo's sumn
Population 5000 in sr
in winter. It is abou'
northwest of Tokyo.
bout
sort.
-00
miles
Q What is Army's "-Treatment?
A Famine treatmen : pre-di-gested
food glucose, protein,
and vitamin solutions admin
istered to starvation victims too
weak to eat.
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