La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, May 12, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSide Glances Washington Merry-Go-Rotirid EDITORIAL PAGE Br DREW PEAItBON La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schlro, TuMUIier Pft, We Could i: ml OUOlfrA ICVKNINcl OIWKHVISU'H PRlMiKRSM I'KOUKAM IHHIOATION mplr(e (lie CiniiiIo Rttnria Wf liTtgndim project. ,K (iHANl)R A flty nf 10,000 Rt(nd Ik city limit. tihhujiit itm today (lie writ, while there In lifo thorp la Itope, Cicero. (irA, Market KxiHimts The Witch market Ik olnlminn another victim, Moiia, which i,moho(I for a lonit time, now are f illtnr mnlor tho rack eteer', away, Tho only protein daM at ill iVaaimnWy five from Mich Illegal Influence acom to lv fish, and le votoinir market conditions may soon ivmovo thitt lono. exception. I'nit were flow (o attract the price-0.-ONHVIV attention hoenuso up to re cently (boy woiv vovy plentiful. Hut now they atv tinhlonlns' up ami tho ehisolers are muscling- in. At least 2.N Now York wholesaler have irotio out of laisinixs Ivcausc they say they can't trot ana. Insider say that other wholesaler are considering whether to shut (town, try to keep gYmig on legitimate supplies, or capitulate to the Wack market. Not lonn ago cg-gii wot so abundant that Mh trade and g-overtiment agvn eio said thoy wow ono protein -ott could depend upon. In fact, the ptv wt that WKA wxMt-ied eniMtgh to ask for a Id per cent cut in output so that the administration would not haw to tutu a few million ,Wens into fertiliser again this year. Funny sin ess N" N.J x pi :m J W "Xbt i)rnm h( rN ia l i'mmhi tlp nct W I pErWABLG aw N I (ai . I'hk Two I a Starve It to Death Hut (ho moat ahnrlitpc cnilsod a poul Iry ahorlao. ltlaoU inarkotora ahovod the ivlall price up lo aa much aa 75 coula a pound for chicken. Poult rymon hcnan ahiftliiH' fnm white louhorns, which lay a lot of on hut woluh little, to hivoda that lay loaa hut weiirh more Uhodo Island New Hampshire Keda, riyinouth and Hatwd UiK'ka. Mianwhllo incuhator opcratora mail ed to market lo vt ejiira for hatching and I'nclo Sjim, who luul been ahippintf to our men overseas the nutritiona but not very palatahle powdered oruh, dla eovered a way to ship erta In aholla, and honan huyin' in larjrer (luantitiea. 'HikiuK one consideration with an other, the cRU'-eater'a life ia Rvttmu tin happier every day. Fish, too, seeinoil fairly plentiful, and the hlack marketers pretty much iimotvd it. t!ut fish also ia tittltteninR tip. The army has asked for 2o v01' of the twvston catch of haddm'k, ptil lack, cil, and sow! toward an overall order for million ptMtnds of fivien filets. The navy wants 10 per cent of (he Uoston catch. l!oth requisitions aiv cvpvtM to ho eviended awn to Glou cester, New UiMfowl, and Wrtland. Since Boston supplies alvMtt 6!S Kr cent of the nation's fish at this sea son. and the other thive jvrla add from l.N to 0 p-r cent - totaling about So jvr cent flvm the four it is o-hvioua that fish filets are not jromjr to Iv so plentiful for a while. This is exactly the sort of situation that preceded hlack marketing in moat, then poultry, r.ow cfp. SO THEY SAY Vwvyonlont n4 w ith ronsc of K'tnTt iho OormAns ait vlxvli cnt l'io thinjK to bo sauI in thru fsvoi . Mv vr W T TVmpW, AMC5 (Htirsoi , SUt itiv iiYSip. Wo; y oa ihf Kmiv is jN"oort 'ov U u not rish V h se curity vm 'CAnitMn. haw o v ; t Mtc n-i:torvi tt rrwAr it t"vKv foi to sllli'l. O "OB .r morvs vo i'XvKrsX'it in ili m . t'lvirvi ni omh"-! ?t hr& oft Shr tt a ih r-h in nnttor a( wx-y hi-iof tm. - A.'nfi Sov-tvtm-v ol Mate o run. m; KAN niANCKiCO Now that th Ku ropewi war It ovri", irKjt Important problem facing Proldont Trumun and the big thrcu l( Rufmlan cwpnatlon in the war ngainnt Japan. Hvgarding thin there 1 a atrnnne nbout-fuca. Two year ago, membtra of thn new prcl dvnt'a own "Truman committee," together with membora of tha tenuto military affaira comrnltUai, vlalted Australia and came back with a atatemont from CJonnral MacArthur that thouaunda of Amorlcfln Uvea were be ing loat bernuae ftuaala did not give us Siber ian bnaea ngninal Japan. Kx'Heniitor Cabot Lodgo aired thla atato mnt to aenntorlut collcnguca and it created a bad reaction agalnat Huaala even though CJnneral Marahall told acnutora that wo would not bo able to hold Siberian buses If Ruaala gavo them to ua. Today, however, aomo of the people who two yoara ago were yelling loudent (or Rua ala to come into tha war ugalniit Japan are now arguing exactly the rovcrau. Thla la not true of Chief of Stuff Marahalt who bellovea that any move which will ahorton the war and auve Uvea should bo taken. But It la true of many high-ranking army-navy lenders who frankly admit In pri vate that they don't want Ruaaia in tlio war agalnat Japun. Thla la eapnclnlly true of the navy. It will be recalled that commandor-ot-thc-flect Ad miral iCrimat King opponcd Britain's sending a fleet to help ua In tha Pacific becausu ha felt wo eould do tho job ourselves and that Britain battleships wcron't geared lo our apeed. But Roosevelt overruled him. Ad miral King likewise belongs to the school that bellevoi', Russia. should not come into tho Japanese war. Chief argumonl ugalnut Russia's entrance Is that alio wilt want Korea and Manchuria, and will stir up tho northern Chinese Mi mic to fight against Chiang Kal-shck in the south, This Is probably true. Unquestion ably political complications will result from Russia's coming Into the Pacific; unquestion ably Russia will want a hand In the far cast peace. However, against this la the question of wasting a lot more American Uvea in a longer war. And there la no doubt how tha buys who have to do tha fighting and the dying (eel about It. Also there Is probably no doubt what President Truman, whose final decision It Is, will decide about It. The Rusalana can back tho Chinese north ern armies against Chiang Kai-shek anyway If they want to whether they come into the Jap war or not. WE, THE WOMEN Br RUTH MILLETT OPA is having a tough time trying to break the black market in meat because of the difficulty of getting housewives to testify against their butchers. In New York, for Instance, 95 per cent of tho cases against retailers that OPA have brought lo war emergency court have been hacked up Ivy testimony from paid inspec tor. Obviously, paid inspectors can't begin to get the goods on all the black marketers. 1: doesn't matter how many complaints OPA gets about a dealer's selling above ccilins price. Nothing can be done unless the cus tomer who have been overcharged will testify in court, or an OPA inspector can manage to make a purchase at an above ceil- Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grand Eraning Obseirer Washington Correspondent Woodivw Wilson dsM with the conviction it was right for the United States to stay out of the old league of nations, and the day bo fore his death he prophesied tins country wvuld join now league of nations and that it would succeed, his daughter Eleanor Wil son McAdoa has just revealed, breaking a fsnuty secret closely held for 21 years. Mr-", McAdoo is in Sn Francisco in connection w ith her war Kind work and as a radio cor respondent covering the Vnited Nations conference. This story of her father's death, making an important new footnote to history sn.i today's big war news, has never been told before. V.leanor Wilson consents to its be ing told today because this seems the right moment to bridge the gse between the en.is of World Wars One and Two. betwwn the old league of nations hich hor f :hc heljvd create and the n. United Nations organisation beint create.-: t San Francisco. Had W'oodrew Wilson died as Franklin IVl ano Roosevelt did, at the h-cight of his ic t.vies. the end ot the league of nation might hsw boon different. The rfay N-fore W.vvirw Wilson clio.i Friv ,V lf.1. he a on his hod in the house or. Washington's ' B" street, where the fiir.-:-i'0 hae! moved after th.-y left the Wh..:c K.nisc .n Vaivh. lfill. In the room m uh htm. itohrng hi- was his da,jgv?er Vargaret. V eanor WVisor.'s sis ter. Th-e e v."r.resi.ent 's eyes wore closed He srvWe ov.irtly "It wxs right that the Vnited States cod not Join tv league of nuions Sui-lled. Margaret w.lson caught her hre:. crr to h.s be&o.ie. W.wire Wiljoa orv-nd his eves and S-miloA Agm(j)- spoWr You Ihm I'm raving, .ior.1 you I rr "Put borTi thir.l,ir.g about this for a long time " fier f:er had ha iruch time lo think, says Etfatvv V-.lswr t.vtn In Fans he had oont; acted flu Athrn vui, dcxT'owd f""r tht and ::h cilrm b-.-4.it jJi-if. T.hi Linqulit Vnndenborg Michigan's energetic Senator Vandcnbcrg, who at the start of this conference slipped anti-Russian stories out to certain newsmen, ia now getting along much better with Molo tov. In (act they seem to be excellent friends. ' When the question of recognizing Russia came up In the senate ten years ago, Van dcnbcrg voted against It, never has been Invited to the Russiun embassy, and always carried an untl-Russinn chip on his shoulder. However, ho has now learned two words la Russian, while Molotov has learned two words of English. Molotov's two worda arc "ok" and "all rlghty," which he pronounces with an "E-E" on the end. Vandcnbcrg always enjoys a chuckle and sometimes slapped Molotov on tho back when the Russian vice-commissar came out with these words. The Michigan senator, in turn, has learned to say "Amerikansky delegatsia," which means "American delegation," ond he also knows tho Russian word for "good," which ia "khoroshaw." Molotov always chuckles when Von drops these hurd-won nuggets from his Russian vocabulary. But when they get into deeper waters, the two men need un interpreter. Once, when talking privately, Vandcnbcrg is reported by friends to have told Molotov: "If friendly relatione could bo established between the United States and Russia, I would be one of the happiest men in tho world." To which Molotov, perhaps remembering Vundenberg's vote against recognizing Rus sia, is reported to have replied: "And if I could believe that, I would be one of the happiest men in the world." Philadelphia! United Nations Capital One thing every successful international conference needs is a symbol, something 1 which the public can understand and visual ize, Charles Evans Hughes, secretary of state in 1H21, was a master at this when he staged the Washington arms conference. However, the San Francisco conference, though far more important, fur more vital to the hopes and fears of future mankind, has been deficient in appropriate symbolism. For this reason the proposal of the Philadelphia Record that the future headquarters of the United Nations be grouped around Inde pendence hall In Philaclphia is worth careful study. ' Philadelphia and Independence hall were the scene of almost the same kind of debate now progressing at San Francisco the de bate of the continental congress to draw up See WASHINGTON . . . Page 6 Ing price, so that he can testify himself. ' OPA gets plenty of postcards from women complaining of a store that is selling at above coiling prices, but usually the tip-off doesn't result in a conviction because of the postscript: "1 don't want to testify in court." No, it isn't pleasant for women to have to testify in court to help clean up black mar-, koting. Appearing in court takes time; it will probably make an encmyj it may mean some publicity. Rut if housewives aren't willing to pet in and fight to put down the black market in me;:, they realty shouldn't complain of deal-ci-s' profiteering. As long as all they are willing to do is pass the buck, then they shouldn't expect protec tion against the black market. ability to sleep, to relax completely for five minutes or an hour, had been one of Wbod row Wilson's greatest sources of strength. From a nap or a full night's sleep he could wske refreshed and able to cope with any new task. But now, with one arm paraly-ed and one foot dragging when he could walk, in the long days and the longer nights of v .ikcr.ilness, Woodrow Wilson had done much thinking. There was nothing the matter with his brain. Eleanor Wilson declares, and he was anything but the broken-hearted man he has N--en so commonly and so wrongly portray ed. But he had been thinking about his battle for a league of nations for a lone time and now he was telling his thoughts to his daughter Margaret: ' ".f u-e had joined the league w hen I asked for it," he said, "it would have been a great personal victory. But it would not have worked because oloep down in Uieir hearts the American people didn't really believe in u "' Margaret Wilson rose then and bent over her father's bed. His eyes were clear, she told her sister Eleanor afterward, and they shore ith a hgfct as :f he were happier in :t;c .vssursnec of what he had just said and what he was to say new 'The nr.v will come when this eoun.ry .l". Mn s.i.-h a league because it w ill kn.w ..-it .t has to be. And then and then or.h.' -.:l :t work." Ke laughed a little. Kc was rea'.b.- a gA jinii." Kicanor Wil son recalls today. To us he was never the .-.i.-. austere proiessor s- many people have iticd lo mkWc him. Arr!i he was never an egotist O Hr was sin.-o-e. and he was. a nhil.wo nhcT. ni he was nwn-ni at U tunes Bui he ha; the g-aniesl sense of humor, and that revealed itself m his last hours and his last words w-.th Margaret on the league of na- 'Voi; knov " he j kr.ou Kt:i; this 1.' com. ip4i av mta se-vicg. ihc. t. m. Rtc u. s. pat, orr. "My son had 24 bombing missions in the Pacific without half as much trouble as I've had with this bike!" - McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. C. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority ESTABLISH SAFEST SUIT IN NO THUMP When playing a contract at no trump and holding two different five-card suits opposite two 'three card suits, people often say to me, "Which suit do you set out to establish?" Well, this question is often an- going to lose three diamond tricks. Now the question is, should we start the club or the spade suit? Well, can't you see that if you load the spade and it loses, now the opponents will cash their three diamonds, the one spade and will lay down the ace of clubs and defeat 'our contract? But if you establish the club suit, true they get in with the ace and cash three diamond tricks, but now you have four club "tricks, a diamond is five, three hearts is eight and two spade tricks are ten, one more than you can actually cash, is the opponents will take four tricks. o IN FORMER YEARS 30 Years Ago J. F. Corbett, chief dispatcher, who has been in Portland attend ing to business matters, returned home. . , , County Judge Frcnk Phy w'ent to Portland on business. Pat Foley, proprietor of the Fo ley hotel, went to Walla Walla. The senior class of Cove high school gave their class play, "A Scrap of Paper." Participating were Henry Maxfield, Louin Lantz, Vernon Layne, Guy Bark er, Philip Conklin, Herman Lund, Vera Pease, Cassie Kelly, Jean Holmes, June Chadwick Char lotte Ramsdalc and Mabel Gibson. AAK864 VQ4 763 Q93 72 I N Q93 V 10 863 VV E J 9 5 2 KJ52 e Q984 A54 I Dealer I76 A J 105 VAK7 A 10 KJ10 82 . Rubber Neither vul. South West North East t Pass 1 4 Pass 2 Pass 2 A Pass 2 N. T. Pass 3 N. T. Pass Opening 2. 14 swered by simple arithmetic. Count your tricks. Today's hand, for example. The lead of tho deuce of dia monds tells us that we are only Questions & Answers Q How much foreign trade will be required to reach that much-discussed "maximum em ployment"? A $10,000,000,000 a year, says Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. Q How many piers are there at New York, our grcatest'port? A 722. 15 Years Ago Alice K. Gates spent the week end in Elgin visitingJVIr. and Mrs. Charley Beam. Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Greu lich left for Spokane to attend the Rotary district convention. A miscellaneous shower honor ing Miss Lucille Black, whose marriage to Ed Fitzgerald was set for June 1, was held in the home of Mrs. Doyle Zimmerman with Mrs. Zimmerman and Miss Winona Lyman, hostesses. Q What industry uses the term "high iron"? A Railroading. High iron re fers to rails. Q What is pogony? A Epaulettes, in the Russian army. All officer ranks are des ignated by them. Q What are passierschcinc? A Safe conduct passes for German prisoners moving to the rear. 10 Years Ago Work was progressing on the new club house for the Northside Improvement club. Among the Masons attending an Eastern Oregon meeting here was Frank Peters, circuit judge of Hillsboro. and senior grand warden of the Masonic grand lodge of Oregon. Q What is the capacity of the na.-.i party stadium at Nuern berg? A 150,000. Buildings weighing 4000 tons and having five stories have been moved successfully. This Curious World ' A 5Ast i si ."f C'A.vi CAlU,yi .XX,V, w .L cr:h .xf c-tifvv r,ir I IS aOV6f AjfVV I mt THAN THE LONt. F' -I "'' DAY IM The n IX.'E TO THE PA.H- f I y A v ... "F A -OTsfir. X.X' USE A ' A'4.Oa.l4KevBE-- 'iLwS-r-.' -vj -o-. gx.