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EDITORIAL PAGE
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Sehlro, Publisher
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 19, 1945 Page Two
He Makes a Solitude and
EVENING OBSERVER'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
Ronde Valley irrigation project,
LA GRANDE A city of 10,000
Extend the city limit
Rising Nationalism
Why cnn't the allies stick together
in peace as they have in war? That
question, in various forms, has been
asked frequently in the last couple of
years, and usually in a rhetorical rather
than an interrogatory sense. Hut now
it's being asked by people who really
want to know.
Throughput the world today the un
ity that has made the United Nations
united is beginning to show signs of
strain. And nowhere is that strain
more evident than at San Francisco,
particularly among the three countries
who were the major contributors to
victory in Kurope.
Why can't they stick together in
peace as they have in war? They can,
but probably not without hard work,
hard words, disappointment, compro
mise, and most of all, a change of
heart.
One great obstacle is that while the
major allies in Kurope were all fight
ing against the same thing, they were
not all fighting for the same thing.
Kussia was fighting for the political
role in eastern Kurope that was contin
gent upon Germany's defeat. In secur
ing that role, she now delays or ignores
certain commitments previously mado
among the big three powers.
Great Britain and the United States
have united to oppose Russia's course.
And their opposition is not without
political considerations, l'ritain has a
political role in western Kurope, as we
Funny Business
"I know wo haven't ny but it won't tak long
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Calls It Peace Byron
have in the western hemisphere. Bri
tain's actions in Greece and our attitude
toward Argentina havo been no less
arbitrary than Ityssia's.
Among the smaller nations there is
internal and external disunity. Italy
is split over the old question of possess
ing Trieste. Certain Polish, Yugoslavian
and Hungarian groups are turning out
reams of venomous writings against
Russia, at a moment when the nasi
death grip on their countries has
scarcely been loosened.
Everywhere, it seems, a violent, pent
up nationalism is emerging, even at a
time when progress is undeniably be
ing made toward an international secur
ity system. It is all confusing and con
tradictory. One reason for the confusion is prob
ably that diplomats just can't get over
the tradition of old-fashioned diplom
acy. It has always been the habit of
allied victors to shake hands after vic
tory and say to one another, in effect,
"Thanks, pal, you were n great help,
We couldn't have won without you. But
now we'll just take ours. And if you
don't liko it, nuts to you."
In this country we have rightly de
cried those who have preached isola
tionism and urged that not one jot of
American sovereignty be sacrificed to
a world league for peace. And we have
silenced most of them. Now we aro
running into the same sort of thinking
from our allies who condemned Ameri
can isolationism so bitterly, and so
rightly, when the battle was hard.
Isolationism and militant national
ism aren't going to prevent war in the
post-war world any more than they did
before 1!)!!!). That goes for Russian
and British isolationism and national
ism, too. Certainly the world's states
men know that. Let us pray that they
soon crane to their senses and proceed
with whole hearts and good faith to
finish the job begun at San Kranciscd.
o SO THEY SAY
Croat fighters, our boys.
Comrlr. Jack Demrv.ey, after
return from Okinawa.
He (Sen. Kenneth D. McKcl
lar) is com Icons and polite to ev
ery man and woman who visits
Washington from Tennessee.
Therefore, no one can heal him.
K. H. Crump, Mtmphis politi
cian. Merely because a man Is a
basob:iU player and a 4-F doesn't
mean his draft board should re
classify him and put him into
. service.
Haschnll's new commtaioner.
Sen. A. B. (Happy) Chandler.
Naiiwj has lieen tried, Bol
shevism s too much like nar.ism
to have h much better chance.
There is no place for it, either,
among our disillusioned people.
AH the old idealisms have ailed
us.
Pastor Martin Nicmocller
f"r,i Ouium I'lolcilant min-
lor somobody
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Br DREW FEABSON
WASHINGTON After Churchill and
Truman sent their simultaneous notes to
Stalin reviewing all of Russia's broken Yalta
promises on Poland, Roumania, Yugo
slavia and Austria Stalin replied on May
10 with a smashing note to Churchill and
a milder note to Truman. In neither did
he back down on anything.
' Apparently Churchill has an unWTlng
faculty for getting under Stalin's skin.
Twice before they were almost at each
ether's throats when the late President
Roosevelt stepped in between. This latest
Stalin reply to Churchill was in similar
yein.
The milder note to Truman was about
eight pages long and reaffirmed Russia's
desire to carry out the Yalta pact, but dif
fered diametrically regarding its interpre
tation. Stalin fell back also on the explana
tion that he and Roosevelt had a personal
understanding as to how the Yalta pact was
to be carried put.
Admittedly the Yalta pact is vague. One
pf the late president's advisers reminded
him of this, at Yalta, and got the reply: "I
know it, but it's the best I can get the Rus
sians to agree to without staying here six
weeks and 1 can't stay "here six weeks."
: "Sworn Soviet Enemies"
For Instance, the Yalta agreement does
not state specifically that members of the
London Polish govemment-in-exile shall be
taen into the Lublin-Warsaw government,
but only that the latter should be reorgan
iied "on a broader democratic basis with
the inclusion of democratic leaders from
Poland Itself and from the Poles abroad."
, Stalin therefore replied to Truman that
Russia intended to live up to the Yalta pact
on Poland, but interprets It differently. He
pointed out that the Lublin government was
being broadened daily and now cotains four
archbishops. He also said that at the ext
meeting of the big three he would give con
vincing proof that the Lublin government
was being broadened- in accordance with
Yalta', even if it did hot lnciud? the London
Poles, whom he described as the "sworn
enemies of the Soviet Union."
However, he apparently Ignored the fact
that the Yalta pact does provide that the
Lublin government shall be broadened in
consultation with U. S. Ambasador Harri
man and British Ambassador Sir Archibald
Clark Kerr. This definitely has not been
done. Both Harriman and Kerr have been
largely ignored regarding revision of the
Polish government.
Kept Out of Austria
Stalin's lengthy note also answered the
Truman-Churchill inquiry as to why the
western allies were not consulted regarding
the new Renner government ' In Austria,
created by the Russians overnight. Stalin's
explanation was that the Austrian people
have proved their worth, that the situation
WE, THE WOMEN
Br RUTH MILLETT
A prominent New York club wpman who,
in a newspaper Interview,' grew eloquent
over woman's place being in the home,
hastened to add, "But please don't refer to
us as housewives. Women don't like the
word housewife."
Well, if housewife is a word entirely with
out glamor, one in which women can take
no pride, it's tho fault of housewives them
selves. They go around saying apologetically to
any woman with any kind of outside job,
however dull it may be, "I'm just a house
wife." It is "just" that has ruined the word and
made women a little ashamed of it.
It is "just" that has forced so many wom
en to run around In circles, pretending to
be interested in any convenient project that
Behind Scenes in Washington
Br PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Obsuvtr Washington Correspondent
SHASTA DAM, Calif. Delegates to the
united nations conference, with the future
reconstruction of their war-torn countries
in mind, could do themselves no greater
good than to take a two or three day trip
through California's central valley.
This central valley is about the size of
England or some of the other smaller na
tions. Tucked between the coastal and Si
erra Nevada ranges, it is less than 100 miles
wide and it runs 500 miles from Shasta dam
south to Bakcrsfield. It all lies within this
great state of California yet the whole cen
tral valley reclamation project is so vast an
undertaking that many Californians don't
appreciate it.
Seventy-five years ago this central valley
wasn't just war-torn as large parts of Europe
and Asia arc today it w as practically a des
ert of little good to anyone except the In
dians and the prospectors who didn't realize
what real gold was there even when they
looked right at it. When central valley win
ter snows melted and roared down the
mountains through the Sacramento river
from the north and the San Joaquin from
the south, pouring into the swamps and del
tas at the head of San Francisco's bays.
Fifty years ago much of this great cen
tral valley was still semi-arid. There were
scattered irrigation projects ,Mc(i pumped
water out of the uncontrolled rivers when
there was any iW did dryTlirming ori 'big
cattle and grain ranches the rest of the lime.
. What the delegates from fee war-ravished
countries would see if they left their wrest
ling with semi-colons for a few days and
came up to these great opsn spaces is there
fore the work of less than a generation. The
central valley projret as planned by the
slate ef C.ilifnrnia ind thr V. S. bureau of
demanded great speed, and so Stalin saw
no objection to their establishing their own
(government.
Of course, under Yalta, it was stipulated
that new governments In the liberated areas
were not to be set up without consultation
between the big three. Probably also' a
cable from Moscow to London and, Wash
ington would have secured immediate ap
proval of Karl Renner as the new chancellor
of Austria. But this advance notice was
not given.
Stalin also explained, in reply to the
Truman-Churchill inquiry, that the situa
tion in Roumania was desperate, that there
were serious disorders, that the Radesqu
government had deceived the Roumanian
people and they themselves wanted an in:
mediate change. He also explained that
Transylvania had been given to Roumanja
(without consulting Britain and the USA)
in order to consolidate the new Roumanian
government . and give it support with all
political factions. ...
In regard to Yugoslavia and the Yalta
pledge to reorganize the, Yugoslav parlia
ment, Stalin explained that no time, limit
had been set in the Yalta agreement (which
is correct) and that these reforms would ba
carried out at the proper time.
U. S. Prisoners Held
Meanwhile, another sore point arose to
plague allied-Russian j-elations wheji the
Soviet delayed the return of American and
British prisoners liberated by the Red army,
At first the Russians gave the excuse that
transportation was difficult, which wastrue.
But when we proposed sending transport
planes to Poland to carry our men out, it
was Indicated that this would be up to the
Lublin-Polish government, since most of the
prisoners are in Poland.
, The conclusion seems to be that US
British prisoners are being held in Poland
as a sort of hostage to force recognition of
the Lublin government, which so far we
have refused to recognize and declined to
admit to San Francisco.
Last complication in our distressing and
tangled Russian relations has been delay
in the entry of U. S. troops into Berlin.
Under the Yalta pact, a "central control
commission consisting of the three powers
with headquarters in Berlin" was to rule
Germany. Sometime ago the U. S. second
armored division prepared to enter Berlin
as a token force but was kept cooling its
tanks at the river Elbe.
Do You Know That?
A total of 22.5ttU.000 pounds of albacpre
. tuna were landed in Oregon ports last year.
The oil required "to fill the tanks of a sin
gle battleship would heat the average home
for 20 years, Deputy Petroleum Administra
tor Ralph K. Davies said.
will permit them to say to themselves: "See
how much I'm doing outside my home. I'm
not 'just a housewife, like so many women."
And the outside prqjects often aren't half
as important as the job at home that is neg
lected so that a woman won't, have to think
of herself as "just a housewife."
For all the career women there nrc in the
world today, the majority of women are
housewives. ;
So it is pretty dhmb of them to be apolo
getic about the career they have chosen for
themselves, and make it sound totally un
important by sticking "just" in front of the
title.
You don't hear any group of career women
going around saying "I'm just a secretary"
or "I'm just a designer" or "I'm just a movie
star."
reclamation is still far from completed. But
if the moral of this thing would sink in on
the consciousness of the statesmen who are
in San Francisco to draft a United Nations
charter and so bring into being a bright hew
world, the fact should register that this is
what men can do in a generation if they
stop playing the stupid old European and
Asiatic games of power politics, intrigue and
war.
There is no future in that, but most of the
thick-headed statesmen entrusted with gov
erning the nations of the world have not
realized it. Even at San Francisco the cry Is
heard on all sides that the United States
armed forces will have to be kept in the old
world to restore order, keep the peace and
impose democracy in many countries no big
ger than the state of California and even in
countries as big as the whole United States.
It is doubtful if the American people will
long remain interested in trying to establish
its liberties in odd corners of the world. Five
years from now the United States may be
so thoroughly fed up with assorted faction
al wars in Asia, Africa and Europe that the
prevailing sentiment will be to pull out and
leave people who have not learned how to
govern themselves to cut each other's throats
to extinction.
But what the Uni'.cd States can do con
structively is Miow the old world politicians
things like this central valley proje.S in
Cnlifrrnia, with its big dams, its hydro-electric
power, its irrgatlon of arid unproduc
tive lands, its multi-million dollars worth of '
diversified crops and resources. Then these
statesmen could go home with the United
Nations charter adopted at San Francisco
and build on their o.vn now-dcse'rt-likc ruin's
ami desolation otlirr praecful central va!lcv.
IW Vf WCA BTBV1C1, fWC. f.U. MO. 0. S. AT. OFT.
You can really save me from disaster I lost my ralion booksl
"Isn't it lucky we live only 30 miles apart?"
O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
Br WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority
LET THE PENALTIES
FATTEN YOUR SCORE
(This is one of a series of
hands from the recent world's
championship master's individ
ual tournament.)
In winning the world's cham
pionship m a s t e r's individual
tournament recently, Charles H.
Goren is the first player in the
history of bridge to have won
Dealer West
Goren
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Duplicate N.-S. vul.
West North East South
Pass Pass 1 A Pass
IN. T. Pass 2 A Pass
Pass Double Pass Pass
3 Double Pass Pass
Opening 2. 21
every one of the major cham
pionships. In giving me today's hand,
Goren sail, "Sometimes you do
not have to do anything to win
a top score. Just sit there and
accept it from the opponents."
Goren said that when he pick
ed up the South hand he natur-
Questions & Answers
QHow widely does the army
air. forces use photography?
A Ma. -Gen. Bennett E. Mey
ers, director, air technical serv
ice command, Wright field, re
ports that more than 20,000,000
photographs a. month are made
for military purposes.
Q-rWhat new use has been
found for sunflower seed?
A As a meal, it is rich in B
vitamin content, and probably
will appes;- in cakes, breads and
rolls shortly. Prof, and Mrs. Har
ry G. Day of Indiana university
discovered this quality.
Q-rWhat. was the combined
mileage of the Russians and
Yanks in their push from Stalin
grad and Normandy to their
meeting at Torgau?
. A Russians traveled 1396 air
miles; Yanks, 615. Total: 2011.
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ally thought he would be the de
clarer. It never dawned on him
that he would never enter the
bidding.
When East bid two 'spades,
Goren decided not to double,
feeling quite confident that West
would not stand for two spades.
West did pass and Peter, Leven
tritt, his partner in the North,
doubled. Of course Leventritt
was asking Goren to bid but
Goren was well satisfied and
passed. Now, when West bid
three diamonds, this was to Lev
entritt's liking.
The plus-300 score was a top.
Most players got into trouble
with Goren's hand, as they felt
that when East opened with the
spade, he was putting in a psy
chic, and at several tables North
and South tried to play the hand
at as much as three spades.
e IN FORMER
YEARS
' f ' 30 Years Ago '
Lowell Williamson was in from
his homestead transacting busi
ness at the land office and visit
ing his parents.
Mt. Fannie grange started a
fund toward the building of a
grange hall.
Attorney J. D. Slater went to
The Dalles to attend the annual
diocesan conclave of the Episco
pal church.
15 Years Ago
The Cen'ral grade school team,
duplicating its feat of previous
years, romped away with first
honors in the annual grade school
track and field d&y at the high
school.
'A scrapbooti containing rec
ords of the activity of the Riveria
parent-teacher association was
chosen as an Oregon entry at
the convention of the national
congress of parents and teachers
in Denver.
10 Years Ago
The Lions club decided to spon
sor summer operation of the La
Grande swimming pool in con
nection with the playground rec
reational association program this
summer. ......
Mrs. Winchester H. Heicher,
the former Lois Nelson, who is
now living in New York City, ar
rived in La Grande for a six
week visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. W, Nellon.