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La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 2:!, 1915
The Knock-Out War Loan
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KVENINR OUSEHVKIfS
1'UOGKES.S PKOGUAM
(RKHJAliON Complete the (.'ruiide
Konde Valley irrigation project.
I.A (JKANDE A city of 10.00(1
Extend the city limit.
TODAY'S TEXT
And whence, (lid cat, and-.when ye
did drink, did not ye out; for yourselven,
and drink J'or youi'Molves? Zechurmli
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TIIOIK.'IIT 'OK TODAY
No, w.hcn the fijrhl beginn within
himself, .
A man's worlh .sninolhing:.
Iiolieil lliownino; '
Congressional Junkets
President Triinmn is reported to have
H'ivon (lie ureen liulil on the eon.nTo.s
idonnl junkets In Kuropo ami while the
"join the comrress iind see the world"
excursions add imo'.lier item to the tax
payers' war hill, we would say that
they are a jjood investment neverthe
less. The .foil of congress loday noes far
ln.vond taking care of constituents'
wants and iloinc; a lillle reciprocal lo
rolling. Uetiionai Ihinkiii", and regional
zeal are still an important part of a con
gressman's duties, lint thai shouldn't
monopolize his time anil attention, as
they usually can do.
So we think it would he highly beno
ficial if every congressman could see
just what war has done, could meet, the
survivors of nazi prison camps, examine
the war's awful al'teriuath of hunuor
and hoinelessness, net reports on Ku
rope's complex politics from European
.stiilemeii, and check up on the overseas
operation of such government agencies
as () I.
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Piiffo Four
Spain's 'Hill of High tit'
Out of the wreckage of Kurope's to
talitarianism Dictator Kinnco of Spain
has emerged to give his country, in a
gesture of democratic generosity, a "bill
of rights." The hill provides for free
dom of speech, of assembly, and of re
ligious belief. Wonderful, isn't it? IhiUr-
The "freedom of speech" permits no
criticism of the fundamental principles
of the Falangist Stale whatever they trvf.
are. 1 '" ' .
The "freedom of assembly" is only
for "lawful purposes" whatever that
menus.
I The "freedom of religious belief"
bars nl! religious ceremonies except
Catholic.
Many of the people under Franco's
Mile led Kurope's first fight against
Fascism. It is amazing now that Fran
co should think that he could content
these people, who are still militantly
eager for freedom, simply by giving
them a larger burred cell t,o move
around in.
P.ut then, as has been suggested be
fore, perhaps the great weakness of
most dictators is that they don't really
understand the people.
Scoring Play
In the fabulous borough of I'ronklyn,
New York, a girl office worker tossed
a bag containing $10."ii) to a feminine
colleague. The second girl missed the
loss and the bag flew out Hie window.
A passing bobby-soxer neatly inter
cepted the lateral, scooped the bag off
the sidewalk anil streaked for the goal
line. Not a tackier laid a hand on her.
When last we heard the police were
still seeking her, so we can't end the
story properly. Hut if the law lets her
go she's a cinch lo get a scholarship
offer from some freshwater college. In
this time of scarce talents, you don't
run into a pass receiver like that every
day.
9 SO THEY SA?
Our i.il mission is lo destroy
Japan's industrial production.
Aircraft plants are highest on
the list because Japanese air
power is d.ung us more harm now
than any other weapon.
1.1. -Gen. Bainey M. Giles, air
fmvos eiminiander ill the Pa-
rilie.
1 never ...m Midi a tunc when
gi, Iters in such demand as
they are now
K.eil Corcorai tournament
manager. Professional Golfers
aisociatiin.
To use the phrase that Al Smith
liked lo use in his day, "I can
run on a l.itimhy ticket and beat
thtfsr political li ms any lime."
Mayor l.a Guardia of - New
York fit v. Vn .tnnouiH'ing re
fusal of lib term candidacy.
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Whatever oni'"s views, there
can be no justifiable criticism
the (supreme) court.
Prof.'... fl.irke Shartcl. Univer
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON Olficials arc keeping
very mum about it, but the entire question
of using German prison labor to rebuild Rus
sia and France has boon thrown into a con
troversy by a secret opinion rendered by Su
preme Court Justice Robert Jackson, who
has taken over U. S. prosecution of war
criminals. ,
Justice Jackson wrote his opinion to U. S.
reparations chief Ed Pauley, stating that in
his opinion compulsory German labor should
not be used to rebuild France and Russia
unless they have been convicted of war
crimes.
"It is not my business what is to be done
with reparations," lackson wrote, "but this
would largely destroy the moral position of
America in this war . . . Compulsory labor,"
he continued, "should be required only for
convicted war criminals."
Jackson went on to point out that German
labor "drifting out of Russian concentration
camps would tell tales of horror which, even
if exaggerated, would "arouse sharp con
demnation in the United States." He urged,
therefore, that German labor not be used for
reparations until they had been convicted
of war crimes. He indicated that members
of the gestapo and the SS elite guard un
doubtedly were war criminals as a class, but
that every member of the nazi party might
not be classified as a war criminal.
Ed Pauley Hesitates
Following Justice Jackson's bombshell, a
hurried meeting was called in Secretary
Morgenthau's office, attended by Pauley,
Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton,
the army, navy, FEA, and other interested
government agencies. Secretary . Morgen
thnu vigorously protested this new develop
ment. It was .pointed out by some that the
use of German prisoner labor had been
agreed to at Yalta by President Roosevelt
himself and, therefore, could not be changed.
"If we have to wait for the conviction of
all these war criminals before we can got
German labor," suggested Pauley, "we may
have to wait a year. Meanwhile, there may
not be enough Germans to repair the dam
age In France and Russia."
Pauley also made (he point that he had
been charged by the president with the
handling of reparations and, therefore,
would have to make the final decision him
self after his arrival in Europe. After fur
ther discussion, however, Pauley agreed to
accept Justice Jackson's opinion in princi
ple, namely, that only convicted war crim
inals ould be used as prisoner labor. This
leaves the whole question pretty much up in
the air.
However, it has been hinted that Justice
Jackson will endeavor to indict groups of
Germans as. a class. In other words, he may
try the gestapo as a 'jroup, not individually,
and decide that every member of the ges-
WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
The Illinois woman who whipped out a
gun lo force a butcher to hand over a beef
roast he said was already sold, may just
have been fed up with all the under-the-counter
soiling that is going on these days.
Certainly a lot of. dealers in meat, ciga
rots, sheer stockings, and dozens of other
scarce articles are making enemies by not
following a first clinic, first serve policy.
All ttie dealer sees when lie takes cure of
a pet customer, by holding out a scarce
item for him and turning away earlier
birds, is thq. gratitude of the old customer.
He isn't aware that for every old customer
who boasts. "I can always get cigarcts at
Joe's place," he has irked a good number
of others who arc always turned down
simply because they aren't an old custom
er or a friend of the clerk who waits on
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Obsorver Washington Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO Hanging inconspicu
ously and unnoticed in the lobby of the
Fairmont hotel, which is headquarters for
lh- U. S. delegation to the San Francisco
conference, is a facsimile of the United Na
tions declaration parent and forerunner of
the wot Id charier now being drafted to
prevent future wars and maintain the peace.
This United Nations declaration is an im
portant document in many respects.
It is less than 200 words long, yet in this
bnef statement ale embodied all the prin
ciples on which the war has been fought
full military alliance of all the United Na
tions, no separate peace, adherence lo the
Atlantic charter, the preservation of liber
ty, independence, religious freedom, human
lights and justice throughout the world,
sigred originally in Washington by the rep
resentatives of 26 governments at war
eg. oust Germany. That was January I.
I''I2. Since that time il lias been signed
by the rcpiesenlalivis of I oth.-r govern
ments, bringing the total number of signa
tories to 47.
The difference between this nutnb-r and
the 4! nations represented at the San Fran
cisco conference is caused by the absence
of Poland and the presence of three other
the Argentine. The fust two of these Hirer
have but recently been given independent
nation status by the -.evict union, one nt lbe
original signers of the declaration, so their
absence of thur signature is no great cause
lor concern or the making of an interna
tional incident,
Absence of the sitfhlurc of a reprcsenta
live of the Argentine government may tcjfof Lebanon.
something else again. OiuQif the cond1
lions if;uwptaiK"o of (ho Argon tine as om-
tapo automatically is a war criminal. This
probably will be done with Hitler's SS elite
corps. Whether a blanket indictment wil
also be lodged against the nazi party' re
mains lo be seen.
Training Films Destroyed
The army doesn't want it known, but it
has a new way of handling one type of sur
plus property. In the case of training and
orientation film, it burns old prints. Ac
cording to a survey made by movie experts,
old films last summer were being burned at
the rate of 225 tons weekly at Astoria, N. Y.
Meanwhile other government agencies,
schools and universities are anxious to buy
these outmoded prints from the army. Ip
fact, the U. S. office of transportation had to
spend $60,000 of the taxpayers' money to
make ten new reels of its own when the
army refused to sell it the army's excellent
scries of twenty reels for the training of
auto mechanics.
Senator Francis Myers of Pennsylvania,
Democrat, has just written Maj. Gen. Harry
Ingles, chief of the signal corps, demanding
an explanation.
The making of training films and orienta
tion films by the army has been a major
operation. Thousands of subjects have been
turned out at a tremendous outlay, and pro
duction schedules have been more crowded
than those of any Hollywood studio.
No Secrets Wanted
The films have proved remarkablo train
ing aids, with officers claiming that they cut
at least in half the length of time needed to
leach men such things as first aid, signal
ling, and ju-jitsu. Some of the films dealt
with such technical subjects as secret new
weapons, so naturally could not be given
to the public, but many others dealt with
training mechanics, storekeepers, clerks and
woodworkers.
But the army pictorial service seems de
termined that these films shall not pass from
their hands.
Organizations asking to purchase films
dealing with these subjects have been told
either that there are no surplus prints, or
that clearance for general use is not obtain
able. Some films, it is true, contain copy
righted music or feature well-known stars.
But men in the trade estimate that 00 per
cent of the films which' would be useful to
civilians would require no special clearance,
and that clearance could easily be obtained
for the other 10 per ent. They recall that
Col. Frank Capra's famous "Prelude to War"
and "Battle of Russia" were given universal
clearance, yet the army refuses to sell prints
of these films to 16-millimeter distributors.
Meanwhile Herman Wodcr and Morris
Caplan, civilian movie experts assigned by
the war department to do a special survey,
have submitted a report that at Astoria, N.
Y., last summer the army burnt an average
of 12,500,000 feet of film per week.
them.
And the guy who gets turned down
when he knows pet customers are getting
what they ask for is likely to hurt a busi
ness firm more than pet customers help it.
Of course, the dealer probably thinks no
bodys sees or hears about the cigarcts he
puts in a sack before sliding them over the
counter. But the news gets around. And
in no time at all you hear people saying,
"I used to trade at Joe's but no more.
I don't like being turned down when I know
the things that arc really hard to got arc
saved for pet customers."
Time will certainly prove that the far
sighted merchants are the ones who put
what they have to sell out in plain sight
and let it go lo anyone who walks in with
ttie money to pay for it.
of the United Nations was that she declare
war on Germany. This stop was taken
belatedly by the present Argentine gov
ernment and on that basis this southern
most of the American republics was invit
ed to San Francisco. Thus far, however,
no inclination has been shown "by the Ar
gentine to sign the United Natios declara
tion and no pressure has been excrtod to
have (hem do so. It can be argued that
since war with GeGrmany is no wover
(here is no real cause to have the Argen
tine sign the declaration. At the same time
the lack of an Argentine signature on this
document makes a notable gap in the unity
of purpose for the 41) governmtnts meeting
in San Francisco to draft a United Nations
charter.
Of the 47 signers two are now dead
Franklin I). Roosevelt and President Man
uel Quezon of the Philippines.
Fifteen of the original signers are or have
been in San Francisco to help draft the
United Nations charter. They are: T. V
Soong of China, Vladimir S. Hurban of
Orchoslovakia, Henri Bonnet of France,
Cnnon DiamatopohS of Greece, Galo Plaza
of Ecuador, Mohammed Shaycstch of Iran,
All Jadwat of Iraifc Marcial Mora of Chile, -Mahmoud
Hassan Paslut of Egypt. Wilhelm
Miinthe Morgcnstierne of Norway. Atexan
rier Loudon o) the Netherlands, Clso R. Ve
(a$iuc?. of ParaguayO The last thn sign
ers, on April 1, 1945, were H. R. 8. Faisal
Un Abdul Ai'u of Saudi Arabia. Nazim Al
Koudsi of Syria and Charles Habib Malik
There is plenty of room for an Argentine
signature at inc rxitlom, Q,
Side Glances
com, ml iy mca tuvicr. i t. . nee, u. . m. OF '
"Well, Colonel, I tell all my customers you're still my delivery
boy, only your errands are over Japan nowl"
O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Aulhocitv
SQUEEZE NETS SIX . ,
ON BID OF THREE
(This is one of a scries of
hands from the recent world's
championship masters indi
vidual tournament.) .
For the first time in the his
tory of the masters' individual,
no New York City players fin
ished among the first five.
Fourth place this year went to
E. N. Marcus of Boston, Mass ,
while fifth place went to Dr. Wil
liam S. Hi c.ins of Schenectady,
N. Y. '.,
II was rather a coincident that,
both of these players made six
odd on this hand. In both cases
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spades were opened and the trick
was won with the king. The ace
of spades was cashed and then
the queen of clubs was finessed.
The declarer then led the jack
of diamonds. South covered with
the king and the ace won. The .
queen was cashed and North put
in the lead by playing a small
diamond.
At this point the squeeze could
have been broken if North had
come back with a small heart.
However, North continued the
ten of spades which was won
with the king and now the two
diamonds were cashed.
North eould not protect arl-'s.
Questions & An ! -er(
Q What is Spain's ::.i -.elary
unit?
A The peseta.
Q What is Bolivia's i '.i f min
ing export?
A Tin; 75 per cenL of the
country's entire exports.
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hearts and clubs. South was in
the same predicament. , He had
to try to protect hearts and clubs.
As a result, both Mr. Marcus
and Dr. Hutchins made six odd.
O IN F0RME7T
YEARS
30 Years Ago ,
Thirty-five seniors wore gradu
ated from La Grande high school
this spring. They arc Mina Ash,
Clarence Becker, Blanche Black,
Elizabeth Bond, Nell Bradley, El
va Conklin, Katie Counsell, Lou
ise Counsell. Carol Currey, Lc
nore H'-ahey, Gilbert Hunter'
. Nita 'lunter, Anetta Johnson,
Olga Johnson, Charlotte Jones,
Arlciglv Kammercr. 't Mar.iorie
Kuchcnthal, Mclvin Larson, Hel
en McDonald, Lucile Mulkcy, Lc
ona Newlin, Harold Newton,
Edna Penyman, Lucille Rees,
. Earl Reynolds, Kathryn Riddle,
Jay Shaw, Marjoric Snook, Nellie
Storey, Ruth Taylor. Edith Weav
er, Edith Welch. Myrton West
ring, ; Ellis Williamson, ; Walter
Young. . ,
15 Years Ago
The Neighborhood club, under
the direction of Mrs. L. Rich
aTdson, .presented a musicale at
the high school. Participating
were the women's Triad choir,
assisted by E. D. Towler, basso,
Sally Siegrist and Gladys Rob
erts. Mrs. Richardson and Mrs.
Lynn right were accompanists. .
. William H. Finn of Los Ange
les was in La Grande on busi
ness. His father was C. H. Finn,
an attorney who practiced for
many yens in La Grande and
who was one of the first mayors
of this city.
10 Years Ago
Francis Schmidt of Pendleton
was chosen president of the asso
ciated , students of the Eastern
Oie; in Normal school for 1935
;16. Other officers elected were:
Mary Richcson, Imblcr, secre
tary; Farrell Lindlcy. North Pow
der and Blanche Billings of m
bler. .vnior council members.
Mis. .1. A. Gnskill of Imblcr
returned from Portland where
she spent the winter with her
daughter, Mrs. La Nita Pierson.
Mrs. Anctte Smith left for Sa
lem to spend several weeks visit
ing her sis'.cr, Mrs. Amy Ellis. .
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