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Side Glances Washington Merry-Go-Round F EDITORIAL PAGE By DREW PEARSON Pil l!! " i ' Z - i i , La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher THURSDAY UVKNINU. MAY 21, 1915 Page Four His Most Promising Satellite, ; EVENING OBSERVER'S I'ROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION -Complete the Grande Ronde Valley irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,000 Extend the city limits. " '- " ant. - i v- TODAY'S TEXT ' I'tir it seonielh to me iiiirenMimulilu to .send a prisoners, and not withal Id Dignify tlio crimes laid iiKainsl him. The Acts. A Touch of llureaucracy The brief history of OWI's proposed news blackout of Germany offers an excellent starling point for another exploration of the bureaucratic, mind, in case anyone feels in the mood for such an expedition. The central figure in (hi! story is OWI director Kliner Davis, who appar ently forgot to consult the right mem bers of the military before giving out what he said was a "military order" banning circulation of all outside news papers and periodicals in Germany, and turning the news dispensing' job exclu sively over to OWI. Davis explained that Germany would get only such news as would best serve the allied governments and occupying armies. And lie added his own obser vation that the Germans, if left free to read uncensored news from America, 'would get too much impression of divided policies," and that after VI years of nazism, I hey were "out of the habit, of understanding what a free press means." President Truman promptly lilted Davis's ban. And in doing so he re vealed that General Kisenhower had never issued the order which Davis at tributed to the military. In fact, Mr. Truman (pioted the general as saying that "a free press and a free flow of . information and ideas should prevail in Germany -in - a manner consistent with military security." The president then mollified bis re buke of Davis by saying that the OWI director had acted in good faith, but had conferred at too low a level. Davis, when he professed fear that the Germans would get an impression of our divided policies, apparently for got that we have been letting German war prisoners in this country read any Kngiish language publication of general circulation. And he apparently forgot that those prisoners would go homo some day, and that if they carried with them any impression of divided policies, their account of it would surely be as' damaging as anything straight from the printed page. Why are we suddenly so afraid of 'divided policies," anyway? Wasn't it our proud boast to the world last fall that we could hold an election, with all the old name-calling and airing of bit ter differences, and still preserve our national unity? Why did Davis want to conceal from the loiig-nazil'ied Ger mans the facts of American life and a continuing example of the four free freedoms in action? We're rather afraid that Davis, the lloosier llhodes scholar and distin guished journalist, finally has come down with Potomac fever but bad. Funny llusiness r - - . (HUBS'? tS - " ' lad - V- - rr-rrV i. " 1 11 1 i V O' I v jKCiia O SO THEY SAY I ;nn iivwnr my people have not Ivrn iivnn well, bill they limit heller than 1 ihiroil hope. -O'nwii prime Olaf of Nuvny. "I never ifWjiflsh nctual batbsr when it cvmci io mess fcll!' Oh. hv I hr way, do any of you fellows think you could ilo any thing to help me remain in this eoiuilry ',' - Nai lu-ilrn.Hit on arriving in New York as prisoner. SV will never solve it (manu facture of IniiK-lifr. heavy duty tnes), however, if we scrap our war plan's and depend again Uigejy n imported crude rub ber for o'.n supply. Dr. J. N. Street. Kirestone Tire & linhlvr I'n. Ifs a da:nn.l outrage when for rinners a i e permitted to come udo this country as war ivfunces, take ad1 miUiki nf a rising nv. ket, tu) pile up huge profits without entr.butinK to the oper ation M te government. Rtff?. Humid. Knutson, Minne WASHINGTON It is always difficult to diagnose what goes on inside the inscrut able Russian mind. Bu. it is not difficult to know what goes on in Stalin's mind regard ing one man who has played a large part in our Russian relations Winston Churchill. From the days immediately after the last war, when Churchill spin red the sending of allied troops to Archangel, and Siberia to block the bolsheviks, they have always dis liked him. Even when Wendell Willkie dined in the Kremlin, Stalin rose and launched a violent attack against Churchill ' for taking lend-lease planes off ships des tined for Russia when those ships slopped in Scotland. , Knowing how Churchill encouraged czar ist admirals and generals to fight against them in the early struggling days of the So viet, and how even recently Churchill re marked, "What will aland as protection be tween the white cliffs of Dover and the white snows of Russia?", it is easy to under stand why Stalin is sometimes almost sav age in the notes he sends to Churchill. With Franklin Roosevelt alive, the Rus sians had a friendly third party whom they liked and trusted, to 'ict as mediator between Stalin and Churchill. Once or twice, espe cially at Teheran, tlv two men were liter ally at each other's throat before Roosevelt stepped in. But today, with Uoosevell dead, Stalin suddenly finds himself face to face with the man he distrusts and dislikes, and dealing with a new American president whom he doesn't know, but who is generally consid ered under the influence of his anti-Russian state department. This in itself undoubtedly is one import ant reason for Russian suspicion and their throwing of monkey-wrenches. British vs. Russian Sohcrcs Furthermore, all this has happened just at a time when the British had already carved out their sphere of influence in Eu rope and just as the Russians were about to carve out and enjoy lluiis. With the Brit ish already having their complete say in Greece, Belgium, and Italy under U. S. bless ing, the Russians now see a new U. S. presi dent stepped in to tell them they cannot have the same free hand enjoyed by the British. The background to all this is important. It dates back to Roosevelt's Casablanca meeting with Churchill in January 1!)43, when the late president tacitly agreed that Britain was to make all political and eco nomic decisions for the Mediterranean and the Near Eastern war theaters. This was stretched to mean that all lend-lease in this area was distributed bv the British, that UNRRA worked under British direction, that no U. S. military men could go inside Greece or Yugoslavia without a British ok.' Roosevelt lived to regret this, especially when he saw American tanks manned by the British firing on civilians in the streets of Athens. In fact, Alhens was fresh in his memory when he left for his second meet ing with Churchill and Stalin at Yalta. Woodrow Wilson's Troubles At Casablanca, Roosevelt had believed it wiser for the United States to keep out of European politics. He was always worried about the trouble his old chief Woodrow Wilson experienced over Fiumc and the turbulent details of European controversies. So Roosevelt's first decision was to leave European politics to the British. But later, when he saw what happened in Greece, Bel gium and Italy, he journeyed to Yalta deter mined that the United States must play its part in guaranteeing the four freedoms to the liberated countries. That was behind the Yalta plan for big three consultation regarding new govern ments, new boundaries and other changes in the liberated areas. Roosevelt had con ceived this idea as much as anything as a safeguard against the British. But by that time, the British had pretty well finished their program in Greece, Italy, Belgium, Abyssinia and north Africa; so the chief ef fect of the Yalta agreement fell on the Rus sians, who were just beginning to open up Poland, Austria, and the Balkans. Having agreed to this plan of big three cooperation, the Russians were confronted with the fact that the man who had been friendly in the past, and with whom they ex peeled to cooperate in carrying out the Yalta plan, was 'dead. Now they have to deal with Churchill, whom they profoundly distruct, and with a new president, whom they consider subservient to an anti-Russian state department. Unquestionably, this is one of the major reasons for our troubles with Russia today. Furthermore, when you look at the de tails of what has happened in some of the liberated countries, it is not hard to under stand the Russian point of view. COn. 1MS BY WCA BEPVICt. INC. T. M. WCC. V. . PAT. OFf. " "' ' Sm2S- "Try io keep ihem looking decent till you gel home at least, to your father won't think I've used his coupon on second-hand shoes I" . ., e McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY, America'! Card Authority TACTICS ON HALTING UNDER "SURE" GAME (This is one of a series of hands from the recent world's championship masters' individ ual tournament.) One of the best sources of in teresting hands from a tourna ment is Harry Fishbein, so after the masters' individual I asked Harry, who finished eighth, for WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT The farm parcnls of an Iowa boy, who received for him the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor, ..shared, with newspaper readers some of their son'j -last lelleis. In those letters the young lieutenant, who grew up on a peaceful Iowa farm and died in far away Now Guinea, tried to ex press his gratitude for the things his par ents had taught him and which he had found in his years away from home to be important. ' He wrote: "Never mole than in the past year have I realized how lucky I have been to have you and Papa for my parents, and the things that you have given me are so valuable as to be immeasurable. For ex ample, the honesty that you had such a hard time getting into me has given me a cleat satisfaction, in that now no one would think of questioning it. I have found thai it pays a lot to have people trust me. "I have looked back many a time and seen the reason for a lot of the things you made me do and would not let me do. I couldn't see why at the time, but a thou sand and una things have happened since that have shown me where I was wrong. "I'm glad that you didn't force me to stay at home. For one thing, I wasn't cut out to be a farmer. I never could have been salisfied there.' Then again it gave me a" chance to make my own mistakes and find out myself. "The army has provided me with oppor tunity and has also let me get a lot of things out of my system. Traveling, for in stance. All I ever want now is a chance to live comfortably in a place of my own choosing. I think I have knocked around just about enough." Other parents who arc still trying to give their children the kind of standards that will help them to live their lives fearlessly will undobutedly find real encouragement in that hero's appreciation for the firm way in which his parents made him do what they know was right even when he was too young to understand their reasons. And if they arc' really wise they will also see a warning in his words of appreciation. Just as important as giving a child the right guidance when he is young, is knowing h?n lo turn him loose to make his own mistakes, 'and to discover for himself what he wants out of life. 9 87 VAK 10 8874 J7 Q A K 10 N - I "QJ W E V652 AQ0 4 3 s K1065 Peeler x a J 10 3 Fishbein A9J65'2 3 8 985 2 ; , Duplicate N -S vul. South West North Et Pass 1 IV 2 2 3 3 Pass Pass Pass A Opening V 9 ' iS a few hands and he said, "Wtoll, here is what I think is the most interesting hand of my tourna ment career." At first glance you will say "What can be interesting about a hand that is passed out at three spades and you then make six?" Fishbein realized lhat if he bid four spades, the opponents would lake a save at five diamonds, while if he passed three spades and they went to four diamonds, he might be able lo buy the hand Questions & Answer t Q How are meals and vege tables shippd to the south Pa cific kept fresh? A Concrete refrigerated barges built by the marVr.ie commission lor the array, each capable of holding 1000 to-s, arc used as fod depots. at four spadcfi Six was made because E.st opVncd a heart and Fishbein dis carded a diamond on the second heart. He cashed the , ace of spades and led a small spade and West hael to guess whether to lead a club or a diamond. He guessed wrong. He led the ace of diamonds. o IN FORMED YEARS 30 Years Ago Mrs. Claude Mackey and son, Ma vin, were visiting Mi's. Mac key's relatives in Newport. Chapter I, of PEO met with Mrs. G. r. Darland as hostess. Mrs. J. T. Richardson, Mrs. J. K. Wright and Mrs Slanchficld were initialed Mrs. Darland' was the chapter's je'egatc to the grand chapter meeting in Eugene. While their parents searched for Ihem. Hairy Meihr, aged 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Mohr, and Ken Sicgrist, six-year-old son ; Of Mr. and Mrs. Hormah iegrisl, started out iri thciMohf Ford for a pleasure ride. By the time they had reached Island City they had given a dozen children, "lifts" and the lads had a pleasant afternoon ride, and despite heavy, traffic and muddy roads the boys had no trouble and were brought home safely.. 15 Years Ago About JJ members of the Na ture club of Eastern Oregon nor mal school enjoyed a picnic sup per at Morgan lake. The party was chaperoned by Mi and Mrs. Elmo Stevenson of the faculty. The group hiked to i the lake, where lunch was enjoyed around a campfire. Specimens for the seience classes were collected on V.v: trip. J A rraduating class of 109 was announced at La Grande high school. ri.-icily Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent Q What is the calf of a Liberty ship? A It can carry car ual to four train loads of 75 tars each. SACRAMENTO, Calif. In a stale which goe'S in for tie bigger things of life the of fice of California's Republican Governor Earl Warren is typically tremendous. The governor himself is big with a big smile and big blue eyes and he sits behind one of the biggest desks ever built. To his right are big windows letting in the California lui aelje'Ctive sunshine. Behind him is a huge mural map of the world. Facing him is a large-scale map of California, and to his leit hanging high lo overlook this lush office landscape is painting -'mr as life and lwie- as natural aj he use-d to look 311 years ago of Hiram Warren Johnson. That portrait is sigmfii ant. The term of U. S. Senator, Hiram Johnson, now 7!l years olel. expires in Januaiy. i!M7, and there is a matt scramble on for the senatorial seat he has heM lo thee last 211 years. Governor Warren rose1 in polities Mnough the Johnson machine, and is aline..i i-wrcnl in his praise for the re'ciu'd Hi Jommmmi made from Hill) to l!)l(i as one of Ihe must progressive re form governors any sl'ite ever had. California will 'nave to continue in llie war effort until Japan falls possibly t,i .veal's or more. In spile of this continued all-out war production Governor Warren be lieves California industry should bv permit ted to make partial recvnvei'sion bemnmng right now so that the hrVislrial east divs iut gain an unfair advantage o The g'Wcrmii' points to the ease eif Octroi!. De'troit made auto& befoi e the war and will return to this manufacture after the war.. No great pioblem there; say GoverniHWat rcn. In comparison ilo finding (wluf Califor-3 ,ntas' war industries can produce in peace limes.,.. Tin answer to that one the governor says o honestly he does not know. Can the west produce steel as cheap as it can be produced in the east? If it can, then there may be a big future for west curst manufacture of civilian goods which .-an be sold to old and new customers. The slate now has an 0,500.000 population as against 6.000,000 before the war. About one-third of the war veterans discharged in California were born in other states but want to settle here if they can find jobs. Governor Warren's democratic opposition in the state legislature has introduced a full employment bill modeled on the Murray bill introduced in the U. S. senate. Cagily, the governor has not committed himself on this highly revolutionary piece of stale legislation. But he points out that all debate so far has been on minor detail. En tirely neglected has been the key question ef. "How ran any state guarantee full em ployment to its citizens under any and all periods of recenversio,i?" A wes! eoast textile industry based on California's new production of long staple cotton is a hopeful but uncertain possibility for future employment. California's big new magnesium industiy, as represented by Kai ser's permanent met.-ilk development, offers more hope' but uncertainly, ;ls does the plas ties industry. Governor Wan en laic, squarely what too many of the ballyhoo boys have been in clined to gloss over - thatiCalifomia is pri marily ah arid state which won't have enough w ater to go around, or tiirrigate ad ditional acreage unless it saves every drop lhat falls from the skies. California should have a single water'au thority" of its own, says the governor flatly. Q V'.iat is knov ,i as the "cloud of thunderstorm..".' A The cumulo-nimbu,:, which begins at around 5W0 l.'ct and builds to great heights, usually with anvil overhang. 10 Years Ago Eleven ra..c"i of whooping cough wcr-? reported in Union county for the week. Two now cases of pneumonia also were reported. A farewell dance was given for Miss F.I.canore Hansen, teacher at the South High Valley school, at the B. W. Bates home. Practi cally all of the. High Valley folks attended. This Curious World !,m MAN iflLt , '?.' NOrlT H II KNOV DEFINJlfEL-V B II WHAT CAUSES THE MfSwwJ MOON'S CRATERS. I .-. 1 " " Xr 'y ??:'L-x i-ARSEsr known .u?!;i'-r--:j crated JL- -.J ' A ON THE MOON, Ldil . ) HAS A DIAMETER OF A ( ASOM.ES 4 COW CAN KICK THE BUCKET AT 1 nkt and still ervE aulk NEXT ViONIN6Ji).. AARTHA E. FRANCIS, AND THE ARISTOCRATIC CAL.UA L.IL.V 8ELON& TO THE SAME fiAVillY. cowl iwniti rv-ci nc. T, M. PT. OFF. NEXT: Are ticks insects?- 0
