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By DREW PEARSON
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, La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
THURSDAY UVKNINU. MAY 21, 1915
Page Four
His Most Promising Satellite,
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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.
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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
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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" . .,
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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.
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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
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NEXT ViONIN6Ji)..
AARTHA E. FRANCIS,
AND THE ARISTOCRATIC
CAL.UA L.IL.V
8ELON& TO THE SAME fiAVillY.
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