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I' EDITORIAL PAGE Side Glances La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1945 Page Two Down Through the Third Reich's Thousand Years .1, 7 SS-VuU--. EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Valley .irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,000 Extend the city limits. THOUGHT FOR TODAY Such beinjr the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think. Tacitus. Silly, but Sinister It is the Germans' silliness, not their arrogance and cruelty, that makes them dangerous, says Uichnrd K. Law, Brit ish minister of state "Their extreme Quality of silliness which made them accept as leaders the swecpinc of the slums and jails and asylums of Kti rope." How silly the Germans were is shown by a glance hack at their late leaders : Adolf Hitler a hum and a sleeper in lion houses; too devoid of talent to satisfy his ambition to be a painter, too lazy or uncoordinated to make a decent living through his meager abilities; a crackpot nobody until the war made him feel important; a sufferer from jivnr indueed hysterical neurosis; a flabby, undistinguished, uneducated, u n bal anced, rabble-rouser. Paul Joseph Goebbels ridiculous little ne'er-do-well with a head crammed full of book learning; like Hitler, a tal entless, thwarted, would-be artist who wrote as badly as his feuhrer painted. Ileinrich Ilimmler weak of eye, chin and will; jobless1, colorless and pur poseless until he caught up with the na.is, where his frustrations found re . lief in brutalities unprecedented mi mod ern history. Hermann (Jeering vain, strutting. sponging, plundering, porcine, former dope addict. Karl Doenitz once an inmate of an English insane asylum. A ridiculous lot certainly. Rut the Germans aren't the only people" who ever took up with a pack of repulsive ' nonentities. Our own history's shame ful chapter of the Ku Klux Klan was closed only 20 years ago. We can't for get the Klan's broad political power, or the country's tardiness in coming to its senses. Hut this country did come to its senses. The Germans didn't. Their sil liness might be explained as quantita tive rather than qualitative. Yet there were many of Hitler's early supporters who saw how ridiculous he and his gang really were, and continued to support him because he served their various sinister purposes. No, mobs have followed unworthy leaders in every land. Hut the Germans arrogance and cruelty those, we in sist, are unique and perpetually menacing. Ilelated Conviction One need not accept all claims of the more extreme exponents of air power to feel that Hilly Mitchell's post-humous promotion to the rank of major gen eral, and the award to him of the con gressional medal, were not at all impetu ous and premature. Any informed Ger man or Jap would say that Mitchell's faith in the efficiency of aerial bombing has been justified. These honors to the pioneer of mili tary aviation may mean that belated conviction has been forced upon that officer, now high in authority, who wit nessed the first test sinking of a bat tleship by bombs and then told report ers; "Iteniember, what you just saw you didn't see. It didn't happen. It couldn't happen." Funny liusiness DU FUNNY MFG. CO Q SO THEY SAY A wholesome respect for the police uniform would be devel oped if we hud officers to walk into every noighboi hood and cul tivate friendship of youth, frank .1. O'-ilnllpy, Grand Rap ids, Mich., police chief. 1 believe it fair to th fuehrer to say his operational conception was that nt a genius. But some times the ideas of n genius are misunderstood, 0 Field Marshal Albert Rcsscl- ruig. o Boy. oh boy! If I'd, -played postdKiee every day until I ivt into the army I wouldn't have bor kissed ns many times as I've been k'fsjod today. C) Yank O. I. ill MljsVow on Y-S riav. "It't to accustom ourselves to the upm and downs of the postwar period I" If, therefore. thrCyorld wishes to regain peace. It ts necessary that falsehood and rancor should vanish and in their stead sover eign truth and charity should reign. rope run xii. Washington Merry-Go-Round Br OBEW PEARSON WASHINGTON Hural hospitals and health centers can' look for a major share of the hundreds opinions of dollars of medi cal equipment U be released by the army and the navy. k policy has finally been worked out at the surplus property board to assure release 6t this material for public health use, flrsi In areas that have no exist ing facilities, second in areas which have in sufficient' facilities. So great is the need df rural and small-town hospitals and clinics that there will be little equipment left for replacement. This policy was achieved only after a long and bitter dispute between the surplus prop erty board and Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the journal of the American Medical asso ciation. Fishbein, in whose journal adver tise the largest makers of medical equip ment, had urged that this vast volume of surplus material not be released at once. Instead, he wanted it stored and released gradually in small quantities in order not to upset the market for manufacturers of medi cal goods. In addition, Fishbein insisted that huge quantities of certain supplies, such as bandages, could not be used because they differed somewhat from accepted standard sizes. However, in a lengthy session at the office of U. S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, Dr. Fishbein finally was won over and even agreed to serve on the overall board which will recommend on the disposal of medical supplies. Federal officials arc worried lest the state boards become a1 weak link in the setup. They fear that', !in areas of greatest need, state groups will not be anxious to aid in the equipping piNegro clinics and hospitals. Therefore, an effort will be made to work out rigid requirements in Washington. No building program is yet arranged to go along with the disposal of medical supplies, though every effort will be made to convert army buildings into hospitals and clinics. Life on Guam One thing which burns up enlisted men and front line Pacific battle observers is the fancy quarters for officers on Guam while wounded men, fresh from the battle' zone,' are shoved around on dirt floors a few hun dred yards away. At Guam, all officers above the rank of lieutenant commander have a private room each. All junior officer are two to a room with hot and cold running water, electric lights, box-spring mattresses, and other lux uries which no one begrudges them far from home. ' . '. . . However, the wounded just arrived from Iwo Jima and OWnawa are stretched out in sweltering tents oh unpaved ground. Near by, public relations officers, logistics offi cers, signal corps men, and other junior brass hats live in barracks on neatly paved streets, complete with curbs and gardens. Several hundred Seabees manicure the gardens and keep the officers' lawns spic and span. Meanwhile one headache of Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May, commander of the B-29s, was to get enough Seabees assigned to cutting down the jungle and lengthening landing strips in the Marianas to send more Super forts over Japan. Capital Chafi Members of the federal communications commission this week-end will leave on a train trip for on-the-spot observation of train radio . . . Several senators are pushing for- mer trust-buster Judge Thurman Arnold to become head of the surplus property board. President Truman who has told inti mates he is worried about possible scandals in the disposal of about 70 billions in surplus property is listening with interest ,: . .Pres ent surplus chairman, ex-Senator Guy Gil lette of Iowa, has declared himself surplus. Gillette's ambition has been to die a senator. . . . Russians are suspicious of the way offi cials of the office of strategic services are concentrating upon teaching their men to speak Russian. OSS has already worked out details of what to bomb in a war on Rus sia. The big four are watching carefully the revolt in Sinkiang China. Potentially this is much more dangerous than the Polish question. Russia may recognize one side and we the other. WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MJLLETT A soldier on Okinawa, after many at tempts which resulted in various kinds of failures, has at last perfected the recipe for a blast-proof cake. It won't fall during bak ing even when the ground is trembling be neath it from the firing of big guns. That's fine, if the inventive genius doesn't go on from there to take ALL of the chance and luck out of the art of cooking. For the satisfaction that women get from turning out a perfect souffle or an angel-food that is as light as a feather is the clement of failure that enters in. No perfect souffle or feather-light cake served to guests brings complete satisfac tion to a hostess unless at least one woman guest admits, "I don't see how you do it. Mine never turns out like this." So If there is anything that will take the thrill out of cooking for women it would be making all recipes fool-proof, so that a bride could turn out as perfect pastry as a woman who has learned to be an expert cook only after years of practice. If you doubt this, notice the apologetic nir of the hostess who admits the baked beans her guests are raving over were dumped out of a can and doctored upm a few minutes instead of being the home baked kind that take a day's 'fussing-and vatching over. Women like to do their cooking the hard way and they like the gamble they take when they tackle a dish that just might not come out right. '"I didn't know HOW it would turn out when I started," they tell each other triumphantly. Take that chance of failure out of cook ing and it becomes a science instead of an art. And women prefer to have cooking an art that gives them a chance to self-expression. Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON, La Crude Evening Obserrer Washington Correspondent SAN FRANCISCO All the while this big shot United Nations conference has been go ing on in the veterans building and opera house in San Francisco's civic center, a little man's conference has been going on un noticed, just one block away in the public health building. This small time conference operates as a kind of !. show to the main tent attrac tions, li .sn't open to 'he press or the pub lic generally, but for strictly home town in terest this extra added act is a lot more newsworthy because it takes care of some 230 representatives from 147 different U. S. organizations wheih weren't invited to send official "consultants" to the American dele gates at San Francisco, but came anyway. When the stale department first an nounced that 42 selected labor, business, farm, church, Women', war vets and peace organizations would be allowed to send one official consultant and two advisors each to the United Nations conference, it was only natural that every lodge and society not on the cine chip list would hit the ceiling and in proper "we're-just-as-good-as-they-arc" spirit demand t8 be let in. To keep these outside clubs happy and still keep them out of the conference hair, the state department set up a branch of its office of public liaison, shoved it over in the third floor of the pub lic health building where there is a sinail auditorium, and hoped for the best. A nice young career man from Washington svas put in charge, and if he hasn't had more fun and more headaches than anybody in San Fran cisco, his name isn't Chester ,S. Williams, which it is. Included in Williams' group are repre sentatives from such outfits as these: Camp Fire girls. Sons and Daughters of African Descent. Women's league for peace and free dom, B. P. O. Klks of Ihe world, B'nai B'rith, Women's division of the Democratic party. National Baptist' convention, inc., and Na tional Baptist convention (uninc), Nation al Women's fplu ty. YM and'-k, YWCA. the Society iu) Friends. WVTl', DAR, Toastmas-V-J.i inteYnatoonal and int&:uilitnU toast mislrR$ club, NationaL-rnuruil of slate gar dcClubs, AmeriWn wlir dads. Mothers ol World War Two, CalVolic war veteivns. irvy., three other competing veterans' associalimis, Ukranian congrce. Synagogue council. Na tional retail- drVtjoods assn . Mirachi. Ne gro actors guild. Sorpo'.imists. Ahepa. Agu- das Israel, Gyro international and no kid ding Smithsonian institution. This isn't all, but it gives an idea. Just picture them if you can, alive and kicking, all in one hall not a part of the Smithsonian institution. First thing they all wanted, of course, was credentials. They were given what have be come known as Gray Cards, being that color. They are merely numbered identification cards providing space for name and organization . They don't entitle the holders to anything much beyond the right to pick up mimeographed handouts and con ference documents which can be mailed back home, and they don't admit anyone to any thing but meetings of the public liaison group in the public health building one block away from the conference. But they make nice souvenirs and they keep the bearing customers content. That is, reasonably. Next thing they all wanted was tickets to plenary sessions and badges. Such tickets as are available are being rotated to keep the peace, but if Uncle Sam or somebody doesn't loosen up and give with badges pret ty soon, there is going to be civil war, and these people are going to go home sore, pan ning the conference and all its works. No button, no good. Five days a week Williams calls his pub lic liaisoners together and arranges to have some member of the U. S. delegation come over and talk to them about how gors it at the big time conference. Sometimes a dele gate will explain one thing, like world court of social and economic council, or trustee ships, or the voting plan. Then various and sundry of the 2:i0 indi viduals from 147 organizations will ask em barrassing questions like "why isn't there more provision for disarmament?" or "why do you always try to whitewash Russiag" Hut mostly these meetings give these little men and women gi the outside looking i a chance to make speeches of their own. They're go.-j speeches, some of them, show ing the speakers have thought about tlvs peace business long and feel about it deep down inside their souls. Ome they have let off steam, of "course, they can all write reports bark to their head quarters and they caiTtell all their brothers ar sisters about what a great thing the charter of the United Nations organization is going to 1- because they were I here when it was written. - !-. t I.J1jIL! COB. BY KEA SlftVlCt. INC. T. M. BtO. U. 8. PAT. OFT. 11 j "I found the most wonderful house for us, dearl It's a little-old and run down, but the lady next door has three small children who aren't able to eat up all their meat points!" ' O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority SQUEEZE OVERCOMES A TRUMP SHORTAGE (This is one of a series of hands fron the recent world's championship masters' individ ual tournament.) Top score in today's hand from the masters' individual was made by "Skippy" Becker, one of our newest life masters, who finished twenty-first in this tournament. Mrs. Sobel, who finished twelfth, was dummy. Before getting up and leaving the table, she happened to look in the West hand and saw four A Q 10 6 V K8654 Q9 K 10 8 A 874 2 I N AA9 $ VQJ 102 w E V 9 3 J 8 - AK 107 86 4 1 6432 Dealer 7 Becker AKJ53 ... VA7 .' 0 5 AQJ932 Duplicate E.-W vul. South West North East 1 Pass IV 2 2 A Pass 3 A Pass 4 A Pass Pass Pass Opening J. 26 spades. When she returned, she asked her partner how many he was down. When he informed her he had made five, he had to repeat the play for her benefit. I think you will admit it is a very interesting hand. The second diamond trick was ruffed with the three of spades. A small spade was then led and the ten spot played. East won Questions & A nswerz Q Under average conditions, what would be the increase in population of the United States and Russia between 1D40 and 1970? A Scripps foundation for re search in population estimates United States, 22,000,000; Russia, 77,000,000. with the ace and immediately re turned the nine of spades. This left the declare:- with the king of trump and the dummy with the queen. West had two trump. The declarer cashed the king of hearts and proceeded to play clubs. Ynu can see what hap pened. The declarer got down to the king of spades and the deuce of clubs and dummy was down to the queen of spades and a small heart. Any time West would ruff, dummy would over-ruff. Thus Mr. Becker made five-odd. IN FORMER YEARS rt-J 30 Years Ago, May 25 Dr. H. W. Riley, a veterinarian, went out to branchiine ponts on professional business. Mrs. R. E. Trill and children, Ruth and Lawrence, left on a two month trip to visit lelatives in Chicago and St. Paul, planning to return by way of Spokane and Walla Walla to visit friends. Miss Naomi Williamson, grad uate of the Emerson school of expression at Boston, has return ed home after graduating.- She went to Washington, D.. C. and New York where she witnessed a naval review and also went to Chicago and Salt Lake. j,. , IS Years Ago, May 25 Floyd Allen and LeRoy Green spent the weekend in Portland. Charles Hunt, Fred Webor and Francis Lewis made a weekend trip to The Dalles and McMinn- ville. The population of the AJicel election precinct, in which' .there are 78 farms, showed un Increase over 1!)20. At that time the popu lation was 297 as compared with a 1930 count of 345. Q How do Russan soldiers drink tea? A They suck it through a lump of sugar held between the teelh. 10 Years Ago, May 25 ' Mrs. Howard M. Young and her mother, Mrs. C. D. G.ilbrcath, left on an extended tour through California, including a visit to the San Diego exposition.' "' Carl Helm of La Gntnrjp,' a junior at Whitman college', was chosen as one of the outstanding junior men who are to serve as assistant marshals in th-2 76th annual commencement of the college. This Curious World 1 M IS THE TOWlW CX RI7PPTC ,KJ 1 ITALY, SlClfiV R AFRICA ? 1 , -twit ANNVthK: In Africa, where son continent look pl.u- tit, ARE AAT-CTJ, Bur WOOD TICKS ARE vor T. lliO.1,1 PAT. OPT. . le of the last fighting oyi Jhut
