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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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continent look pl.u-
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vor
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le of the last fighting oyi Jhut