Washington Merry-Go-Round
EDITORIAL PAGE
By DREW PEARSON
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La Grande Evening Observer
, Frank Schiro, Publisher
FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 8, 1945
Page Two
That Proves It
i NEWS, HO4. SIR. A . , -
AMERICA CONSIDER F4R T
Mtt SUPERIOR. Tb MAGlFICIENT GEKMANVv f TVn
WPf IS TO UNLEASH MUCH ( ' ttfeffi-T
if GREATeK iEEIAL BOMBING UFtoM C-rfMlJ
: NIPPON THAN WAS SHOWEPEP i ffi'rV
3 M
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
The foundations of justice arc that
no one shall miffer wrong; then, that
..the public good bo promoted, Cicero.
New Words
Chinese is reputed to be a cumber
some, difficult language. As spoken, it
depends in many instances on inflec
tion rather than sound, with a rising
or falling of the voice giving different
meaning to what we should call the
same word, In its written form, how
ever, it is considerably less flexible.
The Chinese, of course, do not have
an alphabet, Kach written character in
this language represents a whole word,
and Chinese scholarship is measured to
n considerable extent by the number of
characters that a person knows.
Chinese scholarship therefore be
comes quite a job. And in consequence,
Chinese has never been one of the world
languages like French or Knglish or
German. Few citizens have bothered
to learn it unless they meant to live in
China.
Chinese had never been a diplomatic
language, either, until a few weeks ago,
when it was made one of the official
I'NCIO languages at San Francisco.
This presented the Chinese delegation
Willi new problems and, it .seems to us,
an enviable opportunity.
For centuries China's millions found
that their language served their pur
poses even though it did not contain
the professional vocabulary of intcrna
tion diplomacy. When such a vocabu
lary was needed to conduct Cliinn's busi
ness, her statesmen expressed them
selves in a foreign tongue.
Hut now China's delegates have
found it necessary to create a thousand
new words so that the UNCIO docu
ments may bo printed in Chinese. They
have had to devise new word characters
and cast new type for them.
Thus something tangibly new has
come into the world to express for the
Chinese the new efforts being made in
San Francisco. To them these thousand
characters will henceforth be associated
with the troubled but courageous begin
nings of an international force to insure
peace on earth.
It seems a pity that the rest of the
United Nations could not have been so
fortunate as to enrich their everyday
speech with a thousand bright symbols
of pence, each carrying a clear mean
ing never before expressed.
Instead they have had to translate
common general ideas into 10 or more
languages. And that has been the root
of trouble and misunderstanding, as it
was at Yalta.
So the other nations will probably
continue to haggle over the conflicting
connotations of one translation against
another. Meanwhile the Chinese will
have erected to the epochal work at
San Francisco the living and enduring
monument of new words.
Funny liusiness
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I M Col fi' I fnl JTv ifl TnC I M IIP II I T Off
o SO THEY SAY
It (United Nations charter)
opens the door to the promise I
land. Whether or not mankind
wishes to '"iter the door and turn
his back on a third world war de
pends not upon the charter, but
upon the pcop'.t-.
Clark M. F.iiholbc "gor, ditvctoiY
American association for Unit
ed Nations.
Since 'he tragedy of Hainan
and Coire'iiito.', oui armies have
never suffeivd a serious defeat.
Gen. George C. Marshall.
"I got tired of dogs trying la bilo ma all tha limel"
The highest amplvbious open
t'(0is of the war are yvt to come.
Whenever wo undertake them, i.i
whatever .iircciion we go, we can
cxirtyt Ihe bitterest of oppositio-i.
- Wn. AfiJaiuler A Vandcgiif.
commandant, L'. S. marine
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Ho -iumld be encouraged 'o
get as much education as possi
ble before thev go into baseball.
Baseball Commissioner A. U.
tll.ippy) Chandler.
WASHINGTON When Tom Clark was
called to the White House and told by presi
dent Truman that he was to be the next at
torney general, he was so surprised that he
started to walk out one of the big French
windows In the executive office.
"I guess you're a little flustered," laughed
Truman. "The door's over there."
Only 48 years old, Clark had been plan
ning to step out of the justice department for
more than a year and go back to Dallas, his .
homo town, to. practice law. His elder bro
ther'was killed in an airplane crush and the
family wanted Tom to come home to carry
on the law firm.
But through some whim of fate, he stayed
on in the justice department. However, he
was planning to retire this summer, had even
picker a new law associate to handle a
branch office in Washington, when suddenly
ho got the surprise call from the White
House.
Of the four cabinet appointments Truman
has made, public attention unquestionably
has focused more on this than any other.
The new attorney general happens to come
from a long line of lawyers beginning with
his great-grandfather, William H. Clark, so
licitor of the British government of Ireland,
who came to, this country in 1737. The next
William H. Clark was chancery judge in
iackson, Miss., and a Confederate general,
killed in the battle of Altoona, Ga. His son.
another William H. Clark, was treasurer of
Mississippi for 40 years.
Politicians Lick Chops
Unquestionably, Clark's appoinlment is
the most important shift in the Truman
cabinet. The attorney general of any admin
istration can make or break it as Harry
Daughcrty once demonstrated. Anti-trust
cases, affecting the dividends of great cor
porations and the prosperity of little busi
ness, can either bo started or smothered in
the justice department.
Income tax coses, affecting the powerful
city machines of Chicago, New York, Bos
ton, Jersey City the machines which nomi
nated Truman at Chicago can be prosecut
ed or protected in justice. Along with the
Interior department (in charge of public
lands and old), it is the greatest potential
boodle-bag in the government.
However, on May 30, seven days after Tom
Clark's appointment as attorney general, the
lax-troubled gentlemen moved to continue
their trial beyond June, and in so doing
made this extraordinary statement indicat
ing the politicians' faith in Tom Clark.
Boodle Hopes Hang High
They said?' '"Defendants further feel that
with a new administration coming Into that
high office, there is now a reasonable expec
tancy that during the next several months
a reinvestigation by the justice department
of the whole Burton affair can be applied for
and obtained."
In other words, the boys at the teed trough
expect a lot from Tom Cldrk.
East-West Steal War -
The giant U. S. Steel corporation is cer
tainly keeping a jealous eye on Henry Kais
er's infant steel industry at Fontana, Califor
nia. , . . '
Significant was what happened after all"
members of the California congressional
delegation both Republicans and Democrats
met under the sponsorship of Congress
man Harry Sheppard of San Bernardino td
urge that the Fontana steel plant be kept In
operatioh. The California congressman
drafted a letter to the defense plants cor
poration urging that Fontana continue arid
pointing out in some detail its place in the
economic future of the Pacific coast.
This letter to the defense plants corpora
tion was put on the United Press wire at
10:39 a. m. At 10:45 a. m., "Mr. Smith" of
U. S. Steel called up the UP to ask for the
text of the congressional letter.
Ten minutes later, another gentleman, who
Identified himself as Gene Conway, also of
U. S. Steel, telephoned the UP. In each case
they were told that if they wanted the let
ter they should call Congressman Sheppard.
In other wprds, U. S. Steel is following
Pacific coast competition so carefully that
six minutes after the UP put its story on the
wire, U. S. Steel representatives were hot
on the trail to find out all the details of what
had happened.
The battle between the east and west over
steel promises to be one of the most import
ant in recent economic history. .
Diplomatic Chaff
The Arab delegation to San Frahcisco
which didn't expect the conference to last
so long, has already overdrawn more than
it planned from the cash it receives from
Standard Oil to defray expenses , . . This is
no gift, but payment by the oil company for
leases in the Middle East ... Los Angeles
is still irked because it did not get the Unit
ed Nations conference ... As a result con
struction .work is already under way in L. A.
on a beautiful, expanded civic center which
can house any future world conclave.
Correspondents refer to Secretary of State
Stettinius as "Junior" . . . Jan Masaryk,
Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, has been
the most effective go-between in conciliating
Russian-western differences. .
Side Glances iU- ,
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:
"I was going to be married last week, but tl, I .
run across this nice bachelor apartnen I happened to
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from the final round of the Van
derbilt tournament In which Hel
en Sobel end B. Jay Becker got
a good scj-e.
Becker won the opening lead
with the ace of diamonds and re
turned the ten of diamonds
which was won by South with
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with the fubs and dtihtinued
winning with I. o c)ubs,'. Becker
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this point th.Jrs0i you' Ca'n- see at
can take th2 ft Nol.th and South.
and the queelalanc0 of jHb trjck3
t0,JrP ' utJi of hearts is going
with the doucBeckeri e back
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drop, so at tli of wouW
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defeating the'n with th4;ten t
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YEAfiRMER
30 Years At
Mis. America is probably tickled pink to
hear that the prc-fnbricatcd houses of the
post-war world can be added on to a room
at a time, in much the same manner that a
bride adds pieces of sterling to what she was
able to rake in for wedding gifts.
That is sure to appeal to women, for they
usually have better luck talking their hus
bands into spending n little money over a
long period of time than in talking them into
plunking down a big sum all at once.
Look how women worked the installment
racket to fill their houses with all sorts of
electrical gadgets and fancy furniture.
George just couldn't hold out against hU
wife's argument that little monthly pay
ments wouldn't even be missed.
And women will work the house racket
in the same way. They'll sell George on
the idea of n four or five room house, and
poor George will think blissfully that that
will end the housing problem.
And then there will always be a reason
why they need just one more room.
Mother's coming in for the winter. Or
Susie and Jane aren't happy sharing a room.
Or an old school mate is coming to visit, and
the house is so much smaller than hers the
little woman is ashamed to have to ask her
friend to sleep on the studio couch l;l the
living room.
So bit by bit, Mama will add on to the
house and a man will never know where
it is going to end. But he'll be stuck. He
could put his foot down on a deal like trad
ing a five room house in on a ten room one.
But he'll never hold the line when Mama has
a chance to add on to the five rooms, one
room at a time.
That's a system women know how to work
for all it is worth.
the king. Declarer led the eight
of spades. Mrs. Sobel played
low and dummy won the trick
with the uucon. A small heart
came back and was won with the
king. Ano'ner spade was played.
Mrs. Sobel jumped in with the ace
and now she knew from the bid-
Question8& Answers
Q Who was the first Ameri
can president to set foot on for
eign soil W:iile in office?
A William Howard Taft, who
crossed the border into Mexico at
Juarez in 1909 to confer with
Mexican Piesident Forfirio Diaz.
Miss Mary Frawley, ,
of Mr. and Mrs, John ughter
went to Portland to spenu ,y
summer with relatives. " .
Miss Ruth Hart, a student at
O. A. C, returned homd.
SI : H. C: Lang, chief blCTk5 in the '
roadmaster's office, took leave of
"absence to visit his home in Min
s neapolis. ' "
Miss Elma Bay and Miss Frank
ie Crawford went to Portland to
spend a few days visiting friends
and relatives. ' ' '
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON, La Grande E Yen Ing Observer Washington Correspondent
Q What is a statachute? .
A Same as a parachute, only
it is used to drop supplies and
designed to drop faster, giving
more precision in delivering
emergency food and medicine by
air.
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SAN FRANCISCO Five years of collec
tive action by employers to meet the chal
lenge of collective bargaining by labor un
ions have proved so successful in the San
Francisco area that today Herbert G. Stori';,
vice president and executive director of the
San Francisco employers' council says it
doesn't make any difference wlu'thcr Hany
Bridges or any other labor leader stays or
goes back where he came from.
Hy this statement it is not meant to imply
that all labor troubles in San Francisco are
ended forever. There will always be juris
dictional disputes between rival building
trades' unions, there will always be new
contracts to 'negotiate and sign, new griev
ances and some strikes to settle, some diffi
cult labor lenders lik? the beads of the ma
chinists local union No. 08, who have caused
the navy to take over and operate 101 manu
facturing plants in this an a.
nut it is claimed dial membership raid
ing and, the Harry Brldg-s type of CIO vs
AFL warfare which bad this port in con
stant turmoil from 1934 to 1939 has definite
ly been ended. Thc annual report of the
employers council, just made public, showed
only 12 strikes in San Francisco in 1944 and
8 in 1:143 as against "0 in 1941, 04 in 1940 and
.W in 1939 n drop of over 80 percent while
the national figures were rising 100 percent
from 2500 in 1940 to 5000 in 1944.
If any one thing can be given credit for
tilts improved labor ret.ons picture in San
Francisco, it this practice of collft tivc bar
gaining Xor employers through the employ
ers oinvcil. The plan was originally con
ceived by Roger Lapham, chairman of tha
Amorican-Hmvaiian steamship company,
now mayor ot San Fr in-'sco.
Before Ate council took over in 1939 a.;
succvssoi vli a despised and mistrusted in
dustrial association, the practise of the union
business agents was to v. hipsaw employer.!
into wage increases. First they would make
demands on one group, say the wholesale
grocers. When they had figned a new con
tract, it would be ujed as a precedent for
similar demands on wholesale druggists.
Then dry goods wholesalers, steel ware
houses, ship operators and so on till it was
time to begin again with the grocers.
To end this vicious circle, the employeis
simply decided to swipe 3 leaf from the un
ion book and do a little collective bargain
ing of their own. Through the now-famous
"Woohvorth hot car" incident in 1937, which
was loaded by a superintendent and a fore
man and moved from warehouse to ware
house to force a strike and a showdown, the
San Francisco district wholesalers' associa
tion was able to ncgo'iato a master contract
covering 4.000 employes if 182 firms. Whip
sawing came to an end.
In over-simplified form this is the formula
the employers council has used in collective
bargaining for master contracts. Bridges'
waterfront war was ended when the AFL
teamsters' union trucked workers through
CIO picket lines. Then the teamsters'
stranglehold on farm-marketing trucking
was broken by collective action with the
farmers.
The San Francisco plan has also been cop
ied in such cities as Denver, Salt Lake City,
Kansas City, but it is not claimed to be the
perfect solution for all labor tioubles. 1:
might not work so well In one industry cen
ters like Detroit, or m towns which have
predominant ty) manufacturing Interests. San
Francisco is a distribution center and the
employs council idea w,:s planned lo meet
conditions peculiar to this 'ideality. Once
established and proved nris met the ac-.
cepSanco of union leaders because it worlcs
towards the organized labor objective ?!
collective bargaining for wider agreement1!
in master contracts.
O What was the pvtnnt
aerial bombardment damage to
the Ruhr industrial area of Ger
many during the war?
A More than 50 per cent of all
the buildings in the 14 principal
cities were destroyed.
15 Years Ado"'''
' J. W. Farris, manager of Mont-
gomery Ward and Co.; 'returned
from a trip to Portland and Se
attle. .
Mrs. O. E. Cade was in Pendle
ton visiting her. daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Awiwsmitli i
and daughter, Caroline, of Port
land, were visiting in ti'Grnnde '
with her parents, Mr. ajid Mi.
Harlcy Smith. '! ?
10 Years Ago
Captain Jesse V. Andrews an- -rounced
the promotion; 'iff Grant
Bean from first sergcantS'of Com
pany E, 186th infantry! to second'
lieutenant, and the promotion of
Lt. Howard E. Glenn to first lieu
tenant. " . '
Miss Anita Herrmanns'' daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Herr
mann, arrived from Qiiihcy, 111.,
where she was graduated from a
business college. Accompanying
her was her mother's brother,
Charles Schrocder, w:ho' planned
to remain indefinitely.
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