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La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1915
Every Big Spree
i EVENING OBSERVER'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete the Grand..
Runde Valley irrigation project.
LA GRANDE A city of 10,000
' Extend the city limits.
TODAY'S TEXT .''',
:V- Behold, I send nn Anjrul before thee,
to keep thee in the way; and to briii";
,.' thee into the place which i have pro
' pared. Exodus 23:20.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
That which makes the vanltv of
; othei'H unbearable to us is that which
"wounds our own. La Rochefoucauld.
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Syria and San Francisco
The deplorable Syrian "incident" of
fered an object lesson to the UNCIO
delegates trying to solve the eqiuilly de
plorable veto dileninin at San I'Yaneisco.
Here was a made-to-order illustration
of how the United Nations organization
, would liave met a crisis under the Dum
barton Oaks proposals and the subse
quent Yalta agreement on the veto.
Under the proposed charier, France
could have fought on in the Middle East
until every Syrian and Lebanese was
killed, if the French government so de
sired. For France would have been
able to forestall any interference by the
organization through her veto power as
one of the big five.
The entrance of British troops into
the Levant states, which halted the
fighting, would have been impossible.
Such an independent act would have
been branded by France as an act of
aggression. Britain then would have
vetoed any forcible action against her
self in the unlikely event that it was
Funny Business
sum""5
"He wants a railing, sir!
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Has Its Hangover
threatened,
The inescapable result would be that
either the United Nations organization
would lapse into a state of impotence,
as the League of Nations did after the
Manchurian and Ethiopian invasions, or
that it would disintegrate completely.
And the stage would be set for world
war III. ' ' '
It is unhappily evident that the, pres
ent solution of this , Middle Eastern
crisis, though achieved by old, unsatis
factory and potentially (jangerous
means, Is infinitely better than would
have been possible under the charter
with its big five veto power. '
The only hope for success for the
United Nations' organization, as pres
ently constituted, rests upon the re
sponsibility as well as the strength of
the big five. Yet Franco has shown
herself neither right nor responsible in
this instance.
The United Stales and Great Britain
have rebuked France sharply. . But, at 1
the same time, they have presented a
common front with France, Russia and
China in support of a veto proposal
which would permit any one of the five
to conduct similar acts of aggression
without fear of retaliation.
The great weakness of the Soviet
sponsored veto system is that it con
fuses a monopoly of power with a mon
opoly of wisdom and virtue. It argues
that the big five are the only countries
strong enough to safeguard world peace,
without admitting the obvious corollary
that they are the only ones strong
enough to start a world war.
It may be that the San Francisco
conference must accept the charter with
. this veto proposal in order to get any-'
thing. But the small powers should in
sist, and the big powers should recog
nize, that the only hope of real success
lies in an untrammeled opportunity for
the charter's further revision oii the
basis of sovereign equality of the
United Nations.
SO THEY SAY
Manufacture i.f o e-f;.lricatod
houses is only one tiling. Kaiser
I Hi-my .1.1 has a whole slew of
items in mind.
H. J. Thomas, president. United
Automobile Workers, comment
ing on reconversion.
1 wouldn't lie surprised it we
smg.'d the eiupiror's hair n little.
- I'vt. Hilly Spencer, Gladewator,
Texas, 'a. I gunner on Tokyo-
bomltinj B-M.
Mutu.ilitv and cooperation must
replace egoism if we nre to build
a new kiivl of community.
Dr. Charles T. Uomlan, Univer
sity o( Chicago.
1-essons of (Ik1 war did not
change some politicians to the
new course in the leorganbation
(":of free Kurope. lint have given
them nrw d-.'sircs for their old
plans of Hnlkaniutg Kurnpe.
Konstantin Hoffman, Hod Star
( ' (Itussia) columnist.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Br DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON Some time ago. this col
umn told how the Nazis had sent out a prop
aganda broadcast to the European war the
ater claiming that Colonel John Hay "Jock"
Whitney, husband of the ex-Mrs. Jimmy
Roosevelt and a close friend of Harry Hop
kins, had been critical of President Roosevelt
while in a German prison camp.
The Nazi radio told how Jock Whitney
first refused to talk, later was placed with
a German posing ns a British officer, at
which time he loosened up and, according to
the Nazis, was critical of the president. The
Nazis used this to try to show how politics
permeated the U. S. army.
Colonel Whitney managed to escape from
the German prison camp, when the box car
in which he was riding was bombed and
wrecked. He has since written this colum
nist a letter denying that he ever criticized
the president, and has also set forth the in
teresting circumstances surrounding his cap
ture. In fairness to Colonel Whitney, whom this
columnist holds in the highest esteem, the
pertinent portions of his very interesting let
ter are published below, together with a
transcript of the Nazi broadcast.
Whitney Kept Name Secret
Colonel Whitney writes: .
"I have your reference of March 4th to the
effect that I fed anti-Roosevelt propaganda
to the Nazi machine while I was their pris
oner. You gof the wrong dope from some
where and rjl 'jell you why.
i'l. Since.my one chance of escape de
pended on the, enemy's not knowing that I
was of any value to them, I remained anony
mous, even td my fellow prisoners. I wa3
very careful not to talk familiarly about my
name in order to avoid the slightest associa
tion with importance.
"2. Even if I had shot my mouth off to
them, my conversation could not have been
recorded since wc were never in a prepared
camp, but always on the move, and mostly
always under fire.
"3. The only British-uniformed soldier I
saw was well known to me. .
"4. I escaped without the Germans hav
ing a clue os to my identity.
"5. If I had talked about the president,
which I didn't, it would have been only in
terms of the highest admiration for himself
and his leadership."
Nazi Broadcast
The Nazi broadcast, illustrating the ex
tent to which the enemy went to try to con
fuse American troops, follows:
"Broadcast by DNB in German language,
by wireless, to Europe on November 3, 1944,
at 6:34 a. m., EWT, quoting I. I. B. (interna
tional information bureau) under Berlin
WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
The height of the "anything to oblige a
landlord" situation was leached the other
day.
A corporal, back from the battle front and
looking for a place to live in Denver with
his wife and small son, was told of a house
whose owner wanted to rent it to a couple
with two children.
"Tell him we'll take it," said the corporal,
and then added dutifully, "If he insists on
two children we'll have another one."
OPA has limited what landlords can ask
in the way of rent. But not what they can
demand in other ways.
Eager to get a roof ove rtheir heads cou
ples will promise just about anything.
Some promise high-minded landlords not
to have drinking parties.
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent
SAN FRANCISCO The San Francisco
employers council, handling labor relations
problems for 2,000 business firms in this
area, now believes it has developed collec
tive bargaining for management to the point
where it takes most of the monkey business
out of labor contract negotiations.
This process is of interest to the whole
country because any employer, any union
representative, any working man or woman,
any newspaper reader who follows the end
less bickering which goes on when a labor
dispute is in the air knows how these things
upset a whole community.
When a new labor contract comes up for
negotiation in San Francisco today and the
demands of the unions are presented to the
employer, they are first tossed into the re
search department of the employers council.
Heiv a staff of experienced labor economists
takes the demands and analyzes them. Argu
ments are developed on each point its mer
its and demerits and the case is prepared
for management.
The council does not attempt to dictate la
bor policy for any employer-member, but it
does advise the employer on what demands
are fair and just, what may lead to trouble,
what should be resisted even to the point of
accepting a strike to force a settlement, what
company labor practices should be changed
to improve employee relations.
When the demands have been analyzed in
this manner, there is a meeting between
negotiators for the union and the manage
ment. This first meeting is pure window
dressing The demands are formally pre
sented and an equally formal reply is made
for the management. This satisfies the un
ion members that their demands have been
given consideration. Then the business
agent for the union and the negotiator for
the employers council get down to brass
tacks. -.-
Negotiation for management is not carried
dateline.
"Berlin Statements made by Colonel John
Hay Whitney, American banker, after he
was taken prisoner throw an interesting
light on the American conduct of the war
in France. IIB has received the following
extract from a report on the questioning of
this American, Whitney, a prisoner-of-war,
which took place on August 13.
"Situation in northern France the colonel
who throughout the questioning was very
reticent, became later very talkative and
jolly in the company of other captured off i
cers. He played poker with them and
talked, among other things, about military
and political questions. The discussion then
turned to the situation in northern France.
This was the most remarkable of his utter
ances: " 'On August 20, the U. S. First army,.qon
centrated at Vernon as focal point, was sup
posed to ford a crossing over the Seine. In
view of the disorderdly condition in the Ger
man rear, it was expected that a quick thrust
would be possible, and at least nine German
divisions would be cut off. According to
American caluelations, resistance on the Ger
man northern flank would then completely
collapse, and the way would be open through
Belgium into Holland.'
"Changed orders Colonel Whitney em
phasized that this plan was cancelled at the
last minute on orders from the highest au
thority (meaning President Roosevelt), and
the focal point was shifted to the right flank
so as to encircle Paris from the south. In
his opinion, this was a complete mistake be
cause a delay of at least ten days was un
avoidable. "Political reasons He has the impression,
which was shared by many high American
officers, that, quite intentionally and for po
pitical reasons, offensive operations were
stopped. In the course of a later discussion,
Whitney mentioned the name of General
Patton who, if he likes to admit it, knows
very well why the thrust at Vernon was not
carried out."
Lincoln-Roosevelt Birthdays
The question of making Feb. 12, Lincoln's
birthday, a national holiday has now been
put up to the senate by North Dakota's Sen
ator Langer in a manner difficult to dodge.
Hitherto, southern legislators have opposed
any national holiday for the Civil war presi
dent, but when Senator Downey of Califor
nia introduced a bill to make Jan. 30, Roose
velt's birthday, a national holiday, Langer
immediately introduced the Lincoln birthday
bill and insisted that the judiciary commit-'
tee could not report one out without the
other. Both bills will probaly die in committee.
Others promise to take care of a victory
garden. Or to keep the landlord's dog dur
ing their stay in his house. Or even to give
up their own dog.
Others hold out the lure of being "perma
nent civilians."
Others brag they have no children in a
manner that conveys they wouldn't think of
having any, if it made them less desirable
as renters.
Still others get references from former
landlords to prove they don't break up furn
iture, disturb the neighbors, and always pay
their rent on time.
And in return, what do they demand to
know of the personal life of the landlord?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
If he has a house or apartment to rent,
he's the boss. At least for the duration.
on by the employer but by one of a half
dozen staff negotiators employed by the
council. These negotiator are not lawyers
because usually the unions don't trust law
yers. Negotiators are just smart fellows
with good personalities, having the hack of
establishing confidence of the unions and
conciliating differences .between employer
and employee.
So experienced have the San Francisco
employers council negotiators become in the
last five years that many times new on
tracts have been agreed to at the second
meeting. Sometimes negotiation is reduced
to less delay than that. A union business
agent in presenting new demands will say
in effect, "On this sheet of paper is what
we're asking for, but on this other sheet is
what we'll take." If the "what we'll take"
is satisfactory to management, the contract
is signed then and there.
No stenographic records arc kept on any
meeting, but negotiators make full notes
which are always referred to in determin
ing intent whenever any controversy arises
from a giie ance after the contract is signed.
Servicing these contracts settling the dis
putes that inevitably arise in all labor rela
tions provides one of the most useful func
tions the council performs. Of equal import
ance is the job which the council does in
representing employers before the war labor
board, manpower ommission, national labor
relations board, wage and salary stabiliza
tion units, and state labor agencies.
In all this collective action for employers
there is no intent to break the unions. The
San Francisco employers council got over
that when it realized the Wagner act is here
to stay. But in taking a lot of the grief of
labor relations off the neck of individual
management and reducing labor negotiation
to sound busincw methods, collective bar
gaining has teen dignified and it is now ac
cepted by the unions.
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"George lays hell be the first one in town to bitf a television let
he wants to see what sort of fumy looking people sing those soap
commercials!" ,
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By WM. E. McKENNEY. America'! Cart Authority
REFUSAL TO OVER
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When Sgt. Phil Abramsohn,
one of the country's outstanding
life masters who is now stationed
at Grenier Field, Manchester, N.
H., teaching blind flying in the
air transport command, was in
town the other day, he said:
"Now West could have beaten me
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The opening lead- was won
with the ace. Due to the fact
that Abramsohn had a freak
hand, lie expected freak distribu
tions in the other hands. He
realized that if he tried to get
back to his hand, by leading a
club, several accidents might
Questions & Answers
Q What is the oil production
of the island of Tarakan, off the
coast of Borneo, for which the
Australians are fighting?
A More than 10,000,000 bar
rels annually.
Q What is the longest air
freight line in the world?
A That maintained by the air
service command between Pat
terson field, Ohio, and India. It
is 15,000 miles.
Q What was the largest pas
senger vessel ever built in the
United States?
A The SS America, put in
service in July, 1940. It now is
a navy transport, the USS West
Point.
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happen; jnsted, he returned the
four of heart. West won the trick
with the queei and led back an
other heart wich East trumped
with the eight'pf spades.
Now, here ft the nice play.
Abramsohn reused to over
trump, becauat if he did, he
would lose tha contract ' -He dis
carded a losei on a loser. He
threw away his nine of diamonds.
When East tried to cash the king
of diamonds, he trumped it with
a little spade, pfckcd up the trump
and made his contract, even
though West held five trump. If
West had cashed his club ace and
shifted to a diamond when he
was in, he would have defeated
the contract. ' 1
O IN FORMER
YEARS 7
30 Years Ago, June 9
Claude C. Cato, county farm
expert, was conducting examina
tions for employees of ; cream
eries, in compliance with the new
creamery law. Each creamery
was required to have at least one
employe who could pass an ex,
: amination for fitness to properly
test for butter-fat.
Lester Stoddard, who had been
attending the Utah Agricultural
college at Salt Lake, returned
home.
IS Years Ago, June 9
Elmer Moon left for Oakland,
Calif., to visit relatives for about
two weeks.
Phiilip Walnum left for his
home in Yakima after spending
a week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Y. Walnum.
Mi's. Harry Gibson returned
from Pendleton where she spent
a week visiting her daughter,
Mrs. N. D. Johnson.
10 Years Ago, June 9
Two double decks of lambs
were sold here to Couper Broth
ers of Weiser, to ship to the Den
ver market, bringing $7.30 a hun
dred, live weight. This is the
highest price received for lambs
since June, 1934, when two cars
were sold to the same company
for $7.75.
Crystal Plunge swimming pool
opened with a larg-3 crowd pres
ent. The pool was open Tues
day's and Thursday's . without
charge.
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