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IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
Ronde Valley irrigation project.
LA GRANDE A city of 10,000
Extend the city limits.
TODAY'S TEXT
This is my conwmndment, That ye
love one Another, 11s 1 have loved you.
John 15:12.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
, Men have less lively perception of
good thnn of evil. Livy.
Wrong Actor
' Senator Rny Willis of Indiana was
' quoted the other day as saying that the
OPA, instead of "holding the price
line," is "shrinking the waistline."
That isn't n bad summing up of the
congressional case against the price
' ngency. In fact, it's a pretty neat ex
ample of the senatorial epigram, which
occasionally is on the ponderous side.
There's only one trouble, as we see it.
Senator Willis wasn't the right man to
utter It.
The gentleman from Indiana is a poor
advertisement of OPA's villainous in
eptitude, lie has one of the least
shrunk-loohing waistlines in the hciihUv.
And while his accusation may be true,
we fear that his solid presence robs it
of some persuasiveness.
So we hope the next lime Mr. Willis
conceives a similar sally, ho will seek
out some senatorial Cassius with a loan
and hungry look to deliver it. Mr. Cap
per of Kansas, for instance, could talk
convincingly of shrinking waistlines. So
could Mr. Ball of Minnesota. But Mr.
Willis may have defeated his purpose
by his performance. The script was
good, but the casting was all wrong.
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Policing Lend-Lease
On the day that the foreign economic
administration announced a sharp cur
tailment in the lend-lease program to
France, the army newspaper Stars and
Stripes reported that French flyers in
American lend-leased bombers had caiv
ried out obliterating raids on Arab vil
lages in Algerin.
Apparently there was no connection
between the two announcements. Never
theless, it is good to know that usage
of lend-lease materials is now being
scrutinized closely. With Germany
beaten, lend-lease comes under the head
ing of expedient altruism. It is right
that this country should know Its ulti
mate use.
France's disheartening use of arms
contributed to the common defense
should servo to sharpen the vigilance of '
lend-lease authorities.
But No Nylons
A recent Soviet development, while
scarcely in the Marx-Lenin tradition,
will, we predict, advance the popularity
muT enhance the attractiveness of com
munism in the eyes of Americans par
ticularly American women.
A Moscow factory has started manu
facturing women's high-grade Bilk
stockings.
Funny Business
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Side Glances
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher ; .
. ... Page Two
o SO THEY SAY
I understand that In another
two or three weeks you might
us we II slay home unless you hold
ii No. 2 airplane priority.
Transportation Director J. Mon
roe Johnson.
My experience as chkf Execu
tive of governmental offices has
taught me that there Is no limit
to the amount of money that pub
lie officials arc capable of spend
ing. Gov. Frank Launch?, Ohio.
"Ha didn't finish lho chapter quick enough. irl"
It would be futile for lit to neck
repayment for the total cost of
our war cftoti.
Ambassador Sdtt'in. W. Pauley,
President Truman's personal
representative 6n allied repara
tions committee.
We must never forget for an
instant that we're still at war
with J.ipan and must beat her.
That done, I sec no problems that
(he American people cannot lick.
U.-Grn. William S. Knudson.
after return to Chilian fife.
i WAfimifUiun nar ry , rruman nas now
:-..Pn. J?reipd!nt . pf.the ynited States for a
little ove'riwo months two of the most his
toric months in the nation's history, .These
. two months are sufficient to get a fairly
accurate gauge of how the new president
Is going to "function for. the rest of his term.
On the surface there is a hew atmosphere
in,the Whlte House when you walk into it
these days."" If, for instance, you drop in on
White House Secretary Charlie Ross, he Is
cordial, courteous, but Tsrlef, There Is ho in-
-.vAWAOU own tod gbSsIp....Tnls' biisl-,
neJsltke -atmosphere prevails throughout the I
entire Whhje House staff.
If jyou go on' in to see R6sss boss, you get
in on time. There are few waits. And the
little man on the other side of the big broad
shiny desk listens intently. He wants to .hear
what his visitors have to say. There are two
definite innovations. ,
Gone are the days when big shots call-
. ing on Roosevelt would fret and fume dur
ing an hour's wait, then, after spending half
an hour with him, go out and brag that they
had spent an hour and a half "at. the White
House." With Truman you are allotted a cer
tain number of minutes, and he holds to ,
that schedule.
' Moreover, you can make the most of your
'allotted . time. Truman is anxious to listen.
Roosevelt on the other hand, did most of
the talkin himself. Visitors had to Inter
rupt forcefully to put across their ideas.
Qood Domaittc Admlnlitrator
Truman gives the Impression of having a
firm grasp jon all domestic problems. He
knows them thoroughly undoubtedly bet- ,
terthan. Franklin Roosevelt during his lat
ter yinra, When he was devoting all his time
.. to the warA' . , ' .', ,.
bhe of Truman's frequent replies to' call
ers when they urge sanction on some special
Idea is: .. .
"I realize that. But it takes time to. do
all these things, and seldom have so many
important things confronted us all at 'one
time. I'll ;get around to that just as soon
as I can."y ,
, One thing that worries him most is our
foreign affairs. The new president frankly
realizes it 4s his main Weakness. He docs
not have Roosevelt's international back
ground, therefore has to rely almost wholly
on his diplomats.
TrUman's method of running the govern
. mcnt is that of picking good men and glv
' ing them free rein. This 'Is a good system,
and we coUld have had more of it in tire
past. But it breaks down when the presi
dent is not sure he can rely on the men
picked to perform the most important job
we now face building up the peace after
the war . Truman told "Stottlrilus, ' for in
stance, that he was to be hlp.owji boss "at
San Francisco. But he fpundjth,arstjttin
jus called him on the phone once oir twice
a day to get His approval of, jalnios every
decision. . . .' U . 1 ''"
'Firts His Fritnda'' vv-(
Unlike Roosevelt, Truman ;dqes not&e'sl
. tate to fire a man who doesn't produce.;;; He.
let Leonard Reinsch go back to his radio job
hi, Atlanta the day after he handled himself
badly" In a press conference. He transferred-1
"Ed ward R. 'McKim, his .administrative .' aj- -SistEUit,
after it .became kntwj.that the gen,.,
'.m anil likeable MaKiml seemed too' en
grossed in Mrs. "Hoj& Diamond" McLean's
dinner parties and the 'social whirl of Wash
ington. ' , .. . ,-;
Politicbs on Capitol, Hill credit , Truman
with one political error 'so iar-7-hls letter to
the house rules committee asking it to vote
, out the fair employment practices bf 11, bit
terly opposed by southern legislators. Writ
ing a letter of this kind .to a congressional
committee went further than most Roose
velt 'attempts to influence congress, .and
members of the rules committee resented it.
However, if Truman' erred politically,; he
did not err when it came to carrying 'out
party pledges. He put himself squarely be
hind a promise he made during the cam
paign, vhile' Republican congressional' lead
er's, having made a similar pledge, welched.
:if Final Impression you. get of Truman dur
ing this trial heat is that he has been work
ing under tremendous pressure, is tired and
heeds the rest me will now enjoy with his
61 friend, Governor Mon Wallgren,' in Olym
pia, Wash. All of which makes it even more
miraculous that Franklin Roosevelt held but
physically as ipng'ahd as well as he did.
( . .. Senators Rulad Norway .
Less than three weeks ago, young Senator
Hugh Mitchell of Washington had the unique
distinction bf being the highest civil author
ity in Norway. "Opposition leader" of Nor
way was Micigan's Republican Senator Ho
mer Ferguson. , . '
The two senators, arriving in Norway to
investigate surplus property for the. head
committee, drove from their dock to Oslo's
famed Hotel Bristol. All along the way they
were astonished to see fully armed Nazi sol
diers strolling about freely. Several hun
dred thousand armed Nazis they discovered,
were still in Norway with no one to accept
their surrender.
The Norwegian government was due to
return shortly, and until their arrival, Sen
ator Mitchell as a Democratic senator of a
government to which Germany had surren
dered was the highest civil official there.
Since Norwegian party lines are not yet fully
redrawn, Ferguson, a Republican, was en
titled to be called the "opposition leader."
WE, THE WOMEN
Br RUTH MJLLETT
There may be a tip in this little story for
you, Mrs. America.
When asked If she would go back to work
for the Trumans at their summer White
House in Missouri, the Negro cook who had
worked for them for 18 years, thinks they
arc fihe, people and Is mighty proud of them,
answered, "I don't know . 1 . They've got
an old fashioned Ice box and I don't sup
pose they'll ever got an electric refrigerator."
So, if even the distinction of working for
the president's family Isn't enough to make
a cook willing to put up with a piece of kit
chen equipment she doesn't like the rest
of us had' better do most of our post-war
planning around the kitchen instead of the
living room.
What djjes it matter to a maid how import
ant a family Is socially if their kitchen lsh't
an easy place to work in?
And what difference does It make that the
living room is a modern decorator's dream
if the kitchen hasn't , been renovated in 20
years?
What does the cook care about the big car
the family drive, if she has to walk her legs
off getting a meal on the table?
There is one fact, though, that makes it
seem that women in the future will pay move
attention to the convenience of their kit
chens than they did in the. days when house
hold help was plentiful.
Most housewives have become well ac
quainted with their own kitchens during the
war years. They know now all the . little
inconveniences and how annoying they can
be. So they'll be likely to do something
about them as soon as they can.
Behind Scenes in Washington
ByETER ED80N, La Grand Ertntag Obtarvar Washington Correspondent
T-!
WASHINGTON Biggest difference be
tween Truman and Roosevelt, say some of
the recent official business callers at the
White House, is that Truman doesn't do all
the talking, listens to what his visitors have
to say. Another marked difference is that
officials who used to pass the buck on their
hottest problems, laying them on Roosevelt's
desk for settlement, are now told in effect
that Ihey were hired as cooks, not as waiters,
so they should start doing their own cooking.
World war I general of the armies, John
J. Pershing, was invited to the White House
ceremonies in honor of world war II general
of the armies, Dwight D. Eisenhower, but
had to decline. His health is considered
good for his age he will be 85 In Septem
ber but he is not considered strong enough
to undergo public functions. Even General
George S. Palton did not see, Pershing when
"Old Blood and Guts" went to visit the
wounded at Walter Reed hospital, where
"Black Jack" now lives simply in small
quarters. In the last war, Eisenhower and
Pattnn were just a couple of other majois
in the infant tank corps.
Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes held
hearings the Other day on establishment of
the Parker River national wildlife refuge in
Massachusetts, and quite a delegation of
Now England blue ribbons came down to
protest. One claimed his ancestors had
hunted the land for 200 years and another
said his ancestor had hunted it for 300 years.
Finally one witness declared he waai opposed
to the whole game sanctuary idea because
his forefather had been on this land for
1,000 years. That stopped Ickes cold.
"You don't understand. Sir," the witness
uxptoined, "I'm an Indian."
Ickes snorted. "If your ancestors were able
t keep the ancestors of those other persons
prcient from taking the land away all this
time, you certainly deserve special consider
ation." Ickes is head bf the office of indian af
fairs, as well as the fish and wildlife ser
vice. .
General Omar N. Bradley got lost in the '
veterans building maze the other day, and
so got a, foretaste of what's in store for him
when he returns to Washington to take over
as veterans administrator. Just after he
got his apointmcnt, Bradley said he wanted
to walk through the veterans' building
alone, to size things up. But when he had
been, gone an hour, friends phoned the build
ing and started guards on a search. Twenty
minutes later they found him wandering in
a distant corridor, apparently too embar
rassed to ask his way out. General Bradley
is understood to have accepted the veterans'
job only oh condition that it would be a
temporary assignment. 'After the bureau
is modernized, Bradley wants to go back
.to active service. He is now in Europe
turning over his command, and won't return
to Washington for another 60 days or so.
Brigadier General B. M. Bryan, jr., assist
ant to the provost marshal general in charge
of German prisoners of war in the United
States, tells how the first nazis arriving at
a southern camp accused the guards of hav
ing the same cars driven up and down the
road just to impress the prisoners, with the
fact that everyone in this country owned
an automobile. The camp was near a war
plant, and the PW's couldn't otherwise ex
plain why there should be so many cars on
the road at shift changing time. "With
typical teutonic throughness," says General
Bryan "they check the license plates, yilhen
they did realize that all were different fin
ally admitted everyone in this country did
own a car an thkt vW wefe telling them the
truth."
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"Her face is so free from strain you'd never guess she Was keep
ing a maidr
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By WM. B. McKENNEY, America'! Card Authority
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NINE-TEN COMBO
, Helen Kelly, who was one of
the co-chairmen of our national
tournament at Atlantic City last
year, wrote me an interesting let
ter telling me that her son, Jack
Kelly III, who is only 16 years
of age, came in second recently
playing with James Reilley, jr., a
man of 60.
You know, the modern young
ster is rather optimistic and I
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Kelly's opening bid of three no
trump displayed a fair amount
of optimism. However, I like
the way he made the contract
after he got into six no trump.
He decided that he was going to
play the queen over the jack, so
he led a small club and finessed
dummy's ten spot. When it held
he came back with the queen of
hearts. Now, this in the proper
play of this combination of cards
Questions &' Answers
Q What Is so unusual about
the flag of New York City?
A Colors , are Dutch blue,
white and orange in perpendicu
lar bars, the same which floated
over Manhattan more than 300
years ago.
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when holding the. tqn., nine. ,. .,
Finesse of the queen lost to the
king and West returned another
spade. Young Kelly .won .this
with the ace,, and .led .the jack
of clubs. West covered.' with the
queen and dummy's king won the
trick. Now came ..the ten , of
hearts. East's singleton jack
covered. Declarer won with the
ace and now, of course!. ad 'he
balance of the tricks.
O IN FORMER
YEARS
. . 30 Years Ago '
Joe, Wq Iters of Milwaukee,
Wis., winner of the Phoenix
motorcycle race, defeated Otto
Walker, international"" long-dis-;
tance motorcyclist of .Milwaukee,
on the Mt, Glen ,sp,cpd.way. j.A (
large crowd bf Union county resi
dents, and many . .visitors wit
nessed the event.
A team, belonging :to one of
the local garbage collectors, be
came frightened and ran down
Spring street and around the cor-,..ncr-:
qf .Sixth tp. penil;'. avenue jf
where they ran into a telephone
pole, throwing one .otiithe horses
and demolishing the iwagon.
15 Years Agqi. .
Dr. Ray F. Murphy" returned
from Portland where "hC was rc
elected, president idfi Jhe stale '
board of dental examiners. :
Herbert Evans, prrridipal of the
Riveria school, left .for Portland,
to attend summrtr' school. Ho
was accompanied by .jrs. Evans
and their baby. . !'q(i ,'
Mrs. Julius Rocsch., left with
a motor caravan fqrI Pocatello,
Idaho to attend a hotel conven
tion.
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Q How does Iran rank as an
oil-producing nation?
A In 1340 it ranked fourth.
Its wells average 210,000 barrels
a day. . .
Q What is the origin of the
. name Gordon?
A From the Gaelic and Welsh,
meaning a fine man or a strong
man.
10 Years Agp.'1( . .
Miss Grace . Scully Ow gnl to
Olympia to take ..alwo-weck
course of training .for.wimming
instructors. "
Mrs. Ed Jasper .and children,
Don, Edna, Jean and jjVIary, re
turned to their horne in the
Valeria district after having lived
in La Grande during ,t(ic school
year. , 'c,'.r, . .
Mr. and . Mrs. Miles-- Woodell
have returned to thttfrihome in
the Dry Crcek'heig'libl(ood'from,
McMinnville where? tlcy repre
sented the Pleasant urbve grange
at the 1935 meeting of the state
grange.
This Curious World
ARTHQUAS
OCCUK SOMEWHERE
AROUND THE GLOBE
AT THE RATE OF ABOUT
8,000
1 dSB ?r.
T. M. MO. U- . PAT. OFF, 9 lj A
puototgr Octet it;)' ,."
"NOrALL POPULAR SON&S ARE 1 I 1 I
POPULAR," I Jc5s H I
AtRS. DONIS DUNHAM, ! ) llUlUJ
IP A MAN ANDAVffE HAD
ix children
they covlo give the earth
ITS PRESENT POFjULATtON IN
9 GtMVATrOMf, WITH NO
COUPLE HAVIN& AORE THAN
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