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Side Glances 11 1 Washington EDITORIAL PAGE By DREW PEAHSON ii s II a ind (., av .1. J 1 J La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publiaher WEDNESDAY EVENING. JUNK 20, 1915 Pnjre 1'our- My, My! What Beautiful Teeth It Has! ( IheVre Sure ) MAXIM1 IT lODGM I M3RA6uyTO f I' . . EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Valley imitation project. LA GRANbV' A city of 10,000 Extend the city limits. TODAY'S TEXT And whoso I'nlleth not (loVifl, and wor shippclh shall the same hour he cast into the midst of n nurnintr fiery fur nace. Daniel 15 :G. THOUGHT FOR TODAY There's no art to find the mind's con st ruction in the face. Shakespeare. Come For Hi Union county war finance committee niemhcrs, appraising the bond purchas ing situation, are convinced that unless Union county K limitl buyers, largo and small, put forth an unusual effort al. cooperation the seventh war loan quota will not be reached. This is the first lime in the entire history of the six previous war loan campaigns thai, the situation has ap peared s jienl. In advertising and publicity the eommillee is frankly slal inir its position anil appealing to the citizens of this rtiunty for help. That help must be forthcoming from 'di I d buyers, large and small; those who have purchased bonds up to their quota and particularly those who have not yet taken act ion. However, l.'i I buyers must come forth who will buy al least one if I. lit Ml K bond al a issue price of $7;'ii. Funny Husinvss l'robably everyone of these buyers will have already purchased bonds to what they consider their limit. This is a critical time, however, a time for re appraisement of the situation. At least 13-1 such persons must come forth to buy that additional bond they felt they couldn't buy. There is one surety in the situation. This county, which has .won, praise, inv campaign" after campaign for splendid effort must not fail now. If it does, the responsibility will fall on its citizens and it will be they who will bear the stigma of failure. In every campaign, citizens have been .exhorted not to let down boys in military service. Such an appeal may not carry the weight it once did. Wo shall hale, how ever, to have to explain to 'the boys mopping up on Okinawa and gathering in the Paeil'ie for the final push that when ihe big test came, Union county couldn't meet it. u Vote For School llotuls Northeast Oregon is reminded that the proposition to be balloted on this coming I'Viday, June 22, is an important one. To vote $10,111 in.iioi) of surplus income lax monies already in hand for Ihe con struction of necessary college buildings and state institution buildings vote Vi:.S on lidOX. If this money is not now expended for this highly necessary purpose, it may be dissipated for less necessary purposes. Vole Friday and Vide YES on :5i MIX. The future of Eastern Oregon college depends on it. o SO THEY SAY If you're n hay fever victim don't io;i m about looking for a haven, tveausc ttirre is no such place as long as you are allergic. Dr. Honavcntiira Jiminr., Uni versity of Michigan. Tlic average American knows that peacetime conscript ion can only mean preparation for win with Hus'sia. 1. 1. Col. Hoseoe S. Gonkliu, New- York City. lion i.n.. !M,jXfy- m ..1 oil - "I dunnol Ho plunked room himself dc5?0 an' 3y. 3(tvr, I bet riff) rci)on(0,P'UQ?"iJ'" U 0 If the win- keeps lining in our favor Hie army .should be utile to return 10 to 12 billion dollars to the treasury next year. Hep. J. Huell Snyder, Pcunsyl- vaniaQ It is I nt easy for anyone to get into Stalin's mind, yo as far as .ii 'ii.' can make out, Stalin thinks that the QDnc minister (Winston Churchill) is n broth of a boy. Stalin doesn't like (S)m;m who lives (in, nuts and soda wa WASHINGTON President Truman got some unexpected but welcome words from nn old political enemy when GOP congress man Everett Dirksen of Illinois dropped in to sec him following Dirksen's recent inspec tion trip around the world. ; The big Illinois congressmaa himself a candidate for the Republican nomination, had received several thousand dollars of campaign contributions from hil home con stituents which he proposed returning to them. But they proposed that he use it to study U. S. foreign relations abroad. Returning from that trip Dirksen conclud ed that the biggest problem wc face is win ning the peace after the war and hiring the right kind of diplomats (with mough pay) to do it. Dropping in to sec President Tru man, Dirksen said: "You were a wagon soldier in the last war, Mr. President. So was I. (Bath were in horse-drawn field artillery). We don't have much conception of how modern wart'aie operates. But wc do know something of what our boys have gone through, and we've got to make sure that these who have taken it on the chiri.havc not done it in vain." "You speak my language," replied Tru man, listening intently. "Why don't yu get a $100,uM,U00 appro priation fog;ll(c slate department," Dirksen continued, ,!and build up a system of Ameri can diplomacy strong enough to represent this country? That's the first step in win ning the peace after the war. We've got to hire good diplomats and give them the means of support. "I am for economy," Dirksen vent on. "In fact, I have opposed a lot of spending on the part of the Roosevelt administration. But 1 consider a strong stale department to lie one of the best investments this nation can make." President Truman replied that there was a great deal in what the Illinois congress man said. Foreign affairs, he continued, was one thing he was working on hardest; and he hinted, without exactly saying so, that he was giving stale department reorganiza tion a lot of consideration. I Canol Pipe Line One thing Senator Horner Ferguson of Michigan likes to remind certain army offi cers about is Canol the fabulously expen sive oil and refinery project the army put up in Canada but never operated. This was the pel project of Gen. Brehon Somervell, head of army service forccj. Just before he left for Europe last month. Senator Ferguson bumped into General Somervell In Washington. The senator winced a bit from the general's handshake, and Somervell began to kid him about not being tough enough to stand the various shots in the arm which alii travelers bound for Europe or the Pacific must take. "How much blood did yob lose, senator?" Somervell asked. , "Hardly any," Ferguson replied. "And those shots really don't bother md too much. You sec, they didn't give me very large shots. They just put into my arm all the oil the army's been able to get from Canol." The general changed the subject." . OWI Sabotage While Republican dichards in congress are doing their best to axe funds for the office of war information, Gen, Robert McClurc of the psychological warfare board was as signed OWI additional work in the post-war setup for Germany. A recent cable from General McClurc reads: "OWI will be expected to continue to furnish the following: "1. Special newsreel compilations and documentary films, including weekly news reels or newsreel material. "2. Magazines and booklet.! especially pre pared for distribution in Germany as ap proved by U. S. or requested by U. S. (the atrocities pamphlets is an example.) "3. Radio programs from the Voice of America and from such large continental transmitters outside of Germany which come under U. S. control. The stations in the U. S. zone will carry these as relays. "4. To make available world news for the newspapers which arc published in Germany by us. Sometime later, when German pa pers arc licensed, a source of world news will be needed until a German news agency is organized to service them. "5. Photagraphic exhibits and such other services as may be needed. "The information control section, U.' S. group control council, the PWB SHAEF arc depending on OWI for these IT. S. services, and hope that OWI will be able to continue to supply them." Despite all this, GOP dichards are deter mined to cut the heart out of OWI. Capitol Chaff Senator Tydings' friends say he has vari ous explanations for his unexpected quick return from the Philippines after he expect ed to stay five weeks. Only trouble is the explanations conflict. One explanation is I hat Tydings had to bring back a peace offer from the Japs. Another is that he was act ing as special emissary to Washington from MacArthur. Another is that he had immed iate work to do in Washington on the ques tion of Philippine independence .... Dip lomats lifted their eyebrows when U. S. Am bassador Adolf Berle flew up from his post in Brazil at the exact time Secretary Stet tinius was in San Francisco. Most diplomats report when the secretary of state is present, not absent. However, Berle has never forgiven Stcttinius for fir ing him as assistant secretary when he was in the middle of the Chicago aviation con ference . WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT The soldier from Kentucky was home on leave. A neighbor with no men in her fam ily in service, realizing how much the use of a car would mean to him, turned her car over to him for Ihe length of his leave, while she did her marketing and errands on foot. That is Ihb kind of real neighborliness and friendliness that the men from Europe spending leaves in this country before going on to the Pacific, are bound to appreciate. It is more to the point than pretty speeches or rvenings of being lionized by local citi zens. It is better than giving parties for service men or asking them to speak at' luncheons. The use of a car is, of course, just one of the many ways in which outsiders could help to make the servicemen's leaves in this country more pleasant. Tlic wife or mother cooking for a serv iceman who has dreamed of home-cooked meals harried by a lack of, red points would certainly appreciate the gift of points for a pound of bacon or a roast from some family without a returned serviceman to cook for. The serviceman with a baby or several small children at home would certainly en joy his leave more if his wife were'nt com pletely lied down. Offering to keep the kids, while the husband and wife go out at night or have a day away from home, would be about the most thoughtful way of making a young father welcome home. There are lots of ways the neighbors could help the returning servicemen have happier leaves it they really put their minds lo it. Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evoning ObnerTer Waihlngton Correipondenl ord Bi(erbrook's London Daily Express. -. - v WASHINGTON Secretary of War Henry b. Stimsnn said that his weekly press con ference ivvicw was exceedingly dull but he might as well go through with it. It was and he did. Hut I hen he iiitrndurcd his guest star. General George S. Pattnn liiutsvlf and things picked up. The general had sal all through Ihe read ing of Ihe war review with the corners of his mouth turned way down, staring sourly over his four stars and five rows of ribbons. Hut when he look the chair, up went the corners of his mouth, magnificent crowfoot wrinkles dittoed the big grin, and his brown berry eyes sparkled in the middle of his pink face and white-fringed balding head. He wore three rings, tw-o on his left hand, one on his riiiht. His voice was surprisingly Soft. He started lo talk about tanks; Tanks, he said, were nothing but armored anil armed infantry. In the infantry von had the sipiad and jn the tanks you had Ihe crew. Tlic tanks enabled Die soldiers to ar rive at the scene of battle less fatigued, and they enabled the soldiers to carry tw o blank els instead of one. Also, if the soldier got his feet wet. he could dry his shoes over the exhaust pipe. q tbK KVitcfal said he tlntfjtt there was(a sorVof fitv-e instinct that made people aTraid of tanks. They used to be afraid of sabre toothed tiller) and dinosaurs and things like tl. and so now when they saw a tank com ii(f)thcy thought, "my gowints), hc.'cVotucs a(Sibre-toothed tiger," and they ran lut)i$5) 0"'yiy o Birf tanks, (h)'nid. enabled armies lo break thnxigh cnw.uy. 'fines to si an advantage .fas ! .. "v: , " iy i m t-ji COMI. IMl V WE SCRVICF. INC." T. M. WCO. U. 8. PAT. OFF. "I'm making money but I feel like a war profiteer I tell 'em if they hire me to wash their windows those service stars will show up better!" o McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority DUMMY GETS NAME FROM OUR SYLVIA Have you met Sylvia in ir.v column? You know, Sylvia is the girl who always makes the wrong pliy according lo rule, but it always works out best for her. The bidding was a little opti mistic on today's hand, but South figured he needed a slam to break even for the rubber. K 1090 3 A 95 A85 486 AQJ752 VK.16 1)7 KQJ N W E S Dealer AG VQ 1083 43 10971 32 ' A4 742 K Q J 10 0 2 AS Rubber Both vul. South West North I I Double 3 Pass 3 3 N. T. Pass 4 6 Pass Pass Opening K. Kast Pass Pass Pass Pass 21 Well, l won Mje.wejihg club caa with" the-, ace, took two rounds of diamonds which picked up the trump and then cashed his ace of spades. The four of spades was next led and, of course, the natural thing to do is for West to split the. honors. Otherwise, the declarer will fi nesse the ten spot and discard Ihe losing five of clubs on the good king of spades. But not Sylvia. She plays low. The ten spot was finessed, the king of spades then led an dthe club discarded. But how was the declarer going to get rid of her two hearts? If Sylvia had split her honors, the declar er would have won with the king, led te ten of spades and simply discarded the losing five of clubs. Now he had two good spades in dummy on which to discard the two losing hearts IN FORMER YEARS 15 Years Ago Summer school activities at Eastern Oregon college got under way, with the enrollment in the summer session already exceeding the total for- the first. .S weeks of the 1920 summer session. Rain, falling in La Grande Id the, extent of .4 inch during tho night brought mingled comments jKrftfb valley residents. Farmers -"with hay cut were ' displeased, while grain men and others with growing crops beginning to suf fer from a lack of moisture wel comed the downpour. W) and. keep-the enemy Qiining. If you're a prizefighter as he and General Surlcs once were bowing to the war department's di rector of public relations you know that when you get a man on his heels you can lick him. Jf he can get back on his toes, or if he can put lemon juice in his mouth and ice on his head between rounds, it's a lot harder. But if you keep him on his heels he just naturally keeps on going over back ward further and further until you bury him. Secretary Stimson had introduced Patton as a cavalryman. The general said if he had a little cavalry in Tunisia and Italy, the bag of prisoners would have been a lot bigger. He figured it like this: If a man can go N number of miles an hour on foot, he can go N plus one miles if he's retreating. But if you go after him at N plus three miles an hour on horseback, you just naturally over take a lot more. Patlon said he did have a little cavahy in Africa at that. Nine hundred men mount ed on jackasses and bulls and burros and such things. But what amazed the general was how ignorant most Americans are about animals. They can all drive an automobile but they can't saddle a horse lo save their lives. Under Stimson's prodding. Patton told about his Rhine crossings. The Rhine was supposed to be a bogeyman, Patton said, and tho Germans sang songs about it to give it a build-up. Hut one of his divisions crossed at the Lorelei rocks to capture the Rhine gcW. and another built a bridge across the Kliine in a day less time than Llabiniu had done it for Caesar's tenth legion, while two eth)r div.lsJOns had got across on barges so quietly that one major said the only thing he missed on the moonlight ride was a pretty FACTORY-METHOD RECAPPING CAII SME MM TIRES! 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