I EDITORIAL PAGE'
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
THURSDAY ICVICNlNtt, JUNE 21, 1945
Page I'our-
What Maketh the Borneo Wild Man Wild?
EVENING OBSERVER'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
' Ronde Valley irrigation project.
(.A GRANDE A city of 10,000
. . , . Extend the city limits.
Music for the Soldier
The, art of music has always meant
much to the soldier. For centuries it
has urged him into huttlo with fife and
pipe and drum, and its less martial
strains have offered him a brief escape
from the bleakness and irrimness of
war.
The soldier in this war has been no
different. Music has been important in
keeping up morale. The first parachute
of supplies dropped on Attu in the Aleu
tions carried, besides food and other
absolute necessities, a phonograph and
a set of records.
Musical equipment lias accompanied
the American soldiers and sailor into
every theater of operations. And al
most any serviceman will tell you that
it has helped to make life a little more
livable.
Much of this equipment has been is
sued by the services themselves. Hut a
great deal of it has been contributed by
the National Federation of Music clubs
in the course of a modestly unpublicized
program now four years old.
The National Federation of Music
clubs is made up of hundreds of corn
unity groups, the harmony clubs and
matinee nuisicales and such that . are
found in almost every town in the coun
try. In the summer of 19ll they began
sending instruments' and entertainers
to army camps and navy bases 'here at
home,-sometimes flying small pianos. by
cargo planes to the more remote instal
lations. ... ' . , ' ' ' ' '"
With the start of the war, the feder
ation gave to each out-going transport
a portable phonograph and a consign
ment of records. Often these gave the
men the only music they had to relieve
the monotony and anxiety of a black
out voyage on which even radio listen
ing was prohibited.
Later the federation equipped outgo
ing battalions with enough instruments
to make up hillbilly bands, since cargo
limitations at that time did not permit
the shipping of larger instruments. And
as casualties began coming home in in
creasing numbers, these musical dona
tions were broadened.
Today each hospital ship receives
from the federation a kit of instruments
and song books, four phonographs, 100
popular records, and sets of classical
and religious records.
All told, the clubs of the federation
have. raised $80,0(10 for their work and
sent a million and a quarter articles of
musical equipment to the fighting for
ces at home and abroad. And though
they have donated plenty of drums and
bugles, the clubs have been too busy to
play many fanfares and flourishes on
their own behalf. So a little belated
recognition of their generosity seems
entirely in order.
Funny Business
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0 SO THEY SAY
Unless wo maintain what Lord
Mouton called "obedience to tin'
unenforceable," our free society
wil I suffer the increasing en
croachment of statutory legisla
tion and governmental regulation
until wo are as rigidly regiment
cd as till' dictatorships which wo
havo defeated.
IV. Hulph W. Sockntan. chap
lain. New York university.
Germany really felt this war.
1 saw all of the Huhr and most uf
it was destroyed. In one town
I saw there was nothing lift
standing more tllm wtiist-high
for HI miles around.
Hep. l.yle Uoivn, Oklahoma.
So far as wo have influence in
all these (Balkan) lands it will
he to do idl we can to allow the
people of a country to choose the
government and administration
they want.
Uritish Foreign Secretary An
thony Kden.
Our colored troops were among
our most valuable assets.
Gen. Mark Clark.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
By 9HEW PEARSON
Side Glances
WASHINGTON In picking Tom Clark us
his new attorney general, President Truman
followed his old yen for exposing war frauds.
Clark, astute,; crusading former head of the
justice department's war frauds unit, hsa a
notable record, had prosecuted some of the
cases which the Truman committee first ex
posed .... Also he originated many cases
of his own.
Clark has served as assistant attorney gen
eral in charge of anti-trust, succeeding trust
huRling Thruinpn Arnold, and later as assist
ant attorney general in charge of the crim
' inal division . If the big city bosses who
put Truman across at Chicago are looking
for somone to pull their chestnuts out of the
fire in the justice department, they may
have a hard time with young Clark.
Clark faces. some interesting and import
ant city boss cases almost immediately. One
is the case of Mayor Kelly's friend Bill John
son, the big gambling boss of Chicago, who
has been convicted but is still out on appeal.
Another is whether to prosecute further ex
Governor Leche of Louisiana, who faces pa
role soon but has three other indictments
standing against him .... Another is the
case of Freeman Burford from Clarks' home
town of Dallas, still facing a criminal indict
ment in connection with hot oil and brib
ing Governor Leche of Louisiana .... Clark
was "sold" to Truman chiefly by Bob Hanne
gan and Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas,
both his very close friends.
New Agricultural Secretary
New Mexico's Clinton P. Anderson, new
secretary of agriculture, is one of the newest
members of congress and one who has made
a notable record in a very short time ....
Anderson is an Albuquerque insurance man
who voted against the insurance companies
consistently with legislation aimed to ex
empt insurance companies from the Sher
man unti-trust laws was before congress . . .
He is one of the toughest, most liberal mem
bers of congress, has an A-l standing with
his colleagues, and was given the two im
portant jobs .of. investigating food and also
probing campaign expendtiures last year . . .
In the latter-job he did his best to expose
wealthy flag-waving groups which tried to
get around Income taxes by making political
contributions in the guise of educational
gifts -. . . . Anderson's appointment will be
a blow to New Mexico's Governor Jack
Dempsey, whose place in congress he took
when Dempsey became un'deisecretary of
the interior, f he two have long been ardent
political enemies. On the other hand, An
derson is close to New Mexico's idealistic
Senator Carl Hatch .... Anderson is a
crack horseman, likes to relax on his ranch
near Albuquerque. '
Though a successful businessman, Ander
son has been a consistent battler for labor
.. . . One remarkable speech got absolutely
no publicity shortly after Pearl Harbor when
he accused big business of a carefully
planned conspiracy to crack down on labor
to divert public attention from huge war
profiteering, refusal by business to convert
to war production and the operations of dol-lar-u-yoar
men in the war production bard
.... Anderson especially blasted Arthur
Bunker of Lehman brothers for operating
inside the WPB to hold up a government
magnesium plant because it would compete
with the Dow chemical company.
New Labor Secretary
New Labor Secretary Lew Sehwellenbach
was one of the so-called young Turks dur
ing the early days of the Roosevelt adminis
tration. Along with Senator Sherman Min
ton of Indiana there was almost no job too
liberal or too politically dangerous for
Sehwellenbach to tackle. He was especially
vigorous in supporting Roosevelt in his su
preme court battle at which time he also
had the support of Senator Truman .....
The Washington senator also served with
Senator Hugo Black (now Justice Black) in
his lobbying investigation.
Schwellenbach's appointment to the cabi
net will bring no joy to Seattle collector of
customs Saul Haas, formerly Schwellen
bach's campaign manager, who turned
against him. It was partly because Haas
vowed to defeat Sehwellenbach for re-election,
and because the Democratic party in
Washington state would have been split
wide open that Lew retired from the sen
ate to the federal bench.
Sehwellenbach Is most notable ; senate
achievement was breaking a filibuster by
the late Huey Long. In those days almost
no one dared brave the Kingfish's vitrolie
tongue. He had veteran senate leadsr com
pletely cowed by threatening to enter their
stales to defeat them. Once when Long was
staging one of. his filibusters and other sen
ate leaders had thrown up their hands in
despair, Sehwellenbach took command of
the fight, forced Huey to stay on his feet for
14 hours and finally drove him from the floor
. . . .Sehwellenbach was proposed for the
labor post by Dave Beck of the teamster's
union. Originally, the AFL . wanted Dan
Tobin to get the job, but the CIO was op
posed. Therefore, the AFL, fearing a CIO
candidate might be appointed, withdrew To
bin's name, and got behind Sehwellenbach.
WE, THE WOMEN
By HWTH MILLETT
"' A soldier,' dismayed by Hits' fact that h'e
sneezed every time he kissed his girl, was
found by army doctors to be allergic to the
girl's face powder. So she changed her
brand.
Let's hope that doesn't giv-Q men the idea
that they could work a racket with this al
lergy business. I
Think what they could doj with it. The
man who didn't like his wife's, red nail polish
could fake an allergy for it. I
The husband who didn't wpnt to buy his
wife a fur coat could develop a sudden al
lergy to fur especially to the high-priced
brands.
Husbands who dislike evenings devoted to
bridge could plead an allergy to smoke-filled
looms though how they would gel out to
poker games after claiming such symptoms
Would be another problem for them. '
A man could even sneeze instead of laugh
when his wife brings home a little bit of
feathers to wear on her head with an $13.00
price lag attached.'
If he could convince the little woman he
was just plain allergic to dust, a man
wouldn't have to clean the basement or the
garage and he might slide out from under
his obligation to the garden.
And a man could easily develop an allergy
for any dish he didn't particularly like or
that appeared on the table often because
it was easy for his wife to whip up after an
afternoon with the girls.
Because It's so much easier for a man to
sneeze than to put his foot down, we may
have an "epidemic" of allergies among the
men.
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON. La Grands- Evening Observer Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON Now is the time when
too many American civilians want to quit
playing war and the net effect can bo pio
perly psychoanalyzed and reduced to a few
terse sentences, it would seem to be:
"We're tired of being patriotic and good.
The annoyance of OPA rationing, price con
trol and thtQIjttlc steel formula are more
than we earo'to be bothered with longer. So
let's scrap 'em. And if we have a little in
flation as a result, what of it'.'
Before any citizen writes his own dis
charge papers from the home front army in
this manner he ought to add up his points.
Not red and blue ones to see whether he has
enough to brjfc a steak or a pound of butter,
but white one's of the kind a soldier in the
fighting army adds up to see if he is on
titled to discharge.
For civilians, a white point system might
he devised something like this: .
For ten per cent payroll deduction to l.uy
war bonds, credit ton points for each full
year's participation. For extu bonds bought
in any of the seven drives, add one point
for each such purchase.
For each deviation to the blood bank, two
points.
For each star in the family flag, add ten
points and for each gold star an extra hun
dred. For each month's service in a war plant
or essential war industry, give yourself a
point.
If you havo religiously saved fats, waste
paper, planted a victory garden, collevU-d
scrap, done volunteer work in OCD, nurses'
aid, AWVS. Red Cross or similar campaign
activities, he generous and give yourself
what you think you're worth.
So much for the positive side of this point
system. Now see what your debits are.
For each day's absenteeism from your war
job, subtract one point.
,r'yi' each unnecessary trdiv, bus or plane
trip you took, subtract one p
died miles of travel.
point per hun-
For every gallon of gas burned in unessen
tial driving one point off.
For every purchase you made above estab
lished ceiling prices, one point off.
For every black market deal you made
well, how about it, conscience? How much
should he taken off?
For every war bond turned in, one point
off.
For every fib or faked figure turned in
above or on any government return or ap
plication for ration blanks multiply the fig
ure by two and subtract the product as
points.
Any one who delights in digging up de
ductions for himself at income tay. time can
add to his or her own list of deductions, but
this much should be enough to convince any
civilian that no matter how high the plus
score, to minus scone will leave him without
enough points for discharge. So the home
front war must go on.
This is a highly unpopular bill of goods
to sell, particularly in hot weather. Three
and a half years of just trying to be good
are more than most people can stand. But
anyone who faces the truth should see that
the hardest part of this war is still to come
not in the defeat of Japan but in what
comes after. "
The dangers of post-war inflation makes
the dangers of wartime inflation now passed
with reasonable success seem trivial, ' in
flation doesn't scare people any more, if it
over did. So how can the idea be sold?
The hurts of cut-backs, layoffs, finding
new jobs for war workers, rebuilding the
V. S. economy and just trying to lend a hand
to the rest of the war-torn woiQhave not
yet begun to be felt. Evon if Japan folds
tomorrow, the problems of this future v.ar
call for greater exerciser good citizenship
than did tho home front (Jjfort in the stat
ing war, but how can that fact be drama
tired? o
In many ways this country todajJ) seems
a lot less prepared forearl Harbofr That's
why this is no time torsive up.
miwfiAi.im.T.iLaM.aa..o. jrix
"All this junk in the pockets of your suit I'm sending io the clean
ers you wouldn't feel the heat so much if you'd carry it in a purse
the way I dol" : '
O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
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By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority
COHAN GETS SLAM
WITH SQUEEZE PLAY
The Ohio state tournament es
tablished new attendance records
in practically all events. There
was one hundred and two pairs
n"red in the open pair event.
I have a trophy in competition
which goes to the winners of the
mixed pair .championship. This
year it was won by Joseph Co
han of Wooster, Mass., and Mrs.
time getting into a shimf How
ever, you will note that he has
only 11 tricks. He had, to devel
op a squeeze play in 'order to
make his contract. "
He won the first heart -with the
queen, led a small diamond to.
dummy and then played:'a club,
and won with the jack! i Now, he
played a small club and East won
with the ace. East returned the
kin gof hearts, which Joe won
with the ace. Now he,, cashed
his king of clubs and proceeded
' to run oft the diamonds',' discard
ing two spades from-' his . own
hand. East could not ' protect
spades and hearts. That.jSix of
heatts certainly became an im-.
portant card after West opened
with the seven spot. , :: ,-; .
o IN FORMER
YEARS
30 Years Ago .,,
To step on an eight-rattled
rattler, without the protection of
high shoes and escape witout be--ing
bitten, was the experience
yesterday of L. M. Hoyt, presi? ;
dent of the Wing Fin. 'alitf. Fleefo
club. Hoyt and a party had gone
to the Wallowa river Jq fish. To
begin with Hoyt slipped off- a
rock and went into deep water,
icy cold. He was still shivering
from the effects of the plunge
when he discovered his foot wns
firmly planted on a ,r,attler, the
sole of the shoe pinning tHe rep
tile to the ground a few inches
behind its head. He killed the
reptile with a rock. y.
15 Years Ago -.
Union county's population, dur
ing the last 10 years, increased
836 persons, or approximately 5
per cent. La Grande's, figure was
8,043 - compared with,. 6,913 in
1920, and the county 'outside of
La Grande showed a loss of 194.
Mrs. W. G. Sawyer returned
from Portland where she attend
ed the Rose festival and visited
her listers.
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L. Grecnebaum of Milwaukee,
Wis.
I can just sec that big Irish
smile of Joe's when West over
called with one heart and he bid
three no trump. Of course, when
his partner went to four no
trump, Joe would not lose any
Questions & Answers
Q How does an aviator be
come an "ace"?
. A By scoring five or more vic
tories over enemy aircraft.
Q What is the navy's answer
to Japan's new super-speed air
craft recently reported outni.v
neuvering our pilots and nlnnc"?
A The Grumman Ti :erca.
(F7F, a fighter-bomber rated in
the 425-miles-an-hour i Isr ;. It
climbs a mile a minute.
10 Years Ago
s did
have,
Q How many mo i
Roosevelt and Churc:. :i
and what were they?
A Seven the Allan ic char
ter in mid-ocean and one in
Washington in 1941; Ca ablanca,
Quebec, Cairo and Teh Tan in
1943, and at Crimea in February
of this year. .
Miss Etta Belle Kilchen of
Portland is spending her- wacation
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. J. Kitchen.
The swim week at Crystal
Plunge opened last night with an
encouraging enrollment. Begin
ners in technique and junior or
senior lifesaving courses are be
ing taught.
This Curious World
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