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EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schlro, Publisher TUESDAY KVKNINO. JUNK 26, 1945 Page Four- The Nips' Dilemma 0RL ll La eh J EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Valley irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,000 Extend the city limits. TODAY'S TEXT And ye shall hear of wars and rumor? of wars: hcb thai ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, hut the end is not yet. Matthew 2l:(. THOUGHT TOR TODAY To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace. George Washington. A Start Toward Industrial Peace On the day that Senators Hall, Iliir lon and Hatch announced their proposed now labor relations code, the wartime no-strike 'pledge was in effect. Yet some 20,000 workers were on strike in war or war-related industries. Production was stopped or curtailed on a variety of needed items, including stool, arma ments, tires and farm machinery. The army was operating a chemical plant and truck lines. Jurisdictional trouble had broken out between the AKI, and CIO in Detroit auto factories as first steps were being taken toward the resumption of civilian production. The day's news added up to a dis quieting reminder that the critical per iod of reconversion might be rendered more critical by a sudden flaring up of long - suppressed grievances between management and workers and within the ranks of lalmr. So it was good to see beside that day's news the proposal of three able, ' progressive, public-spirited senators to reorganize the whole industrial struc ture toward the end (,f., avoiding what might well be a chaotic and destructive free-for-all. "We propose," said Senator Hatch, "that the last surviving field in which civil warfare is tolerated shall be trans formed into a field of industrial peace." It is a little shocking to see industrial strife described in such blunt terms. Hut when one recalls our industrial re cord of pitched battles, bloodshed, and loss of life and property, "civil warfare" is the only proper term. The national shame of that record is probably the worst instance in Ameri can life of a clumsy, retarded, wasteful and sometimes brutal system still exist ing in the midst of material progress. With the world's powers on the way to ward evolving a system whereby na tions can live in peace, it is certainly time that this country really went to work to lick the comparatively simpler problem of settling industrial disputes without physical violence and economic suffering. The reason why that problem hasn't been licked is that all concerned have been too greedy, selfish, spiteful or stupid to tackle it with complete good faith. That goes for industrialists, un ion leaders, and the congresses and ad ministrations which have variously played off one side against the other. The three senators and their advisers do not claim the new bill to be the last word. They invite criticism and sug gestion, and they will gel plenty. Hut they have chosen an excellent model in the railway labor act. And they have shown admirable wisdom in attempting a code that would promote the whole people's welfare instead of just drawing up another set of rules for class war. Funny llusiness APO 15 J ffw Q SO THEY SAY Wo dare not say that there will lie no mole wars. Failure to pro vide universal training has al ways constituted an open invita tion for aggiossinn on the part of militarists. Dunlap C. Clark. U. S. chamber of commerce. ) tavor tho Uretton Woods pro posals. Ti e export of American capital will lie highly desirable in the postwar pu.od, for tho economy of the world as a whole and for our own country. KdwaiM K. Brown, chairman First National bank, Chicago. "We've drafted him as a ilamp licker we haven't any ipongesl" Tho German prisoner of war in this country is learning how America, described to him as a dcc;idei deiniWicy', lives and winks and how it fought a war much belter than his country was able to fight it. He is being thor oughly iv-cducatod. -Hrig-Cien. B. M. Bryan. Jr.. assl provost marshal general. Washington Merry-Go-Round Side Glances Br DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Thronging tho marble halls of congress these days is one of the most effective lobbying groups in Washington. Their goal is oil but you won't hear them mention the word. ' Their aims are much more lofty namely "quieting titles of states to lands beneath tidewaters and navigable waters." Ex pressed with less adornment, this means that beneath the Pacific ocean and the gulf of Mexico are rich oil landsi-some people think potentially the richest in the country. The oil companies want these submerged oil lands to be leased by the states, not by the federal government. They know they can handle the state house boys much more easily than the interior department in Wash ington; so they now demand that congress pass a law giving these tidewater lands to the states. The attorneys general of 40 states are backing them. Wrapped up in the whole thing is the fu ture of one cabinet officer, plus the pros perity of the Democratic national treasury, plus a lot of internal Democratic politics. Two men have' waged the toughest fight to keep these oil lands in federal hands At torney Genial Biddle and Secretary of the Interior Ickes.. Biddle has already lost his ob. Now the tyvys are ganging up to throw out Iekts. Trumi Didn't Hesitate For some years, Biddle and Ickes had ar gued that the U. S. courts should decide this question. Several times they put it up to Roosevelt, but he postponed a decision. So when Truman came in, Biddle put the matter up to him. Truman didn't hesitate, immedately agreed that the courts should decide who owned these tidewater lands. Now the politicians are sore as blazes. They claim Ickes and Biddle should not have put Truman on the spot. The question should have been allowed to simmer on the buck of the stove, they claim. Ickes' Death Battle And while Biddle will be out of the cabi net next week;5" Iekes is figbting mad and determined to, battle things out even if it is the last thing he does. Meanwhile, the politicians are out to get Ickes. They have nominated almost every one in Washington to take his place. Han negan, who isn't mixed up in oil, wants him out for other reasons. "His whole interior department contribut ed only $800 to the last campaign," Hanne gan complains. "And when I send anyone over to Ickes for a job, you might think they had a' recommendation from Hitler." Lovely Lady Lobbies Vivacious, beautiful Madame Maria Mar tins, wife of the Brazilian ambassador, is very popular with social Washington, but even so, officials don't appreciate her trying to tell the Truman administration what per- sons should be retained or fired as assist-, ant secretaries of state. , ' The lovely lady has been much concerned lately over Kilson Rockefeller, assistant sec retary in charge of Pan American relations. At first Madame Martins was down- on Rockefeller. She came back from the San Francisco conferene telling friends how the young oil millionaire had let Brazil down. Madame1 Martins, who gets around to a great many parties, talked so much that eventually Rockefeller's friends warned her that she went too far. So at a cocktail party given by Bill Stanley, formerly of the us tice department, the lady spied sedate Speaker Sam Rayburn. Rushing over, and being introduced by a friend, the beautiful Brazilian said: " Ah, you arc the speaker. I have always wanted to meet you. I hear so much about you. You are such a great man. I kiss you on both cheeks." And she did. Then, after more conversation along this line, Madame Martins continued: , "Now you must do something for me. You must help poor Nelson Rockefeller. He is such a nice boy. He is so good friend of Lat in America. You must not let President Truman get rid of him. You will speak to President Truman and you will tell him he must keep Nelson Rockefeller, and then you must telephone me. Yes?" The blushing speaker, one of the most con firmed bachelors in Washington, finally said he would. Whether he did talk to Truman is doubtful, because Sam does not believe in interfering in problems outside of con gress . Anyway, he finally called Madame Martins and told her to "keep her feathers down." ' Merry-Go-Round Following this column's disclose that the army was burning millions of feet of sur plus films which educational institutions wanted to buy, the army has decided to turn over all surplus films to the surplus prop erty board .... Many tons of powdered soybean soup with cheese are now being of fered for sale as animal food by the war food administration. Because of a surplus of soy-' beans, WFA got the idea that a mixture of the beans with cheese would make an excel lent soup for Russians. Hugt quantities were prepared. But the Russians tried a few samples, turned thumbs down. WE, THE WOMEN Br RUTH MILLETT When Rep. Hubert S. Ellis heard a report that the state department was trying to make it easier for girls engaged to American servicemen to enter the United States, he stood up on tho floor of the house and cham pioned American girls. He said that since Europe has four or five women to every three men all the girls would be clamoring to come to America, if it were easy to do. He dicni see much sensu in that since there are plenty of beautiful and healthful American girls waiting for soldiers and sailors to conic home so that they can find husbands. The congressman will have the young women of the' country with him on that stand. ' ' And here is why. Let's take the case of Joe. Joe had a best girl before he went in to the army. If the war hadn't come along he probably would have been married to bar by now. But he went over-seas and after a cou ple of years of writing the home town girl faithfully he met an English girl at a dance, and in a few months found himself engaged to her. Now Uncle Sam could rush that girl through to America to marry Joe. Or he could let her wait awhile. That would give the home town girl or some other American girl a chance to have as good a try at Joe as the English girl had. If, however, the English girl is the love of Joe's life and he of hers, they'll wait a year or two for each other. But why not give American girls a break by letting hem have'at least as good a chance at catching American men as foreign girls have had since the start of the war? Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON, La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON After four days of per sistent, straight inside rumors that he was going to be fired from the cabinet, secretary of the interior, the honest and honorable Harold D. Ickus called a press conference. Ickes sauntered in. slouched in a big chair at the head of the 25 foot long table and the reporters got dijwn to business. With a few deletions to speed up the action and dia logue, the fun went some;liing like this: Reporter Is rthere any new way you'd like to be asked about your tenure in office? Ickes (Pleasantly and calmly) I don't believe there Is1 any new way. This has been going on since 11133. The papers used to have this story set up in type and kept standing. Then whenever they came to make out (he should have said "make up ") if they had a little space with nothing to put in it, they cheerfully dropped in the story that I was going to lesign. Reporter Do you mean "hopefully" in stead of "cheerfully." Ickes 1 mean cheerfully and hopefully. Reporter But aren't these stories getting a little warmer now? Ickes Well, I made a remark about Ma thuselah last week. Reporter (Surprising everyone with his knowledge of the bible) but Mathuselah lived to be !)6:i years old. lckcf No, I den t want to live to be that old. But I II tell you what to do. I suggest you wnti it up and then put it in the morgue and forget about it. Tli reporters had no idea of doing any such thing. Reporter But hvre'j the Chicago Tribune printing the story that you're going to be succeeded by Senator O'Malumey, while the Chicago Sun says you'll be succeeded bv Cap Krug of WI'U. Ickes They're both light. , It will take two men to do my job. Reporter Senator Downey of California has also been mentioned as vour successor. Ickes Who hasn't been mentioned? (Pause) You know nobody really succeeds a man who's already succeeding. Reporter Do you mean to infer that you are succeeding? No answer to that one, but the secretary did have another idea: Ickes I might not be consulted about who my successor will be. Reporter Do you think that's going on right now? Ickes That's a good bit like trying to tell whether it will be a boy or girl. You have to wait and see. Things had gone far enough. Reporters w ith a lot of technical questions about some oil land suit began to get a little impatient. Reporter Can't wo go on to something new? Ickes Wliy go on? The pall bearers a still here. Reporter (accusingly) Mr. Ickes,, you called at the White House yesterday. Ickes I went to see Dr. Melntyre. (Vice Admiral Ross T. Melntyre, navy surgeon general and personal physician to the presi djnt.) I had a cold. Impressed by the fact that even a member of the cabinet rated such top drawer medica tion the leportcrs let that one ride for a min ute, but one persistent questioner tried an other tack: Repot ter Let's get this down to essentials. Ickes You mean bare essentials. Have you resigned? Now things were getting1 somewhere. The secretary let go with both barrels: Ickes I have resigned. I am the resign 0 ingest member of the cabinet that ever went tu town. I hav resigned one, two, three, four, five, six six times. 'v Reporter (With determination) When was the last time Ickes The Saturday after President Roos evelt's death? ' Reporter (Doggedly) Was it accepted? Ickes No. , Jam iwi by hia MMict. inc. T. . ma u. . "The sooner we k-.wck off the Japs the better, I suppose, biit if the war ends this summer we'll get gypped out ol a holidayl" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM, E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority BOLDNESS IN BID DESERVES 7 SPADES It is quite an accomplishment to break through the array of tal ent competing from New York and Philadelphia in an eastern championship. Therefore, Mrs. Stanley Kreps had a right to feel proud when she and her husband, together with Miss Constance Lit tle and Lee Sager, tied for the eastern mixed team-nf-fuur cham- A 7 3 VQ74 AK 10 85 2 A5 A64 I N 1 108 5 2 V J 10 8 5 W E 6 3 e None QJ9H4 n,,iBr KQJ10 4 I "eal8r 8 8 6 3 Mrs. Kreps KQJ9 VAK92 73 A A72 Duplicate E.-W vul. South West North 1 A Pass 2 .3 V Pass 4 A "4 NT Pass 5 6 A Pass ' 7 A Pass Pass , Opening A 4. East 3 A Pass Pass Pass 21 ruffed high. Therefore, she fi nessed the 0 and now led another club and ruffed in dummy with the ace. She returned, to her hand with the heart ace and took out the outstanding trumps'. West was squeezed. He could not pro tect the jack of hearts and the UlUIIIOUO. O IN FORMER YEARS 10 Years Ago Miss Hulda Anderson left for a summer vacation visit with rela tives in Minnesota D. E. Richards, superintendent of ths Eastern Oregon experi ment station near Union, and Lloyd Pierce of Hat Loke attend ed a committee meeting of the Oregon woolgrowers at Pendleton to make plans for the annual ram sale. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Spesk hart and daughter, Helen Jean, of the Iowa district, Mr.( and .Mis. vjicii vvyguvi. Deny, oillie, muiy Ellen and Bobbie, Mr. and Mrs. Lucian Whealy, Lois and Junior, formed a picnic party up Cath erine creek. pionship this year. Mrs. Kreps bid today's hand very boldly, and I can't blame her husband for going to seven, hold ing the ace of trumps. The play of the hand is very interesting. The opening lead was won with the ace of clubs, and a small club returned, which .West overruffed with the spade 6 and Mrs. Kreps overruffed with the 7 in dummy. She now made a very nice play she returned a small trump and reasoned that West did not hold the ten-spot, or he would have Questions & A nswers Q Will Germans be permitted to live in the Sudetenland if it should be returned to Chechoslovakia? A Sudeten Germans g.T ler his excuse for swallowi Czech republic. Czech ' now say all Germans mu: IS Years Ago., ; i Albert Hopkins a student of the Eastern Oregon Normal school and letterman in baseball .at the normal school and major sports at the Norman, Okla., high,,school, was appointed principal of the Oregon Trail school, Jour, miles south of Nyssa. ' .';'" ' Mrs. Richard Shanks of this city, who is a second cousin to eX presickmt, Calvin. Coolfdge, re ceived an invitation to attend the Coolidge family reunion in Wa-. tertown, Mass., on June . 28 in honor of John and Mary Coolidge, who came to America 300 years ago. it-he Q What is the monetary unit used in Honduras? A Lempira (50 cents in U. S.), Cardoba (17 cents in U. 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