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'EDITORIAL- PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schlro, Publisher MONDAY EVENING, JULY 2, 1945 "Let Uncle Hoi d vveu., HOLD weveA PLACESIo VISIT 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 . Tlio sun shall be turned Into dni'k liess, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Ixrd come. Joel 3:31. Postwar Air Preparedness A committee of the National Plan ning association has issued a clear and thoughtful interim report on recom mended national policies for the recon version and post-war development of the aircraft industry policies which, it might be added, are conspicuously lacking: at present. 'Pile report expresses concern over this lack, and recommends that legisla tion be enacted to enable this country (u maintain an alert, modern and adc q u n t e post-war defense. As things stand now, military aircraft production will end with the end of hostilities, ac cording to provisions of the war mobil ization and reconversion act. "On V-day", says the report, "we un doubtedly shall have the world's biggest and most modern air force, but it will be largely obsolete with respect not only to the most recent developments in con ventional aircraft types, but also to de velopments in jet propulsion and other radical changes. "The temptation to rely oi the size and quality of our existng air forces, neglecting the means by which they were produced and by which alone their continued development can be assured, Funny Business ion ltd it tftXmvKLihc'T MMJTiWiSfrc-- - 7-3 "1 lika 'cm licilil" Page Two Him a While!" don'T V HIM TOO IPtXr, lot op jir si yMf will be great in the inevitable period of let-down following the end of hostili ties." Speaking of the aircraft program now scheduled to end with V-J Day, the report states: "If this continues. to be our national policy, there will be com plete interruption 'of ' military 'procure ment for an unpredictable length of time. The effect of this policy on air craft manufacturing companies will be that few, if any, could keep their vital research, engineering, labor and man agement skills together." The committee, of course, leaves de termination of the size of our post-war air force to congress, whose decisions . w ill in turn rest on the success and re quirements of the world security organ ization. Hut, insisting that wc shall need an air force, it suggests that a useful life of military aircraft be estim ated at four years, and that there be nn annual 25 per cent replacement with new, superior planes in an sir force of constant size. It rocommends further that the re search program not be confined to the building of a few prototypes, but that it bo combined with industrial activity, including exhaustive tests and the solu tion of production problems. The report warns that there might not be another chance to get a "running . start" on production by filling foreign orders, as happened in this war. It urges that we maintain an industrial nucleus capable of rapid expansion. All this is sound thinking, not. sword rattling. We shall certainly need nn air ' force in the new league to keep the peace. We should have the best. So far congress has done nothing about bringing that into being. We cannot afford to let our military aircraft pro duction halt and die, as it did after 1918, and still contribute adequately to na tional and world defense, , o SO THEY SAY All of us want n charter and a world organisation upon which we can build for the future. Dr. Herbert Vcre Evatt, for eign minister of Australia, at the San Francisco wmid con ference. We have enough bread (in France) for immediate notdt. but the situation as affecting othvr foods is likely to grow worse. Leon Jouhaux, general secre tory of the French confedera tion of labor, whik- In the U. S. We must find coal supplies, and get tliem moving before the end of September or the (fuel) siti( (ion in Europe will be appalling; this winter. Official of European coal or ganisation. O It took only 12 weeks to make me n combat soldier. Why make it year (of training) if you can do the job in 12 weeks? Private Seymour Weinberg, Hrooklyn, in opposing compul soiv military training in peacetime. Washington Merry-GoRdund BfDHEW PEARSON r V WASIHMTON Among the most import ant naji ftjfe In Europe today are those of I. G. Farbemhdustrle, the giant German car tel which produced synthetic gasoline, syn thetic rubber, plus other secret war materi als, and "Wfbjch ' cooperated with various American firms, such as Standard Oil of New Jersey and the Aluminum Corporation of America before PearPHarbor. These files may reveal secret German patents which would help American indus try; also .reveal Jhe extent to which certain American firms collaborated; also prove the war guilt ol German industrial leaders. Hqwever, here Is the inside story of what Is happening to these files. They were first ' stored by U. S. army in a German warehouse in. Frankfurt. . Then the army needed space, . and moved a large group of displaced per sonsRussians, Poles, Fronch into the warehouse. The DPS immediately began tearing open the files to see if there was anything valuable in them. Then the U. S. army needed even more space, and moved the files outside behind the warehouse. There they kicked around in the wind and the rain. Finally someone high in the army realized -the importance of the I. G. Farben files and moved them back into the warehouse.. Whether it is too late to make real use of them remains to be seen. Tons and tons of paper are scattered in every direction. . , . Exit Mist Perkins Next to Secretary of the Interior Ickes, the Roosevelt cabinet member who has held office longst stepped out of the cabinet this weekend. Several days before she stepped ' out, Miss Perkins called up her friend Attor ney General Biddle, who left the cabinet simultaneously. "How do' you feel?" she asked. "Fine," Wplied Biddle. "Well," said the lady who has been secre tary of labor for 12 long and tumultous years, "Let's' go out and celebrate." This column has sometimes been critical of Miss Perkins during her long tenure of office. But as we look back over the years, something should be said to balance the WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT "Lieutenant keeps Dignity, Loses Wife," said the headline over a brief news item. It seems that, in Detroit a wife divorced her husband, a second lieutenant, because he re fused to carry groceries for her saying it was unbecoming his military rank. It seems a pity she didn't put off divorce proceedings, long enough to let her husband get used to the novelty of boing an officer even perhaps long enough to allow .him to get a promotion or two1. By'thcn He most like- ' ly wouldn't hnvo worried about carrying a bundle. Most women have unlimited patience in handling their kids. They have been told over and over by the experts not to get ex cited over behavior problems, that all chil dren go through phases when they are re bellious, when they like to assert their au Behind Scenes . . i. By PETER EDSON, La Grand Evening Oburrer Washington Cerrwponoant WASHINGTON You know, some of the things they do in congress make sense at that. After spending four years and billions of dollars for war, talking interminably about such incomprehensible issues as reciprocal trade agreements, contract terminations, car tels, Brctton Woods, cutbacks, carryovers, surplus property disposal, reconversion, UNRRA and such things, why a few sena tors have finally got around to talking about something that everybody can understand . toothache. This is getting right down to the decayed root of atV evils lumbago, loss of sleep, dis temper, bacl grades, indebtedness, absentee ism, poor eyesight, wife-beating, alcoholism and an inability to chaw utility grade beef. If congress could just pass a law making it illegal for anyone to have a toothache, even with a black market in screaming molars, things ought to start getting better right away, whether the senate confirms the San Francisco Pearly Gate charter or no. The three stalwart statesmen who have been bolcffcnough to fill in the cavity, bridge the gap, touch the nerve center and get their teeth into this bleeding gum of a situation are James E. Murray of Montana, Claude Pepper of Florida, and George T. Aiken of Vermont. This gives the cause a strictly non-partisan, 50-50 backing two Democrats to one Republican. Senator Murray's proposal is to spend a million bucks to establish a national insti tute of dental research and they appropriate another 1730.000 ( year to keep it going. This would be chrip. -Many's the man who ha said, "I'd give 1 1.730.000 to be rid of this blankcty blank blank, blankety bicuspid." Well, here's a law which would do the trick. Dental research, of course, is what the tooth carpenter does when he starts pokin' around. The Murray bill would simply put this pvkm,' on a mine scientific bsi. to gi t at the c busts, of toothauhes, then extiact the cauae. Scuitois PtPiicr and Aiken, jointly, have (S siitrlemcntly lull which would apuroprt (gtie (clial toioaey ttyt -g ant in-ai to state). ai)) l'l (6'Ve oweola; so tbey' iOH eslali-, lish (gpd ti(H)inlain "adrqua'e mt)urc f,ir the prevention treatment Qid control of such (dental) diseases, inciting dc-Qta)l-care programs tor children, tho training of pcr St&nnel for state and local dental health wotk, and the development arh maintenance effective1 means for theSf-ducation of thf public concerning denial diseases." There's i . criticism. In the lirst place, no i?er iod tfl the., entire history of the nation has been, more difficult from the point of view, of .-labor. Labor was in the throes of growing pains. It was an era which Perkins Inherited, not one " which she personally brought about. Sick Man of Europa , ;.. - There have been two important back-stage developments in the dynamite-laden row be tween Turkey and Russia a row.which may test out the united nations ability to prevent war almost before the ink is dry on , the charter. ' . ' Development No. i: Ed Stettiriius, shortly before resigning as secretary of state, sent a strong note to the Russians in which he up ported the1 Turks. He reminded the Russians that at Yalta, Stalin had gone along with the other big three in "assuring Turkey regard ing the views of himself, Roosevelt 'and Churchill" as to "the continuation of Turk ish independence and integrity," . Development No. 2: Foreign". Commissar Molotov has had another session with the Turkish ambassador in Moscow in which the Russians pulled In their horns somewhat though they are still sticking a long way out. According to uncensored diplomatic dis patches, Molotov told the Turkish ambassa dor during this session Russia would ' re quire bases in the Dardcnelles "only in case of war, not in peace." Previously, the Rus sians had demanded the right t otake over this vital strip of waterway over which arm-r les have fought for years and which the czars of Russia have coveted ever since there was a Russia. Molotov also said Russia wished to talk to Turkey about various questions concern ing the Balkan states. This was considered an indirect way of saying. Russia wants European Turkey ceded to Bulgaria. However, Molotov added if. the above propositions arc agreed, Russia would be glad to sign a treaty of alliance with Turkey, which would go further than , a treaty of friendship. These ideas, though more conciliatory than previous Russian proposals, got nowhere with the Turkish ambassador. thority, when they like to say naughty words, etc. And so mothers are, on the whole, pretty good about letting their kids "grow up." But nobody has ever told them they ought to be just as patient with a husband who still has a little growing up to do before he is completely adult in all of his reactions. A very young man with very new gold bars might put a little too much stress on 'his dignity. But chances are he -would get:! over it in time. Many a young father who at first thought it was beneath his dignity to diaper a baby changed his mind after he got really used to the new member of the family. So women who are quick to claim they grow up faster than do men ought to bo pa tient until their men catch up with them. in Washington ... . O a mouthful for you, to try your new store teeth on. Hearings on both these bills were held before the senate committee on education and labor last wok. What there is education al about a toothache is hard to figure, but you've got to admit it's labor. A whole flock of witnesses from the Ameer lean dental association was on hand to lobby for the bill and without the use of novacaine or gas, the statistics they drilled into the com mittee on the great American toothache were positively frightening. Did you realize there are only 70,000 den tists in the United States and that a third of them were in the army and navy? Did you know that some countries don't have any dentists at nil? Did you appreciate that 88 out of every 1,000 draftees were turned down because they didn't have the necessary 12 of the 32 teeth they were supposed to have? Con you comprehend that in this United States 238,500,000 teeth need to be pulled while 632,000,000 fillings are needed? The Murray and Poppcr-Aiken bills would do something about these. Surgeon General Thomas W. Parran of the U. S. public health service estimates that the cost of the Pcpper-Aiken bill would be only about $6,000,000, the second year and maybe $10,000,000 a year thereafter. That's about what is spent now on T. B. and ve nereal disease control. . But think what a post-war employment project this dental care business might be come. Think of all those idle machine tools at Willow Run that could be moved right into dentist's offices. Better still, why not eonvfrti Willow Run into the institute of dental research? Instead of making Libera tors to kill people with, the big Ford plant could b used to liberate mankind from all that suffering. Dental work on the assem bly line. Oh boy a new set of uppers and lowers every six seconds. Think, too, of all the individual WPA pro ject that could be financed by those grant in aid. A San Franciwo bay bridge (n every. nKii. A u: for all that gid bur ied in Kentucky. Jobs for the millions of displaced bnilermakrrs and riveters in ship yard and airplane plants. Careers (or ex machine gunners. RFC loans In ry peor) pie for goin to the dentist. Gum erosion control, pyori'Wa krakift4 and -buck tooth grade crossing elimination for all. Wire your congressman now to get behini-) these bills and bear down outch! But not too hard! (g) Side Glances i ' - x x i i " ,r . . it hi if..." i jt u. i i ir - . ,. ' ir Ail i- an jinn b7x... wwivt', r r 'tv mtm 46opKnwrfHtA'8ERVi.iw&'T.M.Bgc:u:gT:-offt - v. 7-a "You don't lika the new brand of oleo? Well, 'it happens that I've been hoarding points for weeks to buy that half pound ..of real - - ' butter!" ' " O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE a By WM. E. McXENNEY, America's Cud Authority GREAT OLD-TIMER WAS DEFENSE ACE In bridge, as in all sports, there is always an argument about who are the outstanding players of the country, and whether they are. better than the old-timers. If you were to ask any player in Chicago who was the best tourn ament bridge player in the last 20 years, he would tell you Max M. Cohen was one of the greatest AQJ9 V J863 ' 9S2 AQJ I u I Cohen 73 ,rl86 54 2 2 WE A74 OKQJ4 S A863 K 1097 Dealer 44 53 ' 1 ' A K 10 VKQ10 85 4 107 4 8 6 2 South West North East IV- 2 3 V Pass 4 V Pass Pass Pass Opening K. 3 "card players who ever lived. Well, I played with and against Max, and I have him down in my book as one of the greatest. A revoke that he made in playing off a tie for a national champion ship cost him the title and, I be lieve, hastened his death, as he died a few weeks after the match. Here is one of Max's famous rt Q What is the largest Ameri- Q What is the largest Ameri can transport ship in service? A The West Point, a ship that has circled the globe 14 times. It measures 723 feet overall, and can carry 8500 passengers and crew. Q What is the production of margarine in the United States? A Estimates for 1945 put fig ure at 625,000,000 pounds, as compared with 320,402,381 pounds in 1940. , Q What is tho combat strength of the Japanese in the South Pacific? A President Truman indicates that the enemy has 4,000,000 men, including 100 combat divis ions, under arms, and several more millions which can be call ed up. This Curious World BOTH EUPOPE AND AFRICA HAD POPULATION? I OF APPROXIMATELY TODAY AFRICA'S POPULATION IS 0 OUT EUROPE HAS INCREASED TO ABOUT SACCHARIN IS SSO TIMffS A SWEET 0 con. mi it HtA ux, 7-3 tit W lujlf" ANSWER: Nevada, with a population of oSwut 110,000 persons. KLAT: World'j champion raft survivor."' 9' defensive plays. Suit '.directing plays were unknown then, so Max overtook his partner's open ing lead with the diamond ace and led back the four of clubs, even though it was right into dummy's ace, queen, jack. When a trump was led, he jumped in with the ace, led a small diamond and got a club ruff, defeating the contract. O IN FORMER YEARS 33 Years Ago June was a stellar months in Dan Cupid. In Union f ounty he hit the bull's eye 29 times and set a record over past months by a wide margin. . Mrs. S. H. Bergold and children of Imbler were in La Grande en route to their old home, in -Indiana, for an extended visit. IS Years Ago Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Foley of this ..cityj.aad . Mr... and, Mrs... Eat -Foley of The Dalles returned from a -. ' trip through Yellowstone na- r tional park. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hamilton 1 and two children, and W. H. Hamilton and Miss Lena Loock, left for San Francisco. They made the trip down through Kla math Falls, and Crater lake. 10 Years Ago A number of La Grande and Eastern Oregon students' were in the list of successful applicants for limited scholarships to attend institutions of higher, 'education. The list included: University of Oregon Wallace Kaapcke, La Grande; Oregon State college Howard Lyman and John K. Fish er, La Grande; Eastern Oregon normal school Madelyn Bates, Prairie City, Helen Fedler, Rit ter, Phil PeUand, Hot Lake, Ed ward Piper, Haines, Jean Louise Taylor, Richland, Marvin Wig gans, Lostine, and Verneta Del Monta Wood, Sweet Home. In spite of the damp' weather a large crowd turned out to wit ness the dedication of" the monu ment and flagpole at the IOOF cemetery, conducted by the Wo men's Relief corps in honor of the Oliver P. Morton post of the GAR. Hill Ws5i:
