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EDITORIAL ;;PApE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher SATURDAY ICYICNINtJ, JULY 7, 1945 It's a Cockeyed World IRONING OUT A BIG JOB LIKE THIS 1$ $NAP COMPAKEP Tb THIS OJE LETS CLEAN UP T LITTLE Bf OF WORK NOW, WHAT? V THOUGHT FOR TODAY Woo to him . . . who lias no court of iipponl njiainst tho world's judgment Carlylu. 0 No Casualties in Decorations It was wonderful mows that 'the Queen Mary had mlrvfved (WO.OOO miles of war time travel without serious mishap or casualty. And it was also good to learn that the woodwork ami murals of this former luxury liner were unscrntched and unsullied by the (500,0(10 wartime passengers a half million of them Americans that she carried. Not one Gl hound for war, nor even one jubilant veteran coming home from Kurope, so much as carved an initial in one of the panels or penciled a mustache upon a frescoed nymph. '" ' This is not in the tradition of an American youth accustom'ed to adding freehand embellishments to country bill-boards and city subway posters. We can't account for it. Perhaps it was the sobering thought of impending com bat on the way out, and a thankful joy on the way back that transcended num keyshines. Hut we prefer to think that what stayed the hand of the returning veter an, at least, was the sight of a little un spoiled beauty after seeing so many artistic creations senselessly and utter ly destroyed by war. Alter the rubble of what had once been ancient cathed rals and ancient towns, even the austere 'elegance of the wartime Queen Mary must have been something to admire and respect. Slow but Sure Justice Statesmenls in highly authoritative quarters (hat mass trials of lop nnzi war criminals should be started by late summer and finished by next December should satisfy (hose meaning almost everyone who are eager that justice Funny Business "He's used to sleeping In an upper bcrthl" OF WORK NOW, ' "A vlfeS Sfc ..- Q-''rS Q..!l( I--.'-' IK' I W - J". - 1 I'uge Two WTWJft ill these cases shall be sure, swift and stern. Considering the importance of the cases, the number of defendants to be tried, the magnitude of the job of pre paration and the involved international Aspects of the entire proceedings, such n schedule will represent astonishing judicial speed; auk Naturally, ninny may feel that even the schedule outlined is overly long. Their thought that the criminals should bo given the formality of a trial and then shot has it's appealing features. Hut' that would be the ' naxJ ' way of handling this matter which is about the best possible argument for not do ing it that way. '? . ' . The battel' way, and the democratic way, is to take a little longer und handle the cases ns they are being handled. This will tend to add .emphasis to the fuct that', in the larger sense, demo . cracy is synonymous with the guarantee of justice for all. .. '' Devil and Deep Sea A spokesman for a New York "con sumer's council" condemns the idea of . it small increase in meat prices, provided il .should appear that such an increase would kill tho black market. "Any in crease in retail price ceilings at this time would be an opening for inflation idl along the line," she said. Price increases are dangerous and should be resisted. Hut one still marvels at this woman's logic. Kighty-five per cent of New York's meat has been said to be in the black market, where it soils for as much as two times the legal ceil ing. The inflationary possibilities of this would seem at least as great as those of another cent or two a pound in the legal markets. Another option, of course, would be eradication of the black market. Thus far OP A has made rapid progress back ward in that respect. e SO THEY SAY Labor can't afford to see price control destroyed. William C. Stevenson, Wayne Co., Mich., Political Action Committee chairman. We need unity, not with the totalitarian, but against them. Louis Waldiuan, New York la bor lawyer. Wherever want and scarcity occur, distribution becomes an affair of religion. Canon Edward N. West, Ca thedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. I am sure you will (eel with me, we do not want to be de pendent on anyont, not even on our best friends and comrades. Winston Churchill in campaign speech. The present crisis is unprece dented in scope in our national history. Emperor Hirohito of Japan. r,'.'i kshirigton Merry--Go:Round pi DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Secretary of State Jim my Byrnes has decided not to consider state department reorganization of personnel un til he returns from the Big Three confer ence. Most other policy matters, unless of rnujor importance, will also wait. One policy matter which will come up for review soon it may even be brought up by Stalin at Berlin is our continued close rela tionship with dictator Fra'nco. ' ' ByrnesS predecessors In the state depart ment, led by Jimmy Dunn, have followed a policy of sending oil, sugar and other stra tegic materials to Franco. If we withheld these or withdrew our ambassador, Franco would fall overnight.' The extreme lengths to which Byrnes' predecessors in the state' department have gon to protect Franco is known to very few. For instance, it has been kept a carefully hushed-up secret that, in advance of the San Francisco conference, state department offi cials brought pressure to bear on several Latin American governments to keep them from breaking with Franco. Latin ' American countries are sovereign nations and not supposed to require advice 'on how to conduct their relations with Euro peon neutrals. However, on April 4, when a resolution tcl'break relations with Spain was about to be presented in the Cuban con gress, the American embassy in Havana dis creetly but vigorously protested. So, virtu ally taking orders from the U. S. A., Cuban foreign minister Cuervo Rubio met in sec ret session "with the committee on foreign affairs and urged no action be taken toward a break with Spain. Temporarily, the resolution was held up; to be passed over whelmingly about a month later. ' Again, on April 20, the Venezuelan cham ber of deputies was discreetly informed that It must withdraw its resolution calling for a break with Franco. A much more diplo matically worded resolution was substituted. Also, the Costa Rican congress voted 36 to 3 to break relations with Spain. But sud denly U. S. diplomats called upon the Costa Rican president and foreign minister, and assurances were given that no action would be taken to break with Franco. In the end, such a surge of anti-Fronco resentment boiled up at San Francisco that state department officials were powerless to WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MTLLETT Bright moments: ' Seeing the clerk Blip a favorite customer a package of cigarets with , a "No Cigarets" sign importantly displayed and then saying sweetly, "Gah you scare up a pack for me, too,' 'please?" ' : Asking for thViSth time5 in a -month',' "Do you have any sheer stockings?" and being told, "Yes, we got some in just a while ago." Walking ' into a butcher shop debating whether to have cold cuts or hot dogs and seeing beautiful slices of ham on display. Buying a scarce article in a store where you are not known and having the clerk say, "Thank you," instead of making you feel as though you were buying in the black market. Finding out that what is wrong with the .electric ice box or washing machine isn't serious,.buUJSan be fixed in a day or two. Getting the name of a well-recommended Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER ' EDSON, La Grand Evening Observer Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 7 Four dollar name for the kind of allied central government now being set up over Germany is "Condo minium," what happens in a condominium is that the conquering powers "condeniate" you can have the verb for an extra fifty cents the "condominia" two bits more, please. All this $475 combination of polysyllables , means is that two or more powers jointly administer another government of a protec torate. Agreement on details of a plan for uni form, joint government of Germany is one of the most important subjects to be dis cussed at the coming Big Three conference of President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Statin. General ob ectives for the final peace terms to be im posed on Germany were written in broad outline at the Roosevelt-Churchill-Stalin meeting in Yalta last February. But, between the stating of these principles and their exe cution, there is an immense gap to be filled in with specific policies, and this subject has now become particularly hot. Testimony by state war and treasury ex perts before Senator Harley McKinler's military affairs subcommittee has just re vealed that German roots for world econom ic domination run deeper than most people had appreciated. German industrialists may have secreted billions of marks in Swiss bank accounts all over the world. German busi ness houses still have hundreds of economic spearheads in Latin American, Spain, and other neutral countries. It is still possible for Germany's big corporations to carry on research and do business through dummy companies, just as they did after the las: war. Germanyls potential regrowth is, therefore, still considered tremendous, even though her armies have been utterly defeat ed and her territories totally occupied. All these revelations have the effect of building up new demands for the imposition of much stiffer final peace terms on Ger many than may have at first been consid ered necessary. When such responsible cit izen as Bernard M. B.iruch demand long time otCupation of Germany, maximum rep arations, full U. S. cooperitrlon'With Soviet ' f'iVi 'it stem the tide. ' However, more show-downs regarding our pro-Franco policy are certain to come un less the new stale department under Jimmy Byrnes beats Latin Americans to it by re vising our pro-Franco policy. Sugared Spain Meanwhile, at a secret meeting just before Byrnes took the oath, state department offi- . cials proposd sending 00,000 tons of sugar lo Spain. This is a reduction from the prev ious year's shipment to Spain, which totaled TOO.OOO tons. ' One official sitting in on the hush-hush meeting remarked: ' ' "Wait till the newspapers get hold of this one." State department officials claim that if we do not sell sugar to Franco he will come into the Cuban market and buy it anyway in competition with us. However, the Cuban government is anything but pro-Franco, and not likely to do as much business with him as the state department seems to think. Hurley's Oil Feet One state department headache which new secretary Jimmy Byrnes is inheriting is a letter addressed to Under Secretary Joe Grew from Senator Langer of North Dakota which so far has not been answered. Langer has asked Grew about the circum stances under which Patrick J. Hurley, U. S. ambassador to China, received $75,000 from the Sinclair Oil company during 1945, and $108,000 from Sinclair in 1942, while in U. S. army uniform. Senator Langer also asked how many times Ambassador Hurley hos visited the oil-rich countries of the Near East on his way to China, an area in which U. S. oil' companies have a big stake. The senator also asked whether Hurley, while in the employ of the U. S. government, proposed' a system whereby the United States would send economic and political ad visers to help govern the oil areas of tbs Near East a mov: which undoubtedly would aid U. S. oil companies, including Sinclair. ' It is decidedly unusual for a U. S. ambas sador to receive money from a private oil company while engaged in diplomatic duties, and Senator Langer has asked to have all the facts. baby-sitter, cleaning woman or laundress. " Actually hearing, "Why yes you can," to your apologetic plea to the cleaners, "Could I get this back in a week?" ' '.: Being told by a real friend that such and such a store ' has kids' pajamas, or steaks and: hurrying down; to; find, there! are.:still-. some left. Having an accommodating non-smoker with you when you happen into a drug store that is selling your favorite brand of cigarets. Having house guest arrive with his ra tion book and the current red points intact. Planning a party, which includes several lone women, and having a wife call up and say, "I have a cold and think I'd tetter stay home but I'm sending Jim anyway.". Forgetting the world of today and the dishes in the sink, while you lose yourself in a glowing article about the dustlcss, ef lortless world of tomorrow. Russia, and the building up of all the other European states to higher standards of liv ing than are permitted in Germany, than you know how great is fear of German comeback. Barueh gave the Kilgore committee a com plete 14-point program for dealing with Germany. In the change of secretaries of state, Byrnes for Stettinius and in the gen eral preparations for the Big Three confer ence, it is impossible to get responsible state, war or treasury department officials to com ment on the Baruch proposals. It is defi nitely known, however, that the adminis tration does have, a plan for the complete demobilization of the German war potential. This U. S. plan is embodied in the confiden tial orders which have been given General Dwight D. Eisenhower on how he shall gov ern the American zone in Germany. Any idea that the United States stumbles into Germany without having any policy on how it would govern the occupied territory, there fore, appears to be wrong. It may have been generally forgotten, but last September there was considerable to-do on this subject when a so-called "Morgen thau plan" for dealing with Germany leaked out after Roosevelt's second Quebec confer ence with Churchill. It was then reported that Secretary of the Treasury Henry W. Morgenthau, jr., favored reducing Germany to the level of a purely agricultural econ omy. There were howls of amazement at the time, but now the pendulum has swung back to favor impostion of long and tough peace settlement terms on Germany. Actually, there was no one Morgenthau plan. Treasury experts have from time to 'ime been called upon to prepare a number of reports on various phases of economic controls for Germany. Many of these ideas have been incorporated in the orders which have been given to General Eisenhower. Publication of these orders, revealing the formula for dealing with Germany, must now await their approval or their revision by the othfr occupying powers which, through allied control council sitting in Ber lin, will run the condominium. There's that Word again. " ' 'i Side Glance? V MWt tW) BY TA miKl. IC. T. M. KO. J. S, MT. WF, "Give me half a dozen cookies I've got to take the edge off my appetite before I go home and face another terrible supper like we had last night!" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority STRONG CLUB BID BRINGS RIGHT LEAD Harry Fishbein and I are not proud of the results we got on mis hand and the one I am going to show you tomorrow. The fact that we were asked to substitute may have affected the bidding somwhat. Certainly, my bid of one spade was sound enough, but now Harry is confronted with a problem. His hand is no- strong clubs, and my bold bidding of not have any losing clubs that six spades clearly indicated I did is why he opened the heart ace. However, at this point West should have shifted to a club, but he made the mistake1 of continu ing with a heart. Now you can see that the losing club can be discarded on the fourth heart. Had a club been opened, -the hand could actually be held to four odd. o IN FORMER YEARS 10 Years Ago. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Hanna and family spent the weekend at Wal lowa lake. Mr. Hanna-remained in Enterprise where Judge J. W. Kr.owles is holding court. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans re turned last night from their honeymoon trip to Seattle and Vancouver, B. C. 1 A Little Theater group has been organized in La Grande, a subsidiary of the summer play ground movement. "' ' '' Fishbein A Q 10 8 7 6 4 2 KQ J KJ9 4 A K 9 7 5 3 ' KJ5 A74 ' 3 Duplicate Neither vul. South West North East 1 Pass 2 V 3 4 4b Pass 4 A Pass 6 A Pass Pass Pass Opening V A. " ' 9 AJ4 N 482 V A 10 3 VV EVQ98 10 983 c 85 2 ru.l.. AQ10 7 865 I Dealef ) 4 2 enough.' to -bid two .no- trump, while a bid of one no trump would be too weak. That is why Harry bid two hearts. Even though East had bid three clubs, I felt there was a possibility of a small slam.' I will admit that he four-club bid was a little opti mistic, but it was a winner. When Harry went to four spades I bold ly bid six. West fell for my cue bid of four Questions & Answers Q What is the container re quirement of the tin canning in dustry in the United States? A Ten billion cans are used Sot food packing by the industry. 15 Years Ago Cherry crop harvest in the Cove district will begin soon, with picking and packing to be gin within a few days. ' Mrs. J. E. Mills of near Cove returned home from a trip in the east, part of which was an auto trip from Nebraska to the Atlan tic coast. She had been away from this valley since May 31. Mrs. Tom Wallsinger of Va leria district, in company with the R. W. Leighton family, is making an auto trip up the Co lumbia river highway, across and down the Washington side, over the Mt. Hood loop then down to Madras, Ore., and home. Q What success did Khublai Khan have in invasions of Japan? A He tried it twice, both at tempts unsuccessful. In 1274 he tried to invade island of Kyushu; in 1281 he attempted invasion again, but his armada was de stroyed by a typhoon. 30 Years Ago' Vernon Layne, Ray Barker and Alfred Newcombe , were in La Grande this week taking teach ers examinations. Wallace Kadderly,- captain of next year's OAC track team, holder of the world's indoor rec ord for the quarter mile, and ath lete of all around proportions, is now juggling alfalfa on the J. E. Reynolds ranch, shoulder to shoulder with his fraternity brb ther and former track captain, Lee Reynolds. Q Has Holland lost her prior ity in the tulip bulb industry due to inroads of the war? A Despite all handicaps, the Dutch expect to ship to the Unit ed States and Canada this year the normal prewar total of 10,000 tons of tulip bulbs. This Curious World m ev nca stivicc. nc W IF YOU WERE ON THE PLANET SATURN, -" m YOU'D HAVE TO TWAVEL 7,SOO MILES f ' K H-.TO SPACE TO REACH THE RINGS. J 0 'YOU )MET)UPC WAwb Tvi , a , ,nTb , w rwwnc WAY OUT IN ORDER TO &ET A, " Sir CHARLES SCHOENWETTER, c GARLIC MU5HPOQ1 Scents the ai with a Distinct cdor cp garlic. 7"f NEXT: How we go! the "nick" in nickel. i li Dined"
