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,
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Woo to him . . . who lias no court of
iipponl njiainst tho world's judgment
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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"
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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. ..
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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.
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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. " '
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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. "' ' ''
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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
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WAY OUT IN ORDER TO &ET A, "
Sir CHARLES SCHOENWETTER,
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