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La Grande Evening: Observer
' Frank Schlro, Publisher
MONDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1945
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WASHINGTON The ' "secret document"
situation 1b causing a lot of mirth inside the
office of strategic services. OSS is the outfit,
sometimes called "oh so-secret," organized
by Gen. "Wild Bill" Donovan, assistant at
torney general under Coolidge and who has
done some fine work in 'both wars, but who
also has succeeded in collecting one of the
fanciest group of dilettante diplomats, Wall
Street bankers, and amateur detectives ever
seen in Washington.
While the youngsters' in uniform recruited
by Donovan have done some of the most he
roic work of the war, such as parachuting
behind enemy lines, his "cloak and dagger"
boys in' Washington' have had a marvelous
timi playing detective."":.
Not long ago this column illustrated the
ultra-secret social operations of the OSS by
publishing' a "secret" telegram which merely
reported on the social doings of a Donovan
representative at the San Francisco confer
encewith whom' he dined, his efforts to
rent an apartment, and his plans for visiting
other cities on the west coast.'
Since' then,1 there' has been a large-scale
hunt In the' OSS for leaks.
An extra person has been detailed to stand
beside the mimeograph machine and tear1 up
all extra, spoild copies of messages. Copies
of messages have been reduced to three, and
are sent around With armed guards. Any ex
tra copies above this are chopped up' in a
shredding machine. Meanwhile, security of
ficers swarm all over the place like hawks,
and mysterious holes have appeared in the
celling.- :
Finally,' the Paris" office of OSS was
thrown into consternation when a man sud
denly appeared to inspect their operations.
They couldn't stop him, . however, because
he had a permit to poke around the office
from none other than the assistant secretary
of war John J. McCloy.
A Colonel Rodriquoz of the U. S. arrriy was
especially sent by President Truman' to de
liver to Emperor Halle Selassie' of Ethiopia
some of the emperor's jewels and documents
recovered in Italy; Mussolini's boys carted
them off to Italy when they looted the em
peror's palace in Addis Ababa and so Presi
dent Truman wanted" to send them back by
a-personal messenger. But the OSS sent
Col. Rodriquez only part way. They said
privately they didn't want him down in
Ethiopia. So the jewels were relayed to the
emperor by another man . . . Thirty cases of
OSS documents were captured by the-Japs
in Burma and China, which the Japs have
turned over1 to the Russians. From a Russian
viewpoint, the documents are most interest
ing because they' show a consistent anti-Rus- ,
sian policy being followed by OSS operators,
plus plans for future work against the Rus-
sians . . . OSS top men are nearly , all picked
from the Red-baiters . Marshal Tito has :
ordered all OSS men ' out of ' Yugoslavia. .
However, seven OSS men stayed on at the
American embassy anyway . . . The Russians '
have now barred all OSS men from Ru
mania; Ond OSS agent has been left inside
the American legation; however, and , 'the
OSS has been scrambling, round to find pla
ces for others in Bucharest. . -,.'
The Fight Over FUet
Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia,
recently returned from Europe, is recom
'mending to President Truman that the files
of the famous nazl cartel, I.- G.' Farben,
which developed synthetic gasoline and rub
ber patents and cooperated with U. S! busi
ness; be microfilmed. . ' : .,;; ''-
These files, which may hold among the
most, precious of nazi war secrets, have been
kicked around Germany, and were even
stored for a while in a warehouse with dis
placed persons Who tore some of them up for
bedding and toilet uses.' Also the files have
been- the subject of a 'tug-of-war between
jalous U. S. agencies, including the army,
the OSS, the ustice department and the FEA.
Some of the files were found buried in the
basements and back gardens of high I. G.
FarbCn officials, whd took them home as the
war neared its end. Some were carted off
by the Germans to escape bombing. Two
boxcars filled with files were shipped off to
Weimar. Most of the files are under the army '
at Frankfurt, but some' are under the OSS
at Heidelberg.
Top-notch I. G. Farben officials are also
considered important for establishing war
built and ascertaining' war. 'secrets. They
have been kept in prison ever ' since the
armistice, . - ,
evening observer's
Progress program
IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
Ronde Valley irrigation project.
LA GRANDE - A city of 10,000
TGxtend the city limits. '
The Pacific Northwest
A Place to Stay and Live
A mora" recital, n factual inventory
without any romantic buildup, of the
resources of the northwest resulted in
lvcepinjr thousands of Kaiser shipyard
f niployes on their Jobs, where many of .
I hem had decided, last Auprust, the' war
was nearly over and it was time for'
litem to return to the midwest or south
or east, says the American Legion maga
zine in an article by Robert Ormond
Case, popular novelist and adventure
.tory writer.
This inventory, says Case, made no
direct promises of post-war employ
ment. This was made plain in the
Henry Kaiser shipyard house organ;
lint the recital was so convincing to
many workers they decided'they had a
better chance in the northwest after the .
war work was over than anywhere else.
Here are some of the reasons which
Case listed :
There is plenty of room in Oregon
mid Washington as I lie area is greater
I han New York, Maine, Maryland, New
Hampshire and Ohio; and the popula
tion is less than in Chicago. It could
support five limes its present popula
tion uilli ease. This vast area is the
most health fill on the continent, the
most economically 'stable and near the
top in per capita wealth.
It is, says Case, at the top in poten
tial wealth.
Residents here have attained the
highest living standard, have the. most
. national paiiks. and playgrounds, high
est per capita fa'rnl incomes, and high
est per capita college enrollment. North
westerners dp more hunting, fishing'
and golf playing. There are more elec
tric ranges in Portland than in New
York City and more automobiles there
,thnn in the whole of Soviet Russia.
Half the nation's standing timber is
in the northwest 800 billions of board
feet; the 10 billion feet harvested every
year is a third of the nation's cut. It
is a permanent resource because timber
reproduces faster here than anywhere
else on the globe and the sustained tree
program is constantly reducing the
spread between growth and' depletion.:
New uses for timber are expanding
daily.
Agriculture is a second great re
source: Within tho two states are be
ing raised every vegetable, field and
fruit crop native to tho temperature
zone. It is a fine dairy region. All
world's records for milk and butterfat
production in tho Jersey breed have
Ijcon held by dairymen in the two states.
Further underwriting the future of
(lie northwest is the fact almost half
the potential hydro-electric power is
here. The cost is the cheapest in the
nation from the Grand Coulee alone.
What this vast reservoir of power will
mean in tho post-war picture can only
be surmised, declares Case.
Sec EDITORIAL . . . Page 4
WE, THE WOMEN
.JPj RUTH MILLETT -
After taking food tests the husband
brought home to his wife a list of all the
foods that didn't agree with him; Now he
never gets the forbidden foods and he feels
fine. ,'.,
''.JdtSStti.tot his'wTfp to cootewiUimfe
eye ot) tjuj.bannod food list. But she does it ,
and not grudgingly lther,' because" she
knows 'her'' husband can't help the fact that
he is alljsisic. Besides, she'd rather take' a
little mdi trouble With; her meal planning
than to i jjfut up with a man suffering from
food allergy. .
But she isn't near that tolerant about oth
er things that don't agree with him.
For instance, an evening of bridge with
the Joneses has almost as bad an affect on
him as eating eggs but she goes right on
serving up the Joneses, week after week.
He hates to bp nagged about the chores to
be done about the house, but it never occurs
to his wife to accept the fact she has mar
ried a man who' is allergic to leaky water
faucets and grass that needs to meet a lawn-
His day gets off to a wrong start if he is
asked to clutter up his mihd with' household
errands but he'is'asked td'do them all the
same, and made to feel like a heel if he for
. geis. '-. '
-5-His- disposition' proveA-jgiaJhigg plans
matSeJ for him without hisoriseht ("John
will be glad to' do so-and-so") "doesn't agree
with him but he often finds himself in that
maddening predicament. A : ' :
If his-wife and all Wives could be as
tolerant of a man's personality allergies as
of food allergies and treat; them with the
same respect, marriage would be so' much
simpler.
But the woman who would recognize a
man's allergy for potatoes or eggs won't
accept his lack of tolerance for the Joneses
in the same spirit.
She'll hunt around for a substitute for po
tatoes' to do away wltH his headaches but
she won't hunt around for a substitute for
the Joneses to do away with his complain
ing, "Do wo have to spend another evening
with THEM?" ' . ' . "
Behind Scenes in Washington
By PETER EDSON, La Orand Evening Obtcrvtr Washington Correspondent
Fimnu liusines?
o SO THEY SAY
Philiinthrnphy is the responsi
bility of the man and must nev
er be the burden of the few.
Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, Now
York City.
We may be sure, I think, that
when a commission is established,
the United States government
will urge that it should promptly
study the means of promoting
freedom of tho press.
Edward R. Stettinius, jr.
"Wt had liodbW keeping litr until w motoilted ih lea wa-jon','
As a result of the war. women
haw taken an increasingly im
portant place in t lie whole eco
nomic structure.
M. P. t'alhmvood, New York
it, lie coimuis'.ioiicr ; of com
merce. (
Letlinf every boy and girl
feel he is doing his part for the
military campaign abroad will
help to keep waste paper collec
tions at high levels dining tiie
slimmer.
Salvage division, war produc
tion boiird.
WASHINGTON, July 9 Anyone wanting
pennifnent work in Washington these days is
smart if he signs up as a baby-sitter. It used
to be that a career in a government agency
was a good thing with a future in it, but no
more. ' "
All these firings and resignations of gov
ernment people: from cabinet members on
down has given the capital one of the worst
cases of reorganization jitters it ever had.
Consequently, hiring out by the hour to
watch tho neighbors' kids on parents' nights
off offers a lot better chance for advance
ment thap passing a civil service examina
tion. And, if, in addition to minding the baby
you can develop a little talent as a cook or
a butler and yardman, old age and possible
unemployment need offer no terrors. Why,
even working as a Western Union messenger
or as a cub reporter in a newspaper office,
which used to be the most transitory jobs in
the world, offer steadier employment than
the government these days. When even Harry
Hopkins resigns, then you know nothing is
sure. -.
The man who gets the treasury berth, will
no doubt want to move in and reorganize
completely. That's what they all do, from
President Truman on down. Truman has
asked "cdngress for authority to reorganize
the whole government set-up, and though
congress has shown no hurry about granting
his request, there just couldn't be more re
organization than is going on nil over town
right now. The plane is like a circus grounds
after the big show has struck its tents a;
midnight to move on to the next town. Ymi
don't see how they'll ever get it together
acain. '
Advent e( Justice James F. Byrnes as sre
retdry of ste has started a fie of rumors
of forthcoming wholesale reorganization and
mdernization and many job holders are jum
py about their future. Generally forgotten in
the fact the department of state has already
been reorganized twice in the last 18 months,
once In January 1H44 and agaih in Decem
ber when Secretary Edward Stettinius took
over withrhis "team Part of the big
scrjvnble i'n state dip.irtment now is to try
to get along to London,' when Stettinius goes
there to work on the interim united 'nations
organization. Any of the Stettinius team that
get set out may try to tag along to UNO un
less such action is Vetoed by the president
and Byrnes. ' ...
Secretary of Commerce': Henry . Wallace,
who has been toying with reorganization' of
his department since he took officolast Jan
uary; still isn't ready to announce his plans
and won't be for a month or two. Shortly
after Wallace took over', he'asked every di
vision chief for an outline of projects then
being worked- on. These are being-' sHudied
as the basis for the Wallace reshuffle, but
the job is so big it can't be done in a hurry.
Department of agriculture's absorption of
war food administration under the new sec
retary Clinton B. Anderson is having no im
mediate effects. People who had been work
ing for WFA will in general go on doing the
same things they did before, only as employ
ees of the department of agriculture. Not to
be overlooked, however, is the fact that Sec
rtary Anderson has brought back to Wash
ington Milton Eisenhower, E. W. Gaumitz
and Jerry ThornCj all former employees of
the department, to work out a complete re
organization of that far flung bureaucracy.
Secretary of Labor Lewis' B. Schwellen
bach hfts a similar group planning reorgani
zation of the department of labor. Schwell
enbach's passes at bringing other labor agen
cies under his wing has of course crpatcd a
certain amount of uncertainty in national
labor relations board, war labor board, war
manpower commission and social security
board. Incidentally. NLRB, itself has a new
chairman in Paul M. Herzeg.
All the war agencies are demobihtmg.
Army is .discharging as fast as it can and
navy will follow as soon as it gets J.ipan
finWied off.T V
Only Hariild Ickes and his department of
interior" proceed in unrhffled peace and
quiat, the last vestige of the new deal, tho
only thing to cling to in a pity of shifting
sands yhere t! one constant is eternal
change.
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"Some of ih women in the club like to boast if they starl' comparing-how
many war bonds they have', juii say we've: flot them
u - ?.-. stacked all over the housel" ;-lc
D McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WM. E. McKENNEY, America's Card Authority -
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There is no question about' the'
overbidding . on today's ' hand.
South has a doubtful opening
bid, let alone a bid of three clubs,
so I could not criticize Harry
Fishbein for jumping to four
spades. However, right after the
opening lead, I was called to the
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telephdne, so I asked Harry to
play the hand. Now," of course.
East could have defeated the con
tract right at the beginning had
he simply played low on West's
heart lead and let South's single
ton ace win. But he was afraid
South might have' a small heart.
Harry led back a small club,.
Questions & Answers
Q What is the capacity of the
largest Clipper plane?
A The Coniolidated-Vultee, a
six-engined Clipper, will capry
a payload of almost 50,000 pounds
made -up of 204 passenger and
14,000 pounds of baggage, mail
and express.
which East woni and he then
cashed the ace and; king of dia
monds and played the king- of
hearts, which was truniped. Two
rounds of trumps were taken
a club was ruffed in dummy
and the ten of hearts was led.
East made a serious mistake
when he did not cover the heart,
so the eight of diamonds was dis
carded. Had East covered the
heart, f.he optimistic contract
coul have been defeated.
IN FORMER
YEARS
30 Years Ago
Miss Etha Thomas returned
this morning from two weeks in
Spokane with her father's rela
tives. ., ,. .-,
Ralph Reynolds, ' connected
with the extension department of
OAC, is a guest in the city with
his father, J. E. Reynolds, and his
brothers. 1 ;.,...
J.' Si Chandler left this .morn.-,,
ing for California to visit the
fairs.
IS Years Ago i
With a thousand or more in
the 'audience, La Grande munic
ipal band presented an outdoor
concert last night at. Riverside
park, the final one to be given
here before the organization
leaves to participate in the north
west contest in Portland.'
Lt. Col. Ralph . Huron of the
186th infantry, and the officers
of company E, La Grande, Capt.
W. A. Bean; First Lt. Jesse. V.
Andrews, and Second Lt. Porter
V. Webb, were guests at the Ro
tary club luncheon.
Q What effective range do the
blowguns used by natives of
Bbrneo have?
A They are accurate up to 50
yards. They are coated with poi
sonous sap of the upas tree.
Q Who was the originator of
the federal reserve banking sys
tem -
A Former Senator Robert L.
Owen of Oklahoma claimed the
distinction. ' It's a matter of rec
ord that he presented a reserve
plan to ' the democratic conven
tion' in1 1896, but it failed to ob
tain adoption.
10 Years Ago
Eva Jane Irwin, charter mem
ber of Sock and Buskin at the lo
cal normal school, was chosen
president of the newly organized
Little Theater group. Elnora
Hansen, also active in the college
group, will assist as secretary
treasurer. According to a check of mar
riage licenses issued the first six
months of this year as compared
to the same periop last year, Dan
Cupid didn't quite hold his own.
Tho licenses issued this yeiir
numbered 53 while.! 54 was the
number for the- corresponding
period.
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