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Side Glances EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schlro, Publisher TliKSDAY KVI'MNC. Jl'I.Y 17. I!M: I'tige Two Enough of This Drifting .t ?; Step In The Right Direction News of the decision of farmers in the Tnion. Hot Lake ami Unld fiinyon district to pwjijuv and circulate a voli tion for the formation of a soil conser vation and reclamation district is im loit.mt ami the action itself can l' welcomed by fanner and business men tlmmshout the Grande Konde valley as a big- sten in the right direction. The petition, following circulation, will Iv subject to the approval of the state board of soil conservation, which will set a date for final hearing on the prpvl. Action of this nature on the pavt of valley fanners indicates a pivsressive tyjv of thinkini! and the desire to util ise the land to its fullest eteut and to farm in the most profitable manner invisible. Fanners on the original committee. Oilbert CVurtvight. Charles Orandy. J. C. IVdingfield. T. W. Hates and Kexal Allen, aiv to U ivntpiimer.tel on their initiative and persistency. Host wishes for success to the proiec; should K etendtl by every business mar. ar.d farmer i: the valley. Xetr Important Service Sow Available tained only if profitable, and the air way operators should lie encouraged in every manner possible. We believe the area large enough and that it trans acts sufficient business necessitating: such service as to warrant its mainten ance. Service of this nature will aid in the development of existing business and indicates a progressive community which will attract new enterprise. A word of appreciation to operators Merlin Johnson and Keith Province will indicate community and area awareness of the progressive developments at tlie airport. The Police Department And the Police School Chief of Police Clyde Lund and the members of his department are to be highly complimented for their interest in improving police service for the citi jens of l.i (.rirande and in bringing to the department the FlU police school which was he'd last week. J. K. Thornton, special agent in ehsrgv of the Portland area, and Spe C::.1 Agents Marshall Pmrr.es. Max Tay lor ar.d Howard Patterson of the area. deseive :.ks of the communiTv brir. g::.g ,e Motv than pNStng ..:.::. le vtivc" the a,.,.nv.'.r.ce:ner.t r.u ! y tasteri Otvsvn A:iwas of r'arter :s: servve to lYr.'ar This is A tvyv of se'."v:oe vcr r.rt ! the er.v'tv r rsi w' Wad to sv.r :v..v.i setvev. '.so v N.,:.;r;i.'!v . x-h serv ve our. should ryvrt h :-.v tor twr iWivratum svhivvi he iv. The PHI schools have Iwn held for many years ih reus hem the cvnintry ar.d have brought to local departmer.ts the epportur.ity for l'.-s'.nict:o:i ar.d kr.ovv 'ige not other ;so svsi-shie. Ir.tervst of the local depart rv.er.t v.e'v.ivrs in irv.mvv iujr themse'ves ar.d the r rfct a: tmett is essential, however. a:td v..: c::t;er.s should lot departster.t vv.vis s:.ow swi et:V:ts are pj.re- Funnv Husines? SO THEY SAY . a m im " Ml r.Xi v m- fv lm v . ... . i V A. . '-0?3 ro.k to .vi.a-.vd. ::o--;T A-.:-.-.: Cor-v A : tan F-r.-of V j. r r- ,-."0 : A - ra :o u ? i03 .X- -r-ito Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON WASHINGTON Senators probing the question of the extent to which American business helped Hitler, have unearthed a very interesting document written by Dr. H. F. Albert, chuirman of the Fold auto works in Germany before the war, in which he urged upon the German government the importance of cooperation-with American business. This whole question of whether Ameri can busim-ss will continue to cooperate with Germany after this war, as aftur the last, is sure tu lurk in the background of President Trumanji Berlin talks. There is a definite school of thought in both Britain and the United States which advises building up Germany again as a buffer against Russia. Unfortunately the presence of representa tives of Standard Oil, the Mellon interests, J. P. Morgan and other powerful business corporations now in American uniform in Germany does not allay these Russian sus picions. Senator Kilgore of West Virginia has been studying this whole problem and expects to make public the Ford document soon. It was written Nov. 25, 1941 12 days before Pearl Harbor in the form of a confidential memorandum by Or. Albert, chairman of the board of Ford-Werke A. G. in Cologne. Originally, Ford owned all of the German plant, but in 1H28 he permitted the sale of 411 percent of its stock to German buyers, he retaining 52 percent. Just before Pearl Harbor, Dr. Albert urged in his confidential memorandum that this 52 percent American stock majority should not be diminished but should be used "to bring the remaining European Ford com panies under German inflence." He argued if the American ownership was eliminated, the Germans would lose "the transmittal of the newest American models as well as the insight into American pro duction and sales methods. The mainten ance of this connection was in the German interest," Dr. Albert urged. How Ford Helped Naiis Dr. Albert told how tho Ford plant at Co logne had been turned more and more into' a German company, even though the ma jority of stock was still held in the United States. In detailing the benefits Ford had given to the nazis, he said: "In connection with this, all needed for eign raw materials were obtained through the American company (rubber, non-ferrous metals) to cover the production needs of the German plant and above that, in part, for the whole industry. (This would imply that tha whole German auto industry was partly supplied through Fori channels before Pearl Harbor.) "During the capital increase made in the beginning of 1941 the question of a German ization of the capital had been discussed with the authorities concerned which led to the reduction to 52 percent of the American majority. "Among the reasons speaking against a complete Getmanization of the capital, the first one is the excellent sales organization which, thanks to its connection with the American company, is at the disposal of the German Ford-Werke A. G. According to their productivity the German company can export to all countries of the world, and in this they are protected and supported in the matter of pricing by the American com pany. In some countries this had led to make the German export of German Ford cars possible, even though the rest of the German industry was unable to find a solid footing. This limits, or keeps away purely American competition to some extent. Ford To Be Used As a Cloak "As long as Ford-Werke A. G. have an American majority, it will be possible to bring the remaining European Ford com panies under German influence, namely that of Ford-Werke A. G. and ths to execute the greater European policies in this field, too. As soon as the American majority is elimi nated, each Ford company in every country will fight for its individual existence. The just-now successfully accomplished joining of the potentiality of the non-German, Euro pean companies to the potentiality of Ford Werke A. G., and with this to the general war potentiality of Germany, would this collapse more or less by itself. Amsterdam. Antwerp, Paris. Budapest. Bucharest, Copen hagen, etc., are concerned." WE, THE WOMEN Br RUTH MTT.l.rTT Most of the letters I have received from mothers-irt-law and daughters-in-iaw wtio have tried living together through the war are pretty sad reading. Moti'.er-in-iaw spoils Junior or dtiughter-in-l.nv doesn't, do anything around the house, and on and ori. But here i i happy solution to the-problem that tw o intelligent women have worked out. While the son and husband is overseas mother-. n-law and dau$h!er-iri-'av are living together. There is a small child, too, who couid complicate the pic'.ure, but doesn't. For the plan works like this. The daugh ter-in-!;nv is .a nurse, w ho works three days out of each week. The mnther-in-la'w is a professional woman who manages to keep her carc-or going by working downtown three d.iys a week. So three days of the week one woman stays home, does the housework, takes care of :he child and gets her fill of domesticity. Then she is a career woman for three days during which she is free of housekeeping cares. The same goes for the other woman of the household. That leaves just one day of every week for the two to share the house and each other's 'company. So both women have their careers and their jobs and enough but not too much of each other's cn-.pany. And Junior doesn't have two persons directing him at once, or striving to monopolize his love. How much more sensible that arrange ment is than the usual wartime one where the young wife and mother works and thi mother-in-law stays at home to do tho housework and take care of the children. And what a really simple plan it is. I: might even be an idea for wo.-.n-n to file away for the time when there aren't enough full-time jobs for women to go around. Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grand Evening Obumi Washington Comspondanl WASHINGTON". July IT Robert F. Wag ner. New York senator, is usua'.ly given credit for being the author of more r.e-.v de.il gis'.at-.on than any one in congress, but if a new tally were made today, it would show the ore man sr-ortsorir.g the most reform Icgis'at'.on. is tho Hon. James E. Murray of Butte, the junior senator from Montana. Mut ray's l.t itvl-iucs thcet Th-e high'- oonir-.wc rs.s'. ;uU employment bill, oil which hear.ngs -a.-! socrt get ur..ier way. The b.'.'. to ,-rvato i V.ssc-ur: vaii-y au thority One sf. .ke has rt n called on the MVA by s sf.ate o.vv.ir.e:-oe sub-ecir. :r.it tee. bat it has two irore c'-ar.-e-s betore irriga tive Jirsi g! .culture sub-o. -v.n-.ittoes in the The br.i.i;-ned sxv.al .-vouTity act with r.'-.v jrov-.s.or for yb'.i." health measures irtroiiuoo- by Murriy ;-Ni oo-srvrsorvci wit rjo..T W aii-t: jr.-l Sew John D. P:r gell IV-.r-.-.t. To Mat :ay's ;nt t Are .---rvrv.r: -. war r.a-ts sot. ,-rv.it.:-o.v-rvr-jVori. V, :r;-v : ve star.: ..c a or . W V..r- i-.-c "Walter F .t:- NvX .. . i-s. The smaller -;- small w ar olai-.'s t-o a.-'sn.v. o.igod i as.ress, rit.on lei slatior. m.-.tarv ,v -.v - -c-e a w.v-i rs.-n- - v..J .i.-.sur.-s ir.vo.os r ..' t-; . cotal . v:'it-: '' .-i.-i.v.-f r , Murray's rraXo .? it-es -.i-: --.!.- j oase tba: V.ir .-.a-$;: x-i .'!. rss-jl tN .- s ?'.-t- io. o. bs bwK-lv.i o ( :.-: r .c. N- s i -r.'.vea-.tv 7 : h t'.v.ur; -m -v.'-fr.tt-.i a - r'.i : M, ray Y.-t-rj ," t-.- ..t. ,. - , -, , - "o e.-v Jt - . - s i - N; Y v v . - sivy t.-or. be . i" ?. : ae .-.is b...... . .- u rof . -. c ; .. tx's v.r-s i ' c :"-t tv. : (itos i-, i Of a businessman a rugged individualist, if you please, who says he is primarily interested in saving the American fre er.terp se sys tra ar.i all it stands for. ' When you ask Senator Murray where he got all these ideas, he pu'ls frvim under the table a black leather bound cvpy ef '"For tur.e" the magjeme of big business, mind you and :ums immediately to a marked page in the issu.- for March. lsVS. The title ot the ciitorial article is-"Business ar.d Gov-err.r.-.c:::." and trie sub-titlv is "A division ei irK-lustry into smaller units might result in some suiyrising profits." Y'es. Nturray wants to preserve the profit, motive. There is rot space to qmte extensively frm the " Fortune" article here, but the subhead gives you the idea and it is the basis of Jim Murray's business and poiittea. ohiiosochy lod.vy. N!urray insists that he is no; "latxv. Mary laoor lobbyists have' tried to pin their oe: pr-.;tvts on his ooatiatl. but he never belonged to a laNv union and he says he --er represented a union in a law case. He -s i-t anti -labor, either. When he ran for re -electron in 14?. he was supported bf Phil M..:i.:0- vr.vi relativn ar.d CIO. but he was co-ocMvd by tho CIO Montana local United Voro. Mil! and Sirviter Wotsors ur.K--.. Y...r:.-,y i.is f.xtb.6 the bs copper o.xmpan iis an.i all other "interests" all owr thv state '; M ntana. owiiivg and go n Thay've t' -ui'-.t him When they tried to masi- peace . th him after he hl larked, them in tb.e '..4i election, he s-.Hirrtci the offer i'.vp'.e who know Murray best and w-or .t-. him explain htm by My:en he ;s a bvrrs lile-al. Cor.:ess is noted for its peoul.an but Murray unique cv-.n in o-.-griSS. ar.d a rwx speaker. :-a es te-v 7-9 cent. m t m tatnet. nc Tnnta.u., m ntr, I "Why is everybody screaming at that man in the blue tuit who tells the player what to do? Is he from the ration board?" o McKENNEY ON BRIDGE Br WM. E. McKENNEY. America's Card Authority MIDWESTERN EXPERT DISPLAYS SKILL Detroit recently completed one of its most successful tourna ments. Aaron Frank and Art Goldsmith walked off with the At65 VJ972 Q4 A A J 9 2 AQ943 I N IAA108 K6 W c 843 10 5 2 e A J 7 6 !i!i9 Dealer . . w. 1 nlaa.ru TT Fnnk A K J 2 AQ10S K983 KQ Duplicate M.-S. Sooth West North 1 V Pass 2 N. T. Pass Pass Pass Opening 3 vul East 2 Pass open pair championship. Aaron Frank is rated by many midwest erners as one of the outstanding card players of the country. Hore is an example of his skill at play ing the hand. The first trick was won with Questions & Answers Q What is the estimated size of our postwar merchant fleet? A It ranges from 15.000000 to 20.OC-0.0OO tons, about half of which would be used in foreign trade. East's ace and a spade was re turned. This was won with the king in declarer's hand, and he sawt hat his first step must be to get rid of his losing spade. So he next played the king of clubs, following with the queen. This he overtook with the ace in dum my, and the jack of clubs gave him the needed spade discard. The diamond queen lost to East's ace. East returned a trump and Frank let West's king win. West led back a trump, which was won by declarer, who cashed the dia mond king and then cross-ruffed for the rest of the tricks. Most players would fail to overtake the club queen with the ace and go down. o IN FORMER YEARS 30 Years Ago, July 17 Hong Won Duck, aged Chinese and his nephew Tai Chung, are going to China to live perman ently. Tai Chung has sold his store to Lem Yuan interests. Guests from La Grande for s?ven tables were present at a delightful party given by Mrs. Fred Kiddle at Island City re cently. Bridge was played. Hon ors at cards went to Mrs. P. S. Robinson and Mrs. C. D. Putman. Refreshments were served later in the afternoon. Q What distinction did Singa pore have before it fell to th; Japs: A Having the greatest naval base in the Orient, it was so heav ily fortified by Great Britain that it was caHid .he Gibraltar of Q What mciera means of transportation w-.il be used to in vestigate the Parieutin volcano lha; burss. forth from a cornfield in Mexico two and a half years ago? A A V. S. srrr.y Siionsky heli copter will be used by a joint Mexican-U. S. volcano commis sion to hover over the vlcano and observe its actions. 15 Years Ago, July 17 Mrs. Grace Snyder and son, Charles, left yesterday on their way to Johnston City. III., where they will visit relatives. They plan to be gone until the first of September. S. D. Crowe and son, Dick, arrived in La Grande last night from their home at Eugene for a vacation trip to be spent visiting with friends. Crowe was owner of the telephone company here before it was purchased by the West Coast telephone company, and stayed on awhile for that company in the capacity of dis trict manager. Q What is the oil producticn of tie BaiiSpapan area of Borneo new urvder invasion by the allies? A The area produced mere than 10.fr.XMXO ba eis of crude in ). 10 Years Ago. July 17 Drs. J. L. and Margaret Ingle moved their offwrts from the Sommer building to the Saeaja-w-ea annex. They had been in their former location 13 y-sar-s. Mr. ar.d Mrs. Otis Palmer and children returned from a two wieks visit with Mrs. Palmer's mother and sisters who live at San Francisco. This Curious World SlN'?5rJ tc-ter.t oc the fvr. Rut he wo. Xs h. . i to the limit, and he probably h.ws n-oro .'0 in Woshir.glon c;'.r.g r. . or. ".tie -.-esooivh tran at'o -,tr. m t-.-Ar. il s office is eigani.-v-.i l.se a bus NX. an.i (-s h.s petsoral bra.n trust a-.-( i-i ' 1: or. the uurp i the ;i-v. ievvlv?r i.'t new Murray legis.it or, 0 . 1 . v as y or tr o.oe E.v.iSkS. i J. C-. '.O - 5 a --rsf Max A tern. ..- '(1 t
