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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
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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
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should
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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?
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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.
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war r.a-ts sot. ,-rv.it.:-o.v-rvr-jVori.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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