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Side Glances Washington Merry-Go-Rdund 171 By DREW PEARSON O O PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Scfiiro, Publisher .11 iciJAV kvi;m;. ji'i.y 19, m- Page Four Our Chang ing World Shake J I Q y EVENING OaSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Vailey irriRation project LA GRVNDE A city of 10,000 Extend the city limits. Tribute To A Pioneer As yf.ii lead this editorial, the nn iiui.l meeting of the I'liion county pin-!!i-er soik anil daughters will I enn cliniii,) nt l:ivrfiile park. An iniMi Unit part of today's program wan tin; otsi'ivaiii'i of mi-moiial ser vices, fur ik'p.ii U-fl mimcer- with prpeci:'l reference to Mis. jhittie Kchh-y. histor ian nf society lm was also dm- of its founder-. It uas tiir p!ca.-uiv la-t year to nt li'inl the animal rn.i 'ii.j; of the aU-ve oi yarii.atinii. At that tin.i-. Mis. Iley, vif'ori.iis and Keen, was tin- center of Jif: i i t y -fi t i r i i . i F; if the Si! it of the I'ioiicois who settled this an-a and pei l.aps tin- spirit of all pioneei s, inilmiii' ai.lf ainl inayitf- a little bit hard, tin result of ton.iii ionium in i-arv'i:" mil homes and a livin;; In itint of piiso-nal ct'lon and ov. iv,,n,iMr natural difficul ties. W'c win- d !i''.. (I with her. Sched iilnl to speak or, current events, she aoalv.i.l the then current world and loe;tl situation v. it li a keenness of mind that showed no harking hack to the "old days" or a wish for their continu- i' or the slightest indication of per sonal relaxation for a joh well done. She coidd not, however, restrain her An enthusiasm and in a few minutes he had departed from her announced -uhiect to discuss the world of the future and the unlimited opportunities lor pioiiceriiur in many fields. She dis cussed national and international pro gress, the future of the Grande Ronde valley, such special subjects as the future of aviation. We learned a lot about pioneers dur ing that talk. This woman, who might well have been expected to "remember when" and to glory in the achievements of the old days, considered, the "old days" in no more than their proper relation to the present and the future. .She was a pioneer not because she or her parents were among the first to arrive in the area and to contribute to iif progress. That had been an ati;idnnt of time and place. Not at all. She was a pioneer because :.he had the pioneer spirt. She had it in 19)1 as strongly as she had in 1890. .-.lie had personal vigor, imagination, a full sensf of life and tne value of living, and a shaip anticipation of the won I'ers which the future offered. And ?o from this pioneer we learned sonii tiling. Our entire generation can lea in something from many of her re ii.ainiiig contemporary prototypes. Civilization, and that means civiliza li"h in eastern Oregon, is pushing for-y-anl constantly. The speed of that push i' l-M- i n, in. .! l,y the personal attribute.! of id- n,eii,i.,., s of civilization durincr an in or in an area. There is something in proiMv.-s I'r.j- progress' sake and per ha .- we need a little of that "hardness" v.i, icli can stake out obstacles calmly and dispassionately and surmount them. The past is only something on which to build the future. We can thank the pioneers not only for doing the spade work in the past, but a little more im portant, for handing down to us courage and vision and willingness to fight for the pleasure of winning. For these things we can pav grate ful tribute to Mrs. llattie Eckley and her kind in the way they would have wished by carrying on. Funny Business r I s y I . ' "f -t'--T ' ' " -' ' - -r SO THEY SAY As vc are entering upon the ninth year of the war, final vic tory is ni.r.v secure and the dawn of fifvdom is already visible. PreMilent Chiang Kai-shek of China. We in the United States are now thoroughly and almost unan imously agreed that the walls of Lsolati m are gone forever. Commander Harold Stasscn, former governor of Minnesota. The eminent position of the U. S in the family of nations is sup ported by her balanced elements of gieatness. one of which is military power. Report of special congressional committee. I hop you don! m'nd I wr mr vhirt like Ihlt back hornt In ho! wthr!" Remember this, American. The French will hate us (the Ger mans) The Russians will use us. The British will Ignore us. And the Americans will hvlp us. Mark my words. Karl. Winterer, nail soldier, to American war correspondent. WASHINGTON Army officers recently returned from Germany are telling this story to illustrate the difficulty of selecting Ger mans with whom they can cooperate. When the psychological warfare branch of SHAEF established the first allied news paper for German readers in Aachen last wintre, it was decided to use German per sonnel wherever possible. Editorial control, however,' was to be strictly allied. A type-setter who seemed to have the re spct of his fellow-workers in the printshop of the existing Aachen newspaper was se lected to serve as plant superintendent. He had come to the shop with a worker's cap, overalls, and mixed well with the other printers. Next morning a man in a top hat, winged collar, frock ooat and neatly pressed striped trousers appeared in the front office and asked where his desk was to be. The Ameri cans at first did not recognize him, finally realized he was the worker chosen the day before to be plant superintendent. After some hesitation, he was given a small pri vate of fice. About noon an American officer passed by this new office of the superintendent and found the words "eintritt verboten" (ent rance forbidden) being lettered on the door. Franco Gets Sugar No matter how many high U. S. officials may oppose dictator Franco of Spain inside the government, he always seems to come up with a staunch defender in the state de partmnt. Tnis was illustrated recently dur ing off-the-record debates on the highly deli cate question of sugar. Though the American public has been getting more and more pinched for sugar, the state department has always insisted that Spain be cut in for its quota. The state department has issued carefullly-worded denials saying that the sugar does not come from the United States which, of course, is true. It comes from British colonies in the Caribbean area. But so also does most sugar consumed by the Amerioan public come from the Caribbean, and during the war it has been itghtly controlled by the combined food board. Thus, whatever is sent to Spain, in the end, comes out of the sugar bowls of the American dinner table. The combined food board allocates sugar to all our allies, and several weeks ago UNRBA placed before it an estimate that Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Greece and Albania, all of them victims of nazi ag gression, should get 140,000 tons of sugar. The combined food board thereupon agreed to let UNRRA have 40.000 tons to meet this need. This was .considered a def inite premise, and UXRRA then began searching to find an additional 100,000 tons. Allies Cvt No Sugar Just a few days ago, however, something happened. The combined food board re versed itself. It notified UNRRA that the promise 40.000 tons of sugar would not be available for Poland, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Jugoslavia and Albania. In fact, none would be available. Instead, 60,000 tons of sugar has been allo cated by the combined food board to Spain. Most people recall Poland fought valiant ly until she was overrun by the enemy and then continued to fight underground. So did Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Greece and Al bania. They all felt the heel of the con queror. But apparently the state department doesn't recall this. Nor does it recall Franco set up radio intelligence stations for Hitler, sent all sort of strategic materials to Hitler, had the Spanish army trained by Hitler's agents, made all sort of speeches praising the nazi and did everything possibleo help Hitler win. Despite all this, the state department in structed the combined food board to send 60,000 tons of sugar to Franco and no sugar to our allies who fought back against Hitler. No'.e UNRRA has managed to find 20,000 extra tons of sugar in Cuba for Poland, Czechoslovakia, et ah But that's a long way from the required 140,000. WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MTT.T.FTT Summer vacations aren't what they used to be for the nation's teen-agers. With the rest of civilian America they are asked to stay off trains so there aren't those happy weeks away from home they used to have to high-light the summer. There isn't even gas enough so that city kids can have the car for picnics in the country. A large number of them have summer jobs but they need some fun, too. And some American cities are seeing that it is provid-, ed for them. In New York, for instance, teen-agers this month will gather from all five boroughs for a Seventeen Summer Barn Dance on the Mall in Central park. And in Cleveland a "Showagon" a trav elling outdoor entertainment unit on wheels will travel from one neighborhood to an ther to provide evenings of music, commun- Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON, La Grand Evening Observer Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, July 19 Formation of a new, joint "Water Lobby" to oppose crea tian of more "valley authorities" like TVA is credited to Fred D. Beneke of Memphis, Tenn. Beneke is a two-threat man. He is secretary-treasurer of both the national riv ers and harbors congress and the Mississippi Valley Flood Control association. Beneke called the first meeting of rep resentatives of organizations interested in saving the country from the authorities last spring. As a result of his efforts, in April some 20 associations which classify them selves as "land and water users' organiza tions" issued a four-page joint letter to con gress. It presented a strong case for letting well enough alone and preserving states' rights. Its highlight was an eight-point in dictment against establishing any more gov ernment corporations which would have po litical and economic authority that crossed state lines and were not answerable to con gress for the expenditure of their revenues. This letter was published just before the senate commerce subcommittee opened hear ings on Montana Senator James E. Murray's bill to create a new Missouri valley author ity. The committee repurtcd against MVA. The letter wasn't the only cause, but it helped. Roy Miller, acting president of the Intracoastal Canal association, of Louisiana and Texas, chairman of the water lohhy's coordinating committee, was a star witness. Flushed by its fust success the lobby ex panded in preparation for further MVA hearingst his fall. Eleven more land ana water users' associations joined up, bring ing the total to 31. The 31 have now issued a second blast. 60.000 copies of a pamphlet entitled. "The Authority Issue." written by Judge Clifford H. Stone of the National Reclamation association. It is a blistenm; attack against the w hole idea of river valley development under authorities, calling these regirnal corporations a change in the Ameri can form of government. Spokesmen fer the 31 organizations say they are out to pro mote full discussion ot this issue and to stop it if they can. There is no known compilation of the membership nr resources of the 31 organisa tions in this water lobby. But a close look at the list reveals not only its power, but some strange bedfellows: Take the National Rivers and "Harbors congress, founded in lul. ;It works for big- ' ger and better congressional appropriations for river and harbor development and gets them. Its president is U. S. Senator John L. McCIellan of Arkansas. Four other con gressmen and three ex-congressmen are on its board of directors. National Rivers and Harbors congress makes a great point that its annual budget is only $12,000 a year. But when a pressure group has ten active con gressmen among its top officers, maybe money isn't necessary. By curious coincidence, Senator Overton was chairman of the commerce subcommit tee which turned in an unfavorable report on the MVA project last May. And Con gressman Whittington was one of the wit nesses who made the most devastating at tacks on MVA before the Overton commit tee. Take the National Reclamation associa tion. It was originally organized in 1898 and was responsible for passage of the act which created the U. S. bureau of reclamation in the department of interior. The association was reorganized 13 years ago under the leadership of Gov. George H. Dern, former secrtary of war. Today it represents over 400 western state water dis around the department of interior which tricts. It is pretty much of a sacred cow has an unwritten rule against ever referring to the association as deriving any of its sup port from western railroads or private power companies, though it is openly charged with these affiliations by National Farmers Un ion. At any rate, National Reclamation asso ciation is interested primarily in irrigation, secondarily in flood control and not at all in the development of public power except as a by-product f the ther tw. The water conservation committee, continu ing committee, came into being last Septem ber in Chicago. It was a conference called primarily by National Reclamation associa tion. Representatives from 28 states were assembled for the purpose of perfecting amendments to flood control and rivers and harbors legislation then pending before con gress. Senators Joseph C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming and Eugene D. Millikin of Colo rado attended and the amendments which they sponsored and the conference support ed were written into the bills. These are probably the big three of the 31 organizations now grouped in the water l ibby. Who's who in the other 28 will be considiirtid in the, next article. . 1UtT ttWM.MCT.il MO. O.I.MT.WT. 7-20 "1 wish he'd write more clearly I can't make out whether it says 'heartache' or "heartburn'!" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WM. E. McKENNEY. America's Card Authority VULNERABLE FOES . . LOOK FOR SPOT Anything is apt to happen any minute in a bridge game, espe cially when you find Ollie Em rich, Cleveland, and some more Western Reservers present. This hand came up recently at the ity singing, street dancing, and entertain ment by local talent. Both of these ideas are practical and sim ple enough so that they could be used in any town or city. Teen-agers rightly claim that it isn't much fun to be young in wartime. They don't have the same kind of good times that kids have in peacetime. But their young years needn't be quite as drab as many schools and communities have let them become. There is no reason why the young folks still at home can't benefit from the same kind of planned recre ation given their older brothers and sisters in service. All it takes is some thought and planning on the part of schools, youth clubs, women's organizations and community and church groups. A None . . . . V A K 8 7 4 3 Q 108 7 6 442 AA106 I N 1432 VQJ 109 w E 652 3 e AKJ4 Emrkh KQJ9875 . V None 95 Q1097 Rubber E.-W. vul. South West North East 4 4 Double Pass . 5 4 Pass Pass Double Pass Pass Pass Opening K. 20 Ambassador club in -Cleveland's Hollenden hotel. Emrich felt that, because his opponents were vulnerable, they might try to find a spot to play the hand. They did and believe it or not, East Questiom & Answer t Q Have the nazi bans on the playing of compositions of Felix Mendelssohn and other great Jewish composers been lifted in Germany? A They have, definitely. They are being included regularly in concerts in occupied areas. was never able to win one trick in the West hand. The opening lead was covered with the ace, which North ruffed. He cashed his ace and king of hearts and returned a small heart, which South ruffed. South now cashed his queen and jack of spades, while North discarded two clubs. When the smoke cleared away, East had gone down 2000. The funny part is, had they played the double of four spades, Emrich could have gone for 900. Just a little swing of 2900 points. O IN FORMER YEARS 30 Years Ago, July 19 Juniors in the YMCA swim ming classes had a water car nival. The contests were both individual and collective, for the respective teams into which the juniors have been divided, tried for first places to totals. T. H. Goodhue went to Idaho points last evening on lumber business. Mrs. B. B. Nutter, has returned from a visit wih friends and re latives in Iowa. Q How many tanks were pro duced in the U. S. last year? A According to a recent re port by WPB Chairman J. A. Krug, 17,565. 15 Years Ago. July 19 In a number of sections in the valley, cutting of wheat has al ready started. Mrs. Mary McKenzie has re turned to her home at Summer ville following a bujsiness trip to Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eckley of Fruitdale, Chet Bidwell of Island City and Mrs. Mattie Golden of La Grande left for Portland where they will attend the Un ion county picnic which will be held day after tomorrow. Q Who won the first national school safety poster contest con ducted recently by the American Autmobile association? A Charles R. Dickinson, jr., Cass Technical high school. De troit. First prize was a $50 war bond and $100 cash. Q How many explorers have reached the South Pole? A Three: Roald Amundsen, Norway, Dec. 14. 1911: Capt. Rob ert F. Scott, Great Britain, Jan. 18, 1912; and Rear-Adml. Richard F. Byrd, U. S. by airplane, Nov. 29, 1929. 10 Years Ago, July 19 A demonstration of the George L. Baker first aid car was staged at the Triangle park at noon yes terday by Capt. Fred Roberts of the Portland fire department, w ith a large audience present. At the same time it was made known that a strong movement is under way here to finance a similar car for this city. 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