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By DREW PEARSON
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La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Scfiiro, Publisher
.11 iciJAV kvi;m;. ji'i.y 19, m-
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Our Chang ing World
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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
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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.
Miss Sarah Williamson and
Miss Florence Smith, principal
and instructor at Willow school,
respectively, are on a tour of
national parks, including Yosc
mite, Yellowstone and Glacier,
as well as stops at other points
of interest.
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