EDITORIAL PAGE
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schlro, Publisher
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1945 Page Four
After the Holocaust
P
EVENING OBSERVER'S
PROGRESS PROGRAM
IRRIGATION Complete the Grande
Ronde Valley irrigation project.
LA GRANDE A city of 10,000
Eitend the city IJmita.
TODAY'S TEXT
It ih butter to dwell in u corner of the
house lop, than with u brawling woman
in a wide house. Proverbs 21-9.
Bright Cloud Dark Lining
The government's actions in lifting
gasoline rationing and the 3"-mile au
tomobile speed limit can be likened ap
propriately to a bright cloud with an
extremely dark lining a lining which,
in many cases, will prove as black as the
cropu of death.
This statement is not made in crit
icism of the government's action. On
the contrary, criticism and condemna
tion will be the proper public reaction
to failure to cease wartime regimenta
tions of all kinds at the earliest pos
sible moment.
lint the tragic fact slill remains that
the return to abundance in gasoline
and the lifting of speed restrictions are
sure to mean a sharp increase in the
number of deaths upon the highways.
There is no sound reason w h y there
should be an increase just as there is
no good reason for most traffic acci
dents. Hut they have occurred, and they
will occ ill', and so far as we know,
there's not much that can or will be
done to prevent them.
lit asous for the increased hazards of
the present are obvious. More cars will
be driven more miles than at any time
in several years, creating more oppor
tunities for accidents. Most cars will
be driven on tires that are well worn
and tire blowouts are one of the chief
causes of traffic mishaps. F ew cars are
-in the best mechanical condition, which
adds materially to the probability of
accidents in them. And a further and
most important consideration is t h e
fact that most drivers are out of prac
tice. Their opportunities to drive have
been extremely limited during the past
two or three years.
Prospects for the immediate future
are nil the more tragic because so much
of preventive nature could be done so
easily and yet will not be done. This,
we suppose, arises from the natural
feeling of the individual thnt serious
accidents are something that happen to
the other fellow, never to himself.
If this natural . feeling could be al
tered and the individual would awaken
to the realization that he is the type of
person who does have accidents, then
traffic tragedies certainly would be
fewer. And it might be helpful if, for
a few weeks, traffic enforcement agen
cies of all kinds in slates, counties and
municipalities would enforce traffic
laws vigorously.
Indeed, the prevention of deaths on
the highways is so simple that it seems
incredible that most of them would be
allowed to occur. Yet, unless human
nature has changed, it inevitably will
happen that m a n y persons will pay
with their lives for the privilege of buy
ing more gasoline and driving at high
er speeds.
Funny Business
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o SO THEY SAY
New armies of occupation, oth
er armies in shifted bases in Ha
waii, the Philippines and demo
bilisation camps, the constant
call for aid at hospitalization cen
ters ami transportation centers,
all spell necessity for continuing
vigorous activity by the USO.
l.imlsley K. Kimball, USO president.
Each person owes it to the de
mocracy in which he lives to
make his views known.
Cambridge (O.l Jeffersonian.
We (Koreans) arc especially
thankful to the United States in
helping our fight for freedom and
independence.
Kilsoo Haan, national repre
sentative. Sinn-Korean People's
league.
"U maltes him ivl mora at homo o tomot nae gunnerl"
There is no more miserably
happy and happily miserable per
son in the world than a 17-year-old
girl In love.
Nashville, Twin., Tennessean.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Side Glances
Br DREW PEARSON
(Ed.s note In Drew Pearson's absence,
Herbert Brownell, jr., chairman of the re
publican national committee, writes a
guest column on GOP plans for 1946).
By HERBERT BROWNELL
Chairman. Republican National Committee
WASHINGTON The inside story from
republican leaders is that the republican
party will win control of congress in 1948.
Put that down as one of this column's "pre
dictions of things to come." Let's have a
quick look at the national political scene as
America goes forward to win the peace, and
see why this prediction makes sense.
Republican governors now direct the gov
ernments of 23 states, containing 56 percent
of the total population of the United S.ates.
These same states contribute 67 percent of
the internal revenue to support the federal
government. In other words, those 23 states,
where republican government encourages
the operation of the American system based
upon individual opportunity, pro viae more
than two-thirds of the money necessary to
keep the nation's government operating.
After the 1936 election, there were 16 re
publican U. S. senators; after 1940, there
were 28 Now there are 40 and when base
ball czar "Happy" Chandler resigns as he
should there will be 41. Thai's only 8 short
of a majority.
In the house, republicans had 89 congress
men after the '36 election. These increased
to 162 after the '40 election. After the '44
election, republicans had 190 seats only 28
short of a majority. In the Montana special
election in June the first test of public
opinion at the polls on national issues since
the advent of the Truman administration
the republicans won another seat in a dis
trict that had been new deal for 14 years.
GOP Takes Initiative
During the war republicans have demon
strated an ability for constructive leadership
in the field of international affairs by taking
the initiative in steps leading to the forma
tion of the United Nations organization, and
otherwise by doing everything within the
power of a minority party to make sure that
this time we shall win the peace as well as
the war.
In September 1943 an official republican
meeting at Mackinac drew up a statement
of party policy favoring "responsible par
ticipation by the United States in post-war
cooperative organization among sovereign
nations to prevent military aggression and
attain permanent peace with organized jus
,tice in a free world." Subsequently that dec
laration of Mackinac was embodied in the
republican platform adopted by the nation
al convention in Chicago in June 1944, and
by the republican standard bearers in '44.
The final development was the drafting
of a United Nations charter at San Fran
cisco, and ratification of that charter again
with republicn cooperation.
Republican Aid For Veterans
For returning veterans, a survey at the
close of 1945 legislative sessions showed the
republican-controlled states are far in the
lead in providing jobs and deserved bene
fits for veterans. Hence a kickback when
Edwin McKim, then chief administrative as
sistant to President Truman, sought to use
the promise of funds funds appropriated for
wounded war veterans to influence i the spe
cial congressional election in Montana.
Also the kickback when Governor (and
Truman confidante) Wallgren of Washington
said in approval of the action of his state
highway department in turning down a vet
eran of three years service because he was
a republican that veterans who have ac
tively identified themselves with the repub
lican party wouldn't be hired by his state
government.
On the labor front, republican leadership
has offered a plan for' a nation-wide labor
conference of management, labor and gov
ernment to bring about a charter for indus
trial peace at home just as the San Fran
cisco chartei seeks to bring international
peace.
Democratic Spending Continue
It appears new deal "economies" haven't
changed.
A moment's consideration of the composi
tion of the new deal gives the answer why
they can't change:
There are three essential elements In the
new deal:
1 The solid south, where political con
trol is based upon racial discrimination and
intolerance, and what the late President F.
D. Roosevelt used to call "economic bour
bonism;" 2. The big city machines, controlled by
such eminent exemplifiers of liberalism as
Mayor Kelly of Chicago, Mayor Hague of
Jersey City and Tammany in New York;
3. The radical fringe, composed of groups
led by ex-convict Earl Browder and William
Z. Foster, with their fellow travelers in such
groups as the American labor party in New
York and the Wallgren administration in the
state of Washington.
End of Guinea Plgism
Obviously, these three discordant elements
have no basic interests in common except
the desire for political power. Once the co
hesive power of federal funds, spent for po
litical purposes, is removed, this unholy alli
ance will fall apart overnight. Removal of
this cohesive power will take place as soon
as the republicans win control of congress
next year.
WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
"There is not enough living with the chil
dren on the part of many modern parents,"
says a Georgia juvenile court judge
True or false?
Well, there are thousand of young parents
whose living pattern follows that of the jun
ior Joneses.
Their kids are never allowed to inter
fere with their lives. And they get a lot of
praise from their friends for how little dif
ference having children makes in their
scheme of things.
Mrs. Jones is always available for any
kind of committee. You'll find her name on
the list of practically every club in town.
It has been war work lately, but before that
it was something she considered equally im
portant. How does she manage so much time away
from home? Well, the six and eight-year-old
children roam the neighborhood, and
some seventh or eighth-grader she wouldn't
think of trusting with any other job around
the house looks after the baby. Or during
school hours the baby can be pushed off on
the cleaning woman.
When the junior Joneses entertain, the
kids are left with Grandma.
The junior Joneses aren't just an especial
ly heartless and unseeing couple, either.
They are fairly typical of young parents to
day. i'.iey believe in having families. But they
d'.r.'t believe in letting the kids interfere
with their way of living. And by pushing
the kids out, instead of drawing them close
into the family circle, they don't have to
settle down to being parents.
It may be fine for the junior Joneses, but
it is hard on the kids As the juvenile judge
says, they just don't get enough living with
their parents which, after all, is the one
thing that kids, rich or poor, have a natural
right to.
Behind Scenes in Washington
Br PETER EDSON, La Grande ETening Observer Washington Correspondent
By DOUGLAS LARSEN
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 While Washing
ton nervously sweated out the official an
nouncement of peace with Japan:
Jimmy Byrnes rushed in to the White
House every few hours. At first he took
the entrance which led him through the
press room. He soon found it too difficult
to get by reporters and began using a side
door. Reporters thereafter refer to him as
"side-Byrnes."
"A program for granting priorities assist
ance to manufacturers of button and button
hole tape, hook-and-eye tape, snap-fastener
tape and slide-fastener tape."
At department of justice a legal question
came up with regard to the end of the war.
A frantic call was made to Solicitor General
Fahy. He was out of the country. They
called the acting S. G. He was in Los An
geles. Who was the acting S. G.? Nobody
knew that one. But in a few minutes one
was proclaimed The appointed man was
Fowler Hamilton, a special assistant in the
department.
In the crowd across from the White House
an energetic reporter was seeking some pub
lic opinion. He asked a wizened old man
what he thought about the Hirohito section
of the Jap peace offer and got this reply:
"If they're going to let Hirohito go free
they might as well bring Goering and some
gestapo officials to Washington and give
them government jobs."
The civil service commission distributed
a bulletin to all government employes de
scribing a method of saving enough money
in order to afford transportation home.
OP A official announced:
"Increase in the ceiling price for dogwood
and persimmon shuttle blocks."
"Producers' sales of trimmed sold leather
scrap have been placed under uniform cents
per pound ceiling prices."
"Three changes in the regulation cover
ing two types of scrap plastic material,
namely methyl methacrvlate and vinvl."
War production board officially announced:
A man rushed out of the social security
building and started hailing a cab. To his
amazement the first one that went by sto--ped
with a screech of brakes. The driver
leaped out and with elaborate courtesy
opened the door and aided the speechless
man into the vehicle. The driver said, "Sir,
where would you like me to take you in a
hurry?"
Seeing his fare was too dumbfounded to
announce his destination the driver ex
plained: "Don't mind me, I'm just practicing for
the post-war situation."
Gags on the new atomic bomb kept get
ting worse. At this writing the worst was:
"Reason why the Japs were surrendering
was because they had atomic ache."
With its usual aplomb the department of
agriculture officially announced:
"Despite the simplicity of the plow, the
fanner's plowing problems are important
and sometimes complex." ....
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Bit
"If you sell him so much as a frankfurter I'll have you arrested
he's been boasting for years that he's a strict vegetarian!"
o McKENNEY ON BRIDGE
By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America's Card Authority
JACOBY, A CIVILIAN
AGAIN. SHOWS SKILL
Oswarld Jacoby, colorful play
er of Four Aces fame, is back in
civilian clothes. "Ozzie" has
served as a lieutenant in the navy
since shortly after Pearl Harbor.
He played in the South Shore
tournament in New York recent
ly with Sgt. Morrie Elis, who had
just returned from the south Pa
cific. Jacoby proved on today's
hand that he has lost none of his
skill as a player.
East won the opening diamond
lead with the king and led the
ace of diamonds.
Now Jacoby started to count.
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If he could make the five heart
tricks, three spades and a club,
his contract would be made.
He ruffed the ace of diamonds
with the eight of hearts, led the
small spade and won in dummy
with the nine-spot. The seven
of hearts was led back, and when
East played low Jacoby put on
the six East had doubled three
hearts and he could not have done
it on much less than the ace and
queer.. The heart deuce was led, '
East played the five and Jacoby
thi 'line.
Now he led another spade and
overtook in dummy with the
queen. Another diamonds was
ruffed with the heart ten The
spade king was overtaken with
the ace. East ruffed this with
the heart queen and led the ace
of hearts, following with a small
diamond which Jacoby ruffed
with the heart king. A club was
led to dummy's ace and the good
spade cashed, giving him nine
tricks.
O IN FORMER
YEARS )
30 Years Ago
An automobile has scaled Mt.
Emily! One week after Tracy
Hollister got to the top on a mo
torcycle, F. E. Gam of Imbler
drove a Dodge car up the hill and,
by arduous work, cleared away
- logs and stumps that obstructed'
the course and had the satisfac
tion of taking his machine and
a party of three to the very peak
and there honk his defiance at
mountain trails. c1-.
Just this spring it was made
possible for wagons to get with
in the upper circle, but there
were still some logs and stumps
obstructing auto traffic. These
were overcome yesterday, how
ever, and for the first time in his
tory, an automobile stood upon
the very pinnacle of Mt. Emily's
proud brow.
o BARBS
Why is it that most golf
courses have the rough where
the fairway ought to be?
We don't know what Uncle
Sam will charge for discarded
army autos but they'll probably
be jeep at half the price
The most important step in the
average father's life is the baby's
first.
Speeders who watch the scen
ery .instead of the road have a
fine chance of becoming part of
both.
IS Years Ago
La Grande's two deep artesian
wells saved the city from a ser
ious water shortage yesterday,
but in spite of the fact the wells
were furnishing their capacity for
a period of 25 hours, an addition
al 105,000 gallons was drained
from the Old Town reservoir.
This morning the sixth annual
Eastern Oregon tennis tourna
ment was started with a number
of the matches played.
10 Years Ago
A donation to the Union Coun
ty Amos L. Helms first aid car
fund by J. H. Kenney brought
cash and pledges today to $1,150.
85, according to latest reports by
the committee in charge of the
drive.
This Curious World
A 12 VTON TRANSPORT PLANE
COLLIDED IN MID-AtR WITH A rtVOLUl
AN0 OM-HAL SfAM GOLDFINCH
THE BIRD WAS KILLED, AND THE TRANSPORT
SUFFERED A BADLY C&ACfCSO WAOSVtO.
(MA MYTSN, OHIO, AO. II,
AND AUSTRALIA PRODUCE
THE WORLDS tYAADecfr
DIAMONDS. f
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"When a race is on, the
HORSES ARE OFF," SlJ
FRED SBRILLI,
MgAsto 'Panic, Aew Jersey.
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