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I EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1915 No Wonder the Old Lady Is Flabbergasted THOUGHT FOK TODAY God and the doctor we alike adore Hut only when in danger, not before; The danger o'er, both are alike requited, God is forgotten, and the doctor slighted. John Owen. ; The Lend'Lease Bargain No realistic person is likely to ima gine that President Truman's recent action in Icrminuling lend - lease will mean the end of the subject. If it should mean the end of lend-lease, it certainly won't mean the end to its headaches. It is to be expected that political in terests in many nations will be critical and may protest the termintion of the' assistance that has been given through this medium. They doubtless will do everything they can to obtain contin uation of the aid they have been re ceiving. Criticisms almost certainly will be heard as they already have been heard on the home front because of the manner in which lend-lease has been handled. There will be controver sies and probably bitterness of inter national scope when the lime comes to adjust the claims that arise out of this device of trade. No one need be sur prised if the time should come after this war as happened alter world war 1 when some beneficiaries of Uncle Sam's aid assail him as "Uncle Shylock." Nor can any realistic person pretend that lend-lease has been perfect in its operation, lvven its designers and most ardent supporters including the late Franklin 1). Uoosevelt acknowledged Funny Ilusincss IT- mmm ru'w.nwsw.s r . ,--rr. "I hop you don't mind wo used to do it in ih Page Two 3 frankly that mistakes had been made. Aid in various instances went to those who did not deserve it. Others un questionably abused to opportunity of assistance from this source. Un doubtedly, in some cases, there have been those who deliberately have "played" Uncle Same 'Dor i sucker." But, with all its faults, it is difficult to see how anyone can deny that lend lease has proved a most potent weapon in gaining the war victory which has been achieved at llast. Indeed, it is extremely doubtful whether world democracy could have survived without lend-lease. C e r I a i n 1 y, assistance supplied through lend-lease enabled England to fight when, without that aid, she could have fought no longer. The same statement doubtless can be made with equal truth as to Russia. And when the time came for those nations to strike back particularly Russia the aid supplied by the United States through lend-lease almost certainly tipped the scales and represented the difference between overwhelming vic tory and crushing defeat. True, lend-lease has cost a great deal in terms of money, which is the least of war's costs. Bid. beyond honest question, it has saved lives American lives as well as those of our allies. It enabled those idlies to survive and to fight while America assembled and trained the re sources which brought the eventual victory. So, regardless of the cost of lend lease, present and future, we believe most Americans agree that it was worth the price, many times over. o SO THEY SAY The ultimate source of nil our hopes lies in the purpose of Al mighty God. who stands behind and with the cause of justice. Nothing we may do which is con trary to the will of God can per manently be victorious. Tin- Uov. Theodore C. Sot-era. New York City. The majority of the returning soldiers are just as normal and natural as when they went away and want to tie treated us such. liastonia. N. C, Gazette. The new British government regards the Charter of the I'mtcd Nations ns the foundation of all Us work in intciniitiunal affairs. Ei nest Bcvin, British Foreign Secretary. The American soldier has long since proved himself our foremost unofficial anilms.-,udor, wherever he Iim been stationed. Henry L. Slitimm, Secretary of War. -1 MKiS&V? barracks! Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Note While Drew Pearson is on vaca tion, Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson contributes a guest column.) By CLINTON P. ANDERSON Secretary of Agriculture WASHINGTON The first Sunday after V-J day, a friend came by with an automo bile to take my family and his for a drive into the country to have dinner with another friend. Nothing like that had happened in years. But as we started back into Washington, we could not help but notice the roads were filling up. There was a long line of traffic and many folks drove by at speeds which seemed reckless to us. They were perhaps driving 40 or 45 miles an hour and we had become accustomed to the 35-mile gait. When one speeding car swirled past us, I heard my wife murmur, "my what I wouldn't give to have gasoline rationing back." I began to wonder how many of the things war had brought to us as sacrifices or pri vations we would soon come to appreciate as blessings in disguise. I began to wonder how long it would be before p-ople would sometimes sigh for some of the real advan tages of the days during the war when we all lived a little closer together, a little more simply, and perhaps a little more in the traditional American pattern. Real Values of Life Do you remember back in the years of the depression that Henry Ansley out in Am arillo, Texas, wrote a book entitled, "I Like the Depression?" Frankly, I liked his little book, because he told of the blessings that had come to him with a reversal in his fi nancial situation. He told of the discoveries that he had made as the period of wild pros perity passed and the long months of de pression set in. He told of the farmers who had gone back to living on instead of living off their farms. He found the quantity of money a man had is not always a yard-stick to measure his happiness. Car-Pool Neighbors I remember my first experience with a car pool. We had two automobiles at our house; our next door neighbor had two au tomobiles at his place. We were not well ac quainted, mostly because it wasn't neces sary, until the war came along. Then my next door neighbor and I and two others, who heretofore had gone to our offices by separate means, found ourselves in a ear pool. We had to rise at the same time in the WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT ., The odds against getting a steak dinner in a midwest restaurant or hotel are 400-to-l. Carl Roessler of the American Hotel Asso ciation says so. Now that puts dining out on a sporting basis. If a couple goes out in search of a steak dinner, knowing they are bucking the crowds and putting up with slow service, on a 400-to-l shot, it might make for an ex citing evening. Much more exciting than those disappointing times they started out with high hopes for a satisfying meal and came home to raid the ice box. Wouldn't it help if we had odds on all kinds of shortages these days? For instance: The odds against finding the kids summer pajamas. The odds against being able to buy a pair of sheer rayon stockings. The odds against finding Papa a pair of shorts or a white shirt. The odds against a dinner hostess' coining through with real meal, instead of something fancy and non-filling whipped up in a cas serole. It would also help if wc knew the odds against getting a seat on a train. The odds Behind Scenes By DOUGLAS LARSEN WASHINGTON (NEA) Women have made permanent inroads in practically every business and profession during the war, ex cept as doctors, according to a report by women's bureau of the department of labor. It takes about one doctor per thousand civilians to meet average needs. It takes a little more than six to care for the needs of men in uniform. The obvious reason for the doctor shortage during the war is that 10,000,000 of the population need six times as much doctor care. In spite of this increased opportunity, the number of women who elected to become doctors has remained fairly static. The re port shows that in 1!I41 there were 114li women students in approved medical schools and in 1044. 1178. It Takes Too Long. Costs Too Much Here are some of the reasons given by the report: "Length of the training program for med icine as compared with other professions is of itself a deterrent to many woman since it not only increases the total cost to the stu dent hut also postpones the date at which she can begin to earn. "Before the war, an estimate of $1,000 n year was considered a conservative allow ance for a medical education budget for a single year. $1,200 is a safer allowance now. Smee the war. tuition rates as well as other expenses have incrca.--ed. The average tui tion fee for medical schools in 1043 was S4IH as ejinoared with $;I7B in l.'Hfl. The charge at the Woman's Medical college in Philadel phia is $ad0." Compared with men. women haven't done too well financially i ihe medical profes sion. For all physicians, the average net in come in I'm n:ls $5,179. Half the physician netted less than $4,000 and 13 percent earn ed more than $10,000 in that year. Accord morning, leave at the same hour for work, and return home together, in the evening. I am sure that at first we all resented a little the fact that we lost our freedom of action, but we gained a great lesson in neighborliness. One day my next door neighbor, Bob Mc Cormick, turned to be and said, "I hate to think about the end of the war coming, be cause when it comes you and I will quit driving downtown together. You'll have your car, and I'll have mine and we'll only see each other occasionally. Thats' too bad."' Victory Garden Blessing , How many women improved their figures as they walked to market! And think what victory gardens did for the men! Like Drew Pearson, I will perhaps be away from Washington when this column is print ed, away on a short vacation. While I am gone, someone will be mowing my lawn. Dur ing the war I had to mow my own lawn. I couldn't find anyone interested in taking care of my particular little piece of property. And a strange thing happened: I foundthat I could mow it as well as anyone else, that I could mow it quickly, and that I could learn with in a short time exactly how each particular section could be best mowed to develop the best grass. And I found out also that when I mowed it myself, I not only improved the lawn, I improved my own digestion. As for myself, I shall reflect upon the fact that an automobile salesman used to be able to sell me a new- car each year. I thought I must have one. Surely a car that had gone past 15 or 20 thousand miles would no longer be reliable, even if that entire distance had been upon city pavements. But when the war came I learned that automobiles will go 50,000, or 100,000 miles and still bo pret ty dependable. Maybe that's typical of the lesosns of thrift we needed to learn during the war Lessons that as a great nation we need to retain as the years roll along. Our children too had a few little lessons in thrift. For example, through he public schools there were great groups of youngsters out gathering up waste paper; sorting it into bundles; carrying it on their backs to a central collecting point. America has been prodigal with its wealth of resources. As a people we have always been a little wasteful, perhaps because our resources have been so great. All through the war years, for example, we threw away the richest garbage in the world, despite food shortages. against finding a cleaning, ynmap, .AHfuris. getting a suit back from trie cleaners' on the. day it was promised. We could even use the odds against find ing a half pound of breakfast bacon. Or lo cating a pack of cigarets in a strange town. Easier on Tempers Knowing the odds against our getting the things we want and need would serve a double purpose. If we knew them in ad vance we might save a lot of precious time, shoe leather, and strain on o u r naturally sweet dispositions by not bothering to make the rounds in search of things it might be easier to get along without. But if we did decide to take a chance we would know exactly where we stood, and we could make a game of it. "I bet on a 400-to-l shot," wc could boast to our friends, "and won a nice thick steak." Or, "I took a 40-to-lshot and came home with a pack of my favorite brand of cigarets." We arc supposed to be a nation of gamb lers, aren't we? Well, here are stakes worth winning. 6 in Washington NEA Washington Correspondent ing to the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's clubs, the average woman physician among its membership earned $3,000 in 1942. Women haven't crashed the lucrative bus iness of becoming specialists as much as men. Five percent of all women physicians are qualified specialists, compared with 8 percent for men. Women tend toward spe cializing in children's diseases and in psy chiatry and neurology. It is easier for women ' to obtain proper training in these fields than in general surgery, for instance. Highest ratio of women doctors is in the west. Lowest is in the south. Women had a lough time in convincing the army and navy they could be useful to the service in uniform. In 1044, 75 were com missioned officers in the army, 38 in the navy, and 20 in the public health service. The report shows more opportunity for medical training is gradually opening up for women. But hospitals, it claims, have been less willing to offer residences to Ihem. The report says more women doctors mar ry than the average of other professional women. In 1040 half of the women doctors were single, one-third were married, one seventh were widowed or divorced. In the same year two-thirds of all women in other professional and semi- professional work were reported single. The average woman physician is younger than men physicians with an average ago of 41.3 years, compared with 44.1 for male doctors. As a result of the stepped-up training of male doctors by army and navy, there has been a fear expressed that the field will be overcrowded and women will be completely ouste'd. But surveys reveal that there never has been a time when all the medical needs of the population have been met. Side Glances "You must have been using ihe wrong feed, dear he doesn't like spinach, but he's crazy about this cold wiener I found .in ihe iceboxl" : , o McKENNEY ON BRIDGE r By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America's Card Authority LEAD IS THE KEY TO WIN OR LOSE Here is a hand sent to me by a reader in Ashcville, N. C, who docs not wish to have his name and a losing club. West might just proceed to lake'out the trumps, take the spade , .finesse while he is in dummy, arid before he knows it he will have'.lost the contract. ' After ruffing a club West's first play s ho u 1 d be the (jflcen of spades. If North refuses. o; cover, declarer has no problembut if Norlh was with the Tung and leads a club, this must lie ruffed and the diamond king led: South should refuse to win this trick, hoping that a diamond""TviIl be continued, which he Will' win and lead a diamond back for North to ruff. . i. . At this point declarersshould proceed to pick up the trumps, being careful to save the three spades in dummy, whiphjje good. O IN FORMER YEARS AK 10 8 V 084 2 10 7 108 7 2 AQ3 V AQJ 10 65 KQJ 4 N A J 6 4 2 K3 8632 Q53 W E S Dealer A 1)75 7 A954 AKJ9G Rubber Both vul. South West North East 1 A Double Pass 1 4k Pass 3 V Pass 4 V Opening 2. 29 appear. I found the point explain ed in the hand very interesting. Looking at the hand, it would appear that declarer has only a losing spade, a losing diamond Thirty Years Ago ' ..Cvpi&jWpvJjft JdeedYlg and ' sorely hurt'ioday upbri'lhe fields of matrimonial battle' 'which has lasted intermittently 'for several weeks but had its climax this afternoon during a faw short minutes. Circuit JudgejKnowlcs tore asunder four knots which Cupid had at one time or another manipulated at the matrimonial altar. .' Fifteen Years Ag Consideration of a request from Fire Chief C. T. Lindsay for a new 500-gallon,; pumper truck, and final passing of the ordnance granting a. v20 - year franchise to the Natural 3as cor poration of Oregon occtipiM most of the timo at last nigot's city commission meeting. v The La Grande Theaters, Inc., consisting of tlie Arcade and the Granada, has been leased for a period of years from tho' present, proprietors J. D. Meyers and Francis Greulich bjl'jlthe In ' land Theaters, Inc., v of Walla Walla. :.t: Ten Years Ago A small forest fire back of Mt. Glen, caused by merjj jfcmokini! out bees in limber, wa"!; extin guished yesterday by a group of three men headed by L. C More head, district fire warden. The fire was confined to. one-fourth of an acre. ' BARBS Coming soon: that familiar cry at the kitchen door "Groceries!" The delivery ban will be lifted Nov. 1. Sugar rationing hasn't stopped peace from making these days mighty sweet ones The Tokyo radio reports that the Jap education minister has de cided to cut military training out of the education system. Who decided? Railroads can now resume reg ular excursion service to beach and mountain resort spots. So we look our vacation early!' Japan's surrender will be signed aboard the Missouri and General MacArthur's part will be symbol ic Show Me! PROFESSIONAL SYMBOL Originally, a chef's hat was fancy, made of embroidered rich materials. It had its beginning in the court of Henry II, of France, when Diane de Poitiers suggested that fine cooks be awarded a distinctive cap similar to the honor accorded respected judges of the court, as a symbol of an honorable profession. This Curious World L IMS BV NEA KAVICC. INC OP &uorr? Octets rut enAHwrr vacv &sve . TIMBS IS THE FINEST,"1 MRS. E.EANOR AULLES, T. M. MC. U. & PAT, OFF, A new SPtnes c B'RP, WAS DISCOVERED ' WiTHIM IOO AMLE4 OP WASHIM&TON. O.C., ONLY IE TTLT NEXT: How Gandhi 30! that idea.
