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
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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.
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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.
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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
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A J 6 4 2
K3
8632
Q53
W E
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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
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MRS. E.EANOR AULLES,
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