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EDITORIAL 'PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 31, 1945 Page Two Triumphal Arch EVENING OBSERVER'S PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Ronde Valley irrigation project. LA GRANDE A city of 10,000 Extend tbe city limits. THOUGHT 1-X)R TODAY lie thai will learn to pray, let ?o to sea. Herbert. A viation Anniversary Those who have come to accept trans continental air travel in a completely matter-of-fact manner are likely to find it difficult to realize that this particu lar phase of transportation is just now rounding out 25 years of operation. Although it seems incredible that such advances could have been made within a quarter century, it is a fact that Sept. 8 marks the 2.rth anniver sary of the first scheduled air opera tion between the Atlantic and Pacific. It was at G:M a.m. on Sept. 8, 1920, that the first such plane -a Hellavi land with '100 horsepower motors and currying 100 pounds of mail took off from Mineola, N. V., on the first leg of the first such transcontinental jour ney. Planes carried the mail cargo by day, and trains by night. More than three days later, at 2:2" p.m. on Sept. 11, the mail plane landed at San r'nin cisco. Less than six mouths later, on Feb. 22, 1921, the first demonstration of day and night flying of the transcon tinental mail was made. A flight from San Francisco to New York was com pleted in hours, 21 minutes. Those achievements properly excited world-wide wonder at the time. Yet Low puny they now seem compared with routine, present-day schedules. Dozens of giant planes operate on daily transcontinental, schedules with clock-like regularity in all except the most forbidding weather. The first transcontinental flight speed average of approximately 90 miles per hour has been boosted to around 200 mph. The aggregate mail loads of a single day often exceed the poundage of the first entire year. The operation has become one of the most exact of sciences. And, of course, transcontinental air passen ger travel has become entirely routine. Nor do any of these represent the rltimate in achievements. On the contrary, the day may not be far distant when everyone will recog nize that commercial aviation of today still was in its infancy. Immediately ahead is the promise of scheduled cross continent flying in nine to 10 hours. And those who are considered conser vatives they are not classed as vision aries predict that the time is not far distant when that time will be reduced very substantially. When one 'hears discussions of rocket-plane speeds of 1000, lr.oo and 2000 miles per hour, no one knows what the future may hold. Thus, Sept. 8 represents an important anniversary in the history of the na tion's and the world's transportation. I'ronj that date, it might properly be said, aviation definitely began to prove itself the sure and swift messenger and servant of mankind. Funny business m 1 TVv ,,!,. M .... r isms if 1 I I 1 I I 'Ml ' ,1-. I 1UV1CL INC T M IIO fT Qlf. I -assess- w SO THEY SAY Kancisco's shakeup of his cabi net will not fool Uncle Sam. Undo knows him for what he is and repentance comes too late. Macon. Ga., News. Radar played a greater part in the whole war than the atomic bomb. It contributed to the win ning of the war more than any other single factor. Sir Stafford Cripps. chairman. British Iladio Board. Newr in t he world's history has organized Christianity faced a task comparable to that of bind ing up the wounds of the world. The hv. Dr. Lester H. Clee. Second Presbyterian church, Newark, N. J. "0n of my customers always insists on eating breakfast in bedl" What rebuilding is done in Get many vill be done with ma terials from inside Germany and by Germans. Clifford S. Strike, chier of Ger man building industries in the United States group control commission. 0 Washington Merry-Go-Round Side Glances By DREW FEABBON (Editor's Note While Drew Pearson is on vacation, Senator A. B. Chandler of Kentucky, new czar , of American base bull, contributes a guest column.) By A. B. "HAPPY" CHANDLER WASHINGTON Drew Pearson has taken me for quite a few rides on his merry-go-round. Right now, it's my turn to take him for a ride. However, the spirit of victory and the warm summer sunshine has warm ed the acid in my heart. The spirit of char ity is in me and so I will devote this guest column, not to doing a job on Drew Pear son, but instead to telling his readers some thing about Washington and baseball. However, before I leuve the subject of Drew Pearson, let me tell this to his readers. To know him casually is not to suspect him, but to know him well is to understand that he is one fellow whose bite is a lot worse than his bark. I have seen senators react more strongly to Drew Pearson than Brooklyn baseball fans to a miscalled play. I "have even heard the Brooklyn chant, "thrown the bum out," used by my senatorial colleagues against the author of t h e Washington Merry-go-Round. But, as I said, I feel a little touch of char ity in my soul so we'll talk about baseball. I made another big sacrifice when I took the job. I used to be a rabid rooter; but now that I am commissioner, I've got to slund around and just watch the gamc3; and I am not allowed to cheer because I am impartial. But I can think of nothing more delightful than getting paid to go to the games, so I think I will be very happy with my new job. I've got a lot of plans for baseball. Baseball's Future About 300,000 fine American boys will never come back. One hundred seventy thousand others have suffered wounds that will leave them permanently broken. Three billion dollars of our people's resources have been poured into the holocaust of war. We have paid a dreadful price for victory. The people of America have learned again free dom is one of God's greatest blessings which must be won and secured with tears and sacrifice. As a part of their training for the Amer ican way of life, we have always encour aged fair sportsmanship in our children. A great contribution' to our success in arms can be contributed to the lessons learned by our people in American sports. Young sters who have been taught to throw a base ball have proved just as efficient in throw ing a hand grenade. A great sport era lies ahead. Veterans of Sicily and Guadalcanal, Aachen and Oki nawa, will soon be home to enjoy a game they love. I predict baseball is going to prove itself worthy of the affection of these men. I think, however, the ball club owners of the nation feel an obligation to these boys. They feel an obligation to the American people. They will use some of the profits they make out of the loyalty of the Amer ican people to help the kids that make baseball possible. They are using the profits to help more kids participate in competitive sports. I'm going to try to get every bit of surplus sports equipment held by the army and navy after this war and distribute it to youngsters in schools, neighborhoods, and charitable institutions. Clean American Sport There has never been a record of a crook ed umpire in baseball. Baseball has been an honest game, teaching sportsmanship and clean play for many years. It is my ambition to make it grow and keep it clean. It was my good luck as a member of the senate to make a CO, 000-mile trip around the world. I saw our boys in action in every part of the globe. It was a sight I'll never forget. I'll never forget those boys with a 1,000-foot stare in a ten-foot room looking straight through you and not seeing you. Boys too tired to go to the front again, but who begged themselves out of a foxhole and marched out to make a sacrifice for their country. I felt humble in their presence. Those boys deserve everything we can give them. They learned clean play on the baseball diamonds of America. They saw the enemy at close hand overseas. They fought cleanly, skillfully and honorably even when the enemy didn't. They will come back hard-hitting, loyal, patriotic Americans. We owe them everything we can give them. As baseball commissioner, I can guarantee them that America's favorite sport will be clean and growing when they return I can guarantee them every opportunity to play and watch organized baseball. It's still a great game. It will be a greater gme. Play ball. WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT Before the rules against fraternizing were somewhat relaxed in Germany, the army newspaper Stars and Stripes was filled with letters from servicemen griping about the ruling. They hollered loud and long, and now they have the right to appear in pub lic with German girls on their arms. So what naturally follows? Well, a WAC stationed in Germany writes in to Stars and Stripes to ask if it is okay for WACs to do a little fraternizing with German men. It isn't all right with American soldiers. Since the WACs letter appeared in print, a blizzard of bitter letters from G. Is has hit the army newspaper. The men, who thought fraternization was "natural and right" so long as it meant an American man could date a German girl, resent an American girl's "natural and right" desire to date German men. It's just more of the same story we should be used to by now. All through the war we have heard how it is just "natural" for Amer ican servicemen to need feminine compan ionship. But when dating war wives have been brought into the conversation, they have been labelled heels and condemned for not being willing to sit at home waiting patient ly for their husbands' return. Nobody has done any talking about it being only natural for the little woman back home to need masculine companionship. Without a hearing the dating war wives have been regarded as two-timers. So the WAC shouldn't be surprised at the condemnation that has come her way. It's 1945 but the time still hasn't come" when men consider what is "right and na tural" for them acceptable behavior for women. Behind Scenes in Washington By DOUGLAS LARSEN WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 A new organ ization of liberal-minded businessmen is making its bow. Name chosen for the out fit is the New Council of American Busi ness. First president is Clarence Avildsen of Chicago, chairman of the board and 70 percent owner of t h e Republic Drill and Tool corporation, a three-billion dollur con cern. Why another organization of business men? President Avildsen, in unveiling the N. C. A. B. the other day declared flatly "the United States Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers are not as liberal and progressive as they should be." U. S. C. C. and the N. A. M. have, of course, been called worse things than that. But tn have a group of businessmen break away from their traditional leadership and go in for some plain and fancy free think ing is something different. Avildsen's state ment strikes the keynote for the new or ganization, however, putting it on the level of the American Lawyers' guild which broke off from the conservation American Bar association. While the new council is not a political organization, its formation really began a year ago. when the presidential campaign was at its height. At that time, a Business men for Roosevelt, and several other quickie political organizations were dreamed up by the campaign managers. Idea was to give democratic businessmen something to belong to and offset republican charges that Roose velt's fourth-term drive w a entirely the work of :he C. I. O. political action com mittee. Alter the election, some of the moving spmts of the several organization of dem ocrat businessmen found another chore to "o in whipping up support for Henry' Wal lace as secretary of coiaitjeroe. That was dune through a National Bii5ine.(neo's com mittee (or Wallace. When Wallace was put over, ringleaders decided thy had other NEA Washington Correspondent Master minds of the new organization of liberal businessmen bear three names well known nationally: Morris S. Rosenthal, ex ecutive vice-president of Stein Hall, New York importers. Resenthal was formerly a director of the old board of economic war fare under Miio Perkins and Henry Wallace. He is to be executive vice-president of N. C. A. B. Truman Arnold, former trust-busting as sistant attorney general, recently resigned as associate justice on the District of Co lumbia court of appeals, is to be N. C. A. B. general counsel. Howard J. McMurray; former represent ative from Milwaukee, and before that, pro fessor of political science at' University of Wisconsin, is N. C. A. B. executive director and head of its Washington office. N. C. A. B. today make no boasts about its membership, friends, influence or fi nances. Its Washington office is a mere two rooms, located a block and a half from the lush four-story limestone palace which is head quarters of the U. S. chamber of commerce just across Jackson square from the White House. But the new council docs stand for some thing and its importance today is in the ideas it represents. And if you want to know what a liberal-minded businessman is sup posed to think or be thinking about in these touchy times, here are some of the specific proposals which N. C. A. B. leaders are discussing for inclusion in their platform and "economic bill of rights of the 20th century." Full employment is sound business, so pass the Murray full employment bill. Keep taxes high to protect war bond holders, but eliminate exceai profits and coniumer' taxes. Enforce the anti-truat bwa and stietigtheo small cuaines. Reform ihc pat ent system. Expand the TVA idea 1o ether river valley. Provide federal scholarships for student aid. Provide -adequate housing tor,. !atniiie ,yith income under $1.5)0 a a yar. Set up a permanent; fair eniploybienl pract.cs !erif)imiltee Pass the ntfva Wagner II: kV 4- oof, iww we stflvtce. mc. t. m. reo. u, s" pat, orr. "I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be willing to accept e washing machine as a birthday present, but I would now, and love ill" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America's Card Authority CPL. ALVIN ROTH SHOWS OLD SKILL Cpl. A 1 v i n Roth, known to bridge players as Life Master No. 34, returned to New York with the Fourth Division. He was wear ing the Infantry combat badge, which means that he had little time for bridge over in Germany. While waiting to leave with his division for the south Pacfic, Al vn showed his old skill on today's A 8 7 4 3 VJ9 98742 K5 Roth AKQ105 V732 10 J9043 "FT W El s Dealer A A J VQ1085 4 63 AQ72 A 962 AK6 A K Q J 5 10 8 Duplicate Neither vul. South West North East 1 Pass 1 A Pass 2V Pass 2N. T Pass 3 N T. Pass Pass . Pass : Opening 2.. , . 1 hand, which he played at the Cavendish club with Harry Fish bein as his partner. With all the cards in view, the hand may not appear too interesting, but the battle of wits between the ex perts at the table was interesting indeed. West won the opening lead with the king of clubs, but did not re turn a club as he immediately Questions & Answers Q In what year was Spencer Tracy awarded the "Oscar" for his role in "Boys Town"? A In 1938. read that Roth (North) had a con cealed club suit. With a club re turn Roth could easily have es tablished his ninth trick. Instead West led back the heart jack. Roth won in dummy, returned to his hand with the ten of diamonds and led the king of spades. East won and had to decide whether to simply hold the hand to three no trump and cash his ace-queen of clubs, or try to set the con tract. He knew that his spade jack was going to fall, which might establish the whole spade suit for Roth. However, he re turned a heart, Roth then cashed the diamonds and led a spade. He went up with the queen, drop ping East's jack, and now the ten of spades was good for the ninth trick. O IN FORMER YEARS Thirty Years Ago But little relief confronts the forest fire situation "lh-eastern Oregon. ' The blaze at Howard Meadows which burned over about 80 acres is reporter out; the situation at Hilgard the most serious of any is somewhat doubtful depending entirely on the caprices of the wind as to be ing under control or otherwise. In Wallowa a n d at down-river points the situationss are unknown. Q What was the name of the dentist who assassinated Sen. Huey Long of Alabama? A Dr. Carl Austin Weiss, who was shot to death by Long's guards. Fifteen Years Ago In checking over the Oregon election lows, the city officials have discovered that section 3934, as amended by section 1, chapter 107, laws of 1929, section 4101, provides that nominating peti tions for candidates for city com missioner must be filed with the county clerk between Sept. 20 and Sept. 24. Q In what year was New York's Brooklyn bridge built? A In 1883. Q What is the weight of wa ter? A According to the Smithson ian institution, one cubic' inch weighs .03617 pound. Ten Years Ago The annual (fwo-day, 36-hole tournament for the Sacajawea cup will be held at the La Grande country club Sept. 1 and 2, with 18 holes to be played each day. The Boy Scout delegation which left some time ago for a tour of the east is expected to arrive home tomorrow. La Grande rep resentatives in this delegation are Bill Warner, Dick Stoddard, John Ralston, and Bob Dow. This Curious World JOVMjV WEASCWVICC. WC. BETWEEN NOW AND THIS SAME TIME TOMORROW, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT IOO BILLION METEORITES WILL STRIKE THE ASOST OF THE US. IS SURVEYED INTO BLOCKS SX AltfS- I&MZ.' WHAT ARE. THESE BLOCKS CALLED f . m. ma. a. a. r noble purposes to wort? (ltdOntiSht as.-, (social fy,ttijty Wlr!COnatiWial(-?ood f)f) well have a permanent ortfihizajtwn. lO e.VP'oduction -Budget to give Ihe besf Ap,lritim A. B. has grown from thai,' " ' ' to all the people. ? Q 1 T. ST. W I u o - DANGER : ' KEPWSIB TAES THE LIVES C UtOMT ANNUALLY IN Th . , .- ? ' AffaWER: Townships. f , .-.c r ti nni u v uvi iuwiici a won a uiiiiv uuTSif O
