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Side Glances Washington M erry-G o-R b u n d EDITORIAL PAGE I ' 1 f. ' La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1945 Page Two The Nonconformist EVKNTNJi OHSERVEH'H PROGRESS PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Grande Itondc Valley irrigation project. .A GRANDE A city of 10,000 Extend the city limits. Billions for Britain Amuricnn 111 irilc ill? dimmed con 8ilciul)ly since the day when President Calvin Coolidtfe over-simplified the com plicated niallcr of Europe's war debts hy observing, "They hired the money, didn't they?" Twenty years ano the entire nation would probably have screamed like a tribe of tatooed Indians at the mere thought of a foreign power asking this country for an outright grant of money, or a loan without interest. But today Lord Keynes is over here making such a reipiost of Britain. And In spite of a few intemperate and inflammatory outbursts from boCh sides of the Atlan tic, the American people are taking it pretty calmly. It is not surprising that they should, for events of the past two decades in this changing, shrinking world could scarcely have failed to teach us some lessons. Wo have learned that the Coolidge country-banker philosophy, though mor ally sound, didn't solve the intricate in volvements of world economy. We have learned that when a major power can't or won't repay a debt there is little re course which would not be harmful to the creditor in the end. And we have learned, or are learning, some lessons at home that can apply to international problems. Gradually we have come to realize that slums depress and threaten a whole community's liv ing standard and impede its progress. It has begun to dawn on us that sup pressing one section of society and with holding opportunities from it puts a drag on the whole society. So, perhaps, it is becoming clear to Americans that they cannot be pros perous in a world society impoverished by war, a society in which their best former customers are without funds to buy. Nor can they be safe or happy in a world where want and discontent invite chaos and threaten peace. Rut that does not mean that this gov ernment must give England a gift of money and a pat on the head. For if America does that for England, she will be expected to do as much for France, Russia, China and all the other coun tries that have suffered grievously in the recent conflict. With her present tremendous debt and her tremendous future commitments to her own citizeur, America cannot afford to play philan thropist to the world. At the very least, it will be necessary to know how the receiving nation in tends to use a grant or loan before the money is shelled out. Assurance must be given that American dollars will not be used to foster monopoly or otherwise hinder the development of a sounder, healthier international trade than the world has known before. Funny Husiness A y ',',':. Vs v M ,-'7 J. ' e SO THEY SAY A great many of the major units of Ihc fleet that enn be spared (will be) buck in Ameri can waters by this coming Octo ber. Hear Adml. Louis K. Dcnfeld, chief of U. S. Nuvy Personnel. The motorist is short - sitlhtcd indeed who yields to the urge for 11 long-delayed trip without reas oning that the tiros of his car arc in no condition to withstand such travel. Cheyenne. Wyo., State Tribune. t believe there is a clear ma jority now which is convinced that bootstrap legislation, deficit financing and regimentation must be stopped. Hep. Charles A. Hntleck of Indiana. "He uses a fly swatter lor counting 'em out they have a boiler chance of coming lot" , Japanese militarism IwU been crushed. And world ptiiro de mands that it remain crushed, in the manner that is proscribed for the German tlpopie. UurUeton, N. C, TimTi-New. Br PHEW PEAHSGN WASHINGTON Chief topic of conversa tion at t h e recent closed-door caucus of house republicans was President Harry Tru man. Had he been there, he would have disliked some of the references to him, but he would have felt pleased to note how strong a man the republicans think he is. For a dozen years, republican sessions featured vitriolic outbursts against the late President Roosevelt. For a time after Tru man went to the White House, little was heard about him in the discussions. But now the republicans have decided they have just as dangerous an enemy. Rep. Charley Halleck of Rensselaer, Ind., summed it up this way near the close of the session: "We've got to quit electing Truman. The way we're operating here, the only fight Truman will have in 1948 will be within his own party the fight between the democrats and the commucrats." Plenty of vitriol was thrown on Truman from all sides. "He's just as determined to give America away to England and the others in Europe as Roosevelt was," shout ed reactionary Howard Buffett of Omaha. He referred to Truman as "Harry Truman Pendergast." "We're in a situation now where it's prac tically suicide to stand up and make a speech for America," howled Frederick "Doc" Smith, of Marion, O. Several analyses of Truman were made, with a strong feeling he is a more danger ous man than Roosevelt. . "He has learned at the Pendergast school," said Nebraska's buffett, "and he has learned to appear modest and homey." Among other crimes the GOP holds against Truman is the fact he is not a college man all his simplicity and his lack of polish merely mask a sharp political mind which, in its way, is just as dangerous to the GOP as was Roosevelt if not more so. Congress Thrives on Battle "What Truman is going to do," one mid western republican said, "is to let this con gress have its way." Deduction was this would be tough on GOP congressmen. They thrive on political battles. The republicans were told, for instance, they will not get a chance to vote on abol ishing the draft because democrat leader ship will keep the issue from a vote until the pressure gets heavier. Then at the right psychological moment, it was predicted, the White House will abolish the draft by ex ecutive order. Otherwise there was little done in the caucus. It was supposed to work up a legis lative program, tut little of constructive nature was said. John Taber of Auburn, N. Y., ranking republican of the house ap propriations committee, made his usual speech calling for economy' in government. As usual, he was seconded by Harold Knut son of Minnesota. At this point Clarence Brown of Blanch ester, O., walked put. "What's the use of staying," he remarked, "when I can read it all i nDrew Pearson's column later?" Only once did the republicans hear any thing which made them wince a bit. This came from progressive Charley La Follette of Evansville, Ind., who spoke on the pend ing legislation to create a fair employment practices committee. Because it was appar ent that the republicans are not bestirring themselves to put through this legislation, La Follette reminded them that their 1944 platform definitely calls for support for FEPC. "It's about time we stopped crucifying our own candidates," said Indiana's La Follette. "If we are to be honest about ;this whole thing, why don't we select as, our candidate someone in congress whose vote has never deviated from the republican policy? Let's put up such a-man and let him'run with this simple platform: 'I stand on the record of the republican party in congress.' " Most of his colleagues either did not catch or did not like this sarcasm. Quizzing German Officers One of the smartest operators attached to the U. S. strategic bombing survey, which studied bombing damage in Germany, was Sgt. Paul Baran, former Harvard instruc tor, and a refugee from Hitler. Baran was given the job of interviewing Col. Gen. Franz Haider. Up until Himmlor eased him out in 1942, Haider ran the German army. However, he was forced to sit before Sergeant Baran for two long hours and answer rapid-fire ques tions. After the interview, General Haldar, with considerable respect in his voice, said: "May I ask my interviewer a question?" Sergeant Baron nodded permission. "Is all American intelligence on a level with this interrogation?" Baran replied he thought it was. "Then I would like to say, sir," replied Hitler's former chief of staff, "that your Knowledge of Germany's strategic plans is greater than the Fuehrer's." Capitol Chaff The army officer, reported in this column to have spent his time with the U. S. strat egic bombing survey collecting German portraits, has now been busted . . . Officials promise that no enlisted-'men photographers who served with the bombing - survey in Europe will have to go to the Pacific . . . A hot row is on between the navy and the treasury over the coast guard. Peace time duty of the coast guard is to patrol the coasts, keep down rum-running, save ship wreckos at sea, etc. Therefore it was under the treasury. But. the navy took it over in wartime and wants to keep it. . ' ". ."' WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT Papa, your personal peace is over. Mama has the old buying gleam in her eye and what is worse so do all her friends. The talk over the bridge tables these days goes something like this: "The very first thing I'm going to buy is a dish washer, and then I want one of those new washing machines that does everything but hang up the clothes, and then " Every woman has her eye on some super gadget, and then, of course, she'll have to have all the gadgets her friends buy. Then there'll be a race to sec which one can out decorate the others, and out will go the comfortable old sofa and in will come some thing in pale chartreuse you won't dare put your feet on. It's going to ba an era of keeping up with the Joneses to end all such eras. , Remember, Mama hasn't been able to go in for household gadgets for a long time. And while you thought smugly that the days of her having to have someting, just because the girls in the bridge club were mad for it, are a thing of the past, the urge for buying was just dormant. Now it is coming to life again. And you might as well be prepared. Maybe Mama hasn't started selling you on all the stuff she needs yet. But her friends have already sold her. And the next step is selling you. So take your feet down off that old sofa. Your days of taking it easy are over. Mama wants THINGS again. And you know Mama well enough to know that if she wants them she is going to have them. Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Tracing the sourco of ideas in President Truman's message to con gress reveals that 14 of the points were cov ered in a program put forward by Senator Claude Pepper of Florida, Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia and a group of new deal senators and representatives who held a rump caucus of their own just before congress went home on recess. The new dealers' unofficial platform covered only domestic issues. Truman supplement ed them with sections on selective service, lend-lease and other foreign policy issues that had arisen since the end of the war, to complete his message. Sixty labor organizations and their af filiates are bringing representatives from their locals into Washington to buck up their capital lobbyists in a drive to secure pas sage of the full employment bill. They claim 1!)8 pledges of support from house mem bers, 50 from the senate. They wil Iput on the heat to get enough additional votes to assure a comfortable margin, which they do not yet have. With some amending, pros pects for passage of full employment bill seem favorable. Opposition has not been able to dramatize its eaie. Most common explanation given for re tirement of Nelson Rocekcfeller from his position us assistant secretary of state in charge of Latin American affairs is that he was a rcpublicn. Republicans are asking how this contributes to the administration line the United States should have a non partisan foreign policy? Democrats reply by pointing to fait Byrnes took John Foster Dulles to London with him as an -advisor. Army's effort convince the public that atomvs bomb gid not contaminate the ground at Hiroshima and Nagasaki by in ducing radio-activity is backfiring. Bombs over Japan were timed to explode high, to prevent this condition. But the fact the New Mexico atomic bomb crater is still contam inated, two months arter the first test, is pointed to as proof the ground would be contaminated if bombs were accidentally exploded at lower levels. Said a cynical colonel to his general, "Well, I suppose the atomic bomb will revo lutionize army thinking to the extent of making them rialize the horse cavalry is obsolete. Said the cynical general to the colonel; "You're wrong. They've already asked for two additional remount stations.' ' Commercial airline pilots are trying to balk modification of civil aeronautics board regulations which limit landing speeds to 80 miles an hour. Plane manufacturers want limit raised to 100. Pilots claim this unsafe. CAB position is that speeds in excess of present 80 mile limit can be permitted on big airports for transoceanic planes. For smaller airports and shorter hops, landing speeds will be kept down. Many military planes land and take off about 100 and are considered safe. First U. S. movies to be distributed in Japan were prepared undjer direction of overseas branch of office of war information, long before the Nips surrendered. They have Japanese language titles dubbed in. They were distributed to Jup film compan ies free by army public relations. Hollywood CiWipanios have 45 nmre pictures in prep aration for distribution through Japanese trade channels. .-yiwte-- 1 'J-. COPB- 1943 BY WEA 3 EH VICE. IHC. T.M. BEO. U. 9. PAT. OrT. ; "I'm sweating out my 50th mission in this thing!" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America's Card Authority BLACKWOOD BID OKEH IF USE IS LIMITED Lately I have noticed many ex perts using the Blackwood four five no trump convention when it is obviously asking for aces or kings. The ordinary way to bid today's hand might be as follows: South, 1 diamond; North, 1 spade; A J 10 8 53 V 9 K8 AJ76 197642 iQ653 j None Q942 N W E .S Dealer A None V J10 7 4 2 4 10763 4 108 5 3 KQ VAK8 AQJ9542 V K Duplicate Neither vul. South West North East 2 4N.T. 5N.T. 7N.T. Pass Pass Pass Pass 2 5 V 6 Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass 23 South, 3 diamonds; North 4 clubs; South, 4 hearts (a slam try bid); .North,, 4 spades; .South,. 6 spades; North, 7 spades. East opens a diamond and the contract is defeated. If North and South get to seven diamonds, West will open a spade and de feat them. If the hand is opened with a O BARBS General MacArthur promises "no k i d glove policy" for the Japs. We're for bare fists, our selves right on the chin! two-bid, and North and South are not playing the ace-showing convention in response to a two bid, North will make a positive response of two spades. South now bids four no trump, which is obviously a Blackwood bid ask ing partner for aces. When South receives the information that his partner holds two aces, he bids five no trump asking for kings. North, with one king, bids six diamonds, and South can prac tically count 13 top tricks. He safely bids seven no trump, which cannot be defeated. The expert using the Black wood convention tn a limited ex tent gains its advantages without experiencing the disadvantages involved in using it too often. IN FORMER YEARS Thirty Years Ago R. A. West, the well driller, struck an artesian flow of water on the Ed Fickle farm, six miles north of Union, yesterday. Contractor G. H. Rush has. closed with the George Palmer Lumber company for the erection of a two-compaitment dry kiln to be added to the present equip ment. The present heating plant will be used, and the kilns will be duplicates of the present ones, made serviceable for the auto matic stackers which are loaded without hand kindling and then run into the kiln. Now is the time to get your final tossing in on that fresh greens salad. The home-grown season is about over. If the young ex-nazi has done to him what should be done to him, Germany is going to be full of reform schools. Good cooking isn't as much of an art these days as being able to get the good things you want to cook. Fifteen Years Ago Fred E. Kiddle chalked up a double win at the country club yesterday when he won the An drews and Son golf bag in a 36 hole tournament, and also took first place in the ball sweep slakes, match play against par. Development for plans for the opening of the fall-winter run of the Ross Packing company dehy drator in east La Grande, near the La Grande Flouring mill, in dicates the first work will begin about Oct. 1. "Dancing is fine exercise," says an instructor. So is just straight wrestling. Ten Years Ago The price of local cash wiieat stands at about 62 for western white, and 66 cents for soft bulk, according to the Pioneer Flouring mills. This Curious World ) 6i?UINOX) ( sissswtf are THE DAYS 5 AND EQUINOX ASEANS H AND NieTS ) Q8"3" -v?2v? OF THE EARTH i-N, jTfrtr, yGyr : -i GETTING EffUAL 5; V Aff '97 v , '-'..) 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