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EDITORIAL PAGE La Grande Evening Observer Frank Schiro, Publisher MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1945 Every Mother Goes Through This Worry Period f OH, DEAR! OH, DEAR IF I ONLY KWEW GROW UP To BE ACxOOVtAM OR RAD MAN p KVKNIN; OBSKRVEh -PROfSRKSH PROGRAM IRRIGATION Complete the Granite Ronde Valley irrigation project I. A GRANDE A city of 10.0011 -Extend the city limilx. TODAY'S TEXT Go and cry unto the (fod which ye have chosen ; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. Judged 10:11. Unrepresentative Government One sharp point of difference that stalled the council of foreign ministers In IiOtidon concerned the makeup of Russian-influenced governments in cer tain countries of unslern Europe. Byrnes contended, with apparent justice, that these governments were not adequately representative of their peoples' wishes. Here in the western hemisphere there also exists an unrepresentative govern ment, perhaps the most unrepresenta tive on the face of the earth. And Byrnes can probably support his stand for a broader and more inclusive gov ernmental .structure in Bulgaria, Rum ania and Hungary if, before the foreign ministers' next meeting, he takes more vigorous action to assist the freedom -loving people of Argentina. Everyone knows the situation there is growing increasingly intolerable. The government of colonels, having been forced to put up a front of democracy to gain a seat at the San Francisco con ference, has seized on the excuse of a threatened military revolt to begin an Funny Ilusiness o D r r r -i u r "He's advertising hit lathir'i butinesi againl" Page Two other general wave of repression. Byrnes is fortunate in having as ad viser in Washington a brave and out spoken champion of Argentine liberty. Spruille Braden brings to his new job of assistant secretary of state in charge of Eatin-American, affairs an intimate knowledge of Argentina and its govern ment, gained through his ambassador ship there; the obvious affection of most anti-Peron Argentines, and the oft-expressed feeling that we should not sit idly by while this fascist dictatorship flourishes. A growing congressional centiment for ending diplomatic relations with the Karrell-Pcron government and imposing economic sanctions has been reported. If 'the United States should take such action, other American governments certainly would follow suit. The result might be the end of the military dicta torship. The heads of that dictatorship have reason to be frightened. The roster of their latest batch of political prisoners indicate that all classes of civilian so. ciety are arrayed against them. And now the army's loyalty seems in doubt. The colonels' hold is growing shaky, and it shouldn't lake too much of a blow tc dislodge them. Biaden reports that the Argentine people's only wish is to restore constitu tional government. Surely we have the duty to assist them by peaceful means. And, with that restoration accomplish ed, we should have a stronger selling point in our efforts to bring more demo cratic privileges to the peoples of tlu I'alkans. O SO THEY SAY In the present statfc of world oCt'airs, a strong military estab lishment is essential. Henry I.. Stimson. former Sec retary nf War. America's chief concern nuisl bo to keep enough of its n c w synthetic rubber plants in opera- lion so tnai we win never aain be alight short of a rublvr sup as we were ;V Pearl Harbor. Akron, O , Beacon Journal. ply The army has given us the best possible surgical and medical care, but the artificial limbs which are given us are crude and outmoded. -l.t Sol Rael. Hrooklyn. X. Y.. a disabled veteran. Competition in the postwar world will lc. the niost intense in our history. Kor nearly every mvd or use, there will be many tnatcrhits. This means the buyer will attain be kinR. - John I). Diggers, president, l.iti- boy-Owens-Koid company. X -l Washington Merry-Go-Round Br DREW PEARBCN KANSAS CITY Navy insiders arc hop ing for a new deal regarding discharges, recognition of reserves and other navy in justices, following the shake-up in the navy's bureau of personnel and the impending exit of Adm. Ernie King. In fact, some fresh air already has blown into the department. To get the full picture, it's necessary to realize puppet of hard-boiled, high-handed Admiral King. The late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox was at sword's points with King most of the time. The admirals would meet in formal session with him, show him a few routine cables and adjourn. Later, King and his close associates would handle the really important cables, which neither Knox nor Undersecretary James For restal knew existed. Admiral King pulled his own Annapolis classmates all around him. He formed the most powerful clique the navy has ever seen, with no one able to penetrate it, least of all the secretary. The older men of King's time at Annapolis (he is 65) got the chief plums, and the others bore the brunt of the fighting. Antagonism against King was espe cially bitter among Annapolis men between the classes of 1917 to 1933. Navy Storm Breaks With the end of the war, however, the storm broke. Reserve officers and regular navy officers found censorship lifted. Long before this, however, some of the younger officers on Secretary Forrcstal's staff had tipped him off as to what was go ing on. They told him the important tele grams were not being show him. They sug gested that he go up to the communications room himself and look them over. Forrestal did, and, from that time on, ho has had more to say about running the navy. The man who handled promotions, trans mors and discharges for King was Adm. Randall Jacobs, chief of the bureau of naval personnel or "Bupors." If you control "Bu pers," you can pretty much dominate the navy. But the end of the war caught both King and Jacobs completely offguard. In faot they were muking all preparations for a full scale invasion of Japan this fall. Further more, King did not want to sec the navy reduced to anywhere near its peacetime size. Forrestal Gets Tough It was at about this point that Jim For restal began to get tough. Though he had been wise to King for a long time, he had been handicapped by the iact King was the special pet of FDR, and the late president considered it his job to run the navy. For restal was helpless. With Truman, however, it was different. Truman not only believes in each cabinet member being responsible for his own de partment, but he also knew something about WE, THE WOMEN By RUTH MILLETT Dear Ananymous U. S. army nurse who thinks that Yanks are lousy lovers: You complain that American men have been spoiled by their successes in Europe "Where chewing gum has supplanted con versation and chocolate bars have supersed ed h build-up." You say they are due for an awakening when they get home. Perhaps we women here at home had bet ter warn you that the American men who stayed home are spoiled too. True, they haven't found chocolate bars and chewing gum more persuasive than a build-up.- But they've been getting by with murder. Old boys who had been overlooked for years found 'they were being fought over during war years, when lonely girls were Behind Scenes in Washington By PETER EDSON. La Grande Evening Observer Washington Corraipondeni WASHINGTON Well, the Arabs have come to town and pitched their tent in the high class Wardman Park hotel. That is to say, an "Arab office" has been opened there. You won't find them camped out on the lawn or in the lobby but in a modern, hot and cold running water suite of their own after it gets redecorated. They threw a cocktail party and press conference on Thursday afternoon to celebrate the grand opening, or as the man said, "this little housewarming party of ours, as you Amer icans would call it here." The man was Ahmad Shukairy, of Acre and Jerusalem. Anybody expecting to see the head of the Arab office dressed up like those Saudi Arabian princes were at San Francisco all ready to hop a camel and hump it across the desert would have been disappointed. Mr. S turned out to be a smart young lawyer, dressed in a nattby blue suit and a little moustache, with his black hair slicked back over a high forehead. He spoke English better than must Americans only one split infinitive and he is a smoothie. He read his statement with feeling but with out gestures, and then cot down to the bus iness of answering some very tough ques tions as to why he was here and what he was up to. Before M. S. got through, in nice polite way. he had practically declared war on anybody that had any ideas for sending any more refugee-immigrants to Palestine and on everybody Unit proposed interfering with Palestine's becoming an independent, sover eign Arab state. As he put it, Palestine was a link between the other Arab states and a sacred, living museum nf Araby history. Frankly and without fuss, Shukairy let it be known he was here as a registered the way Admiral King had ridden rough shod over the civilian secretaries of the navy. So the first move made by Secretary Forrestal was to remove Admiral Jacobs, the man with the key to promotions, trans fers and discharges. Jacobs didn't want to go. He had a fine house at naval hospital supplied him by the government, with a couple of Filipino servants. At first a special job was created for Jacobs. He was to be a full admiral with the magnificent title of "instructor general of the Pacific." By this timei however, Forrestal was real ly feeling his oats. He was determined to run the navy himself. And public criticism against Jacob's slow discharge system strengthened Forrestal's hand. He took away the glittering job in the Pacific and reduced Jacobs to the humdrum chore of running the Bremerton naval base near Seattle. Furthermore, Forrestal brought into the navy a man who does not play on Admiral King's team, Adm. Lou Denfeld, and made him chief of personnel. The Navy's Eisenhower Then, to make matters worse, Forrestal brought in as Denfield's assistant, Capt. John Gingrich. Gingrich's career, in a way, might be com pared to that of General Eisenhower. Like Eisenhower, he is the product of the Kan sas prairies. Born in Dodge City, Kan., he graduated from Annapolis and did a great job in the war as commander of the cruis er Pittsburgh. It was Gingrich who towed the flaming carrier Franklin out of danger, covering up some glaring mistakes by other commanders. It was Gingrich who nursed the Pitts burgh all the way across the Pacific when 100 feet of her bow was torn off by a ty phoon once again covering up some faulty construction. But, somewhat, like Eisenhower, who was fired by General MacArthur when they serv ed together in Manila in 1938, Gingrich was "fired" by Admiral King. As a reward for his heroism, he was relegated to the side lines, removed from command of the Pitts burgh, and given the innocous job of chief of personnel at Miami, Fla. Gingrich had been offered several important jobs by ad mirals in the Pacific, but King "sent him to Liberia" instead. At this point, however, Secretary For restal stepped in. He ordered young Captain Gingrich back to Washington as deputy chief of the powerful bureau of personnel. The mothers, wives and sweethearts of navy men have a lot to be thankful for as a result. Both Denfeld and Gingrich, though Annapolis graduates, believe in recognizing the reserves, believe in speeding discharges, and understanding the problems of navy ' men. plentiful and men were scarce. Foreign women didn't spoil the men who stayed home. But the gals the Yanks left behind them did the spoiling. So don't be too sure the Yanks will get their come-uppance when they get back home. They're going to look good to the girls after the men they have had to put up with. And likely as not, those uncon versatiomil Yanks will find they don't have to talk much at home, either. It is painful to have to send you such bad tidings. But it's the straight dope. If you were dreaming of America as a place where women are still fought for and cherished you have just been dreaming. So, hurry home. But don't expect much. Not if you don't want to be disappointed. propagandist whose job is to put out infor mation to counteract the propaganda of the Zionists. In short, the battle over whether Palestine ends up as a Zionist or an Ara bian, or a British protectorate or some other kind of state is going to be fought right here in America as well as in Palestine. Asked what the Arab nations would do to make Palestine a sovereign Arab state, Shukairy quoted Winston Churchill to the effect that when a nation feels its interest is at stake, it will take any step necessary. Asked if that means revolution, he ducked; he couldn't, he said, disclose the strategy of the Arab League. It is the Arab league of seven nations Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi. Arabia. Yemen and Transjordan which is financing this new Arab office in Washington. The Arab League was formed last March. It has become an increasingly irritating thorn in the side of the European powers with hold ings or ambitions in the Mediterranean area. Present headquarters of the league arc in Jerusalem, but may be moved to Cairo. There will be a second regional conference of the Arab governments later this month. These nations have a combined population of "0 million people in the Middle East and their lands are at the crossroads of the three old world continents. They have money and other assets. As Shukairy put it. the Arab territories are now looming as one of the world's largest producers of petroleum. Four of the Arabian states have diplomat ic missions in Washington, but they aw limited by protocol as to what they can do or say. This new Arab office, however, rep resenting the Arab league, is free to speak out:-nnd lell its side of the Palestine story, which is at least entitled to an even hrvak See WASHINGTON . . . Page 4 " ' Side Glances me. T.M.mcv. "''. Off. "You bet I'm mad! He didn't know I baked the cake I , served him at the bazaar, but he didn't have to say it tasted like goo he had once in Kyushu!" O McKENNEY ON BRIDGE By WILLIAM E, McKENNEY America's Card Authority , GOOD BRIDGE STUDY IS DUMMY ENTRY The bridge players of the na tion can feel justified in celebrat ing at their forthcoming victory national championships tourna ment to be held at the Hotel Chelsea in Atlantic City, Dec. 1-9. Members of the American Con tract Bridge League did a great job selling war bonds, raising funds for war causes, and creat- A 10 5 3 7 64 3 A85 AJ2 A K 9 4 None 97432 Q 10 7 4 N , W E S Dealer AQ62 VK 1052 10 6 48653 A J 8 7 VAQJ98 KQJ K9 Duplicate Neither vul. South West North East 1 Pass 2 Pass 4 Pass Pass Pass Opening A K. 9 their own War 'activity,' War' Or-' phans Scholarships, Inc. Thirty children will be attending col lege this year through scholar ships provided by this organiza tion. Every tournament in the Unit ed Slates is behind War Orphans Scholarships, Inc. Therefore, when an expert makes a hand like the one shown today, he has a right to celebrate not only the fact that he iplayed it well; but the fact also that he and his or ganization arc doing their share BARBS A plane being built could bomb Europe from the U. S. and return to base, say the .three generals who flew from Japan to Amer ica. That "outdatcs" the B-29 but, as we recall, it has served its purpose. One touch of financial good luck has a bad habit of making the whole world your kin. This Curious World HAS SEVENTEEN! OlSTINCr VARIETIES OP EVERGREEN TREES. .WHEBg'S gf-AAeg f ie-9 o ANSWER: Boston, Mass, NEXtYTht bat isn't so batty. for the orphans of our service men. ' The whole point involved in this hand is entries into dummy. When declarer finds, all four trumps in the East hand, he must take what may prove ,a losing finesse in clubs to provide an en try to finesse East out of the king of hearts. When ,the club finesse works, the king of clubs can be overtaken with the ace and the contract made. ., O IN FORMER YEARS Thirty Years Ago La Grande's streets were today marched upon by moi;e than 2,000 children a parade long to be remembered as the most inspiring sight Union county has ever witnessed. It was the big gest event of fair week. Last night the big "Forty-Nine" show of the La Grande lodge of Elks attracted a crowded house and the attendance was conspicu ' ous1 !n the- respect Jihat' tr largo number of ladies caught the spir it of the great fun-making pro position. ) The reports of dollar .wheat at coast delivery points will un uhdoubtcdly stimulate -flalcs of local crops. The jump came so suddenly there has hardly been time to announce the present wheat market status at home. The tendency has been that of an a n t i cipated strengthening of prices. There have beep a few sales the past week at figures around 80 cents. Fifteen Years Ago George Holcomb, of Portland, a member of the Julius L. Meier party now in La Grandc.-jwas the main speaker at today's Rotary club luncheon. Between the hours of ,4:30 and 8 p.m. yesterday, the city hall was entered by some hoodlum who, noticing the janitor's coat and vest not in use, traded with said janitor, Al Harvey; . Ten Years Ago I The most pronounced changes duting the last five years in Un ion county have been a 29 per cent decrease in wheal,' and a gain of 15 percent in hay and 44 percent in cattle, according to the 1935 federal farm censu prelim inary report. -'ir i. CUMINS A SINGLE AEA!, HAVE BEES KNCWVi TOOJSJUE MEAT E3UAL TO WE PCBCEHr or Wf jromi. CM Wl iY h BtUVKt. IMC t. u ntQ u. i. pat. orr.
