EDITORIAL PAGE
La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 8, 1945
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IRRIGATION Complete the Granite
Ronde Valley irrigation project
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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
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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
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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.
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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 " '
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"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-
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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
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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
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