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La Grande Evening Observer
Frank Schiro, Publisher
WEDNESDAY EVENINCJ. OCTOIJEK 10. 19-15
'Ammunition, Ammunition, Please!'
The Aftermath of London
The '""' finsco of the council of
foreign ministers in London hits pre
sented two facts wln'cli are clearly vis
ilile even at u ureal distance and
llirouuli a veil of secrecy; there must
he a new attempt to reach agreement
on peace terms; and l.eforu that at
tempt can even approach success, tin:
differences that split the lxmdon meel
injf must lie resolved.
Whether the next attempt is another
foreign ministers' conference, a Tru-mnti-Stnlin-Attlce
meetinir. or a full
dress conference of the United Nations
depends on the liijr three. Hut the form
is less, important than the need for u
basic hit; three agreement.
Much has been made of the fact that
Secretary Hymen came to the recent
unsuccessful meetinjv as an unprepared
"amateur." Hut it is doubtful thai an
American delegation armed with the
most meticulously prepared protoci I
would have fared much better. I'm- Mr.
Mololov presented a hard-headed pro
gram based on a political and diplomatic
philosophy that is diametrically ni
posed to must Aniilo-Aiiicrican beliefs.
It is clear that the Soviet 1'iiion does
Mil Ix'lievo in eipial so creiiintv : (he hie.
three won the world war and so must
dictate the world peace, without allow
ing the small nations a voice in their
own destiny.
The llussian lroverninent i respon
sible to no one but itself. It is not elec
ted, and it dins nut countenance riou.
ileniestic criticism of its Hilieie,-. Thi
it obvinusly believes to b, a 'jn,i
l'rethml. hence its insistence on a wall i.i"
h'unini Husiness
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secrecy around the fateful liitf three dis
cussions. The Russian interpretatiim of "demo
cracy" is (piite different from the An-jiio-American
conception. The first test
of the new "democratic" governments
o! European countries within the Rus
sian orbit has been their acceptability
tn Russia, not to their own people.
Major opposition there hiis been lumped
together as "fascist" and bloodlessly
purged. Talk of "free elections' has re
mained talk.
All this does not necessarily menu
that Russia is traveling a cynical road
toward world domination, Quite pos
sibly the Russian government, in its
own eyes, is acting fairly, justly and
democratically. The trouble is simply
that Russia's whole course of action b
repugnant to the western democracies.
And those democracies, whatever their
faults, have had a longer, more peaceful
and more successful experience in gov
1 1 niiient of, by and for the people.
And so there must inevitably be a
showdown. I'erhaps the United States
needs better preparation before the
next peace meeting. Rut certainly this
government will need to exercise its
strength and world prestige more vigor
ously. We have three strong weapons in dol
lars, a great productive capacity and an
ati niic bomb. Russia wants some of the
lb st. needs the help of the second and
lespeels the third. Racked by these
weapons. American statesmen should he
able to effect the compromise necessary
to turn world events from their present
dangerous course and toward recovery
and peace.
SO THEY SAY
1 urn as fumly convinced as
evi r lll.lt the t'i'w industrial cn
iw.ty of the west coast makes
i e'Unviy pia.'tical to piiKluce
it 'niel'ilrs in th.it area.
J.'.-jH'h W. Ktaer. automobile
r..:v.if.iL-turer.
.Vthouch hostilities have cvas
e i. our count: v's military respon
sibilities are still huge .inci their
in: :( n sh.niLl net be saddled m
vieiir.iK A or. sokiieis and sailors
who already have jiven some of
tile lost yr.us u( their Hie to the
'A it'.nir.tl e; l:ie w.ir.
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latin Aiiiei.ea.l labor wants a
imui:aneoi,.s hii',iking of diplo
matic and tvonomu' relations wilh
ioth th.- Franco iSp.mtsn and
Prion lArni nl ma ' regimes.
Viiuvntc l.oinUndo Toiedano,
Mexican laoor leader.
America w ants to help the
wor'eJ get on its ieet but the el
("it will tad il, in making it.
America (alls down herself.
Wilmington. Dvi Journal.
ran put lour
Washington Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON The nation's giant,
bumptious CIO United Auto Workers' union,
is now split wide open over its post-war
strike policy.
At opposite ends of the conflict are R. J.
Thomas, known as labor's undiplomatic dip
lomat, and two-fisted, brainy Walter Reu
ther, vice president of the union and pre
tender to Thomas's throne.
Reuther is eager to snatch Thomas's pres
idency away from him at the next auto
workers' union convention, is trying hard
to become the union's No. I figuro even if
it means strikes which blacken labor's name.
However, since Reuther heads the powerful
General Motors' section of the union, he
may have his way and pu)l a first-class strike
that' will damage labor even more.
It was kept very hush-hush, but at the
recent meeting of the auto workers' union
22-man board in Flint, Mich., Reuther call
ed in eight trusted board members to ex
plore his future. Every man present prom
ised to keep the proceedings secret.
Reuther asked his fellow board members
how many of them would support him for
the union's presidency. Five, although friends
of Reuther. turned thumbs down. Two
agreed to back his candidacy, and one stood
on the fence. As a result, Reuther has de
cided he needs a farther build-up.
Since then, Reuther and Thomas have
been badly split on union policies, wilh the
public and the auto workers sometimes
caught in the middle. Reuther knows that
Thomas is the heir-apparent to Phil Murray,
president of the CIO, and is trying to knock
Thomas out of that spot.
Fundamental difference inside the auto
union is over strategy. Thomas is against
strikes now. He wants to cooperate with the
big auto companies on reconversion, then
strike later if necessary. Thomas has been
arguing privately it is unwise to strike un
til the highly competitive big three Ford,
Chrysler, and General Motors get their as
sembly lines running next spring. Then the
union could strike one at a time, force them
to settle because of the fear the other two
big manufacturers would steal the market
during the shut-down.
Right now, Thomas tells his board mem
bers, the auto companies have made enough
money this year to permit them to produce
nothing, stage a sit-down strike against the
union and form a united front which may
wreck the CIO's most volatile and powerful
organization.
U. S. Propaganda Machine
Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton,
WE, THE WOMEN
By RUTH MILLETT
The British government, head in hands
over the problem of why Britons don't have
more babies, has decided to call on 1,500,000
married women and ask them frankly why
they aren't producing enough children to
keep the birthrate from declining.
It's a safe bet they will discover that wom
en have been sold short on motherhood by
the modern notion that all women must
follow a set pattern; that the only worth
while course for a woman in these times
is to devote herself to being as glamorous
as the next woman.
Today it is assumed by both men and
women because they have been carefully
sold on the theory that if a woman doesn't
keep her looks and her figure and find time
to be a companion to her husband he has
every right to ditch her for a new model.
There are no credits chalked up to a wom
an for staying at home to have babies. The
mother of four or six is much more likely
today to be pitied or looked on with con
Behind Scenes in Washington
Br PETER EDSON. La Grande Erentag Observer Washington Correspondent
(This article describing future railroading
is carried today in place of a dispitch by
Peter Edson.)
By ROSELLEN CALLAHAN
NEW YORK (NEAl There's something
new and novel coming up for vacationers
next year. It's a two-weeks' cross country
house party that has all the features of an
oceanic cruise except the w,atej
Taking a tip from the successful pre-war
ship cruise, travel agencies are planning
similar land cruises aboard a crack, stream
lined train equipped with every conceiv
able comfort and means of diversion.
Just as with cruise ships, the train will
be used as a hotel at each stop, while the
300 or more travelers make motor sightsee
ing side trips. A special night club-recreation
car has been designed to keep travel
ers amused vnroute. Divided into two parts,
the forward half is an ultra-modern club
car during the day and a supper club at
night. The rear half is a '.eunge by day and
a movie theater by n;j:ht.
Cruise directors will see to it that there
is never a dull moment There'll be ama
teur night entertainim nts. dances, informal
travelogues about piaces t.i be visited and
introductions all aroun.i.
The cruise will start from Chicago and
make stops at Colorado Springs, Colo., the
Indian Pueblo district, Santa Fe. N- M., and
the Grand Canyon. A: L.'s Angeles and San
Francisco, where there ii iv longer layovers,
tourists will stay at a hotel. Then they'll
continue on to Seattle. Vancouver. Portland
and through the Canadian Rockies back to
Chicago.
Trips Offered Now
The exact cost can't be estimated yet, but
agencies say it will be in the neighborhood
of $0U (or the two iveek tour. Nor is the
founding father of an advertising agency
and guiding spirit of Encyclopedia Britan
nica,. has just about finished his plan for
the first peacetime propaganda agency to
be operated by the U. S. government. Pro
fessor Harold Lasswell, is working with Ben
ton to polish the rough draft before it is
presented to Secretary of State Byrnes.
Benton, who early learned how to get
around obstacles, will propose to Byrnes
that in view of the expected congressional
opposition to anything smacking of "prop
aganda," Bernard Baruch or Owen D. Young
or some other elder statesman should pre
sent the plan to the public.
Benton is recommending, too, that Ihenew
propaganda agency be planned to get along
at first with only about 1,000 employes and
a budget of from $20,000,000 to $25,000,000,
Earlier plans hadi called for a budget of $00,
000,000 to $75,000,000, but in view of the
present economy spirit of congress, Benton
obseives, "If we aim too high now and ask
too much, the whole thing may be mur-.
dered."
Close contact with the Associated Press,
the United Press and other news agencies
will be maintained in order, so far as pos
sible, to pacify them. The plan does call
for transmission by the state department
of news from all government agencies, how
ever. The field representatives of the new agency
will be attached to U. S. embassies and le
gations all over the world, with the top men
to be designated as "ministers in charge of
public affairs." These ministers would have
on their staffs a cultural attache, a news
chief and a library director, each with staffs
of three lo five persons.
Apparently Benton has already been in
contact with the Russia-haters of the state
department, for he has named "Germany,
Austria, Trieste, the whole of the Balkans
and eastern Europe" as "emergency areas"
for extensive U. S. propaganda work. In con
trast, he lists "southeast Asia, Japan, coast
of China, Korea, Spain and Portugal" as
"non-emergency areas."
Regarding movies, Benton has proposed
that, the state department "tell Hollywood
what must be done about documentaries
and the content of feature films; and if Hol
lywood won't do il the state department
way, then the government will get busy in
some other way." He also calls for the ap
pointment of "film attaches" in major film
market areas, their job being to push the
Hollywood feature films in competition with
those of other countries.
descension than admired.
"Poor thing," is the way the the mother
of more than the conventional one or two
children is generally regarded.
And as long as that is the accepted atti
tude most women are going to follow the
herd.
They have pretty unselfish-sounding rea
sons for limiting their families to one or
Iwo. But the real reason they do so is fear.
Fear that they'll be tied down. Fear that
they'll lose their husbands' interest. Fear
that while they are having and caring for
babies the world will pass them by.
It just isn't glamorous to be the mother
of a large family and the majority of the
feminie population has been so sold on glam
or they are afraid to risk losing it.
What they don't realize is that the kind
of glamor they have been sold on fades with
age whether a woman has six children or
none.
starting date set. for transportation is still
far from normal and all planned tours de
pend upon how soon additional carriers will
be available.
For ihose who want to take a trip now,
however, the American Express has bcgLii
a weekly tour through Virginia. Starting by
train from New York ,it takes you to Bal
timore, where you board a steamer for a
trip down Chesapeake Bay to Norfolk. Go
ing by motor coach from that point, they
take you on a five-day tour of Virginia
Beach. Williamsburg. Richmond. Luray Cav
erns and the Skyline Drive and Shenandoah
National Park.
Along the way there are stops to see the
Natural Bridge cut through rock: Ashlawn.
the home of James Monroe: Thomas Jeffer
son's home at Monticello, Charlottesville.
Jamestown, the first settlement in the Amer
ican colonies: and Yorktown, famous for the
surrender of Cornwallis. Cost of the trip is
expected to be lesis than $100.
In the hope that travel will be fairly nor
mal this winter, tourist bureaus are going
ahead arranging southern tours. Featured is
a 10-day trip to the deep south for about
$130. Going by train from Chicago or New
York to Meridian, Miss., travelers switch
to buses for a tour through Mobile. Bel
lir.grath Gardens and the Gulf Coast resort
of Edgewater Park in Mississippi, then on
to New Orleans for two days of sightseeing.
Baton Rouge. Natchez and Vicksburg are
visited on the way back to Meridian to
board the train home.
GO South. Too
There'll be several other southerrf tours
also. One will take you on a motor trip up
and down both roasts of Florida with a week
at Miami Beach. Thw's a U-day tiij) plan
See BEHIND SCENES . . . Pat 4
Side Glances
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"Yep, the old victory, garden where I broke my back and ruined
my disposition next year you'll see me flitting around there
playing tennis!" t :
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By WILLIAM E. McKENNEY America's Card Authority
HEART JACK KEYS
SUCCESS OF HAND
There is nothing unusual about
the bidding of today's hand, and.
the opening lead is normal. Rath
er than study all four hands too
hearts. If West goes up with the
king and leads back the jack, de
clarer will play low, hoping that
East has five hearts. Then East
and West can win only two heart
tricks and the king of clubs.
The correct play is for West lo
put the jack of hearts on the first
trick. While declarer could make
the same play, he will - almost
certainly win the jack and take
the club finesse. West will win
with the king, lay down the king
of hearts, East overtakes with
the ace and runs off four heart
tricks.
O IN FORMER
YEARS
Thirty Years Ago ' "
Oregon's Sunday closing law,
passed in the '60s, and recently
revived by a decision of, the su
preme court which held' the law
constitutional, was put into op
eration in Union county yesterday
by District Attorney Colon R.
Eberhard and Sheriff August
Hug, jointly. So far as known the
order was obeyed strictly, but
during the day there .developed
conside'rifbre" feeling over the law
which permits drug stores to sell
cigars nnd confections compe
tition with the merchants who
specifically are ruled out of bus
iness on the Sabbath.
Fifteen Years Ago ;4
Representatives of Jackson,
Malhuer, Baker and Union coun
ties returned lo their homes to
day after appearing before the
state board of horticulture to dis
cuss the economic .aspects of
maintaining the o.uarantrne now
preventing transportation of al
falfa, haymeal, and se'eld from
those counties. J
Phil Metschan, republican can
didate for governor, arrived in La
Grande today and tomorrow at
noon will be the speaker at a
luncheon at the Sacajawea inn.
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o BARBS
By HAL COCHRAN
The stone age, as we know it
today, is about 20. And the big
ger the stone, the better she likes
it.
The moderr! girl is wise, says
a professor. No wonder she pas
ses an examination 'every time
she meets a man.
A Cleveland couple, held up in
their truck, handed over a bottle
of milk and got away with their
money. The surprise move likely
had the robbers cowed.
Ten Years Ago
The ban is on now on slot ma
chines and punchboards in Union
county. The county grand jury,
which concluded its session late
yesterday, called in city and state
police and county officers and
conducted a n investigation of
gambling- devices, and ordered
the officers to stop the opera
tion of slot machines and punch-boards.
U. S.. Britain and Russia will
divide the remnants of the Ger
man fleet. If any other country
would like a few ships, they can
be found at the bottom of the
deep, blue sea.
A bachelor's main troubles are
that he has no wife to blame for
them.
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