pagz rbua The OI-CGON STATESMAN, Salesv Orecorw Friday Morning, X.OTexnbe 3, 1S44 -1 I lenUon Frontline Medics cad Story Telling Be Starts; "No Favor Svavs Us: No Fear Shall Av)m ' From First Statesman, March 28, 1831 i ...ATTIC FHOIIT! i- 1-1 r V7T : . i - ! i i . THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING C03IPAN1' ) ' . CHARLES A. SPRAGI7E, Editor and Publisher . Member of tha Associated Press - ' The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to tha use for publication of ail news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper. "Money Troubles , The Bible says that the love of money Is the root of all evil, but in Europe the value of mon ey Is causing a deal of trouble.- In occupied '; countries Germany circulated paper currency f either its own or of the controlled country. As 'the Germans are driven out the value of the Truman Blunders:. Senator Truman is proving a much bigger lia bility as vice presidential candidate than Wal lace. His chickens are coming home to roost Ha has been needling Governor Dewey td denounce the republican isolationist senators who are up for reelection, and claiming Dewey's assurances -floating currency becomes very doubtful. The of support of world peace are: insincere unless i result is price inflation in which people scram- ble to get Jfheir money in tangibles. ; Belgium has tried to deflate its currency, .but deflation brings disaster too. France has f done nothing, about currency devaluation yet, though it has fixed a rate of 50 francs to the ? dollar in exchange, or 200 to the pound sterling. French note circulation is around 600 billion francs which is about four times the prewar to- tal. The Bank of France has issued no statement since mid-July and frankly admits it doesn't 'know, its own condition.' i : I Greece is going through the agony of Inflation which seems to be erasing the value of the -J Greek drachma. In 24 hours its value evapor I ated, going from 10,000,000,000,000 to 22,- 000,000,000,000 for a British gold sovereign (nominally!$4.87). -i . These countries will have serious troubles getting their financial systems again in healthy j f unctioningjjrhey may have to draw a red line across -ill ledgers and start anew, with new currencies either old unit names with new val 'ues, or new units of money r Inflation and de- i flation work serious hardships; and the sooner ? Europe can get to fiscal stability the more ; quickly its rehabilitation can proceed. . In this period of readjustment foreign help in the way of provisions, etc., and perhaps of loans for ' currency stabilization will be needed. We can't i well -free these lands from German oppression ' to let them starve through 'internal disiirtegxa f tion, but in jthe end the old rule must hold: they j must help themselves. he does denounce these senators. Then a re porter from a Providence paper asked Truman back in New England, if he was denouncing Sen ator David Walsh of Massachusetts. Truman rather glibly acknowledged Walsh was an iso lationist but said he was not a candidate for re election and had two years yet to be redeemed to internationalism, i j ; 4 That touched off Senator Walsh who was as hostile to lend-lease and other administration prewar moves as any republican senator, Walsh had just previously endorsed Roosevelt for re election, but he bridled at Truman's cavalier treatment of him. His reply, left Trumanx with his jaw hanging down' .;" . . The fact is that Massachusetts is a critical state, and Walsh's help is needed there to car ry it for Roosevelt. Truman's blundering might lose his ticket enough votes to cost it the state's 16 electoral votes. - - Truman leaves the country "cold fish." The people do not like his unrepudiated connections with the old Pendergast machine, and his cam paign appearances have shown a lack of struc ture for the president's office to which a vice president is the initial successor. 'Master Racer' Inilial Advantage In the return trip to the Philippines the Americans have had the advantage of selecting the spots for invasion. They could do this be- cause air power and seapower enabled them to neutralize the Jap strong points. Thus instead .of making frontal assaults to capture the great J&P bases at Rabaul and Truk, which were the great dread of commentators for many months, the Americans with some Australian aid were able to render these bases useless for the ene my.. Bombings from air destroyed shore instal lations and .harbor shipping and air nd sea patrols prevent reenforcement save by occa- . sional barge or submarine. This advantage was conspicuous in the Phil ippines operation when Mac Arthur selected a softepot, Leyte island, for initial attack. It will also follow in future moves, especially on the China coast. We can select the place to launch our full-scale assault while the Japs, like the Germans in Europe, have to spread themselves thin to guard a long coastline. A Eventually though this advantage will be losti because when we gain a .foothold in Lu xon or in China then -we are- committgd and the enemy can concentrate its opposition. Both in Luzon and in China the Japs will be able to supply reenforcement for -a long-time, "because we cannot effectively police all the seas from the Jap' homelands to China and to Luzon. We must prepare therefore, for a war of consider able duration. It will take many months to ex terminate the Jap soldiers on Luzon and in China, and then there remain the home islands to be dealt -with. " . Length of the War Theother -day - Prime Minister Churchill threw more cold water on suggestions of an ear ly conclusion of the war when t told the com mons that the German war might last into the closing months of 1945 and the Japanese war might continue for 18 months. Churchill made no definite commitments, naturally. It should be noted however that his remarks were made In connection with a motion to ex tend the life of parliament another year. Be cause of the war a general election in Britain has been deferred long past its regular time. This is permissable under the British system. But to support the motion Churchill would have to justify extension of the present parlia ment by the prospect of the war's lasting at least another year,. He was, in effect, assuring his own government of continuance. Clever as the prime minister, is, he may have also been 'beaming, his remarks toward the American electorate. 1 , Weivs Behind the News ByPAULMALLON (InsxrJbutian by King Fatazesyndlcate, Inc. Reproduction In whole ; - or In part strictly prohibited.) 1 , I Tho Literary Guidcpost i 1 By JOHT SELBT " Twenty-five years is a long stretch for a man to" be engaged in tme businese A. A. Gueffroy thought it was long enough, so he has sold his ' Commercial Book store, one of the oldest bitsi nessr. establishments in Salem, to Lawsenoe Ballmer, who comes ' here" from Pendleton. "GuefT' was one tit Prof. Staley's boys, who took business course in the 'Capital Business college -and then went out .and made jjood in the business; world. .The .Statesman 'hopes that after a test he will be back on the street where he-has been active so long as to be regarded al most as a fixture, v ' f" y i Paul toaikon t Power of the Purse A judge in Puerto Rico threw the cabinet .members of Governor TugWeU's administra tion into jail because they spent money which had not been properly appropriated. How naive of the judge. What if American courts followed the same practice? Here there has grown up rather a cynical attitude on the part of govern ment administrators as they spend money with out too- close scrutiny of the terms of the ap propriation. - ' In the past however' congress has been con siderably at fault as it has appropriated mon ey giving to the executive very liberal powers as to spending. That is dangerous policy. The power which the congress should guard most jealously is the "power of the -purse." BdillzTlzl Comment WEO WASTS 33TJ2IAN7 Who shelved Tioe President Wallace for Senator 'Truman at the Chicago convention? The answer to that question , has never been given, and it is too-late now in this campaign to expect one. ' . But it would he interesting to know. For if President Roosevelt is beaten and the president is going -down hill daily as Governor Dewey is coming up history mif ht declare the selection of the Missouri senator responsible for it V : i Yes, if this community is typical of the country - as a whole, snore and more; independent voters are . hesitating to mark a ballot for four more years of Roosevelt, star fear it might mean putting Sen ator Truman in the White house. ii ; ; And that they DONT want! ' For if ever a promising and rather popular pub lia figure has been completely discredited and' de ; Hated that ia the case with Senator Harry Truman of Missouri. V ' ' ; ; : . " Had the head of the Truman committee not been the nominee, and had he not been forced to show his hand and his character by stumping the coun try from one coast to the other, there would no doubt still be a widespread belief that. he was a man of capacityand integrity and resourcefulness, well qualified, hi case of necessity, to take over the reins of the government ; ' ! Cut that tour has been one( of complete disillu sionment 3 tar as the presidency and Harry Tru man ere ccnccmed. The man may be entirely sin cere tnd ur.dcuMsily is loyal to the ticket and hard-vcrl-Ir': tut t" "t h? hsn't even a ELIVEIt of pre: Ct" in h r.'.:-i t: t:!7 sni .ccr.v!. : I.j, Ilzrry Trurv I!j i-i't eve:.i a second 3 rr.-keup, has been made -;iy certain!" " .j n-.t r't what it takes, rater tut a tad third. 'In-' :rz the tlchct he ma- A JLos Angeles -naval aviator, 'Commander dDavid iMacCampbell. is -credited with shooting down nine Jap. fighters and two "probables" in one hour and" 33 minutes nf fighting in. the aerial battle of the Philippines. His score 'now totes to 30. That speed record rivals that of a good duck-shooter. ', . ' - Dnterpreting TTiie War Neivo K1RKE I SIMPSON . ASSOCIATE! PRZSS WAS ANALYST Allied success in clearing Schelde estuary - ap proaches to Antwerp -of all substantial enemy re sistance coupled with-tha forward surge of Amer ican first army troop in Zmrtsen forest southeast rf captured Aachen could herald the' opening of the next major phase of the battle of the Siegfried line. There wwno definite Indication of thattin pre liminary accounts from the "front. They told of American seizure in surpriae -operations of villages dose to- the eastern edge of the forest. - At that point. In Hurtgen woods, allied troops stand closer to the Rhine than at any (other ex cept in the I4Umemen-Arnhem sector to the north. The span of the river between Cologne and Bonn to the south, flanked an both aides by an Intricate network ef railroads, highways and jrower lines, is' less than 30 miles from American, positions in the - forest . - . ' - , The scene of operations suggest impending first army efforts to outflank from the-south the impor tant railway junction town of Duren, guarding the direct approach to' Cologne from the southwest - First army advance lines have been poised for many days in the northeastern edge of Hurtgen forest directly west of the tOwn.j Duren's capture or Investment would seem to be the next imperative step if an immediate advance, , on bomb blasted Cologne Is in prospect Isolating' . Duren and the whole northern end of the Siegfried . line from river and riverside communications would be another step in preparation for a major Britlsh , 1 American offensive from Holland. Nazi command es cannot ignore that possibility now that early al lied use of the Antwerp sea base virtually has been assured by concerted British and Canadian army . operations.' Nazi recognition of the importance to the allies of Antwerp and its undamaged port facilities and the road, rail and canal network south of the Maas has been obvious in the bitter-end defense the Ger , mans have put up. The battle has been lost, Berlin admits, however, and with still time before the depth of winter comes for General Eisenhower to build upon that history. . Surrender of the nazi commander and his troops in pockets south of the Schelde estuary virtually clears the south bank of the foe. Combined British ' and Canadian land and amphibious attacks on Walcheren island north of the waterway means its , complete occupation within hours or days tt rr.ost -: That will not only insure allied use of the Antwerp communication hub, but release powerful elements ; of Field Marshal Montgomery's forces for conccn- tration elsewhere. WASHINGTON, ' Nov. 2 Just adding; what they say on what they have saidr . Ink was hardly dry on Assist ant President Byrnes' naturally partisan headlines "Dewey Elec tion Would Prolong! War, before Mr. Churchill said non-partisan- ay it would probably be summer 1 before the end in Eu rope and . take two years more in the Pacific'. No authority here would lay a non-political guess , after what has hap pened to all this year's meat optimistic pro phesies. Jew military men be lieve the presidential election has anything at all: to do with it The length of- the war; win be determined by military factors, not- domestic politics. For in stance: ' ' ', . General MacArtmrfs easy oc cupation of the east-central Phil- 4ppine and Admiral Kinkaid's -decisive destruction of tha Jap fleets have roused some highly enthusiastic expectations which, go far beyond the facts of the matter. The land lies ahead like this: I j-- ' !t' V,: " -:; The Japs ; have 4,000,000 in their armies, mostly in China. The figure of 223,000 estimating their forces on Leyte (which has been published widely) really t applies to all forces throughout -the Philippines, mostly on Luzon and Mindinao. They only had a ' division or parts of a division on Leyte. 1 True enough, - they tried no bloody . suicidal death stands there, but this may not neces- sarily be a eymptom of fully de-' teriorated morale. Here they x had a chance to get away to other nearby Islands whereas in their earlier death stand on the small Pacific dots they had no !i place to go except to their' an- -cestors. . v!: , .j . ( - ;. . , But to conquer the Puilinphies and reoccupy Manila we will, have to defeat yet the hulk of the Jap force of a- quarter of a million men which can sHU be ' reinforced. ' ; i '.:., r Conquest of Luzon Manila) itself involves such a tough pros- -pect that MacArthur ; nught yet decide to by-pass it However, the next jumps to Formosa 'and the China coast are beyond the range of our land-based fighter planes and would require naval air coverage,' and therefore, would not be easy or swift op- erations either.;- ' f 1;-' - : We have the carrier; aircraft with, which to do it, tout when we do, we will still not have de feated Japan. In short, Mac- Arthur wisely picked the softest spot in the Philippines and from here on, the going will become increasingly difficult , u, , - The sea before us it practic ally clear except for land-based Jap planes. Main pending sea question is how the .Jap could have been so stupid a to send 70 of their biggest and best ships into two narrow straits where we could damage all j but two (with naval aircraft using only one landing field on Leyte then open). j . . - Does it indicate desperation? The answer considered most -likely "here- is ' that he two straits attack, was a battle plan worked out earlier in! the war by the Jap admirals and they just pulled it out ' of j the desk when we went into Leyte, not thinking of our new naval car rier plane and ship! strength which has so recently grown to overwhelming proportions. X Also this does not jmean the whole Jap fleet . has j been de stroyed, and probably not half of it j ' . The nearly open sea lane to . Japan, however, probably i will have to wait until we get land air bases from which to give full air coverage to landing op-eratiomL- Most discouraging news in. Shi respect was "the recall of General StilweQ Xrom China and the-elevation of Chiang Eai Shek .to greater military authority. . Stilwell Is as greatj a general as China jcould ever icet to di rect tier -mimt eCort hT3nsefore,v . grave doubt is justified as to 'Whether the . change is an im provement . : 1 ' Competent . press authorities are charging Chiang Is conduct- "gsvsat soLorcas or wosxo WAS n y Major H. A. WterS ; (Nertea; .SUSM. .; i ' fi- :j It is perhaps true that if one excepts generals whose flair for the dramatic mSkes them stand out r men . like j MacArthur and Montgomery, the commanders have had less, than their! share of glory In mis curious war. There has been a proper cam paign to keep the ordinary fight ing man foremost in the public mind. We may have overdone it, a little. !, - V "l -i: Anyway,' Maj H. A. deWeerd has provided a balance in a re markably readable book he calls ""Great Soldiers of World War II." He considers at some length, 1 1 generals- chosen from the armies of Germany; as well as from those of he allies. : Japan is not represented, and the Ger mans considered are only Rom mel and a man named Hitler. The British men are Churchill (the word "soldier" is used loosely), Wavell and Montgom- ing a "moribund, undemocratic regime," bent on protecting his precarious hod over. China (against the communists) rather than trying sincerely to drive out the Japs. China-Burma weakest front "THE YOUNG I IDEA" By Mossier nSSubS5 Indja Is !: our Morale of I our troops there is far from the best The change could eventuate in a decision for jus to fight more of our own war against Japan with less hope jm China or Brit ain from India. ; .-.., ;;; j-. But even if we conquer the Jap mainland; we have no de feated the Jap armies or de stroyed , their war industries which are largely in Manchuria. We desperately need air bases either on the China coast or in Russia (which 'is still neutral in that fracas).: 4 y.' Mri it if fee . These are the true consider ations involved in the length of the war in the! Pacific stripped of the political gOt with which recent partisan campaign utter ances have adorned them.' 1. , Statesman -'.'.: j . :. - Recommendalions On State Measures Amendment toj provide alterna tive means of securing bank de posits, relieving shareholders of WITH THE AEF IN FRANCE, Oct 27-( Delayed )-VPHust mention " the frontline . medics around the av- C1B(C uuuut V . doughboys and youH start a story - t "e 1 ling . session. They'll tell you about PFC Gilbert Pardue of Booneville, NC, an aid man . - a m. wno - naa wo 1 . Patients r shot jiV out 01 his hands Kranetti V. Otxoa while j other medicos were cut down around him and his com- : ' pany was . s u r r o u nded ' and ' forced to withdraw. And' still he continued to roam the wood- - v ed hillside, rescuing seven other wounded infantrymen. , His unit had' advanced along a road when the Germans flanked it and gained control of the high ground paralleling the highway. From , that vantage point, their 'machineguns cut a bloody swath through the dough- . . boys. ; ' ;. --.i -'X . Pardue saw a -wounded man writhing in a clump of bushes. He ran to -him and began treat-1 ment He was standing,' ignor ing the bullets chopping the - ground around him, ? when ' the ; wounded man. was killed, a bul-, let through' his head. Nearby- an- . other aid man was. hit three " times in the side, another dough- ' boy was Shot in both legs. Still another was hit in the head. Without help, Pardue dragged the infantrymen "to' a nearby. ' ditch and gave them aid. Then ' !: he stalked the still fire-lashed battlefield, gathering in five more wounded.' He treated them : and dragged them into the ditch. He carried two of them to the rear as the company was forced : 1 to withdraw temporarily, and he superintended , the removal of others. The next morning, he s took four littermen and a squad .' of riflemen 'and returned to the -battle sector to get the rest of the wounded. He was. busy giv- S ing . treatments when again a German machinegun cut loose . and swept the slope alongside -the road. " ' ' ,' ; - ; , Unable- then to remove the i wounded, the little squad took cover. The riflemen opened fire on the machinegun position. But there was work an aidman could do, so Pardue doggedly kept go- , ing, roan to man,v along .' the " ery; the French Gamelin and de Gaulle; Timoshenko represents Russia, Chiang Kai-Shek the Chinese and Eisenhower and MacArthur are the American -wing. I have not enough space to do more than suggest Major de , . Weerd's method, which is sound. He has written what seems to be a thumbnail mili tary biography in each case, tak- ; ing much of his comment from the quoted words of , other au thorities, and tying the bundle with, very often,- the subject's .: own comment or his deeds when these speak louder. Gamelin, for example, emerges a highly com- , ; ' peteht professional soldier who ; grew less accessible to men and affairs the higher in station he . : , rose, until ' in the end he was - hardly in touch with his own ideas. Major de Weerd does not'' discount de Gaulle's odd per sonality, but believes that his tory ' will forget this, snd re member, only his great military , shrewdness. ' ' Rommel was a publicity: ' hound, but also a great general when things 1 tended toward his i advantage. Hitler's numerous : failures were greatest Major de Weerd thinks, in the field of air .warfare. Eisenhower's place in military : history would v have v bei '; secure; even though the r European , invasion had failed, ' and this sentence: characterizes MacArthur: "He survived almost ; fatal gifts of personal charm and ; language to be ranked among the great soldiers of bis day." slope, giving aid until the fight ing , subsided and he could get the wounded evacuated. r . . "He just stayed out there and took it" one of the men he had .rescued said later.t "He didn't" have to do a damn thing, but he just stayed there with us and took it? . The doughboys also will tell you about four 36th division lit terbeareri buck privates alL Readingi right around the litter, they are Lloyd Harrison, Brad shaw, V?4 Va, Eric Cooper, Le venand, Texn Guy White, Hami- lin, Tex vand Ivan Lewis, Kan sas City; They saw a wounded doughboy -in an open section of the road! directly in front of a German roadblock and. tried to carry; him; out ;- .xf'l .'. Three jtimes they tried to get him. ; Three times 1 the German riflemen j ignored thelri red- crossed ; iarmbands - and . drove them back to cover under in tense fiije Then they asked a nearby tank commander to give them coVer. With tank, guns fir (Conionued on Page 11) Lh.r TKT) iTini-S (Continued from page 1) and- Grand Coulee. The g rid system alio enables the outlying power companies, public bodies. ana cooperatives 10 nave oireci access toj the federal power. ' ' Private j power companies are naturally 1 suspicious of this de velopment and fearful; lest transmission lead to agitation for public ownership. It is probably their opposition which has caused the inculusion in pending legisla tion of prohibition against build ing transmission lines, f Here, where the job is so nearly com pleted and generally accepted this question seems academic. Yet it is net 'academic because a pro vision of a pending bill in con gress prohibits federal agencies from constructing transmission lines except with specific author ity and appropriation. 1 1 ' This fact reveals the reason for Dr. Ravers statement to the - neoDle as I to the necessity of government) building of trans- mission lines. I am tquite sure Oregon and Washington wiH agree that j there should ' be no prohibition against such lines, al- ically justified. - ' It must be admitted that there is unfortunately a rather strained , relationship; between the Bonne ville administration and the peo ple of this area. Probably it grows out of the ! conservatism' of our people and j their, fears of state socialism, jThe people have re sented efforts to 1 push public . ownership j of distribution facili ties on thein! or to dictate matters wnicn uiey reel snould be left for local decision. : - j Y PmvAP' Immnanlu Mfnn1aln like Mountain States Power co. complain they cannot get a con tract for power unless it includes conditions; which it believes: are beyond the terms of the power act Whether these criticisms are just or hot they have resulted in failure to accept Bonneville as a welcome guest in Oregon; and that is very unfortunate, j j Instead of looking on I Bonne- j ville as an intruder in the house sold we should regard it as a great benefactor, bringing abun dant power, widely distributed, with , low' rates, rendering' vital service in war and providing energy for peacetime needs. If through better , understanding and perhaps through more earn-' est efforts to cooperate we can bridge this gap It will be better for Bonneville, insuring it of cor ! dial support and better for the - northwest whose future Is linked closely with wise utilization of its hydro-electric, power, v: 1 V V ae:.iV AAA 7 Amendment authorizing form of Vcrtorons LliThtG and! Bbnbflts change 1 county voters so elect to' managerial; government, if j M2 X Yea - Amendment creating state debt and permitting loans to veterans on farms and homes ' j 1 305 X No Amendment to l. m portkm U an official pamphlet ftrins farformatlo on Um rights and prlvUere of war jveterara . - -under tedcral laws.) . . u. I permit legislature to fix conditions by which ex convicts may regain right to vote Lapel Buttons All those who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States on or after September 8, 1939 are entitled to wear the lapel button that signifies such service. If you did hot get this button when discharged, it will be issued to you, free,! upon presentation 1 of your discharge certificate or other certificate! of service at most military; and naval Installations. I ,, SOS X Yes BilL providing educational aid to Oregon veterans i ... - c: j . - 3S9 XNe Bill imposing retail sales tax of three per cent Sll X Ne i : Biftlte-biU to1 fortified wines to state store restrict sales cf 312 X Tea ! - lave yea tried tLe cii? Tve tz . . 1 it wciLs rrel'.y wrTl li n Amendment increasing state; tax - fund for school support v " '314 X Yes .:! Amendment providing monthly ' ' annuities from gross income tax .(L""- T--i r""5) " Si Stevens lift - a m m r -1 ..-i- 1 m . va IU: Jl Wit. j - ' y. : Credit 1 u us ir mmrwm i fv, fjJX enthroned in a hand- j - s-khuig; u a ea rA I personality of its own.' y!1 Choose yours with . " u u cuiixiuencw from our select collec-' tion of fine stones. " v - v- h, ..... -i x ; ' :-, -.. . ..... ' y