Sou th ern O regon M iner, Thursday. January 10, 1946 IN THE REPORT ON RUSSIANS HeadCous '¡'•‘¿VH U h Wertk thrfaf" TONIG HT TOMORROW A llIG M I 4 //- V IG ETAB L I LAXATIVE tty « « « t e a l O»»» a t • > • • < * « • In vest in Y o u r C o u n try — Buy U . S. Savings Bonds! ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ FE E L OLD? BACK A C H E? b rin g s quick re lie f fa r »muscle pains due to fatigue, expojure, colds or overwork. Con­ tains methyl salicylate, ef­ fe c tiv e p a in -re lie v in g agent. Money-Back Guarantee we would get a good look at ancient C airo, w hich none o f us had ever seen. The next m o rn in g E ric . Joyce and I continue o u r trip , and th a t a fte r­ noon at Teheran we see our firs t Russians. T h e ir planes w ith the big red stars on the field as we circ le , and as we get out o f our plane, the Russian Am bassador to Ira n and a h a lf dozen o f his sta ff are there to welcome Johnston. They are ve ry solemn und do not sm ile as they shake hands. These solem n Russian d ip lo m a ts are a ll in th e ir th irtie s o r e a rly fo r­ ties. and they w ear curious, badly cut Soviet su its—som ber In hue and o f shoddy m a te ria ls. You could take an A m e rica n m a il-o rd e r suit, b oil it, press it lig h tly and get the same effect. Next m o rn in g A ve re ll H a rrim a n , A m e rica n Am bassador to the Soviet Union, who has Just a rriv e d in Te­ heran, is ta kin g us to Moscow in the o ffic ia l am bassadorial L ib e ra ­ tor. Most fa scin a tin g o f a ll Is a fa ct which I knew but not u n til now could 1 believe: that in Russia there are few connected puved highw ays. I see wagon tra ils fro m the villa g e s ' out to the fields, and som etim es fa in t ones fro m tow n to tow n, but not one s trip o f clean, flo w in g con­ crete o r black-top. Also I'm try in g , through th is p le x i­ glass window, to see the so cia list re vo lu tio n as i t has affected the v il­ lages. but I ca n 't. F o r a ll th is m ig h t have been here in the m id d le ages. I f new thatched-roof huts have been b u ilt since c z a rist days, fro m 3,000 feet I c a n 't te ll them fro m the an­ cient ones. L o oking down on every villa g e , the biggest b u ild in g is s till the w hite church, b u ilt in cza rist days. In tw e n ty-five ye a rs the So­ viets have constructed nothing h a lf as big, although here and there is w hat m ig h t be a school o r an ad­ m in is tra tiv e h a ll. The co-pilot comes back to say we w ill swing low over S ta lin g rad . D ivin g , we fo llo w the bends o f the c ity its e lf as it follow s the r iv e r — o r ra th e r, as once did the c ity . F o r S ta lin g rad is gone, and there re ­ m a in only roofless w a lls lik e the snags o f decayed m olars s ta rin g up at us. F a cto rie s, w ith tw iste d m a ­ ch in e ry ru s tin g under the tangle of ro o f g ird e rs. F in a lly , ju s t out of Moscow, we see an e le c tric pow er lin e running fro m horizon to horizon. I t is the firs t th in g I have seen in the past hour th a t I am sure was b u ilt since 1917. B u t soon we see the firs t h a rd ­ surfaced road, and th a t black smudge on the horizon is Moscow its e lf. Then its ra ilw a y ya rd s and the smoke fro m its factories. T ie rs of w o rke rs’ ap a rtm e n ts surround each fa cto ry and are in tu rn su r­ rounded by a cra zy q u ilt o f potato patches. A spacious outdoor thea te r is on the riv e r banks. The roofs o f the big b u ild in g s are m o ttle d w ith brow n and green cam ouflage paint As we le t o u r wheels down and begin to feel fo r the ru n w a y, I see, rushing past, g re a t rows o f A m e ri­ ca n -b u ilt C47s stacked on the field in o rd e rly row s w ith the big sta r of the Red A ir F orce painted on each. A considerable crow d is w a itin g a t the a ird ro m e . F irs t, the w el­ com ing c o m m itte e ; a row o f solemn Slavs in the same boiled m a il-o rd e r suits we saw a t Teheran. B u t the m in u te E ric Johnston emerges, a b a tte ry o f lenses—m ovie cam eras and Soviet copies of Leicas and I lh< New Deal o ffic ia l recognition. He had even sat down across a con­ The Soviet vice - consul spoke ference table fro m John L. Lewis. creaky, schoolbook E nglish. He was He has a theory, th a t before you an agreeable young m an. helping me denounce an opponent, you should All out m y visa app lica tio n . H is o f­ firs t go over w ith h im the points on fice was pleasant and a iry , but I w hich you agree; you w ill both be was uneasy. M aybe because the o f­ surprised, Johnston points out, at fice o f the consul, upstairs, had dou­ how ninny o f these there are and ble doors The kind when you open often the fight can be fa ir ly com ­ one door, you are le ft sta rin g at prom ised. s till another closed door, about six In som ewhat this fra m e of m ind he was approaching the Soviet U nion; I wanted to go there fo r the ve ry obvious reason that Russia is c le u rly the biggest and most u n pre­ d ictable fa c to r w ith w hich A m e r­ ica m ust deal in the next few dec­ ades. A week a fte r m y im p u lsive le t­ te r 1 m et E ric Johnston across his desk in W ashington E ric Johnston is handsome. At forty-seven he has a ll o f his w hite even teeth, a ll of his w avy brow n h a ir, and a clear, ruddy skin, and blue eyes. He has a longish, sensitive face and a H o l­ lywood profile. Together, these m ake h im unusually and conspicu­ ously handsome. He m ig h t have made a successful ca re e r an ac­ tor. were it not fo r his b ra in , which, considered as an organ, is uncom ­ m only good. I t s ta rts w ith a phe­ nomenal m em ory. He never forgets anything he thinks he w ill ever W. L . White- need. He is h e a lth ily c o m p e titive ; inches in fro n t o f y o u r nose. I f the he wants som ething like alm ost an y­ knob of the firs t door is on yo u r th in g you have, o r i f possible, one rig h t, the knob o f the second is on I ju s t a little better. But he takes the le ft. So no one could possibly disappointm ents well. When I firs t listen through both keyholes at once. m et h im he was being mentioned I was uneasy because I had been fo r the presidency; he had a sm all w ith the F innish a rm y in the w in ­ te r w a r of 1939-1940, w hich was bad news in connection w ith a Soviet visa. O f course, they knew I had been in F in la n d , but I wanted them to know I knew they knew it. The consul was an urbane, stocky little dip lo m a t. I t soon became c le a r th a t he was on a fishing tr ip Relieve? pain and soreness fo r in fo rm a tio n . There is nothing F A Z O IN T U I I S I s in is te r about th is, fo r i t is the M illion s of people suffering from avowed business o f a ll diplom ats, sim ple Piles, have found prom pt relief w ith PAZO o in tm e n t. H ere’s in clu d in g o u r own. to re p o rt to th e ir why: First. PAZO o in tm e n t soothes home governm ents on the state of inflam ed areas— relieves pain and Itc h in g . Second, P.AZO o in tm en t the nation to w hich they are ac­ lubricates hardened, dried parts— credited. helps prevent cracking and sore­ ness T h ird . PAZO o in tm e n t tends T here was no need to w ith h o ld to reduce swelling and check m inor a n yth in g fro m th is consul, as his bleeding F o urth , i t ’s easy to use. PA ZO o in tm e n t's p e rfo ra te d P ile questions did not concern m ilita r y P ipe m akes a p p lic a tio n sim p le, m a tte rs but w ere a ll in the sphere th o ro u g h Y ou r d o cto r can te ll you about PAZO o in tm e n t. o f politics. S U F F O S IT O R IIS T O O I Just before I le ft the consul Some persons, and m any doctors, sw itched the conversation fro m pol­ prefer to use suppositories, so PAZO comes in handy suppositories also. itic s to lite ra tu re . I wished to go to T h e same soothing relief that the Soviet U nion as assistant to M r. P.AZO always gives. E ric Johnston, but I was also con­ Get PAZO T odaykA t Drugstores! nected w ith the R eader's Digest? Yes. I said, I was one of its editors. bowed m y s e lf out the w hisper- p roof double doors and back to where M r. V a v ilo v was w a itin g w ith the questionnaire. I t began w ith a large blank space fo r a b rie f auto­ C O L D P R E P A R A T IO N S b iography, in to w hich I inserted the fa c t th a t I had been w ith the F in n ­ LIQUID, TABLETS. 5ALVE, NOSE DROPS ish a rm y in 1939, a fa c t th a t M r. C A U TIO N — USE ONLY AS DIRECTED V a vilo v, reading at m y shoulder. seemed again not to notice. I t continued w ith o ther questions, obviously designed fo r W hite Rus­ Here’s One Of The Greatest sians, about p o litic a l a ffilia tio n s . I showed some d ism a y a t a ll this, and M r. V a vilo v, s m ilin g re a ssu rin g ly, said there was no nee0, in m y case, fo r detailed answers. But at the end was a m ost curious If you lack BLOOD-IRON! question: I had h a s tily w ritte n Y ou g irls a n d w o m e n w h o s u ffe r so “ no” in its blank, but then I hesi­ fr o m s im p le a n e m ia t h a t y o u ’re p a le , w e a k , " d ra g g e d o u t ” — th ia m a y be d u e tated. Had I, they wanted to know, to la c k o f b lo o d -ir o n S o t r y L y d ia E ever been associated w ith the P ln k h a m ’s T A B L E T S — o n e o f th e best arm ed forces o f any governm ent in h o m e ways to b u ild u p red blood to g e t m o re s t r e n g t h — In s u c h cases. P in k - opposition to the Soviet Union? I h a m 's T a b le ts a re o n e o f th e g re a te s t explained—this tim e c le a rly —th a t in b lo o d -ir o n to n ic s y ou c an b u y ' 1939 I had been associated as a re ­ p o rte r w ith the a rm ie s o f the F in n ­ WNU— 13 02— 46 ish R epublic d u rin g its e a rlie r w a r w ith Russia. So perhaps m y an­ sw er should be yes? S m ilin g b ro a d ly now, M r. V a vilo v shook his head. “ The pro p e r answ er there, M r. H e lp T h e m Cleanse th e Blood White, as you have a lre a d y w ritte n , o f H a r m fu l Body W aste is ‘no.’ Because in F in la n d in 1939, Your kidney« are constantly filtering we understand th a t y o u r opposition waste matter from the blood stream. But to the Soviet U nion was p u re ly v e rb ­ kidneys sometime« lag in their work— do not act as Nature intended— fail to re­ a l.” move impurities th at, if retained, may M y visa came a week later. poison the system and upset the whole body machinery. A ll this had come about as the Symptom« may be nagging backache, result o f an im p u ls iv e le tte r I had persistent headache, attacks of dizziness, getting up nights, swelling, puffiness w ritte n a few weeks before. Read­ under the eyes—a feeling of nervoue ing th a t Joseph S talin had issued a anxiety and loss of pep and strength. Other signs of kidney or bladder dis­ special in v ita tio n to v is it Russia to order are sometimes burning, scanty of E ric Johnston, president o f the too frequent urination. There should be no doubt that prompt U nited States C ham ber o f C om ­ treatm ent is wiser than neglect. Use m erce, I had sat down a t m y typ e ­ Doan'» Pill». Doan’» have been winning new friends for more than forty years. w rite r to te ll Johnston I w ould like They have a nation-wide reputation. to go along. Are recommended by grateful people the Made by McKesson I Robbins For Sain by year druggist PAZO SPILES "6 6 6 BtOOBIRON W K IB T ," W a tc h Y o u r K id n e y s / country over. A»k your neighbor/ O R D E R • A d v e r t is i n g c re a te s n e w w e a lth b y showing people new a nd b e tte r wa ys o f li ving, and as i t creates new w e a lth i t con­ trib u te s to th e p ro s p e rity o f e veryone touched b y th e flo w o f m oney w h ich is set up. I n this w a y , don’t vou te e, a d vertising is a social force w h ich is w o rk in g in the in tere s t o f e v e ry one o f us e v e ry d a y o f the y ea r, bringing us new w e a lth to use an d e njo y. E ric Johnston was to me a com ­ plete stranger, except th a t I had read a good deal of w hat he had w ritte n and liked m ost o f it v e ry m uch. He “ believed in ” this coun­ tr y ; he had been an eloquent voice I preaching o p tim ism and courage fo r the postw ar period; saying c le a rly ¡th a t never again m ust we allow 1 A m e rica n business and in d u s try to | stagnate in to a depression, but m ust continue to produce fo r peacetim e needs and lu xu rie s at alm ost w a r­ tim e v e lo c ity : there would be free m arkets fo r e ve ry th in g if there were free jobs fo r a ll, and vice versa. He had opened his ca re e r as pres­ ident of the N a tio n al C ham ber by ca llin g at the W hite House—a prece­ dent-breaking step, as A m e rica n business had not h ith e rto accorded J O R R S C H IF F M A N N ? A S T H M A O O R ib a d t - l< m U b k . r fln n v r trthxbnr, ra»y io u»e A S T H M A I X ) K S n th , armiNMK fumr» help re d ix r the of bfOflclMil axhnta. aid in relieving J iM iru rd brrtuhtnji A S |IIM A IM » M |«*w«let more t,on*eniern hit home uwr ami ft«