4 Heppner Gazette Times, June 24, 1943
Heppner Gazette Times
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WE'LL HAVE TO DIG
Report from an authoritative source isto the
effect that Morrow county is not living up to its
well earned reputation for putting things over inso
far as the raising of funds to outfit a sunroom at
McCaw General hospital in Walla Walla is con
cerned. Some donations of materials have been
received but cash subscriptions are mostyl conspic
uous in their absence. This doesn't seem right, es
pecially when the amount needed is a paltry $250.
Perhaps the sum is too small, too insignificant to
command our attention. Nevertheless, it is a seri
ous matter with those torn and broken bodies that
have to get what comfort they can from hard
benches and lack of other facilities that go to
make convalescing successful. Let us bear in
mind that the hospitalization of our fighting men
has only fairly begun and that the campaign for
properly caring for them is yet in its infancy. Also
let us not forget that Morrow is the only county
in the district that has not completed outfitting a
sunroom at the hospital. We don't like to use the
expression until it becomes threadbare but it
looks like "we'll have to dig."
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IF WE GET SOFTHEARTED
IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN
Rex Stout, the author, speaking not long ago
to the Canadian Club at Montreal, Canada, put up
a strong case for treating Germany sternly after
the war, until they are cleared of the illusion that
they are a master race.
He said: "From 1919 to 1939 the Germans
squealed and grumbled. They started the moment
the armistice bound us to stop shooting at them.
There was not a moment they were not complain
ing of our inhuman treatment of them, and did we
fall for it! We reduced reparation payments; we
eased it again under the Dawes' plan. We stabil
ized their currency, lent them vast sums of money
and materials, admitted them to world cartels, pub
lished dozens of books confessing our guilt and
sympathizing with the poor mistreated Germans.
The more softhearted we became, the louder they
whined.
"But there are certain facts that must be faced.
In 1917 when the U. S. declared war on Germany,
President Wilson appointed an alien property cus
todian to take over all German-owned property,
that was done and the total value was about 500
million. None was ever returned; it was kept to
satisfy war claims. So in 1920 there was no German-owned
property in the United States.
"When war was declared in the current war,
again an alien property custodian was appointed.
Within four months that official had taken over
German-owned property, in the United States to
the tune of 3 billion dollars. All but the smallest
fraction had been accumulated by Germans be
tween 1920 and 1935, the year when they began
making frantic preparations for war, halting tem
porarily their over seas' aggrandizements. So, dur
ing the 15 years when they were constantly howl
ing about our cruel suffocation of their economic
life, they were piling up investments in the.U. S.
A. at the rate of over 200 million a year. This
does not mention what they were piling up in
South America, Italy and dozens of other places.
"They are going to try it again. They are al
ready starting it, polishing up the same kind of
lies with which they had such success last time.
And the lies are not a bit sillier than the ones they
did so well with last time.
''When we win the war and the Germans kick
out Hitler, Goering, etc., they are going to tell us
that they see the light and the nasty men misled
them. So what are we going to do. We are going
to be exhausted with the long war strain. But if
we need to steel ourselves to win the fight, we
need & thousand times more to steel ourselves to
resist the temptation of the German plea. Millions
of us with bigger hearts than heads will immed
iately want to shake hands and call it a day. But
if through pressure of various groups who also en
courage this idea, we let slip through our fingers
the chance to organize a decent world, then our
children or grandchildren will be fighting Germans
again.
"If the past 75 years have not taught us that
the Germans have become infected with an idi
otic belief in their divine mission as a master race,
and that this belief must somehow be taken out of
them before there is any chance of arranging a
peaceful world then we are making fools of our
selves in spending money to defeat them in battle.
Last time we stopped shooting at their first re
quest for armistice. If this time their cities get
plenty of bombing and we keep on marching till
we get to Berlin, it is possible that they may re
alize the game wasn't worth the candle and re
linquish for all time the maniacal obsession. But
we must achieve that end We dare not permit
easy compassion or weariness of spirit to stop
short of that goal. If we do, we have lost, as com
pletely as if the Germans, and Japs had blasted us
to submission.
"There can be no compromise, for they do not
represent tyranny they represent anarchy. They re
spect no rules and are therefore tree barbarians.
We are going to lick them on the battlefield. Good.
But all our sacrifices will have been in vain if
we do not hold firmly to our victory once we get
it. Fascism and Naziism are only two words. Hitler,
Mussolini and Tojo are only three men. Our real
enemies are neither these two words nor these
three men, but all people everywhere who are will
ing to compromise with evil and negotiate with
anarchy. We are fighting for the right and oppor
tunity to organize a decent world. If we are fight
ing for less than that anywhere, we are fighting
for nothing and nothing is exactly what we will
get."
UP FROM PORTLAND
Glenn Jones and son Billy are
spending a few days in Heppner
this week, coming from their home
in Portland. They have been assist
ing Mrs. Emma Jones in moving her
household goods- She is living in
the house recently vacated by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Van Horn, who now
reside at the Curran apartments.
IN PORTLAND
Mrs- Frank W. Turner is spend
ing the week in Portland attend
ing the Northwest Institute of In
ternational Relations She went to
the city Sunday
GUESTS OF HOWES
Mr. . and Mrs. E. B. Jensen and
children, Joyce and Keith, arrived
in Heppner Thursday and are guests
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Ben
nie Howe. Mr. Jensen is, the new
superintendent of the Lexington
schools.
OLIlTIMER VISITS
Dave Brown, once a farmer of
the Blackhorse section, has been re
newing acquaintances in Heppner
this week. He disposed of his farm
ing interests here about 34 years
ago, leaving for California, and
this is his first visit since 1914.
HOME ON VISIT
Miss Evelyn Humphreys of Saw
Francisco returned home Tuesday
morning after spending a week with,
her father, T. J. Humphreys, and
sister, Miss Leta Humphreys.
HOME FROM ROCHESTER
Mrs. James Valentine returned
home Sunday, night from Roches
ter, Minn., where she was a patient
for several weeks at the Mayo in
stitute. Mr. Valentine met her ia
Walla Walla.
A SON IS BORN
Charles Wendell is the name giv
en their son born June 21 at Walla
Walla to Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Cleveland. The young man weighed
in at five and one-half pounds.
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Them, Too!
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one of our unexcelled Steak Dinners
and use the points saved to buy need
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FOR A FREE PRESS
A free press, which in effect is free speech,
was highlighted in most of the discussions at the
Oregon Newspaper association meeting in Eug
ene the past week. It was stressed by Oregon
publishers and by speakers appearing on the pro
gram by consent of federal bureaus. Most em
phatically declaring for freedom of the press in
conveying war and domestic news are Donald
Sterling, retiring director of the domestic branch
of the Office of War Information, and E. Palmer
Hoyt, the new director. Both of these men are
Oregonians. Both are prominent newspaper men
one managing editor of the Oregon Daily Jour
nal and the other the publisher of the Morning
Oregonian. They know whereof they speak when
they declare that an unhampered press is essen
tial to the promotion of- the war as. well as to the
preservation of our way of life.
In accepting the post of director of the domes
tic branch of the OWI, Mr. Hoyt stated:
"This office will not be concerned with 'pro
pagandizing' the American people. My policy is
to give the country the straight information about
the war, and to give it to them straight.
"This means that there will be no phamphle
teering from this office. It also means that this
office will yield to no political interests. This is an
office of War Information; it will deal only with
information about the war.
"We Americans have never needed to be urged
to win the war. But we work best when we know
what we're working for, sacrifice most when we
know what we're sacrificing for, endure the long
est when we know what we're enduring for. The
more we know about the war the faster we'll win
it. OWI's job is to furnish that knowledge."
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A definition explaining the situation in Wash
ington and heard at the newspaper conference
several times: "It has now changed from a state
of unorganized chaos to one of organized confusion."
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