Show - 111111045Balerlipl f r ' ' 18 A S:unday i LOid D erlitiblu C1111 Established April 15 1871 Tribune Publisnins Issued every morning by Bait Lek The lute 4ccy Zht 5alt gakt Ztibune Congress Hits Come and Get it Fellers— -- Ctmpany Tribune Is a member of the issociated Prefix The Associated Press entitled to the excluslvely for reproductt3n of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwiseIs credited In this Daper and also the local new published herein By Salt Lake City Utah Sunday Morning August 30 1942 State Symphony Orchestra Sees Leader Leave for the War Salt Lake's citizenry turned out again last Tuesday evening to greet members of the nation's armed forces at the University of Utah stadium where the second sunset concert was presented by the Utah State Symphony orchestra assisted by the piano team of Braggiotti and Shaw guest artists for the occasion Like the former concert it proved to be an impressive occasion and provided the community with an' opportunity to show its regard and respect for the men in umform The state may well be proud of this outstanding musical organization and of the talented musicians who make up its - Under the direction of Hans personnel Heniot the symphony gave one of its most inspired performances adding new luster to its already splendid reputation The concert was a farewell appearance —at least for the duration—of Mr Heniot the able conductor of the symphony orchestra who has devotedly trained it to acknowledged excellence Regret over the announcement that Mr Heniot is stepping down from the podium to take a place in the ranks of the army is not confined to Utah's musical sophisticates Ibut extends to all citizens of the state who have listened to performances of this remarkably fine orchestra Many who would have a difficult time distinguishing between a fugue and a cadenza have been charmed and thrilled by the music which flowed under the expert beats of Mr Heniot's baton But any pangs of disappointment felt over the loss of Mr Heniot's talent will be tempered with pride over the fact that he has proved his patriotism by interrupting a promising career to take up arms in the defense of his native land During his sojourn in Utah Mr Heniot who came here from his birthplace Chicago has steadily acquired a reputation not only asan able conductor but an untiring worker :in his profession and an enthusiastic sponsor of the best in music Although his musical education has been in the rarefied atmosphere of classicism Mr Heniot has never lost touch with the tastes of the people a characteristic which has served to extend his renown and popularity throughout the state He has never been so "highbrow" that his interpretations failed to reach his hearers whether they were children or grownups His task has not been an easy one Most of his musicians have been handicapped for time and opportunity 'to attend rehearsals and many have had to travel some distance to practice with their But the conductor was able colleagues to overcome these difficulties sometimes with group rehearsals sometimes with Individual auditions With hard work and loyal cooperation of his players Mr Heniot has surmounted many obstacles and he has left his mark on the musical history of the state He goes to new du- ties in a new field with the best wishes of his many friends and admirers in Salt Lake and Utah Pay for Postal Employes Should Pace Costs of Living ' In almost every line of human activor private 'ity public — the wages and salaries - of loyal and efficient workers in the United States if found too low fb meet living expenses have been increased when returns from the industry could stand the strain This usually becomes an additional burden upon taxpayers not only in government service but in most industrial concerns supplying the government with war essentials After all is said and done we have no other source of revenue from which to obtain funds thus expended but from consumers and taxTotalitarian powers on the payers other hand replenish their treasuries by periodical confiscation and robberies while enslaved Ilabor is allowed little or nothing besides provender to keep it working One group of federal workers in this republic holding positions that call for accuracy integrity regularity and perience is composed of postal employes —clerks and carriers who help 130000- 000 patrons to keep in touch with each other And with the world During the late depression these people were among the first federal jobholders to suffer reductions Realizing the need of retrenchment they continued to serve the public faithfully and cheerfully awaiting economic recovery for merited rewards and congressional recognition Something ought to be done for the benefit of veteran toilers in the biggest business institution of the world—a con cern whose 1300004000 customers are served expeditiously and intelligently week after week in all kinds of weather in every emergency Olson's Poor Showing In the California Primaries By scanning primary returns and reading newspapers printed on the west coast one cannot help remarking the rapidly decreasing popularity of California's Utah-bor- n governor When Culbert L Olson was elected chief executive of that great commonwealth four years ago his friends and fellow Utahns regardless of political or other affiliations were naturally proud of his advancement However there are facts and figures statements and statistics which indicate that "Bert" never ceased playing politics that he never rose to a high conception of his responsibilities that he became inflated with official importance and oblivious to those whom he could not use for his personal aggrandizement That he is able—amiable ambitious and approachable no one denies but these qualifications do not seem to fulfill all requirements of the exalted position he - attained In the primary elections held this week his Republican opponent also running on the Democratic ticket as permitted under California statutes polled an aggre gate of nearly twice as many votes as Olson received Earl Warren appears to have a decided lead in the race for governor of the Golden State and a reversion to conservatism may be on the cards for the fall election Sabotage Suspected When Dynamite Is Stolen Discovery of the theft of 30 pounds of dynamite from a mine in eastern Nevada emphasizes again the great need for protecting explosives in time of war and keeping them out of the hands of potential saboteurs While this case may amount to simple theft of material coveted by some miner or prospector it could bring serious results if the dynamite falls into the hands of enemy agents The defense laws relating to explosives are designed to prevent the sale to unauthorized and irresponsible persons hence to keep them out of the hands of saboteurs But the care of dynamite and the guarding of it from enemy agents is obviously the job of the purchaser It is his patriotic duty to see that the explosive is so safeguarded that it can not be seized and used by enemies of this country working within our borders The serious consequences to a community or the nation of carelessness in protecting these explosives can hardly be overestimated New York Highlights By Charles B Driscoll NEW YORK—The price of smoke has risen in the Bowery shadow market from a nickel to a dime per swig And you are not permitted to take too big a swig either Smoke is a kind of alcohol to which something newreprocessed has been added Smoke addicts are in a class by themselves They buy by the swig from furtive bums who carry the stuff in used flasks and peddle it up and down the whisky Park Bowery row Chatham square and some parts of midtown A smoke addict is supposed to be entitled to a big enough swig to knock him out whatever the price paid The sole purpose of the stuff is to achieve oblivion Thedrinking smoke bums fall down in their tracks after taking a swig Policemen and passers-b- y pay no attention to them except to move them in case they fall in the middle of the sidewalk Now that the price has risen there are some changes in Bowery customs For instance a vile wine a sort of parody on what Zis called Dago Red has appeared as a substitute for smoke This can be had at the old standard price of a nickel but it isn't to knock the customer cold Aguaranteed little wood alcohol has been added but even this poison hasn't taken over satisfactorily-thjob of old smoke Many of the regular smoke addicts refuse to let go of the wine flask after paying their nickel because the swig hasn't rendered them unconscious In such cases the custom among peddlers is to hit the customerhard enough to finish the knockout process keeping hold of the bottle with one hand so that it won't fall with the bum and e be broken Dan Devotl a detective who has worked the east side for many years has a plan of salvation for the smoke bums of the Bowery "They need farm hands all over New York state" he says "There's talk of keeping the children out of school this fall to pick apples 1"Why can't they ship these bums to the orchards? They aren't very strong but they could pick apples "They couldn't buy smoke up there but maybe the good country air some solid food and an apple a day would cure a lot' of them" - J 1674t NA ? Hayden North American Newpaper Alliance WASHINGTON — "Political horse play" to use the phrase of Senator Barkley probably has killed the federal soldiers' vote bill as applied to this year's election but currents have been set going by this legislation which may have profound political consequences in future By voting to remove the poll tax qualification for absentee service men and women and to make the whole bill applicable to primaries as well as final elections the senate struck at the y two main pillars of the system in the south Southern opposition to these provisions is likely to prevent final passage of the bill in time for the election on November 3 but having been passed overwhelmingly by both houses it almost certainly will find its way to the statute books eventually with these controversial amendments included r bam-'1- - t-- 1" to operate Kentucky Mississippi and New Mexico permit no absentee voting New Hampshire restricts such voting to presidential electors Penn- sylvania Maryland and New Jersey allow no persons excepting those in military service to vote by mail Pennsylvania alone among the states has provided machinery for voting of' mensta-in the armed services at their tions as was done by many states during the later years of the Civil war In nearly all the states the voter first must register and in several of them this can be done only by personal appeaTikhce before the election board Then the soldier voter must write for an application blank on which he certifies that he is necessarily absent and requests a mail ballot When the ballot is received and voted it must be certified before a notary public Because the 1940 gubernatorial election in Kansas turned on absentee votes mostly from rural districts which required no registration the law of that state since has been tightened Now every application for absentee votinz in Kansas must be received in time to be posted for nine days to enable a challenie X gi if- --- f X z rm" -- -- g Z v lel P Cc! 41" fTl tomi ' Ael WASHINGTON—Until recently suggf tions that things in the W P B were mess and that (Mr Donald Nelson was ino dr playing less thaz the highest manager ability wereindignantly denied by acirn istration spokesmen But a week or so a this support was withdrawn from Mr Nels and there followed from columnists cc mentators politicians and editors previoufavorably inclined toward Mr Nelson alrm a deluge of critical comment These former supporters were kin rather than cruel in their criticisms Mostit: their explanation of the muddy state affairs in his organization was attributed the fact that he had not "fullyexerted powers given him" that he had been "p suasive and diplomatic rather than tougiO In consequence it Wall said the situati4g had gotten away from him acute shortag had developed the flow of raw matert— was imperfectly regulated his priorities h not worked and there was much too mu4 "dead wood" around him rtk - 444 "- - - - - I 444 '5' - - r" 't ' - - "p - 40441440- - - r v DARK MEAT! Co MIN it nt "(4' 7- :" -- :!-- - 'i 4'7114: 't 3 ::"41$I'1:-- ?:: -'' eto - r v' :'1 ' AP t ' - '''':IAGI'' 7 '0'''-: 4i '' 46 " - ?' fee SOr--- – r iii- " ::!-::- ''- - :es'" ti rj"' ': Jr - "':L'?1--:---- 4 : 'P t fieoc t- ' ''''''' P117' 7 -- '''- : f '"- :i s:-Imaxco- r-t 4A ki - - ( fly 1"' rfor' 4 4??Nr-- 1 x- 4i: - - - - — ' $314 f -- A '' t ''" ':':'14tr--'''''' e4-- Oa 4 jirttzX::i1 Editor Tribune: I have been reading in newspapers and magazines as to whether the American public was complacent or ' t:-- c :'-:'- g:-‘7- ! : ' '' '''' the nation but fortunately it didn't Through war curse that It is with its suffering sorrow and devastation the country has found its soul again Cry of the Heart 0 God unto Thine altar I would bring One song of Thee fit for Thy choirs to sing Not prayer but paean! Music I have wrought For love friendship and beauty but have brought No hymns to Thee who gav'st me voice and word - 1d '' ''':' I it-- - l'' ''4' 't 1' l' 1 171 N : -: '1i - :: '(t '''''''ts: - liIii ''" -' ' )t- l' — 5:: ' 4:4 itt' '- - 14---:N - 7r:- '- '''''' :i 14 :!! I — A tsi kii PiC 'IZEt:---M ''A-- 1 4 By Our Readers By Ham Park I hear thy cry And take it for thy song Be cheered thereby" —Adelaide PLove Notes on the Cuff Department Travel Note: Dave and "Mom" Coursey are vacationing in Palo Alto Cal The "brass rail" strategists will have to struggle along for a week or so until Dave gets back Friday Fielding K Smith began to distribute certain prized possessions among his friends for them to keep for him for the duration He goes into the army Monday I've got "Butch" to "Butch" is a keep for him skull and wears Fielding's tin helmet that he saved from the last war Now if I can find a spot for Butch and have a green light shed over him he'll make a lovely thing to scare people with Whatever became of all the who used to circulate around the country a few years back? Remember how they used to lecture and stuff ? I recall one who told me if I'd eat some vegetables—I think it was Swiss chard—I wouldn't have ingrowing toenails any mpre E O Howard the banker is back from looking rested and refreshed I've missed his cheery greeting when I walk through the bank—it sort of boosts my morale We were speaking of hobbies Ralph Anderson Karl Weiler Les Bennett and I when old Nancy Amundsen announced that she had a hobby When we asked what it was she replied: "Just looking out of windows''- And as good a one as any at - t" his's-vacatio- attitude and lack of fortitude The home front is just as important as the battle front and if you allow selfish greed to interfere with your effort you are not an American and are not entitled to the privileges offered therein J Park City A McKnight n that Had a short note from '(Bert) Bert ling from La Cal He sends his regards many friends here He's the life of Reilly down it seems E F Jolla to his living there - Needs Capable Helpers - The truth is that Mr Nelson's "net belligerency" is not going to improve ti- ' situation very much It is not necessary ! become a table thumper to turn partial fait! lire into a real success He has been gettir a lot of very cloudy advice but what really needs seems simple enough He ougito have around him the very best organizin and executive brains in the country His the biggest business job anyone in the hi2 tory of the nation ever had To do it weltil he needs the very best in the country as h: aids He has not had the best and he ha not got them now Getting "tough" is not going to supp1R the needed brains To get what he so clearlt needs Mr Nelson ought to have more indek pendence of the White House For exampl--one of the best business brains in the cour try is that of Alfred P Sloan of GenersP Motors For another there are vital job k: in the Nelson domain for which no man irtrt! the country is as well qualified as Herber Hoover Until recently when the rubber mes 4 was wished on him Mr Baruch our out standing war planning authority was on theoutside used only for odds and ends Plenty Men Available Another outstanding man of ability outside is Mr John W Hanes strictly onis-the Another - Walter Gifford of the A T & Prcompany Another is James A Farley one14 of the best organizers in the country An other is Robert Moses one of the really great public servants in America And there art plenty of others What it comes down to is this—what Mr: Nelson most needs around him is brains – The best brains are not available without consultation with Mr Hopkins and approval by the president Probably he has not at- - el tempted to get them but everybody knows – that the reason men like Sloan Hoover Hanes and others are not in key positions is because they are not acceptable to the : 4 president or his new deal aids Mr Nelson can—and likely will—say that he has had "no interference" from the White House and has appointed many men Without consultation with anyone Of course he has but that does not alter the fact that there are half a dozen outstanding men who would be of infinte value to the country whom he has not asked to help because it so plainly would be offensive to the president and the new deal group No Table Thumping ' This is a situation which no amount of table thumping will cure The best brains and experience are on an invisible White House black list If Mr Nelson wants to succeed he can do so by insisting upon his right to draft the very best the nation has regardless of how they stood on the third term on the fourth term or whether the labor lobbyists or the new deal radicals or Mr Henderson or anyone else likes them If Mr Nelson wants to get tough effectively let him get tough about this invisible black list And it Is no answer to say that he does not know of any such list because none such has ever been mentioned to himcby the president or Mr Hopkins or Mr Henderson or anyone else Denials of such things are the only possible answer for pinched public men but - Raps Intolerance Editor Tribune: The horrible mess this war is making and the confusion and disorder we will in some way have to remedy after it's all over' is a complex problem that has the best brains a bit confused Hoover Gibson says: "We can have peace or revenge but we cannot have both" That's true thinks enough Hoover-Gibso- n much in terms of the old capitalistic system Capitalistic imperialism was too greedy to recognize the true sense of democracy in the peace after the close of World war So we tried once again to go along with the old system of rich man poor man beggar man thief That old system cif every man for himself and the is the devil for the hind-moall create to devil's mainstay wars It must be eliminated and it can Nationalism is another problem England is the best nationalized nation in the world and the simple reason is England has to depend on other nations for her existence It is not so hard for a man to adopt the customs of others as long as he is depending on others for his food and protection England would like to nationalize the world with imperialism I don't believe they can ha ve their cake and eat it Neither can the capitalists When the peace envoys sit at the table to make the peace that will be lasting they must put Christ's philosophy in practice That is love they neighbor as thy self R M Brandon Boneta Utah st Shall I remain a stricken songless bird Before Thee ? Oh must all my worship be a mute and yearning ecOnly -stasy? God leans and comforts: "Child 'bio-chemis- ( '- - ''t - ''''''--''T- ': ) ::i:tit4:4-:-::!-:-ri-- T - Senator From Sandpit The Crackpot Era It was the period when we listened to the peace mongers and sunk our battleships and reduced the size of our army When there was prosperity for all—two cars in every garage and a chicken in eve ry pot When society began decaying at the ladies top and publicity-ma- d sold their birthright for the spotlight When all they seemed to want was to assure the common people that they were just as common—only with a little better paint job When college boys made the headlines by gulping fish 4and less favored individuals merely spent weeks sitting on flagpoles mantels or skyscraper windowsills When gangsters and bootleggers wore spats and joined country clubs It was the age when it didn't matter what you did provided you did It harder longer or crazier When nearly everyone took courses in public speaking from guys who couldn't answer a roll call intelligently or took lessons in salesmanship from eggs who couldn't sell dollar bills at a dime a dozen When countless thousands became disciples of Coue and went around muttering to themselves "Day by day in every way I'm getting better and better" while dying from cirrhosis of the liver from drinking fusel oil or government poisoned alcohol Such an era might have destroyed i : ‘ P' : Now is the time to answer question with sacrifice even greater than the one made by our ancestors We are now making history where our posterity will either look back with pride or with disgust and criticism for our present complacent He who will not reason is a bigot he that cannot reason Is a fool and he that dares not reason is a slave—Henry Drummond '': '414- - - : 6':1-14- 4'''''':' this ' ic4:-!-ii- ' '7L''' '''' ' ''-' I A:1 animals ? Scores Complacency ''': - ‘e!5:ri?7'SyL'-''ss':- - th ''' i say it is very much so I am inclined to believe as the latter group The sole incentive seems to be monetary 'gain There is by no means enough work done gratuitously to make more favorable our positlan in this war Complacency is not centered in any one group it is general We were handed this nation by our ancestors who fought not with the selfish desire of personal gain but to have a place after the war in which to live and follow their ideals These same ancestors fought lived in constant peril and privation to create what we now enjoy I would like to ask this complacent group a question: Are you going to pass on to your posterity what you have had passed on to you or are you going to hand them down to bondage and a life on the same level with this morning's paper certainly gives anything but this impression The use of the word "Jap" Instead of Japanese gives the wrong impression Speaking to groups of young people I have often urged them not to use this word You may not have been responsible for this caption but I feel I must register my protest in this matter Hoping you will understand my position Ruth M Harvey ! " Z li not Some say it isn't so others se ''''Zii:-:7''':1- 4 K-'' 40 Editor Tribune: When you interviewed me yesterday afternoon I am sure you understood how I felt regarding any statement relating to the Japanese I was careful to say nothing which would in any way arouse feeling The one thing in which I am most interested is doing whatever I can to promote racial friendliness and understanding The caption over the picture in in- umo A Y 11 Clarifies Stand ' -: T::-Ei- - v '' The Public Forum anti-Japane- 0 ::-'-'''''''' : s T - 1 - ''''-7 All this—and more—had been said I fore but when it came from administrati sources the pretense that everything w lovely and there was no basis for complai was abandoned Mr Nelson's own to this firing was the best evidencerespor of t justness of the attack Last week he r turned from "a well deserved rest" and it be known that from now on he intend to be "tough?' Published Accounts declarthat he "smashed his fist into his hanc "pounded the table" and asserted that "an one who crosses his path is going to ha' his head taken off" Certainly he did seem to have what sor called a "new belligerency" but that w thought due to the fact that on that "w deserved rest" he was in touch with Leon Henderson the price administrat(P Congenitally garrulous and belligerent Henderson is a natural table thumper whoi his publicity agents love to describe as i "two-fiste- d guy" However it is not n ticeable that being a "two-fiste- d guy" h gotten Mr Henderson much more success his field than Mr Nelsons "persuasive a: diplomatic" tactics have gotten him in h If there is one agency in more of a me than Mr Nelson's W P 13 it is Mr Hen& son's 0 P A The latter has been truciK' lently attempting to do the impossible— 1 wit keep down the cost of living with r control over wages or farm prices The fe mer has been trying to make good that fir! presidential phrase "the arsenal of demo racy" without adopting the basic principle io revealed by our experience in the last wag -- l: 4 ': '411Pt"' S ' !"? 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''':- ':t'''''- lirvv -- )'40‘ 'e te- — 0 & !"01'''''i !!!'!LIcA!410 L ' 4 'v —s?iti ou'41° a 4 'ibat041aiittl'A'''''!77Fr214-e- - - '- 1:tvit "'0 'it' P - 'VC' tirt ' s -- - ref - ' - r ':k''''7er 'r 1J y - - f 's '"N--:- Ar: —moter!!!! 7-- 01001104111111( -- 1 6 o" Nt l tY 'f' -- -' 011r:': A L Ntiti!0-- - i7'''' f L' 1 - ' ''''''c' -- - e '' - '61 "''Y - ' b RB Min ' 4t V7s:: 1 ) 1:44t1 -- - '""''?'-' - "5 fW :7 r Lel c 4 45'fa - I x$4 - — -- 5:4 44444 7-- 1 g'!er - ' - - 17441' - ' S By Frank R Kent 14:::72:4-b4ft)4- lert7!0t12' - now reside Absentees Face Rules Most of the states permit absentee voting but particularly as applied to men in the armed services these laws will be osr-E-- 19-- Nelson Gets Tough But Greatest Need Is Able Aids ' In this measure for the first time congress will have asserted the right to prescribe rules for The residence qualification for voting under state law varies widely Alabama Rhode Island and South Carolina require two years Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Michigan New Minnesota Nebraska Hampshire Nevada and Oregon The require' only six months rule in all other states is one year But even a six months' specification will bar many of the recently moved factory workers from voting whert they De irr 1 one-part- their votes- Manning 1 el 110 a ? - I !t-- - Ana G both nomination and election of federal officers And final adof will rest this action judication with a supreme court which already has asserted in the case of the United States vs Classic in 1940 that congressional authority over selection of federal officials extends to primaries as ' well as to elections The poll tax is one of several devices employed in the south to keep negroes from voting but more important from the standpoint of maintaining Democratic dominion in that section is the authority which the party has exercised over its own primaries Recalls Heflin Case Any voter who opposes Democratic nominees is read out of the party forthwith in at least some of the southern states as instance the expulsion of former Senator Thomas J Heflin of Alabama because of his open opposition to Alfred E Smith the 1928 Democratic presidential candidate Heflin was barred from running in the Democratic primary in the succeeding election year and in consequence lost his senate seat The attack on the poll tax Initiated by a southerner Senator Claude Pepper of Florida obviously was duck soup for the Republicans but applied as in this instance to soldier voters It plainly was embarrassing also to southern members Senators Tom Stewart of Tennessee and Robert R Reynolds of North Carolina joined with Pepper in voting for the amendment and Senator Kenneth D McKellar of Tennessee while he voted against it prophesied that the next legislature in his state would abolish the poll tax The states other than Tennessee which now have it are Virginia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas South Carolina and Georgia Texas An effect of the debate has been to bring home to managers of both political parties apparently for the first time the possible effects of absentee voting or nonvoting in this year's election Not only are some 5000000 eligible electors now in the armed services most of them far from home but other millions who have migrated to jobs in war industries are likely to lose —By r At Poll Tax Law in South I AuguAt 30 Answers Writer Editor Tribune: I am forced to answer a letter in the Tribune by Sylvester Earl of Virgin Utah in which he refers to me as an posing as a Mr I have a Now Earl patriot son in the armed forces and two more going in a short timeThey will all enlist to do their part while you sit at home and dearly love some sospirit or somesure the Japs thing If you are make good citizens please tell us of one case where a Jap has infornted on another as being a spy There are plenty among them and they know the ones that ire too Who 'has treated the Japs better than' we? How many American-bor- n Japs are fighting us now in the Jap army? How many millions of dollars have we given them in time of trouble? Where is it a crime to exchange them 20 for 1 back to Japan for our sons who have gone through the torture of hell while being held prisoners of war by Japan? Answer that one If you will spend 10c get a Colliers of August 22 and turn to page 54 Read that exchange story It will do you good Yours for Americans first Japs never Roy L Kent Rexburg Idaho - 1 - -- r '1 k Mb they do not alter the facts Copyright by Baltimore Sun Off the Record "No" said the shipbuilding wizard to the porter in a Washington barber shop "I've been brushed off" The days 'ahead may be dark for lovers of the succulent with nothing to eat in the house but fried chicken or starvation a la Maryland It would be wonderful but embarrassing if MacArthur recaptured the Malay plantltions while we were still choosing up sides in the rubber debate T-bo- ne ': r 'e i - I r kftwi‘oofto11imill‘A1&ifta - ee t - -- - - ' "''-'4'- ' 0 gN 'tt'-''s- - '''''' ' '''''''''''''' "" - ' ' '-- '' M - |