Show I XL DAVID LAWRENCE Ready to Go $bc Salt fake ffibtmr u Offshore Island Surrender Would Be Appeasement V' Saturday Morning April 36 3955 rr ' f Austrian Treaty Accord Is Encouraging Signing of an agreement for an Austrian f peace treaty in Moscow must be hailed as an encouraging step toward settlement of East-Wedifferences While the draft agreement must still be approved by the three Western powers there is every reason to believe it will be acceptable to them The French premier has already expressed his approval and there have been restrained but still optimistic comments from American foreign policy spokesmen The Austrians themselves are jubilant Chancellor Julius Raab who negotiated the terms with the Russians said just before he left Moscow: “We return to Vienna a happy people Austria will be free” The Soviet Union backed down on several major points to make agreement possible One was the right to maintain some Russian occupation troops in Austria Another was agreement to release all Austrian st ’ Understanding the UN a A primary reason for hostility toward the United Nations is misunderstanding as to its purposes and operations Many Americans have a distorted idea as to what the UN really is how it carries on its many functions and its relation to the great international poyver struggle For better or for worse the United Nations is part and parcel of the world of conflict and competition its delegates are human beings and subject to human frailties The model United Nations conference under way at the University of Utah should prove a most effective means of promoting understanding of the workings and purposes of the international organization especially among the participants Those taking part in the model assembly are students from the various high schools of Utah Students play the role of delegates of the 60 member nations of the UN and other functionaries and meetings take place just as they might in the headquarters building in New York The conference started yesterday with a plenary session of the General Assembly and council meetings were held during the day The conference will close today Such questions as representation of China expanding the technical assistance program freedom of information and the question of territories that do not currently govern themselves are on the agenda Observers have said that the United Nations has to fight on two fronts in the United States— against the faction trying to hate it to death and against the pro-U? V groups that would love it to death The Utah Association for the United Nations and tire Associated Students of the University — of Utah are to be lauded for this dramatic way of presenting the UN as it is both weak and strong to the young people who ' may live to see its effectiveness improved N Hoardings often commendable-a- s in the case of squirrels or folks who save a little money for a rainy day But when it comes to accumulating vast mountains of records many of which serve no useful purpose mere hoarding becomes a trait which is only time and space consuming and wasteful rather than frugal This is the case in the hoarding of recIt has ords by the federal government fantastic reached proportions Paul E Kamerick chief of the investigation division of the Senate Appropriations Committee testified before a committee hearing that the government has about 25 million cubic feet of records enough to fill seven and a half buildings the size of the Pentagon Just one federal agency the Post Office which has been conducting a survey on its record accumulation has already disposed of more than 100 piles of records each of which is as high as the Washington monument Wait until you hear the Fantastic? whole story In addition to this great accumulation of records from the past the government is creating and storing new records at the rate of more than four million cubic feet a year The simple problem of providing storage space in Washington has required the government to build 12 record storage centers elsewhere The cost of creating and maintaining these records is estimated at four billion dollars a year Nor is this the whole story of costly The Hoover governmental paper work Commission which has studied the probrelem also went into the record-keepinindiand of businesses corporations quired That viduals by the federal government cost to businefs runs into the millions Much of it is apparently unnecessary - - for one company reported that of al the documents it is compelled to file away it refers to one out of each 1000 once every 576 years! Even a squirrel ought to get tired of its hoard long before 576 years had elapsed g Politics has been called the art of the possible How then to explain all the impossible politicians? The balanoglossus is a wormlike crea- turc that does nothing but lie arpund Everybody has one on the other side of the fam- uy- - and the ily-arme- Wes-allie- d potential trouble why isn’ Finding Radiation Facts Decision of the Atomic Energy Commission to with the National Academy of Sciences in a broad appraisal of the effects of atomic radiation is an excellent one The only criticism is that it was not undertaken sooner Testa of nuclear weapons in the Las Vegas Nevada area have caused some uneasiness in this part of the country After all -- the average layman knows practically nothing about atomic radiation and the mysterious is always feared Unfortunately officialdom has too frequently taken a “Papa knows best" attitude while some unofficial spokesmen have said that anyone who expressed worry over radiation was either a calamity howler or “helping Russia” Dr Detlev W Bronk president of the National Academy this country’s leading scientific body says of atomic radiation that there are “questions upon which further intensive research is urgently needed” and emphasizes the fact that experts in genetics and agree that very little exact knowledge is available based on careful objective evaluation The academy’s project which has the financial support of the Rockefeller Foundation should bring clarity where confusion now exists And once the scientists have the facts it should be possible to devise protective measures if any are needed when atomic radiation occurs te -- g ALL ARGUMENTS for appeasing the Red Chinese can be adapted readily to the situation in and around the Prefer This Era “The Editor Tribune: I said months ago It was pointless to argue with religionists I’m still of that opinion but t as all of us atheists have been s accused of being war mongers Communists afraid of something insecure and numerous other untrue epithets I would enjoy meeting some of these religionists — not to argue but to see how little they know about an atheist and to have them answer a few questions and read a few books I am sure they would be very enlightened Only religionists are afraid We In this atomic age atheists are glad we are living in it as we much prefer it to the ages when we would have been tortured or burned alive or have had our tongues cut out for what we have said in the Forum Old Atheist evil-doer- Colonial Faith Editor Tribune: Our 1797 treaty with Tripoli signed by President Washington states: government of the United States of America is not founded in any way upon Christian religion" As to Washington’s religion I think we can accept a statement by the Rt Rev William White bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Pennsylvania in Washington’s time In a letter dated Aug 15 1835 in reply to an Inquiry as to whether Washington was a regular communicant Bishop White said: “Truth requires me to say that Gen Washington never received communion in the churches of which I am the parochial Mrs Washington minister was a regular communicant” Bishop White also states that although Washington attended church with his wife he was never seen to kneel in prayer" (See “Bird “Wilson “Memoir of the Life of the Rt Rev William White” 1839 pages 188-19- Sweet in his “ReColonial America” in ligion Estimates that at 335) (page the time of the American Revolution one person in five in New England at the most W W Senator From Sandpit “island of Berlin” For the appeasement talk heard here and the proposals being made that the Chinese offshore islands be surrendered could be taken by the Communists to mean they will get what they want without fighting The Soviets know that heretofore in the cold war by playing their cards right— by threatening war through their satellites and not actually engaging in it — there has been stimulated on the allied side usually from the elements a demand that the United States lead the way in retreat By Ham Park Salt Lake City has been privileged again this week to play host to a group of German political leaders Touring the nation as guests of the State Department under its international exchange program they chose to visit Salt Lake City chiefly because of the acquaintance of one of their number with US District Judge' Willis W Ritter who made a government-sponsoretour of last Germany year The three men Dr Busso Peus lord mayor of Muenster I)r Remhard Berne a member of the parliament in the important industrial state of North and Dr Otto Schmidt prominent publisher and leading Protestant member of the Christian Democratic Party in North are all lawyers They have been entertained by the Salt Lake County Bar Association and other groups and have visited Utah courts and met with a number of Utah officials These contacts we Utahns have with visitors from other countries do much to spread understanding and break down the barriers of distance language and culture These visitors from Germany impressed all who met them with their very strong support of the ideals of freedom and justice which we espouse If these and other recent German visitors are representative of German opinion today we in the Free World have reason to be glad that West Germany is at last being brought into the Western Alliance as an armed and resolute partner in our resistance to Communist expansion d Rhine-Westphali- a Rhine-Westphal- I am persuaded that every time a man smiles but much more when he laughs it adds something to this fragment of life — Sterne Somebody Goofed Evan J Jones Coalville sent in an item that amused him and he thought it might amuse others It’s about a country editor who decided to adopt the city idea of posting bulletins of important events in front of his printing shop As I was leaving the community so the editor posted the following series of bulletins: 9 am — Deacon Jones very sick 10 a m — Deacon Jones no — Deacon a non- - his bulletin hoard he was told by the local physician that Deacon Jones was seriously ill The deacon was a man of some prominence in better 11 am presented itself the other day I was in his brokerage office studying the board when he came along He shook my hand cordially and said: “Senator I’ve read that you’ve been quie active in the uranium market and I hope you’ve been successful” I replied that the reports of my stock operations like those of Mark Twain’s death had been greatly exaggerated We talked of other things for a few moments then shook hands again and parted descript individual sidled up to me and said- “Any chance pal of me getting in on the tip he gave you?” Soon after he had erected Jones has relapse 1230 pm— Deacon Jones’ family summoned pm— Deacon Jones died and has gone to heaven Later in the afternoon a traehng salesman happened by stopped to ryad the bulletins and going to the board 3:10 added this message4 10 p m — Great excitement in heaven Deacon Jones has not arrived yet Notes on the Cuff Department It had been several years since I had had the pleasure of chatting with James A liogie but an opportunity Of course there are other things in the world besides money’ but money will buy most of them Eery little bit helps— but it only helps a little bit One advantage of having one big worry is that it eliminates a lot of little worries Hate has never injured an enemy but it has ruined the digestion of many a hater Jerry Irvine tells of a lawyer who w hile arguing a case stated a point and then proceeded “And if the court please if I am wrong in this 1 have another point that is equally conclusive” All Alone? - If you need company show your face Your voice w ill have1 a better tone Get up get out and go some place For peace-at-any-pri- belonged to any church and adds “There can be no question but that New England was the best churched section of the colonies” Leta Foster Ide What is producing a great deal of confusion among folks who look on from the sidelines is the strange inconsistency between the attitude taken toward developments in Europe and those in Asia Thus the idea that the United States might wish to take a firm stand in calling a halt to the Communist advance in Asia is termed in Europe a provocative attitude and one fraught with danger Usually it is followed up in America by editorials in some newspapers of influence A Fighting Chance Editor Tribune: It is obvious that your recent correspondent Richard S Morrison Delta has never faced death or he would not be willing to throw away the chanres of Salt Lake’s 200000 people so lightly Had Mr Morrison ever found himself in a position where he must either die or fight and fight hard with everything at hand he would have found that life is a pretty valuable and wonderful thing - True Civil Defense cannot save everyone True air raid “siren- s- cannot-ke- ep “bombs from falling on our city But it is also true that both sirens and Civil Defense training give us all a fighting chance No one has the right to bet the ' lives of 200000 people that his own uninformed opinion that Civil Defense will never be needed is right But warning properly given and properly received by the public and the rudiments of Civil Defense training can save one-haof those who would otherwise die in a bombing attack And $25000 spent for sirens — or 50 times that much — is not too much to spend to save lives— especially if mine is one of them! P F then you won’t be all alone —W D ’ Frosser Salt Lake down Asiartlrete’s 'always a ready answer given — that this is a danger which must be faced but on the other hand that it isn’t equal to the danger of perhaps worrying our allies The fact remains that the average American today isn’t clear as to why any American lives should be lost over the Quemoys or the Matsus He is supposed to feel differently however about the importance of defending For mosa Yet only a year or so ago Formosa seemed remote just as Korea did to most Americans in 1950 But President Elsenhower by asking for a resolution by Congress has dramatized tho need for the defense of Formosa as a means of halting the Communist advance in Asia EVEN THE OTHER west- ern allies at present are Inclined to go along with him on this policy in the hope that the Quemoys and Matsus may yet be surrendered Then they will doubtless demand a plebiscite on Formosa but not of course a plebiscite on the mainland-- - Until the President explains to the American people the relationship between the Chinese offshore islands and the Formosa situation there Is a chance that by biding their time the Communists can get their way as they have in other things by using pressure tactics in the cold war For the effort now is to divide American public opinion and bring about the surrender of the offshore islands to the Communists European pressure is assisting in that maneuver on the theory that this will mean peace But the Communists are never appeased This is the way indeed to encourage the aggressor to make a fatal which can miscalculation bring on the very war everybody dreads WASHINGTON — Alas poor Dulles! This time last year it was “Alas poor Stevens" for n the secretary of the army was just getting himself bent over for the great ma- paddling chine — £3 gation Today it’s Secretary Mr Alexander of State John Foster Dulles who is about to get a from which his dignity will hardly recover Both men loved too much the pomp and vainglory of paddy-whackin- g Editor Tribune: Maybe the county commissioners can help out with an explanation What is to be gained by their decision to enforee a law made 20 years ago which forbids dancing in the county at places where beer is sold? Are county officials naive? Why don’t they take a few more peeks at the books? They may find a few more unenforced laws Some might do the pulMc some good If enforcement of this measure would even come near keeping s from becoming delinquents I would certainly say “Good for you!” But the opposite is holding their jobs SO GREAT was their love of being “Mr Secretary” that their anxieties also- grew great Stevens was anxious to cover up any irregularity at the Army Department and was equally anxious to placate Sen McCarthy Dulles In thV recent matters of releasing the Yalta papers and firing Edward Corsi his immigration expediter has been dogged by similar terrors For many years Mr Corsi has been identified with immigration activity which entirely aside from Mr Corsi has a bad name in this town It is a foregone conclusion that even good men who undertake such work will suffer a beating Secretary Dulles unlike Secretary Dean Acheson has proved half a hundred times' that he’s no - g teen-ager- obvious Anyone over 21 who wants to drink and dance simply has to go to a club within the city limits where' drinking is allowed I don’t happen to be a drinker or a smoker However for the past two or three months I have been playing in a small combo at one of the county clubs and I can honestly say that I have not seen a teen-age- r in the club at any time Let’s quit kidding ourselves City officials realize it would practically spell the end of their careers to pass and attempt to enforce a similar law How long is it going to take the county commissioners to see the issue clearly There are still plenty of us friend-in-nee- d Ever since coming to WashMr Dulles has ington evinced more concern for his official skin than for those of abstractions which many al courmen hold sweet valor friendship age for the truth common sense Expediency has been his watchword from the time he played hopscotch over the Bricker Amendment through s on John paton the Davies and other security risks down to the doubleshuffling- on the Yalta dear-amor- flip-flop- who believe in good American justice A Citizen - I 1 f & in Need NOW WE IIAVE the secretary’s desertion of Mr Corsi under fire and his trick of offering Mr Corsi another job in a safer but ha-pen- sensitive post If Mr Corsi isn’t fit to expedite immigation into the US he can’t be fit to advise on immigration matters for South America the c o n g r e investi- p P Dulles— No Friend What Is to Be Gained? beer-dancin- worried or must back America anxious HOLMES ALEXANDER lf radio-biolog- y Resolute Partner :q it as logic: for those on the appease- Mr Lawrence ment side to urge the West German government now to consent to the giving up of Berlin to East Germany? For Berlin today is an “island” and there is a gap of 100 miles between it and the main area of West Germany just as there is a space of 100 miles between Formosa and the Chinese offshore Islands The “island” is a constant source of friction By Our Readers that because thisj might mean the loss of be a source of The Public Forum Which declared our allies are IF IT BE suggested that to the Chinese mainland as to d d s those islands are so close treaty If as seems likely this is a satisfactory agreement then the Western powers can hardly be consistent unless they accept it as at least an Indication of a more constructive attitude on the part of the Soviet Union It might well justify Western approval of a Big Four conference to deal with other points of difference Some may question the provision in he draft treaty whereby Austria agrees nofto sign any military alliances permit foreign military bases on its territory and promises to maintain a policy of independence toward all nations Yet considering Austria’s geographical and strategic position it is difficult to see how agreement could be reached without such provision for keeping Austria militarRussia ily and politically independent could hardly be(expected to accept a heaw Austria pointed like a dagger at the very heart of the Balkan Communist states any more than the West Communist-allie- d would accept a heavily-armeWest Gerbetween Austria thrust many and Italy An uncommitted Austria could be as great a block to Russian aggression as it would be to Western retaliation On the whole the Austrian treaty agreement justifies cautious optimism It remains to be seen whether the Soviet Union is really at last prepared to turn more of its peaceful talk into peaceful deeds Mat-su- because e tut-tuttin- Mountains of Records WASHINGTON— If it’s logical for the United States to urge that the Nationalists give up Q u e m o y prisoners of war and civilians held in the Sovfet Union Russia also agreed to abandon claims to assets of the Danube Steamship Co to hand back to Austria all rights in Austrian oil fields and it made a more favorable agreement on reparations Considering the way the Russians have for years obstructed agreement on terms of an Austrian treaty at times deliberately and brazenly injecting new points in order to block agreement this about-facmay be significant Whether or not it means a real shift in Soviet policy in favor of peaceful resolution of other differences with the West is of course open to question But observers and commentators have been saying for years that the test of Russian intentions and of the sincerity of Russia’s peaceful talk would be agreement on an Austrian The country at large can take Secretaries Stevens and Dulles or leave them alone but how much longer can President Eisenhower? These secretaries have demonstrated a trait of the direst consequence to the Both of them have specialized in promoting brawls of Republican vs Republican From this time last spring until almost Christmas it was the brawl of Stevens vs McCarthy vs the Army Department It ended with all the Democrats and half the Republicans voting to censure Joe McCarthy And now we have what looks like another hari-kir- i performance by the GOP WE MUST EXPECT at least during April and May to find Mr Dulles writhing before various congressional committees more Mr Dulles The conservative pleases Republicans the less he’s going to satisfy liberal Republicans And the more he sicks Republican on Republican the more the Democrats will like It Soaper Says Krushchev calls for more production on the Russian farm The trouble is you can put a propaganda motto in front of a pig but you can’t make it read j Ike may think there is no such thing as an' indispensable man but Republicans could point out that while there is also no such thing as an indispensable golf club it is a little awkward to drive ' with a putter ?! |