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Show PROVO, UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1944 Editorial . . . . The Lesson of Cassino It doesn't take much af a fireside general to prove that the protracted battle of Cassino Cas-sino has taught an important lesson in use of air power. On March 15 the Allies gave Cassino Cas-sino what was perhaps the most concentrated concen-trated bombing ever dealt to a comparative area. Heavy and medium bombers almost blew the little town off the map. Yet when the infantry moved in after a further heavy artillery barrage, the Germans were still there. This battle, together with the failure of German civilian morale to crack under terrific ter-rific pounding, has put a crimp in the bomb-ings-will-win-the-war school. Cassino proved to those who wanted proof that bombings are not enough. Cassino also proved that dug-outs and recessed shelters can protect men from a murderous torrent of steel. It showed that an enemy can even turn such a devastating attack to his own advantage, as happened when the New Zealand' troops and tanks found that the rubble-piled streets of Cassino Cas-sino afforded ideal protection for the Germans Ger-mans still remaining there. It is conceivable that Cassino may have produced some I-told-you-so's among military mili-tary men still skeptical of aviation possibilities. possibili-ties. But it is doubtful that many Army officers are discouraged by the failure of the March 15 attack. Aviation, after all, is a new and constantly changing branch of warfare. General Arnold Ar-nold has probably less to learn from the air commanders of World War I than General Eisenhower has to learn from Hannibal. The airplane's capabilities are constantly developing. And tactics, unlike love, must alter where they alteration find. Accounts of the Cassino battle indicate that the problems there are as different from the problems of the Russian campaign as Stalingrad was different from Truk. Difficult Dif-ficult terrain and a narrow front doubtless entrusted an unusually important role to air support. Cassino has been disappointing but there is no point in the public being discouraged. It was a new attack and it met a new defense. de-fense. The lessons learned there may prevent pre-vent a similar situation in the future. Nor should the apparent failure of Allied bombings to crush Germans be a signal to xgive up on aviation. After all, the German raids are a horrible and necessary thing, new in the history of warfare. There is no precedent by which to predict outcome. The only failure so far is that the raids have not come up to predictions and wishful thinking. Sheer weight of our superior air production produc-tion is surely making itself felt and will continue con-tinue to do so. One failure or a dozen will not lose the war. The Washington Merry-Co-Round A Daily Picture of What's Going on in National Affairs By Draw Pearson (dot. Robert 8. A 1 1 o t datrl A New Chapter . The Colosseum, no doubt, is classed among the "cultural monuments'' of Rome now threatened by approaching battle. It has been preserved to remind the world of the glories of that great pagan city which flourished flour-ished where the City of the Popes now stands. But it took the Nazis to remind the world also of the brutal sport that used to attract howling thousands to the great arena. And there are probably few more barbarous chapters chap-ters in the Colosseum's bloody history than that added in the year 1944 when, according to Swiss dispatches, 300 hostages were murdered mur-dered there in reprisal for a patriotic uprising upris-ing against the German conquerors. In fact, the ancient contests of the gladiators gladia-tors seem almost merciful by comparison. These men at least .were armed and given a fair chance to defend their lives. Many were criminals already condemned to die. All, when wounded, had the right of appeal to the mercy of the spectators. And surely the mob did not always turn thumbs down. No, the Nazi chapter in Colosseum history belongs with those of early Christian martyrdom. mar-tyrdom. Those brave professors of a new faith were "enemies of the established order." or-der." That was their crime. That was also the crime of the 300 victims of the Nazis. It was not a matter of whether they had shot the guns or thrown the bombs that killed 38 German soldiers and Fascist militiamen. mili-tiamen. They were chosen to fulfill a promised prom-ised ten-to-one reprisal because they had fled Fascism when Mussolini fell, or because, like stout-hearted old Vittorio Orlando, they had always resisted it. In their death the Romans may now see and taste the fruit which in two decades has sprung from the seed of Fascism. The Nazi have turned back the pages of Rome's history to a time of cruelty and oppression op-pression which Rome had forgotten. Wild beasts in the second century or machine guns in the twentieth, the intent and result were the same. Churchmen plead that Rome may be spared. Their plea is natural and understandable. under-standable. But the Nazis are in Rome now. They have shown themselves as they really are, in a spludge of brutality and perverted bravado. bra-vado. They have not spared Rome's people, and they will not spare its antiquities if they are challenged. Perhaps they have demonstrated to Rome that, if bombs are necessary to drive them out, they are bombs of liberation. WASHINGTON This column recently reported report-ed certain flagrant cases of war plant loafing. It should also be pointed out that nowhere has loafing loaf-ing become a finer art than in the congress of the united States. In all fairness, it should be noted that this is not true of the great majority of congressmen, who work hard,, earn more than their salaries, and are a credit to the nation. But a rabid, rabble-rousing rabble-rousing minority spoils the reputation of the majority. ma-jority. Also, there has developed more quibbling and dawdling over major issues than ever before in recent re-cent years. War has speeded up the nation's production produc-tion but not its legislative machinery. For more than three months, the house and senate hemmed and hawed over a tax bill, only to bring forth a mouse. An almost equal amount of time was frittered frit-tered away in passing a soldiers' vote bill which did not give service men as much voting privilege as they had before. Walk into the gallery of the house of representatives repre-sentatives almost any afternoon and you will find men like Clare Hoffman of Michigan and John Rankin of Mississippi bellowing by the hour on picayune political matters far removed from the issues for which U. S. troops overseas are giving their lives. SAMPLE AFTERNOON IN THE HOUSE Almost any afternoon it is the same story. Take the afternoon of March 27. ,The house met itnat day at i noon and adjourned at :n p. m. During more than half of the four-hour and 22- minute session, members were forced to listen to a jbum-beating contest between Representative Hoff-inian, Hoff-inian, who was delivering a tirade against Walter jWinchell, and Representative Ralph E. Church of Illinois, who was making a political stump speech against the Kelly Democratic machine in Chicago. Several times. Representatives Herman Eber-harter Eber-harter of Pennsylvania and Adolph Sabath of Illinois, Illi-nois, chairman of the rules committee, broke in with appeals to the chair and to Hoffman to desist. But Hoffman roared them down. "We are wasting the time of all members of this house on the floor, when important legislation is coming up," Eberharter implored. "Why don't we get on with the business of the house?" But Hoffman bellowed on. Time Is no object to the jabbering Michigander, nor does he worry about the $45 a page paid by the taxpayers for printing his outbursts in the Congressional Record. Hardly had Hoffman finished, when his windy colleague, Congressman Church, took up the cudgels. cud-gels. Church and Sabath clashed violently over whether the Kelly machine was "stealing pennies" from widows. Hoffman, who by this time had his second wind, also homed in. As the time-wasting, political debate continued most members in disgust left the floor for more important work In their offices. Congressional courtesy, for some archaic reason, prevented their shutting off debate and protecting their own reputations. repu-tations. INDIAN CONGRESSMAN On the day Oklahoma voted for a new con-pressman con-pressman from the second district, Republican representatives were kidding Democratic Repre sentatives Jed Johnson of Oklahoma at a ' closed-door meeting of a subcommittee of which Johnson is chairman. I "You Democrats are going to take a bad i licking," boasted GOP Congressman Albert Carter : of California. "Our candidate, E. O. Clark, will win I and blow the lid off of the fourth-term drive for Roosevelt." Smooth-mannered Johnson recalled that Clark's Democratic foe, William G. Stigler, .had once appeared ap-peared before the subcommittee. "You all should remember him," said Johnson, "because he's a Choctaw Indian." Carter replied that he recalled Democrat Stig ler very well. "Yes," cracked the Californian, "it isn't often we have a Choctaw Indian before us." "All right,' 'said Johnson, "I'm not a betting man, but I'll bet you a dollar to a dime that a Choctaw Indian is the next congressman from Oklahoma's second district." "I can't pass this up," repied Carter, fishing a dime from his pocket. "But what makes you so confident? "Be cause both candidates are Choctaw Indians," In-dians," retorted Johnson. Note Republican Clark is one-half Choctaw, and. Democrat Stigler one-fourth. The one-fourth Choctaw won. KILLED IN BATTLE WITH BBOXING GLOVES The navy had good reason for suddenly banning ban-ning w-boned boxing at the Great Lakes naval j training station. Reason was that one recruit, put into the ring withoV- previous boxing instruction and told to slug it out, was killed. This recruit was hit fatally and died on the spot. The sailors took up a collection and bought a tombstone. Although the navy has been very mum about it, the bout occurred between Company 153 and Company 154 on Saturday morning, March 4. After that, the brass hats stepped in and stopped slugging matches without previous instruction. SAME OLD CONGRESS When Major Wilburn Cartwright, former congressman con-gressman from Oklahoma,, came back to Washington Washing-ton after a long tour of duty with the Allied military mili-tary government in Italy, he went immediately to the house roads committee, which he chairmanned for ten years. The committee was in the middle of a hearing. Charles Upham, chief of the Washington office of the American Road Builders' association, was on the witness stand. However, the proceedings broke up in loud tumult tum-ult when congressmen spotted Cartwright, leaning on a cane at the entrance to the hearing room. He had suffered a badly fractured leg in a jeep accident ac-cident in Italy. Everybody, including witness Upham, rushed 'over to shake Cartwright's hand and congratulate him. "Things haven't changed much around here," grinned Cartwright, amid the confusion. "The day I left, Charlie Upham was testifying, and now, on imy return, he s still on me stana. uoesn i ne ever go home 7 (Copyright 194 4 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) On a Hot Sfovo TUahihhihsi TftaAAaw By Robert D. CopTricht. 144. NEA Scrvle. Ic PROLOGlBi A Colorado farmer, looklnn for aoimr strayed calves on September errnlnK In 1910, cornea upon a aiek atrunKer vrho burdena him trltk an important written meaaajte. .Seeking help, the farmer falla and knocks himself oat. When he revive both atranarer and mrnai are some. o one believes be-lieves hla tale. : THE MTOHYf The Ku Klnr Klnn vlalt Jan Hparlk, Czechoalovak. They aet hla barn on Are. e AN IMPRESSIVE VISITOR TTHE wind quickly spread the fire to the, barn. It caught jnder the eaves. The flames raced jp the shingles! of the roof. The dancing in the yard stopped. All stared at the rapidly mounting blaze.; Then the hooded, sheeted ranks ; broke. Most of them headed for their cars, dousing dous-ing torches as., they ran. But a few remained. "Water! Where's the water?" someone cried. . Old Jan was down from the house, pulling open the barn door. Water, he knew, would do no good. He must get the horses out of the barn. Ho disappeared inside. in-side. In a few moments he was back leading a frightened animal. He turned it loose in the yard. The horse made a lunge for the door from which it had just come. Jan headed it off. "Keep 'cm from getting back inside," he yelled at one of the Klansmen, "while I get 'em out." The Klansman obeyed as Jan rushed back into the barn. By the time the farmer had rescued two more horses, the barn was tilled with smoke. "I'll have to blindfold 'em," he said to the Klansman at the door. "Give me that: hood." The Klansman stood there. Old Jan reached tovyard him, grabbed the hood and 'jerked it o(T. He saw the frightened face of Jimmy Norberg. The blindfolding of the horse took minutes, it seemed. It was all that Jan could do to haul him out of the barn Thfre woiH he no returning for the three still in their stalls. Finally, the blindfolded animal was on the outside, safe. Jan looked aroUnd him. He was alone. The Klansmen had fled. He watched the barn burn to the ground. TF Judge McNamara had called on grandfather within the week following the burning of the barn, he probably would have found Old Jan more anxious to follow his suggestion. Grandfather Grand-father was pretty bitter about the aflair, although he did little outwardly out-wardly to show it. School was out and I was back on the farm for the summer. Old Jan began immediately to rebuild the barn, and this added to the excited feeling I always had when starting another season on the Mesrik place. Lumber arrived from town on big trucks. A couple of carpenters came out. They were friendly, wisecracking, and it was fun to climb around the growing building, watching them, running errands for them. The carpenters ate their noon meal with Old Jan, the hired man, and me. My grandfather talked -httle except on the construction of the barn. Although it was apparent even to me that the Klan visitation was bothering him deeply, the only remark that Old Jan made about the affair in my presence during that time came out after dinner one day when the carpenters had returned to work and Tom Horgle, the hired man, had left the house. "Those carpenters are swell fellows, fel-lows, don't you think, Old Jan?" "Sure, sure," he replied. "They're fine fellows. Probably both of 'em were out here the night the barn was burned." But as the barn neared completion, com-pletion, Old Jan's spirits rose. "Bigger and better," he said proudly one day. "That's the way wo. buiV's 'em. h. Ltti Jfn?" "You bet," I said enthusiastically. enthusias-tically. "Yeah," he went on, "bigger and better, even if it breaks us." It wasn't breaking him, I know now, but it was taking up about all of the reserve that he had accumulated during the good years of the war and those just following. . JVTALCOLM McNAMARA was x the older judge of the circuit court in our part of Colorado. He was a man about the age of my grandfather. He had been on the bench for many years and held the respect of everyone as intelligent, fearless, and faira He was regarded as a rock of integrity. in-tegrity. Early one evening, about a month after the burning, he made his unexpected visit to the farm. "I am Judge McNamara, good evening," said the dignified gentleman gen-tleman as my grandfather met him in the yard. "Yes, yes, I know,' said Old Jan warmly. "It is nice to have you call. We don't have so many visitors. My grandson and I get sort of lonely out here." "That so? But you do have visitors sometimes, I understand, and that is what I came to talk to you about." "Oh, that. That was quite a while ago. Look, Judge," he said, waving his arm toward the big, new building now nearly ready for painting, "that's a lot better barn than I had before." "That's a lot of eyewash, and you know it," cut in the judge. "Where can we go to talk?" "On the porch, if you want to." "But what about the little boy?" "Oh, him, why he's my partner," part-ner," laughed Old Jan, walking toward the porch. When they were seated the judge asked my grandfather to tell him all about his trouble with the Klan, to tell him exactly what happened during his encounter en-counter with Jim Norberg in town, the incident which apparently appar-ently had precipitated the Klan visit. Old Jan carefully told the story while I sat listening, my attention somewhat distracted by the fascinating presence of the impressive visitor. (To Cnnffotied) Bouquet For Utah County Utah county gets a bouquet, indirectly, in regard to holding down public expenditures expendi-tures and tax levies. In the recent Utah Taxpayers association bulletin, reference is made to the fact that Salt Lake county taxes jumped 63 per cent from 1936 to 1944. In the former year, the total tax charge was $1,301,000 and by 1944 had soared to $2,180,000, exclusive of library, a gain of 63 percent. During the same period Utah county increased in-creased but 4 percent. That's a compliment for the Utah county administration that few people stop to realize real-ize or give credit where credit is due the county commissioners who have served during dur-ing that eight-year period and who, by the I way, are still in office. Snow Cover Found Favorable Through The Unita Forest Actual snow measurements just taken over established snow courses on the Uinta National Forest indicate favorable water prospects, according to Forest Supervisor Su-pervisor George C Larson. Measurements over the Daniels Canyon-Strawberry Summit snow course, consisting of 44 stations, show an average depth of 45 inches with a water content of 13.9 inches. While these readings are considerably below measurements measure-ments taken at , this time same time last year, they are very near the long time average of 44.15 inches snow depth and 14.29 inches inch-es water contefit. The current measurements were taken by Forest For-est Rangers A. It. McConkie and A. F. Richards of Heber. Near normal 'snow conditions are also reported;on the Diamond Fork-Hobble Crek watershed by Ranger Merrill Nielson of Spanish Span-ish Fork with ah average depth of 39.75 inches with a water content con-tent of 12.75 inches, as compared with the eight year average of 37 inches depth and 12.15 inches water wa-ter content. Although the current readings on this watershed are slightly above tlfe long time average, av-erage, they are considerably below be-low the 1943 measurements of 45.8 inches depth and water content con-tent of 16.37 inches. Even more favorable prospects are shown on the Duchesne river watershed with both snow depth and water content being much above normal As indicated by measurements taken over the Indian In-dian Canyon snow course by Ranger J. R. Thomas of Duchesne. These measurements show an average av-erage depth of 4S.2 inches with a water content of 12.03 inches, aa compared with the long time average av-erage depth of 35.81 inches and water content of 8.96 inches. Measurements Meas-urements taken on this course at the same time in 1943 indicated an average depth of 35.86 inches and a water content of 10.61 inches. Q's and A's Q What is the name of the Canadian army newspaper corresponding corre-sponding to our Stars and Stripes? A Maple Leaf. Q What important source of oil do the Russians threaten to gain from the Nazis in Rumania? A The Ploesti fields. Q What two South American nations are at odds with U. S. policy? A Argentina and Bolivia. Ogden Leads In OPA Violations In the final check of the statewide state-wide price control survey, recently recent-ly conducted by OPA price panel aides and paid personnel, Ogden showed the highest percentage of violations of both price ceilings and postings of any city in the state, announced Mark H. Greene, OPA district price executive. The check showed Ogden had a 7.7 per cent violation of price ceilings against Salt Lake City's 1.4 per cent. In the posting of ceiling price lists, group store numbers, and meat price and grade Feuding Solon and Manufacturer J Av -ygi V-fl c &km& kz"rz2Fz- SKrsrffSss? i B : - ff th finor of th House" and re- Charley Mccartny uonee i - "N"i .ent peat his charges that she conspired with a Nazi agent. V Stalemafe On Steel Wage Row By PETER EDSON Daily Herald Washington Correspondent Background of the steelworkers' argument for breaking the Little Steel formula, the granting of 17 cents an hour wage increase and a guaranteed annual wage, is briefly this: When the War Labor Board handed down the Little Steel for mula in July 1942 after conduct ing: extensive hearings from Sep tember 1941 to February 1942, the United Steelworkers union made representations to WLB against the formula on the grounds that it would grant great er increases to higher paid work ers than to lower paid workers and would provide greater distortions dis-tortions and inequities in the na tional wage picture. When the Stabilization Law was passed and the President issued his Executive Order 9250 in Oc tober 1942, the Steelworkers assumed as-sumed that the President's Beven point stabilization program of the previous April would be carried out in full, meaning that profits, prices, the cost of living and salaries sal-aries would be stabilised, as well as wages. Also, they assumed that Congress would enact a realistic tax program. It is the contention of the Steelworkers that Congress did not carry out its part of the seven point program. It refused to put a $25,000 limit on salaries. It did not provide rigidity of farm prices that would keep down the cost of living. Its tax program provided first for the Ruml plan which gave a tax windfall to the wealthy and second for a carryback return of corporation taxes giving a two- year guarantee of profits whenever when-ever operations of the steel companies com-panies should drop to a break even point or below. Average 1.14 An Hour On Jan. 1, 1943, the policy committee com-mittee of the Steelworkers union the presidents of some 600 locals met in Pittsburgh and determined de-termined to seek a wage adjustment. adjust-ment. Since the start of the war, steelworkers had had one wage increase of 54 cents an hour, granted under the Little Steel formula. This brought their average av-erage straight time rate to $1.06 an hour, the average earnings, in cluding overtime, to $1.14 an hour. On Jan. 7, President Phil Murray Mur-ray of the Steelworkers returned to Washington and in an evening session at the home of WLB Chairman William H. Davis, Murray Mur-ray told Davis that the Steelworkers Steel-workers intended to attack the Little Steel formula without attacking at-tacking the stabilization law. Davis told Murray that he would welcome the presentation of the Steelworkers' argument and expressed the wish that he could resign his chairmanship of the board so as to sit on a panel wnicn would near the case. Also, that the only way that such a case could be presented to the War Labor Board was by regular processing that is, the union would have to go through collective bargaining with the steel companies com-panies and have their case certified certi-fied to the Board in case they were unable to reach an agree ment directly. The Steelworkers took months preparing their case, and, inci dentally, let the coal and rail wage cases take precedence. On Dec. 1 they made demands for 17 cents an hour increase and gave 30 days' notice of cancellation of existing and continuing wage agreements. Aim At Annbal Wage Guarantee! Negotiations between the steel companies and the union began on Dec. 14 and ran for two weeks. On Dec. 22 the union demand fox-retroactive fox-retroactive pay on any agreement that might be reached was denied by the War Labor Board, but was reconsidered two days later. On Dec. 31, Murray disclosed that he was also negotiating for an annual wage guarantee. One argument on the annual wage guarantee is that since the steel companies are guaranteed income by cutbacks from corporation corpor-ation excess profits provisions of the tax law, they can afford to guarantee the income of their employees. When negotiations reached a stalemate, the steel companies requested re-quested certification of the case to the Wa" Labor Board on Jan. 17, and hearings before a panel are now in progress, will g0 on for weeks. Desk Chat The local undertaker was a little late in getting to his Lunch eon uud, ana when he finally arrived, ar-rived, he was quieter and more reserved than usual. "Say, Mort," asked one of hla fellow club members, "What are you crying about?" ive just come from the fun eral of Mrs. B "Well," commented his companion com-panion cynically, "you got the Dusiness, didnt you?' "Yes, but she was one of my best customers ... I buried all of her four former husbands." Sure, you can become a millionaire mil-lionaire too . . . Just like Ford or Edison ... IF you are willing to work as hard as they did to get started. In the filming of a recent war film, the first star was accidentally accident-ally shot when the second star picked up the wrong revolver, Grief-stricken, he called at the hospital and apologized profusely for the mishap. "Oh, that's all right," replied the patient. "It's just a scratch . . . and good publicity. Accideata will happen but what gets my goat was the way the director yelled . . . 'You blithering idiot, don't you know that's not the way to fall when you're shot!' " Freedom of speech is O. K. so long as they dont make listening listen-ing compulsory. Yes, Geraldine, it ts a pity that most of us think of a witty or clever remark after it is too late to say it. oOo "You will find," said Ruskln, "that the mere resolve not to be useless, and the honest desire to help other people will, In the quickest and delicatest ways, improve im-prove yourself." And then there was the fellow who entered a restaurant and asked ask-ed the waiter, "Have you any shark, whale or goldfish?" "No," replied the startled waiter. wait-er. "Then," said the man whose doctor had told him to stick to a fish diet, "bring me a large steak and onions. Heaven knows I asked for fish." Yesterday's Tomorrow's Simile: Sim-ile: as thrilling as copying famous fam-ous paintings in an Art Museum. oOo Juvenile Logic The music teacher was explaining explain-ing signs in music . . . "If," said ir mean : "Eighty", shouted an enthusiastic enthusi-astic child. tags, Ogden was in 16.4 per cent violation in comparison with Salt Lake City's 8.3 per cent. The percentages for the state as a whole were 98.2 per cent com pliance of price ceilings and 91.2 per cent in compliance with posting post-ing regulations. Areas of the state reported as follows: Southern Utah, 97.1 per cent price compliance and 95.3 per cent posting compliance. Southeastern South-eastern Utah, 95.7 per cent compliance com-pliance to price control, and 92.2 per cent compliance to posting. Cache and Box Elder counties reported re-ported 95.7 per cent compliance to price control, and 93 per cent to postings. Utah, San Pete, and Juab counties showed 95.6 per cent price compliance and 89.8 per cent posting compliance. The Salt Lake area, which includes Salt Lake Tooele, Summitt and Wasatch counties, was 87.6 price compliance com-pliance and 91.7 per cent posting compliance. Because of the poor showing made by Ogden, the OPA will devote the next 30 days to a survey sur-vey of the city. An educational program will be conducted there in an effort to bring the compliance com-pliance percentages to a higher figure. In 1942, a patient was admitted to a hospital in the United States every two and one-half seconds. Consecration Somewhere in New Guinea Is a hallowed spot That shall remain Forever sacred In the hearts Of Americans Wherever they may roam. It is consecrated By the row on row Of white crosses That mark the graves Of heroes who died Fighting for the country They held so dear. They did not die In a cause unjust Nor for some narrow. Selfish Jealous creed But for our Nations honor In her hour of need. While wild tropic beauty Carols to a wonderous God We say our prayers For comrades who sleep Beneath an alien sod. 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