Show lasued Tri ' : Established April 15 1871- - O mornlni b Sait Lake Tribune PubUebln ‘ - Company — mem Mr of the Associated Frees The Associated Prese la exclualrely entitled to the The Trlbuna la vise (cat reproduction of all neve dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la tide paper and also —“ tba local Dews published herein — Salt Lake City Utah Wednesday Morning lane -- According to British observers of the trend of sentiment "and events in Germany there la little danger of any deliberate invasion of Czechoslovakia by the nazi armf in the immediate future as reorganization of Austria will take some time The Ger-mpeople do not place much reliance upon the understanding since the Italian agreement with Great Britain is regarded as an evidence of faltering friendship from Mussolini - “Italy is in no position" to back Ger many in a movement that may involve Europe in war” asserts the same authority “owing to the failure of the two most important food crops— rice and vheat— upon which Italians largely depend for sustenance" - Another deterrent to Hitler’s campaign of peaceful absorption is the fact that some of Poland’s high officials are of Jewish descent and naturally resent the persecution "and humiliation of Jews by nazis Catholics are antagonistic to Hitler for similar reasons and the pope who was formerly archbishop in Poland understands the people and realizes their danger from German BrighamYoungVDay’ — bardment from the air While the British official quoted claims that Germany is in a more prosperous condition than she was a year ago Wilson n Woodside a student of international problems and a writer of authoritative articles on present-da- y Germany in an article printed in Saturday Night a Canadian weekly asserts that “if Germany 'wera to start a war even supported by Italy she would be disastrously defeated find many of those in power in the nazi government know this” New Ygrk Highlights well-know- By This observation is based on personal -contact and conversation with German oU ficials and on" calculations made during several months recently spent in that country Synthetic rubber is fabricated in Germany but it costs 65 cents a pound while the world price of real rubber is 20 cents Cotton IS scarce but an inferior fiber from wood is made to take its place Food is the chief concern as the agricultural area has steadily diminished singe 1932 - although 84000 acres should be added e&ch year to take care of the annual increase of population Austria wiU contribute little or' " nothing to this irequirement After a "few months of warfare with such a beginning the plight of the German people would be pathetic “But nazis hope to win their way down the Danube by an overwhelming show of force 'without fighting” If war begins in Czechoslovakia it will be the fault of overzealous partisans rather than by the high command— Russia being no longer concerned about her eastern front Italian aid cannot be counted upon while Mussolini has troubles "of his own Hitler realizes all this Great Britain Russia France and Czechoslovakia are not exactly the same as one 'faction in a divided Spain — Hitler's Austrian Coup And Schuschnigg's Greatness r event s T 'i Driscoll ' NEW YORK— Telephone operators in Grand Central Terminal know more commuters by sight and njore about those commuters’ family affairs than any other New Yorkers Miss Wlnnlfred Green blond and pleasant rings Yonkers 9696 just as soon aa she sees me rushing toward the phone apace on the lower level where she presides at the t home-goin- g rush hour She knows when the-nex- train leaves for Yonkers and at what Station I get off If it’s close to train time she Waves jpe on “Go on catch that 6:17!” she says and I don’t even stop to pay her the toll Tomorrow Will do She gets my home and says “Mtv Driscoll is just catching the 6:17 will you please meet him at Ludlow?” i One evening as I waited for a train I heard thla efficient operator handling a gen"You’ve missed youc tleman from train now Mr Blank I’m calling in the hope your wife hasn’t already left with the car to meet you Please don’t take another drink or ’ you’ll miss the next train too” “Oh- - I’m in the now anyhow" replied the unsteady customer "I’m going over to the bar for a whisky and soda But I’ll get the next train all right” Ten minutes later Miss Green was saying' “Mr So and So you know Mr Blank don’t you? He’s on the same train with you but he’ll miss it unless you go in to the bar" and remind him Please that’s awfully nice of you" ty dog-hou- Interesting Work These girls picked for technical skill courtesy good nerves and I think for good looks too know thousands of commuters by sight name anfl home telephone number They know what trains they take what stations they go to whether they have a chauffeur take a taxi or are met by members of their families at the other end They are famiiliar with voices of maids and wives e Half a million people pass through portals of Grand Central every day About thirty girls handle the public’s calls that don't go over the 170 coin telephones in the terminal The work isn’t easy but it must be interesting Driving in the neighborhood of City Island Park near the East river I came upon these ayeniieiiOhni Research Ampere Library Radio drive The engineers must have had a day of street-namiall to themselves ng Mrs Ruth Harkness the panda woman knows how to dress She can sling a set of fox furs over her shoulders in such a way as to make it possible for her to put on four more pounds without anybody’s knowing it Mrs Harkness is adventurous attractiori on the lecand will be a tip-to- p ture platform when she’s practiced public good-looki- speaking a bit more At Dempsey Restaurant “Where can we go to dance In this town 1 o'clock in the afternoon?" The question was asked by an honeymoon couple at lunch at Jack Dempsey’s restaurant the other day They explained of course that they meant a nice place' open to ‘the public but not patronized by rowdies Maybe there are such places but a huddle of Waiters and management at the Eighth avenue eatery didn’t turn one up at out-of-to- -- By 1 - s Harry Conway Fisher) has been critically ill Had three blood transfusions At this writing Apparently making a good recovery Bud is only 54 but for several years has looked much older I can remember when strangers in remote towns used to slap one another on the back and howl wjth delight over his cartoons Copyright 1938 for The Tribune High Jink at tha Palace The king and queen gave a dinner party this evening The string band of the Scots Guards under the direction of Captain Horace Dowell played a selection of 'music during and after dinner — (From the Court Circular in the London Times) Agreed She— I think kissing is childish He— So do I baby—Providence Journal JUNEt 1938 ' By Ding Kent Sees Need To Educate ‘Our MrT Hanes’ ’’ Paul Mallon Thrgovern-- 1 ’ I ' By FrankJLJCent- - ' WASHINGTON— In "the New York Times recently Mp John Hanes the new under secretary of the treasury again discoursed at great platitudinous upon the necessity of coopn eration between the and business Somewhat unnecessarily he retold the story of the 16 business leaders whom he had Induced to sign a decla-- L ' ration pledging help to the president which the presi- R dent declared “excellent’ —W jjf And Mr Hanes assures us he is continuing his efforts to bring about a “better un- derstanding” Some one Ought Mr Hanes aside and ac !- quaint hinf with the facts Frank R Kent about the gams in which he is playing Undoubtedly ha is an earnest and young man but he either does not see thing clearly or he has been filled with the same kind of false hopes which at different times inspire Mr Lewis W Douglas Mr Dean Acheson Mr T Jefferson Coolidge Mr Jo- seph P Kennedy and other men of that typo who had their day of Intimate contact with the president If Mr Hanes la the sort of man his friends say pe is ultimately he like the others will shake- off his cooperative illusions and get out If however his friends overrate him he may stick along after he Wakes up thus emulating his new chief Mr Morgenthaui whose voluntary retirement is almost inconceivable t ment chart of national- - income whiyb Mr Roosevelt generally uses aa bis economic guide ahowa a further decline this month Both national and farm income and are continuing to slide price aoftly while the cost of living has remained practically stationary' since - January— — y Official economists- - see some good signs in the facts that the recent flier of a large mail order house showed some price cuts that textile prices have been cut and further weakening has been noticeable in raw material costs They think that as soon as some firmness is manifest in manufacturing prices' retailers and wholesalers will jump in and do some heavy buying As for In- admin-isthrtio- s come nobody knows ill well-meani- The Chart - p!' m ' M e9 t &! L1 ©? f?It 2 U Aver 19191000 Aver 1932 618 Aver 1937 887 886 Aug 872 Sept Oct 864 Nov 849 Dee 837 Jan 1938 814 Feb 808 March 866 793 April May (est) 787 The answer 425 779 805 885 850 890 810 894 775 895 735 890 25 886 695 875 86 7 625 670 867 868 705 -- 690 867 is being offered that no one can ' THE PUBLIC FORUM Dispute Article on Spanish Civil War We write to biased reporting under the protest heading “U S Narrowly Avoids Move to Upset' World Alliances” the treasury department eral Counsel Oliphant’s office' Legislators approched by Mr Hester have learned quickly that he is a very good friend of son James Roosevelt and that he wanted the aviation bill passed in the right form— but they have not learned much else Hill assumption is Hester is doing some pinch hitting for son James in the legislative line as the president now has no regular legislative agents on the hill since Charles West was fired except Joe Keenan Tom Corcoran Ben Cohen the cabinet and the sub- Throughout the article the anonymous informant makes the unwarranted assumption that the Spanish civil war is over except for pacification and that General Franco is victorious ignoring the fact In the teeth of a similar assumption by Prime Minister Chamberlain that the loyalist government still holds more than d of the territory and exercises the poweTs of government over a considerably larger fraction (more’ than half) of the people ot Spain Postulating the war’s end the correanonymous Washington spondent attempts to put President Roosevelt in the role of one who would occasion a resumption of hostilities in opposition to a more or less united world opinion and revive the threat of world war at least becalmed by the one-thir- cabinet Cheered Republican The Republicans are looking up since the Oregon Pennsylvania and South Dakota primaries showed Republican majorities Official Seer Joe Martin new has compiled a private lisKof 137 Democratic seats instead H75 which he thinks the RepubliobjM have a good chance of winning? The bulk of them are In Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois and New Jersey Heaviest ammunition will be concentrated there Any Republican gain above 113 would give them the house Best nonpartisan guess continues to be 70 g ot The choice conferees who senate wage-howould back southern differentials is being popularly blamed on Mr Garner the V: P He did The ' only the naming of them choice was rpade by a group ot 15 senators and 25 house members who met in the office of Senator Pat Harrison the day before the choices were announced They chose Pepper and Ellender who have always stood for differenhand-pickin- ur tials’ Incidentally it is an even money bet that some of the labor spokesmen age not even going to be lukewarm ior the form of the bill which will finally emerge that conference Still Misunderstood ceasW to becloud the misunderstood Mr Hopkins It was erroneously assumed in this spot recently that Hopkins was right in concluding that his senatorial candidate Otha Wearin in the Iowa Democratic primary had Stood by Mr Roosevelt through thick thin Correction: Wearin’s voting record shows he voted against AAA NR A the 1935 tax bill voted to override Mr Roosevelt’ veto of the bonus the historic independent offices bill and was' not recorded either way on Hopkins’ appropriation lpill last June The "record- - Indicates Wearin got right with God and Mr Hop-kin" only recently They do not make many smarter politicos these days than Senator Jim Davis For a long tim he carried a moulders’ union card A F L When the C I O took over the steel unions he quietly took a C I O card Thus If John relief " Lewis opposes him Lewis will be one of his own opposing members World Copyright 1938 Copyright 1938 for The Tribune ' Editor Tribune: Gen- 4 ’ At the moment Mr Hanes Is plainly thrilled with tha novelty of public service and is in the Itate of mind where he thinks he has a mission Actually his efforts to bring about cooperation between Mr Roosevelt and m business rather than good That seems a strange thing to say of any move In a direction which nearly everybody agrees Is desirable but it happens to be the truth It would be different if aa he seems to think Mr Hanes had discovered this idea or his efforts were the first along these lines Tha fact however is that a dozen— and more — efforts not perhaps ai fully advertised as his but essentially the same have been made in the past five years and failed with singular completeness just as his will fail To think otherwise is to ignore experience disregard the facts and delude ourselves do-har- Mystery Man A new White House legislative agent has been doing some soft shoe work at the hill lately unbeknown even to the official He is Clinton Hester of leaders ' I -- foremost Relief bills cannot maks national Income Only business these profits can because-onlfurnish ' the proceeds in wages and taxes to pay the freight of a profits system Wage-hou- r legislation govmn-me- nt reorganization antimonopoly drives and such may or may not be needed reforms but they will turn out to be ' worthless without business profits As soon 'as tbs prospect for profit is visible in industry recovery will come— but not before Misunderstandings never i ’Plainly Thrilled’ hers again is make a profits system work without profits These come first and Trom ! - lool 103 5 and-medi- um Bud Fisher cartoonist (whose real name hi Admitting however the cultural inevitability of a reunion between Gefmany and Austria one is forced to consider its unhappy corollaries as for example the The refurther spread of cent wave of suicide among Austrian Jews is a significant 'index of the intensity of A - B ' i m Charles the-wid- possible the bloodless revolution which is one consoling feature of Germany’s latest conquest In fact it is more than likely that history will record Schuschnigg rather than Hitler as the hero of this particular 1 - sage-grow- aggression Japan’s failure to accomplish what it promised to do easily in China has caused the nazi leader to slacken his pace Whoever wins the undeclared Asiatic war Japan will emerge in such a weakened cpnditlon that Russia need no longer worry about her eastern frontiers and may feel frep to concentrate on the European situation It is only a flight of a few hour from Moscow to Berlin and Hitler has no desire to see his capital city subjected to bom- whose-willingnes- — The life of the great Mormon leader who turned his face toward the" setting sun after the tragedy of Nauvoo led his people across plains and mountains located n jihem in the valleys of this empire and held them together in the presence of peril and discouragement and against the lure of "a frenzied gold rush has been told and written scores of times- - In the list of western colonizers the name of Brigham J£oung is written at the top his fame as a religious organizer s secure his biography will appear in all complete encyclopedias and a personal estimate of his services in all histories of state builders of the nation Even 8S Moses led the fugitive children of Israel through the wilderness of Asia Minor undaunted by dangers undismayed by mutterings undeterred by hardships so did Brigham Young lead his followers with fortitude the same sort of confidence watchfulness and resourcefulness Today a public reception will be held in the quarters he-- once occupied as an executive office situated between the Beehive and Lion houses The functionals spon- sored by the “John Young Family association” the Daughters of Utah Pioneers ana the Sons of Utah Pioneers Services were conducted Monday by Professor Levi Edgar Young at the grave of the former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints and the family cemetery will remain open' to the public today Rome-Berli- n The tendency to resoft to the “great man" theory in an effort to explain the recent absorption of Austria by Germany is quite marked Hitler’s bold and successful achievement is not so much a triumph of personal greatness as it is the culmination of a series of events It is rather the result of the interplay of certain forces' whic£ have acquired an increasing momerp-Jtuduring the postwar period— forces that originated long before Hitler was bom and Will continue long after his name is hut a memory Hitler is merely the personal synthesis of these social forces the articuGerman mind late voice of the present-da- y with all of its hopes hatreds and aspira- tions From a point of view the reunion of Austria with Germanywas inevitable as the cultural ties between the two nations were stronger than the political barriers Not only the ties of blood- - but the common bonds of language tradition and folkway argue the inevitability of such an ultimate reunion In allfairness it should be admitted that the demands of the diplomats at Versailles for the independence of Austria were based upon a false premise This is not to detract from the conceded magnitude of Hitler’s personal influence for without' his particular personality and present power the history of Europe would be quite different from what it is The same might be said of the influence of former Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg to bow to the inevitable and refusal to resist the cultural anschluss made — Utah's Leading Colonizer an (T - ' Coecfive Bargaining Up to Date Behind the Scenes of: Current News —WASHINGTON- 1 1938 cultural loyalties and raci&l hatreds it suggests the power and momentum of social forces that determine the fate ot men and ' nations Easing Up in Europe Lack of Necessities Noted - H THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE WEDNESDAY MORNING alt - 4 -- - 8 - Anglo-Itali- an pact More partic- ularly a policy of revoking the embargo on arms to loyalist Spain would It is claimed June — the month of brides! And they say that three out of five American wives are disappointed Are they? in their husbands Well I wouldn’t know about that but sometimes judging by the “Conversation I hear I’d say that five out of five were One day in my search for knowledge I asked a grass widow if it were true that love cools off after marriage And she said: “DOES it? Why it freezes solid!” And there you are embody a threat of war for the United States presumably against one or both of the great fascist powers of Europe This argument absurd on its face becomes the more unreasonable "by virtue of the writer’s assumption of Italy’s good' faith in her vague agreement with Great Britain to withdraw her forces from Spain How could the cessation of our unneutral “neutrality" in the Spanish civil war constitute a threat of American involvement in a war with “neu- tral” Germany Tr Italy or both When neither of these has dared to come out openly and showita hand as a participant in the successes of General Franco? Most objectionable of all from the standpoint of fairness is the apparent purpose of the article to besmirch the president by the persistent suggestion that he stands alone against the opinion of a unanimous department of state There appears also the unfounded assumption that Catholic opinion in America is mili-tant- iy and unitedly behind the insurgent cause and that any politician who makes a gesture of friendliness to the democratically elected government of Spain Senator From Sandpit-- 8 There lives within (he very flame' of love A kind of wick or snuff that will —Selected abate it by Our Readers - There’s not a nodding ImilL-th- e H" stands forthwith to forfeit all Catholic backing We respectfully submit also that sound journalistic practice' demands that responsibility be taken either by an organization or an individual for interpretations oj the news The League for Peace Democracy M B Howard Chairman Monoy In Banks Doesn't Aid Trade The harm in encouraging this new movei by this new man is that It definitely misleads the public obscures the real situation pro- motes an unfounded hope' that the thing is Thus it makes matters worse rather than better It adds to the national confusion It diminishes the strength of those who oppose the administration policies as inherently unsound without any real prospect of alter- ing these policies or persuading Mr Roosevelt to change his point of view It is Infinitely' better to face realities cease deceiving ourselves and acknowledge the irreconcilable nature of the differences A few days ago Mr Walter Lippmann made clear the basic reason these verbal expressions of good will toward andT amiable-worto business are so perfectly futile possible While the ‘“Editor Tribune: chamber of commerce (business men financial and industrial dictators) are complaining about Cites Lippmann government expenditures through It is he truthfully points out simply the PWA WPA CCC relief against the interests of administration poliand welfare over 50 per cent of ticians to bring about a business recovery In the normal way Just as it is against the Inthe people of Utah are skimping and saving leaving Industry half terests of business men to aid in the pump-primiway which produce an unbound! paralyzed not because they are and artificial prosperity To expect temporary beor want to hoard but stingy these Intrenched politicians to accept a nor- cause they have jio more than mal recovery is to expect them to abdicate half purchasing power Money in It would be equivalent to relinquishing a powthe banks does not move goods er which they have acquired through the process and which not only works off the shelves nor power out of spending In a way and for a time but i the most the turbines potent political asset ever known In Mr Business and industi are paraRoosevelt’s case to accept "constructive from business men or to really colyzed to the extent that the meoperate with business in promoting recovery dium of exchange is held out of In the normal way also involves admission of circulation If our congress would error and a retreat from his spectacular posig cancel all their tion from which he recoils measures abolish social security No better proof of this can be found than and direct relief all business and In the “recovery program" he is now forcing industries would be completely through congress against the judgment of litparalyzed within 24 hours And tle as well as big business and with tha prithese would-b- e have vate disapproval of most of the senators who gentlemen asked congress tor- - Just that or will vote for It It Ignores every recommendawhat Is worse foe the relief tion that has come to him from a business Be handed direct to source since this depression began It insists moneys to them once more the spending policy which Utah’s annual income is about so tragicallyupon has failed and In which the one billion dollars or about two overwhelming majority of thoughtful men thousand dollars for every man see grave danger but which as Mr Lipp- -' woman and child in tha state mann says “has become the most perfect deThe dirt farmers- know that vice eveC Invented for winning elections and full share do their of prothey in office" Jn the light of what Mr staying labor ductive and socially useful Rooseyelt has done and'is doipg jn view of '' yet they must provide for their his clear determination not to deal with the families on from 5300 to 51000 per are depression the normal wqy these good will year Then the gestures and amiable words toward business only working about half time so such as exude from Mr Hanes simply create it is safe to assume that these citizens would purchase at least an unwholesome optimism There is no sense fooling ourselves twice as much consumable goods if their purchasing power would Copyrightl938for The Tribune permit The chamber of commerce seems determined to hang on to Tha Masse y‘ the rugged individualism of inAn M P anxious to see a procession In his dustry and yet they would deconstituency and thinking he was well known stroy that completely by stopping 'to the people of that city tapped a native on the pump priming So the shoulder demanding “Make way there” far as we the people (government) “Garn who are yer pushing?" was the are ebneerned money paid out reply of circulation is worse than "Do you know who I am?” inquired the money' destroyed Jjvtht latter Indignant MT JFV ’T am a representative of case we would issue more the people" D C Grundvig “Hah” 4”inted tbs native! standing un- -' Huntington moved "but we’re the bloomin’ people ourselves”—Tit-BiV Reader Lauds Upkeep 't Of City Cemetery I’ll Tell Editor Tribune: Just a few words of comment and credit to “ those who are deserving By Bob Burn The Willey family have a plot it’s I only human for all of us to be guess in City cemetery which was ac' conceited Here I thought a little bit jest from its from quired beginning ’ in the world everybody Brigham Young and of course knew that I wanted a girl we are all Interested In tha spot where we lay the bodies of our but the other day a fella I came to see me and was loved ones A1 tryin’ to console me beCommissioner Murdoch Prichard sexton and our city cause It wasn’t a boy the reason he wasi’ cemetery employes are to be commended and praised for the fine so proud that he had a son I condition and upkeep of the pity Wak because If it wasn’t fori cemetery I have never known a his son his family name would die out I says “Byj time 'when it was- more beautiful’ than-'a- t the way what is your fampresent and 1 have been a regular visitor for 50 years ily name?” ' and he said “Smith” I would suggest that those visit our city of the dead W W Willey Copyright 1938 tor The Trlbun ds pump-primin- daisy-hea- d meadows wide In all the warm green orchards Where bright birds sing and stray There’s not a whistling oriole So glad as I this day! She said: “In all the purple hills Where dance the lilies blue' Where all day long the springing larks Make fairy tales come true “Where you can lie for hours and v ' watch The unfathomable sky' x There’s not a breath of all the — June That’s half so glad as I!” —Bliss Carmen Aren’t three out of five travelers Notes on the Cuff Department disappointed when they reach their destination ? I think so On Two heads are worse than one the cold gray dawn of the But of course it depends a lot Take on what they expected I’ve never — Venice for example In a copy of'Life I been there but we’ll take It just x“Wan ted— found the following AH his life the average the Same who have Magicians Magicians traveler has thought of Venice as Specialized In political and social only books can picture it While matters Magicians who can look journeying thence these pictured Over the field comprehend all the glories are constantly before him mistakes we have made in the last Then when he1 arrives there he century or so and with one or exclaims! “is THIS Venice ?’L Get two simple twists of the wrist rec-- ’ the idea? tify these mistakes' save us from A" of our folly and I think that many marriages the consequences send us forth safe sound heart-whol- e "end 'up on the rocks because the and fancy-fre- e upon the wives are too literal They exto Utdpla Magicians road one high life to ba long pect married dream and don’t maks allowances who will correct for an occasional nightmare A without injuring the give us pure food withman promises a lot when he’s stop courting a girl If she’d stop to out injuring the adulterators status think she’d know he couldn’t do graft without disturbing Jhe child of the grafters stop half Jie promises if he lived a 'quo labor without Interfering with the thousitqd years He tells her that her lifewillbe one of roses And profits of child employers and do she ‘forgets' TRat every rose has all manner of things which in the hands of ordinary mortals would Us thorn! entail much argument misundeBut In spite of all warnings rstanding incrimination’ recrimiyoung f qlks will go blissfully ahead nation talk et cetera and so forth getting married Why do they do ' Address Perplexed care Uncle Sam District of Columbia” this? For the same reason that you and I did it— because they’re Apparently no one answered the ad for w need those magicians marrying - someone who’s dif— ust as badly Jtoday as they did ferent!" a then WHEN’ WE RE IN LOVE Some people demand a tooth There’s not a little Boat sweetheart for a tooth: but they want yours " to have gold in it That dances on the tide morn-ingaft- er ' - wage-earne- rs d x ’ - ts WELL1' Youx f He-sai- -- - |