Behind the Day's Nov! - n By LYLE C, WILSON United Press International Politics and the Military WASHINGTON (UPD The decision that restrained Allied armies from taking Berlin and permitted the Russians to seize that was a Roosevelt-Ccapital single-hande- d hurchill decision of 1944. Berlin was ripe to be plucked a year later in the spring of 1945. Sir Winston Churchill had realized before then that the decision of 1944 was a bad one. Churchill failed in his efforts to attract President Roosevelt's attention to this situation. Churchill failed, also, in his efforts to persuade Gen. Dwight D. "The military leader is a parlhe long - raging controversy stirred by bouth Carolina s ben. ticularly effective source of infor- Strom Thurmond over alleged ' sagging", of the U.S. military has become a ..fuzzy, tangled thing 4.which needs to have its separate strands pulled out and examined. Lately Thurmond has been tilting lances- with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Earlier his chief adversary was Arkansas' Sen. J. William Fulbright, who in a memorandum charged that many mation against communism. . . Many people in uniform have a u n i q u e understanding of the enemy. They get to know the enemy and how he operates." Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee, supporting the Fulbright opposition viewpoint, answers Thurmond this way: "Essentially, it is not to the function of the military to instructon the give political American people." Fulbright himself goes beyond this in his memorandum and argues that, at least in the middle to higher echelons of service, in- -' doctrinatioij of the military itself in major aspects of world affairs ; J - military men were improperly in- -j ecting themselves into political fields. i mi aeoaie moves mcwig ine wnoie against the backdrop of the celeJ- 1 - brated case of Gen. Edwin A. Walker, who was removed from a divisional command in Germany on grounds he sought to indoctrin- ate his troops with extremist including- communism right-win- g his military plans to drive deep into Germany elsewhere. "May I point out," Eisenhower said in this message, "that Berlin itself is no longer a particularly important objective." Wily Josef Stalin encouraged Eisenhower in this belief. In a message , to Eisenhower in late. March, Stalin endorsed the supreme commander's plans and told him: "Berlin has los.t its former strategic importance The Soviet high "command therefore plans to allot secondary forces in the direction of Berlin." . Stalin Blarney Churchill has put this Stalin blarney in its proper perspective with the following comment: "This . Eisenhower has abruptly challenged and repudiated a State Department implication that it was his decision to permit the Russians alone to overrun Berlin. Eisenhower was .unimpressed by the political implications of the Russian capture of Berlin. Neither did he regard Berlin of major military importance.1- - In a March 30, 1945, message to the U. S. Joint Chiefs, Eisenhower restated , . "United You Stand Divided, You're His Appetizers'' a n rrovo should be taught. In Thurmond's view, military men axe extraordinarily equipped . . to explain the Communist menace both to service personnel and to the general public. Says he: should f lady who assured me that Battle Moun- tain which has fought for seventy-fiv- e years to get the seat of Lander County away from Austin is still determined to do it. In Austin another lady assured me that Austin intends to keep it. ' was flowing out of Mt. Prometheus by the millions of dollars, but I didn't blame them for resenting a book about the town called. THE TOWN THAT DIED LAUGHING Austin isn't dead, and it is still laughing. . One of the things it is still laughing about, Mr. Vigus told me, is that the fabulous mountain the silver came out of has always been called Lander's Hill by the natives, and it was some government man who finally dubbed it Mt. Prometheus. Mr. Vigus told me of some o'iier names that has been changed from . ictly unprintable ones. If you go to .Lin you might ask what the original "If we deliberately leave Berlin to them, the double event (Vienna ments in the murder case of little Karen Ann Mechling, 11, American Fork. On that date the case broke wide open with the confession of Darrell DeVere Poulson, 22. Almost at the same hour a few blocks away in St. Francis Catholic Church, funeral services were being conducted for the victim, with the following sermon delivered by ' Father Colman Colloty, O.F.M., pastor of St. Francis. It is, we believe, one of the most powerful and moving treatments we have ever read concerning the problem which is uppermost in people's minds as a result of the tragedy. We are producing it here in its entirety.) ch It has been said that 'The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world." This is a saying that can take on various interpretations. Hands are an index to civilization. If you will study the status of any society, you will find the degree of perfection or imperfection clearly Written by the hands of that society. A thousand years ago, the hands of maa were slow in their accom- but Austin has two churches, Methodist and Catholic, which are nearly one hundred years old, and are still well preserved. It also has the International Hotel, once the finest in the West, that was moved there from Virginia City. Its ornate front was later moved to Las Vegas, and part of it, Mr. Vigus assured me has found its way to Miami, Flordia. Another abandoned hotel has an outside stairway from the sidewalk which the proprietor usedJ to pull up every night with a block and tackle so that he might sleep in jpeace. Eureka, Austin's sister city, has a little more activity, and both towns have the friendliest people you would ever care to meet. In Eureka they pointed out a hill known as Prospect Peak which was about as rich as Lander's .Hill. As I was having lunch at the Lincoln Hotel a couple bf tourists sitting next to me complained of the sand that kept sifting onto the table. "Think nothing of it," the pretty young waitress told them, "in Eureka we have sand in everything." The word sand used to have the same meaning as our more inelegant word, "guts," has come to have. The word fits the country. The country reeks with pioneer lore. Austin was the home of the world famous singer, Emma Nevada, Mr. Vigus pointed "out to me the location of Grid-ley- 's store. Mr.Gridley lost an election bet and carried a sack 'of flour from lower to upper Austin, and it was auctioned off for $25,000, and was later auctioned off all over the United States, realizing nearly half a million dollars that was used to help hospitals during the Civil War. Once they talked of navigating Reese River to Bdttle Mountain and if they had had any water in the stream I am confident they would have done it. Instead, they built the Nevada Central railroad, of which only parts of the old grade still remain. The railroad had to reach Austin by a certain date in order to collect a $50,000. bonus. When it became apparent that the railroad, couldn't quite make it the Austin City Council met and enlarged the city limits to take in the head of track. With that kind of enterprise I am confident that Austin will never become a ghost town. I love NQvada, and unlike the other Utah people I see over there who explain that they are just passing through, because they wouldn't dare to offer any other explanation, I like the country and I go there because I like to inhale the breath of freedom. She and her husband, Mr. Vigus, keep a store there, and she warned me, "Don't you ever write that Austin is a ghost town." I assured her that I wouldn't. The old town isn't quite what it used to be when it had ten thousand people, and silver Austria. (Editor's note: On Sept. 20, all of Utah was shocked by develop- In this country, if we must err "it must be on the side of letting them talk. Yet soldiers are not politicians, nor are they foreign policy makers. They are bound, responsibly, to observe prudent limits in what they say to their men and to people at large. name for Indian Butte once was' don't ask it in mixed company. Holmes Alexander Chrushchev Attempts A New Double Play Editor's Note Holmes Alex- " ander has left on a brief European vacation. During his absence a number of prominent and interesting guests will contribute columns. By Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Democrat Minnesota) Holmes WASHINGTON, D.C. Alexander is a conservative. I am a liberal. Many of his readers and raj- friends were thus surprised recently when he selected me as "Senator of the' Year." And their surprise may turn to wonder when they see that Mr. Alexander invited me to write a guest article for his column. Respect ivould be a more appropriate reaction than surprise. Mr. Alexander is. a man with a distinct viewpoint, but he is unafraid of the expression of 4 conflicting view4 point. His presentation of my ideas serve, to his emphasize r e s p onsibility and fairness as'Mr. Alexander a journalist. I take this opportunity to thank him, and to thank the hundreds of his readers who wrote to me in response to his column about my work in the Senate. And I take this opportunity to speak bluntly about an issue which- merits the attention of - - , - every Americanconservative or liberal, Republican or "Democrat. That issue is the challenge recently hurled at the free world by Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, which was detailed in his announcement of the new Soviet Plan." Khrushchev attempted the same double play this year as in 1958, during the previous .crisis "Twenty-Yea- r So They Say Television has brought a whole new set of data for the moralist. The eye now sees far more things than it used to see ... .'. We need at this' stage not dogmatism about the effects of this but - scientific, inquiry. The Archbishop of Canterbury. ' I am anticolonial. I am, And I am glad I have made that n. clear. President Nkrumah of Ghana. anti-imperiali- st. The opinions and statements ex- pressed by Herald f columnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper. - - ! 1 pver Berlin. On one hand, fie held up the threat of military force to pressure the West out of Berlin. And he unveiled grandiose plans for Soviet economic expansion and for increases in the Communist standard of living. In 1958, the Soviet Premier came up with his seven-yea- r plan for economic development. Today, he again promises the Russian people a better day, and is trying to convince them and the world that American "militarism and aggressiveness'.' will stand in the way of success. Khrushchev's" announcements mark the launching of an intense at the same time to guard his new propaganda offensive, with fundamental liberties. The Communist c ha 1 1 e n g e which has now resounded around the world should be met head on. We should be ready to join the issue at once. e Let us lay our own plans. Let us go on the offensive with our superior system, our superior programs, our superior management. This is what we must say to the world: That the democracies are ready to move forward in unison on all fronts, that while we will fight to protect ourselves, our drive for a, better and a more peaceful world will never falter. Though we arm, we also work, weapons, we will not forget our Though we spend new billions for basic purpose: to build, to create, to improve, to progress. three .goals. The first is to paint the Soviet leadership as architects of a . peaceful and more prosperous world whose plans can be frustrated only by Americans and their allies. long-rang- The second goal is to rally his own people to additional sacrifices in the coming months and - years. The. third goal is to make it appear that American leadership -- is lagging in peaceful planning and is concentrating only on stepping up the arms race. Khrushchev will continue to embroider on his theme of a Communist Utopia, not only for the people of Russia but also for the peoples of Latin Amenta, Asia and Africa. We cannot underestimate the force of this new'; psychological offensive. . To hundreds of millions of people in the world who have nothing, Khrushchev's plans could be tremendously attractive. We should let the world know that we welcome this kind of competition And we must recognize that the Soviets are capable of making some strides toward their goals. They will seek td capitalize on every gain they make as a victory. And they will blame every failure on the need to defend Communist countries from military attack by the West. Khrushchev would like nothing more than to have America dismiss his 207year-pla- n as mere propaganda. Nothing would fit e into his program for the world's underdeveloped nations as a total American obsession with military planning. It is vital for us to build up and sustain our military strength. But it is also vital that this buildup not be accomplished at the sacrifice of our domestic pro- grams or our long-terforeign aid program to strengthen under. developed nations. The strength of America and the free world does not rest, on guns alone. Those who are now so ready to shortchange the great programs of progress in America in the name of national defensje fail to see the true nature of the struggle with Communism. We can and must afford both defense and progress. It is time for our nation td recognize this fact, and to face the need to finance both. We have the system, the modern and democratic society, which can achieve its goals to meet man's material needs and Q's and A's q What historical event took ! place in .the Wilmer McLean House in Appomattox Court House, Va.? A Lee surrendered to Grant. What is considered the world's most famous theocracy? AThat of the Israelites, to whom the law was given by God, through Moses. Q Q How many blood groups are recognized? A Four, classed as O, A, B, and AB. . long-rang- Q How do birds in Yellowstone National Park heat their nests? them in the building ABy ' warm of drift vapor fromj geyser basins. . Q - For what did President Theodore Roosevelt win the Nobel Peace Prize? A For acting as mediator in War of 1904- the m Russo-Japane- ' se 05. Q Why is it incorrect to speak of the Soviet Union as Russia? A Russia today is only one of 10 republics which make up the Soviet Union. " Which is considered the most beautiful American opal? A The Roebling opal found in Nevada. It is almost pitch black, with color flashes of great brilliancy. It weighs 530 grams and is on display at the United States National Museum. CJ . f SERMON FOR KAREN Why Nevada Calls Me Back living; now. that the silver mines have played out. Occasionally I saw signs where dirt roads came in giving the names of the towns or the ranches, and here and there I could see a solitary windmill, or a small field. Then, sud- I encountered a bunch of from a hundred to a hundred and fifty beef cattle in the road, and I knew. ' One of the two cow hands came galloping UD to break the hlnrk- f ade to let me through, and to mv astonish ment proved to be a w-jfc jwuuk woman wiui ner blonde hair covered by 1ir' touen,son a mechanic's cap, and she could ride like Hollywood Western movie queens are supposed to ride. I congratulated her on the quality of her beef, and she re- sponded with justifiable pride. She and her husband had .just rounded up their fat cattle and were moving them to where they could be trucked out to the railroad. I realized that I was looking at a way of life that some foolish people claim has disappeared. It's doing what you want to do that counts.. That young woman liked what she was doing, and she was appreciative that a perfect stranger would pause to pay some attention. Out on the dreary desert where Utah and Nevada join I stopped at a little service station beside the road, '.and the young man on duty took time to make me a cup of coffee. I wondered! how he liked it there. He said he had been looking for just such a place since he had returned from the Korean war, and said he had never been so happy. The desert has that effect on some people. Two or three miles away is the Sons of Aaron colony, a United Order group, who are certainly throwbacks in this generation, but the young Korean vet--" eran assured me they seem prosperous and happy. This thing called civilization can be a nice thing to get away from, and the desert is the only place where it is possible. follows: "Why should we not cross the Elbe and advance as far eastward as possible? This has an important politic -- 1 bearing, as the Russian armies of the south seem cer-tain to enter Vienna and overrun Union. , it fhe Beat The Chopping Block By FRANK C. ROBERTSON Driving alone down the desert from Battle Mountain to Austin over in Nevada the other day, following the route of the old Nevada Central railroad I was wondering what the people do for a 1" - By the Herald Staff perils, of communism. The opposi- x tion says the whole domestic field is out of bounds ' to service personnel. free-spee- and Berlin) may strengthen their conviction, already apparent, that they have done everything." Message to FDR To Roosevelt, Churchill had addressed a message on April 1: "If they also take Berlin (as well as Vienna) will not their impression that they have been the overwhelming contributor- to our common victory be undulyj imprinted in their jmipds? And (may this not lead them into a mood, which will raise grave and formidable difficulties in the future?" FDR was ill and unfit to deal with this great problem of strategy Ike and the U. S. Joint. Chiefs did not understand it. This was a great victory for the Soviet ut military , CISIOO statement (Stalin's) was not borne out by events." On the contrary", the Russians strove for and gained. Berlin irst. And that has led to the situation now existing in which the Berlin controversy may lead the world to all-onuclear war. To Eisenhower on March 31, 1945, Churchill addressed a question and some related observations as " socialist-Communi- st Where they disagree is on what other topics military men may speak publicly and to whom. The in the debate subject most at issue Vi rJ rnr ifo . decision of 1944 should be changed for politica reasons in 1945. That is the nub of dispute now over responsibility for the Soviet Union claim of predominant authority and position in Berlin and with respect to the city's future. Repudiates Implication F7 controversy is at its fuzziest. For he and some others brand welfare features of the U.S. gov- ernment as in tendency, and as such fit subjects for military men, warning of the tary matters. McNamara recently reaffirmed this as. the administra- - an1 - M aoe oeran 1 be in civilian hands. Thurmond no less than his opponents accepts the premise that no military man should plunge into domestic politics. But here the views, calculated to influence their absentee votes for. congressmen in 1960. At the outset, we should understand this: The contenders aeree. though their hot words sometimes obscure the fact, that military men may properly speak out on mili- i a "rtTYiTnuniaTTi Eisenhower and the U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff that the military ... n iiiyrciiiDii J MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1961 n these hands were plishments halting, sluggish, largely unskilled. Medicine, science, the arts. stand revealed as little advanced because the hands that worked on these fields of human Culture were still imperfect and still fumbling for the future. As time passed and the hands of man became more adroit and dextrous, we find .the" things of civilization advancing more rapidly. Today, as we move around the world, the progress and achievements of man. are clearly written by the genius of human hands. Tremendous progress has been made in painting, in sculpture, in music, in medicine, in surgery, in engineering. Man has penetrated the skies and drawn his finger across the blue firmament of the heavens. Art galleries are daily filled with devotees of the new art and the new achievements in beauty. The doctor and the surgeon also have made tremendous contributions in the growth of society. Visit any hospital and the operating rooms and you wll find hands that are strong and Jplever and smart with a new skilFthat can mend and improve the most intricate parts of the human body. No longer as uncertain, surer than ever, the hands of healing today are blessed with an almost miraculous power for dissecting disease and restoring' vitality. Yes, we are impressed with the genius of the hands of the man in orbit, with the chemist in the laboratory, with the gleanings of the technician and his microscope we are impressed with the creative beauty in the art galleries but TODAY IN UTAH COUNTY we are moved most of all and impressed to the depths of our souls by the hands of Karen Ann Mechling. Sprained and bruised, bleeding and cut, with torn fingernails, the battered hands of Karen Mechling are the hands of a girl who died a fev days ago scratching and clawing for existence against a society which, in many quarters of prestige and influence, laughs at impurity, laughs at suggestive language, a society which regales itself with suggestive jokes, immoral pictures, immoral reading matter every description. In the year 1961, the hands of the physician, the hands, of the artist and the engineer, reveal tremendous progress in the arts and sciences. But the hands of Karen Ann Mechling are an indictment against the moral and spiritual depravity that gnaws at the very vitals of our society.' Man has used his hands to cut through the impenetrable forests of the world. He has used his hands to pierce the skies. He ihas used his hands to reveal and heal the but he has secrets of the body hardl- - lifted a' finger in solving the moral and spiritual problems of the moment. The hands of Karen Ann Mechling are a condemnaa contion of man's tardiness demnation of man's failure to meet The his moral responsibilities. hands of Karcil point out to our society tha it is wrong, that the individual which it produced to de stroy her life is largely its own product and its own condemning, . witness. The hands of Karen Ann tell us that we are living in a society mai is lagging in spiritual and moral progress. Incessantly, our government passes laws tr meet the evils of the day. Every precaution is taken to protect our physical and mental health. Pplio vaccine, diphtheria vacine, smallpox vaccine, the world of sedatives and tranquilizers are just a few of the great programs that have been developed by the hands of the American people. But where the most important issue is at stake, where moral and spiritual health is involved, the hands of ' America are tied and fettered in impotency. Until basic, natural moral values of purity are recognized as essential to and by all of Ameruntil effective, means are ica produced that will protect and foster the moral health of our nation (just as effective means have been created in other areas for our there will be other Karen Mechlings there will be other! little hands, In goodness and purity and scratching and fighting off a society that is afraid to care. To raise a family these days in an immoral atmosphere that clQuds so much of our society is a tremendous challenge to any father and mother. To live in this freewheeling world, to have to rub well-bein- g) self-protectio- n,' ' g shoulders with so much of would rob families basic that concepts of purity and decency is a problem that taxes the ingenuity g and efforts of every g and family. We must pay tribute to those r families that are vigilant. We must acclaim those parents who guard the ramparts of their family life free-thinkin- God-fearin- God-lovin- of immoral disease. It is too bad that it is such a private andonely battle. Today, on this sad occasion, we must pay jtribute to Mr. .and Mrs. Mechling. Eleven years ago, God loaned them the life and love and affections of a little - baby girl. Eleven years ago, God asked these parents to take and train this child in the ways of God and prepare that child to spread God's love and God's goodness in society. . In little Karen, we have seen how well her parents have fulfilled their vocation. A reverent little girl, thoughtful, loving, kind, and prayerful. We pray today that Karen may be enjoying God's infinite joy and presence. We pray also that God may ease the pain of her parents in this sad hour. Father Colman Colloty, O.F.M. . , Herald Correspondents Here are Herald staff corrsmondent in the various communities of Utah County .v Contact thm if you har news. 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