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Show LAYTON JOURNAL 'UNIVERSAL MAN': WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Truman Wants Welfare Department; Veterans Will Get NSU Dividends; Dig Four Agree on Austrian Pact I It Mrs Wha NOTEi plnlcai art tifimil la thta ,,lainai. h,j ntviMlir Ualaa't nai aaaljala aal aaaaaaarUf al Ikli aitiMfti.) arc th-- s ( Johonn von GoetHa From every stata in the union and from many foreign lands, distinguished visitors are pouring into the historic little frontier town of Aspen, Colo., to pay honor to a man bom 200 years ago. The Goethe Bicentennial Convocation and Music Festival (June 16) is presenting an impoa-inroster of thinkers, writers, statesmen, philosophers, educatori and musicians who will seek to re examine and re interpret the worki and philosophy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the Universal Man, as it pertains to the atomic age. HEADING the impressive list of lecturers is Albert Schweitzer, of Africa philFrench Equatorial doctor, musician, theoosopher, logian acknowledged throughout the civilized world as the foremost modern disciple of Goethe. The music festival, running in conjunction with the convocation, will feature compositions based on Goethes works, monumental music of equal stature to Goethe, and music contemporary to him and known to have been inspiration al to him. WELFARE: More for Lest Signing into law a bill to reorganize the federal government. President Truman offered a major proposal He wants a new department of welfare created with its chief officer given full cabinet rank. THE IDEA is not a completely new one. It was heard frequently n "during the early days of the era, much oftener during the latter years of F. D. R'g regime. While th1 proposition commanded chief attention of the nations press, the President offered six other streamlining plans aimed at giving ths taxpapers better service for less money. These Included: Transfer of the U.S. employment and unemployment compensation offices to the labor department PLACING of the two key defense national security counagencies cil and national security and resources board directly in the Bad Timing? Was the postwar buggy ride o Roose-veltia- Presidents office. Tightening up administration of the post office department, maritime commission and civil service commission. Transfer of the public roads administration to the commerce de- partment The President said the plans, which followed closely several major recommendations of the Hoover commission on government reorganization, will not automatically produce efficiency and cut spending. . BUT HE SAID they open the door to improvements that will make the government more vigorous and operate more smoothly at a lower cost over a period of time. No one expected any reduction In federal spending, and the Presidents conclusions might be construed as a preliminary defense setup for continued federal outlay at the present, or an increased level, despite the Hoover commission recommendations and the Presidents own seven-poimanifesto. nt VETERANS: Get Good News Veterans of World War II were all set for a surprise bonanza. The Veterans administration announced in Washington that cash refunds totaling 2.8 billion dollars will begin for them about next January that is, for all GIs who took out national service life insurance during the war. These were estimated to number some 16 million. Under the new payments, announced by the VA, each or his heirs would receive an average of $175 from life insurance dividends. Described as a dividend the money is to be repaid from two sources: 1. An eight billion dollar surplus which developed from the fact that G.I. insurance premiums were based by law on a standard mortality (death) rate table which turned out to be higher than needed. 2. Earnings from the surplus. In general, it was explained, every veteran who took out national service insurance and kept it in force at least three months will be eligible provided the policies were not issued after January 1, 1948. No refunds are to be made on policies issued after that date. MEANWHILE, government officials saw in the Insurance dividend payments a timely shot in the arm for business in 1950 which Whiti House Repairs Still a Question It appeared that all the commotion about repairs to the White House wasn't quite over, although congress approved and sent to the President a money bill carrying funds for work on the White House. The money was included in a measure calling for expenditure of 671 million dollars for varioui government obligations. THE HOUSE, which had passed the bill earlier, accepted a d amendment approved by the senate. The change would put it up to a special commission a whether residence separate should be built for the first family, in addition to the job on the White House itself. one-wor- six-ma- consumer demand and increasingly higher wages really over? The Ford motor company thought so and said so. CONFRONTED with a list of demands by the united automobile workers union, the company made a significant Instead of pay raises and pension, health and welfare plans as drafted by the union, the company proposed to peg wages where they are for another 18 months. Such action, said the company, set a stabilization pattern would for the entire (national) economy at this critical time. THE UNION, among other things, had demanded that wages be pegged to the cost of living. Pointing out that the cost of living is down and that the market for cars might drop up to 32 per cent after this year, the company declared flatly that it would reject any change in the work contract which would mean higher labor costs whether in the form of wage increases or pension or welfare counter-proposa- ' n UN CHAPEL WILL HAVE NO ALTAR . . . 1 Divers Are the Ways to Approach God' ... IT CAN l. Partial Accord The conference of the council of foreign ministers of the four major powers had ended with partial accord having been reached. The western powers and Russia cleared away obstacles to an Austrian independence treaty and agreed to try to get along a little better in Germany. THE RUSSIANS, however, were in there pitching right up to the final moments of the parley. The conference ended in a flurry of excitement as Russia sought unsuccessfully to make a last minute change in the announcement of the meeting's results. The Reds had promised not to reimpose a blockade on Berlin in return for efforts to revive east-wetrade in Germany. This was contained in a statement of principle by the Big Four to guide negotiations in Germany. The Russians were supported In There was much of mystery their 150 million dollar claim on and charge and counter-charg- e Austria for German assets, and in the events out of which grew swung an uppercut at Yugoslavias the federal indictment of PresMarshal Tito by dropping their ton Tucker (above). Tucker and support of Yugoslavian claims on five others were indicted by Austria. These were the points the government on charges of . which cleared the way for an Ausmail fraud, conspiracy In violatrian treaty which has been ortions of the securities and exdered for presentation by Septemact. Tucker has retalichange ber 1. ated with charges that the secuDESPITE the Improvement In rities and exchange commiseast-werelations growing out of sion has made it impossible to the conference, American spokescontinue production of the men were not optimistic in evaluaTucker car, which was to be ting results. U.S. Secretary of State powered with a motor in the Dean Acheson had no immediate rear. comment. Work on the Austrian treaty, RED HUNT: however, was termed a "substantial Harvard Cool step forward and of no little imHarvard, the nations oldest uniportance because it would free Austria and push Soviet troops versity, was having nothing to do farther back into eastern Europe. with any Communist-huntinIt was felt that ground had been There was a reason, off cials neither gained nor lost in Germany. said. They felt that to do so snight be a danger to the universitys freeshould serve to stimulate sales. dom and to its academic integrity. They recalled that the terminal-leavAND, Harvard held. American payoff of some two billion freedom is the school's "true dollars in 1947 provided a sizeable glory," as it once told a man who such stimulus for the nation's busi- tried to "buy it for 10 million dolness. lars. The plan to start the checks rollThe Harvard policy statem.ot in ing in January brought vigorous connection with Communist-huntincriticism on Capitol Hill as Repreactivities was put this way: sentative Keating (R., N. Y.) de"There will be no harassment of manded that congress set October professors for engaging in open and 15 as the deadline. He introduced legal meetings. There will be no a bill to hurry the dividend pay- apparatus of inquiry and closer ments to that date. He declared watch. that the government had over"The harm done by the effort charged veterans on their life in- necessary to discover even a single surance, and that the money should clandestine party (Communist) be refunded immediately, not a member would outweigh any possible benefit year from now. four-wee- k DIVERS ABE THE WATS... "The chapel of prayer in the new United Nations headquarters will have no altar or windows. A shaft of sunlight will come through the root A huge marble slab, memorializing the war dead, will be the only object in the simple, cylindrical structure. News Item. No No No altar. . . . stained-glaswindows. . . . of man Sorrows with His exof sacrifice, sorrow love, ample s ultimate victory that has stirred millions through the centuries. . , . Just a shaft of sunlight beating in from above to symbolize hope. and Grace Noll Crowell six-poi- HE U tongues. an be understood, he understands The language of the countless ones who reach For sympathy with weak imploring hands; To each in his own tongue he has the words That bring the quick relief of tears; he speaks And suddenly old heavy burdens lift. And there is hope'again for him who seeks. O you who have grown weary of your load. Shoulder it bravely again a little while. Thre will be those who may require of you Help to go some firft bewildering mile With grief or pain. God will have need of you As His interpreter that you may tell Them of the hope ahead of the healing years, And of His love. Oh, learn the language well! PROMISES: Chlorophyll in Toothpaste Fights Decay long-tim- d nt slum-clearan- that mirthful, appealing quality that was infectious. It was good to hear. It gave you a feeling of wellbeing. This all happened in 1929, when Ethana retail antiqne 0 business was netting him a year. It was easy to laugh then. They were a jolly couple. In 1931 Ethans retail antique business dropped off from its top amount to then to $15,-00- lf d, seven-roo- , "The Adventures ef Sam Spade moves to NBC In September (same time, same star, Howard Dnff) after being heard en CBS since September of 1946. Before that the show had put In n couplo ef months on ABC. make his screen debut In Postal Inspector. Harris started his acting career with Burt Lancaster on ths Broadway stage, then turned to radio when Lancaster turned to Hollywood. water-solubl- low-re- to him. When Ethan laughed every one else laughed. The sound had r. Stacey Harris radio actor, will Mode for Housing House Republicans indicated thej were tired of the federal housing A new toothpaste dental authorities to be containing thought by chlorophyll may be the answer to causes of dental decay, according wrangle. So, they promised, theyd e the search for a preven- to Dr. Rapp and Mr. Gurney, and introduce a housing bill to substitive for tooth decay. Use of chlor- owes its unusual powers to the use tute for the administrations proe derivaties of gram. ophyll in the nefc product was an- of the nounced by Dr. Gustav W. Rapp, chlorophyll, ahich is the magic It was said to include a plan for professor and research biochemist green substance that gives grass privately-ownehomes and some of Loyola universitys dental school, and all other green plants their property. In fact, the suband his assistant, B. F. Gurney. color. Long known as essential to stitute measure would embody The new paste acts to do away all life, chlorophyll previously has most of the administrations with all of the conditions generally been used with excellent results. ideas. WAS ETHAN PRYORS laughITter that first attracted Abigail That year passed and the next. The Pryors didnt find it so easy to laugh. They gave up their The harpsichord which Eugene Ormandy bought In Vienna for Dr. Frank Black, conductor of with James Harvest of Stars, Melton, couldnt get used to New York weather. Went out of commission and spent a year being re; paired. William Bendix finally had to in The Big Steal wear make-u- p On location in Mexico bs picked up such a deep tan that his face had to be lighted to the shade It was In the scenes filmed earlier In Hollywood. at least help. with Ethan. The comedian was inspired. After the show a man came up and sat down at Ethana and Abigails table. Abigail introduced him as the owner of the stock company show where she sold tickets. Hitf name was Jones. said Mr. Jones. Listen, Well pay you $5 s night to come and laugh at our show. Its supposed to be a funny show. Yon can put It across. Ethan scratched his chin. He looked at Abigail He said: Well, I dunno. For $40 a week I might consider it. Sold! said Mr. Jones. Ethan looked at his wife when he got home. "You planned itl he accused. Sure," said Abigail "When you have something it should be cashed in on. You can laugh your way to riches, my dear." Times were getting better. People were buying antiques. By the beginning of 1938 be was doing quite well That summer ha enlarged his shop. Well said Abigail happily, "I guess we laughed our way through that depression. all right Ethan kissed her. Then he threw back his head and began to laugh. He laughed loud and long. "There! he said. That laugh isnt going to cost any one a cent From now on I laugh because I want to and free of charge. Honey, I love you." Ditto, said Abigail m and apartment moved into a less expensive one. In January of 1934 they moved to a single room in an unfashionable part of the city. Ethan was barely making enough to keep them from starving. Abigail hunted for a week and eventually won for herself a job. It wasnt much of a job. She sat behind a glass window all afternoon and evening selling tickets for a stock company performahee. The stock company wasnt doing so well It looked as though it might fold up any day. But it paid $15 a week and would have to do until she could get something better. Inspired, a little ashamed, Ethan went job hunting himself. He hunted n week, two weeks, without success. He began to brood. Abigail did her best to cheer him up, to get him Into happy frame of mind. Lets hear the old laugh ring out, darling. A pleasant frame of mind is half the battle. She gat on the arm of his chair. "Tell you what Lets celebrate. Let's take $5 and go down to Tonys. We can have a gay time for a change. They THEY WENT to Tonys. wine and ate a big dinner. They danced. They sat and watched the floor show. It wasnt a bad floor show. Among other things there was a comedian. The comedian was sad. He wasnt But Abigail laughed. She funny. laughed as though she thought be wss tremendously funny. Ethan looked at her. A fond light cam into his eyes. She was trying to be gty. She was doing all she could to bolster up his spirits. He could rs ... one-ha- e the only object in the room . . ." In it may the envoys see the devotion of the gallant dead, the sufferings of the widow and orphan. May its rugged simplicity picture the kid in the sandlots suddenly defending a bloody barricade and echo the schoolgirl's laughter suddenly changed to words of comfort in a field hospitaL A marble slab will be three-quarte- one-thir- BETTY CLARK course she is exceptional as the only child In America who has her own network show. But what makes all she does especially remarkable and courageous is the fact that charming little Betty has been totally blind since birth. A shaft of sunlight! Nothing more! Yet In It the Christian, Jew, Confucianlst, Buddhist, Mohammedist and Zoroastrlan-1s- t may know the mysteries of faith, see the holy of holies and seek the Inspiration and guidance desired by all men. Yet on these walls and tn these shadows may men of all truth, faiths find charity, brotherly love and respect for the eternal verities. Here, denied all symbols, may they hear the flutter of wings, stir to distant trumpets, and mark, Thou shalt not kill' tn a dozen tongues. This is the indispensable strucchamber. ture, the Resurrection mom! This is the simple, unadorned place without which all the elaborated Here may the Jew commune with council chambers will be as a Moses and his ancient prophets, the field without sun or rain. This is the cornerstone! Turk turn to Mohammed and the Indian seek guidance from his separate gods. In this simple CUFF STUFF chamber may all hear the timeless "The President Insists that convoice! gress has flagrantly ignored ths November mandate of the voters. May this be a room at the News item . . . That ol ForgotInn, a manger, a temple and ten Mandate, ag'in. a mosque, breathing the true essence of divinity. P.L.T. says he has a kid who is so smart he knows all the video Here may troubled men, charged sets by name. with a great duty in an hour of , frightful peril subscribe to the Ye Gotham Bugle words of Sri Ramakrishna: As one can ascend to the top of One of the most perfect video a house by means of a ladder, a skits weve seen was a recent one bamboo, a staircase or a rope, so by Boris Karloff which opened close-u- p of divers are the ways to approach with a God, and every religion in the him in his most terrorizing form. world shows these ways. Different He was wielding a hatchet and exare the ways that lead to the Tem- claiming, Remember, you must ple of Kalighat; similarly varied strike straight and hard! You must are those that lead to the House of strike often! And you mustnt miss the Lord." a single stroke. In the surwas he as a revealed finish, prise There will be no window scoutmaster instructing Boy e Scouts on woodmanship. WHO has suffered much speaks many BY INEZ GERHARD BETTY CLARK, star of the ABC "Betty Clark Sings, is one of those rare people who should be a lesson to all of us. It wasnt too surprising to learn that Betty recently was graduated from elementary school with an average of more than 90 per cent. She looks very Intelligent I was slightly surprised to learn that she skips rope and goes roller skating once a week. And of truth and an omnipotent power , . . Yet here can be the Universal Temple, the Cathedral of the Earth, the Frayer Room of All Races, Creeds and Sects, all communing with a Supreme Being in the realization that without it they are as video puppets I In it, the Christian will see the manger at Bethlehem, hear Holy Night, perceive the shepherds watching their flocks by night . . . know the cleansing beauty of the Sermon on the Mount . . . feel the horror of Golgotha . . . thrill to the Tongues st g. A MANGER OR A MOSQUE 8,, In Many Indicted st BE By H. I. PHILLIPS ' funds. THUS the issue was hastening to a showdown. Could industry stand firm against another round of wage increases, or would labor with its organized power so stifle industry that capitulation would be GERMANY: LONG SEARCH SEEN ENDED 7, 1949 g y LABOR: ROOSEVELT CIIAT8 WITH TRUMAN . . . Another Roosevelt, Frinklln D, Jr., chats In the White House with President Truman. The meeting occurred shortly after young Roosevelt was sworn In as congressman from the 20th New York district, replacing the late Sol Bloom. F. D. R. Jr,, made Jt plain he Is a Democrat and a member of Mr, Trumans "team. LAYTON, UTAH, THURSDAY, JULY Ethan laughed. It was the old time, mirthful appealing laughter. It rolled out and filled the room. Others heard it Others laughed. They couldnt help It They laughed SSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. A Hebrew patriarch Custom Sarcasm 12. Rapidly 13. Unadorned 14. Having a steeple 15. Before 16. Short, brisk jumps 17. Not fresh 19. Cigarette (slang) 6. 11. 8. . 19. tree 20. Largest continent 4. Undivided 5. Next or near tc 6. 7. 21. Obtains 22. Absent 23. Garment 26. Eye Occur Sacred bull 28. (Egypt) 31. Slants Permit 32. Past 36. High water card Aaawtr to Paul N. 10. Spread 37. Shaky grass to dry 42. A gear(slang) 14. Coin 38. Crown wheel tooth of head (Peru) 43. Constella22. 16. Grass cut (humorous) tion 40. Melody and dried 44. Short sleep 24. Affirmative for fodder 4L Gull45. River vote (var.) 18. A U.S. like (Switx.) 25. A slipknot bird 47. Music not president 27. A fierce, wild animal 29. Courage (slang) SO. Incites S2. Mulberry 33. Like 34. Still 35. A brewed malt liquor Land-measu- SS. A 8. 9. Stripe Frozen re little (mus.) 39. Cereal grain 42. An appetizer 45. 46. Land-measu- re Harangue 47. A dervish (Moh.) 43. Stares, with open mouth 49. Assumed parent tongue of the Indo-Europe- 1 WEEKS In place of Sandarae Centers USX ANSWER an languages DOWN LAgres PUZZLE NO. S |