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Show Senate Setup Promises I Postwar Treaty Approval j Defeat of Ardent Isolationists Assures ' Smoother Sailing on Program for Cooperative World Organization. By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator, i t r ) L .in j WNU Service, Union Trust Building Washington, D. C. Washington, in these weeks of preparation for the forthcoming meeting of the Big Three, has gradu-ally begun to realize that the result of the November election, whatever its effect on domestic politics may be, placed America face to face with the greatest problem in the field of foreign affairs that this country has ever attempted to solve. And regardless of how effective the efforts of our statesmen may be there is no question that the people have placed behind them a pledge of harmonious support. The President will sit down at the meeting, probably somewhere in the Middle East, with Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin, with the most specific mandate as to for-eign policy ever given a President by the people of the United States. America's representatives at the United Nations' conference, which will probably take up the unfinished business started at Dumbarton Oaks, will enter discussions with the great-est military force and international prestige that any of this country's diplomatists have ever enjoyed' be-fore. When the United States senate starts deliberations on the agree-ments which grow out of the par-leys of the Big Three (or Big Four), and the later meetings of the United Nations' representatives, that body will have what now appears to be the necessary two-thir- majority of senators whose constituencies have expressed themselves in favor of broad international cooperation. The people have spoken. It now depends on the wisdom and the abil-ity of their servants to produce the kind of a plan for the postwar world which will be at once thoroughly ' American in principle, acceptable to our friends and effective against our enemies. A brief review of the new com-- i plexion of the senate reveals how strikingly the people spoke in favor of international cooperation. Trend Evident Before Election The trend became evident before the election in four primary contests, and bipartisan support for the pol-icy of international forces was achieved and cooperation has been reinforced by other circumstances as welL Beginning with the defeat of "Cotten Ed" Smith of South Car-olina in the primaries we find in his place the senator-elec- t Johnston who, in his campaign, pledged his support of the administration's for-eign policy. Another defeat in the primaries was that of Senator Worth Clark of Idaho, whose opponent (now senator-- elect Taylor) campaigned on a strong internationalist platform, the first to win on such a program in this state so strong in the Borah tra-dition. Another ardent isolationist to fail renomination in spite of his splendid record as a skilled legislator was Bennett Champ Clark. His fall was a mighty blow to the isolationist cause since he was a member of the Nye munitions committee, composed of SenatoV Nye of North Dakota, Clark and Senator Bone of Washing-ton, a group which for years has been the well-sprin- g of emphatic speech and ac-tion. The other two members of this group have departed likewise: Sena-tor Bone was appointed to a judge-ship in his home state; Senator Nye went down to defeat before the three times governor of North Dakota elected on a clear-cu- t international platform. Another breach was made in the nationalistic front by the withdrawal of Senator Reynolds of North Caro-lina who, like Senator Bone, left voluntarily. There were two other defeats in final senatorial contests to be noted. Senator Holman of Washington men-tioned in the famous book, "Under Cover," for his alleged leanings, was replaced by Wayne Morse, a Republican who leans well toward international co-operation, and the well-like- d Senator Danaher of Massachusetts who went down before the aggressive campaign of Brien McMahon, one of former Attorney General Homer Cummings' assistant AGs. There are certain other pointj worth noting. On the Foreign Relations whence must come approval for international commitments, Se-nator Reynolds and Senator Bennett Clark and Nye are removed. In any case, however, the removal of Senator Nye, who was chairman of the powerful committee on com. mittees, means that such new a-ppointments as are made will not be influenced by the North Dakotan'i extreme views. Other factors make for support of the administration. The election has greatly strengthened the prestige of Senator Ball of Minnesota who was most active in the fight to get the original resolution favoring an inte-rnational peace organization before the congress and the people. Sim-ilar increased influence in the senate will be exerted by former Repr-esentative Fulbright who fathered i like resolution in the house. A look at the Republican leade-rship in the upper house ii work while in this connection, too. GOP Minority Promises Moderation At present a quartet of leaden with Senator White as their nom-inal head are at the helm. Of these Senator Taft, although usually rated as strongly nationalist, is after til on record as favoring the old League of Nations in principle, criticiziruj only the fact that its members failed to carry out their promises. of large influence, Senator Vandenberg, has done a great dtal to interpret the trend of popular sentiment in the middlewest away from a rigid nationalist viewpoint He worked to that end in the Mac-kinac conference, and at the Repu-blican convention last summer. Ht did yeoman's service in cooperatios with Secretary of State Hull in o-btaining senate support for UNRAA. Without the help of these Repu-blicans and their colleagues, and of course Senator Austin and Senator White, the administration could hardly get a two-thir- vote. This more conservative element will also furnish a valuable check against e-fforts toward extreme internationa-lism on the part of the administra-tion which might turn the people against the administration and thus defeat its own purpose. Perhaps the task of checking a-ggression is too great for human hands and human minds to achieve. But never before in our history hai America had such an opportunity to lead the world toward the Eoal of good-wi- ll ani peace among Datiora. In all the various discussions eoO' cerning the restoration of sound cu-rrency conditions In the postwar p riod, the British balance of pa-yments appears as one of the chief stumbling blocks, the Alexander Hamilton institute points out As a result of the war, the balance of payments of Great Britain has wi-tnessed a material deterioration. The foreign trade of the cou-ntry has shown a large excess of im-ports over exports which, before the institution of lend-leas- was met primarily through the shipment of gold and the liquidation of foreign assets. It is estimate that, during the war. Great Britain has lost approximately $4,000,000,000 of some of the best foreign assets held by British nationals. The loss of income from these fo-reign investments has naturally n an adverse effect on Great Britain! balance of payments and, unless is counteracted in other ways, will reduce her ability to buy me-rchandise abroad. In normal times, Great Britain received about from her foreign inyes ments. An additional $400,000,000 per annum was received from Briti shipping. Substantial sums wer also earned each year by British in surance companies operating over the world and by the financial operations of the city of London. Since the poorer foreign s remain in British hands, it difficult to determine with any a gree of accuracy what the returns will be m 10 on these investments postwar period. The Story of Milling and Smelting at Midvale " S . ' . I r ."'" , fi & Large grinding units In the Midvale, Utah mill of the United States Smelting Refining and Mining Com-pany grind the crude ores into pulp to free the metals. Fed into these units is ore from the company's mines and that shipped to the plant for treatment on a custom basis. (Editor'g Note : This is the Becond of a series of five articles on the story of mill-ing and smelting of c ore at Midvale.) In early Utah mining days there were some outcroppings of rich ore bodies which made many small operations practicable and profita-ble. However, the picture changed considerably with the exhaustion of such outcroppings. The search for new ore bodies quite generally be-came the task of larger companies having finances and organizations adequate for the costly, tedious and mostly disappointing work of ex-amining, drilling and developing mine prospects. The United States Smelting Re-fining and Mining company entered the coal business through the Unit-ed States Fuel company at Hiawa-tha, Utah, incorporated in 1915. While its Midvale lead smelter was treating company and custom ores, the United States Smelting Refining and Mining company con-tinued work for the advancement of metallurgical practices. This company is generally credited with leading out in the application of the baghouse method of catching metal particles which were formerly lost in smelter fumes. For many years the large and small producers of ore in Utah and the west who shipped to the smelt-ers received no pay for the zinc content of the ore but were penal-ized because of the inability of the smelters to economically separate the zinc. This company was in-strumental in solving this vital problem with the result that a vast amount of Utah low grade sulphide ore, previously worthless, became commercial ore. This was accomplished first through the use of electrostatic sep aration at the Midvale Plant and later in 1918 the first selective flotation plant in the United States was built by a subsidiary company operating in an adjoining state. A pilot plant, operated successfully at Midvale, was logically followed by the building of a crushing plant and selective flotation concentrat-ing mill adjacent to the Midvale lead smelter, for the treatment of the lead-zin- c sulphide ores now commercially valuable. The present Midvale flotation mill consists of three separate struc-tures: coarse crushing plant, the flotation mill itself and the thicken-er building. The large flotation mill contains four units with a total capacity of approximately 1700 tons of lead-zin- c sulphide ore per day. (THE THIRD OP THESE ARTICLES WILL APPEAR SOON.) TO INSURE WORLD PEACE (Continued from Page One) to be encouraged and the unnatural urge to live in apart-ments without children overcome. 5. Make the school the dynamic, progressive institu-tion it ought to be. A kindergarten for every child and every child in kindergarten. A high school education the birthright of every youth and every susceptible young person completing high school. Enriched social science and welfare f courses in high school and college, emphasize home making, child psychology, sex instruction, with facilities provided for courtship and marriage. Grant special honorary certificates to young couples who complete the social science course with a happy marriage. Finally, to Insure World Peace 6. We must see to it that the few essentials of religion and ethics are related to all the activities of life and taught intensively to our children. Peace efforts have failed thus far largely because they lacked this necessary foundation. Power politics and force may halt aggression for a time but they cannot secure peace. Force begets force; peace must be achieved not compelled. To secure peace men and nations must trust and respect one another, learn to live together as good neighbors, and employ honesty in the making and keeping of contracts. Above all they must have faith in God and an active belief in the brotherhood of man and in the Golden Rule, without which they cannot hope to over-come their natural greed and intolerance and insure the practice of justice, charity, and forgiveness in their relations with one another and as safeguards to life and liberty. All great religions include these simple essentials in their creeds, but, in spite of the good work of the churches thesa requirements are disregarded by a vast majority of mankind. All the churches and all suitable agencies of government and society should unite, therefore, to secure a general observance of these fundamentals. In particular they should be organized into an international peace code to be memorized by children and so impressed upon them in their homes, schools, and churches that right behavior responses to them become automatic. Here is a suggested International Peace Code 'SUSEHIJZ We believe in God. We believe in prayer. We believe in the brotherhood of man. Ve believe in the Golden1 Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. We believe in the right to life and liberty safeguard-ed by justice, charity, and forgiveness. We older ones may not secure peace, but our children, or their children, will achieve it if they are guaranteed their full birthrights to freedom and education. MOSIAH HALL, 32 O Street Salt Lake City, Utah Mrs. Boyer's Book of Poems. Mrs Clsiire Stewart Boyer, poet and lecturer, has just published a very eredit-abl- e little volume of poetry of whieh the following is a fair sample: GOD WROTE HIS LOVE God wrote His love in lilting loveliness Of popular consonants and fruit tree vowels. He made an exclamation point of vines, A comma of the flowering lilac tree, A rose bush period. Indenting highlands with deep gorges cut Into the valleys of His fertile thoughts, He gave His messages in running para-graphs , Of meadow-pros- e or mountain-poetr- y. He wrote one chapter of the earthy things For those who quickly see and soon forget; Another chapter reaching to the sea For those who wish to meditate on life. The final chapter of His pulsing pen Was poised to things unseen, and in the sky He set the signs ephemeral, that some ' Might follow where they list. TUOOSAQDS OF AMERICANS ARE STILL IH JAP PRISONS mim is. iiiwn i.minwygwi m .wgHFWWB,, W WiJ1! g ' J - y . rt " i I '' ' I ..... i 4 i 'I . si A 1 I TJemember Corregu)OrP Remember the of the great national effort to win quick K pictures of grinning Japanese sol- - victory in the Pacific. The cost of vic- - r If' 'erS 8uan'n American prisoners? tory comes high. It costs billions of dol- - We're out to wipe the grins off their faces. lars a month to fight Japan ! But we A V S 11 We're out to liberate thousands of know you'll do your full share, as you Is l V I American soldiers and civilians still in have in all the other war loan drives Pf Jap prisons. That day can come only Your full share is at least one extra $100 yCjg Wlth fi"aI vctory War Bond. Buy more if youpVssibly giji? We're out to finish the job the Japs can. War Bonds are your best insurance Mfejyp; 7rsss started. The 6th War Loan Drive is part of a safe, independent future. itfIlE? BUY AT LEAST ONE EXTRA $100 WAR BOND CONTRIBUTED BY MR. I NO MRS. C.N. LUNL X Y Alfred Sorenson j Progressive Jeweler 75 East First So. JEWELRY, WATCH, KODAK REPAIRING ' OVER 40 YEARS IN Salt Lake City j MINE YOURS I love clouds they are my sky above me; I love trees that to my earth belong; I love water all my ocean's deepness; I love birds they fill my air with song. ' I love laughter for my heart's contentment; I love books they lift me from the clod; I love the flag for it is my country; , I love prayer- - through which I climb to God. Rose Thomas Graham. We are now starting our OPEN HOUSE for Christmas, which means that in this office we will keep open house every day from now until Christmas and we expect our friends to remember us liberally. Get ready for it. B R I E F S . . . by Baukhage Labor - management production committees are now operating In more than 5,000 war plants. Geographically isolated from the rest if the country by the Rockies, California before the war had more than enough oil for domestic mar-kets in the West Coast states. In consequence, it developed a substan-tial export market in the Far East, A nation-wid- e contest PP lar song that will "stir up e pie's fighting spirit" has " nounced by the Japanese la""1" tion board. Fruit juices will be vailabl concentrated form, tike candy, w the war. when it is expected tn will be an oversupply of these pr ucts. |