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Show -r PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1945 Editorial .... I have written to Urn tlx great things of my The Washington Merry-Co-Round j. v"hw, tut they were counted as a strange wing uosea auz OrM " all Mhm ?h trfnrf Aano'reni fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thoueht Wentworth Dillon. Westerners To Talk Steel Utabns see a great deal of hope and optim-' optim-' ism in the ultimate possibilities for good to come out of the Western States Council con- day and tomorrow. Representatives of 11 dustrial organization men, delegates to the ? conference, srjent Monday on a tour of the Geneva Steel plant. Tomorrow they will meet hvthree important sessions in Salt Lake City devoted to addresses and round-table discussions on matters pertaining to the future fu-ture of the western iron and steel industry. The underlying idea back of the new council coun-cil and its first program meeting under the auspices of its steel committee, is an attempt on the part of the west to learn the facts and .we high production costs formulate a program to determine if and how I 25 jWjSgJ ftSL? ! the new steel plants at Genva, Utah and Fon-tana, Fon-tana, California can become an integral part of the west's permanent economy. It is hoped by the leaders of the council that a course of action can be charted based upon facts and tjie best opinion available. Industrialists who toured the Geneva plant today see in the Utah plant the possibility of a more abundant supply of steel at lower cost to western fabricators. The possibilities inherent in the united, planned action by 11 western states are boundless. The people of this vast, western empire already see a great future in store for this region, a future in which it will be more independent, Industrially, and financially speaking of the east than than it has been. The people of the west see in Geneva steel plant an opportunity towards the permanent industrialization of the west and the postwar prosperity for this great empire. There is also a growing conviction in the minds of the people of the west that the postwar post-war operation of plants like Geneva, Fon-tana, Fon-tana, the aluminum plants at Las Vegas and Bonneville Dam, might help to solve in great measure the problems of demobilization, unemployment, un-employment, conversion, inflation, war debts and war taxes. Announcement by U. S. Steel corporation officials a few days ago of their intention to bid for the lease or purchase of the Geneva Steel and Fontana plants after the war is good news to the west. Western interests have long ago indicated their intention to leave no stone unturned to keep the plants in operation as the keystone of the west's industrialization in the post-war era. Competition Com-petition of this kind over control of the western west-ern plants is a healthy indication for their future operations. The Defense Plant Corporation Cor-poration officials have already stated that they favor a lease of the Geneva property in order to make sure of its continued operation. op-eration. Utah people are looking forward to an influx in-flux of a great number of complementary industries in-dustries around the Geneva steel plant, such as air conditioning, refrigeration, automo- A Dally Picture of What ? ggf Going On in National Affairs f.tiVJ'SotV" WASHINGTON Representative Rarr aneppara ox laiuornia nas been raisins caln ever since the U. S. Steel Corporation made its offer to buy the two huge steel plants which have been constructed in the far west during the war period. Because the plant at Geneva, Utah, was built by the government and is simply leased to a U. S. sMeei suosiaiary, sneppard has no objection to the offer there, but the plan at Fontana, California, Califor-nia, was built not by the eovernment and la privately owned. Owner is Henry J. Kaiser, who, however, obtained a sizeable loan from RFC for the plant What Sheppard is afraid of la that th Ri Eastern Steel interests have determined to shut down these two western plants. He recalls the montns ox Datuing with Eastern steel moguls then running the old OPM steel division and hn were horrified at the thought of competition In the west Finally, because Kaiser rebelled at the short steel supply for his shipbuilding operations on the west coast. OPM steel moguls had to aive in and authorize materials for the Fontana plant Ever since then, steel men hav hn taivir. about the high production costs for steel at the Kaiser plant and claiming it is an uneconomic operation. Actually, although the ore is only 60 miles from the plant the per ton production cost "v me .awer mui u about the highest of any steel center $15.83 per ton compared with- SI 1.40 at Birmingham. Ala.. $13.88 at Gary. Ind., $14.21 at Pittsburgh. Pa., and only $10.76 at Geneva, Utah. ?lit.the Important thing to Californlans is the total cost to them. Although production costs are highter at Fontana. freight charges from there to Los Angeles and San Francisco are only about $1.10 per ton, compared with $17.23 from Pittsburgh, $15.63 from Gary. $14.43 from Birmingham Birm-ingham and $12 from Geneve. Result Is. according accord-ing to Congressman Sheppard, that the cost of a ton of Fontana steel st Los Angeles is $16.03, compared with over $31 from Gary and Pittsburgh, Pitts-burgh, $25.85 from Birmingham and $22.76 from Geneva, Utah. It is because West Coast Industrlslists fear they would be prevented from buying their steel on the west coast that the offer of U. S. Steel to purchase the Fontana slant is creating such a stir. Actually. Henry Kaiser has no strong desire to be a steel man, but he Is willing to hold on to this plant in order to assure the west coast of steel at prices com oar able to those paid by the Industrial east, which does not have the huge freight costs for trans-continental hauling. haul-ing. What Congressman Sheppard wants to know Is where U. S. Steel gets the nerve to write Defense De-fense Plant Corporation that it is ready to purchase pur-chase a steel mill which does not even belong to the government. The inside story can now be told of how the Big Three conference was postponed from last November to the present date. It is no longer a secret that the president was supposed to meet Stalin and Churchill on November Novem-ber 22. immediately after the election. The man who especially wanted the) meeting at that time was Churchill. Roosevelt at first had tentatively agreed to go. but Stalin was not willing to meet any place outside of Russia. The Soviet chieftain said that he was busy directing the Red army and couldn't afford to leave Russian territory, even to go such a short distance as Teheran. Also when he went to Teheran before, he caught cold and was laid up for a week. So this time Stalin politely refused to budge out of Russia. Roosevelt, meanwhile felt that Stalin should at least be willing to meet him part ways, inasmuch inas-much as he had already traveled half way 'round uie worm to reneran to meet Stalin. This, however, was a relatively minor con slderation. More important in the president's mind 5 y Harlc, tho yoieo From Another Great War .IS 71 mm HA1 0 mi Ernie Pyle Writes From The Pacific Editor's Note Ernie Pyle is with the Navy in the Pacific. Pending receipt of his dispatches from that war theater we are publishing a few articles he wrote before his take-off from San Francisco of which the following follow-ing is one. w th. -rV;; V .rl": 7r: .1" little Shepherd Is earning her DK would find himself sittlnc in the middle be tween Stalin and Churchill, servine In the diffi cult capacity of mediator between the two. Harry Hopkins, for one. thought his chief should avoid biles, Stove manufacturing, tin plating and Britain had made further attempts to Iron out can maKing. ourveys reveal inai sucn in- some or tnejr conflicting Interests, CHUKCHILL HIT CEILING Third reason for Roosevelt's delavins the mn. ference was the fact that he had 1ut come through a stiff election campaign, needed a rest ana lime to ciean up some of his domestic prob- dustrics can furnish jobs to between 2500 and 8000 returning servicemen in addition to 5400 at the Geneva plant in full operation. These are some of the many possibilities to be explored at the important Salt Lake City conference. The Herald joins with the other newspapers of the state in extending a hearty welcome to the attending delegates and expresses a hope that through the deliberations of this conference, we might find out what s best for the west. The Fight For Lincoln's Ideal One hundred and thirty-six years ago today to-day Abraham Lincoln was born in the wilderness wild-erness of a new nation "conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." " It .was his mission to guide the nation through the first great test of the truth of its conception, and to correct a great inequity which mocked the nobility of its dedication. In fulfilling that mission he made articulate the highest aspirations of his country, and bequeathed to it an example of charity and rectitude that has since served as an unfailing unfail-ing source of inspiration and strength. Today his country is fighting, with the civilized world, for the same cause for which Lincoln struggled and died. It is at war with two nations conceived in bigotry and dedicated dedi-cated to the proposition that two peoples were created superior to other men, and thus are free to enslave and rule their fellows. It has been a war to test whether these nations or any nations, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. And though battles remain to be fought, the answer is already settled and the ideal of Lincoln is ascendant. How different this world might have been "rlo,us shortages is glass. There has not been if Lincoln had not lived we cannot know. lems. Result of the postponement, however, was that Churchill hit the ceiling. He felt the president was pretty much walking out on him, and the cables exchanged between the two men at that time lost their usual cordiality. It was at this time that some of Churchill's cabinet urged him to make Minor concessions at the Chicago Air Con- xeernce in oraer to avoid a deadlock with the united states. But he refused, and the con ference ended in nartlal deadlock. Later, things drifted from bad to worse as far as Btixun poucy in Greece and Italy was concerned. con-cerned. So that Just before bis inauguration, the president became eager and restless to leave im-mdiately im-mdiately for th Big Three conference In order to soive tnese problems. In fact he was so restless that he proposed to nu navai ana military leaders that they de part on aaiuraay azternoon, January 20, just an hour or two after he was inaugurated. They replied re-plied that they could not possibly get the proper traveling lacumes ready bv that time, so in the ena. tne president departed a little later. XEXAS HUMOR Archibald McNeill, retired Connecticut mibllsh. er, was telling the Mead committee how his part' ners In a coroo ration was set un to deal in Rut. plus war materials had formed a new orgaizatlon which excluded McNeill. A new deal." oromuted nortlv Senator Tom onnauy, stauncn, champion oTfellow Texas Jesse j ones, recently tired by the president. -That's right,- McNeill agreed. -A new deal, ana u let me out. "Well said Connallv. with a rrln at the audience, "thats not the first time the new deal has let people out." HARD BRITISH WINTER American householders who crumble about temperatures oi cs degrees should Keep Hi mind conditions in London. There, luxury hotels only are able to maintain temperatures of about 60 degrees. This has been one of the coldest winters of the century in England and one of the most But we do know that the influence of his life has permeated the life of America and, through America, has shaped the thinking of men to whom Lincoln is no more than a name. Lincoln led his country to the threshold nearly enouch to reolace the thousands of win dows blown out by buzz - bombs and rockets. Cardboard and an oilcloth compound provided by the government are offered as substitutes, but with a serious shortage of fuel, the sixth winter of war is proving the coldest yet to the British. Brit-ish. Buzz-bombs and rockets have spread the suffering in London among all clases. During the of freedom, equality and union. Neither this JSSTa tt&JE3K concentrate on the east side of London, where most workers lived, lie wanted to break the country nor the world has yet crossed that threshold into a life that embodies those qualities in perfection. But they remain as goals of world endeavor. And though much painful struggle lies ahead, we at least can see that the new order will be constructed spirit of the British working man, they believed. nut rocaet bombs are not so easily controlled, with the result that their damage Is fairly well spread throughout the city. The subways are still 'home to many thousands mnrp n tho lin nf th rtft vnhurff rMr .? Londoners during this extremely cold winter. Ill" " r t?1.I " .Tnere simply UnT enough housing, even with the than Of Mein Kampf. 'additional shelter provided by the U. S. army. By ERNIE PYLE SAN FRANCISCO Some of you oldtime readers who've hung on faithfully to this column for years, might like to know how some of my personal affairs are getting along, since I've always worn all the family intimacies on my sleeve. Take our little dog for Instance In-stance "Cheetah." When I got home was in the midst of a ro irantic spell, and had a lot of strange mendogs whom I'd never met hanging around outside the Dicket fence. But the romantic business has passed, and now she's as quiet and lazy as an old woman, ane never barks, never makes any trouble, and is always full of that most gracious of all dog gifts- affection for her masters. Tne Congressional Reorganization way into Dog heaven by perpet- uaUgood conduct. Or take "That Girl," whom you used to read so much about before be-fore the war. and who for all those long years of peacetime traveling, rode beside me. I haven't written much about her In recent years, because haven't seen much of her. The war has done the same thing to us that it has to millions of others. In the last four years, we have been together only on these little excursion trips to America. She has keot the hearth In Albuaueraue keot it under dif Acuities. She has been burdened by recurring illnesses, and has had to revolve between home ana hospital. But she succeeded in keeping the little white house Just as it always was, which she knew is what I would want. She Is back there now, trying to cope with the prospect of another an-other year alone. She is still, by remote control, my guiding star She thinks everything I do is wonderful. She even thinks I'm beautiful which Is the only flaw in her Judgement. She lives only for the day when war is over and we can have a life together again. And that's what I live for too. for life to a man isn't much good without "his woman," and after 20 years that's what "That Girl" still is to me. I hope we both last through until the sun shines in the world again. ' And my folks In Indiana I visited them twice on this furlough fur-lough In America, both visits all too short, but better than none. My father and my Aunt Mary are still on the farm, three miles outside the little town of Dana. They have re papered the house and rearranged the furniture, and they are vry comfortable. My father still limps from his hip fracture of a year ago And his eyes are very bad now, and he cant see to read. But he gets around all right, and even drives the car to town now and then. We think he shouldn't be driving, driv-ing, but every time Aunt Mary mentions that he goes out-and gets In the car and drives to town, so she's stopped mentioning My dad listens a lot to the radio and helps with the dishes, and Aunt Mary reads to him at night, and last summer he even helped some 'with the harvesting when the neighbors were hard up for help. He raises a few chickens. Outside of that, life Is without duties or energy for him. Aunt Mary Is almost 79, and her soirit is boundless. She goes all day long, like a 16-year-old. She cooks the meals, cleans tne BT PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 12 Every Idea for reorganizing congress, regardless of Its desirability, desira-bility, meets with some more or less valid objection: There is In congress itself considerable con-siderable sentiment to change the procedure which requires two- thirds senate approval for any In ternational treaty negotiated by the president. This rule is con sidered bad for three reasons. First, S3 isolationist members of the senate might 'block a broad International post-war security plan. Second, the house Is cut out of any participation. Third, the president is driven to making "executive agreements with foreign countries, not requiring congressional approval when it was the intent of the founding fathers that the senate should participate in making foreign policy and treaties. Letting the full congress ratify or reject all International deals by simple majority vote is proposed pro-posed as a remedy for these evils Yet students of congress point out that the house of representa tives is the most unpredictable thing in government, subject to stranee moods and temperamental acts which at times defy reason. Recent action of the house in bringing to life the committee formerly headed by Martin Dies, after everyone thought it was safely dead and buried, is cited as an example of this whimsy. And U foreign relations are to be suo lected to such irresponsible ac tions as this, say the experts in international affairs, the country would be letting itself in on many strange upsets should the congress be reformed in this man ner. Suffrage for D. C. Citizens Another desirable reform of congress is the proposal that the governing of the District of Co-umbia Co-umbia be taken away from con gress and given back to the peo ple who are resident in the capi tal, along with the right to vote Granting suffrage to the D. C. in habitants is a long and involved issue in itself. But the necessity for congress to turn itself into a city council every so often and worry about local schools, sewers, garbage collection and such mat ters is unquestionably a handicap to congress, besides which it doesn't exactly make Washington the best governed city in the world. Changing the rules of congress to remove a lew traditional though questionable procedures presents a problem of extreme difficulty, and the investigating committee will be restricted in this effort However, there are Just grounds for criticism of the senate s rule wmcn permits unlimited un-limited debate on any subject and makes it possible for one senator to hold the floor untU he has talked talk-ed to death a bill to which he alone may be opposed. A strengthened cloture rule of some kind, limiting debate on any one Issue, would correct that pro cedure. Yet it is pointed out that Desk Chat ODE TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN B Carl fitadler For power ana applause ne naa no yen: And when he saw the great oppress tne small And heard a crumbling nation's anguunea cau His great emotions reached the flood-uae tnen. To forge the true equality of men With sorrowing heart, grief -cent of soul and mind He summoned the brave to arms against their kind- Knowing the sword must needs prepare tne pen. Behold the halo round his mar tyred head! And know a higher hand of Jus tice serves In God's good time the fortune man deserves. Sweetly he sleeps; but think you Lincoln dead? He Is not dead, nor ever shall he die While freedom speaks and Godly men reply: Thomas A. Edison, the creat Inventor, told news reporters that xour nours sleep is enouan. but a his wife does not agree with him J on this, so, Edison explained, he sleeps four hours for himself, wakes up and then takes two more hours of sleep to satisfy his wife. WHY BUSINESS IS BAD Every month is bad for busi ness because in January: "People are broke after the holidays." February: "Only 28 days, and everybody is in Florida, anyway." any-way." March: "Lent, and now Income tax." April: "They're all buying Easter clothes." the washing for two or three fam illes. goes to her club meetings and to church, does things for the neighbors, and never finds time to sit down. I was amused at a letter that came from her the other day. One of our neighbors, Mrs. Howard Goforth, came down with a violent vio-lent rheumetism. So Aunt Mary drove over and put hot cloths on her for several hours, got noontime dinner for the farm hands, did the weekly washing, and then got supper read for them before she came home for her own evening chores. Next day a buzzard was on. The ice was so slick she didn't dare take the car out of the garage. The snow on the roads was two feet deep and it was bitter cold. So what did Aunt Mary do? She Just bundled up and walked three-quarter of a mile over to Goforths. worked all day.' and then 'walked back in the evening through the snow. She sure house, works in the garden, does doesn't take after her nephew. no essential piece of legislation has ever been defeated by a fili buster. And the right to filibuster is held up as a safeguard for the minority's right in a democ racy. Undesirable "Riders" Another procedural trick in which the senate sometimes indulges, in-dulges, thouah house rules limit the practice, is the passing of "riders" to pending legislation. The rider may 'incorporate the pet project of some one senator or one congressional bloc. The rider may have no bearing on the legislation legis-lation to which it is attached. Yet because the main bill is desirable, the less-desirable rider sometimes gets adopted along with it, the president preferring to save the bad with the good than to let the good die with the bad. Creating some system of party responsibility which would make individual members of a political party live up to the principles of a party platform has been aa vanced by some students of gov eminent But again that may lead to a politcial dictatorship of the most vicious sort, and it involves a limit to freedom of individual thought and action. Opponents of any kind of con gressional reform, have their points. The present system has worked for 160 years, giving the American people what they be lieve Is the best government in the world, for all its faults. No change is now proposed in the form of American government, but limited strengthening of con gress through modification of some of its procedures to meet changing times and conditions may be needed. Radical reform is not. May: "The weather's too nice to stay indoors." June: "Vacations are coming." July and August: "Everybody away." September: "People are still broke from vacations." October: "Football and winter clothes grab the money." November: "Elections and the cost of coal have people worried." wor-ried." December: "Christmas shopping." Ever heard these alibis before? oOo Democracy doesn't mean "I am as good as you are," but it means "You are as good as I am." Your G I Rights BY DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 Men who served in the Merchant marine ma-rine are not eligible for bene fits under the Gl Bill of Rights or most other veterans' benefits provided by law, but they do have re-employment rights if they left a permanent Job to help carry war aoods over the high seas. The law which created this rignt aia not designate a specific agency to administer it. but selective serv ice has volunteered to help in the Job. Q. I an now in tne Merchant Marine and want to be sure to get my old Job back when the war is over. Hew de I go about this? A. As soon as you leave the service apply to the War Ship-pins Ship-pins Administration for a "Cer tificate of Substantially Continuous Continu-ous Service in the Merchant Ma rine." Show this to your former emolover and he will be bound to give you your Job back if you are able to handle it. if it was a permanent Job, and if it still exists. Q. How long after I leave the Merchant Marine de I have to apply for my re-employment rights? A. You must apply zor your certificate within 30 days after completitlon of your last assign ment After you receive your certificate from WSA you must apply for reinstatement in your old job within 40 days. Q. What are the qualifications for getting a Certificate or sub stantially Continuous Service? A. You must have served on a regularly commissioned U. S. Merchant ship after May 1, 1940, and before the end of the war. You must have served Xor con tinuous periods as set forth by SA regulations, or you can have been In any of the Merchant Mer-chant Marine Training schools at the end of the emergency. Twin babies squalled over the long-distance phone to their sailor daddy In Hawaii. Price $36 for crying out loud! . MONEY CANT CUT aspM fastaiHMtiag. mora dependable thaa geauiae pur St, Joseph Aspirin. worMIarawrt seller at 104. Why psy awn? Big 100 tablet sis for only lAv.) TAKEN FROM LIFE A man who made a hole In one and lost the hole. How? Two men had played 42 holes. Each man was dog-tired. One stretched out while his friend drove. The man lying down said: "Go ahead, hit one for me." His companion did They walked up and saw only one ball, five feet from the cup. The man who drove the ball said "I am sorry, I must have socked yours out of bounds." "Oh. it's all right, 111 play it, from wherever I find it. ' And, five minutes later he found it in the cup and he had to play it out. Once News Now History Twenty Years Ago From the Files of THE PROVO HERALD February 12, 1925 A A Hinckley, state commissioner commis-sioner of agriculture, submitted his resignation to Governor George H. Dem to take effect March 1. Mr. Hinckley who was appointed by Governor Charles R. Ma bey, resigned to give the new governor a free hand in naming nam-ing aman of his own choice. V One hundred and thirty-one German miners were killed-In a mine explosion at Dortmund. Germany. The Fifth ward boy scouts gave a banquet to more than 80 people. Stewart wunams, the scoutmaster, scoutmas-ter, was master of ceremonies. The charter for the new patrol was presented by J. R. Hod son. troop committee chairman. Pre sentation of five . merit badges was made by Dr. George H. Brim- hall, chairman of the court of honor. Dr. George T. Harding, father of Preri ent Warren G. Ftrdlng. recalleu the time in August. 1864 when he met Abraham Lincoln in the .White House. "Sir. President, I am a Buck eye, and want to shake hands with the president." I told him. The president smiled, stretched himself at full length and replied: Wen. tell them back, home that you saw the handsomest man In Washington. I am always glad to The next rT.ne Dr. Harding entered the White House was to visit his own son, President Harding. The first high school invitation typewriting and shorthand con-teat con-teat to be held in the state was announced at the Brigham Young university by A. Rex Johnson of the department of office practice. IT IS AXIOMATIC THAT the smaller the idea, the larger he vocabulary necessary to express It Most of us are like young doctors doc-tors we lack 'patience.' It is not that we mind so much when someone gets our 'goat' What bothers us is feeing 'kidded' about it afterward. - PRAYER How very much like Thoughtless children Crying for lost toys We importune the Lord "Lord give us this . . . "Lord give us that . . ." Some demand rain. Another wants a new love Or, perhaps, a hat There is no reason To make our prayers Beggery . . . Does not the Lord Know our needs As well as the angel Doth record our deeds? Petitioning for some Carnal or material wish Doth seem to be Our main 'ambish' We petition God In selfishness Bather than in Understanding of the Universal plan. A sorrier world Indeed, 'twould be More full of cares; If God should answer Everybody's prayers. Overheard on the Geneva bus: "She objects to war on the ground that it fails to kill off the right people." Thirty Years Ago , From the files of February 12, 1915 Two big snow slides occurred in Provo canyon, at Ferguson's ranch. The main slide is ISO feet long and 40 feet deep. A rotary snow plow has been ordered from Salt Lake to clear the highway. T. N. Taylor was re-elected president of the Provo Building and Loan society at the annual stockholders meeting. The society was organized 11 years ago. A report was submitted showine shareholders having been enabled i to buy or build Z94 homes. The society has earned a dividend of 7.8 per cent and in addition has set aside the customary 10 per cent as a reserve. Additional directors di-rectors were J. E. Booth, Walter D. Dixon. Andrew Knudsen, O. W. Andelin, Chas. H. Miller, W. K. Spafford, John C. Swenson, Joseph Nelson, Fred W. Taylor. Hyrum F. Thomas, secretary; Julius C. Andersen, assistant secretary. State-wide prohibition was favored fa-vored at an enthusiastic mass meeting held -under the auspices of the local Prohibition and Betterment Bet-terment leagues. H. C Jex was chairman and speakers were Earl J. Glade, Dr. W. T. Hasler. Jo seph K. Cannon and George A. btaxtnp. The weathercock on the Spirit of Trinity Church, Landcaster, Pa., was installed in 1794, and to permit it. to turn easily, was equipped with anti-friction bearings bear-ings which worked so perfectly that it was not necessary to lubricate lubri-cate them until 1909 113 years later! It 0 li If 1 West Center St Do You Know the eight cardinal points in selecting a funeral director? All are explained in the booklet. Tour Responsibility," published by the National Selected Morticians. Write or telephone us for a complimentary copy. Berg Mortuary PHONE 878 e-Ss. I j |