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Show Behind the k "fl By LYLE C. WILSON (UPD The man to alert the American people to the deadly truth, of our times is General of the Army Douglas MacArthur. The deadly truth is that the United States may be in a war over Berlin by ' President Kennedy is under pressure to alert Americans to this shocking situation. The President equally is under pressure to convince the Soviet Union that the United States has the will to fight for West Berlin. Kennedy went to Vienna to vince Nikita' Khrushchev of the American will to fight if the Com We Need .fh in king. Space may fairly be called a great thinking contest. The contest is not just with Russian and Chinese Communists, but with the problems of space, of Surely his complaint would be echoed by President Kennedy toburgeoning populations, of peoples stirring out of poverty, of complex-- day, as it has been from time to ity in the very industrialism and time by leaders in other lands. scientific advance which promises Events, meetings, conferences, ' us so much. , . speeches, appointments crowd the To attack" these problems we. flood leaders' calendars. Documents ' cannot be content with the cliches tljeir desks. of IWe citizens of lesser stature thought, the standardized patterns. We need new. ways. likewise find our daily hours de- And for such an assault, not just acvoured by an unbroken round of time but fuller use of our rational tivities. The noisy sounds of progpower is required. In the view of ress or at least motion engulf 111 the Educational Policies Commisos. .J rlrP Vr sion, part of the National Educa(When, indeed, is there time to tion Association, we do not know .think ? For thinking is a ref lective process demanding time and an t nearly enough about that use. A recent commission study says interlude of personal peace. Very thinking is ' the central aim of our few of lis find these oases of quiet educational system. But it adds: in this turbulent era. "Development of rational powers Yet we are all engaged in whai is unfortunately an area of relative neglect in research. .. . . The psychology of thinking itself is not of Living well understood. . . ." Nevertheless hese educators re-- j A man in his late '60s, having, ect a pessimistic outlook. They lost his wife suddenly, was preparsay such studies as do exist reveal to an rural attractive give up ing "unsuspected potential" for human-growthome and move into city quarters. in thinking. , was somewhat he "There is no known upper limit dispirThough to human ability. In this sense, it ited, he could keep his balance. He once told a of friend what can hardly be said that any person thought him: "Every man" with stuff in has ever done the best he can. Relifehis him lives several lives in search might make possible for all time." It was a reassuring idea. levels of people constantly higher ' ; The meaning is not, of course, attainment." "several lives at once," but quite The note sounded here is wondifat of eharp "changes phase" derfully hopeful. We and all ;the ferent stages of one's life. The world need that hope which presides in man's ability to think changes i can result from many kinds of shifts: 'in your ;job, your C , hard and well. , whole career, family arrangeIt is not enough to have more ments, new companions, new locateachers and school buildings. We r have to make sure that what goes tions, fresh interests, The man of balance is perhaps on inside the buildings hits the the one who makes the most of heart of the matter: making men these shifts and yet somehow better able to fulfill themselves ' weaves a steadying element of and to master the rising challenges into life. which his crush in upon them, j continuity Early in his regime former Pres ident Eisenhower exploded in a meeting: "When does a man get tiine to think around here?"; ' , j . . . ' mid-winte- r. m corn. Of all the World War brass here and abroad surviving, however, Douglas MacArthur most perfectly, symbolizes, save only Sir Winston Churchill, his4 country's indomitable, triumphant will to win. These old soldiers have not died nor faded away. ' Speech to Congress Perhaps the President and could have a meeting of minds of West Berlin and what after that. If so, maybe the leaders, bf Congress could arrange a repeat appearance for the general before a joint session for a statement of American policies and aims. All of this, of course, is most unlikely Harry S. Truman would be mortally offended if MacArthur were recalled to the national stage. Surely, President Kennedy would not want to offend HST. Or, would . he? There are alternatives by which the President 'could alert the American people and convince Khrushchev. He could do it himself. The complaint arising, however, is that he has not done it. There could be an instant general mobilization. .One mobilization begets another, however, and anof other until, as in unan mobilizations 1914, begot wanted war. Or perhaps there, is some other U.' S. citizen best fitted to sound the alarm. The hard job awaits' f seeks the man. f Mac-Arth- ' ur July-Augu- ''ill j ij y i - . Hi j ifi "'" y. !i l 4 i I ft- - ' if i i ii - ' SViVi i 11 I I l i l i i i ": Just how rnuch is a clear conscience worth to some people? Is it worth some young lad's wallet with little more than a dollar in it? Within the last few months, our " ' ; 'A Ihi- - wW w i ml w ' few U wv-r- H. ' has gone swimming twice with Scout groups at the same local pool, and both times" has been! the victim of someone who gets their spending money from those in the pool. ' The first time, he found some-'on- e lii!,.fettfr pi-- mt else's emptied wallet stuffed' into Ws coat, which was hung up. ' The last time, it was ,his wallet that was taken, with money, Scout card, and proper identification in , " r i i in i , Anti-Communis- i Be Taught? m As one of Com- WASHINGTON; D.C. Itj isn't a very pleasing experience to anyone to go on an outing and! find himself financially embarrassed, but there surely should be some other means of obtaining the wherewith besides stealing wallets. Our son had earned the money :hat was in his. It is my sincere hope that the money in our son's wallet was sufficient to buy a clear conscience. Mrs. Lloyd Armitstead ! - A W sec-tor.- "j ' the are we in hot war with bloc, but we are com- Sino-Sovi- et growth, scientific depeting in economic r velopment, aid and education to other nations, even in athletics and on the best-selllists of novels, and always in the propaganda of , sectors Nowhere in these are we winning, and Mundt is not alone in worrying about it. Florida has lately made it compulsory to teach the differences between democracy and communism in public schools. Nebraska has just j made membership in the Communist party an act of sedition. Both these State laws, and some older ones,' amount to educative means of combating the enemy. Mundt, has reintroduced a bill (S.822) with a number of bipartisan sponsors to establish what he calls a Freedom Academy for the training ; of young Americanss.. to win the Svar against Communism. The main fault, it appears to me,' lies in the name, which gives an air of adolescent endeavor to the movement. A, perceptive friend of mine, Robert Le Fevrk of Colorado Springs, points out that no government ever gives "freedom' ; quite the reverse; We already, have too many cub scoutish schemes like the Peace Corps, Food for. Peace, Tractors for Freedom and the like. A bill passed.a contribution made for one g affairs gives of these of sense a. citizens false accomplishment and security, but it does little else. Last year the Sprague committee, reported to Senator Jackson's subcommittee on government policy machinery, asked for a National Security Institute undet National Security Council. The Institute, among other things, "would provide concentration exposure to and study of Communist ideology, techniques and operations . . ." In talking with, both Mundt and Jackson, I find an equal desire to lay hold of this problem, but we are in diss agreement as to methods. Mundt, who' used to be a school teacher, feels that the educational effect against Communism is now too scattered and that much would d be gained by adding a academy. Harvard, Pennsylvania and Georgetown all have schools or courses which deal with Communism, but the student output is small. The Foreign er self-prais- e. non-publ- ic non-militar- ; sweet-soundin- single-minde- y. k seminService Institute has a k ar and the FBI has a course, but neither is open to outside students. Henry Jackson has found the deepest interest and knowlege concerning in the military; graduate schools. Jackson named the National War College, the Army, Navy;; and Air War Colleges, the Armed Forces Staff College, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces as places where he .had lectured in front of highly sophisticated students. Jackson agrees with Mundt that not nearly enough .time arid stress have been put on the subject of Communism in any government school. Jackson- believes that better 'results would flow from increasing instruction among the military people. They are more re-- ', " . ceptive. Mundt has written the President to try to engage his interest in the Freedom Academy or some other form of instruction. concentrated As a Senator, Mr. Kennedy paid no attention to this idea. There is no sign that he has changed. It will be difficult for Mundt or Jackson to get the attention of a Congress that seems concerned with e bills of very body. (Distributed by McNaught Syndicate,, Inc.) aid-to-- . So They Say Every year the (foreign aid) bill gets higher. Every year, more corruption and mismanagement comes to light. And every year, another government seems to disolve away, taking our money with it. Sen. Wayne Morse i! (D-Ore- .) A nation whose people remain scientifically illiterate during the '60s will not win any kind of race except the race for last place. Physicist Joseph Kaplan, advocating the government buy evening television time for cultural and scientific' pro-- . grams. if It is my feeling that one of the lowest things any architect or contractor can do is to plan or put up buildings which endanger the lives of our children. Goodman A. Sarachan, chairman of New York State Investigation Commission, on charges against condition of New York City's schools, What this country, needs is a good an Rep. cigar. Bradford Morse (It-Mas- s.) I am fortunate in that, unlike businessmen, I don't have to look for business. It comes to us, and the customer is never right. Commander George H. Hatherill of Scotland Yard. j ' $ $ ex- - : The opinions and statements pressed by Herald columnists are their own and do not necessarily' reflect tha view at this ecv&apcr. , 1 ' , RULES. FORUM r j I .. Rai I mad Merger Dramaio Cqnti nue A last WASHINGTON (NEA) chance at survival as private enterprise may now be facing the U. S. eastern railroads. In the opinion of some transport a" t i o n experts, class one roads east of the Mississippi River and rough- ly north of a line 4 connecting Norfolk, "Louis- ville and St. Peter Edson Louis have about three years in which to reorganize to save themselves and their customers. Ji they don't do it, nationalization anti-Commun- ist non-Cub- n ir in i ' ' ' : Pleasant Grove Peter Edson anti-Communi- sm, denj and vice Presi1 dent keep insisting that the Red threat is external and is best countered by our military and I' diplomatic agencies Mundt makes a different finding. He said! recently in a college jspeech: "In the most advanced nations of the free Mr. Alexander the Communists world, j are directing the major emphasis of their attack at institutions in the private S j two-wee- ministration diametrically on Vne vital point. While the Presi-- . - fPHpffli'" ' : two-wee- munism's most relentless foes, Senator Karl Mundt opposes the Kennedy Ad- Nowhere If i Editor Herald; There have been a few item in the Herald Mail Bag regarding the definition of an American. To me the word American is a big word and the definition ii' bigger still. I sum it up, this way. An American is a person who does what, is right and lis a friend to his friends. He has la highly sympathetic nature mixed .with eor row and pity for, those Jof hii; brothers who are in trouble. Those traits of character work just m strongly in reverse against those ' who have proven: by words and deeds that they are enemies. My wife had a brother, who volunteered for WdrJd War I. He came back sick and died in the fall of 1922. There was another fellow, also a veteran of the war. Who spoke at the funeral. TLme and again he "broke down and - cried,: until he could not speak. People did not think; him a sissy, but understood because they were American just like him. Other in that room were also crying. That is why the United Statci of America is a great country. We stand' not only united but w understand each other. Each guy knows what we are all going to do in a showdown, we are free and are going to stay that way. I Changing the subject, one of our neighbors brought me a pamphlet some time ago entitled "Tht Things Neither Kennedy norNixoa Can Tell." He raps the Comma-nists.'bu- t as you read the book, you find all the things he want done away with are the things would help the Communists. that ' j Holmes Alexander i Make America Great worthy." - Vi Unity, Understanding in-thes- e . I Mordecai Gorelik There is a good chance of someone who is a Soout, or has been . that might be taking part things. If it is, I'm surely hoping he remembers the part of the Scout Law that says, "A Scout is Honest," and "A Scout is Trust- n iii i ji i L Editor Herald: As a visiting fisherman in your beautiful state I have been surprised at the local opinion of a fine food fish, the carp. I am told that it. is a "trash" fish, and I read in your newspaper jof a run of carp being pitchforked and thrown on the river banks to rot. Carp is greatly esteemed on the eastern seaboard. It is especially tasty boiled or stewed, or served as fishballs (gefilte fish). In the Middle West carp sandwiches are considered a delicacy. son ' I Carp Fish Considered Delicacy In Midwest And on East Seaboard Enough to Buy A Clear Conscience? .ii! ; i Was Money In Wallet Mil i . JiS J ft iViYi l t - Mf r If -- Can st The Sun Also Sets ' FjnoArf n rv Arthur? He is the man widely acclaimed as the most articulate soldier and the greatest military leader of our times. His business was war and, more' especially, victorious war. MacArthur is not the man to whom should be given a blank' check on which to draft 'national policy on his own. If MacArthur's ideas on West Berlin and global strategy matched the policies of the Kennedy administration, however, the general would be capable of stating the whole in words that would boom and echo around the world. MacArthur is 81 years old. He is controversial, vain and arrogant, a sentimentalist who speaks sometimes in the language of purest ; WASHINGTON A rr u munists force the issue of West. Berlin. Best judgment on that is that Kennedy did not make it ' stick. It is no reflection on the President of the United States to speculate that the Communists' Mr: K might hear better if he were listenf ing to Douglas MacArthur. Nor is it any reflection to believe that, given the proper sounding board, MacArthur could command in the United States and throughout the world as great and attentive an audience as any man. Specialist in War If the President has come to the hard decision that there shall be no appeasement on West Berlin, who could better state it and calculate the consequences than Mac- - United Press International , . Mows MacAriiiur FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1961 . Das government ownershi pand within five years. In making over the United States railroad map, the great question is whether it will be done in the public interest or just in, the interest of the railroad moguls. For this is a battle of giants, with the government sitting in as referee. Hundreds of millions of dollars hang on the outcome. Wliat is considered the first act of thi3 epic drama is now being played in the big Interstate Commerce Commission hearing room with examiner, John .L. Bradford presiding. Curtain raiser is the application Walter J. of Chesapeake & Ohio Tuohy," president, with Cleveland financier Cyrus L. Eaton pulling strings in the wings to control and then at some unspecified time to merge with Baltimore & Ohio, Howard E. .Simpson, chairman of the board. Completing the dramatic triangle and , thickening , the plot is New Alfred E. Perlman, York Central who argues that any president opera-tiori-rloo- m all-tyco- that the show has settled down for what appears to be a long run, the lawyers have taken over and attendance has dropped off. But i the play will go on for months. The examiner's report will be reviewed by the full ICC. There will be briefs, objections and exceptions from interested parties. No decision will be handed down till next year and the whole .business may end up in the courts for final decision. NYC's fear is that if C&O and B&C merge, a large part of the midwestern freight .traffic will be diverted to their, system for movement to the East Coast ports of James M. Symes. Last year he broke off merger talks with NYC. But if Pennsylvania can now get ICC approval for merger of N&W j with Nickel Plate, it can be combined with other holdings ' into what has been described as "a system so powerful that all other eastern roads couldn't compete ' with it." The most interested spectator in all these goings on is probably: the McConnell. Acting in the public : . t may be cut by the editor. The Herald reserves the right to reject letters which are not in good taste or are potentially libelous. in- terest, possibly to balance the Pennsylvania system development. Department of . Justice could recommend inclusion of NYC with Barb s B&O-C&- ICC has authority to approve the merger of any two lines on condi- Why can't a dentist ask his questions before he puts the prop between your uppers and lowers? tion that other roads be included to improve . transportation. But ICC has no authority to force such Q Which is England's highest 'military award? A The Victoria Cross. q From where does the name Hawaii come and' what does it mean? A - It grew out bf the native word for the largest of Jthe islands Owyhee, meaning "Big Island," .which white "men spelled Hawaii. Q What was the former name of British Honduras? A Belize.- - Which president started the custom of using a family Bible at his inauguration? A George Washington. Q Q X How do bananas grow? Upside down on a plant. It's . just Communistic - j Herald Correspondents trash. If any of you see it, writ to the mail bag with your opinion. James E. Harvey ; i Salem . Folks like a girl who is pretty as a picture- unless she turns out t to be just another talkie. mergers. Ruth Millott Her are Herald staff correspondents In the various communities of Utah County; Contact them if you hav news. District circulation agents am 'listed also. They stand ready to help problems concerning, Sou with of the paper. Xrama FhoM Community Alpine SK Bertha Clark: American Fork SK Dena Grant Karma C riddle . . . . SK ...... You Can Grow 'Younger' 87 ....... 5S Mrs. Regene Peay Edgemont Laura N. Bendlxsen Goshen. Elberta j 788-363- 3. "' Marguerite Waterbury 274-33Highland Cressie Greenland . . PO Lake Shore Alba J. Anderson .... Lake View, Vineyard AC Mrs. Kent A Prue 798-36- You rarely think about your age or let it hand- i leap you in the things you want to do. YOU are Keeping up wiui uie laitsi xasiiuwis and make a determined effort to look your best. You are more sympatbic than critical in your 33 16 79 89 - 471-- W 60S 00 465-23- 95 I . 798-69- 95 754-39- 02 1 , someone else. You'take time to enjoy the good things of life and dwell as on the as possible little unpleasantness that comes your way. ' You keep making: plans for the future', hopefully and enthusias-- 798-685- 2 465-34- 85 465-26- ; . 798-66- Spanish Fork Frank G. King Spring Lake Tressa Lyman Sprlngville Josephine Zimmerman HU HU Janet Hatfield West Mountain Eivere Elshov attitudes toward the younger generation. You are still ready to take a chance, try something: new and improve on your 'old ways of doing ' things. You are more interested in the present and the future than in the past, and your talk reflects that Ruth Millett attitude; You like .to go places and get away from home whenever you "a chance have You laugh easily and still. have the ability to make other people V. .L.. laugh with you. "j You figure you are old enough to be yourself and to live your life according to your own. ideas of what is important and what is unimportant. You often see ways in which you can be helpful to others and never turn your back on' an opportunity for doing something fpr : , . , , i 798-26- Margarette Taylor Santaquin Estella-Peterso- I i Lehi - - in a new field. FR PO Edna Loveridge Leland Mrs. Winona Thomas Lindon SU Thelma Herrick Mapleton Mrs. Preston Hooper rfU Nephi .. Mrs. Grace Judd . . . . AC Orem Office Carma Andersen ... AC Mona Agnes Myers Palmyra Shirfene Ottesen ....- Payson Madoline Dixon .... Pleasant Grove Mrs. .Lois Melendez SU Guy Hillman sports SU Pleasant View Yvonne Perry FR Salem You're getting younger every year instead of older if: You had more friends right now than you had five years ago. o You are busy learning some new skill or acquiring knowledge . 82 Benjamin I getting Oliier Each Year? , G'scmdA's -- one letter in 10 daysLetters which exceed space limitation Department of Justice antitrust di- -. vision, represented by E. Riggs . . . B&O and C&O merger must .include NYC. The first week of hearings played, to standing room only with an cast of characters. Now Philadelphia,' Baltimore, Norfolk and Newport News. NYC alone would not be hurt by this. It would divert traffic from the port of New York It would also divert traffic .from the New England railroads and port of Boston. And it might hurt much northeast- ern U. S. business. It is for this reason that New York state and New England Industrial. Council have intervened in these hearings to protect their interests. New York through Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Atty. Gen. Loufc; Kr. Lefkowitz and Transportation Director Arne C. Wiprud have petitioned that all U. S. railroad merger cases be consolidated ' into one ICC hearing. So far, the commission has decided to take merger applications one at a time. This is what it has done in the past. Five rail mergers were approved in 1959, one in 1960. But there are now nine more merger applications involving 25 class one carriers before ICC. Two involving northeastern roads are considered most important. What is done with them may set a pattern for all U. S. mergers. V One would merge the five prinNew cipal New England roads Haven, Boston & Maine, Bangor and Aroostook, Maine Central and Rutland. The second and this most of all be important may would merge Norfolk & Western with Nickel Plate, N&W merged with Virginian in 1959. Pennsylvania controls N&W and has a piece of Nickel Plate. This brings into the cast of char- acters Pennsy's board Chairman, , . Letters from readers are invited. They should be brief (preferred limit 200 to 300 words) typewritten if possible (double spaced); must carry writer's true name and address and be in good taste. Pseudonyms are not permitted. "The Herald assumes no responsibility for statements appearing! in the Mailbag column. Writers are limited to tically f - You are getting younger every year because you are cultivating the attitudes and living patterns that keep a person from growing 14 old. f - f |