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Show . THE SEARCHLIGHT Its Repentance is Phony Ordinarily it goes against the grain to kick an opponent in the face in his hour of humiliation has not changed his spots. and defeat. The circulation department has ordered the editorial department to tone down its offensive tactics. Circulation has dropped off at an alarming rate. Old-time supporters have been cancelling When a battle is over, it should be over. But this time it’s different. The enemy is not really repentant. He is only silent. His latent viciousness is wholly untamed. He is held in leash against his will until a more opportune time comes along to be nasty again. We refer, of course, to the Deseret Evening News. For a little more than a month torial page—except for Pegler—has the edi- avoided at- tacks on old age pensions, social security, collec- tive bargaining, and other progressive ideas. It has been decidedly less critical of the President; of his family; and of his administration. In fact the News has veered toward a reluctant approach to its old-time standards of decency and ethics. It is almost as if the scholarly and cultured pen of Harold Goff were in the job again. But the improvement is fleeting. The leopard Retribution~ (Continued from friends and allies. And lose by being enemies. page they A everything to quarter of a century ago farm leaders realized that, and worked closely with labor organizations. The most enlightened farm organization in America—the National Farmers Union—preserves its tradition of friendship for labor. It refuses to play the Wall Street game. The hand of reactionary politicians big business is conspicuously absent from and the councils of the National Farmers Union. There are no Rube Clarks to pull the strings behind the scenes. Farmers who are not stooges or catspaws for their predatory masters should begin to exact an accounting from the false leaders who have betrayed them into a line of reprehensible conduct. And the first co-op ing scrutiny should Poultry Producers Tracy R. Welling leader be the Co-op, should Here’s why. their subscriptions in disgust—and saying so very plainly. Subscribers have cut loose with harsh criticism and have sent copies of their complaints, and reports of their telephone cancellations to the Searchlight. Finally, Mr. Clark could stand no more. His man-Friday, Bert Bowen, had «the circulation de- partment step on the enthusiasm of the vituperous Dave Robinson. Dave took his orders; threw his purported independence into the ashcan; and submerged his opinions until Bert should give him the green light to attack again. Ac cordingly, we may expect the News to behave itself until the current storm of indignation has subsided. It cannot afford to lose all its circula- tion. SLUSH FUNDS 1) have them with banana oil. It has only covered in Utah to face exactpermanent boss of the Clyde C. Eggmonds. be next. Several months have passed since we offered to cease publication if an audit of the “Build Utah” division of the Manufacturers’ Association failed to sustain our charges of the existence of a political slush fund. The Association has not responded. However, there are indications that a 1944 slush fund will not be operated through the Manufacturers’ As sociation. Japanese-American Licenses There can be only one legitimate guide-line in the controversy over licenses to citizens of Japanese ancestry—They cannot be denied unless the safety of the community is at stake during the war emergency. ‘The rights of any group of citi zens can be held in abeyance in cases of military necessity or when not otherwise. the Nation is imperiled, but |