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Show Pace Friday March 14 1958 TIIE UTAH STATESMAN 2 DAWSON REPORTS THE UTAH STATESMAN "A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher Architect of the Capitol made public the extent to which the remodling proposal will change the exterior of the building. The entire east front would be built some 32 feet farther east than its present location. The fronts of the orginial wing built in 1800, the second wing built in 1803 and the connecting portion under the massive dome built in 1827 .would be destroyed, and this at a cost of some $200 per square foot of Legislation to authorize the re- additional interior space about modeling or mutilation of the the most expensive enlargement Capitol has a strange story project ever undertaken. Usually projects to construct or Cost Secondary remodel federal buildings are SenHouse authorized by the and Extravagent as the cost is, it is ate and public wrks committees not my primary reason for fightafter extensive hearings. Fhrther ing this measure. The apperance hearings are held by the Appro- of our historic buildings which priations Committees before any time and tradition turn into funds are made available for the monuments should not become projects. This was not the case in subject to the fill of the majority this, instance. Forewarning no of any Congress. Who are we as one, Speaker Rayburn himself Members of Congress to say that amended an Appropriations Bill we have the to alter the in 1955 to provide funds for the apearence of right national shrines? Capitols remodeling. It is doubt- We are human and subject to ful that more than a handful of whims of changing tastes. If Congressmen realized the import this Congress can alter the apof the amendment which was pearance of the Capitol, may not adopted by a voice vote in the the next vote to tack balconies hubbub on the Floor of the House. to the shaft of the Washington Full Extent around the Lincoln Memorial? It was only recently that the This project must be stopped. A small and powerful group of headstrong men, under the H. V. WRIGHT, Editor leadership of Speaker of the Phone EM 421 Church Street House Sam Rayburn, are deterEntered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, indicaAll WASHINGTON mined to alter the appearance of Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879 tions point to April as the month the United States Copitol for Subscription rate 51.00 per year of decision by the Eisenhower little purpose and at great exPublished weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah Administration on wjhether to pense. Another group of equally NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1958 seek tax reduction legislation.out- determined members of Congress,to including myself, are trying According to the present 1958 Vol. 12; No. 11 look, the decision would be based block this fatuous tampering with Friday, March 14, the nations most historic buildon the reports of economic in March and on the ing. The battle will be fought amount of government revenue this month. shown by the April 15 income tax Shady Beginning 49 cn-ditio- Ming To Gain? ambassador Mikhail Menshikov, the Kremlin s new charm-bo- y to the XJ.S. who has replaced the surly Georgi Zaroubin, told Washington newsmen at the National Press Club that the positions of this country and the Soviet are closer than ever and that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. should clasp hands in a treaty of friend-ship. ns returns. An important segment of industry and leaders in government believe that the nations economy would be best served - - irrespective of the present recession-b- y enactment of the Sadlak-Her-lotax reform ball. This would lower personnal and corporation income taxe rates to a maximum of 42 per cent by a series of spread over five years. Rate reductions are provided for all groups of taxpayers, and the legislation would permit accumulation of investment capital which' in turn would stimulate the nations economic growth in the years ahead. However, unless Administration officials and members of Congress are convinced of the de sirability of enacting this legislation they might back other proposals which would be less advantageous - --or downright harmful to the economy. t Labor leaders are going in urging approval of their program for tax reduction almost entirely in the low bracket rates which would provide no investment capital for creating jobs for future generations of workmen. Cut Spending New increases in prospect for defense spending make more urgent the necessity of intensifying the campaign for reducing other types of government spending Activity of the economy forces in Congress along this line was encouraged by a recent statement from former president Herbert Hoover, who also advcated tax reduction to aid economic reng Meanwhile, a U.S. note to the Soviet Embassy was saying nuts" (nyet in Russian) in diplomatic language to the Kremlins suggestion of a 30 power foreign ministers meeting in April to be held after we had committed ourselves to a summit meeting in June. Also at the same time administration leaders were fuming at the Red suggestion that Washington would be a nice place for the of top show. This, of course, would tend to confirm in the eyes the world the idea that Menshikov was trying to sell at the Press Club, namely that the cold war had either been abandoned or at least reached a truce. There was the further itchy consideration that Americans at large would never forgive the President were he to receive the Kremlin butchers in their capital and at their White House. Yet, in spite of the expressed resistance of President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles to the Red blandishments, both seem eager for a summit conference on their own terms. This is difficult to understand. It does not seem possible that they can think of the Kremlin gang as representative of Russia and the Russian people. Khrushchev and Co., represent communism, international communism, the same gang that has enslaved China and retains North Korea in sneering contempt for the Panmunjom armistice. There are nearly twice as many Russians in slave labor camps as there are in the Communist Party. Of 220 million Russians, but seven million are party members. If and when we talk to Khrushchev we do not talk to Russia. Any agreements we might make could only extend the servitude of the Russians and the Poles and Hungarians and East Germans and the Yugoslavs and others insofar as they would bolster the prestige of their Kremlin masters. As for the worth of any such agreements to us, we refer our leaders to a list of 26 published recently by Human Events. All were made with the U.S.S.R. since 1917, and all have been violated. It is history that the U.S. was sold out by two ailing Presicovery. dents in summit meetings at Versailles, Casablanca, Teheran and Needless to say. his views -Yalta. It is not possible that the American people welcomes a based on long experience - are listened to with respect by a large futher repetition. number of persons in official Washington. Here are his exact ns all-ou- Non-Essenti- Chairman's Fact Memo Small Business Asslsfence Increases The Small Business Admini- stration reports that In 1957 it approved 3,437 busine'ss loans totaling $162,399,000 as compared with 2,890 business loans totaling $121,704,000 in 1956. In its' disaster loan program, the agency approved 2,086 loans for $16,061,-00- 0 in 1957 as' against 1,531 for $17,743,000 in 1956. Since the loan program was begun by the Sepetember 1953, 8,597 business loans for $394,148,000 and 6,916 disaster loans for $71,709,000 have bee granted. In the last 6 months of 1957, military contracts specially earmarked for small business under a program increased to $358 million from the e in the same $325 million 1956. of period U.S. Exports Up Exports of goods and services in 1957, excluding military supplies and services transferred under grant aid program, amounted to about $26.3 billion, according to preliminary estimates by the Office of Business Economiccs U.S. Department of Commerce. This amount was $2.8 billion higher than in 1956. Exports were one of the major elements In the rise of domestic production from set-asid- e set-asid- to 1957. Fer Capita Farm Income Up The Agriculture Department on Feb. 26, 1958, estimated per capita income of farmers in 1957 was a record $993, up 10 per cent from the $902 calculated for 1956. Preliminary estimates in the Departments publication, The Demand and Price Situation, show farmers net realized income for 1957 totaled $11,500,000, down 4 per cent from 1956 net farm income. A substantial increase in investories of commodities held on farms at the end of the year raised farmers total net income for 1957 to $12,000,000. GNP Hits Record High Gross national product in 1957 totaled $434 12 billion, with the Nations output at a new high in volume as well as in value, the Office of Business Economics, U.S. Department of Commerce reports. The dollar rise from 1956 amounted to roundly 5 per cent. The real value of goods and services was up about 1 per cent, personal income was up about 1 per cent. Personal income was at a record $343- - billion for 1957, despite a $1 billion decline in the annual rate of flow from the third quarter to the fourth. 1956 al words: Meat Substitutes Tested In many countries, meat is as scarce as the money to buy it. Agencies of the United Nations have therefore tried for years to find cheap and pleantiful native foods which can be processed to add valuable proteins that will help combat malnutrition. Some of he promising, still being milk tested, include r peanut flour, bread, sessme seed and cottonseed. soy-be- an fish-flou- Bread made from (dehydrated) fish flour is being served to school children in Nigeria and in Daka, French West Afdica. In Uganda a tasty biscuit of corn, peanuts and wheat is used. Central American countries are trying out tortillas made from lime-treatcorn, cottonseed flour, leaf meal. And iii Indoand yeast milk-whi- te the nesia, juice of the soy bean has become a great ed There are some old and proved wonder drugs useful to precent inflation and to speed recovery from recession. The most useful of these economic fonder drugs in the elimination of waste and the reduction of federal spending until we have a balanced budget. We should cut government expenditures not only to provide for additional weapons and balance the budget, but also to the point where we can have a tax reduction. This would be the greatest possible stimulant to recovery. Not only to save money but also to increase efficiency, he urged adoption of the recommendation of the Hoover commssion on of the government. In it dustry generaly suport3 these non-esenti- al or-gniza- tion recommendations. Labor Legislation Prospects The consensus on Capitol Hill is that the McCellan Committee investigation of Walter Reuthers activities may well determine whether there is ony substantial labor legislation enacted at this session of Congress. Glaring disclousers of illegal violence, vandalism and boycotting by the United Auto Workers union in the Koher and Perfect Circle strikes might stir up public demand for remedial legisla- . may offer his own private prayer. The meditation room in the General Assembly Building is open for delegates, employees.., and visitors of all faiths. Fishermen Using Radio Isotopes The modern miracle of atomic energy is .being put to work in the Nile River in Egypt, where fishing has been going on for over 6,000 years. A young Swiss scientist, Dr. Richard Vollen-weid- er of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, is experimenting with the use of a radio isotope (Carbon 14). His aim is to measure the amount of glucose being produced in the algae on the floor of the Nile River. More glucose in the algae means more food for the fish, and ultimately more fish. Women Medicos In USSR In most countries male medical favorite with hundreds of youngstudents far outnumber the festers. male, and in a few countries women candidates are still barred. Haitan Is No. 1,000 Recently the 1,000th fellowship Inu the USSR women medicai was awarded by the Food and students often outnumber men old Haitian by as much as two to one, the recipient is a named Tancrede Narcisse, who World Health Organization resince 1952 has worked on the ports. improvement of the livestock inTwo For One dustry of his country. He will Some countries which receive study in Costa Rica. from help the United Nations In Haiti, herde are raised in Childrens Fund are themselves a free state, grazing freely until into the putting programs $2.79 the farmer needs cash, and butch for dollar every aid given by of ers them. .The results have been the UNICEF Agency. tries to meet bad use of the soil, low standards the acute needs of children in of grazing and poor productivity. relation to hunger. di,ise and Religion At The UN welfare. Many countries Like the Constitution of the general which had neither the training United States, the United Nations or resources to take care of hunCharter does not name God. 'The dreds of thousands of their UN General Assembly, however, infants have now estastruggling opens its meetings with a moment blished and are carring on imof silence, so that each delegate portant programs in this field. 30-ye- ar tion that would be difficult for port probably will not be made Congress to resist. in time for congressional action There, is widespread feeling, his year. however, that any mojor legisIt is recalled that a public lation will be defeated until next shocked by union excesses in year - one reason being that the 1946 brought enactment of the McCellan Committees final re- Act in 1947. Taft-Hartl- ey . |