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Show Page Two 1 FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES $3eliind lite Jdeadiined The President's State of the Union address criticism of this country's space missiles program had been aimed at the White House, ever since the launching of the Sputniks. Now the Presi-dent has aimed that criticism at the Pentagon. And despite this country's post Sputnik achieve-ments in the satellite space mis-siles race, most observers agree the Pentagon is where a review of our overall defense position properly begins. This certainly goes to the heart of the matter. It may even lift the space missiles dispute out of politics and subject the Penta-gon to a non-politic- al or an scrutiny too long overdue and far more important than the satellite race. A top-to-botto- m reorganization of the Pentagon was being demanded long before the space missiles race began. However, the non-politic- al re-ports of the Gaither and Rocke-feller committees proposing the drastic reorganization of the de-fense establishment came like bombshells in the Pentagon. De-bate over the issue involves the nation's survival but more im-mediately, more than half the huge federal budget and already looms as the key issue of the second session of the 85th Con-gress. The members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the nation's key defense planners, are in the middle of the demands for a re-organization at the Pentagon. But General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chief of Staff of the Army, may consider himself one of the luck-iest members of the JCS to be out of Washington right now. General Taylor came in for the heaviest fire recently during the caseof Lt. Gen. James M .Gavin's threatened resignation. It was Gavin who testified before the Senate Preparedness or Lyndon Johnson Subcommittee that Gen. Taylor told him reprisals were being taken against him for tes-timony given earlier. On Dec. 13, Gavin testified that Pentagon restrictions cur-tailing the Army missiles role were lising the space missiles race to Russia. Then on Dec. 23. Gavin said Gen. Taylor took him aside and "lowered the boom." He said he was no longer under considera-tion to four star General to head the Continental Army Command and Gavin said Taylor advised him he hadn't much of a future in the Army, could no longer hope for an important command, faced further curtailment of his weapons research program and should forget forever a thought of further promotion for the testimony Gavin said Gen Taylor told him "reflected discredit on the Army." This was bad enough. Nothing rankles Congressmen more than learning Department superiors are penalizing witnesses for tes-timony requested by Congres-sional committees, an issue in the Army-McCarth- y investiga-tions. Other Senators were more shocked to realize that Pentagon red tape, censorship, rivalries, and whitewash were continuing despite the Russian space missile achievements while Congress and the President were urging the Pentagon to adjust to the space age. Some Senators compared the resignation of Lt. Gen. Gavin to the pressure exerted on Colonel John C. Nickerson when he, like Gavin, also criticized Pentagon Army missiles policies. Nicker-son was fined, court martialed and exiled to a remote base in Panama without a murmur from Gen. Taylor, Army Chief of Staff. Some Senators and Con-gressmen say he has even been less vocal for the Army on the Joint Chiefs of Staff that he should be. No one doubts his ability. However, the real reason Sen-ators and Congressmen, espe-cially the key Southern Commit-tee members, have been anxious to make Gen. Taylor squirm in the memory of the Little Rock school integration crisis. The South remembers that it was he who issued the quickly discred-ited immediately withdrawn riot order to Army troops to all Southern Army bases at the top of the Little Rock integration crisis. They realize Gen. Taylor didn't make the decision to initially send U. S. Army troops in to Little Rock, which came from the White House. But the post-Littl- e Rock order was another matter. For a time no one ac- - knowledged authorship, later re-vealed to have been issued at Gen. Taylor's instigation. The purpose of the order was to have been to alert all U. S. Armyi troops throughout the south to impose martial law "wherever! necessary" if disturbances simi-lar to those at Little Rock hap-pened to spread. Each time Gen. Taylor had been scheduled for testimony be-fore the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee, something inter-vened to prevent it. His testi-mony was limited Dec. 13 when he became hoarse "with Asian flu." Now, he5s in Ankara, Tur-key attending military talks pre-ceding next month's Mideastern Baghdad Pact conference. But the Senate is waiting to make Gen. Taylor squirm when he returns to Washington on Feb. third. Treasury Reports On Bond Sales B. C. J. Wheatlake, Salt Lake county savings bonds chairman, announced that purchases of E and H savings bonds in Salt Lake County were $508,502 dur-ing December, and for the year 1957 totaled $7,179,913. Purchases of U. S. savings bonds in Utah during 1957 ran at a little higher rate percentage wise, compared with 1956, than the national average, and made a total of $17,656,162, according to Frederick P. Champ, State Bonds chairman. "We look for-ward to 1958 to be an outstand-ing year as more investors be-come aware that savings bonds, with their 3 interest return, known surrender value, guaran-teed by the full faith and re-sources of our government, are the safest of all investments." Since the new ruling by the Treasury Department became ef--' fective January 1 permitting practically all types of organiza-tions, clubs, pension funds, cor-porations, etc. to purchase E and H bonds (formerly restricted to the F. G. J and K series), banks are reporting many sales of this type. "This new source coupled with the apparent increased in-terest of individuals in buying a tangible 'Share in America' can make 1958 a successful savings bonds this," he said. "We appreciate the outstand-ing support during 1957 of the thrifty people of Utah, the vol-unteer workers, the press, radio, TV and other publicity media, the many firms and other groups which help their employees save through the Payroll savings plan and the banks which encourage the purchase of bonds and issue them as a free public service," Clem Schramm, state director, said. "We hope for the continu-ation of this fine cooperation and for expanded purchases of savings bonds as a means of sup-porting our country during the dificult and trying times ahead." CAPITOL NEWS William A. Dawson, M.C. f The Gadabouts . . . There are many leaks in the conduct of government spending and one of the most exasperating of them is the unnecessary traveling by federal employees at the tax-payers' expense. I am sponsoring two bills that will help plug the leak. One already has passed the House and Senate and will prob-ably go to the president in the near future. The other, to ac-quire Congressional committees to account for the expenditure of counterpart funds, faces tough sledding but I don't intend to give up. Subsidized Safaris . . . Two incidents recently point up the need for these restrictive meas-ures. Approximately 80 high-rankin- g officers were given a three day duty assignment to Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia. Their first action upon arrival was to obtain hunting licenses and open attack on the deer population at the reservation. I have asked Secretary of Army Brucker to eother justify this tax subsidized safari or call a halt to the prac-tice. I am still awaiting his reply. Martial Air . . . The compara-tively quiet municipal airport at Twin Falls, Idaho, took on a martial air recently as military jet aircraft from all parts of the country zoomed in. Their arrival coincided with the opening of the pheasant season there. This safari also is under investigation. I have no objection to military brass practicing their marks-manship on wild game but they can do it on their own time and at their own expense like other citizens. The legislation that will soon go to the President specifies that military personnel must reside at a base for 30 days before qualifying for a resident hunting license. Funny Money . . . Some Con-gressmen call counterpart funds "funny money" which indicates the carefree attitude they take towards its expenditure. There is nothing funny about it. These foreign currencies were paid to this country for goods that were purchased with our citizens' taxes. They should be used to pay the expenses of our embas-sies and military bases in the countries where they originate. Needs Acounting . . . Under the present law, Congressional committees can use these foreign funds without obtaining an ap-propriation as is required for the rest of their travel allowances. My bill specifies that these funds must be budgeted, appropriated and accounted for, just as all other public monies. I was de-feated last year by a vote of 86 to 148. I expect to do much bet-ter this year. P A wonderful 3fl new lightness tT comes to bourbon...with J P-.PEKPBSinii- S) r IST" Thanks to the exclusive Dant charcoaling proc-- jEqsr ess, this is the lightest, mildest bourbon you JdjT I j fr ever tasted. 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Trustees chose 11 persons at large to be honored in the pro-posed cowboy memorial, and two each from 15 of the 17 west ern states which joined in the project. All persons honored this year are dead. Heading the list are such well-know- n figures as frontiersman William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody, movie star Tom Mix and Brig-ha- m Young. Five persons previously were voted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame, which is to be built on a 27-ac- re hilltop site at the edge of Oklahoma City. They were Will Rogers of Oklahoma; Theodore Roosevelt of New York, Charles Goodnight of Texas, Jake McClure of New Mexico and Charles , Russell of Montana. j This year's group also include If It's Printing . . . Phone EM 4-84- 64 |