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Show Page Two k T ! FRIDAY, APRIL 25,1958 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utah General Heads Adjutants Association '1 ' i iniii Mimmiiiiiiumi additional reduction which will cut National Guard company size units from 5,400 to 3,600. The latter cut would include elimination of six Infantry Di-visions. The cut is part of a pro-posed reorganization of the army and reserve forces, according to the pentomic concept. The Army hasn't indicated which units and which states would be affected. The adjutants general adopted by roll call vote a resolution explaining the Guard's stand on the proposed reorganization. The resolution stated that all states wish to retain the present Na-tional Guard set-u- p until the Army explains fully its proposed reorganization as to which units will be affected and justifies its moves. "The National Guard has al-ways been the first to go along with any reorganization which will improve the military estab-lishment," Gen. Rich pointed out. "But we emphatically urge that the proposed reorganization be opened up so we can consider it." Gen. Rich listed three factors which should be considered in any elimination of units: (1) facilities; (2) strength, and (3) equipment. Any units which must be elimi-nated should be those with the lowest strength, equipment and facilities. While in the national capitol Gen. Rich plans to help fornrv late a positive approach for() Guard to take on the ' reorgam- - zation question during the an-nual Governor's conference due May 19-2- 2 in Miami, Fla. Gen. Rich also plans to urge adoption of the "Utah Plan" for basic training of National Guard troops on a trial basis. The adjut-ants general conference went on record as favoring a trial of this plan, which would give the Guard the authority to conduct its own basic training during an eight-week- s summer program at key locations in the U.S. The plan is being offered as an alternative to the present six-mont- hs training program spon-sored by the Army because of the lack of funds to support this program. Quotas allowed " Guard for the six months J gram are only a small fraction large enough to maintain Guard strength. GEN. MAXWELL E. RICH Utah's Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich is new president of the Adjutants General Association of the United States, an organiza-tion composed of 52 adjutants general from every state and four territories. Gen. Rich was elected to the key national office during the annual conference of the asso-ciation held last week in Phoenix and he was accompanied to the conference bq Gov. George D. Clyde, who addressed conference participants on the subject of the Army's proposed plan to cut re-serve forces. One of Gen. Rich's first activi-- ties in his new office will be a trip to Washington, D.C., later this week to confer with officials of the National Guard Associa-tion of the United States on the proposed forces cut. The cut would involve an in-itial 10 per cent reduction in strength of National Guard men from 400,000 to 360,000, plus an $eliind tlte leadlines A lot has been said and written here and everywhere else about recent Russian propaganda vic-tories. But the biggest victory she is winning is virtually ig-nored. Moscow's most dramatic prop-aganda triumph is the Soviet claim to educational-scientific-militar- y supremacy since the launching of the Sputniks, Rus-sia's propaganda suspension of atomic tests is running her a big second. Her persistent efforts to stage a summit meeting have won Moscow more acclaim over-seas than Americans at home realize. However, even though very little has been said about it, the present U. S. economic recession has actually been America's most disastrous propoganda defeat. The Communist party line from Premier Krushchev on down is to make mischief with it, take advantage of it and seek to offer our allies tempting trade deals now that sales are off in the U.S. For years, the U.S. has freely admitted that whatever else we must do to win the Cold War, we could not permit the Ameri-can economy to get itself into ' another prolonged recession or depression. This is exactly what is happening now, and make no mistake about it, foreign diplo-mats at the UN and elsewhere have far more to say about this j when they gather in private than even the A tests, summit meeting or foreign aid. Worse, the U. S. is also tearing a leaf from the Marxist bible in seeking to end the recession by stepping up arms spending, or by emphasizing that the defense spending is also bolstering the civilian economy. Marx, Lenin and all good comrades believe that a free enterprise economy cannot continue without arms spending and argue, therefore, that Russia must remain strong. Khrushchev himself, also said recently that the U. S. "Free En-tepri- se Economy is leaning on Marxist government spending philosophies," and the world, faltering between free enterprise and socialism, is listening. The Administration is also as alarmed by this effect of the U.S. recession as any other effects at home. More dramatic steps will be taken soon if the U.S. econ-omy doesn't pull out of its down-turn. One to receive top-lev- el study is a White House confer-ence on U. S. economic problems to which American economists, labor leaders and businessmen would be invited. The only fear is that differences of opinion and anti-recessi- on philosophy, espe-cially in an election year, would split such a conference and make matters worse. The President's cabinet is al-ready split over anti-recessi- on measures. Vice President Nixon has irked Treasury Secretary An-derson by urging all-o- ut anti-recession measures, including a tax cut Anderson opposes. Nixon is supported by Labor Secretary Mitchell, Attorney General Rog-ers, Commerce Secretary Weeks and Interior Secretary Seaton at such talks. Ironically, until 1956, when he switched his registration, Ander-son was the only registered Dem-ocrat in the President's Cabinet. But now the former Eisenhower Democrat differs with both the Democrats urging more extreme measures and the President in coping with the recession. The other day, Treasury An-derson launched a new U. S. Sav-ings Bond drive. He urged every patriotic American to buy bonds as well we might. He quoted old Benjamin Franklin's "A penny saved is apenny earned," stressed the nobility and morality of fru-gality and urged Americans "to save for a rainy day," instead of spending or buying now. This is all right as far as it goes. But the the same instant, Treasury's able likeable Bob An-derson was urging thrift, Presi-dent Eisenhower was asked at his news conference what we Americans could do to stem the recession and without hesitation he said we should all "buy, buy, buy!" Both are right. But Anderson is fearful that an anti-recessi- on tax cut and heavy government spending will result in an infla-tionary spiral, long after the re-cession has ended. However even he might be pleasantly pleased if Americans, instead of buying less, spent more and prevented the feared inflationary upsurge by keeping government spending down and Washington out of the red. Ironically, everyone agrees the recession can be ended if we only realize that Washington has not all the answers. The public with a record $400,000,000,000 in savings has bottled up a huge reservoir of spending power, and should start shopping for bar-gains those who can from the auto salesrooms to the stock mar-ket. 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