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Show Pac Four FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1959 fHE SALT LAKE TIMES THE SALT LAKE TIMES 1 Combined with The Salt Lake Mining & Legal New Fearl6SS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, Utah . , , Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake City as second Independent class matter August 23, 1923 under the act of March 8, NeVSpaper 7H South Wcst Temple Telephone EM 64 GLENN BJORNN, Publisher Subscription Price $3.00 per year in advance "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 38 Number 41 Violence and Disease So successful has been our campaign against disease in the past two decades that Americans today stand almost as much chance of dying from some form of violence as from illness. Not that violence is increasing: rather disease is on the wane. Figures compiled by the World Health Organization in Geneva show that accidents, poisonings, violence apd suicide in the more advanced western countries take almost as many lives as all the diseases put together. In the United States, for example, the accidents and vio-lence category in 1956 accounted for more than 71 deaths per 100,000, whereas the mortality from illness was actually a shade lower, excepting only senility and causes unknown. This surprising turn of events is due in large part to the new and potent drugs of post-wa- r medicine. Tuberculosis, , a case in point, killed 200 per 100,000 in 1900 more than the 1956 total for disease and violence combined. Demo Committee Approves L. A. Convention Site The Democratic National Com-mittee this week definitely chose Los Angeles as site for the 1960 convention. The action came on a vote of 71 to 35 following three hours of spirited debate. Representatives of Philadelphia and Chicago made last-ditc- h ap-peals to have the convention shifted to their cities. A combination of small states joined California to provide the needed margin of victory. The west coast selection was opposed opposed by representatives from the large states population wise including New York, New Jes-se- y, Pennsylvania, Massachu-setts, Ohio and Illinois. Observers noted that result of the national committee's vot-ing represented a victory for the National Chairman and the party site committee headed by Ca-mil- le Gravle, Jr., of Louisiana. The convention will open July 11, 1960. Judicial Power Needs Controls (Continued from Page 1) respects. The reports are sharply critical of some of the legislative-administrative-judici- al agencies for failure to follow ordinary court procedures and practices when exercising life pjr,' death powers over business firms appearing before them. U Some members of these boards and commissions have, in all good faith, felt that their doors should be open for consul-tation with all parties having an interest. in a case before them. It was a way of obtaining all of the information they could. That is a practice that no judge in a court would permit, and it is a practice that has led to resignations resulting from charges of improper influence being exerted on the board mem-bers or commissioners. Because of public criticism most of the members of the quasi-judici- al covernment agencies haev discontinued "out-of- - court" conferences on casese before them. That is a step in the right direction. It would, however, be a mistake unless still another step is taken. If members of an agency exercising judicial powers are to bar all contacts and close their minds to all evidence except that presented in official hearings, they should either be present at all hearings and read all of the evidence or else abstain from voting when the decision is made. Unfortunately they have joined in voting on decisions without having read all of the evidence. This they admit. This is the view held by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia which, in a decision last year in--. volving the granting of a radio station license, held that since one of the Commissioners said he had not read all of the evi-dence, but had voted anyway, the decision was void and the case should be reheard. In most cases, however, where the commissioner votes with-out having read all of the evidence, the injured party usually is afraid to sue because the commission with which he has to live has great punitive powers. We can't in the interest of common justice, have two sets of judicial rules, one for judges in a court of law and other, less strict, for appointed government officials who sit as judges. Utah Takes Proud Step in House Passage of "Equal Rights" Bill (Continued from Page 1) bigotry and enact Utah's first Civil Rights Bill." Rep. Wallace A. Peterson, (D-Sa- lt Lake) rose to speak for the measure, setting up as an ex- - blood and colored blood," he de-clared. Rep. Heber Bennion Jr., in one of the finest statements he has made during the session, told of experiences he encountered as Secretary of State, when he was called upon to try to find accom-modations for visiting digni-taries of dark skin. "This is not a local matter," he told mem-bers. "I'll call your attention to the fact that there has been an awful lot of blood spilled in this country over this thing; brother against brother and families against families. We have got to exercise moral and spiritual leadership in the world today." Rep. Joseph Foley (D-Web- er) attacking an attempt to amend the bill by removing the "teeth," told House members, "Without this portion of the bill any per-son seeking redress in a court of law could only be told that this measure was simply a dec- - laration of good intent on thej part of this Legislature. The judge would have to say, "Thej Legislature wanted you to have equal rights. This is fine, we hope you get them." At one time during the pro-ceedings the speeches from the floor moved spectators in the balcony to an outburst of ap-plause. Conversation in the halls t following the session centered almost entirely around the in-spirational talks made by legis-lators. The measure passed with a 51 to 11 majority with one mem-ber absent. Rep. Sheffield (R-Sa- lt Lake) served notice that he would ask the House to recon-- I sider the bill within 24 hours. ample of intermingling of racial groups, his own district. "I prob-ably represent more Negroes than any man in this House. My district includes a great many people of all the minority races. They are fine people. I am proud to be their Representative." Rap-idly gaining stature as a pic-turesque, unselfish crusader, he pleaded for passage of the bill and roundly championed his "neighbors." Rep. Allen Hodgson, (D-Uta- h) also supported the bill, propos-ing several minor amendments. Rep. Algie Ballif (D-Uta- h), speaking for the bill, told solons that this bill involved not only a local problem, but a world-wide problem. "We must learn to live with all people and not deny to any people the Godgiven right to respect and dignijty. We have before us today the un-finished business Abraham Lin-coln gave his life for." One of the two women on the roster, Rep. Ballif urged the House to support the "splendid Christian doctrine encompassed in H. B. 16." Hardly able to conceal his feelings, Rep. Wilson (D-Jua- b) rose in support of the measure to tell his fellow lawmakers that he has been accosted in the halls by opponents of the bill who labeled supporters as "Commu-nists." "Personally, I can't tell the difference between white Famous Players Sign For U. 'Merchant of Venice9 William Shakespeare's immor-tal classic "The Merchant of Venice" co-starri- ng George C. Scott and Colleen Dewhurst, two of Broadway's highly acclaimed young Shakespearean actors will be the next offering of the Uni-versity of Utah Theatre March 9 through 14 at' Kingsbury Hall. Directed by University Theatre director C. Lowell Lees, this wil be the first time "The Mer-chant of Venice" has been pro-duced on the Kingsbury stage. Supporting the guest stars will be such well known local and University of Utah dramatic tal-ent as Pershing Howe, Bryce Chamberlain, Carolyn Collette, and Jon Jory. Mr. Scott has been garnering brilliant reviews by New York drama critics for his perform-ances in such plays as the New York Shakespearean Festival's "Richard III", and "As You Like It," as .well as for outstanding performances in "Children of Darkness," at New York's Circle in the Square and for his recent appearance in the Broadway "Comes A Day." His notices , in the latter play were nothing short of sensation-al. Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times wrote of "Comes A Day", "But it is George Scott who gives the play its most the-atrical moments." Mr. Scott's theatrical talents have won him the Vernon Rice Off-Broadw- ay award, the Clarence Derwent award, the Daniel Blum Theatre World award and the Obie award for the best off--Broadway per-formance. Mr. Scott and Miss Dewhurst come directly to the University of Utah Theatre production of "The Merchant of Venice," in which he will appear as "Shy-lock- " and she will play "Portia" after a most exciting engage-ment in New York City where they have just appeared in a concert reading of Shakespeare's ''Antony and Cleopatra," for which they received much criti-cal acclaim. Miss Dewhurst will be remem-bered in Salt Lake City for her superb performance with Basil Rathbone in the University 1957 production of "Witness for the Prosecution." In 1956, there were 390 per-sons killed in the U. S. crossing an intersectoin with signal, and 20 were killed on safety isles. Joint Account May Be Answer Many young people today come into marriage from a sheltered family life where they've never had to cope with money problems. Thus, they often run into trouble when suddenly faced with keeping a household finacially afloat. While there's no quick and easy answer to this problem, one device many couples find very helpful is a joint checking account, according to a survey by the nation's bankers. Apparently, once a couple starts to use a joint checking account, they both become aware of just how much money they have to live on and how easily it can go. But more to the point, the joint account seems to put a "built-in- " brake on any ten-dencies toward needless extravagance. In a joint account, both husband and wife know the other will see each stub and cancelled check. Thus, they think twice before spending money on pointless things. And the family budget isn't knocked out of kilter. A joint checking account is also useful in special situations. For example, if the husband is away on a business trip, his wife can draw out household funds without having to wait for his return. Also, if either partner, becomes suddenly ill, the other can take care of immediate' bills without delay. In the event of death a joint account assures the survivor of available funds without court orders and other red tape. This type of account does present certain difficulties, how-ever. Lack of privacy, for example, prevents Mother from pay-ing for Dad's birthday present by check without his finding out the cost! "Speaker of the House," Roberts Rules of order were demolished and the group got down to busi-ness. A motion to repeal women's suffrage was soundly defeated by the two women members; a "leg-islator" who was ruled out of order was promptly handed a pill which would restore him to order; an emergency communi-cation to the effect that John-son's Army was advancing from the north, the Indians were on the war path and the crickets had devoured all the crops was met with fortitude by Rep. T. C. Hebertson, who promptly rose to face the issue with "Mr. Speaker, I move we pray!" On motion of Ben Ravsten (D-Cach- e) the group undertook to repeal the Manifesto, an effort which resulted in concerted and loud "Ayes" from the male mem-bers and horrified "nays" from the wives and partners in the gallery. Horseplay Singes Hallowed Halls If the hallowed halls of the original Utah State Capitol at Fillmore, Utah, seemed a bit pinker this week than they were painted, members of the present State Legislature will take all the blame. During the week end trip to witness the dedication of Glen Canyon Dam, Utah Legislators took time out ot visit the his-toric monument in Fillmore, and they just wouldn't have been human if someone hadn't taken advantage of the time and place to stage a burlesque session. Heber Bennion (D-Dagge- tt), addressed as Secretary of State, was asked to organize the House. His authority was challenged by one of the members who com-plained of the shameful way he disposed of the Governor: "Sec-retary" Bennion appointed Carl H. 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