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Show I ... ' 'If if j" ... ; PERIODICAL DIVISION I - . r l UNIVERSIIY LIEHAP.Y ..... ! viy-- . univesity of ltaii S v - . 'v- - Of , " CITY.... 12 - AC ' I , , "V " " " i : n il l 5 W SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH-FRID- AY, NOVEMBER 27, 1959 Ike Rejects Sen. Moss1 Proposal For Strike Fact Finding Panel President Eisenhower rejected a request of Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah for appointment of a fact finding board to recom-mend a basis for settlement of the copper strike, the Senator's Washington office was informed this week. The strike was partially settled this week. Gerald D. Morgan, deputy as-sistant to the President, wrote Senator Moss as follows: "The President asked me to write you further concerning your letter of November 3, call-ing his attention to the economic impact of the present non-ferro- us strike upon the people of Utah, and suggesting a fact-finding board which will, recom-mend a basis for settlement. Ap-parently most of the parties in the non-ferro- us industry are awaiting some clarification of the steel dispute situation before engaging in definitive negotia-tions. "It has been this administra-- I tion's consistent position that any compulsory action on the part of the government either by way of compulsory arbitration or a mandated fact finding board, constitutes " an unwarranted in terference with the process of free collective bargaining. When similar requests were made in the steel dispute, the President indicated that while he was op-posed to the imposition of any board, he would seriously con-sider any joint request received from the parties for the ap-pointment of a non-governme- nt board with such power and au-thority as the parties might des-ignate, since that would then be their voluntary act and an ex-tension of their own collective bargaining. He has received no such request. The President appreciated your interest in this matter." Senator Moss had written the President proposing appointment of an impartial board "to ascer-- I tain the facts in this dispute and make public a full and complete report of the facts, and recom-mend a basis for settlement that will serve the interests of the west and be fair and equitable to the parties concerned." - Recent estimates indicate that I the strike, which began August 10, has cost Utah more than I $32,000,000, Nevada and Arizona $2,500,000 each, and New Mex-ico $1,300,000. Candidates Tour Country In Search of Support concluded, could mean the sur- - vival of freedom all around the globe. The administration's tight money policies drew criticism from Sen. Johnson. These have pushed the "cost of money up to a point where small business-men and farmers and consumers are finding it very difficult to conduct their affairs," he said. Symington, addressing a Jeffer-son- Jackson dinner in Okla-homa City, indicted what he said were two tragic policies of the administration. "First is the policy of strength through weakness standing idly by while over half a million citizens are forced out of work for months, he said. "My second indictment is at least as serious. If they knew the facts, the people would never condone policies which are plac-ing us behind the communists in nearly all fields except con-sumer comforts. Other issues brought up by weekend politicking included an old theme peace and prosper-ity and a new one beatniks. Sen. Thruston B. Morton of Kentucky, the Republican na-tional chairman, said domestic prosperity and the keeping of world peace would be the major 1960 issues. Gov. Williams accused Repub-licans of behaving like beatniks, adding: "The one good thing about some beatniks their protest against senseless conformity the Republicans have scrapped." Political activity on the na-tional level was gaining in in-tensity this week with major candidates in both parties tour-ing the country in search of dele-gate strength. Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York entered another pow-erful political arena this week after spending four days touring the western strongholds of Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Rockefeller, who promises to announce between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15 whether he'll run for the Republican presidential nomina-tion, turned his attention to la-bor and addressed the annual convention of the New York State AFL-CI- O in Buffalo. While reports said he dented some Nixon strength in the west, none of these dents showed in the week end's major political action. The western Republican conference met in Los Angeles and elected Edward S. Shattuck of Los Angeles, a strong Nixon man, as chairman. Democratic maneuvering for the presidential nomination also was evident. Sen. John F. Ken-nedy, Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson, Gov. G. Mennen Williams, Sen. Stuart Symington and Gov. Ed-mund Brown of California all possible candidates made talks discussing the issues for 1960. In addition, a move started in Wisconsin to enter a stand-i- n candidate for Adlai Stevenson in the state's preferential primary. Stevenson, the party's presiden-tial nominee in 1952 and 1956, has said he will not enter any primary. There is a possibility of a 3-w- ay Wisconsin tussle, for both Sen. Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Kennedy may run in the pri-mary. In his address to the AFL-CI- O convention, Rockefeller said an expanding economy would solve the problem of automation. He said a healthier economy would mean more iobs. "The real problem is one of transition, a transition which seeks to avoid human hardship. Rockefeller's four day trip took him to California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Although he toppled no towers, observers felt he implanted some doubts in the minds of Nixon support-ers. Some cautiously admitted that Rockefeller "has made a lot of friends." Meanwhile, Democrats con-tinued to fire on the record of the Eisenhower administration. Sen. Kennedy, addressing a con-ference in Augusta, Maine, said that "since 1952, the power, prestige and standing Of the U.S. in relation to the communist world has declined." Election of a Democratic Con-gress and president next year, he 3 Senators Attend Dinner for Jenkins State Senator Bruce S. Jen- - kins was honored at a dinner in iNewhouse Hotel Tuesday eve-ning. In attendance were U. S. Sena-tors Frank Moss, Frank Church and Howard Cannon of Nevada, all Democrats. Sen. Moss recounted his recent trip to Russia during which he and other senators visited a number of Soviet power instal-lations. In his talk Sen. Moss noted a "tremendous advance" in the field of Rusisan education. He said the Russians place great emphasis on languages in the grade school curriculum. Begin-ning in the fifth grade, the sena-tor reported, youngsters study English, German or French. It seem most choose English. He said elective courses as we know them are almost non-exist-a- nt and that emphasis is on basic science. The senator paid tribute to Sen. Jenkins, who was defeated for mayor of Salt Lake City in municipal , elections early this month. . TODAY'S EDITORIAL Jackson Demo League Names Officer Slate Charles R. Liston, 821-llt- h East, was elected president of the Jackson Democratic League at a meeting this week in the City and County Building. Other officers elected included Ollie McCulloch, vice president; Peter F. Leary, secretary, and John Avery, treasurer. Directors include Ray N. Lea-vit- t, ward 1; William W. Doug-las, ward 2; Louis F. Charvoz, ward 3; Farley W. Salmon, ward 5, and Oscar A. Carlson, ward 6. Jacob Weiler, precincts 1, 2 and 3; C. W. Brady, Jr., pre-cincts 4, 5 and 12; Robert May-nar- d, precincts 6, 7 and 8, and Austin Johnson, 9, 10 and 11. Directors at large at Heber Warburton, William Plott, and Chase Douglas. News Preview I Congress will kill the Loy-- j laity Oath required for U. S. ! I college aid funds . . . Arch-- g j bishop Makarios will be op- - j J posed by a Right-Le- ft coali-- f i tion in the Cyprus elections ! . . . The UN will study the j ij3ven?opu Jjkjf , p j Kennedy Says U. S. Prestige Affects Freedom of World In a recent talk at Augusta, Maine, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts said America's global prestige has been on the wane in recent years, threaten-ing the survival of freedom. Sen. Kennedy, a potential can-didate for the Democrtaic Presi- - i dential nomination, said: "Since 1952, the power, pres-tige and standing of the U. S. in relation to the Communist world has declined," Sen. Ken- - nedy spoke to a conference of Maine Democrats. i "Every time we fail, and dem-onstrate that we are not No. 1, We not only let down our coun-try, but we let down the cause of freedom around the world." Sen. Kennedy said the very ex-istence of world freedom may depend on election of a Demo-cratic President and Congress in 1960. Sen. Kennedy was introduced to 500 cheering partisans by Sen. Edmund S. Muskie. Muskie described his colleague as a man qualified 'for any office to which (Continued on Page 8) The Parties Look at Science The report of 14 Democratic scientists on the technical aspects of keeping the peace is an important document in itself. Moreover, it points up the considerable difference of viewpoint between the two parties. The proposal contrasts sharply with a Republican statement on "The Impact of Science and Technology,", published a week previously. And the difference is apparent immediately in the makeup of the groups responsible. For the Democrats 14 scientists and intellectuals, including two Nobel prize-winner- s; for the Republicans two businessmen, a doctor, two architects, a college administrator, an opinion researcher, a laboratory ad-ministrator and a broadcaster. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Republican report advocates that the federal government retreat from applied re-search except for weapons development; that it use tax favoritism to encourage private research; and that whatever funds the government puts into basic research should be "within the limits , of existing budgets." It wants the government to stay out of science as much as possible because "scientists themselves above all do not want a centralizer control of themselves." The scientists who made the Democratic proposal do not see it quite that way. They advocate an independent government (Continued on Page Four) |