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Show Page Eight ,.,., '.I-- FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27J 959 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Kennedy Says U. S. Prestige Affects Freedom of World (Continued from Page 1) he may aspire." Sen. Kennedy arrived from Oklahoma with a stop at Hart-ford, Conn., to pick up Gov. Abraham Ribicof f. Sen. Kennedy referred to Mus-kie- 's report on a recent official visit to Russia, in company with Sen. Frank E. Moss of Utah and others, as "alarming" in its pre-diction that by 1975, unless the U. S. pace increases, the Soviet will surpass this country in elec-trical power production, one of the hallmarks of an industrial society. He said such a prospect means "there is no time to me wasted in constructing the half billion dollar Passamaquoddy Bay tidal power project between Maine and New Brunswick. . He predicted that the project, if fulfilled, would be a tremen-dous spur to the economic ad-vancement of Maine, New Eng-land and the nation. "By 1970 this state alone, ac-cording to official estimates, will need 405,000 more kilowatts of capacity than all existing and planned private sources can pos-sibly supply. At an earlier press conference Kennedy said the relative pro-ductivity of the United States and Russia will be the "issue of the next 10 years." "And it should be an issue in this campaign." he said. The result of the economic race between this country and Russia, he said, may have a ma-jor bearing on the alignment of the awakening African nations, most of which will be independ-ent by 1965 or 1970. . "They will control a quarter of the votes of the UN General Assembly. I woudl like to have them have some regard for our position." thing more. The Roman Catholic Holy Name Society complained to the Fed-eral Communications Commis-sion, and I called on an FCC official who admitted that this profanity was definite violation of a federal statute and there-fore a federal crime. The FCC, however, declined to do anything about the incident on the grounds that the industry was in the process of setting up its own organization to prevent such things as this from happen-ing. At the suggestion of the FCC, I talked with the party who was head of this organization and asked him what penalty would result from someone violating criminal laws on television. He replied that his organization in-tended to provide a seal of good behavior for broadcasters and that in the. event of such viola-tions this accrediting seal would be taken away. Television is having its diffi-culties today and will have even greater future difficulties largely because the industry has not been willing to inflict any more than a tap on the wrist punish-ment by removing a seal. Since this self-polici- ng organi-zation was formed, liquor adver-tising has been introduced on TV and profanity has increased. Mr. Doerferk chairman of the FCC, has suggested since the quiz show scandals, that the idea of a TV czar for television may be looked into. Columnist Suggested Czar to Watch TV The current TV and radio scan-dals are shocking the nation. And there are more disclosures to come. Washington Columnist Clinton Davidson, in a recent dispatch, recalls that he suggested many months ago that TV appoint a czar to run its affairs and pre-vent just the type of thing con-gressional committees are expos-ing now. Mr. Davidson recalls: " Mr. Robert Lishman, counsel for the committee which investi-gates activities of government agencies, answered his telephone and then turned to me and said, "We are getting the New York Grand Jury records regarding the TV quiz shows." He obvious-ly was pleased and excited. Thus began in investigation which has shocked the nation. TV's difficulties were not only foreseen, but were predicted. They resulted from the unwill-ingness of leaders in the indus-try to punish adequately those who violate criminal laws in the program which they bring into the living rooms of millions of Americans. I speak from first hand experi-ence. Shortly after the close of World War II I called on a top NBC official and urged the ap-pointment of a so-call- ed "czar" with authority to protect the good reputation of TV. I suggested appointment of someone with the authority that Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lan-di- s had in the baseball world, or Will Hayes had in the movies, and warned that unless this was done TV could destroy itself. I mentioned that as more and more shows were produced in Hollywood and as a larger num-ber of Hollywood personalities were used on TV programs, the moral tone of the programs may be affected by Hollywood mor-als. This official, who was greatly impressed with the power, pro-gress and prosperity of his in-dustry, dismissed my suggestion with a statement that the movie industry needed such a czar but that television did not. Shortly after that conversation a woman featured on an hour long program beamed to the home, used some shocking pro-fanity on the air.I called officials of the company and asked what they were going to do about it. I was told that the announcer had apologized and that they had no intention of doing any- - Rep. King Points to Cranberry Scare Rep. David S. King of Utah Wednesday said he hoped the congressmen who eat Thanksgiv-ing cranberries "will see a little red when they eat them." "I hope they run no risks in eating them, but I do hope they are disturbed enough over the cranberry contamination scare to give early consideration to leg-islation dealing with the general problem of food contamination." He believes the cranberry scare might prompt early con-sideration, specifically on a bill he introduced in the closing days of the recent session. The bill would establish a nine man commission of scientists to study additive and contaminant in food products and water sup-plies. In letters to two colleagues, Rep. Oren Harris of Arkansas and Rep. Kenneth Roberts of Alabama, Mr. King urged early hearings on this legislation. "This whole scare and the re-sultant economic repercussions might have been avoided by the work of such a commission," Mr. King told the House leaders. Mr. Harris heads the commit-tee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to which the bill was referred. Mr. Roberts is chair-man of the subcommittee on Health and Safety, in which the hearings on the bill would start. G fHK9fWflUfofl Q Of!"!?!! DMiRA wsm& awiw ihhri' M Try a "Gtt ' ' , JttuamtuP' f Stj?.r.gr V- - --J Wfta s ilts if&iiUgg ifr pisiitgj- - s?s$& vni- - FOUNDER MEMBER. THE BOURBON INSTITUTE . for privacy when you're talking, try a bedroom extension phone nine new colors ... to order, call any business office of Mountain States JQ .n Postmaster Urges Early Mailing of Christmas Packages Predicting that the Christmas mail this year will exceed the 38,579,000 pieces handled by the Salt Lake City post office in the pre-holid- ay season last year, Postmaster D. R. Trevithick has urged patrons to start making their Christmas mailings as soon as possible. "The excellent response to our mail-earl- y campaign last year enabled us to make delivery of practically every piece of mail by Dec. 24. The dreaded pile-up- s which have occurred other years were entirely eliminated due to the fine cooperation we had. Early mailing of Christmas cards and gift parcels is the biggest single factor in getting all mail delivered before Christmas," he said. He advised that mailers should not take chances on poorly-wrappe- d packages and suggested that they use sturdy corrugated mailing cartons plenty of heavy wrapping paper and to be sure that the package is well wrapped and tied with strong cord. As a precaution against loss, Mr. Trevithick suggested placing an extra address label inside the carton before it is wrapped. A piece of transparent cellophane tape placed over the outside address will prevent the address from being defaced in transit. It is very important that packages and cards show the recipients' full name, street address, city, zone and state. Return addresses should be shown on all mail in order that friends and rela-tives may keep the mailing lists up to date. The postmaster said the entire Christmas mailing period is pri-marily a battle against time. For this reason, all mail for distant points should be sent as soon as possible and mail for nearby destinations should be in the post office not later than Dec. 15. Commissioner-Elec- t Tells Club Views J. K. Piercey, who won elec-tion to the Salt Lake City Com-mission in the Nov. 3 elections, this week called for the appoint-ment of a personnel director to put job classification into effect for city employees. Commissioner elect Piercey also recommended passage of a bond issue for construction of a Redwood Road trunk line and for construction of three new fire stations in previously rec-ommended areas. He addressed the Apartment House Associa-tion of Utah. He said he would not be in favor of any bond issue that ex-ceeded 10 million dollars for capital improvements. Any im-provement costs beyond that figure, he said, should be on a pay-as-you-- go basis. He said that city employees need an adjustment in their sal-aries in accordance with the study by the recent committee on wage studies. |