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Show Page Two FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 191960 THE SALT LAKE TIMES $ekind lite JJ-eadiine- A President now carries alone. The "First Secretary" would be simi-lar to the Prime Minister in parliamentary systems abroad. Nor the Administration ad-vised, would this be merely a ceremonial post, according to the proposal. In fact, there is the fear that this is what the Presidency itself could become if the idea is adopted. The "First Secretary of Gov-ernment" would not only be em-powered to sign many of the burdensome documents now le-gally requiring the President's own hand, such as postmaster-shi- p appointments. He would also President Eisenhower, prepar-ing for his latest goodwill trip to South Amerixa next week, has left Congressional leaders dis-cussing an unexpecetd issue and that is, in effect, whether the President should be making the trip at all. Many Republicans feel they are losing the President just when they need him most during the space defense foreign aid and education debates in Congress. But while wishing that they had the President's full time aid in shepherding the controversial legislation through the Demo- - rratir rnnfrnllpri flprtinn vpar "have such prestige" and "com-manding position" under the plan so that he "could engage in actual diplomatic negotiations abroad," relieving the President of wearying travel. The superman "First Secre-tary would rank above the Vice President and every other mem-ber, including the Secretary of State. President Eisenhower is said Congress, the GOP is also cer-tain that the President's diplo-matic treks abroad will continue to dramatize the "peace issue" with which they hope to win the November elections. Democrats, while wishing the President a bipartisan godspeed are almost muttering about the new outburst of Eisenhower di-plomacy, which began last No vember, is largely motivated by Republican political considera-tions. There are open charges that the President could do more real good by actively pushing strong new trade aid and other legislation benefitting Latin America that threatens to bog down in Congress without some one's active support. Scores of recommendations for broadening, strengthening, and revising U. S. Latin American policy have already been made by Vice President Nixon and Dr. Milton Eisenhower, the Presi-dent's brother, following their own Latin "fact finding" trips. But these are stalled in a maze of Congressional committees and subcommittees and by the State and Commerce Departments. to feel that "such a figure would need the support of Congress, the acceptance of governments abroad to speak and even nego-tiate for the U. S., and the sup-port of the people." Some Democrats chided the for proposing a re-modeling of the Presidency so that the proposed "First Secre-tary" would do all the work, en-abling the President to spend more time at play. But the idea follows serious studies of the Executive Branch of the government by the non-partisan Hoover Commission. It follows studies of the Presidency made during the President's ill-nesses, when it was realized that many of the burdens of the Presidency were ridiculously officially suggested last Novem-ber. Critics asked if the Congress, people and political parties will be willing to give such great power to someone not directly answerable to the electorate. Would politicians, remembering how they were irked by the President's powerful former as-sistant, Sherman Adams, ever again risk even greater powers to someone else? Wouldn't such a "First Secretary" become a more logical, abler heir to the Presidency than the Vice Presi-dent? Who would examine and review the decisions he would! make? Should Congress have a voice in his selection, be able to ratify or veto his policies? Shall he be elected or appointed? Can he overshadow the Presidency itself? Who is there of "such com-manding presence and prestige" to have the full confidence of the President, Congress, people and governments abroad? If there is such a man, why hasn't he been brought into the government long ago? Nonetheless, the idea is still being studied. routine, of little import, and time consuming. The reported proposal, now said to be under study by the Attorney General and others in weighing its constitutionality, is not new. What is new are indica-tions that the Administration is still interested in it. There is also the belief that only the Presi-dent's great interest is keeping the proposal alive, in view of criticism it first met when un-- Still, U. S. politics has always stopped at the water's edge. The Still U. S. politics has always stopped at the water's edge. The President has the bipartisan public support of the country, and the only real concern is that he doesn't encounter the same anti-U- . S. Communist in-spired mobs Vice President and Mrs. Nixon met. The U. S. State Deparmtent and Secret Service still are un- - easy over the possibility that mobs might demonstrate against the U. S. again, especially fol-lowing increased Communist ac-tivity in Latin America, a strong new Red Chinese movement and the tension created by Cuban Premier Castro's anti American-ism. There is a guarded optimism however, that rioting will not occur, since the President's es-teem is greater than Nixon's and tLe Reds fear anti Ike riots will be unpopular in those areas of the world that have already wel-comed the President. Oddly, the quiet discussion over whether or not the Presi-dent should make so many trips abroad was first raised, not by critics of the late Secretary of States Dulles' travels or of the Administration's "locomotion di-plomacy," but by the White House itself. Last year the White House discreetly leaked to the press a report that "the administration was giving serious consideration to the idea that the U. S. should have two principal chief execu-tives, rather than just the one we now have in the President." In addition to a chief of State, we would also have a head of government, to be named "a First Secretary of the Govern-ment," to share the burdens the Air Force Aces To Help Mark Guard Muster Day One of the greatest performing groups in the U.S. Armed Forces will be brought to Utah to help the Utah National Guard cele-brate its annual Muster Day on February 20. Utah's adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, said that the Thunderbirds, an Air Force team which specializes in pre-cision flying in high speed jet fighters, will perform at the Air National Guard's Salt Lake Base near the Salt Lake Municipal Airport. The Guard will replace its tra-ditional downtown parade with a retreat parade at the airbase. Some 2,000 Army and Air Guardsmen from Salt Lake City will take the Muster Oath, re-affirming their allegiance as citi-zen soldiers. Following the retreat parade, the famed aerobatic group will stage its briliant precision flying routine over the air base. In the mean time Guardsmen in 27 other communiities will be presenting parades and military! demonstrations and j . m 11 v J reafm firming I concept oi me iaiionai uuara as voiced by George Washington one of America's great Guards-men. "Every citizen who enjoys the protection of a free government owes not only a portion of his property but even of his per-sonal service to the defense of it," Gen. Washington said. It is partly to honor Washing-ton that the tUah Guard origi-nated Muster Day. It started in 1955 as a statewide "Operation Safeguard" to point out the ad-vantages of membership in the Army and Air National Guard. The program was so successful that the National Guard Bureau adopted it, and Muster Day has become a national observance each February. The citizen soldiers also will present Muster Day Military balls in many home town armo-ries, along with armory open houses and the Miss Utah Na-tional Guard Pageant. U. of U. to Conduct Workshop For Labor Union Aides A workshop for labor union leaders concerning legislation affecting labor organizations and their members will be conducted in the University of Utah Union Saturday, March 5. ng the event will be the Institute of Industrial Re-lations and the College of Law of the University of Utah and the Utah State AFL-CI- O. Special emphasis will be given to explanations of the Labor-Manageme- nt Reporting and Dis-closure Act of 1959, according to Dr. Reed C. Richardson, asso-ciate professor of economics and co-direc- tor of the Institute of Industrial Relations. Sanford H. Kadish, U. of U. professor of law, will discuss the amendments to the Labor-Manageme- nt Relations (Taft-Hartle- y ; Act of 1947). "Bill of Rights for Members of Labor Organizations will be the topic of Park Smoot, Salt Lake lawyer. A. Wally San-dac- k, also a Salt Lake lawyer, will discuss reporting by labor organizations, officers and em-ployees of labor organizations, j wmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ON K-AAO-RE Where Hit's A Uj 0 V IF n i i t T : J All the Time THE NEW kaaur 1230 On Every Radio Moss Bill Would Increase County Taxation Powers Senator Frank E. Moss of Utah Monday introduced a Senate bill to empower states and local jurisdictions to tax personal property located on federal areas within their borders. "One county in Utah is losing thousands of dollars per year on merchandise being stored on federal installations by private business," Sen. Moss said. "The property tax constitutes the major revenue source for our counties, municipalities and the school districts, and when the property is removed from local tax rolls simply because It is kept on federal land, provision must be made to maintain the tax valuation level. The accident of location should not relieve one taxpayer of the obligation which others must assume to pay taxes, he said. Legislation has been in process for some time to provide pay-ments by the federal government itself in lieu of taxes lost to the local jurisdiction, he explained. But no bill now before the Sen-ate attacks this specific question of private property on federal installations, he said. Senator Moss is a former Salt Lake County Attorney, and has served as president of the Utah Association of County Officials. State, county and municipal tax authorities in Utah are support-ing the legislation, he said. j Oaf of the Shadows-ln- to the Sunlight |