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Show Page Ten FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1960 THE SALT LAKE TIMES - Gen. Rich Cites Threat to U.S. From Continuing Cold War "The United States is as much at war now as it was in the early 1940's, but the war in which we are now engaged is even more menacing to our future freedom than all of the powers that threatened the free world during World War II." This was the contention of Major Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Adjutant General of Utah, this week as Americans paralled the events which led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor 19 years ago and the events of 1960. Gen. Rich explained that the current menace to the free world has the same old objective conquest, but this time it is built around a new plot. The new plot it cold war, which is much more effective in attaining the com-munist goal than any hot war. In the event the hated cold war shrmld Kppoitip embittered and constitutional mission, that of a first line reserve to the regular Army and Air Force. Aside from initial recovery and restoration of law and order, the Guard can also achieve a degree of recov-ery which would permit the military to strike back against the enemy. Each governor is commander in chief of his state's National Guard until it is fed-eralized. Should the chain of command from the Pentagon be snapped a new chain of com-mand would begin in the office of each governor. Utah has been organized even further, with seven divisions each under the command of a Guard Battalion., To carry on woudl be the objective of each battalion should the chain of command be snapped near the top. The iob of General Rich andI develop into a grim hot war, how well could the United States defend itself? The Adjutants General Asso-ciation of the United States has named Gen. Rich chairman of a committee established to deter-mine how the National Guard can best function as a recovery and retaliatory force should this country be attacked with nu-clear weapons, particularly if the federal government is in-capacitated. The committee pre-sented an interim report last week and expects to complete its report by next spring. He and his committee do not agree with the speculated idea that an all out nuclear attack would destroy both the attacked and the attacker. They feel that a majority of Americans would survive the most severe attack, and that means a majority of the National Guardsmen would also survive. Since colonial times, the Na-tional Guard has grown up at about the same proportions as America's population. "Certainly we feel that with units in 2,500 Aferican commu-nities it will be impossible to completely knock out our or-ganization," he says. Nor would temporary recovery missions infringe on the Guard's his committee to to procure for the Guard sufficient supplies, ammunition and transportation to meet the needs for survival and recovery. Each Guard unit now is given only enough .30 calibre ammunition to keep its members qualified and to meet local emergencies. While the largest component of the Guard in Utah is the XI Corps Artil-lery, the Army allots enough artillery ammunition for sum-mer training. "With things like ammunition and gasoline, we will have to have them on hand already," the general said, "because when the bombs drop we won't have a chance to get them here." The Association calls its mis-soi- n "total defense." Gen. Rich explains that in the event of a nuclear attack, these would be little to distinguish between na-tional defense and civil defense. His committee also has an-nounced preliminary plans for an additional 16 hours of Ar-mory training annually, in ad-dition to the current 48 two-ho- ur Armory drill and 15 days of summer field training each year. This would be in special areas necessary for restoration of law and order and dealing with dis-aster on both the local and na-tional level. Income Tax Forms Co Into the Mails Federal income tax forms for 1960 and instructions will be mailed to taxpayers in late De-cember and early January, In-ternal Revenue Service District Director Roland V. Wise said this week. Limited supplies of the forms are now available in offices of District Directors of Internal Revenue for tax practitioners and others who require advance forms to meet their filing re-quirements. The District Director explained that the mailing operation for individual income tax returns will follow the pattern used in' the past. ' Each taxpayer will receive one of three forms, 1040, 1040W, or 1040A, depending on the type of return he filed in 1959. Most taxpayers will find that the form they receive will be adequate for their 1960 income and other reporting requirement and they will be able to com-plete and file those forms. For those whose tax situation requires a different form, quan-tities of all forms will be avail-able after January 1 in the local IRS offices and many post of-fices and banks. New Tax Guides will arrive next week in the local IRS of-fice. Director Wise urged all tax-payers to complete the form that best meets their requirements, and to file as quickly as possible after the first of the year. Washington Women Plan Info Booth For Inaugural Visitors Washington area women will make certain that no Inaugural visitor loses his way or misses any major event he planned to attend during the 1961 Inaugural festivities January 18-2- 0, accord-ing to Mrs. Katie Louchheim, chairman of the hospitality com-mittee. Inaugural information booths will be established in railway, airline and bus terminals and many of the major hotels, Mrs. Louchheim said. The booths will be operated from noon on Janu-ary 17 through January 19. The information hostesses will know the time, place and prices for all Inaugural events, how to ob-tain tickets, what to do and what to see in Washington. The first booth to open will be at the Inaugural Ticket Distri-bution Center at 921 Seventeenth Street. It will be in operation Sher, chairman of the downtown east section; Mrs. Joseph L. Rauh Jr., chairman of the downtown west area; Mrs. Milton Dunn, chairman of the uptown area; Mrs. Edward Clark, chairman of the Inaugural Ticket Distri-bution Center booth; Mrs. Wil-liam E. Carpenter, chairman of. the Maryland area; and Mrs. j Dorothy McDiarmid, chairman of the Virginia area. Information booth volunteers will work in teams of two or three for four-ho- ur shifts. i next week. Co-chairm- en of the Informa-tion Booth project are Mrs. Al-fred Cipriani and Mrs. Sanford Randall. Mrs. Louchheim also an-nounced the following appoint-ments: Mrs. E. Franklin Jackson, chairman of arrangements; Mrs. Maceo Hubbard, chairman of the Capitol Hill Area; Mrs. Robert I News Preview j J Congressmen approve plans j to let the National Radiation j j Council set mandatory safe! I radioactivity standards . . .f ! Reliable Intelligence says ( (Russia is fortifying its Redj Chinese frontier . . . Some Re- - j j publicans want Nixon to stay! I in the spotlite as Chairman of J J the GOP. - "If you can jrive a better bourbon give it!;- - i ; ' : - f Beautifully gift-wrapp- ed with colorful foil design in pints and fifths at no extra cost. ifiei0e Kentucky Bourbon Aged 6 years Straight Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey 86 Proof Ancient Age Dist. Co., Frankfort, Ky.- - Founder Member, The Bourbon tostiiate, Postmaster Announces Saturday Hours For Branch Offices Postmaster D. R. Trevithick announced this week that service windows at all branch post of-fices and stations, normally closed on Saturday afternoons, will remain open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Decem-ber 17th, to take care of the grow-ing flood of outgoing Christmas cards and parcels. "Indications so far this De-cember point to an all-tim- e rec-ord mail volume which is ex-pected to exceed the 40 million pieces handled by the Salt Lake City post office last year," the postmaster said, "and the excel-lent response we received to our 'Mail Early' Campaign enabled us to make delivery of practical-ly every piece of mail before Christmas Eve." The post office faces a critical situation during the next few days and time is rapidly running out for late mailers. Postal em-ployees are digging in for the final big rush and the postmaster cautioned that any delay beyond the coming weekend could result in late delivery of out-of-sta- te mailings unless sent by air mail. For late mailers the postmaster had the following suggestions: 1. Mail now. A day or two delay may result in parcels arriv-ing after Christmas. 2. Address greeting cards care-fully and include postal delivery zone numbers. Include a returr address, thus insuring forward ing or return if first-clas- s post age is affixed.' 3. Use air mail to distan points. Affix stamps securely. 4. Sort and tie Christmas cardr in two separate bundles and labe1 with the "Local" and "Out-o- f Town" labels furnished by the post office. 5. Make your post office trips before 10 a.m. or between 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 pm. when service windows are less congested. Postmaster Trevithick ex-pressed his appreciation for the fine cooperation received from patrons in his "Mail Early" Cam-paign. He said every mail bag will be empty and post office employees will be relaxing at home this Christmas Eve if everyone keeps up the good work. The wretched , have no com-passion. Samuel Johnson. |