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Show Page Two FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1961 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Moss & Smokey Urge Extra Forest Gare 1313 iii 111 PSSS IMmiSm fm Plw4tmw 3rA Pill M3f f4--1 r W$ MA$$ EVil& !r ik ' - Jftcd The original Smokey the Bear who lives in the Washington Zoo Assistant U. S. Forest Chief Edward Cliff a native of Heber City, Utah, and Senator Frank E. Moss warn western campers that they must not leave a spark in this summer's tinder-dr- y forests. (feklnd tlte JJeadfined I v " During all the congressional debate over foreign aid, one of the strongest arguments aid sup-porters have used is that aid strengthens the U.S. position among the world's uncommitted nations. Now, however, there is genu-ine alarm, even as the foreign aid debate continues, that all of these very same "neutralist" nations may soon undercut the whole Western position on Ber-lin. U.S. policymakers should be alterted to meet it. A tip off came when Indian Premier Nehru declared that the Communists have a "legal right" to seal off the Berlin border, and those many Afro-Asia- n na-tions following Nehru's leader-ship will believe him without ever checking the facts. Nehru has also announced that he is visiting Moscow with the strong implication that he will support Khrushchev, for the most part, on Germany and Berlin. Indonesian President Sukarno has also almost flatly endorsed the Soviet's policy on Germany the masses in the uncommitted world against the West. It is bracing for a propaganda defeat. For while the Conference rep-resents the first major effort of the world's "neutralist," uncom-mitted nations to organize as a force in world affairs, it is likely to play exactly into Soviet hands. The "Neutralism" of most of the "neutralists" to be on hand in Titoland has a distinctly pro-Sovi- et, pro-Commun- ist tinge. Communism is expected to suffer a few wrist slaps. But the parley is expected most of all to further weaken the Western stand on Berlin, by proclaiming that the U.S. and its Western allies should make further con-cessions to the Soviets on Ger-many and Berlin "in the interest of world peace" to prevent a nuclear war. All such pilous declarations and expected stands against Colonialism and a resumption of nuclear testing could be polite-ly brushed aside by the West's harrassed policymakers during the Berlin "crisis," if it were and Berlin. Sukarno's stature as an Asian Moslem gives his views added weight among Islamic Africins Moscow's propagandists have been having a field day, giving the Nehru-Sukarn- o views the widest possible circulation. Com-munism has been proclaiming all over the world that India's 360,-000,0- 00 people, Indonesia's 80,-000,0- 00 and the some 650,000,000 others inside the Soviet and Red Chinese bloc support the Soviet stand on Germany and Berlin. The claim that more than 1,000,- - 000,000 people back Communist policy on Germany and Berlin is being used to swing others to the Soviet view. This has come at the same time that France has alienated "neutrals" by its attack on Tuni-sia. Moscow is reminding "neu-tralists" that Paris claims it is protecting its NATO position by attacking Tunisia and the Bizerte naval base, and that Germany is a key to NATO's military strength. The worst of it is that all of this comes as this week's "Neu-tral Summit" conference hosted by Yugoslav Marshal Tito in Bel-grade is expected to lead to a further strengthening of the whole Soviet position on Ger-rnan- v and Berlin among the un-- not for one important fact. And this is that these same "neutral" nations also form the most powerful organized voting bloc in the United Nations. It is clear that the same "neutralist" nations conferring in Belgrade will also bring their program into the upcoming session of the U.N. General Assembly. Russia's hope, of course, is to rally strong Afro-Asia- n and Latin support behind its stand on Berlin. Washington realizes that pro-Sovi- et "neutralists" are likely to introduce "compromise" proposals in the U.N. that will bring the Berlin and German problems into, the world organ-ization. One proposal many "neutral-ists" are known to favor is a policing of the border between East and West Berlin and the East-We- st German frontier by "neutral" United Nations troops, in the same way U.N. troops have policed the Arab-Israel- i) frontiers. This may, indeed, offer a sta-bilization of the Berlin-Germa- n situation in the same way U.N. troops have stabilized the Arab-Israe- li world. But the United States, its NATO allies, West Germans in general and Berliners in partic-ular would feel no great secur- - committed bloc. Heads of state, government chiefs and observers from more than 25 countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America have agreed to attend the par-ley, whose stated aim is to "ex-press the international consci-ence." The giants of "Neutralism" will be there; In addition to Tito, Nehru and Sukarno, United Arab Republican President Nasser, Ghana's American-educate- d, pro-Sovi- et President Nkrumah and Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk were to play key roles, in guiding the course of the talks. The Algerian rebels will be represented, plus leaders from Burma, Ceylon, the Congo, Cuba, Ethiopia, Guinea, Iraq, Lebanon, Mali. Morocco, Nepal, &audi Arabia, Somoli, Sudan, and Boli-via Brazil and Ecuador were to be represented as observers. Con-troversial but influential neu-tralist" spokesmen from the United States, Canada. Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Red China and other countries will attend The United States knows it would be foolish to minimize the import of the Tito-sponsor- ed --Neutral Summit." It realizes that it represenxs first major effort to mobilize ity at having the Berlin-Germa- n frontiers, now defended by NATO's military might, defended by "neutralist" forces of the Soviet veto-riddle- d United Na-tions instead. Free Berliners fear replace-ment of U.S. strength by U.N. "neutralists" would undermine the whole Western position in Berlin and lead to a gradual surrender to Communist influ-ences through "neutralist" pup-pets. It could bring peace. But it could also represent another massive Berlin concession to Khrushchev in a hope of winning "neutralist goodwill." The U.S. is now being urged to wage a massive campaign to convince "neutralists" that their favorite issues of Colonialism, human rights and self-determinati- on are involved in Germany and Berlin. But a U.S. Informa-tion Agency poll reveals that the "neutralists" regard these as a "White Man's problem" except where colored populations are directly involved. It is clear that U.N. Ambassa-dor Adlai Stevenson will have his hands full coping with "Neutralism's" pressures on Ber-lin and that while there is little danger of war over Berlin, diplo-matic dangers are ahead. Ufrah Guard Units Receive Alerts Two Utah Army National Guard units have been notified of the possibility of alert for mobilization by the Chief, Na-tional Guard Bureau. They are the 114th Signal Detachment, Fort Douglas, and the 115th En-gineer Battalion with elements in Murray, Vernal, Tooele and Heber. Implementing instructions from the Guard Bureau received at Utah National Guard Head-quarters this . afternoon provide measures for increased mobiliza-tion readiness by authorizing above units to go to full strength and to hold one additional mul-tiple drill per month, thus pro-viding two additional training periods. The 115th Battalion will go to summer camp September 6 to 20 with the 115th Engineer Group at Camp W. G. Williams. The 114th Signal Detachment completed its summer camp in June at Camp Williams. "Training of both units will include special emphasis on sub-jects that might need attention. However, inspection reports in- - dicate both units have attained a high state of readiness," Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Ad-jutant General, said. "The National Guard's pri-mary mission is to organize, equip and train units to combat proficiency and maintain that proficiency so they can be mobil-ized for immediate use when-ever needed," Gen. Rich added. Other action taken by the De-fense Department to improve the overall readiness of Army Na-tional Guard units included ex-tension of enlistments for one year which expire between Oct. 1 and June 30, 1962. Enlistments expiring on or before Sept. 30 are not affected, General Rich stated. "Status of six-mon- th trainees was clarified by information which indicated they would re-turn to their Utah Army National Guard units upon completion of six months training," General Rich concluded. White Sands National Monu-ment in New Mexico contains the world's largest surface de-posit of gymsum. When baked, the soft white gymsum sand be-comes pure plaster of paris. DI0 lUhere It's J iydfc US All the Time I THE NEW MR 1230 On Every Rcrfto J 1 nwwmB I lie i World's iBtHRS Finest ipfe-.-v sMsxi, ;! Bourbon iAiLs S since 4 |