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Show fBUODlCAL nr' 5 I PERIODICAL DIVISION j j ! I. UWIVEBSnY LIBRARY .Irr UNIVESITY OF ITAH rjl llt CITY 12 AC ' I SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1961 King Demands President Call OAS to Sift Red Cuba Action Ren. David S. King has urged the President to demand an im-mediate review by the Organi-zation of American States of the evidence of communist interven-tion in the Cuban crisis. In an address to the House. Mr. King praised the President's declaration that this country will stand firm agains further com-munist penetration in this hemi-sphere. The congressman declared: "The President's warning re-flects" the mood of the American people. He has voiced their de-termination. "He also has wisely reminded our neighbors in Central and South America that the stake in the Cuban crisis is their freedom and not ours." Mr. King said a communist beachhead in this hemisphere is a much greater and more imme diate threat to their sovereignty and to their aspirations of self-determinati- on than it is to ours. He advocated that the Presi-dent demand that the Council of the Organization of American States convene its peace com-mittee immediately to examine the evidence of communist in-tervention in Cuba, in violation of the Declaration of San Jose. "In my judgment, the techni-cians, the jet fighters, the tanks and the other arms which the Soviet bloc has given the Castro forces do, in fact, constitute in-tervention." A finding of intervention or of a threat of intervention, in vio-lation of this pact, would con-solidate the American states in their resistance to red penetra- - . tions, and would greatly aid the President's hand in standing up to aggresion, he said. Three Make Formal Application for Vacant S.L City Commissioner Post Speculation mounted this week on appointment of a Salt Lake City Commissioner with' three formal bids being sent t6 the v mayor's office. Wilburn C. West, Salt Lake attorney and businessman, is the latest person seeking the seat left open by the death of Com-missioner J. K. Piercey, who died suddenly last week. West talked with , Mayor J. Bracken Lee and other members of the commission Wednesday r and asked for their considera-tion regarding the appointment. Several other letters were re-ceived from local citizens asking consideration be given to the candidacy of Mr. West. Other candidates who have ,Wiade formal application are G. E. Slingerland, 1323 Dover Rd. (1300 South), and Hal E. Urqu-har- t, 1565 E. 27th South. Both men applied by letter. Mr. Slingerland is a super-visor of wage schedules for the i Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Urquhart has been employed by the city the past six years as a school crossing guard. Although the city commis-sion, which must name a new commissioner by mid-Ma- y, has not formally considered the question, city and county build-ing observers said a number of other persons are "under consid-eration." At least one of those being widely mentioned for the post has said flatly that he is "not interested." Bruce S. Jenkins, who was defeated for mayor in the last municipal elections by Mayor J. Bracken Lee, said he would not be interested in tak-ing the commission post at this time. Another well-know- n city of-ficial, L. E. Holley, city auditor, however, is reported very defi-nitely interested in the job. Ironically, it would be Mr. Hol-ley, in his position as the city auditor, who would, under law, be called upon to break any-- tie vote in the commission over an appointment. Among others being mentioned are Jennings Phillips, Salt Lake public relations figure, who has long been associated with Mayor Lee. Mr. Phillips has not public-ly indicated he wanted the posi-tion, but well informed sources said he would welcome it. Also "under consideration" is Ralph Anderson, a state legis-lator and long associated with municipal government affairs. Another "dark .horse" is Clar-ence D. (Scoop) Williams, vete-ran Salt Lake City' newspaper-man, who has "covered" the city and county building for many years. Those putting forth the possibility of Mr. Williams' ap-pointment recalled that Com-missioner Conrad B. Harrison, who was named to fill a previous opening on the board, also was a long-tim- e Salt Lake newsman, fimiliar with the ins and outs of city government. Formal action to fill the va-cancy is expected within the next ten days. Commission members have not publicly advocated the appoint-ment of any prospective com-missioner. Moss Bill Would Give Aid to Utah Colleges Senator Frank E. Moss has a Senate bill that will mawe Utah's Carbon College, Snow College and Dixie College eligible for federal financial as-sistance under the National De-fense Education Act for teaching science, languages and mathe-matics and for technical train-ing. Senator Moss said, "Under the program the federal government pays half the cost to acquire the equipment and to do minor re-modeling to improve instruction of the specified courses. "The National Defense Educa-tion program has already strengthened 'education in these fields in high schools and ele-mentary schools. Two, year col-leges have also been eligible in many states, but not in Utah. "This is because eligibility has been restricted to two-ye- ar col-leges that are part of thi sec-ondary education system, or that teach lower than college grade courses. The bill will extend the program to all strictly two year colleges under public supervi- - "As a two year institution, Weber College would also be eli-gible, but since the Legislature has designated Weber as four-yea- r, it is possible the change-over will come too soon for that schools participation. "The program is under state control. The designated state agency establishes principles for determining the priority of proj-ects, sets up standards for facili-ties and equipment and is re-sponsible for accounting and fiscal control.' Technical courses under the Act include those necessary to train an individual for useful employment as a highly skilled technician in a recognized occu-pation in engineering, the bio-logical sciences, health services or other areas requiring scienti-fic knowledge. Architects Present Cost Estimate On Proposed Public Safety Bldq. A final cost estimate of $7,-779.5- 16 for the proposed Salt Lake City-Count- y Public Safety Building was released this week by Harold K. Beecher and Asso-ciates. The architetcs's estimate was presented to the Citizens' Advis-ory Committee on Capital Im-provements and City Planning, the Salt Lake City and County Commissions and representatives of various city and county agen-cies meeting this week in the City Commission chambers. The citizens' committee will meet Monday at 3 p.m. in the City-Coun- ty Planning Commis sion meeting room to draft final recommendations to the city and county commissions. It was pointed out that the architect's estimate does not re-flect the cost of additional land furniture and fixtures or archi-tect's fees. It does not reflect costs not directly or entirely a part of the Public Safety Build-ing. Chairman of the citizens' com-mittee, Dilworth S. Woolley, said total cost would probably be around $10 million, one million more than the committee had been predicting. Writers Report on Year Spent With Families in Soviet Union Soviet children are Soviet "adults written small." their minds closed and straitjacketed within the propaganda lines laid down by the state, an article in the Reporter said recently. In their copyrighted article, "Sasha, Vovo and Natasha," in the current issue of the Reporter, Jeremy and Gabriella Azrael, an American couple who recently spent a year in Russia, write of their experiences with three children from three different walks of life an upper middle class family, a worker's family and a family belonging to the Soviet elite. Sasha almost 14, the son of a well paid engineer, is learning English and despite his heavy schedule of other school work, he gave up five of his free hours weekly to study with Azrael. "Sasha frequently asked about the United States," the Azraels report. "He listened to all our t answers with rapt attention. We asked him what he already had learned about America. 'I know that America has good industry, good talented people like Paul Robeson and Van Cliburn, that the people don't want war but your ruling circles do'." , Sasha was not a parrot, but a "bright, happy little boy who could think on his feet." When he asked why Americans never seemed to wear the lapel buttons so popular in the Soviet Union, the Azraels explained that dur-ing election campaigns in the United States everyone puts on the pin of his favorite candidate and openly champions his choice. "Sasha thought this over. "I see. It's true, your elections are not free. You can't keep your choice a secret." Vovo, 12 years old and from a worker family, attached him-self to the Azraels as they left (Continued on page 12) ' TODAY'S EDITORIAL A Democrat Speaks Out "I certainly will not apologize for fighting for decent pay for American workers and I will not apologize for federal action to alleviate the drab poverty of depressed areas. "If the Republicans could get their eyes off statistics and dollar signs and look at America's problems in terms of people, we might get some Republican support for the President's pro-gram. Depressed areas aren't statistics. They are hungry, hope-less people. The head of a family taking home a $40 check for a week's work isn't a statistic. He's a human being who cannot provide his family with its basic needs and his children with the opportunity which we say all Americans deserve as a basic right. Farmers aren't statistics either, and that is why President Kennedy also recognizes their basic right to a fair share of the (Continued on Page Four) A News Preview I j The U.S. is studying diplo-- 1 matic recognition of Commu-- 1 nist Outer Mongolia . . . . j I' Attorney General Kennedy is j presing a drive on banking! monopolies . . . James A. I Michener will play a key role j i in Administration strategy for j Asia and the Pacific . . . the j I- - President is being urged to! challenge Nixon to help put j some of his "constructive crit- - j icism" programs into effect ! . . . The U.S. fears the Cuban j j crisis has pushed Mexico, Bo-- 1 ilivia and Brazil into the pro-- j I Castro camp or toward neu- - j ! trality . . I |