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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM CANYON. UTAH I , WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS . Church Raps Mindszenty Verdict; Dewey Dons Attire of Liberalism; People Checked Inflation Threat (EDITOR'S NOTE: When opinion! arc expressed In these column!, they are those of Western Newspaper Union's newt analysts and out necessarily of this newspaper.) GREEN LIGHT: Waits Faithfully Harry S. Truman, of Indepen-dence, Mo., Is getting into a habit of popping up as a poll topper in this or that department. "Man of the year . . . most pop-ular, etc., etc . . . " are some of the poll winning titles be already possesses. Now, he has come up with an-other. Mr. Truman is the nation's No. 1' pedestrian. No leas an authority than that National Safety Council has so designated Mr. Truman. THE ASSOCIATION'S magazine, Public Safety, pictured Mr. Tru-man on its cover and commended him for his interest in safety. The traffic advisory board of the District of Columbia hailed the President's "firm decision to wait faithfully for the green light be- - MINDSZENTY: Gets Life Term The trial of Cardinal Mindszenty, primate of Hungary, was over and the verdict came as no surprise. The Cardinal was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of trea-son and black marketing. If there were an unexpected element in the outcome it was that the primate's life had been spared. But at trial's end even that hung in the balance. Cardinal Mindszen-ty still could lose his life. Under Hungarian law, while his sentence of life could be appealed, the su-preme peoples tribunal, last court of appeal, could increase the sever-ity of the sentence which, in this case, could mean only death. THE CARDINAL was doomed from the outset. His plight had so stirred the Christian world that de-nunciations of the Hungarian gov- - CARDINAL MINDSZENTY For t$ principlt, lijt fore crossing Pennsylvania avenue." Mr. Truman turned down a sug-gestion that a special traffic con-trol be established for his daily walks between his temporary resi-dence at Blair House and the White House. lr. Truman said he preferred to obey the traffic signals "like any other citizen." DATA: Reds Demand It The Russians just couldn't stay out of the news. But in an utterance which com-manded American headlines, they revealed themselves as almost childishly naive. With the cold war as hot as it could be. short of the bullet stage, the ooviets had the gall to demand that the United States tell them how many this country has and provide full data on armed ernment s actions were almost uni-versal. Powerful western nations, through their leading churchmen, hud attacked the trial procedure anu this, in turn, had incensed the Communist-dominate- Hungarian court to a point where the issue was sever in doubt. It was generally believed that it was only reluctance to make a martyr out of the Cardinal that averted the death penalty. Hungary lost no time in assail-ing American representatives who actually, or purportedly, sided with thn cardinal. Amonff tarseta of GOP'S DEWEY: New Liberalism For a man who was strangely reticent about plans while seeking the presidency of the United States, New York's Thomas E. Dewey turned vocal and voluble in his Lin-coln Day address in Washington. In the diminutive governor's re-marks there was no apology for defeat and no supine bid for favor. Instead, he lashed out vigorously against party policy and advocated a puree of "anti-liberal- from forces and armaments. Never modest in demands, the Soviets set a deadline for receipt of this Information. It was March 31. 1949 HOWEVER, they wouldn't be completely selfish about the matter. They demanded that the report on these matters be made to the United Nations, of which Russia is a member. Warren R. Austin, U. S. delegate to the U. N., dubbed the Soviet res-olution a "succotash of all the beans and different constituents" Russia has put to the U. N. on the arms and atomic questions since the world peace organization was formed. Even a non-bettin- g citizen might, be excused for risking a sawbuck that the Russians would have noth-- ing but their pains in proposing that the U. S. bare its atomic war potentials to the Kremlin. B-29- 'S: Direct Hits The army air force was making a point for its contention of its, importance as aa effective arm in, itself. Four ah-- force 's seored direct hits on nine fighting ships' attacking Kodiak island in the navy'i north Pacific war games. An airman aboard one ef the bombers said the formation spot-ted the nine ships 250 miles south-east of Kodiak and registered bombing hits m three runs at 20.-0- feet. THE SHIPS were part of a navy task force attempting to retake the these attacks were Cardinal Spell-ma-of New York, who delivered a scathing sermon against prosecu-tion of Mindszenty, and Selden Chapin, U. S. envoy to Hungary. AMONG OTHER THINGS, Cardi-nal Mindszenty was accused of gathering information for Chapin in a scheme to overthrow the Hun-garian government. Chapin im-mediately branded this charge as "pure fantasy." General opinion was that in the prosecution of the Cardinal Rus-sian communism had made its first great blunder. For in the move was discerned the fact that religion and religious concepts whether Catholic or Protestant would not be permitted to stand in the way of Soviet aims of expansion and domination. The Russians had resurrected a policy which once before had so alarmed them that they had for-awo- ra it But now they were pub-licly and dramatically recommitted to a policy of the Kremlin ver-sus Christ, and this time the Soviet Union was up against an adversary for wham there can be no defeat. INFLATION: People Curbed It The people, themselves, e a n claim major credit for the recant check to national inflation. That is the conclusion of the fam-ily economics bureau of the North-western National Life Insurance Company which conducted a study of the subject. THE STUDY developed that a glowdown, halt, or reverse of six main factors in the 76 per cent rise from pre-wa- r price levels had been brought about. It found that as late as last September, the public still was bid-ding frantically against each other for mere goods than were being produced in many lines. But in the final two months of 1948, con-sumers suddenly quit trying to out-bid each other. With industrial production in high gear and comparatively free from interruptions, output and available supplies of most consum-er goods were gaining steadily. Government bidding for grain in Europe, which ran grain prices up to record heights last year, slowed down as world grain production recovered. THE LONG RISE in it of goods was slowing down, the study said. Continuing its listing of the six factors, the study reported that GOP ranks. That there was a noticeable para-dox in his position apparently dis-turbed him not at all. While cry-ing for those who oppose "liberal progressive" policies to get out of the party, he struck out also at New Dealish elements inside the organization. Urging his party to stop bemoan-ing the past, he recommended that it dedicate itself anew to forward-lookin- g programs of social progress but without "trying to outbid the Democrats with the public money." It was Dewey's first public ad-dress since his defeat last Novem-ber, and in it he reminded his lis-teners that the last GOP platform expressed wholehearted belief in unemployment insurance, increased old-ag- e assistance, broader social security generally, slum clearance and public housing, public develop-ment of water power, and farm price supports. These words must have left some of his hearers stunned. Surely, they must have asked themselves, why weren't some of these things men-tioned during the multiple appear-ances of their presidential candi-date last year? But, Dewey, ever the realist in facing a situation, however he may react to it, conceded that the par-ty was split wide opea in a fight between two extremes of thought. And then he uttered a remark which must have brought some sly smiles. He said: "What we ought to do ... is to make it everlasting-ly clear to the country where we stand and why." INCOME: Average $3,000 The average annual income of the American family was climbing. In 1947 the average was $3,000, highest ever recorded up to that time. The federal census bureau, which issued the report, found that in-come was distributed among the country's 37 million families in this manner: FOUR MILLION had under $1,000; six million had $1,000 to $2,000; eight million, $2,000 to $3,000; eight million. $3,000 to $4,000; four million, $4,000 to $5,000; three million. $5,000 to $6,000; three million $6,000 to $10,-00- 0, and one million, $10,000 or more. Thus only four million families or slightly fewer than one out of each nine families in the country-h- ad in that year the $8,000 which island from a theoretical enemy. The report was significant from two standpoints. First, beeause the air force termed it important enough to report. Since that was done, it was motivated, probably, by the fact that the air force wanted to show that It had demon-o- f land-base- planes in an off-- ! strated the efficacy of the power, shore attack. Closeup eSW!SSMIllWM(iiipyu rapid expansion in money supply, both cash and credit, due to vast government borrowing, had also slowed down. Borrowing by business for ex-pansion was listed as the sixth fac-tor which was slowed down because of tightened restrictions. But the first and foremost cause of the current price deflation, the study concludes, has been the halt in the public's scramble for goods. By trimming their demands to fit within available supplies, the peo-ple have recaptured some of their normal control over prices. President Truman has suggested as the starting point for the income tax increase he asked Congress to consider. An interesting factor is that in one fourth of the families, women earned 25 per cent or more of the family income, and more than two million families were supported en-tirely be female breadwinners. Who fared best in the average-incom- e increase? Farm wage-worker- s came out best. The income of this class had jumped from an average of $300 in 1939 to $900 in 1947. This latest excellent profile of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was made when he ar-rived at Haneda airport, Tokyo, to welcome ranking generals and officials of the far east command. ALLIGATOR: Nothing Fatal In Alencon, France, Santos Du-mo- t. circus performer, stuck his head into the mouth of a d alligator his regular act. As us-ual, the audience oohed and aahed. But this time, the alligator snap-ped his big jaws shut. The actor's father rushed to the rescue with an iron bar and forced the jaws open. The younger Dumot suffered deep head wounds, but will live American 'Know How' Aids In Development of Nations By BAUKHAGE titwt Analyst and Commutator. WASHINGTON When the various departments of the gov-ernme- nt bogan to gather data for the President to be used as we basis for preliminary legislation for his "bold new program 01 es-tablishing the machinery of world cooperation for the develop-ment of undeveloped countries, it was a surprise to many to learn than many of these agencies are by no means starting from scraicn. The department of agriculture of course, has had the longest and most successful record in this line- -a good 10 years. In 1939 it naa become all too evident that in a world where the free flow of trade was threatened by rising hegemonies, we had to look to our nearer neighbors for many things which we did not produce at home, and which they could, but did not, produce themselves. Congess was quite willing to authorize the department of agri- - culture to lend some of its techni-cians to other coun-trie- s and to help such countries as were willing to co-operate to set up agricultural s t for the pur-- p o s e of putting American techni-ques Into action. For those who may have ques-tioned the expendi-ture in this connec- - in the United States and Great Brit-ain or other democratic countries. What have been the results? In the view of the military govern-men- t: "Democratlcally-mlnde- d and trustworthy German editors and publishers have established a solid core of Independent and democratic newspapers In the V. S. area of occupation. They have been encouraged to main-tain their Independence and ob-jectivity against all attacks and to resist the encroachment of government or of other spec-ial Interest groups and protect their right to bring the news of Germany and the world to the people of Germany and to com-ment upon it." The question that remains, how-ever, is this: when the controls and the existing regulations are re-moved, will the Germans graduate from a "nearly free press" which BAUKHAGE tion, there is some satisfaction in not-ing that the experiment paid, from the standpoint of all con-cerned including the peoples of the countries involved. On the average the United States puts out one dol-lar for each three dollars spent by the other countries. In 1943 Latin American countries were ex-pending $500,000. In 1948 they in-vested $1,178,000. The countries In which the stations are located, an official of the department explained, supplies "land, buildings, asso-ciate technicians, office and service personnel, equipment and supplies available within the country, and funds for op-erating expenses." The United States supplies the "know-how- " and the specialised equipment accessary. The plan pays out, the depart-ment explains, this way. Assistance in raising crops such as cocoa, cof-fee, certain fibres, medical plants, tea and rubber, has Increased the revenue from them. They are prod-ucts in demand in this country, we don't or can't raise. The dol-lars they earn are turned into many manufactured products which these countries purchase from us. In the last special report issued by the American military govern-ment on the Licensed Press of Ger-many, we have an example of an-other type of experience which the United States has had in attempt-ing to provide the "know-how- " for a foreign nation. Stmt ef the seeds which have been planted and which It la hoped will grow, thanks to the application of American techniques, are those which should produce a free and the Americans have encouraged to a genuinely free press which Amer-icans consider an essential of democracy? Will the Germans, who for centuries have accepted control and regimentation from above, be able to start out afresh and make use of the democratic techniques to which we have at-tempted to expose them? That is one kind of "know-how- " it is hard to pass on. Haylift Whips Winter Blizzards The winter storms which attacked the range country and presented what looked for awhile like a major tragedy to the cattle industry didn't turn out to be as bad as some people feared, but it might have been con-siderably worse if it hadn't been for what happened in the Pacific islands in World War II, The Japs used to say that the American's most terible weapon was the bull-dozer and, of course, the Sea-Bee- s wrote epic history on a clean slate. The same might be said of the air force, so far as the snowbound ranchers, especially those in Neva-da were concerned. There the hay-li- ft took them over the first, worst hump of the storms. The Great Plains always have furnished hazards unknown to other parti of the North American continent. As C. Warren Thornwaite, soil conservation expert of the department of agriculture saya of the Great Plains: "In a desert, you know what to ex-pect of the climate and plan accordingly. The same Is true ef humid regions. Men have been badly fooled by the semi-ari- d regions because they are ometimea humid, sometimes arid, and sometimes a cross ea the two. Yet it is pos-sible to make allowances for this, too, once the climate is understood." democratic press in Germany. It would be somewhat rash to try to teach the Germans all about the publishing business. After all Gutenburg, who invented printing, was a German, and ever since his time the Germans have taken the lead in many of the mechanical processes connected with the pub-lishing business. But when the American occupation forces moved in, there was nothing that resem-bled a free press in Germany, and One of the worst blows in the winter storms was struck in the southwestern part of the area af-fected, southern Nevada and north-ern Arizona, where ordinarily there is feeding. There are low altitude ranges there which make it unnecessary, under normal conditions, to provide winter feed. When these were cut off there just wasn't any feed available. The early settlers who struck west were suspicious of the plains. They didn't realize that the gama and the buffalo grass which cov-ered those plains and provided plenty of sustenance for the mil lions of buffalo which roamed them unmolested, could resist drought as efficiently as it does. For miles there would be no water in sight to the men in the prairie schooners, so they took for granted the land was not liveable and pushed on to the coast. The grass, as long as it was there and the buffalo were good conservationists and didn't overgraze it reduced the run-of- f after rains and prevented erosion. But the first adventurers had westward-h- o written in their hats rf there had been it hardly could have flourished under the condi-tions which then existed. Even to-day the best we can expect is a "nearly free press" and that is what it admittedly is. In the United States zone and in Berlin there are now 56 news-papers licensed by the United States. These papers own a cooperative-ly- operated news agency. These publications are not, and never have been, They are carefully read by the military government officials, and some have been suspended, after warning. But these occasions have been few. The mission of the military gov-ernment in the field of the press, as planned and applied to date, has for its first point: "To help democratically-minde- d and trustworthy Ger-man publishers and editors to build an objective, free, demo-cratic press in the V. S. Zone in Germany and to prevent the resurgence of Nazism, militar-ism, racism, or nationalism In the news-- anyhow, and they headed toward the coast. Thea came the farmers. The cattlemen were driven further west, the plow broke the plains and dug the dust bowl. But agriculture is a closer-kni- t industry now and it had means many of assistance besides the army upon which to draw to help combat the recent blizzards help which the early plainsmen didn'i have; the department of agr.cul ture had its organization; the for esters had equipment easily pressor into service. paper and news agency field." The special report explains that controls which were imposed when the papers were first established in order to conserve scarce mater-ials, supplies, and equipment and in order to train editors, publishers, and journalists in the tradition of a democratic, free press have been progressively lifted so that for two years at least the U. S. zone has had a "nearly" free press. The eventual goal has been from the start an absolutely free press to the xtent that this condition obtains j anojh( f A General Quiz The Quests 1. How many P0Ufli in a long ton? 2. What is a sineW 3 . How large in the United States Z 4. Who was the fir,' of the United States w. the Mississippi river 5. Where would ' postil? J 6. What is the of the equator? The Ansmn 1. 2,240 pounds. 2. The cross-ba- r to horse's traces are attac 3. Over 6,300,000,000 b 4. Herbert Hoover 5. In the Bible, a io, in the margin and so t cause it was written aft( 6. Buenos Aires, Arf HP Girl Friday Reports Dear Mr. W.: Here's an angle none of the gazettes touched in the Aly Khan-Rit- a Hayworth thing. The Prince was in love with Lady Thel-m- a Furness, Just when her romance with the Duke of Windsor was dis-integrating ... I happened across it in the book. "Champagne Cholly, by Eve Brown, who was the lata Maury Paul's right-hande- r. She re-veals it was Aly who broke up the romance with His Royal Highness . . . Hundreds of wires, letters and phone calls regarding Gieseklng; only three complaints . . . Benny has the throne again in the new Hooper with 28.9. Radio Theatre Is 2nd with 28.6. Fibber McGee and Molly are 3rd with 26.9. We're 4th with 26.8. Your recent 29.7 is still the season's high. Time's book reviewer panned Lajos Zilhy's novel. "The ." which Prentice-Hal- l Just unveiled. It is getting rave re-views all over the nation. The book is about two sisters, daugh-ters of a fabulous Hungarian aristocrat so Time's critic calls them mother and daughter . . . The same mag roasted "The Miracle of the Bells," which went over 500,000 copies and It printed In almost every lingo . . . The Immigration people aro cracking down on musicians-depor- ting many rhumba lads. Some of the pickets were ready to put lamp shades on the lights at Carnegie Hall but the news flashed about Gieseking being cancelled so they're saving it for next time. A recent flop show, "Leaf and Bough," elicited some eyebrow-raisin- g critical reactions. One critic hailed the director, another praised the cast and a third lauded the auth-or. But all three panned the show . . . Arturo Godfrey (who may be trying to catch up with some hearse for all I know) plans taking on ex-tra work, again. He will do between-inning- s chatter at the N. Y. Giants' games this Summer . . . The book business is still not so good. The Club selection used to guarantee an author over $100,000. They Just cut the guarantee again down to 70 . . . You'll adore Milada Mladova, the galerina in "AH for Love." Resembles Hedy and dances like Zorina. Made my heart Jig. The literary world was aghast at the Authors' Dinner last week where Dr. Henry Seidel Canby lit Into the "young" war writers. He said nothing worthwhile bad come from them to date. John Hcrsey and Ira Wolfert were In the audience and when Canby said there were only two good war books ("War and Peace" and "Gone with the Wind") someone cracked: "Doc, you stopped at the Civil War!" After "Miss Liberty" Is staged Moss Hart and family will dwell abroad for six months . . . Gene Autry bought "Beyond the Pur-ple Hills" for his next flicker. It's by Nick and Charles Kenny. Johnny Brandford's Victor record of it is a hit .' . . It's a girl for the Robert Healys (Mary McCabe) . . . Edwin James, the m e. at the Times, and his ass't. 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HELP GIVEN NAVAJOS Government Feeding Snowbound Indians - Operating overland and by air, the federal government was en-gaged in the business of caring for its snowbound Navajo wards. Caught almost as helplessly as . cattle in the worst blizzard to strike the plains states in years, Indians on the vast Navajo reservation were being fed by a 300-mil- e life-line maintained by the government. With sheep and cattle starving and freezing, with horse transporta tion impossible, the Navajos were in actual distress. The government's radian service doctors reported the health situa tion was fairly good among the 60.000 Indians living within the reservation area. Workers toiled with all kinds of mobile equipment to get through to families cut off for six weeks. |