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Show I . THE BULLETIN, BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH I ffll "BOSS" 1 15 I . . !. 1 t h ,s .. w v v. i m x " . t t V , , r. V!' 1 l . 4 O A farm boy of Canandaigua, New York, is proving to his neighbors that the future of American agriculture is in safe' hands. When his father died suddenly less than two years ago, young Dcwitt E. Van Hoy, then only 13, shouldered the job of running the family 65-ac- re farm and somehow finding time to keep up in his school work. With the encouragement and help of his mother he is build-ing up the farm and install-ing new labor-savin- g elec-trical equipment. He won New York state honors in the Wcstinghouso-spon-sore- d 4-- farm and home electric program. At left he works on an electric fence. br. - 'a paf.- . s V - ""fi fullll Ml I '"' Ml' llll II I Tlf WfllWIM---h'-V---- ! O As his reward in the electrical equip-ment program, Dewitt received an se trip to Chicago where he attended the recent 4-- H club contest along with 39 other state winners. In high school, he studies a wide variety of subjects. Above, with industrial arts instructor Floyd D. But-ler, he works on a "return call" wiring hook-up which is complete with battery and door-bells. m'i.itfmmumjmmmvKgf ')'in""p ''ii1 fm "r"--? T!! MtA .wA i y N3.Ss,;v) M rw? A O In Dewitt's farm electric program are many labor saving devices. He can complete the milking chore in about half an hour using the electric milking machine above. His chief hope for the farm's future is the dairy herd. At present he has seven cows producing. At left the youth gathers eggs which are sold to a local sanitarium as well as to neighbors. The flock numbers 41 hens. Q After dinner, darkness outside doesn't end the work day. As if school didn't require homework, Dewitt sometimes helps his mother wrestle with the farm's necessary b o o k -- keeping. Most of this job, of course, is handled by Mrs. Van Noy who was elected town clerk this year. In this position she issues licenses to hunt, fish and get married, files mortgages, acts as secre-tary of the town beard and -- eceives a modest salary for same which helps to nake ends meet. , kTvri ... Mm t - . ' . - . . UX .toil .- -ri ATOHIC-POWE- B Sub to Cost $40 Million NEW YORK, N. V.-- An atomic-powere- d submarine, of which the first would cost an estimated or about four times that of present fleet type submarines, might be capable of extending greatly the operational range while completely submerged, and at sHcds greater than of surface operation, K. A. Kesselring said in a speech before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Kesselring is assistant head of the engineering division of the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, which the General Electric, Com-pany operates at Schenectady, N. Y. for the Atomic Energy Commission. The laboratory is now devoting Its major effort to the designing, and later the construction, of a ship-board atomic power plant for the U. S. Navy. One application of this plant is expected to be in subma-rines. He pointed out that even though the snorkel breathing tube, intro-duced in World War II, now makes it possible for submarines to re-main submerged for far longer periods than formerly they are still tied to the surface since their die-se- l engines must be supplied with air. The atomic submarine, how-ever, could cruise completely sub-merged, for periods limited only by the air requirements of tie crew, said Kesselring. Would Keduce Weight It could be designed for under-water cruising as the normal opera-tion, he pointed out. Thus the hull design could be altered to improve its hydraulic characteristics so that, for the same amount of power de-livered to the propeller shafts, its submerged speed would be even greater than it could do at the sur-face, said Kesselring. "In addition," he added, "full-spee- d underwater operation would be possible for extended perios reckoned in days rather than in minutes. And since the submerged speed could be enougn to bring all surface vessels within its range, the submarine would become a wolf that could go after its prey, not, as In the past, a spider that must wait for its victim to approach. Instead of increasing the amount of machinery, said the G-- en-gineer, atomic power might actually reduce the weight of the araft's power plant. The dead weight of atomic fuel for an extended cruise would be negligible. Even the heavy shielding needed around the atomic reactor, for protection of the crew, might be less than the heavy fuel tanks and batteries in conventional submarines, said the speaker. "Another factor," he continued. "is that the ratio of time on patrol to time in the water becomes so high that the number of submarines required becomes appreciably less. This is extremely important in view of our submarine fleet of 170, compared with the Russian of at least 350, and the average construc-tion time of close to two years per fleet-typ- e submarine." Will Use Atomic Reactor Kesselring revealed some general facts about the submarine reactor being developed by the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory. It will, he said, use an atomic reactor, op-erating at very high temperatures, to produce heat. The heat, in turn, will be transferred from the fuel to a liquid metal in a closed system, and thence to a boiler where steam will be gen-erated to drive steam turbines of standard type. "The power delivered to the shafts," he said, "will be greater than that now provided for fleet-typ- e units. There will be no tangible products of combustion released, and safety of personnel will be care-fully maintained through the use of radiation shielding." e vessels would find it difficult to locate an atomic submarine, Kesselring pointed out They would have to use full speed in order to chase it. There would be considerable noise from their own engines and propellors and they would not have the relative quiet needed for most effective use of un-derwater sound locating devices, he said. In addition, the atomic sub-marine itself would be much more quiet than one of conventional type. Old Time Democrats TITlTlI THE OPENING of the 82nd congress, we can hope for and expect a reversal of the socialistic trend that has dominated legisla-tion since 1932. It will be a Democrat-c-ontrolled congress, but legis-lation enacted will be along the lines of the Jeffcrsnnian Democracy, the brand of Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson, rather than that of the New Deal or the fair Deal. Southern Democrats, the x, are the dominant ele-ment of the Bind congress. In coalition with the Republicans, they are In a position to nay what legislation shall pass. The President asked for a Democrat-ic congress. The voters gave him one, hut they did not give him a socialistic Fair Deal con-gress. It Is coalition of south-ern, Jeffersimian Democrats and Republicans that Is in con-trol in both the senate and house. A Presidential veto can prevent the repeal of any legis-lation now in effect, just as a Presidential veto could stop the enactment of new laws that are unsatisfactory to the executive. The strength of the Southern Democratic faction lies more in what it ran prevent than in what It actually can do. It can prevent the passage of any ad-ditional soriallstically Inclined legislation, it ran prevent any further encroachment on our free enterprise system. Whether or not the 82nd congress is to provide the economy we have hoped for will depend largely on the. Republicans. There are enough economy-minde- d Democrats in both senate and house who will vote for any economy measures, decreased appropriations for bureaucratic pay-rolls, and other needless expendi-tures, but such measures must be Republican-le- d and Republican sup-ported if they are to be rcsultful. It is purely a question of will the-part-leaders sanction the cutting out of Jobs they expect to fill in 1952. They had a more definite op-portunity in the 80th congress but did not improve it. The 82nd will be a congress whose legislative action will be more In keeping with the Ideals of Jefferson and Jackson, thaa with F.I). It. or Truman. From the conceptions of Democracy of the Jeffersonlan Democrats, the American people have never had any reason to fear. They stand for strict Interpretation of constitutional government; they would uphold every right of the states; there is nothing that savors of socialism in Jef-fersonlan Democracy. And that Is what we may expect during the two years of the 82nd con-gress. So long as we can have conditions such as those we now seem to ba facing it should not make any dif-ference lo the majority of the Amer-ican people which party proves sue- -, cessful in the 1952 elections. It is probable that before the next presi-dential election the Jeffersonians will have recaptured the control of their party and its machinery, and the nation will be on an even keel, with the old parties In normal op-eration for the first time since 1932. There are a number of the old Jeffersonian Democrats both in the house and the senate; there are oth-ers who have only been lukewarm Fair Dealers. It is from these classes that the southern Democrats will recruit the strength needed for the recapture of the party. When, and if, they do. it will be fully rep-resentative of Jeffersonian and Jackson Democracy, from which we would not have to fear the wel-fare, socialistic state that would make mendicants of our children, or the purchase of the constitutional rights of the states through federal appropriations. That, alone, will represent heavy savings in of government costs. It Is not one car, but two, for every garage. On the evening of Nov. 23, Sec-retary of State Dean Acheson used several thousand words, 30 min-utes of radio time, an of his cultivated English ac-cent, and said nothing. He left our foreign policy as much up in the air as his past mistakes, or worse, have placed it. He made no effort to explain or apologize for his past mistakes, or worse, but intimated that the same policy would con-tinue. The President says Acheson will continue as secretary of state. We need such a crusade against national wasteful spending that our representatives in the congress real-ize their jobs are at stake if they do not stop it. Each one of our 27 million fami-lies must pay, as an average, $2,000 each year as interest on our nation-al debt While the United Nations debate, General MacArthur's hands are tied.' and American soldiers die. Robert Burns' Auld Lang Syne New Year Boon "Jt ULD LANG SYNE" has be-co-such an integral part of our modern New Year's eve that no celebration, however gay, would be complete without It. The music sheets for those nos-talgic strains simply say "Robert Burns Scotch Air," and Robert Burns generally is supposed to have written it after he had settled down on a farm and taken himself a wife, following the sweeping suc-cess In 1778 of the second edition of his "Poems." Well and good, but Auld Lng Syne was not exclu-sively Burns' product, nor did he claim It to be. In a letter to George Thomson, a publisher, Burns explained: "It is an old song of olden times, which has never been in print. I took it down from an old man's ringing." Modern scholarship has discov-ered that Burns was wrong when he told Thomson "Auld Lang Syne" never had been in print. Its refrain, at least, was printed obscurely long before Burns heard his "old man Binging." In Watson's collection of songs (published in 1711), these verses were attributed to Francis Sempill, who died in 1682. Further, the original song often has been credited to Sir Robert Aytoun (1570-1638- ). Aytoun was one of the earliest Scots to use the Lowland dialect as a literary med-ium. Multitudes of Americans de-scended from non-Britis- h stock are perpetually mystified by this dia-lect, nor does it seem to make much sense in the standard English translation which comes out "Old Long Since." Regardless of its original author or origin, it was Burns who gave "Auld Lang Syne" its immortality. And though the bells now welcome the New Year with joyous peals symbolizing mankind's hope for a bright future, the nostalgia of "Auld Lang Syne" summarizes an inherent reluctance to leave the security and friendships of the past and embark upon a future which, however promising, may not be more pleasant. Thus, it remains a part of the English speaking herl-tag- e to "Drink a cup of kindness yet For Auld Lang: Syne." WASHINGTON ITjent Stands Alone ; IIpiTE THE fact that Presi- - Knt Truman is in almost hour--j jerence with his cabinet, with Unitary advisors and with lead-f- c tin ConUress' there is probably an w'no is more alone than uS' .an in the White House. - under our constitution, the '' jcnt of the United States is responsible for the foreign "" , 0f this country. T one writer phrased it, "The ! civilized world well is fo it t!ie may Hi I on the soundness of the deci-radl- ll w'!licn IIarry Truman will 1a t t0 make' and in the last e m !'s' he wil1 haVe ,0 make them in consultation with his God lo ;. CeIeb vjis heart and his conscience, lent I ;:B have the sympathy and sup-o- r .1 of all thinking people, but j .will be none to envy him." I .: ss the President goes through jl ';;ly Gethsemane, there is a 15 ri cry rom many sources Mr. Truman should seek and COfli ' ttle alv'ce ' members of 1 in this time of nation- - risis. This reporter has jotted I some of the opinions hi the horil e t0 which the President s in I i li';,en as he seeks a solu-- j arJ 0 the problems which beset 1 .ation. umrj'e thpy are: f'ing j"3!or wilc'' Wisconsin, thinks uJ should build up our spiritual 0S(eJ3iment to take an offensive ed 3'lSt the Russian government. Jes,il-a:o- r Capehart. Indiana, be-- l if the situation is serious, and serious, why doesn't the Presi-- ! consult with the congress? ,nca atnr Chavez, New Mexico, ves this country, the executive '..ac rtment, the house of represen-- r os, the senate of the United .8n. s, must once and forever tell ? world that we will not recog-- 1 ! Communist China. ia!or Eastland, Mississippi, c ;s we should arm the anti- - munists in China. 16 r.a'.or Knowland, California, OTJeves we should place, in con-- ir' with tne navy of the Re" lr-l'0T-li: icof China, an immediate naval or iade against the entire China I and should not permit the i!7 or exit of a vessel of any ?s inality. terJ nator Kem, Missouri, believes pu.'Jctary Acheson must go: con-- U s should take whatever steps j y required to bring about this IT! 0f nator Malone.n Nevada, thinks n0. nust let General MacArthur use m y means and every weapon j;. nst the enemy, or endeavor to es rely remove ths U.S. forces i Korea. im nator Connally, Texas, thinks lg. security council should be ;d upon to take appropriate ac-- I to bring about a quick show-- 1 n in Korea. Bniator O'Mahoney, Wyoming, iks we should serve the Russians wlla an ultimatum to get the Chi-- ; Me troops out of Korea, n 31 nator Brewster, Maine, thinks t i.eral MacArthur should be given 1 $ authority to use the atom bomb !e thinks it necessary, iiiflfenator Bridges, New Hampshire, eai eves the same thing. i;nator Cain, Washington, de-H- J nds that Genera! MacArthur be sta en authority to send troops and th nes across the Manchurian bor- - e: enator Ferguson, Michigan, says cArthur should be given author-'v- i to wage all-ou- t war. d Senator Smith, New Jersey, be-ef ves the Chinese troops of Chiang-!'- ( should be thrown into the c .ht. I Wetsity of Opinion if This diversity of opinion is much s e Joseph's coat and the chances l!1 e will not be very helpful to the esident in making his fateful de-io- So as President, he must ike his own decision, and as a linn we should stand back of him the limit of our endurance as a ople. v !r ashington Silhouettes Washington Silhouettes The old lasco theatre on Lafayette park ay be back in service as a creational center for service men. iring World War II it was a stage or canteen and stands next to the norical home of Dolly Madison. peacetime it serves as a stor-;-e house for the treasury . . . .iet Senator Ernest cFarland of Arizona, likely mipromise senate majority leader, middle-of-th- e --roader. has one eed-- he tries to get along with uple ... if he is elected it will j a Democratic unity move. It seems almost sacrilegious to atch workmen dig a sewer trench :ross the velvety green lawn of e White House in the refurbishing ocess . . . state officials may ob-- original seals of their states airted on glass in the 1850's, now smoved in favor of sculptored als in the new house chamber, y writing to David Lyhn. Capitol chitect. Crisis in international af-Jir-s has so changed thinking there ' a chance the excess profits tax lay pass this lame-duc- k session spite opposition of business inter- - GREETINGS . . . Some people sit around in night shirts, house slippers, and with their hair up in curlers waiting for the New Year. This picture is submitted as evidence to prove that other persons take a different view of the matter. Well, everyone to his own taste. Tokyo Is Converted Into Green Forest Six Days Every Year For the first six days of every year it has been the custom of the Japanese to convert Tokyo into a green forest. And although events have changed in Japan in the last few years, much of the city will be decorated. On each side of the gate of every household that can afford it will be pine trees and bamboo, while ropes of rice straw and other decorations will grace the lintel. It is a custom that goes back 900 years or so, this planting of a forest in a city for the space of six days. The pine, with its ever-green branches, is emblematic of eternity, and the straight trunk of the bamboo symbolizes truth and manly courage. The third of this trio, the plum blossom, signifying womanly vir-tue, is not used in the decorations, but is within the house. A pine tree stands on either side of the door, and with it are three, five or seven bamboos. There are other decorations peculiar to the New Year tide which are to be seen on every hand, Bit by Snake, Man Finds Wife Is a Whiz With Cures ATLANTA, Ga. There's one thing that Charles A. London's doctor will agree with, his patient's wife did a lot for London when a rattlesnake bit him recently. While he recuperated at the hos-pital, his condition improving, Mrs. London explained that when he dragged himself to their farm home, bitten on the leg: "I first poured some rubbing alcohol on the bite. Then I dusted it with snuff. Then I turned up a bot-tle of turpentine and poured that on. Then I gave him a glass of fresh cream with powdered alum to make him vomit. "Then I started frying eggs and putting them on the wound. As soon as one egg would get cold, I'd put another hot one on." London credited his wife with sav ing his life. The doctors were doubt ful about that, but they smiled and nodded assent when he said: "She sure did a lot for me." New Year Evokes Many Superstitions There are a number of old su-perstitions and customs that have been observed for centuries and have come down almost to this day. To bring good luck one must wear something new on the first day of the year, according to an old Eng-lish custom. In some parts of England and Scotland it is supposed to be un-lucky to leave a house until some outsider has first entered it. |