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Show PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH.- MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1946 Editorial . . . The Washington Frenzied Forgetfylness Ever since the first combatant atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima the historic r morninsr of Aug. 6, crusnea tne last rem-runts rem-runts nf Jannnpse resistance and. in effect, ended the most horrible war in history, well-intentioned well-intentioned Americans have ben apologizing to our late enemies for the "outrageous" em-ntftvmMit em-ntftvmMit of this "Inhuman" weapon. In dividual citizens, fraternal organizations, church federations have all expressed their -vmnathv to the firrief-stricken survivors of .tViA "innocent" men. women, and children "slain in their homes by the cataclysmic ex ;Tlnimv It was but a short step from this initial reaction to the subsequent demands that the Navy's atomic bomb test in the Pacific be - not onlv nostDoned. but cancelled entirely. Each bomb exploded in Bikini lagoon would constitute an lrrenarable blow at worm I" peace, international amity, man's inhuman itv to man, it was and is said. Now the inevitable climax to all this en- idemic sentimentality has been reached. fAmericans charged with high positions of fpublic trust are calling for the legal abolition aboli-tion of the atomic bomb as a recognized weanon of international warfare. The bomb has in a few brief months if -not. indeed, minutes completely revolution jized existing concepts, of national defense. A catastrophic weapon, it can obviate all considerations of long-range military and N industrial power; it can bring quick and complete victory total and crushing defeat. The suggestion that it be "outlawed" should not, therefore, be blandly accepted without a searching analysis of the historical prece dents and the possible results. " There are historical precedents, you know. Afid they are most enlightening. Imme diately after the first "war to end war," peoples at long last "freed of the specter of bloody conflict expressed their new-found friendship and understanding in concrete terms. Under the inspirational leadership ! of the United States, they "disarmed" in 1922, they made clear their horror at the .' "infamous" use of the submarine, and they ! formally outlawed aggressive warfare itself ; in 1927. Admirable sentiments, those sentiments ; to be applauded by every intelligent and I peace-loving person in all the world. There was only one thing wrong with them. Their ' very expression destroyed them and very . nearly destroyed their glorious authors as I well. The peaceful nations disarmed, yes; disarmed, denounced the submarine in spirit ; as in words, and actually renounced aggres-; aggres-; sion. But the international killers didn't and the head-in-sand munificence of their ' "enlightened" neighbors almost enabled them to conquer the world. ! Because the weapons with which Ger- ; many, Italy, and Japan set out to humble the earth by gracious default were, in the final ; analysis, but modern developments of well- charted designs, they failed. But make no I mistake about this: With the atomic bomb ; they would not have failed. They would have succeeded in weeks, and those of us , who might now be living would draw our breaths only at the revocable will of a fore-I fore-I ign master. It behooves us, then, to examine carefully the lovely "humanitarianism" of those who ; would have us "outlaw" the atomic bomb. We might just find, to their horror no less than to ours, that these present-day "friends of the world," who so readily forget that the bomb which took 100,000 Japanese lives at Hiroshima saved perhaps a million Ameri- MerY - Co - Round A Daily Picture of What's Going On in National Af faire By Drew Pearson (Col. Robert S. Allen on active duty) WASHINGTON The British foreign office has sent some secret and significant cables to Lord Cadogan and other British diplomats in me United States giving them instructions on the ticklish Spanish question. They indicate that the United States and great Britain have worked out a partnership policy regarding Franco, with the Vatican in consultation. One cable advises that the United States and the United Kingdom are to "postpone or complicate' procedure at the United Nations until Franco has worked out a compromise in Spain. This Is exactly what Lord Cadogan has done. The cabled instructions, paraphrased to pre vent code breakdowns, follow. ' J U. S. and U. K. are, against opening Franco case at UN for the moment. Believe that if diplo matic weight is continued to be put on gradually Franco will effect compromise acceptable to most factions, though not acceptable to revengeful, pro fessional, traditional Spanish clique. "This clique (Spanish Communists) would not accept envisaged Republican set up anyhow. Negrln (former premier) sit most uneasily among the Republicans. De Vayo (former Republican minister of foreign affairs) trying to effect -compromise in Republican party. De Vayo one of few Negrin sponsors left. "On the other hand, a large part of the Republicans Re-publicans are acceptable to U. K. and U. S. inasmuch inas-much as they are against Communists. What Is This; a Continuous Juggling Act? ROOSEVELT'S MISTAKE- "Russia, in winning this section over, is openly open-ly suggesting that she is forcing Poland to bring Franco case before United Nations, thus forcing the rightists and the very extreme leftists (anarchists) to accept the only way offered. "France is on the spot, due to the fact that she. has been forced by the Communists to close her Spanish border. Leftwing French socialists will go along with Poland, Mexico, Russia, and most probably Australia. "French Catholic party and Quai D'Orsay al most all officially against attack on Franco. Most officials in Quai D' Orsay were the ones who functioned func-tioned so well under Vichy. Catholic church very active. Think that if action were taken in Spain, a Catholic program something on the same scale as the Hitler-Jewish program would be engineered engi-neered by revengeful Reds. "Pope believes compromise absolutely possible pos-sible in next few weeks. U. S. and U. K. will try to hold or postpone or complicate by obscuring ob-scuring procedure (at the United Nations) until tbe compromise has been effected." Obviously carrying out these instructions, Lord Cadogan moved for a three-day recess immediately im-mediately after Polish Ambassador Oscar Lange brought up the Spanish question at the U. N. meeting last week. Note Most diplomats feel that Franklin Roosevelt's most tragic foreign-affairs blunder was in giving tacit diplomatic protection to Franco during dur-ing the Spanish Civil war at a time when Hitlei and Mussolini were using Spain to stage a miniature dress rehearsal of their coming war. Had the Spanish dictatoi been suppressed then. other European dictators would have thought WASHINGTON, April 15 Merger of the armed services into a department of common defense,! as recommended by the senate military affairs committee, makes j commonse sense. It isn't Just to eliminate duplication dupli-cation of effort in planning, procurement, pro-curement, supply and service functions that unification is necessary. neces-sary. It is simply that no military power which sticks to traditional ways of thinking can last long in the world of tomorrow. The old rule books and manuals need to be thrown away and new ones written. Nor is it the navy alone that needs to be merged into a new department of common defense. Army and air forces also need a thorough overhauling to bring them up to date. If the war had lasted another year or two, necessity would have dictated this complete reorganization. reorgan-ization. There is no valid reason twice about starting war. At that time also. Re-i why reorganization should not be Now History . Twenty Years Ago From the Files of THE PROVO HERALD Of April 14, 1828 The home of L. T. Hofhein in SpringviUe was destroyed by a fire early in the morning. There were no occupants th the home, the owners being away in Port' land. Ore.-The loss was estimated at $2,000. . "Cyclone" Thompson won a thrilling - wrestling match from Henry Jones of Provo, two falls out of three. The resources and scenic beau ties of Utah county will be displayed dis-played at the state capitol among other county exhibits placed on the bottom floor of the edifice. Illinois voters In the party primaries pri-maries registered their opposition to prohibition and the world court. Desk Chat Query Quadruplicate . . . . ..did'ia ever see a bov or crirll who considered 'Dad a hero, before the bar of justice? whv 1c it that tha tram seek new nleasurfv the mnr vnn AitrtAir tn - pain? . . could it be that one way to make your neighbors happy is to move? . . .did'ja ever stop to think about " the middle letter in 'faith'? Common Sense and Defense Your G I Rights BY PETER EDSON I to satisfy the west's demand for NEA Washington Correspondent 'branches of the service, training. publican moderates were running the Spanish gov ernment, not the Communists. son 6faHsenator I It's great what you can get away with if you're the son of a senator especially a certain senator. The W. Lee O'Daniel News, published by the ebullient cx-flour salesman fro mTexas. Sen ator "Pappy" O'Daniel, carries on its masthead thej following notation: j "Lieutenant Pat O Daniel (U. S. armed forces retired), "Vice president." If you call the war department, they will tell you that Lieut. Pat O'Daniel. son of the senator, is not "retired" from the army and Is not authorised to carry that distinction after his name. A reserve officer can only be "retired" "re-tired" if he was wounded, and young O'Daniel had little chance to get wounded. In fact, he enjoyed the unique distinction of having been given three chances to graduate from officers' candidate school Most G. I.'s were given one chance, and if they flunked they were shot right back to the ranks. O Daniel, however, failed effected in time of peace. Traditions Tradi-tions of the services, their proud records, have to be put in the museums and history books. along with bows and arrows and knights carrying spears, to make way for new technological warfare. war-fare. Every bit of information released re-leased on new weapons under development de-velopment when the war ended indicates how radically different arc the problems of national defense. de-fense. . Air transport is Just beginning. The possibility that all ground forces will in time have become airborne is simple. The use of guided missels drone "planes and azon bombs op-crated op-crated by remote control through radio and television is also just beginning. The use of rockets is just be ginning. The U. S. army will fire its first V-2 type German rockets at White Sands, New Mexico, In such a unified service school men later electing one of the Ihree branches of service could be given their indoctrination into what unified common defense really means, before going on to their "trade" schools- More of this same unification j needs carrying over into general staff schools and the war colleges for the higher brass. But perhaps the most important recommendation of all those made by Senator Elbert D.' Thomas' military affairs subcommittee is his proposal for increased and coordinated research under a new assistant secretary of defense. Some of the fanciest braid to be worn in any future military organization or-ganization should be hung on the scientists and inventors who perfect per-fect the new weapons of common defense. BARBS BY HAL COCHRAN With spring sales in full swing vhat this country needs is a 98-cent bill. O 1 0 Now we read that skirts will not be lonrer. Maybe because It's too much of a comedown for the girls. o o A doctor say." golf gives men all the exercise they need. Espe- i; j t i. . . ionce at tort Hpnn ne. ana aeain at tne a mutant can nves aoomea on Nipponese invasion1 i-r , ir-T -,..,r vu a' k !.:." 'vrr:.. DeacneS, are in reality the modern counter- was given a new try. : mental models, with ranges of parts of well-meaning prewar isolationists. Missing the Roots Congress has aimed a bill at James Caesar Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians Musi-cians which is designed to stop "coercive practices" and "exactions" in the field of radio broadcasting. This is another attempt to correct inequities in our labor laws by pointing a piece of legislation directly at an individual labor leader. The same thing was tried in the Smith-Connally Smith-Connally anti-strike law, which had John L. Lewis as its target. But it didn't stop Mr. Lewis or anyone else from calling wartime strikes, and it's doubtful that the bill aimed at Mr. Petrillo will fare much better. In fact it was learned on the day after the senate passed this bill that Mr. Petrillo was planning plan-ning demands on the movie industry to those outlawed in the radio legislation. Thus congress has sawed off two limbs while missing the root of the trouble. If exactions and coercions are carried on, it is because our labor laws generally permit them. It would seem more sensible to elim. inate the opportunities for such practices r 4.1 4. ' 1 i . . man io punisn individuals wno take advantage advan-tage of those opportunities and still remain he spent two whole years in or near the district of Columbia. Note Senator O'Daniel is one of only two Democrats who voted against the veteran's housing bill. CAPITAL CHAFF Finally, after three OCS courses. Editor. nniv 200 miles, reaching altitudes O'Daniel became a lieutenant and was then con-' up to jqo miles, attaining speeds veniently stationed at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, i Ud to a slow-poke 3,500 miles an jusi nun an nuur iiuiii ms uaauy s numc. mi in hu. hour I . . 1 1 . 1 . . ' - . .... . The airplane itself may still De in the toy stage of development. B-29s flew 3,000 miles round trip to drop their first atomic bombs. The B-36 will have a range of more than double that. And the 10,000 mile flying wing is said to be ready for unwrapping. What the atomic bomb will do to naval vessels may be demonstrated demon-strated in tests at Bikini atol this year. That war ships are presently present-ly conceived may have to be scrapped is no remote pipe dream. Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, director of naval research admits that in saying that atomic-powered submarines may be the war vessels of the future. The problems prob-lems of giving them practically unlimited range, letting them remain re-main submerged for unlimited periods and then launching rockets rock-ets or guided missels against targets tar-gets they cannot see, are not considered insurmountable. In view of such prospects as these, it is impossible to see how anyone can resist complete reorganization re-organization of national defense. It needs reorganization from highest to lowest echelons. Gripes against army and navy caste systems sys-tems and courts martial and uniform uni-form regulations are fundamental. Km rt-ffU.bil!fa!?S ln ctSrAes8 h?ve f "slecE?rJ needs modernizing. West bill up tneir sleeves on OPA extension, which p0jnt and Annanolis and Air unir they believe would give the -grand old nartv" "A.?"1! n!lH0,rn 1 j'sil edher American husband just 24 hours after;a ?d campaign alibi for fighting price control. all rint M graduate schools for she rejoined him m North Carolina should, suro ' dTfl V 3 h.n f training of specialists. But i cially when riding to the course in a rumble seat. o Every time a married GI comes home his wife answers the call to arms. Brothers should teach sisters to swim, says an instructor. And they will, if they're brothers and sisters 'to somebody else. i within the letter of the law. The young English war bride who desert- r Strain on the Family Ties The Russians are so suspicious that Ambassador Ambas-sador Andrei Gromyko has even demanded that a special kitchen be installed in his New York hotel suite, apparently afraid a waiter will try to poison him. . . . .' Here's what makes G. I. blood boil: When General Giles intervenes for the wife of Gen. Ralph A. Snavely so she can take a brand new Ford to Austria on April 28. It's not against the law. but shipping space is extremely difficult and other? wives would like the same privilege. If you have a friend in high places, of course, it's easy Appointment of George Messersmith as ambassador to Argentina is considered con-sidered a ten-strike. A. hard-headed Pennsylvania Dutchman, he is the lowbr consul who warned the state department that Hitler was a real menace back in the early days when other career boys were heralding Hitler as a great man. Nona too popular with other diplomats, Messersmith is crusty, penetrating, will be able to put his finger on Nazi intrigue in Argentina. . . . Believe it or not, but the Argentines are now snuggling up to the Russians. The Soviets have a trade mission in Buenos Aires and are doing their best to buy Argentine flax seed away from the USA. Without flax seed, the American linseed oil and paint industry in-dustry would be flat on its back together with a part of the curren housing program. GOP OPA STRATEGY l! Q 's and A's Q What is a mestizo? A A person of mixed Chinese and Philippine blood, or a person: of mixed Spanish and Indian blood. Q When were plans for a Pan-; ama canal first discussed? A In 1523. A survey was submitted sub-mitted to the Spanish king in 1551. The French began actual diggings ln 1887. ' Q Where are U. S. helium plants located? A Biggest is at Amarilla, Tex.; FEDERAL BONUS VERY UNLIKELY THIS YEAR WASHINGTON, (NEA) Ex-servicemen Ex-servicemen have sent in the following fol-lowing questions concerning veteran vet-eran legislation now pending in congress: Q A few months ago I read a lot about enlisted men's getting terminal leave pay like officers. What has happened to all that talk? A A bill to give terminal leave to enlisted men has been introduced, intro-duced, but the House Veterans' Committee has taken no action on it. Q I understand that congress is considering changing the law governing National Service Life Insurance. I let mine lapse after I was discharged. I want to start paying on it again. But I don't want to if congress makes it cheaper to renew the policy later. What do you advise? A It might take more than a year for congress to change the present National Service Life Insurance In-surance law, if it is changed at all. .In the meantime, you are not protected. It would be wise to renew it right away. Q What has happened to the proposed law which would let all veterans, regardless of age, bene fit from the 'GI Bill of Rights as far as a college education goes? A That proposed law is now a law. Q Is there any chance of a veteran's getting a "bonus" from congress this year? A According to the best Judgment Judg-ment of all experts, there is practically prac-tically no chance of veterans get ting a bonus from congress this year. Q I read recently that the House of Representatives had turned veterans down on giving them preference for housing and on helping them get new homes. Is this true? A No. You are probably re ferring to a small part of the proposed Wilson Wyatt housing program which the House did not approve. . The over-all program for housing for veterans is still being pushed. (Questions will be answered only In this space not by mall) NAM Ridicules OPA Policies In Editorial NEW YORK, April 15 (U.R) The national association of manufacturers,, manu-facturers,, arch-foe of the OPA, today tried a new weapon ridicule ridi-cule against that governmental agency. In an editorial signed by Walter B. Weisenburger, executive vice- president of the association, the NAM News, weekly organ of that group, says: OPA brought Christmas in April to American housewives this week! It freed from price control a thousand of the 8,000,000 items under its jurisdiction. "So now all the housewives have to do is to scare up a hole- less stocking and OPA will fill it. "With nylons and low-priced dresses? Butter and meat? Radios and refrigerators? White shirts and low-priced men's clothing? Homes for GI Joe? "Not yet. That wouldn't be fair to the black marketeers. It would drive them out of business. And OPA would lose their help in the fight on inflation. They reduce the inflationary currency supply by taking thousand-dollar bills out of circulation. "Housewives won't need nylons, butter, meat, low-priced dresses and men won't need white shirts and low-priced suits with all the good substitutes on this .Chrlst-mas-in-April gift list of OPA. "Candles are - on it. These can be served not as- a substitute for butter. Razor straps are freed. Instead of a steak, how about filet de razor strap? Why quibble about low-priced dresses when canvas bags (for delivering beer, ice and coal) can take their place? "For entertainment without radios there are flyswatters and glass novelties to provide a Swiss bell concert in every home. Ice cream freezers can replace refrigerators. re-frigerators. "The men folks are not overlooked, over-looked, either. They can garb themselves in mothproof bags with key chains and can accessories. acces-sories. They won't heed white shirts and low-priced suits. "And the veterans areemem-bered, areemem-bered, too. Something special for them. Decorative sofa pillows and. hammocks for living in the park until houses are ready sometime in the next decade. "Truly, it's a merry Christmas-in-April from OPA to the American Ameri-can people! Will Caesar Petrillo please give permission to play 'White Christmas?' "P. S. Stretchers are free, too, in case OPA's generosity seems too overwhelming." BUT. AINT LUV GRAND? The magnetic attraction Wa ended Polaris was again Transcendant ... Love was over. She came Witb studied nonchalance To where I lolled In stimuated contentment 4 Listlessly strumming the banjo. "What gives?" queried she. ".Nothing," we replied ? "That's the trouble ... ? "Nothing's the matter ... NOTHING! Opportunity tr.j., 4. : i , (.it... ' court: "What induced you to strike your wife?" "Well, your honor," replied tha culprit, "she had her back to me, the frying pan was handy and the back door was open so X sex to myself: 'Bill,' sez I, 'you may never have another chance like this'!" Necessity is ever the mother of invention' . . . and 'tis said that high heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead. oOo ONE LIFE is but a sequence of many deaths. FORSAKING ALL OTHERS: to be successful, get acquainted with the people who have done what you are trying to do. ' Electric trackless trolleys and streamlined street cars are be-conjing be-conjing increasingly popular, according ac-cording to General Electric Co., which supplied an all-time record order of 2.335 such vehicles during dur-ing the past year. Overhead at the Dance "Yeah! She's just like an appendix ap-pendix . . . someone is always taking her out!" "alk-a-ta, alk-a-ta, alk-a-ta" "And, ean you tell me," Inquired In-quired the reporter who was collecting material for the 6bitu-ary 6bitu-ary notice of a local celebrity, "what were his last words?" And the doctor in attendance replied: "He had no last words . . . you'd better just say- 'his dear wife was with him to the end'." oOo-1-When you stop to thinK . . , Don't forget to start again. APRIL LAMENT Do you know what I think is wrong With poems of April showers. With verse about the birds and bees And chicks and grass and flowers? Though April is a beauty month E'er cleaning Nature up for Spring. Each poet thinks his own delight Is worth another sing. A lot of fancy stanzas flow But poems I cannot write. Including all the classic lines, I still vow April's trite. Phyllis B. Phillipi The first college course in electrical elec-trical engineering was instituted at Union college, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1895. Relief At Last ForYourCough - -Ciwmmlfilfln relieves promptly bo It toes risht to the seat of th trouble to help loosen and expel term laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, to earned Droncniai mucous mem branea. Tell your druggist to sell yoa bottle of Creomulsion with tbe m dcrstandirtg you must like the way it quickly allays the cough or you art to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Couch, Chest Colds, Bronchi til Aa. others are at JSxtell, Tex., Otis, Kan., Cunningham, Kan., Ship-rock, Ship-rock, N. M. Q Where is mocha coffee produced? pro-duced? A In Yemen, a land In the southern part of the Arabian peninsula. pen-insula. Mocha is name of former port. Q What army department publishes the newspaper Stars and Stripes? A Information and education section. it seems to us, have thought twice before leavincr to iom her aunt in Npw Ym-V Tt'a I one thing simply to break up a private home, ctuvt jub miv btici bu (iavc a oLiaui UII vile f family ties- binding the United States and 1 1 Great Britain. If; the young lady in question doesn't see I Hritsr hit hirmtr vtvrr4ntfoa tn hot onAn. f t Salisbury "shack" could conceivably affect Anglo-American amity, she obviously hasn't heard of North Carolinian reaction to "Tobacco "To-bacco Road." a J g ssfr a V a. vvv ------ contend, would give them I SSSLVSL if nSS ! ver inflation controls infon PacUic- coastifnecessary dependent three-man board. This, GOP advocates an "out" to oppose all-over tne opa program. It would be political dynamite, these advocates feel, to fight the whole program, especially rent control. This was built up by OPA boss Paul Porter into the most popular and impregnable part of OPA. Proponents of making rent control a separate function, and ditching all other brakes on living costs,, believe they can attract considerable support sup-port from Democriitic farm-blocers to their plan. (Copyright, 1946, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) a m j lOMOIIOiralllfiRt 47-VIOITABLI LAXATIVI Adv. RIO GRANDE TRAILWAYS BUS DEPOT Will Be Transferred from . DON'S CAFE to . Crimp's Garage & Service Station - 105 South Main Payson, Utah APRIL 15, 1946 On and after April 15. All Busses will arrive and depart from this station. Phone No. 4 for prompt, courteous Bus information. r Si Whan tourists start coming fo yevr city, wiB they be met with J friendly smites, courteous service, fair prices, adequate infor motion? If so, you are sure to receive your full share el the ' $100,000,000 we expect tourists to spend fat Utah this year. ' . out don't take these things for granted . . . start now to make Junius that both you and your employes are itnbud with " the spirit of wecteyt hospitality , . , that you are able to antwef ' Ja,t!oft as to traveling distances, facilities, points of interest. , YouTi be pleasantry surprised to see how tourists will heat a t jurth 'to'yevr door this yearf 4 - i , ;-- - ft: t !. i Ho, 74 of a series to promote greater tdwrist txl for Va.h |
