OCR Text |
Show 4 N ' (A Whitewash? .' PROVO. UTAH COUNTY, UTAH. TUESDAY. APRIL 20, 1948 flan to Revise UN Held Unworkable A bi-partisan group of 17 senators has opened a compaign to revise and strengthen the United Nations, with or without Russia. Rus-sia. Their leader, Senator Flanders of Vermont, Ver-mont, has announced that he will oppose the president's request for a loan to build permanent UN headquarters in New York until the organization "is reinstated as our primary agent for the establishment of peace." The group's program is in two general Sections. First the senators would put the U. and the Soviet Union on trial, so to "upeak, before a special session of the UN General Assembly. As we understand it, the Assembly would weigh the policies and actions of each government in an effort to determine which sought peace and which did not. After the verdict this country would seek a reorganization of the UN, under the senators plan. It has been apparent from the first that the UN Charter. was not. perfect, and that the veto power would have to be abolished ' or restricted before the UN could perform its great task of ensuring peace. But we wonder if this "trial" is an indispensable preliminary to reorganization. America and Russia already have put themselves on trial before the UN. They have argued their "cases numerous times, with accusation, counter-accusations and ' denials. These debates have done little except ex-cept to increase bitterness, widen the rift between the two countries, arid slow up the UN's work. There are two difficulties in the sug- . gestion that these governments argue their moral cases- before an informal court-of world opinion. One concerns the peculiar communistic concept of truth. Truth, as interpreted by Communist leaders is something provable, not something some-thing that reflects accurate observation or factual deduction. Truth to them is something some-thing which they feel will advance their own interests, further their own. policies, or discredit their opponents'. This concept of truth seems to have become a habit. The Kremlin appears to have deluded itself into thinking that the world can be treated like the regimented Russians. Thus we have the repeated stories of American imperialism and aggression, which the Kremlin expects the world to be- lieve. The second difficulty is to know what the General Assembly's verdict would accomplish. ac-complish. There is no question of what the verdict would be. The free world knows who t the 'aggressor is in this cold war. But if the ' UN should brand Russia as a power that does not seek peace, what then? Would Russia apologize and reform because of this rebuke ? Or would she walk out of the UN ? We see no virtue in driving the USSR into complete isolation. It would seem better bet-ter to keep Russia in the UN, however much she makes a mockery of the proceedings, while efforts go forward to stop her aggression, aggres-sion, by material strength rather than by moral condemnation. For it seems now that there is no other way to save not only the United Nations but world peace. 1 & nsa J u j It My?' Opinions of Santayona A dispatch from Rome tells of an interview in-terview with the famtfus philosopher, George Santayana, in his quiet retreat near Rome. The great man is not afraid to change his mind, even at his advanced age. Not very long ago, he predicted that Communism Commun-ism was about to take over Europe. Observation Ob-servation and consideration have, however, brought about a change in his attitude. He affirmed that the world needs a new religion, and Communists believe they have it to offer. VBut," he went on, "it does not have the depth nor the soul-strength to become one." Santayana believes , that Communism owes its success in Russia to the temperament temper-ament of the people there, and when it comes up against those of a different temperament, tem-perament, it will fail to make headway. He does not believe that the Communists will win the,Italian elections, but in the event that they.do, he would be against any interference inter-ference by the United States. His final word was: "If the Western powers leave Communism alone, it will crumble from within." Great weight may be attached to these words from the former Harvard professor of philosophy. His complete detachment from the world since his retirement may may well have given him the necessary perspective for seeing the truth of the present pres-ent situation. "Germany,' said Hitler, "must choose between guns and butter." In the United States, as a speaker on the University of Chicago Round Table put it, the choice may be between guns and automobiles. In the last war we had both, but we might not always be so fortunate. The Washington Merry-go-Round Drew Pearson Says : ' Forrestal-Symingtbn Dispute Worse Than People Realize WASHINGTON.rApjSqjKN! the current row between the air forcPsNuMJ-Jije army-navy. It is Interesting to recall that-in' 1940 the army asked congress ior only. flying iortress. This was one year after waf.toWsetln Europe, yet the army still didn't see the heed J planes. And had it not -been for Congressman Ross Collins of Mississippi . who demanded more planes, the army "would have been worse prepared pre-pared than it was. Today, President Truman an ex-artilleryman is siding with Secretary Forrestal's navy and ground forces, while congress as In 1940 is siding with the air force. Backstage battling between Forrestal and Air Secretary Symington has been even move vitriolic vitrio-lic than most people realize. Here is part of the repartee during a locked-door session of the senate armed services committee between the air secretary and the man who is supposed" to be his boss: J SymloRton "Supposing you take this figure of $15,5uU,000 ,000 more if the three services get everything thcv want. That is the figure that went around. It would not be $15,000,000,000, it " would be a lot more with the mobilization plan." Forrestal "We do hot accept that." Symington "The army does. They are talking ; mobilization. We are not. We are talking peate-i peate-i time air force in the being." Forrestal "They are talking a little bit ' higher than they need talk." Symington "The air force for three years has said it needed the 70-group program in peacetime peace-time and it has never deviated because of the ' strategic aspect of the 70 groups. We asked this year what we asked for in 1947 and 1948." Forrestal "You have to exercise some judg-. judg-. ment between extremes. There is a middle ground for Judgment which, as I say, I have to rely on the joint chiefs of staff to furnish me with, and they are going to have a very hard wrestling match to do it." . . TOTAL AIR. STRENGTH I In addition to the 70 regular groups, the air ; force is asking for 27 groups for air national guard, 34 groups for air reserve, 22 squadrons for . such activities as reconnaissance, air weather and air communications. The increase from 55 to 70 groups will mean a corresponding increase from 364,000 to 453.000 men by the end of 1949. If the 70-group program is approved, the air force plans on adding 1,512 airplanes in fiscal tyear 1949. The big increase would be in bomber X strength. Under the 55-group program, the air B force would be limited to 480 bombers; under the " 70-group program, this would be Increased to 720 7: bombers. X "That Is roughly a SO per rent increase in our striking force," Gen.'Touhy" Spaatx told the senators. 'The plane we would like to continue to u build," added Symington, "is a modification of Kthe B-29." g lie pdinted out that the first B-29 had a bomb Ibad of 2,000 pounds, whereas the present bomb oad is 10.000 pounds. The original range was 3,938 miles, the present rang Is 4,100 miles and 5 the expected range, is 6,945 miles. However, the B-29 already haaNbcen flown more than 5,000 U statute miles with" 10,000 poujxjs of bombs, Sy-flmington Sy-flmington disclosed. ' RUMANIAN, WIRE-PULLER In a spacious house on .Long Island. United f Nations delegates are entertained by a mysterious (Copyright, 1948. by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.) Rumanian named Vespasien Palla. Dr. Palla came to the United States on the Queen Elizabeth with his own car 'and chauffeur, now boasts two footmen. How he does it with Rumanian currency under strict control is a mystery. Nevertheless, U. N. delegates are never without champagne and shashlik when they visit Palla s home. Previously Dr. Palla war Rumanian minister to Switzerland for the Fascist Antonescu government gov-ernment which declared war on the U. S. A. It was this same Antonescu government which slaughtered 300.000 Jews, sent many of their bodies to the I. G. Farben soap factories. However, Palla now serves the Communist government of Rumania, Is reported to be close to Anna Paukcr, Red boss of Rumania. Despite this background, Palla obtained a vis to visit the V. S. A., and believe It or not. is consulted by state department officials on legal problems. Furthermore, he is the man believed to have engineered the sudden U. s. shift of policy regarding Genocide the massacre of human beings because of race, religion or culture. The world has seen some ghastly massacres even in modem times, among them the Turkish massacre of the Armenians and Hitler's slaughter of the Jews. Now the United Nations proposes making future mass destruction an international crime. But suddenly the United States switched Its position. Instead of backing a genocide convention conven-tion with teeth, last week U. S. Delegate John Maktos received new instructions namely to confine the crime of genocide to governments. This would make the treaty unenforceable, since any government can claim that rioters who massacred mas-sacred Jews, Armenians or Moslems were irresponsible irre-sponsible criminals uncontrolled by government. This sudden switch hasn't received the publicity pub-licity given to our switch on Palestine, but it's just as fundamental, and even more mysterious If congress investigated, it might find some interesting backstage factors behind the opera -tions of Rumania's Dr. Vespasien Palla. 1 U. S. CITIES AND A-BOMB j Healthy development in the army Officers have been instructed to get acquainted with the U.S.A. Atomic-bombing makes it essential. To this end, officers trainng for "M-Day" have been ordered to study Robert S. Allen's "Our Fair City.", A spokesman for the defense department's advisory committee on community relations says: "In the last war there were sporadic salvage drives for tin cans, scrap rubber, copper and other scarce materials. That was kid stuff compared com-pared to what will face us in the future. The military ought to know the blunt facts about city administration and political rule and what to-do if all hell breaks loose. " 'Our Fair City' is the perfect reference volume vol-ume because it pulls no punches. It was written by working newspapermen who analyzed and dissected their home towns .with the kind of can-ior can-ior that military men should see. "We now are In contact with people in 500 communities. They are civil leaders who operate op-erate behind the scenes. They have to receive as much information from us as we receive from them. "For example, we will have to let the people know more about the role of the national security se-curity resourrp hoarrf Th Warri fo.m.. " . , " www. v, Aavvia uctuil traluation of U. S. industry, for national safety in time of emergency. We have to show why. We have to explain what raw materials are in short supply and what allocations will be necessary to maintain a war economy, if there is to be one." Sound advice If carried out. l.'" Voice of America Toughens Up By PETER EDSON NEA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) The Voice of America is changing. It's toughening up. What's more, it's getting results. The proof is that Moscow radio and Communist-dominated Communist-dominated government broadcasting broadcast-ing stations behind the iron curtain cur-tain have started to scream their denunciation of all U. S. State Department Voice programs. "I have listened to quite a few Voice of America broadcasts in the Russian language," said one Moscow announcer in a recent English program beamed to the U. S. "It is not hard to tell from the contents that a handful of bitter bit-ter enemies of the USSR run there broadcasts," the announcer went on. "The Voice of America is trying try-ing to poison the minds of Eu-! ropeans with the vilest arch-reactionary views." In between he tried to tell the Kansas hrmer, the Pennsylvania coal miwer, the schoolteacher in California that " the Voice of America was trying to build up an entirely false picture of the U. S. life. The Moscow mouthpiece mouth-piece then sought to set them all straight. According to him, there was a "panic" on the stock exchange, ex-change, the culmination point in the development of American business had been passed, the U. S. economic slump was beginning. Communist attacks on the Voice of America are not confined to radio. The Communist press ha taken up the . cry with leading article in Pravda. Izvestia and others telling the Russian people not to believe what they hear on American short wave broadcasts. To the men who direct the American information program William T. Stone in general charge in Washington, Charles W. Thayer directing the Voice of New York all this is real encouragement. en-couragement. It's proof their stuff is getting across. When U. S. foreign broadcasting broadcast-ing was first moved into the State department after the war, the policy pol-icy was to build up a imputation or accuracy, fairness, dependability. depend-ability. When the Russian radio let go a blast at American policy, the Voice ignored the insult. This was in line with the policy of U. S. diplomats overseas and high officials in Washington who didn't want to dignify Communist lies by trying to answer them. In the past few months this policy has been changed. The shift began when Secretary of - State George Marshall spoke in Chicago Chi-cago last December. In this speech Marshall called Soviet propaganda against the U. S. "brazen and contemptuous." con-temptuous." He said it was time to call a halt. When Marshall came back from the futile Council of Foreign Ministers meeting in London last January, he was even more bitter. From that time on the Voice of America began to toughen up It got a new directive to start answering these lies with truth. u. s. oxicials became quicker on the up-take. When the Russians now put out some preposterous bit of propaganda, it is nailed in stantly by an official statement which is broadcast right back at the Russians. In one day, just be fore Secretary Marshall left for the Bogota conference, he put out four of these blasts. The state department de-partment put out a couple come, for good measure. All this is having its effect. Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, Hun garian Romanian and Yugoslav radios have started a compaign to discredit the Voice of America all over the world. Budapest radio, for instance, has announced that the Polish delegate of the U. N. Freedom of the Press conference in Geneva, one General Gross, will protest against Voice of America broad casts on conditions in Poland. He blames them as responsible for the reluctance of many Poles to return to their homeland. When the Russians devalued the ruble and the American prers did such a good job of pointing out the differences in standards of living between Russian and American workmen, the Voice of America picked up the compari sons and broadcast them right back to Russia. That really got Desk Chat, Editorial Column We" won't guarantee tha t thls will work on your next night out with the boys but the story is told about a salesman who was playing , euchre with a recent acquaintance. Suddenly, the" R A peered hard at his hand and said: Say, old top, if you 11 -give me a queen and turn this into a poJEer Once News Now History From the Files of The Provo Herald 20 Years Ago APRIL 20, I92S Purchase of a right-of-way on the east side of the dugway lead ing to Orcm was completed by Utah couhty to permit the elimination elim-ination of the sharp curve. . . . Dr. David Snedden of Columbia university, uni-versity, eminent author and scholar, was engaged as a special lecturer for the summer school. . . . The legal battle between Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns, his former manager, got under way in federal court. . . . Henry M. Aird, veteran Utah school teacher and former 'fruit grower, died in California at the age of 68. Q's and A s Q What Civil War general wrote a best-seling novel? A Lew Wallace, who wrote "Ben Hur." Wallace volunteered early in the Civil War and rose from a lieutenancy to the com mand of a corps. - Q Was there really a Round Table of King Arthur? A Some authorities believe that the ancient round table in the great hall at Winchester, England, is an authentic royal table at which knights feasted. There are no historical records to prove that it ever was used by King Arthur. Q Of what great inventor has it been said, "he needs no memorial"? memo-rial"? A Thomas Edison, because we are seldom out of sight or hear-ing hear-ing of one of his inventions. the Communists' goat. Moscow News complained that the Vpice of America was "disturbing the ether with gratuitous misrepresentation misrepre-sentation watered -by crockodilr tears . . . for the nard-up Soviet citizen." and so forth. Another manifestation of Voice of America effectiveness is noted in the tremendously stepped-uf tempo of Communist radio lies. Transcripts of current broadcasts from behind the iron curtain are now utterly fantastic. Moscow Radio reports from Rome that Vice Adm. F. P. Sherman, Sher-man, commander of the U. S. Mediterranean Fleet, has offered to sell Gibralter to Franco. Gib-ralter, Gib-ralter, is of course, British. The war of words in the air is on, and it's hot. 10 Years Ago APRIL 20, 1938 David Gourley, Alpine school superintendent, resigned to take a position as assistant state superintendent sup-erintendent of public instruction the government was asking $14,000 for the old post office at the corner of Center street and University avenue opening of the new post office at First North and First West was set for early in May eight new members of the BYU faculty were announced: Dr. Elden Beck. Margaret Mar-garet Burton, Ariel S. Ballif, James R. Clark, Ralph A. Britsch, Oliver R. Smith, George Smeath and John A. Clark Joe Di Maggio. holdout, signed or $25.-000 $25.-000 plans were announced for the erection of a monument to honor the first Icelandic settlement settle-ment in America at Spanish Fork. game, ill bet you a hundred buclp on this hand." 4 , The ' salesman 'looked at his cards while he studied the proposition, propo-sition, then said: "All right, IH take you, and raise the bet a hun dred. Here's your queen." i The R A accepted the raise and the hands were laid on the table. The salesman held four kings; the R A, four aces! With obvious menial distress the salesman separated himself ) trom the money, glared at the person whom he wished was not a recent acquaintance, and suspiciously sus-piciously demanded: "Say, what did you want the queen for?" QUERY QUADRUPUCA ...s io- wnom win occupy me White House next year, who ever heard of Improving a dwelling for the same old tenant? . . .why is it that the things most f people want to know about C are usually none of their busi- ness? . . .did it ever occur to you that the most comforting place to spend your vacation this year is just inside your budget? ... do you remember the good old days when bridge meant a structure used to effect a , crossing instead of a game that taught huSbands to get used to eating sardines? WOMEN ARE QUEER ' Call a girl a chicken And she smiles; Call her a hen, And she howls. Call a young woman a witch-; And she is pleased; Call and old woman a witch' And she is indignant. . Call a girl a kitten And she rather likes it: Call a woman a cat And she hates you. i oOo One reason for the high price of dairy products is that city methods are invading the farm. It used to be that the chap who did the milking was called the 'hired man,' but now he wishes to be known as the vice president in charge of the bovines. YOUR OLD FRIEND PREMIER "Call for Music" with Dinah Shore it Harry James . Johnny Mercer 9:30 TONIGHT Jo Stafford at 1 ' 'THE SUPPER CLUB' 9:00 p.m. 1120 OR YOOa DIAL rifBACK i fit-; irnn t; j 1 THIS TUESDAY AT 8:00 Radio Programs for Tuesday, April 20 T. W. ASKS WHY Increased Telephone and Gas RATES? Farmers, Cows, Oleo -and Rats - PENSIONS A Square Deal and a Square Meal for Our Senior 'Citizens KCSU 10:15 TONIGHT KOVO KDYL KCSU KSL 861) ll 14(90 1160 :00 Myiteriout Candlelight Bachalort Big Town 6: lSj New America Plyin :30 Dtectlv Data With Judy Muiio of Evening Mr.-Mrt North t:4i Billy Ro ; Bill Henry 7:00 Swap and Sell Amoi 'n' Andy Sportlita Jan Carber 7:lS'Newa Hayloft 7:30iMuaie fibber and Holly C. Weill 7;4i . Baaeball Trail : John Nebitt Bob Hop Show David Rosa It Pay to Ba S:1S Newscope 8:30 Hita of Week Bad Sktlton Newa Wathlnston S:4VWInB of twin Pop Hardy f:00 Fish and Hunt Supper Cluo Modern Concert Lowell Thomai Jewel Room Jack Smith Show S:30 Newa Call for Muiie Tex Bcneke Vic Damon : Tulton Lewie Jr ' ' Newa Beulah l:00lNewa Sport Newa. Weather Fiesta Tim Doorway to Life 10:15 Ray Herbeck Waahinfton T. W. Speaka 10:30 Alvey Went Latin Quarter Date Newa ' ' j iO:45iLnd of Free Song by Sin aire - ' Science Frontiers 11:00 Morton Downey Newa. Weather Trade Wind Weather 1 1:15 Organ Reverie Voice of Army Dane Time Harriimana 1130 Serenade Television Leishton Noble Charlie Spivak 11:4 SI Newt Newa Al Lyona WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 0:00 Sun-Up Frolie Old Corral . News :IS BobAtcher 0:30' Farm fioundup 8:4i Tarm Journal ' Weather 7:00 Editor 'a Diary Good Day Newa 7:lS Orark Valley Sunny Sid Up . Harry Clarke . 7:10;Newa Nwa. Weather Newa Potluck Partv 7:45 Melody Ranch In Tune If About Time Newa S:00iF. Hemlnyway Fred Waring Now the Time 8:ISIMuaical Clock S:30lSay With Muale Road of Life New l:45i Joyee Jordan Mefret Maater 8:00 9 00 Club Nora Drake Buddy , Clark , Arthur Go.lirey f:15Tell Neighbor Katie a D-ugn er Hawaiian ..... t:30,Hearts Deaire Jack Berch Shdw Lady of House Crand Slam 9:451 Lor Lawton Treasure Chest 1 Rosemary 10:09 960 Club Sonf Shop Just Relax T Wendy Warren 10:15 Serenade Good Old Days Meditation Aunt Jenny 10:30 Music For the Ladles Reminiscence Helen Trent ' 10:45lWoman s Pag Our Gal Sunday ll:00lOedrte Foatot Take It Easy New Album Big Sister 11:15 Happy Gang Your Own Muale Ma Perkins 11:301 News. .Weather Meet the Band Dr Malone 1 1:45 Little Show Believ It or Not Texas Jim Guiding Llgnt l2:00,Queen for Day Today's Children Noontime Farm News 1I.-151 Woman in Whir Eddie CeMar Perry . Mason 12:30 Singin' Sam Holly Sloan Newa Farming 12:41 Martin Block Light of World South American Rose of Dreama 1:00 Martin Block - Lif Can B Pipes of Melody Double or i : I S Ma Parkins 1: JO Birthday Club Pepper Young Musical Horizons House Party 1:45 - Happiness 1:00 Robert Hurieigh Backstag Wtf Th Classics : Hint Hunt 2:15Uohruon Family Stella Dallas , ?, David rUtrurr. l:30iEddy Howard Lorento Jones Evelyn Winter 2:45 Art Baker Widder Brown " Easy -Aces - 3:00. News Girl Marries Diggin'th Diaea School . of Air. 3: 1 5 'Cactus Jim Portia Faces Life , , " ' r-.t- 3:30 Tommy Dorsey Just Plain Bill I ' Norah Drake 3:43' Front Farreli " and Mrs Burton 4:00 Jamboree Rhythm Eric Sevareid 4:151 News, Weather Meet the Missus 4:30 F. Hemingway Aunt Mary Uim 'n Abner 4:43lMerry Go Round Musi Hit From Snow i i 5:01 i Time Woman's Secret From Operettas News - - " " f:is'uperman Newa. Weather Penny Arcad . Story Prlnc 5:30 Charlie Spivak Kenny Baker ; News Club IS :43iTora Mix H. V. Kalteuborn Uinta Shore s Ed R. Murro-s ? K This Week's Disc Parade On THIS WEEKS DISC PARADE RCA Victor Records P-169 Concerto Freddy Martin 3.75 pJ5 Polonaise Al Goodman 3.75 P164 At the Organ Dick Llebert 3.75 M-966 Concert Favorites John Cbas. Thomas 3.75 CO-41 Music of Ernesto Lecuon-First Pisno quartet 4.60 DM-517 Rhapsody In Blue, Gershwin Jose and Amparo Iturbl - Pianists 3.15 DM-1190-- Symph. No. 9 in D Minor Op 125 (Choral) Boston Symph. Orch., Serge Koussivitgky Cond. 8-12" RS ..: ...k 10.85 MO-737 Schumann-Frauenluoe and Lelun (Song Cycle) Helen Traubel Soprano -fi0 CO-33-The Music of Victor Herbert Vol. 1 5-12" RS Shllk-ret Shllk-ret RCA-Victor Solon; Group and Orch 7.10 "At Proves Fittest Record Bar9 f ATI BB HQS 1 SIICI IISS vo : , ... ... v , v v-.'; " utah ;; "Where Radios Records Are : PROVO Ml 1 |