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Show GENEVA TIMES THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1951 Orem-Geneva Times Published every Thursday at ' Orem, Utah i M. NEFF SMART. Editor and Publisher CLYDE E. WEEKS JR.. Associate Editor jj . M ,eeond class matter November 19. 1944 at the I ic at Orem, Utah, under the act of March 3. 1897. -" ' MEMBER: Utah State Press Association National Editorial Association Subscription Rates: on rear' in advance $3.00 , FIGURE THIS ONE OUT j Talk about confusion compounded! ! ne Oregon Daily Journal's Gallup Poll discloses as 'jjjSw the nose on your face that: f' A majority of Americans thinks the President went 'jvwire when he stripped MacArthur of his commands. ." I A majority of Americans thinks it would be suicid-1 suicid-1 1 the drawn into a full-scale war with Red China. This is the course cieany uumu m "c mutnuuur proposal propos-al to bomb Manchurian bases, Chinese coastal towns and bases and Chinese transportation and to help Chiang Kai-shek invade the mainland. : jiore than 7 out of 10 believe that if we were to get into a general war with China, the Soviets would come in Those polled indicated three to two that we should mike a more determined effort to find peace terms acceptable ac-ceptable to both the Chinese and Korean Reds and ourselves. our-selves. ; If this means anything it means that the majority of Americans favor MacArthur, but disagree completely complete-ly with the policy he advocates for the Far East, it means, conversely, that they do not favor the President, , but agree almost 10,0 percent with what he is attempt-in? attempt-in? to do in the Far East, that is, contain the war in Korea and seek an honorable peace. In short, the President Pres-ident is wrong but he's right. And MacArthur is right I but he's wrorig. Figure that one out, if you can. We can't. It does, however, suggest a question: What's all the shooting about ? THEY'LL GO DOWN FIGHTING It was refreshing, indeed, to see Orem and Utah County Coun-ty fruit growers "take arms" against this week's threat of frost. The "call to arms" was sounded Monday night when fruit growers gathered here and made hurried plans to secure and utilize the 40 smoke generators which were made available to this county by the army. Few of Or-em's Or-em's prominent growers slept on that night, and all day Tuesday, when a killing frost during the following 24 hours was predicted, local crews were tuning up the generators and sending plumes of white smoke skyward over orchard areas in the first important practice tests of the generators in this area. Aircraft were standing by at the Provo airport, ready to buzz orchard areas here and stir up the freezing air should it drop below the freezing point and begin settling settl-ing in local orchards. Tuesday night the smoke generators were laying a fog-like screen in several parts of Orem, in test runs, and were ready to pour out smoke in earnest in the event of freezing temperatures. Orem and Utah county can ill afford to submit, to a complete fruit freeze two years in a row, and our con-patulations con-patulations go to the valiant growers here who are determined de-termined that if frost gets the fruit this year it must' go through a blanket of smoke. A housewarmine nartv boring Mr. and Mrs. William 1 :iy was held at their home. PP was served and the ev- uig was spent playing games, esent were Mr. -nH tut,,, ?MCaLder and family- Mr.' V" Caider and Dav- s. Berrv. Juno Rin, f " ' w wiijr, i.1 1.1. a- Err and granddaughter r"""""'a. iwr. and Mrs. Leo hi v! lnd family and Mr. H Mrs. Berry. O. K. FOLKS! We service tractor tires, including hydra-flation. Expert Tire Recapping OK Rubber Welders 8th South and State Street Orem, Utah Friday and Saturday .... -. !"' . , t V J '4 NEVER BIDING REPERCUSSIONS Sr ($si ORE .1 FIRST This 'N Tliat Ethyl Nielsen Hair I'M GLAD I LIVE IN A SCIENTIFIC AGE Hi Folks, I'm glad I live in a scientific age because there's so much more joy and satisfaction life is rich and abundant. Of course life has a way of balancing things . . . there's the atomic bomb threat to harass and worry wor-ry the most calm individual. Yet there are other scientific achievements that make for the serenity of today's people. For the stay-at-home there's television that brings the out side world into the home . . . For the gadabouts, there's the new cars as up-to-date as day alter tomorrow. But to my way of thinking these are minor achievements compared to the small scientific accomplishments accomplish-ments that bring Joy and assur ance to the masses. The Senator Reports To The People Senator Arthur V. Watkins Of interest to Utah County farmers and fruit growers is the Farm Labor bill which was before the Senate last week. The problem of farm labor is acute even in times of peace, but during a war period when there is a heavy drafting of farm boys for the armed services, the problem becomes 'greatly intensified The bill before the Senate provided tor the importation of Mexican laborers for use on farms of the United States, but principally in the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California and tne lnter-mountain lnter-mountain states of Utah, Idaho, Colorado and some incidental help for Washington and Oregon. Oreg-on. ; Farm organizations such as he- NaMonal Farm Bureau nd the Grange have told Senate Committees that farmers did not want subsidies.. Under the pro gram worked out and embodied in the bill under discussion, Mexican labor was to be recruited re-cruited by the Mexican government govern-ment and the laborers transported transport-ed at the expense of the United States to reception centers a-long a-long the Mexican-U.S- border. From this point the laborers would be transported to places j of work and kept at the expense of the employers in the various states. The United States was to be fully reimbursed for its expense ex-pense in getting the laborers to the border and for their return to Mexico after they periods C ' ation under the circumstances mentioned above when the far mers of the border states have practically no expense for transportation trans-portation from the reception centers to their farms. the tarm labor problem is bound to be an acute one for the period of the emergency so that what is done here in the Congress is of great importance to the sugarbeet growers, truck farmers and fruit growers of not only Utah county but all counties of the state where such crops are grown. My stand was actively sup ported by the Utah State Farm Bureau, but the National Farm Bureau has taken a contrary position which made our prob lem very difficult here iu the Senate. Orem Poslmaslership The Orem postmastership has been vacant for some time had hoped by this time tnat a , . . . . uwcu uv una biiue nidi a of employment ended, but the j permanent appoilltment would 4 'Kf' . Wlt flCHOl ,re" . i m mirniini I'm i nTTii rmTW" Monday - Tuesday - Wednesday A 10VE STORY fa touch the hsart of every woman... to stir every man, Aernil JOAN ,u'tr " ,; FGNTA1KE GOTTEN KALWALLISU, - -V. .-JESSICA TANDY- ROBERT ARTHUR OM.M , WILilAM OltTtKLt A Potomount PitW cost is not to exceed $20 a head Th's was to be paid by the farmer farm-er employers to the U- S. Government, Gov-ernment, This is all very well for farmers farm-ers in the border states. They cculd get their help without any expense for transportation except the general overhead of $20 per head. But farmers in northern Texas, northern California, Cal-ifornia, Utah, Idaho and other mountain states would have to pay the transportation to and from the reception centers. In addition they would also have to pay the general expense of the government in securing them, up to $20 per head. When it is remembered that many of the workers remain only two or three days on a job and then move on. the expense to the farmers would be exhor-bitant. exhor-bitant. They would have the expense ex-pense to pay even though the laborers worked only a single day. A number of Senators from '.he West, including the writer, have been attempting to get an amendment which would provide pro-vide for reception centers in the various states where the laborers la-borers would be employed. This would put the farmers oi tne intermountain states on the same basis as those in Texas, New Mexico. Arizona and California. Cal-ifornia. As this is written, the outcome out-come is uncertain, but it is hop ed that when you read this that the amendment such as proposed will have been adopted, in my argument to the Senale I point ed- out that if the drait Doara would leave the farm boys on the farms in Utah, we wouldn't need such a heavy influx of foreign for-eign labor. I felt it was unfair to Utah farmers to have to pay all the extra costs of transport- have been made and the appoint ee confirmed by the Senate. hope it is clear to Orem resid ents that , the postmastership while theoretically under Civil Service regulations, is actually a political appointment with limitations. The Democrais be ing in power, finally name the appointee, at least from one of the first three in the examinat ions conducted. Orem residents who have qu aimed in the first three, on two recent occasions, are well known to me. It is not my pre rogative to favor one or the other. The final recommendation rests entirely with the Demo cratic Congresswoman from the Second District of Utah. The Senate, of course, is required to confirm postmaster appoint ments. Since all those who have qual- fied in the first three are loyal Americans and I believe capable of carrying out the duties of the postmaster, I am willing to sup port in the Senate anyone who is named. They are all my friends and I have expressed no choice as between them I am making this statement to clear up rumors from home that reach me on this situation Conducted by BETH NOEL Orem First residents are invited to call 0860-R4 with personal items and other oth-er news. Mrs. Noel The program in meeting Sun-dav Sun-dav evenine was given by the Elders quorum with talks by Gene Morris, LaVerl Ashton anH Tprrv Chidester. A male auartet comprising Cliifton T. Pyne, Gilbert Jensen, Lyle De-Lange De-Lange and Gordon Hansen sang two selections. Monthly fast meeting will be held May 6 at 10 a.m. There win be no evening meeting in the ward to enable ward members to attend the stake speech festival. A change has been made in the starting time of priesthood meeting to 7 p-m., on Monday nights. MIA will begin at 7:45 A fireside chat was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sher man Howard Sunday evening with Bert Todd, a returned miss ionary from Czechoslovakia, as guest speaker. Refreshments were served to the 22 in attendance. attend-ance. Margaret and Harry LaMar Peacock, children of Mr. and Mrs- LaMar Peacock, were baptized bap-tized last Sunday. A Scout court of honor was held Sunday night with the fol lowing receiving awards: Nor man Jacobsen and Ronnie Hansen, Han-sen, tenderfoot; Grant Cragun, Rodney Carter, Thad Johnson, Larry Hansen, McKay Snow, Larry Johnson and Kyle Johnson; John-son; second class; McKay Snow, Alfred Carter, Randall White, Donald G. Wilcox and Fred Fielding, merit badges; Donald G. Wilcox, Alfred Carter and Randall White, star award; and Fred Fielding, life award. The MIA speech festival was held Monday under the direction direct-ion of Mrs. . Leonard V. Beck- man. Participants were Colleen Fairbanks and Kenneth Howard. How-ard. Miss Fairbanks will participate parti-cipate in the stake festival. A social was held with dance directors dir-ectors Glena Johnson and Kenneth Ken-neth Howard leading the activities. activ-ities. Refreshments were served. ' The Junior Gleaners, under the leadership of Meredith Strat- ton. will present the program in MIA next Monday. The following membrs of the Elders quorum and partners enjoyed a temple excursion to the Manti temple: Mr. and Mrs. Terry Chidester, Mr. and Mrs- Earl Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Steele, Mr. and Mrs. Max Spriggs and Mr. and Mrs. Clifton M. Pyne. Among the things I appreciate most are the new lipsticks, they are so good for the morale. When things are going dead wrong in my life you can see me sallying forth with enough lipstick lip-stick to paint a barn. A friend tells me that we are living in a wonderful age: she has her new baby and lost a perfectly per-fectly good set of teeth. They gave her a bad time before Junior Jun-ior was born. Thanks to an artist ar-tist and a good dentist she has a new set that are more attractive attract-ive than her own were. i Know a renow who has a wonderful hearing aid. Conse quently he holds a very responsible respon-sible position and his family Is wen cared tor. He is now a well adjusted person ... it has not always been so. In our neighborhood there's a young man who gave long years to his country. When he has frequent fre-quent flare-ups of malaria he rushes into the Vet's hospital and thanks to the new medical discoveries is back in a few days feeling fine. The knowledge of diet the dietary supplements are most important factors in this mod ern age. The soil throughout the civilized countries had become depleted. No matter how balanc ed our meals may be, malnutrition malnutrit-ion is a factor we deal with even in the obese. If the body is starved for the life giving elements el-ements surely the mind will become be-come confused and eventually ill. A gal friend of mine came into in-to the office recently. I had to look twice to believe my eyes. She is now a beautiful brunette she used to be a mousy blond with pretty brown eyes. She is married to a chemist who heartily heart-ily approves of her lovely dark tresses and cosmetics to match. The transformation has done something for her personality now she sparkles; she used to hide mentally. I could write a book about the wonderful scientific achievements. achieve-ments. Perhaps you know more about them than I do, but there are two things science has neg- To Shed Light on the World This Week THESE MEN HAD THIS TO SAY: "America needs desperately a foreign policy that is not foreign to American interests and one that is genuinely gen-uinely American in origin and concept. We need to kowtow kow-tow to no one today .... Our friends need us far more than we need them. Our strength is their only hope to escape existence on bended knees under a communist dictator's whiplash." ERLE COCKE, JR., national commander com-mander of the American Legion in New York speech. "Some people will always mistake any efforts toward peace no matter how vigorous, as 'weakness.' There must be no doubt throughout the world that we stand for life, not death ; for bread, not stones ; for freedom, not slavery. We all need to get behind a strong crusade cru-sade for peace and let there be no mistaking our intentions." inten-tions." Senator BRIEN McMAHON before National Academy of Science. "The problem .... (is to) prevent the outbreak of war; to prevent the Soviet Union from carrying out its expansionist aims by means other than war; to insuta that if war is forced upon us we. and the other free nations, will not be defeateed." JOSEPH SCOTT, member mem-ber of the state department for Benelux Affairs. "American farmers are earning less for their labor, investment, and management ability than any other class in the country: Rather than being overpaid, farmers' farm-ers' earning for 1951 average around 90 to S5 cents an hour. This is well below current estimates of hourly earnings of all factory workers which in February a-mounted a-mounted to $1.56." Secretary of Agriculture CHARLES F. BRANNAN. "Political and military decisions affecting world peace are not to be taken solely by any one country but by the UN. This is one of the most difficult facts that we as Americans must face up to . . . it was certainly lost sight of by General MacArthur in his speech before be-fore Congress." WARREN R. AUSTIN, chief United States delegate to the United Nations. Mr. and Mrs. Pershing Howe of Salt Lake City spent Sunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. A. DeWitt Trotter. Mrs. Emma Stone of Salt Lake City is staying at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stone. lected: 1. To develop a sure fire formula How to Find Happiness, and 2. The art of nations getting get-ting along together. These would be worthwhile scientific achievements. Q0VC Friday and Sat. May 4 - 5 HIT PARADE OF '51 and NORTH OF THE GREAT DIVIDE with Roy Rogers and Trigger Sunday and Mon. May6 -7 Abott and Costello in THE INVISIBLE MAN Mallne en Sunday Tues. and Wed. May 8-9 PRIDE OF MARYLAND THE SHOWDOWN Don't Buy a Mattress! Until You See OVERMAN'S New Mattresses, beautiful and sturdy. Trade in your old Mattress. 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