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Show THE LEHI SUN, LEIII, UTAH cons Heosons for Foil y res Impartial Groups Attempt Study of Business Flaws By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. , WASHINGTON. The favorite game in Washington today to-day is a new version of "button, button, who's got the button." Only for "button" read: Depression, recession, shakedown, shake-down, readjustment or what have you if you have anything. Sen. Robert Taft, as chairmen of congress' joint committee on the economic eco-nomic report, had a questionnaire sent out to a long list of business men. The gist of the report seemed to be that there was going to be a business recession, but it was going to be in the other fellow's business. Frequently it is too much faith inS 4T 1 '"V'-T ' f s Baukhage the other fellow's failings and too little regard for one's own that causes business failures. This is especially true (of small businesses. busi-nesses. Locating 'some of these "failures" and preventing them ) was the lob re cently undertaken undertak-en and reported on by the Com mittee for Economic Eco-nomic Development, Develop-ment, a non-government, non partisan group which makes studies of this nature. Just as this organization was completing its work, another somewhat some-what similar group was setting a task for itself in the hope of straightening out some of the other kinks in the business world. This was the National Planning association, associa-tion, which is out to discover how the many firms which steadfastly year-in and year-out maintain good relations with their employees do the trick. Both propositions are highly interesting. CED Furnishes Fair Reports The Committee for Economic Development De-velopment has for its chairman Paul Hoffman who, in private life. is president of Studebaker corporation. corpora-tion. Directing its research and policy pol-icy division is Raymond Rubicam, the well-known advertising man. This organization Is highly respected. re-spected. It has a staff of top-notchers top-notchers doing the research, and its members lean over, backwards to be non-partisan. In fact, at a news conference called here to discuss the report's re-port's findings, one reporter became be-came pretty riled because be couldn't get Hoffman to comment com-ment on the tax situation, one of the hot-spot political Issues ef the moment. There are two reasons wfcy CED's latest report (on small business) is financing, taxes and competitive opportunity. There are very definite ways in which the business man might be helped in solving these problems, particularly the problem of management. The CED report mentions these: Through advice and counsel from his suppliers; through guidance available from the large trade associations; by means of programs pro-grams instituted by his own community, com-munity, through special services which could be provided by established estab-lished counselling and market research re-search agencies within the means of the small enterprise; more extended ex-tended research supported by business busi-ness men and foundations; special courses in universities, colleges and secondary schools, and expansion of the present services offered free by the department of commerce. These are graphically illustrated in the diagram. Meeting Needs . Of Business But the greatest problem is how to place before the highly-individualistic, hard-to-get-at small business busi-ness man the facts, both as to his needs and how to satisfy them. That is up to the individuals in each community who will, take enough interest to read the report (available without charge from the Committee for Economic Development, Develop-ment, 285 Madison avenue. New York City) and bring it to the attention atten-tion of the local business men's clubs, chambers of commerce and similar groups. The other proposition which is in the making, and which likewise has a purely objective aim, is being carried on by the National Planning association, which is also a non-political, non profit organization. The I NPA states as its purpose: "Planning by Americans In agriculture, business, labor and government." Its study, which will probably take a year, is entitled "The Causes of Industrial Peace under Collective Bargaining." The project is under direction of two special committees composed YTPi f II S 1 i PI 1 in UNUSUAfc GRADUATION TRIO ... Three members of the Sevin family received degrees at graduation exercises at the Los Angeles campus of University of California. Mrs. Sonya Sevin (center), a 49-year-old grandmother, completed her college course in five years. Shown with her are her daughter, Lois, 21, and her married son, Marshall, 23, also graduates. NEWS REVIEW Labor Act Is Effective; Weather Hits Corn Crop Verging on mental and political exhaustion after a bitter, bit-ter, two-day fight, weary senators voted 68 to 25 to override President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley labor bill. action, sustaining a wallop- : The ing 331 to 83 house vote to pass the bill over the veto, came on the heels of a final presidential plea to Sen. Alben Barkley (Dem., Ky.) to muster all possible forces in the senate "to urevent this bill from becoming law." Opponents of the measure needed 32 votes to uphold the veto, and they waged a desperate, last-ditch battle to attain their objective, Final result, however, was a smash ing defeat for Mr. Truman at the hands of the Republican-controlled congress. Highlights of a tooth-and-tongue opposition fight to delay the senate vote as long as possible in order to gain support was an all-night ses- TRADE ASSOCIATION GUIDANCE TO ill ADVISORY SERVICES FROM SUPPLIERS COMMUNITY PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE BUSINESS PART. EFFICIENCY MANAGEMENT COUNSELING SERVICES PROTEST. STRIKES With the Taft-Hartley act In force only a few hours, scattered scat-tered protest strikes suddenly blossomed into a full-scale walkout walk-out of 189,000 soft coal miners, At least 41 mines were closed In 10 states. The walkout appeared ap-peared to be a spontaneous reaction re-action on the part of the miners min-ers to the new labor law. SPECIAL COURSES AND RESEARCH ami rrm' IN SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES am rrm 53 GREATER rt AVAILABILITY OP RESEARCH FINDINGS U.S. Dept. of Commwt, im R no CLEARING HOUSE FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES AND INFORMATION Chart illustrates how comprehensive CED program will aid in solving problems of small businesses. significant. One: Like all CED reports, re-ports, it represents the cooperative efforts of top men in the highly practical field of business and top men in the field of science political economy; a cooperative effort whose sole purpose is to make America a better place in which to live. There are no axes to grind. The second reason the report is important to all ef us is that today more than ever, in a world of "competing "com-peting ideologies, the perpetuation of our democracy, our system, depends de-pends upon the fostering of small business. Although small business needs assistance, that assistance is difficult diffi-cult to proffer, because small busi ness isn't an "it" it is three and a half million small business men, all highly individualistic; all as independent inde-pendent and hard to influence as a monkey at the top of a cocoanut palm. And these disunited sink-or-swim, cock-of-the-walkers niake up 98 per cent of the firms operating in this country today. As the CED report puts It: "Small business Is more virile vir-ile and more durable than might be deduced from the hue and cry beard for many years as to the disadvantages under which It labors. Nonetheless, small businesses are confronted with special problems and difficulties diffi-culties that are very real. It is vital to all business and to all citizens that conditions unfavorable unfavor-able to small business be remedied rem-edied wherever possible." The report finds that the problems prob-lems of the small business man fall into four categories: management, of both NPA members and non-members. non-members. One is a sponsorship committee composed of 40 business and labor leaders. The other is the research committee made up of 26 experts in the field. The idea was explained to a group of us by Clinton Golden, who will direct the research. Golden explained that what his committee was after was a different differ-ent approach to the question of labor-management relations. sion during" which Sen. Glen H. Tay lor (Dem., Idaho) held the floor for eight hours and 20 minutes and Sen, Wayne Morse (Rep., Ore.) talked for 10 'hours and two minutes. It was the longest filibuster In mod ern congressional history. The Taft-Hartley act, which constitutes con-stitutes a wholesale revision of the Wagner act of 1934, was termed by President Truman in his veto message mes-sage a "shocking piece of legislation." legisla-tion." He asserted that the measure would "cause more strikes, not fewer," and would put the country a long step on tne dangerous road toward "a totally managed economy." econ-omy." "This legislation would encourage distrust, suspicion and arbitrary attitudes," the President told congress. con-gress. FLOODED OUT: No Bumper Crop Experts who recently predicted a three billion bushel corn crop this year were hastily revising their estimates es-timates in, the light of continuing torrential rains and widespread floods which have transformed much of the Midwest into a soggy mass of mud. Damage has been particularly heavy in Iowa, extending from one end of the state to the other. Flooding Flood-ing of river bottom lands is only part of the loss. Thousands of acres of crops have been washed out, and the loss is considered irreparable. It is too late to replant with anything except for age crops and possibly buckwheat if seed is available. On upland farms, ponds and lakes overflowing their boundaries also will cut seriously into corn yields. All in all, a bumper corn crop is considered extremely unlikely, even with a favorable growing season up to October. Some authorities have begun to believe that the government's grain export program should be re-examined in view of conditions existing on the nation's farms at present. IKE RESIGNS: Goes Academic General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower has resigned as army chief of staff to accept the presidency presi-dency of Columbia university in New York, effective early next year. His decision to step out as top man in the nation's military hier archy to take the academic post was announced in a statement by Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, chief of the war department's public relations d 1 v i s i on. The statement s. a id that Eisenhower accepted the Co lumbia presidency presiden-cy with the approval of the Presi dent and the secretary of war. His resignation will become effective "at such time as his superiors may release him from active duty in the army." The man who mapped the strat egy which brought victory to Allied forces In Europe in World War n will retain his rank as a five-star general for life and continue to receive re-ceive a compensation of about $15,000 a year. . Initial speculation on a successor to General Eisenhower as chief of stati centered on Gen. Omar N. Bradley, now Vet erans administra tion c h i e t who commanded the army ground forces in Europe daring the war. Other high-ranking generals under consideration con-sideration for the position were Gen. Jacob L. Devers, Eisenhower FT a am" f Bradley army ground forces chief, and Lt. Gen. J. Lawton Collins, chief of army public infor mation. As president of Columbia, Eisenhower Eisen-hower will be the successor to Nicholas Murray Butler who retired in 1945 and is now Columbia's president emeritus. The general has also been elected a member of the university's board of trustees. RAPID GROWTH Industry Expands in Far West NEW YORK. The Far West sec tion of the United States has grown greatly in recent years In population, popula-tion, income, industrial stature and international importance, accord' ing to a study in the Index, a quar terly publication of the New York Trust company, just published. "World War 71," the study says, "telescoped into a few years an industrial in-dustrial expansion in the Far West which might have taken several decades to accomplish even at the relatively fast rate of development some parts of the area had been enjoying." The war. It is pointed out. brought new factories and facilities to the region, accelerated development develop-ment of its raw materials, expanded expand-ed its power supply and increased its population, thereby adding both to its market potential and its labor supply. With its vast store of natu ral resources and its rapidly increasing in-creasing population, the Far West looks forward to a continuing postwar post-war industrial growth through development de-velopment of new products and new markets." 1 The seven states included in the study are Arizona, California. Idaho, Nevada, Oregon. Utah and Washington. 'The Far West," according to the article, "made the largest relative gains in population and income of all the areas of the United States during World War H, and has grown faster than the nation as a whole since 1939, increasing its population by 31 per cent as com pared with a 7 per cent increase for the entire United States. Factory jobs in the Far West in the same period rose 68 per cent as com pared with 46 per cent for the nation. na-tion. In food production, the increase in-crease in the Far West amounted to 25 per cent as compared with 23 per cent for the United States as a whole. "Continued expansion of industry appears to be of primary importance impor-tance to the progress of the Far West," the article concludes. "Its abundant natural resources, its climate, cli-mate, its forest riches, its excellent harbors and its scenic beauties have been the chief contributing factors to its rapid growth in the past. To accommodate and support a population increase in the future comparable to that enjoyed so far in this century and particularly in the World War II period, would seem to require the broader economy econ-omy which its sustained Industrial growth is furnishing." GUARDIANS OF PAST Hallowed Sites Preserved In National Park System WNU Features. National Park service has become one of the great trustees of American history and tradition. In the system of national parks today are more than 80 sites hallowed by the events that have transpired there or by deeds which have been memorialized memorial-ized in marble and stone. Almost every phase of America's past finds expression in one or more of these sacred areas, where National Park service is endeavoring to present American Ameri-can history in a simple, straightforward manner in order that it may be readily understood and$ National Parks Tenth In a Series correctly interpreted by every vis itor, At most of the more important sites a program of educational serv ice to the public has been estab lished with competent historians in charge Guides will be found in many of the areas as well as museums with interpreta tive and study collections. At other areas guide service has been sup plemented or supplanted by self-ex planatory maps, literature, outdoor signs and trailside exhibits. Historic sites in the national park system fall roughly into six differ ent groups or periods Colonial, Revolutionary, Era of the Early Republic, Re-public, War Between the States, Winning of the West and the recent Age of Industrial Expansion. THE COLONIAL period is represented repre-sented by the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Matanzas national monuments monu-ments at St. Augustine, Fla., Fort Raleigh national historic site in North Carolina, Colonial national historical park in Virginia, Fort Frederica national monument in Georgia, George Washington birthplace birth-place national monument in Virginia Virgin-ia and Fort Necessity national battlefield bat-tlefield site in Pennsylvania. The Castillo de San Marcos, moated and bastioned, was begun be-gun in the 17th century to defend de-fend the oldest settlement made by Europeans on land now included in-cluded within the United States. From the battlements of this fort today one may look across Matanzas Matan-zas inlet and out to sea. With a bit of imagination one may see there the proud galleons homeward bound to Spain with the treasures of Peru, or the Golden Hind, which brought Sir Francis Drake in 1586 to plunder plun-der the Spanish town, or the ships of General Oglethorpe, who in 1740 laid siege to St. Augustine. On Roanoke island to the north, on what is now the coast of North Carolina, is the site of Sir Walter Raleigh's "lost colony." Here, each summer, is presented in pageantry the drama of the ill-fated first attempt at-tempt of the English to plant a col ony on the North American conti nent. Still further north on Jamestown island in Virginia is the site of the first permanent English settlement. Fort Frederica national monument on St. Simon's island, Georgia, rep- belong to the first 75 years of the republic are Fort McHenry national na-tional monument and historic shrine at Baltimore, Md., birthplace of the "Star Spangled Banner," the Lee mansion national memorial at Arlington, Ar-lington, Va., which was the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee and is typical of the plantation days of the old South. Of interest also is the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln near Hodgen-ville, Hodgen-ville, Ky. Here at Abraham Lincoln national historical park in a magnificent mag-nificent memorial building is preserved pre-served what is thought to be the log cabin in which Lincoln was born. NEARLY ALL of the great battlefields battle-fields of the War Between the States are now under jurisdiction of National Na-tional Park service. By visiting them In chrono logical succession one may acquire ac-quire a thorough understanding of the events of this vast internal inter-nal struggle. The better known battles of this war of which the sites are included in the national park system are: The first and second battles of I " J Wmmmmm-mmmmmmmmmMm illllliiiiillilifMIsS fev.wwasaJO-ee''',, ..... w..-Mttf-Aaj CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS Oldest U. S. Defense resents the English struggle with the Spanish for dominion of the South Atlantic coast. On the banks of the Potomac riv er in Virginia is George Washington's Washing-ton's birthplace national monument. and in Pennsylvania, near Farming. ton, a reconstructed pioneer fortification fortifi-cation marks the site of Fort Necessity Neces-sity and the scene of the opening battle of the French and Indian war. THE GREAT Revolutionary war battlefields of Saratoga in New York and Yorktown in Virginia are in cluded in the national park system as well as the site of Washineton's winter encampments at Morristown, N. J. Other important Revolutionary battlefield sites in the national park system are: White Plains in New York, Guilford courthouse and Moore's creek in North Carolina, Kings mountain and Cowpens in South Carolina. LISTED AMONG the more in teresting and significant sites which GETTYSBURG Dedicated to Peace Manassas in northern Virginia, Anf tietam in Maryland, Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, Shiloh in Tennessee, Vicksburg in Mississippi, Chicka-mauga Chicka-mauga and the Atlanta campaign in Georgia, Chattanooga in Tennessee, and Fredericksburg, Chancellors-ville, Chancellors-ville, Spottsylvania, Richmond, Petersburg and Appomattox in Virginia. Vir-ginia. THE GREAT WESTWARD movement move-ment began long before the War Between Be-tween the States and continued for many decades after. In this phase of history one finds in the national park system the Jefferson national expansion memorial at St. Louis, Mo., the Meriwether Lewis national monument in Tennessee, which contains con-tains the grave of the explorer who led the Lewis and Clark expedition through the northwest to the Pacific coast, and the Scotts Bluff national monument in Nebraska, a famous landmark on the Oregon Trail There are also the frontier military mili-tary posts of Fort Laramie iri Wyoming Wyo-ming and Pipe Springs in Arizona, the site of the Whitman massacre in Washington and the site of Custer's Cus-ter's last stand in Montana. In the West also, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, is the amazing amaz-ing memorial carved in the granite of Mount Rushmore to the memory of the four presidents, Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt . ' REPRESENTING MORE recent times are the Statue of Liberty national na-tional monument in New York harbor, har-bor, the memorial at Kill Devil hill, North Carolina, marking the site of the first airplane flight by the Wright brothers, the Vanderbilt mansion and the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hyde Park, N. Y. Representing the world of tomorrow to-morrow Is the proposed national nation-al monument to mark the site of the first atom bomb explosion explo-sion in New Mexico. The most recently acquired national na-tional historic site is the Adams mansion at Quincy, Mass. This mansion, a part of which dates back to 1739, has been the home of two presidents and many statesmen and writers, and its history flows continuously con-tinuously through the whole American Amer-ican scene from earliest days of the republic to the present - A complete list of national his toric sites may be obtained by writing writ-ing the Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior, Washington 25, D. C Accident Hate in Parks Soars r J WASHINGTON.-Stressinff the ne cessity for better observance bv the public of safety regulations, Newton B. Drury, National Park service director, di-rector, reported that the accident rate among visitors to the national park system jumped 28 per cent during the first six months of the present year. Fatal accidents in all of the 169 areas of the national park system during 1948 totaled 29, Drury re vealed, adding that the figure represents rep-resents a rate of 0.131 per 100,000 visitors. Contrary to popular belief, falls from heights in the rugged country characteristic of most of the national na-tional parks accounted for only 14 per cent of the 1946 fatalities. Drowning was responsible for 68 per cent of the fatal mishaps, and in many instances the victims were swimming alone. CHILD PRODIGY . . . paoj arena or uenoa, Italy, U 9g years old, but already A uisunguisuea nerseu as a c, pianist. She will leave n,i. for a series of concert) jj united States. iSC I sc irj 9- oov ':::x;o::AAiV.: '-i.! t " 1 ' it wmmmsmm NO PRINCE CHARMING . tei When Albert F. Lange of Kr1" Arlington, N. J., stepped off pleri in London, he announced thai ar had arrived in England to ary": Princess Elizabeth. 0itral promptly shipped him back to United States. Lange said ht! i: seen the princess in a mist iiFo dreams ever since he was fivi'011 id. I Vv v . , 1 i , ' ors t ' lit t DOESN'T LIKE CLOTHIWte Not a cloth eater is thisna walnut moth, enlarged, to three times its natural size. emerged from its shell-like put this moth will have s winfsp pl of five Inches. ld ho( i ' enc I f "! ins j; ,4."" set I: y - ; jf e i I - at ; h :J - H,orb ' V ass I v i af i v , - 1 eer : " 'v''tvi ; -, iom r j' 'j."" jcti r - 'T - - ha I am ASSISTANT SECRETARY "ch Charles Saltzman, vice-prforn of the New York stock excion has been named by Presidew i; man as assistant secrekr w state In charge of occupidwhe affairs. He succeeds Johnures dring. a go in ret H des ' acqi le be f r 4, ' A 'f ' . 4 r d'gh "eSvFBatioi - . ' - . ons 1 f - '- i I onali' - ' - " J I jf ini -' f - If TH'a: T?;his the w ANOTHER WAR VETEBut. 20 An old campaigner fr" K Spanish-American war, 0,the v tient of the Old Soldiers''' for William H. Robbins ate if t and cake at rarden p"-: seein Eed e fucks |