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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER, Page Two BEAK K1YM f 4 mwisnea ai ' C nf P.arh Week for Friday Distribution Entered the Post Office at - Phone 23 at Tremonton. Utah, as Second a JUL! iniJiihw J AMERICA LNLIMSTED j By Eric Johnston 15, 1925 Class Matter October A. N. RYTTING, ! i E4itor-Publish- S er SUBSCRIPTION KATES (In Advance) SOLDIER RATES ONE YEAR - $2.50 ) ) $1.75 Thursday, April 5, 1313 1 - First West Street I yiI -- T3 Ernie Pyle With the ia: PUT iiisuit ALtLtrji rtol, " " Thnrv,lrv Tremonton, Utah- - J Lots of Men Needed to Keep Aircraft Carriers Goina Many Worlds Life Aboard Ship Monotonous, new book, (Editor's Note: This article is oat ol a series comprising Eric Johnston's commerce. "America Unlimited.' MY Mr. Johnston is president of the U. S. Chamber ol But Preferable to Foxhole OWN direct experience in foreign affairs has teen but not too brief to confirm the suspicion that we live in a most complex, disjointed, and contradictory world. In By Ernie Pyle recent travels I have been less impressed with the "oneness" IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC.-T- he men aboard an of the world than with its dizzy multiplicity. 8 to of week the for be has April Maw could craft carrier divided, proclaimed Governor purposes of clarity lcto ' Space has been telescoped by the prosperity is the fundamental conthree 14 as Home Safety Week in Utah. It is a fitting recognition groups. "between the differences but no But a of stable airplane, and dition attention society. s ofhcer-pilotnecxls There are the fliers, both greater public and enlisted rati' of a problem which sadly nations and peoples are as formida country is in this cominterest who in men and fly combat Thm, j actually gunners, as ever. ble Places separated by only plex technological era. Neither the Each 'year scores of Utah- HOME SAFETY a few hours' fly- - United States nor Russia, which nothing but fly, and study, and prepare to fly ns die nee(llesslv as tne re ing are too often come closest to being economically WEEK Then there are the men who suit of accidents in the home. separated by cencan actually cut it- maintain the fliers. The air offi- proud that we have the nam, est flight deck in existence turies of history. self off from the products of the cers, the Hundreds are serioualy injured, perhaps disabled for life. i TheyV mechanics, and myriads proud they can even is What "truth" medical hit the da some autarwhich world. National minor of the rest Thousands suffer require of plane handlers injuries in one place is chy has proven itself an empty who shift and attention or hospital treatment. as the regarded and manacciphrase. all is push of these that And the pitiful thing about it It's easy to get essence of falsethe planes handle Alarmed lost Other Not at their a naval vessel acquainted their aboard time, hood in another; suffering, dents, with their heartbreak, a times dozen a t The sailors are just as what seems just Political their heavy cost, could be avoided. friendly Systems day around the as the soldiers I'd known on th standour from reare in the home the deck. The great majority of accidents existence not the I alarmed am by other side. Furthermore, point may seem of other economic and they're so These men are sult of sheer carelessness slipping on floors, on stairs or in Eric Johnston iniquitous political sysfrom delighted to see a stranger and have bathtubs ; stumbling over toys or other things left carelessly the other fellow's; one nation s tems and have no fanatic urge to ordinarily known somebody new to talk to, that they on dark stairways; electrocutions or fires caused by the use reasonable expediency may be an- make this one uniform world. Pre- as "Airedales," aren't a bit standoffish. cisely because I have a deep faith but the term isn't of faulty appliances, cords, fixtures or wiring ; taking poison other's deadly poison. They're all sick to death of (he 4 '., much used on our in our American people's capitalisolation and monotony of the vast No blueprint for "world order," by mistake due to carelessness in properly marking or disposErnie Pyle ism, because I believe it offers ship. Usually they Pacific. I believe they talk more ing of such potions ; falls from rickety ladders or stools ; ex- however nobly intended and bril- greater hope, happiness, and oppor- just call themabout wanting to go home than even dis imto can fail use or of from careless the the spell " liantly plotted, gasoline plosions resulting than any other system ever selves tunity the soldiers in Europe. some coun and injustice for And third is the ship's crew the devised by man, I can see no cause proper care of stoves. These are some of the things, usually order The Their lives really are empty lives statesman who American tries. for fear in the existence of a more deck hands, engineers, signalmen, involving neglect or carelessness, which causes accidents in offered a pint of milk a day to the or less communist system in Russia cooks, plumbers and barbers. They They have their work, and their the home. movies, and their mail, and that's whole human race meant it only in the seeming emergence of a run the ship, just as though it were about all they do have. And At any time home accidents are a national tragedy and symbolically, of course; but the fact or just s in the government-businescartelized partnavy. any ship nothing to look forward to. loss, but they are doubly so in this critical war period when that the Chinese and other peoples nership in Britain. In that domain, They never see anybody but every man and woman is needed to help win the war, and don't drink milk might be accepted too, I am willing to take the risks The fliers aren't looked upon as and that gets mighty to themselves, a caution as symbolic when every day lost from useful work is a lost day, not just of competition as between national Gods by the rest of the crew, but old. sail and sail, and never They planners. man a to the individual, but to the nation. America systems, convinced that they are respected. Hardly arrive anywhere. They've not even on the crew would trade places seen a can hold its own. As a nation, we are today conThe effort, under the direction of the Utah Safety native for a year. village seen them. with new the enough It is not impossible that in scious of immense strength They've Three times Council, to call the attention of all Utahns during this week of been to . they've on deck to know what a new feeling of and stirred postwar world our country may bemote, lifeless sandbars in the April 8 to 14 to the needless tragic toll of home accidents is responsibility.by This is all to the in fliers come an island of free enterprise the go through. have been allowed to go commendable. It can easily bring about a very considerable If But there is a feeling a slight Pacific, and a sea of socialized economy. good. But we should be helping ashore for a few hours and sit under decrease in the home accident toll in Utah for 1945. It will nor one ourselves between the ship's regular neither the world trees and drink three cans of do just that if Utahns generally will heed the warning of the if we let these things go to our crew and the air maintenance crew. palm beer. That's all. at of on the on is a the part The feeling brake zeal, heads. As safety council and play it safe in their homes this year. least two reminders are in orship's crew. They feel that the think they're prima Finds Eats Aboard der: j donnas. is American Best of the War the first that The Sure I'm a Marine and proud of it. Aire"Them to in and you They say govin of economy life, way I But some day, I'll be coming home. can hardly wait to Yet do live well. Their food it dales is the ones that gets all the the they ernment, is not a universal export run onto in this war. best I've step back into my job at the shop working for old Bill. us. glory. Nobody ever hears about commodity. It is the expression of steaks and ice have They Bill's really gone places, our All we do is keep the damn ship own history, of special Amerieat better than they "TFATUFPMIW probably from scratch with starting going." can conditions, of our heterogeneous would at home. nothing but his two hands and population. We had best reconcile JOE They take baths daily, and the " who is these It a mind of his own. ourselves to the infinite diversity of washes their clothes. Their laundry make the flight deck of an aircraft No bureaucrat told Bill what to do or how to do it. He social structures and national prefare crowded, but each man quarters look coloras gay and wildly carrier has with mattress and a just went ahead on his own and got results. I figure that erences. bunk ful as a Walt Disney cartoon. For The second is that, despite our we're fighting for this right to work out our own futures, in sheets, and a private locker to keep in dress colors. they bright our own way, without a lot of unnecessary interference and colossal weight in world affairs, we his stuff in. They work hard, bat They wear cloth helmets and the rest are from far outbalancing regulation. sweaters that are blue, green, red, their hours are regular. of the nations. The voice of AmerThe boys ask you a thousand tints Some day I aim to have my own shop. And I want to run ica is listened to, but it is not a yellow, white or brown. They make how this compares with the other like deck look flower a the flight it my own way. I don't want to be coddled and I don't want solo; it must be harmonized with side. I can only answer that this s Effective Preparedness. garden in June. anything I'm not entitled to. I want a fair price for the jobs the chorus of nations. seem to expect This colorful gear isn't just a much better. They obvito I do. I want good tools and machinery to make my work fastwe comes shall that pass, to but The winning of the war must take that, they are a little you say whim. Each color identifies a spetoo. er, better and easier. I want a comfortable home for my fami- precedence over everything else. ously be confronted with knotty cial type of workman, so can disappointed ly. I want to go to the church I choose. I want to live as a free The victory, however, will be only problems of adjustment in our rela- be picked out quickly and they They say "But it's tough to be on sent tions But with world economy. they and new to the prelude away from home for more than i struggles American. hurried tasks. new dangers. Already the fires of will not be insoluble problems. Once and never see anything but year, Red is the gasoline and Meanwhile, I've got fighting to do. But I can't help wor- civil conflict in many parts of the before we were an island a smallwater and an occasional atol" detail. Blue is for the guys who rying about those who are trying to regiment America while world can be discerned through the er and weaker island in the world. I And say yes I know it is, but 18th just push the planes around. Brown there are was I'm away. In end of the the toward That the of great boys who have been larger conflagration is for plane captains and mechanics. when we adopted democrathree years, and than more Europe ih,e tolks at home must stop 'em by never forgetting war. A vast number of difficult century, a way of life at a time when White stands for radiomen and the have on the ground a good for a second, the wonderful freedoms and opportunities that problems have been obscured or cy as other nations were monarchies engineering bosses. Yellow is for the part ofslept all Probwar. the time. And they say yes, during that suspended nave maae our country what it is. plane directors. contrast their live in India, China, the Balkans, or oligarchies. We not only surlems Yellow is what a pilot looks for they guess in They must keep America American. Latin America; problems of empire, vived but thrived on the experience. the moment are good. pretty he gets on deck. For i pray to Uod they will. The Gilcrafter. frontiers, race antagonisms will re- The American example was infec- the Seaman Paul Begley looks at his him as directors xSfcv. Ai- "plane-pushers.- over-ambitio- crash-landing- s plane-handle- cream-th- ey "plane-pushers- fire-fighti- -- NOW Tomato Plants Tomato plants were first cultivated in Europe on the coast of Spain ana Portugal about 1535 AVAILABLE bought Dr. Salsbury's the new drinking I mtdicine. 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In any case, there Is no neWar Participation Not cessity for friendly nations to A Panacea of All Ills have identical economic structures. We can and we must-le-arn Our decisive participation in the to adjust differences in exwar, it seems to me, does not give ternal trade relations, while folus either the right or the ability to settle these multitudinous matters. lowing our own way internally. of contrasting In the It is infantile to expect the war and the victory to cure all the world's systems, conflict is by no means ills. We should be grateful to ProvInevitable; it is a race between education and catastrophe and idence if they do not load us down education can win out. with new ills. Many countries are working together to put out a fire A tentative program for Amerithat threatens to raze the house of ca's international relations in the civilization. But there is no reason in my humble opinperiod, postwar for assuming that the defective ion, must include: plumbing and the drafty windows 1. Frank acceptance of obligations will be fixed in the process. In maintaining world peace, through some type of multilateral organizaThere Is danger In setting too tion and including, if necessary, comany and too lofty goals for the postwar period. There Is danoperative policing of danger zones. 2. Effective military preparedness ger In making too many promas insurance against the possible ises: either to ourselves or to our Allies. The most sensible failure of such world organization and as a deterrent to would-b- e agway to prevent bitter disillusionment Is to avoid sweet Illusions. gressors. 3. Tolerance for the political and It seems to me that all but a few Americans have recognized that economic systems of other nations, in their intertheir country has a direct stake in and law and order, in decency and pros- nal affairs. 4. The maximum encouragement perity, all over the planet. The very fact that America is no longer of world trade consistent with American interests. smugly indifferent that it acknowledges its share in the maintenance A great duel is under way in the of world order should serve as a world today. Its issue will deterstabilizing and pacifying force. That mine the basic character and qualseems to me the Irreducible mini- ity of human civilization on this mum which our country must ac- planet perhaps for centuries to cept come. Though it is part and parcel There are no miraculous solutions of the present war, that duel tranof the gigantic world scends the war in ultimate imporproblems. American policy will of tance. It is manifest on the surface necessity have to be shaped in the of affairs in some places, implicit in crucible of events. It must be flex- all places. In our country it has ible enough to meet changing conbeen at the core of the political and ditions. But there is no safety for economic turmoil of the two decades ourselves or for the world unless between the two world wars, and it we accept some guiding principles. may become intensified to the point The most Important of these are of a showdown in the years ahead, cooperation in the relief of stricken under the terrific pressures of postpeople and the reconstruction of war problems. stricken nations; the removal of I refer to the fateful duel between y barriers to healthy foreign two conceptions of human existence, trade. two ways of life, that may be The maximum economic welfara summed up in the oversimplified forof all nations Is the best possible mula: Individualism versus statism. The contest cannot be Identified in peace Insurance. That welfare, In turn, depends In the first place upon terms of party labels or regions, beeach nation's own productivity. Not cause it cuts across political and charity, not handouts, but domestic geographical lines. two-wa- E) QQ CD D3 jTb UNION 0ratr4 IACmC by T0l, INO. plane guide He is i though they were leading a blind wartime life philosophically. Tenn. man. They use a sign language farm boy from Rogersville, that is with their hands that is the same He talks a lot in a soft voice one of all over the navy, and by obeying southern clear through. He's deck. on the flight s their signs explicitly, the pilot can the all "I can stand this monotony taxi his plane within two inches of witt another one without ever looking at right," he says. "The point good us is that we've got a pretty it. chance of living through this. Thici the of the marines who have to take Comfortable Quarters Gein beaches, and the infantry monotony Enjoyed by Crew rmany. I can stand a lot of All the pilots and ship's officers if I know my chances are pretty live in "officers' country" in the for- good for coming out of it alive. off ward part of the ship. They live in But others yell their heads comfortable cabins, housing from about their lot, and feel they're outs one to four men. persecuted by being kept some The crew lives in compartments. America a heard I've year. They are of all shapes and sizes. boys say "I'd trade this for a bave Some hold as little as half a dozen hole any day." You just a reman men. Others are big and house a to keep your mouth shut hundred men. . like that The navy doesn't use hammock At least 50 per cent of the anymore. Every man has a bed. It ors' conversation, when talking is called a "rack." It's merely a newcomer like myself, is about w tubular framework, with wire things : ww springs stretched across it. It is atThe terrible typhoon they tached to the wall by hinges, and is through off the Philippines; folded up against the wall in the times they were hit by ba daytime. and their desire to get The "racks" aren't let down till America. .m about seven in the evening (except The tvnhoon was awful w same j for men standing regular watch thought the would go who must sleep in the daytime). as the they three destroyers thatto r j sized. This ship is inclined A light carrier, such as mine, has badly anyhow. Today she suu only about a third as many planes immense dents in her nof""L j, as the big carriers, and less than where they smacked the water rf half the crew, but it does exactly the she rolled that far over. A i were se same kind of work. experienced people Of the three types of carriers in during that storm. . ha 0 the navy, ours has the narrowest Very few of the boys the j for deck of love all. It's so narrow oped any real flight that when planes take off they use kind that will draw them bacn the left side of the deck, In order for a lifetime. Some of cou"e ei that their right wingtip won't come come back if things get tougn , too close to the "island" as they the war. But mostly tney me pass. temporary sailors, and Our pilots and crew are quite not in their blood. plane-pusher- g J -- tr s Carriers Belie Their Clumsy Appearance An aircraft carrier is a noble thing. It lacks almost everything that seems to denote nobility, yet deep nobility is there. A carrier has no poise. It has no y grace. It is and lopsided. It has the lines of a well-fecow. It doesn't cut through the water like cruiser, knifing romantically along. It doesn't dance and cavort top-heav- d like a destroyer. It Justplo feel it snouia ikj , '- -, rea ..h . rather than wearing i-. a icroLis Yet a carrier acu and out of its heritage of that! grown its nooiiity. ht, n day every navy in the its No. 1 priority, .ue... - nrPC fioUi enemy carriers, inai honor indeed, but H' proud one. s - |