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Show Thursday. July I. THE LEADER, 1954 Tromonloo. Utah Tho Eaglo or tho Oyster? Babson Predicts EBusiness, Politics Dulles ward off trouble with Russia and China, and avoid another "Korea." (8) During the first six months of this year a "New Look" has developed in connection with defense expenditures. Appropriations for foot soldiers and certain classes of airplanes have been cut in favor of items for atomic guided missiles. Best authorities agree that we will get more protection and fighting strength from this change with less cost As a promise "to get our boys out of Korea" was a great factor in electing Dwight Eisenhower as President, he naturally will hesitate to send U. S. foot soldiers at least before the coming into November elections. Continued From Front Page THE SERVING RIVER BEAR will surely continue through November and perhaps until the 1956 elections. been During the past six months rumors haveEisenPresident spreading to the effect that hower will not run again; but there is no ment at this writing by either party as to who the next candidates will be. with (7) The President has won his conflict Senator Bricker; the House approvea nis y Labor Bill has been Bill: the shelved, to the relief of all; and he has so iar row. kept out of the McCarthy-Arm- y of the year he balance the for I forecast that will leave domestic affairs to his associates and devote most of his time to helping Mr. VALLEY Published by the a" LEADER PUBLISHING COMPANY. Inc. on Thursday afternoon, for Friday Distribution RATES SUBSCRIPTION per year (In advance) Entered at the post office at Trenonton, Utah a matter 3-D- 1879. Taft-Hartle- r Editor-Publishe- Watch Out for the Second Class act of March 3, October 15, 1925 under A. N. RYTTING. 's movies scare you, wait until you see the drivers on the highways over the Fourth of July. drivers? Well, the National Safety What are Council says they are dumb, daring and deadly. And if they don't kill you, they scare you almost to death. drivers are in Fortunately, the Council says, the 3-the minority. The Council estimates that more than 40 million veIf 3--D 3-- D War and Peace 3-- D W D during the hicles will be on the move end, the greatest Fourth of three-da- week- y July traffic jam in history. The Council offers five tips for a safe holiday trip: 1. Start early, before traffic is heavy, and take it easy. Cut your usual speed 10 miles an hour. 2. Obey legal and common sense speed limits. Slow down before you get to an intersection or traffic signal. 3. Be especially careful when passing other cars. Don't eager weaver in traffic. 4. Keep a safe, clear stopping distance between you and the car ahead. Watch cars behind in your rear view be an mirror. 5. Signal for turns rupt stops. fa HERALD TRIBUNE, who served nine years as a FBI counterspy deep within the Communist apparatus, has made a serious aoomiJG nncnD A Counterspy Warns Of Nations Tragic Apathy TWa Friti Htnlt Courtesy Cititt Service Company comet tht season of the year when the Red, Whit and Blue is glorified in oratory throughout tht land. Platitude flow. Washington, Lincoln, Franklin, Patrick Henry, and Jefferson art quoted. For speakers bold enough to break with this tradition, we suggest the examination of a speech umtlm by Merit Thorpe, editor of SERVICE Magazine, for the July Issue. Theme .'The facie or the Oyster?" Tot a people . . . who endured defeat, disease' and who elect opportunism rather than disaster for a hundred years in order opportunity, who dream cf security to get a foothold on the Eastern Searather than success; board, the while with one eye on the who believa political charity la a interior, a land, a cockpit virtue; for settling International rivalries who mock the frugal and plunder and private grudges, disputed by the thrifty; wild animals and wilder redmen; who adopt the rule that if I don't who sacrificed thus for a belief in succeed you are to blame, that what the worth and dignity of the indiyou have is as much mine as yours; vidual; who contend that property is a who believed that economic freeshameful sign of success; who whimper that failure is the dom was as important as political nobler cause; is wicked; freedom; who substituted "In God We sacrifice silly prudence, for such a people a fitting em- Trust," for the Old World motto "In Government We Trust"; blem Is ' the Oyster. for a nation built by men who dedicated their lives to achieve the For a people who faced nature in the raw, with realization of these beliefs, I give you, fellow citizens privation the rule and hardihood a the Eagle! virtue; Now no-ma- well-bein- g out-of-dat- e; single problems facing the free screened, we were examined, we world today," Philbrick said in were questioned until finally 17 a lecture at Harding College. of us were selected to attend is the article In a series of 1 m the menace of Communism in America, based final "I think the first problem is simply that the American people these schools. Once the classes began the reason for the secrecy and the security became very find an inability to conceive the mind of a Communist. Back apparent. in 1945, I was selected, out of Overthrow Government per- 1,800 Communists whom we had Every nationally-know"At these training schools son actively engaged in resisting in the Boston area at that time, the growth of Communist power to attend a special training we were taught not simply the Marxist - Leninist-Stalinitraditional and the spread of Communist school." the experience of Herbert Philbrick, counterspy.) on n st propaganda In America warns that the American people still are dangerously apathetic to the for a deeply Traitors Training: "This was secret not so that secret school, only is this true? Herbert was its existence not known to Philbrick, of the New York average American people walk. menace. Why doctrine with "which most folks are familiar, but also in very specific, in very direct terms, the duty, the absolute duty and necessity for every single Communist to work come A J jiirJ I gTjLr-- : F jaff see 1 the amazing STORE-HOUS- E OF INFORMATION FOR BEGINNER OR EXPERT! what to do about figure problems how to select and handle fabrics S how to make children's clothe how to snake new fabric word to do bout ataint what and this pattern dressing to suit your figure type X. MODERN HOME SEW ING sewing SPECIAL SECTION: MODERN turn -- Stock Market Outlook (13) Of course, some day the market (especis Industries) will get a bad ally the lower prices. On the much with very wallop other hand, this may not come during the next few months. Up to this time the high yield of stocks have not appealed so much to investers, owing to the personal tax on both dividends and on income in general. Although stocks yields compared with those of twenty years ago are higher if personal taxes are not considered, yet when these personal taxes are deducted, today's yields towards and to prepare for the have not been attractive. violent overthrow and violent (14) The new Tax Bill and the increased buyrevolution and destruction of for pension funds and investment trusts ing the United States by force and have, however, increased the demand for comviolence. mon stocks and could hold the market up for Violence and Bloodshed some months to come. "It's difficult for American I forecast that it will be very important to of- stocks. Don't buy people to conceive that anybody make careful selections stocks because have could be teaching and believing gone off heavily they just and in this. appear cheap. price But when you sit in these (15) Unfortunately, many small concerns secret, conspiratorial meetings, as I did; and when you hear these characters discussing these matters (strategy for violent revolution in the U. S. A.) in (18) When Mr. Eisenhower assumed the very practical terms, and mean- Presidency with his Cabinet of "9 millionaires," ing it, then believe me the cold they proclaimed a new monetary policy which sweat begins to run down your would increase the value of the dollar and raise interest rates. Either fortunately or unspine. These boys mean business. fortunately, the economic situation caused a of this policy. They always have; they always reversal The value of the dollar shows no increase will. And when, they talk of 1st violence and bloodshed, the com- over January a and this has been hailed by Wall Street as sign of further inflation. Wall rades are talking about your Street has boomed certain common stocks acblood." cordingly. Interest rates during the second six Another cause of the apathy months of 1954 should average about as at Philbrick found n his study, is present. the "reluctance of most people a (19) The fear of involvement in to admit or recognize .unhappy is strengthening the commodity markets. This or unpleasant facts. , takes some of the pressure off of Secretary They simply don't want to Benson and those who have been resisting inrecognize the unpleasant and creased tarriffs. I forecast an upward movement in many comunhappy facts of the world in which we live, and the fact that modity prices other than farm prices during we are on the spot because the the balance of 1954. Communists have made it that (20) Money supplies are on the rise again Dow-Jone- - will find it more and more difficult to compete with big competitors. Not only can these big corporations make goods cheaper and have better means of distribution but they can spend huge sums on advertising, which a smaller concern cannot do. This will be especially evident during the next six months. The companies which will prosper iriost are those which have inaugurated effective labor-savin- g programs. Manufacturers will win only as they purchase new labor-savin- g machinery, spend more money on research and on advertising. well-direct- ed (16a Automobiles will continue' to be hard to sell and easier to buy during the last hatf of 1954. Both the automobile stocks and the cars will be in less demand. There will be more bargains in used cars, discounts on new cars, especially cars of the "independent" manufacturers. (17)' Canada will continue to boom during the second half of 1954, but this may be a good time to take profits on Canadian investments. Money, Inflation, Interest way." now. They will continue to expand during the last half. Inflationary effects on the price level will be limited as our capacity to produce is now large. Remember, the surest way to squelch an inflationary fire is with a flood of goods. Inflationary effects of the expanded money supply could also be nullified by the change in the Government's method of collecting the corporate income tax. The new tax law may put the large corporations on a basis, squeezing their cash holdings. pay-as-you-- (21) Any psychological inflationary flare-up- s that may take place as a result of war scares, big or little, will not be long-liveThey will definitely be dangerous to follow up. A word of warning: Don't get drawn into any or stocks speculative moves in commodities based on the outbreak of a small war. If the need arises, our government will move with lightning swiftness to put controls into effect. They are already "triggered." The only real danger of any federal tax increases will come with the outbreak of another war. d. Real Estate Labor, 'A third reason for American Building, apathy, said Philbrick, "is that the Communists want this ap(22) As to unemployment I will say that could become an avalanche in the event of realathy to continue undisturbed this has increased some over last year, but if ly serious war scares. and therefore they use their considered on a a basis, it is even less (c) I look for vacant land in the suburbs to great propaganda apparatus and than that of five years ago. hold its value welU In the big cities it may be the science of thought-shapin- g Look for a moderate reduction in the ranks another story, unless the land is suitable for toof the unemployed during the last six months in discount cybernetics parking purposes. the minds of Americans the true of 1954. (d) Business properties in the big cities may dangers of the Communist con(23) The improvement which I expect in ease somewhat in price during the last six spiracy. months of this year. Suburban business propemployment sould not, however, be sufficient They use the Communist to make union leaders careless, Jobs will still' erties can be expected to hold up. Demand for fronts likewise to attract prom- be very much in demand. This should mean that more shopping centers will be noticeable during the months to come. inent dupes who the last half will see no prolonged strikes. then help them to convince the (e) Home property (especially the older (24) Most settlements great masses of uninformed will be made with a moderate amount of give houses, particularly in the cities) will continue sagging in price. In the suburbs, the bigger people that "all the noise about and take. Any wage advances will be lim.ted houses,, even of recent vintage, will be harder to Cummunism is unnecessary to the neighborhood of a reasonable hourly figsell. Most salable home properties will be the so let's ure, plus some additional fringe benefits. It's no real threat newer houses in the middle and lower-pric- e The Administration and the Labor Leaders forget it and work at more imbrackets with emphasis on the "ranch-houses- " y will not try to revamp the Bill portant things." Menace Growing during the last six months of 1954. will (f) In the last half-yea. construction And yet. as Philbrick says, the (25) My forecast as to the various classes of still be a powerful as economy our to support world conspiracy of Commun. real estate is as follows: it has been for so long. Seasonally, building will ism which began with a mere (a) Large commercial farms will experience hold well, continued liberal 30,000 radicals in 1917 now a further sag in their land values during the credit terms. strengthened by as farmers' gross income dips rules f.00,000.000 people with a last half-yea- r Some boost to building could come in the lower. brutal iron hand; and during second half if civilian defense moves create a a (b) Small farms on the fringes of big city "dispersal scare." If this every day since 1945 this crimhappens, look forinto suburb? or should hold in rise as price people rush by many factories to move operations inal conspiracy has been taking over the territory of the world get further away from city centers. This move areas far from bomb vulnerable cities. at the rate of 1.000 square miles ist union-manageme- your homo ! encyclopedia handbook of meading decorating your kitchen fey Cfc,si:$t I na per-capit- beginner . . . using new effect. The Korean situation will remain about "much talkie, no shootie"; but Indo-Chias is will constantly become a greater threat. (11) Do not forget Europe and the Midlde East. France is torn by internal dissension and could come there any time. West a blow-of- f Germany is growing more impatient with French bickering over the 'Saar and over the formation of a Western European army including German participiation. Russia will strive mightily to widen the split between France and Western Germany by holding out the "bait" of reunion between East and West Germany. (12) Friction between theJJews and the Arabs in the Middle East is being encouraged by Communist agents. The smouldering fires there could break into rflame at any time, requiring call for Uncle Sam's fire a hurry-u- p -- the tips for 1 w ist ThoagfctShaping dictionary of complete ss Indo-Chin- fathioat from id clothes get (9) There will be no World War in 1954 started by Russia or the U. S. A. In the last half of 1954, however, the United States will move closer and closer to the position occupied by Great Britain during the 19th Century. in The United States will prepare to engage small wars anywhere in order to prevent outbreak of a world conflagration. (10) I predict that the United States in the the United last six months of 1954 may "defensive" league Nations and try to form a of nations interested in Southeast Asia. The purpose: To keep the rice, tin, and rubber of that area from falling into Communist hands. ' Most of the arms and military know-honeeded by such an alliance of nations in the Far East will be furnished by Uncle Sam. This means that cuts in arms expenditures, already scheduled for the last half of 1954 by the Administration, may be not be put into by-pa- study of this national apathy. Helps Communists ... He says that it is permitting the Communists to continue to win in their conspiracy to control the world. ing about Boston but was also "This particular apathy and unknown to rank and file Comthis neglect on the part of the munist members. We were tailed, we were people is the one greatest - NATKXUI MKTOt BUCATKM HKXMAM (Editor's note: and avoid ab- well before turning Indo-Chin- a, TECHNIQUES nt Taft-Hartle- free money-vin- ' I new tliortrut to ewing . 5" w "Modern Home Sewing", how to create design by Drucclla Lowric takes you stitch by stitch through every sewing technique . . . thowi you, step by step, scores of unusual tip on dressing you, your family, your home. The only glamour with color and Sylvia Mager, machine complete guide to the modern . . . the most amazing sewing book you'll find no matter what machine you use! 465 pages . . , 800 informative illustrations $10 worth of sewing information . . . (reel n'g-ta- Authorized ... 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