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Show Why Docs He Always Leave Along Things in Such a Mess? Allies' Policy On Communism Is Foggy for Bermuda Parley Broadway SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 1953 Nttee Those Who Distort History Damage Government Policy tf e Nminraii Br PETER EDSO MK Vfihlflloa Ctrrespadnt Hlilory Ii a joyous and sadden-tn- s pagtsnL Jt constructs snd Uft and thapti tht court of events with irrtiittiblt power Tht biuc function of atwipaptr la to rtort such tvents with ell their glories, absurdities and trsg- dlu. Highlights, art reflected ai well aa shadows. The ambltlona of nations are conveyed or tht paa-loef a single bumaa being Tha fact thai death, la frequently la not aa expression newsworthy a of morbid fascination but a of Hern rtallim. Inter national catastrophes and personal ralamltlea make headline! and his tory. It rould bt tha demli of a nation or tha ttory of the con demned Rosenberg. Mankind it often, tha most formidable of all beait of pray. Each headline even tually attaint tht timeleit quality of history. It la tht taik of a reporter to record aurh Incidents, WASHINGTON (N E A ) In preparation for tht Bermuda of American, British and French heads of state, a critical new look la being taken at allied foreign policy aa it relates to world communitm and the Soviet Union Tht main question of Big- to be Three conferenct teems r whether it will lead to a Russia aa the conference, with fourth hand for the brldgt table. And tht big question about another r conference li whether it Big-Fou- - repre-imlatlo- teems fairly conference of the kind held at Yalta and Potsdam-ev- en with three of the four prinseems cipal characters changed to offer no greater promise of ' solid accomplishments. The principal reason ia that after any such conference, there must be a communique. This would have to bt written la broad principles and general terms because no four men can keep in their heads all tha complexities of world strains and Eiffel, mm ful-fU- lt five-minu- would do any good. One conclusion expect that world peace could bt wrapped up at one short parity in a The Chopping Block . South Korean ambassador, Dr. laoldeatally, when Ruth Snyder You Chin Yang. paid her grim detat to society It aroused a controversy that ttlll Doorto-doo- r aeUing fulfills def ragea In Journalistic histories. A inite economic needa. There's alg (with a small camtra been telling. Attorney Edith S. Sampson, who has twice served aa atrapped to his ankle) caught the ways You eta go aU tht way back to In Chair. murderess Tht cooking alternate representative of the United States at the United tha Yankee peddler. Nations General Assembly, said recently that the United Tht published photo horrified Edward L. Sard, executive dl-people. Btlittltrt deplored rector. National Association of States should do a better job of informing the world of just Itmany aa aa illustration of vulgar senCompanies. how much progress the Negro has made here, She told an sationalism. Tht defenders con audience assembled for a United Negro College Fund drive tended it wss merely aa example tnttrprltt . . . The that Communist lies about discrimination in the United of Journalistic was responsible for of single photo States are damaging our position among the two-thirlooming a tabloid'a million new to Telling About Progress ntwt-photo- door-to-do- or Houst-to-Hou- Barbs ds the world's population who are Mrs. Sampson is proud of her race. She is proud of the advances they have made in this country and is convinced that American leaders are staunchly loyal to their country. The record of the colored soldiers who fought so gallantly beside their white comrades in Korea bears her out. It is encouraging to hear a Negro leader say that her people are making progress, that they art still not discouraged from their faith in America by discrimination and prejudice. It would be well to let the world know of the Negroes' progress as Mrs. Sampson suggests. The truth may prove to bo an effective antidote for the poisonous . lies of our enemies. non-white- tt s. . Trading Wjth Reds rtaderi. By HAL COCHRAN tt It essential for reporters to de velop a rugged tmotional exterior Covtring executions, however, hat wilted the toughest Some have swooned or have been sickened by tht horror. It isn't unusutl for newsmen to fortify themselves with harsh beverages before covering such a story. Which makes the fol lowing mora astounding: When the murderer of a Trench politician waa guillotined some time ago women Journalists were barred But an American newsgal named Mary Knight covered It. Sht walked in with other reporters dressed in male clothet. You have to make allowances for college students, tayt a pro fessor. So parenta do weekly 'to Which la tht most fun for a to go to tht mountainside to girl the scenery, or to the bathing beach and be tht scenery? set Sometimes there It more the than with the mechanic with the auto he la trying to re matter pair. 9 No wonder through the nose keep your mouth 9 Some trade should be allowed between free countries and those ruled by Communists, said Harold E. Stassen, n Director of Mutual Security, to a panel. While the Soviet area admittedly might profit by the acitems like foodstuffs and fibers, quisition of so also would the free world gain by receiving items which radio-televisio- ic the Communists areas might furnish. It is also desirable to keep open all possible contacts with lands behind the Iron Curtain. If it be argued that we might be contaminated by associations with the Communists, so would they also have their bitterness toward us weakened by even a limited amount of friendly trade relations. Some have argued for an Iron Curtain, as impervious as the Russian, to shut in the Communist world. The main force behind this reasoning seems to be emotional. There is Tht anoalt of Journalism Include many vivid descriptions of the for killers. Chi' final grim pty-oi- f cago'a editor W. F. Storey coined tht classic headline for hanging "Jerked to Jetut." Then there't Jack Lalt'i story of Dillinger's demist which hit en hanced numerous anthologies. The "John Dil- opening paragraph: liiiger, ace bad man of tht world, got hit last night two slug through his heart and one through hia head. He was tough and he waa shrewd, but he wasn't as tough and shrewd aa tha Federals who never close a case until the end. It took 27 of them to end Dll llnger'a career, and their strength came out of hia weakness a wo awlrling. within ia beyond tha bor-dtof rational of behavior, count. Murder, Inc. gunmen killed with cold and brutal indifference, When one of tht convicted murderers was about to enter Sing Sing to await tht Hot Squat re The summer home of Theodore Roosevelt at Oyster porter Meyer Berger described the Bay, New York, has been dedicated as a national shrine, a episode: "Hit mother and married monument to the memory of the Rough Rider who became sister were near the prison gate, waved to him. He tried to President and effected many changes in the life of America. They stand up. He hollered, 'Goodbye, President Eisenhower, in his dedicatory speech, pointed out Momma.' but he choked on hia that while Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as a words. He fact waa- - wet wth ra A Monument to Teddy swashbuckling figure he was also a very wise man, capable of using diplomacy and even cajolery to achieve his goals At the Oyster Bay shrine many of Roosevelt's personal effects have been preserved, including some of the trophies from his big game hunting expeditions in various parts of the world. Visitors may get .a better understanding of this truly remarkable man from an examination of the house in which he passed so many pleasant hours. With the vacation season in full sway it is safe to prophesy that many Americans will make the pilgrimage to this monument to a man who gave us the advice that is still so valuable today, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." to breathe it makes you shut 9.9 Too many people are too full of themselves. Wt suggest a diet Go to any picnic and then try to believe that thert were two ants on the ark. only Some folks worry about what to do when plant alck. Don't worry you'll do it Before they run thort, most people will be glad that they saved enough for their vacation. SIDE GLANCES 1 man." a rational argument for carefully supervised trade relations. Barriers against trade are a factor in bringing on wars. Tht darkness criminal minds Trade is an inducement to maintaining peace. 9 9 it'a healthy I ruoi t . ROBERTSON happen I guess. state has such order at Maple ton, the town I m,w. .r. ttptciaily down L paper non-po- New-'Yo- By GALBRAITH ' 8 .... r . 11 I.J1. SMiinlt: Ilk fit )i taara." Tht Saece-Vanae- tti and vandalism. That sort of thing has pretty well stopped, and I don't think anyone can deny that our tough cop has dona a good Job. And tha tough cop lsn t so tough that bt hasn't dont a particularly good Job vlth our local delinquents. They can't get away with a Job without being caught, but Mr. Bluth makes every effort to help them make restitution by their own erforts, which in my opinion Is about the only way Juvenile del inquency can be handled. on apeeders. For quite a while past whenever I tell people I am from Maple- Next month moat of tha wrltera ton they say, "oh, the town of this state, and a few from other with the tough statet will get together in a Writer cop." Now I Roundup it the Utah State Agricul read a paid ad ture College in Logan. Tbla ia of vertisement In a course, the big event of tht year for writers, and people interested in local ont chanca .wt warning people writing. It e to: AVOID MA have to prove that writers are Roberta on PLETON. A SPEED TRAP BEING people. Tht Saturday night ban quet and tha Sunday Morning IN OPERATION . . . Well, a town's got to live, ain't Poet'a Breakfastwhich they even let a like Robertson attend tt?. have becomt famous. It'a a pretty wide open country If you were to attend this Rounwith few settlers along the stretch where most of the complaints come dupand anyone can by the way, from and it is one of tha main high for a paltry ten dollars you would amazed by the literary talent wayt of tht atatt. Few people bt even realise that it is in an incor- thert it in this state. Utah t poets are aa line at can bt found any porated town ao truckers tnd tourists alike art prone tor hit it where in the nation, and their up. Jt makes a nice aource of poema appear everywhere in tht revtnut. They art breaking tht law, best magaiines. Just a few min utes ago I opened tht current Sat you know. Tbt atatt road through Mapleton urday Evening Post, highest paying baa a tpeed limit of 40 miles per magaxine in the world, and my hour. The other, and less popu eyea fell upon a poem by Provo't lated roads have a blazing speed Christie Lund Coles. Other Utah limit of 30 miles per hour which poets are doing equally well. Any number of peopla such aa along these vast and lonely ex Luce of Provo, pansea la somewhat ridiculous. It wiuara and Celia ia also a fact that prion to the hir art making a national reputation in the article field, and at ing of our special officer, Mr. Bluth, least two Salt writing Lake wemen, Olive wt haa no criminal record, no Burt and Mabel Harmer arrests, and no serious accidents Woolley are cutting a wide swath In the except a few on that main highway. It could be that wt art a little Juvenile book field. In maxaitae over tealous in our desire to up- fiction .we have such prominent hold the letter of the law, but I names at Dorothy Handley of Salt Lake and Mary Knowle! of Olden might point out that Mr. Bluth is These names are only samples, of doing only. what he waa hired for, course, and all of them will bt at and if all offlcera on the highways were equally diligent there would the Roundup. Along with the local writers we be a considerable decrease in the will have as guest speakers this bloody slaughter that la a disgrace year John Mason Brown, the most to the nation. Not all of Mr. Bluth's time is famous living lecturer, and one of the of all time. Cathspent on the - main highway. It arine greatest considered by many wasn't so long ago that Mapleton's to be Barrett, the best teacher of creative long open roads were a favorite in the business. Virginia writing for reckless from speedway youths Sorenson, a native Springville girl towns. Their surrounding speeding whose fine novels have made wat done mostly after midnight her many famous James Neil justly is which what perhaps prevented a number' of tragedies, but there Northe. poet, singer, pianist, lec was a considerable amount of theft turer, teacner and reviewer. And from City Florence Hay es--, editor, and author of Juvenile J execuUon DOOKS. Each year number of touches. But how to aolvt all tht prob lems, of thest treat of conflict? Tht world haa been., working at that tinct tht tod of the war, with scant result. In IMS, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal ttked young career minister in tha U. S. Foreign Servict to make a atudy of tht subject. He wat George F. Kennan, then a State Department ttaff director at tha National War College. The Kennan paper waa subse quently published in tha "Foreign Affairs ' quarterly, at a atudy by ror convenience it a Mr. X. wat tagged aa outlining a policy ot "containment" towardt expanding world communism. It waa not an official U. 5. foreign policy statement. Mr . X was When, however, and Identified as Mr. Kennan, when be waa later madt head of staff created by the Secretary of State Georgt Mar shall, tht idea spread that con tainment waa the official foreign policy of the Truman administra policy-planni- - tion. It hat since been criticised at . A reckless attempt to save a few minutes on way can result in long stay in the hospital. tha P Now History Taken from the (ilea of the Proro Herald. 20 Years Ago June 21, 1933 Big gains wert being madt In tht drivt for repeal ot prohibition at U ttatea aligned themselves 1b fsvor with a four to one lead, tht latest being tht onct mllltantly dry stata of Iowa . . , J. W. Gillman of Orem left for Washington to represent the Utah beetgrowert and to confer with reclamation officials about pushing tha start of the Deer Creek project . . . Irene Clayton Larson, 24, wife of Clark C. Larson, died at her home In Randlett, from complications fol lowing childbirth. . . the small claims court set up by the last session of the legislature was now in operation. The court eliminates fees for Judgements attorney's under $50 . . . EVerett E. Anderson of Morgan, formerly of Lehl, was elected of Utah Lions clubs at the convention in Ogden . . . sustained as tha new bishop of the Payson First Ward wat William Albert McClellan. Ht tucceeda Bishop Otto B. Erland-district-govern- a policy, which It was never intended to be. Its theory son. ' wat accurately put into practice by tha Truman doctrine with re 10 Years Ago spect to Greece an dTurkey. It was further implemented by June 21. 1933 Mr. and Mrs. Evan Thomas were leaving on a buying trip to the Pacific coast . . . Mort than 70,000 miners walked out in ad vance of truce deadline . . . The Su art tha standard time preme Court ruled that member zones of North America! ship in the Communist is Central, Mountain not sufficient reason of party a revoking and Pacific In the U. S. North person s American . . , America has four standard time American airmen citizenship carried out tones in addition to these. They d attack on Japanart Atlantic, Junea, Central Alas ese strongholds in the Gilbert kan and Nome. Islands group The House passed the largest appropriation bill of cloth ia the kind On what in congressional history today, Constitution of tha United States giving the army $71,510,438,873 . . . vrltten? Fred Cooper of Provo was elected A None, it is engrossed on president of the Utah State Federation of, Post Office Clerks at a parchment. convention In Salt Lake City . . . the only period Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Mensel were Q Is the leal cicada in the United States? hosts to guests at a A There Is a race of periodical family dinner . . , Swedish Gunder United southern in the cicadas Haegg defeated Greg Rice by 40 States called the cicadas yards In the 5,000 meter National AAU championship. 13 that emerges every years. Q's and A's 10-d- Q-- double-barrelle- ... 99 Q-- ar n " is the oldest city on River? founded in hich the Iron w Mississippi we get an Increasing A Miss., rs who find 1716. Natchez, the Writer's Roundups both stlmu latlng and entertaining. The date QWhen was the first U. S. census for this year .is July 17. 18, and 19 taken? Interested in Anyone' attending A- -In . 1790. snouid write Mrs. Veneta Nielson. v t t' English Department, U.S.A.C., Lo Does snow occur on Hawaii? Q gan, utan. A Yes, on the peak of 13,784- Most writers, surprisingly, talk foot Mluna Kea. even better than they can write v ., BASEBALL FIND BRISTOL. R. I. (LJ!) John P. Andrade, an outfielder on the Bris tol High School baseball team. hased a foul ball during a recent practice session and found $15 cached near Guiteras Athletic field. The money had been buried under dirt and stones that were washed away during a rainstorm. did theA pilot fish get its name? A It accompanies ships and sharks and ancient peoples thought it directed lost sailors. here Q flow Jar shoot venom? "'1 If you're the sort who It alwaya delighted when visiting relatives leave, says Aunt Sally Peters, tome of them ought to tell you how happy they art to can spitting cobras go. feet. A-- Ten J D pert. rtadera I ILITTLI i IL1 V r ; ' iJ VWTM0OTsto! TL "Mi, ii. J 1 - ... K0TQ.R00TlR'S tnta Sacco-Vaniet- U One of the difficulties about starting work in the is the long wait until lunch time. Once News Between 12 and 15 ner cent of the public who don't know their eyes aren't working right will find it out when they see a movie. Reuel A. Sherman, vision ex t u r moll. created International There wera rlott in many cities and hundreds wtrt Injured. Tht tension extended toward reporters covering the ttory. Not many are aware of the arduous working conditions newsmen fre quently surmount. The utmost in is es diligence and intelligence Resential. So are ateel nerves porter Louis Stark has described tht turmoil surrounding tht cover finale age of the "The ttory of the electrocution! waa written in a room clott to tht execution chamber at Charles-tow-n Prison. The small room assigned to the reporters wat in tht utmost confusion. Tht noise wat al most deafening. Telegraph keya high- were clicking and typeaway writers were banging furiously. package. fool-pro- Easy answera to complex problems alwaya lead to different In terpretations. The varying Interpretations of tht YaYlta and Pots dam agreements, for instance, art respontiblt for most of tht world misunderstandings of today. What Should It Da? From this It might bt concluded conference would that a ofier some promise if it attempted to reich no agreement and aolved nothing. Thus it would bt limited to exploratory talks. It would, of course, bt mort use ful if all. tht problems of Ger many, Austria, Korea, Southeast Asia and other trouble spots wera worked out In detailed diplomatic negotiations. Tbt Big Four would only havt to put on tht finishing Big-Fo- d short-alght- Big-Fo- conflicts. It would be impossible to come up with tht right answer on tvtry question. It would be too much to te fr.y:.' '' A tJty. Marshall Plan, and by the North Atlantic pact. Tbt North AW Untie pact waa primarily a polit teal alliance. But when tht accent wat placed on military prepared ness, rather than on economic pr parednesi, the pattern changed. Red's Made capital At tht time of the change after tht Korean war broke out prevailing opinion in tha U. S. wat probably to tht effect that war with Russia wat inevitable. The year 1M2 wat frequently mentioned aa the year of greatest danger. Rut 1V53 haa now come and gont. Tht year of maximum danger la bting shifttd to 1955 or 195. Or maybo later. Tht result ia that Communist propaganda baa been ablt to capU tallie on two Ideas. First Tht United Statet has been crying "wolf." Second tht United Sutee it Intent on wagipg war against Soviet Russia. Some place along tha Una tht essentially defensive and peacful objectives of the United Ststes havt been lost sight of. Certainly they have been distorted in ovlet Rue-sl- a. Equally certain, they art not clear to many allies in Europe and even to aome Americans. Political candidates during tht last campaign made a point of re oeceuse a jecting containment wasn't aggressive enough. Since inauguration, thert havt been statements by men like Sena tor Tafgt of Ohio on forgetting tht United Nations and going it alona In Korea, and by Senator Know-lan- d of California on declaring Russia an aggressor and blockadttata-men-U ing the China coast. Thest have been repudiated by President Eisenhower himself. Ont thing tht Bermuda conference might clarify for friend and foe alike it what tha policy ot tht fret world leaders is with rtspect to world communism. Then ge oa from thert. tha e Student of the Soviet Union marvel it the dexterity the Ruasiane exhibit in rewritirtf history not one but again and again to suit their puYpoaea of the moment. This ii a much more exhaustive process than many of ui realize. If, for instance, Kremlin strategy requires an especially atrong propaganda bent, you may find stripped from the history books all mention of Joseph Stalin praising ths opening of a second front In World War II. You will read Instead that on that memorable oc csiion ths late premier said something totaly different. Yet that isn't necessarily the end. Ths time might come when the Russians decide "friendship with America is sgsin a profitable course. Then Stalin a kind words might me resurrected, if any copies still exist. Unhappily, the rs writing of history is not confined to ths Soviet orbit. Men in western nations prsctice it, too. frequently thetr ttorlea strlkt The difference Is that in the West these distortions are emotions Ilka tht thunder of Hell. never consciously prepared as official government policy. They are dwelt upon by individuals, groups, elements in Gete Ftwlrr1 ttunninf descrip tion of Ruth Snyder's execution political parties. tht varied qualitlet of superior Rewritten history an Indeed affect goyemment pol- reporting. a per It exemplifies icy in the! West, however, either by creeping into official ceptive tyt tnd a gift for sig thinking or by reflecting itself in strong opposition to gov- nificant detail. It penetrates the superficial aspects of tbt story ernment programs. and transmits tht myriad emotions , A sample distortion In America, which may have been throbbing beneath every human partly due to mere forgetfulness, was the event. statement in the last year or two that we entered the fowler reported: " Ruth wort look into any black stockings, tht Korean war to unify Korea. A right one in- of which wta rolled down to tht is file to research demonstrate the enough newspaper ankle. On her feet were brown ftlt accuracy of that declaration. Sht wort blut bloomers... slippers. The events surrounding ths Communist conquest of Her blut tyet wtrt rtd with much China lend themselves Ideally to this kind of rewriting, weeping. Her fact was strangely since, so many of the vital facts of the matter are still old. The blonde bobbed hair, hangla atrlngy bunchta over her fur undetermined, or lost in a fog of charges, claims, propa- ing rowed brow, teemed almost white ganda and deliberate falsehood. with ytars of toll and suffering A great deal of damage can be done by producing this aa tht tlx dazxllng, miiahapen history. The hsrm to government policy is llghta Illuminated every bit of So They Say obvious. It is fsntastlc to think that any major govern- Ruth's agonlred lineaments. Tight ly corseted by tht black leather We're dealing with a dishonest ment should forge programs partly founded upon or bands, Ruth waa flabby and futile enemy who hasn't been defeated. modified by contrived misinformation. aa tht blast struck btr, Htr body Our hopes for achieving real peace By FRANK C. It is hardly less weird to think of a great democratic wtnt forward aa far at tht re art remote. But it la certainly It wat bound to thongi would permit. The worth trying. eitissnry being sadly confused by the effort to distinguish straining No In the town form wit taut. Tht body that Urtd Ltwit American K. Gough, between real history and the distorted versions steadily onet throbbed with the Joy ef htr Legion National Commander en teal for law and foisted upon it How can people judge the quality of their aordid btcchanala turned brick rtd Korean truce. 'I a kadsrs when they must listen o accounts manufactured to at tht current struck. suit the conveniences and prejudices of men grinding their Wt would Dot bt Justified In pro '..'! A , The suture of a reporter'a Dro- - longing tht war with aU tht misery pedal axes? fttslon often glvea him an almost that it Involves in tht hope of advois the and worst authors that the thing Perhaps of humanity a achieving, by force, tbt unificaview cates of rewritten history make of their product a doctrine mloroeeeplc sombrt side. But newsmen sever tion of Korea. and a faith. They are generally quite intolerant of those become tough enough to accept It President Elsenhower, In letter Korea a to South who do not accept every item of belief without ehange. casually. After Gent Fowler be president, came one of Hollywood's ace Syngman Rhea. "With m or against us," is ths way it goes. he wryly commtnttd: One may be forgiven for wishing we could all get back aetnaritti, "I never Ilka seeing persont ex Do not bt In selling to the point where faets are viewed as worthy objectives, ecuted since none of tht vletlmt Korea dowa bacaust if tht rivtr. and not as irritating encumbrances marring the smooth tver seemed to be moving picture you do Asia will go behind tht producers." surf aesa of comfortably distorted history. Iron Curtsln. anti-Americ- an In Washington EfJson '- "Ujri!?. 1 fg atsssaassgajMtBjgaagfajjBitjiistjasssj "I typed three letters today without a word wrong, but the didn't even grunt! 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