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Show l: .' Editorial Page Feature I T Foreign News Commentary ''..' By CHARLES M. MCCANN 19.58 Canada's Election and Us for a solid five years, barring You have to go back to the Democratic avalanche of 1936, - some unexpected situation which would indicate a special election before 1963. Since we have no reason to look for an early change in his import policy, perhaps we now have to take a new initiative ourselves in building trade back to higher levels. We may have to consider finding when the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt swept 46 of the 48 states, to find a parallel with the crushing victory of the Conservative party in Canada. It is only nine months since Prime Minister John Diefenbaker andv his Conservatives narrowly unseated the Liberals after the latter had held power for 22 years. Since that decision, the Liberals had acquired a vigorous new leader, Lester B. Pearson, foreign affairs expert. But Pearson took the helm only to preside over a catastrophe for his party. In this new election the of Conservatives won four-fifth-s leavthe House of Commons seats, ing the Liberals with fewer than 50 of the 265 total. In theory the handing of so great a mandate to the Canadian Conservatives should be pleasing to business interests and other conservative' elements in the United States. But in fact there's an awkward twist in this situation. Alarmed at the big deficit in Canada's trade with America, Diefenbaker has been systematically slashing U.S. imports in favor of fuller trade with Britain. Nothing that emerged from his Campaign indicates any intent to reverse this policy. At a time when the American economy can use every extra dollar of sales it can muster, the prospect is for even fewer sales than usual in Canada. The Diefenbaker regime is in U.S.-Canadi- t ' ' 'j . i United Press Staff Correspondent Soviet Russia's suspension of nuclear weapons tests has failed to cause the world sensation for which the Kremlin obviously hoped. In fact, the impact seems to have biggest been registered in the United States, where it was called a great Soviet propaganda victory in the cold war. In other Countries, even the 'neutralist" ones like India, the announcement caused much less excitement than Washington hax! feared. A survey of reports which have reached the United States from foreign! capitals indicates there were several reasons why the big propaganda bomb proved to be more or less a "dud." Reported' in Advance The Kremlin "telegraphed its punch.? It was reported long in advance of Foreign Minister Andrei A Gromyko's announcement to the Soviet Parliament that Russia intended to suspend tests. The announcement was made Immediately after Russia had completed a long, important series of j tests itself, including at least three in the million-torange. It will take a long that . n H-boa- time Cor Russian nuclear scientists to assess the results of these tests, and hence a long tkne be- fore new ones would be planned. The Announcement was made with the knowledge that the United' States was just about to start tests in a series of was the Pacific, and plainly intended to rouse international resentment against the United States. was so The! anouncement with about qualifications hedged as to be almost meaningless. Gromyko said- that Russia reserved the right to resume tests unless other countries followed its example. This means that if the long-schedul- ed ( - -- Locking Him Up . . exists. These are the selfish aspects of this nation's response to the election. But we must not forget that. Diefenbaker and his party have received the overwhelming endorsement of the Canadian people. As the repository of their confidence, the Conservatives merit from us, a friendly neighbor to the south, the warmest good wishes for success in governing their great country. devoted to working out plans with the Soviet Union for ' a permanent s u s p e Secretary of State that a similar tests. There is no reason why we could not have told the world we would stop all tests for at least 12 months' upon completion of our current series. Such an announcement would have had enormous propaganda value, irrespective of what might have resulted from it. We still function in slow motion. It is the Russians who lead and we who follow. They continue to hold the initiative, and we are kept busy thinking up answers to their proposals. It is our complete failure to develop any kind of imaginative leadership in the continuing propaganda battle that is a dominant feature of the cold war. This failure has sharply reduced our influence throughout the world. Both President Eisenhower and Secretary of State Dulles insist it is the truth which makes men free. But they refuse to believe words, even lying words, can become weapons as powerful as the truth or nuclear bombs. They are willing to ready the for indiscriminate use against the Russian people, but they are unwilling to Join in what they consider the lowlevel of a propaganda battle. They have never tried to find an answer to what Benton called the "most stupendous psychological manipulation in , H-bo-mb nouncement was carefully considered by our Administration and was rejected on th grounds that we were more interested in continuing tests to produce a "clean" bomb than we were in a propaganda victory. Explanations Are Sentimental It is hard to be patient with such sentimental and superficial explanations of why we refused to do the sensible thing. At his press conference Mr. Dulles went into a long and passionate explanation of why we are at a disadvantage in the propaganda war with the Soviet Union. But we are certainly not obliged to make a complete surrender on the propaganda front. We should, on the ex-Sena- tor history." i Schools for Propaganda They must know that the Soviet Union j maintains hundreds of propaganda of thouand hundreds schools, employs sands of trained propagandists to advance the cause of Russian imperialism and Communist world conquest. They must know that one of the most important features of Communist party organization of the Soviet Union is known as the Agitprop." It is this contrary, take advantage of every well opportunity. organized department of the Compropaganda We gave the Russians the biggest munist apparatus- - which takes the facts, and 'manipulates them to suit the party propaganda victory of the year when we allowed them to be the first to announce purpose. : No Communist agitator has what we the suspension of nuclear tests. Presi' dent Eissenhower calls It "a gimmick, would call a conscience. They, use lies which needn't be taken seriously." ; and distortions while we do the best we can to think up answers in which But the world does take it seriously, even If we don't. the truthy serves our purpose. Can't we understand the techniques Our difficulty derives from the fact President which and Communists are employing with our both that Secretary of State are sincere, straightforward, such great success? We cannot of course ' who are too close to the our backs on truth and morality, men turn; pious to to we but what know takes it angels certainly can be infinitely more fight the devil. They do not seem to realize efficient, more wily, more forehanded It is completely legitimate' to fight fire and more imaginative than we have been with in conceiving and executing propaganda with fire, propaganda propaganda. moves to catch the imagination of the It is true, as Mr. Dulles, pointed J out, that a free press, an alert opposition world, . One fundamental difficulty Is we take and a V lively, freely expressed public too seriously. We attribute' our for ourselves makes it opinion impossible ' tor follow much importance to every note we the Soviet example government to and, use outright lies or propaganda write, every letter we send, every announcement we make. We seem to purposes. The Kremlin does this all the think that our every pronouncement time without being subject to any kind of challenge at home. necessarily commits the United States Yet it would take us something like to a definite policy for a period of years.. a year to prepare another series of ; Yet so many things could be said and nuclear tests following completion of should be -- aid just for the effect they those! about to be made. We 'could will (have abroad. We pride ourselves that! the Voice of America onjy gives .therefore be quite sincere in challenging the Russians to suspend tests for one the facts. Yet it. is far more important we while to we interpret the facts from our an that', ; seek year, agreement " this prolong temporary suspension. own; point of view, instead of leaving 1 Russians' Proposal Has Gimmick to our enemies to distort and misAll the Russians have done la to say interpret them, j Unfolds into a : Ruth Millett lliiril castically. I belted him over the noggin. The handle fejl off and the tip fell off. And the umbrella bent like a bow. The Ingenuity of such an umbrella halted the argument, all hands agreeing the Yanks were clever at such things. We put it together and straightened 'it over, a chair. But it never quite became a straight line again. -- v T f n y An umbrella is very handy. It is good to keep off the rain. And in the tropics you can carry it as a When I was a boy, it was considered the ultimate disgrace to carry an umbrella. We were usually sent to school with our mother's umbrella. Boys who did not have to carry their mother's umbrella would jeer at you. I usually hid the umbrella in the basement and walked to school; wet but psychologically Intact. However, sometimes my mother watched me ifrom the window. Then I had to 'carry it. It did not do any good to close it and carry it, either. It was your mother's umbrella straight! and slim- with a tasseled handle. An umbrella for sissies. Boys without umbrellas leaped on you in packs. "Yah! Yah! Lookut him with his mother's umbrella!" You then put the umbrella down j - and fought. m. m. Consideration, Praise, These Are Love's Best Gifts These small "gifts" to your wife don't cost a cent, yet they are sure to be appreciated. Call her up occasionally from the office for no other reason than just to talk. On an evening when she seems rushed or tired, take a job away from her and send her off to read the evening paper while you wrestle with Junior's bath or the dinner dishes. Keep your eyes open so that you notice when she gets a new hairdo or is wearing a new dress. If she has to ask you how you like it, your compliment won't mean nearly so much as when you don't have to be prodded. Talk over with her the business problem that is bothering you, Instead of clamming up and worrying alone. She may not be able to offer you any helpful advice (though she might surprise you with an idea you hadn't thought of), but she will be pleased ' you want to discuss with her. ' MAKE HER PROUD OF YOU Dress carefully when you take her out It's a compliment to a wife for her husband to look his best when he is her escort When you realize you. are going to have to go somewhere when you would rather stay at home, go without a fuss. A wife . who to a has to drag her husband " a in arrive can't party party mood herself. ' Be lavish in your compliments. It's no more trouble to tell a woman she looks beautiful than to tell her she looks nice. But it Tell Me Why The Herald invites you to nse this column as a forum to express your opinions en timely subjects of publio Interest. Keep your Utter within the 300 word limit. Sign your name and address. No are not permitted. Provide Colorado River Dams With Locks For Water Transportation, Urges Reader Editor, Herald: Over In Colorado Springs, Colo., there is a beautiful scenic spot called "j'The Seven Falls," 10 minutes drive from Colorado Springs. Here in Utah we have a wonderful scenic spot in Prove Canyon called "The Bridal Veil Falls." "This grand piece of nature's work is much more attractive in its beauty than the Seven Falls. But the people in Colorado took pride in their gift of nature, and took the pains in decorating it in colorful colors of light which results entitled them to boast of having the most beautiful scenic spot of! its kind in the world. Imagine the glory of beauty if such lights were added to the already amazing site of the1 Bridal Veil Falls? Why it would beat the Seven Falls in seven ways. Also for more improvement and j ' I' attraction a trail could be cut from the present foot bridge to the base of the falls, and from there steps could be erected to the crown of the falls. And many other steps of attraction could be added to this ' beauty gift of nature. This, I admit, means quite an expense, but not dead, expense for in a short time the increase in traffic will balance the budget. If this were done, and the proper kind of advertisements put out, we could then well boast of having the world's most attractive scenic spot. And having the advantage of the Seven Falls in that the Bridal Veil Falls is right on the highway, tourists from the world over will leave their marks through this great valley. Y. M. Offret, Wildwood. ' certainly makes a difference to a woman whether or not a compliment is extravagant or cau- tious, to others. Give her a build-u- p Tht wife who overhears her husband saying something nice about her to someone else is as happy as the person who receives an unexpected gift. (All! rights reserved, NEA Service, Inc.) j I . -- Provo, Utah Q's and A's Q Which is the only state in the Union bounded by a single :! J ; state? A Maine touches only, one ether state New Hampshire. Why Porcelain Called China? For sending in today's question, The Britannica Junior, encyclopedia for school and home, goes to Edward Campea, 11, Santa Ana, Calif. The most delicate and expensive form of pottery Is called porcelain. The name comes from the Italian word porceJlana, which is a kind of sea atoell. The unusual, quality of this shell is that H lets light shine through it when it is held up. If pottery is not translucent (letting light through) it is not porcelain. Other qualities of porcelain are its glasslike brittleness and its strength. This type of pottery was developed by the Chinese about 200 B.C. Using the minerals koalin and feldspar, they discovered the secret of making porcelain and guarded this secret for many centuries. In time, various explorers began bringing pieces of this fine ware back to Europe. Every piece was considered, a treasure of great value, especially if it was blue in color. This China blue, by the way, was treated when an emperor ordered "the color seen in the sky through a rift of clouds after rain." Oiinese potters worked in blue porcelains for many generations before, they began using more brilliant colors. Queen Elizabeth was one of the first admirers of porcelain and she valued highly her two porcelain cups, one white and the Mother green. As more and more of these delicate wares were imported into England, the English potters s4 out to imitate the oriental, product. They called their new productione China ware, and this is how the word china, came to mean pocroe-lain! ? : , All over Europe potters began searching for the formula of this wondrous white substance. Finally in- 1708, Johann Boettger of Meis- sen, Germany, after some experimenting succeeded in making the first glazed' white porcelain. From then on factories spread over Europe. The town of Eevres, France, started making its china in 11769, and England started in 1745. Today, porcelain tableware is produced in greater quantiues In Europe than in the United States because the cost of labor is lower there. So many things can go wrong in the process of manufacturing that if the cost of labor is high H becomes impractical to maintain a factory. Germany, England, and France turn out china today; that k the equal of the masterpieces the Chinese potters created cen" turies ago. i 1. THE RIDDLE BOX no legs, I cannot walk. I have But the hotter it gets the faster I run. What am I? 2. What ' ' was' the first use of cow .' hide? 3. Why do boys have to go to school? 4. What man shaves twenty times a day? . j slender body, a tiny eye; no matter what happens I sever cry. Who am I? 5. A Answers rpa Today's Medicine Continuing Cancer Research Is Promise of Life to Thousands By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M.D. Written for NEA Service The-- amount of material published on cancer each year is staggering. But this is "a good thing because it shows not only the in- tense interest in the subject, but also it is evidence of research which is constantly, extending knowledge on means of controlling and treating, this dread disease. The 1957 bootdet, on Cancer Facta and Figures put out by the American Cancer Society brings out both of this battle encouraging features and also . defects. s About ; 150.000 Americans were saved from cancel in 1957, the booklet points out; About 75,000 more might have been savedby earlier and better, treatment, even with present know ledge. readers know that the two treatments for cancer available today are removal by surgery and the use of radiation, either by or radium, or by radioactive ' Most! X-ra-ys preparations such as the cobalt bomb, j But scientists are by no means satisfied with these methods and are looking seriously for new and better j means of prevention and treatment. These have generally not yet reached the stage of practical nee, but some observations are promising for the future. For example, the report from the Institute for, Cancer' Research points out a number of important advances during tht pact two years. . ; Sloan-Ketterl-ng' Well persons have been shown to possess a natural resistance against implanted cancer not present in patients with the advanced j disease. Furthermore, studies have Indicated that this natural defense! is related to a particular chemical! found in the blood. , Another observation is the discovery and' purification of a substance which may open the way toward the development of a general- diagnostic test! for cancer. Such a test would be of the greatest importance since it might reveal cancer in locations difficult to diagnose otherwise and hence bring about its recognition in an early stage when it could be treat, ed successfully. These are only a lew o! the jr- - j .. f v 'S raq.n?q y tiwin oi 8 j.uoav poops esneaag moo w J3aoo ox 'Z ''3uoo ureaaa aor xrv THE PUZZLE, BOX A bear left its den and walked due south jfor one mile. It then . . . j very "dirty.T Even in Japan, the Soviet caused little excitement. Japan, which has experienced nuclear bombing is m0rre sensitive than any other country to the fallout menace. United Press advices tfom Tokyo say that while the Japanese welcomed the Soviet announcement, they Inclined to f doubt Russia's good faith. sunshade. In India it Is very good to frighten off tigers. You point it atj the tiger and open and close it slowly. The beast thinks you are a puff adder and slinks away in dismay. I have not tried this but read It somewhere. It sounds logical. Maybe I will try it someday at the zoo. in a Dublin pub. Over politics, I think, though I do not remember. "Hark to the Yank," he said sar- stop all tests if we will agree same. This, as the President fcimmick. The Russians know, our tests have been carefully prepared and will undoubtedly be carried through, just as they insisted on completing their elaborate Series of an- . cnoose an um brella. I am par ticular about such jhings. The umbrella is a compl i c a t e d My previous umbrella had a handle and tip that unscrewed. So you could get it in a suitcase. But it had no real strength. A year ago, while on a goodwill tour of Ireland, I hit an Irish journalist over the head with it they will to do the says, is a of course, L Scientists of the Atomic Energy Commission did not agree with this. , But certainly the tests were When you pu,sh one bulge in, H curves out somewhere el3e. If an umbrella is no good to whack some-bodover the head with, what good is it? regular umbrella. st Such a proposal would have cost us absolutely noth ing. Yet it would have anticipated and under- Mr. Kaltenborn cut last week's formal Soviet announcement that they were suspending all further tests pending our agreement to do likewise. We are now told by the President and sions spewed! into the atmosphere at least twice or possibly three times more iradioactive material Clan ever before." ; Made two important purchases this day: A ticket to Tokyo and a folding umbrella. ("It rains 15 days in April," said the Pan American lady looking it up in the Pan American weather book.) It took two minutes to get my ticket. But half piece of machinery. It fold about ttie size of a sawed-of- f shotgun. Everybody else waits around for the government to take care of them in their old age and here she ("little old lady about 80") is employing a real technical skill to take care of herself. S. J. Jelalian of Los Angeles, embraced and robbed by elderly pickson. pocket "looking for her long-lo- n-si- on. lV':,. A Smile Be Your Umbrella an hour 'to So They Sa- y- if j. . Postcard Colli Columnist Proposed Test Suspension it j efforts aimed at building a better climate for American business in Canada than that which now j i Stan Delaplone's Kaltenborn Edits the News after the. present series for at least one year, the intervening time could have been United States carries out its tests, Russia can say that it must m ake more tests in its own defense, One thing that seems to have figured 'in the reaction to the Gromyko announcement is that Russia's recent tests were exceedingly "dirty" that is, that they caused a large amount of radioactive fallout. Democratic Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota asserted that the Untied States had permitted Russia to "get away with political! murder" in its suspension propaganda by keeping silent on the fallout i Humphrey said: "Informed scientists believe the Soviet explo- - And we may have to encourage Two weeks ago in this column I urged that the United States announce a sus- pension of all nuclear tests. The idea was to tell the world that since the Russians had just completed an elaborate series of nuclear tests, and since we would have concluded a series of tests within a few weeks, tills was a admirable time to stop filling the material and to air with radio-activ- e ti ke a first step towards the elimination of nuclear warfare. Thus since the United States was suspending all tests i ' an tries. : :' I ways of taking more Canadian goods, so a better balance can be achieved between the two coun- By H. V. KALTENBORN r Russian Move Fails fo Create Word Sensation The only daily newspaper devoted to the progress and advancement of Central Utah and its people MONDAY, APRIL 7, . J . -- turned around in retraced its steps search investigations which have been reported in the cancer field. It seems virtually certain that some of these, or perhaps some yet to be. discovered, can be translated into great practical value. e Now I should like to re-ethe danger signals of cancer so that anyone who notices them can obtain skilled advice and treatment, at once. These are : unusual bleeding - or discharge; a lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere; a sore that does not; heal; persistent change in bowel or bladder habits; persistent hoarseness or cough; persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing; and any change In a wart or molt. m t its tracks and When it ar-- pha-siz- rived, at Its' den. It was still facing due south. What was the coior of the bear? . Answer: The bear was while because it must be at the North Pole, from which every direction is due south. So it was a polar bear I Martha Boy son, 10, Tentple City. Caltf.; wins a Britannica World Adas for today' rid- - dies. i |