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Show 7 Don't Let This Go to Your, Er, Head llh The only daily newspaper devoted to the progress and advancement Your Pocketbook While We Aren't Looking, Cost of Services Mount OTfJF EftST IS IS GOOD AS, and its people of Central Utah 6 mwm SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1959 Decisive Issues In the Making ers so By FA YE IIENLE No matter what you think, you do exert considerable control over ; that Immediate action could be taken to halt proposed increases before they became reality and more of us got hurt than got helped. Already many different kinds of manufacturers are aware that you are the one deciding prices. The exact reverse is happening in some industries from what happened la" the early postwar years. ? Then the big pitch, in manufac' turing was; upgrading. You were tiled of makeshift, shoddy . merchandise. You had savings earmarked for specific purchases. As soon as thesey goods become available , you boufght. Not . only were you eager to buy, but you willingly paid the price.' Today this situation has altered. You are spending considerably more, than twice as much at you did 10 years ago to keep your car, prices. Friends of mine installed color TV antennas when they built homes several years ago. Yet, these friends have no color-T, There" can't be any doubt that 8? sagging economy or a threat of war would be a decisive issue in next year's presidential election. The natural assumption, too, is that so powerful a factor would be of huge benefit to the Democratic aspirant to the White House. A good deal more difficult to weigh, however, is how things will fall if there is no dominant issue at or before campaign time in 1960. experts who examine their actual voting habits find that generally they incline one way. or the other on a fairly consistent basis. Should this be the single greatest governing factor, the evidence suggests a Democratic outcome. More Americans, seem to have that habit. Yet it may not be at all that simple. When issues are secondary, candidate personality looms large. President Eisenhower's whopping 1956 victory amid three straight Democratic congressional elections is a stunning demonstration of what can happen., An Eisenhower image doesn't come over the horizon every year. But the balance between opposing personalities can still be decisive in a time without strong issues. The man who most looks and sounds like a president, who suggests the firm, sure hand, who seems a umpire among our swirling conflicts, this is the one standing a great chance .? of being chosen, j Some feeling exists also that voters nowadays like to set tone party against another as a hedge, giving one control of Congress and the other the White House. It's a theory as yet not really tested, since Mr. Eisenhower's immense personal popularity confuses judg- ment. is bowling along at high level and the world .scene is 'If business 4 : - . most-voter- . . s fair-mind- Pretty much accepted today is the notion that men find their real measure when they gain authority . and responsibility. While he stood second to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Christian A. Herter impressed many as a thoughtful man o quiet wisdom, courtly, and of fine stature and appearance. What was in question was how firm and forceful he would be as a diplomatic leader, especially in tricky negotiations with the Soviet Union; . 1 s If Government 1960 should indeed be issue- less, the presidential decision evi dently will emerge from a mixture, now undetermined, of voters' general leanings, their, feelings about the candidate choices before them, and their possible wish to hedge by ranging one major party It's getting They Say ' ministrative! assistants." And everybody got his work done. Well, as you know, one thing led to another. First they put wings on the Capitol, then later they sprouted a couple of office build- ings. And once they had all that office space, they needed more help to take care of the offices. Then when they had so much help, they needed more office v space to jhousethe office help. And so it went through the years until nowj our Congress runs one U. S. Capitol with wings, two Senate buildings, twosHouse buildings with! a third going up, a big hotel, and an apartment house (the George Washington Inn), all or Capitol Hill. On top of that, they're rebuilding the front porch of the Capitol to add 34 more offices. I tell you, sir, this creeping federalism lias crept itself right out of the imnge of a tired foot re- -. dollar-worshippin- g, . ' ; - leth-erg- ic 11 done-Why- - ; A man I know, I think put his finger on it when he said, ''If we ; could get Texas out of Mr. Robertson the Union we could get some action." . . Leadership of both houses of Congress rests with Texans, Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson conservative to the core in spite of everything they may say to the contrary. In the past the Democratic party has been dedicated to a fight against special interests in business. There is no special interest more securely ensconsed at the public pig through than Texas oil. Let anyone lift a hand, against any other special interest, than somebody says, 'What about that 27 depletion in taxes on oil wells?" Used to be the Texans lowered their horns and charged like angry bulls if their pet subsidy was threatened. Now they have much better and more subtle methods. With the power they enjoy as leaders of Congress to make or unmake legislation the best way they have to keep sacred Texas oil interests from being hurt is to favor other predatory interests who are mining the same vein of special privilege. It must be frustrating to the liberal Democrats to see their great .victory nullified by the old combination of conservative Republicans and reactionary Southern Democrats. Some of them like Senator William Proxmire. of Wisconsin, is blaming it, quite properly, I believe, on the tall Texan, Lyndon Johnson, who is . adept at making two and two appear to equal, three. A Southerner in his thinking, Lyndon calls himself "a Westerner." A conservative to the gills he is running, SUB ROSA, for president as a moderate . . liberal. Sam Rayburn, who has made political hay these many, many years by cultivating the "genial nature behind the gruff facade," rules the house with even more dexterity. Both are past masters t donenothing that nouncing a Republican do-nothi- ng de- Con- gress. A far fiercer .terrier than Harry is going to be nipping atjthe" heels of the Democrats because of this Congress next year, and it would surprise me greatly if Richard Nixon does not make it pay off by becoming the next president. Here in the West tho Democrats elected a lot of forward-lookin- g young liberals. two here in Utah. I have the We elected respect greatest jfor Senator Moss and Congressman King, but I can't having much in common with the Southern diehards. v One of the mos,t lamentable actions of the Demdcratic majority this session is their opposition., to cutting down, the amount of subsidy that can be paid to any individual farmer. It should be ten thousand dollars at the outside, yet they objected to the Republican proposal to -- make it fifty thousand. By voting for a big housing bill to cover up their deficiencies in other respects will fool practically nobody. The Democratic Congress is going nowhere see-the- '' porter. Yesterday, for example, , but backwards. LINE HAUL, By Samuel W. Taylor Filmer Publishing Company, Price, $5.0C Once again this Provo born and raised writer hits the book stalls with one of his superbly written books. Utah is justly proud of this brilliantly successful writer. His biography of his father, John W. Taylor, FAMILY KINGDOM, is a Western classic. The grape vine has it that this fine book is soon to be republished in a new edition. Mr. Taylor has other fine books to his credit. LINE HAUL deals with the intricate problems of the great trucking companies, specifically, the familiar PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS, whose big trucks with P.I.E. painted on their sides are a common-sig- ht in this locality. Taylor took many rides around the country in these mighty vehicles; and came to know the drivers as welT; as the executives of the company like brothers. He writes with sympathy and understanding, and he couldn't do a bad writing job if ' he tried. If you are interested in the success of a big corporation this book will fascinate you. It has more troubles at the beginning than you might imagine, and surely it is a mighty link in the American transportation system. It is the private opinion of this reviewer, however, that Sam should stick to fiction, biography, and play writing, at which ha has achieved such, outstanding success.. . : ' By MARIE DAERR Taking lessons in dialing a tele- by touch , I i -- ; . ' ing because on the sheet was pen- tied this idle rhyme of an obvious-- f I ly bored reporter: "With able John Moors Cabot J smooth diplomacy's & habit . There's a smile all the while, coupled with a , bit of guile . He's no Babbit, or a rabbit, but a Brahmin Boston Cabot V... which is why- he gets by, unlike sun- dry lesser fry." In all honesty, I must say that my failure to get the story forydu first hand is due to this doggone creeping federalism; Barbs , By HAL COCHRAN Some day a contractor is going to build a living room large enough to hold all the youngster's' toys. Think of the time wasted by folks in an office explaining ta others honr busy they sx. i 1 69. . Why Porcupine's Quills? -- . j V 20-2- Dr. Hollander is certain that training as a youth in taking "knocks' stood him in good stead when he was 60. "From age 7 to 14, 4I sold papers," said Dr. Hollander. "Then e I got a job. "I finished my high school education at night. I worked my way .through' dental school. Say what jhu will, when you haye to start fighting at an early age, you don't forget the lessons." , full-tim- ; . . death benefit. Why is this? C.C.G. A Unless your wife was fully covered by Social Security, you would not be eligible for this benefit. The number of credits necessary depends on the birth date of the individual. In your wife's case, this was 16. Her two years' work would have given her "only eight ' credits. heard I've Q people say that natural foods are better for us than refined foods. What is wrong with refined foods? L.B. ' A Refining removes not, only the substances which we know and which can, be pat back in the case of flour) but it may remove unknown substances. A good "core diet" of natural foods has lean meat, fish, liver,- whole 'grains, eggs, vegetables, fresh fruits. Let's take it from a practical point of view.Let's even pretend that four, years of college won't make you a better wife and mother (though it certainly should). You want to get married, to have a" home and children, to e career. make marriage a The boy you can now is working in a ' gas marry station. By pinching pennies you can live on what he makes. You might as well face it. Chances are he'll never make very much because he isn't trained for any special work. This is a specialized world we're living in. If you marry him; you are choosing to be the wife of a man whose : full-tim- FUN TIME , The Riddle Box 1. What's the difference between a pillowand .a sponge? .2. If an egg'c"ame floating down the Hudson River, where would it come from? v 3 When a boy falls, what does he fall against? Answers 1; ,Oi)e softens up and the other hardens down. 2, A hen. 3. Against his will.. . - slant backward from its head. They are from two to four 'inches long and are almost concealed py the hair which reaches 1 a length of six inches. Its color is usually a jgrirzled black. The Indians used to dye porcu-pin- e quills and use them In embroidery, and porcupines are sometimes killed for food. Since they climb trees and eat off the Q's and A's ;"; ;' people? A The Dalai Lama of Tibet, is the only ruler in the world whom his people regard as a god. j Q What was the first real census of modern times? A The first really modern census was the United States census of 1790. - full-tim- (All rights reserved,) NEA Service, Inc.) . , ' PICTURE SECRET. -- . r ;- Add and subtract the letters ia the names of the things shown Clue: It's 'what fmart'peopla never are. i ..;.,-- '' Win the Britannica World AUss of 'Event. Send your riddles, jokes, tricks to "Tell Me Why!1, Today's winner 1st Cart Duisberg, Phoenix, Aris. Herald Correspondents Her are Herald ttaff correspondenta in the various communities of Utah County. Contact them if you hav news. District circulation agents ara listed also. They stand ready to help you with problems concerning of the paper.. Nama Fhona Community Alpine .0188-R- 4 Marlene Avery American Fork ...100-Dena Grant 189-- J Karma Criddle American Tork (Circ.) Jennie Gilbert Pl Or. SU Benjamin . 0119-R- S Mrs. J. R.Peay .. " Edgemont Laura N. Bendlxsen rR ' Goshen. Elberta Marguerite Waterbury Lake Shore 0410-J- 1 Alba J. Anderson Lake View, Vineyard AC Mrs. Kent A. Prua Lehl lot Edna Loveridge ........ ' Lehl, (Circ.) .83-Paul Willis ' Llndon Velma Walker Mapleton Mrs. Preston Hooper HU Nephi . 471-Mrs. Grace Judd da-liv-ery ....... .......... - W . Q The ruler of what country Is ;stiH regarded as a god by his ' ; wiUL-hav- e school. r- are quills' American porcupines, which belong to another division of rodents,, live on the ground and in treeo aiid their quills ' are longest on the rump anil tail. The common porcupine of the Canadian woods and of the northeastern United States is about 38 inches long. Its quills High School Grad's Earning Power Isn't Staggering .18-year-- . ' long. .1"' you finish high school? Why waste four years going to college?" A girl who is enboy wants gaged to an to that question. an answer The fitted loosely into its body and they come out very easily. Porcupines are found in Europe, Africa, India, and Souh, Central, and North America.! The porcupines of the Old World live in burrows in the ground their quills are often more than a foot ters' credit, I cannot receive the future doesn't look tod rosy. Any children you have only such advantages as he can give ' them. But if you invest the next four years in a college education, you will have an opportunity to meet and fall in love with a college .student whose future should- be much brighter. You can still make mare career. But it riage a should be a better life for you being the helpmate of a man with a future rather than a man who lacks the best possible education and training. That's- - putting it on your own terms "What's in college for me if all I want is to get married?" The answer, as many a girl has found out, is a husband who can offer her more than the one she might have married if she had married a boy just out of high believe. people ' "If all you want is marriage, why not get married as soon as :.'.. in 1 winter! . Aly wife died In January. She had worked about two yean, during which periods she paid Social Security; Now I am told by our Social Security office that, because she' did not have 16 quarQ Ruth Millett - leaves, of trees and shrubs. A quiet little animal like this, unable to move fast to escape from its enemies, and having no great strength to attack them, needs some unusual form of protection, and the porcupine has it. When a porcupine is attacked It bristles" up its coat of barbed quills and curls into a ball. This makes it very unappetizing to any enemy. If it must get into a fight, the porcupine can swing its tail and drive its quills into an enemy's fskin. .The porcupine does not really shoot its quills j as some i " me Although the porcupine bristles with sharp quills and look's fierce, it Is really a harmless animal. During the' winter it curls up in a hollow log or cave and sleeos most of the time. In the summer it moves slowly through the woods in search of bark, tvigs, buds, and people. d bark, they often, do much damage1 to the forests. A single porcupine v has been known to kill 100 trees ' v 'I passed aY driver's test and once, more became a car owner," said Dr. Hollander proudly. Today, Dr. Hollander still is a' dental consultant. He is active in many organizations, including aT group ol retired and" semi-retire- ' the Britannica Junior encyclopedia for school and home. Send your questions, name, age address to "Tell Me Why!" care of this paper. Today's winner Is: Ray Fuller, Whitney, Ontario. Win 200-memb- er These days. Dr. Hollander is selling pension plans and retirement programs for an insurance firm. He' knocks off at noon so that he can devote time to a list o.f extracurricular activities that would do credit to a man 30 years ...L younger. His presentj Job, which he took three years ago, is the climax of a brave story that includes the loss of one eye, near blindness in the other, a heart attack and four '"i. V operations. , '; "When I sat at home, unable even to read, I decided I was going to have to keep busy or lose my sanity," Dr. Hollander said. "With my jvif e 'feeding' me telephone numbers, I built up a telephone business selling electroplating, After a second eye operation, I acquired a real estate license. Then I fiad two Jobs to work at , , from home." After an operation wihich re-- . stored the sight of the dentist's remaining eye to 0 vision came a triumph., ' .sheet of paper that had fluttered to the cork floor. It miis have been a dull hear- " By A. LEOKUM Training himself to remember names, telephone numbers, and other facts' .which he couldn't jot down Above all, refusing to give up These are among "the steps Dr. Samuel Hollander made - to build a new career for himself after faiilng eyesight made him .give up the flourishing dental practice that had been his for 40. years. "I though the world had come to an end when, at 60, I was ordered to give up my practice and all the other activities I had enjoyed," said Dr. Hollander,! now . ve by United 1959, Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Dentist Has His Personal Triumph - the Foreign Relations Committee was checking out John Moors Cabjot on that Brazil ambassador's job that Clare Boothe Luce lost. from the It's about a half-mil-e which mole as the goes;, Capitol a was There is through tunnels. to over the delay, so I hoofed it new House of Representatives building for a space hearing. The overland route is something less than a mile. By the time these old creaky legs, got me there, those gentlemen had run out of space for the day. So, back to John Moors Cabot . . . . My return to the Foreign Rela-tions room was greeted by vacant stares of empty chairs. Only sign of recent activity was a yello w - (Copyright, Near-Blin- d ed with such fancy' help like "ad- The Failure of the Democratic Party doesn't help Texas, that is. Harry Truman won an election by coua-termo- ' Tell Me Why? . , Happy Times their private office's under their hats, literally. They never bother- " t so far and wide that it's all over The Hill. And right now, soaking, my feet, pain-- : ful, too. 'My feet are sore and the muscles that run alongside my shin bones are stiff from all this creeping federalism. I've 'been run ning, trying to keep up with it. It's a losing battle. In the good old days our United States Capitol was just one smaJl square building on top of Jenkins Hill. Our lawmakers did all their deliberating and .committeeing right in these confines. They kept . About the year 2200 you'll be able to stoop down and make food out of anything "you pick up, but will you be able to stoop down? British economist Barbara Ward, on overpopulation. ' V1 . We need more heresy in the .military services. There should be more who speak their minds. Teamwork is not what it is cracked up to be. -- Vice Adm. Hyman G. Rickover. to be a little that's the way I feel. It has expanded speak. - ing" that nothing gets Getting to be More Big Business reporter here on the Hill trying to cover the waterfront, so to we can have no real cue as to next 'year's crucial, political cake mix. So Is By ED KOTERBA WASHINGTON Dear Boss: I want to tell you, our government is getting to be such big business t's getting serious. Especially for a against the other. At this moment, ' .to give this some thought I In the long run, I think each one of us would profit if we checked prices carefully and made certain that we were getting the best possible value in terms of our re- quirements. I urge this as a to the possibility of controls on prices' and wagesv . Here is a specific instance where you can help in the fight against inflation. yoj - Assignment: Washington : - xThe' automobile industry at last is catching on. They are working to produce smaller, less expensive ' cars.' X' As part of its fight against inflation, Washington has caught on that it is you rather ,than the manufacturer that, dictates price. Under consideration are public hearings that would be held bv the President's Council of Economic Advisers whenever a major price or wage increase;- loomed. Though no, one has told me so specifica)ly, I think the intent here would be to signal everyone workers, manufacturers and consum ed ( your TV sets and household appliances and furnishings In repair. Services are taking a bigger nd bigger slice of your spending. Yous are spending less- proportionately for clothing, more on your horns and furnishings. The cost of services is something yoi do not appear' to be watching as closely as the cost of the products you buy. It might ipay Of US. The Chopping Block fall-mos- ' I " fair-mind- ed ,By FRANK C. ROBERTSON of its were thrilled by Last of a seemingly dedicated and the victory liberal Democratic party over a complacent, dcKnothing Readministration. publican Now,) we. some we will get progressive thought, action. ' And what happened?. We got a Demo cratic Congres so and inert that l even Eisenhower took out time from his vacations to try to prod it. t ' ' into a little action. And still nothing constructive has been ? available sets. After several market studies th- TV makers have discovered that while the majority of their customers would gladly pay up to 20 per: cent more for "color, they Aren't (willing to exceed this liniit. Until the industry can make a color TV set to sell at a prior their customers are willing to pay, they can't hope for a sales boom. The same holds true for electronic ovens. A couple of years ago we believed these would be stand sxd equipment. Who wouldn't want an oven that could cut the cooking time of a (roast to a mere 30 minutes? Yet; who'll spend around $1,000 for this privilege? Very few ' Next Question Secretary of State Herter swiftly showed the substance of which he is made. His U. S. television appearance before the Geneva meeting was a masterful exhibition of calm control, of '"the temperate, approach, with exactly the proper undertone of toughness needed in dealings with, the Communists. At Geneva these qualities have been shown again and again. He is behaving with poise' and intelligence, treading a delicate path with sturdy assurance, showing a spirit of reasonable accommoda-- , xi on wnne .yielding notnmg 01 tne free world s vital interests. today. Why? They simply aren't interested in the price tags on the v . - relatively tranquil, what things will make the biggest impact on the millions of American voters? You will hear many argue, with some persuasion,- that in ' such cases usually tend to "go by the book," to follow the to pattern of voting most common ; them. Of course, fewer and fewer voters today consider themselves tied rigidly to either the Democratic or Republican party. But V s j W 95 W Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bailey Orem AC Carma Andersen ' Orem. (Circ.) AC Karl Wood ..AC Orem Office . . ...... j Palmvra .. .0311-R- 3 Shirlene Ottesen Payson 223-- J Madoline Dixon 327 Amber Jackman Pleasant Grove SU 2 82 J Marilynn Potter 4383 Guy Hillman, sports Pleasant Grove (Circ.) 13 Jennie Gilbert .... SU Pleasant View Yvonne Perry ...... .FR Salem Margrette Taylor .... 0107-R- 1 Santnquin 9902 Estella Peterson Spanish Fork 888-. . Frank G. King 297 Virginia Evans, society Fork (Circ.) Spanish 287 B. Davis Evans Spring Lake C303-J3 Tressa Lyman , SpringvilJe Josephine Zimmerman HU Evelyn Boyer society HU West Mountain C100-J- S Elvera Bishoo . I ; . Is the word "penny" a misnomer when applied to Lincoln .; '; ccins? -' vesis a A The name penny tige from the nation's early days when English pence were a standard part of our coinage. Officially, the correct designation of the coin is the Lincoln cent, representing 100th of a dollar. 3 ; "I ; f . Q Who started the first troop of American Girl Scouts? A Mrs. JuUiette Low ia 191X ia Savannah, Ga. 31 5-- -3 j . . 64 |