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Show r Behind tho Day's Now: r n n. nmusoasiffi) THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961 Sun-Struc- 'Pioneers k The lure of the sun country, of areas promising warmer, freer, brighter living, is working a grad-inual but steady transformation the population layout of the United States. Leaving out the Old South and looking just at California, Florida and the "new" states of the Southr west Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahomawe get a portrait of striking change. Sixty years ago, the 6,200,000 people living in those six states represented barely 8 per cent of the total United "States population. Today the six hold 35 million, .which : means that roughly; 1 in every 5 Americans now lives in these areas. All the signs suggest . will soon be 1 in 4. As in much of the nation, a fac--. tor of . mounting importance is the increase of T)irths over deaths. But a big element has been the tide of Americans flowing toward warmer climes. Especially in California and Florida, of course, the influx has been immense. As the nation has been made more 'compact by television, speed :! of transport and the like, more and more people have felt the magnetic pull of these places. And the rise . old-fashion- Traffic-Stopp- er A traffic official from Massa-chusetys says car pools are illegal and he doesn't understand why authorities around the country don't prosecute those who operate them. When cars carry groups of people to and from work on a regular basis, he says, then they're common carriers and they and their drivers should be licensed accordingly. Generally the fees are higher, of course. It may not be possible to contest this viewpoint technically. But it might be a pretty sad day if the-capools were disbanded and their human cargo all took to using their separate cars again. Urban traffic is already murderous, even .without breaking up the pools. If we don't check the surge pretty, soon, the lot of urban humanity may be the parking lot and' nothing more. . r j They're drawn by more than the sun. Beckoning also is the prospect of a general betterment of their lot.' Some basic things are cheaper.' Though the story is an erratic one in some places job opportunities are better or. at least pleasantly different. California and Texas, once predominantly agricultural, today are strongly industrial. Even Florida, celebrated as a haven for the retired, is becoming a focus of important light industry. ' Said one exuberant Floridian : "It's harder to fail in Florida than to succeed in most places !" . Population' experts and ' social scientists generally expect the flow to the country's warmer zones to go on and on. V Except for huge Alaska, there isn't any real geographic frontier for restless Americans to reach out for today. So, Americans weary of tihe rigors of winters and to the eager escape rigidities of the older cities are finding their "frontier" in the sunny regions. C'mon, ' Batista . i restaurant. It Is the new East-WeCenter at University of Hawaii. It has only 100. foreign students enrolled now. Its projection is to have st 2,000 by 1965-6- 6, with 1,000 new students admitted every year for two - year courses of study. There will be. 1,600 from as many countries of- Asia as possible. Mixed with them will be 400 from the United - : States. For the purpose of the center is not just to teach Asians the American way of life. Equally important will be teach- ing the Americans the Asiatic way of life language, customs, problems, soly utionsin a real, interchange. In this respect the center here will differ greatly from Moscow's Friend ship University, whose purpose is to". sell the Communist way of i life. ' ', h , At the East - West Center, there will be no segregated interna- I f tional students' house. They will all be thrown together to create an , two-wa- , ; international community. if i IN .THE FINAL Peter Edson THREE TO NINE MONTHS of the course, the plan is to have the Asian studentsjeome to the American mainland for a look around in their fields of special interest.- - And the American will be sent to Asia. . students The center is so new it doesn't as yet have a head. Dr. Ralph Bunche is being suggested for the job. Dr. Murray Trumbull of University of Hawaii is acting head, and has done much to get it started. Faculty is being recruit' , a ed world-widPolicies for the center will be developed by University of Hawaii's board of regents, which has just been reconstituted with new and younger blood, brains, and ideas. , Idea for the center was born in Hawaii about three years ago. Hawaii put up 40 per cent of its cash surplus about a million dollars to get it start-- . ed. But the fdea was too big for one state to handle. ; Right out of the blue, in 1959, Democratic Sen. Lyndon Johnson of Texas picked up the idea and made a speech Center for in favor of the East-WeHawaii. This idea could well be his greatest monument. Congress appropriated $10 million to get it on its feet. . ' e. il' i H i i ii i i iiiii ; : Editor Herald: Your; editorial Monday March 27, proposed a very ' simple solution to the revenue - problem facing .all the communities of this county, but you neglected, to continue the story to the finish. Your last . statement "And : it seems fair that part of the bur- -, den be passed to a sales tax' which everyone shares, rather than .turning again to the old the property tax' '"'standby, should be further examined. Property tax may not be the most just tax but for the citizens of Orem at least every dollar paid in taxes goes to Orem City. Why, should the citizens of the county pay taxes to the cities of; wrovoi American Fork, and Spanish Fork? Why should Orem citizens pay approximately two dollars under the optional one-haper cent sales :tax in order for Orem City to receive; one dollar back? These are the points you should have also brought out in your editorial. The optional one-haper cent sales tax was sponsored by the large cities through the Municipal League of Utah and their only answer as to why it was prposed to the State Legislature is that it is another source o lf No Drugstore In Miles notion has been pretty general in the layman's world that ulcers are seriously affected, if not caused, by the tensions of present day life not the least of which is the constant rubbing of elbows with other people. Now come three-scor-e stomach to forecast, however, specialists that when man soars into space he won't be able to escape the ailment. The stress of "alonehess, loneliness; boredom" will be too much for his stomach to bear. Evidently there is no place to hide from excess acidity. The lf Ed America Must Avoid Fascist Dictatorship Koterba THE PLAN MAIN PROGRAMS: NOW ed taxpayers, of IS FOR THREE the United States shelled out more dol- First is the undergraduate student program, outlined briefly above. Each scholarship will be for 'about $9,500 a year. This will cover everything travel, lars in Federal taxes kuau uou all, the citizens $53,-701,000,- 000 ' more. The Congressman plopped this figure before a witness at the Treasury Department appropriations hearing. The witness: an imperturbably handsome gentleman, Douglas Dillon, our Secretary of the Treasury. Passman: Representative pressed his discovery further. research. This research may be conducted at other universities London Schhool of "Economics, Leyden, Tokyo or wherever a job can best be done. The third program will be technical training of specialists, and here- - Hawaii has unique advantages to offer. It .is a rural state; Its development and underdevelopment are assets. It is highly mechanized in sugar and pineapple culture field work. But it also has .many "mud" farmers, tilling small tracts of an acre or. two, as in Asia. This is where "Peace Corps" recruits can best be trained. Hawaii is like a small country. It . Said he: Not only did Uncle Sam collect $53 billion more from the taxpayers in the last eight years than in the 164 preceding years, but he borrowed an additional $23 billion which he .also spent! ; "Does it," he asked of Secretary Dillon, "appear alarming to yon - or am I just unduly , alarmed?" The Secretary of the Treasury sidestepped the direct qustion but calmly stated that President John F. Kennedy hacL said he is going to stick to a sound fiscal pol- . can show how to combat tuberculosis or organize police forces, or collect statistics and study the effects of pars ticular reforms. icy. . to- o - a The opinions and statement ex j pressed by Herald columnists are j their own and do not necessarily j reflect Che views ef tils nvsrzszTtT, j o inches and they want to be the ruler. A cat in Maine reached its 16th j birthday, probably because it kept off back porches . at night. A couple were married in a plane. Nothing like starting out up in the clouds. ' . The. safest side for a man : to .take in an argument between two neighbors" is the outside.. ' ' . , soft year. There are plenty of women who Hive in a shoe that fits so tightly they don't know what to do. Robbers have taken loot from an Ohio tobacco store three times. iPoiice. Should cmoke them out. . of yourself." To which the rabbi answered, "You're quite right." I can y see myself in complete agreement" with my correspondent in every phase of her criticism of her doctor. Perhaps there was no need to take the chest Xnray. Perform the proctoscopic examina tion. Go oyer the same examinations again and again, year after year, in a survey whose purpose was merely . that of an annual patient X-ra- condition? I do n ' t mind charges for blood tests, uria n d nalysis proctosc o p i 'c examination is necess a r y or desirable every ' ' vpar. when one n3rian ' Dr: ; is not having much trouble with bowel movements or hemorrhoids. "Don't you think a patient who has been going to the same doctor for several years has a complete record so that the doc- -, tor does not have to go over the same things again- and s again? How can older people afford this sort of thing at the rates charged these days?' A My correspondent's dilem- ic ma puts me in mind of a two involved story that disputants. Each told his story to the learned rabbi. To each, the rabbi responded "You're quite right." A listener rebuked the rabbi for what appeared to be double dealing. "Efow can you listen to different , stories about the same incident and tell each of the parties involved in the dispute that he's quite right? I I - . . ri Tal-mud- A Mexican man celebrated his 101st birthday. Imagiine only one should thihnk you'd be ashamed . cancer tests but I don't think a Give some people a couple of " c four-milliont- hs By H. T. HYMAN, M." D. Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Q "What can or should a do when he feels that he has been charged top much for' "a physical examination? It is fair to take a chest y every few years when there is no history of colds, lung trouble or a heart : - ( years. ! ... Barbs , Partial Physical May Miss Subtle Change in Condition came "the next query: What will ' we do about our na N j i Now, - Socialisni,.. less evil sounding, becomes more dangerous than communism. Both are a delusion and a snare. World War II was started by the socialistic dictatorBritain and ship of Hitler. France, poorly equipped, sprang to the protection of the political integrity of invaded Poland, where a Republic, nurtured by the immortal Paderewski, was getting under way. Soon the Stalin socialistic dictatorship broke its treaty with Hitler, as the Soviets break nearly all treaties, and the socialists of the Soviets warred with the socialists of Germany, until brave Poland, lain asunder, was betrayed into Communist slavery. Nazi Hitler and Communist Stalin posed as socialists, as did Fascist Mussolini in his early The Doctor Says 1 : ' ... put togemer in the first 164 years of our government. And just how much more? Hold onto your seats . . . tuition, living. Second will be a senior scholar program, organized on the ratio of 1 Asian to 1 Westerner. They will be recruited to train teachers for new courses, to think, to plan educational development and to do multinational Afro-Asia- v we. have. The Bureau of the Pub: lie Debt manages money we don't have. An interesting point came out1 of the closed-doo- r testimony: It costs more to manage debt than it does to manage income. This year, the debt handlers which number nearly 3,000 employees are spending $48,318,000 to oversee our shortage of money. But the bureau reported optimistically it expects, to cut its spending next year to $48,200,000. That's a possible net saving to taxpayers of $118,000. And if it's of any solace to you, that amounts to of one cent of our national debt. . . . per (Copyright, 1961, by United Features Syndicate; Inc.) .' tional debt? "Should we ignore the public debt," said Passman, "with these tremendous revenues accruing to the country?" At that point, they called time out for lunch. When they resumed, Dillon had his reply. No, he said, we won't ignore it. We, would enlarge it. The debt, he said, will climb another billion or more in 1962, and it may not be until . 1963 or later that we can start thinking of reducing it. .7 Our public debt' has become so great and complicated that the Treasury Department has set up a bureau of the debt. The bureau works on the order of the parent Treasury Department, which manages the money WASHINGTON The theme was our national debt, and the Congressman dug up a shocking set of figures. In the eight years, said Rep. Otto Passman (D., La.), the overburden- Asian students, can be made to feel at home in multiracial Hawaii, here they might be lost in Stanford, Wisconsin, Harvard or M.I.T. which are too advanced for the underdeveloped countries. A FOUR-MATASK FORCE under Prof. ' John M. Stalker, an Ohioan of 37 who is- head of University of Hawaii's overseas operations program, has recently returned from a three-mont- h trip through 17 Asian countries from. Korea to Pakistan. The group surveyed Asian universities and interviewed educators to learn what should go into the center's ' curriculum. Stalker has also just concluded an . student n leaders' conference at University of Hawaii. He had 35 kids from 25 countries on the campus for six weeks. Some of them had led riots against their governments. Their subject at Hawaii was, "The Role of the University in a Developing Country." It is out of raw material like this Center that the future of the East-We- st is to be shaped. It is something to watch, for It is bound to be an inspiring development. Editor Herald: Dillon Reveals Huge U.S. Debti Burden Center East-We- st st f i"i sugar . ' i i i iiiiii it li i'l i,i :V,:iV IRp Orcm Man Says Sales Tax Unjust As Proposed; Distribution by Population Most Fair System And they're much better equipped places for good living than the frontier we used to read about.' Hawaii Plans New one-compl-ete nil i i i ifl its JU.S. of quota also offered tht chance of added income. i Against this natural desire for money is Mexico's reluctance to take ' advantage of the misfortunes of a friend. Mexico would like to act as a friend at court a situation it realizes is currently im' ' ' 'i possible. But in the long run, it believes Castroism is a temporary thing ana that eventually Cuba will return to the American family of its own free will. tvZffT '9..' ed . . . and Cuba's loss Said I'd Meet You Halfway I last The most excitin Hawaii ing story today is not the boom is that building turning Waikiki Into another Miami Beach of the new Honolulu office building with the - revolution-per-hou- r penthouse ' 1 -- .. AT n ONE A) Me in family, Mexicans believe it should Probably no other nation has :f against the United States, Mexiwatched the Vh year progress of , co has managed to retain .cordial have stayed inside the Organizathe Cuban revolution more close relations with both., . ' tion of American States. A number of factors have conly than Mexico, Castro's springEconomically, between the .. board for invasion. tributed to the spreading doubts ' United States and Cuba, Mexico Mexico, even after 50 years, here, about Castro. finds itself in much the same. postill regards itself as in a state of, One was his crackdown on v sition as a man suffering from Cuba's free press. Another has revolution, so Castro's revolution split personality. stirred an emotional response. In been the influx of Soviet and Economic Advantage Cuba's into governRed Chinese addition, there was in Mexico a Mexiwhich hatred for Fulgencio American tourists contribute ment and industry, whom Castro ousted. about. $2 million a day to the cans resent. A third was Castro's Friend of Both action in taking his quarrel with ; Mexican economy, and the U.S.' Cuban split opened up the possithe United States to the United Despite the steadily increasing Nations ' outside the American tempo of Castro's hate campaign bility of an even greater flow. -- .HONOLULU es cJ(y . non-interventi- on ' vor-casiiT -- fading. , But Mexico is adhering strictly to its' policy of and is a restraining influence both on the United States and other Latin American nations whose relations with the Cuban dictator either have chilled or have been broken off altogether. in economic levels allows more to pick up and go. " it . By PHIL NEWSOM UP I Foreign News Analyst MEXICO CITY (UPD Some of Mexico's early enthusiasm for Fi-- . del Castro's Cuban revolution is -- check-u- p. , j income. They cannot refute the injustice of the tax. We agree with you that this tax was a good thing for Salt Lake City. The citizens of all Salt Lake County are building the municipal buildings for Salt Lake City and then according to the mayor after the buildings are paid for we'll reduce property taxes for .the citi-zeof Salt Lake City but not for the citizens of the county. In- deed, this is a real good source of income for.. 3 the fortunate ' .. ..vt cities. The Orem City Council investigated this tax source very carefully and I'm glad to say they have not been swayed . by the proposed easy money. Distribution by population is the only way Orem or any other community can receive their just share. This is the principle that the county commission, the citizens (of the county and you the editor should be fighting for. fit we accept the tax as it is it will never be changed 'and' only the few will benefit. The smaller communities without the large shopping centers will ' still have dirt roads, inadequate water and sewer systems and the worn out fire fighting equipment. The cities of Lebi and Pleasant Grove cannot afford to" give, one tax dollar to American Fork just as every tax dollar in Orem should be used here, rather than fin Pro vo and Payson, Santaquin and the- other southern communities should not build municipal buildings in Spanish Fork. I hope bur county commissioners recognize their responsibility to all J the people of this county and hold, out for an equal and just tax. It is bad enough that, taxes must be as high as they are without also adding the insult of being unfair In their distribution. ; Robert C. Faddis 694 W. 700 S., Orem ns s , ; - . ' Q'sand A's : ' ! ' f what volucanic eruption was it said that the dust thrown fro mthe volcano could be seen throughout the worldV .;' A The eruption on the island of Krakatoa near Java in 1883. 1 Q--- In ' f What nations comprised 'ancient Mesopotamia? ! A Assyria in. the north .and Babylonia in the south. "Q fj i ' Q What tribe of Indians were famous for their sacred "medi- cine arrows?" A The Cheyenne. Q When did l v Santo . ! Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic,-receiv'V. its present name? A In 1936 President Trujillo changed its name to Ciudad Tru- e '. jillo. . . J I; r Q Why do 'some earlier U.S. silver coins have small arrows on each side of the date? A This marking was first used from 1853 to 1855 to indicate a duction In the silver content of the coins. '' ; ii I " ex-act- ed right."; after you've read this column maybe you'll agree that And Ruth Millott Gals, 'Slaver Isn't Bad If Shared With Husband j But suppose something was found? Suppose there was a shadow in the lung that . wasn't there before? Suppose the heart was just a bit larger than it had been at the previous examination? Suppose there was a suspicious lump or sore inside the bowel that bled just a little Not when it was touched? enough to produce bleeding you could see with your naked eyes. But just enough to give pause for thought. What then would such a discovery be worth even at present rates? The price of a new dress? Or a new overcoat? And what, price would be for a missed diagnosis? A lingering illness? ' An extensive Or life operative procedure? itself? I don't know, dear lady. Reading your complaint, I should, venture the opinion that "you're quite right." If I listened to your doctor's version, I'd probably conclude that "he was quite j ' . 1 un--pleas- ant N . ." Mussolini, more able than the other two, improved the lot of the Italian people, only to lead them! into disaster and death on his sole judgment. These three, as all dictators, were among the sly MISTAKEN the enemies of freedom. The United States is in such grave danger of being taken over by dedicated Communists and Socialists unless the trend is soon reversed, the American people set up in des- may mistakenly : a Fascist dictatorship peration nearly equal in evil to Communist The PERSONAL dictatorships. the profit enterprise system motive is, the answer, and America must not settle. for less, H. L. Hunt, : i Dallas, Tex, '4 " I'm "quite right." f'Women are household slaves," declares a woman writer who ; btiilds up a fairly good case to prove he charge. our dishwater let's consider for .'. But before we start crying into a moment that if we are housenoia slaves our ' : husbands are family slaves. No man who supports a family Is in any way no matter free. He has to earn that paycheck so . be he what. Indeed, financially chained may a to he doesn't even dare quit job he hates to try something else, if the job he hates offers security to his family. Women often begrudge men their leisure time. But actually a man with a family . usually spends his leisure time not as he wishes but as the family demands. As for money, it's a mighty, small part of his Ruth Millett salary that the average man spends on himself. The family's needs come first and what papa gets for spending money depends on how much is left over after the groceries and the kids shoes have been paid for. ,,'... .; ', Furthermore, a man's duty to his family doesn't end with proi viding them with today's necessities. He has to contrive to have their future security assured in case anything should happen to him. So let's not feel too sorry for, ourselves. We women may be slaves of a sort. But bondage with our husbands isn't too bad a lot, now is it? . - t . |