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Show UINTAII BASIN RECORD. DUCHESNE. UTAH Fortunes Are Learn to Experts Needed to Set Impartial Budget Figure By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. As the wrangle WASHINGTON. over the budget, ta::es and national debt continues, s about the only comfort 1 can of- fer Mr. Taxpayer of 1947, if he should ask me for it, is a hearty better luck next year." And that is no vain hope, either. There is a very good chance that government will cost less next year. This will not be due to any Baukhage widely heralded econswing the axe, or often which congress omy drives" promises and seldom delivers. If the budget is proportionally smaller next year, it will be because figures prepared by the Bureau of the Budget will have been checked by concessional fiscal experts who get their jobs on merit and who are obligated to no political party. These men now are being selected by a expert personnel professional loaned from the business world. At this writing the house and senate are struggling to find a compromise cut in the budget. Until they determine the size of the budget, they cant be sure of what they ought to do about taxes or reducing the national debt If it werent that the budget were compiled by one party and we authorized another, by wouldnt have as much wrangling, Now there is nothing wrong with having plenty of debate on a subject like this, provided one or both sides are voting on the basis of actual facts which are set forth by a disinterested authority whom the public will accept. Such an authority will be provided, we hope, by the staff of fiscal experts next year. Without such experts what happens? The house goes on record as to the budget cut it thinks it wants to make. The appropriations committee cuts down the various items. A bill is submitted again to the house and the fight begins, each attempting to restore as much of the appropriation for his pet projects as possible. gets under way and the total is raised. The same thing happens in the senate where an individual senators demands are accorded even more weight. Eventually the ante is raised a little more. And if it doesnt get back up to the Presidents original $37,500,000,000 estimate (which may have been too high itself) there will be a supplemental bill passed later which will absorb any extra dollars that are lying around. When Senator Taft was asked by Democratic Senator McMahon (who was attacking the Republican cut) if Taft wanted the senate to pass on the question without having much information as to what we are doing, Taft frankly replied: We can only make an Intel. ligent guess. We have no Information before us as to the particular Items of the $37,500,000,-00- 0 budget, in justification of the figure fixed by the budget (bureau) . . . we only know what Is requested. That is the keynote: We only know what is requested. Why should the opposition party take on faith the administrations figure? We have two parties to check on each other. Taft admits the Republicans havent the facts now but he adds that in ordinary years we will have a staff working during the recess supposedly composed of these neutral experts who now are being hired which can give us more intelligent Informat than we now have." Theres the hope. Log-rollin- g Music Basis for World Understanding Few Russians heard the early state department broadcasts, inaugurated last month, and those who did were critical of the musical selections, objecting to hillbilly" tunes like Turkey in the Straw." They complained too about Bing Crosbys singing of Stephen Foster ditties. This Is only one instance where music has segued into world news since be war. I remember visiting BARBS mink coats in Fancy meeting four minutes," said a surprised French visitor to New York. Fancy paying for them! 50 Why cant we get up a US USSR the Opera House In Nuernberg when German musicians were first permitted to assemble there. The house had four walls intact and part of the roof, but only part of it. The rest as covered with canvas which kept out most of the falling snow but didnt keep out the cold. No protense was made of heating the auditorium, and the place was freezing cold. Yet it was packed. The program however could not be completed. This was not due to the fact that the audience walked out they stood or sat with the snow seeping in on them. The musicians fingers simply got too cold to function. That was a year ago last November. Today with the cooperation of the American military government, orchestras have sprung up in every town In the American zone and a large part of the broadcast programs are musical Reeducating the German in the held of music will be a less Herculean task than it is in other fields, for musio has always been part of the home training of the German child not merely something for which the musio teacher was alone responsible. I remember a German home I used to visit before World War I in which the short period after the evening meal and the time the youngest went to bed and the eldest went to his other studies was largely a musical hour. The most interested and active member of the group was the father. Here in America we leave too much of the childs musical training to the schools. As the Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly, who is visOur iting this country, remarked: ears must be trained to perceive the simpler musical phenomena before being able to follow the more complicated forms, and it is obviously the duty of public schools to give this first training to everybody. Germany of course has another great advantage that America lacks. Goebbels has been removed. Americas musical dictator has not. His organization has a standing resolution which reads: The federation urges its locals to use their political and economic strength to combat the encroachment of high school bands and orchestras. The dictator I refer to is, of course, one Petrillo of the American Federation of Musicians; the resolution is from their constitution which in conferring authority on him uses phrases like this: It shall be his duty and prerogative to make decisions in cases where in his opinion an to issue exemergency exists; ecutive orders which shall be conclusive and binding upon all members etc. Such a resolution and such abso- lute authority runs directly counter to the advice of Kodaly and to the thinking of anyone interested in the cultural development of America or in democracy Itself for that matter. This Is one of the many facets of our musical life which touch politics as music touches many of the nations other activities, past and present For example, during the war cynicism was expressed in songs like "Lillie Belle with its Aint You Glad Jingle, Jangle-Oh- , Youre Single." There were songs created out of a higher emotional level, too, like God Bless America; Therell Always Be an England; The White Cliffs of Dover, and what was perhaps an Escape-son- g from all the sordidness of war, Oh, What a Beautiful Morning No, the Russians didnt like the hillbilly American music. And I doubt if the average American could absorb much of the somber and mournful Russian folk dirges although they contain beauty enough to the ear accustomed to hearing them and the mind trained to interpret them. That must be remembered in considering all cultural relationships to world peace. We must be informed not only about the world as a whole, but specifically about each other. Mature interpersonal understanding implies a knowledge of each others environment and also the habits, tastes and thinking produced by that environment. Music is a part of everyones life; an expression as well as an impression. We cannot live peacefully with each other in our homes or on the globe without the establishment of understanding Intercommunication. Music, understood, will be part of that necessary intercommunication. by Baukhage An Illinois cat added an ailing new shoat to its litter. But shell never teach it to purr. Despite the long German occupation of their home island, the Jersey cows were never cowed by the Nazis and are still supreme, says the British. They didnt even suffer from exchange agreement whereby all Russians with bourgeois leanings tould be traded for all Americans with Communist tendencies? Goring. Fun. Tell ; Highlights of New York: The Main Stems mazda inferno and blazes with beauty. Bulbs wink The fireflies. million a like blink 'electrobatic signery jigs, wiggles, blows smoke flips handsprings and hues gleam Rainbow-dippe- d rings. and glitter and coat the atmosphere Broadwith a fairyland of colors. like way wears its electric jewelry the nightcelebrates it while crown a ly carnival (Editors Note- This is another in the "Stories of the States series.) - By EDWARD EMERINE WNU Features. Old Jim Bridger, at his lonely fort on Green river, talked to the leader of the strange band and learned these emigrants were headed for the Great American Desert beyond the mountains. He tried to dissuade the leader, a The exciting pyrotechnics of sounds along Times Square. the outside music shops Shouts of latest jive jamboree. headlines g newsboys of horns and mingle with the honking temthe shrieks of motorists when maze. traffic in the pers explode venThe firecracker gab of sidewalk rocketbarkers dors and The bonfire ing their shrill shills. peak at its blazing reaches of noise 'midnight when you can converse of your only by climbing to the top voice. Loud-speake- determined sort of man, and pessimistically aremarked that he would give thousand dollars if he ever saw an ear of corn grown in Salt Lake roman-candlin- I ET me tell your fortune irresistible invitation, out your trusty deck at tle party and watch the guests round! You can choose from among nu, methods so natmg ings need never be stereotyped of your versatility ther proof crowd amused with other fortmJT tricks. Our Weekly Newspaper Service teaches you to tell fortunes bv stars, tea leaves, crystal bail 1 and dice Send 25c (coin) for to Weekly W tell Your243Fortune W. 17th St., New York! Service, Print name, address, booklet title. card-readin- g flea-circ- valley. The emigrants moved on, and a hundred years ago, on July 24, 1847, out across Brigham Young looked a seared and desolate land of sagebrush and alkali, and said: This is the place! One lone tree clung to life In the entire valley. Heat waves danced and hot breaths of air came up the canyon. If there were inward doubts among his followers, none is recorded. Obediently the band moved into the desert. Mormon Convert. Brigham Young was a native cf Vermont and of Revolutionary ancestry. He had become a convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, the Mormon church. When Joseph Smith, the founder, was killed at Nauvoo, 111., Brigham Young was chosen to take his place. Rocks and hills and desert did not deter him. They were but the materials with which he would build. In this strange land he and other Mormons would be far removed from religious and political differences. Here they would have a land of thjdr own. A dreamer was Brigham Young, but he was a doer as well Perhaps his eyes saw more than the mirages on the desert that day. He might have envisioned the Territory of Deseret, the beginning of an American epoch, the birth of a vast and proThe valleys and ductive region. mountains that his people were to colonize later were before him, and there was a temple to be built, cities and towns to be laid out, industries to be developed, canals and ditches to be dug, and water to be spread over the thirsty soiL Faith Saves Crops. The Mormon leader likened the group to a swarm of bees beginning a new hive. The Beehive became their symbol, and all men were workers. The hardships of crossing the plains and mountains were as nothing compared to conquering the desert. There were discouraging days when hunger stalked. Huge locusts came to eat their crops. Have faith! Have faith! Pray! And they had faith, and they prayed. Out of the skies swarmed seagulls thousands and thousands of them and they devoured the locusts! Brigham Young stated his wants and the groups needs, aqd builders set to work. The famed Mormon tabernacle was built without nails or steel. Monumental Effort. At the ground level of the Salt Lake Mormon temple are huge earth stonds, each weighing three tons, and 50 in number. A mountain of i Employs Staff of The San Francisco-Oaklanbridge has 264 employees, large number being required! span, owing to its eight-mil-e hnd heavy traffic, maintair own police force and fire ment. The staff also includes chanics whose sole duty is to ice disabled cars, which aver; a day. c YICT organ fctba le pine and I dc 2S slow-motio- i granite 20 miles away furnished the material. Huge granite blocks were quarried in a canyon, slung with chains fr,om heavy carts and drawn by oxen to the site. Over 40 years from the time Brigham Young designated the temple site, the construction was complete, the angel Moroni set in place and 75,000 people took part in the dedicatory services. But Brigham Young had been dead for many years. The climate of Utah is dry, stimulating and wholesome. The sky is so clear that no cloud specks it on 300 days a year. Lacking rain, the Mormons pioneered irrigation in America, bringing water from the mountains to irrigate crops in the desert. Today, Utahs chief crop is sugar beets, but vegetables and fruits are grown in profusion. Other crops are wheat, oats, potatoes, hay, alfalfa, corn, barley and rye. More than two million sheep, 0 dairy cattle and a half million beef cattle are grazed in Utah. Wool production amounts to 20 million pounds annually. Manufacturing in Utah began with the Mormon pioneers, who wove woolen clothing, mined coal quarried rock, canned fruit and vegetables, made sugar from beets, installed grist mills, slaughtered cattle for meat, made butter and cheese, and utilized other raw products at hand. The great copper mines came later, with smelting and refining of ores to follow. Bingham, Magna, Tooele, Garfield and Provo became mill towns. The Geneva steel plant at Provo is the largest in the West, with a mountain of ore close beside it. We cannot eat gold and silver," warned Brigham Young, but piany were lured by those and' other metals to explore the desert and mountains. Mineral resources of Utah are varied, including gold, silver, lead, iron, manganese, gypsum, oil, coal, copper, salt, zinc and many others. In southern Utah the climate is l, but in the northern semi-tropica- t 1 f I - 4vt $ 4, V 1 4 t - v 1 r?WVTT?Tl ,1 JUvf ( ft Hi 4 y. MORMON SHRINE . . . Notable among Salt Lake attractions is the Mormon temple. Last of the Latter Day SaintsCitys temples in Utah to be completed, the Salt Lake City edifice was begun in 1833 and not completed until 1893. The temple is built of granite, many of the larger blocks being carted by before a railroad was built in 1873. Seen in silhouette to the left is the famous Mormon tabernacle, noted ox-tea- for its acoustics and organ. r PI1 - ; x 1 & $ brine-shrim- lr "I f rp tv CniEF EXECUTIVE The string of streetlamps along its lanes adorns its dark beauty like a Skeletons of fabulous necklace. trees stripped of their leaves cast eerie shadows. Silence stands guard over the mysteries lurking in the darkness. Crisp winds roam through the park and juggle dead leaves as they continue their endless flight into nowhere. y js. ye - irirritirittrfifftniAAiiSi V. i . . . Herbert B. Maw, native of Ogden, is serving bis second four-yeterm as Utahs governor. A lawyer, teacher, and legislator, he has been prominent in Latter Day Saints church affairs. ar and eastern parts there are skiing and winter sports at high altitudes. Utah scenery will compare with any in the world. Here are mountains as grand as the Alps, sunsets that rival those of Marvelous Italy and Greece. canyons, mammoth stone bridges, weird rock formations and other master works of nature are found throughout the The mountain lakes and streams provide fine fishing and the forests abound in game bear, elk, antelope, grouse, deer, prairie chickens and others. Utah, once a formidable desert now teems with populous cities and thriving villages. Once parched and burned ground has been changed to green fields, gardens and orchards. Paved highways, airlines and several transcontinental railroads provide transportation. What wonders a hundred years have wrought! This year every city and hamlet in Utah is preparing a celebration. They will celebrate the centennial of the arrival of Mormon pioneers. Less than 75 per cent of the people are now Mormons, but all will join in that celebration regardless of creed. The building of Utah was the opening of the West. It was an epoch in American history. Soli Lake and rials turo Tourists, Industries, Racers There is no need to sink a to 27 per cent. The lake is 4,200 shaft 22 to find salt in Utah. It is mined on feet above sea level and has no top of the ground where it lies many known outlet, except It feet deep on the shores of Great Salt is 80 miles long andevaporation. from 20 to 32 lake and in famous Bonneville salt miles wide. Great Salt Lake has Cats. Naturally the state is a large several fine beaches. Because tf its salinity no fish live producer of both common salt and sodium products. in the lake, but a small no larger than a mans People who go to the beaches of Great Salt Lake find that they float exists in great numbers in it. like a cork in the water because of West of the lake are the Bonne-vill- e its saline content, which ranges from salt flats where thousands of When dusk settles over the town, a haphazard rash of lights zig-za- g 'across the 59th St skyline. The buildings are sprinkled with luminous confetti. This crazy pattern of magic lanterns inspires the imagination and defies the vocabulary. It etches a portrait that always will be displayed in memorys gallery of compelling views that have come down to earth. Central Park unveils its most exciting scenic magic at midnight state. II St. Patricks Cathedral occupies the throne of architectural majesty. Its spires resemble hands in prayer. Pigeons frolic on its manicured lawns and peck crumbs. Sunlight sprays the impressive interior with a lovely glow. Only the ripple of murmured prayers disturbs its hushed beauty. The cathedral is not just a place of worship it stands as an imposing monument to dignity and peace. castles-in-the-a- 100,-00- J y, Bridge J A If r carpet of stone and steel from atop the Empire State edifice. Skyscraper for peaks provide exclamation points the poetry of the sprawling citys build-ting- s .landscape. Winds sprint over lulla- natural their humming move below traffic of bies. Ribbons with paralytic indecision, and hu-- i n dots along the mans are streets. Distance transforms the turbulent roar of city life into whis-pere- d music. 1 Ik The metropolis is a jagged Frisco-Oaklan- d acres of white salt stretch on either side of the paved highway which crosses the area. The flats are so level that many automobile speed records have been made on them. Ab Jenkins, former mayor of Salt Lake City and famed race driver, prefers the flats to all other courses, claiming the salt keeps rubber tires cooler than a dirt or board track. The flats also are notable for tboir mirages. The proud loveliness of La Liberty warmed by the soft fingers of sunshine. Breezes whisk broom the folds of her flowing gown. The foghorns of passing d ships offer their salutes. Americas most eloquent symbol an old and always stirring sight. And when its massive torch is ignited the Lady of Freedom becomes a visual hymn. deep-throate- The waterfront is alive with activGrny merchant ships, wave white smoke handkerchiefs as they c leave on their errands. Skiffs curtsy in the breeze. Ferries slowly shuttle to and fro like mechanical icebergs. An army pf tugs patiently nudges a huge liner into port. The long arms of docks reach out to grasp cargoes being unloaded. Baby waves bruise themselves as they crash against the centipede legs of piers. ity.. 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