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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS, CASTLE DALE, UTAH Have Yorifffs Tlheiir Ups and Dowgus Tablerb Geneva Trade Agreements To Affect World Commerce N'n WASHINGTON. n By BAUKHAGE A malt it end Commentator. feG Recently there have been rumblings frorh congress reminiscent of the old days. It was the warning from Senator Miiliien (Rep., Colo.) and Representative Knutsen (Rep., Minn.) that the reciprocal trade agreements act would have a lot of strings attached to it when it comes up for renewal next year. NEW WEAPON AGAINST CANCER . . . Latest develepment ta campaign against cancer te aeqxisitiea sf this mobile detection bus. Dr. Ellis Duncan, medical director, and nurse are shown hern welcoming three girls referred to them far examination. Smooth-Hawle- y If that rr.ear.a that tariff arc raud again, history will be repeating itaeif A the a muting illustration in this column reveals, the gentlemen have been busy build.r.g up and tearing down the tariff wall ever since 1913. What will the cert section of the wall built after 1910 lock like? The reciprocal trace agreements-drawup at the recent Geneva con- supplies to Europe under a relief ference which re- program or to lend money for the sulted in a num- purchase of our goods unless we enber cf slashes in courage Europeans to se3 to us. important duties Otherwise, they'll land right back and inspired the where they are now. Even if they Knutsen and build up their industries so they are staterrenti able to produce goods, unless they brought forth an can sell some of those goods they even louder blast wont have the dollars to pay back from the Ameri- what they owe and buy our goods. can Tariff league. That is why warnings that strings At the present may be attached to the act have an writing, however, ominous sound. "Strings would there does net mean either limitation on the appear to be any- amounts by which tariffs can be where near the lowered through reciprocal trade strength of senti- agreements, or removal of authorment in favor of ity to make rreduction without the building up the tariff wall that there approval of congress of the particuact lar item involved. That would start was when the Smoct-Hawle- y raised it to an e high (47 per log rolling again, put an end to our cent) in 1930. foreign trade and have us back takFrom the time of the Civil war the ing in each others washing for a tariff wall had grown almost every living. time congress acted. Then came Woodrow Wilson who World's Prosperity demanded that the country be set Hangs in Balance What happens to the free from conditions be thought "made monopoly not only possible, section at the wall of the drawbut easy and natural" The Underof ing will affect the entire set-uwood law which brought the Import world trade. It can make all the duties down from 37 per cent to 27 work of the international conference per cent, was his answer. Under on world trade and employment go Harding they went up about 35 per for nothing and destroy any benefits e cent, reaching an high un- derived from a successful European relief plan. der Hoover. It has been an exciting con-tesThe 2 oat loos now gathered Although Cordell Hull as at the trade conference in Cuba secretary of state managed, represent countries doing about with Roosevelt prestige, to pull 95 per cent of the worlds trade, were still down them again, they and the interesting thing is that 1 per cent higher than the although Russia and most of her act raised them satellites refused to attend, two ander Harding. Under (he agreeof the countries under the influments negotiated by Secretary ence of Moscow Finland and Hall, onr exports increased bat Caecboslovakia did tars up. foreign competition for various reasons did not take advmolage Thereby bangs a tale. It is beof the situation to any great exlieved by some keen observers that tent. There was no avalanche of despite all efforts to kill the Euro"cheap foreign goods" to conpean recovery plan, the Soviet Untend with. ion knows very well that, if it works, it may be to her selfish interests to n The Democrats in the era always were banging away on get on the bandwagon, at least to this issue and there were many the extent of lifting the Iron curtain colorful debates. The low tariff ad- high enough to get some of the goods from Western vocates had to resort to all sorts of much-neede- d means to get a hearing because they Europe under it And the way that were backed by no special interests. could be managed would be to have Their "client" was the vague and some of the Soviet's friendly countries" in on any advantageous trade anonymous American consumer. deals that might be made. Western were able The high-tari- ff pleaders to present their cases armed with Europeans say that this would be the best legal talent available, whole the most effective way to break libraries of statistics and a thorough down the Communist pip on these knowledge of the particular indus- countries. Meanwhile it Is realised la tries they represented. And they had Washington that this country another great advantage in the g cannot carry out its number and geographically diverse induatriea fighting for protection for foreign policy unless that policy is sold harder than Communist their particular product. propaganda is selling its brand Enough special interests needed of bortach. infrom other special enough help terests so that log rolling was easy Good salesmanship begins at there was usually a majority for home. And a lot of salesmanship is everybodys gismo. That is why the needed right here. I rode down on only practical way trade agree- the trolley with a very intelligent ments can be reached at all is to secretary to a congressman who have them negotiated like any other said to me: "I wish 1 knew what the international agreement, through Marshall plan was all about" the state department, which has no President Urges regional strings to tie it down. is now consumer the being Savings Bonds Right heard from in no uncertain terms, Speaking of salesmanship, the and any argument for lower prices President is believed to have given wins a hearing. the green Light on an intensified sale That is evidenced by the speed of one of the important with which congress tackled the measures recommended in his suggestions presented speech when he said: both by the President In his mes"Another . effective weapon sage of November 17 calling for a Inflation Is increased against offered program and those savings by the public. Every by Senator Flanders of Vermont and dollar that is saved instead of other Republicans. spent is a dollar fighting against Influential Despite considerable Inflation. In order to encourage opposition, the Democrats took for additional savings, the governout of four least the at that granted ment shoold intensify its rigorPresidents ten points had a good ous efforts to sell sayings chance to be adopted. In fact one, bonds." alto ration certain foods, authority ready had been suggested by a RepMsl-Lk- all-tim- p all-tim- t. pro-Wilso- far-flun- anti-inflati- anti-inflati- ublican-Senator Flanders. None of these points involves tariff cuts, however, and those cuts already made under the Geneva agreement are still largely academic because most foreign countries arent in a position now to produce for export to any great extent. Next session we can expect them to be debated. So far there have been almost as many complaints from supporters of the reciprocal trade agreements act as from its opponents. Its most enthusiastic backers charged that It bad not been pushed hard enough, that the state department had not used all of the power which it had for tear of arousing the animosity which would cause its repeal. At present, those favoring a freer flow of trade are In a better position to urge their cause because It Is evident that we cannot continue to give Kew-tack- . I ... The ohserratioe tower of the Empire State BARRING THE WAT building win not be used henceforth as a point of departure for the hereafter by people who want to leave this vale of tears. Workmen are shown insulting n $11,996 stainless steel parapet fence about the t6th floor tower. NEWS REVIEW In Great Britain the Labor party aad been worried over the outcome in the southern of the town of Gravesend. Richard Acland, a rich baronet, was carrying the Labor partys banner against Frank Taylor, an stoker, the Conservative candidate. A seat In parliament was not the only thing at stake. The election was of major importance as a test of strength between the two parties. It was a hard fought battle, and Ac land, the Labonte. was elected to Parliament by a majority of 1,675 votes a clear cut defeat for The British the Conservatives. people, the Labor party announced, retained their confidence in their government. marNevertheless, the 1,675-vot- e was of considerably victory gin Labor smaller than the 7,056-vot- e party margin that had been piled up in the same district in 1945. Labor was still in the drivers seat, but clearly had lost something of its original strength. However, the party had kept its slate clean; it had not lost a single since it first was swept into power. Perhaps one reason for the Labor partys continued popularity was that, despite all else, it was doing u good job of distributing equally what food and other goods were available in Britain. The food of the poorer people were approximately the same as those of the rich, and that fact continued to carry a lot of weight with the mass of voters. : crisis-ridde- n France had three different premiers. Their names? 3. What three titles did Ring George of England confer upon Lt. Philip Mountbatten before his marriage to Princess Elisabeth? 4. Gen. Omsr Bradley will replace Gen. Dwight Eisenhower ms army chief of staff. Who will replace General Bradley as head of Veterans' administration? 5. At a recent meeting in New Tork the subject of oncology was discussed. Would you say oncology to the study of (a) shells, (b) tumors, (c) fossils, (d) snails? When President Truman, in his celebrated "10 points against Inflation" address to congress, asked for limited authority to impose ration and price controls on basic commodities, it was taken for granted that they were food commodities alone. First indication that this might not be a correct Interpretation of Mr. Truman's proposal came when the department of interior asked congress for power to fix price controls and rationing on coal and oil as part of the program. Oscar L. Chapman, undersecretary of the interior, told the house banking and currency committee that grave shortages and price advances were threatened in the two basic fuels. There was no way of telling, he said, whether such controls actually would have to be imposed, but he insisted that the government should have authority to do so, just in case. It is not probable that congress will give the government power to control oil and coal, but the incident serves to reflect the current point of view of the administration that a return to wartime rationing and price controls is the quickest and most effective way to buck inflation. President Truman disclosed the policy first in his speech at the opening of the special session of congress. The interior departments request for control of coal and oil probably was a planned follow-up- . anti-inflati- I Pan Ramadler, ert Schuraan. 1 Duke of Edinburgh. Earl ot Merioneth. Baron Greenwich. A Carl R. Gray, vice president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway. $. (b) Tumors. POSTMASTER: Hannegan Out Robert E. Hannegan has eased himself out of the public political ye. Little more than month after he had quit his job as Democratic national chairman because of ill health he turned in his resignation as postmaster general. To replace Hannegan as head of the nations post office. President Truman named Jesse M. Donaldson, first as- sistant postmaster general, who has had 42 years in the postal service. It was the first time a president ever had dipped into the ranks of postal "career men to fill the top job in the department Donaldson Donaldson to one of the men who came up the hard way. His career with the service began with his appointment as a city letter carrier in Shelbyville, EL, in 1908. Hannegan, meanwhile, had no intentions of going into retirement He has purchased a substantial interest in the St Louis Cardinals. said concerning the railroad freight car shortage is that the worst Is probably over, but the present Inadequacy will hang on for a long time. Despite investigations, programs and promises for several years, there are actually about 41,000 fewer freight cars now than there were at the end of the war. Attempts to place the blame for the situation seem to be futile. American railroads have bad 100,000 cars on order for some time. Car builders have declared that steel was not available. A program formulated in February of this year called for an output of 7.000 new cars monthly by June and 10,000 by Sep- tember. The quota was not met; and, although the steel Industry says that it has supplied the necessary steel, car builders contend that the shortage still has not been completely cured. There was one sign, however, that might indicate a turning of the tide. In September the railroads reported 7,182 new installations, which was 668 more cars than were retired during that month. Small as it was, it was the first net gain in 25 months. Col. J. Monroe Johnson, director of the office of defense transportation, said he Is proceeding under a House directive to obtain a 15.000 cars monthly by July. 1948, almost double the present output. He said he had commitments from the Iron and Steel institute for a 22 per cent Increase in steel allotments for new car production. The car shortage has slowed down the countrys economy. At the peak of loadings in October the average daily shortage was 39.430 cars. Currently it Is about 33,000. Despite these shortages, the railroads are handling more carloads of revenue freight than they have alnce August, 1930, when the number of available cars was 900,000 greater than now. White rate of more fa squares fennaj WHU Features. , sign! The farmers wife with the lump in her breast, the village store clerk whose voice has dwindled to a hoarse whisper no Y on Pireapp.e squaw love it longer need they go without examination for months and live has directions, Due to an ttratsaiSiI in the fear that they may have cancer. . cordiaonTS? A new weapon, forged by the Kentucky division of Amer- current required in fiJa? onS the idosi with aid of ican Cancer society General Electric popular pattenA d Send 11 corporation, has made it possible for people in outlying areas, where facilities are few, doctors and medical examito receive first-clanation for cancer without the cost and difficulty of traveling great dis-- , tances. This weapon is the first mobile cancer detection bus ever to be apparatus. equipped with Modeled after buses now used for y surveys of apparently healthy persons in TB campaigns, the can-- , cer bus, known officially as the "Cancer Mobile. will carry of Kentucky, acting into the as an extension arm cf the states widespread network of 16 cancer clinics. Aid Rural Areas. The unit, however, will not be used for mass survey work as this would be economically impossible, But it will permit bringing detection facilities to thousands who other-- ; wise might succumb to the nation's No. 2 killer. Primary purpose of the unit to to provide free examination for suspected cases among those unable to pay. In addition, docfators who do not have cilities also may use the apparatus In the bus for their private x-r- ss j L Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Leon Blum. Rob- n - t L It was clearly a case of They went UiaUway" when the abeve pictured horse opera here and his leading lady announced that they would be married New Tears eve. Who are they? 2. Within the space of one week I Patten, ACY centers a in an intrigja X-R- ay , Car Shortage Passes Peak About the only good thing that can i ' WORKIN ON THE RAILROAD be ! The following fee questions were rejected by 12 radio quiz shows because they didn't he te enough refrigerators to go around. I) you can ensuer them, take the correct answers, plus 3350, to your meerest electrical appliance dealer and ion still receive a brand-mes- a ANSWERS OIL RATION: Anti-Inflatio- s " ? Current Events ? ON HEALTH FRONT Mobile Detection Bus to Aid Kentuckys Fight on' Cancer j Laborites Keep Power; Ask Oil, Coal Ration LABOR TEST: Clean Slate I j x-r- by-wa- x-r- patients. Kentucky physicians are supporting the unit enthusiastically and have volunteered their services without charge for the examination of indigent. The unit was purchased for the Kentucky cancer group by young women of the Louisville Junior league, who also have offered to go out with the unit in teams to take case histories and assist in handling patients. Only cost to the cancer society is for services of the medical director. Dr. Ellis Duncan, and his technician. To insure fullest utilization of the bus and other diagnostic facilities, the cancer organization has under way an intensive program of education. This is designed to increase the ' publics awareness of warning symptoms and to stress the importance of routine periodic medical examinations. Stress Lay Education. The bus will go only to counties which extend a formal invitation through their county medical societies. After arrangements have been made to have the unit come to a particular county, member of the medical society and other groups will be asked to volunteer assistance at the diagnostic clinic to be held in the bus. While the unit Is in the county, educational programs on cancer control will be presented to lay groups. Acquisition of the bus to the latest of many steps taken by Kentucky In its battle against . this dread disease. The first state to have 100 per cent organization of all counties for fundraising, Kentucky also to credited with sponsoring frequent cancer detection and treatment clinic and with promoting an educational program reaching down to grade school children. Because of the large proportion of volunteer work done, administrative costs of the Kentucky cancer program have been held down to only 3 per cent The bus is of sturdy construction, designed specifically for the complete coverage of the state over roads of all types. It is equipped with fluorescent lighting, ventilating fan, electric heater, shockproof cables, vibration dampers for the tube, lead-linepartitions to protect personnel against radiation, work benches and water storage tanks. y d your order X; Honest Citizens Outdo Honesty hard-workin- horse-shoein- repairing. cesT . Even honYIROQUA, WIS. esty can be outdone, a recent incident here indicates. Berlie Moore, Vernon county employee, was on his way to the bank with a roll of bills bound with a rubber band when the band suddenly snapped and the money whirled down the street. Passersby rounded np the bills and returned them to Moore. He counted the roll and it totaled $1,156. He had started out with $1147. tion which dates back to pioneer days, residents of the scattered, frequently isolated communities of the county will have their blood typed and recorded to qualify them for service as potential donors. Demand for blood is not great enough to warrant a regular bank with typed blood kept op hand in sterile containers. Yet in distant comers of the county, particularly d when roads are in winter time, sudden emergencies frequently arise. snow-blocke- Then ita to late ta get blood from Denver; too late to call for volunteers and type their blood. But if prospective donors neighbors, friends and relatives are already typed, a card index provides the key to a "walking blood bank on which a doctor can draw quickly. Promoting the project are Dr. Robert Patterson of Fairplay. who learned the value of blood transfusions while in military service; the America!? Legion post and county commissioners. The Belle Bonflls memorial blood bank of Denver and the state health department are cooperating in the venture. Among the countys 2,500 residents, about 1,000 are of donor age and about 500 of them are expected to qualify as prospective donors. Farmers Prefer Old Machine ThreshingMINN. Modem " I snilfly head II col: distress. Follow 4 rections in packagt FjX metis vAvi MCOMMOlJf rfLnssCZZ -- Mae: la NT (KWilfaa tl there ire as dean phenol Annrnc different art Um t tails combino ingredients formula ago. Uncoiled xa ection ts depeohk gentle, as millioe proved. Geta2Mte THE MALE I A new glean prolong1 ng maij iBook by Send $1.15 H SCHENCK 12SC Lot Angela! SINOLt OS OOjti-T- T heavily-pu- steady-poweresteam threshing rigs of today, holds no lure for a group of progressive farmers in this rich fanning community. Instead, they prefer to stick to a steam thresher which, they insist, will stack up for speed and performance against any of the models. present-da- y Christopher Groen, engineer who has worked on the rig lor 10 years, says the hazards which largely brought about new methods of threshing do not exist "when you stay on the job and tend to your business. e The outfit is owned by a cooperative unit organized 31 years ago. W. C. Dickinson, present chairman, has been a member of the group for 30 yeara. ffing, cyJ fJSSQl J breathing passacsL and relieves snozj FT tradi- ROCHESTER, machinery, in the form of the t tr FAIR PLAY, COLO. In an attempt to guard against sudden emergencies in which outside help might come too late, residents of Park county are organizing their own "walking blood bank. In a modem application of the neighbor-help-neighb- 71 L GOT A HAD COLO? cold - congeste:VC Of Pioneer Days rural No A few drops oIVidL.-each nostril trouble is! Va-- Rural Blood Bank Follows Pattern d EEDED-IS- G for todf v dney sifc aches. leg pain. usually go o o ilay like ne l Late si ujprvh .IRRII.UIO.VU u-- g , aches. VI fco tot rblaadfl-aa-e11- ' bis: use )oly bare. they aj-'adder At far more raufl0" BACK- - old-tim- Woman Invades Blacksmith Field BIRNAMWOOD, WIS. Invading a field traditionally reserved for men, Mrs. Edwin Mierkey to an active partner in a husband and wife traveling blacksmith team. She is not just an ornamental attraction taken along to add glamour around the portable forge, but a practical partner for her husband In his work of welding and harness Sewtng Circle j. 1 Box 3217 saanf a Mierkey, who puts on from 18 to shoes every working day, does the calking, fitting, nailing and clinching, while his wife bands him the right tool at the right time. She also keeps a steady fire in the forge without wasting coal or burning the shoes. Mrs. Mierkey never does the actual but she feels confident that she could if anything should happen to her husband. 24 horse-shoein- opr hJgk-p- -Vl eoUf, yearf si pre parade arriage. I k for mote the hospital IJ like to g. Vnfc r, ; rf, |