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Show EMERY COUNTY PROGRESS. CASTLE DALE, UTAH UMT Puts Mcv (Face on Old Army WALTER SUE AD Threat to Free Enterprise Universal Training Program Called Modern, Democratic committee's bearing on sale Rubber company, before a house By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst and Commentator. - (Why should universal military training be necessary at all ? How does the present plan differ from the " draft "t 7 bis is the second in a series of articles on ibis pertinent subject.) WASHINGTON. What is universal military training? The more I learn about it, the more I am convinced that most of the people both UMTs supporters and opponents have very little idea of what it really is. I'm more interested in the'people who oppose UMT because I think they are doing themselves and their children a great injustice by allowing their thinking to remain out of focus. Id be willing to bet that nine tenths of the general public who dis young men to be trained. Although cuss the question these young men, legally, would are looking past have military status, they would not the object of dis- f be members of the armed forces, c u s s i o n, their would be subject to no duty other ideas focused on than training and would become something which members of the military establishno longer exists. ment only in a national emergency. They have not TRAINNATIONAL SECURITY examined what is ING COMMISSION, which would actually in front set the policies, standards, subof them, and stance and character of the traintherefore are arprogram. The commission would ing a guing from consist of three paid members apcompletely wrong two pointed by the President Old hypothesis. the chairman, members, including ideas stick. to be civilians, and one to be from In other words, the armed forces. many people do GENERAL ADVISORY BOARD, not realize what UMT is NOT. It is NOT anything like the military serv- which would provide the commisice (conscription) which some of us sion with the best technical advice knew from personal contact in the on the moral, religious and educapast, and others knew from hearsay. tional phases of the program. The UMT, as proposed in the national board of 10 to 25 members would security training act, is totally dif- be composed largely of civilians, ferent in many essential principles serving part time (with pay), but from the "draft under the selective would include at least three members of the armed forces. It would service system. have no authority. First why Is It necessary? Let SYSSELECTIVE TRAINING me quote the reasons given by TEM, similar to the selective servof the house representatives ice system of World War II, which armed services committee, as would register, examine, classify, digested in the November issue assign, defer, deliver and maintain of the Army Information Digest records of men registered under (which article should be read in UMT. Its entirety for a real grasp of As you note, although military the subject): training (in the modern sense which is more than ever training in many The States has tradition1. ally United depended heavily upon the valuable civilian skills) is the basis civilian reserve components. In ev- of the national security corps, it ery major war, the regular forces is devoid of many factors which have constituted less than 10 per have made universal service in the cent of the total strength. These past traditionally objectionable to wars have been fought by citizen the American people. In these days, any military trainsoldiers, directed and organized by a small nucleus of professionals ing insofar as it involves killing is objectionable to the balanced perIn the past, geographical isolanot tion has provided adequate sonality. But, since we have time for training and equipping Some of the 650 teenlarge numbers of Americans agers from all states fresh frofh civil life and unskilled in who are trying a before it was necthe art of war UMT experiinto to In battle. send them essary ment Fort Knox. at any future emergency, however, no such cushion of time can be expected. There must be sufficient trained forces in being on any future emergency day. policy-makin- g - th kf o The regular forces today consti tute no more than the traditional nucleus of professional military skills. Furthermore, they are spread thinly over a large area of the world, engaged in occupation duties. In the circumstances, the size and de- eliminated the predatory forces in gree of readiness of the reserve com- the world, have not even isolated ponents become matters of the most them, certain measures of vital concern. For if these reserve like UMT are necessary. components are not adequate, the What are the features of milioverall military strength of the United States is a hollow shell. tary training which stick In the craw of the average free AmeriThe reserve components are far can? . below their authorized strengths and are without hope of filling their Probably the first (the thing that quotas by voluntary means alone. used to overwhelm me at certain These authorized strengths repre- moments in my early months in the sent the barest minimum estimate army) is the lack of freedom. No of manpower requirements. longer was I a free man whose libThe national guard is at approx- - erty could be curtailed only after a imately 16 per cent of its author- jury trial and the judgment of my ized strength, the organized units of peers. Suddenly, I was confronted the organized reserve corps at 14 by the Articles of War, the court per cent, and the unassigned reserve martial system, and in some cases pool at 35 per cent (summer of (although I personally never suf1947). The 1,200,000 members of the fered much from it even in warunassigned reserve pool are merely time) the petty tyranny of a supenames on paper, untrained and un- rior in rank. organized. But the trainee under the proUMT would build up the reserve posed national security training act components to their authorized is not subject to the Articles of War strengths, and would achieve a sta- at all during the first phase of his bility and an increased efficiency of training and only conditionally durour ready forces that do not now ing the additional six months of obtain. The alternative would be a service, depending on which option he may elect. regular army of about 4,500,000. n 4 5 7. claim that future warfare would be of the pushbutton variety requiring "only a handful of scientists." This claim is a dangerous illusion. If there is another war, it will be more "total than the last, and will involve a greater number of human beings without any hope of distinguishing the combatant from the noncombatant. The war in all probability will come into the cities and the homes of the people of the United States. In such event, the survival or recovery of the natiun might well depend on the presence of and men in able-bodie- d every community. The foregoing, then, were some of the reasons which guided the armed services committee of the house to vote out a national security training act. The act would set up four agencies: NATIONAL SECURITY ING CO it PS, consisting TRAIN- of all ... Pat Wall, 18, (left) of Savannah, Ga., LEADERSHIP CHAMPIONS leadand Le Roy Donnay, 2b, of Glencoe, Minn., were named national club congress in Chicago. ership champions at the 1947 national In addition to the trophies with which they are shown, each received a $200 scholarship. 4-- H big tadust y. ul. competiUve buy is the already monopolistic. P free as enterprise such no thing is matter of fact, there of Industry where the big in this country in the several branches a throttlehold on competition. Sefberling declared, first, that these government owned dollars should not be rubber plants which cost the taxpayers a half billion is built, nor so long a rubber stockpile sold until a national emergency of use synthetic rubber m tires. He the government requires mandatory which could not buy the size of moderate out that companies pointed their com to purchase synthetic rubber from plants would be required and posa real manufacturers petitors, which would give the big rubber NEWS REVIEW Defense Pact Ratified; Inflation Bill Offered This is, as Sen. Arthur Vanden-berg (Rep., Mich.) told his fellow senators, "a significant moment to demonstrate the solidarity of this hemisphere. And with the knowledge of that certain fact uppermost in their minds members of the U. S. senate voted 72 to 1 to ratify the defense treaty agreed to by 21 American republics at the Rio conference last summer. The hemispheric agreement for mutual defense of nations in the Americas embodies three main points: case of armed attack from the hemisphere, all nations have the automatic right to meet the attack with military force, attack occurs inside the hemisphere, American nations may go voluntarily to the aid of the victim, with consultations to follow. If attacks occur both inside the hemisphere and outside the security region immediate consultations will be called. Virtually unanimous approval of the treaty by the senate was a good indication that congress was fully inter-Americ- Iln continue export controls; but administration spokesmen admitted that the allocation powers provided for would authorize the government to impose consumer rationing and even to buy up entire grain crops if it saw the necessity for such action. And through the welter of the melee over what to do and how to do it there came at least two charges of "socialization from top U. S. businessmen leveled at the governments avowed program. FODDER WALTER WINCHELL Doodling on the Typewriter betcha Great description of "news by a leader of India: "News is anything that is bad. . . . Eisenhowers appearance on the newsreel screens entices the lustiest applause. . . . The posies Vicki Cummings gets backstage at "Love or Money are from the stagdoorkeepers of her last four flops. Headline: "King George A New Jersey cattleman, Eugene K. Denton, has a theory that might go a long way toward easing the grain shortage. His idea is to feed cattle raw potatoes instead of grain. Experimenting with 20 yearlings purchased especially for the purpose, Denton fed them on a special diet, based on ground potatoes, salt and molasses, for 25 days. The steers, which averaged 667 Vi pounds when the experiment began, showed an average gain per steer of 1.4 pounds a day or 2514 pounds per steer for the test period. Prof. William Ljundahl of Rutgers university department of animal husbandry called the experiments a success. Denton made public this simple formula: To every 100 pounds of freshly sliced potatoes add one handful of regular salt and one gallon of molasses water. The molasses water is prepared by adding one aware of the cardinal principle of of molasses to one full pail of successful foreign relations that pint water. commitments abroad are worse than useless unless the nation forms LANDON: strong and lasting alliances to support those commitments. The hem- Big Medicine Alf M. Landon, ispheric treaty had in it the makings the Kansas of a good foreign policy. r who might have Meanwhile, President Truman been president of the United States had some thoughts on how if Franklin D. Roosevelt hadnt dedefense could be ad- feated him by a landslide in 1936, vanced from theory to the realm has come out publicly in favor of of actuality. He proposed to con- Gen. Dwight Eisenhower for Presigress that the Panama canal be dent in l!)48. waterconverted into a Landon was known to have way (see map), and that a unified forces with Roy Roberts of thejoined KanAtcommand be established in the sas City Star to push the Eisenlantic area with Adm. H. P. Blandy hower bandwagon. In Chicago to adin authority over army, navy and dress a Kiwanis meeting, Landon air forces from Iceland and Greensaid, "The Kansas delegation to the land to the Caribbean. Republican national convention will be for Eisenhower. That, coming CHALLENGE: from the shrewd former governor of Kansas, was strong political Accepted Republican leaders had issued a medicine. I dont think any of the politidirect challenge to the administration to offer a bill incorporating cians in my state will get out of line on that. I think I know what, the President Trumans recommendations for combatgenerals social, economic and poing inflation, and the measure which litical views are. He hasnt said the administration finally proposed anything to me about the presidency was neither more nor less than any- directly or indirectly but its my one had expected. guess he will make his views known Handed to the senate judiciary when he leaves the army and they committee by Averell Harriman, will be all right. Meanwhile, it was announced that secretary of commerce, the specific bill called for expansive powers to Eisenhower was scheduled to take ration food, gasoline, steel and other over his scheduled position as presiscarce commodities. dent of Columbia university next Theoretically it was a bill to allo- June 7 just about two weeks before cate materials to essential user's, the Republican national convention control business inventories and is supposed to convene. 3 budget-balance- inter-Americ- sea-lev- The Gen. Bennett Meyers war frauds thing (and the way he dragged in a married womans name) recalls the Harry K. Thaw murder case. . . . Thaw shot architect Stanford White dead (on the Madison Square Garden roof) for "seducing" Mrs. Thaw, showgirl Evelyn heat Nesbit. .The millionaire-kille- r the chair by doing a bit in the daffy house until the public cooled off. . . . The N. Y. World (a respectable newspaper) "tried the case in the papers by running a contest before the trial offering $500 for the best letter telling why Thaw should die. . . . The winning letter: "Any man who, to save his own skin, would drag the good name of a woman into the case, doesnt deserve to live. .. Out-qui- Bob Hope. Blimey! Whats is bloody hooper? . . . Hope presented Their Majesties with autographed pictures. Theyd have preferred autographed checks. Gloria Swanson may be the next the syndicated columnists out of stuff. . . . town at first. Girl-talof Spuds for Cattle k DREW PEARSON Utah and southwestern Wyoming was a tropical playground for , I h in rt insiders report that more and more FEDERAL RESERVE board to the view that leaders are of the coming voluntary big business controls on prices will not work and that congress eventually will have to enact the Presidents program of compulsory controls on prices, credits, allocations, et cetera, if the war on inflation is to be won. Typical example of the ineffectiveness of voluntary controls or by industry is the wild competitive war that has broken out in the mail-ordindustry since expiration of Regulation W, under which the government required a down payment and a year to pay for goods purchased on the installment self-polici- er one-thi- rd plan. Bowing to competition within the industry, major mail order houses have slashed the down payment to 10 per cent on most merchandise. Meantime, many other installment firms are requiring no down payment at all. It was such "easy credit buying that led to the last depression, and that is why more and more of the nations business leaders reluctantly are coming around to the view that the only realistic way to deal with mounting prices, credit expansion and other inflation germs is by returning to compulsory controls. boenrU H. I. PHILLIPS tap C: Love and Pickets This department hasnt been intrigued by anything in years as much as it has by the case of a New York woman who, claiming that her sweetie-pi- e wasnt living up to his promise to wed her, picketed his home. She marched up and down before the house bearing the equivalent of Unfair banners. The idea opens infinite possibilities in the world of romance. It may be difficult to tell from a couples actions whether they are making love or just going through arbitration proceedings. bir-- mi i urtt TOLD OF PANIC .rg fnCT Ladas, Greek laapbgjy tor the U. S. Voteig yr That action of Hollywoods top men in firing some dozen Reds, while generally welcome in the matter of known Communists, was certainly a new development in the broadcasts, is ikr- - ; of a wave of baaDth 'L. buying in Most 010771, kc Russian cities aiime beC rumor that the rig devaluated. ealendr slow motion technique. rt-:- HOT STUFF My mind quite receptive shortly be filled With gossip (the spiciest yet): Yes, soon the most colorful news will be spilled . . . Its hairdresser day for my pet Pier. "New mode, house, $7,900. Enjoy the full benefits of this famous fake site with five miles of shore front." Advertisement. r, Who will be able to observe any boy and girl and say for certain whether they are going together or just talking over their latest jurisdictional dispute? The candor kid again. WESTBROOK PEOLER Politics in Teamsters Union A HOSTILE agent with intent to unmask the boss politicians of the Teamsters and t;rnaJce J1 appear ridiculous and mean could not conjure more effective bombast thTn they dTy publ their own journals. The ignorance 2 expressed in some of the imperial bull, of Dan Tobin, the international President, is stupidly artless. haTth? sense to employ professional WaShingtn TeamrtTbin tional Teamster" province, . Northwestern . 0"" andal was the man of the hour. The nlH flnrmni mai,(m cease and Resist! Then last August the union held In tional convention of dukes princes and lavish expense accounts " b. ZIONIST Welzmann, note! and president ef-1st organization, if w .,.. first president of state in PalestiMjjfes b jpartition of the nteS - ons Th -w- ran co its Sreat interna-o- n barns Cme from near a"d far came worried because he could not obtain sufficient fertilizer for his Beck through a constitutional amend- countless prehistoric monsters. In vast farm lands. So in the of ment creating the special office of executive spring passing on to whatever reward was 1944 he began in store for tnem, these monsters own superphosphate plant in Pocabequeathed themselves to posterity tello. in the form of rock phosphate, some Originally designed to turn out six billion tons of which are esti60,000 tons annually, Simplot's plant mated to be underground in that has been' expanded to the point sector. Prior to 1934 use of phosphate in where now it is producing 200,000 the West was negligible. The rich, tons a year of 18 per cent" supervolcanic soil was in little need of phosphate. CINCE close of the war we have fortification. Also, the limited supThe "18 per cent President r had some horrifying means that will of provider6 glimpses of the manufacwhen the phosphate rock has been reckless and wanton plies commercially orgamzation- -a waste, in the a altured fertilizer were being used group-- to pulverized to dust and treated with name of national defense. We now administer the mine most exclusively in the eastern and sulphuric acid. 18 per cent of the are ?1crican taxpayers provide going to provide billions of dolThose Uxpaycrs southern states. phosphoric acid in the rock Is lars, 15 to 20 such billions, for are demanding the the Then, during World War II. one made available for use by growing purpose of nation can rehabilitating Europe- to ch:vhe or Idaho landholder, J. R. Simplot, be plants. again put the nations of that contiThey want men nent on their feet as Droducers. Con- - Posseted of the know-hoof pro- - eastern PUPPY LOVE , Mrs. John Jacob it? York Astors carrifj. X hairless Chihoatj her mink coat out with him Ntem There was enongho new keep them both wt entry: Voluntary Price Control Fails In the Oakland general strike Idaho Cashes in on Phosphate on the score in Bway bookies now total points two teams basketball. BeeksmVdha g committee of fi inet food comnutJ the food rota C--J Charles LnckiByi q n program will vationlntheAmtit" sibly decisive competitive advantage. PROFITABLE DUST BOWL Out in Idaho they have a "dust bowl that not only is not worrying the good people of that state but stands to bring them in a lot of money. They're even planning for its expansion, for in that dusty, sagebrush-covered expanse of land lies 60 per cent' of the known American supply of phosphate rock, source of phosphorous, one of the three primary plant foods. Experts say that the dusty treasure which Idaho is shipping here and there in an range holds the key to a new and broader agricultural economy in the entire intermountain and Pacific West. In ages past the Rocky mountain area of southeastern Idaho, north NEW food 811 A. Stillwell b 1 - WRIGHT PATTF.RSnv Trained Administrators Needed - 1 PENN STATE j- ob shownI,igftihnSthicf snd plaque aro m of the school the outstanding Experts chose c" Penn, Army, gers. , |