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Show THE SALINA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH THE S ALINA SUN ent engines for the various agencies. Also, many agencies have been buying from day to day without much planning. A man w.,o sold goods to the government never knew when he might suddenly be called upon to produce a substantial quantity. The result was that he would work at top sjjeed a while and then loaf along, or stop woik, for another joeriod. All these things were promptly discovered by the new National Defense Advisory commission. That is a fact that has attracted more than usual Washington attention. Some obseivers point out that the power to reorganize all this purchasing machinery has existed for months but nothing was done about it until the businessmen on the Defense Advisory commission went to work. Now, at the commission's request, purchasing of national defense material is to be centralized in the hands of one man. Incidentally, he is Donald M. Nelson, foi iner executive of a mail order house who wouldn't have jiennitted such slip-.hoarrangement to exist in his JUST WONDERING Published Every Friday at Salina, Utah Entered at the postoffice at Salina as second-clas- s matter under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Member I Subscription Kates: . One Year Six Months tah Stale Iress Association National Kditorial Association . $2 00 $1.00 1'ayable In Advance Ad vei t isiug Rubes Given on Application . H. W. CHERRY WESLEY CHERRY Asst. Editor - Business Mgr Fditor and Publisher J IMCAI.S II K K ARE NO MOKE RESIDE iiiiiiM)ik;i;um; I In indical blue in the feileial t'ovi inmeiit ha;, belli nut of the bend lines oi some lime. In this piii'il ot iiiilioiinl ci isis, the people have a ill finite dislaite for costly nod d.'iiiKei on;, loft wing experiment and lefmni. The attention of citizens has been contend on the defence prop am - and mi loading iall-t- s whom the piesidelit has appointed to the vital job of planning it, and pii'hing it through to a sin cess fill conclusion. However, the radical wing, long accustomed as it has bet n to the glare of the spotlight, is growing restive in obscurity. Its members ate laying plans, and are itching t again dominate the activities and policies of the government. .According to Paul Mallmi, they are now trying 'to get hold of the powei phase of defense. They are tiyilig to revive their old government - gi i A grid system is system program. term for intermerely an English connection" between diffeicnt electric companies, which hus long been a practice of American companies, 1iutiul or complete socialization of the elect ic power industiy is what the grid piopagundists envision. They demand mint1 millions of the ttxpuyeis money money which is vitally needed for weapons of defense. So great is their ambition, so powerful is their dislike of taxpaying private industry, that they wou'd, unless all signs uie wrong, endanger the defense program to fuither the soi I cialization program. There can be no question of the imiHiitanee of electric power to defense. Also there can be no question of the present efficiency and surplus capacity of our electric power industry, and its willingness and desire tv cooperate with government. It is financed and owned by United St it citizens. What u cont-a- 't to the conwhich dition of our nation's defem-ehave been laigcly in the hands of the same politicians who would extend their costly control to the electric indust1 y. Today the people want fewer left wing experiments at the expense of our national security and our fundamental ideals of s Ibcio have been untenable devel- ti financing tin inspect y costly national defense program. First, it is widely mged tliai the pay as you go plan he followed us much as possible, even though heavy tax increases piove licccssaiy demand Second, there is genera that all other government expcndi-tuic- s he ill ast ically i educed - and that buicaus and he entirely e! nninated. There never was a time when businesslike planning of affaiis of government was more neeessaiy ti No longer can the national welfaie. we afford boondoggling. No lungei can we afford the old and practice, whereby congressmen senators are viitually forced to vot for unnecessary expenditures in return for promises that other ami senatois will appmvv pet expenditures for their districts. No longer can we afford experiments" which disrupt industry and labor, and pamper the incompetent g and lazy while the and efficient pay the hill. The American people are ready to make great sacrifices. They will pay eveiy cent neeessaiy for defense without grumbling. Hut they are going to insist that every cent goes for an essential rather than a political puipose. They are going to demand that their sacrifices are not in vain. They want real statesmanship, motivated by high patriotism, irrespective of paity labels, and they do not want local and opments in va-tl- il own tracted attmtion. g hard-wotkin- blessing It is a blessing for this country that in its hour of need its basic industries are still ready to meet emergencies, in spite of some years of vicious attacks on them for p diti-epurposes. Government must he kept as an impartial administrator and not bt allowed to dominate industry and the private lives of our citizens. A free people will suipass an opin lesourccfulness. pressed al e We have seem too much politics play havoc with England and France let us keep it from destroying the United States. ALL WORK TOGETHER short-sightedne- selfishness. In these disordered days, the value of the agricultural marketing cooperatives must inevitably become THE AMERICAN WAY greater. We must have not only a change the technic of government, but a change in its spirit. We must have a government which regards itsell as the servant of the people, not its master; a government without prejudice, a government under which we can move forward again as a united nation men of confidence, men of in hope, men of Willkie, good-wil- l. Wendull L. That statement is a timely warning to us as a nation to return to the fundamental principles of our constitutional form of government if we wish to retain liberty and These organizations have two major duties. One is to represent the farmer in dealings with distributors, to end the that the producer may receive a fair juice for what he sells. The other is to keep always in mind the in te tests and needs of consumers. Judging by the past history of the bettor maiketing cooperatives, these duties will be performed. Their management has usually been wise and foresighted. It has realized its obligation to rovidc the consumer y with a constant supply of a reasonable at jiroducts agricultural cost, no less than its obligation to members. All factors in our national life must deal together none can hope to take a purely se'fish jioir.t of view and suec-edAnd haw worked on that eminently sound principle. high-qualit- Out in Wyoming, six men and wooppoi-tunitmen of a religious sect were forced as we have known them. to show their loyalty" ly paradinr with big American flags. We would Speaking of California as the famtu t give you ten cents a for loy- ous gold boom state shuck.'-- ! There is mole gold in the hills of Kentucky alty forced in that fashion. than California ever dreanw'd of.. The Arizona Cotton King for l'.U't A lot of politicians have program is Sam Joy of Glendale, who ra se t her coffee grinder in the kitchen. for rescuing agriculture but the host 728 pounds per acre. Isnt Now father keeps his in the garage. one we know of for helping the averagainst the law? In the good old days, mother kept age farmer is jiroj'er cultivation of the soil and a timely shower now and then. y . tn tht THE POCKETBOOK o KNOWLEDGE firm. which The Defense commission, businessincludes a of minority men, is approaching the question of on limitations hours and wages. What its decision will be remains to he seen. But as it ajiroached the problem, a new action h.v Russia at- thes.-co-op- s Russia since 1U21) has been winking its industries for five days and ffau, in the Knnsat City Star. then shutting down for a day. Now, however, for the sake of national defense, they have gone back to a seven day schedule. Also, those employees who have been woi king 6 hours a day will who have now work 7 and those will 7 work 8 hours. been working France and England went through the same procedure. France yielding By James Preston too late on some of its social As Amviica gets down to the job It remains to be seen gainn." of bilding national defense, a pic- whether England and Russia have ture is being disclosed which startles waited too long, and whether the It shows United States will piddle along with many Washingtonians. clearly the result of having a hodge- arbitrary restrictions which hamper podge, disorganized federal govern- its national defense. ment. The farmer, the housewife and the grocer may think all this doesnt mean much to them. But it indicates that their tax money hasnt been spient with too much discretion by the multitude of boards, bureaus, and agencies. And Washington ob(Continued from page 1) servers also are convinced that or- well as other seeds, the present war der must be brought out of chaos finds American producers in much more favorable position than at the before the nation can be For example, the government has time of the World War. Before 1914, had very slovenly buying habits. practically all the sugar beet seed of any conse- used in the United States was imNearly every agency quence has just been going out and ported from Germany. Research and buying whatever it wanted. Fre- adaptation since the war now enable quently, several agencies have want- the United States to produce praced the same thing at the same time, tically all the sugar beet seed it uses. so they huve even bid against one Sugar beet seed has been produced in Washington county for a number another. FTirthermore, government of years and thus Utah along with many been developing its buyers have set up different speci- the nation has own seed. fications for the things they want. To illustrate, the carbon content of steel is inqioitant. It is figured in Growers Asked to Aid U. S. d. infinitesimal amounts hundreths REDMOND I children of Portland, Oregon, are guests of Mrs. Flanders parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hales. Tuesday the Hales and their guests and Ailo Hales visited at Zions National Paik. Mrs. John H. Riding of St. George is visiting with her daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Draper. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Thost and daughter of Alahambra, Calif., have been guests of Mr. and Mis. C. C. Bosnian itt the past ten days. Tuesday the Bosshardts nud also as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thost of Eagle Rook, Calif. At a recent meeting held at the home of Mrs. Bryce Johnson, the met and club of eleven members fleeted the following officers: President, Louise Draper, Lois Jensen, secretary, Marclla Peterson, reporter Joe Lane Peterson, chorister, Koa Poulson; organist, Fins Jensen and the leaders are Mrs. son-in-la- 1 Biyee Johnson and Mrs. Dell Green. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford Rasmussen, Mr. and Mrs'. Mar Mickelson and Mr. anil Mrs. Robert .Smith were F'ishlake visitors over the week end. At the regular sacrament meeting held Sunday noon, Mrs. Ardell Jensen, president of the Y. L. M. 1. A. and and counselors, Mrs. Irvin Jensen Mrs. Byron Jensen were released and Mrs. Irvin Jensen was sustained as president with Mrs. Byron Jensen and Mrs. Mrs. Dell Green as counselors. as was retained Christensen Whitney secretary-treasure- wljo friends. Errol Mickelson, who underwent an' ojieration for the removal of his appendix Tuesday a. m., is reported to be doing as well as can be exacted. Mr. and Mrs. Bryce Johnson were Holden visitors Sunday. They were accompanied there by Miss Phyllis Johnson, who has spent the past several weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Poulson. Miss Miss Ella Lee Mickelson, Maxine Anderson and Miss Joy Nelson, who have been employed at Salt Lake the jiast several weeks, aro home. Mr. and Mrs. Nyles Christensen were guests over the fourth of July holidays of Mr. and Mrs. J Arthur Christensen. Mr. and Mrs. Reed Peterson and children of Salt Lake wore guests last week of relatix'es and friends. DR. H. CRANDALL DENTIST HIS MASlbRS VOICE: - - SALINA UTAH - i J Office Horns: Thelma Jensen, Correspondent of a per cent. Yet various agencies - o sjiecify different hundreths of a per o cent of carbon which steel may con- Plans Celebration The M. I. A. officers have met and tain. All of this steel frequently is used for the same purwse, hut a steelmaker who is selling to government agencies often has to produce different kinds of steel for various agencies when one kind would do for all. There is a question of tolerances in engines, too. That means the space, for instance, between a piston and a cylinder wall and it is figured or A college student earned his way to thousandths Various agencies of an inch, babies. parts through college by minding So the Most of the college hoys we know tolerances. have different gi broke winning babies. enginemaker has ta jiroduce differ- - r. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Poulson left Monday on their vacation, which will take them to Portland, Oregon, and Raymond, Washington. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Larice Jensen of "Rolapp. George Batchelor of Salt Lake was a Redmond visitor Monday. He was acconiianied home by his granddaughter, Mrs. Harvey McDonald, had sjH'nt the week visiting with i ire planning, as in the past years, on successful another putting oxer twenty-fourtof July celebration, according to Lester Jensen, general chairman. Although the days program has not been worked out in detail, tentative plans call for a program, sham battle, band concert Committee' spin ts and ball games. and the days program will he announced next week. Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Flanders and 9 to 12 a. m. to 1:30 5 p. m. Salina Steam h I laundry! 9 f A Home Industry - Rough Dry FTat Finish Damp X PHONE - 7i,c lb. - 7fi Passenger Cars Involved In 4 Out of 5 Accidents :s V USWKTRIM. RTXFMCM MAS MADE (T POiilBlf TO TURN SAIT INTO fiCAO SURFAClNS MATfRlAif awo wrung 1 LeATKE MILK BOTTLES os CiS'OiS JVPT ARE useo a y nomaps ys os 4SJA AT ONE TIME, N CN5UNP. BEES AVp P0VL7y WEf ClASEiFfcD 4WDS TWE HELPING Of CATTLE 20, -- Gasoline ape kicoi A'AOE INTO RESINS USED IN AlRPiAVp FilffiAGT, BOTTK STORFFRS, ANP even PfHTAL AlATgi rvPE.S OP MOTOR INVOLVED IN fatal CENTRAL CABS ACClDEMTS Almost 80 per cent of all vehicles involved in fatal automobile accidents last year were passenger cars, according to an analysis just released by The Travelers Insurance Company. An even greater percentage of vehicles in accidents were of the pleasure-car type, the study shows. Taxis and buses, relatively few in number, showed well with the former involved in only .7 per cent of the accidents and the latter in but 1.1 per cent. Motorcycles were involved in 2.4 per cent of the fatal crashes. Commercial cars, including trucks of all types, were involved In 17.8 per cent of the fatals and 12.2 of the These figures are revealed in a non-fet- al ifht portion Of rue srm ALIS CVilAR bOiHd FOR TAFTS IRiT y'CAR WAS PfR than cjrrMpSNgR 1939 t0 non-fatal- s. new booklet, Smash Hits of the which is the tenth in an annual series of analytical bulletins published by the insurance company in the interest of safety on the streets and highways. Year, J Sc lb. 1 |