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Show , , .. . . PAGE -- - , for the Constitution of the We stand . - Unite-State- s one fullyLndependent -- . , , N ow.the West Should There is a different atmosphere in Washington these days. There seems to be feeling that the federal govern- - , Inentshould One can detect a greater willingness to the rights of states and of individuals. Perhaps that is the reason this area's campaign to win its rightful income from state school lands seems to be going forraspall--things-untoitself , 4JkilDS: ht , -- - special session. The legislators have attended to business. They have avoided partisan wrangling almost completely. They have given careful consideration to the measures at hand but have not bogged themselves down In needless debate. They have moved along with such dispatch that it appears the business of the session can be wound up fairly early next week. It can be said, too, that Governor Lee except for some uncalledfor abuse in his two messages to the Legislaturehas conducted himself in the highest traditions of his office. He has presented Ills program In a straightforwlrd, reasonable way and despite fears expressed by some school peoplehas made no attempt to affect the Legislature's actions by executive pressure. Now Governor Lee will likely have some '' , 0 .. N . -, . ., - V. , . . . . 1 v - . , , ..,e- - 01110'.7....pgAir ' - ,. ,,, ., . ., , sk . , 25 Years Ago. Helen Budge was chosen by Sen. Reed Smoot to christen the light cruiser Salt Lake City, which would be launched at Camden, N. J., on Jan. 22. Dec. ' 12, 1928 Miss 50 Years Ago. 12, 1903Mrs. M. bells Horne reported the birth Dec. ' of her ,100tb grandchild,: the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry James. Mts. James was the 15th and youngest ehild of Mrs. Horns. ' ''' 4 4.- - - . ' :,' ,.'t v,... ....--- , A1,4 ' - In 'Westward' Over the coughing, popping planes racket, of piston-engin- e warming up, a soft whisper of sound plucked at their ears, and they looked into the sky. A tiny silver needle- - stitched the stratosphere with the white thread of its entrails. Suddenly,. It flickered out of sight and sound to materialize seconds liter, flashing across the field, the thunderclapping roar of its passage snapping at the people like a giant bull whip. The kids at the Oakland air show last month whistled and stamped their approval; the veterans of World War II and Korea sat The old timers, even as the jet. slipped over the horizon, were thinking of the beginnings of the age that had just exploded past them. THEIR THOUGHTS SLIPPED BACK to April 16, 1935 as Pan American's Captain Ed Musick taxied a Sikorsky flying boat out onto San Francisco Bay, gunned its four engines and lifted it through the Golden Gate to pioneer a trail for the China Clipper. the early 1930s They headlines that told of still more Army Air Corps pilots crashing to their deaths flying the mail. They remembered the aerial circuses that barnstormed the West in the 20s with their s rickety and parachutists. And they can " still see the "crazy who risked two-b- it hops with the two canny Scotsmen, Allan and Malcolm Lockheed, at the 1915 Panama-Pacifiexposition In San Francisco. Names like Lockheed, Bill Boeing, Donald Douglas, Claude Ryan, and others are synonymous with Western aviation. The airplane was born at Kitty-haw- k , it grew up in the West. Here was the climate, the resources, the imagination to shape that first flimsy kite of c busting Flying Fortresses and Liberators, into the needle- nosed craft that probe the sup-ersonic. the bandwagon wasn't rolling yet. When he couldn't sell planes, he had to build sleds and bedroom furniture. FORTY YEARS AGO, you could have bought Western BOEING STOCK SOARED in '33 when the company duced the 247, the U. S.'s first all metal, streamlined, -gine transport. Things looked bad two years later, though, when the first of his Flying Forts crashed in flames on an Army test hop at Wright Field. Investigators proved pilot error, and plane orders came through. Air Force orders today stipulate atomic bombers like the B47 Stratojet and the Stratofortress. Boeing's also working on the application of atomic power plants to aircraft. , too, has done well since the 50 mph seaplane days Of Allan and Malcolm. An im- 'pressive number of Lockheed, "firsts" has made headlines across the U. S. For instance; skin plane, first first plane to fly pressurized in the - .mb PO Re I 1 All b.a1 11,312.1)-...- .. MA. vim"' eke vw.A r.. Abbe . .00.10,16111. Ilin el ANPAIIILTPId 1I"::17..ms,-ihit a, L P PIPS .d.lae.....b..,,manom ..,...,. apitotty... '''- - LAKE CITY civic leader Ben Redman was Western Air Lines' first passenger in 1926. SALT ty years later, he was produc- ing war planes at a billion-dol- lar a year clip. His 1953 payroll: si,opo,000 every day for more than 160,000 employes. His most famous plane: the DC3 . . . 11, 000 built since '35, 6,000 still fly- ing profitably. His 1951 Skyrocket has riddled the sound barrier, with speeds in excess of 1,200 mph. Bill Boeing, on the other hand, had relative wealth and the confidence to Invest in his own ability. He learned hi i fly- ing under Glenn Martin in Santa Ana back in '15. A year later he cracked up one of Mar- tin's float planes during,a land- ing on Puget Sound. Trying to This Week's Highlights Summaryof Goodand Bad News From Around World week's balance sheet bethe good and bad news hot and cold wars, as asby Phil Newsom, United Press foreign editor: THE GOOD (1) President Eisenhower, speaking in the world forum of the United Nations, proposed a momentous new plan for peaceful development of atomic energya plan which eventual41y would divert use of the atonl from weapons of war; to weapons of peace fot agriculture, medicine. electric power. The plan set a surge of hope through western nations. (2) The western Big Three wound up their Bermuda con ferenee with agreement on a - as committing the most atrocious crimes and bloody massalong item cres in the name of religion. discusses the value of raising 100 Years Ago flax in Utah. and producing Gen. Daniel Dec. 12, 1853---tt. linen here. That flax could be H. Wells and Adj. Gen. James raised was unquestioned, since to the a wild variety was found all Ferguson issued orders members.' Comover the territory. , It was sug- Nauvoo Legion of minute men were to gested that hemp, too, could be panies to be attached to be organized raised, and that these two prod- each regiment of infantry. Each ucts would greitly increase the officers six Incomes of many families, and privates must- furnish by '7 An editorial points out that .themselves, a wagon and' two the difficulties between Russia horses. Commissioned officers and Turkey could be laid large. 'and orderlies were to be mountly to Russian aggression and ed. The Silver ,Grays of each barbarism. An investigatipg ,company were to be organized : eomt3aittea. bad branded Russia lint a battalion. The tween in the sessed port city of Trieste, over to the Italians. It provided concrete hope that the long dispute which has divided Italy and Yugoslavia ad left a weak link in Mediterranean defense s, might finally be on the way to solution. THE BAD hours after (I) Twenty-fou- r President Eisenhower's suggested new approach to the problems, of control ef the atom, the Russians reacted and on a familiar theme. radio said the President "threat. ened atomic war and made a eulogy of this policy of force." It accused Mr. Eisenhower of making a "warmongering speech." totIPAbi &vs. wa vs of AhIP., (2) Both in Washingtonand States United Seoul, conference with Russia, to diplomats begin in Berlin Jan. 4. President believed that negotiations for a Eisenhower,- - Prime Minister political conference on the fu-- . Churchill and- - Premier Laniel ture of Korea were at the stage reaffirmed the North Atlantic of complete breakdown over Treaty as the "foundation of Communist insistence that the our common p 9 I ie y,"- -. but Russians be ,, admitted to the pledged that their growing mili- conference as a "neutral" not be used committed to any agreements. tary- might never would for- aggreulon.At the same - (3) Also in a familiar pattern in the time, they expressed the hope were developments War. that nations behind the iron curtain might again play a part as After a series of sharp en "free nations in a free Europe." I counters around Hanoi where (3) Italy-an- d Yugoslavia be the French and the loyal Viet, gan withdrawing troops each nam forces seemed to be gainof ing the upper hand, Communist had rushed to of Jungle-traine- d forces struck, at Trieste in the first flare-utwo isolated French outposts emotions over the Anglo-Amer- i can plan to turn the free terri- far, to the west near the gatetory's "Zone A,", including the way to Laos. ms Mo-sco- 1 seven-year-ol- d Indo-China p - intro-aviatio- n, twin-entri- B-5- 2 Lock-treed- - .- - ,..., !of American foreign policy. As J wrote here some time ago, our :leaders intend henceforth to it on the line." Bermuda wrote that in italics ,and Eisen-hi- t . hower underlined it What it boils down to is that 'America will go along 100 for lin, working constructively Ipeace but she intends to have !a say in how this should be done, in proportion to her con- tributions to the overall cause of libertyand the defense of . that liberty. So file we have alilowed ourselves to belt greatly influenced by the suggestions- -- a and the demandsof many of our allies. We have seen where has led, and we believe the' r. trTe i f talking. 'lay FROM SUCH INFORMATION as I have, it looks as if Moscow's fury has been inflamed by these thlee realities: (1) The President's fa ctual statement of our overwhelming atomic superiority and our abil- ity to "deliver the goods." In the eyes of the world this re- - ITHIS MEANS, oreourse, that duces Red boasts to their proper is over for more, - thanthea picnic few interested parties proportions. (2) The reasonable and con- - and persons in several countries structive sugge.ations made by (includiog America). There will the President for' steps to re- - ,be squealing and squawking duce atomic peril and to use the from every leftwinger in Euenergy for peace. This puts rope and Asia (and in America!) Russia spot. If she ac- - but there will also be a new cepts, many of her claims will !wave of hope to encour a ge be shown up for what they are countless realistic millions fraudsand her world domi- - whose spirit had become nation plans 'will be set back. If :parched because they saw how she does not accept, it will add 'America was being hoodwinked yet another black mark on her and hamstrung as in Korea, record of talking peace while when they knew beyond all 'doubt that America was, and is, working for war. (3) The fitting-iof the speech 'the only hope for the survival and the free of the world in freedom and by the U. N. worldinto all future East- - decency and, above all, in the West negotiations. The back- - right to worship God as each ground built up by the speech human being-se- es the way. must overhang such confer-- 1 That, in part, is the signifiences as the forthcoming Berlin !cance of the President's U. N. meeting (if it takes place) and !speech when measured by Mosthe next steps in Korea. We mow's reaction. As the weeks have to remember that if the !pass that significance will widen talks in Korea 1but if the foreign policy of fade outchances of their sue- - this country continues as it has cess look very dim fighting begun to. take shape in the ISM may break out again. One of :few months, something over and the blunt realities of that is that above all party and narrow it may spread anywhere. .political limitationsthe peace There is not the least cause to may yet be won in our own be alarmed by the violent spats idays. j the Wright brothers into Amer- - fix it, he saw where he Mild lea's first practical mail and improve it. From repairing he passenger planes, Into the Axis- - jumped to Manufacturing. But lock, stock and aileron, for the price of today's round ticket from Seattle to San Diego. Thirty years ago, it wasn't for sale. By then, the pioneers had pou re d, not money; but too much. of them- selves into their ventures to back out Donald Douglas, for example, coati count up only $600 in 1920, but a sharp, vision-tern- pered brain backed It up. Twen. - ."1 I - ut A , 11. .., John A. Hildreth But it is only part. Beyond all that, and giving it meaning, is Mr. Friberg's intense religious and dramatic feeling. This above all, as caught in the Book of Mormon paintings, is what brought the offer from Mr. De Mille, whose own reputation is unparalleled in the motion picture industry. Whatever else may come of this meeting of a great artist, a great producer and a great story, Mr. De Wile can be assured of this: "Ten Commandments" will play to sell-ocrowds in Mr. Friberg's native state of Utah. 75 'tsars Ago Dec. 12, 1878 ii . '- , (From the 'News' Plies) t l . nationwide Utah. Had its First 'Civil Defense'? -- The Miracle of Kittyhawk Is 50 Years Old Next Week; It Brought a Triumph in Industry to the West Birney Kent Farnsworth REMEMBER WHEN - , - . - reac'tioli 8 - Analyse , ' , to& . . . , ' '7 , , . , Co Preal- - 16f Moscow'a furi at Eisatiower rather the reverse. It is the dent Eisenbowers U. N. speech on the dangers of atomic war normal snarling bate of a corand his suggestions for easing nered beast of prey. In this case the associated tensions was to it is the result of the strength zolv: - .. dare-devils- To Birney J. Farnsworth patriotism ' Farnsworth was born in Sanpete County, I and throughout his life he exemplified the meant a good deal more than waving the ideals and traditions of his heritage. Ile flag on holidays and marching in parades. worked hard for an education and graduHe was a man who loved his country deeply, ated from the University of Utah. In the time of national emergency during World every day of the year. To him AmericanWar. I he volunteered to serve his country ism was more than a phrase or a label; it in the armed forces. For 12 yeks he taught was a way of life. Lake Salt Mr. Farnsworth, prominent high school in Morgan County, and since who died businessman entering business he has served in many unexpectedly City civic and public capacities. Throughout his Thursday night of a stroke, for two years life he has been an active member of the beaded the Utah activity in the National Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Crusade for Freedom Campaign, an effort his communism. For dedicated to fighting fulfilling many assignments of trust and re.first year's work in this campaign he was .. sponsibility. The community expresses deepest- sm., cited for putting Utah over the top and pathy to members of the Farnsworth family leading the nation with a 122 per cent acin the loss of this good citizen who loved complishment of its goals. He also served his country and his fellow man, and whose work Americanization in for many years own life provides a living lesson in the In the American Legion, of which he was at cause of Americanism which he served so one time post commander.. well. Memberof a pioneerUtab family,Mr, - Mciscow's 11111 , -- . ;, , , News:Tsloorase . ' 1, A , , be Expected, but the virulence and immediacy of that reaction has surprised everyone. What could be the real cause of it, for IN1h obviously the speech must have ........,:t .,,, 11c:stk. the Kremlin harder than we ' ''' "mrpstiols suspected, and probably, in , 1 4 . ....1 some hidden , 14,' Nil spot? ,0 , , ,..tri v Here one can wily guess, but , 4 Nktk. ,N N ,4 after studying the pros and iLs6 ,..14 4 II:- .4.101111. t t,"..A. , I cons which are now becoming .guesswork '' I apparent-intelligenh I could be pretty close to the . Niot:IIIIIIIIkiW n o mark. litittlik ' ,i the state. Pollee series. . - ,........ iii. Deseret , . ., - By ,ytwAN,MEIIC , ...r......:; 7 7 , Reds' Ire at Ike's Talk Seen As That off Cornered Beast , . .... , - 4 , V. ..11,,,.:...' - o Mounted nition. my - NEWS THE , f 'N-:''' only proper that he vetoes to The should. Legislature has turned down some of his proposals, and it is not right to expect him to sign measures in which he does not believe. His only obligation and it is a serious oneis that he deliver his veto messages, if any, promptly, giving the Legislature full opportunity to reconsider without being held in session was lessly long. That is government as it meant to be. We continue to hope that Governor Lee will see the wisdom in allowing Salt Lake City to save money by putting its sanitation basis. We confiprograril on a last days of in these that too. dently hope, a most important legislative session he and others will treat each bill they consider on its own merits and not as part of a "pack. age deal." If so, the special session will be Judged in almost all respects a distinct credit to Arnold Friberg's New Job - ,, - . . : ... INTERPRETING P wing-walker- When Cecil B. De Mille takes Arnold Friberg to Ho wood to create dramatic scenes for the movie "Ten Commandments" be and his directors should prepare them-elve- s ikr the most meticulous attention to details. Arnold Friberg is that kind of artist. His passion for accurst), and his capacity for exhaustive research have made him along with his technical skillone of this country's finest illustrators and artists. This is part of what has brought his two finest series to date, the scenes from the Book of Mormon and the Northwest i., 1, ,, . , . 4,,,. -- - - 00,ri,,.... o4 sub- ' - , , ",,,,......... ...zez tz,tt:, ,r..r' ili,,,-.700,,- ' , , ,,.r ..,,,,,:.,,,,,,,azigit.0,...0;.... rl'IL a, u ,&,- iollitdh. re A - committee. At any rate, now is the time for Westerners to step forward as citizens and demand their rights. The hearing Dec. 21 will be the first real test of this campaign that means so much to Utah. On its results will hinge the progress, or lack of progress, of corrective legislation in this session of Congress: We urge, therefore, that Utahns lose no time in expressing themselves to their representatives in Washington. Letters or wires to either of Utah's two senators should be addressed to them in the Senate Office Building, Washington. The two congressmen receive their mail care of the House of Representatives Office Building. The resolution from the Utah Legislature will help express this state's point of view, but a great volume of mail from individual citizens will be even more effective. We repeat at this time, also, our invitation to the editors of all Western papers to of no join in this campaign.' We know concern other issue with which they can themselves at this time that Will more directly affect the future of their schools and. therefore, of their citizens. Some three years ago; when Senator to unsuccessfully Watkins was trying to protecting legislation pass get Congress the states' school lands interests he was asked whether the people of the West were really interested in the matter. Perhaps if the people really had been something might have been done then. Let's not leave any doubt this time. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1953 . tairly io, .. , .. Doing Finer So Far make. It is Utah has every reason to be proud of the way its Legislature has conducted itself In the ' nearly two weeks it has been in ... . - tast The First , Speak Up , . , et. - r ward as well as it is. Or perhaps it is only be- a ,, cause a man as energetic' .47,15-atteiand forceful avitepresenta- liv e Dawson is throwing himself so completely into the campaign. Or perhaps because never before have the people of the state been so alerted to the value that is being stolen , from Ahem. Whatever the reason, ,hope seems brighter than ever now that the approaching session of Congress will take action' to correct the injustice being done. The latest step forward is the appoint. ment of a special subcomnlittee at Mr. Da- son's urging, to hold a hearing on .the matter on Dec. 21. We could have hoped that Rep. W. L. Miller of Nebraska, chairman of the House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee, had seen fit to appoint to the subcommittee men more vitally con- cerned in the matter. He named Mr. Daw- son, which is fine and proper. But he named a New York man, Rep. John R. Pillion, as chairman, and men from California, Ohio, Texas and New York as members. We have no reason to believe these gentlemen are not of the highest caliber; we only say it is too bad that only Representative Hosmer. of California comes from a state particularly concerned with unsurveyed public lands. There are on the Interior and Insular Affairs Committee congressmen , theirtandcome representatiodba the special con-side- , - . from Wyoming, Montana, Nevada,- - Arizona, Colorado and Idahoall of whom represent people who are ,losing what is rightfully les-VW- -- -- its own fled. CITY, uTAH . t rt r , - SALT , -. , - in - - : ' . DESERET NEWS,, AND TELEGRAM with its three departments oe m , . , ,,, on-th- n post-armisti- substratosphere, first fighter The to exceed 400 mph (the. famed P38) . . . the Shooting Star, first fighter to pass 500 to mph, to be Washington Angie 0 mass-produce- see combat in Korea, to shoot down a MIG-1- Sales soared last year for Lockheed to the mark; they were almost that Lhigh for the first six months of this year. Lockheed, Douglas Boeing, North American (P51s and and Consolidated Sabrejets) Vultee ($10,426,000 net profit last year) may be the giants in the West, but none can claim the West's (and the U. B.'s) most famous plane ... The Spirit of St. Louis, built for young Lindberg by Ryan of San Diego in 1927. The company Claude Ryan got the idea for while sitting in a barber chair in 1922 now makes guided missiles and refueling systems for the Air Force. half-billio- n Nixon Seen as Logical Man To Head Up GOP Centennial By EDWARD NELLOR WASHINGTON (N A N A) Vice President Richard Nixon may be handed the job of national chairman for the G 0 Fs centennial celebration in 1954. Planning a nation-wid- e shindig under the direction of the GOP national committee, Republicans. are treading softly in selecting a head man for the show. Three states claim the Republican party was born within their borders eliminating the selection of a senator from any one of the .three to head the celebration.. Also, party bigwigs are chary of naming anyone from Congress, fearing cries of political favoritism if a senator or a representative up for reelection is selected. The job could be a fat publicity poliplum for a tician. THE FEDERAL government, despite attempts by the Eisenhower administration to liquidate holdings, owns more than $30 billion worth of business enterprises in competition with private business interests. This I. worth more than 29 of the nation's largest corporations put together. Ranging from atomic-energ- y installations to printing plants operated by the from executive department Ition WALTER BEDELL SMITH, Undersecretary of State. and long-timmilitary aide to Presi- dent Eisenhower, has had his fill of the State Department, now plans to accept an industry job,in New York City. Assigned by the President to help Secretary of State Dulles reorganize the State Department, Smith feels he has done everything possible in that bureaucratic jungle. Ann Rosenberg, former assistant secretary of defense for man power, and a friend of the former general, long has urged Smith to snap up one of several job offers in industry. TIE PRESIDENT'S United Na. THERE'S A LITERAL HOST tions speech on atomic en- of others, firms like Rohr, er eased a lot of high blood world's largest producer of pressure in Congress. Many power packages senators and party politicians for plahes; Northrop,. makers were convinced the President of WWII's Black Widows and would lay the groundwork for today's 9 Scorpions. a big new militpry spending re-Band in glove with the dequest to Congress on the basis West's the of plane velopment that Russia was able and ready of been that manufacturers has to start a war. Instead, the the major. airlines Western President's remarks are interoldest-19- 26), the (America's as indicating a greater fpreted villagehopping, amazingly dependenee on atomic weapons, ficient Southwest Airlines, continea cutback in military spending nt-spanning United Airlines for conventional arms; d and A RECENT CENSUS bureau report reveals that U. S. tax- The spirit of payers shelled out 8101,500,000,- both- - plans manufacturer and bust-- Army;- government-owne000646 fed. air line in the West was re- ness will be worked over anew eral, state and local . govern. a veteran nailed down by cently by the Hoover Commission ments 'in 1952.. Consolidated engineer: government reorganThere are 116,743 units of "The first 50 was fast, sure, studying ization. Prepared by Eugene government in the country, in. but now we're really Moving. F. Rinta, a top economist in eluding the federal government, Were on our way to the moon." private industry, the study of state governments, 3.049 counbusiness in ties, 16,778 municipalities, 17,. government-owne- d competition with private enter- 202 townships, 67,346 school disTHEY. SAY. tricts and 12,319. special dls. prise notes that these non-tax- ., paying enterprises would pay Wets. - There are 43 depart-five billion dollars innually In ments,- 9 agencies, 22 commis.' President Eisenhower: "The federal taxes if in 22 private sions, 29 administrations, to United States pledges . hands. corporations, 630 offices, 127 devote its entire heart and mind MARAITY Leader services, 107 b urea u s, 32 to find the way by which the mi- SENATE William Knowland of Cali- branches, 58 boards, 444 miscericulous inventiveness of matt llaneous units in the federal shall not be dedicated to his fornia made the Communist-ingovernme1954 in issue the government alone. to death', but ciinsecrated his campaign official when he de UNBEL1EVABLE,as life." sounds, dared that the White House the federal government could S. special envoy Arthur Is wrong if it thinks the G 0 P use more lawyers. Attorney H. Dean, replying to North Ko- is going to forget all about Reds General Herbert Brownell, with rea's request that Russia at- on feda Truman's stable of 1.600 lawyers,'re-tend the Korean peace talks as eral payroll by campaign time. cently has been speaking to . a neutral: "I can not place her His talk assures Senate Repub- university law school groups in the nice old lady, role in licans that no efforto,:svill be urging government law as a which you attempt to cast her. made to chop off funds for Brownell points out career. She is Red, but you can never members; bossinginv- that, countrary to popular make me believe she is Little estigating committees. 'a fledgling lawyer does Red Riding Hood's grandmoth senators will continue to put not need pull to, get atJustice er. Her claws are too sharp, lpressure on Attorney General Department job, that starting she has eaten too many small Herbert Brownell and other salaries are 'adequate $4,200 nations." cabinet, officers for. anununi a year. . air-to-a- ready-to-insta- ll e hard-presse- d globe-circlin- n. d - er-person-46r SO . 4, - nt - it g he-li- , |