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Show ill Growing ,W1, Mr ' mw ill tiil If'iWT m urn mi n ilHTfi ni?f 't, fm &wx Viet Accord Definitely 'No. Yank-Sout- h X By TOD FAULKNER Special Deseret News Correspondent a DA NANG thumbs-u- p DESERET NEWS, 1 Tuesday, 3 December ?, 1968 OUR MAN JONES One of the probable underlying causes of gesture and a short have become the two most manifest symbols of a growing mutual appreciation between American GIs and South Vietnamese soldiers. catch-phras- ( e t the He Never - shifting, senti- - Needed A Hat Check ment from near The thumb extending skyward from a closed fist is exchanged among passing We are togeth- soldiers. It symbolizes, er, friend." The spoken sentiment, Number One," is somewhat more ly, it suggests aversion to respect felt by many General-prov- al and accord. Beyond that, Number One" is the most spoken description for the best of anyMr. Faulkner thing, be it person, place, weapon, meal or idea. Pretty girls, sieak dinners, and James Bond movies are usually regarded here as Number lavish Ameri- can soldiers and Mar- By HARRY JONES ines toward their Viet- Aiiy of you Salt Lakers remember William (Bill) Morris over at the Hotel nam e s e counterparts Utah? Bill was the man with a big mule and a larger memoiy a fantastic memoHe served as hat check attendant for ry. more than 30 years . . . from "bowlers to felts. He retired around 1948. ... has been the increased commitment to battle of the South Viet- Bill came out to the Beehive State . from Georgia around He worked his way west us a porter on the railroad. He liked our City of Salt and decided to settle' down here. 1908-09- One. namese soldier, along Number Ten" is about Conversely, as far down the Enghsh language numerical scale as most Vietnamese ever get and signifies the worst of anything. Shadings in quality fall somewhere in between. Number Ten" is tne most sparingof all. ly-used Thq shifting of sentiment from near aversion to respect felt by many American soldiers and Marines toward their Vietnamese has been counterparts matched with a livelier and now more enthusiastic response to Such gestures of unity. One of the probable underlying causes has been the increased commitment to battle of the South Vietnamese soldier, along with a parallel rise in his combat efficiency. In the eyes of many American GIs, the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) has become quite an ally. It wasnt always that way. Americans could be found everywhere who would Instantly counter any praisfe for South Vietnamese troopers by recalling chilling examples of how they often deserted the field of battle, leaving Americans to fend for themselves. These tales would be amply reinforced with further illustra with a parallel rise in his combat efficiency. A South Vietnamese Ranger, object abandoned by their parents tions of corruption and other forms of high treachery within ARVN ranks. For the most part, most GIs would scoff at suggestions of ARVN value, and show no enthusiasm whatever for sharing risks with Vietnamese combat units. Perhaps it was the recent notion that the U.S. was going to withdraw its troops which inspired Vietnamese commanders to instill in their charges a greater devotion to the cause at hand. Perhaps it was simply that the length and tolls of the war had affected the families of South Vietramese soldiers bringing a belated urge for revenge. More likely, it was a matter of individual pride. In any case, that a new morale between Vietnamese and U.S. soldiers does exist was strikingly demonstrated recently when a small Marine patrol w'as res cued from certain destruction by an ARVN unit which rushed headlong into the much larger enemy force. Ill be breathed a beleaguered Madoggone, rine who had barely made it out of the trap. When those Communisfcompanies showed up this morning, I just figured that the ARVNs would slip off Into the night. It was as though the Marine couldnt believe his own words. You know what? They did climb out of their bunkers, thats for sure. And they rook right off, too, straight into the teeth of those Communists. The ARVNs saved our skins." The ARVN charge stalled the heaviest Communist thrust into Da Nang in recent months. Still, it developed into a and bitter fight with heavy losses on both sides, it became doubly difficult full-sca- le in of new respect by American Gl's, moves in to aid two small children Mekong Delta bunker during ranger sweep of VC complex. since the friendly forces couldnt entirely concentrate on knocking out the reinforced mortar and rocket positions across the bridge, as they also were under constant sniper attack from Viet Cong perched on housetops flanking the street. A lead ARVN personnel carrier took a direct rocket hit and was destroyed. At the other end of the street, Viet Cong gunners crossed the road to safety, shooting at Marines from behind the women and children they were using as shields. The Marines could not fire back, so they sprawled low on the ground and watched helplessly. Occasionally, a sniper would open up from a tree or rooftop, but would eventud ally be blown to bits by a Marine's of Herds screaming grenade. well-aime- and children fled down the there was no place for them but streets, to go and many died. A few hours later, the news correspondents began being escorted out of the area. They ran, ducking into houses for cover. Finally, most had made their way safely to the end of the road where they would be picked up for transportation back to the press center. The face of one fairly new war correspondent must have betrayed the horrors he had just seen. As he walked by a South Vietnamese tank, its gunner turned and smiled compassionately down at him. The gunner said just one thing. Hey, VC Number Ten, yeah? The correspondent didnt seem able to work up a return smile, so he just nodded and ducked away. women SPECIAL REPORT Morton As Interior Secretary ? By GORDON ELIOT WHITE Deseret News Washington Bureau President he is likely to become Mr. Nixons Interi- WASHINGTON SCENE or secretary. - elect Nixon still has not communicated his intentions on selection of a cabinet, and apparently he will not begin to name his top adivsors until sometime WASHINGTON next week, according to the information now coming out of Nixon headquarters in New York. In the ableaks of sence from Park Avenue, where the se- the ranking Republican on the House Interior Committee, who would like to be Secretary of the Interior. As far as Nixon headquarters is concerned, Rep. Saylor is not exactly a leading candidate, though the spokesmen there are not ruling anyone out yet. For reasons which I discussed last week. Rep. Saylor is almost certainly not going to be Mr. Nixon's choice for an office of high Importance to the West. ., Though favored hy private power terests who see tne gressman as an In- con- coal-distri- power man, Rep. Saylor would be a strange choice for the Interior post. He would be backed by conservationists, but has a record showing little sympathy for multiple-us- e of federal lands, reclamation, or the development of resources to the degree desired by many Western Republicans. anti-publi- c curity has remained exceedingly tight, the post election speculation season has about run its course, with little enlightenment forthcoming. As far as can be seen from here, Mr. Nixon has discussed his cabinet with senior Republicans, and has asked for suggestions about various cabinet and offices, but has told no one here who he has in mind for any of the key department positions. The only intelligence being developed in the current vacuum, then, consists of campaigns" for various people and whatever information may be found in the Nixon appoint- ment list. There has been a degree of campaigning behind Rep. John P. Saylor, Nixon: 'Fill All Jobs' Rep. Saylor is not rabidly by any means, but his interests have been much more in favor of conservation than development. anti-We- The nearest thing to a leak from New York was the remark by Spiro Agnew, still governor of Maryland, who said he had discussed the possibility of a cabinet post for Rep. also a member of Rogers Morton, the House Interior Committee. If Rep. Morton is indeed tapped for the cabinet, Rep. Morton was one of the first Republicans to throw his support to Mr. Nixon and he was the chief tactician for Nixon forces at Miami Beach. As a suc- cessful commander, he apparently can demand his reward in the new administration. He could be under consideration for secretary of commerce or even agriculture, but his six years on the House Interior Committee would seem to give him a certain degree of qualification for interior. Unlike Rep. Saylor, Rep. Morton should be acceptable to the West. He describes himself today as a in his home town of Easton, Maryland, but his caree before he entered Congress in 1963 was with Ballard and Ballard, a flour miller and food manufacturer in Louisville, Ky. farmer-businessma- Morton, brother of Sen. Thruston Mormoved to Maryland after ton, Pillsbury bought the family business and built a constituency among rural Democrats on the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay who had seldom voted for a Republican. At the capital, Morton has been highly popular and has been a close friend of Rep. Laurence J. Burton, who ranks just ahead of him on the Interior Committee. In fact, it was Rep. Mortons closeness to Rep. Burton that led to Burtons work for Nixon at a week's the Miami Beach convention work that led to the speculation that Burton might be a cabinet candidate. h, Dancing Of Beauty , Fun , Elegance By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor Dancing much closer to the mainstream of purity and beauty and elegance and fun and rare in much of today's contemporary danwill be discing played in the annual Orchesis Concert Friday (6) and Saturday (7). Orchesis is the official performing tiuupe of the Modern Dance DepartIs ment which under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth R. Hayes. Giving direction to the concert and the dancers and the choreography are Joan Woodbury, Shirley Rlrie, and Maurine Dewsnup. The dances Include: Choice," choreographed by Scott Ray to music by Morton Gould . . . Emergence, by Linda Webster to muric by the Mexican comCimvcz . . . Carlos Three poser, Modes," by Margaret Cayton to music by Ken Breinholt, Tom Burton, Wayne Christiansen . . . Duet" by Eilif Jespcr-se- n to music by Vivaldi . . . Study On All Fours," by Sybil Huskey to music by the president of the New England Con- servatory, Gunther Schuller. The dancers will include: Sheri llle, Deborah Weston, Susan Wolcott, Norma Knight, Rahe Ann Hawkes, Penelope Hill, Karen Steele, Margaret Cayton, Jean Hannum, Shannon McEntee, April MUSICAL WHIRL By RICHARD V. OLIVER - WASHINGTON (UPI) Campaign anyone who oratory notwithstanding, expects Richard M, Nixon to slash thick layers of fat off the federal bureaucracy at the start of his administration will be disappointed. The Presidentelect has told his chief lieutenant in charge of doling out jobs in the new administration to Mr. Thurmond fill do just that all jobs. At the outset, even the embattled Office of Economic Opportunity, which has come under heavy attack from some Republicans, apparently will be spared the ax. Just last week,' Sen. Strom Thurattacked the war on povermond, ty as a waste, and Gov. James Rhodes of Ohio sent Nixon a memorandum urging outright abolition of the agency. whiz Harry S. Flemming, transition who is running the Nixon office down the street and around the corner from the White House, was asked whether the new president would be paring the federal payroll at the top by leaving any positions unfilled. Were going to fill jobs as they exist, he replied. Any reorganization will be up to the President and the appropriate Cabinet member he . designates. Nixon has assigned Flemming the task of finding people to fill more than e 2,000 policy and supporting positions, many of them carrying sala- y high-grad- ductor and orchestra to bring this off In a convincing and sufficiently weighty Impression manner, but the which the masterpiece sometimes leaves is largely of our own making. jj We are used to Beethoven's immense perorations up and down the tonic triad, at the end of the Symphony No. 9, for example. And we expect onp at the end If anywhere. of the Missa Solemnls, And yet this just where such a peroration is Inappropriate. Agnus Dei, dona nobis pacem" (Lamb or God, grant us peace") is not a statement, nor an expression of finality, but a prayer, and a prayer for a state of body and mind which is not ours to acquire or bestow. The drums of war are never far away, as we have heard until just a few bars previously. Beethoven can, therefore, in all honesty, do no more than entreat God, chorally, to go on granting peace, and then bid the orchestra con- firm the prayer. The Integral balance of the mass prevented Beethoven from ending softly, but his four bars of full orchestral coda are themselves perfectly balanced. They are not an Independent coda, but the antithesis of the previous four bars (two choral, two orchestral) as one can hear if he listens attentively to the melody which is in the instrumental bass. It is really wrong listening, rather than wrong interpretation or Beethovens that makes the end miscalculation, seem too sudden. Isn't the correct way to end every prayer not with an elaborate flourish but with a single, Amen"? Some who listened to Nixons campaign speeches came away thinking the Republican candidate would immediately set out to trim the federal payroll. Those who listened more carefully heard quite another story. It is true Nixon repeatedly criticized the distant bureaucracy, particularly in his appeals for decentralization. He said it was his goal to get government closer to the people and to transfer functions to state and local governments. On at least one occasion, he said,1 Every federal activity (is) a candidate for expenditure control. However, Nixon also stressed during the campaign that the need Is not to dismantle government, but to modernize it. One of the first tasks of the npxt President should be to set in motion a searching, fundamental reappraisal of the whole structure of government, he said. In !c he told a national radio audience shortly before his nomination that if elected he would bring forth yet another a Commission on governmental body Governmental Reorganization. That groups membership, he said, would include the best management talent, and also the best academic talent from many disciplines. With a broader mandate than those given the Hoover commissions, it would thoroughly study ways of increasing the efficiency of government organization. YOUR HEALTH half-hearte- d Siemkowski, Marla Stone, Joyce Sugden, Beverly Carruth, Tia Hooper, Sidney Lowenthal, Nancy Robbins, Edd Pelsmaeker, Eilif Jespersen. The concert begins at 8 p.m. both nights, and tickets ($1) can be purchased at the Kingsbury Hall ticket office. The Westminster SEE! HEAR! Civic Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Kuchler, will present its annual winter concert Sunday (8) in Payne Gym at 3 p.m. included on the interesting program will be a rare (and piobajly unique for Utah) peiformance of Johann Hoffmanns Concerto for Mandolin and Orchestra in D. Salt Lake Chief of Police Dewey J. Fillis will serve as narrator for the opening number, Don Gilliss Ceremony of Allegiance." Other numbers will be Phedres Overture," a Gottschalks Brahms' Serenade, Andante," and Bach's Concerto for Two Violins." Beethovens great and AGNUS DEI moving "Missa'Solemnis that the Utah ChoSymphony and the University-Civi- c rale will present iq the Tabernacle this Saturday, conducted by Maurice Abrava-ne- l, closes with one of the mass's many puzzles. It is the strangely Inconclusive, abbreviated ending. The orchestra has exactly five bars in which to end a soft phrase, rise to "fortissimo," and then bring the colossal work to a end. It 's difficult for a con ries ranging between $20,000 and $28,000. About 300 other officials of higher echelon level cabinet and are being chosen by the Incoming President himself. C. THOSTESON, M.D. Deer Dr. Thosteson : What causes toes to be blood red on the ends, from the middle joint to the tip? The nails turn blue, and we think It is poor circulation. The people involved are in their 70s and 80s, a sister and brother. They say It is very painftu. What can be done to help Mrs. I. A. them? Answer: I think you are undoubtedly correct in your assumption that it is a circulation problem. It sounds precisely like peripheral vascular disease that is, the small arteries in the extremities are unable to carry sufficient circulation. Hardening of the arteries is the usual cause of this. Medications may or may not help, but I would at least have your doctor give it a try. Buergers exercises may help. This is very simple, just a matter of raising and lowering the feet. Raise them above hip level for a minute or tvo, then lower ihem, and repeat. This is most effective e patient lying down. The purpose, with Some 500 mem- bers of the Shrine, everyone of them in tux and black . ties, checked their red fezzes with Bill. If they worried about not having a claim check, they kept it under their hats. And after the affair was over, Bill handed out 500 red fezzes without a mis- take! Bill also startled patrons by addressing them by their names, years after their first visit. He also knew the names of most of the businessmen of the entire state. Once a mar. checked his hat and Bill learned his name, Bill never forgot it no matter how long it was between visits to the hotel. Bill died at the age of 80 a couple of weeks back. And not too many of the pa- trons of the hotel remembered. Rep. Laurence Burton, the Republican who represents the other half of the state, cannot forget that he was a teacher before he became a congressman. He dropped a note on the upcoming John Quincy presidential inaugural. Adams was the first president to wear long trousers at his inaugural. I just didnt want you to go through the Christ-- . mas season without knowing it. When Janice Eggett, 1456 Logan Ave.,. deposited a dime in the telephone booth in front of the Paris Co. downtown, she couldnt complete her call. So she pushed the coin return handle, and to her amazement, $1.70 dropped into the chute, and all over the sidewalk. As she left the booth, a asked her if the phone worked. passcr-b- y You cant make a call on it, but it does pay off well! said Janice. Then she took the money to Howard Blood of the phono company! Wit's End: Latest in bumper stickers: your skiing." Brighton aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiimiiiiimiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiu BIG TALK of course, is to let the force of gravity help circulation. Finally, keeping as active as possible Is important. This again is to aid circulation, and muscular activity is helpful in that. Dr. Dr. Thosteson: any form be caused by a broken bone? W.J. Will arthritis in a bruise or from Answer: There is no indication that a bruise has any bearing. A broken bone might, depending on the location of the fracture. While the cause (or causes) of arthritis is not known, plenty of research work is in progress In that direction. There ere different types of the disease, and most certainly damage to joints is one factor. The whole story of arthritis is fairly complicated, and if you are interested, voull find a good deal of material In my How You Can Control Arthribooklet, tis." If j cud like a copy, send 33 cents in coin and a long, stamped envelope to Dr. Thosteson, care of The Deseret News, Box 1257, Salt Lake City, Utah (84110). ' ... Toes Blood-Re- d By GEORGE In the many years that Bill worked as the hat check attendant, no one can recall a single instance where Billl goofed" and handed out the w'rong headgear to a patron. Bill took care of some 400 to 500 hats nightly, and nver used claim checks did it all by memory. He so impressed Robert Ripley when the famed gentleman was staying at the Utah that he made the Believe It Or Not" column shortly afterwards. When pressed for the secret of his ability to memorize, Bill explained it was done not by mirrors, but by association. He matched the hat to the necktie the patron was wearing. 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