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Show 18 'I Q)t Salt Saturday a lit Regular Physical Exam gnbtmi Davie! Lawrence Plain Talk Appears Right In South African Riots Morning;, March 26, 1960 1 National Quiz Requires Honest Answers Are you deal, an idiot, a pauper, a former convict? Do you have a disease; if so which? The above questions, asked by census enumerators in 1860 and 1890, respec- - Paying the Fiddler ? The Utah attorney general has ruled that the State Land Board is without authority to pay for suppressing fires occuron ground it administers. ring " Citing, Utah ' statutes, Attorney Gen--erWalter L. Budge says the responsibility for fighting such fires falls on the Department of Forestry and Fire Control but that payment of the costs is mainly the responsibility of the county where the ilaze, occurs, Xhecounty may be reim- bursed by the state for not to exceed one- -' half of the expenses. makes no distinction between fires on state-owne- d lands and those - privately held. al - ; THE FORESTRY FIRE Control Board had billed the State Land Board for ll16ths of the $600 cost of combatting a fire which occurred in Summit County last August. The fire, believed to have started' from the Kamas town dump, spread ovj both private and state-owne- d land. Stim mit County paid the cost of extipguishing the fire which occurred, onlhe private land but commissioners felt that the State Land office should the cost for the land it administers. Mr. Budge 'said, however, that the land board harno funds for such activity. He cited 'the law to show that though the rid board may pay for patrolling watershed lands it cannot pay for suppressing firgs on the land. - The decision poses a question as to the responsibility of the State Fish and Game Commission and the State Park and Recreation Commission as to the cost of fighting fires on state lands they administer. Mr. Budges ruling should be ponThis is dered by the State Legislature. just one example of the patchwork quilt of funds and agency jurisdiction as to resource management and conservation in state government. The Forestry and Fire Control Department has such limited funds that when a sizable fire occurs it usually has to have a special appropriation to cope with the emergency. The Legislature some day will have to take a long hard look at administration of state lands and related resources and the inconsistencies and gaps in the laws relating to them. , ; Troubled Washington The nations capital is In trouble and It is a matter of concern to American citizens everywhere. Washington, D.C., is the center of na- tional government. There are hundreds of public buildings-.- Because it is the seat foreign countries maintain embassies there, often rather large establishments. Various international organ- ' izations, patriotic and other groups maintain headquarters in the city. As a result more than half the citys land area is In recognition of .this limited Washing - ton tax base, the federal government has for years made payments to support Washington municipal operations. After . all, this city of nearly a million people has to maintain a variety of municipal services, from fire protection to operating a zoo. But revenues are limited because ! government is its principal -business. From 1879 to 1921 Congress paid half-- of Washington's annual budget. From 1921 to 1924 the federal ratio was reduced to 40 per cent. Since 1924 Congress has appropriated lump sums which have ranged to as little as 8.5 per cent of the Washington budget. Congress is being asked to approve a payment of 32 million dollars for this year. This would be 16 per cent of the citys budget. Certainly the nation as a whole has an obligation to see that its capital city is well maintained and it should hp!p make up for tax losses due to so much exempt Washington property. The Tribune is sure this is one place the people of Utah would not want its representatives in Congress to be tax-exem- tax-exem- week. ONE QUESTION concerning personal income, asked first in 1940, will be repeated this year. Census officials report little trouble generally with the question. -- Individual answers are. kept confidential. Every dwelling in the UJ5. is scheduled to receive through the mail before April 1 an advance form containing 40 questions. The forms are to be filled out by each householder and will be picked up by census enumerators in April. ' v Time and trouble for all concerned will be saved if the answers are ready .when the enumerator calls. Enumerators will leave at one of jvery four dwellings a household questionnaire containing 61 additional questions. These are to be filled In by householders and mailed to local U.S. Census Bureau offices. SEVEN QUESTIONS will involve personal matters such as sex, age, occupation, marital status and education of each occu- pant f)f the dwelling. Four questions will a've to do with the household, such as the number of bathrooms, television sets and automatic washers. All answers to census questions are confidential not even available to the Internal Revenue Service and willful .failure to answer or falsely answering can result in fine and imprisonment. -- lately-express- -- Although the original purpose of the census is to provide a basis for the of seats In the Honse of well known in advance. Protests Too Much If earlier trends are Substantiated by official census figures, 14 states will lose T Editor, Tribune: .Former Police Chief Skousen reseats in the House and nine will gain minds me of a small boy who representation. New York and Pennsylhas just been caught playvania will lose three seats each; Arkansas ing with matches. He proand Massachusetts two each; Alabama, is tests so vehemently ,ne almost inclined to believe him, until you catch a whiff of the odor. I am inclined to think that he is protesting too loud, and too long. 'Mayor Lee Is the head of a pretty big organization: Salt Lake City. It is a well known fact that no business-'macan keep his operation running successfully if there is undue discord between himself and his employes. The only solution is to get rid of the source of corn flict, which in this case is Skousen. Do we, then, expect Mayor Lee to do otherwise? I am embarrassed at the undignified actions of citizens, whose public demonstrations are dangerously near the mob violence stage. The hanging in effigy of Lee, and the burning of the cross on his lawn, sounds like the acts of a few fanatics who dont know any better, and the man who indirectly started this mess is the man who was behind the badge. HOUSEWIFE. Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, North Carolina, West Virginia, one each. CALIFORNIA IS expected to gain seven House seats, Florida three, Michigan and Texas two each, and Arizona, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio and Oregon, one each. Utah will' not gain an additional this time, although the congressman state's two congressional districts are lar . from equal in population. Data from the I960- - population and housing count will provide the largest compilation of facts ever assembled on the social and economic makeup of the nation. Nearly all current .economic Indicators rest on Census Bureau benchmarks in one way or another. n Government plans and programs at the federal, state and local level depend upon census data. A great many billions of dollars are allocated annually to the various branches o government from federal and state governments on the basis of information brought out in the national quiz. Such programs include highways, hospitals, schools, housing, welfare and public assistance, employment and recreation. Social scientists study census data to determine changing economic and social trends, particularly changes in the standard of living and differences in growth patterns. The census, beginning at hotels, motels and other transient shelters on March 31, will get Into full irwinjr the following day when enumerators bein knocking on doors of homes. Cooperation and courtesy will facilitate the important work. Capricious Action Editor, Tribune: As an Utah Aeronauticfc-Departmen- tr ing in the Interest of greater private aviation safety, are to be complimented. We trust they will have the fullest accept -ance-acooperation of the more than three thousand pilots licensed, and cur-- i rently medically certificated, to fly planes In Utah. . nd - j Pointer In I. eit Ne "Come outride and fight like a gentleman Aa. A Am m t 4K wit-- 1 Queen Elizabeth hires Cecil Beaton to take pictures of the new biby which seems sort, of extravagant, considering that her sister is about to marry a photographer. A A A A A A. A A As. j A-- or- dinary citizen of Salt Lake City, I feel compelled to raise my voice in protest for the' discharge of our police chief, ' W. Cleon Skousen. I feel sure that the criminal element both in and out of Salt Lake City must be cheering upon hearing this news. I also feel sure that the majority of citizens are, like I am, depressed today. Mr. Skousen has for the first time given Sait Lake City an able administration of our police department and now because Mayor Lee, for purely personal reasons, cant get along with Mr. Skousen, he marily fires him. It was a capricious act if there ever "was one arid I am sure people in Salt Lake will live tt regret the day that they elect-ed J. Bracken Lee as mayor. ELIOT SNOW, M.D. To Make Flying Safer which-are-work- - -- tax-exem- pt Visiting Cartoonist By Our Readers The Public Forum Representatives, the figures are pretty Action being taken at federal and state levels in the Interest of greater safety of private, light plane flying is commendable. Private flying Is not particularly hazardous compared to other forms of transportation. But there are more accidents than there should be. Improved procedures and rules would make private flying much safer. Another element justifying increased emphasis on private plane safety is the high cost of search and rescue when a plane is reported missing or down, i Many searches are unnecessary wild goose chases, due to failure of the pilot to file a flight plan or to report In when he lands at some airport not on his flight schedule. Yet as Harlon W. Bement, Utah state aeronautics director, points out, a search may involve as many as 500 persons and the cost may run into the hundreds of dollars. A search and rescue operation may cost thousands. , . No matter how much private flving safety is advanced there will still be accidents, and still need for search and rescue efforts. But greater pilot responsibility, knowledge and caution will prevent many an accident and save much public anxiety and expense. The Federal Aviation Agency and the But the question now has arisen as to whether this type of aloofness has lJ outlived its usefulness. The famous Article XI inserted in the United Nations Charter by the late Sen. Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan broke with precedent, as it provided that the General Assembly may discuss any question relating to the maintenance of international , proved not peace and security. "fools but Today the United States Mr. Lawrence "angels. government takes its stand For the . Department of against Violence and in favor State, in expressing shock of the use of moral force in and dismay at the way the the settlement of all dis' police fired on a mob in putes, International or inSouth Africa, certainly reternal versed tradition. THIS IS A worthy Ideal IT REMAINS to be seen and gives the American gov whether this unprecedented , emment a chance to- speak step making an official out plainly about brutality comment on the action of an- - -- in dealing with the "legitiother government in a strictmate grievances of the peoly internal police problem ple of Tibet or Hungary or . will-add -up to more advan-in deploring the cruelty of tages than disadvantages. the Castro dictatorship when It must be noted at the out- - political foes are executed without a fair trial. f set, however, that the State s There are those who are Department-haitself on another isnot yet convinced of what sue that has always been can be done in the world b looked upon as internal, but moral force as contrasted this didnt attract much atwith military force. tention. The other day SecThe latter is necessary, retary of StatP Herter sent just as police protection word to the Korean governagainst mobs In South ment that the department Africa will be defended as here was sorry to read about Justified. k the disorders attending the election in Korea. But this does not mean that attempts should not be The unfortunate implimade by moral force and cation was that the govconciliatory methods to adernment In Seoul was just internal disputes and somehow responsible for things hed started through find an orderly way to deal, these. to completion, when we through discussion and calm kfiow that if hed been ofcounsels, with controversies The truth is that the few fered the Jotf in Chicago he that otherwise could lead to cases of disorder were the would have left so fast it violence and bloodshed. natural outgrowth of would make our heads swim. The advantages, therefore, emotions about the 3. Not having a system for of speaking out must have here and there election advancing police- according appealed to the Department among the populace. to merit. One of his assistof State as outweighing the As for public comment by ants was sixth grade padisadvantages. the on State the Department trolman. South African ,this .THE AMERICAN people episode, 4. His innuendoes about may appear to be injudicious however, now must be prethe mayor being in taverns, at gambling clubs anti hkirtg in the sense that an internal pared to read comments by matter under inquiry by a other governments about giriy shows how low can our own troubles and shortfriendly government is disyou sink? cussed. Please dont print my comings, whether they be about incidents in Harlem or There was a time when it name. I dont want crosses at the lunch counters of would have been considered burnt on my lawn. chain stores in the South, or the height of diplomatic imL.C. about the Chessman case in propriety for the American California. Great Disservice government, or any other, to issue comments on internal The State Department Editor, Tribune: I listened would have fared better if it to KSL announcers March 23 happenings in a country with which it was maintainhad confined its public statecongratulating that station ment to a report to the South ing friendly relations. This for the splendid public servrule has been followed for African government, describ-in- g ice it performed by allowthe most part by the United to listeners thp painful impression their air ing States, particularly in recent which the riots had produced opinions in the matter of the on American public opinion. release of Chief Skousen. I years by withholding formal comment on Frances probcannot agree with KSL. Such a statement would I think that KSL has done lem in Algeria and also on have accomplished the main most of the disorders that a great disservice to this purpose and yet would have been in accord with estabcity, and to the mayor, by occur inside Latin American states. lished precedent. allowing anything of this kind before all the facts are available. It is interesting to note that the chief, in his 6 oclock broadcast Tuesday, inferred that the mayor had been caught in a gambling By Ham Park raid, and the real story next He who is of a calm and he thinks he can, but he morning is that it was a happy nature will hardly feel benefit affair at which other usually does less than he thinks he does. the pressure of age, but to city officials were present and that the mayor took the him who is of an opposite Recommended: "Death on initiative in calling the poa Back Bench, by Francis disposition youth and age lice when he discovered that Hobson. Its a novel of susthe law was being broken. are equally a burden. about the mysterious pense Plato. did Skousen Mr. Certainly, murder of a member of Par-- , not tell the whole story, liament. It is written in a Meditations i For an institution trusted mildly humorous vein, lesswith the dissemination of I contemplate with considaccurate information and erable aversion the prospect ening the suspense a bit. with the responsibility of of devoting my remaining In political arguments appealing to the finer aspiyears to the prejudice saves a lot of of rations humanity, I think busitime. You can form your stodgy KSL fell far short of these ness of dying, without having to opinions ideals by allowing irresponand I maintain get the facts. sible, uninformed people to that if one has Gene Ostler says inflation attack the mayor of this city not lived suf- with is-- a statements that - at ficiently bythe lime when you never times were no less than had it so good, or parted time his days vicious. with it so fast are in the sere I think that the mayor is and yellow .People who look to the to be commended for his leaf, he hasn't government to bring them attitude in not replying in been trying. and prosperity kind. security my to remember what CLAUD RUSSELL ought I have years happened to the American crowded a fair amount Indian. some .of it Temper Tantrums living, enjoyable, some of it not. Of late I note Editor, Tribun?: The most Momentous a lessening of interest in the significant sidelight to the When March winds stride activities that once intrigued controversy has down the avenue me. I do not mourn the passto do with the ridiculous Of Spring to thaw the manner in which the people ing of youth, but I resent the winters ills, of the city reacted. Certain--l- y decay of youth's illusions Mischievous March runs her and the resulting revelations. it is heartening to know fingers through that people are Interested in It has been suggested that The frosting on the cupcivic affairs, but when this I turn to spiritual devices in cake hills. interest results in a psychomy hours of depression and Remelda Nielsen Gibson, childto logical regression dispense with the more tanTooele, Utah. hood temper tantrums, the gible properties of the emotional stability of the "happy pills. But as the doddering years appopulace must be questioned. It is more than obvious, proach, I view with increas; that the people of this city ing favor the possibilities of have gone so long without a generous helping of hemHow can they get enough lock or a' flagon of eau de having a person in their government who has convicvie, then to lie down to pleas-an- t baseball players for another tions and beliefs he Intends dreams or major league when It looks to uphold, that they just as the case may convulsion?, be, as though there wont be to-do -now-that dont know what More and more ana I enenough signing their one has come along. amored with the Brahman to We have a great and hon-- . - philosophy:-"- It keep two going? t-is better- - to orable m?n as mayor of Salt -- sit than to walk, to lie down When traveling, Dr. Paul Lake at the present time. than to sit, ta sleep than to Dudley White carries his We are a myopic people, but wake, and oblivion is the own suitcases, contending it we will eventually come to best of all. is good for his heart It may the point where we will have be good for the heart, but Answer vision concerning our doesn't it tend to give you funcand its How government little twas Leora knew . awfully long arms? tions. When that time comes When she put a hex , we will see. in looking back, On Mamselle X. Memory Is a tricky thing. that Lee did more good for She ran a kinsman through. Until we saw some of these his city,- - state- - and- - natioa-tha- n -- Mademoiselle X.-- old - movies -- on - television, -Rid about 99 per cent wed have sworn that the Notes on Cuff Department of his peers in the profesArmy had one or two sersion called politics.' Cliff Krantz sajs a man geants who didn't come from FIWAKET can usually . do more than . Brooklyn, 4 Some-time- s WASHINGTON tradition goes by the boards and, as the saying goes, Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Maybe If this time the h saying will be reversed and the tacticians of diplomatic policy will be tively, will not be repeated during the 1960 national census, getting under way this Caught in Owu Web Editor, Tribune: If May or Lee proposed winking at the law as Skousen would have us believe, why did Skousen wait until he was fired to tell us about it? Sometimes the self righteous get caught in their own webs. This is one of those times. The burning cross is typical of the caliber of the Opposition. . Enough said! MRS.-- J. A. BELDEN JR. Rabble Rousing Editor Tribune: Almost continuously since Skousen was made chief of police he has been warning about international gangsters and Communists and their tactics How, then, ran this supposedly law abiding man condone what has happened in the last few days? First he resorted to questionable tae-- ' tics with his low-kerabble, rousing television appearance. Then he sat by while his supporters organized an activity in trying to rule the city by force. The police state that Skousen decries is not far from m. A A. A A A A4A A the former chiefs own activities anddhose of his followers. All this is mob psychology at its worst. Thank goodness we have men like Lee and Piercey who will not be swayed by such gangsterlike methods, and who will courageously defy them in behalf of good, sound government. deep-seate- Q. E. D. Black D(ay for S.L. Editor, Tribune: Wednesday, March 23, 1960, will go down as a black day for the people of Salt Lake City. The sad and defamatory way citizens of Salt Lake placed, a burning. crpss.. on our honorable mayor's front lawn is going back to the Ku Klux Klan and German Gestapo days. Just who are the hoodlums in this city that Skousen was supposed to suppress? J. Bracken Lee was duly elected mayor of the city by the American democratic way, free elections. Skousen was discharged by majority free vote of the city commission, another democratic way. The people who ally themselves by their outcries and announce mob meetings are lining up with the lawless and against ouj democratic system of justice and government. I invite the governor to proclaim a "day of shame." R. L. McQUARRIE Ex-Chi- Senator From Sandpit It Takes Store Editor, Tribune: Chief Skousen said he had a beauorgantiful, ization. I have talked to a lot of police officers and I can tell the that all was ' not sweetness and light in the organization. Several told me, "I dont know how much longer I can take the pressure; it is getting worse all the time. In three years over half the force quit, retired or were fired. Sam H. Kidd wrote in the Forum that Skousen is a scholar, author and Idealist. I agree he is all of these things, but we all know it takes more than these qualities to deal with thieves, hopheads, robbers, forgers, etc. S. S. CAIRNS sweet-runnin- Into ex-chi- n Soaper Says Better Off Now Editor, Tribune: Just listened to Chief Skousen on the air. The only thing missing was a couple violins in the background playing "Hearts and Flowers. have a perpetual headache from carrying that halo around. There are four reasons I think we are better off now. 1. Mr. Skousen went on the-a- ir deliberately to rouse the "rabbie rousers to feyer' pitch something a good police officer would avoid like . the plague. 2. His remark that he would never resign because he wanted to stay and see . He-mu- A A AAA A d st con-trac- ts 20-2- iAAAA Ut |