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Show Return of the Invisible Man SljSiiltfalifSributrc ' Sunday Morning, April 0 iherVietvp oints 17, 1960 Tottering on the Summit British Information Service: In an editorial entitled "Tottering on the Summit," the London Daily Telegraph remarks that public interest in the coming summit conference has notably abated. It says l, that in the past few months there have been so many East-Wes- t bilateral talks, which have produced neither triumph nor disaster, that both optimists and pessimists have begun to lose interest. The editorial continues: Having learned during the past 15 years to expect little from meetings of foreign ministers, we are just beginning to learn the Same lesson about the gatherings of top people. As a result, instead of going into the council chamber overdressed with false hopes and exaggerated fears, Mr. Macmillan will be free next month to don the humdrum striped trousers of routine diplomatic negotiations. This is just as well since, on the present showing, the meeting has little chance of producing anything more momentous than an agreement when to hold the next meeting. The present absence of excitement betokens confidence in deadlock rather than faith in progress. The field of disarmament is a shade less barren, but even here realism counsels extreme caution. None of these doubts will depress those who, plausibly enough, have always argued that summit meetings have an Intrinsic virtue quite apart from any agreement they may produce. What is new today is that Western public opinion appears to be taking the same view. Summiteering, in short has become pedestrian." The Old Yet Ever New Easter Message . top-leve- Spring Is the season of hope. The seeming miracle of nature awakening from its winter sleep gives even the most worldly minded of men an Intimation of immor- nation. And although statesmen may talk of peace, the great arms race continues. The outlook is foreboding; each new days dawn could see the beginning of the dreaded holocaust. tality. And Easter celebrated in the midst of spring, is for the followers of Christ the great symbol of hope. Indeed, it is far more than a symbol; it is hope itself a hope made strong by faith. What else is needed? St. Paul put it this way in his First Epistle- to the Corinthians: i . faith, hope and charity, these three ; but the greatest of these is charity." - The word "charity sometimes bothers modern readers, for charity often means merely giving. To St. Paul it meant love the spiritual love of man for his fellows. amid-troub- . - TODAY IX THOUSANDS of churches In all parts of the world, in modest chapels and magnificent cathedrals, the worshippers will assemble to hear once again the Easter story that never grows old, a timeless story whose meaning is as beautiful now as when it was set down in the gos- pels many centuries ago. This is a time of trouble. Nation hates last-we- long-ter- situa--tio- - the luxury field. Smut Peddler to Prison Now to get on with the job of tracking down and convicting other peddlers of smut. Herman L. Womack, 37, has been sentenced at Washington, D.C., to a federal prison term for sending obscene material through the mails. The recipients of the offensive literature in several instances were children. A Salt Lake woman helped convict the defendant by appearing as a witness and telling how rhe intercepted pornographic material which had been mailed to her son. More of this kind of determination and responsibility will help to put more racketeers in morals and delinquency-behin- d bars and stamp out their foul business. The dealing with obscenity and related material is extremely touchy because of the thih line that sometimes seems to exist between salaciousness and art. General rules are hard to formulate without colliding with the Bill of Rights. But there can be po question about the need for the strongest kind of action against those who distribute - pornographic - materials - to youngsters. 'Sending Herman Womack to Jail is . only a start. Visiting Cartoonist 1 .. ek they had prepared And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. "And they entered in and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. "And it came to pass, as they were much behold, two men perplexed thereabout, -- stood by them in shining garments "And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said . unto them, Why seek ye the living among . the dead? "He is not here, but is risen . . . TIIE FIRST EASTER was a great turning point in history. And each Easter can be a great turning point for the individual In the true meaning of the day we can lift up our hearts. That which is good is imperishable. The old yet ever new message of - Easter is one of joy. h1 V; y Carmack In Christian Science Monitor Why not still another summit? Protecting Society Pony Express centennial committees in the eight states traversed by the doughty mail riders of a century ago a.ubfe, have noted ,U detain, of early and Unofficial reride just completed. The mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, finally arrived in Sacramepto, California, Editor, Tribune: I have always understood that letters to the Forum should be written in good taste. Was it good taste for Mr. -- theVi'nd, the Western terminus. BuJthe rider admitted ruefully that the letters were not only late, they had been transported some 460 miles by truck. And so the trip which took ten days by the original Pony Express in 1860, took 11 days In 1960. Troubles dogged the rerun riders. One of them was accidentally shot in western Nebraska. On the final and hardest lap, the 760 miles from Salt Lake City to Sacramento, both horses and riders gave out and one pony became ill in the Sierra Mountains. Even the truck to which the mail was transferred had motor trouble. The early rerun of the Pony Express was carried out by a California group and a St. Joseph riding club which insisted the affair should begin on April 3, the exact anniversary of the original run. The centennial committees of all eight Pony Express states involved are agreed on commemorainterlocking tions. The official rerun will mesh with but not interfere with Pioneer Day cele- brations July 24. Among other things It will feature an eight state Pony Express Queen contest with the finals in Salt Lake City June 24 and 25. The riders of 1860 would have been surprised at this feature, but no matter. No modern celebration can be held without a queen. The fiasco of the early rerun most likely will set riders to toughening up themselves, and also their horses, so there will be no more humiliating surrenders to the soft machine age. ment? Most Christian people of our time have learned to respect fn others the right to a difference of understanding of the Bible. To scream at each other belongs to the 17th and 18th Centuries. Although I do not wish to argue the merits or demerits of capital punishment, I da wish to correct one misconception in the minds of some people. We do not execute people out of vengeance. Neither do we maintain a prison out of vengeance. These things are done by our society as a means of Venge a n c e and punishment have nothing to do with it. Since kidnaping has been made punishable with the death penalty, also the sale of narcotics to juveniles, those crimes have decreased considerably. Capital punishment has served as a deterrent to quite an extent. ROBERT KENT n ' Highway Autocracy . Editor, Tribune: I wish to register my firm objection to the State Road, Commission regarding the plan to deface, mutilate and destroy the historic beauty and value of State St. from South Temple to North Tem- -- y Consistent Trend Editor, Tribune: Well, the city commission is still in show business. It has just appropriated $3,465 for concerts; $3,000 for shows, and a similar Forum Rules Letters from Tribune readers are welcomed. They should be brief (preferred amount for fireworks at Liberty Park. This represents the same consistent trend by the city in extravagant, wasteful and socialistic spending. Where is Mayor J. Bracken Lee?; Does New York Herald Tribune: No less an authority than Dr. Vannevar Bush, It Is now revealed, has recently complained to a congressional committee that there is too much "hullabaloo" over the propa- ganda aspects of space exploration, and that "putting a man in space is a stunt; the man can do no more than an instru- ment, in fact can do less. It is true, as Dr. Bush insists, that many other fields of .scientific research cry out for attention. It may also be true that these are being slighted because of our preoccupation with space (though it could work the other way too; the space race has undoubtedly sharpened our general scientific awareness). But a great nation today will ignore the challenge of space only at its peril, and only at the expense of retreating from by not advancing rapidly enough toward a destiny in which man is inextricably caught, to which the insatiable curiosity of his nature commits him. Even propaganda stunts have their rightful place in national policy. One of our problems is to overcome an impression the Soviets are trying diligently and sometimes brilliantly to create, that they represent the wave of the future. Nothing symbolizes the future more dramatically than space exploration. Off With the Feet I Denver Post: The man who said human feet were becoming obsolete had it wrong. They are already. If you dont believe it, take a look at some of our new residential areas. If man still had good use of his feet, wouldnt there be some sidewalks there? Well, there arent very many. And those that are there are might skimpy indeed, like glorified curbs. We got interested in this problem through the sad tale of a friend of ours, who found himself about a mile from his home, and seeing it was a nice day, decided to walk, rather than call a cab or take the bus. He made it home, all right, but his feathers were pretty ruffled after half an hour of breathing dust and gasoline fumes, having his ears assaulted by the roar of moving , and dodging autos at every" vans and dragracing intersection (apparently most drivers considered him an In interloper without right) and children, bicycles and dogs , between. When he got home, he nearly threw his feet away. Hes now taken the pledge not to use them except at home, at the office and on the golf Course. the mayor protest these expenditures? The mayor is too busy in the East giving speeches. M. R. JENSEN Beautiful Music Editor, Tribune: It made me happy to know that Marian Andersons concert in the Tabernacle was such a big success. Good ipusic. - . is always beautifuL I am sure Marian will never forget the music lovers in Salt Lake City, their appreciation and good will. I hope she will return again, HARMON teen-agers- soon.-ANN- First of Them All Editor, Tribune: Dan Valentine recently wrote that the first U.S. president to speak in the Tabernacle was Woodrow Wilson. Alberta C. Blamires (Forum, April 14) says that it was Theodore Roosevelt in 1903. Orson F. Whitney had this to say in his "History of Utah, volume II, page 779: "President U. S. Grant drove to the Temple Block, where he visited the Tabernacle. He and his party were entertained by Prof. Joseph J. Daynes, who played several selections on the great organ. Mrs. Grant, with tears in her eyes, exclaimed with great feeling, Oh I wish I could do something for these good people. President Grant was warmly received in Utah and graciously acknowledged it. Then Whitney continues: "The weather was auspicious for the first visit of a chief magistrate of the nation. This occurred on Oct. 2 and 3, 1875. President Grant was in the Tabernacle, he heard the organ, he conversed in a low voice with the people about him, but he was too hoarse to make a public address. A. B. KESLER Thats Where Your Money Goes New York Daily News: has uncovered a "grant Rep. H. R. Gross by the U.S. Public Health Service to an earnest scholar, for a project described as follows: relationship. The aim Is "A test of the husband-wifto develop a diagnostic pictorial test of both intrapersonal and interpersonal aspects of the role relationship of husband and wife. The test should be sensitive to the perceptions of actual behavior and norms and to the consonance perceived between these." went there exactly $33,101. Well, taxpayers: e Senator From Sandpit Ham Park By U.S. . The have now forged paragraph Elizabeth by Bowen impressed slightly ahead of the in a seesaw long contest within the American government as to how to deal with the tinpot Cuban dicta- ? , It Is much easier simply to go on endlessly talking. this But the" evidence-b- y 3time is overwhelming that," the Castro regime at the very least is being used by Inter-- , national communism. It is plain,- - too, that the United States has already lost some respect among many nations outside the Western Hemisphere. This is true even where such nations feel t any obligedof to tut-tu-U.S. action thought strong to put Castro in his place. Castro has contemptuously refused all of Washingtons long and patient efforts to deal in friendship with him. Moreover, he has repeatedly made clear that no mediation by the Organization of American States would suit him, either. THUS THERE is only one other approach open. This is the unwelcome application by the U.S. government of some kind of economic force. There is, of course, not the slightest thought of any military force. Such a course would be undertaken only with reluctance. And it could be taken only on. pain .ofldoud howl-.- , ing from those who are always ready to act against right-windictatorships in Latin America. Nevertheless, some form of economic measures against Castro Cuba is coming closer. g For there are highly reand sponsible men here they are not men who look under every bed for Communists who earnestly believe disaster may be coming unless Castro is checked. ... Polly Harman read that Elvis Presley probably will make a million' dollars In 1960, and sard: Isntfr great what the GI Bill does for that . me saTWich that I decided to pass it on to you: THIS IDEA of not be-- , ing beastly to Fidel Is a part of a very popular current view of all foreign policy: the way to meet any and all nasty foreign problems is to be nice and "flexible" about them and hope they will go away. It has by now, however, become all too clear that the Castro problem will not go away. wood, And Pity Tis Tis True What Spinoza said about a vain man is equally true about a nation. Here is a ' "I am sick of the attitude gover-ness- Cant Pamper Castro Any Longer WASHINGTON Calif., to wish us a happy Easter. . Nahum Tate, an English poet, about 200 years ago, wrote: Friendship is' the privilege of private men; for wretched greatness knows no blessing so substantial. Frank Sheridan says there are two kinds of women those who can talk on any subject, and those who dont need a subject It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when :n reality hes a universal nuisance. Spinoza. William S. White The annual .Easter egg roll on the tor, Fidel Castro. White House lawn has its roots in mediOur line eval Europe but the origin of the "game" Castro is obscure. become will The National Geographic Society more rational, which Is to gests that egg rolling was begun to say tougher, if the realists the rolling of the stone from the are able to stay "bn "top in -the administrations inner sepulcher of the risen Christ. The egg is councils. an ancient, world-wid- e symbol of new life and thus a proper object to be decorated, THEIR NUMBER includes presented as a gift, and eaten as food at Vice President Nixon, Secre Easter time. Children annually roll hard-boile- d colored eggs against each other on a greensward or slope. The owner of an uncracked egg becomes the winner. The contest is called pace egging in England. ' Incidentally, the word "pace does not refer to speed but in this connection it is a corruption of Pasch, a Biblical tern for Easter. tocracy and dictatorship and unfortunately this condition exists in many other states of our United States. j am wondering when they will put a highway through the Temple block. The only things that they will have to do is destroy the iron gates, pull down parts of the historic wall, turn the bulldozers loose on the flower beds, cut down those trees, magnificent then slice off a piece of the Tabernacle. That would just about do it. This they could call progress. If the State Road Commission really wants to do a special job for Salt Lake City it should put its customary pressure on the City Commission so that the latter will inaugurate many oneway streets through the cities, city. Progressive large and small, all over this country of ours are enjoying the convenience and streets. economy of one-waSometimes I wonder1 if the Road Commission is looking for economy of operation. P. MELVIN PETERSEN limit: 200 words), typewritten if possible, must carry writers correct name and address and be in good taste. (Pseudonyms may be permitted, if requested, if writers name and address are signed to original letter, but letters signed for publiple Sts.- The boys at the Top of cation with writers full the Hill'who sit smugly in name will be given prefertheir chairs surrounded by ence.) The Tribune assumes the granite walls of our no responsibility for state-ments appearing in the Capitol State learn Building should sooner or later Forum. Writers are limited that they are supposed to to one letter in 10 days. And be servants or agents. of the" letters which exceed space Imitation may be cut by the-- . people, not our masters. There is too m u c h - au editor. - American-style- " being applied to the Peugeot case. Kidnapings for ransom were being perpetrated long before Columbus made his famous voyage. Julius Caesar, for example, was once seized by pirates who were paid a huge sum for his release. (Caesar later hanged the pirates, just as he promised them he would do.) And as late as the 19th Century, kidnapings were common in parts of Italy and Sicily. The United States has neither a monopoly of virtue nor a patent on crime. pub- - all because we do not see eye to eye with him on the question of capital punish- Patent on Crime The kidnaping of little Eric Peugeot is shocking, even though the child was released unharmed on payment of ransom. As French police fear, unless the case is quickly solved, it "could well lead to a series of similar abductions. People in this country remember the rash of kidnapings in the 1930s which were finally halted by vigorous-federa- l action.We object, however, to the description to Utah a "murderer" and to blast us as mid-summ- er No By Our Readers The Public Forum Now to Toughen Up An Ancient Custom . Man in Space More Than Stunt -- . . le. ... Reverse Marshall Plan? The anomaly was lost on nobody when experts of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe solemnly weighed the problem of the United States trade deficit, Western European countries were urged to accept more American Imports to help right our trade deficit and to imeconomies. prove their own The deficit for the first three quarters n of 1959 was "clearly an abnormal and industrial richest for the largest economy in the world, the commission said in its annual report. The experts attributed the decline in the U.S. share of - world exports largely to the rapid increase in West German and Japanese exports. They added, however, that this could not explain the weakening of the American position with- respect to other industrial countries also exposed to competition from the Germans and Japanese. Meantime, confusion and annoyance grows in this country over the refusal of a growing number of department stores in Canadian cities to accept United States coins. Stores throughout Ottawa, Toronto and other cities have posted notices that U.S. coins are no longer accepted. This followed in the wake of an announcement by Canadian banks they would charge an additional 2 per cent on deposits of U.S. coins totaling more than $1. The discount was in addition to the regular discount of 3V2 cents on the paper dollar. Transit firms in Canada also refuse to take American coins and there has been a general rush to get rid' of them in coin machines. Some of these have been equipped, however, to distinguish between U.S. and Canadian coins. The news from Geneva and Toronto Is worth weighing against predictions of "the most prosperous year in history" ahead, increasing number of Americans touring abroad and swelling business in Yet man has always lived That has been his lot since history began. Prophets of doubt have been common, though they have proved wrong time and again because' they dealt only with externals. There is more in heaven and earth than is ever dreamt of in such philosophy. At Easter men renew their hope, faith and charity in the knowledge of. what happened in Palestine' on the day of the Resurrection. This is how St. Luke tells the story: "Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spiceswhich At the dinner honoring the Bees I was given the VIP treatment In addition to being greeted warmly by the host and hostess, Phillip Antoq and Mrs. John Ros-settI had the privilege of sitting next to Phyllis Irishman, Eddie L e i s h m a ns charming wife. Phyllis is one of the best listeners I've ever y ofourage, - which is com- - Ham Park ing to be more genuinely presumptuous, noisier, and more busybody than the Victorian. Deplore the past if you wish; yod cannot do anything about it, other than try to see it does not recur . Put the present to rights, by all means but begin at home. Much about other peoples, nations who are our contemporaries, is a pity, but does it devolve upon us to tell them so, or say so in terms they may overhear?" met He Is Risen Earth, earth, awake! Notes on Cuff Department - The Missus and I were when we received from Comie and Margaret Sullivan of Salmon, Idaho. The Sullivans are former Salt Lakers and have many friends here.- - Cornie wrote that he passed his 80th milestone last Septem-- 1 ber, and that he and Margaret will have been married 50 years, come June 22. We also heard from ' an- other former Salt Lake couple who are old friends of ours. Peg and Len Von Elm phoned from North Hplly- - The dawn will break And find thee sleeping still Behold the light Grows wide, grows bright, Upon each dreaming hill. Hark, hark, a voice! Rejoice, rejoice! O earth, awake and bring Thy fairest flowers To crown the hours That greet the risen King. Behold the dawn In glory bom! The stone is rolled away Gods angels bright With heavenly light Flood earths dark tomb today. Heart, heart, arise! Lift up thine eyes! Remember thou His word Cast off thy fears. Forget thy tears, Behold thy risen Lord! Erene Angleman. . - i I - |
