Show ir-- r 14 A &bt Salt £akf Back to Normal gf ibunf DAVID LAWRENCE Lack of Unity Slows Action Of Free Against Reds Sunday Morning November 16 1952' April IS IhuwI 1171 tnry morn Inf by Tht Balt Lmka Trllmn PublUbln Co UU Balt City Utah Shall United Nations Be Asked to Move? ' ' The irony of ironiei In the brief history of the United Nations is that It is in the midst of its greatest crisis just after occupying the dollar home ‘Assembly’s new A permanent meeting place obviously assures the U N no permanance and some of the most zealous supporters of the organizamulti-millio-n tion are beginning to ask if it can continue to function in the face of the widening breach Strong pressure from both sides threatens the 1ody with disintegration Headlining an investigation of United Na-east-we- st tions personnel spokesmen for a Senate In- - ternal Security Subcommittee have served an Ultimatum on the international body to get rid of "saboteurs and spies” or get out of thei United States This is pretty strong medicine but it is likely that the Senate Red hunters have con- siderable citizen support The Congressional investigation idded to Vishinsky’i intensified obstructionism contributed to the decision of Governor General Lie to resign and very - probably to the suicide last week of his top legal aid Abraham H Feller And out of the turmoil the thorny questions of the rights ’ liid privileges of U N employes and of the United Nations itself emerge as a legal and ' floral quandry of major proportions J Many U S citizens in and out of Congress ’ are genuinely apprehensive about the pres-ence of Communist personnel working in U N ' buildings and living outside in New York’ ’ 1 trinity And on the other side member na- -' ' tjms especially Communists see the U N-- M little more than an American instrument ' With one exception all U N attaches ’ rained as having Communist ties are American ' Aizens The Olga exception is Chicago-bort ’ lllchka who admits she renounced her dti i j n ERay of Hope in Iran d!Lfrther Iran’s new offer in the oil dispute needs exploring but the fact that an offer made should be the occasion for hope vjzfW it meant that the door is still open for ”-- “us t settlement tTZZ Iran proposed to compensate the '"L $nian Oil Company for its confiscated Anglo-- - prop- - irties on the 'basis sdopted by Britain for' compensation of British nationalized that That was a shrewd stroke-o- ne 7 will win Iran sympathy— for It proposes to apply the sauce for the goose to the gander ' 'And assuming that Iran is serious all that I Z fill be necessary la for Iran and Britain to amount of compensation and $ ““Jiiree on the manner of payment $e The latter point is apt to provide the diffl- 1 have to pay for the ex-ifgn ‘IYropuuted properties out of the Income from To do this she will have to find technl-T‘?ns to operate oil fields and refineries tank-Vr- s to export the oil and experts to market t iem She has none of these resources herself lut will she permit the hated British to come back and operate the company they once jbwned or will she be able to find the neces-- ’ sary men and ships elsewhere? By the time negotiations reach that stage the answers to these questions may be apparent ‘ Dr Mossadegh has pursued an erratic course since the oil crisis first bubbled but ' be has been steadfast for what he believed to be Iran’s best interests If negotiations do begin he cannot be expected to give In easily However the very idea that negotiations are possible is encouraging One ray of hope may V not be much but it is more than we previously ‘bad I tie 1 I -- i 0 4 m t i : Yet Ever-Youn- g -- Z! I We’d like to say a word of tribute to one of r TUtah’s grand ladies We were about to say t"grand OLD ladies”— but you know honestly this lady doesn’t strike you as really Old J There’s something about her that despite ' her years keeps her young Maybe it’s that the ! looks to the present and the future not the " past a grand person— Mrs Ruth she’s ‘Anyway 99 Fox young today years Y As a girl of 14 Mrs Fox walked most of the way to Utah with her father Here she married : Jesse W Fox and raised a family now lnclud-I lng many grandchildren The total and even ‘ number of her living descendants is approxi-Y’jnatel- y ' - 220 — -- ' Long active In the LD S Church and a for--r tner president of YWMIA she still goes to church regularly every Sunday It’a a pleasure to say an editorial ’TIappy Birthday” to Mrs Buth May Fox one of Utah’s old ladies — i— J rand ever-youn- l?4 g '' j ( :i£assie Comes Home Log Angeles which I I ? I I!' I so many wonderful lings now boasts a collie which apparently "L aveled across the country all by herself ‘riY The collie named Lassie belonged to a Y'f mily which formerly lived in Southern Call- ‘frrnla' but which moved to Bethpage N Y Uo years ago taking the dogwith them: "'Tien early in September Lassie broke her ‘3:ash and in late October was found wandering In Los Angeles A collar tag located Hie I I ' has 1 ! owners No one except Lassie knows whether she walked or rode on her 3500-mil-e Journey - The story however fits the general pattern of the adventures of homing animals— with one exception Lassie was able to find Los An-- 1 geles but net her old neighborhood In the sprawling metropolis That Is the touch which jnay mean that in this case truth is stranger fiction zenshlp tor that of Russia AQ but one of the dozen-odsuspecta have declined to answer senators’ questions about their Communist connections taking shelter under the fifth amendment Senator! have limited their probe so far to the American employes of the U most of them in the secretariat They are small fry however Presumably beyond the senators’ reach are the Russian Polish and Czech delegations certainly Communist Except for watching their movementsoutside the U N buildings they cannot be controlled or deported— short of being convicted of a crime — without breaking up the U N or evicting the whole international body And eviction would pose enormous difficulties The problem of the secretariat employes Is part of a larger and extremely troublesome question: Should the United Nations hire only nationals who are acceptable to their respective governments? If so then Czechs who were employed before Communists seized control of that country would be discharged The U N refused to take that action four years ago explaining that the employes had been hired ts Individuals and their obligation in their official capacity was to the Ur N rather than to the government at Prague Ideally and abstractly It might be that the secretariat should be made up of world dvll servants Practically however wishes of member nations cannot be ignored altogether but neither can the staff be reshuffled every itime there Is change of administration In member d lit 1S4-il- qy er t ’ ’ School Race Warms Up The high citizenship responsibility registered at the general election last Nov 4 Is seemingly carrying over to the biennial school election (or the Salt Lake City district to be held Dec 3 By Saturday noon 13 persons had filed as candidates for the six places on the Salt Lake Board of Education Competition Is theJ spice of an election and the voting likely will be stimulated by the number of aspirants seeking tho positions The deadline for filing with R Y Gray board clerk la Monday and the office closes at 5 pm In far too many instances citizens turn their backs on the schools when their alert Interest is needed most No other branch of our democratic government la any more Important In no other field does the vote count more Salt Lake’s board of education for instance handles a budget of 8 million annually sets the policy of the school administration passes on the superintendent supervisors and staff members and curriculum In the end the type of citizens turned out by the schools is in the lap of the board of The Public Forum WaitiWhile Editor Tribune: Maybe Fred W Schwars’s reasoning on Ike’s victory is correct However I am going to wait until Ike and the new Congress take over in January If euch matters as tldelands oil additional tax loopholes reduction of excess profits taxes and plana for a national sales tax get top billing I will (hen be able to see it more clearly " Joe Blow Shoo on Other Foot Editor Tribune: With all the alibi from New and Fair Deal writers like Thomaa Stokee as well as letters to the Forum regarding the great qualities of Candidate Stevenson be did not offer any policy except the NewTDeal policy of toe little man He played for organized labor ahd pressure group policies and belittled Gen Eisenhower and his great record As a salesman I learned years ago in order to seQ your eierchandise quit knocking your competitor I cite the first part of Gov Stevenson’s speech before organized labor In Chi-- v cago Nov L He slashed at his Republican opponent as a man who does not deserve either By OuP Readers the confidence er trust because ho played dangerous politics in attempting to win the presidency The shoe Is on the other foot now and Gen Eisenhower will restore the honor of toe offico of President of toeso United States E B Whitney Editor It Tribune: Is nlco that toe election brought such happiness to Mary M Atwater who wrote in the Nov 9 Forum Her personal blessings must have been great Indeed if aho Is happier than aho hai been for 20 years just over the change of an administration Shf takes all the credit of the election to the women She la -- Foram Rules Letters from Tribune readers are welcomed They should be brief (not over 200 words) carry writer’s correct name and address (pseudonym will be permitted if requested) and must be in good taste The Tribune assumes no responsibility for statements in the forum Writers limited to one letter In 10 days ' ( First of the Season — Tho first spow of tho season arrives as was to be expected even though a trifle late It waa beautiful as first snows always are and It was greeted with the usual complaints by people who apparently think that the four seasons should be all alike Admittedly the snow causes Some discomforts and dislocations but it also is absolutely essential to this part of the world Winter’s snow means summer’s water The season’s first snow was widespread All of the 11 western states shared in 1L Here in Salt Lake City the water content was high and the weight of the snow bore heavily on trees from which the leaves had sot fallen Plant life it seems gets caught napping just ' ' like humans v The golfer wm look at the first snow with a mournful eye the skier with joy each has his favorite season The small fiy will take it in stride for youth every season la a good one And for everyone the first inow means that winter is finally here Though sides may bo clear don't let them fool you Almost anycan happen now thing weather-wis-e The Senator From Sandpit By Ham men ' ere successful because chiefly they didn’t have the advantages others had—Columbia Record Some Qul amuse yourself ever (Do you by asking yourself toe questions you see In some of toe ads or hear In radio commercials? jit’s a fav orlteln-doo- r sport of mine For ample): ex- I Ham Park reached the age when my Idea ofgettlrife ahead is keeping even Q Do yod "stand out” from too crowd 'or are you just one of the crowd? A Depends on the crowd If the polled happen to be raiding a joim I stand out I just naturally look guilty Q Do you believe there i any truth in the saying: "Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you what you are?” A Certainly not! If there were Td be a Private Eye or something 7 Q Do you ever feel "Inferior” in the presence of others? If so when?-When the talk Is about what they saw on television Q Are you “clothes con- -' clous?” JPo you worry about what you wear? A I am conscious I have them on I worry for fear I’ve left something off Q If you had your life to live over again what would you prefer to be? A Either syndicated or rich years? A I’ve A Notes Qa The Cuff Department For whodunit fans "So rich probably right about that for women are all susceptible to the glamour of a uniform but before we get too pleased with' ourselves wo better wait a year or four yean and' see If all the boys come home from war and If all the debts from contlnuoua wan are wiped out by magic Wa live In a great country It has been made a great country by Republican and Democrats by men and women so let’s not get too smug about what we women have accomplished in one election Agnes Just Reid Firth Ida Let’s Not Be Smug ( education Every two years a member front each ot the six municipal wards of the city Is elected to the Board of Education for four-yea- r terms Thus a 50 per cent turnover Is possible though several incumbents are seeking Since competition is assured it is the duty of Salt Lake City citizens to learn all they can about the candidates their background interest! and possible reasons for seeking positions on the school board And every one of the approximately 90000 eligible electors should vote at one of tho 41 convenient polling places promised the American people he would go to Korea take a look— to get the feel of the situa- - Mr Lawrence tion on the ground He will need firsthand knowledge Nobody here who know the history of toe truce negotiations believes the Communists have any Idea of making a settlement until It is obvious that they will be compelled by military pressure te do so Appeasers Speak Up Every time some plan to weaken toe enemy is brought forth the appeasers and their allies in Washington circles and In London promptly cry out that the object is to "enlarge the war” Some of the administration spokesmen in Congress and during the campaign have warned that no steps must be taken because Russia might decide to bring on World War III With such a psychology created no military plan- ning can be done and American troops are condemned to an interminable war in Korea This is one reason why General Eisenhower emphasized toe important role that South Koreans could play if their divisions were adequately trained and equipped The administration at first said nothing more could be donq that hadn’t been done toward increasing the effectiveness of the South Koreans But now it develops that more divisions will be put into training The whole Idea la to train enough South Koreans to enable them to take over the front lines Knowland Offers Flan The latest plan of a comprehensive nature however for dealing spritb the Korean situation comes from Senator Knowland Republican1 of California whose specialty is Far Eastern problems He recommends a program that goes to toe heart of toe matter— he feels that Russia must either Ik countries ‘ Secretary Ceneral lie promptly discharged one suspect named by the Senate subcommittee and put ten other suspects on leave pending a thorough Inquiry of their connections Ho declared he does not want to employ "even one American who la disloyal to his country” The problem is more acute In this case because the U N headquarters is on American soil and because Communists are committed to seek the overthrow of governments The situation cannot be treated as it might be If thb U N capital were located on a "neutral Island” The United Nations staff Is in New York St the invitation of tho American people At the time of the choice it was believed that locating the world capital in this country was a high honor Now many Americans feel that the risk is not worth the honor If that feeling intensifies and extensive Communist espitv nage activity is proved it may be necessary for the United States to take the Initiative in seeking the transfer of U N headquarters to Geneva The Hague or elsewhere irrespective of the tremendous financial and moral investment In the Impressive structure in Manhattan WASHINGTON — What can be done about Korea? ThA administration’s answer is "nothing” unless toe Commun agree to a truce General Park So Lovely andf So Dead” by Harold Q Masur is a pretty good' yarn I also liked Frank G Slaughter’s East Side General" a novel ef hospitals operations doctors and nurses with a bit of violence and murder added Very exciting finish Saw Joe Casella and George N Larsen on Main Street the othei1 day and they both spoke te me I felt’ relieved because they’re my income tax counselors and I’m going to need their counsel this year fooling no Gene Broaddus writes: "Dear Ham: Yes I can remember when toe postoffice was in the Dooly Block and when the Walker House and toe Walker- -' Opera Block were between Second and Thirds South on Street" Main (Correction Gene—the Walker Opera Rouse was right near where toe Capitol Theater is now' It burned The hotel was about where the David Keith Building is today) Sunday At Church — (A Reprise) Miss Abigail squeaks like a i - - ' fife And Jonathan booms like a drum ’ As they thunder fortissimo chords Then sink te pianissimo hum The' choir leader frantically waves And stretches the” seams lit his ' coat— His face is most frightfully red And the apple’s convulsed in ' his throat But music is what we all' need As we ponder events that are dire These good folk are doing toeir - bit - As they sing in toe old village Our Great Need Editor Tribune: I am glad for your editorial asking us to gef 'mad about toe murder on our highwaya I wish It challenged every educator in toe state as It did me Your writer may be getting toe cart before toe hone in asking "a new judicial attitude backed by strong public support relative to highway killing” For 10 years H P Leatham director of the State Driver’s Licensing Division has been telling everyone who would listen that education Is the answer he finds that almost never does a penon who has completed the high school driven training course need fur-todisciplining They take pride in proper driving and it becomes an established habit Provide more equipment and personnel and make it a required coune Mr Leatham in bis biennial report asks that the law require every driver to be examined for renewal of license at least once in 6 years at a cost to the stata of $1 apiece If we were re Ally alarmed we’d make it every year and make it stiff! Tho recent analysis of Utah’s losses for 1951 from traffic fatalities compiled by the Safety Council comes to the staggering figure of $19660000 To that add the sufferings of the guilty and the bereaved of thb multitude ef maimed halt and blind Lay it all before officials and economy-mindedares taxpayers and let-wdeqy our great need Mrs A V Scheiber - -- d ho Eccles for Cabinet ' Editor Tribune: I was very much pleased with Mr Mini-son’- s suggestion of a few days In ago your column that Mr Marriner S Eccles be appointed as chairman ef the Federal Reserve Board This would be very fine but I would say that President elect ’Elsenhower would do very well by appointing him (Mr Eccles) a secretary of toe U S Treasury in " his cabinet If there much doubt I very are many if any men who understand both U S and world financial problems and conditions better than Me Eccles- Also look at the prestige it would give toe West and Utah in particular Mr Eccles and Qen Eisenhower have always seen "eye to eye” on monetary -- matters choir --J U A ’ Mused 194L " f -f- LaVell Chamberlain Cedar City Utah K cease to give assistance to the North Korean and Chinese Communists or toe United Nations should take moral and economic sanctions against her Mr Knowland further suggests that if Russia ’ doesn’t comply not only should toe American embassies but the embassies of all other free nations be withdrawn and that no Russian ambassadors be received at our capitals This comes under the head of moral pressure and might precede any other steps Would Release Chiang But if Russia continues adamant Mr Knowland thinks toe thing to do is to release the Chinese Nationalists from the restrictions imposed on them by toe Truman administration so that the Nationalists can go Into China am) liberate toeir fellow countrymen or at least start a movement In that direo- tion by commando raids on the coast of China Coupled with this would be a naval blockade of toe Chinese Communist ports and permission to Chinese Nationalists troops to go to Korea to help fulfill the U N obligations of repelling aggression in that country The result would be to compel the Chinese Communists to divert their troop! to other parts of Asia and particularly to bring them back from- - Korea to the mainland of China Risks Always Exist The argument that will be made against all this by the advocates of appeasement and Interminable war is that there are risks in it Mr Truman took a risk when he sent American troops into Korea in June 1950 There are always calculated risks in these problems of a “cold” or a “hot” war But when toe casualties are rising for American homes it is time to think of toe long period in which such casualties may go on if nothing is done to break the stalemate 'Senator Knowland has put his finger on toe weakness of toe Allied side The free nations are not united and as a test of sincerity he asks that all governments on our side which at present recognize Red China withdraw such recognition at once MABQUIS OI1LDS Labor Finds Self Isolated WASHINGTON— In many re- spects the organized labor movement finds itself today In a position sim- ilar to that of Ahe Democra- tic party It stands in a lonely and isosomewhat lated position The death of Philip Murray has a d e e for Mr-- Childs toe leaders who have been at his side for the past 13 years during which the CIO came into being and began toe con- solidation of its power While much of that power was centered in Murray’s own person he remained essentially unchanged j Arbitrary At Times At times he used his power both economic and political iif an arbitrary way Behind him was toe yeasty pushing of a new force—mass trade unions indusin the tries After toe fierce battles of the early Thirties big labor had managed in part at least to match big business When toe two were pitted against each other big labor proved it n could shut down big industry But Murray’s death coming In the immediate aftermath of a sweeping victory by eon-servative Interests opposed to organized labor also has a symbolic meaning He believed up until election even- that the same pattern of would prevail in the voting as - self-intere- st - Soaper Says Busy days— these—around toe jokesmith’s establishment with toe boys running through the gag file and writing in "Democrat” for “Republican" The committee' for going right to toe heart of the matter conies up with a new find- ing: The reason for prison riots Is prisons Reindeer are being planted in Scotland But wasn’t It Scotthe reland where Sandy fired ’ volver ' then told hi little ones tost Santa Claus had shot ‘ ’ himself? had prevailed In previous elections and that Governor Stevenson would defeat General Eisenhower ' Spent Time Money The CIO’s Political Action Committee had spent a great deal of time and money in behalf of Democratic candidates for Senate and House ss well as for president Murray’s' political lieutenants gave him confident reports right up to election day' The consensus was that people were bound to vote for the current prosperity and the high level of Jobs In some industrial areas notably Detroit the vote for Stevenson was larger than that for President Truman four years ago To this extent It is demonstrable that organized labor did get out toe vote at least where that vote was concentrated Failure Clear Enough But despite his showing the failure of labor to Influence other groups— unless perhaps adversely— was dear enough The urgent need for organized labor today would seem to be to try to convince the publio that labor’s interest Is not hostile to that of the unorganized and the middle class that in fact they have an Interest in common in keeping up purchssing power 'so that the flow of products from America’s vast industrial machine can be absorbed by American consumers This must be done by deeds as well as words with the emphasis on the former Question ef Survival Some speculation has already centered on whether the C 1 0 Itself can hold together now that Murray with his fatherly way of ending dispute within the orgahlzation Is no more It has been suggested that toe AFL and John L Lewis of toe Unltejj Mine Workers would at once fall to work aeek-into carve pieces out1 of to CIO domihlon This would bring great satisfaction to those who want to destroy tot power of all union in toe mass " Industries In the new Congresa toera-wil- l be foes of labor Convinced that toe election waa a min'd to to put on toe brakes They will be grateful for any assistance they get from withla-th- e labor movement g |