Show (£bfjjalt m 4 Bittbitetnd April U fibnnf £akt-- f It ‘Okeh-He- re DAVID LAWRENCE Is’ Blockade Needed to Cut Off Vital Red China Supplies Monday Morning December 22 19S2 XS71 bo4 mr b morolEf j Tribun Tb Skit Lak Fubltabtns Co Bolt Loko Cltj Utoti How Can We Control ‘Lewd’ Literature Sales? But the fact remains that every community has its weak and depraved Moreover society has a responsibility to protect young people still forming moral standards and habits There is and always will be wide divergence of opinion as to what is obscene and as to how controls can be best effected Subject matter ranges all the way from the familiar type of “cheese cake” art in some popular magazines and newspapers to pseudo-scientifisex instruction publications We don’t believe that censorship is the answer to this thorny problem either on a national or local basis The danger of censorship may exceed that of the lewd publication because censors so seldom know where to draw the line Another complication is that moral standards are so much a matter of geography the times and individual interpretation Wt know of no group or individual qualified to definitions and to comdraw up matter As occurs ao lists of disproved pile often in the case of films attempts to control "lewd" literature often brings ludicrous attacks on the classics And this leads us to another problem The books selling for paper-backeare lumped in with the “girlie" magazines and “crime" and “passion" comic books Yet a number of these books are of unquestionable quality and a boon to art and literature since d they sell at a fraction of the cost of are editions Publisher partly regular to blame however for many of these have covers implying subject garish “come-on- ” matter remote from the contents The general public finds It difficult to separate the “meat” from the “poison" on the newsstands Publishers and dealers however should know the difference between “printed prostitution" and honest realism There is no question but that some companies are in the business only to make a fast dollar and some of the more responsible firms are guilty of competing with them The recent congressional hearing and the publicity in connection with it should serve as a warning If the publishers and dealers do not clean up their product and do it promptly they may find they have let a fire of public outrage get out of control By failing to take voluntary action in policing the industry— they risk the wild fire pressure of censors and petulant busybodies And once these get started they may put on Carrie Nation acts to eliminate books and magazines carrying any kind of material with which they disagree There probably are sufficient statutes on the books if police action is necessary But if the industry is wise it will see to it that police or local committee action is not necessary A ipecial House committee headed by " Congressman Gathings of Arkansas will recommend that Congress tighten federal laws against the transportation of indecent publications The action will be based on find ings of the committee at a recent investigation In the words of the chairman the hearing of uncovered merchandising widespread and filth immorality perversion "sensuality degeneracy" on newsstands While some phases of the congressional hearing bordered on the ridiculous it is a mistake to laugh away the problem of obscenity on the newsstands Many newsstands in most communities of size in the country are piled high with “girlie” and crime magazines obscene books and other publications dealing with eex crime and horror It is easy to say that nobody has to buy the trash that the average American is decent and has good taste 'Another Blow at Oaths 4- fate of the most precious of all our precious rights—the right of free expression— has been bulwarked as a result of a recent Supreme Court decision upsetting Oklahoma’s loyalty The act requited all state officers and to including college instructors to not any group belonged swear that they had listed by the U S Attorney General as subverts or as a Communist front for five This broad yeas prior to taking the oath classification the court found to be in violation employes law" The tribunal held that the act does not provide adequate safeguards for the Innocent In tha£ state employes might have joined an organization without being aware of its activities That is a good point inasmuch as many loyal citizens have severed their connections after learning of the true character of organization £ne might wish the court had gone further bub that may be too much to expect in the prelent political climate These are times of peril end It would be a mistake to relax to deal effectively With treason an$ subversion The prime question is whether loyalty oaths are useful In guarding effectively against treason and subversive activity The Federal Bureau of Investigation and several government loyalty agencies have the capacity to ferret out subversives and while obstacles may have been put in their way in the past there is evidence they will be given full cooptation and assistance in the future This should encourage a program of dealing with the problem without witch hunting without unnecessary damage to the innocent In addition to helping create an atmosphere of distrust and suspicion special loyalty oaths could furnish Communists an instrument of camouflage for their activities No Commie woftld hesitate to take an oath or to do anything else to camouflage his activities A loyal American might and-purpo- intelli-geqjUhttor- tJ Thanks to the Russians AMatter of Generations St She huge federal debt can be managed J promote the nation’! financial staeconomic progress a special and bility of the Twentieth Century Fund believes JTbe committee In report issued this welk’in New York urges'! flexible program foe Whittling down the debt by making reductions when employment is high and prices ar£ stable and rising The program would be suspended Whenever business turns definitely downward The suggested debt reduction la 3 per cent' annually providing unemployment is less than 5 per cent of the labor force and the consumer price index has not declined more than 1 per cent in six com-miH- t months tTbese are'proposals which mean more to thtf economist than they do to the ordinary citizen ’ But there is one thing that the com- miitee had to say which is painfully clear "the impossibility of complete It debt retirement within generations" Please note the us” on that last word Can anything else better describe the condition the country is in? --The committee says that the huge debt need not be feared if properly managed Let us'hope that proper management is provided conceded u: fe Vote as boys and the s o 1 d i e r s of other United bat- Nations talions : We Please Get ready for some new “we wuz first" claims from our Russian friends Word from Moscow has it that Russian manufacturers next year will produce long-pla- y phonograph records Imagine that! Also an amazing new camera development which all in one operation takes a picture and prints it in less than a minute And wonder of wonders Russian electronics engineers according to the Moscow radio have made successful experiments with color television There’s no doubt about it— these Russians are fine inventors and we in America owe a great deal to them How otherwise could records picturewe have had these long-pla- y color for lo! television cameras and printing these many months and years— if the Russians weren’t about to Invent them? Getting On the Record Organized sportsmen in both Idaho and Utah have taken laudible positions favoring protection of the national forests for the benefit and enjoyment of all the people Resolutions adopted at annual conventions warn Sgainst breaking down the traditional policy of managing the forests properly giving priority to watershed protection They strongly oppose any legislation that would favor one class of users of the national forests over other users specifically taking a stand against proposals to give priority to grazing permittees and restricting the National Forest Service in its program of protecting problem areas They acknowledged that the “multiple use" policy in the best interest of all is being threatened ‘Much has been made of the advantage the Democratic party had in the last election by reason of the huge federal pay roll It is interesting to note the election results as reported from the three Virginia and Maryland counties surrounding the District of Columbia Where a great mariy federal employes who wrk in Washington government offices live Here are the totals: r In Arlington County Virginia: Eisenhower 2tl85 Stevenson 14032 In Montgomery TOUutyrMaryland:' Eisenhower 47805rSteven--saf- i 23381 In Prince Georges County Maryland Eisenhower 38060 Stevenson 29119 Considering that Virginia is one of the Southern States and Maryland a Border State that vote division is surprisingly strong on the Republican side— far stronger than the national vote division While it is not of course any final proof that federal employes vote as they please when they get in the privacy of4h voting booth It is an encouraging indication that our civil servants are independent minded owing no allegiance to any political party— as are most Americans including we might add numbers of organized labor -' The Idaho Wildlife Federation meeting recently at McCall also went on record as act strongly favoring a state to a and law and to streams lakes applying license and regulate dredging The latter bill would require that ground disturbed by dredge mining be smoothed over and water courses replaced for fish and wildlife habitat and recreation None of the resolutions hint of or demand special privileges for fishermen or hunters n The organized sportsmen should have supports their conservation programs especially from municipal and county government leaders Too many local officials fail to realize that the prosperity health and welfare of their communities hang by the tenuous thread of good watershed management They and their organizations should stand up and be counted as the renewed fight quickens against the traditional policy of preserving "the greatest good to the greatest number in the long run” A new French invention is a piano that sounds like bagpipes One doubts if necessity of that One was even the mother-in-la- -- X —— Mr Lawrence Rubber has been embargoed so Red China can’t get it from most of the producing areas of the world But Ceylon is now exporting rubber to Red China In quantities Whereas Red China didn’t buy much rubber to 1950 the figures show that It stepped up its purchases from Ceylon to 1951 and now has more than trebled the 1951 purchases Went Balt Exports Naturally the American government didn’t like it and began making representations about it to Ceylon which is a British dominion But since Ceylon isn’t a member of the U N it has refused to shut off its exports of rubber Red China moreover dangled the promise of rice to the Ceylonese The Ceylonese cabinet on Oct 17 approved a barter deal whereby the Ceylon government agreed to sell 22312 tons of rubber for 80000 tons of rice — a very attractive deal for the Ceylonese When a ton of rubber will bring nearly four tons of rice it is something really alluring to a riceeating country Then the United States Government stepped in and blocked the export of refined sulphur to Ceylon This article ia very vital to the care Of rubber trees British Supply Ceylon The British Government objected to American policy and sfw to it that the Ceylonese got their sulphur out of the American supply which had been exported to Britain Neither Britain nor Malaya g st d sen-aith- re so American hard-backe- ‘Wue process of oper- ations against d cath' ) for war c hard-and-fa- of WASHINGTON—Red China needs rubber for tires to be used on trucks and motor ve hicles wri'V'i The Public Forum Bleak Abandon Editor Tribune: Why hasn’t our Legislative Council made recommendations to the new Legislature for the further development of the “This li the Place" Monument? It would seem the expenditure of approximately one million dollars for the purchase of the additional area at that site would e justify some kind of program for Its improvement There were many who privately thought the additional e tract excessive to any practical development of this landmark but be that as it may we made the purchase wiped the improvements off the land and today are letting It stand in bleak abandon without a cent of money set up by the Legislature for as much as protection against a hillside brush fire Looking back from the monument itself the excavated home sites which once graced the hillside take on the appearance of ruins of an ancient civilization which could have preceded the coming of Brigham Young and his pioneers Surely those who wanted this additional area so badly have something more than this in long-rang- mind to look By Our Readers at Surely this land warrants at least the clearing of the debris caused by the recent demolitions even though the land itself is to be permitted to return to its original flora of sunflowers and pig weeds Let us hope our Legislature will have the courage to face up to a bad bargain made by Its predecessor and at least make the best of it Daughter of Utah $6000-per-acr- e Lovely Place 177-acr- Editor Tribune: Recently? a German girl who had toured the United States under the auspices of the State Department and the Department of Labor wrote me a letter The following paragraph may interest your readers: “From San Francisco I flew over the Sierra Nevadas and the Great Salt Desert to Salt Lake City There 1 had a wonderful time I even had an interview with the president of the Mormon Church I visited the museum the famous tabI had7 an invitation ernacle for an orchestra concert 1 heard the famous organ and I met wonderful people kind I learned all about the people BRUCE BARTON Bible Quiz Has Own Prize It’s alway tough for a writer to think up anything new to After gay about Christmas wrestling a while with the problem I de‘ cided on a Chriitmas quiz tions: 1 Ques- In what was year Jesus born? Biblical scholars now say about 4 B C chronology was not fixed until the sixth century and the men who fixed it seem to have made a mistake of about four years 2 How do we know this? From St Luke we learn: “And it came to pass in those days that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all trie world should be taxed ” Roman records show that this taxation took place about 4 B C Ordered to Own City Caessrr"d e ere e ordered everyone to go “Into his own city” Joseph’s “own city” was Bethlehem Hence he and Mary went there to be taxed And Bethlehem' not Nazareth won the honor of housing the greatest event iphistory 3 What is the shortest verse In the Bible? “Jesus wept” i (John 1135) 1 Who were the three Marys in the life of Jesus? His mother (Luke 127) Maiy the sister of Martha (John 123) Mary Magdalene (John 20:18) 8 Where is the account of the Sermon on the Mount? Matthew chapters 5 6 7 6 What is the origin of the phrase “a doubting Thomas?” Look it up (John 20:24-27- ) do we know that the same man who wrote the Gospel according to St Luke also wrote the Acts of the Apostles? You will find the answer in Luke 1:1-- and Acts 114 8 What two disciples were called '&ons of thunder?” Mark 3:17 will tell you 9 Of all the miracles of Jesus which is the one recorded in all four Gospels? The feeding of the five thousand with “five loaves and two fishes” (Matthew 14:13-21- ) Luke (9:12-17- ) Mark (6:31-44- ) John (6:1-110 Where Is the parable of the Prodigal Son? What other parables are in the same chapter? Luke 15 11 'What became of Judas who betrayed his Lor d? (Matthew Hanged himself 7 How Mormon religion saw the bishop’s store houses from whence the Mormons have sent so many Care parcels to Germany I can only say It is a lovely place with very very kind people They are all happy in practicing their religion and helping each other and other people who need their help And what Is the remarkable thing— they do it in such a nice way” Marguerite Crawford Los Angeles CaL Africa Seethes Editor Tribune: 'From the Straits of Gibraltar to the Cape of Good Hope the African con- tinent seethes with unrest its people striving for release from colonial rule and exploitation In South Africa Kenya and Tunisia the response of white colonial governments has been a reign of terror Now the terror has spread to Morocco The cauldron of oppression and violence is part of that “free world” which the American people are asked to defend for its colonial masters Our State Department condones in the U N the racist violence against the colored people of South Africa by refusing to permit any protest against the Malan regime Our political spokesmen say that what the colonial powers do in Africa Is not the business of the U N or the American people It is our business and our duty to protect against this travesty of the cause of freedom by our government Olive Carroll Farowan Utah 4 27:5) 12 Where is the Rule? (Matthew 7:12) Golden Amazing Variety Every good quiz program should have a prize If these Biblical references tempt you to dust off your family Bible and start reading your reward of the may be a amazing variety and Interest e which is not a of book but a whole library of this-volum- books William Lyon Phelps famous Yale professor said: “I thoroughly believe in a university education for both men and women but I believe a knowledge of the Bible without a college course is more valuable than a college course without the Bible” And he added: “You can learn more about human nature by reading the Bible than by living in New York” r What to do In Korea Editor Tribune: When it was suggested by a Russian spokesman that a truce could be arranged in Korea the gullible sitters at the United Nations leaped for the bait The result has been that we have bad interminable negotiations without any real intention of the Chinese stooges of the Kremlin to come to an armistice The only cure for military transgression is subjection by superior force The sole cause of the Korean War is that the Russian conspirators want to annex the country just as the sole cause of the 1914 German war was the Kaiser’s desire to sweep across Belgium and clutch the throat of France and the sole cause of the second German war was that Hitler’s bloodthirsty hordes wanted to take what they wanted by the sword No tribunal of arbitration would have given the Kaiser a warrant to transgress the border of France or Hitler a warrant to march into Poland Arbitration could not have forestalled any of these wars by adjustment because they had no legal or moral validity The present military posture in Korea can be altered only by making North Korea a slaughter-field for Chinese as fast as ' they cross the Yalu This operation need not involve ground invasion of Manchuria Samuel Russell sends any rubber to Red China because of the embargo but the British government has thwarted the American govern- ment’s efforts to prevent Red China from getting rubber from the only source available to it—Ceylon It is thought here that not all the rubber obtained by Red China from Ceylon is going directly to Korea but that soma of it is being shipped to Soviet Russia where most' of the weapons and vehicles for the Korean war are manufactured Must Go by Ship How can the United Nations put an end to the violations of the spirit as well as the letter of the embargo against the Communist forces to Korea and their suppliers — Soviet Russia? To get from Ceylon for instance to Red China are ports Communist vesselsblock-adused In any other war a would be established to search and aelze vessels carrying contraband cargoes High American officials have refused to impose such blockade beeanie as one man phrases it this would be “an act of war" Yet the Korean operation is bigger than most wars to American history In fact the casualties are beginning to compare already with American losses In World War I By detaining vessels in the waters of the Indian Ocean and In the South China Sea our blocking Navy could order the ships to turn back to their ports of origin Aren’t Blockades are Customary In wartime hut in the Korean war some of the governments allied with us and supposed to share our views against Communist imperialism are not cooperating It’s a sad atory which the next administration will have to tackle For the Truman regime despite revelations of this kind by committees of Congress has neglected to impose a blockade which Is one of the most effective ways to put economic pressure on Red China end help force e truce o FRANK R KENT A Change in Temperament WASHINGTON— Among the changes which will occur as a result of the new administration Is a change— a very great change- -in the atmoe-pher- e of the White House which logi- cally should be reflected In Congress and generally through the whole Federal structure Primarily this change is not concerned with political issues or policies It is based on the differences between the personality and temperament of the incoming president and that of his two predecessors Developed Early Truculence and belligerency were traits which both Mr Roosevelt and Mr Truman de' veloped early with their acquirement of presidential power They assailed and conattacked and dedemned nounced In the last campaign Mr Truman let himself go farther in this direction than any previous President Nor apparently has the more than 6500000 Eisenhower majority convinced all the conspicuous figures in the opposition that the country was overwhelmingly for the General and against the Governor On the contrary some of the “egg heads” as the intellectual speech-writin- g aides to Mr Stevenson came to be called seem determined to continue the fight Ignore Attack When Mr Truman insultingly and publicly declared at a press conference that General Ike’s visit to Korea was a aheer “piece of demagoguery” instead of replying in kind the General completely ignored this cheap and unfounded charge And when Senator Taft declaring the appointment of Mr Durkin as Secretary of Labor “incredible" the Intimation being that the General had sold out to the big labor bosses who had opposed him and y wanted to repeal the Act the General had nq comment at alL Both of these charges could have been met with strong repudiation ancj sharp retort 7 Most Effective Thing But though his close associates admitted that the General felt badly about both the Truman and Taft Ittacks he said Taft-Hartle- V nothing Unquestionably his refusal to blast back at either was the most effective thing he possibly could have done The General’! refusal to answer their assaults went a long way to nullify them While some of the still hostile journalists and politicians attempted to use these incidents as ammunition the net effect seems to have strengthened the General and weakened hii opponents Certainly it has been made elear that the President-elec- t is not a quarrelsome man— nor one easily provoked to wrath Calm Friendly Man He seems a calm and friendly man who controls his temper does pot go off and is wholly free from personal grudges and animosity This does not mean of course that General Eisenhower is inca-pab- lf of anger or resentment He will not be the kind of President who can be pushed around bullied or bamboozled It does mean that he Is strong enough to be patient and tolerant A truthful man himself apparently he Is not disposed to accuse those who disagree with him of lying Nor Is he likely to surround himself with shoddy untruthful men Mistakes he will make of course but they are pretty sure to be honest mistakes For distinctly he Is neither a humbug nor a hypocrite half-cocke- d Soaper Says A Labor member of Parliament says that Britain’s army officers are chosen far their accent a custom similar to that in this country of selecting drill sergeants from whatever part of the country counts: “Hut hoo threep gore" One school of scientific thought holds that too much of this artificial chlorophyll may injure the health A short life but a fragrant one Eisenhower plays the harmonica a pleasant instrument and one for which you don’t have to rebuild the White House to keep from crashing through the floor Some sentiment is heard for laws barring discrimination on account of age And it does seem unfair for example that fewer than 10 per cent of all chorus girls are hired from the over-5group 0 |