| Show ' - deVT4144 - - - - ' - - — - - '''' - - - - - ' ( '' - - ' : kiIP004100000k10411400O10404110W ”WW11ee11" - - - - - 4 adio010101Plage MielPVW4egomeno411a14ftwoNr"-tokiwatrii616esowiltwo4atw-L--brafigiopumtorniw-o-40- - - ' v F l' ' ' 14 01 s - ' THE '' - E livo'4 ollo4 1 p &pfl 1tL -- 1osu4 'Pert growl got OF ' I "tprti 4 f a -- - 11 a- 1I lOat Asks Tribuno tes Salt Liao Pot:Oohing Co a vA - city utak kgo q f 1 - 1 With the shocking Fourth of July holiday ioll in mind it behooves every American to do something more than nil at reckless drivers and those without the "good sense" to litay off the crowded highways : If the Korean war toll had reached the toore than 800 massacred over the long holiday---500 of them in automobile crashes—the American people would have been shocked beyond words Yet death on the highways is becoming accepted with almost fatalistic t A itc I -- ialm The drive against reckless and drunken drivers must be pushed with all resolve Highways must be made wider and safer as Vapidly as possible The time may come when 1 r"--- -14 ' LA' 44 - - besz tealrleeathrsi:igloall ulidppedbe ! - 4 1 body-restraini- 1 A Preparedness Lesson gg Since economists in congress cut essential appropriations for national defense during the most perilous epoch of modern history leaving the defenders of peace and progress poorly prepared to cope with dangerous and defiant foes a comparison of policies and their costs may be made And while as Winston Churchill told the Rritish parliament in 1940 "The present can-tkeep looking over the past when it is necessary to face the future" it would be wise to keep in mind the words of 'Walter Lawlor an English author of an earlier century who over-confide- nt ot said: "Experience is our most dependable teach- PEW or rk ' - 4t 4 40 I At It 1'41 1 s 4 1 4 - ' I 4-e- -'- '1-- ':1 ti!T! ' 4 have won temporary admiration and applause but reports from official sources indicate that money was saved while jeopardizing the lives of American men and boys Until the monster of Russian aggression is conquered or confined to Re sequestered school of hatred nations that would remain Independent in a world of freedom and enterprise must exercise the wisdom and foresight that enabled frontiersmen of all epochs to survive and succeed The normal heads of families do not weigh monetary expenditures against essential outlays for health and protection from obvious perils Neither should the lawmakers of a nation surrounded by sullen savages and slave drivers hesitate about making the people their property and their liberty reasonably secure before concentrating on the accumulation of a surplus Away back in 1941 when national 'preparedness was a topic of academic discussion when isolationists were underwriting our security from attack when we were attending strictly to our own business the blow fell at Pearl Harbor The republic was forced to cringe and compromise or to enter the conVikt whkh it did Haste was imperative and it always entails waste Confusion increased expenses No hurried preparations to protect a people caii be handled without loss - All that was saved by remaining aloof wu swallowed up in the rush of postponed preparedness Without having learned the lesson from experience the leaders and lawmakers of an optimistic and prosperous population left the present generation of Americana to flounder through the same routine again—but to what extent no one may know until a period of peace is attained Preparedness is a word that legislators executors economists and parents in this democracy should never forget I ------ - - 1 ' (- rr 4i- f0) - ic r 0 -) - their affairs Being one of the most thickly populated areas in the world many of her people are afraid of severing ties with "American imperialists" upon whom they have leaned for sustenance and security since October IA 1898 In 1917 the natives demanded recognition as citizens of the United States pursuant to which an aiorganic act" conferred territorial rights on Puerto Ricans compliance with which-- was opposed by only Mt votes in a population of 1869255 This "imperiallam" of the United States of America is an awful threat to the people of ' other nations or their colonial possessions who read or hear how Kremlin commentators and their imitators in this republic describe and deride it ' Being required to eat hash every night Is not a recognized ground for divorce in Illinois says the learned judge who looked it up under miscellaneous For the owners baseball's bonus rule is an expensive folly Moreover it leaves many a young phenom washed up at 20 with nothing to show for it but $100000 The primary clam in punning thinks the Canadian member of parliament is cute— the one who old "the sardine industry is it 401 - '1111 it"71SIL 1 '7?-- 1N - Ttt - ''1 -''-- d t i I 'ti lill'i - o! !t )-- tt i 1 : 44 1 J c3U141141'1 1 ' : L'''''' - -- 417- to c t - 24 " k ic is not opposing this project but Its reaction is likely to be quite different to the far reaching recommendation in Symington's re Port Urge U S 'Plasts He vigorously urges the building of more government power areas plants in key Symington tells the president that ft was chiefly the government's giant power projects such as'T V A and Boulder Darn which pulled the country through the last war and advises a continuance of this public power dewar-indust-ry velopment policy Note: According to the Edison Electric Institute the private utility industry has chalked up the highest first-hal- f year earnings in its history Net income for this period is approximately $430000000 — more than 13 greater than for the first six months of 1949 With business conditions the last half of the year certain to be equal to those of the first' the power industry Is certain of a net around S990- 000000 The 1949 net income was 37691"°°°- Malabo' II S planes being shipped abroad are going to Korea One shipment of 44 air force training planes has been to Franco Spain dispatched They were bought from Consolidated :Vultee Aircraft Corp in Span- ish Minister of Commerce Juan Antonia Suances T V Soong brother-in-laof Mang KM- ahek who broke with the latter w recently has warned the State department that the Chinese Communists will shortly attack Britain's crown colony at Hongkong The 71 former Nationalist-owne- d transport planes now claimed by Maj Gen Claire Chennault are still grounded at an airfield outside Hongkong Tho British courts decision on these planes is not expected until next January Meanwhile the aircraft could be destroyed or sabotaged by Communist agents with ease This large fleet of transport planes would be a tremendous help to the U & right now in the Korean imbrogho Copyright 1950 Post-HaSyndicate Inc ll Col it v A) - 7 ''' lL 4 - 1:li z e - CRY PEACE t:t'' z" NIrl l'r!'"'--"-:- t - - ' 2' 1))2i -- -- - --ca s VA ''"kscZTr - - 4 t‘ - 0 ) Li) ? ' 4 ( I ' k- ' : AL Q - Li t c:)Rft - - Nov Who Will Start World War ' d foreigners killing is the best propaganda Stalin has had in a ceon's age As Sen Millard E Tydings pointed Out in a solemn Blair HOUMA conference the G La win now have to stay in Korea until the world situation—not just the Korean situation—has been re- solved In our favor It's now sinking in upon our planners that world situations are only settled by world wars If that's true can we afford to let Rua-li- e name the Gloom as thick as the Korean flying weather now lies upon the Defense and State departments explaining in part why World Warm may be the terrible but wisest choice V S Tricked Again From a military viewpoint we have been tricked into leading with our weakness rather than With our strength Both the air force and the navy have been built up to fight Russia not a police action Our high level bombers are good for nothing except to attack urban targets Our Jet fighters are much too fast for tactical support of ground troops The navy which under Adm Forest D Sherman has concentrated on submarines and anti-su- b warfare is not a useful weapon in Korea and won't be any more useful in Iran Yugoa The armed slavia or services were all pointed at World War 111 which is as it should be but the change of events has spoiled their aim TO LIVE FOR OTHERS - takes The Missing Link the State department hasn't been able to supply the Koreans with the missing link —the middle choice—between communism and colonialisni The miming link Ii nationalism and It has worked quite well in India and Indonesia In Korea It hasn't So far worked at all Fifty years ago we were able to go into Cuba and the Philippines where we sat on the lid until the natives established a stable government of aorta The State department admits that we can't do that now without making propaganda hay for the Kremlin Still another unhappy thought Is going the official rounds One Russian atomic bomb delivered upon the 'Jabs the only nation previous experience in that would turn a frantic pop- - :wit: Metcalfe Distributed by 0 Syndicate ght When there is sadness in iny And tears invade my heart o I look upon the flow- o The beauty of the ers and I"' - I contemplate the blessings that My Cod hes And all the comgiven me Of every fort and the joy And if the clouds memory are dark and if The rain is on the street 1 think of other Their hour of depeople in And I compare my lot feat And what they with theirs And always it have in store That I have appears to me And then I "mueh more see my failure and The courTo live my age that I need life unselfishly In thought and word and deed Copyright 1950 Sun and Times Co All rights reserved - "anti-lynchi- V : ' ' trutle-Swin- bune Prlyilege ef Tomtit show true emo- loun tion The genuine faces of feeling May shout their ecstasies Let anger pounce unchained Wail out their grievances Without fear of being thought Emotional in excess The rest of us are cultured liars Taught to suppress disguise Reduce the fullness of our - Ire love Joy unhappiness To respectable limitations --- When one schooled against Extravagance of sense suffers affront The brain whisPers: "Forget al— Or if you can't forget wait! Wait another day! Think It out— Make it good!" Then the false smile shrug And banked fires of animosity! I envy children—the young! —Dorothy Bone Lehi Utah Notes es the Cuff Department Harvey Jacobs of Detroit' Mich who attended the convention of the American Association of Workers for the Blind Is in a position to know the problems of those who have lost their sight He was blind once himself A veteran World War I be was getting by be said when be suddenly lost his sight Resigned to his fate he learned Braille bought dog trained to lea4 him around as be Then tried to cam a living some friends induced him to go a Hollywood's Jane Wyman wishes it known that meetings do not look with her to any reconciliation Low gossip to that effect might easily break up an idyllic friendship of the À popularizer of natural history describes the courtship of snakes Something rugged in romance would be the boa constrictor 'with a crush on another boa constrictor Bow unfortunate that the unknown In pro golf leads for ono round only or scarcely long enough to cut himself In on the cigaret testimonial& ' - - Park to a veterarui hospital for obserration and treatment The army medicos decided to pull his teeth An old eye tooth Harvey said must have been acting up —anyway when his teeth came out his sight came back His greatest enthusiasm now Is in interesting the blind in the use of dogs His second interest Is in the Society for the Perpetuation of Barber Shop Quartet Singing of which Detroit is the national headquarters One day while I was in Los Angeles I discussed income tax problems Ivith some friends The only problem I have now is raising the tax money—s tax expert does the rest for me I told my friends about the time when I made out my own returns Being on a status I charged off numerous expenditures as business costs They made quite an impressive list and absorbed most of my Income The internal revenue collector phoned me and said: "Ham I've just been looking over your return With so many expenaes what puzzles sne is bow you can afford to be a totomniotr My Mends were silent for a moment and then one said imbelieringly You mean the collector called you hinuiell—per sonallyr "Why not?" I asked Korth and I have been friends for years Besides that's the kind of a guy he is" wen Ill be doggozwed! 1 l 1 t 1 nr The Republicans in the north have supported the 'civil rights" crusade though many of them have conceded privately it was a phony issue and that it was done solely to offset the efforts of the Democrats to capture the Negro vote in the populous areas ' Man a dunce uncouth errs in age and youth: babies know the t Conceded Private1Y- Wade -- i I The mere passage of a law they have recognized would not help toward nondiscrimination any more than the enactment of the prohibition law changed drinking habits of long standing - Inc SENATOR FROM SANDPIT By Barn - fective SOAPER SAYS 11 H ! football They have not been fooled by the talk of "anti-po- ll tax" and laws Viey have feat that the politicians were merely exploiting the Issue and that any improvement or real change in conditions would have to be worked out with southern people and not by force if it were to be at all ef- skies Indo-Chin- In the State department the co:udder governmenta everywhere This would mean a less Nutty attitude toward Chiang Franco DeGaulle and even Tito But above all the lessons of Korea have brought a new realism to bear upon the contemplation of World War Ill As Patrick Henry once put it: 'Gentlemen cry peace peace—but there is no peace' administration has hitherto igAmong these are: 1 That we should shorten our defense lines in the Pacific and J should anti-Ruad- nored By hones That'Ywo t the north For years various Negro leaders inthe south have felt they were 'being used as I political stability rather than democracy the P riMe virtue in show it -Yet the Korean war is driving home some points which the y' whole concept of police action is being challenged by disturbing realities Your reporter was told by an expert that the 'most serious" problem is the naked fact that Asiatics are willing to light against us but not for us Our previous commitment to democratize the brown black and yellow skins of the eastern hemisphere does not yield a glimmer of promise at this writing It is heresy to say so and nobody's willing to be quoted be but the Asiatics Gonmumists than colonialsr I have been told that this was what Secretary Acheson was hinting at When he said last January that the Asian peoples preferred to make their own mis- 3- - ! t Where does an this leave the Negro particularly in the south!! It is evident that the sincere efforts of libertle in the south to advance the cause of the Negro have been retarded and restrained by extremists in Best E So Defense That the bed defense against Russia is a powerful striking force based on tho American continent North rather than feeble outposts in Asia and Europe Pres Harry 13 Truman Capt Harry of battery B doesn't panic easily If things are asi bad as they seem be doesn't I Where's Negro Left? far 2 Sixty Russian submarines could produce a situation remindful of Bataan It ought to be mentioned here that the calmest man in Washington is brown-skinne- Concept Challenged not risk being cut off too from home ulace loose upon Gen Douglas A MacArthur's thinly spread occupation forces Truman Calnwet By Holmee Alexander WASHINGTON D C—Is it true that World War HI will be started by Russia or not started at all? This question is now up for critical analysis Al the Korean war drags its slow length along There is now more than a lurking suspicion that the administration Kosembeen foxed acheineis again by the The spectacle of American G Is I a Dixiecrat Thurmond—though —had appointed a Negro to a medical board This very week also in the senate the proponents of a federal law with compulakin in it on the subject of hiring have tried without success to get the measure to a volt The move toward cloture to cut off debate has now been defeated twice in this session L ' 1 -- BUT! - (I 4 y ' i i on this led to the Emphasis defeat of Sen Claude Pepper of Florida and Frank P Graham of North Carolina for renomination Sen Johmiton's victory s due to his claims on the stump that he was lean inclined toward the Negro side of the argument than his rival In fact Mr Johnston pointed with scorn to the fact that Gov "11117-1-tr 2 - - - "t Jettil11-- LI ' - 44 v'14 thesexwotrerin Cthall"thr Leads to Defeats - ' ' at 1fk' 7 -- - - '— 1:1 ' o -- 4' seml1st kk - ' - i ' " -'GENTLEMEN ' ' '11 '' 4("All'alli : - ----- - j- 3el1 if I tow o - '''N -- ' 0 if11 'eat-- AK Electricity is a basic ingredient of plane production because they are made of aluminum which in turn can only be manufactured by the use of Immense quantities of electricity Power needs enter many other critical defense areas One is Alaska of supreme military importance The power shortage is already ea desperate there that Defense Secy Louis Johnson hid to ask congress for special funds to build a 30000 kw hydro-electrplant at Eklutka Without this plant expanding army and air force installations will be cripo - j n t - le''' aot '' hr ti -- ee k beca500pLitaaay c ' II 'L ' ---A - 'N- I ' t ‘' - --- --- 777 Ii n ' - 4 1 2'-- -- I - ' el 1 Jo f - r' -- '' 4 T - ' il- i i ' of direct negotiations nith ei tWrr: t k 1 in reaerve for emergency 13 1949 16 plus 50 Illustrative of the critical power situation from the defense viewpoint is the fact that at a thus when we are consuming togl) of our power production we are making only around 6000 planes a year At the peak of World War 11 aircraft out-put wos 125000 a year Basic ilsgrediest Not all the A tic‘J f- - ' 111 - -- t r : - - - - ef ' Grins Figures One chart in Symington's re-port graphically sums up the grim story as follows: 1940—Total generating capacfty in U S 39927000 kw 1949 62667000 kw plus 57 1940—Power consumptime 30- e 'Battle t - ' -- be particularly true Thispawdill In fic northwest and the Tennessee valley—where much of the nation's key aluminum induztry is now centered - 7: - - ---- pilke private utility industry : 4 ! - enemies are championing—have made a mess of the civil righta problem Today the advance of the 'Negro toward a better deal in the economic life of America has been dealt a severe blow by those who insist on a federal and emlaw to pniticeshiring ployment The latest contest in the Dem- ocratic prhnaries—in which Sem Olin Johnston defeated Gov Strom Thurmond for the U S in ' South senate nomination Carolina—is the third in which the Negro issue has been raised In the south ' - I oc9A : - I:L AR 7 for reasons other than military security Acute shortage of electricity will be the controlling Pk83:(7port 4 The collector himself! Fancy that! Ill bet! could get in the Kremlin and talk to Uncle Joe easier than I could reach our collector! Ham it's no wonder you like living in Salt Lake City:" t ' ' acid test of sincerity on civil rights comes when Democrats as well as Republicans in congress turn their eyes away from federal laws to punish mass picketing and the use of violence in labor disputes—the alibi being offered that this is a matter for state power though everyone knows the same political influences affect - state authorities and local police chiefs and make them wary about protecting the civil rights of nonunion workers or union employes who want to crom a picket line '' ' - I r - ' In spite of the fact that the civil rights issue as manipulated by the politicians has caused a hardening of lines the climate of thought in the south on the problem is changing constantly toward more and more recognition of the economic rights and opportunities of the Negroes The biggest mistake was mad by the Truman administration when it rejected the recent proposal of Rep Brooks Hays (ip" Ark) and others who joined with him This would have - created a council or commimion to help advise with employers and employes so as to help broaden job opportunities for It would not have Negroes but would have Deeken edupcainry and advisory i All ear Nothing - I - 1 I 1 N I i I '- -- - t t - t I- k t - 2- ' Many southern Members of congress would have voted for the Bays plan its a simple way out of the deadlock on civil With administration rights backing it would have gone through congress But the extremists among the Negro leaders vetoed the project With them as usual it's all or The administration nothing played ball with the extremists believing they represented the largest number of votes in the north and turned down the proposal Thus Le progress retarded by the very friends of a cause which both parties perhaps like to keep alive because it means votes for them and a chance to exploit the voters' ! t e ' g 1950 New York Herald Tribune Inc r L - 1 t - ' - - Climate of Thought Copyright I - north-Th- e i 4 0 i LIMIVOCO offr ecithueenvtelry ' '4 - One 'Thing cause t I-- Te Ae g1:tta it011k1113 eT 'I '' By David I o ' 'A‘1 or7: al a " " I" LI17iglk 0-- I Goose i 1er:r:--a- If f- 11:11 000111erallr't tee '11kfitAati i t ''- Ililits ' 0 I AO - 41 -- Ittstilitio - 1 1 3 $1 4 t "6 w00r 0 t13-41"- 1 - - This alarming situation means In the event t Konotee thjuse spreads war production and consumer becomes necessary have to use of electricity 'twillryed in many be drastically There is parts of the not enough power to meet the needs rutumers and a major war 'Brown-out- e and "I)lackouts" will have to be imposed skoowii0004polt - - ' Tr -71 ! 411041-E tSkIN CZ) i r copos- - 1 ituorilotiliti InIII - Drive Kills ' - -1- CI) Pag 11 -- - - i i e ' FAPEV APOLC! II - WwwVgligf i' 4- I GOT Y°13 - 'BY Orr ' '' u il:foiLb "1r 111Atitcy bii:)4119'' ' EVEN 1940 Menet - ' - 1'1 : - full-sca- le Ii m f Dearth - ! 1 "American imperialism" is one of the slogans of misrepresentation sounded constantly by propagandiats of the Kremlin It is echoed by fellow traveler in all countries where prevarication is prevalent It is repeated by fifth columnists malcontents and fantastic columnists in all countries that tolerate abuses of free speech That Cuba was taken from Spanish despots and their Corrupt colonial authorities by American troops to be organized and established as an independent republic may be cited as an example of our national imThat the Philippines were liberperialism ated from alien domination by American vie-toin the Spanish war to be guarded guided and given their independence is another IIlustrytion of "American imperialism' Now Comes Puerto Rico a populous island of the West Indies expressing a willingness to try in response to President Truman's approval of a measure just passed by congress to adopt a constitution In 1947 these by means of a referendum people were given the right to choose 'their own governor and other general officials Now the "American imperialists" are going still further toward releasing them from any obligation or supervision in the conduct of pressee - - I arm-cushion- ed hard - --- I t Champ - I ! er - --- - i 'American Imperialism' The Kremlin Bugaboo - Again Being Taught - - : 777—" CJI v ' By Robert S Allen — Defense WASHINGTON chiefs are gravely worried over the problem of tenation's electric power supply In a confidential reportStuart Symington chairman of the resources national security board has warned Pres Truman that the country would be confronted with a critical short- age of power in the event of a II war emergency i study disclosed Symington's despite a tremendous ex- Ithat l pansion of power facilities the I Ination's reserves in this Indiapemiable war potential are less than half of what they were in I - er both in war and in peace" Legislators who closed their eyes to a growing and gruesome menace who dangled retrenchment before their constituents may PoNver energy-absorbin- corn-taint- ed ! head-impac- g Illvasitthensoetme prfoobarmbel enly a small per cent of persons driving cars Pave had proper instruction In the highly operation Better driver training and eontrol are indicated ' Regardless of all external safety measure& towever cars will continue to collide and run off embankment& With more than a million persons tilled by motor vehicles so far in the United States the time is near when the average motorist will demand more safety es 4 features in the automobile itself An ordinary safety belt for instance Would greatly reduce the shocking toll of the death seat—the one next to the driver In an article called "Making the 'Death Seat Safer" In the current Popular Science magazine George EL Waits Jr reports that 68 out of every 161 motor car crash victims cctupy the right front seat of the car Very often they are wives mothers sweethearts sind children Reporting on notable experiments being conducted at the Cornell Aeronautical laboratories In Buffalo N Y the writer point' to the need for devices in cars Recommended are padded control panels which Which could be pulled out from the front panel Ind the back of the front seat to restrain passengers in event of a crash The safety belt is oeeikd especially for the "death seals' Not just any belt will do It must be properly designed and properly adjusted Tests indicate that it ehould be Tenanted at ea sae of 60 degrees from the horizontal and be adjusted Ito allow three inches of hip movement Installation of such belt& available from aircraft belt manufacturers no doubt would save many lives and broken bones: The Cornell safety experimenters strongly urge a "gran roots" movement for greater 1 protection and fewer frills in the modern autoI mobile "The more complicated a car interior becomes the more gadgets it boasts- -- the more dangerous it becomes" Waltz reports Such things as radio knobs ornamental door handles defrosting fans spotlight handles and trick sun shades may be handy accessories but they can become lethal weapons in a smashup i t "All possible surfaces should be smooth Dashboards should be covered with a crushable padding material at least one inch thick Padding should not be an material like rubber but an energy-storing material like polystyrene foam balsa wood or any similar cellular ma- terial that crushes under a blow and either does not recover or recovers slowly Ordinary live rubber is not recommended because it stores the energy of a blow and throws the head beckward The experts recommend that seats be arranged so that as Jimmy passengers as Bible face the rear (This overlooks the ber of persons who are not comfortable levers to ing backwards) They ur replace the steering wheel though the latter often restrains the driver's body in a crash and saves his life Conventional steering wheels could be made safer by providing them with shear pins designed to yield under an impact load of 500 pounds The Heaviwould jive gradually to absorb shock roll-ovbuilt-in frames with a frame are recommended Many auto victims are crushed by crumpling tops What should one do when a crash is in- eVitable? ' Don't do the instinctive thing Don't throw your arms up to protect your face "The bulk of your upraised arms will only add to the weight of the upper part of your body and increase the force of the hammer blow when your head and arms hit the windshield or the dash Instead cradle your head in your arms to cushion it and press it firmly against some solid forward structure If in the back seat this would be the back of the front seat Next to the driver it would mewl pressing the head against the smooth part of the dashboard The driver naturally should try to control the ear as long as possible However the steering wheel can provide lihn with some support if at the last moment be cushions his head with a forearm and presses it against the wheel Most motorists have the happy theory that accident' happen to the other fellow A casual survey reveals however that most everyone either has been injured or has narrowly escaped being hurt in an automobile - r ' '' '' i TRIBUNE Friday Defense heads The New — x — -Fear U S July' 11 7 1930 Auto AcementsCan7tEeStopped illoreSafety Devices Would Cut Fatalities Bad' Injuries -- stiT LAKE ( ' Ito 104J 44 ' gob Vibunt All tl ' '' k 4 'ille e Editorials 4 I ' July 14 1950 |
