Show - - c - 1 4 W - THE SALT LART 8 - Zbt Editorial IAt41014004 Apnl IS 1E1 INgled It ory mevrOnt by Nov 'rt gait tak Tribun PubhAhInt Mankind faces its greaten crisis since the end of the second world war the western world may face its gravest bour in all history It is increasingly clear that the Communist e third world league is ready to risk a war Ti fact the men In the Kremlin may have concluded that now is the time before f ' full-scal- ' the west rearms and unites 'i ' ' " -- - - Nobody doubts they are calling the tune in Korea and elsewhere Secretery Acheson has warned that a global action may be starting with plans to overrun Europe a major phese Characteris- tinily the Ruseians have maneuvered us into a potion where it would appear to many that we lighted the fuse if conflagration breaks out r By preesing- for a vote on the resolution branding the Chinese Communists open and notorious" aggressors in Korea and demanding the armies be withdrawn the United States moves toward a fateful showdown There seems no other course A Soviet veto in the security council was a foregone conclusion Now the matter goes to the general assembly and though haste is gravely needed the situation ale° calls for tempered coneiderttion Unhappily the of the western nations isn't as strong it might be The tiations of the world are stiff and with good reeson Some rep feel General MacArthur erred in the "end of the war" drive at a time when Peiping delegates were arriving at the U N to air their complaints against the United States (General Walker said at Seoul Wedneadalphat the offerdive probably saved U N forces from a red trap) There was no unanimous approval of crossing the 38th parallel of Korea Britain has been doing all possible to placate and do business with Corn Inunist China—for good reasons—though Brit-la- b Tommies ire now fighting them in Korea France's government is all but prostrate and a Italy is fang possible defeat in beneycombed with Communists Our allies are dragging their feet and are desperately weak and Russia knows it Communist China in effect slammed the &won successful peace talks within the U N Tuesday The chief delegate'm denunciation el the United States sounded as If it was prepared by Malik's and Vishineky's poison-pe- blood-soake- - Itool Indo-Chin- - n handing Reds Another Propaganda Subject - ' miAmt—As the trials of 54 individuals and sev e n corpora-LOOprogress in Miami for the text several months after a striking crackdown by a special grand Jury a lawyer named tory Congeeee seems bent on "business as usual" however come what may and business In congress is playing politica The Ualted States could make a profound impressioa on the rest of the worlft by accepting Alaska and Hawaii into the Pairi ly of states Such action would be an effective answer to Ruse Ian propaganda to the effect that the tinited States is a colonizing power with o interest in granting freedom or equality to its territories Present Indications are that statehood will fail during the remainder of the 82nd congress for the most despicable of reasons Southern lawmakers fear that acceptance of Hawaii and Alaska into the union would upset the bal ance in their fight against civil rights Coupled with this is the lamentable prejudice against accepting people and their representatives who are not predominantly of the white race What a revelation to the world from a country posing as the champion of liberty and equality What a propaganda weapon! The southerners figure that Hawaiian statehood would mean two more votes for the cloture necessary to break the Dixieerat filibustering against the civil rights program The foes of civil rights know that these two votes in effect would be four Since Hawaii Is predominantly Republican northern Democrats will agree to statehood if it is coupled to similar treatment for Democratic Alaska Statehood's failure this term means start- In all over again is the 82nd congress There Is a ray of hope however A Republican-norther- n Democratic coalition would have the strength to pass the bill through the house and probably the senate ehekwever-ththet icirthed Steten will have lost much prestige and the senate will have broken the pledge of ita leaders t "'!fr'i2 10 Maybe 'Billy the Kid' Killed 'Black Dahlia' The 27th person—a woman—has falsely confessed to the grisly "black dahlia" slaying in Los Angeles of about three years ago We leave it to the psychologists to explain why innocent persons come forward periodically and pretend to be archeriminala sought by police The experts may theorize that the confessors are publicity seekers that child hood neglect or lack of love and attention caused a strange compulsion to get into the limelight even through the back door Hoax confessions to crime of course are not new Persons with addled minds brooding over de tails of gruesome homicides so that they imagine themselves the perpetiators long have interfered with police work Tot those who come forward—after public out-dea- Al desperadoea of earlier days The many "Jeaae Jameses" whlch have grabbed the headlines since the untimely - -- Hits Congress ! By Dwrid Lnutene WASHINGTON — When the American people adopted the --- A F '1)A 1 ''!-- frC' - i 1 '1 - -- ExctpT 1 oi ( L S -7- k1 fi' 4' I -- Iti ' Am Qr v 1 io te uk f 7 i k Irt r 1' '' 19 t '' 'L''' ' J r '" 4 tii 4 '"4 A' I '':C ' 4 0 4' eV! A 1 ir - 41 P el t- 8Y Spy A 0)( r r e 'l '::::':7 ' - - pr'N IS ! '7 1 y :"eef1"- '' - - '' 4104 144' el s :r ''' ''': A ' : A: ' r ' : : '''Y : I ':'''-- - "' ii i )4 1 'fi iMeNslont Im a 1 UNDER SCRUTINY Acheson Fails to Hold Public By liolmeg Aletander WASHINGTON — President Truman if searching for a new secretary of state and wondering why nobody eeems to love bta current one might read the closing speech of Ber n a rd Shaw's "St Joan" in which the maid says: God that madest this beautiful earth when will it be ready to receive Thy saints How long Oh Lord 'Oh how long?' This la a beautiful passage and pious utterance but it also illustrates why people get burned at the stake Even a sympathetic character like Joan had trouble living In a doesn't cotton tt:w the superior attitude and claims of know-it-aAn ordinary mortal !Ike Dean Acheson is apt to airs stilt lama acceptifind the th!es to the rest of us Even if he were always right about foreign relation s Acheson would be nearly always wrong about human relations Here'm a matter of pomp importance in a enuntry where publte opinion has become the court of !est appeal If President Truman (as ciftdwhich ll u'ith his line of thought and seems certain) is on the lookr out for an the president could learri some do's and don't's from the Acheson performance In less than six years in the White House delivery Acheson has a way citiof bestowing second-clas- s zenship upon people who do not tomehow regard him as a au- perion being It was in this same spirit that he recently made scornful reference to "re- Acheson-successo- the president has already had four secretaries of state none examinists" presumably mean-lin- g a group of senators who had at the Just been reexamined polls and passed for approval If Acheson ever goes to the stake plenty of people involved in these three incident' will gladly 'carry fagots of whom died in office We need to get more mileage out of No 5 and he should be picked with care Acheson's failing has been largely a matter of personality The secretary teldom conceals his private opinion that he's a Man from Olympus who's slumming Moro Gumption almost goes without' saying that Mr Trumanls next secretary of state will need better manners and more gumption than Acheson Popularity and camaraderie of course are not prime requirements in a minister of foreign affairs It is far better for him to have brains and speci al knowledge—as Acheson has in abundance than to be a Frat House Charlie But something rather significant has lately come into the field of foreign affairs Public It his intellec- among tual inferiors When asked a question that goes against his gram Acheson is apt to strike the sarcastic pose of Patience on a Monument He did so for instance last January when a member of the National Press club asked him about American defenmi of Formosa and Korea This reaction while worth a good lough at the time did not leave fond memories behind It Neither did another episode when Achevm exeludel photographers from an important press conference on the grounds that the cameras interfered Interest become The g By HAM PARK Postmaster Smoot Retires From Postal Service more The newspaperman I than most men a double per sonality—Henry Brooks Adams Wife A Newman If you never know how to time the roast If the guests drift in long before the host If he loves the kids but the paper most You're the wife of a newapaper- Danger When the postal service was originally e People who obstruct estatilished ancient rulers had to keep in touch racket obligations still get hurt dowith outlying sections of their respective In taking on the vested interests mains and It Wan designed to convey threats of billion-dolla- r racketeering the men who birthed the Miami and alert subordinates for contemplated atcrime commission risked bodily tacks on rival powers Haman a hothead according to the third' harm as well as the opposition of heavy racket sugar big chapter of the book of Esther sought revenge racket business and heavy politiupon the Jews for indifference to his authorcal pressure Not much maybe will come ity He had all the scribes of Persia and in the way of heavy punishMedia writing accusations obtained consent of ment for the malefactors in the King Ahasuerus and "the letters were sent trials because bribupcoming all into by posts provinces" demandingthe cry- gambling and perjury do slaughter of men women and children not draw terribly tough rape This was the first reference to the estab-- ' Rut the ctly is currently clean 'Bailment and 'originarpurpotie of the postal —the law 'hati been Oaken up 'and s the operators system Since then there has been a constant have been forced into the unin mail the of matter Improvement handling of public disapfriendly light which now includes freight Insures valuable proval Even more troportant articles delivers duns and parcels sells gm the intricate connection of local ernment bonds and covers the world by sir racket to the huge network of and water by rail and highway with steed or organized crime has been clearly drawn steam on foot or awheel No matter what the eventual The continental post was established by the outcome one axiom is amply continental congress in 1775 and Benjamin Illustrated here: Any group of Franklin was named the first postmaster genhonest men if they get mad eral of America After many futile attempts enough can make an awful lot of troubte for crooks an international code of postal relations was in 1875 adopted The Salt Lake poet office was established March 1 1819 with Joseph L Heywood as first postmaster Fifteen men followed in regular order before Isaac Albert Smoot took over in 1933 Having served 17 years and Pi IL V ado reached the age of retirement he will make a dignified exit this evening having conductIt could be that the Irish are ed the local branch of the nation's biggest a costly mistake demaking business institution to the entire satisfaction veloping a potato that is reof all concerned golstaptto blIght and ft:ost but A gi appTeelative 'Parrac 'of the' not to price Stipliürts office The Salt Lake Tribune congratulates -The drafteil Fretwh the retiring official And viishea him many t la WIT- a mont!T of par happy and healthful years to come whether t represeniod in he remains in retirement or enters some other It you call that pay and call field of activity French tobacco tobacco big-tim- - man! If the air is blue with the words he uses you want him forbridge and he refuses If he sits in a game and always loses 'You're the wife of a newaraper If If he's always lending his weekly pay And giving the pass you want away If he plans to work when you want to play You're the wife of a newspaper behind-the-scene- man! he seems to be blind to what you wear To the startling chrge when ynti cut your hair: If he looks at you with a far-o- If cold when the skins will easily slip off ready for the carrots to be completely cooked"—Women' magazine I'd sooner keep the stains 'Eloise is a grandmother of 47 and a mother of tour"---Seri- al Three cheers for the story second generation! An entomologist says that insects play so vital a part in nature that it would be difficult to picture an existence without them Clarence Grdshell aays it certainly would be no picnic slander Knnled Ability The man who tallows Acheson will need both knowledge and the ability to impart knowledge Teerhietc-t- ri 4nose lisys burning public int eres t becomes a duty of the secretary of state Isn't this one of the meanings of the recent elec- A government committee in Bucharest has been :'cleansing bourgeois opera libretti in order to adjust them to the needs of Rumanian The new story of "Madame Butterfly shows up the consequences of American imperialist expansionand"Rigoletto" has become the denunciation of a corrupt ahstocracy headed by royalty exploiting the people according to the Swiss National Zeitung When they rewrite "Faust" I wonder if John Bull or Uncle of a newspaper- A good many people Posern to have cast votes for the perfectly sound reemon that he has !eft them mystified about his policies A large number of senators including some with plenty of sense want to "reexamine" foreign policy to find out what its all about Acheson should have made that unnecessary History may very well prove that AchesonsheVor as a prophet was done less than justice during his career But In the meanwhile we seem to need a goodly share secretary with of human understanding and the common touch It will also help if he's the kind who can sit on one end of a log with the American public on the (Ober IMIL -- rut toftch at as Mephi8topheSam will be 1es7 Or maybe Tito? man! OFF loyal kind-hearte- d 4 If you love the guy and I know you do! There's nobody quite as glad as You— i The wife of newspaperman! —Anon (From Frank P John son'scolumn In the Kewenes Star-Conrie- r lac ) Notoe on the Cuff Deportment -To woo steininz tho hand fir hon vketh then) end plevo rn hoihng voter for fto minutet Thon pour off the 'eater ant pour on qpn4 lf e middle-age- d husband failed to help his wife from the bus when it stopped at Second South and Main If youre RECORD A "Edward" she mid "you're not as gallant as when you were a boy" "No" he replied "and you're not as buoyant as when you were a gal" "In times of trial what brings us the greatest comfort'!" asked Rev George J Veber the rear itid a VolciiforTi Inv Gbaon Nora thial Icver sw:trheg hn:' the all amt more on the nt-e- d ' on have come from Capitol Hill that very little will be done between now and January The truth 4 that efforts will be made just the same to press to a vote various matters which have nothing to do with the emergency but which will be pushed because the sponsors think they will !Awe a better chance to obtain passage now than in the new congress The idea that defeated members should hold chairmanships or other important places in the coMmittees that determine ne fate of legislation was never cc ntemplated by the authors of the 20th amendment It is true that the amendment itself could not prohibit or prevent a peal seslion from being called immediately after the November election at which a new congresa Is elected but the spirit of the amendment at least would seem to be against any legislative action in which "lame ducks" par- ticipato In almost every other parliament in the world defeated members lost their seats immediately when they fail of election Powers Abused In many Instances in the past there were grave abuses of legislative power by members of the house and senate who were 'do tested for either renomination or reelection This was when in December Immediately after the November elections the second regular session of congress started It lasted until March 4 Many a member of congress who was angling for an appointment In the executive establishment or perhaps for a good' job in private industry or with some of the pressure groups would cast his vote with an eye to his forthcoming livelihood The abuse became so conepicuous that the late Senator George W Norris of Nebraska Republican led the fight for the adoption of the lame-duc- k amendment to the constitution and It was successful notwithstanding the fact that it meant moving the historic inauguration day back from early spring to midwinter and 'despite the fact too that a new congress takes office before a new president is inaugurated The present session of may draw attention to new aspects of power wielded by defeated members in allegedly representing areas they really do not any longer represent The federal laws make It a crime for a president or anyone IS in the executive branch of the government to offer any job or anything else of value to any member of cangTm in order to Influence his vote It will he interesting to watO the votes of tress --the detested members Reproduction Rights Reserved - Copyright 1950 New York Herald Tribune Inc tion? ft stare You're the wife in these matters has intense and intimate television Com' and the Korean war have attracted attention to the one governmental ministry —the State Department—which has traditionally been on a plane above popular scrutiny Here we have one very good and often unremarked reaaon why Acheson's undeniable ability has not filled the country's need To give him the very best of it he's like a brilliant research professor who's called upon to teach a freshman class His very brilliance is a handicap His heavy knowledge is an encumbrance when he tries to Impart knowledge on this elementary level He gets waspish over seemingly foolish questions and sassy answers He soon becomes the butt of resentment ridicule malediction and even SENATOR FROM SANDPIT It 'turmt nut that senteli whaskvAmportd 14' wn!Pr and jirst not toutIrr th19 a9 a wonder ' Thus only legislation which has a bearing on the emergency is logical businem for the present session Already intimations 1 f1 : and votes will be 7 respectively The assumption hitherts rise been that no session of congreu would be held between the November elections and Jan S There would have been none this year except that a national emergency faces the country due to the war in the far east and threats of Communist aggressions In Europe Lame Duck Hero 1 : ti reelected cast on pending legislation by persons who no longer represent their districts or their states il: P ' J1 KU SO Age 11 INA 1 a - -- ''' - 14 :4-- :' 4 - eg '' - 'kz '16 - Pl ' Tre --- I c ' - It!'--L- 4 P 0 t : ' 4: r- yreJ 4 r '::ill A 7 1': 14 : pt 414 Ak N w i y 4 ) i)( '"t - vii's5 ji : 77'°'' 1' :i '' 0: ' t:000 rAl :" - ir- C :7A? I :' kP b k--- kftr) (4 1 tt:" -- v ' 16 ilk ?"0! - 1 1) 1 y -- 41' 4 ' ':- - :!1 1Ti'''''1 ' 1 - r : ibe ao - : OF W': : - ri 44 S'7) k ::' t1t: It -- t - A A) 4 Nt!- t (4100- NV ' t': --- i iri ' CHINE5E LIVES P - twentieth amendment to the constitution chnnging Inauguration day from March 4 to Jan 20 and stipulating that each new congress shall begin on Jan 3 the general belief al that a called "lame duck" seuions would never recur But the Ilist congress Is meeting now notwithstanding the fact that nearly 70 of its members either were not renominated : :!1 AlOTHOC "Big-Nose- - : ALtAO$T It was cited by the jury that the governor's special investigator W O Crosby had infer entially been used at a eatalytie Job agent to abet a muscle-i- n by the big syndicate on the local S and G gambling operation The jury proclaimed that two gamblers Harry Russell — an old Capone mobster—and Jack Friondlander had actually chosen deputiea to be assigned to the gambling squad for the purpose of forcing the local outfit into cutting in the big boys from up north William A city councilman Burbridge under oath admitted acquaintanceship and joint ownership of property with Harold Salvey one of the big guns of the S and G racket lads Two theriffs got fired first and indicted secopd along with seven deputies who were shown to be Inextricably tied to the horse books One deputy Jack Byer aformer employe Of a gambling house and a bookie wire service and who was related to two known gamblers MAI Wfia announced as employed in the sheriff's civil division Alerted by Preite can demise of the Missouri highwayman-kille- r The grand jury said that "it bad been alerted by the public not be counted on the fingers of both hands preas (and radio') after the One man reportedly is still presaing his claim d visit of the Keto the dubious distinction fauver committee to Miami and Now comes a Billy the Kid appealing to the swung into action after hiring A epecial counsel and Investigators governor of New Mexico for a pardon provided for by special acts of legal firm in Santa Fe says the reported kill the last legislature" ing of the notorious southwestern outlaw in This is an especial compliment 1878 is "nothing but legend" The attorneys-- to a small group of men who have subumitted an appeal for William Henryi didn't like what they had on Roberts more than 90 years old also known their hands and proceeded to attack it Sen Kefauver's inforRN William Henry Bonney William H Antrim mation was almost wholly supA L Roberts The Kid Billy the Kid and plied by investigator Dan Sulliand Kid was shot recorda show the Billy van of the crime commission killed after he escaped while under conviction Sullivan's shocking scrapbooks The for murdering Sheriff Brady in 1878 are almost denuded today by Sen Ketativer who glommed petition contends that Billy the Kid actually onto their contents as part of escaped and has ''never thereafter been appre his recurring investigations hended" It says that instead of dying at the The special grand jury the Kid WRS hands of Sheriff Bat Garrett The revelations-o- f graft corruption wounded and a companion killed and crime and the final indictWe await the belated appearance of the ments are all children of press radio and a handful of deterd aged Butch Cassidy Calamity Jane mined citizens who decided to George" and all the others who If they set about breaking the strangledidn't die with their boots on are supposed hold of mob on Miami The upto have succumbed to old age will be coming prosecutions inasterminded by the same men who forced the pimple to its head despite the lackadisicality of the law and the cynicism of local political groups - - viE RISK Se4iking a Cut Rkk t — - — AFTER ALL Robert Givens will continuo to ill servo free alserve Hs is not too rohis health though bust He had neglected his own private practice to act as a special counsel for the jury for a small fee Colonel J R Younger president of the Miami crime comhas served in that mission capacity for a year without pay With the exception of Dan Sul-- a special inyeetig a tor the men who forced a showdown oo Miami's corruption and hoodlum rule not only devoted personal effort but sizable chunks of their own cash to simonize a city whose law was being specially dictated by outside racket be - - kiND or NkAR HoW CAN WE LOSE? - : much-heralde- roychologicRi aspects should not be overlooked even at thia critical juncture in his' full-scal- - - iNTHiS By Robert C Roark Titers It was sharp with vilifying lying propaganda it challenged the western world to war and held no promise of peace except Those terms are comon Communist terms Nations and U S of United withdrawal plete faces from Korea and Formosa Meantime United Nations forces were being beaten and pushed back in the icy mountains and valleys of North Korea A large segment faces a possible trap Brave words come from the Pentagon and 'Foggy Bottom" We are asked not to be overly pessimistic Actually however the beginnings of World War III are clear and only Not that war a miracle can save the world with red China—and inevitably Russia—spells - certain defeat—But if e war tomes for for dim anybody We victory hopes are probably would avoid the Japanese and German mistakes of being sucked Into endless space of interior China and Russia China is a country without a core without one central heartland but our bombers could level its in Japan and centers Of Industry from China's ports could be the Philippines We believe we wrecked by U S warships race but the bomb is are ahead in the a last rport We don't want war with China however We will do all possible to avoid it We cannot negotiate however an long as our fighting forces are on the run even if the reds showed an inclination to deal with us Our military problem is made almost imposaible by lack of authority to bomb bases and induetrial centers in the "neutral sanctuary" of Manchuria Regardless of the way you look at it the situation in critical The United Nations faces As moat telling test Panic should be avoided The best brains and man power available are needed to solve our dilemma The ordinary person can only watch wait and pray The battle of Washington has subsided for the moment and that is encouraging On our side is our years of friendship with the Chinese people and our good intentions which yet may be made clear We may take hope in the that this week's deep gloom may be no more justified than last week's "we'll get the boys home by Christmas" optimism - Evils of Lame Duck Meets Manning —By I (- S I '''''''"'"'' r1'17 l' :- r7-- Without Pay Mankind Faces Historic Crisis Can We Avoid Showdown With the Conununists? 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Aids in 3tiami Probe Serve 30 1930 Batt Laik0 City Co Trutt:NE Thurslay November Ingredient honest of all cOncerrel ta HOW LONG THE DAY By Jam Metmit The ahorteet day of all the Is not that certain one When there in more of moonlight and So little of the aim But it day my dear I may be with you To share your thoughts and hold your hand The way all lovers do Each seCOnd sweet Is all too brief The day Is swiftly gone And I must mediate and wait Until another dawn The moon Is like a silent thief Who steels the world from me And draws another gold en date Into — too the etermity la not the enduring race Iongest day nut on the k ere 14 r43 144 you are far away year 01PYrght mice Prin Inc AU Enter-ver- y Rghta i !) I 3 Reserved 6 o |