Show J — II Brother Mole Pc Salt falif gfribunr T' Corsi Dismissal Stirs Up Political Hornets’ Nest to Cool Off and Think About Future Governor Lee’s proposal for a confer ence next weekjm the Salt Lake City free- way controversy with his suggestion that' ' the week’s delay would give all concerned a chance to “cool off and stop name calling" is excellent Some things have been said and done on this question which would better have been left unsaid and undone A bit of cooling off may be helpful Still there is need for very serious con- sideration of this problem The statement by the new chairman of the Utah Road Commission Harley J Corleissen that the proposed freeway project is “economically unsound” because of the right of way pur- - is douhtin — 1 ! his mind whether the established route is where a freeway should be built tossed a bombshell into all planning for future high way development in this city Some eight years ago people and officials of Salt Lake City and County were told by the national and state highway planners that they must look forward to the construction of a freeway through Salt Lake City from north to south with an east-weleg running up to Parleys Canyon The 20 to 25 million dollar price tag put upon this project staggered most Salt Lakers Only after considerable pressure had been applied from above was their reluctant acceptance of the proposal with the city and county taking steps to include the freeway route in their master plans so as to avoid residential or commercial building along the right of way gnce then two'Othcr'stcps have been taken looking toward completion of the freeway One was the construction of the overpass at Beck’s Hot Springs which would be eventually the northern end of the freeway The other was agreement of state and city road planners to build a leg of the freeway from Ninth South to st — i ! below 33rd South as a truck route to relieve State Street congestion Admittedly"" the" freeway “project the grand scale for Utah As of today it is not needed Nor would it be possible for the city and the state with presently available local and federal funds to finance it except over a very considerable perio of time And Mr Corleissen does have a point in that protection of the right of way for a project likely to be so long delayed may do injury to owners of property on the proposed route Yet the fact remains Salt Lake City and the state of Utah must plan to handle the traffic of tomorrow when this city and the surrounding area will be much larger and there will more traffic The dayls going to come when Salt Lake City will have to have a freeway It might conceivably not be located exactly where it has been planned But if it is to serve its purpose of moving urban traffic it must be located fairly close to the main commercial and industrial area Experience proves you have to build roads where people want to go— and most motorists in the Salt Lake metropolitan area want to go to and from the main residential areas and the central city section And when the time comes to build that freeway the cost may be much greater if we have not included it in our advance planning We have to plan fox Salt Lake City’s fu ture to insure that growth will be orderly and that residential industrial and commercial development are properly coordinated with highway development The Tribune hopes all concerned will not only off during 'this week but think carefully about the future of this city Utah’s capital and the metropolis of the Intermountain Region W'e must have city county and state working harmoniously and constructively together in the public interest for the long range welfare and development of Salt Lake City and Utah by-pa- ss The ousting of Edward J Corsi refugee expert is a reminder of several other ind State Deparstances in which tment officials have been summarily for vague or unexplained reasons A primary difference is that John Paton ‘Davies fired last December after 23 years of service and John Carter Vincent and Tseveral others previously forced to resign were holdovers from though administrations previous Mr Corsi is one of the most influential men in the Republican Party in New York a respected public servant for two decades and a Republican candidate at different times for the US Senate and for mayor of l New York The former official in the Dewey ’i administration was summoned to Washington last December by Secretary of State ‘Dulles who called him "my dear friend” and “the best qualified man in the United States” for the job The job ostensibly was to inject some life and remove the barriers ‘in the Eisenhower administration’s long ’lagging program to admit refugees under ’the 1953 act This program was considered highly important because of the number of fugitives from the Iron Curtain countries and the need for giving hope to the many victims of Communist tyranny In Washington however Mr Corsi ran smack against two seemingly immovable objects in the persons of Congressman Walter a Pennsylvania Democrat and Scott McLeod State Department security officer and administrator of the practically-stallehigh-place- non-politic- al ‘ ‘ ( d i Aid for the Koreans Attention has been focused lately on Formosa but meanwhile the enormous job of rehabilitating the Republic ' of Korea goes on The United States government is contributing about 700 million dollars this fiscal year representing about half the value of South Korea’s gross national product but the program is geared to military necessity and expediency A South Korean army of 20 regular and ten reserve divisions helps reinforce our security - The damage caused by more than three years of fighting in the little country has affected every family business and institution in South Korea Some industries were completely wiped out The rural irrigation system was badly damaged Cities transport systems and power lines were wrecked The American-KoreaFoundation headed by Major General Charles W Chris- tenberry former deputy chief of staff of the famed Eighth Army is taking the lead in helping the South Korean people rebuild their war-tor- n country Stressing technical assistance rather than relief the foundation is helping the Koreans to help themselves It has spent more than two million dollars in the fields of health education and social welfare Schools hospitals and orphanages have been rebuilt training has been given doctors dentists and nurses and rehabilitation work carried out in other ways Patrons of the theaters in Salt Lake City Utah and neighboring states are being given I an opportunity this week to contribute to the funds of the American-KoreaFoundation Money voluntarily donated by Ameri- -- can people and business firms goes directly I Jinto the reconstruction program Our in-- ! Investment in blood money and promises in South Korea is tremendous And the job Is only partly done war-ravage- d n - n WASHINGTON— In post a Immigration JulSecret! ies has stirred up a political hornets’ nest that will go on buzzing right into the campaign of 1956 This is not races" security case such as those that Dulles Mr Childs has ridden out during the jpast two years The big difference is thatCorsi has a loyal political followingln other words he is not a de- fenseless bureaucrat tossed to the political wolves AS A CITIZEN of Italian origin he had made p distinguished name for himself In New York state As the climax to a long career of public service he became former Gov Thomas E Dewey’s a Industrial commissioner to the 1943 from held he post end of Dewey’s term in 1954 The Public Forum smear-peddler- Make Them Selective Decision of the Salt Lake City Commission to study the question of salary adjustments for some city employes in an effort to halt the loss of technical personnel is wise Equally wise is the' decision stated by Mayor Glade that no blanket pay increases such as have been demanded by the Salt Lake City Employes Association will be considered One of the reasons for the city’s present difficulty in retaining employes with special skills is the practice in the past of making blanket pay increases regardless of merit All this has done is to make the discrepancy in salary standards greater City employes in some categories are today well paid compared with persons doing the same kind of work in private industry or in other agencies of government In some other categories the pay scale is so low the city has trouble finding competent persons to take jobs or to remain in them for long A blanket increase of $30 a month such as was proposed by the employes association would only make some salaries higher than is justified while others would not be increased sufficiently We are sure some salary adjustments in city government are warranted But they should be selective based on merit or on comparisons with salary scales elsewhere This would strengthen the structure of city government and it would 'guard the extra levies voted by the last Legislature against unjustified raids - - It By Our Readers Wan 'No Error Rep- Falmer that this done and the aim Editor Tribune: The supbills both was the same — of “unfortunate error” posed dealing with a child Ijibor bill 'Cheap labor Charles W Spence passed by a Republican House State Representative and signed by a Republican 4th Legislative District governor was no error at all Salt Lake County As a member of that Legislature I wish to inform you One Mission that when I spoke and voted Editor abTribune: Mr Hoffagainst this bill there was mann should know as all hisno on error my part solutely or any other Democratic legistory proves that in the belator that voted against this ginning our savage forefathers did not know the differbill is This not the first time in ence between animate and inthe last two years that we animate things To them trees rivers flowers stone mounlegislators have been called tains sun moon stars and all back to rectify the mistakes elements contained spirits to made by a Republican Legisdo good and evil This led lature them to nature animal and Gov ask should Lee Why the Legislature to come back ancestor worship which and pay their own mileage paved the way to belief in and work for nothing when many gods or idol worship Wise leaders realized that they have a law which gives idol worship was the basis of all members of the Utah all evil and preached against Legislature $5 a day expenses and mileage to and from the it and the great religions as we know them today came Capitol when called by the into existence The belief in governor for a special session? many gods gave way to one God a merciful justice-lovin- g This asking the Legislature to come back and work higher intelligence tolfor nothing is really in line erant of all people regardless of race creed or color with the “right to work" bill With the belief in one God that was passed by the same bunch of lawmakers in the came the belief in the brothlast session erhood of man— that what is People should read The good for mankind at large is Forum letter of April 8 by good for the individual and can be gained only through Rep Clarence L Palmer state representative of the love and In this 13th Legislative District world of pain confusion and I most certainly agree with bitterness the great religions The damage accruing from Mr Dulles’ capitulation over Mr Corsi likely may prove damaging beyond the feud it is sparking within the Republican Party It apparently means that the program of admitting refugees will continue to be paralyzed to the embarrassment of the United States abroad and to the destruction of hope among freedom loving peoples in Communist countries It also gives an added black eye to service in government When the “good friend" of a department head cannot hold s his job against how can the administration possibly hope to attract and hold first class persons in government? another just be-ihuc- Refugee Relief Act Mr Corsi had been reckless enough to oppose the restrictive McCarran-Walte- r Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1952 and he had actually started to do something about removing the barriers to refugees He also had declined to serve under McLeod who has been blamed for intimidating Foreign Service employes to the point of ineffectiveness Congressman Walter used a technique now dishearteningly familiar in Washington He suddenly accused Mr Corsi of Communist associations Mr Corsi denied the charges and preliminary security investigations gave him a clean bill of health But Mr Walter persisted with the smear and Mr Dulles capitulated -- by offering -- Mr Corsi another job within the department He declared however' security was mot the issue Mr Corsi will be applauded for refusing to take the consolation prize for refusing to accept the lame excuses and for putting his finger on a basic weakness in the State Department The refugee program he said is being “sabotaged" by racially intolerant men in Congress and the department This group he said believes “that in this world there are superior and inferior dismiss-Jn- g Edward J Corsifromhis adviser ion Black Eye to the US at Home and Abroad — MARQUIS CHILDS Thursday Morning April 14 1955 pTirne p - - ly Senator From Sandpit Park about it and start worrying about something else enc Two of my friends Jim Hare and Eddie Gillette each gave up something during Lent but I don’t know what It was Both went to a hospital but they’re out now d i s c o n tent And when discontent comes Because my old one was quite soiled and shabby I got a new lid for Easter It’s similar in shape and shade to the one I discarded When I blossomed out under it allow even ou r a ge thought Now thought is the greatest of all of breeders people are apt to discard the Fred Rose said: “Ham hat sure good!" old that system has been in vogue and begin to think out new ones for themselves But that will not happen ynder my system which is awfully simple Instead of a welfare state we will have a state of euphoria A law making it compulsory for every one under 65 to take injections of a new wonder drug that creates a feeling of wellbeing will be passed Consid- cleaned your up -- ering how the compulsory social security for the got on the books this should be easy With the masses in a state of thoughtless happiness my scheme is certain to succeed No one would think of changing things Of course there w ill be some who will say that without thought there can be no progress but my reply is that when perfection has been attained there is no need for progress self-employ- Notes on the Cuff Department When a man reaches the point where hts debts cease to worry him the fellow he owei might as well forget Johnny Baldwin says that some of his friends are Scotch by birth or descent and some by absorption A Lady Lived in Lesbos lady lived in Lesbos a weary time ago So many years have overpassed it's little we can know So many wars have worn away with Gods and creeds and kings It’s little we remember now ' of older happier things For men go up and down the land under and over the seas lA lady lived in Jesbos but what is that to these'') And men sit watching night by night how Mars the planet spins And women Sit and gossip over marriages and sins We have forgotten beauty and A all our Gods are good And little we remember now of the dryads and the wood And only old philosophers and foolish dreamers know What lady lived in Lesbos a weary time ago — J Visit the Schools Editor Tribune: "Be not the first by whom the new is tried nor yet the list to cast the old aside” As a group of teachers proud and happy in their efforts with young children we feel sorry for such people as E C and Mrs Miller who blast our methods with no apparent knowledge of what we are doing day by day in the classroom Why don’t such parents avail themselves of the opportunity to visit schools and see for themselves how effectively modern teachers are combining the best of the old and new methods to give Johnny a more practicable and enjoyable type of education than his grandfather ?ver dreamed was possible? True a few of our pupils have not awakened as rapidly as others Probably their parents have not yet awakened to modern times and unconsciously blocks at mental start home with uninformed attacks on schools We welcome parents to spend a day or as many as needed watching our teaching methods to see if possible where they fall short of ones Group of Teachers Plymouth School Like a Barometer By Ham Wisdom loves solitude That is why the majority of men are gregarious— Isaiah Jr A Happy Thoughtless Life The trouble with most of the schemes for the regeneration of mankind is that they find themselves eonfren ted with one mission peace Mary Worthington Dragerton Utah -- U Nicholson Editor Tribune: “Coming events cast their shadows before them" Shades of a depression? Does the recent boom in stocks forecast a coming bust? It is ycry similar to the boom which preceded the 1929 bust it is said So the senators economic advisers stock-exchang- e managers and even Barney Baruch are called to explain Why not hear the' explanation of the people those who are ruined by depressions? Here’s what one such has seen experienced and learned: : The “pit” (the floor of the exchange where the bidders operate) is a perfect bedlum The shouting scheming pushing pulling and mauling is maddening The stock gamblers are of two sorts — “bulls” and “bears” The bulls bet stocks will raise The bears bet they will fall They don’t buy things they just bet The price of stocks depends on dividends If the corporations pay a big dividend or it is expected they will stocks raise If they do not stocks fall The corporations have made enormous profits recently out government war contracts and have paid big dividends So stocks have continued to climb War contracts atomic of ' bombs etc was the cause Can the government continue to award huge contracts for armaments? Not without a war and there is strong pressures for war Will the government be pushed or plunged into war by pressures or an incident? “Aye there’s the rub" That's what the stock gamblers are betting on The stock market is like a barometer It forecasts storms but does not cause them E A Mitchell Provo Utah r -- During those 11 years he established wide political contacts throughout the Reorganization in publican New York This was true particularly among citizens of Italian Professional” politorigin icians who study these matters say that there is no group of voters today so cohesive as the This is one reason they are a powerful factor in many states and particularly the populous states of the eastern seaboard It was against this background that Corsi at Dulles’ invitation came to Washington to try to break the red tape and the prejudice that have made it virtually impossible to bring in refugees under the immigration act supposedly adopted for that purItalo-America- pose What Corsi discovered in his three months in the department was a closed circuit that made any real speedup in the number of visas granted under the terms of the law difficult if not impossible AT ONE END of the was Rep Francis E circuit Walter chairman of the House dealing with immigration (D-P- subcommittee One of the sponsors of th McCarran Walter immigration act WalteFha a fierce almost fanatical approach to the whole question of admit-tinpotential new citizens to America In a conversation with this reporter in Switzerland last year when he was ' attending ah international conference on refugee problems Walter said he had information that criminals were being freed from Italian jails on condition they would emigrate to the United States There were strong Indications he said that the Italian government was willing to provide 'them “ with proper records to enable them to qualify under the strict provisions of the law ( Walter’s strong views sro said to derive In part from the stafT of the House which has played a large part In Influencing the thinking of committee members oom-mitte- e At the other end of the circuit confronting Corsi in his efforts to get more refugees admitted was W Scott McLeod chief security officer of the State Department and in charge of administering the immigration act McLeod’s associates are believed to have 'a: close relationship with staff members of the House Judiciary Committee INTERLOCKING bureauc- racy proved to much for Dulles When the chips were down he sacrificed the man he had brought to Washington to try to make the immigration act workable in terms of at least a few of the millions of refugees who have been led to believe that if only they could escape from the Iron Curtain they would find a welcome in the free world The International implications of all this are damaging as are other aspects of the McCarran-Walte- r law 9 v But more important for the moment for this administration is the political earthquake which the dismissal of Corsi Is bound to produce The shock of that earthquake will be felt far into the HOLMES ALEXANDER ‘Chasm’ That Doesn’t Exist WASHINGTON— President Eisenhower both as Republican chief and captain— now that Churchill has retired— of the Free World’s forces has a problem common to all team leaders: how his unless strong is “bench”? is al- twit mm feewortl than Mr Alexander abroad the question is simply stated as— Who is Ike's “Eden” who would be Ike’s replacement at the end of his White House tenure? ways more nt WE HAVE ONLY to look at such “indispensables” as Syngman Rhee and Chiang to remind ourselves that orderly succession— the transfer of power — is a sine qua non of all good govern— ment Mr Eisenhower’s succes-so- r is a matter that’s obviously in the forefront of his own mind Kai-she- k At gives press conferences he lectures on his own and more than once has named younger Republicans on whom he says the party should build its future Yet the word has gotten around somehow that the GOP is too internally disturbed to give off anything except splinters from its bench where the substitutes ' sit Persons who spread such reports never name their sources and I think it’s because they can’t Nobody of consequence in the GOP believes for a moment that there is an unbridgeable “chasm” between the factions of the party it’s Sen Bill Know-lan-d who fights him on for- eign affairs At home which Ike at Chicago and often against him still are on the j oiliest of terms with the President They go in and out of his home like neighbors Nobody is on a more relaxed social basis with the President than Congressman Dan Reed who fights him on tax and tariff legislation 1952 WHITE HOUSE denizen to make his counsels available to me offers the theory that present-daRepublican rifts are more A who is good enough y personal than philosophical Republicans who were against No Republican has to swallow administration policy In order to eat at the head table Only personal obnoxious-nes- s gets a party member In Ike’s dog house"" This magnanimity In tb President’s character is of course an admirable trait of personality but it’s much’ more It is an excellent tactic of party leadership but it’s more than that also Mr Eisenhower's unusual gift for intellectual tolerance is what makes possible a d wfll fraternity within which practically everybody but a Bolshevik and a social leper men-of-goo- Is welcome AS FOR THAT “chasm” it is currently illustrated by the supposed difference of opin-nio- n between Republicans on the Far East policies Nobody could deny that Dr Know-lan-d has a remedy or two for communism that are not recommended by Dr' Eisenhower But there’s no merit in the assumption that these two men or even their opinions are irreconcilable The President simply because he does not demand rigid uniformity in his followers increases both hit own effectiveness and his own replaceability Soaper Say The fellow at the next desk back at work after a brief ah sence says all he could find out from the doctor is that he had something that’s going around these days and it was cured by something that they’ve been having pretty good luck with 1 |