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Show 'sTroubleRiddenPrison his 2 San nmoe blic cooperaclear tiie aif in rassing, episodes at the troubleridden jnstitution. But the fact remains: The people of this state have aright to expect a more secure, more efficient, more scandal-free prison operation than has ‘been in evidence over the past several years. ; Riots, escapes, knifings, a recent murder, smuggling, counterfeit- seh Gov. Clyde said the problems have just “accumulated” and you can’t pin responsibility for them on any*one man or group of men.” He added that the board and the ison administration have ac- knowledged they are partly respon‘sible for the situation. The important thing, the governor averred, is that the problems at the'‘prison are recognized, and that steps are being taken to cor- rect them. Nobody can quarrel with this attitude. But when you learn of the “new” steps being taken by the board and the administration to “correct conditions” at the prison you wonder why they hadn’t been taken long ago. As a matter of fact many of them had been recommerided by former prison officers but lack of help or money prevented their being carried out. Such si the board outlined, include a ¢loser check and partial segregation of homosexuals; clear- er definition of “lines of authority”; reactivation of an inspectascope to check all visitors; spot skin shakedowns of every inmate leaving the visiting room; release of certain officers suspected of aiding in the smuggling; reorganization of the mail room so that it is Berta setup w have been hted in recent ed out in ‘a series of articles lished by The Daily Herald *” spot- Heaan. ‘ pubthree ‘for segregation ‘of ‘aggressive homosexuals and hardened criminals from new offenders and prisoners' who were working to estab-_ Republican in public life is better able to gauge the temperament of. his audience than Mr. Nixon. So, in this, the most conservative of states, be was the ‘ ’ ealm, conservative, reasonable statesman; unlike the eye- low-the-belt hitting politician he is in his native C2lifornia, Indeed, that h’s always been charac ecistic of this brillint speaker, He has always change ec been his able to political ~ulcx on the way an ac.or or actress change ‘thor mo’ o-up, a. ee = Mr. Robertson Nixon is as coldly ambitious as was NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA)—Walter ess T 1 Deivcy, but he has the adroit skill an! populs- appeal which Dewey so sadly lacked. For some years’ we have been hear‘ng much abeut how Mr. Nixon has “matured,” since the days when he won h ; first political success by labeling his Mesta “The that other Washington Officials threw the prison doors SECURITY They demonstrated, as has WRAPS is hoped that the steps outlined to “correct conditions” will bear fruit: For the-good of the public, the prisoners and the state in general, let’s eliminate the recurring scandals, : Nixon cannot escape the label of opportunist, for it is something he cannot shed any more than he can shed his skin. But if anything can keep this personable _ and undeniably brilliant young man out of the White House thatis it. Opportunism and shiftiness are synonymous. The plight of the Democratic. party in Utah is really pitiful. They have been out of office so long that they haven’t a single . figure capable of seizing the popular imagination, so they haven’t a chance of victory. The Republican Congressional candidates :are honest, plodding, some- : i Would you look over this list and tell me which you think are the two or three most important problems faging the nation today? International relations Keeping the country 69% at town’s any has brought the world to On all these domestic issues, store. She got her’ dress—a brand new one.’’ Sometimes Mrs. B.’s ‘“‘customer” is a woman deserted by her husband. Sometimes Mrs. B. outfits a family whose dad is down to two days of work a week —or with no job at all. her home in a little country towa. When the county nurse paid Mrs. B. her last visit one bitter Donations to. Mrs. B.’s project have come from friends, resi- day, Mrs. B. said, ‘‘You’ve been 80 good to me. What.can I do to thank you?” “That's easy,” replied the nurse. clothing dents of the surrounding countryside, and even traveling salesmen - ‘“‘In the last week, two who families on my list were burned out. There are four little children who need clothes in one call on her are now clear! most peg the Democrats are nut only ahead, they are way ahead. Only the Midwest reports the Republicans in the lead, and there the race is very close. Midwest %% a2 South Far West” 80% 50% pt u iu 4 6 9 2 10 The Far Eastern situation 20 The Middle Eastern situaGOR Since ses evseweses 16 Inflation, recession problems’ 59% High cost of living........ 41 Unemployment ..... School Integration bibcols: 52% Keeping up our military strength government .......... uU% Atomic testing Don’t ktiow .... » 14% 2% The key to this year’s voting pattern appears to Me im the strong Democratic impact of most domestic issues which is not countered by an equal and opposite _Republican impact on international] questions. Here are the voting divisions of those people who named the high cost of living, unemployment, or school a as primary national sues. Those who named as key issue:, Total sample Will vote Democratic.... 47% Will vote Republican.... 31 Will split ticket, don’t know or won’t vote.... 22 husband, the town’s hardware merchant. the Democrats are apparently thought by the public to have an Unemployment 54% 24 2 School segregatio: 51% 0 High cost of living 49% 28 19 23 ried over a recession that despite rising economic indices has not edge; on solving unemployment problems, the preference for the Democrats is pronounced. But when we tirn ‘to foreign affairs, where the Republicans in recent years have had the advantage, we find ‘those people who named “keeping the peace’’ as an important issue dividing exactly like the nation as a whole in their voting preferences: 47 per cent plan to vote Democratic, 31 per cent Republican, with the remainder making no party choice. The picture that emerges is thig one; the nation’s voters, wor- Tell Me Why? _ WhyDoes a Watch Tick? The nurse hadn’t been gone five minutes before Mrs. B. was on the telephone. That was only the beginning. , “My home is a clothing store now,” said Mrs. B., with a chuckle, from her wheel chair. She’s right, The front hall Win the Britannica Junior 15school aound of the watch ticking. The jewels of a watch are the -tiny pieces of precious stones such as ruby, sapphire, or garnet, on which the pivots of the wheels rest. Precious stones are | blouses. The is covered with neat stacks of men’s shirts. There are rows of shoes against one wall, boots against another, a rack of women’s and girls’ dresses against a Mrs. B.’s customers come at the rate of three or four a day. “One snowy February day, a Mttle boy who had plastic bags tied: around his feet came to my door,” said Mrs. B. “He left with shoes and boots—and o' warm clothes. : “Another day, a little girl in a ragged dress knocked at the door. She asked me if I had a t years before disability. occurred. Still required is a total of at least five years’ work in covered employment. before disability o0ccurred. ~Don’‘t Put Off That Job . es a : 7 Tip bestorganised woken I ‘ i is that when unexpected demands reEggo Ledlegngemmst om ctor i to bother and worry, claims there 5, is only one trick to being a good sch He fan't bogged down by a lot of manager of time and energy. “Do each job that has to be done just as soon as it appears , things she could have done last week or last month—but which finaly can be put off no longer. . The woman who paseed along . Sticking by that simple rule, her philosophy for making house- - tat Ha i are also at the foveground of the public consciousness: . ‘dress she could wear to school. “I didn’t have one her size. But I called up the owner of our that i must he doneevetually,” EEE bulent. area of international relations. But domestic problems Z Ruth Millett HiihEi iI i fi Space Monster. more. But last January she started a share - the - clothing project that 5 j Tremendously Huge and Playful 4 go out to meet the world fight. frbe opposed to the Eisenhower “‘moderates.”” Tt is rather too bad that Eisenhower appears to have no conception that his fairhaired poy has strayed 90 far from Ike’s middie-of-the-road philosophy. Mr. -Nixon’s jabs at socialism are aimed just as Much at Eisenhower’s program as at sive research balloons _disappears. They explain that the name is an abbreviation for By MARIE DAERR why it is necessary to build up weak ERE¥ reyee HE u il i a nia, Mr. Nixon will be in position to step every time one of their. expen- - Mrs. B.,. a 76-year-old woman whose legs were amputated, can’t Which jside am I on?” Years Of treagon” tactics now and then out boldly"as the leader of that group, as’ He goes down Brightens Amputee’sLife SALTY Rear Adm. Charles (Cat) Brown, former commander of the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean, Low commander in chief of Naval Forces in EuTope, jwill probably never live down two cryptic messages atted to htm, One was sent when he took over a/command in the Pacific in World |War Ii. He radioed his to trouble maker\ of the space age. THAPSM is the mythical culprit that Air Force scientists blame Careerof Helping Others | fed out, however, that the Admiral didn’t mind the reporters’ questions one bit. He had broken the string on his right shoe and was trying to hide it. Mountbatten is considered one of the most immaculate dressers in Britain. : ready re- placed by a reature called THAPSM as the chief airborne were over to tug at. his socks. “Am been book com- Happy Times REPORTERS thought that famed Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma, First Sea Lord and Chief of the British Naval Staff, had finaly developed. a case af nerves wien he held a press conference here the other day. The renowned British officer, who’s noted for his coolness under fire, kept crossing his legs, his feet and. leaning C-in-C:| HAVE re- vealed that the public is concerned, above all, with the tur- PEACE .... cebeccescess finally; taken off a top secret project at the Shaeffer Pen Co, when President Eisenhower's four) grandchildren presented him with a fancy desk set on his recent 68th birthday. The , kids had written company brass three months ago and asked ;them to make a special pen and pencil| set for their granddad. Sifce |they emphasized in their letter that they wanted the present fo be a real surprise, workers assigned to, the project were told to keep it strictly hush-hush. The signature of each grandchild is stamped in gold script on the! base of the desk set. But swhat pleased Ike most is that the kids used their own savings to pay for it. the governor, that they recognize the problem at hand, and that they are going all out to correctit. Thus, the latest wave of trouble seems to have unified attitudes and energies on a new plane. It new threat to world peace, GREMLINS to the basement™and shuts himself up in a room that he has soundproofed. The only way that I can tell him that dinner is ready is to call him on the, telephone,” Brigitte hostess; Gwen Cafritz, was the fall gal. E Walter Kieran topped O’Keefe’s " gag ‘by describing Mrs. Cafritz this way: ‘When she enters a Toom,|mice leap on chairs.” open to newspapermen Thursday 0; sonents ‘‘Commiunists.” A ruined repu- ta.‘on meant nothing to him, so long as he got elected, In the heat of the present campaign he reverted to type, until gently chastened by the president, but he can be expected to revert to his ‘Twenty Perle which to acquaint the press and public with the problems of the institu- tacks profgssional politicians. It takes near genius to do that, and a lot of crust. the sputniks and while a delicate and dangerous situation in the Formosa straits was posing a plained: “Once he starts a new book I -seldom. see him. Bardot of the Truman Administration.” This was at the Circus Saints| and Sinners luncheon, at high caliber and trustworthy men. SIONAL politician Utah has ever devel- to promote Harry’s new “Skyblazers,”, Mrs. Neal O’Keefe pulled the prize hyperbole of 1958 here the other\ day -when jhe called Washington host- Reports indicate more money might also be needed for higher cped, he can bring cheers when he at- At a reception given recently By JERRY BENNETT salaries in some categories so that the prison can consistently attract tation. Mr. Lee has worked at it for a Democratic direction? Today’s survey, taken just one year after O'Keefe Pulls Prize Hyperbole of ‘58 gist; and for other crucial needs. good many’ years. The most PROFES- South, 165 This show of Democratic strength is impressive even in an off year when the “‘outs’” normally gain some Congressional seats, What are the issues.that are pr ig people’s minds and causing their votes to turn in a Washington News Notebook ing of two more social service . workers and a full time psycholo- It takes time to build up a political repu- 30 Will split ticket (volunteered) +11 . $100,000 for a step-up in the occupational therapy program, hir- men most people consider safe. If the Democrats could find-men with the color of J. Bracken Lee they could possibly defeat all three of them in this Democratic year—but they simply haven’t got them. in Don’t know or won’t vote.... 12 gation, has been tied up by strikes, and a proposed new women’s dor. Inito: is being stalled for. one reason or another. It is understood the prison will ask the legislature next year for what colorless individuals — the kind of .......... 31 Northeast Democratic ........... sepeees 4% Republican ............0cs005 35 7 quite gouging , kneeing, be- mer 1958 46% This means that of the voters : President Nixon seems to have kept his ber 1958 47% Wil split ticket (volunteered) .......... Don't know or won't WOR sie e's de ede 14 Campaign Politics and Personalities punches pretty well*above the belt line during his recent tour of Utah. No man ahead country, including regions nor mally Republican in sentiment. While many lotal factors were involved, the Maine elections, held in September, nevertheless gave the nation the first voting evidence that even traditionally Republican Northeast had not proved immune to this year’s Democratic tide, and today’s figures confirm that fact. In two other sections of the country, the Far West and of course the this fall, which party will you be most likely to vote for, the Democratic or-the Republiean? Democratic ..... seees dormitory which would aid segre- tion. Democrats mpaigning, the Democrats with a solid voting margin of 16 percentage points. * years ago. Among these are need The Chopping Block By FRANK C. ROBERTSON Contrary to his usual custom Vice 2 tening the institution. é Someof the weaknesses in the lish a good record: of behavior; a ing, contraband, homosexuality, stronger program of occupational and Reigwa change of wardens rehabilitation; and tighter security —these have punctuated the rece for trouble makers. ord of the Point of the Mountain penitentiary ever since it was built. » Rank. and file prisoners, themselves, favor more rigid discipline Wedoubtif there’s such a thing for troublemakers, according to-an as a problem-free prison. A state exclusive interview. with’ inmates prison is no Sunday School class. published in Thursday’s Herald. All of its tenants have been conMany convicts deplore the repeated victed of one or more felonies. “incidents” at the institution. Many are hardened criminals. There is always a substantial quota The- Utah institution has made of trouble makers who care little good strides in some departments, for their own reputation or record including development of a school and even less forthat of their felin which inmates can qualify for a low inmates. But it seems that high school diploma, establishment Utah’sos has been especially of milk processing and canning beset with scandals and problems. plants which serve the needs of The Board of Corrections, in its other state institutions; a better report to the governor Friday, program for handling mentally ill blamed weak security and laxness prisoners; and inauguration of of officers for recent smuggling, classification program. homosexuality and counterfeiting Completion of a new 80-man activities inside the prison. . ¥ D. Clyde’s endorse- ‘the latest of a long list of embar- Democrats KeepFirmGrip_ On Congressional Lead é dey she says, keeps her ahead of her | work instead of behind-it. It also in othero ways, She lifeeasier "t dread makes er ee eee kept:bouse for a' good many . years. With she never pute off doing them. 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