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Show Editorial Page Feature r ald No Clear Sign of Warmer Russ Relations WASHINGTON _(UPI)—U.S. officials say. there has been nothing sincé the Glassboro summit to indicate Russia is Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah seeking the “genuine detente” called for by Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and nothing is ex- SUNDAY,JULY 9, 1967 Benefits From Aid to Colleges Greece had its creative glory and Romeits organizational grandeur. And what is likely to stand out about 20th-century America whenhistory balances accounts? Scientific research, in the opinfon of one intimately involved in it. Prof. Hubert Heffner, Stanford University's dean of research writing in the Stanford Review, singles out the organized pursuit of scientific research as our most important imprint on world civilization and assigns the credit to federal funds poured into Ameri- oo universities since World War Frequently voiced criticisms of governmentinvolvement in higher education and research—an alleg edly adverse effect on the quality of teaching, distortion of academic emphasis, rich universities growing richer and the poor poorer—heticks off as “imagined or, at the very least, overinflated The meetings two weeks ago between President Johnson and Soviet Premier Alxei N. Kosygin have been played down in Russia, and nothing dramatic ills.” U. S. sources report. Past high-level discussions between the two superpowers produceg rising popular hopes in the citizenry of each that improved relations would follow. But this time Soviet leaders evidently decided against playing up the possible benefits of the exchange of views. Oné diplomatic analyst~said the Kremlin seems to want to avoid exciting the Soviet people over the possibility of improved Soviet-American relations. Soviet sources: emphasized again that the Russian leadership was quite serious about Kosygin’s statement that relations cannot be expected to improve as long as the Vietnam war continues. They said that Moscow be- lieves both of the nuclear pow- parently is one of the main ers bear special considerations which motivates for the peace of the world, not both sides in seeking an just in Vietnam but in the agreement to stop the spread of Middle East as well. nuclear weapons, and brought ‘Thus, the said, any steps by about an accord earlier this either side to dampen hostilities year on the peaceful uses of should be interpreted as outer space, evidence ‘of a mutual concern Rusk, in a Chicago speech for world peace rather than an Thursday, spoke on the Glassimprovement in Soviet-Ameri- boro summit. “We hope for can relations. genuine peaceful co-existence—a This mutual ‘concern ap- genuine detente,” he said. Eyeball to. Eyebal| There are some very genuine problems, however, and foremost By- Line is our failure so far to define clearly basic research goals. Defense and conquest of disease are frequently cited justifications for public support. But more important, Heffner believes, is the benefit. accruing to education itself and the quality of American life. “New knowledge leads to new products, new jobs, and — if wisely employed — increased well- By B. E. (Bye) JENSEN | being.” In other words, massive govern- ment aid is more than a windfall for the intellectual community. It amounts to highly productive economic, social and cultural pump priming. Gone fishing ! ! 1 Felicitations to Our Good Neighbor Canada is beating her southern was the first fruit of this new neighbor to the punch in birthday eelebrations—and it is a very policy of guiding colonies toward autonomy and eventual independence. The results, as a glance at a map shows, have profoundly affected the world’s political structure and orientation. Central to the Canadian experience has been the relationship with the United States, again something of greater significance.It has special occasion for Canada in this case. Exactly 100 years ago this July 1 the Canadian confederation became a self-governing British dominion. It is a centennial of more than purely Canadian significance, After her initial fling at empire not been without its strains and building collay in the American contradictions, But two countries, Revolution, Britain embarked one immensely powerful and exupon a radically different course in acquiring and organizing bits of real estate around the globe. Canada, the oldest, dominion UpsetDrivers A North Carolina state senator has complained to the Senate Highway Safety Committee that it’s “an upsetting thing” to many motorists to have to take written and road tests when they go to renew their driver's license. Without knowing how many sensitive drivers the senator knows, you still have to suspect that the more of them who have to brush up on traffic rules and safe driving habits every four peace but with even affection. It has been a great first century for Canada. May she prosper for Ott the Making Money? CheckIt Please! The federal governmentis looking into the financing of the American Telephone and Tele- graph company. Pe GENEVA SAYS GOODBYE TO GEORGE JEDENOFF Geneva Steel said goodbye to George Jedenoff the other night. The community at large had done it a few nights earlier, but this was the boys at the mill — the staff he has welded in the last seven years to the Battle of Geneva alongside him. ‘And it has been a battle — a Chopping Block by if they kept coming after Pearl Harbor, And nobody was quite sure then that they wouldn’t Now and then there is a man who towers head and shoulders over most of his fellows though he may be small in stature. He towers because of his broadmindedness and the service he renders to mankind. The service may cost him time and money, and the keep coming. Geneva performed her wartime seat rceane turning out late Bat when the not stop him. Such a man is Alfonzo Kester from the small town of Santa- quin. IT have known Mr. Kester for some and we met because of a mutual Terest in education-onfy done thing enete ba ee ee 3 Most notable was his interest in children and their education, but he had been alert in finding and developing their talents, He had once made ar rangements with a pany to put some of their on TodayIn By The Herald Staff Many more. This was probably inevitable. If there’s one thing that arouses years to pass a license test, the the suspicions of government ecofewer of them may be even more nomists it’s for someone to show _off by operating in the black! seriously upset on the highway. |~ Paul Harvey pansive, the other fiercely jealous of its own political and cultural identity, have shown thatit is possible to live together not onlyrats Tongways to the market place.” Built for wartime. safety, that location became Geneva's peacetime enemy, because the markets were 700 miles away. moredeadly to the mill itself — the threat of cheaply made forign steel, History Beat ways need a Jedenoff of one form or another to keep it progressing, Why, you might ask, if things were so bad, did Geneva recently get approval on a multimillion dollar addition to the structural mill which will give it a vital new wide beam product? I have no pipeline into U. S. Steel corporate thinking, but my opinion is that we would never have received the latest promised addition. without the progress the mill has made over the past several years under Jedenoff, He would be thefirst to point out that the men at Geneva have made the difference, and that is true in the final analysis. No superintendent could ‘have done'it without the men — butthings like “Errors Zero” (Geneva was the first integrated steel mill to tryit) and “People Make the rence” — convinced the men the effort was a ‘ At the farewell party his staff tibbed Jedenoff unmercifully — tie way you rib a man you like and respect. Using a takeoff on “The Music Man” because he is going to Gary, Ind., they presented some song parodies which were classics for the occasion. Then there was the “letter from General Authorities” cal “Dear Brother Jedenotf”to the “presidency of the Northern Indiana Mission.” I sat next to Jedenoff and his wife, and they laughed until they wept, BERRY'’S WORLD he was loath to talk about himself. What I havelearned has come to me in bits The morning star is Saturn. The evening stars are Mars and Venus. Born on this day {n 1819 was U.S. inventor of the sewing machine Elias Howe. On this day in history: In 1850, President Zachary Taylor died of a typhus infection after serving only one year and four months. He was succeeded the next day by VicePresident Millard Fillmore. In 1900, Queen Victoria signed an act by which the individual state of Australia agreed to join into a federal commonwealth. In 1943, the United States, Canada and Britain invaded Sicily. 1964, Moise Tshombe became the premier of the Congo. Included also was @ mock-up of the front page of The Daily Herald containing a banner for which I take credit, having coined it several months ago in a sion of Geneva’s past and present problems. It read; “Jedenoff Best Thing For Utah Since The Seagulls.” That's a joke, son, and yet in a way it isn’t — THERON H. LUKE BY JAMES O. BERRY 5 z E Fea logic. He did not fall into stage and fitst quarter. Nasser made the same mistake that we so often make: he took the Russians at their word. A major contributory cause of his grotesque blunder was the torrent of Moscow oratory, blustering, threatening, prom- ising. ‘Thus was Nasser made overconfident by the false assurance of Russian aid. May 22, 1967, ten days before war erupted, the Moscow press pledged “‘all-out support” for the Arab Republic, May 29, Nasser declared, “The Soviet Union stands with us in this battle and will not allow any country to interfore...” Then ten Soviet warships moved through the Dardanelles and into the Mediterranean, and Soviet tanks and half-tracks rumbled ostentatiously through Cairo streets while in New York Soviet Ambassador Federenko was pledging Russia’s backing to Egypt “all the way.” Wells. Five bloody days later a sad, defeated and disillusioned King Hussein of Jordan said it succintly: “Certain friendly nations Jet us down.” The Cairo Press protests, “The Russians made promises they did not keep-” Algeria’s President asks, “What happened to all that support Russia promised?” Now —aren’t we, the United States, making a similar mistake in letting the Communists loud-mouth” us out of doing what we should do in Vietnam? ich of our General officers in Vietnam he said privately that we could, without nuclear weapons, win a military victory within 45 days, Marine General Lewis Walt, jus: recently returned from Vietnam to a Pentagon assignment, says, “Yes, of course, the United States could win a clear-cut military victory in South Vietnam, There is no question.” Why don’t wehit the fat targets and get this war over with? : Because g g clarity and By United Press International Today is Sunday, July 9, the 190th day of 1967 with 175 to follow. ‘The moon fs between its new Be welfare of the children, The man first interested me because of his courage andhis ability to present his views with FERRE Kester has waged a determined battle against long odds simply for the this man, though not wealthy, had always provided a Christmas gift for the widows of his community, and on Decoration Day he had placed flowers on otherwise have been neglected. People seeking donations are not turned away at his door, In the poem emphasis was placed on his sense of humor and his ability to laugh at himself, a quality I had observed in him long ago. He was, and is, thoughtful of others; a man of universal good will; a man who does good from the sheer joy of doing with Kremlin ghtul Before my wife died Mr. Kester and So we backtrack. We spare most Hanol industry, all hydro power sources, key enemy airfields and Haiphong Harbor. And we continue to fight the kind of endless, winless war on which Moscow and Peking would like us to spend our sons, our resources and our gold. If Israel had been intimidated by. Moscow threats, by now there might be no Israel, Instead, valiantly, the Israelis did what they had to do — and they did it swiftly and decisively. Perhaps we have waited too long in Vietnam for an unannounced blitzkreig. Now there are many British and Russian ships delivering supplies to our enemy Haiphong Har- bor. j But we could give them hours to get out and then chop off 65per cent of all enemy’ supplies in one air raid. If the bullies can terrify the rest of us, the Nassers can take over the world. QuotesIn The News _ By United Press International MIAMI BEACH—Batya Kabiri, an Israeli beauty in the Miss Universe contest and also a veteran of the recent Mideast War, commenting on an Arab it of the contest: “T have no objections to Arab girls in this contest.” CHICAGO—John J. Hoellen, a Chicago alderman commenting on the five Pablo Picasso abstract rattebelie erected in’ a of the Chicago's Civic ter: “Thousands of Chicagoans are confused by the statue wondering if it is to be an heroic monument to some dead dodo.” DA NANG, Vietnam—Fighter leaders pilot Col. Robert Maloy, Coral beat their breasts and shout, “We won't stand by if you QD ievaucs And Peking announces, “Our Red China armies will not allow a Communist defeat...” Gables, Fla., explaini North Vietnamese fighter planes have been absent from the skies over Vietnam lately: “We've been beating the pants off them in the air and tearing them up on the ground.” FORUM RULES PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. American artist Rockwell Kent, winner of the Lenin peace prize, quoting from 4 letter he sent to The Herald welcomes letters and pieces. N jetnamese ambassa- @ the prize money to thé Viet Cong: “I beg your honor therefore, to transmit to the suffering ~ women and children of Vietage when people's thoughts are are all too often turned inward, we need a of the other i t ~ pected. toward a warmer relationship is foreseen out of the Kremlin, “Now, whatever you do, don’t of the baby, or we'll NEVER nam’s. Liberation Front, the sum of $10,000, {t being but a token of my shame and sorrow.” |