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Show By LEON DANIEL TOKYO (UPI) — Knowledgea- ble America, Vietnam andHistory There is hot an American who does not wish, as did Stephen Decatur in his famous toast, that our country might always be right — that all our wars, if we have to. make war, be just; that every government we ally our- selves with be pyre and above suspicion; that every time we wield our massive weight in world af- fairs it be in the furtherance of human freedom, “Many voices are being heard today, however, especially in the academic community, erying that America is not only not in the right in Vietnam but is. willfully in the wrong — that we are wrong there, that we were wrong in the Dominican Republic, that we were wrong: in Cuba, that we have been wrong just about everywhereelse. We stepped beyond the practical uses of our power, charges historian Henry Steele Commager, and have embarked on-a crusade to “democratize” the world in our image whether the world likes it or not. dea Weforget our own beginning’, he says. We forget that at one time we were the most subversive revolutionaries in the world and that every legitimate government was wary of us. Today the situation is reversed and we defend the status quo against modern reveolutionary movements. _ We have a curious double- standard approach to history he says. We justify our war with Mexico in the name of “manifest destiny,” but we ignore the fact that Red China restrained itself from going to war with India in history that Karl Marx defended America’s role in the Mexican War.It will be more than a footnote when history records what the Red Chinese have done to price, Minobe sought Communist support. He said there were no strings attached to his aceptance of that support. But that was window-dressing A politician who claims to be enything less than his own man Washington must view Minobe's would be rare indeed Those same knowledgeable American sources take some more than the difference between Minobe’s total and the votes received by Dr. Masatoshi Matsushita, the conservative candidate he defeated The Communists were useful to Minobe and he benefitted irom their excellent electioneer- comfort-in the fact that Minobe is trying to portray an image of himself as a man who won't be bossed by the Commynists—or anybody else That is little enough to take e@m{forty in and an honest ing machinery. But he- also incurred a political debt that appraisal could would indicate that i " a a i “But in 18-year-old suffrage; only three years are directly involved. This makes it more troublesome to gather organized support, yet on the other hand, 1@yearold voting can now be dramatized nationwide by small groups, Efforts will be made to link the right the extension of the draft lets E eB cii a bi i ifs ferei ES z iin apes ge zea! ge ‘3ieFe § B i is ihe HFif f plat ji said Minobe, Red flag business never caught on beause the Japanese people are too sophisticated for that Minobe will have no real power as governor because the Communists and Socialists don't the He will a platform from which he van take v 1 potshots at the national administration of Prime Minister ku Sato, a man who already appears somewhat shaken by Minobe’s victory them not to commit themselves to prospect for some time to come. = any particular presidential These moderate sources: argue that the party's progressive governors months ago agreed informally that they would try to act together on a candidate but would not act precipitately. Substantially, this is what McCgll asked. He wrote that he decided upon his appeal after visiting the White House March 18 with most other governors. Standing in a group‘of four Republicans on the sidewalk after the session with the President, ~McCall_heard_all advise_again a—‘‘wait-and-see” posture. The Oregon governor already has had a considerable number of written or telephoned replies in general support of this idea. What troubles certain moderates is the fact McCall has openly voiced some disenchantment with front-running Michigan Gov. George Romney and hassaid that if he could vote today in convention he would support Illinois Sen, Charles Percy. Against that background, McCall’s letter to all but four GOP governors is being read in some quarters as an effort to -slow further Rorgney’s already lagging momentum Several seasoned progressive leaders think the weight ought to fall the other way, that Romney should be “given his run” so Jong as he maintains himself well in the polls against President “Johnson and shows signs of mustering major GOP support. ‘Despite the bad press Romneyhasreceived in the months since his re-election as governor, that support is still potentially high. A Republican professional just back from a five-state tour says the criticisms of Romney as “Fuzzy on Vietnam” have not generally filtered down to second and third echelon party workers. They are described asstill eager to pitch in ‘when the trumpet blows.” Their major complaint is lack of Romney organizational activity. One moderate leaderinsists that among perhaps a dozen likeminded U.S. senators there is a kind of informal agreement to stick with Romney at least through the New Hampshire prefrential primary next March12. It is evidently in this same “give-him-his-run” mood that TodayIn Sen. Thruston Morton of Kentucky has invited nearly a score of senators and others to dinner here with Romney April 19. Mostly these will be men who are not in any way commitied History WhyDo PeopleIn Foreign Nations Resent U.S. Visits? Editor Herald: Uncle Sam says, “Poor , Mr. Humphrey. (Why do people in Foreign countries resent our of- ficials visiting their countries? It must be because they don’t like the invisible government. Why have my people fallen for the invisible government? Have ‘they been deceived? They have entrusted their government to the politicians. These politicians have instituted bureaus and agencies in order to further their own ends and get themselves re-elected. Now they find themselves in the clutches of in. ternational politicians who operate under’ the direction of the Council on Foreign Relations, The C.F. R. This is the invisible government. It operates through the United Nations. It was under this pressure that 66 of our senators voted for the Russian Consular Treaty. Their mail from their constituents ran 100 to 1 against, I Ib Illinois it was 200 to 1. “What can I do about this situation? Those at the head of this invisible government want my people to believe that it's too late. That nothing can be done about it. And that’s true unless By United Press International Today is Friday, April 21, the 1llth day of 1967 with 254 to follow. The moon is betweenitsfirst quarter and full stage. The morning star is Mars. The evening stars are Venus, Mars and Jupiter. Born on this day in 1926 was Queen Elizabeth II of Britain. On this day in history: In 753 B.C., Rome 1960, when there was QuotesIn The News during which police had to use tear gas to control a. mob of white “If this sick attitude is not Louisville to Romney and may in some cases be privately committed te others, Morton’s idea is to give the governor the exposure he needs as the present front-runner attempting to build winning momentum. It does not represent a Morton commitment. _ Put it all together—these dogged efforts to assure Romney a full test, his continued high poll status vs. Johnson (‘impressive stuff,” comments one professional): and his slow but sure organizational work—and it does not add up to the “early collapse” often forecast for the governor. Romney privately is committed to the New Hampshire and other primary tests. Collapse could hardly ome until at least the New Hampshire votes are counted. Nevertheless, his wintertimé loss of momentum has made it easy for Charles Percy to gain nigh visibility quickly as a “backup” choice for the moderates. His visits to Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire and elsewhere has not hurt. And at least one interested person has scouted seven or morestates, test- was founded by Romulus. In 1945, a broadcast from Germany said Russian troops had moved inside the city limits of Berlin. In 1954, U.S. Air Force planes began flying French troops from Paris to Indochina to reinforce the bastion at Dien Bien Phu. In 1965, the United Nations disarmament commission reconvened for the first time since ing the Percy winds. Many Republicans fear, however, that too much of this wifl produce the kind of split that was fatal to the moderates in 1964. Lighter Side By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI)—An old poses a threat of high blood a joke: “Everything I like is pressure. stalemate. i {[ 5 23 &eeF G58 gee "5 a so, American sources believe the ib mbly. WASHINGTON (NEA) —,Some-¥eteran GOP moderates are By United Press International WASHINGTON —Vice, President Hubert H, Humphrey reporting that the anti-Vietnam war demonstrators ‘ sf me ae z Fau Z z gsi .8 7 E go z3 af os zae i if entry ae: if i 2 i i Not meeting the charge head on. majority be, in eff something like what Americans call a “lame duck. But this doesn’t tell the whole story. What Minobe will have is has written 20 Republican governors a confidential letter urging course, ail y flag would fly from Tokyo's city hall. a metropolitan mystified at word that freshman Gov. Thomas McCall of Oregon er United States of America to nationwide at little cost and with small groups. Its highlights are: “Eighteen-year-old suffrage is unlike woman suffrage in certain ways. In Kentucky, Alaska and Hawaii, the lower voting age came about with no campaign; in fact, they were set by or chosen’ without much fanfare or discussion, have charged that if he were elected a Red By BRUCE BIOSSAT But the only way we could do $. ALLEN and PAUL SCOTT ih rn i of that would be if there were anoth- Washington éi face Japanese politics. Minobe’s opponents Behind the News Whatis really curious is to hear ge the ness. an American historian equate Style Setters The youthfulfad nowsweeping American history with Chinese and Russian, the American Rev- the country of wearingold clothes olution with the Bolshevik. We can’t help but bring a glow of had thought there was a funda- modest pride to those of us who mental difference~ between the have been doing this for years ideals which have motivated without knowing we were setting America for 178 years and those @ fashion trend. Someof us, in which motivates the Communists. fact, were just doing it so our kids It isan interesting footnote to wouldn’t have to wear old clothes. through college. change tween them, then our national soul is indeed in peril. The fact is that we cannottolerate Communist bases in the Western Hemisphere simply because free men cannot tolerate the kind of world order the Communists would impose were they able to. We do not support the status quo but try to work with whatever governments exist because we believe that helping them defend themselves against communismoffers the the only hope that they will eventually evolve democratically. (Here we are acutely conscious of the limitations of our power.) In so doing, we may commit wrongs that in the balance scale of history may or maynot outweigh the good we set out to do. It would be fine if we could avoid these problems and these choices, if we could bring the boys home and keep them here, if we could stop dropping boriibs, if we could stay comfortably in the right by minding our own domestic busi- But there is only one America. And weare it. rallying students from the eighth grade was if there is no real difference _be- but deny Russia the same vital than 21, In tucky it is 18. Alaska to vote at age 19, and victory with apprehension. The Communist vote “Oh, Dr. King!” America has been wrong often enough, heaven knows, and our history books should honestly reflect this. But if Johnson equals Khrushchev equals Mao Tse-tung, assume the leadership of the world democracies. interest in Cuba. And so on and on. are Tibet. their border dispute. We assert a vital interest in Southeast Asia, sources wondering what price the Communists will try to extract from Ryokichi Minobe for their part in his election as the first leftist ‘governor Tokyo. ‘ Antoher key question is whether Minobe will pay that either illegal, immoral or Holy Hippocrates! This is the limit! I have cut down to one ‘Avthought for the day —Irish fattening.” dramatist Richard Brinsley The time when people laughed cocktail before dinner and one Sheridan once said: “Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it does with politics.” ards, I have curatthat line was truly the age of cigar tailed my intake of omelets, ice innoncence. cream and chittlin’s. Hardly anything Is illegal or Doubt Romance immoral any more—and even if I have learned to drink it is, vast numbers will do it * unsweetened coffee and to go anyway. ; for long periods without inhalMostthings arestill fattening, but that is no longer the major ing. I have forsaken romance deterrent to the enjoyment of whenever possible, But damned life We now have a better if I'll give up salted peanuts. You may as well brace reason for foregoing pleasure, , Thanks to recent advance- yourself folks. It is only a ments in medical research, you question of time until you pick up a newspaper and read the can be pretty certain that i everything y like is un. following item: Baltimore—A Johns Hopkins healthy. Or will be as soon as medical science finds out what University medical researcher reported today that recent disease or ailmentit causes. studies have confirmed that Start With Smoking I could not begin to enumer- being born is a health hazard. Dr. Fred A. Killjoy, head of ate all the nice things that already have been declared the department of depression, injurious. Smoking, the most said statistics show a definite prominent example, was only relationship between the: death rate and the birth rate, the beginning. “Persons who are born run 100 per cent risk of dying Killjoy said. “These figures prove beyond doubtthatbirth is the No, 1 cause of death.” — xu — However, publlaned’ Me only initials uding oereee FRIDAY, APRIL 21,1967 American fereeere Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah |