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Show Editorial Page Feature Will Ike Be Forced to Let Benson Go? The only daily newspaper devoted to the progress and advancement ot Central Utah and its people in By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (UP)—The word MONDAY, NOVEMBER25, 1957 around town is that his enemies at last have bracketed Ezra Taft Housing In Soviet Russia f“In Washington the other day asnome Russian metallurgists took H@5look at a model home at the National Housing Center. They itried to pretend that what they {had in the Soviet Union was just ‘about as good. t Mind you, they were examining 18 house fitted out with the very ilatest in dishwashers, stoves, disan units, and building materials, e percentage of American giomes that have such up-to-date Spiipment is probably not great, ugh a good share of ours do we very modern fittings. hese Russians, of course, were ‘simply putting up a front. They de not like to acknowledge they are second or worse in any field of effort. Wolves Howling | Benson ‘with their gun fire. If this be true, there will be a new secretary of agriculture short- But the embarrassing truth is that in housing, as in all the consumer industries, the Russians the Farm Belt rejects the Repub- have lican Party again in next year’s made a pitiful showing throughout the entire 40 years of the Communist regime. -Not even the most carefully guided visitor to major Russian sities today can be kept from see- ing the slum conditions which disfigure them almost totally. Those who have studied the Soviet Union carefully say that its big communities are in fact no more than organized slums. The show of new public buildings and occasional modern apartments is a false facade thinner than the ly. True or false, Benson probably will not survive in the cabinet if congressional elections. Only President Eisenhower's af- fection for and loyalty to his agriculture secretary have kept Beneon in office so long. The secretary has been in political trouble since Feb. 11, 1953, the second month of the first Eisenhower administration. It was on that day that Benson spoke in St. Paul, Minn., suggesting that the government should subsidize hower’s approach to the spending of tax revenue to cope with agricultural surplusés. farm prices only as ‘disaster in- A political pro added up Ben- surance.” Price supports should not, Benson said “‘encourage uneconomic production, heavy surPluses and subsidies.” Demands for Benson’s resignation became urgent and numerous by the autumn of -953. The President has been defending his farm man ever since, a matter of four son's political plight like this: “The farmers don’t like him!’* A great many farmers obviously do dislike Benson as much or more than they dislike the price support policies he represents. This political fact of dislike of the man is expected to be an effective argument with Eisenhower that political expediency may require Benson’s resignation. A More effective argument, probably, than the equally factual farm discontent with administration farm policies. The real argument for Benson's departure is based on the belief years. Politics May Bench Benson Benson’s departure would not importantly change administration farm policies. Pressure of politics, perhaps, will compel Eisenhower to bench Benson, but no such pressure is likely to change Eisen- As we near election year 1958, tof State Dulles and Secretary of jAgriculture Benson be tossed to ‘the wolves. i. On the.basis of the record to {date, one would have to hazard 'that it probably will not ‘President Eisenhower has occur. shown “ibtterly no disposition to yield to metich clamor in or out of his party. uite the contrary, he exhibits inense loyalty toward his “team” bers, and especially Dulles and son. t seems likely to happen only the two gentlemen themselves e the initiative and bow out. the chances do not favor that, er, for both like their jobs and e shown no interest in retiring er fire. if they did, their sucsors might easily become almost ediate targets themselves. We endike to personalize our troubles. ‘““They’ve been heavy at home in cfarming, and the same abroad. {Whoever has the jobs had best egome well armored. of By H. V. KALTENBORN Her politi- — aa econcmic crisis remains unset, and there is little prospect of getsJating things cleared up. Her violent reaction to the shipment of, 500 rifles to Tunisia proves she is suffering from a deep-seated malady. Probably only the upper crust privileged Kremlin officials, It is NOT too early to think of Christmas cards. In fact, cats, it is pretty near too late. Christmas cards are verysocial these days. And if you ish Christmas cards that will impress your friends, you must order them back about July. I do not mean the ready-to-wear ecards you pick up off the drugstore racks. I mean the tailormades. The elegant, silvered cards with your name PRINTED four decades has made remarkable strides in building up its heavy industry, developing vast resources, advancing its scientific base and translating all this into great military might. on. These are the kind that infuriate the receiver. “Well, for heaven's sake,"’. says the receiving lady. ‘‘Looks like But as everyone knows it has accomplished these feats at the continuous expense of the living standards of the ordinary Russian the ‘This shipment of arms was in itself unimportant. It was made to keep a lqgng- postponed promise to President Bourguiba of Tunisia We wanted France to ship the arms, and received the promise that France would do so. At the pst minute France con ditions the President The glow from Sputniks I and II has been bright. Amongthe things they shine upon, however, are the cost every cent bet these cards Zz : earth. Any free peoples who contemplate taking up the Communist line might well look at Moscow’s housing show before they do. z aS and Britain both ss compelled to ship S@sme of the arms we ‘TShba promised. e--The French were { furious. They stalked a 3s Zz Ruth Millett sing and talked ithe top-level | next month. Egypt has long done its best to provide it with arms. It has carried on a@ propoganda campaign by radio in fa- vor of the rebels. Although France has withdrawn her best divisions from the NATOforces and sent them to Algeria—she now has some 400,000 troops fighting the rebels — the military situation is worse today than it was a year ago. To understand why of Mr. Kaltenborn NATO meeting in Paris Foreign Minister Pineau army pitted against an embittered Arab population. side is either right or wrong. Neither Most Realize Situation ‘displeasure at what America had done. , His talks with Secretary Dulles were tinconclusive but during his absence ' from Paris, Prime Minister Gaillard yon a vote of confidence in the French Assembly by stressing the arms ship(nents to Tunisia. Whatever else Frenchmen may be, they are intelligent. Most of them now realize that in Algeria they face a hopeless situation. This is deeply disappointing, since by making Algeria a part of France, they felt they had done everything possible to be fair to the Algerian natives But the independence achieved in quick succession by Egypt, t= Actually, Gaillard won his first ma- Libya, Tunisia and Morocco roused an ‘ea rity only because many Deputies abei ined from voting. He has no solid Aaa) in the French Parliament and Tay be ousted at any time. He won his | Evote for a reduced budget and addi- Arab nationalism in Algeria which is now determined to accept nothing less than complete independence. i ; came to the United States to express Any Algerian, whether in Algeria or arose in France, who is willing to accept less becomes a marked victim for the extreme nationals. Hundreds of Algerians have already been killed in the Paris area, and there is nothing the French have been able to do to bring an end to these assassinations. In Algeria itself some 50,000 men, women and children have given their lives, some to achieve . the people of Tunisia sympa- independence and others togprevent it. e with the Algerian rebels, and have them some aid and comfort. ke ently the French haye begun to purst Algerian rebels into Tunisian terri\, to! where they sought refuge. This has *wreaused arms clashes between French Today the entire population, French and Arab, is so embittered that compromise appears impossible. The Algerian issue has now again if. tional taxes. Yet even if these added @ taxes are really budget is actually | ge Still faces an & France gets re ‘ collected and the held down, France enormous deficit. Unless a large foreign loan, the ¢ will continue to lose value. er t<,-The Sympathize With Algeria Tunisiar arms issue only thd Tunisian soldiers. 71 The Frencn assume that every rifle or as woes ee eee We Machine gun which we and the British \\ Contribute to Tunisia will be handed over to the Algerian rebels. This, despite the promise from the Tunisian Government that it only wants British and American arms for its own use. The Tunisian Government is practically without arms It has 3,000 rifles for its 6,000-man army. But the F’ench, hecause of the insuperable difficulties they fdce in Algeria, are unreasonable about every fe which concerns that unhappy area. ~The root of France's present difficulties lies in Algeria. The entire country is jot’ in rebellion against French rule and e French Army faces an impossible task. reached the United Nations, despite France's efforts to regard the Algerian revolt as a domestic issue with which other countries have no concern. But it does concern U. N, members. The Communist world is exploiting the rebellion tn promote Arab hatred of the West, ana is doing this with some success. ‘f Britain and the United States now stop sending arms to Tunisia, Egypt and Czechoslovakia will be quick to do so. They have made their offers and Tunisia is ready to accept. Western unity is imperiled because of French sensitivity to anything which concerns Algeria, directly or indirectly. Yet France is unable to settle the Algerian problem. when she must . Housewife’s Job keep the rebellion stirred up, and to reluctant French raut of a NATO meet! staying away from east. The time has accept outside come help. France yielded to the United Nations on the Suez Canal issue. She must yield again on Algeria. A bulge Republican farm in prices or a congre<sion next year would Easy Street, poli put Dons'n -n More Than Just Physical Work “I’m fed up with hearing how a few automatic appliances in the kitchen have made the homemaker’s job a snap,’’ says a disgruntled young wife. “Sure, I wash the clothes for my family of five in an automatic washer instead of on a scrubboard. I run a vacuum cleaner over the carpets instead of hanging the rugs on a line and beating them. “And having plenty of hot water whenever I need it just by turning a faucet is a blessing I'd be the last to deny. “But it’s not actual physical work the housewife with small children is talking about when she says she is dead-beat at the end of a day. “The business executive who does his work in a fancy office doesn’t have any physical work at all to do. His day is made hard by decisions, interruptions, pressure of meeting deadlines, etc. Nobody claims that because he uses a dictating machine, has an office intercom system to save him steps and so on, that all the work has been taken out of the job of executive. Housewife Also Executive “Well, first and foremost the The Mature Parent Sympathy Weakens Mother’s Ability to MeetProblems By MRS. MURIEL LAWRENCE Betty’s Uncle Bob and Birdie had cometo dinner. Aunt As her mother started whipping her mashed potatoes, she said to her sister-in-law, ‘‘Why did I send that girl for my cream? T might have known she wouldn’t get ét here on time. She went for it an hour ago. If I’d been that irresponsible when I was 13 . Aunt Birdie was very sympathetic. She said, ‘‘You’ve just been too kind for your own good, Dot. I guess some kids have to learn the hard way. Anyway, as I always say to Bob, you've certainly got nothing tovreproach yourself for.” Grdteful for this sympathy, Betty’s mother thought for the thousandth time, “Oh, what a good friend Birdie is to me.” She is mistaken. For years Aunt Birdie has been sympathizing with her over her children’s misbehavior. Instead of solving its problems, it has weakened the power of Betty’s mother to solve them. People who endlessly listen to day long. “She figures out the budget, tries to keep peace in the house- tive. usually hold, settles the children’s squab- has to run her own errands, and bles, tries to fit every member of the family’s individual needs and plans into the daily schedule. she carry out her own plans instead of delegating the work, she is still Aunt Birdie, we release some of the resentment we feel at it. What we need is not her sympathy, but the full, uncomfortable tension of our own feeling. By allowing us to reduce our steam through the valve of complaints, Aunt Birdie has made it impossible for us to ever explode it to Betty so impressively that she is made suddenly aware of us as a real person with genuine feelings. But Betty never contacts the powerful response to her irresponsibility that would wake her up to its consequences. So Aunt Birdie is not our friend. She just encourages us to waste our valuable anger to no purpose and delays reconciliation with our child. A good psychiatrist listens to our complaints only for a limited time. Then he begins to show boredom with them. As we tell him how badly our employer has used us, he looks out of the window or otherwise indicates disinterest. He is saying, the one who makes decisions all modern hou$ewife is an exécuEven though our complaints about children do us no favor. For every time we criticize Betty’s irresponsibility to “My dear fellow human, do something with your anger at this exploiting boss. I am not he. Make your protest where it will produce results instead of wasting it on me.” He is being our friend. of And a quarter. their poor little boy running patched pants.”’ * * around with * The reason the lady says this with gritted teeth is because she is wondering what reception her own cards are getting. Does Mrs. Jones know. she bought the ones marked down to 14 cents? Maybe she should have bought On the other c i samples of Mr d 1 the same stor¢ bought them there—well, tien e KNOWS. The proprieto a LOSsip. It would be just like him to tell. Yes, and just like Mrs. Jones to ask. “Next year,” says Madam firmly, “I think we won't send ANYcards. Just telephone people we like on Christmas Day. It is more personal." “‘A short beer,’’ says Joe. ‘‘You know, I think women are pecuYar.” ¢It is not saloons that are driydng us to drink. It is the social problems. ‘fe Well, Americans will send each other two-and-a-half BILLION ecards this Merry Yuletide. Up two hundred million year. from. last Me What Is Light? Win a valuable prize. Send your question, name, address and age to TELL ME WHY! care of this paper. The Britannica Junior, 15-volume encyclopedia for school and home, will be awarded for the letter selected. Light is the means .by which we see the world around us. Most ob- jects are visible to us because they reflect light to our eyes. Only a few bodies give out light themselves. The sun, as we know, is our greatest source of light. Light has been studied by man ever since Greek times, and today we know quite accurately certain things about the way it behaves. We know thatlight travels at the greatest speed known to man, 186,- 284 miles per second. In a year, a beam of light travels 5,880,000,000,000 miles! This is the distance which astronomers call a ‘‘lightyear.” We know that light is reflected, which means it rebounds from objects it strikes. If the surface is smooth and polished, the reflected rays make the same angle with the surface. as the approaching rays. But in a rough surface, such as paper, the light is reflected in all directions. When light passes from air into water or into glass, it is changed in direction by what we call refraction. You hotice this when you look at a spoon slanting into a glass (All rights reserved, -NEA Service, Inc.) the same ones—the silver frost on the t cost four cents more were such a bargain “Heavenly days,’ says the master of the mansion, ‘‘what brought this on?’’ “Joe, I don't think you listen to a word I say.” Joe then rises and mutters something about running down to the corner for a cigar. He shuffles into the nearest grog shop. in the world. I'll worst crackerbox homes to be found in any industrial nation on witheut making many more concessions than she has so far proposed, it is only necessary to read a book like ‘‘Lieutenant in Algeria,’’ written by an understanding French journalist who served with the French forces in Algeria. He tells the tragic story of an unending series of mutual killings by a ! are mighty high and mighty France can never win the Algerian war ef, Tunisia refused to eaccept. As a result, Jones’s getting citizen. He is a slum dweller on relatively short rations in heavy but shoddy clothing. west and their Tunisian neighbors on the Benson cheerfully tells all questioners that things are a bit better on the farm front and at oO he has no thought of retiri: long as Eisenhower finds him ful. Benson is no quitter. N er does he shrink from tough situations and sions ‘Enclesed Find Card.. party leaders, top managers and intelligentsia have anything in household equipment remotely resembling what we have, though no doubt people in these groups do have reasonably spacious living quarters, including suburban villas, The Soviet Union in the past The rebels have the sympathy of the entire Arab world. They also have a certain amount of active cooperation from their Moroccan neighbors on the campaign. Postcard Column At least one Russian expert in America tells us that Soviet cities today suffer more crowded housing vents Show FranceStill In Trouble which Harder Next Year More difficult to resist, however, would be the pressure ‘or Benson's retirement after next year's elections if, as is likely, the Republicans lose again. Fisenhower, by then, will be no more than a caretaker party leader, a man forbidden to run again, even if he wished to do so. A president in such a position probably ‘vould give extra weight most fragile movie set. 'gKaltenborn Edits the News mposed ficult for the President to resist. to the opinions of all the Republicans who might be nominate to succeed him and to the urgings of the party men who would be responsible for the 1950 president Stan Deiaplane’s Call To Arms BS rance is still in trouble. year without him than with him The opposition to Benson within the Republican Party enjoys the weight of numbers. It will be dif- than during the old Czarist days of the early 20th century. jeries grow more insistent in some (quarters that heavily criticized inet members like Secretary & t , hw, a of a great many Republican politicians that the party would win ‘more congressional seats next of water. There seems to be a bend in the handle. This is be- cause light travels more slowly in water than in air. Another interesting thing we know about light is that white light is made up ofall the colors: In fact, color is in light, not in materials. A material that gives a green color absorbs all the colors but green which it reflects back. A ‘blue glass allows only blue light to pass through it. Black is the absence of color. Knowing all these facts, and many others about howlight behaves, scientists are still trying to answer the question: what is light? Sir Isaac Newton had the theory that light is made up of “corpuscles,” or tiny bullets shot from the light source. Another theory was that light was really a series of ‘“‘waves."’ The light source started these waves the way a pebble thrown into a pool starts waves. The battle between these two theories went on for almost two hundred years! Today science believes light is a combination of both theories! Light is made up of particles which are called ‘‘»ho- tons,” and these photons act like both particles and waves! “ew @ FUN TIME: The Chuckle Box. Boy: Fifty hamburgers,please. Clerk: All for you? Boy: Don't be silly. I have two other friends waiting outside. ef © © Bill: Did you hear about the woman who married four times? Her first husband was a million- aire, her second an actor, her third a minister, and her last hus- Science Adds Many Immunities to Body’s Natural Arsenal By EDWIN P. JORDAN, M. D. Written for NEA Service People often wonder why it is that one person who is exposed to an infectious or contagious disease catches it and another person apparently equally exposed goes scot-free. If one assumes that two ‘people were equally exposed, the reason for the safety of the one is because that one had more resist- ance or immunity than the one who becameill. Now it is not easy to talk about immunity or resistance as this is a very complicated subject and long courses on it are given in medical schools. But everyone is interested in why this happens and a little information might be helpful. IMMUNITY AND resistance — words which are used as meaning the same thing in this column— are of two main kinds. One is called natural immunity and the other acquired immunity. Natural immunity is the inborn ability to resist infection. For example, human beings are susceptible to a disease called typhoid fever, whereas dogs are im- much of it before, it can cause terrible epidemics with a high death rate. Natural immunity extends to individual people. Thus some people seem to be naturally moreresistant to certain diseases than others. Acquired immunity is the kind mune; rats are immune to diph- of resistance to disease which develops during life. This in turn theria and people are not. On the other hand, human beings do not -catch a great Many iniections is divided into two varieties, the first called active acquired immunity. which can attack lower animals— distemper, for example. SOME GROUPS of people more resistant to certain diseases than others are. In most Active acquired immunity can be built up by having a disease are city dwellers, measles is a mild disease. When, however, measles is carried onto islands or to primi- tive peoples who did not have resistance has been built up to that disease by vaccination. Smallpox vaccination produces an active aequired immunity. Of course, there are other diseases for which vaccines are available, but it is only necessary to mention this one to” illustrate my point. resistance by artificial means. This is done by giving vaccines. or sheep. Serums people are sus- & * does not keep him puzzled for a long time! There are three brothers, Andy, Billy, and Charlie. Andyis as old as Billy and Charlie serum obtained from another person who has had the particular disease and recovered: ALMOST ALL ** THE PUZZLE BOX Try this on Did and see if it In some cases it is possible to build up the resistance temporarily. This is called passive acquired immunity. It can be done+by injecting and recovering, asa happens after measles. It can also occur by stimulating the body to build up a ceptible to smallpox unless their band was an undertaker. SaHy: I see. One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, and four to go! It may ‘be done by using a serum or antitoxin from some animal, such as horse such as_ these have saved many lives, particutarly in euch diseases as diphtheria. , put together. Last year, Billy was twice as old as Charlie. Two years from now, Andy twice as old as Charlie. will be What are the ages of the 3 brothers? The answer is: Andy is 8, Billy is 5, and Charlie is 3. |