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Show Now fbe Salt abf grtbtme Page 20 A That the Russians Are Training the Cuban Farmers Friday Morning, September 28, 1962 ... THE UNITED STATES, represented by the Justice Department and the Fifth Circuit Court ol Appeals, cannot retreat in this most needless cause celebre over the admission ol a Negro to the University of Mississippi. Few thoughtful Americans can regard the case with anything but grave concern and regret. It is most unfortunate that both the federal government and Governor Barnett from the out- - Making Economic History Ahmed Ben Bella has been named free Algerias first premier. The action is no surprise as the recently elected Nad tional Assembly was a group, Bella. The secret overwhelmingly pro-Be- n ballot showed 141 for Ben Bella, 17 opposed, with 38 other deputies either absent or casting blank ballots. The real test lies ahead as Premier Ben Bella picks up the reins of government and seeks to solve the monumental tasks facing Algeria. Ben Bellas initial remarks were conciliatory toward opposition elements in the country. This is encouraging, for Algeria cannot hope to solve its problems unless all elements now join hands. Algeria has had more than enough of civil conflict in its long years of fighting the French and the recent unfortunate factional struggle for power. Premier Ben Bella faces formidable obstacles. The United States must wish him Carrot Plan for Safety A report on initial experience with the new point system for traffic violations is encouraging. Previously three moving violations within an period was justification for license suspension. This failed to take into consideration differences between violations. For instance a conviction of running a stop sign, which in fact was creeping past at a few miles an hour, had the same weight as running a red light at 30 miles an hour. th . OBVIOUSLY this led at times to un--; just punishment of drivers. This unfairness led to considerable laxity in the restricted licenses. grant of The new point system establishes a more realistic basis for weighing different moving violations and thus for measuring the records of drivers. Second basic objective of the chanf to a point system was to shift driver control effort from the stick of punishment to the carrot of incentive. This is done in two ways. First, the driver who has accumulated points on his record can have half of them wiped out if he drives an entire year without a new violation. If he has a violation-free record for two years, the point slate is wiped clean. Second encouragement to the driver Is the use of probation. Drivers who have accumulated enough points to call for license suspension under the law are called in for an interview. If the record and attitude seem to justify it, the motorist is put on probation for a year. If he gets a moving violation conviction during the probationary period, his license is immediately suspended and there is no grant of a restricted license In supposed hardship cases. Of 3,255 drivers called in for a hearing in a period of a little more than a year all but 155 were given probation status; and of these so far 90 per cent have made good. This Initial report certainly indicates the program is working as anticipated to stimulate better driver habits and attitudes. Lets hope it continues in that The astronauts are said to feel that there is too much fuss made over them when they return from their trips. Still, theyd probably be disappointed if nobody mentioned that they had been out of town. Visiting Cartoonist superior-authorit- The Public Forum bede- velopment may have occurred. Governor Barnett seems to be resorting to the doctrine of interposition" which federal courts have discredited for more than 150 Unfair Law? years. IRONICALLY, THE judge who slammed the door on interposition" the hardest, did it in a decision upholding the rights ol Southern slave owners in 1S5S. He was Roger Taney, third chief justice of the Supreme Court, better known, perhaps, for his unfortunate Dred Scott decision. In Taney's day, the South was crying for federal supremacy in order to enforce slavery, and some Northern stales tried to interpose their authority between their citizens and the federal government. In Wisconsin, a state court defied the federal government and ordered a fugitive slave freed. In his historic decision Justice Taney said that if a state got away with such defiance it would subvert the very foundations of this government. The United States was 70 years old at the time. The union wouldn't have lasted a vear or fulfilled the high trusts committed to it if it ha itt'eerv compel led to persuade a state to agree before it could enforce federal laws. The United States, Taney said, should he supreme and strong enough to execute its own laws by its own tribunals without interruption from a state or state authorities. If that hadn't been made clear, he added, the states would always be getting into arguments that could only be settled by force of arms. The same is true today. A retreat by the federal government would open the way for a rash of "interposition acts, would make a mockery of the reasons for fighting the Civil War a war. which, incidentally. the Southern confederacy lost. Clear the Tracks! The perennial problem of railroad trains blocking streets in Salt Lake City has come before the city commission again. A city ordinance prohibits railroads from blocking a street for more than five minutes at a time. But it seems to us this is more than a matter of lavr or of holdintering a stopwatch at a train-blocksection. Five minutes, or even two or three, can be wholly unjustified in many circumstances. The basic question is not one of law but of attitude. Train crew's should make it a practice to block streets as little as possible; and if a switching operation takes longer than several minutes, the operation should be temporarily suspended so waiting vehicles can move across. With few exceptions the train crewmen are themselves motorists and should be sympathetic to the plight of the delayed driver. As few the railroads. the bad public relations caused by prolonged blockade of streets should be sufficient reason to hold this annoyance to a minimum. ed The jails are WASHINGTON. D C. to be a bit crowded by the time Bob Kennedy gets through arresting the state of Mississippi and Gov. Barnett finishes throwing the whole District of Columbia Into the jug. Agoing Wall Street has complete faith in President Kennedy. Already' it's discount- ing his Polls show the Republican party appeals more to older folks. It may not do much for tired bkod,-- ' but at least it doesn't blame you for not being young. t rear-guar- The American Bar Association should look into the question this rase raivs f Impartial justice on the bench. ' Attorney General Bob Kennedy's new book is popular with the young set. In fact, if he held an autographing party on the campus of the University erf Mississippi Tight bow, he'd be mobbed. v; . face-savin- By Fletcher Knebd ' Sander tn fhi Gncwta Daily KM Do not Usurp our right to usurp (he rights of our citizens? V'- A ' remote possibility for delaying the showdown nay lest la submitting the specific case to the full C--S. Supreme Court wben ft reconvenes this Potomac Fever ft y. - Events are moving so swiftly that fore this is published, an important guese, Dutchmen, Danes and Englishmen. THE DUTCH seized the area from the Portuguese in 1642. The Danes contested the Dutch there. Then they both contested the British, who finally won. portant push forward to-?" America supplied the Euro-pean- s world economwith a secure new ic affairs at ground and at the breeding the extraordisame time joined the other . nary moment outposts in reviving the when British wealth of the European peninsula. ministers meeting Englands alert Queen have sacrificed much to the Bess made It the principle inevitable by agreeing that of British economic life. Later Cromwells foreign England turn toward the nearby continent and enter policy was the mercantile Europos Common Market system in the raw.. . i For a millenium the role Britain stabilized her imof Euro pie was as an appencolonial raw madage of Asia, poor in both ports from resources and climate. An terial supplies by the dominance of the British fleet, impoverished peninsula until its strategic coaling staour rich, new continent retions and the pound sterling. lieved the pressure, the Europeans were in a larger sense SHE ADIED her export action fighting a drive at the European contiagainst the expanding people nent Sixty per cent of her exof the Mongol East perts went there by 1820. But Europes history became by 1860 the continent had the saga of an immense and developed so much home inshifting struggle between dustry that the area abthe leading countries and sorbed only 38 pier cent of those that hoped to succeed England's exports. She made them. up the slack by violent expansion into world markets conceived was Europe as France, Belgium, Italy and In war, lived in war, and Germany steadily took actually grew in war. She over Englands place as purfertilised herself on her veyors on the continent of own blood. Europe. Spain took over the great THESE FOUR producers Italian commercial repubthe core of todays are of lanes sea lics and the Market. Their in- - , Portugal. However, Holland Common trade temal readjustments, was growing. The Dutch Replus Britains bid to enter public, a midget in this battle royal, did amazingly welL their Common Market, plus the passage of our trade But after the Dutch acquired valuable sections of the expansion bill, along with the simultaneous freeing of Spanish world, France and world raw material reserrelieve to in England sprang decolonialisms voirs by the Hollanders of most of mise are a stunning convertheir gains. Then France and England battled between gence of economic developments and all in the instant themselves for these Dutch since World War II. gains, with many years of ecoIn terms of ages-loncostly warfare. The Europeans career on nomic history, we're living the Gold Coast of Africa is in a moment of change as typical. The story is told in spectacular as the change in scientific and military life the ruins of fortress castles that came with the crackbuilt along the wet, overing of the atom. vegetated shore by Portu Passage of President Kenbill nedys trade expansion eases many tensions. It dips its paddle deep in the pool of history. And it gives an im- The decision, however, is a foregone conclusion and such action would be only g a delay to seek a solution. Not only has Barnett defied federal court orders, two federal district courts and two state courts in Mississippi also have set themselves up against the higher federal court's edicts. Three times Federal Appeals Judge Cameron granted orders keeping James R Meredith out of Mississippi University. He was overruled twice by three-judg- e panels of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and the third-tim- e by Justice Black of the U.S. Supreme Court, acting during the highest tribunal's recess. State courts forbade Meredith to register, despite previous federal court orders to the contrary. hand-picke- well. set put themselves Into a position where any accommodation was seemingly impossible. By repeatedly defying court orders and massing sheriffs and deputies around the 'Mississippi campus. Governor Barnett has given the federal government no alternative but to assert Its falL Ben Bellas Challenge Trade Moves World-Wid- e U.S. Must Act Decisively in Mississippi The next lew days. Senator Eastland ol Mississippi has declared, will deter mine whether this is a government ol law or a government ol men." Eastland spoke rabidly In defense ol Mississippi Governor Barnetts defiance of theu United Slates fAmeriea.as - have -several other Southern members of Con; gress and governors, but his words are nevertheless prophetic. Henry J. Taylor ' Editor, Tribune: Utah honors its Pioneers that came across the plains in covered wagons and handcarts, and many of our people today are very proud to be descendants of these pioneers. My great grandmother was one of these pioneers. My husband and I have bought three homes in Salt Lake City, when our family was raised we no longer needed a large house, vv e sold it and bought a mobile home and the ground it was on. Our mobile home has many conveniences, such as two bedrooms, bath room, modern kitchen, living room, hot water heater, and an oil furnace with blower system for warmth and comfort, we even have a telephone. My how would have been proud to haye such a nice place to live. Many of our senior citizens of today would like to live in mobile homes if they could have their own ground to place one on. Upkeep and maintenance is small on mobile homes, they could get by nicely on Social Security or small pensions. But our county commissioners seem to think otherwise. They passed a zoning ordinance A-- Use Regulation 8 26-- on May 17. 1962, which allows farm land to be used for fur farms, dairy or creameries, dog kennels, dog breeding establishments, dog 2 1 training schools, animal hos- pitals, public stables, mines, quarries, gravel pits. etc. They won't allow us as mobile home owners to place our homes on ground that we own, are buying, or hope to buy. We think such laws are unfair, unjust, and discriminating. We think it shpuld be changed. We are taxpayers, the same as the rest of the citizens of this county and wish to be treated as such. We resent being classified and treated as outcasts and undesirables, because e live in mobile homes. MRS- - HOMER F. REED, Murray, Utah, w-- Cuban Quicksand Editor, Tribune: A man walking through a marsh accidentally stepped into some quicksand. He screamed for help in frenzy and struggled to overcome the pull of the ore. Finally, with the mud up to his neck, he came to his senses. Above him but now beyond his reach were the tangled branches of a mangrove tree. If he had noticed them when at first he had fallen, he would not be so deeply submerged in the gooey mass at this time. He glanced around him, a solid mat of decaying vegetation surrounded the bog. Questions - rushed through his mind Should he reach for it? Would it hold him? The human mind needs several seconds to make a decision. During this period of time he may lose control over his destiny. The decision made, he The above story is an analogy to the situation that now exists between Cuba and the United States. A man walking through a marsh subjects himself to a considerable amount of danger. The United States, supporting Batista, a was teetering on the edge of a quicksand abyss. , By Our Readers It is not surprising that Castro could turn the Cuban people against us. He just had to compare us to the tVTant we helped support When Castro and his followers embraced international communism we fell 'into the quicksand. We hav e been sinking deeper since the rebellion, screaming to the OAS and our allies to help us. Our politicians, newspapers, and people have cursed Castro. There was one brief encounter. a struggle that served only to suck us deeper into the ooze. There is talk of attack, either we attack Cuba now or it becomes a firmly planted bastion of international communism. Even if vve do and pull ourselves from the bog, however, we will have its mud upon us and lose face among the nations of the world. It is late, much too late for Cuba; but there are other countries where our foreign policy holds dictators in power. It isnt too late for them. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, Delta, Utah Raise Plan Opposed Editor, Tribune: The staff report as presented to the personnel committee of the legislative council recommending increases in the salaries of the governor of Utah from $13 2(X up to a minimum of S16.S75. the attorney general from SI 1.000 up to a minimum of S14.300 and the secretary of state from $10,500 up to a minimum of $12,700 is a pretty difficult thing for me to rec-- Robert C. Ruark oncile with the shortage of funds available to operate almost every department in Utah state government As I see the situation, the time has long since arrived in Utah that some of our people should stop worrying about trying to outdo some other state, particularly when that state has greater tax resources than we do. I am not especially worried about the struggle of those making from $900 to $1,100 per month, or more, to live within their incomes. When the day comes that no candidates can be coaxed tb file for the jobs in question, it will be time enough to raise the salaries. Tips carrier-n- o reflection on the ability or integrity of the present incumbents. On the other hand, there are many Utah citizens trying to get the education to( enable themselves to be or to improve their position. If the money is available to raise the salaries in question, then instead lets place the approximately $10,000 in the state vocational school account where it can be used to get something started at the new site. J. W. (JIM) CARTER Murray, Utah What About Our Planet? d Senator From Sandpit By Ham A magazine on taxes is to be published. It will doubtless feature articles on how nch men got poor. El Paso Times. Plucking the Goose Baptiste Colbert, shrewd minister of finance under Louis XIV of France, made the cyni-a 1 observation that the , act of taxation consists in So plucking the Jean c After Editor, Tribune: readin all this stuff about goose (the space exploration, with th people) as to exports wonderin if they , procure the might find intelligent life on largest quanany of the other planets, tity of feathI gotta questioni Is there ers with the any intelligent life on least amount of squealing. earth? More than two and a half PIOCHE PETE centuries appear to have made no appreciable change m the attitude of those who have the power to levy and spend taxes. The goose is still a goose, and it is still to be plucked until it squeals or cackles. If the squealing we used- - to call Pointless becomes so loud that it the taxing authoriFour people,, and of course the diplomats always come ties, new methods of plucking are devised, not to take in for a knock from the lofewer feathers from the cals. The typical American abroad, including a lot of goose, but to soothe it into - backwater squealing less. military- - service A taxing body that would personnel, with service wives even consider reducing the and kids and car volume of squeals by lessenand PXs, supermarket pools ing the quantity of feathers riled the natives. plucked, would be unfaithful to all the traditions of the OUR junketing congressmen, notably the likes of the ancient racket. Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Notes on Cuff Department shrink U.S. in the estimation Prosperity is something of the people vve try to imbusinessmen make for the Ameripress with apple-pipoliticians to take credit for. can heart and souL But the Peace Corps kids A woman came home with have worked well at what it 10 dresses, and her husband was announced that they asked: What in the world would accomplish a better do you want with that many of the knowledge foreign dresses? lands and the natives for I know, his wife replied themselves, while bestowing after a moment's thought, some added know-hoand 10 hats. s inspiration to the local You know, dear, a man and said to his wife, our son is THERE HAVE been a few really a very fine boy. embarrassing incidents, but on the whole. Id say that Sargant Shriver, who labors under the handicap of being Leave Peace Corps Alone! As is usual with election yea re, no dead cat wall be left unflung, no skeleton un rattled, but I think that one of the things the politicians might isleave alone the Peace Corps. . By all accounts, it's done a whale of a job in the manner intended, and I dont think it to should be lint-pickepieces. Nobody was more against the Peace Corps when it was first announced than your correspondent. I smote it in at least a pieces. There are still certain things about its burgeoning budget that might stand question, and one is the very serious future consideration of what is to be done by the government about service-incurredisabilities. dedi-cated- half-doze- n BUT LARGELY wherever I've been In the world over the last six months and my worst enemy cant accuse me of immobility all Ive heard is praise for the Peace Corps solid, helpful work and generally fine projection of the best American image with the downtrods. Perhaps the actual performance means nothing very much in the sum, but the advertising is great for our country. seems And to have been doufnheld to a , minimum. folk-dancin- g You never hoard very much of good about what dis-turb- d e camel-wallah- the Presidents has done a stout brother-in-law- , job, and should be commended. He has certainly performed a noble feat of defending his baby from the professional wolves In Congress and the ravening bears, such as of the syndicated typewriter pack. Therell be enough politi- . cal throats to cut this year, and I think that the Peace Corps should be let alone.' Its the only thing in the Kennedy administration so far that seems to have worked. my-sel- f, t I Park Well, what has he done she asked. now? He stopped watching tele- vision long enough to help me wash the dishes. Doug Boyle says that what you dont know probably wont hurt you, but it may make you act pretty stupid. O. P. Hesser, my friend for more than 30 years, wrote me that he had sold the produce distributing business he founded back in 1920. Ham, he wrote, I am sure you know I am getting along where it isnt too easy to get around, and the stairs get steeper every day, so I have turned my business over to C. H. Robinson Company, Minneapolis, Minn. However, they are retaining me on an active basis, but I will be relieved of a lot of work. About 15 years ago I wrote an item about my inability to buy real Bermuda onions from any of the retail markets. We were living in the Belvedere at the time, and about two weeks after the item appeared in my column a sack of huge onions was delivered to us. I suspect that O. P., as he is affectionately known, sent them.. Anyway, I hope the new arrangement will prove satisfactory and will add years to his life. d Impartial Autumn Sun Yellow coin sky like treasure fresh minted Warms the blown rose that yearly enthralls. Pleases the day with garments red tinted. Painting the rivers rapids and falls; Clothes the rough rock with tincture of copper, Soothingly balms both coward and brave, Blesses alike the rich and the pauper. Warming alike the crib and the grave. V. Trollope Cameron, Salt Lake City. Other Viewpoints The Real Givers Washington Star: Contrary to the impression created by spectacular gifts of foundations and corporations, the individual is still the big philanthropist in this country. Of $8,700,000,000 donated for charitable causes last year, nearly seven billion dollars came from you, your neighbor and. others like you, only maybe richer. Compared to this, the foundations benefactions were small: a mere 625 million dollars. Corporations gave 460 million dollars and the income from endowment funds proNice to feel that duced approximately a billion dollars. anything the foundations can do, we can do better and do. ... |
