Show i i i t i - i t - - ' - Ent Raft fake Vibunt 1 i Somebody's Singing Off Key '— I 4 °'c 0 GETHER3R:R 1 Established April 151871 One - 1 Issued Every Morning by The Balt Lake Tribune Publishing Company f Salt Lake City Utah Wednesday Morning December 20 1944 8 ' Accidents of all kinds seem to be increasing This is k avoidable accidents a newspaper any more without seeing headlines calling attention to happenings of some sort or seriousness not only in the country at large but in the immediate locality Most of these misadventures are results of carelessness either on the part of the victim or the perpetrator Reckless driving heedless baste unaccustomed undertakings disregard of icy pavements or of flimsy stepladders are familiar causes of pain misery- - expense or fatalities The recent conviction of a woman motorist in Utah who lost control of a truck she was driving causing the deaths of two little girls On a viaduct is a reminder of the trouble an accident may cause even those who escape physical injuries The Salt Lake chapter of the National Safety Council under direction of its presi- dent Mrs T F Jackson and the Women's Safety Council of Utah whose president is Mrs -Laura McCurdy Clark in collaboration with the Public Safety commission of Salt Lake City have adopted a catchy slogan that ought to keep ringing in the ears 'of every motorist mechanic messenger and member of the community whose movements might lead to mishaps "Children should be seen and not hurt" One can expect and excuse irresponsible and unpredictable actions from little folks who have not witnessed or experienced annual inflictions of injuries and heartaches that could have been averted by care and common sense This is the season whedehildren are happy and hurrying—either in a rush to see holiday displays or to accomplish errands with a celerity parents cannot overlook These merry minors are entitled to a Merry Christmas But tears experience has forecast the possibility-othe cheers among Special efforts should be made this year when there are gold stars in the windows of so many homes when anxiety is increasing in so many loyal loving hearts to take particular pains and go to extra trouble to avoid accidents to keep sorrows to a minimum to make the holiday spirit as gay and gladsome as circumstances over which we have no con- - - I ' - I 1 4 i i -- tion its first blow of disapproval It was dei clared unsanitary' While savage and semicivilized people knew nothing about germs and sanitation Esquimaux Polynesians and Japanese had the habit of affection with 10 1 I i i e- i 1 e - - 1 I I e as 1 : ' :r I 1 I I I I top-heav- The time is coming when a complete overhaul of the federal tax machine will be neces- sary Piecemeal legislation has achieved a monstrosity which rumbles and creaks as it proceeds on its task Perhaps It is remarkable that it still functions as well as it does While an out and out new machine is not a practical possibility the remodeling and replacement of parts should be carried out according to an over-al- l plan and along lines of some stable theory if complete permanence is impossible President Roosevelt declared before his reelection this year that business and industry must be given a chance to play their parts in postwar reconstruction He also indicated that hampering and burdensome taxation must be avoided if private enterprise is to assume its share of the tasks ahead Social security Is here to stay in this counon companies and try and in Britain Levies Individuals to carry On the program are inevitable But here as in other phases of the tax problem a great deal of careful study and calitious progress is needed The new congress which will meet after the first of the year will face numerous issues connected with federal taxation There will be many schemes presented Some of them will have sound ideas behind them while others will stem from interests and individuals who do not care who is taxed or how much as long as they escape Members of congress will get a great deal of advice and the public will hear and read much about the subject An enlightened public opinion and a patriotic spirit will aid the nation's lawmakers to achieve the vital task ahead " I aspect y - 1 I 1 I i I self-seeki- ng Osculation to Be Excluded From All College Curricula - - 1 i - In the sixteenth' century the customary salute was a kiss A visitor entering a home was expected to kiss the whole family 'including grown-u- p daughters as well as the hostess But times have changed and so have d customs scientists dealt oscula Cold-bloode- A - - 0- - 4 44 i 'St ' - o - - rx tr 6tentkt 1 - t - - -1 '4'7 -- It i : op t1 " ili if :' --' 17- "''P''-- J-Ark -'- '' StAulLie AND ''' - - VM0f141X AC)1'' GAZtrri t) a WI! 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I practically had to in order to save my husband from a nervous breakdown Getting up at 5 a in and doing the housework and the marketing was getting him down When the laundry lost my new bedspreads he went into such a decline that I simply had to take over Besides we were both getting indigestion from eating so much fried stuff and the less said about his marketing ability the better His idea of the cost of 'setting the table is based on the price you have to pay at a restaurant for a bal anced meal Imagine Like the new dealers we were rapidly spending ourselves rich—rich In debts Anyway I don't suppose the war effort will collapse because the army has lost a file clerk and besides one with stomach ulcers wouldn't be much account And another thing with the two years' experience I've had in filing things and keeping records I figure I can install some sort of system Into the management of our farm before my husband completely ruins us His latest brainstorm is to raise bees! Someone told him that with bees around the place our fruit trees would double their crop I certainly put my foot down on that I told him that when the first bee came in I went out For a while he toyed with the idea of keeping a pig He said it could eat the wet garbage I told him With proper management of the - 4 1 -- - - - ' J : : 1 - r i t ' ' ' t ' - I i "'s p ( moral authority during the terrible ordeal through which as a result of the war and of fascism the Italians are destined to pass In the framework of a negotiation to make a Mediterranean settlement the Greek tragedy can perhaps be transcended by making visible to the Greeks a decent future that they can work for in place of the horrid present in which they are In that framework too the coming transition in Spain from Franco's fascism to a freer regime might be accomplished with the least suffering and general International disturbance i ' lrf t Time-T- O t t f 1 4c:() -- - ' I '? I i 71 k :1:':::: - va 47 ry 11 'le 410oh 100-- 1 ) tilt c (I - --- f - - - - ' - - -S At)ttgictze3VIOLIN 'CELLO 1 'Oa: VIOLA -- and i :':- k i ': - THIRTEEN TO FORTY LESSONS t i under William Hardiman (teacher of advanced students) Robert Fisher 'cellist or Marian Flandro teacher of violin and viola Or you may study under any teacher of your choice An Unrivaled Gift and a Lifetime of Pleasure from a Splendid Accomplishment ALL FOR AS LITTLE AS $1750 down payment (Federal Reserve b I Requirement) and $175 - A WEEK AT THE DAYNES MUSIC SCHOOL Mr Hardiman director of the school our store any Tuesday or Friday 4 to 5 p Se ' 4C1 M e3 tut d 47 50M17117 STSRIT le LAKE CITY at 1: ': 1 e0 : t :: I ' - 1 - ' - ' ' t -- - 1 Until this is done there can ba no Italian government which can know what it is doing which can win the confidence of the Italian people or exercise any Double Gift! ! 6 Immo I i I f I wear a master's crown 4 t sion 1 ' 1 ng i MAKE THIS SUPERB By Ham Park - But Great Britain is linable alone to make an accept- able and enduring settlement arid the United States which has no such immediate and vital interest in the Mediterranean-I- s not able to play wisely and usefully a determining role What is needed in the Mediterranean which is no longer a major theater of war is a peace settlement in which the chief Mediterranean tatea—nameIy Great Britain France Italy Spain Greece Yugoslavia and also Turkey take their part It'is obvious that a peace set: Cement cannot be made quickly or easily But I venture to believe that the decision to proceed toward a peace settlement could be made now and that thli is the only way to begin to untangle the linarl in which Britain and the United States find themselves in Italy Greece and elsewhere in that area The first step following a decision to make peace would be to invite France to participate in Mediterranean affairs as an equal and principal power Nothing can of course be settled in the Mediterranean w ithou t France and all proposals of settlement will have a far better chance of acceptance if they do not come from the English-speakinations alone In partnership with France we should then undertake to end the hopeless contradictions of Italy's position—that of a country which is at once a 2cobelligerent" and a defeated enemy The only way to end the contradiction is to make peace with Italyto supersede the armistice by a treaty which fixes definitely theItalian frontierS the Italian colonies and the reparations to be made by Italy to Greece and to other victims of fascist aggres- t There's Still - And by the gods above I will not set it down 'Til my wife comes from town —Leo former lion tamer Notes on the Cuff Department I receive mall in the queerest places Sometimes it comes addressed "The Mint Ham's downtown office" but the other day I received a letter sent to Joe Welshons' barber shop It was from J Palm leaf Wright alias Jimmie Walton formerly the porter there He's living in Los Angeles now and sends his regards to all his friends and former patrons here In response to my query about potatoes A M Moore of Idaho Falls writes that certified Idaho Russet seed will be available about April 1 It seems that Idaho potato growers get their Idaho Russet seed from Montana and Montana growers get their Idaho Russets from Wyoming or Colorado It's a bit confusing don't you think? It's the same with chickens You get New Hampshire or Rhode Island Reds from California One of the most discouraging things about farming a neighbor of ours says is that as soon as a crop starts corning up in the field it starts going down in the market est By Walter Lippmann There has been some discussion both here and abroad about the need for another meeting of Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt it is evident that there are great undecided questions which can be 'settled only by the heads of states Yet I venture to auggest that the controlling reason wily these questions are being dealt with unsuccessfully or not at Is that they are questions which cannot be settled by the big three alone Stalin Churchill and Roosevelt cannot settle separately or together the political problems of Europe Since Teheran there has been a fundamental change in the European situation At Teheran the three liberating powers agreed on the military strategy of liberation: now it is necessary for them to agree with the liberated nations on how to conclude the war This means that the old Teheran partnership has to be enlarged before the problems arising from our victories can be settled Thus It is impossible for the big three to agree on terms of settlement for Germany: the agreement of France Belgium and the Netherlands is indispensable to any settlement from the west of the German frontiers to any plan of occupation and control The basic reason why in London and Washington there have been so many plans but no firm decisions is that over a long period of years the of any primary enforcing power settlement in the west will be not Great Britain and America but Without France as a France principal in shaping the terms for Germany the whole discussion is academic Yet agreement about the future of Germany is the crux of British and American relations with the soviet union If there is agreement about Germany which Ls the paramount question no serious conflict is likely to develop over secondary issues in the Balkans the middle east or the far east But if there Is no genuine agreement about Germany then the secondary issues will become Increasingly serious Next on the list of great unsettled questions is the future of the Mediterranean We speak of the Yugoslav the Greek the Italian and the Spanish problems but we siall do well I believe to recognize that they are aspects of one great problem— that of the Mediterranean Mr Churchill's troubles in this area arise from his attempt to settle from London the future of the Great Britain Mediterranean has avital and necessary inter- - kitchen there wouldn't be any wet garbage to speak of There are no ifs or ands about it girls a woman's place is in the home especially when she's mari to a nut Whose deal is it? ried What's the Use? This is my household! Let them toe the mark! And when I start to talk Let no dog start to bark! 50 Lyons line familiar since the Spanish revolution of "It is" on one side "It isn't" on the other with no one getting at acceptable facts of the truth Personally or myself I rely mainly on the judgment of the in such matters but military riot on politicians here or abroad By and large military men care little about communism or conservatives but want to win their war They know more about the facts than senators Their Army and Navy journal reflected the viewpoint of a large segment of the defense servites although other army experts are inclined to give Russia the benefit of doubt at least until they see how big a drive now develops in Poland yes-and-- Senator From Sandpit Den-- - By Leonard When the ailing Cordell Hull moved out of his suite at the Carlton and went to the hospital the suite was occupied by John L Lewis who entertained some United Mine Workers Lewis decided to order some refreshmentsfor the crowd picked up the phone and imperiously commanded that half a dozen hamburgers and a dozen bottles of beer be sent up at once When the refreshments arrived and Lewis asked for the check the messenger informed him that it was all taken Lewis investigated care of by the White House and discovered that Mr Hull's White House phone had not been disconnected and that the White House operator believing that Secy Hull was enup the tertaining some diplomatic guests had sent to the hamburgers and beer and charged them president Business Department: Maj Gen Roy Lord deputy chief of staff for the Europcan theater recently was awarded the legion of merit He sent son Dickie After the medal to his a few weeks Gen Lord received a letter from Dickle pleading: "Dear Dad Can't you get another mega'? Business is bad" The puzzled general wrote to his wife and asked for an explanation "Dickle" he learned "has been showing the medal to his friendl at a penny a look" - 1- 4- -- O-- The Lyons "'de 1" 4' 70 4 4 : thes system has therefore assumed a bulgy and ' '' - vo 1 ' I aQ o"'"'-'- ‘ " ilA l C have social and economic been appended as war necessiti ' - - )t congress distasteful But the tax structure as it appears today has many defects inherent in things thrown together in times of stress Some of our levies have grown more or less gradually with changing conditions and approaches toward i 1 1 P - - 1'7'5 r r--7 1 1 s country 9 - WASHINGTON—The Country must be wondering what's behind the peculiar controversy that nas arisen in the senate over the confirmation of six assistant secretaries of state Just why are senators who have been among the staunchest of Pres Roosevelt's supporters engaging in a campaign to sabotage all the nominations even though they really favor Confirmation of Archibald MacLeish? Various answers are heard on Capitol Hill but the most plausible is that Pres Roosevelt committed the cardinal error of not "clearing everything with Sidney" The 'nominations were decided upon by Mr Roosevelt while Sidney Hillman was in London oils a labor mission When he got back the left wing started to organize behind the scenes Certain senators who are high up inthe C I 0-A C councils went to bat The Republicans were dumfounded They couldn't understand it But gradually they learned that the C I 0P A C is really feeling its oats and that this is the first of the coming battles to control the Democratic partY and the Roosevelt policies Observers who have thought of the C I 0- PAC as a labor'organization interested solely in who are friendly to labor are mistaken That's an incidental objective and In some cases wholly ignored Thus in Pennsylvania Sen James Davis Republican had the best labor record of any man in congress He voted for everything labor ever asked for and yet defeated him because they didn't the CIO-A- P like his views on foreign policy Sen Torn Connally who is leading the administration's battle to confirm the nominations has e name of Joseph Grew before the senate for individual action A motion to send all six back to the White House cannot be voted on ahead of the Grew nomination which if allowed to come to a vote separately would be confirmed by a substantial majority So a filibuster was planned last week in order to compel first a vote on the "all six" rejection idea Originally Sen Clark of Missouri Democrat had been expected to lead the filibuster but over the week end learned of the conspiracy and notified Sen Connally he wouldn't be party to it and would vote for all six including MacLeish whom he had previously opposed This is understandable because he was opposed by the C I 0 for renomination Also Chairman Hannegan of the Democratic national committee comes from Missouri and it is understood Mr Hannegan is not a little displeased with the attempt of the fill-ma-n group to assert its mastery over the Democratic party in this the first important controversy after the election affecting the solidarity of the Democrats in the senate In the end the Republicans will come to the rescue of the Democrats because while they will vote almost unanimously to support five of the six nominations a few will vote even for MacLeish and this means that on the individual vote method all six would be confirmed The president may well say before the end of this week: "Thank God for the patriotism of the Republican party In the senate" And he also may murmur to himself: "Why do my allies of the C I P A C forsake me—their friend?" Reproduction Rights Reserved In the course of this war the most costly In history a heavy tax burden borne by citiis zens and corporations ' Of this war sacrifices the of as of part accepted something one pays because one knows that the fighting men are making sacrifices greater than any that can be measured in present high level of taxamoney That-thtion must continue in some form or other into the postwar era also is a 1-- i Pt David Lawrence Says: Tax Program Looms As Number One Problem - r ki Rock trol will permit— -- -- 1 - f ) kt Tradition has warned against the "kiss of 71 0usi ‘94er -- - - death" and sacred records tell about the "kids of betrayal" And yet in his epistle to the I - t tt coined I "” 1114:j° 0 ‘ words bacteria contagion and infection were Thessalonians St Paul gave this bit of advice: !'Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss" In the course of time the sistern were included and poets began 'writing books to hallow kissing as an expression of lofty sentiments including pity condolence confidence sympathy friendship farewell and true love It was Hiliburton who catalogued kisses as "the kiss of welcome and of parting—of joy and of sorrow—of promise and thankfulness—of the stolen and the mutual exchange or the long lingering loving merge of hearts and hopes" And yet In the Louisiana State university the other day a popular and beautiful student Gloria Jeanne Heller resigned from the Institution by orders of its president NV B Hatcher because she wrote an essay defending "good night- kisses" Three thousand fellow students protested and threaten to "walk out" unless the order is either rescinded or revised to permit of a fair and Impartial trial of the offending author Class and fraternal organizations wired Nelson Rockefeller of the state department asking a restoration of freedom—of the press and of speech—notsthe arm press or the inarticulate use of eloquent lips Other universities are discussing the problem Just how the controversy will end is anybody's guess but the faculty will always think Miss Heller has been appropriately named while students of both sexes may hate Hatcher the rest of the year and will remember him as a relic of the days when the Puritans proved themselves harder than Plymouth 416-111- )1) cPs l"1" I 4 1 ' Make This Christmas as Merry As Circumstances May Permit Freed Nations' Voice Needed Jlo Solve Europe Problems by Manning 6 |