Show sr i s vrr r IS Face on tlie Barroom Floor Pic Salt £afc pilmiu larch 1953' t Vole ‘Yes’ B Wednesday Morning Tlic Public Forum 19 Let the Public Know Editor Tribune: For a long for Pure Salt Lake City Water Salt Lake City voters have an Impor tant election scheduled next week On Wednesday March 26 they are being asked to vote “Yes” or 'No” on a proposal ol the Salt Lake Metropolitan Water District to Issue bonds for the purpose of building a water purification plant at tha mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon it is not fit filtration this can be saved for culinary purposes time I have advocated pub- fishing names and addresses of juvenile bandits In the papers Up till now there has been no action towards that end but recently the papers have printed this information and deserve a pat on the back for their change of attitude When Juvenile commit the crimes of an adult they should be made to suffer for it the same as an adult With runoff water now wasted It is estimated as much as 6000 acre feet per year of water will thus be sal vaged This Is worth $2700000 when fig- - ured at the rata of cost of Deer Creek water which was $21000000 for 46500 acre feet The Tribune believe this proposal This project therefore offers substanshould be approved tial benefits to the people of Salt Lake City A The It will save water And It will make it safer plant would treat water from the and more palatable CotDeer Creek Reservoir and from Little v?ould assure not tonwood Canyon It only It is furthermore essential in order that this water is safefrora a health stand-poi- — to complete the present city program of ‘ but it would remove any objectionwater treatment able odor color or taste Salt Lake City Is in the process of purl At times water from Deer Creek de- of other sources of water supply City' because taste odor and s fying bed velops chemicals and alga Elimination of these Creek' water Is already being treated A Big Cottonwood treatment plant la nearing objectionable features is almost a impor-taas purification from a bacteriological completion Reservoirs sr being eovbred - should I maintain that they are a menace to the public and the public is entitled to know who they are in order to pro- tect themselves from the dep redatlons of these vandals J Edgar Hoover and many other authorities advocate this move aa a deterrent to juvenile delinquency and they ought $0 know CARL B CRAia nt - - nt standpoint LITTLE COTTONWOOD A new chlorination unit and a closed conduit protects water from Mountain Dell Reservoir which city officials believe adequately safeguards this supply But there would be a big gap in city water purification If Deer Creek and Little water not -- Support for the Guard inSpokesmen for the National Guard must cluding Utah’s adjutant general have made a strong case for preserving this branch of the nation's military service intact at recent hearings before a House Armed Services Subcommittee The full committee last week voted unanimously to urge the Defense Department to abandon its plans for a 10 per cent slash in Guard strength It went further by deciding to back up words with money The committee voted to ask the House Appropriations Committee for an additional $87430000 which will permit the Army to maintain the Guard at its present author- ized strength of 400000 men and also the Army Reserv e (likewise slated for a 10 per cent cut) at its authorized strength of 200000 It is reported that Major General Rich of Utah in his testimony a few weeks ago made a persuasive argument when he explained to congressmen the difficulties of selecting the units now scattered in 26 Utah communities to be abandoned “How shall we explain the closing down of an armory or taking a unit out of their town?” he asked It may be that this particular threat to The National Guard will now be warded off Hut there have been and likely will be other threats For some time it has been clear that certain forces were out to destroy the G ’srd by federalization or otherwise 0e threat still unmet is the 1537 requirement for six months’ regular Army training for every Guard recruit— but with no system established which will guarantee such training for all recruits without undue delay The Utah National Guard has proposed a plan for training Its own recruits to Army General Rich contends such standards training could be the equal In every respect of Army training probably with less lost transportation time for indoctrination leaves etc because the training could be - In Utah Training might also be divided into two summer periods thus avoiding Interference with school or college This program deserves congressional and military consideration along with the moves to keep the National Guard at its authorized strength three-mont- h For Service to Schools The selection of Mrs Algie Eggertsen Ballif of Provo as the outstanding individual in education In Utah Is a happy one ” Mrs Ballif wife of George S Ballif Provo attorney will be honored tonight at a banquet at the University of Utah sponsored by Thi Delta Kappa national professional education society In addition to being a splendid mother and homemaker Mrs Ballif has been an Influential member of the Provo Board ol Education for five terms She has contributed to forward-lookinpolicies in the Provo School District and to the effectiveness of the Utah Association of School Board Members She is currently vice president of the Utah Education Television Foundation which operates Station KUED She has taught at Ricks College Rexburg Idaho American Fork High School and Brigham Young University of which she Is an alumna and has devoted much energy to several patriotic dvic and political movements A list of offices held and organizations to which a person belongs does not show the full story of that individual’s contribution to social betterment Mrs Ballif has put In Innumerable hours at committee meetings at home and away and has done much to better vfjeation and improve relations between schools and community Ballif and Phi We compliment Mrs Delta Kappa g atom-powere- rochet-shootin- g d spb-rmrin- e ha led by enthu iasts as the greatunderwater invention since the ballpoint is est pen Z : : proliferate in Washing-testems to be: “A czar ce v ' ere tl -- y n ? slogan - Joseph Alsop ’ US ‘Anchor’ in Midcast Seems Slipping WASHINGTON— It is a curious sensation to come home after nearly a year and a abroad Art The average layman Is Inclined either to make fun of modern artor to dismiss it Yet the as something incomprehensible very fact that modern art is so widely accepted cannot be simply shrugged off Obviously the painters and their admirers are neither crazy nor misguided It also seems obvious that the best way to bridge the gap of misunderstanding is to bring more laymen In contact with modem art A layman may not like what he sees better idea of what the but he should get painters are trying to accomplish ' The fourth annual invitational exhibition of the University of Utah Department of Art attempts to do that very thing— and we believe that it does it very well Repre- sentative works by nine American painters are on display In the Student Union at the university The relatively small size of the exhibition Is in its favor since the viewer is not overwhelmed ' The university is to be complimented for bringing these paintings to Salt Lake City As Dr A Ray Olpin university president says In a foreword to the exhibition catalog: “It may be too early to pass final judgment on the work of our modem painters but certainly it Is not too early to look at and react to them The alert thoughtful person wijj want to do this” One of the brightest statements to come out of Washington from an economic standpoint was that made Monday by Senator' Lyndon B Johnson The Senate Democratic leader said: 1 do not think the outlook ls at all dark We are doomed to gloom only if we sit around wringing our hand3 helplessly and asserting that nothing need be done or should be done” But the government Is not wringing its hands helplessly Rather the senator said it Is ''actively at work to combat unemployment” Legislation now moving through Congress will provide two million Jobs This the senator explained is why he now has “a great deal more confidence in the economic outlook” This is good to note for several reasons It Is one of the most g and constructive statements to come from any congressional lcade' More Important It comes from a most influential senator who Is certainly In a position to know what is going on in government and who as the Democratic leader In the Senate is In a position to determine in considerable meas' ure what Congress does the See-cretar- y the Presi- dent and secretary of state happily promised that their friend King Saud would thenceforth serve as “the anchor” of a new policy guaranteed to protect all the vital Western interest! in the Middle East But now "the anchor” Is The State Departslipping ment while maintaining a brave front In public is pale green with worry a No Gloom and Doom de- - AT BERMUDA even as America’s great When Middle Eastern friend' there is even a chance total defeat of our national policy in the single most strategically Important area outside Western Europe it Is no exaggeration to aay that the danger abroad is very great Indeed one-in-thr- danger abroad is at least as great as the Mr Alsop danger at home If anyone wants proof of this dreary assertion they need only have a look at the present plight of America’s chi?f Middle Eastern ally King Saud of Saudi Arabia Not very many months ago in the bitter aftermath of Suez President Elsenhower and Secretary of State Dulles went to Bermuda to meet with British Prime Minister Macmillan and Foreign Selwyit Lloyd at U odds are not better that King Saud will at -- "- e the survive It Is alas' presslon curious because odds “tho anchor’s” favor at Some better than than ‘ a domestic official quotes the No In say - There I some concern that regardless of ihe merits of this proposal it could possibly be defeated because of-general voter apathy It isn’t easy to get citizens to turn out for an election such as this A small minority of opponents might therefore be able to defeat a very worth while project The district Is distributing a pamphlet explaining the bond issue proposal in detail Read It make your own decision which we hope and believe wUl be favorable—and then vote Every registered voter who paid any kind of personal or property tax last Remember the date year is eligible Wednesday March 26 Modern half and find everyone f i totally preooc u p i e d with t the danger of J ar forward-lookin- The -- done with no increase in the present two and a half mill tax levy Indeed a projection of district finances for the next 20 year reveals the possibility that this tax levy might even be reduced toward the latter part of the 20-yerepayment period ’ proposed new highways are as poorly planned as 7th East wewlll have a sorry mesa The property owners on 7th East met with city county and state officials in protest against the-- unneces- sary widening of the street But the only Information w could get was that It would be done Yet nobody knew how' or why " As a property owner on 7th East we talked to a number of officials and obtained the following Information: ‘Mr Jorgensen chairman of the City Zoning Commission expressed himself in favor of parking and beautifying the street (and we agree) The state road engitated that he knew oniy that they were authorized to purchase 62 feet right of way for the street and had no information regarding the remainder of the property Now when 90 per cent of the property ' between 13th and 2240 South and 60 per cent of the property between 2240 and 27th South haa already been purchased they are starting to discuss parking dans — The Tribune in an editorial on March 18 commented on and endorsed a proposal made in a meeting by the State Road Commission and the Salt Lake City Traffic and Advisory CounclL The proposal was that a parking strip on the west side of 7th East extending south from Liberty Park be planted with trees and grass to make a pleasant Utah’s BOND INTEREST rates - today are down Contract bidding is more competitive The district believes it will be able to cut the principal and interest cost by about a million dollars If the bonds are sold and the project 'built now It is quite possible therefore that the whole $8000000 bond Issue to be voted on will not be needed Of course bonds not required to finance the plant will not be Issued reducing the cost to the' taxpayer The water district plans to pay off the bonds in 20 years and estimates this can be -- f Atrocious Planning Editor Tribune: If all to be safeguarded from a health standpoint because of heavy ust of the canyon and upper area ski slopes around Alta for recreational purposes but - In Cottonwood water continued be unspring runoff the water becomes so muddy treated This gap must be closed — and now is the time to do It only needs By Our Headers t King: Baud's link with American policy (as distinguished from his financial link can ‘ to the Oil Arablan-Amei- Off) i- only dates from October 1956 more people read them — Old Life anti-Wester- to would ing it last-minut- The Bridge Club Meets Well girls are you reading anything special this week? You know of course it's tion National th get to -- read anymore on account of TV? I guess What I ' book That the the did you boob prohibi- aay my That I’m holding up game? I’m sorry I pass on the Cuff Department Frank O Prior says the government can take our business away from us faster than our competitors Childhood is that happy period when nightmares occur only during sleep "Fuzz” Evans gays an executive is a man who talks golf In his office and business en Notes I a law makto enter a rich during dear? brary Week and people are You don’t a chance or legger - to expected read a book Youwhat? to pass unlawful possess a kind of at law filled easies and made library v Li- - be - king’s reversal of was never popular Even among the members of the royal family and Saudi ruling class who had most to lose by a Nasser triumph in their country many always alii-anc- es regretted the lost attachment new trend toward open criticism of the ready noticeable in Ryadh when this reporter was there Just before Christmas Carnal Abdel Nasser and his the money has supported move-men- t strong organized by Nasser In every other Arab state Then In October 1956 King Saud understand that Nasbegan ser also threatened the Saudi throne and he started to reverse His alliances There- after the enmity toward Nas-- the will the oil ser mounted until recently King Saud seems to have e made desperate attempt to prevent the union of Syria with Egypt under Nasser’s leadership AccordEgyptian story this ing to attempt took the form of offering 60 million dollars to the Syrian Army’s under- - sup-presse- d -- wholly a - prevent Egyptian Syrian union a few days ago This revelation haa in turn touched off a highly dangerous ferment in King Saud’s strange desert capital of Ryadh where Until then he had been Intimately allied with Egypt’s By Ham Park better books are NASSEB dramatically revealed the alleged attempt to to Egypt For thla reason a Senator From Sandpit When eover strong man CoL Abdel Hamid Serraj to organize a military coup d’etat in Syria i that is the HamTark case where there are young people th course around Things certainly have No matter what your lot In changed since I was a young girl Why I used' to ‘read so life Is you should try to build much that my parents were something on It afraid I’d ruin my eyes! In The wife of a local pugilist those days people practically remarked: Tt’ really excithad libraries in their homes! ing to be married to a profeshave rumpus sional Nowadays they Every prizefighter rooms Honestly girls to me a time he comes home he looks home without books is like like a different person” one without windows! mothersln-laSome often My husband and I have too I been Interested in books all go too far by remaining our lives We still read quite near " GIFTS a bit but not as much as we used to Before he had to wear Give a man a horse he can ride bifocals he used to read a lot of whodunits and suspense Give a man a boat he can tail And his rank and wealth his stories to escape from reality but now he threatens to quit strength and health reading in order to escape On sea nor shore shall fail Give a man a from tlue bifocals Imagine pipe he can smoke Incidentally he doesn't think this National Library Give a man a book he can read' Week will accomplish much because the "National Week” And his home is bright with a calm delight thing has been done to death He believes that a quicker Though the room be poor Indeed way to get people into libraries and to buy books —James Thomson (1831-1S32- rather monarchy was once-eacre- d al- Mere specifically the brother and heir Felsal prince of the Hejax left Saudi Arabia not long after the king- broke with -- king’s ” border for motorists and walkway for pedestrian A drive down 7th East will show that the right of way already purchased parallels the property facing north and south on acres roads leading Into 7th East Do they not know that several homes have already been moved back? This leaves no room for the proposed parking and beautification tmieea the city and state intend to start all over again ing property for this purpose No one can cut a dog’s tall off a little bit’ at a time and make the dog feel good about it AMOS B JENKINS ‘Whatever It Is' Editor Tribune: The fl- nancial condition of the country continues to get worse each day This however seems to have little effect on our congressmen or the executive branch 'of ‘government Theif ' feeble attempts toward halting the decline have accomplished nothing " Perhaps the five million unemployed votes and the one they control mean nothing to the member of either party " They sit back there enjoying their fat salaries and argue about a name to call this lack of business and the great number of unemployed 1930’s We had a name for It— depression This name today is too harsh for the great brains in Washington to un They would like- to treat th American people to a new name like business dip or slight recession I wonder If the ones who are unemployed who have had their business fall or th employed that have had their working hours cut- wouldn’t like to see some action in to - atop this Washington “whatever it ia” One of our senators has had time to writ a religious book The President’s private plane keep busy traveling on other than government business Many others of our legis- ' lators are enjoying traveling about this and foreign countries under all kinds of guises This is known ss “Fiddling While Roms Bums” Let us band together and put s stop to this kind of gov n eminent When our President and congressmen are elected they accept a position as servants of the people (If you don’t believe this ask ons of them at election time) As such they should serve th ones who have ’put them in office and they should make a greater effort to atop this “whatever It la” In-th- e - - ‘ N J B LEATHERBURY - Douglass Welch Nasser Crown Prince Felsal’s son who holds the critical post of minister of the interior and therefore commands the police was and is openly and and violehtly Crown Prince Felsal also showed his sentiments rather openly this winter at the end of hla long period ef medical treatments In the United States when he Went' to Cairo as Nasser’s guest instead of returning to Saudi Arabia Now however after months in Cain) the Saucd Arabian drown prince has at last gone home timing 'his return to coincide with Nhsseris vicious public attack on King Saud Sack Stirs Psychic Conflict Every time we start thinking we understand women a little better along comes something like You should wear the dress around home a few days they advise until you can look at yourself in a mirror without this letterIn wanting to cover your eyes from a lady Then gradually accustom West Nyadk yourself tp wearing it in public Wear it when the letter NY: "Please do an article carrier comes for instance about the new If he doesn’t make a running ' sack dresses Jump off your front porch I bought a you're safe at first base sack suit Had ing up it five weeks Then break It to on your Have not gothusband - “How do you like ten up enough Mr Welch my dress?” you ask him nerve to wear It Being tall "What dress?” he says You’re and size 12 I rattle around safe at second inside the dam thing” If getting safely to third FEELINGS of King Saud base and home plat worries The obvious and shallow are suggested by the fact you get in touch with tho that he had hardly welcomed thing' to say would be: “Masaleswoman who sold you th dam had if you courage the crown prince at the air the suit— provided she hasn’t to a suit sack buy enough before he port suggested that why haven’t you courage left town and taken an ashis brother’ health would sumed name — and obtain from benefit from a Jong hunting enough to wear it?” But the 'her the names of other women In a real distress' lady lady trip lrt the desert' who have mad simiUar deserves deeper consideration But the procession bf Cadilchases Call one two lacs each with Its specially jr date Tim TRUTH is that the and make a up luncheon built rack for the royal sack whether dress or suit is In number there is assurance s hawks rising above-th- e not just a new fashion It is and ' security Removed not have King a philosophy a whole new A FAMOUS DOG In New Saud’s embarrassment Crown way of life There is about It York City who represents a Prince Felsal may be sending indeed a decided touch of television sponsor hat written the hawks after bustard and adult rebellion us that he'd like to entertain Madam your reluctance to coursing gazelle in a Jeep but the ferment in Ryadh wear the sack now after hav- us at luncheon or dinner at atill continues the Hotel Empire Wild horses ' ing been attracted to it is evicouldn’t drag hla name out of dence a of serious and signifiAccording to the experts us at this moment if he wants cant inner conflict Your subat least another fortnight to get his name to the paper conscious into prodded you will be needed to show him go and advertise He let ‘‘So suit ahead the buying go whether King Saud Is going sounds like a young dog up It It it!” buy buy your buy to survive the present crisis to old tricks subconscious said But now A fellow in' New York Even if the king does your conscious mind says “So named Ralph Slater wants to look already Miss Pillsbury scrape by this crisis it is ad' hypnotize us and will supply mitted that Saud’s prestige of 1958!” us with a Your sack dress is a symhas suffered too much to perhypdesire to nosis kit Your “wife takes mit him to do again the sort bol of a cut out from conventional soyou to the symphony for inof thing he did last March when he rescued King Hus- - ciety as you know It to be stance but you hypnotize yourself before you leave seln of Jordan from a venom- - free from confinement to five home and you think you’re ous onslaught by Nasser and it up a little his Jordanian supporters listening to Eddie Condon And It is also a symbol You stand up and shout: "Lay All the same one must of your conscious rejection on me man!” Ilmmmm it hope for the best For if King of the whole notion Which Saud Is replaced by his might work pretty good voice are you going to listen Mr Slater would hypnotize brother or even if King Saud to? reso they could withsoldiers himself by merelysaves We've talked to a number stand the strain of bombarturning to his former alliance of owners here In dment Wouldn’t it be better to with Nasser the ensuing poour office Madam and they send a kit to Khrushchev? If litical chain reaction will rapidly destroy the West’ other tell us that your misgivings he could only be persuaded he Is a rabbit who would need remaining friends in the Arab and hesitation are a common lands ' experience soldier? pro-Nass- anti-Weste- 1 ? tail-fin- deep-sCate- sack-dres- 1 s d ‘ |