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Inand the nicipal League ANDERS Thursday Morning September 10 1959 United Fund Needs YOU for Success Bells will ring and sirens will wail this noon in downtown Salt Lake City It will mark the official opening of the 1959 Upited Fund drive A band and 32 National Guard vehicles multi-purpos- The various members of the’UF family include such health agencies as Red FoundaCross and Arthritis-Rheumatistion such welfare agencies as Children’s Service and Salvation Army such character-building agencies as Boy Scouts and YWCA and five metropolitan area com-- I munity funds A NUMBER of these are' national agen- -' cies which have joined in the one big drive appeal While some of the national health funds are not included anyone who desires can add to his United Fund pledge con- tributions for these causes The manyi advantages of the united way of giving are well’ known but they ' ’ bear repetition “United economical ! giving assures responsible expenditure of yoUr charity Senseless Savagery United giving cuts to a minimum the cost of solicitation in terms of money and manpower ELLYN ‘ each bearing' the name of one of the 32 agencies in the UF family will move down Main Street This will dramatically e call public attention to the nature of the United Fund way of giving ' dollars because of planning and budgetary supervision United is easier giving be for many years that the in the fall of 1955 THIS YEAR’S GOAL of just over a million dollars will provide a further modest increase in agency allocations plus adequate funds for campaign costs (less than 5 per cent of the total) and reserves for emergencies and contingencies such as money set aside for new agencies and services Slogan for the campaign is: "YOU are the U in United Fund!" It is an appropriate slogan United Fund will positively be a success if all the "yous” are united in its support Please do your part Give and give your fair share r’ The latest incident in crime-plague- d New York seems such a case A Puerto Rican youth walking along a street with his girl friend was accidentally bumped by a ! office worker "It made me mad" said the youth later He cursed the office worker ' and threw pieces of paving stone at him When the man fled the boy pursued grabbing a broken pop bottle from a'trash I can He caught his victim four blocks away and drove the lagged glass into the man’s chest repeatedly causing fatal wounds ‘ So many youthful killings and beatings ' evidence this same savage senseless vio- lence Nor is it limited to New York City There have been similar instances here I ‘ JUST THIS WEEK two boys were set upon and beaten at Nibley Golf Course and three teenagers were assaulted by a gang of older youths using I chains as well as their fists — in both cases ( for no apparent reason Why this wave of juvenile viciousnes s has developed is uncertain but we are convinced it is due partly to official and hood-- f j judicial laxity in curbing youthful lumism and vandalism at the very first I sign This whole business is really frighten-- I ( ing For law and order and respect for the rights of others cannot be sustained if this kind of senseless savagery remains uncontrolled and is able as such human viciousness does to feed upon itself Under the British parliamentary system the party in power has one big advantage: It can set the date of the general election In other words the party in power can strike while the iron is hot— and that is exactly what Prime Minister Macmillan has done The term of the present Parliament runs out in May but since Macmillan prefers to hold the election on October 8 October 8 it will be It is no coincidence announcement so closely on President Eisenhower’s visit to Britain Macmillan who made a pilgrimage to Moscow earlier in the year takes credit for the forthcoming Eisenhower-Khru-shche- v exchange and the "peace issue" is expected to figure prominently in the Conservative Party’s campaign Tory leadership will be pictured as better qualified than Labor to take part in summit negotiations which may be just around the corner However the London Daily Mail a Conservative paper says that there is at dominant issue splitting the country and-this obvious no there gulf separating right from left Everything is calm whlqh generally helps the party in office Public opinion polls also Indicate a Conservative victory over Labor If this happens it will be the first time in more than 50 years that a British political party has won three elections in a row But as Americans learned in 1948 opinion polls are one thing and actual elections another Though the Conservatives appear well ahead now the race won’t be over for month We are told that American parents fail fin not supervising their children’s activities land et a California mother and dad are 1 ! that Macmillan’s followed jin-oth- criticized for teaching their kids to shoplift Marquis Cliilds Public Shut Out in Personal Diplomacy While the iron’s Hot er PARIS — The ceremonial procession of heads of state from capital to capital around the globe is part of the ritual of the age at Traveling 600 miles an jet themselves to respondents ’ This duce the numbers may achieve the practical end desired but it is hardly an acute during the Khrushchev exchange The apparatus of publicity grown to monstrous size finds Itself limited to telling what the great men had for dinner and the color of the curtains in the bedroom of the state apartment occupied by the distinguished visitor On the President's tour of Europe 86 representatives of press radio and television followed him about The mass coverage of the answer to the frustration that results when so many are engaged in reporting so much about so little — the little let it be added that is visible in these exchanges SINCE SO much is hidden from view there is a hazard of the sky to that governments— the prinbe received in these cipals linolved with all the talks — will manipulate the pomp of the news through the new mass Eisenhower-Khrushcheexpast — massed Mr Childs honor of the to dwarfs media to create a' desired flags guard change promises bands playing the national this and to become all but feet having little relation to what is being said behind anthem the chief of protocol unmanageable the scenes That kind of directing the quadrille of UPWARDS of 350 newswas implied at introductions manipulation men including a considerMacmillan-Eisen-howe- r least in the Eisenhower’s President able number from Europe telecast in London tour of Euiope has revealed have requested credentials men played their both when disboth the advantages and in separate roles for to cover Khrushchev the vast advantages of this form of The total applyAmerica audience level diplomacy high ing to accompany EisenThe Times of London deTUBLIC ceremonies are hower to Moscow is already clared in an editorial that 300 over y this was no substitute for The White House feels pi ess on television and on a press conference or a that there will be so many radio They are the show as to constitute a problem communique of amity or at any rate mutual interest staged with that cannot be solved within The Times editorial conthe framework of existing the trappings of national cluded: facilities But the talks that pride “The public as a whole has Both the State Departate the occasion for all this ment responsible for the a right to be more widely show are private — necesand independently Khrushchev visit and the more sarily and inevitably private more immediately informed White House are hoping to the principals insist So far no way of doing this Therein lies a frustration escape the dilemma by gethas been found better than which is certain to become ting the Washington corre the press The television cameras may offer an escape from the awkward questioner They give little satisfaction to the serious student of affairs” By Ham Park hour they flash down out ‘For Adults Only Editor Tribune: We hear quite a bit now about teenage crime In my humble opinion it would help a lot if sexy shows and films were tagged "for adults only” NATHAN BALDWIN Sin of Dishonesty Senator From Sandpit 1 Ugly Sores Healed Even in Drought tral Utah is now much lower than at this time last year and in many cases is only about half the average Conditions in the Puffer Lake area ln the Fishlake National Forest between Marysvale and Beaver Utah are indicative of what has happened even in the country Several small lakes have dried up for the first time in the recollection of local residents And the level of Puffer Lake itself dropped so drastically that a combination of things killed many thousands of game fish Late summer rains brought some relief but the effects of the drought are stark and desolating in southern Utah Some natural lakes and reservoirs are dry Major storage in southern and cen 20-ye- ar high-mounta- THE PICTURE is n6t all black how- He’s not shot if you can still see the whites of his eyes— Boston Beanpot I Laughed at This One The operator was about to close the doors of the jammed elevator when a decidedly swacked gentleman pushed his way in The door dosed back of him but he didn’t have room to turn around and had to stand the facing other passen- gers Despite scanty rainfall The other passengers and reseeded land has shown stared at him coldly obviremarkable progress in the past year ously displeased with his Notable is the Betenson Flat west of Juncgeneral appearance — bloodand the tion Piute County A forest fire blackened shot eyes etc 1500 acres in the area late in June 1958 —TOwd and beer that permeated the Almost before the ashes cooled however elevator Finally as the car the salvable timber was harvested and rose and the silence was the slopes were reseeded with a mixture of painful the tipsy perennial range grasses Not only has the gent cleared his throat and grass done well but considerable burned said: "I suppose you are wonaspen has come up from the roots The combination has dope much to heal an dering why I called this sore meeting” ugly dangerous Note on Cuff Department Some south on the east fork While I am far from being of the Sevier River drainage Dixie Naa student of the Bible I do tional Forest reseeded grassland some read it occasionally and this 21000 ponderosa pine trees have thrived verse (Psalms LV 21) made in £pite of dry weather me think of Khrushchev and his forthcoming visit to this AFTER many months of drought this country: area west of Bryce Canyon National "The words of his mouth Park received ten inches of rainfall in a were smoother than DUtter single month three inches during one but war was in his heart storm Such heavy rains beating on barren his words were softer than oil yet were they drawn slopes often cause serious floods The reland in seeded and otherwise swords” this area blotted up the moisture howWhpn I was 12 I dreamed ever well-manag- aromanof-ghirbourbo- iGrass sown In ashes of 1958 burn on (Betensen Flat of Fishland Forest grows ’abundantly at foot of charred tree stems if n s - fn well-cover- (Plot reseeded In 1957 on lower Blubber Creek in Dixie National Forest This grass (was grazed as It should he (about 40 'Of ths volume of forage) this last summer t ever and the only flooding was down old erosion channels Reseeding is expensive and does not always prove successful It can and does work miracles in many instances however when man works in close harmony with nature of going to West Point When I got into high school I was put ln Corporal Julian Bamberger’s "awkward squad" in the cadet corps and never got out of it Shortly before we declared war on Ger- - many in 1917 I applied for the Officers’ Training Camp I didn’t make the grade but I did get a nice letter from the War Department complimenting me for my patriotism When the draft came I was put in Class 4b and the war ended before they got that far down the list I have flopped in a number of endeavors but the military still tops the list FEW DENY that behind the facade of ceremony the talks must be private Yet it is also becoming be communicated Suspicion of the Khrushchev exchange will be strong and the public will need to be reassured ln some fashion Menus are all very well and the public may get a vicarious pleasure in know-inthat in the state apart--men- t g president-Eisenhower-occup- ied Editor Tribune: "Forty years long was I grieved with this generation and said ‘It is a people that do err in their hearts and they have not known my ways’ ’ —Ps 95:10 If men and their families suffer because the breadwinner is out of work there is a way to correct this There seem to be two reasons why men are out of work One the employers should correct the other the unions No 1 For years the workingman has contributed as well as the employer to the medical clinic or sick benefit fund As the worker grows older he is in need of 'this protection If management wants to eliminate this protection it is in the wrong and should change its thinking to benefit the employes No 2 If the coffee break is abused by loitering on the -is employer’s time-thi- s and should be corrected by the unions Management is entitled to a good day’s work Those that loiter instead of working should be reprimanded and st in the Foreign Office in Paris his bathtub was made of gold mosaic But if personal diplomacy is to be taken seriously it must be given a larger reach in public knowledge By Letting the children stay up late in the summertime can be dangerous what with the old movies on TV A father dowrf the block wants to off-stree- know what you do wijh a girl who is in love with the prewar Mickey Rooney The Smithsonian Institu- tion is embarrassed because a press agent has sent it a a plaster cast of Jimmy nose Of course it 's could be exhibited with dignity as a scale model of the Washington Monument w Every presidential possibility indicates he’ll run if the people really need him What happens if we the Naturally If I built a trap To place within my house No doubt Old Mother Nature Would breed a smarter people decide we don’t need anybody? The Russians think our women are too thin And there probably Isn’t - time enough to fatten them up for mouse — F G Kernan Khrushchev’ visit Editor Tribune: Thanks to Mr Morrison for obliging us (Forum’ Aug 29) But let me answer categorically 1 It should be that automation makes jobs scarce Try telling the unemployed in Detroit Pittsburgh and elsewhere that it doesn’t 2 Just what is an "average” American family’s income? The Heller Committee for Research In Social Economics of the University of California estimated that in 1959 a wage earner with two children and living in a rented house needed $608688 per year or $117 per week to give his family the standard of living "that public opinion currently recto as necessary ognizes health and reasonably comfortable living” Yet the average weekly earnings of factory product tion workers during 1958 was $8371 Not only was income far below the necessary minimum but during the same years the cost of living climbed far more rapidly than did Income The regressive sales tax has hit the low income family hardest and hit the wage earner far harder than the salaried worker 3 No doubt bankers as a class are men of good will but It is doubtful if their good will would extend to giving up their advantage Surely they are not so naive as to be unaware of the flaws in the "debt system” and of the evils that can be traced to it is 4 If the Constitution so beautifully simple clear and concise how then can it be "twisted beyond recognition” by either liberal or conservative judges” HENRIETTE PHILLIPS Santaquin Utah self-evide- Loading the Gun Editor Tribune: The Association of American Railroads recently announced that the rail companies have set up a strike insurance plan to cover their fixed charges and ceitain overhead expenses Their insurance plan and their statements indicate they intend to force a strike and they are loading the gun in advance These very agreements they are welshing on are agreements that the organizations worked yeais to put into effect Almost all of them were drawn up because the men had to protect themselves from some of the tactics the carriers resorted to Consequently had to the organizations take countermeasures yet not a single agreement that was negotiated over a bargaining table was unjust or out of reason Now the carriers are crying foul and want to strike them off the records Workers on railroads throughout the United States want a just and equitable living for their years of faithful devotion to their jobs and employers but the Association of American Railroads is opposed to the efforts of the workers and are trying to rob them of their gains by spreading propaganda that employes are featherbedding Their stories are transpar-hard-earne- ent-an- d -- d but-rea- d anyone-need the lines to learn their real intent which is to feather the nests of the stockholders at the expense of the loyal employes FRANK H KOTTAL between The Last Word Soaper Says- - Ralph Waldo Emerson said that everyone loves a lover Well it ain’t necessarily so It seems that a petition t wail made for parking near 7th East and 17th South Streets A couple whose home adjoins the driveway into the proposed parking lot also petitioned that said driveway be chained during the night because young folk have been making a practice of park-- ' ing their ears in close proximity to the sleeping quarters of said couple remain-in- g there until the wee small hours and thereby disturbing their rest As far ns I know no decision has beerf arrived at i P in- creasingly evident that something more about the substance of these talks must Talked on the phone with Camille and O P Hesser who are good friends of ours They’ve been dashing hither thither and yon en-- “ tertatning their two grandchildren Their son Bob whom I have known since he was a sprout was here with his wife Elda and their kids Gay and Craig Bob was a captain in World War II and now is a successful attorney in Cleveland Ohio Na- tional Municipal League is a propaganda mill for city managers and is closely related with the International City Managers Assn I doubt that the American Municipal Assn with which thousands of municipalities are aftyli- ated through their stkte leagues would be for or against any particular form of city government’ They know that form is only one thing that all governments are having a hard time to make ends meet because of Inflation “And where a city Is growing that adds problems also There is hardly a agency from the federal government down to the smallest units of government that is not In "desperate need of more revenue” Any of them could easily justify the expenditure of twice the funds that they have available on worthy projects and services It is my belief that -a change in form will accomplish almost nothing toward solving Salt Lake City’s or any other city’s major problems It is strange that the small commission form of government that was born of the Galveston flood emergency in 1900 and proved effective there and in many other places has almost suddenly become the “worst form of city government” according to city manager enthusiasts There is 'now a stampede concentrating more f toward power in the hands of a sin- ‘ Stalin gle administrator Mussolini Hitler and others were all the products of an emergency only to pass on and leave still greater emergencies Home rule economy and efficiency are promised by city manager advocates The home rule charter generally comes from the National Municipal League in New York City The city manager is imported and the city budget immediatelyigoes up MARK ANDERSON Provo Utah United giving makes It possible for contributors to discharge all their good neighbor responsibilities in a package and so avoid or at least disregard other appeals if they so desire Since its inception the Salt Lake Area United Fund has Income firmly established Agency budget recommendations have seen modest Increases to meet increased demands for service Actual allocations and giving have increased each year except one since the first campaign - ality Wliat is ‘Average’? It has appeared obvious cause of payroll deduction and other in stallment payment plans — One of the most appalling things about ' Juvenile crime says FBI Director J I Edgar Hoover is its frequent savage viciousness This is an aspect which is really fright ening for it so quickly strips off the pro-tective covering of civilization and culture human beings back to besti- $ and brings gfving Assn - Dr Bergen Evans QUESTION: An advertise-’men- t of a phonograph boasts of its "custom componentry" Is there such a word?— IHM ANSWER: The questions 1) Is it standard (ie “good English”)’ 2) If not is it a good coinage? 3) Is It suited to Its purposes? 1) It is not recognized ln are: any diction-ar- y That however doesn’t mean that it is bad Our English Dr language would never have Evans become the wonderful thing it is if people had not felt free to make up words whenever they wanted to 2) It doesn’t seem a good i coinage to me In the hi-f- world components is much used for parts and the suffix ry (a shortening of ery) does njean “the product of' (pottery millinery) or "a collection of’ (jewelry crockery) But "a collection of parts" doesn’t seem a happy idea to me That's what my own phonograph seems to be 3) We can’t judge if the word is suited to its purposes unless we know 'the purposes The purpose of this ad may have been to make a great clatter of announcement to suggest— with a drumroll of syllables —that something mighty Important was happening If so componentry seems suit-- able lunmIn Sin raar r Strata Ktani A Cltr Mar a '' 1 aarrtlani to Hr al kr Salt Dtaartmtal ITUk ( Dr Enai "Dlrtlra--r Crntrmarrarr A m trlra a run” (aakllrkt at will k ilrta t tkau wkrraMM) a rati nl ar ait la tka Last War |