Show 10 A t Sunday Morning July 17 The Public Forum Don’t Forget the Oxygen gbr Salt £akr pibunr ' 1955 Big Four Parley Can Only Lay Groundwork On Geneva President Eisenhower made it plain that the world cannot afford to drift —that if tensions are to be relaxed then the hopes and good will of all peoples must be translated into positive effort The President’s brief address was inspirational But inspiration will not be enough The sincerity of the Russians as Mr Eisenhower emphasized is all important Seldom in the past has any people's earnest desire for peace preserved the a choice In the 1950s we have been going to experience's cruel school For ten years a divided world has lived in the shadow of catastrophe For ten years the West has watched the enemy’s every move tffid undoubtedly Moscow has done the same Pile up more arms! Build bigger planes! Devise better bombs! Forge stronger alliances! And never never dare to relax Nations like men can stand only so much In the fire of actual war almost anything may be possible In a cold war there is a breaking point burdens become too heavy to be borne That time has come Why else a summit meeting? President Eisenhower goes to Geneva as a man of good will Secretary Dulles as more or less of a skeptic the French and British in their own fashion Russia is an enigma despite all the talk that has come out of the Kremlin lately The conference itself can be no more than a beginning Four heads of state cannot put the world back on its tracks in a few days At the best they can only survey the situation leaving the real work to be performed by subordinates at a later date But the important fact is that they are meeting We are told that the peoples of the world are expecting too much We are told that the Russians can’t be trusted— that their aim is to divide the West not to make true peace possible Certainly the grim world of today has no place for foolish optimism Most certainly we know all about the Russians and are suspicious of their smiles At the same time however we Memorial to Mr Taft The regard and respect with which the late Senator Robert A Taft is held by Americans is reflected in the movement to provide a memorial to this outstanding statesman of the present century Probably no other national figure is remembered with more affection and esteem than the forthright and human Ohioan Present plans call for erecting a million-dolla- r 100-fobell tower on the Capitol motives of the sponsors and The grounds those who have endorsed the project are Unassailable yet the New York Times must have expressed the sentiments of many admirers of the senator when it said “We find it difficult to imagine Mr Taft with his innate sense of the fitness of things approving a memorial — to anyone — on the grounds of his beloved Capitol” And the Toledo Blade in Mr Taft's home state points out that only one other memorial has been set up on the Capitol grounds one honoring John Marshall It was dedicated very close to half a century after the death of the celebrated chief justice after his place in history had been established A memorial to Senator Taft is fitting It might be more appropriate in the form of an institute of government or a program of scholarships fellowships and research grants But if the sponsors prefer the bell tower after due consideration why not find a more tranquil setting like those of the Washington Jefferson and Lin- coin memorials? Placing a bell tower on the Capitol grounds could set a precedent so that the area would become a veritable graveyard of monuments in the future their lavishness not keyed to the eminence of the man but to the abilities of his admirers to raise funds We believe Mr Taft would have preferred to have himself memorialized in a more appropriate location and way ot - ( cannot believe that Khrushchev Bulganin and Company having gone this far are going to throw away a last best chance President Eisenhower has repeatedly said that he was willing to go at least half way in solving the world’s problems Now he is on his way to carry out that pledge With him rides the hopes of millions More important he is armed with the determination that the Big Four Conference must not be an empty show It is up to the men of the Kremlin to disclose whether they really mean their words of “conciliation toleration and understanding” If the Big Four Conference fails everyone will lose — Russia possibly most of all If it succeeds it will be only the first step toward a great goal with the Russian people being the greatest gainers Sense and Silver j fi "vtt f Repeal of the silver purchase act will not be pressed during this session of Con- gress Senator Douglas of Illinois one of the sponsors of therepeal measure has decided to wind up hearings on the legislation Monday possibly because of the fact t that with adjournment rapidly approaching there is little chance of action But whatever the reason we are happy to see the fight ended even temporarily for delay will give friends of the silver pur- chase act an excellent opportunity to rally their forces Senator Bennett of Utah co--' chairman of the Conference Western Sen-- ! ators who obtained the support of 29 of his colleagues in petitioning for an end of the hearings intends to do just that Next year he announced a unified case against repeal will be presented Attacks on the silver purchase act are nothing new They occur periodically and are sponsored principally by congressmen states and senators from who want the price of the metal cut (Under the law the United States government is pledged to buy all domestically mined silver at 905 cents an ounce) What opponents of the law choose to ignore is the fact that the price of silver is directly related to the wellindustry being of the western lead-zinLead zinc and silver are mined together and if the price of silver were to fall— which is what would happen if the purchase in- act were repealed— then jhe lead-zindustry would be depressed even more than it is at present We commend Senator Bennett for his fight and hope that Congress when it meets in January will have the good sense Mo leave the silver purchase act alone ! silver-fabricatin- - g h Utah-Colorad- Partial Remedy ’ ’ ' Gilsonite that fantastic unique mineral found in huge vertical vein deposits in eastern Utah is at last coming into its own For three quarters of a century men have been seeking more and more ways to utilize this unusual hydrocarbon It has been used to make varnish for Studebakcr carriages to manufacture storage battery cases for asphalt floor tile and for insulation of hot underground pipes Now at last after many years of futile experiment and much costly research the way has been gasofound to turn gilsonite into high-tes- t line and metallurgical coke Gilsonite The American Company which has its headquarters in Salt Lake n City has just announced that a dollar plant to produce the gasoline and coke will be built near Fruita Colorado just west of Grand Junction Related to this project is the construction of an eight-incpipeline from the company’s mine at Bonanza in eastern Utah to Fruita Crushed gilsonite will be carried in suspension in water through the pipeline Entirely new methods of high pressure hydraulic mining had to be developed to make the whole 10 million dollar project feasible When the job Is completed in 18 months production of gilsonite will be expanded from 200 tons to 900 tons a working day and an entirely new industry will be established in an area near the border which is well within the Salt Lake trade area And it is sure to be there a good long time for American Gilsonite has enough proved reserves to continue oprate for more erations at a than 50 years Incidentally Utah contributes more than “ore” and management brains to this project Ernest Goodner company president credits the yniversity of Utah and Dr James Sugihara of the university with making “great contributions” to the basic research oq gilsonite which is making this and other company progress possible multi-milllio- g The New Hampshire legislature has passed a law providing for the cancellation of hunting and fishing licenses of persons found guilty of throwing refuse into public lakes ponds and streams or the land bor- dering oh the waters The action is a desperate effort to reduce the growing problem of Utter and pollution in the forests parks and other scenic areas of the Granite State The law should help to discourage careless disposal ’ of tin cans cardboard cartons and other junk that spoils so much of America’s natural scenery The New Hampshire law has two main weaknesses: the difficulty in tracing down ’ the Utterbugs and the obvious discrimina- ’ tion against hunters and fishermen Some ! of them are guilty of contributing to the 'problem especially in places But how about picnickers who have no licenses to void? Education and appeals to civic and public health responsibility remain the best Vay to deal with the problem of litter tnd pollution As one who despises superstition in its every form and it seems manifestation OTHER VIEWPOINTS Dixon-Yates-- acheme And no ' o These miracle chemicals probably control the weeds all right but there is a certain satisfying thrill in subduing a giant dandelion with nothing but bare hands and e American grit sheer old-tim- secret service Hs 90 years old alhard to see how its agents could it's though have functioned before the invention of the hat snap-briThe This is a big summer for insects of all kinds Even Ihe four-yea- r political bug is of schedule ahead a year showing up w Cynical Selfish Scheme A From Nashville Tennesseean On the basis of his own testimony before' the Kefauvcr subcommittee Mr Adolphe Wenzell emerges as not merely an adviser on the Dixon--- ’ Yates contract but as the father of the whole unsavory matter how discom- forting this belated revelation may he to the Eisenhower administration which tried first to conceal and then to minimize the New York investment hanker’s role Mr himself seems quite proud of his notable contribu- VVen-zc- ll tion to the President’a assault on TVA SINCE HE REGARDS TVA as an example of “galloping socialism” Mr Wenzell was a make "a logical careful accurate and objective study” of it for the Budget Bureau in 1953 His only regret apparently is that he could not win immediate acceptance of his subto choice sequent recommendation for virtually liquidating TVA in one fell swoop But he is able to take considerable consolation in acknowledging that the Dixon-Yate- s deal was patterned of the alternative one after he submitted at the proposals same time Although political considerations forced rejection of the decapitation he favored above all else his design for achieving the aarne results by the slower proc ess of strangulation soon embraced was And when it was it is now established beyond any doubt Mr Wenzell was" called back to Washington as a Budget Bureau consultant to hel work out the details one of which was an arrangement for the investment firm for which he then worked — the First Boston Corporation— to act as financial agent for NO MENTION of this return engagement or of Mr Wenzell s dual role in the deal is to be found in the supposedly complete chronology deal reof the Dixon-Yateleased by the Budget Bureau Nor is there any reference to the report he made during his s stint In fact neither the name of Mr Wenzell nor of the" First Boston Corporation appears anywhere in this carefully edited document For the real story therefore it has become neces- sary to rely on the testimony given under oath before the Senate subcommittee headed by Sen 1953 Senator From Sandpit Park By Ham but the What is the city people?—Coriolanus Gilsonilc Into Gasoline c : Will Destroy Self Editor Tribune: In the economic collapse of 1929 I and mine' were among those hardest hit It probably seemed incongruous at the tittie that I should be writing to this column that those were glorious days But so they were a I explained: for 100 years we had been operating under a false and foolish political dogma but conditions had never been such as demonto permit a clear-cu- t stration of that fact Then however with that foolish doctrine in full dominance of every branch of government it could not escape responsibility for the chaos that later developed Given sufficient chance and scope it accomplished what we outside could not do it destroyed itself so effectively that even now with that same political party back in power it would no more dare revert to this once supreme theory than it would dare revert to a theory predicated upon the earth being flat! An exact parallel exists today in the field of religion peace when wicked ambitious rulers have been reckless and powerful In the 1930s most of Europe wanted peace yet that did not prevent the holocaust which swept the world Britain bargained for “peace in our time’’ until it was too late France could not make up her mind Only Mussolini and Hitler were warlike with Stalin the conspirator waiting on the sidelines And so war came though few of the millions who perished ever had the eve of his departure for By Our Readers Off the Beaten rath For several years 1 have been identified with a certain section of the business district Ham Jr drew a caricature of me complete with cane Horn-bu-r etc g standing on the corner of 2nd South and Main It was used as a frontispiece Ham Park for my last two books and has become a sort of trademark One day last week I felt The unusually depressed words of an old poem kept running through my mind: “You may call it madness— folly you shall not chase my gloom away there is such charm in melancholy I would not if I could be gay” So I paid my doctor a visit He prescribed a trip a change of scenery Any change that would cost money was out at least temporarily so I decided to get off my beaten path and take a look at West Temple Street On my way over met Jimmie Needham and Glenn Phillips Each greeted me with: "Aren’t you lost- over here Ham?” The temperature was in the middle 90s so 1 dropped into a dispensary of cooling beverages to escape the heat After he’d recovered from his astonishment the proprietor Sam Latino welcomed me cordially Across the street from Sam’s place Is the section occupied by the wholesale fruit and vegetable merchants I knew that my friend 0 P Hesser had his office somewhere in the area so I asked Sam if he knew the address "No Ham" he said “I’m practically a stranger here myself" For years Sam's field of operation has been in the vicinity of 2nd drive you or do you think you can find your way back to the paper?” I not only found the Hcs-se- r office but fbund both O P and Camille his charming wife there We talked of various things our health —the last time I’d talked to O P he was in the hospital —and our uranium stocks Camille said she didn’t think we'd get rich through uranium until they passed a law making it illegal for stocks to go any place but up Then they drove me home loaded-loadewith eggs d radishes green cantaloupes peppers and a huge watermelon It sure was a nice change Ignota "Praised be the Lord who unto me Hath granted all of woman's love Her passion and her mystery Her ways and all the joy thereof “Praise Him with instruments and psalms Who gave to further His designs Daughters of kings unto my arms And queens to be my con- cubines 1 - I said I and State’ 1 could O P's find thought office and started to leave when Sam said: "There’s a dozen fresh eggs to take home to the Missus" On my way out I bumped the child of Saul whom first I loved the young Ahinoam That love sublime the prophet cursed— now this Bathsheba! “Michal little lamb “Of Shunam tender to dispell The cold of my declining days All you that I have loved— Bert Heusted who looked at me surprised-lik- e and said “Senator may I In that way it is learned from Mr Wenzell himself that he was recalled by Budget Director Rowland Hughes 14 1954 that he attended conferences on the Dixon-Yate- s plan that he accompanied Mr Edgar H Dixon himself to one of these meetings which significantly was omitted from the Budget Bureau’s history of the deal on-Ja- and that he advised on "all of financing the phases” scheme IN THE LIGHT of these circumstances First Boston’s Counsel Arthur Dean had little alternative but to concede in his testimony that “there is no question that Mr Wenzell was two people — he was First Boston and a Budget Bureau consultant during that pe- riod” But Mr Dean would have done better to stop there rathet than go on to observe that “perhaps this experience illustrates that no private citizen ever ought to try to render a public service” It illustrates nothing of the kind It illustrates instead the cynicism and disregard for the public interest that has characterized this selfish scandalous scheme from the time pf its inception under the auspices of the President himself right up to current efforts to hide the facts about it from the American people farewell! Whose faces vanish in a haze “Of fading memories yet hath One face returned In clearer guise— A maid whom once I saw in Gath and With nighted hair eyes sea-blu- e South Into Ke-fauv- P Thus spake (said Solomon the King! My father David ere he went The way of all earth This thing— I know not all of what he meant —Big Butch from BountifuL Soaper Says It's probably a good thing most babies are born in hospitals these days so that when they grow up and become famous there won’t be campaigns to preserve the old home as national shrine when the space is needed for parking lots An unusual number of American reporters have been admitted iqto Moscow in week& Fresh news for the world fresh money for the poker games re-ce- pt - Editor Tribune: Everyone is wondering how to save on taxes After viewing a certain television program July 10 I see no reason why we can’t dispense with hundreds of doctors nurses and helpers as well as the expense of Alcoholics Anonymous and all the large tuberculosis hospitals Perhaps soon we will not even need a colony for lepers or schools for the deaf and blind All that is needed for this enormous saving is faith in Oral Roberts He can do it all just like that! How gullible can people get? What an insult to and travesty on the dignity and intelligence of man! Steady Reader Answer Is ‘No Editor Tribune: Refer ence is made to your lead editorial of July 12 in which the question is asked why “Wilderness Groups Are Strangely Silent" Asked also have I changed my stand since Echo Park Dam has been dropped The answer to that last question is “No!” My stand and that of the Izaak Walton League has always been in favor of sound development of the Colorado River water resources the protection of Upper Basin water rights and the preservation of the Dinosaur National Monument Statements appearing in The Tribune over the past 30 days quoting leading Echo Park proponents expressions by Department of Interior and Reclamation Bureau etc indicate quite clearly that though the bill reported out by the House committee did contain no reference to Echo Park Dam Echo Park Dam is by no means dead There seems plenty of evidence that tEcho Park proponents acquiesced to a greatly pared down bill banking on approval by the entire House and reinsertion of Echo Park by Committee Sound strategy on their part Echo Park Dam wiR not be dead this session unless the House fails to pass any Upper Colorado Project Bill or unless it does and the Conference Committee reports out a bill without Echo Park Dam in it Personally I’d like to see Echo Park Dam get a thor- Coh-feren- Letters from Tribune readers are welcomed They should be brief (not over 200 words) carry writer’s correct name and address- (pseudonym will be permitted if requested) and must be in good taste The Tribune assumes no responsibility for statements in the’ Forum Writers limited to one letter in 10 days - ough defeat on the floor of the House and a Conference Committee Bill passed authorizing Glen Canyon Dam of maximum size with provisions for its power profitsvto be earmarked for water projects in the Upper Basin States With Echo Park Dam out of the picture you will find good support where there has been opposition heretofore J W Penfold Western Representative Izaak Walton League con-sumpti- Denver ce Colo Help the Frodigals Editor Tribune: I agree with K Edward Hofmann’s letter “Our Prodigal Sons” in the July 13£gnim ‘ strange and contradictory that I can see great good for my cause in the growth of orthodoxy from the 10 per cent in the days of our Constitution's founding to 79 per cent today However that is exactly my attitude These ancient and preposterous superstitions have retarded the natural normal development of man for hundreds of years but that fact has beqn obscured and ignored 'Now the time seems propituous with almost universal consent we have turned to these myths and miracles for the answer to our problems When they fail completely miserably and tragically to find the answers as they inevitably must there will be nothing else upon which to thrust that responsibility I feel certain that such is the intellectual level that we have now reached that we will recognize that fact and just as in the case of the false political dogma ao this feeble false and futile superstition will destroy itself— the thing we outside have never been able to do J O Christensen Moroni Utah What a Travesty! Forum Rules anyoherspents a have the men who decided not to remain in China— help them make amends and build their lives anew not punish them L R Merrill Logan Utah wrong — as It’s No Indignity Editor Tribune: While addressing a television audience Adlai Stevenson recently made the remark that teachers should no longer have to submit to the indignity of a loyalty oath A loyalty oath is in the same category as pledging allegiance to the Flag the Hippocratic oath of the physicians or incidentally the oath administered to the President of the United States I am sure that anyone taking these oaths never felt that they were submitting to an "indignity” Only those teaching Communist propaganda would feel any indignity as such an oath would interfere with their subversive activities "Would Mr Stevenson feel that he was submitting to an indignity should he have the opportunity to take the oath of the highest office in the land? M Hagen Indian Question Editor Tribune: I have an Indian friend of Ozumbat Mexico who has written book titled “Wilt Thou Restore the Kingdom to Israel?” This is an interesting book on the Indian question by Bautista Nathan Baldwin Mar-garit- o X Analysis Needed Editor Tribune: Sober and searching research and analysis concerning the consequences resulting from the location of the huge Boeing plant in the Salt Lake area should be undertaken by the Chamber of Commerce city county state and national officials who are presently plumping vigorously for the project At the present time this area is unable to maintain the standards we would enjoy having The building of the installation in question in this area wpuld almost immediately present us with the following obligations to ourselves: An immediate and overriding need for an improved and potent defense network to protect the area which would become a primary target for atomic attack An immediate need for hundreds of new classrooms and teachers The need for vastly increased police antff ire protection and ‘ expansion in operational expenses and personnel in all phases of government An urgent need for a vast new highway complex with increased maintenance and improvement of existing facilities A social need for libraries playgrounds parks golf courses swimming pools and other cultural1 and recreational facilities An and expanded water and sewage system and tremendous expansion in public services both private and public The added payrolls and expenditures for the plant would be a tremendous stimulant to all types of business in the area The taxes and revenues it would produce however would not pay for the immediate expansion in d governmental costs for facilities for a scora of years Jack Horton j im-prov- serv-icesan- |