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Iaeued rry morning by The §ffibtm£ Traffic Jam— Headed for Trouble Friday May 16 1947 exit Lake Tribune Publishing Oo- - Lake City Balt MENTALLY al al be-twe- en -- consideration of many rigid control measures now pending consultations and compromises in joint committees of congress Whatever the ultimate policy with reference to labor such actions and attempts as suits were manifest in the portal-to-portwill be largely responsible for the loss of many advantages gained during lenient legislative sessions of the past decade It is believed that the bill just made a law will aid production by allaying apprehensions on the side of management and avarice on the part of misguided employes inspection showed that it was a valuable instrument for which the astonished possessor has been offered $2500 As long as chance continues to favor one person in a million thb rest of the ratio will be inclined to tempt fate One man’s luck is apt to make a thousand suckers who lose money sleep and time the rest of their lives Gambling is a culpable response to greed represents a desire to profit at the expense of another The Tenth Commandment was the first recorded rebuke of covetousness that prefers to win by luck rather than to earn by toil In law gambling constitutes risks taken on a chance for gain There are many methods of gratifying the propensity to gamble — personal competition in playing games in matching wits in casting dice in holding cards in picking racers in making investments in raffling cakes at church fairs It i3 almost universally condoned or encouraged in some countries but is openly frowned upon in the United States of America Most states forbid gambling in public which drives it to social or secret ’shelters Paris was long considered the gambling center of the civilized world with Monaco and Monte Carlo on the Mediterranean capturing the overflow As poker flourishes in maqy parts of America so did baccarat call the gamesters of Europe Reform movements and prohibition legislation have tried to suppress the passion of trying to get a lot for a little but with slight or periodic success Once in a while the goddess of chance Emiles upon the prim and precise who would not look at dice or shuffle cards The woman who bqught some old cans at a Seattle sale the other day paying three dollars for the lot to find they contained $9000 in cash when she got home was an unconscious gambler but she made & winning that will probably cause her to haunt junk auctions henceforth Consider also the case of a lawyer in Galesburg 111 to whom an old fiddle was knocked down on a bid of $350 Subsequent Teachers and School Board Reach Salary Agreement It appears that the school teachers’ salary issue here in Utah is settled for the coming year with a compromise reached between the Salt Lake board of education and the teachers’ association Although it will mean an additional burden on the taxpayers of this city the amicable solution reached should be a subject for congratulation to both sides The new schedule sets a minimum of $2220 and maximum of $3660 for holders of bachelors’ degrees and a range of $2430 to $3870 for those with masters’ degrees This the board points out will mean an increase of approximately $907000 in the budget for professional services It will mean also an additional tax increase of about 97 mills Educational standards in Salt Lake have been traditionally good outranking many larger and more prosperous communities in many parts of the United States School boards and school authorities have year in and year out provided educational opportunities for the youth of Salt Lake that are better than the average thus fitting them for life and for further learning The teachers have for the most part given unselfishly and loyally of their services to the schools It is to be hoped that the new salary schedules wall enable the educators to live in comfort and to improve the quality of ance that has been lacking in the school system during the war years SENATOR FROM SANDPIT By HAM PARK By JAMES J METCALFE How can my life be Idle dear When you are at my aide To fi3 me with ambition and With courage and with And how can I be pride? The struggles I lonely in When you have go through To be promised faithfully forever true? You are the From only dream I have And unmorning until night til all the silver stars Have I disappeared from sight want you with my heart and soul And every breath in me And all that you desire dear Is what I want to be So how can I be lonely or Neglect a single task When you are everything In life That X could ever ask slipping off the lowest rung of the ladder And I’ve said to myself again and again “What hai he got that I haven’t?” I know now— n ulcer Come to think of it should have guessed long the felago that the low full of pep and ginger had something the rest of us didn't have Or else why should it be comnjonly called a “peptic” ulcer? So now- - when you see a guy who has reached the top of the heap who has a swell office a swanky car and a luxurious home don’t feel sorry for him because his face is sunken and pale and there are lines of pain and worry around his eyes and mouth Rejoice with him Slap him on the back an say jovially “Pal I always knew you had it In you!" r go-gett- er Noblesse Oblige (With apologies to “Carlotta” Perry) If you’ve an ulcer and I have none If I have shade and you "have sun ’Tis yours with freer hand to give yours with truer grace to live Than I who ulcerless still stand With barren life and hand Notes on the Cuff Department Regretfully I had disposed of the last to wilt of our flowers and had remarked about how dipgy the apartment looked without them when there arrived from Myrtle Bredemeyer a beautiful bouquet of lilies of the valley and Cecil Bruner ’Tis Surre- y7 'PsAlv nDrjftr J- K roses Now it’s like the sun was shining again Mrs Kozlol of my lending library suggested “Ghost of a Chance” by Kelley Roos for my “escape” reading I am glad that she did for It’s one of those exciting yarns wherein1 a man end his wife have hairbreadth escapes from death and disaster In their search for an unknown killer I read It In a few hours and It made me for the time being forget all about cooking meals and washing fast-movi- ng dishes I unlaxed so to speak the other day and bought a new shirt I think it used to sell for $350 but I paid $5 which isn’t so bad considering that it has a long tail What a comfort to bp able to keep your shirt in your pants! Rosa Lee Lloyd just breezed in’ a moment ago while the Missus wras in the dressing room Not seeing her In her accustomed chair Rosa Lee said "Good gracious! You didn’t really take her back to the store in that housecoat with the zipper that wouldn’t unzip did you?” -- OFF THE RECORD By H V WADE How much more practical than complex safety codes would be a simple 'requirement that the coal mine owner conduct his business from an office at the foot of the mam shaft Whatever the answer to “what’s ip?” It isn’t new housing North American Newspaper Alliance It is odd but true that American foreign policy began to take really decisive shape only when England which had been quietly dandling the Greek baby since the end of the war suddenly flung it at the State department's head The reason for the British decision was not frivolous the grim British postwar economic crisis had made the drain of supporting the Greek economy insupportable to Britain Yet the prospects for a real British economic revival in the near future are far from bright There are signs that other babies which the British ha been dandling will therefore soon be dropped in the American lap Indeed among left circles in England a certain glum glee is taken in the prospect of bombarding the United States with British political babies “Teaching America the facts of life” the process is galled Yet the serious and responsible policy makers of both England and the United States faced with Soviet ambitions equally dangerous to both powers are far from satisfied that this process of baby hurling Is the best way of achieving the mutual objective of stopping further Soviet expansion It is for this reason that both in the state department and in the British foreign office increasing thought is being given to the possibility of arriving at some sort of working partnership agreement on foreign policy during the next few months The objective of such an agreement would be twofold First the particular areas of responsibilities of each power would be In such a settlement settled due weight would be given to the present temporary economic plight of Great Britain and certain economic and political commitments which England cannot now afford to support would be shared perhaps in some cases completely taken over by the Second an atUnited States tempt would be made to develop a parallel foreign-polic- y line lor such areas as the middle east In fact the first tentative moves in this direction have already been made Some weeks ago H Freeman Matthews state department career man flow to London to confer with Sir Orme Sargent permanent undersecreThe tary of the foreign office discusmost pressing subject of sion was the length of stay of 'British troops in Greece but before the two men parted the whole general issue of policy toward the middle east had been tentatively canvassed Perhaps as a result of this conversation George C Marshall secretary of state made a significant request of Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin while In Moscow He asked Mr Bevin for a copy of what had come to be known as the “Peoples Not Pashas” memorandum This memorandum was prepared under Mr Bevin’s super vision during his first months as foreign secretary Broadly it recommended that the traditional British technique lor retaining Influence in colonial area— the technique of exercising control through a tiny group of rich “pashas” at the top — be discarded Instead great programs for raising the standard of living of the whole people in these areas -should be Instituted The memorandum was at first hailed as a great state paper but a long sober look at the state of the British treasury (for such a program would require a large financial lnestment) consigned the paper to temporary oblivion In the middle east (in Iraq and Trans-Jordafor example) tha traditional British imperial technique is still being used rather wearily and hesitantly employed Yet for many months the state and department’s policy makers ofespecially the foreign-servic- e ficers on the spot in the middle east have become Increasingly convinced that only a “peoples not pashas” approach to the middle east would in the long run provide an effective counter to the Soviet political imperialism Thus Mr Marshall’s request to A Mr Bevin was significant program joint on such lines is no doubt under Consideration Such a program for the middle east (and indeed for many other parts of the world) would be no more than the logical extension of the “Truman doctrine” No one of bourse has any idea how such a program would out in detail Yet certain obvloua points are worth noting First the program would cost money but it would not tie a question only of money It would be necessary to make certain that the money was actually used for the benefit of the many rather than for the That would profit of a few mean the close Involvement of the United States in the political affairs of the middle east Second no one who has seen the middle east at first hand has the slightest doube that such a program would work only with British cooperation genuine Third some new technique for financing and managing the program including large grants of authority would be required Finally In the opinion of the gTeat majority of competent observers in the middle east unless some such program is undertaken the whole area will iooner or later move Into the sphere of Soviet Influence with incalculable meaning for the future Copyright 1947 New York Tribune Inc anti-Americ- Anglo-Americ- - DuT HIS CAR HURTLES Down BICHWAV£ AT A MILE V u J' — tcitfTE T 'r -- Gambling in Many Guises Ancient and Modern ALL I COULD ASK 6 FRINCE-T0PPE- al But nothing was done by congress until going to produce the easiest way to make sure of that Is to get one who has a duodenal ulcer — Dr Charles W Mayo The Secret of Success The secret of success isn't a secret anymore — it’s an ulcer! No wonder so many men have been failures They probably labored under the delusion that they had to be healthy to succeed No doubt many of them even went so far as to let a surgeon remove the very thing that would bring them success The irony of it Many's the time I've seen men achieve success while I kept zl This attitude was observed by a few unions but a majority disregarded the advice enough to load the courts with demands for six billions of dollars This failure to stand by collective bargains in connection with arbitrary defiance of the courts by certain labor leaders resulted in the introduction and favorable the present session passed the bill just approved by President Truman In consequence la ALONG IN A table” an employe suit” In view of this he recommended that the act be amended to give the administrator power to mak regulations necessary or appropriate to implement the act’s provisions including the definition of terms used in the act and to protect employers from any civil or criminal liability where they were complying with the administrator’s definition of what constitutes “working time” If you want to hire a man who 1"1 al al It J0C$ HE this class of claims began piling up in many courts until the aggregate demanded of employers in addition to wages already paid under contracts amounted to more than six billion dollars Prior to the introduction of the plan wage agreements were generally adhered to wherefore some labor organizations refused to countenance portal-to-portexactions as a policy bound to prove detrimental to the labor movement in general In a protest issued by the metal trades department of the American Federation of Labor it was asserted and emphasized that “such a demand from a union would be an admission that when wage agreements were signed by trade union representatives they had bepn insincere during the negotiations and had held mental reservations which they were unwilling to discuss with employers while seated at the conference claims outlawed by With portal-to-portan act of congress approved by the chief executive a threat of extortion has been lifted from industry' and enterprise has been freed of another impediment to the twin motors of production and employment When the irrepressible and irresponsible schemers who foment serious conflicts labor and management with little sincere concern as to which may suffer most plan to exbegan to plot the portal-to-portact pay for time consumed between bed and administrator by bench a federal wage-hou- r the name of L Metcalf Walling appealed to congress for immediate adoption of a measure to check the impending avalanche overhanging almost every commercial and industrial company in the country This was in 1944 and the record shows that Walling pointed out the danger of extortion under the system then existing and said: “As there is no agency authorized to interpret act it general provisions of the wage-hou- r means that an employer who complies with the administrator’s interpretation on any doubtful question can never be sure he will not be subjected to an unforeseen liability in U S Learns Tacts of Life’ In Russ Expansion Fight Ptah Bugaboo Suits Outlawed By a Timely Congressional Act Portal-to-Port- STEWART ALSOP NOTES tmsfitt Hmttf JAY HAYDEN WRITES Taft Strategy on Labor Bill Upsets White House Circle WASHINGTON— What President Truman finally will do about labor legislation still is anybody’s guess but members cf the White House inner circle frankly admit that developments In congress last week were not at all to their satisfaction The disturbing circumstances are (1) Senator Taft’s determination to play for a bill mild enough to pass over a presidential veto and (2) the clear demonstration that enough Democratic senators are lined up to accomplish overriding Most upsetting of all to the White House calculations was Senator Taft’s deliberate failure to move reconsideration of the vote by which his motion to subordinate industrywide collective bargaining was defeated Since at least four sure supporters of this amendment (White of Main Cape-ha- rt of Indiana and Butler of Nebraska Republicans kivi George of Georgia Democrat) were absent on this roll call there is no doubt that the result could have been reversed But because the close vote also disclosed that inclusion of this amendment probably would cause the senate to sustain a presidential veto Taft decided to give it up To the same end of rounding vote for the bUl up a Taft backed down on another 44-to-- 43 two-thir- ds amendment nearer his even heart This was the proposal to permit individual citizens or at least U S district attorneys to move for court injunction of jurisdictional strikes and secondary boycotts The surrender on that point definitely assured that Senator Ives and half a dozen other mildly prounion Republicans wiU vote for the bill on final passage and also to override a veto Taft made the latter reversal 111 the face of bitter upbraiding from his closest Republican collaborators on the labor committee Senators BaU and Donnell His Ohio coUeague Senator Bricker refused to go along with him And Taft may be in for an even tougher fight when he tries to sell his softened senate bill to conferees for the house although the indications are that Speaker Martin and Majority Floor Leader Halleck have fallen in with the Taft strategy The Taft-Ive- s compromises assured the votes of at least 48 Republicans for the bill Only two Republicans — Aiken of Vermont and Langer of North Dakota — have consistently opposed it and Senator Morse of Oregon is listed as uncertain Sixteen Democratic votes may be necessary to override a presidential veto and they appear to be available as follows: Tydings and O’Conor of Maryland Byrd and Robertson of Virginia Hoey and Umstead of North Carolina George and Russell of Georgia Holland of Florida Overton of Louisiana O’Daniel of Texas McKellar and Stewart of Tennessee McClellan and Fulbright of Arkansas and Eastland of Mississippi The votes of two more southerners Ellender of Louisina and Maybank of South Carolina are uncertain There has been some speculation to the effect that President Truman would like nothing better than to- veto the bill and then have it crammed down his throat That way it is argued he will have made his play in support of organized labor and still have the stiff strike-contrlaw for use for example against John L Lewis In the coal strike when the government hands the mines back to- their private owners - ol - July X Never in history however has a president been credited with a gain in political strength from an overridden veto and such a gain is especially unlikely when as in the present d case more than of the congressional members of the president’s own party are arrayed against him And if perchance a veto of the labor bill should be sustained the president will be left for the remainder of his term with no weapon — excepting his own voice — to ward off strikes North American Newspaper Alliance one-thir- n an Anglo-Americ- an Anglo-Americ- k an Regarding the fix In sport district attorney - subpena the coiner of the might proverb “The race is not always to the swift” if still available along with any evidence he has to back this up some j THE LYONS DEN By LEONARD LYONS Sale: The Argentine govern ment has been purchasing many American army and navy surplus planes buying the ships through private Intermediaries here Clyde Pangborn the pioneer transoceanic flier will pilot the lead ship in a flight of three Grumman amphibians to Argentina within the next few days to deliver them to the government at Buenos Aires Pangborn then will return here and fly back to Argentina In a DC-- 3 purchased for the private use of Peron Wealth: Collie Small the Sat Eve Post writer once interviewed the late Irving Cobb Small was a UP reporter getting $2250 a week When he arrived he found Cobb In a chair being shaved by a barber On a table near by was a $10 bill Cobb’s secretary reminded him: “The newspaperman is here And there’s a $10 bill on the table” “Just leave it there” replied Cobb “He’s a newspaperman — he won’t know what It is” Business: Gregory Ratoff sat In El Morocco with Dolores del Rio and discussed the hazards of the motion picture business “Mr Ratoff" asked a visitor “what one thing determines whether a star or a producer is a success in Hollywood?” “It’s not the shape of the nose the beauty of the eyes or the sweetness of the voice It’s this” said Ratoff who drew from his pocket the frayed half of an admission ticket “If they buy ’em you’re a hit if they don’t you’re a flop” Test: A pampered young lady whose name is in the Blue Book took her wealthy father to the Stork Club and there confided to him that she was about to marry a prominent young New Yorker who never has had to Vork and whose wealthy father always ca“I’m tered to his every wish curious to see if such a marriage will work out” said the father to his 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