Show 51tit salt: vibunt EDITORIALS loubausanat Apra Ib 11171 loguect overt snormiaz Me by &an LALKe 1 - 4 ' I t I I I I 1 i 1 1 ! ) f 7 e i 'I 1 1 : J I f : 1 This is Flag day in the United States of America What is a flag that a date should be designated for citizens to display and honor it It is the emblem of a nation's courage and coherence Called an ensign by the ancients It was regarded as a symbol of divine guidance Believers therein praised God for the protection of its folds The Psalmist thanked the Lord for an ensign saying: "Thou has given a banner to them that fear Thee that it may be displayed because of the truth" Whether or not any parents of those times forbade their children to salute that banner is not recorded It may be assumed disrespect is a modern manifestation $ 1 1 -- I t 2 - 4 r - 1 Publiskung Co City fallacy f Those who salute their nation's colors are not making idle gestures that any loyal citizen of this republic would regard as idolatrous To paraphrase a passage from Shakespeare the American who feels no thrill of pride at sight of his country's flag nor is not moved by its passing in a patriotic parade "is fit for treasons stratagems and spoils—let no such man be trusted" The Stars and Stripes representing all the states and indicating the original thirteen on 'which the union was erected have been carried by victorious armies in six wars against foreign foes and to every corner of the earth on ships of trade of the air of exploration of relief to victims of misfortune of against the plots or threats of tyrants and aggressors According to the accepted story of the flag—its design and designer its making and maker its acclaim and acceptance its formal adoption by congress and the colonials its recognition by historians and illustrators of other countries—sentimeut was aroused when some member of the continental congress suggested the need of a legalized banner to replace the assortment carried by troops from several sections of the land whose delegates had declared for independence A committee was named to canvass the situation It comprised General George Washington George Ross and Robert Morris They met in a little upholstering shop in Philadelphia and design were discussed where colors-cos- t It had been decided that "the flag of the United States shall be thirteen stripes alerslating red and white with a union of thirteen rtars of white on a blue field representing a new constellation" This much is preserved in- - the the continental congress Legend has come down the decades indicating that the construction was entrusted to Betsy Roes a seamstress in the shop visited by the committee However ia& ("N oala 1 to create doubts have been iconoclasg the heroinetrying of the episode But there was such a woman the daughter of Samuel Griscom a carpenter duly listed in the municipal records of the Quaker city She eloped with an upholsterer's apprentice who set up a shop where she was sewing when the commander in chief and his companions called and made their purpose known It seems that nobody else received credit for putting the 1- 1 4 - - ‘ 1 ' 1 - Under an act passed July 2 1884 each deceased citizens renowned in history for distinguished services deemed worthy of natior21 coemoration to provide statues of each in marble or bronze for places in the old hill of the house of representatives in the capitol building in the city of Washington Idaho has just conferred this honor upon Satfor William E Borah who ably represented that state in the highest lawmaking body of the nation and the world for a third of a century Thirty-seve- n years ago an Idaho administration sent a statue of Governor George L Shoup who had been chief executive of the territory and the atate as well as a senator for one year As a rule the states have waited many years after the death of a potential and permanent occupant of the gallery Senator Shcrup died in 1904 and five years later his marble image was installed The passing of to his importance time has added I state was authorized and invited to select two ) ot I I I I 1 I 1 - I I I The selection of a talented and distinguished son of Utah to be president of a cultural association known as "Poets of the Pa-- s cific" a position in which he was installed Saturday night in San Francisco is not only a discerning recognition of real meHt but a compliment to the intermountain empire To honor Charles R Mabey is to honor l who also l l honored him by electing the people him to the highest post within the state Few men of poetic genius have been able executives yet he proved to be both Few poets are successful businessmen but Charlie Mabey qualifies in either field His tribute to those dashing horsemen who carried the mail across plains and ranges before the corning of rails and wires is a classic of western evolution "The Pony Express" will be read by successive generations while the region continues to enrich the nation with material and cultural products He wrote of the bronze marker in front of the Tribune-Telegrabuilding and told— "How man and steed in the days of old Carried the mail over plain and hill But only the shade of the rider bold Can tell the talewith the rider's skill" I 1 1 I 1 ' I - When the statue of the distinguished statesman who died January 20 1940 was unveiled the other day in statuary hall the assembled spectators heard an eloquent tribute pronounced by Senator Arthur H Vandenberg In the course of his remarks the gentleman from Michigan defended his departed colleague's nationalism saying: "He never knew about Pearl Harbor Since 1 trans-Mississip- - pi m ' Broadway" variety - ' AMERICANS ALL ' By DB DAIVIEL A POLING rl I I I was on the Bowery laat right—and it is still the Bowery-Bu- t for months now there have been more young men on this crowded loneliest street in ca- America—ex-servic- e $ ? 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Because they have potmed into seaboard ports particularly New York city looking for jobs on ships Some are unhappy over work and g conditions in their home towns- Others have a wander- - b0r-R4-- I 1 - t lust aroused 'but unsatisfiel They want action Far places and strange things call them &gam- I spent most of the evening In the famous old Bowery mission George Bolton the superintendent came to the Bowery 243 years aga a gambler who had behind him cm27 tragic memories Now hes down-and-o- 1 t i ut 1 I I His wife hadn't waited for him and his daughter didn't meet him When the hospital had done all it could he walked out and lost himself where so many others : ' - A ':7 1 --' L ac- reaching down a strong hand to lift men from where he once was I heard a dynamic talk from Clarence Hall who was a war correspondent in the Pacific and editor of the service men's journal The Link Hall talked about the greatest of all "miratles"--a new life for old and broken men or for young and broken men Later when George Bolton extended the invitation five men quickly tame forward to accept IL But the principal thing about last night was what a young man said in his personal "testimony" He was a paratrooper with the 82ncl with a record of 32 jumps six major campaigns and three wounds They sent him home to die and his homecoming wasn't the "ticker-tap- e - have 'rhea came a night which : i be- gan with despair but which ended in the Bowery mission He said "I heard George Bolton's voice and turned to God" The picture is brighter now He has gone back to 'his mother a job and best of all he iaes has found his daughter's love They told me that in this old mission and in less than 60 years more than 50000 men have found what that paratrooper found: that they have what he talked experienced about last night—the miracle of a new life Copyright 1947 New York Post At that Los Angeles supermarket which offers free moviea Dora became so confused she asked for a Gregory Peck of ' that spinach 4 A tt 1t ' - m ‘N-ss:''- if3't w t N i tyo'' i lig ) 00 4 fi 0 4 ' ' ktti-Y- 46 - -- -- -- -- -11- 11'11"11111111a'4 - arrnr i or- i i —- --' - '' - - 'iori-- - - I I I I - ? ----1 - 1 0- - 446 -u 1 " " 1" 1!'1441 I li I i 7 - ! :i 31-3-ii- wartime were high Individuals In all income brackets gladly endured the cut in income because of wartime needs Then came the taxes repeal of the excess-profifor corporations in order to assist In the reconversion process The general understanding in congress was that relief from individual income tax rates would follow immediately after the retaxes peal of the excess-profiNow it begins to look as if the president is not going to keep faith but will play politics His own party went on record In favor of tax reduction at this session of congress but urged a different formula A difference in formula is not enough to justify ts 1 a veto I I I I I Experience in the 1920's was that the lower the tax rates the higher the receipts This is because tax reduction is a stimulus to the turnover of business and Individual transactions Some "left wingers" have been trying to argue recently that reduction in taxes in the 1920's caused the boom that ended in the 1929 collapse but the very thing whichreally caused that break is present today—a critical world sit- - By LIAM I I PARK I the theater lucky enough 1 Chuck O'Connor came in the "club" the other day and said: I'Didja ever hear the one about d judge and the prisoners?" "No" said George Lewellyn "but were going to" "Well" said Chuck "t h e d judge looked' at the first prisoner and said 'Guilty or not guilty?' Not guilty" said I 1 oner" There was quite a pause "Then why did he speak out of his turn?" asked Bob Hatfield "I told you to begin with" said Chuck "that the judge was cross-eye- d and the three prisoners yore cross-eyed- " "And "was the third prisoner a little guy with a wooden leg?" asked Lee Dinwoodey "Oh shut up!" said Chuck The Flag Cheers for the sailors that fought on the wave for it Cheers for the soldiers that all ways were brave for it Tears for the men that ' went down to the grave for it Here comes the Flag! —Arthur Macy ' Notes on the Cuff Department A news brevity tucked away in the inside of the paper the t'17 I I 1 It? I just received-aapplication for membership in the Salt Lake City Humane Society Inc Membership costs only a dollar so everyone who loves animals should be able to afford to be- I k - - C - -'- V J I I Oakland bus drivers strike for an hour raise and an Iowa railroad fireman spends $2250 plus tax to telephone for seven minutes to Molotov in Russia All the worldis queer but thee 1 1 I I I -- I I I I I DeFORE '' EXTENDED 1 A I dir:1111( ' - ' Dial I I: t '' : $ I f 1 r il -' 1 :: F l t - t nd 1 1 l 1 I - 1 i I t 1 - t - r 1 I 1 i ' E - t 7 : I 1 i E 1 1 t 1 I 5-17-27 1 - 11 MC - presents 1 ! RUtGLES CHARLIE 1 i andd i GALE STORM tMK production i DEL t et 1 - " 4e 2(ji- ' vi I - I - 9 12 - 0 ieltt 1 43 CfC:0 V c 4 4 41 ff - 1 t - : - - ' - - :7- 4 4 t - 1 ! - I ) i t e I V k toe Mame l'' : 14 ' - : ' - ' s: ' - :r1-2- ' '4a--4- r '' t'""' t'"—r-- - ' ' ''' ' - -- - - I ' t - '' - ! 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Theyre the latest contribution of modern Gas appliances—so make your "err ' - i1 I 1 ' flubbtetd-Den- n Naturally It has to be something out of the ordinary to do it But such a one is N IG M's Academy Award color cartoon wrhe Cat Concerto" When it comes here run don't walk to I 1 i - ICY e STORAGE CO ‘ 11- ANN HARDING th --- 11 'LP PICCUCTIOXS MOORE - is tA‘a - Reproduction Rights Reserved 1 pri"-liff7- II He is pretty goostg at that Ha goes to work every day and ries to ioop th wheels of th family chariot from creaking too muck and most likely goes without gmSolt so that thavrest' of th folks are taken care of W Vaughn had been made vice president of the United Press "And who is Miles W Vaughn?" you well may ask Well he's Sam Sharman a crackerjack newsman Sometimes but not often a movie "short" will outshine the feature picture on the bill r lost man veto into the situation and starting an era of bad feeling that cannot but hurt the -nation In the long rum I Harding - other morning attracted my attention for it stated' that Miles 1 - A - But way back in his mind he has always thought his would like a nice diamond ring Wouldn't it be nice thing if the family all chippod in a littla each month and fixocl the old boy up? Why wa will motto it so easy for you to buy his ring that you will wonclier why you did not do it I - I A 1 and me and sometimes—well you figure it out OLD I 1 in Charlie Ra'suiss '''' k I I - 36c DEAR 1 do-tai- I rI A I I 7I w jelveteu MOUNTAIN FUEL SUPPLY COMPANY Serving 26 Utah and Wyoming Communitis MODERH KITCHEH APPLIAHCES THE LAST WW1!) IU - 211 SOUTH MAIN a t "t Li—nt C r - 4 -- t t — ' I 1 kif" i F 1 t I t i ' olmAp4twoltdmiwmw-otkooNam-oAAoA- le i 4 I just remembered that Father's day is also income tax installment day And that will make it fast day for us probably What a life! - malcy - I I — I backto-nor- F VICTOR far ' i ed 1 long I Soviet-dominat- 1 DON tt 1 caster? states ed - k ng - 1 I towards western Europe would Such essential be reinforced resources as Polish coal could be included in the plan Against these advantages however1 must be balanced the certainty that the Soviets would make a determined effort to sabotage the program Finally there is the American congress If it were to succeed' the program could not be penny-pinchiMoreover congress has never grasped the enormous economic magnetism which western Europe exercises on the eastern European economies If any of the American investment in European recovery is to go to such countries as Poland and Czechoslovakia congressional cries of pain and rage will certainly be long and loud Congress and the American people have by no means recovered from the postwar spasm Yet it is possible that events of the coming months will provide a kind of shock treatment Communist success in either France or Italy would be an unmitigated disaster for the United States yet only the most determined effort by the United States can avert such a disaster' The program now being threshed out in the state department calls for such an effort an effort neither too little nor too late to give Europe a hope in its own future to ance off against the bleak communist alternative Whether or not the effort will be made depends at the last on the Amer-loa- n - Nittimoto"- I Soviet-dominat- - I 11A I ) - 4o-"mt- ot "- ) Marshall's invitation the munists will intensify the effort which they have already launched to wreck the western European economies by such devices as the French rail strike Accordingly if the nettle is to be grasped at all it must prob ably be grasped by the British Again ideas on the organization of the European efforts are admittedly vague A possible instrumentality already exists in the form of the United Nations economic council for Europe There would be obvious advantages in using that instruopen and ifinal mentality The east and west split between which the European leaders including the British still deeply fear would be sidestepped The pull of the economies of the 1 ALLIED ARTISTS ciormy" ( -- I cross-eye- the second prisoner 'Keep still' shouted the judge angrily 'I wasn't talking to vou"I didn't say nothin't' said the third pris- ehow it On Fatheeal day the Missus says I deserve a rest So either she will cook our dinner and do the dishes or we will hobble out to a restaurant Guess which It pays to advertise Or does - Ho-Hu- m cross-eye- to I bal-eco- to maintain a bipartisan foreign policy in such an atmosphere When the country elects a majority in both houses of congress from one political party the president ought to pause con-siderably before injecting a one- I SENATOR FROM SANDPIT I thority First it will be charged with allocating when and where it seems most needed the great dollar credit—probas six billion dolably as much — lars annually which will be needed to underwrite the Euit ' will ropean effort S grant priorities for American goods essential to European reconstruction which are in short supply here ' people themselves No one could be more conCopyright 1947 N Y scious than the planners that Tribune Inc this daring conception of a program for dealing with the terrible crisis in Europe is no more ' ' than an ideal They recognize I ie 1r dr elb A ifn± clearly that there are a number of immensely high hurdles to J11160KkikWra be leaped before anything of aad t 'i even the kind can be ap' Poaco of Mind proached '' ' As Secy Marshall indicated f at Haryard the initiative must 1 Redman lives you bth—at come from Europe Yet in the t I their best Our mon aro skilled t neurotic political atmosphere of I and conscientious In all ls I Europe todaytit will take politiof packing battling and cal courage of the first order to it and monitzt The I storing give the lead Men like Premier HOUSEHOLD GOODS De Gasper' and Premier Ragreat Redman depository is madier are far from certain ono of tho finest in tits Wait I that the American congress will h endorse Secy Marshall's policy r rr 71 sm'riTh But they are entirely certain it-L-- ts - uation There was disintegration then of American economic and financial help In central Europe and the crisis started with the Hatry department store failure in London in the autumn of 1929 which broke security markets and set off the trend of depres- sion A similar situation could arise today The export trade of the United States exceeds the amounts we buy by a sum a of trade now may precipitate a depression There is only one way to avert to eliminate class warfare in the United States stimulate business and production and to finance the world trade that is so essential to the development of a strong Europe Unless the Republicans in congress cooperate on this program It will fail If Mr Truman vetoes the tax bill a partisan fight of such bitter proportions will ensue that the foreign economic program will be lost in the shuffle If Secretary Marshall has any Idea that his own prestige will be ample to keep congress in line I he Is much mistaken Should his chief Mr Truman produce an atmosphere of bitterness In which charges will be heard that the president is not interested in fair play but in playing politics the chances are that the opposition I to the enactment of any measures Involving huge expenditures I for aid to European business will I be successful I Secretary Marshall might as I well resign his job if the:tax bill Is vetoed and partisanship Is re7 I on capitol hill Nobody will Ivived 1 1 the three "kN'- lay I try- the only thing he'd recognize would be the jokes—Wisconsin Octopus I ' -‘- - k -- If Adam came back to earth I - 4:0:(4 tively small amount of money derived from the tax reductions which will bring resentment but the principles involved to America To make any bipartisan policy succeed there must be an era of good feeling Mr Truman's veto of the tax bill will inaugurate an era of bad feeling It is not the failure to benefit by the rela- - d ---- --:i 11111''" 66 tightly In whether the Republican and Democratic parties can Work together In congress to authorize such a policy on the horizon the clouds of discord are looming For several weeks the storm signals have been apparent President Truman and Secretary of State Marshall may not be aware of It but a break between the White House and congress at this time will come close to wrecking the whole International economic program and which is so vital to Europe - cross-eye- '"- L I 'A'A " ? I 1 1-- - J- - ' 0 410 I I 171'1''' 4 woo I ----- I I - --- -- DAVID LAWRENCE SAYS ' '0) '' - -77--- to I -- - '0 MaimmONIIOr I '1 A p:s LIE ' tax-reducti- on 1 I I (f - ' WASHINGTON—It's a far cry from a bill to the bipartisan foreign policy which It is the task of Secretary of State Marshall to carry out But the connection between the two is so important that it is no exaggeration to say that by vetoing the tax bill President Truman could Imperil our foreign policy Everyone who has followed ' these dispatches for the last several years knows that this writer has said that American economic aid to Europe was essential to the restoration of peace and to world progress But the problem is wrapped up I 5 r I il--- : 7 '1 Irrot IA - 0' ) --- - --- ' '51 1' --- i7- A' -- - 1 (1 --7-- it el 4 1 '- - --- -- t-- '''- '''-A -- - (2) '' - 1 - tz1-0s:7- -:- : ''' 's - s 0 - ) 2' - el- ::: i in7' 4st - ) t - 0- ' -------- -- :i :':-:--- 0001a------ & do2‘411 :' '1 z— S' - I t ow 7 i - V? 111"1111' -1 te 1 -: ': - -- ‘ ' ' 7Z'-- '' f' - i- ''' ' ''('‘41:cbvc I :- '''! t 10' IN o -- - - - t ' 6'V N :4-1 ' 'I) ) I N- N N N 1 - 01 106-- 1 I 41 - Pt ' '‘- ‘ - ') -- - C : N -- ' ut N N st ‘-t:- ""' :::)-- : N ' - ' NN '1 1 - N‘N N Veto of Tax Cut Bill Looms As Peril to Foreign Policy I It rity and intelligence No person identified with the Gem atate achieved greater fame or received more acclaim than did Senator Borah -- 00 fre- ‘ ‘vt ‘I general shape of a great program cornd prehensive in scope and bold in design for dealing with the economic and political crisis in is already becoming Europe clear The details of the program are by no means crystallized in the minds of the planners and technicians who under the general director of George Kennan are charged with formulating it Yet the program'a broad objective — to revive Europe's faith in the European future by helping the Europeans to help themselves—is now firmly established It is hoped that this end may be achieved through the medium of two agencies one European and the other American If present plans come to a head —always a big if—these two agencies will do together for European reconstruction a job similar to that done for the American war effort by the war production board The European agency a joint effort of all the countries participating in the program will establish the goals which must be met if the people of Europe are to have full bellies and a fire in the grate These goals will be announced in terms of the things the people need to maintain life—housing clothing shoes food Working with the American agency the European agency will study the resources available in Europe itself to achieve these goals and will decide how the competing needs of the participating countries can best be reconciled The American agency will then underwrite the gap between what Europe needs to live and what Europe can itself produce until the wrecked European economies are again back on their feet Obviously the American agency — whether independent or under the aegis of the state will under these ' I that if they respond to Secy com- e WASHINGT0--Th- ---:-- '''' -- N N - 11°1111"1316-14-- I Former Gov C R Mabey Pacific Poet President - which was pdMAat ioneer politician rather '4 - moN Sitors" cs '' IN I I than of a mature statesman On the contrary Senator Borah became a leader of his party a presidential possibility and azt orator of universal and historical renown—honored for his independence integ- ‘'‘ t - 1 : I V OP : - 1 star- tling history witha rushing pen We have no right to speculate on how he would have met these epochal events But of this we may be sure He would have met them with forthright courage and strength and fidelity and with the infinite patriotism which WELS the habit of his life" No citizen of Idaho could represent her progressive people so well 'nor is any state of the union more fittingly represented in the hall of fame k ( - hispassing events have written new and 11 4 t the rights of others That obstacles are occasionally encountered —that injustice isoften endured—that disappointments are to be met from time to time Is but natural in a land occupied and governed by mortals who retain some of the characteristics of remote ancestors But the trend is in the right direction and fair play is gradually becoming more popular and appealing The Stars and Stripes symbolize the aspirations of a free people to improve conditions at home to alleviate suffering abroad ' to see the establishment of a just and durable peace to develop better citizenship and make the earth a holier habitation for mankind Every patriotic pupil of public private or parochial schools of colleges and universities of all institutions maintained for the moral mental practical and professional development of the citizenry present and future will have no hesitancy about saluting the flag nor re- in taking the oath of fealty: I 'II pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands—one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for all" Senator William E Borah Repièlentm 0cr Idaho X‘N ' N'sN Ass: 'k4NssNN - ‘ x I I 171 ' -v -- I - S ‘k ‘ NV 400001e ‘'‘1 k A 12 ‘Vit k k ' - ' ' t Plan $6 Billion-per-Yea- r Mapped to Save Eprope ' : e $ ALSO? BROTHERS NOTE 0N tks Nz—&-- d luctance I ")'‘N'S —1 ibs '''''' dOks" ' dice and selfishness What does the flag of this nation mean to restless aliens to a rising generation to philanthropists of the future to the people of this trbubled world? It stands for equality under the law and a chance for every person to better poor conditions It means freedom for boys and girls to seek and complete an education It means freedom to participate in matters of government It means freedom to' worship with the denomination of one's choice It means freedom of thought of speech of action—when exercised with due regard for se 'j - flag together On the 14th of June 1777 the finished flag was displayed in congress and formally adopted It has been flying ever since as a beacon of hope to refugees from oppression as a symbol of sovereignty once overshadowed by claims of etate supreMacy as a banner beneath which free people are sincerely striving for peace progress and prosperity while enjoying equal opportunities but embarrassed by occasional manifestations of human preju- pharth iaical self-defen- ' 1 1” : Lake Banner Day Devoted to the And to 'What It Represents to Patriots Star-Spangle- ' Triouno Saturday June 14 1947 6114 1 And Then There Was One q e" 011"4 -- - |