Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday October 14 J5alt £akc gfrilwue editorials iMZMai U±1 April 14 1871 Iuunl Wednesday every morning by Tbe Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co Oct 1 1947 Salt Lake City Utah Russia Must Not Exercise Famed Veto In Japan Treaty Negotiations Moscow is not pleased with plans for a conference to draft a treaty of peace with Japan Hope has been expressed in many quarters that something definite in the way of a treaty may be accomplished before the end of this jear and a meeting for the purpose is being discussed In the interests of stability in Asia and as an incentive plan to Japan for economic recovery it has been felt that some concrete program should be launched without much more delay Although sharp differences of opinion exist as to the amount of democratization which has been achieved in Japan and as to how lasting is the desire for peace among the people of that country General MacArthur seems convinced that the time is ripe The general may be overoptimistic when he declares that the Japs have undergone a “spiritual revolution” and that they are now firmly dedicated to democracy and peace One objection to an early peace treaty with Japan if it is conditioned on complete withdrawal of American control is the danger of premature action which would cut the ground from under liberal and antimilitaristic elements in Japan General MacArthur while advocating withdrawal of occupation troops admits that there will be need of posttreaty supervision of some sort g In regard to the machinery Russia has spoken firmly in favor of a council of foreign ministers in which each member has the right of the veto The United States on the other hand wants a broader basis for negotiations with treatydrafting duties assigned to a conference of treaty-wTitin- four-pow- er Traffic Toll Points to Disaster Deatli-a-Da- y Unless the mounting traffic toll takes a decided turn for the better this year may well rival or surpass the black record made here in Utah during 1946 For the week ending last Saturday motor accidents took one life each day with a total this year thus far of 131 In addition to this increasing fatality mark the inexcusably large volume of injuries indicates that little progress is being made in highCollisions of automoway safety campaigns biles with trains and accidents caused by excessive speed provide many of the traffic figures pointing to the fact that carelessness and recklessness are still high on the list of crash causes Utah’s record is no worse than that of the nation but the whole situation denotes a shameful state of affairs A speed-ma- d public seems to be intent on finishing itself off long before the fearful atomic bomb gets a chance With the air filled bj' noisy engines and streets and highways turning into racetracks with some of our most prominent national figures finding themselves frequently in police court on traffic charges and with police and law enforcement agencies being ignored the “horse and buggy days” appear today as something quite as desirable as Utopia In the ultimate analysis the blame must rest on the shoulders of the motoring public No police campaign of wholesale arrests no era of strict penalization by the courts and no volume of warnings will stop a people determined — as it seems —on committing mass suicide Cars cannot be built safe enough to protect the irresponsible driver and no roads can be built that are invulnerable to the speed maniac much-malign- ed of-thos- e Nations trusteeship While aAnitting the desirability of an early settlement of the Japanese peace terms and the creation of a stable political and economic unit in that area it must be remembered that haste might be wasteful in the long run Japan must not be permitted to slip back into evil ways as Germany did after the treaty of Versailles Warnings fall on deaf ears and ghastly photographs of mangled bodies and wrecked cars are ignored Wars are destructive and futile but they are not any more irrational ofr deplorable than America’s annual traffic toll Tax Assessor Attends Seance in London In the best tradition of ghost story “thrillers” a group of Londoners spent the other night in an ancient house which its owner declares is haunted But the seance was slightly out of usual in that a tax assessor sat in with the most practical of reasons He had to pass on the owner’s plea for tax reduction which was based on the claim that no one will rent the property The assessor H M W Richards was reported to have left the premises about dawn for “parts unknown” and said he would give his opinion on the tax reduction plea at a later date after he has had time to think it over Whether the delay is being caused by spiritual shock or the unusual experience of a night out has not been disclosed Haunted houses and ghostly tenants have long been subjects of great interest to fiction writers and investigators of psychical societies but seldom has a public official taken it upon himself to assist in such a session A London medium who presided at the meeting declared that she obtained photographs of the ghosts a j’oung couple whose affection had met with parental opposition in days gone by In these times of housing shortages it requires a rather frightful ghost to keep tenants out of a dwelling place At any rate the decision of the tax assessor in this case is likely to set a precedent which may affeqt the entire haunting industry all-nig- The Public Forum Don’t Limit Patrol Ed tor Tribune: To limit or curtail in any v ay the present authority of the state highway patrol especially the practice of holding read blockades as one Forum writer suggests would be to cast the proverbial monkey wrench into the machinery of the most efficient branch of our law enforcement May I ask this writer how he under whatever plan he has would go about weeding the unlawful drivers from the lawful? How would he prevent the unlawful from using our highways as havens of safety? Surely we couldn’t expect the patrolman to visit each driver lnLvidually in order to check his credentials I cannot agree with this writer that graft is associated with any part of this branch of our law enforce- ment We would be foolish to do any- thing which might In any way affect the efficiency of the patrol and as these men have large territories to cover a little more cooperation from Honest John Public will add to that efficiency and help put the brakes to this mad dash to the cemetery If we can't strengthen our law enforcement for goodness sakes don’t let us weaken it in any way My years as a J P has proved to me that It' the violator who does the J N Simpson kicking! MororJ Exports Not to Blame Edtor Tribune: One of the sil-Le- st arguments put forth as to why prices are high is to blame them on what we are exporting Yet under O P A we exported far more than we are doing now and we were not cursed with high prices During the war we exported 8 per cent of our food ht By Our Readers stuffs: today we are exporting only 7 per cent The price of wheat might be affected but wheat does not enter into the cost of other foods to any great extent We are exporting only 3 per cent of our corn so the price of instrumental Do we not believe such deeds entitle them to an occasional feed and entitle them to forgiveness for some of the bad things of which they are accused? Dogs have been called man’s best friend and often they have proved the claim’ lives good corn is not due to this( it’s due to gambling In Chicago) We are exporting only 2 per cent of our meat so this can’t be the cause of the S3 per cent increase in the price of meat We export less than 3s per cent of our butter yet the price is up 29 per cent Everyone seems to overlook the fact that so far this ear 95 per cent of our corporations are making 50 to 100 per cent more J -- By H V WADE A“marked indifference is the reception accorded the “tame atomic bomb” by Americans a race that never went for the dead baseball either For It’a next illusion Washington offers the old standby busting a trust The principle Is the lamt as In sawing a woman in two but without the W R KimbalL sex Before Defends Dogs naming him for the presidency smart pickers wall look into Eisenhower’s party affiliations as it would be embarrassing if it turned out after the event that the general is an unreconstructed Whig "As a matter of fact — ” cries the experienced spellbinder meaning he is set to ring in a fast assortment of statistics he Editor Tribune: It appears that the Forum Is mainly going to the dogs as they are being freely discussed pro and con Well less deserving subject! could occupy the space There is truth in what both sides have to say True dogs occasionally destroy sheep and poultry and sometimes befoul flowers and lawns and do other things for which they have been too severely condemned for I am convinced their good qualities overbalance their bad ones A writer comolains that they consume food badly needed at the present for human consumption which is true But I would piefer to see it go to them rather than to those who so recently took up arms against us Several instances have been reported lately where dogs were Barker OFF THE RECORD profits than they did last year Could this account for the high prices or the reason that they won’t lower them? It Is so easy to make scapegoats of the poor starving people of Europe Ogden saving human in just made up A milliner to the conservative trade thinks the fall hats are ridiculous thereby entirely missing the point that unless one ' World Series Reports Reach Moscow Have We Lost Qualities Of Greatness? looks ridiculous one is Even if he put one together the red chum probably would revert to the dangerous Russian practice of sleeping on top of the oven with the atomic bomb in his pocket By JOSEPH ALSOP EN ROUTE ROME TO PARIS — Through the train windows the always various Italian countryside “green and gold and silvery olive with the crops that climb to the very hilltops unrolls before the eye Within the car a large family lunches with cries of pleasure on bread a littlcjcheap wine and a slab of cheese — a luxury meal for all but the very rich in Italy Yet the traveler moving onward from one center of world crisis to another can think only of a single question: “Have we in the United States lost all the qualities that made us great?” In connection with this question some things stick in the mind like burrs There is for example the history of Premier De Gasperi’s appeal to President Harry S Truman About a month ago this unpretentious rather solemn man who has survived without despair through two wars and the dark fascist years between began to despair at last De government boldly free of communists (at the suggestion of the state department) had been squarely based on the hope of American aid No aid was forthcoming The end of Italy’s resources was clearly in sight in a few weeks Accordingly De Gaspen addressed to the White House a personal appeal speaking as one head of state to another and laying before the president all the grim 7 facts The appeal was presented by Ambassador Tarchiani who was referred to the state department At the state department Tarchiani met with kindly sympathy and the suggestion that he ask John Snyder secretary of the treasury for aid Of course as any one vaguely familiar with Washington would certainly have anticipated Tarchiani found Snyder frozen into the voluble but obstinate immobility which is customary at the treasury Or there is the episode of the visiting congressional delegation which invaded Rome under the brilliant leadership of Representative John Taber One of Taber’s colleagues after heating that the onset of starvation might drive the Italian people into communism remarked weightily that “what they need here is guns not bread" Representative Taber was not so realistic as to propose & general massacre of the inconveniently hungry poor His solution offered at the top of his voice as usual to a member of the Italian cabinet was that the De Gasperi government borrow some money from the New York banks As his proposel indicates Rep The LYONS DEN By LEONARD LYONS Dr Bayard Dodge president of the American university at Beirut tells of a noted sheik of Iraq who brought his son to the university to have him enrolled in the course on agriculture The young man was given a preliminary test and the sheik was told: “Sorry but he hasn’t enough brains to complete the university’s course on agricul“Brains?” replied the ture sheik “You should see the land he owns” One uay Dr Dodge took a trip beyond Damascus to see the He whirling dervishes there watched them take turns their who sat crouched beside him In the midst of their conversation the native arose walked to the center of the clearing and suddenly began to twirl He continued spinning for 20 minutes Then he stopped took his place beside Dr Dodge and casually said: "I hear you have a good football team this year” A native astronomer educated by the Hindu wise men whose teachings are handed down in spoken words from generation to generation visited the university at Beirut and discussed astronomy with one of Dr Dodge’s professors "You know of course that Jupiter has no satellites” said the Hindu “But Jupiter does have satellites” the professor assured him "You’re wrong” the Hindu persisted The professor point- ed to the telescope and suggested: "Have a look" The Hindu peered through the telescope saw Jupiter and her satellites then sighed: “One glance undoes the work of 30 years" The first coed to enroll at Beirut was & lady who arrived heavily veiled and with her husat a wedding In a large band near eastern city the Arab men were adhering to tradition grouped in one section and the Arab women in another A visiting Christian u andered by mistake into the women's section and came upon them unveiled The startled women distressed at having an infidel see their uncovered faces immediately took protective action by pulling their dresses over their heads - y CHEAT - i So OF OUR Queett VKHlNSKy Stri £UM$ To Hysreft a us-- 1 MumC yANKt! - yANKS occupy BOXES t -- rr CHIME WAUB fax SAKS REPORTED Stolen! 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OH TENSE CROWDS BOO i mu itty If J Washington Attitude Shows Will to War With Russia WASHINGTON D C— There Is a will to war in Washington today No observer could truthfully report otherwise It is not an official attitude but it is officials’ attitude This will to war is possibly more potent than a similar will among Russian officials We expect to win the next war and they only hope to win it I mention this will to war in full knowledge that I’m asking for denials derision and denunciation If these disclaimers come it will be because they are sincere in the sense that they are wishful But they are not sincere in the sense that they are factual The will to war is the opposite of the will to peace After all wars are begun by men whose Maker has endowed them with at least this modicum of free will Love will find a way A passion for peace now has its outlet and its means of expression in a world government plan called the United Nations If there were a hot desire to preserve peace this desire would prevail ever every isdifficulty But the will to peace always provisional There are many “lfs” on the part of each party concerned 4 These “ifs” are conditioned upon such things as nationalism provincialism patriotism superstition fear greed and jealousy But all these matters — no matter how important they seem to an Individual jiation — would not matter much in a world where peace was the prime passion As matters stand today the hard facts are that many Washington officials are thinking in these terms: like the 1 World War III war between the American states is needed to unite the United Nations and to outlaw secession 2 America and her allies such as they are can win World War III with relative ease now Later It will be harder so why procrastinate? 3 Isolationism Is growing and may become entrenched with the next election Strike while the iron Is hot Certain international problems do not yield to majority rule at the general assembly The most pressing though not the most publicized of these is the problem of the Palestine homeland If U S leadership is thrown full weight behind the Zionist movement we drive the five Arab states (Syria Lebanon Egypt Iraq Saudi Arabia) Into the arms of Russia This not only supplies the Soviet power with needed allies but It jeopardizes our imperial status in Saudi Arabia where we have agreed to pay King Ibn Saud 5270 million in oil concessions during the next four years On the other hand if we desert the Jewish cause we not only commit a breach of faith and an inhuman act but we inject an undesirable Issue into national politics 5 Favorable conditions are at hand for launching war An updated industrial mobilization plan will be completed within the next four weeks by the army-nav- y munitions board Price and food controls are probably coming within that sam period or soon afterwards Unification of the services has been accomplished Universal military train4 ing would prohnblv nass congress in a soecial “crisis” session 6 The country’s' temper over Russian intransigence has almost reached the breaking point High taxes and high prices plus Rus sian aggressions in Europe and Asia add fuel to the feeling that stern measures are indicated All this constitutes the will to war Once thp drums start throbbing it becomes — and rightly so— the duty of every patriot to fall in step But there is still time to examine the phenomenon with some detachment Psychiatrists recognize war as the mass equivalent of suicide — a much more common event than murder Distributed by McNaught Syndicate Incorporated WEATHER FORECAST By JAMES J METCALFE Sometimes the weatherman is And sometimes he is right wrong But it appears that he and I Just never get I read his daily along Or hear it on the prophecy And it Is cold and cloudy air or Continued warm and fair And frequently the current Is just about the way That he predicted it would be This hour of the day But when I put my raincoat on Because he promised rain I never see a single drop On any window-panAnd when he says the sun will shine And I am not entrenched The clouds begin to gather and I usually get drenched sky e AMERICANS ALL By DR DANIEL A POLING As I walked dcrwn the sta-platform at Butte Mont a few weeks ago I ran head-o- n into an old friend — Don Smith of Van Wert O He grinned infectiously and then questioned: “What president had SO pairs of trousers?" Of course I didn’t UOn know Do you ? You may insist that the matter is unimportant in a time when a man is lucky to have one pair but Don Smith has made it his business to learn all about the presidents of the United States — at least all that may be knoxn His book “Peculiarities of the Presidents” is a longtime best sellei and his personal appearances before high school and college audiences are adding to the information as well as entertainment of America’s ris- ing generation Don — and Before I left I almost missed my train — he gave me the name of the president who wore the same hat for 10 3rears and of another who was taught to write by his wife and read three yet another who — books every evening I imagine that he may have taken a few never nights off One president voted until he was 62 and another died from sunstroke or Also there exposure to heat was a chief executive who died from exposure to cold There is so much worthwhile reading in this particular book so much unusual information that I hope you will buy a copy SENATOR FROM SANDPIT By HAM PARK We are told that healthy babies should be a delicate pink Most of them are robust yellers — Wall Street Journal The Bridge Club Meets I declare girls of late I’ve had more surprises than you could shake & stick at When our son was bom I was in the hospital three weeks and it took me that much longer to get my strength back My daughter-in-lawas home in three days ready to take care of her baby herself Of course I had comBut plications and she didn’t comthe way our son pitches in pletely flabbergasts me He can change a d aper in nothing flat He must have taken home economics at the university unbeknown to me Even little Michael tries to help The other morning I heard Steven yell and when I went to see what was wrong I found Michael trying to comb his hair! I’m afraid my husband’s in for a shock when he gets here The poor dear is always getting shocks though It’s because he’s so stubborn and set in his w’ays He’s always w finding out that something he’s absolutely certain about isn’t so and it’s beginning to disturb him' He has always maintained that a baby cried for only three reasons — it was hungry sick or mad about something I’m afraid that when he finds out that he has been right he won't be able to stand the shock! Well I must stop It’s my turn to bathe Steven and I wouldn’t miss it for ‘Bye now A Reminder Lives of racketeers remind us What a cinch it is to be Born without a sense of honor Morals or plain decency Notes on the Cuff Department Last week I was the guest speaker at the Brigham City Rotary club’s “Ladies’ Night” banquet Grant Nielsen arranged for my appearance and I had the privilege of sitting next to his charming wife JevvelL Ezra Owen introduced me in such a humorous manner that I had difficulty in overcoming the handicap There ought to be a law against toastmasters who outshine the principal speakers Ampng those I met and chatted with were Mr and Mrs Heber Sessions Mr and Mrs Vosco Call Wayne and Phyllis Smth Denzil and Norma Butler Scott and Manilla Horsley and Phyllis Owen At Twin Falls last week when the Good Will ambassadors arrived there was an ancient surrey with the fnnge'all worn off the top awaiting us It was intended for the mayors of Twin Falls Ogden and Salt Lake Someone mistook Cash Rampton and me I guess for Mayors Glade and Romney and put us In the rig Fred Hinckley the tour bouncer bounced us out In a hurry but not before a news photographer had snapped us You should see that picture! Wow! At long last I’ve met my milkman I was up early the other morning and heard him at the service door ard caught him just as he was leaving me some more cream His rame is Brent Mac-ka- y and he’s a nice looking young chap with an engaging manner so engaging in fact that my sales resistance hit a new low However 1 explained couldn't afford cream for my coffee so I used the top milk He said he understood but he looked mighty skeptical that I By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON— The general public may be surprised but politicians wnll not be by the Gailup poll which shows a military hero more popular than a civilian who happens to be president at the time But this does notmean that after a campaign in which ail the customary factors of politics are thoroughly exposed to the likes and dislikes of the electorate the military man would win announced The poll asked voters whether merelywould General they Dwight D Eisenhower or Presi-is dent Harry S Truman It really a question related more closely to popularity than to political ftness or capacity to hold office The fallacy of popularity tests is best illustrated by the various Gallup polls which from time to time have shown President Truman to be runnirg ahead of his party strength or below it What this really means is that when the Interviewer asks the question “Do you think President Truman is handling his job well?” The answer can be made in the affirmative or negative regardless of which party the person interviewed happens to favor Thus many Republicans might say- Mr Truman was handling the job well at the time and many Democrats dissatisfied with his bias In favor of the labor union bosses might 4e irritated and answer a poll interBut viewer in the negative both these groups will contain “lifelong” Republicans or Democrats who would vote the party ticket and hold straight their noses no matter what the head of the party dd This has been one of the characteristics of American politics for a long long time The polls show it when the definite question Is asked without regard to the names of candidates: "Which party would you vote for if the presidential election were held today?" Examination of polls taken in the last two years shows that there have been times when Mr Truman in personal popularity has been below the percentage attained By his own party and there have been times when he has been above it As between Truman and Eisenhower — both names — the popularity comparison has no real poltical conmeaning though it ofcan a trend be significant ceivably of It could turn the thoughts a to tempoleaders Republican availaof the consideration rary Eisenhower and bility of General away from Messrs Taft Dewey Vandenberg and Stassen Reproduction Rights Reserved - && BY HOLMES ALEXANDER Poll Notes Ike Popularity Not Capability just prefer FKTH T OVER ’s Taber at least has the excuse of never having quitellearned that this is the twentieth century arms outstretched and the weights inside the hems of their robes making circular patterns as they twirled dizzily in the Dr Dodge was Syrian sand talking to one of the natives VORK BE f( COME 5 Z£ REVOLOOSHUM THEE$ MOSJ sun-w’arm- Gas-pen- IJy Reg Manning j i' v eleven countries representing the far eastern commission and a two-thir- d majority rule In this the United States is supported by all nations interested in the Pacific area except the Soviets Although Russia’s opposition will not in the long inn block plans for the treaty her failure to become a party to the general settlement could create an unstable situation in the northwest Pacific area Russia is already in possession of the Kurile islands and part of Sakhalin besides being in joint occupation of Korea The provisions of the treaty are not expected to upset Russian possession islands The fact that Russia held aloof from the meeting of Roosevelt Churchill and Chiang Kai-she- k at Cairo in December of 1943 removes the necessity of Moscow’s approval to a treaty with Japan The treaty makers will face an important problem in devising some method for enforcing peace terms on Japan after occupation forces are withdrawn but the task may possibly be entrusted to a special body set up by the far eastern commission with full powers to invoke armed force if necessary Thi3 problm will be simplified somewhat if as is generally deemed probable the United States retains forces in Okinawa under a United 1 1947 well-publiciz- Fears Emerge As Body Ills DELLEN R VAN By DE T Most nervous individuals ( psy- choneurotics) have a tendency and spend to be too much time worrying about their present and future well being The average man or woman lives happily and is able to cope with any environment Thus energy is not wasted on useless brooding but Is turned to somepsychoneuthing useful Thelost rotic however has (or never a result as and this had) ability his emotions and moods take the upper hand All too often these tendencies are repressed and consequently are shortcircuited in the brain to another part of the body Thus fears sre not expressed as such but as indigestion or palpitation of the heart Dunrg the war — if it were not for law self-center- ed public opinion and moral belief military life too strenuous or not to his AWOL liking would have gonean Few phychoa have insight into what is going on behind the scenes They are likely to blame the heart or stomach especially if at one time or another a physician was uncertain whether an abnormality existed or if some operation has been per- — the man who found formed Today there are a large number of such persons In severe cases psychiatry is the only hope that many can help themselves if they are willing to make adjustments and learn to direct their thoughts away from themselves and into more wholesome channels |