Show t tt - - - t 4 f 1 ' THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Thursday February 26 1948 10 gibe Palt EDITORIALS - - Established April 1 1171 gala gtibutte Thursday Issued every morning by The Salt Lake Tribune Publiahing Co Senator Glen Taylor of Idaho Joins IV tILLUCU Third Party Fortunes to NU However iit must be noted that the effect of Senator Taylor's action Ls more likely to be in the realm of national trends than in local politics He has 'proclaimed himself as what might be called an ultraliberal and his announcement espousing the Wallace cause leaves little doubt as to his opinions regarding international policies as well as domestic i i 4 1 i i 1 Issues "I am convinced" the Idaho senator declared in his announcement of intentions "that Henry Wallace is the only leader capable of ending the cold war and reestablishing even the beginnings of international good will He is the only leader of sufficient stature 1 i C 'Know Your Policeman' Lay Celebrated law-abidin- - much-neglecte- HOLLYWOOD — When Luis Quintanilla who now lives In New York painted the frescoes at the Spanish consulate In Hendaye a Basque farmer saw him sitting in front of his easel studying the canvas "I see you are resting" said the "No I am working" farmer Later in the artist told him the day the farmer saw Quintanilla digging in his garden and said: "I see you are work- 0 I S I i I I t r ' I 1 1 o' C 1 1 I i! I I 'I 4 l'irivainiortA11S-115- - I 14 4 t --'- 1:- 7 I -' r - 1" 001 ) t) - ‘ ) - 45 Ig ' e 41'' IL r: ktait s e tt ' c I)' -de -- -"" ' il i - 1 1is II t f '' - erict " u- 0 - --------- - 5 - t! - t - 1"4 --''- '1 '- 1' - - i' i i - 11 n:- —1 4!? ox- ? Il I 1 1 Russia gave evidence of trying to harass &lid annoy America so that Cie United States would go isolationist and pull out of Europe That sort of tactics has failed It becomes opportune for Russia now to find a way of living with the United States in Europe America has made many a gesture of friendliness but can afford to make more A strong nation can never be justly accused of appeasement when it deals with a weaker nation So far as resources and modern plant is concerned in this age of mechanization Russia is - - IN - 77 -- -- -- -0- Agrkt 4---t -- --- -'- --- t:Is- fl I! I i : It I 1 - I 1 fl ii 1 isIt 7 1 I i " I : AI i ' 1 144 i 11 - il 1 a4 1 r i 1 i an -r-- 1 11 I - - I 1 k ) ( 4 1 1: i tir 1 1 11 s ' Il l' 7 k I 11 tv I iTil I o I : 11:1 1 c 0 ee4 1 1 - y - J - z IKritiffil- 's ' - RUES FORUM By Our Readers inthge ssoharrdyy Letters express opinions of contributors with which The Tribune may or may not agree Writers must sign true names and addresses in ink but let te will be carried over aasmned names lf requested Poetry will not oe used Letters may be rejected if they: (1) Exceed 200 words (2) discuss religious or racial matters In a sectarian way: (3) carry partisan political comment or advertising (4) make personal aspersions or (5) contain libelous matter obvious misstatements of fact or statements not in accord with fair play and good taste curse of tobacco and regain MELB tery of themselves We watch with charitable sympathy a human derelict so enslaved to nicotine that he unashamedly plucks a half inch butt out of the gutter which may have been discarded by someone with a highly communicable ut 1 -- - j- r--1 ' permit "veterans" to cut the "small patches of choice pines" In national forests for their own use Furthermore I believe it was he who in a recent letter to the editor said that we should be permitted as much access to the forests as were our grandfathers more There are forty-seve- n states in this union and I hope Mr Crookston doesn't believe that legislation by this state can this permit veterans of only ever state to cut timber "where he can find the trees" on federal lants It is absurd to believe that the forest service could say "Now you vets just go ahead and cut timber where ever you like in this region" The real reason our forest resources are gone today Mr is because Crookston your grandfather (and mine) over-coverburned and overgrazed our forest lands Fortunately the modern stock and lumber operators are begiming to see an end to the resources and are being very cooperative in building them up We have gained a 'start in the right direction and God pity us if we give it all up to please a very few people who figure the world owes them a living I do not know of another vet who advocates such a drastic thing So Mr Crookston your following is small You have equal opportunity with the rest for gaining your ends Let us all be progressive E J MitcheI3 (A veteran) Pleasant Grove Utah - - - 1111LIIIIMIL -- PPr:revgaz:- Editor Tribune: It seems to me that Mr Crookston will not give up If I recall he has done quite a lot of agitating through this medium this winter He would advocate legislation to - 111111111111 2111111LI - i Forest History matic interest has not diminished since the ending of the war - I i I or 'The Public Formrt So far as the United States Is concerned her moral position is one of championship of small nations Her willingness to stand by Austria as well as and Greece and Turkey Italy now is well known in Europe The passage of the Europe recovery program will be an epochal event It will emphasize that America is in Europe to stay and that America's diplo- - 2 4"1'"-I- ht -'1 k': - 1' 41 ‘'-- t - i 4 ---- ---- 'e- lilk -o i IL - - ?'"' —— Tr- -- 44 i I - - - -- - 1"- 74 1f -- A 4t-- -- ST:4400 niunakdeeo movement to t - - 1 -- ' disease There 4s a mass of evidence to support the theory that the use of tobacco is one of the greatest curses on mankind J E Donaldson A Taxpayer—Names must be to letters al gn ed afetetil: cflaosrs"hlimealvesHmise tude toward the world is an unhealthy one I am a smoker All of my women friends but one are smokers Believe me none of us is shady! I attended college in a fine eastern university where all of my friends were smokers We g were a studious lot with our own plans and hopes for a better world Shady? My friends and I are from homes with average middle-cla- ss high ideals ethics and morals We would find "shady" women digusting Band worthless a W ie you have great -deal to learn about the modern young American women Mrs Walter Price Bandt clear-thinkin- - jourpleted a ney with a little girl of five We traveled from New York City to Charlotte N C by train We had dinner and breakfast in the diner and the young lady scored a clean and unconditioned "They expect it of me" ex- plain ed Curtiz "because I'm supposed to be a camera wiz- still asleep and after I had shaved all the help she needed was the two top buttons behind - Talking about adolescent! children juveniles their good points and bad I have just commuch-interrupt- ed "Thank you" We had 31 hours of snow and I managed Ice In Charlotte four speeches on universal milltary training while "Connie" adapted herself to conditionslove-as she found them and gave a ly lady at:e had never seen before "no trouble at all" The third day was harder We "sweated out planes" then "trained" to Atlanta There we sweated some more and finally gave up all hope of flying and got the delayed "Southbound" to We arrived 17 Tampa Fla hours late: but so far as the child was concerned we were "on time" There were circles under the little eyes and she was very but from start to finish she never whimpered and never lost her smile Also she kept me "conditioned" —I couldn't complain when she didn't There are of course several good reasons behind "Connie" still dark girl's tired and terribly busy with many things nevertheless keep their home and five children in first place If doing what they do and succeeding as they succeed they can still produce Conrde's and her sisters and brothers some of the rest of us ought to be ashamed! sit)-educat- There is discipline in that house but understandAlso and the children fair ing have been taught both interdependence and independence— with responsibility Connie had loads of chatter but few alibis and her chief concern was her ed brother —"but" she said "Nancy and Susie can look after him until I get back" Copyright 1918 N Y Post Corp - ftal HOME VALUE By JAMES J BIETCALFE A house may be of brick stone 0 wood or worse Cecil E Matthews—Please your address on your letters or In any neighbor- h ood But whether the mateAre medium or best Ha's There is another factor Provides the greater that test It matters not how much Is spent To build a home on The only thing that earth The occupants counts is what How much they are worth To keep the really try to do And whether place in style friends and relatives Are A house greeted with a smile And may be the perfect place But fashioned right to fit more important than all else Are those who live in it native Utahn but have become one "by marriage" W L E makes me not very proud of my status of His statement that "90 women tobacco smokers are of its borders adviser peacemaker between white and red man (reservations) planted the wilderness with men (Homestead Act) 100 patriot honest and honorable character its greatest warrior and national hero conqueror of the people's enemies within and without He was savior of the Union statesman extraordinary the one most beloved by the people: The greatest man of modern times (saints excepted) soldier citizen judge Jackson! ' OFF THE RECORD By IL V WADE ' Asked how he felt over the hearty indorsement of his candidacy by Bernard Shaw Hank Wallace in the imaginary interview replied "Well—er—uh— that's fine" The clearest word now avail- - recovery program depends And if one asks ! H pends on what?" again depends Hollingsworth Anderson's Ranch Pintura Utah Or made of common And it may be the best put Defends Women Smokers Editor Tribune: I am not a His life person name fame deeds power reputation and honor need no artificial publicizing He more than any other person made possible the U S A! He was the U S A's real maker builder protector extender of get-togeth- er ed —old-fashion- The United States could send a mission to Russia and try again to find a basis for understanding Such a mission might consist wholly of nondiplomatic persons It might include leading citizens of America—businessmen educators representatives of the legislative branch of the government Such a mission could seek an over-a- ll understanding and bring back if possible a comprehensive program of economic as well as cultural It's better to wait until after E R P is set up when Russian cooperation can again be invited But whether the moment is now or ii—few months hence 1948 should see some effort toward a with Russia Reprodnetion Rights Reserved Tribune: A grand show in the sky these evenings! Raise your eyes about 7:30 pm Venus is blazing big and b'eautiful in the western sky east is Mars of reddish Directly hue and just above it (like the pointers in the big dipper) is Saturn High in the south is Sirius and above it to the right is wonderful Orion surely the of the constellation grandestmoon The and Mars had a mighty close meeting (conjunction) the evening of Feb 23 The celestial display is one of those finest things in life which are free so get those peepers up and off the mundane ratrace at least for a minute or two Geo C Terrish Ogden Utah Editor 'Tribune: On the second month of every year the radio press pulpit and public expounders all join together in a propaganda whoopee party to reset and repair the props under the reputations of two men: Presidents number one and sixteen! Now according to the real facts and figures and "standard" of testing a great- man ie what his character was and what be accomplished for his and all future times: the U S A ' has produced only one truly greatest of the great man! cooperation The time is ripe for such a move Recently feelers were reported to have emanated from Moscow indicating that something might be done to call off the "cold war" American statesmanship may decide that t1 Editor Greatest Man! weak r grand Sky Show "De- Why that In the tumultuous Balkans Nonsmokers Not 'Angry Editor Tribune: It would seem friends the smokers ake our much ado in their desire to inflict second-han- d smoke stench on people who want to preserve their health safety and ' comfort They even get angry at the nonsmokers which is good evidence of the inferiority complex i d Em induced by this expensive gerous and pernicious habit nonsmokers get 'Arte anWgrey at the smokers j ust try to hep them escape the vile Communist hoodlums ganged up on a sports umpire It is not true though that they kicked his seeing-ey- e dog Even in death the fliehrer is diabolical as in carefully leaving documents about which spread dissension among the late allies Soviet taon d American relations descend the "you're another" 'stage which is bad It is only a in schoolyard rs et eppa tfereo7 tothiel r "you and who else?" Editor Tribune: Again on a public matter I write to you In the the Rose Park streets and commtnication lines for the tenants living there are very badly neglected The board of commissioners district instructed those in charge to immediately improve the streets This WWI a month ago The only improvement made was bluff A little bit of some kind of gravel was put in the holes without rolling the streets down Result: The streets are muddy holes Police cars fire engines or other safety facilities hardly could make their way through Tenants are endangered and subject to property damage Fritz Schweitzer - ktrOlt" ' -'1 '7'- - — — '":"7""'Ic AlobvErNo rs Man is born unto trotible - 0 - t t t - t E - t t - t t 7 : i 1: : ' 1 : t "! '? - I can no more believe 0 W h o say the sun hath never shined: The age wherein he lived was dark but he Could not want sight who taught the world to see —Sir John Denham (1615-169Notes on the Cuff Department Calvin O Jack former Salt Laker now residing in Portland Ore was in town the other day Like all proud fathers he - - a ': ' : ' 6 '7 t ::- - 2 -:- 7 F — - -- I1 It vr5 K61-1- - - 11 ' '$1 - - t t S17‘ W &tk -- - ''J- - 4110f I ! 700 is 1) s i " IT IS WELL WE 917'9 NOT SLUM TWAT li I I SA- C- s i J z (RVRCtSik0 old Homer blind Than those cdaughter and rporvo:ucoacftet niit fsion the slightest p really a beautiful child and one can easily understand Cal's pride in her ' While dining out Tuesday eveMrs Charles J ning we noticed table With Allen at a near-b- y her were Mrs Paul Keyser Col Charles Sweeny and his son and a charming young lady we were unable to identify Mrs Allen came to our table to tell us that our mutual friends Col and Mn Joseph Monhollan were back from Italy and were now stationed in southern California A certain syndicated columnist known for his caustic comments on the national political scene was bitterly criticized for digging up and expressing numerous scandals While he had few defenders the group disan cussing him did laugh when officeholder accused him of being a menace to good government Fran ic and Winnie Robertson of Springville were in town Monday attending a meeting of the Frank local writers' league who is a prolific author of western novels which have a large reader following in this country and in Great Britain is I im- aginef about due for another trip to New York to see his publishers and gather material for a new yarn as V 7 the sparks fly upward---JMr Pepys Is Perturbed Up betimes and to my daily stint albeit much perturbed over ye trend of ye times In perusing accounts in ye public prints of battles feuds murders much political bickering and caterwauling I did note to my surprise that this was ye National Brotherhood week Egad thinks I there was a time in ye days of my youth when I longed to write a satire on mankind but now in my age methinks I should write an apology for them Ye Missus poor soul in high dudgebn came from ye scullery to my study and did soundly condemn ye green grocer his heirs and assigns for ye condition of ye celery which she affirmed to increase ye was water-logge- d weight and cost She bade me wring out ye sodden stalks her wrists being too weak for ye task so they could be eaten without danger of drowning And in so doing I was reminded of certain stocks I once owned Ah ye brotherhood of man! Anon and to my tax counselor for aid in making out ye intricate income tax report which did convince me that a penny saved is a penny taxed And so to bed ob - f t - By HAM PARA ' - t SENATOR FROM SANDPIT 11 - : cratic prime minister Ed Flynn and then bingo there's an upheaval When the smoke clears away Tovarich Wallace has taken his place as generalissimo and the Bronx is lost to the United States Of course this is all a part of the cold or small war by infiltration But it comes as a shock to lose a piece of territory which you had come to reNobody gard as American has heard anything from that sector since it was taken over and the Bronx expresses stopped running except as far as the border so there is no telling how the Bronxites really feel about this change in their destinies But there must be thousands of Bronx girls with sweethearts living in other zones who will be forbidden to marry them or to The pohtleave the territory buro will no longer want the Bronx peasants visiting the theaters and night spots of midtown Manhattan lest they get Ideas about life in a free country Surely this will create difficulties I Immo The whole thing is just too much for me Distributed by McNaught Syndicate Inc Dangerous Streets - - - t By PAUL GALLIC° is all so conNEW YORK--6I- t of politics business this fusing Wallace the Henry third party the Communists and all the things that are going on in this world Now this thing that happened up in the Bronx last week I mean the special election for the congressional seat from the 24th district which was won by this chap Isacson the American Labor party candidate backed by the Communist party and Henry Wallace It is being hailed as a great radical victory and as Wallace's strengthening Mr third party which has also been given a warm and moist embrace I guess by the Communists that's all so but I for one shall be sorry to see the Bronx vanish behind the iron curtain I can foresee all kinds of complications which may not have occurred to you who do not dwell in our fair city or even to those who do For instance now that the Borough of the Bronx has come under the Soviet sphere of influence how does one get to go to see the New York Yankees play if one happens to live in Manhattan Queens Brooklyn or Richmond? Get a visa you suggest Huh! You know how those Russians are when it comes to red tape and letting anybody cross the border Ask anybody who has come back from Berlin or Vienna what happens when the boys take over Well that cuts out the Botanical Gardens and the Bronx zoo where I have some favorite animals I used to like to visit and Pelham Bay park with a couple of public golf courses plus a population of some 1400000 whom we shall miss isn't easy to lose an area of It 41 square miles suddenly It's disturbing One moment everything is fine and we are one is happy family The Bronx safe in the hands of its Demoleft-winge- - I 3 ' 1 3Nr- - - -- '' ' I - 11 -- :' t- - 1110161111b ''''' ii --A 11 '' 1111k ' -- - r' - ' - --- ck441 cip-----:--4:''1'411- ' '45':! Is - t' '' -' ''"7 i ii): ' Lamm t- V 1 iilibt-i- - --- - 1rtI '' t " t( - ""i 0174 3 0 ---- 1 "4e: 'SA 7 ? I lb "' AO 41 ---It - -' ' (tit t t -- 1 e A - -- Jo"-- f ‘2 - 4 -- 4 :z 's-- i 7a ill - - - - - ----- --- 'YOU SCARE ME To MATH' - ' -- Cat - -- Aboor– - —r--!'"11- ao011 ROBERTI 1"--------- - --- - --'- -- a grounds Nonsupport—A musician and a novelist visited Tom Benton in Kansas City and were ahown some new paintings which Benton had just finished The vie- 'tors selected the paintings each liked best expressed their admiration and said that they'd like to buy "How much would you want ?" they asked Benton "No these aren't for you" Benton told the musician and the novelist- - "I found out a long time ago that we artists cannot support each other" I'Ll LAIN By Press Dept: Criarles MacArthur Nunnally Johnson and Gene Fowler were newspaper reMacArthur porters together has just become editor in chief of the new Theater Arts-Stag- e raagaezte lie immediately wired Johnson and Fowler: "Don ' t judge rne too hastily I' ll explain ev erything " Headwork—A friend saw Jo Davidson's arm in a sling I hurt my right hand pickting up a stone" the sculptor His friend said: "I explained this won't affect your hop ' --- - -- long-rang- AMERICANS ALL ng: ard" ' " comment" Dept: tiz directing "My Dream Is Yours" wanted a unique The title of the movie was to be shown on a blimp Hollywood Then the flying over camera was to pan down to the N B C building and close up to a broadcasting studio inside the building "AU in one shot?" a member of the production staff asked him Curtis nodded: "All in one shot" But that's so costly" he was reminded "and also it's prac- title-openi- 1 ::7-----z- with any enthusiasm On the contrary: the pro ape Ft of a war can produce internal trouble in Russia The Soviet rulers are trying by their propaganda to give the impression that the Russian people must be prepared for an attack but they will not make much headway with such propaganda if the western states can publicize their programs of freedom and humanitarianism expressed in the Marshall plan e On any propaganda effort the American view is bound to infiltrate inside the Balkans and inside Russia Seizure of the reins of government in Czechoslovakia will dramatize everywhere in Europe the totalitarian philosophy and in due time bring countermovements in the form of under- Michael Cur- Business i i - 4t"r-2777- ' v 44‘'41:4L t I possible t he r nation really nei wants war—the Russians even less than America Any nation which has lost literally millions of persons and still has many more millions on the injured list cannot look forward to war By Leonard Lyons work" and Davidson told him: "Don't be silly The true artist sculpts with his head" Davidson who has made portrait-busts of almost every great figure here and abroad was asked if he ever had made one "No sculptor ever of himself could do a good bust of himself" The best you Davidsoh said could get would be something like a good map—the curves true the lines accurate the perspective proper—but all without "No" was the artist's ing" "I trtt resting" rep!y I w is that C 1 ) we The Lyons Den I 'rVdhaatun 13r t To Reds Stirs Lament mk -- II Loss of Bronx — " ) 4 By Crockett s l six billions on internationamunisaid designed to from spreading In an economic wkr of exhaustion Russia cannot succeed The western democracies have more resources and more ingenuity The risk rather is on the Russian side where the huge responsibility and cost of subjugating the Balkans and keeping her own people obedient to the police state is a venture of extraordinary hazards Hitler was able to police Germany because he dealt with a well disciplined country but nevertheless documents reveal that there were plots going on all the time It may be assumed that the rulers of present-da- y Russia wear their crowns some- - In awarding its speciaPgold medal to one of Utah's popular and prominent citizens the national society of the Sons of the American Revolution has honored the entire state and brought a feeling of pride and gratification to the many friends of D D Moffat This "good citizen" gold medal which was presented the other evening at the annual banquet of the Utah chapter served to remind Mr Moffat's fellow citizens of the long and valuable service he has performed for his country and community in time of war as well as in times of peace and tranquillity It is a distinct honor not only to Mr Moffat but to Utah as it is the first time such an award has been made to a citizen of this area despite the fact that the Sons of the American Revolution has long been established here and numbers among its members many prominent citizens who have played leading parts in the founding and development of the state As an industrial executive Mr Moffat was instrumental in the production of a large share of critical metals so necessary in two world wars besides encouraging and helping hundreds of employes who left their jobs to serve in the armed services The Salt Lake Tribune joins the countless friends of Mr Moffat throughout the intermountain territory in congratulating him on the tribute thus paid him for his good citizenship and patriotic services to his country 'hello" Why Mothers Get Gray ' 1 sumption that the United States enjoys the expenditure of $11- 000000000 a year on armament to say nothing of another five to Good Citizen Award Honors Utah Man es 4 - types of people and their approach to a hardened criminal would be misunderstood if they apologized before placing him under arrest But to the ordinary citizen who has committed some minor infraction of the law the policeman can be just as reasonable as the man from whom you buy stamps or ask the way to the nearest bus stop Back in Elizabeth N J the other day citizens and policemen achieved an entente cordiale not usual in American communities when members of the law enforcement branch appeared wearing white carnations in observance of a "Know Your Policeman" day men It does not appear that the plain-clothor any of their "undercover men" wore the distinctive and identifying posies but the celebration was topped off by an open house at police headquarters The Exchange club which sponsored the event urged all citizens to greet the "cop on the beat" with a cheery The plan appears to be a good one inasg much as most residents of a city should look on the policeman as a friend who can be called upon in times of stress Perhaps the idea could be used in other cities where too many persons have grown up to think of the "cop" as someone who "gets after you" for stealing apples or speeding Respect for the laws and recognition of the sezvices rendered by officers whose job d it is Lo enforce them are a habit in this country Most citizens take police officers as a matter of course and have little contact with them except when they must appease their righteous wrath over infractions of ordinances or threaten to "get their jobs" for carrying out their duties Policemen are like the rest of us They are for the most part trying to do their jobs and acquitting themselves in a manner which will not reflect discredit upon themselves or their superiors Some of them it is true are prone to assume an overbearing attitude but they are in the minority and are violating their instructions if they show discourtesy They must deal with a great many different By DAVID LAWRENCE WASHINGTON—Some move to bring the United Statls and Russia together is long overdue It is often talked about in influential circles but doesn't seem to materialize The idea that Russia is happy with the present drift of events Is as preposterous as the as- - which he intends to campaign Although he denies that he is formally a candidate for the vice presidency—which is true because no national convention has been held—the senator admits that he thinks his name is on slates in several states The new third party standard bearer also stood on a technicality when he was asked about leaving the Democratic party "I am not leaving the Democratic party it left me" he declared in his speech an event whichever way one regards it likely to happen wtien the Idaho Democratic central committee meets this week As a matter of record there are many members of that party who doubt that Glen Taylor was ever a Democrat He was "off the reservation" more frequently than he was on The action of the Idaho committee is being watched with a great deal of interest by Democrats in all parts of the west In any event the solidification of the third-part- y movement under the leadership of Mr Wallace and Senator Taylor will provide a medium of expression for a number of voters whose sentiments and political beliefs have hitherto been ambiguous It is an opportunity for all citizens to stand up and be counted state I Balt Lake Taft-Hartle- Primarily ' niah Talks Might Still Cold War - to aspire to the presidency who has not sought the cheap applause of the reactionary press by blaming all our troubles on Russia" His reference to Truman policies as well y Jaw and universal milas to the itary service reveal some of the issues under The decision of Senator Glen H Taylor of our neighboring state of Idaho to become the running mate of Henry Wallace on the third party ticket in this year's election is important political news Its implications are many and it may serve to clear up several questions in the minds of political observers it shows quite conclusively that is not maneuvering for political vote trading in the Demoas some believed It also convention cratic indicates that the significance of the victory of the Wallace candidate for congress in New York is not being discounted—certainly not by Senator Taylor It will doubtless have influence in Idaho politics and serve to clear up some rather contradictory and anomalous aspects'of the situation in the senator's home 1 U S Russian Feb 26 1948 tb I I k lin I i Crvrglikt I i- -- 1V - 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