| Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Sunday March 28 1948 LIbe Editorials Istabagalsd i i Apru i Ir's 5nit galit Zfibunt Issued every nsonalng by The Salt : rejoicing No holiday is so exclusively dedicated to the infusion in mankind of hope for the future and of faith in the emergence of better and brighter things from a darkness beset and despair More welcome than with d ever this year is the promise of Easter more needed than ever is the message of the resurrection Tha dark Easters of wartime are gone ' and for this America is grateful but the k y of the future is still clouded with uncertainties and dreads The world is still far from the ideals cyf peace and brotherhood as expressedby the Christ Who died on the cross and was resurrected from His tomb Again that Holy Land in which He lived taught and died is torn by strife and drenched in blood What a short distance has civilization come in the centuries since that tragedy on Cavary! This movable religious festival which comes rather early this year has a long and k 6 6 1 1 t 1 1 1 6 'i 1 4 t g I absorbing history dating back into ancient and extending over many peoples and sects According to some historians the name Easter itself comes from the Anglo-Saxo- n Ostara goddess of spring whose tame also survives in the month April in which Easter ordinarily occurs More directly it comes into tl-m- es g t I 1 I i s r I i forra precisely the tame function that the British have performed since the war- - And they wi2 inherit precisely the same rnIseries including shootings and bornhinrs h3' the Irgun and Stern gangs At the moment this unpleasant prospect seema about the best forecast of what is in store as a result of the record of American policy on Palestine E'vezy effort is of course beIn g made to avoid Ws outcome Those responeble for Palestine Policy wtill hope longingly that the British can somehow be coaxed or badgered into keeptng Discreet Twisting Indeed there is undoubtedly some disposition to try a little discreet twisting of the British arm to ells end But British Tor-Secy Ernest Bevin's adamant wertion that British troops will be withdrawn on schedule certainly indicates that the Britian have no intention of putting up with any And that means that American troops will be bequeathed the virtually impossible task of keeping order in Palestine simply because no other troops exoept Rusaian are available The ItAsic reason for the ot American policy on Palestine was of course precisely to prevent Russian troops from being sent to Palestine influence spreading to the Mid‘t East Partition was abandoned largely because the conviction gradually spread 'upward through the state and service departments to Pres Harry S Truman that partitron gave the Soviets an opportunity to establiah a foothold in the Middle East 'The truste-eshi- p proposal advanced by American U N Delegate Warren Austin was de arrn-twisti- ng re--ver- sa! 7 I - an AND I PROSPER "" :- : 4 ti Atm - e'' 0a ' : --'-' — -- - LAKT - - A' :' - IN - t -- d r ' Am ' - I' -- "1:i 31 sn L- - 4 ‘ itN ' 12-- ' tod474:11 N v4140''( 1' t7Pr''''l I - 141:70- 7 P 5 r I '10410r-- 7 ! -- 'cr ': " 0411RmAJA 471 EN ''' - :: '5:i::t r i!' 1 i'- di1- 11- --- - 't 1 t : ' 7 -- C- - ' N :::1)4V1 - 1 elt' rt Liz Pr''"-- - j '' :?:- N' ( tr) it 4rr —I-- Editor Tribune: Labor unions represent the banding together of the men of labor for the collective acquirement of benefits and economic protection for labor This feature of our economic system has been necessary prevent exploitation of this particular group It has been necesaary because in any systemeco-of scarcity each group in the nomic scale must protect its share of the national income Today however in the face of the new environment which consists of a potential production capacity of abundance with in security for every individual North America the narrow concepts of group privilege become Impotent Special privilege becomes a historical horror when there is enough of everything for everyone Stephen Iwanick 7 V::' J4 114:7-4- 0 - ip A- L' i' -- - Oh yes mama is involved In this one too Three or four thousand years ago she would have garlanded flowers through her hair or woven herself a crown of blossoms set it atop her pretty head and would have gone capering over the meadows or dancing rosy shouting "Wheel Spring is here! Look at me!" And everybody would have looked and been delighted with her and maybe even would have made a few pasees The girls still do it except they let the milliners work out - trusteeship the day after he would simply be voted down By this faintly legalistic device the United States will have barred the Soviet Union from Palestine provided the assembly approves the American proposal But obviously the matter will not end there The trusteeship council will be asked to name a rovernor general Of Palestine Clearly no United Nations goy- - troops to enforce that authority RUSSIA Barred Russian troops are barred The British are determined to withdraw once and for all The French have let It Ze known that they will under no circumstances send troops to Palestine and the Chinese have troubles of their own No smaller nation has yet evinced the faintest enthusiasm for sending troops to the Palestine hot spot That leaves the United States To be sure the United Nations assembly may fail to follow the American lead to the extent of on Palestine by reversing itself vote by the same two-thirwhich it originally approved partition Or the United States senate asked to approve the sending of American troops to Palestine may simply refuse Either development would mean that the Jews and Arabs would be left to fight it out Chaos in the Middle East would ensue ds I I British If Dr Silver is right there is no use disregarding the risk of a vicious outbreak of racial feeling in this country American Policy Thus American policy on Palestine which was primarily responsible for the British withdrawal in the first place has led to these results: first apparently we will inherit all the miseries of the British in Palestine and a few more besides second racial tension in this country may be third disastrously we will haveaggravated committed badly needed troops where no advantage strategic or otherwise accrues from their commitment and fourth we will have settled nothing It is not difficult to understand why the record of American policy on Palestine can stand as a chilling object lesson In how not to make foreign policy Copyright N T Herald-Tribun- e self-defen- se A good deal of experience was obtained by the American military ' authorities in assisting 107: tt: 4's1"7::::7 tyLe71 -- : owl tie:ill' I underground movements during the last war Arms and munitions were smuggled by plane submarine and merchant ship The struggle of an underground movement for emancipation usually attracts the daring and courageous citizens who take many risks but they do so as patriots very much as the colonial patriots did in the days of the American revolution Congress has been hearing about "project X" as a means of appropriating money to be Dream Highway Editor Tribune: Mazy cities helsrinifi attractions common only build highways bypassing travel to avoid congestion Our situation probably has no parallel Temple squar e attracts tourists from all over the world and we want them to come in them most enjoy what interests and go out at a time and in a Other attractions in adjacent to and accessible from Salt Lake City make it "the hub of scenic America" This situation combined with our scenic attractions is the greatest asset we have or ever will have because it can never become worked out and the more we develop and make them accessible and let the world know about them the more millions of dollars tourists will bring to us in increasing volume Commercial trucks that have become so large a factor in transportation must have access to our wholesale district in and out afforded by 2nd West street and 3rd West street alongside railroad tracks both to 9th South street and the only preparation needed for them is to keep those streets in normal the government abroad Groups In Earnest The very fact that high milihave tary and civilian officialsindicaapproved the plan is an tion that all groups here are in earnest in doing everything possible to checkmate aggression or to make it so hazardous and expensive as to cause the Soviet regime to abandon its objectives and make a settlement with the western powers which will not require the nations of the world to keep an armed truce with huge expenditures for armament Unorthodox ways of fighting the "cold war" are being revised but where the purpose is to prevent war many members of congress feel about it as they do about espionage— an unpleasant but necessary instrumentality of military service in timek of mutual suspi- cion and uneasiness and certainly in times of aggression by a dictatorship condition There has been considerable fine development on the west side and to rip that up for a "dream highway" of no possible benefit to us has already cost - - t Improvement of existing highways so badly needed Including the Pioneer highway where historical and sentimental considerations are so important W H Ellison Limited Freedom Editor Tribune: The Freedom Train comes to Utah It is a real opportunity to view the most 'precious documents of American history We must be careful though that all we give them is lip service The Freedom Train should prick our conscience It should make us face the fact that there are people in our state who are not free The members of minority groups who suffer discrimi- nation in our hotels restaurants and places Of amusement can hardly be said to be free The (at-'cord- ing Symbol of Life The Easter egg was a symbo of reviving life it says in one book and often colored for e 1 1 ' 't - '- r EL celebration ' the publisher was "Because I wanted asked the young men to run the pahe said "without my per" monstrous interference" Lament—During h'is last visit to New York Jan Masaryk U N session at Lake Success and pointed to the sites "You see this part of Manhattan?" said Masaryk "my maternal old Mr Gar-riv- e grandfather good owned a big farm here One day he came home and told his wife that he didn't like the farm any more and was swapping it for a cottage in Brooklyn And in this Brooklyn cottage my mother was born And so if my grandfather hadn't made this silly swap" sighed Masaryk "today we could be second Vanderbilts" Secret—During the preparatory meetings of UNRRA in-in' Atlantic City Masaryk was vited to speak before a group of social workers They asked him for his opinions about the progress of the war "The other day I talked to a British sttaesman whose name I cannot tell a man whose name I mustn't daren't mention And" said Masaryk "I said to him 'Winston' I said to him retire?" Italian elections Time was of the essence and he hit upon the return of Trieste as the way He got Bidault to propose it Guess—Jack Haley tells of a veteran fighter WMO was signed to fight in Worcester Mass He weighed in and went to a hotel for a'prefight nap His manager then was informed that hts opponent had broken his leg and The the fight was canceled manager decided to let his fighter sleep and tell him about it when he woke up The fighter at slept until he awas awakened from midniett by phone call"Hello his girl in New York honey" she greeted "what hapThe pened? Did you win?" the dark fighter looked around room struggled for some memory of the evening hours and then sadly told her: "No baby I was kayoed again" Enterprise—Lord Beaverbrook left his Caribbean retreat a few days ago to fly back to London 1 Claus b:arrinssrprgrtglimre people say "What did the Easter bunny bring you?" Children Iare told that the Easter rabbit has hidden the eggs for which they search on Easter morn 'rue rabbit is a national figure today but he never managed to make any of the encyclopedias or reference books U with the subject of the dealing Easter Jack Clears Sky "Pure jealousy suh!" said a laiwo jackrabbit to whose I finally went for clarification of this mystery and who just to hail from Jacksonville accounting for the southern accent "Jealousy and Puritan prudery We all pull have al- - P! ways been noted for eh how r shall I put it so as not to offend r yore nawthe'n sensibilities let t say—large families Yes suh large and often Malt mammy and pappythey always said there's Before he left he was Interviewed by a group of newspapermen about an erroneous report that Beaverbrook had retired from business "Why did you I I flowers by pagans or by early Christians for the blood of Christ Ancient spring festivals celebrated the return of the Goddess of Spring to the earth Ind the annual rebirth of the world Thus it is not too dial cult to underetand that brownaugar-brittle effigy of the hen that appears in candy stores at this time of the year or the broods of little fuzzy yellow chicks in the pet shop windows But what about Beer Bunny': ills don' lay no eggs In many parts of the country the rabbit appears as a sort cf vernal ouS924hostar LEONARD LYONS American-British ! - - THE LYONS DEN i r to the moment of going to press It has been unable to unearth any concrete book information as to just how and when the rabbit or Easter bunny man- aged to get into the act I have all manner of fascinating tidbits for you ranging from the fact that Easter is named after the Anglo-Saxo- n or Norse Goddess of whorn was called Eostre or Spring Oster to the venerable Bede who came up with that one back In the year 1700 or so) to the revelation that the custom of egg rolling a game played at Greenwich Hill in England from early times' was introduced to the White House lawn by Pre dent James Madison But nothing anywhere about that darned rabbit Pound of flesh of Utah regardless of their political affiliations to give this proposition careful consideration and decide whether they want their money spent on it or on necessary extension and t ofEaster but regrets that up Editor Tribune: Shakespeare's Shylock has been outdone by - the legislature in Utah Shy lock demanded his pound of flesh—the pound nearest the heart but he did not get it because there was a Portia to weigh Mercy and justice against There Inhumanity and greed was no Portia in the legislature and the politicians took the pound of flesh that was nearest the heart of the aged—the little homes which have been reared through years of struggle and hardship and helped to make civilization from Bear Lake to St George These little homes are nearest the hearts of the elderly people They are their "castles" their "temples" their "shrines" Therein they serve God and man and around their humble boards give thanks to the Almighty for the crusts and crumbs that barely sustain life In these homes they feel the pride and security of ownership and home ovenership is the bedrock of happy communities When they give over to the state they lose the sense of ownership and there comes to them a heartbreak that rich people can never know ' C N Lund I hereby suggest to the voters t k 111 an enormous waste of money The proponents according to recent report are still contemplating the spending of inestimablo millions more directly in the face of visible obstacles and enormous cost beyond an possible determination Ir - of democracy A great conflict of ideas goes on today between the Soviet As long Union and ourselves as we continue our vicious practices of discrimination we shall be losers in that struggle All over the world people will be told that we preach democracy but fail to practice it We can win this struggle if we will sincerely rededicate ourselves to freedom freedom not only for ouselves but for all minkind Edwin Irwin Provo Utah ment 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 t Bunny Keeps Secluded ' The educational division of this department has gone to considerable trouble working up research for you on the customs was black went away without too much respect for our brand (it Exceed 200 words (2) discuss religious or racial matters in a sectarian way (3) carry partisan political com- t he-spen- ed I I I house" "Yes - : but I don't sea what that"'Fertility's the word suet :Them thar guinea pigs gave us a run for our money once upon a time and there was some loose talk about the Easter pir taking over but us rabbits went to work and got down to business and that's the last anybody heard of that idea We hired ourselves one a' them smart press agent fellers What get to talkinl about large jam- - r Hies these days? Rabbits suh and nothin' else but Who CC the concession to hook op with Easter on account of fertility is what used to come to people' minds in the old days In the epringT Us rabbits suh ain't made the encyclopedia yet but you may quote me that we an are heah and what Is more 'e we are heah to stay" Now who would have sus: pected it? do you think of now when you - - - N :i - 4' - - - :: - :s'f:: " :f:'77-- 7::''' - ' : :11:' ' - '' '' t ' they do not dance or caper down the main drag though if you will watch how they walk you will see that they would like to a little but their eyes still just are saying: "Whoopee it's spring! Everybody look at me!" educated Negro who walks our streets looking for a job and who can find none other than that of porter or bootblack is certainly not free Many of the Negroes who suffered in 'Provo daring the war years because their skin 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-t-en will be carried over assumed names if requested Poetry will not be used Letters may be rejected if theyt NEW YORK—The Ir r ion e htactic in offerto Italy as a back Trieste ing way of winning democratic votes in the elections in next month 'lid not originat-with Foreign Minister Bidault of France It originated with the man who probably least would be suspected—Harry S Truman himself Truman realized that the European Recov- - frr the garlanding and floral crown FORUM 137 t part And having set their new vernal chaplets or Easter bon-- nets on their still pretty heads By Our Readers ' : f ring-around-th- e- -""-e43--- How to Treat Clerks Historical Horror ''4' Ancients Decorated i 4 The Public Forimi er '' I I 4'1'9) 5 Jil'6 Editor Tribune: May the Saints preserve us! There is someone who understands shoe salesmen After years of selling shoes to "fussy hussies" trying in mother-daughtto take the right-sid- e arguments on style heel or something plus an attempt to pacify married women who can't browbeat husband but take it out on shoe salesmen I had just about decided there was no such thing as a sensible Woman Miss Clarice has now restored my faith in mankind A word of advice (you won't take it) we're human not mechanical men If you get passed up in a shoe store and the clerk takes someone in the next seat —take countt Ask yourself "How did I treat the shoe clerk the last time I was in here ?" Maybe he has passed it on to the other clerks Give the clerk a break make up your mind on color style etc the number of your shoe was on the price tag in the window Did you get it? Don't walk in and say "I want to see everything you've got in black!" I should live that long Have a heart! You treat the clerk human and he'll give you the advice and tips that will save you money: the extra courtesy and shoe talk that will make you his personal problem If you don't expect him to pass it on to his colleagues W E Boltern ' L -- 7 " - 4 Nlif '' : 7 4 4Pip -- ' - ':'1:11Fieripe::-- ff) ' fe7-- : v f - - - ------ '''' :rr 1Y0 ''' - t' s4 - qli ( - 1 '' E - - 0 '1 N : ed r '' 4"' - '" N ti'''''o-1- 6 - N (4-et- I -- 1 -'"' elr' ' 1j ' ' 1'31) -!' ' 71 ‘ t I Apt glir'" I -- 0'4-C- -:: ertsereee' v-- p o 7':"- - :f :! 0 C V -e 1 "i ::--- Imo 1' - 00(9 4- "SOL''': '- -' t ' k - ( ( 1 No — 44- 1617 NIPN" "- - '0 0-- -- "e- ''F''' I ' 1-- k e A"1-"- ( i ica 07 i1-r-t- r N - '' A "11 ("4 -- - ' !II' — ie 111141s 07- ! TItf7:'''-r1- ::II 0 111L111 ---- -7-: 6UN917! --- - - --- t I 4'11:' - - By PAUL GALLICO I:1 NEW YORIC—A happy Easter to you and Easter of course kiddies is the subject of todars composition aware You are naturally that when you go to church on Easter Sunday to pray meditate and hope that your sirs t 17-will be washed away youi its being a good little Christian But what will probably alarm t you mildly Is to hear that when you color Easter eggs hide them under the sofa or present Junior with a chocolate bunny or a chicken you are sugar-cand- y t being a good little pagan and the old gods sitting atop Mount Olympus are quite pleased with you for you are assieting son of their favortie ceremonies the t: celebration of the ancient rites of spring - ------- '0 - -- 'Z -- - --- 000- -01011010 IIP ------ --77:- Nik ernor two-thir- ds Palostin n full-fledg- ----:7- I one-side- has already appropriated huge sums for defense measures and the American people are willing to foot all reasonable bills for building warplanes and other weapons but they want to know within the bounds of military expedience and without revealing secret plans how that money is to be spent There are further defense meansures to come before congress calling for more funds to increase our air forces and— if draft bills pass—to train another army But to attain these ends it is not necesnary to release submarine menace stories during congressional appropriation hearings In fact such domestic propaganda efforts are more likely than not to defeat their own ends They cannot be depended upon to gain public confidence In administration defense programs Americans want to- be informed—not frightened - with the most explosive international possibilities Arab Superiority Moreover most of the experts believe that in time as the enormous Arab superiority in man power made itself felt the Jewish community in Valestine would find its position In Palestine completely untenable In that case there would be enormous moral pressure in this Country to send troops if only to prevent a massacre of the Jews Yet in the opinion of those Closest to the situation the Most probable outcome of the trusteeship proposdi is that the United States will for all practical purposes merely replaie the British as the mandatory power There can be little doubt of the result Rabbi Abbe ITillet Silver American Zionist leader has already said that the Jewish community in Palestine will fight i I) di —y:1 1 - The congress If I 0 - il T 7r J --- - It haa alawys seemed to many observers that people whose territory is occupied would fight Hence hardest for liberation the German people in the Russian zone can be expected in due time to make life far from pleasant for the Russian armies in eastern Germany There seems no good reason war of liberawhy a tion need be begun so long as the peoples of the interested countries are able to carry- on for themselves Much Like 1939-4- 1 The United States would normally look askance at such tactics but this is not an era of peace It is a form of undeclared war and resembles 'most closely the period between 1939 and 1941 when America was technically neutral but actually took measures "short of 'war" and engaged in a program ' of lend-leas- e in order to help the allies d situation in The champions of the Italy where cause have been democratic handicapped in getting adequate radio and press facilities while the Communists have been aid and newsgetting financial has occasioned h good print deal of concern here in the last few weeks as details of the Communist infiltration into Italy have been received Congress Truly Aroused Members of congress are truly aroused by the growing menace of Communistic aggression Indignation rises in both parties as it begin' to appear that unless drastic measures of prevention are taken a war will be in progress soon One of the measures of prevention is to arm and equip the some underground movements in Comof the countries where the munists have begun a reign of terror The American people through many' decades of their history have shown a distinct sympathy for parties or factions engaged in revolution against tyranny Political parties have openly expressed sympathy in their platAt times funds have forms been raised to assist revolution ary movements abroad In Line With Tradition When therefore the very safety of the United States and the lives of its youth may be at stake the direct extension of aid to revolutionary movements seeking to overthrow despotic rulers is in line with American tradition and modern methods of to the country vote Thus even the Kremlin were to order Andrei GrDmyko to Join the tomorrow trusteeshipwerecouncil to demand Soviet and if he participation In a by a their troops in Palestine at least far a few months or a year a) - - 0 - -- --- r full-fledg- ed signed primarily to end that opportunity The Soviet Union has refused to join the United Natiorui trusteeship council to which if the American proposal is approved by the assembly the Palestine problem will be referred There is no veto in the council Final decisions are rnade British -- further-aggressio- By Joseph and Stewart Alsop WASIMNGTON' — Arnerican troops yri2 soon be dispatched to i I Palestine to replace troops They will be sent to per- I 4-0----- WASHINGTON—Talk about appropriating a vast sum of money in general terms to allow the state department and United States military authorities to use it to assist democratic eleMente in countries behind the iron curtain represents an unprecedented trend This is an inevitable consequence of the "cold war" between Russia and the United States The plan is to fight fire with fire Instead of standing by while the ComMunists pour funds and other forms of hasletance for their adherents into other countries the western powers will use the same tactics in aiding their supporters too Such a program may conceivably lead to military aid to the underground movements as was done during the war Would Busy Russians Certainly if the undergrounds could get arms and other forms of aasistance they could keep the RUSISIBMI employed in policing those countries at an expense in time and money and perhaps lives which might discourage the Communistic regime In Moscow from n I Matter of Fact --- -- --- By DAVID LAWRENCE re er - - The American people' do not need to be frightened into making plans for defending the nation nor is it necessary to employ "scare" tactics on members of congress who represent them The mernner in which the announcement of sighting of alien submarines by- - Navy Secretary John L Sullivan Urfa made recently sounds more like "high-pressuadvertising" than a sober warning the strength of the British navy "It is of outstanding importance" said A S a London journalist recently in a radio broadcast "that the American people who are now so deeply concerned over the defense of western Europe should no misapprehension whatever about Britain's ability to make an efficient contribution to democratic military requirements know in particular that reports have been disseminated in various parts of the world including North and South America to the effect that our navy is now so seriously weakened that it has almost ceased to exist as a fighting instrument Fortunately this was cleared up in a very satisfactory manner in the recent parlisrmentary debate on the navy estimates One can only hope that it has clarified the minds of people in other countries who still look upon the strength of the British navy as the e s az of British prestige and power" then went ahead to list fr the potentialities of the British sea forces MIMI --- -' - -- Easter Bumlyr Wins Place At Ego-- Fete By Crockett t:---7--- Public Wants Information Not 'Scare' Stories As international tensions increase and the Leader' of America urge greater defense efforts- the British are obviously moving along similar lines and they want it understood that their country is not only willing but able to aasist in an emergency Especially do they want to correct any naisapprehensions about 40 " '' -- four battleships three fleet carriers 17 cruisers 34 submarines 52 destroyers and 43 frigates which he declared would be completely mobilized by December By that time there vrill:be I 4 'available 11-:Ings i Salt Laks City Utah for children British Declare lilr and Able- - be-und- o Tribune Publishing Co the Christian religion by way of the Jewish Passover which is also known as the Paschal fast and provides Easter with other titles in other languages Easter 12 the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox and thus known as a "wandering" feast day It arrived at this place on our modem calendar only after many disputes amonpchurches and calculators In fairly recent times several proposals have been made for fixing the date of Easter more firmly They have met with the approval of orthodox churchmen as well as business and educational leaders but thus far nothing has conic of these efforts This year Easter arrives earlier' than usual but in 1951 the festival will fall on March 25 which recalls a bit of old English lore that might bode ill for that island across theAtlantic "When Easter falls in our lady's lap then let England beware a rap" goes the old saying March 25 was the day known as "our lady's lap" It is possible that before 1951 leading churchmen and calendar experts may get together on some more immovable date in April The relation between Easter and the lunar calendar is unmistakable however Many ancient and pagan observances provide obvious parallels The easter rabbit is said to date back into early Egyptian religious history which regarded the hare as closely related to the moon The coloring of eggs is said to extend back into early Persian customs But these more pagan and more frivolous aspects of Easter have survived along with its more serious side and serve to enliven the holiday is with us today The inspiration of the spirit of resurrection and the faith in life eterr-a- l are aymbolized in white blossoms as they burst forth from the somber shadows of sadness For Christians it is the anniver- sary of the rising of their Lord For the rest of the world it is a time for rejuvenation and I U S Prepares The Road Bloek To Counter Red Offensive rtlt Sunday Easter Message of Hope SorOy 'Needed Tn Troubled World This Year 1ter 1-2- I lisskeo to' L - 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