Show THE GARLAND WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 'UNIVERSAL MAN': NOTE: iFDTOR'8 nttitraNtwitiprr I he Pact tn It Uau nliaii tktp Ikm ( Ikla atvipipu) atl aittHtrUp plilim art ntwa aialptla aa GARLAND UTAH 77: Johann von Goethe From every state In the union and from many foreign lands distinguished visitors are pouring into the historic little frontier town of Aspen Colo to pay honor to a man born 200 years ago Truman Wants Welfare Department Veterans Will Get NSU Dividends Dig Four Agree on Austrian TIMES t 4 The Goethe Bicentennial Convocation and Music Festival (June 27 July 16) is presenting an Imposroster of thinkers writers ing statesmen philosophers educators and musicians who will seek to reexamine and the works and philosophy of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe the Universal Man as it pertains to the atomic age HEADING the impressive list of of lecturers is Albert Schweitzer Africa — philFrench Equatorial theomusician osopher doctor logian — acknowledged throughout the civilized world as the foremost modern disciple of Goethe The music festival running in with the convocation conjunction will feature compositions based on Goethe’s monumental works music of equal stature to Goethe to him and music contemporary and known to have been inspirational to him Re ad in’ LABOR: ROOSEVELT CHATS WITH TRUMAN Another Roosevelt Franklin D Jr chats In the White House with President Tnrman The meeting occurred shortly after young Roosevelt was sworn in as congressman from the 20th New York district replacing the late Sol Bloom F D R Jr made It plain he Is a Democrat and a member of Mr Trumah’s “team” WELFARE: More White Less for Signing into law a bill to reorganize the federal government President Truman offered a major proposal He wants a new department of welfare created with ts chief officer given full cabinet rank THE IDEA is not a completely new one It was heard frequently during the early days of the era much oftener during the latter years of F D R’s regime comWhile proposition manded chief attention of the nation’s press the President offered six other streamlining plans aimed at giving the taxpapers better service for less money These included: Transfer of the US employment and unemployment compensation offices to the labor department PLACING of the two key defense — national security counagencies cil and national security and resources board— directly in the President’s office of Tightening up administration the post office department maritime commission and civil service this commission Transfer of the public roads administration to the commerce department The President said the plans followed which several closely of the major recommendations Hoover commission on government will not "automatireorganization cally” produce efficiency and cut spending BUT HE SAID they open the to improvements that will door make the government "more vigorous” and operate more smoothly at a lower cost "over a period of time” No one expected any reduction in and the Presispending conclusions might be construed as a preliminary defense setup for continued federal outlay at level the present or an increased commission despite the Hoover recommendations and the Presimanifesto own dent’s federal dent’s VETERANS: Get Good Veterans all set for News of World War n were a surprise bonanza anThe Veterans’ administration in Washington that cash nounced refunds totaling 28 billion dollars will begin for them about next January —that is for all GI’s who took out national service life insurance during the war These were estimated to number some 18 million anUnder the new payments nounced by the VA each or his heirs would receive an average of $175 from life insurDescribed as a ance dividends "dividend” the money is to be repaid from two sources: 1 An eight billion dollar surplus which developed from the fact that insurance G I premiums were based by law on a standard mortality (death) rate table which turned out to be higher than needed 2 Earnings from the surplus it was explained In general every veteran who took out national service insurance and kept it in force at least three months will be eligible — provided the policies were 1948 not issued after January No refunds are to be made on policies issued after that date ofMEANWHILE government divificials saw in the Insurance a timely “shot in dend payments the arm” for business in 1950 which LONG SEARCH SEEN House Repairs Still a Question ' It appeared that all the commotion about repairs to the White House wasn’t quite over although congress approved and sent to the a money bill carrying President funds for work on the White House The mohey was included in a measure calling for expenditure of 871 million dollars for various government obligations THE HOUSE which had passed the bill earlier accepted a amendment approved by the senate The change would put it up to a special commission whether a residence separate should be built for the first family in addition to the job on the White House itself GERMANY: Partial Accord of the The conference council of foreign ministers of the four major powers had ended with partial accord having been reached The western powers and Russia cleared away obstacles to an Austrian independence treaty and agreed to try to get along a little better in Germany THE RUSSIANS however were in there pitching right up to the final moments of the parley The conference ended in a flurry of unexcitement as Russia sought to make a last minute successfully in the announcement of the change results meeting's The Reds had promised not to a blockade on Berlin in reimpose return for efforts to revive trade in Germany This was contained statement in a of principle by the Big Four to in Germany guide negotiations The Russians were supported in their 150 million dollar claim on Austria for German assets and swung an uppercut at Yugoslavia’s Marshal Tito by dropping their support of Yugoslavian claims on Austria These were the points which cleared the way for an Austrian treaty which has been ordered for presentation by Septem- ber 1 DESPITE the improvement in t relations growing out of American the conference spokesmen were not optimistic in evaluating results U S Secretary of State Dean Acheson had no immediate comment Work on the Austrian treaty however was termed a “substantial step” forward and of no little imbecause it would free portance Austria and push Soviet troops farther back into eastern Europe It was felt that ground had been neither gained nor lost in Germany serve to stimulate sales They recalled that the payoff of some two billion dollars in 1947 provided a sizeable such stimulus for the nation's business The plan to start the checks rolling in January brought vigorous criticism on Capitol Hill as Representative Keating (R N Y) demanded that congress set October 15 as the deadline He introduced a bill to hurry the dividend payments to that date He declared that the government had “overcharged" veterans on their life surance and that the money should be refunded “immediately not a year from now" should ENDED Chlorophyll in Tooth jaste Fights Decay new A containing toothpaste may be the answer to chlorophyll search for a preventhe Use of chlortive for tooth decay ophyll in the new product was announced by Dr Gustav W Rapp biochemist and research professor dental school of Loyola university’s and his assistant B F Gurney The new paste acts to do away with all of the conditions generally by dental authorities to be causes of dental decay according to Dr Rapp and Mr Gurney and owes its unusual powers to the use of the denvaties of which is the magic chlorophyll green substance that gives grass and all other green plants their color Long known as essential to all life chlorophyll previously has been used with excellent results thought Bad Ritin'and Rhythm Timing? Was the postwar buggy ride of consumer demand and increasingly higher wages really over? The Ford motor company thought so and said so with a list of deCONFRONTED mands by the united automobile workers union the company made a significant Instead of pay raises and pension health and welfare plans as drafted the company proby the union to peg wages where they for another 18 months Such action said the company would "set a stabilization pattern ’for the entire (national) economy at this critical time” THE UNION among other things be that wages had demanded pegged to the cost of living Pointing out that the cost of living is down and that the market for cars might drop up to 32 per cent after this year the company declared flatly that it would reject any change in the work contract labor would mean which higher costs — whether in the form of wage increases or pension or welfare posed Children art having mort fun is better and teaching better paid and there is less cost as a fourth compatriot "Rhythm" joins the venerable "three R's" of education Class instruction (top) in piano like this in York Pa schools is now being given in hundreds of schools are In photo above boys and girls join in this brass class at Oak Park where children are taught to music teaching and bringing it to more New methods are revolutionizing in groups play effectively millions of children every day In photo below is shown how wind instruments are taught to boys and to a survey by the American music confer According girls who aspire to elementary school bands ence 85 per cent of all people believe music should be taught on the same basis as other subjects- - funds THUS the issue was hastening to Could industry a showdown stand anothec round of wage or would labor with its organized power so stifle Industry would be inevithat capitulation firm against increases table? Indicted There was much of mystery and charge and in the events out of which grew the federal indictment of Preston Tucker (above) Tucker and five others were indicted by o the government on charges of mail fraud conspiracy in violations of the securities and exchange act Tucker has retaliated with charges that the securities and exchange commisto sion has made it impossible of the continue production Tucker car which was to be motor with in the a powered rear 0 0 Learning most the RED HUNT: a of instruction given girls and they find that each must acher comodate flute playing to the other's in order to get the nation’s oldest unwas having nothing to do iversity with any officials There was a reason said They felt that to do so might be a danger to the university's freedom and to its academic integrity held American Harvard AND “true freedom Is the school’s glory” as it once told a man who tried to "buy” it for 10 million dol- desired Milwaukee harmony and tone o 0 lars 0 The Harvard policy statement in with connection activities was put this way: "There will be no harassment of professors for engaging in open and There will be no legal meetings apparatus of inquiry and ‘closer o o o Carrying out the theme of and cooperation per- harmony cussion class are taught the Oak Park the children are instruments PROMISES: in Made for Housing indicated they House Republicans were tired of the federal housing wrangle So they promised they’d introduce a housing bill to substiprotute for the administration’s schools fundamental gram It was tympani cymbals and snare drum said to include a plan for homes and some In fact the subproperty would stitute measure embody most of the administration's ideas musical these Harvard Cool Harvard the watch’ "The harm done by the effort necessary to discover even a single (Communist) clandestine party member would outweigh any possible benefit” is cooperation important receiving ments groups Here in instruction the on percussion instru- of the orchestra bass o o o — drum |