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Show Page Two FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1966, Cast is Selected For Chekov Play The cast for Anton Chekhovs The Three Sisters has been It is no secret that Congres- key role in the war in Vietnam sional Democrats are becoming that it played in the Korean is increasingly wary of the No- the belief that the American vember election effects of the war in Vietnam. Some have privately voiced the fear that a political pattern similar to that which developed during the Korean War will "cut the party to pieces this fall. Right now the country largely supports President Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam war policies just as it did Harry S Truman's in Korea. There were some criticisms notably those from the General MacArthurltes, of Trumans Korean War policies. But these, with the exception of the anti-wpacifists, were minor differences in detail over how the wars should be fought. The vast majority of Americans agreed that we had to resist Communist agression Korea just as we now are in Vietnam. The tinning point in the Truman Administrations support for the war in Korea came when It finally began to publicly admit that it had despaired of victory in Korea, could foresee only continued bloodshed and high casualty rates and asked public endorsement of a war of indefinite duration that might go on for years and end in appeasear people must support a Presidents foreign policies because only the President really has all the facts in foreign affairs. This, more than whether his policies in Vietnam are really right or wrong will probably enable President Johnson to go on enjoying majority public support for those policies. Truman probably would have been reelected in 1952 if he had been running against General Eisenhower, despite the unpopularity of his argument that the American people would have to go on accepting high Korean War losses for years to come. President Johnson may also take solace in the feet that no President has ever been defeated for reelection whenever foreign affairs was a major issue of the warm hearted humanness unexcelled in any other drama. Ernest Bulow will play Amiri Prozoroff with Kathy McPhee. as Natalia Ivanovna. The three sistres are Ann Schvaneveldt as Olga, Johann Beach as Irina and campaign. Lindford ss Masha. Tom Johnson, like Truman on Ko- Lynda Wallace appears as Kulygin, Lee rea, can probably go on calling Johnson as Vershinin and Lynn for public support for his war Samuel as Tusenbach. policies and receive it, even Prof. Morgan will direct and though there may be growing design sets for the show with dissatisfaction with the success Leon I. Brauner designing cosof those policies in winning or tumes and LeRoy Brandt as the simply ending the war. technical director. However, whether the Presidents Democratic party can expect similar support is some- Audubon Society ment. Americans rejected this. The thing else again. Here, again the Korean War Korean War became a treada case in point. offers demill war. Massive public Adlai Stevenson found when mands developed for victory for the Presidency in in Korea. Continued stalemate running ' 1952 the public support Truthat was rejected. man Some say there is a fatal enjoyed for the war in flaw in the American charac- Korea, did not automatically acter which prevents Americans crue to him. In fact, like many Democratic from accepting the Communist theory of protracted conflict, congressmen seeking reelection that die American character sim- this year, Stevenson found himply cannot accept conflict of in- self in the position of both critidefinite, duration and unsatisfac- cizing and defending the war. The people, while endorsing tory conclusion the war in defense of Freedom, Others say that rather than a to resist Communist aggresdefect, this is a virtue of the sion, etc., refused to accept an American character; that we are a people who get things done by unending war we could never totally committing ourselves to win. Truman was never personally clearcut goals. The Truman Administrations repudiated, probably could have failure to realize this led to its beaten Eisenhower if he ran repudiation at the polls in the again on the Korean War issue. 1952 elections, just as Democrats But Trumans Democratic party candidate now fear the Johnson Admini- and his hand-picke- d were on beaten the unstration may be repudiated this clearly war Democrats and fear November. ending This columnist has long con- it could happen again. tended that it was the publics refusal to accept the indefinite Hardware Ranch war hr Korea that led to the Eisenhower Republican victory Attracts Visitors in 1952, rather than merely the Hardware Ranch, located in Generals war hero popularity. Blacksmith Fork Canyon, is now Even the able but unpopular playing host to thousands of visiSenate Robert Taft nearly de- tors each week. Owned and operfeated Eisenhower for the 52 ated by the Utah Department of Republican presidential nomina- Fish and Game, the Hardware tion and some say that no one Ranch is a major attraction durbut Adlai Stevenson could, have ing winter months as people come to enjoy a sleigh ride onto the lost to him. no is But there doubt that the elk feeding grounds. major political issue in the 1952 Teams of horses pull the sleigh presidential campaign was the onto the feeding grounds where Korean War aiid' whether the the visitor may sec upward of public would be willing to go on 300 elk. Often the sleigh will accepting rising casualties, un- take you within 15 feet of the certain victory and a war of elk. Few such opportunities now exist to see and photograph wild indefinite duration. These are the same features elk. of the war in Vietnam President Although the Ranch .was esJohnson now declares the Ameri- tablished by the Fish and Game can public must be willing to Department for management accept. purposes, the annual sleigh rides He has even declared as he has have become a big part of the in his State of the Union Address winter operation for Superintenthat the war in Vietnam may go dent Joe Berger and his crew. on for months, even years, Sleigh rides out to the elk herd which sent a shudder up the will continue as long as the snow backs on Democratic Senators conditions will permit the operation. and Representatives. Another one of the seemingly .Visitors will find it much more typeial American characteristics convenient if they can make that is now playing the same their visit during the week days . se- lected and rehearsals started by direction of Prof. Floyd Morgan, Department of Theatre Arts of Utah State University. The Three Sisters, a play vitally concerned with search for meaning in life and with living people in all their emotions, will be presented in the Lyric Theatre in downtown Logan on Feb. 3, 4, 5 and 10, 11. 12. Chekov author of The Cherry Uncle Vanya, and Orchard, The Sea Gull, has charmed theatre audiences for years with his tender and dramatic characterizations. In Sisters Chekhov paints the human condition with a full palette of human emotions pathos, anger, comedy and a THE SALT LAKE TIMES . Psychologist Warns that Experts' Children May 'Feel Watched' A child psychologist conceded childs right to his own feelings, today that there is a germ of letting nim know at a more aptruth in the observation . . . that propriate time and place tnat all psychotherapists seem to beget little children get angry someand attrib- times. The generalization can be 'problem children uted this phenomenon to the comforting; the specific and perprobability that the experts sonal interpretation can be conchild more than any other may fusing, annoying and even frightfeel that he is watched, that he ening. has no privacy. Even with a great deal of Eda LeShan, an author and training and experience, theranursery-schoconsultant, writ- pists make mistakes in interpreissue of Red-boo- k tation; they know this, watch for current ing in the magazine, warned against it and are prepared to handle it. the application of If we all try to become therapsychiatry by parents whose pists, we can create havoc for smattering of information may ourselves and our children. We lead them sometimes to make may make serious mistakes and judgments but far more important is the interpretations ' ol elf that are not only incorrect but feet that while psychotherapy is also dangerous. a tool for the relief of suffering, The writer urged lay and professional parents alike to learn that sometimes it is best to keep to ourselves our awareness of what may be bothering our children. We all have a right to some privacy. Every incident doesnt necessarily have a hidden meaning. And where a deeper meaning does exist, it need not always be put into words, the article said. The author deplored a tendency of some parents to jump to obvious conclusions in interpreting childrens behavior psychologically. I can imagine nothing more terrifying and saddening to a child than to have Joins in Protests his innermost thoughts and feelThe National Audubon Society ings under constant surveillance has joined three other American and interpretation, said Miss Leconservation organizations in Shan. What emerges here is a protesting a current fad that ex- science-fictio- n nightmare in ploits the skins of such rare and which children are raised by allendangered wild animals as the knowing psychiatric robots. polar bear and African leopard. When Junior knocks over a In the following letter, pub- lamp accidentally, he may feel lished in the New York Herald with good cause that his privacy Tribune and sent to other New has been violated if we say York City newspapers, president knowingly, Thats all right, dear. of the Audubon Society, the Its just that you were feeling World Wildlife Fund, the New angry at me and thats why you York Zoological Society and the knocked the lamp over. For one Conservation Foundation, joined thing, we may be wrong. But in urging Americans to refrain even if we happen to be on from buying. All of the firms the right track, we can be far named in the letter are New more helpful if we respect a York City stores. To the Herald Tribune: Our organizations are deeply j . disturbed by the recent and current promotion through advertising of the sale of wild animal skins of rare and endangered species for rugs, pillow and furniture coverings, and clothing. Commercial exploitation of wild life has always been the most deadly kind. It encourages the type of greedy killing that igp nores not only rules of but all the conservation sports-mansh- laws. Poachers in Africa and Asia are prospering on the American demand for the skins of such threatened species as the leopard, the cheetah and tiger. The polar bear, recently the subject of an international conservation conference in Alaska, is another animal that cannot stand merchandising. Among the firms advertising these skins are Abercrombie & Fitch Co., offering rugs of polar bear, Indian tiger, African leopard and brazilian jaguar; B. Agriculture Dept. Amends Milk Order The United States Department of Agriculture has amended the Great Basin federal milk marketing order which sets minimum prices to dairy farmers supplying milk for parts of Utah, Nevada and Wyoming. The order does not regulate prices consumers pay. USDAs Consumer and Marketing Service said the amendments, which will become effective soon, have been approved by more than the necessary two-thirof dairy farmers serving the market, voting in a recent referendum. One of the amendments expands the marketing area covered by the order through addition of Cache and Rich Counties in Utah, and the Idaho cities of Preston and Malad City. Under another amendment, required route sales of fluid milk by pool plants are set at 50 per cent of total receipts, in all the months of the year. Such plants previously had to sell on routes 50 per cent of receipts in the months of August to March and 40 percent in all other months. Altman & Co., offering rugs of African lion and cheetah and polar bear, and rugs and coats of tiger; Georges Kaplan, offering rugs of polar bear and pillow covers and rugs of tiger; Bonwit eller, offering coats of Brazil aguar and The Tailored Woman Fairfield Osborn, President, offering clothing of leopard. t, New York Zoological Society We register our vigorous Russell E. Train, President, and we urge all Americans Conservation Foundation to refrain from buying. Ira N. Gabrielson, President, Carl W. Buchheister, President World Wildlife Fund National Audubon Society ds it is not a way of life. What children need even more than psychological understanding is love, and love cant operate in an atmosphere where the parents are scrutinizing every move a child self-consciou- sly makes. are beginning to understand that it is nonsense to assume that only the patient has We neurotic reasons for his feelings and that therapists always have healthy, insightful reasons for everything they say and do, said the article in Redbook. Parents still have to be the final judge. of what kind of help is needed, and when. And if they are really to be helped, blind faith in the therapist alone is not the answer. The observations and feelings of parents are essential to successful teamwork. Sometimes our new knowledge of the complexity of human nature has tended to make us more dependent on outside help and less reliant on inner resources. We are so alert to the possibility of psychological problems that we may be too quick to run to tiie nearest psychotherapist or counselor, when in fact our problem may be a normal part of life and growth, the article said. . Milk priced under another federal order can be diverted to Great Basin pool plants for manufacturing purposes and not be counted in the Great Basin pool. Conversely, Great Basin milk can be moved to another federal order market for manufacturing use and still be pooled and priced as Class III milk under the Great Basin order. Also, mlik handlers will be allowed to divert up to 25 per cent of their producer milk off the market and two or more cooperatives can use their diversion privilege jointly. Fluid milk sold to candy manufacturers will be included in Class III. Still another amendment will exempt from regulation under the order BYU and government agencies which produce and process milk for their own use. The public hearing on which the amendments are based was held at Salt Lake City March 23-2- 5. Copies of the amended order may be obtained from Market administrator John B. Rosen-burP.O. Box 6142, 1477 South Eleventh East, Salt Lake City, or from the Dairy Division, Consumer and Marketing Service, y, U.S. Department of Agriculture Washington D.C. 20250. pro-fes- The magazine industry employed more than 70,000 people in 1964 and provided a total pay roll of $500 million. |