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Show Pare THE UTAH STATESMAN 2 Friday, February 14, 1958 Protestant World THE UTAH STATESMAN Aid Reaches All-tiHigh A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher me H. V. WRIGHT, Editor Phone EM Church Street at Office Salt Lake City, Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post 1879 Utah, under the act of March 3, Subscription rate $1.00 per year Published weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 421 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Friday, February Vol. 12; No. 7 1958 14, 1958 : COMMON SENSE Guide People of War Through 'Brink Herman Brotherhood Will Appelman By York Journal American Courtesy New Our troubled nation, beset as it has been by Sputniks, civil brink-of-wcrises, needs the rights differences and recurring spiritual strength that derives from brotherhood to guide it through such dark hours. These are days of agonizing stress and tension both at home and abroad and we must face them as a people joined in the bonds of equality, justice and common understanding. That is why Brotherhood Week, sponsored by the National Conference of Christians and Jews, assumes a deep and significant meaning that should be supported by all our people. The armor that can shield us from the foes of democracy must be reinforced and impregnated against the prejudices which gnaw away at our national unity. Intolerance and bigotry must be replaced by intensive education aimed at promoting better race relations, ending second class citizenry and creating equal opportunities for all. It is true that this country has made tremendous gains in the field of civil rights for all our citizens and Brotherhood Week has had a commendatory share in helping to bring these about. There are hopeful signs that the people are becoming increasingly aware that prejudice, discord and hate sap manpower, production and morale and cause needless suffering and indignity. Brotherhood Week can point the way but it is the people themselves who must apply mutual respect, tolerance, friendship and understanding to their daily living not just for one week but throughout the year. It has often been said that no problem is too great- for the American people to tackle once they understand its ramifications. It is our belief that the inmate intelligence and good "sense- of the American people will recognize intolerance for the evil that it is and will take positive steps to crush it. We are equally confident that the American people will not want to continue to deprive themselves of our greatest resources human intelligence and talent btj a perpetuation of prejudice and dischimination. Paraphrasing the sentiments of Bernard Baruch, we hope that the time will soon come when Brotherhood Week will be a reminder, not of the presence of discrimination in our midst, but of its eradication. Universal unrest, new uncertainties and dangers and the shift in the balance of technological strength have narrowed mankinds choice down to Barbarism or Brotherhood. Common sense dictates the choice that people shall live as one family of man. This is the theme of Brotherhood Week. It should be the theme of our daily lives. Brotherhood is the true path to freedom and peace. ar - WASHINGTON LAST WEEK Farm Hearings, Rates, Cigarets, Education, Autos Highlight Week ECONOMIC: The Joint Economic Committee concluded its hearings Monday on President Eisenhowers economic report. AUTO PRICES: A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee continued its auto price investigation last week with testimony from American Motors Corp. President George Romney. FARM HEARINGS: A House Agriculture Subcommittee scheduled a hearing last Monday on cotton price supports and acreage curbs. EDUCATION: A House Labor Subcommittee continued hearings last week on proposals for federal education programs. POSTAL RATES: A Senate Post Office Committee resumed hearings Tuesday and Thursday on proposed postal rate increases. REGULATORY AGENCIES: A House Commerce Committee met last Monday to consider charges against its counsel, Bernard Schwartz, who. has been directing the investigation into the conduct of regulatory agency officials. Schwartz was replaced on the committee as a result of the hearings and the chairman investigating the FCC practices resigned in protest. TRANQUILIZERS AND CIGARETS: A House Government Operations Subcommittee met Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss possible false and misleading advertising for tranquilizers. On Thursday Jt met to consider its reports on advertising of filter cigarets and weight reducing preparations. ' NEW YORK," N.Y. American Protestant churches shipped lbs. of relief supplies through Church World Service 366,-022,0- 13 during 1957 for free distribution to hungry, homeless, destitute and underprivileged persons abroad.' The overseas relief shipments, valued at $35,522,382 and consisting of food, clothing, medicines, matools, education and terials went to 35 countries in Europe, Asia Africa, Latin and South America and the Caribbean. This contribution of people in the United States through their churches to those in need abroad exceeded by more than 85 per cent the 1956 shipments of lbs. of similar materials for the programs of the churches. Announcement of the 1957 Church World Service shipments was made by Dr. R. Norris Wilson, executive director, at Church World Service offices, 215 Fourth FACT MEMO Avenue, New York City. Church World Service, a major department of the National Council of Churches, is the cooperative overin seas relief agency through which As we look ahead inl958, there it were not for him we would 35 leading Protestant denominaare grounds for expecting that the probably be much further ad- tions carry on joint overseas mindecline in business activity need vanced along the line of recogniz- istries. not be prolonged and that eco- ing Red China than we are and A major item of the increase in nomic growth can be resumed probably we would be tied up shipments, Dr. Wilson said, was a without extended interruption. with some disarmament program vastly stepped-uoverall The policies of Government will that we would find a year or two of distribution of U.S. program surplus be directed toward helping to as- from now would be to the disad- foods to people in overseas hunsure this result . . . There are vantage of our country. areas. ger good reasons for confidence that a vigorous expansion of our econ- Dawson Reports omy can be sustained over the President Eisenhowers Bill years. Economic eRport of Jan. 20, 1958. Classroom Shortage Drops The estimated shortage of pubBy Rep. William A. Dawson lic school classrooms dropped sage of a bill I sponsored to halt The House this week took military land from 159,000 in the fall of 1956 grabs. The bill proto 140,400 las fall, a 12 per cent another step in mankinds long vides that the Department of Dereduction, according to reports struggle towards decency, kind- fense must obtain congressional from State Departments of Educa- ness and compassion. It overbefore I can it take over approval whelmingly approved legislation tion, the Department of Health, more of a the within any sponsored requiring Education and Welfare announced public domain for reasonable of time that and period bombing on Jan. 24. The estimated number gunnery ranges. It also provides that military of pupils in excess of normal all meat purchased by the govclassroom capacity dropped from ernment must be slaughtered un- personnel must abide by state fish 2.295.000 to 1,937,000, the State der humane conditions. Under the and game laws when hunting on bills provisions, all livestock military bases. This should halt report shows. must be rendered insensible to once and for all the Reclamation Progress before being shackled, hung accusations that many of our The Bureau of Reclamation dur- pain bases were being operated as and up slaughtered. 1957 the fiscal added year ing About Time private hunting preserves for of 'reservoir 160.000 acre-fee- t I introduced this of legislation for military officials. space storage irrigation River Compact water and 57,000 kilowatts of hy- only after I had become convinced a As meat the that member of the House Inpacking industry droelectric generating capacity in not terior would humane slaughadopt Committee, I participated dams in the West, in The hearings which led to commitSecretary of the Interior Fred A. tering techniques voluntarily. altee mere introduction of the bill approval of legislation estabSeaton announced on Jan. 31, in anihas millions of saved lishing an interstate compact of making public the Bureaus re- ready mals from the Bear River. suffering needless pain. port. Progress was also maintainthe The Under goad of the legislacompact a product of 15 ed on other construction work which will add 35 million acre-fe- tion, scores of packing houses years of give and take negotiaof storage capacity in future have changed slaughtering tech- tions will settle interstate disniques until now more than 50 putes that have held up full deyears. per cent of our cattle are killed velopment of this vital water Democrats and Defense Last year the President pro- humanely. I was interested in resource. When I consider that billion for defense, learning that the House Agricul- the Bear River starts in Utah, posed $38 the opposition sponsored a $2.1 ture Committee received more crosses the Wyoming border four billion cut. Too much for the mili- mail on humane slaughter than times, swings through Idaho and ends in Utah, I am amazed that history. tary they said. Now off they on any other bill in Use Land any agreement has been reached. ricochet again. The Presidents deconferA The existence of the Compact is special fense budget this year is about billion ence committee of which I was a a tribute to the good sense and $39.5 billion. Thats $3 more .than the opposition was member ironed out differences fair play of its drafters. willing to grant last year. Yet many of them are now whooping it up for more. Their cry indicates a no more objective appraisal of our defense needs than their cry nine months ago to slash satellite, research and development, missile, and other defense programs. Sherman Adto the assistant the ams, President, Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 20. McCormack Praises Dulles I also at that time (television program) expressed my respect for Secretary Dulles because I am firmly convinced that he has as profound a knawledge of the evilness of the Communist mind as anyone in the administration. 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