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Show Pare By Henry Aldous Dixon A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to Good Government HARRY B. MILLER, Publisher H. V. WRIGHT, Editor Phone EM 421 Church Street Advocates of Washington Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, ptatesrightg are encouraged by the unprecedented progress in Utah, under the act of March 3, 1879 rate $1.00 per year Subscription Congress of legislation intended to protect state laws against fedPublished weekly at 421 Church Street, Salt Lake City, Utah eral encroachment. NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Vol. 12; No. 23 . Friday, June 1958 13, 1958 BATTLE LINE r . 1958 Industry Expansion: 32 Billion The legislation, directed at the judicial doctrine of federal preemption of powers traditionally vested in the states, has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee. It has bipartisan support in both the House and Senate and its backers plan to speed the measure toward enactment in every way possible. Its passage is regarded as essential by those who believe that government should not be centered in a giant Washington bureaucracy but should, so far as possible, be administered at the state and local level by officials more familiar with the pro- Theres been so much talk about how the United States cant afford to stand still while the Russians are building new plants at a record pace that you would think there isnt a new factory going up from one end of the country to the other. Its true that businessmen have slashed their new purchases of capital goods and the cuts kicked off the recession. But busi- blems. nessmen havent locked all of their spare cash in a vault until the The measure, authored by Rep. Smith provides that a storm blows over. ... (D-V- a.) state law shall not be nullified that 1958 is scheduled merely because Congress has passed a federal statute in the same to be one of the biggest capital investment years on record. field. Smith introduced the American industry is planning to spend $32,000,000,000 for Rep. measure on January 6, 1955, in an new plant and equipment this year. Thats 5,000,000,000 cut from to stop the erosion of state 1957s record $37,000,000,000 and its $3,000,000,000 below 1956s effort powers by judicial rulings. He second best $35,000,000,000 volume. wanted to assure that a state law, not in conflict with a federal But it still will make 1958 the third best year on record. law, could be enforced in a state for the protection of its The steel industry boosted its capacity to an e high of court citizens. 140,700,000 tons at the beginning of this year by adding 7,000,000 What the introduction tons to its productive facilities during 1957. It had another 5,000,-00- 0 at that inspired particular time was a tons of capacity under construction in January and several decision by the Fennsylvalnia million are scheduled to come into operation before Dec. 31. Supreme Court (later upheld by Far from it. The fact of the matter is . all-tim- The electric power industry, the only major industry that will spend more this year than in 1957, will bring in 13,000,000 kilowatt hours of capacity during 1958. It plans to add another .. 14,000,000 in 1959. The machinery-- industries invested $1,874,000,000 in new plant and equipment last year. This year they are scheduled to spend $1,741,000,000. Joseph R. Slevin, National Economics Editor; in New York Herald Tribune, May 28. , . , NOTE: Compare the 1958 investment of $32,000,000,000 with the highest expansion under Truman, $26,500,000,000 in 1952 with a war economy and rapid amortization benefits etc., and with the highest managed by the Roosevelt Administration, $8,700,000,000 in 1W5. - The 'Recession Fighters1 Voters in all areas affected by the retreating business recession, especially those in the 11th District of Pennsylvania, would have been interested spectators at the opulent fashion show the Democrats staged at the swank Sheraton Park Hotel the other night. The show was arranged by the Democrats to display leisure, time, vacation and cocktail garb. The Washington Post reported that the show got under way as follows: ' First on the runway were Rep. and Mrs. Daniel J. Flood of Pennsylvania. Her costume was billed as a lady pirate knit swim suit in black and red stripes, with a beach jacket which she removed to show the suit, and a big, floppy hat. This is what the well dressed congressman will wear to talk to unemployed coal miners was the introduction for Floods costume boxer shorts in a Tartan check and a matching terry-line- d qacket. When Mrs. Flood slipped out of her beach jacket, spectators yelled: Take it off to the congressman, but he refused to remove his jacket. congressmans modesty, while laudable, seemed to come a bit late in the proceedings for him. In the entertainment phase of the plush frolic, the Post reported, the house was brought down by a magic act in which lifted the shirt off Sen. Olin D. JohnSenator Kefauver ston without disturbing his coat, and held it up for all to see that it was whole. Johnston, not to be outdone, then lifted Kefauvers shirt in die same manner. The be-short- ed (D-Ten- 13, 1958 Congressman In Washington THE UTAH STATESMAN s Friday, June T1IE UTAH STATESMAN 2 n) Capital wags suggested that this stunt was symbolic of what would happen to the American taxpayer if the Democrats succeed in enacting their proposals to boost federal spending by $206,500,-000,00- 0 over the next five years. the United States Supreme Court) Invalidating a Pennsylvanian statute directed against communistic activity. The state law could not be enforced, it was upheld, because there was a ederal law; therefore, the sive jurisdiction. This had the efect of outlawing similar legislation in 46 other states. Strangely enough, Rep. Smith was the author of the 19440 federal statute, and it was shocking news to him that it prevented states from dealing with communists. It even specified that nothing in this title shall be held to take away or impair the jurisdiction of Ithe courts of the several states under the laws thereof. The decision, however, was in line with wlmt had beefri the trend in recent years toward transferring more and more authority to Washington from local governments. (state and President Eisenhower has sought to reverse this trend by encouraging the shifting away from Washington of essential functions that can better be handled bade home. He has appointed a Comanti-sediti- on anti-sediti- on mission on Relations, which already has made some recommendations and is planning more. Rep. Smith emphasizes that his present bill is directed at the Inter-Governmen- tal - disease itself and not merely ruling, which he described as merely a symptom of a dangerous disease that threatened to destroy completely th sovereignty of the states. The disease, he makes dear, is the judicial doctrine that whenever Congress enacts legislation on any subject its jurisdiction becomes exclusive and no state law can be enforced. In late years, he points out, Congress has legislated pretty well all over the waterront Congress has stretched the interstate commerce laws and the general welfare laws to the point where they cover all the ills of mankind. (Continued on Page 4) at the anti-sediti- on ... At the Commencement Services of the George Washington University held Wednesday, 10 Utahns received medical and law degrees and another received an honorary doctorate. It was my honor to participate in the academic processional with other members of Congress, the University Deans, Trustees and Marshall-PresideMarvin. doctor of medicine degrees were conferred, five of Eighty-seve- n than upon Utah scholars: Jerald James Bergera (Helper), Lowell Raymond Daines (Brigham), Paul Hatch Daines (Logan), Erven Jean Nelson (Provo), Caddie Lewis Parker (Salt Lake). Utah was represented by five other graduates in the school of law. Rodger Meek Moore (Ogden) had earned a Master of Laws degree; William James Critchlow III (Ogden), Jerald Noel Engstrom (Huntsville) received juris doctor degrees; Darrell G. Renstrom (Huntsville) and Werner Widstoe Kiepe (Salt Lake) earned bachelor of laws degrees. The university, which was chartered by Congress in 1821, also honored one of Utahs most distinguished scientists, Dr. Allen Varley Astin, with an honorary doctor of science degree. At the same ceremony Army Secretary Wilbur Marion Brucker was honored with a doctor of laws degree. Dir. Austin heads the Bureau of Weights and Standards and presides over 3,100 employees, some of them our nations top scientists. He is a graduate of the Class of 1925, University of Utah. nt . . People to People The House Agriculture Committee is issuing its final printed report on the revision of Public Law 480 and it includes some provisions I had been strongly pressing before my colleagues, namely to provide increased use of counterpart funds for sending abroad American Students, teachers, and experts in government, business and agriculture. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has been selling many of our surplus agricultural commodities to friendly foreign nations who did not have dollar reserves to purchase them with U.S. currency. Hence, we have accepted their currency and have agreed to spend it in their countries. I have urged that more of this money be spent to take Americans who have something to offer our foreign friends abroad to teach them and in turn, be taught by them. The committee has agreed. It has been previously reported that I had requested the research staff of the Library of Congress to make a major study of our foreign educational exchange programs with an eye to seeing how we can strengthen the programs and improve them. This study has attracted the attention of Vice President Nixon, who as a result of his Latin American trip has had recent insight into some foreign problems with our neighbors. He wrote to me as follows: I learned with interest' of the major study being made upon your initiative by the Library of Congress with respect to our exchange programs. While, in my opinion, there is no more effective way of strengthening the ties of international friendship betyween countries, it is also true that an examination is needed of the wide number of such programs, their purposes and their direction. Only in this way can we be sure that all are made fully responsive to the needs of our foreign policy. With all best wishes for success in your farsighted and vital project . . . Dick Nixon. Pay Boost for Gov't Workers Assured The House and Senate, acting with unusual have speed cleared the way for a 10 per cent pay boost for classified government workers. The pay measure will soon go to the White House where President days. The bill duplicates a similar, boost given two weeks ago to ), postal employees. Senator Everett Dirksen during the Senate debate reported that since 1950 government salaries had gone up less than eight per cent while comparable salaries for comparabl jobs in industry had advanced during the same period more than 30 per cent. Therefore, most of us felt justified in actively supporting wage advances for both our postal and civil service employees. I told the House committee in testimony on the bill last February,, Government employees should not except to be the highest paid people in the world but neither should they be obliged to take monastic vows of poverty and servitude. (R-Ul.- Senate Testimony Wednesday I offered testimony before the Senate Agriculture Committee chaired by Senator Allen Ellender ), in support of an expanded program of utilization research. Research can help us to find more uses for agricultural commodities and thus help supply one answer to the farm problem. Utilization research has already proved itself in such areas as frozen foods and fruit juices, powdered (instant) potatoes, penicillin and synthetic rubber. In addition to many new industrial uses for our farm crops, utilization research can stimulate the growth of new crops. For example, bamboo is four times as productive as southern pine for cellulose and high quality paper. Once production and marketing methods have been perfected, 50 million acres of bamboo could be grown profitably on land that is now being used to produce surpluses in cotton, rice and Other compeanuts. mercial and new crops are safflower, castor beans and canargre. (D-La.- well-manag- ed |