| Show Sfos!SH': 4AV ‘KSk Tieliiirf'totwejiisgg EDITORIALS feiasuaned April 15 1871 p)C j5< Issued every morning by £uli ibutte Monday Feb Tbs Salt Lake Tribune Publishing ' ??' tr u gsi ' -- -- “ Ilpiiirijitriiiixiilfjaiiniiijiritifiiii-tiiiiiii- UNCLE ALWAYS GETS IT IN THE END 18 1946 Salt Lake City Co ” lljp'ifiTilfrurhflr I Lengthy FEPC Filibuster Reduced Senate Esteem TODAY Ctah Peron’s Perfidy Exposed to Other Nations As Accomplice of War Criminals When Argentine delegates to the San Francisco peace convention applied for admission to the federation of nations Russian representatives opposed any concession to a suspected auxiliary of the axis aggressors According to an Associated Press dispatch of April SO 1945 "eloquently but in vain Russian Foreign Minister Molotov pleaded for delay or rejection of the application he questioned the claim that the South American country was free from fascism” But other participants in that conference more gullible and less cautious overcame Russian opposition by a vote of 31 to 4 and Argentina entered into the deliberations just as Goebbels or Goering might have done with the same mental reservations and sinister schemes subsequently put into operation Other members of the united nations organization have been learning ever since that the obstreperous rpokesman for Stalin was justified in the course he took Soon after the charter was adopted and the assemblage disbanded Argentine leaders began to shed their masks One of the first statesmen to warn his counLa was Vincente Lombardo Toleando of trymen Mexico City president of the Federation of Labor In June of that year he told the press that “a dangerous infection’’ was being concealed in Argentina as "the leaders of that nation were using German funds and technicians to arm and prepare for Pan-Americ- an fascistic dictatorship” Admitting as Sumner Wells pointed out that there had been many autocratic rulers in Latin America he said: ‘‘There is a tremendous difference between traditional dictatorship based on economics and the political naxi-tvp- e of dictatorship which is taking control of Argentina” It was not long after adjournment of the San Francisco convention that several newspapers cf Argentina were forced to suspend publication when they refused to have their policies formed by the military authorities under General Edelmiro J Farrell well known to be the strong-arman of the axis clique At the same time the "Pro-Allie- d club” of Buenos Aires — a philanthropic organization of leading women created for the purpose of aiding the united nations — to the membership of which Argentina had been welcomed — was ebsed Defying threat of imprisonment 17 Argentine women leaders representing 48000 m Freedom of Enterprise Applied to Veterans People who moan and mourn because they are unable to obtain the exact domiciles to which they feel entitled ought to consider the plight of the veteran who moved his family Into a henhouse after serving three years in the muddy trenches of Europe and Oceania They should compare the comforts they enjoy with those of families living five or six in single rooms or shacks or small apartments because of a lack of housing in almost every center of population in this republic They should let their minds dwell for at least one moment on the overseas wrar veteran recently returned to his humble home in St Louis to be evicted with his mother sister and her baby The desperate emaciated battle tired boy of 22 has been carrying his little nephew through the streets of that prosperous city the child carrying a banner inscribed : ‘'Strike Unca Bud lived in a foxhole over there Do we both gotta live in one over here? We’re being evicted” Their landlord had interpreted “freedom of enterprise” to suit his personal desires just as many commentators have done and may continue to do to the end of time It is likewise pathetic to learn from press imports that an exacting landlord in Philadelphia the "city of brotherly love” the cradle of American liberty — imitating aggressive powers — took an artificial foot from a crippled veteran because the boy was unable to meet his rent charge of $28 when it fell due The name of the landlord Joseph Galzar-an- o should be remembered It indicates a former refugee from intolerable conditions in his native land — conditions that might have axis-mind- nazi-fascis- low-pai- ts Common Courtesy Could Reduce Traffic Woes Los Angeles civic leaders and officials who have been studying the automobile traffic problems — and they have plenty to study — are convinced that one of the chief contributing factors to accidents and driving difficulties is a lack of courtesy on the part of many motorists Salt Lake City motorists are equally aware of the need for courtesy and many are equally lacking in the “courtesies of the road’ Drivers in the southern California metropolis who w’ere queried laid the blame for most accidents according to the Los Angeles Times on the selfishness of the man behind the windshield and the carelessness of pedestrians Common courtesy the kind that prompts a person to say “Pardon me” instead of "Get out of my way” would go far toward solving the problem “Golden Rule driving” continues the editorial “is the need of the hour Would you want someone to endanger your life by whizzing along at outrageous speeds? Would you want someone to poke along in the middle of the street when you are in a hurry? And if the other fellow fails occasionally is that any reason why you should take it out on someone else?” These are some of the questions local motorists might ask themselves An honest answer and an aroused consciousness of the other fellow’s rights could avert many an accident and save much temper Then this colloquy occurred: "Mr Atkins you are a veteran ?” It's About Time the Atkinses Got Some Kind of a Break ur ed followed him across the Atlantic but for boys like his tenant who checked a plotted invasion in its own dooryard The magistrate was indignant and in his denunciation of the landlord expressed the sentiments of Americans in general— tors government officials educators and workers There was for example William George Atkins a Durham textile worker who was asked to give his views on the proposed 65 cents an hour minimum “Well I think we should have it” he began “I’ve worked In a textile plant for 15 years I’ve been down here at this one for five years "I have never been able to save anything out of my wages I have a wife a mother and four children to support Working by myself I couldn’t support them My wife has fo work in order to help me support the family If it wasn’t for my mother to stay with the kids my wife would have to stay home” He said he paid $5 a week for rent He had tried to get a company house “but they said they didn’t have enough houses to go around" "That’s right” “How long have you been discharged?” “Since the 12th of October 1945” “How does the wage you get as a textile worker compare with a private’s pay in the army?” “It doesn’t come up to It" “How much did you earn as a private in the 4my?" dol“One hundred forty-fou- r lars allotments and all” “How much would that be an hour?” "Eighty cents an hour” “Is your family getting along as well on what you make now as they did when you were in the army?” “Well they got along some better when I was in the army”’ There are many many thousands of Mr Atkinses in the south — and elsewhere They work in textile and lumber mills and tobacco factories in which are the largest number of workers getting a minimum below 65 cents an hour In the south these three industries employ far more than any others X Vf Perhaps nity and this is unjust to the senate Unthere are many doubtedly dreadful demagogues among the senators But there are some good men too However it must be conceded that in the six weeks it has been in session this year nothing the senate has done tends to enhance its reputation or increase its prestige— quite the reverse And there are quite a few senators candid enough to admit it A number of examples can be given the most conspicuous of which is the four weeks’ FEPC filibuster which practically strangled the senate for all that time and very recently ended with the sidetracking of the meashre Wholly disregarding the merits of the bill and the question of whether or not any filibuster can be justified that filibuster was a farce and a fraud For the plain truth is that from the start it was perfectly clear that the filibuster was going to succeed and the only possible result was the agreement finally reached by which the bill was laid aside A long time before the finish it was almost impossible to find a senator on either side who did not fully understand this Certainly the leaders understood it from the first day Why then did they let the thing run for four weeks during which the senate was unable to turn a wheel? The answer of course is — politics Both Democratic and Republican senators in the majonty faanxious to voring the bill were — establish a record some to please the CIO others to placate the Negro vote in pivotal northern and western states And neither the administration Democrats nor the regular Republicans really exerted themselves to stop the filibuster Instead they let it proceed without inconveniencing themselves by long sessions or any genuine test of endurance Some of them actually helped the filibu-te- r along by making speeches themselves while the filibusters rested In fact the whole business was saturated with false pretense and hypocrisy Another little incident that reflected no credit on the senate was the way in which one of its committees let Mr George Alien whom the president had RFC commissioner named clown himself Into the job There were some pretty sound reasons for objecting to this appointment but Mr Allen nullified them so far as the committee was concerned by quips cracks and grimaces that apparently “threw the committeemen into stitches” Certainly Mr Allen’s witticisms when read in print seemed feeble and not very funny But they must have seemed funny to the members of the committee who were reported as "roaring with laughter" Almost immediately they acted favorably upon his nomination Thus the hearing was turned into a farce It does seem that after the roaring had - ceased self-respe- Latin-Ameri-ca- BY THOMAS L STOKES WASHINGTON— The senate labor committee finally has approved for early senate consideration a bill raising the minimum wage under the federal act from 40 cents an wage-hohour to 65 cents with an increase to TO cents in two years and T5 cents by 1950 The measure also extends the present coverage to include many white collar workers in large retaJ and wholesale establishments whose business affects interstate commerce Many arguments have been made among others by President Truman and many statistics presented But perhaps the best and most easily understood argument for the bll is the livd working conditions of ers such as were revealed in a recent public hearing at Durham N C People from all walks of Lfe were there ministers null owners state legisla WASHINGTON— From time tq time the charge is made that the senate of the United States is deteriorating that in character and intelligence its level has been lowered that it lacks dig- active members of the club proclaimed and published in "La Presna” and "La Nacion” a signed advertisement disclosing the government’s duplicity and its opposition to giving any aid to enemies of the axis aggressors This was on June 6 1945 General Farrell Colonel Peron and other fascist leaders in Argentina made no secret of their preference for Germany and their dislike of the united nations although ready to dissemble when openly accused As United States ambassadors and envoys began to remonstrate the subsidized press and billboards of that land were covered with vile and scandalous denunciations of this government and its diplomatic agencies When Assistant Secretary of State Clayton flew to the Argentine capital for an explanation all inhibitions were temporarily suspended inducing him to report that axis spearheads and plant controls were being eliminated However it was soon ascertained that only four out of 108 establishments in German hand3 had been closed and these four were comparatively insignificant Finally after practically every advocate of unity and peace has been convinced of the perfidy and malevolence of Peron and his supporters known to be sheltering and assisting nazi fugitives from world courts and common justice the American state department has issued a manifesto predicated upon and accompanied by a scorching bill of particulars asking the Argentine people and government to repudiate Colonel Juan D Peron as n the leading conspirator against unity against North American security and against hemispheric immunity from furto conquer ther attempts of the the earth and enslave its inhabitants The indictment arraigns the present and prospective ruler3 of Argentina for collaboration with the enemy for espionage intrigue deceit and broken promises and for making a mockery of its pledge to the united nations “to reaffirm faith in human rights in the dignity and worth of the human person” No record of duplicity compiled by one government against another was ever so direct or so packed with authenticated facts and documented instances of brazen duplicity It exposes a regime as inimical to its own standing and existence as a nation as to the security of other units in the world federation just beginning to function FRANK KENT’S COLUMN several comrades in this ghastly struggle but none was so considerate and admirable as your son I am a Roman Catholic and I have known your son a Hebrew and my association with him has made me respect and admire your people Much as I h regret it now I was in prewar days but it can never again be so This light of friendship enkindled such a feeling of admiration in me that I can say your son did not die AMERICANS ALL By DR DANIEL A POLING "Tolerance” is a word I do not like I am intolerant of mere “tolerate” a good tolerance many things I to not like In time of war for instance I tolerate economifc and social conditions that in peace should not be tolerated Bqt I want more “tolerance” froni my neighbors of other faiths than mine and I should give more than “tolerance” to those tvho worship at another altar jthan the one before which I pray Here tolerance is at best negative Friendship could not survive in the tolerance The which Americans of all names and colors fought and died so recently would) quickly disappear if forced tq breathe its air Recently a book appeared “This Way to Unity” a well planned anthology aimed at promoting “team work among religious and national groups” Edited by Arnold Hernck and Herbert AsquitH its range is as wide as the interests and racial strains of man) Authors both 'I humble and great are Included Here is information and inspiration for individuals and for communities and a veritable blueprint for the American way of life in the peace American unity is art absolute essential to her worthy contrt billion toward an enduring world peace Without this unity we have nothing to give with it we can practically Insure the g of the race future During the week I received a letter from the family of Corporal Ralph H Wolpert 168th inwas fantry 34th division who conkilled at Casino This letter tained the following from a Christmas greeting written by a buddy of the corporal: “Perhaps I am cruel in bringing to your attention at Christmas time each year the memory of my deep friendship with your son Ralph but it makes me feel that I have fulfilled a mission which existed between Ralph and myself to remember our parents should either of us be taken from this world I lost anti-Jew-is- in think of others who did that for me! I remember all those radiant lives that in peace as in war have made their contributions to my physical intellectual and moral enrichment Remembering them and their kind I shall be forever intolerant of mere tolerance ' Copyright 1946 New York Post Corp well-bein- A film producer believes the public Vill be ready in 1950 for serious treatments of the war as history No Mata Hari having emerged in the great conflict it will of course be necessary to invent one A critic of the comic magazine as a steady diet feels that it arrests the mental maturity of our young The boy of today he greatly fears is the boy of tomorrow SENATOR FROM SANDPIT By HAM PARK j A man’s real ’possession iJ his memory In nothing else is he rich in nothingj else is he poor — Alexander Snjiith Memories A friend and! reader gave me several copies f old Salt Lake newspapers anjd I’ve been having a grand tiijie reading them One of them is The Tribune of the date of June 23 1898 In the center of the front page are I ) black “Boys headlines announcing in Blue Are in Cuba!” Then on the bottom of the page —a ipread — is a pen and ink drawing showing the grounds of the Utah cavalry Camp Merritt) San Francisco What memories they bring back! I was 10 years old when war was declared jon Spain and I walked all the way to Fort Douglas and— back to see the troops leave the 23rd infantry a colored troop if I remember correctly On the way down to the station I trudged along with a Negro sergeant having a dickens of a time keeping step Whenever I’d lag with him back he’d take my hand and pull me along a great guy that sergeant never letting on that I was somewhat of a nuisance to him Under the hea-- of personal mention an ifem or two interested me One said that Jack-so- n McChrystal and bride had returned froni a visit to California and were settled in their cozy home in Eureka where Mr McChrystal wgs associated with Eureka Hill niine Another item stated that Mra W H Bintz jand children and Miss Carroll j would leave for Leander Wyol over the Union Pacific The would vjsit the item said the exposition before returning home Then there was a big display ad announcing a huge war spectacle would be staged at Lagoon Saturday and Sunday" 6 A real batnights June tleship 200 feet long especially built for the occasion would be blown up in Imitation of the blowing up ot the battleship The roundtrip was 25 Maine cents Another edition of The Tribune was the “Elks’ Souvenir Edition” of Aug 10 1902 Was that a celebration! There were i ’ Trans-Mississip- 25-2- pi vain” 1 j parades galore and bands and joy was unconfined I don’t remember any of the national officers who attended the affair but I do remember many of the local celebrities Col' Samuel C Park was grand marshal of the civic and military parade and Daniel C Loftus Was grand marshal of the Elks’ day parade The first day opened with a parade at 9:30 a m and opening exercises were held at the tabernacle at 11 a m iwith Hon O W Powers as master of ceremonies An address pf welcome was delivered by Governor He-bM Wells response and annual address by Charles E Pickett gTand exalted ruler and an organ recital by Prof J J The afternoon was McClellan spent at Saltair The jubilee lasted days and excursions were made to Park City and to Tintic in addition of course to & day in A program at the tab Ogden ernacle with Prof McClellan at the organ and W H Shearman as - chairman was one of the The soloists were highlights baritone Heber S Goddard Miss Luella Ferrin soprano Mrs Helen Gue contralto Willard W’eihe violinist and Evan Stephens directing the choir Space won't allow me to relate more of the affairs but I hope you who are of my vintage have enjoyed this short account of the doings in the old days er ct some senator might have said "Well Mr Allen you are no doubt very amusing But after all this is a serious business in which we are engaged and serious questions affecting your qualifications for a high public office have been raised So let’s cut out the clowning and behave more like men and less like children” That wmuld have been in keeping with the traditions of the senate and more becoming to the senators Another incident of a slightly different kind but equally difficult to reconcile with senatorial occurred in another senate committee when a blusg labor leader tering publicly berated the president of the United States and members of congress applying to them derogatory adjectives and calling names No senator rebuked this leader No senator suggested that he moderate his language No senator hinted that it would be better manners to show some respect for the president and to speak less rudely of congressmen Instead they took it without a word They sat there meekly while the labor leader exuded contempt for both the legislative and executive branches of the government apparently either agreeing with him or afraid to disagree It was an altogether unpleasant performance It left a bad taste in the mouth Linked with other incidents of the kind it goes a considerable distance toward substantiating the allegation that the senate today is at its lowest level It is not surprising that senators of courage and character should feel mortified and resentful doubtful whether it is worth while trying to hold on to membership in such a body Distributed by McNaught Syndicate self-respe- ct ’ bull-dozin- OFF THE RECORD By H V WADE The wisdom of building up a stockpile of atomic bombs is questioned by Mr Laski It is believed by Harold that lasting peace will be along any time now and that we shall all be drawn Into same It was a famous victory for n Bowles the backfield With the inflation against coach’s kind permission battered Chester will continue to carry the balL one-ma- WATCH REPAiRING "7 to 10 Day Service " Small Watches Onr Specialty Also Quick Service on i Ring-Sizin- g and Soldering 1 14 WEST 1ST SOUTH 'n STREET I IS W |
