| Show rWh lj editorials fesahUished April r tPjc jsalt burned 1871 15 every morning £nlfE by The tribune — u aJ - n- Mill Co Salt Lake City t- f i to fr ' 1 $ I- G- ?$! -- nrh f— nn-n- -- ‘rpffsf aAaa Yi-- HEIL BENT FOR ELECTION Tuesday Feb 19 1946 Salt Lake Tribune Publishing — rfr- I Press Accolades for Ickes Unwarranted by Record Utah General Dwight D Eisenhower Welcomed Bv Veterans ' Service Men and Citizens Citizens and residents of Utah both military and cmlian are proud to welcome an International hero wher arrived at the Salt Lake City air base esterday afternoon on a of inspection Successor to General C as chief of staff General Marshall George D Eisenhower is making: an official Dwight check of military installations throughout the tr-u- nation In all probability he will visit Fort Douglas Kearns camp Wendover bombing field army supply depots the aviation centers the Eushnell and Veterans’ hospitals and meet as many Utahns as may be able to make contact with him during the stopover General Eisenhower is acclaimed one of the foremost military’ leaders and strategists of the world He was chosen supreme commander of the allied armies that broke the western front of the intrenched enemy stormed the “invincible” barricades crossed the “impassable" Rhine and wrote in blood the finishing chapiter of the European war Decorated by Russia Great Britain France and other goernments rescued while slowly bleeding white under the temfic punishment inflicted by the ferocious fanatics of Germany and their accomplices in bestial brigandage General Eisenhower will be remembered by future generations and recorded by impartial historians as an outstanding figure in a global tragedy a gallant w’arrior in the defense of right against the sinister crusade of might a soldier who knew’ the answers and totaled the results FRANK KENT’S COLUMN WASHINGTON— F r o m the press of the country which for political purposes he so long and persistently maligned and misrepresented Harold Ickes has been prettv well ‘drenched with praise since his highlv dramatized resignation of Thursday Perhaps this proes raise some of the charges made against the newspapers by Mr Ickes Perhaps lt proves some other things about the press At any rate as in the case of the late Mr Hopkins the eulogies seem slightly overdone For example the press dw’ells almost unanimously on Mr After the defeat of the most formidable force of military aggression that the world had ever known this typical American pe- vealed his balanced greatness by winning the unstinted confidence and admiration of all who might have been envious of almost any other man In making a round of alien capitals before returning to his native land his responses to speeches of welcome were modest earnest and diplomatic to a degree that won unanimous approval and favorable press comments from all leading newspapers published in victorious and liberated countries Referring to his remarks in London the Telegraph called them “the sincere sentiments of a truly great man” and said: “The phras ing was worthy of Lincoln at his best Every word came from a lofty spirit expressing itself in terms understood by the people” The London Times editorially observed: “If history now begins to take a course toward a happier order in which the curse shall at last be exorcised from human relations no man of our time will have made a nobler contribution to that issue than this great Ameri-ca- n Ickes’ “integrity" One would think that either he was the only honest man holding a high public office or was more honest than other honest men Neither of these things is true Mr Ickes of course is completely honest in money matters as are most men But he isn’t honest enough to be fair nor honest enough to avoid misrepresentation of his opponents nor honest enough to justify the designation of “Honest Ifarold" as though his of a quality superior to fnat of the ordinary honest man One could go back over Mr It Kes’ record and speeches and find proof of this However in his attitude toward Mr PauMr ley he is absolutely right Pauley ought not to be confirmed and Mr Ickes’ testimony has — or should have — pretty well ruined his chances Also Mr Ickes wras right w’hen he characterized as the “rawest proposition" he ever had made to him Mr Pauley’s proposal (denied by Mr Pauley) that if the government “laid off the suit against oil owners they the would contribute $300000 to the Democratic campaign fund Beyond doubt this was an outrageous proposal which any honest official would resent But it should be recalled that Mr Pauley at that time was collecting Roosevelt’s money for Mr fourth-tercampaign and that he had been put in by Mr Roosevelt as the party treasurer And it is worth noting that Mr Icks’ resentment of this “raw proposition” did not impel him to publicly denounce Mr Pauley at the time Perhaps in the middle of the campaign that was too much to expect of him Anvhow it does seem that if Mr Ickes and Mr Pauley had not fallen out we would never have heard of this incident which Mr Ickes kept quiet about for nearly two years though it would have fitted in better with his “Honest Harold reputation to have expressed his indignation without delav In this connection it is interesting to note that conspicuous among the few papers which did not eulogize Mr Ickes was the g New York daily from which eulogy was most to be expected Instead of praise this radical journal w’hose hero is Henry Wallace was severely critical of Mr Ickes stressed the fact that up to a few months ago he and Mr Pauley had been quite close intimated that Mr Ickes’ motives in denouncing Mr Pauley now were not entirely devoid of personal spleen At his press conference Mr deIckes characteristically nounced this paper as untruthful hon-estySvv- With no political ambitions to gratify with nothing but the security of his country the welfare of humanity and the maintenance of peace in his heart henceforth this man of war is ready to take his place among fellow citizens and to rest upon the laurels bestow’ed by many hands in many lands accompanied by expressions of appreciation in many tongues ’ The W agePriee Policy Is Gien a Chance It is to be devoutly hoped that the new e wage--ricpolicy announced bj- - President Truman will accomplish its twofold objective — to end labor strife and also avert ruinous inflation It wall be a remarkable feat if it succeeds and the chief feeling for optimism comes from the belief that it will stimulate production into volume great enough to offset the inflationary effects of higher wages The plan is based largely on the theory that if the nation can produce a great volume of goods on competitu e let els the price structure will take care of itself Whether the Truman program will work out this way remains of course to be seen In a s stem of free enterprise such as existed several decades ago in these United States such a theory was no doubt sound but in our present setup with competitive prices in many areas of industry more or less theoretical the results may be quite opposite to those sought Almost e cry one agrees that the greatest reed in this reconersion period is an extensive production m all areas of industry’ and in all sections of the country’ Mines mills factories and transportation sj stems must be placed on full schedules in order to provide Jobs for all who want work and in order to satisfv the gigantic demand for consumer goods If the new wage-pric- e policy achieves this production volume — and if unpredicted factors do rot interfere — the nation can look forward to an era of prosperity for several If on the other hand prices jears st soar unreasonable despite government control and employment fails to reach its highest possible I'-a- st BY THOM VS L point there will be trouble Inflation ployment and relief rolls hitherto undreamed of in new deal philosophies will be the consequence and history will repeat itself with a everyone Utah’s Clothing Drive Again Successful Utahns with their characteristic generosity have more than doubled their quota in the victory clothing drive by contributing almost 2000000 articles for relief of war sufferers in foreign lands It is a splendid record and both the residents of the state and the unselfish workers who conducted the campaign deserve high commendation Leaders in the drive credit 42 firms in Salt Lake for the great success in that area These concerns contributed either in money materials or services a total of $4410 Although the large contributions came from more densely populated areas the responses from all parts of the state were most gratifying Mayor Glade of Salt Lake was enthusiastic in his praise for campaign workers extending special praise to the Minute Women who have been so active in all activities of this nature Countless unfortunate persons in overseas territories will be kept warm as a result of these generous contributions from Utahns who went through closets and attics to collect unused garments shoes and miscellaneous articles of clothing The Tribune joins Mayor Glade and other officials in congratulating those who directed the clothing drive here in Utah Ickes’ Incident Gives Cue For Forward GOP Action 7 v be’-- i wvKh was sboved from u bark fence into the co-- ” bs tK' Haro' J Ickes wa! lei with no It tie bv Rep jbiiear e I f s to them lke some It j ' - f dier for the co”gres-su- s th fall ’e average practical po'ti-- e - or Republican — a wmi’aI such as the ep rv i- t a- Iw-rx-'-- at without self too much i”epsoJe and how e—' rg ts real r-- t rearing hs partv meet it for of terf ?ts bet the country the as we! as the partv He is happy w th evidence that the croor ti n rav be loing its grip i tvat tve ti i irav be look Btal w e Repbcansturning dev el 'pmerts w ith th Tr in A r' respon- - bil tv ep 1 kes revolution 7 reye-t-of manv feelmgs re men than hm-el- f onlv the split in tie pie- ocrat- partv obvious for - so n a " v other t e ld -- ’ -te te m-- frter “’e-t-at- ee wavs R f-e-- e 'la partv w The Rcp-- t: th two chores ta-h- adva-ta- g peal to cou d st h a s i - divided the Republican f i an party is faced w rf a course in of what ge ap- be a aec ded break It bacK and court upon rg comrg its way now no rr atter wKat ts own program m be That seems to be the GOP od guard prescrpt on Or t rrght gve more heed to some cf the more progressive d f rmulate a pokey do— etic d ' ire gn m keeping w"th the needs r f the times and eve-nt- rtt a-- a-- trts f'-- c r-a- d Wnte betr-r- e aga n a dvnamic s iih as Theodore Roosevelt when he was m the Ho-s- e Fifth cousin Franklin D did the same thing with the Democratic party It Ls a time of decision for the Republican party It would indeed be tragic if it came into power along the easy old guard route with leaders and policies to match It might win that way but it might not It may take again a good deal more than just “drifting in” as some politicians put it capitalizing upon reaction from war from such incidents as the 'Ickes-Paule- y affair and the industrial troubles of the Truman administration It is plain for example that the old guard leadership which dominated the recent Republican national committee meeting Chicago offers nothing to dependents progressives labor Yet the party must win votes from those groups to win the next national election if not to win the November congressional elections Men of the Ickes stripe would never go fo- - that Mr Ickes has spiked manv an odious adjective at that sort of political leadership So have other independent progressives and labor leaders attracted to the Roosevelt program and leadership This is not to suggest that Mr Ickes himself might go back to the Republican party Circumstances will determine that He is used merely as a symbol The party must appeal to men and women of his brand of thinking to become a party of consequence fully prepared for national and world leadership Mr Ickes once left an old guard dominated Republican party to take up with Teddy Roosevelt as he later Wt the Republican party of the ’20’s to chip in with Democrats under Franklin D Roosevelt None of Mr Ickes’ sort and there are lots of them is likely to go back to anything like that unless the choice is much W’orse than it looks now For something has happened to the political thinking of the country Copyright 1946 United Feature Syndicate AMERICANS ALL By LEONARD LYONS Suggestions have been made that Winston Churchill selected Westminster college in Fulton Mo as the place to make his speech because a speech in Missouri would help cement relations with Missouri’s President Truman This as a matter of fact is how the speech came about: Throughout the war Dr Frank McCluer president of the small college wrote friendly encouraging letters to the then Churchill reprime minister plied Soon they began to corThen Dr respond regularly McCluer suggested that if Mr Churchill came to America he should make a speech at Westminister Churchill agreed and when he came here Dr McCluer merely reminded him of that promise and asked him to pick his date The late George Arliss’ favorite story was of his first day in New York when he walked downtown and lunched at a When the waitress beanery came ‘to take his order Arliss said: “Nice day isn’t it?” “Yes it is a nice day” the waitress replied “And so was yesterday and my name is Ellin and I know my eyes are pretty and that I’m much too nice to be a waitress in such a stuffy place and I don’t know if there’s a show or dance m town tonight and my brother who weighs 218 pounds w’orks in the kitchen and doesn’t like strangers to annoy me Now sir what will you have?” Distributed by McNaught Syndicate Inc ia By DR DANIEL A POLING Recently an unusual memorial service was held in Taylor chapel of the Broadway Tabernacle church New York City Dr Sidney L Gulick was the man whose memory was honored — rathir we honored ourselves by j remembering him Born in the Marshall islands the year before the Civil war began he symbolized from his birth the global mind and universal j spirit A graduate of Dartmouth college and Union Theological seminary he received honorary degrees from many distinguished Universities He served as a missionary in Japan for 25 years being an evange f list a teacher and a widely recognized religious statesman Rulers of three 'nations turned to him for advice but it was not until he cartie back to the United States to become the executive director of international friendship 'affairs for the Federal Council of Churches that Dr Gulick began his greater ministry j He more than any other man among his contemporaries developed in the earlier period of the council a global peace strategy for the churches He was an idealist and a realist Very early lie committed himself to a long tetm educational program In the 'face of stead- j SENATOR FROM SANDPIT By HAM PARK i What a man does for others not what they do for him give him immortality — Daniel Web- ster i I Thoughts While th5 weather outside looks lovely the forecast and my bum stehl predict a storm The old peg has been giving me Hail Columbia no fooling But in my pain I £ot to thinking of Max Erhman He w’as one of the of the leading playwrights United States Success wras his and then hejw’as stricken with inflammatory rheumatism His case seemed hopeless and he prayed for release from his agony For A while he turned sour and hated humanity Then he wrote something that has been translated into more languages than perhaps the Lord's Prayer I just reread it for the steenth time and I thought it ought to be a part of everyone’s library Leaning over the little table near hi bedside he wrote what has become known as: Max Erliman’s Prayer “O Lord le£ me do my work each day and if the darkened hours of despair overcome me may I not forget the strength that comforted me in the desolation of other times May I still remember the bright 2hours that found me walking over the silent hills of my childhood or dreaming by the margin of the quiet river when a light glowed within me and I promised my early God to have Courage amid the tempests of the changing years “Spare me from the bitterness and from the sharp passions of unguarded moinents May I not forget that poverty’ and riches are of the spirit Though the W’orld know rpe riot may my thoughts and actions be such a3 shall keep me friendly with myself Lift mine eyes from the earth and let me not forget the uses of the stars Forbid that I should judge others lest I condemn myself Let me not follow the clamor ofj the world but walk calmly mmiy path “Give me a few friends who will love me for what I am and keep ever burping before my vagrant steps the kindly light of hope And though age and infirmity overtake me and I come not within sight of the castle of my dreams teach me to be thankful for life and for time’s olden memories that are good and sweet and may evening’s twilight find me gentle ! LYONS DEN deteriorating international relations he would not concede defeat His vision his understanding of man’s relationships with man was perhaps finally demonstrated by what he did for and with little children or many races Dolls of friendship tens of thousands of them were sent from the children of America to children throughout the world I have seen these dolls in homes in missions in schools in the churches and libraries throughout the earth I have one standing on a table in my own study “War” Dr Gulick once said “is due to suspicion and fear unless we greed and hate pay the price for peace we shall” inevitably pay the costs of war And he concluded “The problem-owar and peace is one that to the belongs churches for at bottom it is a moral and religious problem ” Always it has been the price of peace that has troubled the nations Following World War I we acted as though peace could be had for nothing and Isolated ourselves accordingly We preferred to live in a fool's paradise — only it w’asn’t paradise — not for our children' Now we have another chance Scientists of the atomic bomb tell us that it is our last chance Sidney Gulick knew the road to peace and gave his life to lead us in it Copyright 1946 New York Post Corp ily vengeance In view of the present state of labor relations and industry’ it is an experiment worth trying but it will require the best efforts of STOKES w ASKING TON — The cat-- f ert in the Democratic tide-wat- unem- still" Old Song New Stjie Jenny socked m when I kissed her Socked me hafd and jelled “Now beat kt!" You old gossipers who whisper Things about folks don't re- peat it Say I’m clumsy say I’m stout Say that dameg have always j mocked me j Anything — but leave this out: Jenny socked melj — Mildred Luton Notes on the Cuff Department Back in 1916 Howard Boyd and his brother Jack and parents rented an apartment from my mother Howrard was then going to East high school Our ways parted and he left behind him a coverless much d dictionary The other night he called on me and I showed him the book He said he’d like it so I gave it to him In return he threatens to give a new modern one Sgt Kesner a neighbor of mine says that the average young fellow is driven crazy by two kinds of women — those who can’t forget him ami those who can't remember hini Lt Col N E Roberts looked in a few minutes iago to see how I was doing was doing a bit of groaning but otherwise he found me in fair' shape Antoinette Wilson just phoned to ask if I'd eaten yet I hadn’t so she said to hold everything as she and her daughter Anne Marie would be up with a sandwich and things Nice things j friends er m and its correspondent as “psychopathic and untruthful ” But what this journalistic proponent (along with Mr Ickes) of the new deal the CIO and the “common man" has to say against Mr Ickes is not very Whatever his moimportant tives he has performed a public service in revealing the “raw proposition” and thus obstructing the confirmation of Mr PauThe ley of his particularly Truman-Ickes-Paul- Ickes contributed largely to the highly desirable Pauley defeat he did not otherwise rock the earth Nor is it likely that the Pauley rejection hurt Mr Truman very much more than the forced withdrawal of his friend Mr Eddie (Paving Blocks) Flynn hurt Mr Roosevelt Prompt Moving Back fo Utah Do yon have friends ing and storage man van VAN & call a Dial 5-17- 27 AUTOMOBILES ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES PERSONAL LOANS Credit Card is a new and valuable banking service With it you can make purchases at without red tape and your dealers without the inconvenience of making credit arrangements over end over again It s a way of saying “Your credit is and allowing you to borrow good” at low bank rates TIMEWAY Credit Cards have already been mailed to thousands of our customers and you too may qualify When you buy ask your dealer for TIMEWAY Bank Credit Then just as soon as you have established your financial responsibility we'll be happy to send you your own TIMEWAY Credit Card A TIMEWAY i Diamond proparly cut and properly sat is the most beautiful thing in the world To give or receive a diamond is a thrilling asparience This act is an espression of ultimate respect end love For a gift of lifelong value and Aternal oy a Hubbard-Dendiamond maats all th rigid standards of distinctive tastes Regardless of the price you diamond pay a Hubbard-Den- n will be one of lasting beauty and j loveliness Blua-Wh- it n Your local appUanco dealer can provide Timeway Bank Credit Extended Foyments I II iiU'aTtl' Derui JeuieJeAi 211 RADIOS time-payme- fin MAIN STREET ANK FIRST lain aiilll litisil "JYrrYC OR 1 ’OR ATI lasmiact ctirgimea Official Watch Inspector Union Pacific Railroad tr ON A dis- Red- STORAGE CO dog-eare- A In tant rlties that wish to get bark to I tab — but are held up for lark of moving facilities’ Tell them that Redman — through affiliation with Bekins Van Lines — will promptly move their furniture from any citv coast to roast for dependable mov- I FINE DIAMCfND ey affair will seem far less important than it seems now The chances are that it will then appear that w’hile Mr left-win- 4 letter of resignation and his obvious effort to hurt Mr Truman do not detract from that fact Nor do they tarnish his record for competency and honesty as an administrator However nothing in the situation justifies the exintravagant laudation whicha tersists that his departure is rible political blow to the president and an irreparable loss to the nation The fact that Mr Ickes has put on a typically guadv show should not make us lose all sense of proportion It should not for example cause to be overlooked the injustice to Mr Truman of his catty remark that he was expected to commit perjury for the party No one suggested or expected him to do any such Harold" thing and “Hone knows it The truth is he is a violent and vindictive man with a recognized talent for vituperation and real skill in the use of words But he is not a poLtical leader and he has no personal following The effects of his departure are being greatly exaggerated Undoubtedly before the Pauley business is over he will let off another blast or two And in the future when he sees the opportunity he will burst into print That is his game and he plays it very well Such incidents occur in the best administrations They do not justify the journalistic hooting that everything ”is “coming apart at the seams But in a few’ w’eeks the w’hole ’ f breast-beatin- g iSV j 5 |
