| Show 1 14A 1 b1-$41- I' -- takttibunt t TradiNot 'Aid—a no Cons-mi- st pve niceent : What happens then? The United States is an Industrial nation So too are Great Britain nano Switzer" and Belgium and the Netherlands So too was Japan and so too it may again soon be Who is going to sell whet to whom? If European goods pour into the U S -- 1 ("Trade not aid"—remember?) then American manufacturers are going to be hurt Thus an tmresolvable conflict develops between the things we make and the things our friends want to sell When that happens "Trade not aid" no matter bow fine it sounds is going to be modified Difficulties t Another nessmn Argument The decision of the Utah School Board Association to test the 'revised state nepo--- thin law in the courts lends weight to the — inwarning sounded here that arbitrary features may sistence upon — result in the entire law being nullified The decision In the school case as out lined would not necessarily resolve the issue' for other units of government af- fected So the nepotism issue may prove as potent an argument for calling a special session of the Legislatute as the school financial emergency The Utah Municipal League has added its Influential voice to that of school organization spokesmen in viewing with alarm some provisions of the new nepotism law It has asked that a change in the poten- - Maly destructive retroactive provisions be put on the agenda if a special session is held though it did not request calling a special session to consider the law alone We 'predict that if relief is not forthcoming:flrit the Legislature or the courts the league VIII take stronger action under the attorney general's interpretation of the law some 300 municipal employers of Utah's 207 cities and towns who were employed before the law became ef helve and prior to the election of a relative to the governing boards will be forced to resign This is not only grossly unfair to the employes it will deprive municipalities of needed talent will discourage making a career of public employment Recent counts show more than 90 of the 207 school boards in Utah also will be affected but a more vicious effect will be that teachers themselves will be in jeopardy as long as any kinsman remains on the board The attorney general has registered "grave doubts" whether school trustees can escape the effects of the law by serving without pay as a number have decided to do The Tribune believes in a nepotism law and the Municipal League's statement agrees in substance with our previously ex pressed belief that nepotism regulations are good within reason But a law that vio- - timlzu a public employe because a - A Touch of Nostalgia At the height of his career back in the days of silent films William Farnum earned 110000 a week every week of the year—a fabulous sum then and an impressive one now for practically all of it was e pay When Farnum died last week at the age of 76 fame and fortune were far in past The stock market of 1929 cost him 12 mil lion although he said he saved a nest egg matinee idol was picking and the one-tim- e up small fees as a bit player in films and take-hoin- - Ap television Farnum was a talented actor He was a and he literally threw handsome After his famous roles his into himself in Santschi the movie "The Tom with fight Spoilers" back in 1914 his injuries forced him to take a long rest But the picture made him: He had won fame on Broadway and had toured the country for five years with his "Ben Hur" company but that was nothing compared wtih what the movies were to bring him News of Farnum's death will make many a person over 40 stop and think it can't have been that long ago! Why the feature picture's Just coming on and the pianist is getting ready to play the mood music "The Sign of the Cross" starring William Faraunt That ought to be good ' :g4 six-foot- :11 - t J DA'VID How Much to Stop Rain? The flooding Milk River in Montana and the dried-u- p Rio Grande in the Southwest dramatize how far out of joint the weather has become this spring It is a bit moist this season also in the New England and North Atlantic States And this inspired the Harvard Crimson to suggest that Dr Wallace E Howells the rainmaker be prevailed upon to do his stuff in reverse so that Commencement exercises could be held in the yard under Dr Howell it may be resunny skies called was employed by New York City in 1950 to wring moisture out of the clouds for the city's dry reservoirs Though official reports showed his experiments crested no precipitation New York was sued for 12 million for damages by angry Catskill citizens on whom rain fell in torrents In answer to the Crimson suggestion Dr Howell indicated be could create a rainless day for about $10000 He said that seeding clouds with silver iodide crystals in the proper amount encourages rain and conversely "overseeding" will inhibit rain We are frankly skëptical And we're not sure—even after the soakings we have suffered—whether it would be worth $10000 to bring out the sun On second thought if somebody would pass the hat around we woulti be sorely tempted to of Dr Howell's gamble price - If you thought American know-ho- was at its peak when the ads proclaimed every brand of beer as the best you must be doubly impressed by these new demonstrations that every make of car is more lco noinical than any °tiles Vlb 1 - rdie°°e1- 1 e9 - ci- ' e-- lc r' Eisenhower Show Missed Some Splendid Chances qr11111"11116"'""1":4761"11 - -- :z tet''''''' -- ' if ' 1 t e-- !Pi tr-- ' had some ad- vantallet but as a device to Inform the - - ' — -- -- - 0 eountry - t r gc: L - - Ii — I F 1 4' ' complex topics no one of wbick was thoroughly hen-die- d ''' 444' w' )4t ' !4)) ' '040 A) fi - t' ' 'i mountissues la" it was inade- Mr Lawrime quite One almost wished that Mr Eisenhower had selected a single subject and dealt with it himself cornprehensinly rather than to try as he did through his associates to 'over a variety of '0- l' i --- voters on par-- cki ? r- ' g segments of ' 4 and influencelarge :f - 1 x i ''' f ::: ' -- 7' r! 11 - and four obi-- ot WASHINGTON — Ponasally speaktm the television show put on by President Eisenhower goilidb '14 otit10" ' lAWRENCZ titaf::gI t41 6 4 ' I - 6 -- ii- pl oe'd"t41))10) rols'''"'" ir:!'ef4:'-- 'io' ' 74 te-i'i'''''s'?4- - 40":16teig- ie' Reo-Mkg- ml !: uurAiiiit-t-ittit- ‘1 -- ::!1 - The Public Forum Time to Speak Up Editor Tribune: We read With interest the Utah Taxpayers Assn report praising Granite School District—with the largest percentage increase in students and below the state average in taxable a 3vealth—for maintaining high quality of school service without more state aid If the Roosevelt School at ath East and 33rd South is an example Granite District is maintaining a "high quality school system" with leaky roofs inadequate water supply overcrowded conditions and generally dilapidated classrooms This school was built in 1907 and still has the same water line so that at recess time there is insufficient water for toilets and fountains The eight original rooms are termite-eate- n and shabby A back door where youngsters go out opens up Into an area where water is ankle deep I am told that $25000 is needed for repairs and maintenanee and that the district has $1600 to do the job If it hadn't been for the P-T Advice to City Commission The Missus just received a letter from her cousin Mrs Burns N Gibson of Naples Fla that contained information of such a vital nature that I hasten to pass it on to our city commissioners It has to do with the cleaning of storm sewers and at a cost so low that it's ridiculous At first the method may sound screwy but don't Jump to a conclusion Let's GET US AN ALLIGATOR! Here's a part of the letter: 'We have been watching a storm-sewe- r cleaning operation which has to be done every year before the rainy season The pipe gets quite of sand an accumulation which has to be dragged out They start an alligator in a manhole at one end of the block and he crawls through the pipe to the next manhole with a rope tied to him and r the 'scooter' makes a path-fothat is attached to the rope The scooter scrapes out the sand and debris They call the alligator 'Albert' and he is quite an old hand at that sort of Work" In my opinion the thing's a natural! The Hog le Zoo could be his home and we could name him "Earl" in honor of His Honor Notes on the Cuff Department Congratulations to Mr ind Mrs Jack Sears who will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 18 I am proud to number them among my most valued friends teachers at Roosevelt school wouldn't have chairs to sit on In their room We sold doughnuts at one-ceprofit each to buy playground equipment because the district could not afford it I am told the district has money enough only to buy three books for each 40 students Two more classroonut must be provided in the already overcrowded school next year and one of them will be put in a nt semi-baseme- nt If that's an example of the Intelligent school financing that the Taxpayers Assn is Forum Rules Letters from Tribune readers are wele ome (I They should be brief (not over 200 words) carry writer's correct name and address (pseudonym will be permitted if requested) must avoid sectarian and partisan political mat ten and be in good taste The Tribune assumes no rdsponsibillty for statements in the Forum Writers limited to one letter in 10 days Have you ever noticed that you can work yourself into a better sob and talk yourself out of a good job? The girl who marries a no account fellow hopin' to mend his ways generally finds that he isn't worth a darn E A Walton who is 88 years old and more or less retired says that when a truth is repeated too often everybody takes it for granted and nobody takes it seri ously Watts says the most appropriate dressing for some heads is not hail tonic but furniture polish Lou In Morbum Cade Ham The Muse is far from willin' When one's full of penicillin Irebrifuges diuretics Aren't conducive to poetics How can one pen rhymes and tropes Languishing on divers dopes? Certain strains of streptococci Have me feeling mighty rocky Various vicious viruses Have me beaten to the knees— Such belligerent bacteria As won't let a Muse come near ye! Once I've licked these bugs why then I'll resume my idle pen And indite from grataul soul An Ode to Sulfathiazole! —Big Butch from Bountiful 7 rs 4040- - By Our Readers The Senator From Sandpit By Bain Park Nothing is given so profusety as advice—Rochefoucauld 4 etc IfittileNS'4541 4' glie : 0‘ -- a6 o so proud of It is time parents of the children were heard from Row about it mothers? Mrs Orin L Lund Tired of Bunk Editor Tribune: I noticed In the forum May 21 where Mrs C F Ronnebeck thinks too many people agree with me on our Korean mess Well I wish a few million more would agree with me on our meu in Korea and all the Far East If they did we would get out of Korea and the United Nations fast People who have never taken active part in war and especially those who never had a father or son in war think it is some kind of pie-pl- c I am very sure we Americans are tired of this bunk that if we don't go over there they will come over here How much longer are we going to allow our men to suffer and di while the big brass try to agree on what to do with the Reds? Burt Ball Coalville Utah Why the Indifference? Editor Tribune: I have been wondering why the USAC dispute did not get more attention than it did The Tribune gave it fine coverage but Forum writers haven't been too interested Only a few letters have appeered Last winter when the called Sunday closing bill was before the Legislature it seems to me that there must have been a half hundred Forum letters on the subject The Sunday closing bill was a relatively trivial matter but this USAC mess is serious and it won't be settled simply by the Bennion committee report able though that report was TI Dee Tee Peculiar Laws Edit Dr Tribune: Utah has some of the most peculiar laws Take for instance the driver's license law It seems to me that after a person complies with all the rules and regulations and pays whatever is required be is entitled to drive a car We have the "granddaddy" license which cost very little and is always good Then there is a later rule The license expires after a certain time If you do not renew on time you have to go through the same procedttre as if you were a new applicant folksiness" simplicity and on the part of our high of& cials in their appearances on the screen it may well be wondered whether the American people like to see their a sort of president acting master of ceremonies in a piece of obviously rehearsed showmanship As a novelty It was interesting—as a regular technique it raises doubts Likeable Personality The president carried off his part from a dramatic standpoint with an informality and spontaneity that emphasized again his likeable personality There was a sincerity and earnestness about what he said and the way he said it which undoubtedly convinced many people that he is trying hard—that his effort to "put the government house in order" is in the right direction But as a piece of political Influence it is questionable u - 41 emb y e ' f Itel Is) A ()P With an due deference to the importance perhaps of According to my way of thinking we should 'lava one law for all I applied and went through all the requirements got my license and was itiformed not to botherabout a renewal unless notified to do 10 Now I find my license is void J C Jepson Santaquin Utah whether this presentation ranks with some of those skillfully prepared "fireside chats" which the late President Roosevelt occasionally broadcast on the radio during his tour administrations Won't Worry Much While some of the Demo-crat- e around here thought the presidential show was effective it may be said that some of them are not going to be much worried if the political quality of future television shows Is not any better than the one last Wednesday night For the essence of Polities prejudiCe—lavorable and unfavorable There is no need to "sell" the fine persona1it7 and good nature of Dwight Eisenhower It is "deeds not words" which influence the electorate in the- - long Jun When the President promises that there will be "no Munich" In the Far East and yet "no risk of general war" he reassures many elements in the electorate but the real issue on which the people's prejudices ean be aroused is whether after all there is to be an early end to the Korean war and on what basis People Want to Know Likewise what many people wanted to know succinctly Is that there will be adequate dem! even though air power M out They also are anxious to learn whether the economic system faces a major readjustment It will be said in explanation by administration folks that this was only the first of a series of television shows and that with experience they will hit more directly at political targets Maybe they will But while the lines of this first show were well spoken and well acted by all the participants they were abstract In content A splendid chance was missed moreover to defend the inability of the administration to balance the budget and cut taxes right away and to extricate Amer' Ice from the Korean "mess" Blind to Realities There was a failure also to emphasise the state of affairs existing when the administration came into power and to outline penetratingly the difficulty of clearing up much of anything in only four and a half months The administration however is a bit blind to political realities anyway If the television producers had known more about politics and its negative trends and tendencies they would have presented a far more effective telecast While the show didn't lose votes it is a question whether it gained many though it did please supporters of the administration The best that can be said of the performance was that it put across a point of view: "Wait now—we're try- ing" ROBERT C RUARK Our Hero Won't Grow Old Once in a while you get to feel real old and creaky in the bones—not because you are old be- ' "'"Ilt cause nobody ! is ever really old — but be- - ': c a u s e the t h i n g gets 1 17F111(110 ' slightly e o m Le ii r t parativeto I mean s-- --1 you ' ilk 11 Shirley I 1I)-1-Temple is a mama I was a b I g growed- - Mr Ruark up boy when Shirley was tippy-toein- g with Bill Robinson a n d twinkling her dimples from about knee-hig- h to nothing Actually I never grew up a statement with which 1 am sure many people will agree I am still 15 years old and shoving off for an educational experience while attired in knee pants and tennis shoes Don't feel a day older than that sunny afternoon at Chapel Hill when ma shoved me out of the ear and into the dripping maw of adult expel 'nee Don't Seem to Age Notice too that the people I have known from those days don't look a day older Little fatter maybe little balder little grayer But no older There is a sophomore named Bobby Carmichael I went to school with—he was a lophomore for three years—who bangs around Toots' and In New York and he looks exactly as he looked when he was draped over the bar in tht Deke Hous e Ain't changed anything except chins we all creak in the fiats some and some odd aches crop up where there weren't any aches before and o n e does not rumba so madly as he once performed the jitterbug but shucks baby that isn't age That's wear Or tear It's Bees That Long Age is when you buy the Sunday supplement and see a picture of Jackie Coogan with sr obvious hairpiece pasted on his gleaming scalp You remember him and Chaplin in "The Kid" and say to yourself oh lordy how long has It been? That long it's been What irks me most though is the grandma business There is cousin Nancy Carroll just as toothsome as she was in 1931 and btgolly she's a grandma There is Marlene and b'golly she's a grandma I got nothing against grand mu except that when my contemporaries start to look benign at their issue's Issue I am just a touch disturbed Looks Just As Pretty I saw Nancy the other day at lunch at the Plaza and bar a pound or so she looked just as pretty as when she was doing "Come Out of the Kitchen" in the early talkies Iler hair is just as red now and the cheeks so round and I fail to detect the difference between the Nancy I know and the Nancy Phil I was in love with You have seen Dietrich lately and also Swanson p in grandThey are children but I can't tell the difference Then you see in the papers where the kid star of "South Pacific" is now playing a wife in "The King and I" and you say whoa! Let's slow this thing down a little and let the other people get old Salt in the Pepper I do not really admire the idea of being ancient But in trimmingthe mustache I can see some salt in the pepper and the white ones are popping out of the sideburns This does not mean that I am not a youth any more It just means that other people are growing older and some of the impression of passing time rubs off on me So far's I'm concerned I'm just pushing sweet sixteen and the first lucky girl to come along can kiss me hip-dee- Henry Cabot Lodge Jr is named father of the year by even somebody or other though the voters of Massachusetts demonstrated last November that their hearts did not belong to daddy 'P t 4 - And so another Utah fishing season is under way We'll let Don Brooks and other Tribune 'experts tell what happened Sufficient for us is the fact that Ananias has come into his own again The stretching of truth is no longer something to be avoided From now until the smell of snow is in the air devotees of rod and reel (spinning or otherwise) will swap lies with each other and make ski talkers look like deaf mutes Of course the legend that all fishermen are congenital liars is simply a legend The Gentle Art is much more than idle words Some big ones do not get away Indeed angling is neither a sport nor a topic for highly embroidered conversation It is a way of life It is an escape from dull routine into the great outdoors It is a marvelous opportunity to lose oneself in nature and to come to the end of the day tired happy and very very content Fish are secondary A limit catch is wonderful—and in this era remarkable— but the best thing is that the fishing season Is here once more So long as there are lakes and streams and good companions man need not worry too much about his fate rela- tive gets himself elected to the governing board is not only unfair and antagonistic to good government it could well be unconstitutionaL An unfavorable court decision aimed at the most restrictive sections could nullify the entire act leaving Utah without any nepotism safeguards whatever rit4 Fish Are Secondary - 0 lat Ws CM Irish rob Waxing Cs will arise even when our friends are trying to sell us their The specialties arguments over such a relatively unimportant product as briar pipes are too recent to be forgotten The United States is also a tremendous producer of raw materials Tungsten and tin have to be imported but we also have great resources of such metals as lead and zinc which our friends also produce in quantity Utah does not have to be reminded of that fact And then there are the agricultural industries Free importation of cheese or livestock could create havoc hers at home We have been insisting that the Iron Curtain is a barrier beyond which the produce of the Free World must not go especially if that produce has strategic value and there are few items to which the limitation does not apply This makes sense of a sort But if we cannot absorb the output of our friends and if we do not want to (tontine to subsidize them then we should allow them to turn elsewhere The Communists will benefit by increased trade with the West—but so will the West And if there is an even break then the West is not the loser The proper course for the United States Is the realistic admission that since aid must be ended or at least considerably curtailed then trade must be encouraged and because trade with us has limitations that trade in another direction should be allowed If we do not make such a decision and as a result retain some voice in the direction of the trade we will see that trade take place anyway—and to our &advent age Ceylon is already selling rubber to Red China contending that the American market was closed to her and what one nation has done others are very likely to do After all nations have to live even though the arguments of expediency may not be too pretty Ideally every effort should be made to remove trade barriers—but removal should be a two-wa- y street other countries as well as the U S should participate Ideally too there should be no trade at all with the enemy Present conditions however call for wise compromise and until "Trade not aid" can be fully effective the next best course ought to be adopted catch-phras- 4' IsIS Loki Tribune Way Out of the Dilemma e th "Trade not aid" sliunds good Actually it doesn't mean much It nations dependent upon the United States (the polite term is "allies in the Cold War") are to get along without an American dole they must be able to sell their products —preferably for dollars but actually sell or exchange Ahem for something somewhere The easy assumption is that the world must be out of bounds The obvious corollary is that the United States Is the place where this trade can best take place although such relatively undeveloped areas as South America the Middle East South Africa and Free Asia have to be considered But it is most con- to assume that the U S is the best n lass The Magni''ring - 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