Show bp ' - 14A M- - latabllahed April 15 1871 - morning --- - y - Dump Ground in the Sky ' With so much worry about the being dronped by the enemy and aboutt the security status of some scientists engaged mass destructive instruments one problem is being overlooked by most people It was given considerable publicity back In the early days but we presumed it had been solved The radioactive wastes the equivalent of "ashes" are still a nuisance and a scien! tific problem of no mean consequenCe These wastes cannot be flushed down sewers because they would contaminate streams or lakes and they cannot be buried because they would make the soil dangerously radioactive In fact says a New York Times science report a radioactive rat caught in a reactor plant cannot be buried because it - might be dug up and devoured thereupon - making the animal that ate it radioactive Currently reactor wastes are stored underground in steel tanks but this is only a temporary solution and doesn't eliminate entirely the danger of exposure Moreover the tanks eventually will corrode and leak so that radioactive fluids would seep into the soil and into water supplies What to do with the "hot" wastes? Prof Ira M Freeman physicist at Rutgers University suggests with a straight face that - the "ashes" be transported to Mars or Venus for dumping Unless we do some- thing like this soon Professor Freeman - warns we run the risk of making this world uninhabitable for future generations Should the globe be dotted ultimately with atomic power plants millions Of gallons of radioactive wastes would be created So he would concentrate and load the liquid wastes on expendable "tanker rockets" and - shoot them to distant planets Such rockets will be constructed in the future he says If we don't want to haul the stuff as far as Mars or Venus there are about 40000 asteroids of various sizes nearer the world which might serve as dumping grounds or -If we shot the wastes beyond the pull of revolve gravity they could themselves - around the earth like satellites The way beer cans paper containers and ' other wastes radioactive and otherwise are accumulating on this old world scientists might better devote themselves to finding a way to move the people to a fresh unlitIn making k - ' ' : - - '' ' ' ' 4 - S a " ' :""11144 ‘44 ' -- "" c Aida -- 411- - e -- 1--- re - r - - - - 0 olinle r- ------- ' - 4 t '4 frt i-- u too- -- -- -- dp 'routs 0-r P t k tt - - :11011111111K00 THIE 1 I TRIM Editor Tribune: There appears to be two schools of thought in the interpretation of the word "representation" In the industrial world a man hired to represent a firm is expected to work in harmony with his employer and be loyal to his interests In the political field the question arises is the public official elected to office to carry out the aims and purposes of his party or go off on a tangent of his own Sen Wayne Morse and Sen Joseph McCarthy be current examples of the lat- ter Both Morse and McCarthy are creating friction within their own party and I cannot believe the good people of Oregon or Wisconsin who sent them to the Senate expected such behavior It is true of course that many questions come up in which a senator makes his own decisions That is why we send to Congress men well above the But average in intelligence basically I believe he should not embarrass his party leaders by making decisions of importance contrary to their wishes or those of his constituents back home If his opinions were not in reasonable accord with his party he should not have allowed his name to appear on their To drive sja Letters from Tribune read ers are welc ome d They should be brief (not over 200 words) carry Writer's correct name and address (pseudonym will be permitted if re- quested) and must ht in good taste The Tribune assumes no responsibility for statements in the Forum Writers limited to one letter in 10 days - Senator From Sandpit By Ham Park The most utterly lost of all days is that in which you have not once laughed—Chamfort Sweeter to dream when the dark's o'er the blue And the eyes of the angels are looking at you? Away with the sigh then and Circumstances Alter Cases In a support case a boy was on the witness stand testifying as to how he was treated by his stepfather ' "Ile's awful : good to me" said the boy pat "Ile's been 4 1"-- been teachin' me h'o w to 6 A mother may hope that her daughter will get a better husband than she did but she Ham Park swim" "Where does he take you for your swimming lessons?" iasked the judge "Oh we go out on the lake In a boat Then he throws me overboard and makes me Iswim to the shore" "Isn't that rather danger- ous?" "Well maybe But after I get out of the gunnysack the rest is easy" It's I "Times will be better alter awhile!" "Times will be better!" In joy and woe Is it not sweeter to sing them so? - knows her son will neVer get as good a wife as his father did Gene Shirley remembers back when hardly any girl reached the age of 30 without having been asked to marry at least twice—once by her father and once by her mother Tom Boise knows of a former Wall Street broker who is now running a cattle ranch But he doesn't actually water the stock himself Tom says i Times Will Be Better good we can say with a sigh and a smile "Times will be better after awhile!" The light will stream through the clouds o'erhead And flowers will bloom whers the thorns were red IWhat of the sigh if we say with a smile: smile Notes on the Cuff Department If only the very good people go to heaven the society there may be very respectable but I imagine it must be very dull zoot myself11e's' be the Highway to be constructed in the near future I know that for the past two years he has worked very hard to bring this about for Mr Romeo Our protection has discussed this hazardous situation with two of our assemblymen Paul Norris and George Hawes who have tried in vain to bring about the construction of this fence Then Mr Romeo at his own expense had petitions drawn up and circulated them himself throughout the district He then sent them to Gov Charles Russell and the Nevada State Highway Department Not getting immediate results through these channels he then asked the White Pine Chamber of Commerce to help take up the fight for the benefit of all of us and they responded wholeheartedly I also feel we owe them a vote of thanks along with Gov Russell for his support in this project the county commissions who have promised to construct all needed cattle the State Highway 7guards Department which promised the posts staples and engineering Mr Kirk of the Bureau of Land Management who promised all wire and other assistance which will be necessary and to all others who have contributed to this worthy project including all those who signed the petitions which were instrumental in bringing about this badly needed fence I also know that Mr Romeo pushed this through knowing it was going to create a hardship on him in his livestock operation as he will not be able to utilize the feed on both sides of the highway until such time as both sides of the highway are fenced and water developed on the east side O L Lee Ely —Anon to raini n' me so's when I grow up I can itake care of t sweet "Times will be better after awhile!" 4 Trouble teaches ut two things: Who our friends really are and those who have been waiting to catch us bent over at just the right angle - Clare Plant says the best evidence that one has fine command of language ts his ability to keep his moutifeute-- ' Jack Bond says it's easy enough to believe only half t l e gossip tie hears—the trou ble is he never knows which i lit if to believe ' --- - Ely Hasty - -- - - -- terms"? If Nixon Was right on4 March 14 1954 can he also be right today as he advocates punishing as aggression any foreign aid to an internal Communist revolution a policy which might conceivably embroil us into "little wars" all over the globe? As we edge precariously nearer to war 1 warn again that military victories alone will not resolve the situation in Southeast Asia MEANT Intervention in Indochina us fighting anwar with virother dead-en- d tually no support from our would find allies THE The Vice President re plied that the question was hypothetical and that he did not accept the premise of the question but—and this is important—be person ally would favor using American ground forces if that step seemed necessary to avert the loss of South east Asia to Communist control charge of But Wilson conceded that "my crystal ball may be clouded" Well I'll clear it up for you Mr Secretary If the President the Vice President and Secretary Dulles are men to be believed the United States will be messed up in an Asiatic war before the year is out THE NEXT STEP in the involvement came a few days ago pattern of gradual with the announcement that U S Air Force planes had started flying French paratroopers from Paris to Indochina This was a desperate measure to stave off the Communists at Dienbienphu a be leaguered airport surrounded by hills and Communist guns It is clear that this series of steps from Dulles to Dienbienphu are intended (1) to serve notice on Russia that we mean business and (2) to put some backbone into the British and French at the Geneva Conference Take My Word For It By ties: everybody present except the important critics for whom it was staged in the first place Bad liquor and worse jokes were passed about indiscriminately Nobody went unnoticed except the author in whose honor the party ostensibly was being given He stood cowering and ignored in a corner Suddenly the daughter of the host created a temporary diversion She tagged on her father's coattail and inquired shrilly" Daddy daddy haven't we had this party several times before?" WHAT HAPPENS THEN? Can we anticipate what the President calls "a concert of readiness to react in whatever way is necessary"? In the event that France and Britain refuse to take action" will the "united United States go it alone no matter what "serious risks" are involved? It is indeed ironic that the Administration Eisenhower pledged to end the fighting in Korea and to avoid future Ed Murrow had an interview with the famous English author H G Wells shortly before the latter's death 'Mindful of Wells' early fanciful novel about wars in future times Murrow asked "How much damage do you think may be accomplished by atomic bombs in a possible world conflict number three?" Wells resigned to his own demise replied in his thin Terrific I expiping voice pect But I no longer regard the destruction of this minor planet as a major cata- is now sounding even more bellicose than Roosevelt or Truman But let us go back to the words of Richard M Nixon replying to Adiai Stevenson as recently tisMarch 14 1954: "We found when we went were to Washington that-wstill involved in a war in Korea: that it cost us 125- 000 American boys as cas (Wiles And again not a single Russian soldier e lost in that war" strophe On January 2 Max Oes---- treicher decided to take in Street toventory of his 23-rbacco shop and ordered his clerk to make a complete count of everything in stock The next morning the clerk had compiled a list of all the cigars cigarets pipes etc on t he premises "Is this all we've got?" asked Oestreicher 1 I t1 4 '' - Frank Colby It was One of those overcrowded literary cocktail par- The stakes are high in this international poker game and there is not only the possibility but the probability that the Russians will call our bluff Or this paragraph: "We found that militarily their plan (the Krem 'n'soppar- ently was to des v oy us by drawing us into little wars all ovr the world with their satellites" Nixon added: "Well we di cided thkt we would not fall these traps And so we a new principle: appeasement? Defense Secretary Wilson said the other day that he sees no possibility that American troops may have to fight in the jungles of Indochina and that no such plan is even under study 4 "little wars" Ge- port "united action" against the Reds except as it is ex pressed in high sounding but meaningless phraseology What action then is the United States prepared to take? Would Secretary Dulles rather have war than risk the the question period was asked what he thought about the use of American ground troops if the French were unable to hold Indochina ' CONFERENCE at neva see the French and the British Onprepared to sup- In ' - would a war in Indoother than "fighting the Communists on their own What china be Nixon Editor Tribune: Many improvements have been made by the traffic engineering debut the recent partment changes made on Second South between First and Fifth West Sts making all parking parallel cannot be clarified as such Where formerly ten cars could park there is now room for only three or four With the new system there are still only four traffic lanes as before the new regulation is discriminatory against businesses located on this street On the downtown section of this street you will find parking and if one argues about the safety angle surely there would be more pazard where the traffic is heaviest Or is it that it is so much easto push the motoring public around? In other words keep your hands off the parking meter revenue To vex or annoy the motorist with more problems than he already has certainly does not make for safety I hope the many business concerns will circulate petition with their inconvenienced patrons will sign to impress on the traffic engineering department that this move was hasty unnecessary and foolish Fred W Schwarz from tion ticular Unnecessary QUOTED President Nixon's adof March 14 1954 rather fully because better than any argument I can offer it proves that in the space of one month he had completely reversed his posi- Vice President Nixon made a "off the record" talk to the American Society of Newspaper Editors It dealt with the problems of Asia in general aq$1 Indochina in par Nev HAVE I Vice dress it calls for war Ten days later 4 1 HE get this: "The Korean their terms was that the free nations must not permit the Communists to gobble up Indochina even if WHAT -- ::--- And war has been brought to an end Two American divisions have been brought home because under our new policy we have decided we will not on Communists fight the Dulles' views were amplified the following week at the President's press conference when Eisenhower warned that loss of Indochina might cause nearby countries to topple like dominoes likewise The President talked about the will of free nations to protect Southeast Asia through ''a concert of opinion" and "a concert of readiness to react in whatever way is necessary" got By Our Readers Forum Rules the Communists e : Editor Tribune: I for one think the people of this community owe a vote of thanks to Ab Romeo of McGill for the part he played in bringing about the fence on the McGill ticket IS HIRE COMEWHERE! out of our public offices is a worthy project Mr Hoover of the FBI is doing a good work I am not clear on the duties of the Army regarding the loyalty of their men but assume they have the right and am sure they have the desire to eliminate all subversives from their ranks Utah is fortunate in having four Congressmen of high character and loyalty who are working with their party Congressman Stringfellow has received national acclaim for his high character and loyalty to the cause he represents A Bystander Vote of Thanks which we could UM against the major source of at times and aggression places that we chose" The secretary's statement was the first official notification given the cotmtry that our policy makers were getting ready to fight If necessary to save Southeast Asia - 4 -- - A fit 00 1)4 iiH:4 ) Utah Fortunate i - mobile retaliatory massive power 'f - Forum ' - tigAztlit w munists nibble us to death all over the world in little wars we should rely in the future primarily on our - timmoso U 4 i Year End Mather than let the Corn By John S Knight' Publisher Detroit Free Press For some time I have been warning readers of The Free Press that the United States is headed toward another war N through the pattern of grad: ''t"' ual involvement o A month ago Secretary of -- State Dulles declared that §1 imposition of the Corn- 'r- '' A "the munist system on all Southeast Asia could not be passively accepted by the United States" Ile urged resistance in a sf"' form not specified no matter what "serious risks" are involved and called for "united action" from the free nations mp- o- 44''"!1 ' Al elIN- - 17:00- - Well Merry Christmas! That exclamation rather a "Happy May Day" was far more appropriate as one looked out the window Saturday morning at the snow which made a freakish covering for the blossoms of flowering fruit trees and gave a white frosting to tulips pansies And other early spring flowers The snow was certainly unseasonal but we predicted not so long Nil that Old Man Winter undoubtedly had one more fling left in him So we shouldn't be too annoyed Matter of fact we almost wish it had been a little bigger fling for almost all parts of Utah badiy needed the extra mOtsture which Friday evening's rain and snow - -- P That Final Flinn'In s 1111 - 6- 04 n e 00-0- Ilwrio- d ler--- - - i I - - s'' I A er ADAIV1 74:1C2Oco — U S Before ' - to Point to War-Fo- r' Signs Seem t! Vi")4i"Itt: -- ' - -- was brought But with the weatherman predicting clearing skies and frost Saturday night the wintry fling is apt to be short4ived and unless that frost is too venomous the May flowers which the April shower promised should be coming right along on schedule Our tennis players have in the past had some criticism of the brand of officiating in Australia but nobody can complain about the way they called a quick double fa'ult on the Russian strong-arboys IP' lot ' ''''''401--!-- d " ''17 ": ' - I )1 ' 4'1 ' ii14 : : : 1 adopted at the Conference last March two nations abstained from voting One was Mexico arid the other was Argentina the latter ruled by one of the most ruthless dictators on record Guatemala voted against it The mounting tempo of Communist activity in Latin America is of growing concern among the democracies The situation in Guatemala has been dramatized in recent months but elsewhere communism reflects discontent and other byproducts of tyranny "south of the border" Argentina has furnished the latest shocker In the Peron controlled election in that country last week the Communist vote was only 51000 according to unofficial returns but this represented a 25 per cent increase since the last election Equally disheartening are reports that leaders of radical party principal opponents to Peron were arrested on charges of disrespect following the national election Perhaps in response to press and public reaction against the outrageous action Dictator Peron has announced he had no prior of the arrests and has ordered the defendants released The release order significantly stated however that it was "without any prejudice to whatever judicial action may be taken against them" Although they lost In their race against President Peron as everyone knew they would the Radical candidates made a good showing One of them Crisologo Larralde received more seeking the than 2 million votes Another was Dr cardo Balbin the party's presidential nominee in 1951 previously jailed for criticizing Peron The Radical party candidates were outspoken In their criticism of the Peron regime but they are not charged withuttering untruths merely with being disrespectful Rightists totalitarianism is hard to distinguish from the leftist kind especially In Argentina Inter-America- In its news columns today The Tribune features a new kind of traffic toll chart It records the Utah highways death personal injury and accident situation on three clocks From time to time the pointers ing the total of deaths injuries and accidents will be moved up thus giving readers at a glance Utah's traffic accident situation as we move through the year Merely publishing these clock charts from time to time will not of course stop accidentson Utah's streets and highways But if they focus public attention a bit more positively on the problem and make Utahns just a little more aware of the need for driving and walking they might slow the forward movement of those pointers just a little The Tribune hopes the use of this new kind of record of death injury and accident on the highway will stimulate public interest in joining the "Action Now" program and by reason of their resulting greater watchfulness thus stopping the clocks—for a few minutes or hours or days Take a look at the clocks in today's Tribune—and make up your mind that you at least will not be the cause of moving any one of them further along their costly bloody or deadly ways ' States-sponsore- resolution Let's Stop the Clocks defense policy Mr Eisenhower is following a cautious course in the Indochina crisis The dangers are great the stakes perhaps even greater In allowing the President a frejThilid-Av- e may be taking a calculated risk' but we are are also following the constitutional process 1 7 ' t" ! d When the United A Calculated Risk - 1' to the eXamination Seeretary of the Army Robert T Stevens but there have been enough diversions to thoroughly confuse the issues There was the great controversy over whether or not a photograph of Stevens and Private G David Saline had been altered before being submittlid to the committee There was a long wrangle over the monitoring of telephone pills There were other disputes which seemed to have only the slightest bearing on the case at hand As a result practically everyone connected with the Investigation has shown to poor advantage Stevens has been revealed' as a weak administrator Senator Karl Mundt has proved an indecisive chairman Senator Joseph McCarthy by some of his tactics has demonstrated that there is validity to criticism of his methods as an investigator In fact the only person who really stencil out as doing a good Job is Ray H Jenkins committee counsel — and the investigation was not called to build his reputation When the McCarthy-Armrow first came to a head we recommended that the whole affair be thoroughly sifted We still think that is a good idea but it would be far better to call off the present wretched farce rather than prolong it and see the prestige of senators and administration suffer further damage A straight-forwar- d investigation would be fine but that is exactly what the public is not getting The public is paying the cost of the investigation In the meantime many vital issues including the security of the nation are being pushed into the background while the merrily spins round and round National interests should not be neglected for a sideshow of the type now being presented by the Senate subcommittee However the original question of "Who lied?" still calls for an answer and until one is supplied — either by the subcommittee getting down to business or by another group of investigators taking over—the McCarthy-Army row cannot be allowed to drop Peron's Reprisals tered planet The House acted very properly in rejecting a proposal to limit the use of American troops in combat zones Moreover the size of the vote 214 to 37 is an expression of confidence in President Eisenhower The defeated proposal submitted as a rider to the Defense Department appropriation bill would have forbidden the ex- penditure Oflunde to support combat forces in Indochina or other parts of the world which the United States is not pledged by treaty to protect If adopted this would have tied the President's hands and would have destroyed the flexibility of American P ' ''' ''S 4 - andcross-examination- merry-go-roun- show-knowled- - " y ' - : ' f Case McCarthy-Arm- y After seven days of taking testimony McCarthy-Arminvestigators seem no nearer than when they started to answer- ing the question:('Who lied? Since the answer was the prime reason for holding the Inquiry the Senate subcommittee's record so far is nothing to cheer about Most of the sessions have been devoted the : ' l'''" Investigatord3ungle OTHER VIEWPOINTS -- 1954 May 2 Sunday Morning loaned Ovary Needle in a Haystack? $alt fake Zribunt Zict ' - - "It's all in those departments" said II the clerk diii d-i-- i-tej lie'l-olli-- "To tell the —afternoon up to I onuffs" -- -- I |