Show I - - - 8 - ' ' ' ' '' ' t -- - t ar i b n n 0 --- -- -- -1--- 1 - Coininunity Chest Raises- - Sight Salt-Làk- e By approVing a budget of $399915 for Its 214egular affiliated agencies and then accepting the Unfted Delenie Fund as a t t participant in the 1955 campaign the Salt Lake County Community Chest has met a - - challenge The chest will undertake to raise a total of $419915 in its annual drive this long-standin- g fall The United Defense Fund 80 per cent goes to the U S 0 program which provides entertainment and wholesome recreational surroundings for men in the armed services originally set the Salt Lake Community Chest quota at $32000 This was scaled down to $20000 and the budget was accepted by the Chest board of direc ton with the understanding that the United Defense Fund committee would undertake to refill about 15000 of the sum frode sources outside the county The question of including the United Defense Fund has been before the Chest board for several years—ever since the national defense buildup incident to the cold war Spokesmen for the fund pointed — of which Aid for Flood Victims i President Eisenhower's offer to send n areas surplus U S food to the Iron River behind along the Danube 'i flood-stricke- Curtain is excellent - It is to begin with good from a simple humanitarian standpoint Legislation makes possible the supplying of such aid in times of famine or other emergency to "friendly people without regard to the friendliness of their governments"—which makes sense The Communists may use food and hunger as a political weapon But that isn't our If people are in trouble we should way - stand ready to help them out of simple human decency whether they happen to be living in a Communist country or not Beyond this Mr Eisenhower's offer is excellent because it does put these Communist governments on the spot There are no strings attached to our food offer yet the Red regimes may still summarily refood ject it If they–do and if there isarebound shortages in the flood areas it to cause considerable popular resentment Whatever the outcome therefore there should be some benefit—either help for people in need or increased dissatisfaction of subject peoples toward their Communist masters Besides we have so much surplus food In storage we'd really welcome the chance to put some of it to good use before it spoils o 'H 4 f o ' 0 ! Two Southern Primaries Two Southern primaries in week will be scanned by political for indications the past observers of possible trends in No- vember One—the Texas Democratic gubernatorial primary—was in effect "no contest" since neither of the two leading candidates VII be received a majority and a run-of- f necessary But the fact that Governor Allan Shivers wash barely able to top Ralph W Yarboroug' whom he defeated by 345000 votes! four years agb shows that Shivers has lost a lot of his popular appeal A number of explanations have been offered ranging from a state insurance scandal to Shivernoltto Eisenhower in 1952 In the Arkansas Democratic senatorial primary Senator John L McClellan nosed out !Sid McMath for the nomination which In that state ordinarily means election Mcclellan is reported to have said that his vote margin was reduced because of his active in the McCarthy—and -Army hearings That's as good a reason as any but what we can't understand is why a winning candidate feels he has to explain why he didn't do better As a matter of fact the Arkansas primary probably was decided—and the Texas primary will be decided—on purely local issues That's usually the case in congressional elections such as this year's in which the President does not appear on the ticket - Dean of Welshmen The spry t little man who to many Utahns seemed indestructible died Thursday evening at the age of 90 John James dean of Welshmen had acquired the status of a personalized tradition Through sane half a century of Utah residence the native of Wales had been active here as a leader of those of Welsh descent as an insurance man as a public official as British vice consul and as a staunch advocate of the cause of freedom and understanding in 1 i i '' the world: Mr James came to Utah in the early of this century He served for a time al-couclerk in this ?ounty and also as state industrial commissioner He was president of the Utah Cambrian Society for years and still held the office at thetime of his death Although somewhat enfeebled in recent years he maintained his interest in public affairs with undiminished alertness to the end nt It was typical of Mr James that he extended the kindly hand of welcome and friendship to newcomers to the- city and out that about 5500 Salt Lake County young men currently are in the armed forces and stand to benefit from the groups allied with the United Defense Fund notably ' the liethus friends !Silt Late John new as well as old City and Utah will miss made many James good citizen and good friend N l : id TO ' Community Chest leaders fl I - "il rib that" '1' s f ''':" if-- 0 - -z a4vt A! Cc:6 FOR'1105A I le& 11 i 0 " e idle - mb I N Ma b 11 - oN Nommaillo 111 1 just a few weeks ego In recognition of the political and personal popularity of President Eisenhower the Democrats in Congress were boasting that they were doing more to secure the passage of the main items in the Eisenhower legislative program than were the members of his own party But now when it becomes apparent that the Republicans are showing unity In the closing days of the session there is a change of tactics CONSTANTINE BROWN Russia Red China Begin Wooing Japan WASHINGTON — The Soviet Union and the Chinese Red regime are now making a strong bid to entice Japan i into their or- bit and thus ooq the conclusion of a treaty of peace The Soviet Union was not a party 'to the peace treaty between Japan and the West and a technical toward state-of-wa- 411 an es peace sential to the pianned woo 4 the tighten around still exists r would be A noose A 1irtZ the United States Since the signing of the Korea 'armistice a year ago this week ing of Japan away from American tutelage and into the Kremlin's web Both Russia and Red China d have much to offer the Japanese Economic agreements possible to the Reds in Asia would be considerably more attractive than anything the West could offer And the West's proposals would be sharply affected by the reluctance of American and British industry to face the slashing competition of a resurgent Japan A FIRST STEP in the Red policy of "friendship" toward Japan has already been taken Negotiations are proceeding informally for the return to 'Japan of some 150000 prisoners of war still held in Soviet concentration camps Other straws in the wind include the visits of Japanese economic missions to Moscow In an encouraged effort to establish some sort of barter hard-presse- Mr Brown there has been a quiet and shadowy flirtation carried on Motol between Chou tov and the representatives of some powerful Japanese industrialists Political foes of the Yoshida administration have Joined in a masupporting the neuvering THE MOVE GAINED pow erful impetus when the conclusion of the humiliating Indochina armistice dealt a further blow to the already-shakeprestige of the West Almost immediately after the signing of the Geneva agreement on Indochina Moscow made unofficial overtures to Tokyo suggesting prelimlooking inary conversations En-Ja- sub-ros- n By Ilam Park remembers more easithat at which he laughs ly than that which he reveres Man —Horace Matter of A Vision Two bibulous members of a gentlemen's club were solemnly discussing ways and means of correcting the A ' evils of the world when the bartend- er's white cat crossed t h e MOM !'0 h - "thereat) a black cat ou r sin' 4'17— - ' -- 7 - -- o h !" one said - 40- 'esiitt woe e orLas Park Ham pathsh!" "You're intossicated" the other ''Thash re- a plied white cat disease and effect a radical cure" geologist says that the San Andreas fault in California will cause earthquakes for a thousand years and that the Wasatch fault is apt to slip us some grief I am not findi4 fault with his my fault is that I was happier when I was Ignorant Thinking to brush up on my limited conversational French I said apropos of something or - other "Tout comprendre- c'est tout pardonner" (To ajutderstand all is to pardon all) to Will Jarvis the city rooms tin- guist "Ham you speak French without a trace of accent" Slit said I'd just begun to purr with pride when he addA fault-findin- ed "sit black" S'v tide" '1esh leave it to our or filen' bebin the bar Sokay?" "Sokay" The bartender said that the "French accent" Irene of Second South says the only red menace she's afraid of is sunburn MALI 4' cat was blacic and swatted re- sults "Thash all I wanted to know" muttenec the one who claimed the cat was white "I must have cataracts!' kokl the Cuff Department have been amused by the various advertisements in an old magazine given me by Jim Hare It deals exclusively with Salt Lake City and was publishediii 1887 One ad in particular in- trigued me It told about a "Microscopic and Analytic" physician who offered to forfeit $500 for Any case taken under his treatment whiett he failed to cure The ad stated modestly that: "The mode of forming a diagnosis by the aid of the:microscope enables him tolfietect the primary cause ot Notes on I - 0 0 VIAE What can ail thee ight So haggard and so abject Thy back is bent thy hair And thy face is wan "I was a white-win- mister is white and Employed by Salt Lake City Behold me 'now unstrung unmanned A thing for one to pity "For on July the twenty-four- th They sent me out and made clean the streets from south to north Right after the parade "Now indignation in a spate my Throughout being courses— If there is anything I hate It's horses! horses! horses!" —Big Butch rrom Bountiful Me - system enabling the Japanese to obtain Soviet coal and oil and to secure fishing rights around the Kuriles and in the Sea of Okhotsk With the Chinese Reds efforts have been made to work out a trade agreement permitting Japan to import soybean fertilizer indispensable to Japan's agriculture from Manchuria The Communist leaders are being subtle They are careful to avoid arousing political opposition in Japan by dein manding for a break-of- f Japanese relations with Western nations By confining all contacts to commercial subjects they have shunned any possibility of involving political considerations in their assiduous courtship BUT THEIR WORDS only sweeten the bitter truth that Red control of Indochina's "Rice Bowl of Asia" the Red River Delta can mean critical trouble for Japan The Red blandishments urge the Japanese to be realistic Japan's economic situation is worse than that of any major nation in the world The American occupation and especially the Korean war poured over $I billion a year into the economic blood stream industry was booming was at a and employment high level But the Korean annistice took most of the bloom off the rose Today Japan over 86 million people packed into some 148000 miles and square faces never serious problems of survival unless some means can be found to establish an economic system capable of supporting her growing population Only American financial support and war spending plus the uptonow availability of rice Indochina supplies has enabled the Yoshida government to maintain an adamant attitude Russia's harsh behavior toward Japan strengthened Mr Yoshida's policies 4at home t NOW TIMES have changed and as the Communists continue to gain prestige in Asia at the expense of the free world the Japanese look to their critical economic plight and begin their own "agonizing reappraisal" For the time being most Japanese leaders are inclined to "wait and see" The Yoshida cabinet is remrted determined to stay with the West in the belief that the Beds will sooner or later overplay their hand But the increasingly serious economic situation may force Yoshida government to concrete steps toward a solution or be forced out of office In such an event ob- the take servers familiar with Japan any hew cabinet elected under such circumstances would lend a willing car to the Red enticements are certain that Another blow struck-a- t segregation during this administration is the heartwarming way Democrats and RepubIke's coatlicans tails orelharing Before the filibuster 13-da- y such an argument might have been regarded as the usual theme of a congressional campaign in the middle of an administration U WRAPPED UP IN the fili- buster question of course is the attitude of southern Democrats who see in that technique the only way to keep from being passed a flood of legislation applying the principle to problems from public housing to government contracts non-segregat- ion Some of the Republican Party have not been inclined to press such clue- lions in deference to some of their southern colleagues who were voting with them MEEm WHATEVER THEIR reasons for deciding to spend 13 days in obstructing public business the Democrats unintentionally gave some vain-abl- e ammunition to the Republican stump speakers Republican spok esmen will ask the voters to decide whether they can expect the Democrats to "cooperate" or to "obstruct" President Eisenhower ex-pects to make a number of speeches in behalf of the Republican party before the Noelecvember congressional lions His whole effort will be aimed at getting a vote of confidence from the American people IF THEY WANT his leadership continued and if they want the hind of administration for which such a majority of the people voted in 1952 will they get it by electing Democrats next autumn? i major- Some of the Republicans have themselves done a great deal of harm to the Freakdent's program by diversion ary measures but not one of them can be justly convicted of having actually heldI up public business as did the filibuster What is important Is that the Democratic Party did not accidentally take th course that was recently followed but decided on it in a deliberate way after conferences among the party members eq 101 electing ' publican ma ' in both jority 4 houses of Con- gress next autumn For the filibuster will Mr- - Lawrence be pointed out as an example of obstructionism and how the next two years can 'produce legislative chaos if thelDemocrats gain control of ConUntil 1041-a-lf 1 A144 parti knot given a ity at the polls J gress -A6NO -- I "never-say-die- " - 4-- 4:!114 y' r -- ' I- "Orli 411)i6 ittcodo C '2' The Fight Must Go On conof In some parts of the country its so dry that even the flow' of jokes beginning has dried up "It's so dry it i ta t I 1000 country with a persuasive a - 4 tt - "1' 0 But after the filibuster the country will not seed much convincing that two years of frustration lie ahead if the President's —mayb y tingly fur-plaited the 1 Senator From Sandpit spirit Utah's is but commendable delegates gressional the prospects for securing approval of the Upper Colorado River Basin Storage Program this year now appear dismal indeed If Congress fails to put its stamp of approval on the gigantic program on which future economic development of the upper basin states is so dependent the Intermountain West will have been dealt a severe blow Delay is just what California water and power interests have been fighting for knowing full well that if they can delay upper basin use of the Colorado River sufficiently long they can grab practically all the precious water Not only is the vital upper basin program in jeopardy but the entire concept of Multiple purpose reclamation projects is befogged The nature of California opposition with Congressman Saylor of Pennsylvania acting as an intemperate spokesman attacks the basic reclamation philosophy And use of the terms "handout" and "subsidy" is designed to undermine public confidence in such big projects where water and power serve as partners in developing an area This is a bitter pill in view of the impressive reclamation projects already n operation for California's benefit notably the Hoover Parker Davis and other dams on the Colorado River and the 'All American Canal and the fact that practically no development has occurred in the upper basin awarded a share of the water by the 1922 compact Failure to settle intra-basi- n squabbles has contributed to Hie weakness of the upper Colorado case Defeat of the Frying project in the House this week was chargeable in part to the division in Colorado related to the East slope-We- st slope feud We are glad Senator Watkins refuses to admit the project is dead for this session The fight must go on and ir it fails this session it still must go on Meantime residents of the Intermountain West will need to reappraise their situation with the aim of more effective action in the future -- faii ast ' for guttlenta Re- :it ‘ -- the Democrats In the Senate fill- have by their buster unwitp 1 : win zt :MED 6011NERMONNIO Iowa t wow - r'- - Filibuster Can Seive GOP As Compelling Argument WASHINGTON e-- - ug" de--- 11 Ao - I I 0) :977- - 1 iM 10 1 lb A I ' -r N) 10 4 f t 1 1 I — -- I give Five requests of organizations not now affiliated with the chest were disapproved The decision to accept the United Defense Fund comes at an especially crucial time The Community Chest is taking part In an extensive study with the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and other groups as to the feasibility' of federating all principal fund drives into one or two community appeals The aim is to eliminate the multiplicity of charity drives and to secure more central control Including the U D F before the study is completed may seem to be putting the cart before the horse but the success of this move to increase the chest budget might well register community approval or federation and expansion Certainly as long as Salt Lake County has service men enjoying the benefits of the U S 0 we do have an obligition to help Support such an organization even though the chest has no control over funds spent all outside the community Increasing the chest goal by about $43- 500 is an ambitious undertaking We hope Salt Lake County residents will rise to the occasion and justify the confidence of the 11 :' c44 of t i 11:r-e- I '' 0 — ------a- 1 1------- DASID LAWRENCE I ' NO U S - : - II 1 4 '"- areas where they are stationed Moreover Salt Lake is the only city of size in the West not supporting the UD F The United Defense Fund has been excluded from Salt Lake Community Chest budgets in the past TA because it was considered unworthy but because the chest quota has failed several times in recent years and it was felt that until the organization was sufficiently strong to adequately support participating local health educational and welfare groups the chest should avoid assuming more responsibility The Community Chest achieved its goal last fall for 1954 Thi 1955 Community Chest quota without the United Defense Fund is roughly $22500 above that of last year The budget committee however sliced $27704 from the total funds requested by the various participating agencies Last year the requested total was cut about $13000 and the budget was held to the amount of the previous drive In Increasing the total local budget special consideration was given agencies that were obliged to make emergency requests during the current year to meet increased demands for service These agencies included the Community Nursing Service the Travelers Aid Society Catholic Charities and Family Service Society Some increases in pay and staff additions were authorized in cases where they were considered necessary The budget committee whose panels conferred at length with representatives of participating agencies and scrutinized their requests reported it made every effort to keep the total within the community's ability and willingness to The ( 'i 0 centers are operated in Salt Lake City but service men from this community benefit by the programs in USO irstlv - - s --- V- 1 4: lero--- - E I - - Our Own Pet Heard From: t Saturday Morning July IlL 1954 - -- 'N gilt 5a1 t gukt i - --- z r on basic issues of conservationism versus radicalism But the South lately has been sendlng to Congress some radicals who do not vote with the northern conservatives and there is a tendency now among northern Republicans to feel that the time may have come to force a strict cloture rule through the Senate Southern Democrats and northern Republicans have operated a conservative coalition for many years but the attitude of some southerners seems to have been changing especially toward the o government-o- side wnership SOREPUBLICANS in will have a northern states much more penetrating issue the subject of party responsibility than they have had before if they begin to take up the unlimited-debatrule which Democrats by concerted action have utilized to try to block legislation on e MARQUIS CHILDS Danger in a Puppet's Flight terial for a series' of articles in the London Daily Express BONN GERMANY—If you can imagine J Edgar Hoover having fled to Moscow and speaking over A::210201N7 - the dio get Soviet rayou can some idea of the shock to Gerinan public opinion in the recent flight of Otto John behind the Iron Cur-tam n and his r'''11 I lc A 414114 ts' 4 Vest Li1 Mr Childs b roadc a st throwing in his lot with communism While John was head of the West German equivalent of the F B I the analogy with Hoover is farfetched He had no great popular reputation In fact now that the case has broken the revelations of his strangely checkered career make evident the reaSons why many high officials including Chancellor Adenauer doubted him work The German papers hwe carried sensational reports to the contrary saying that doz- ens moral West may well outweigh in damage done the value of the secrets John carried be- Germany hind the curtain THE DEFECTION considered to i dedicated anti-Naz- of one a bound have been is to weaken the position of those who like John have refused to compromise with the Nazi past For their opposition it is easy to say "you see these people cannot be trusted—you can only trust the nationalists those of us who have always believed in a strong Germanyi" In the ions pull this may he the real and lasting damage Soaper Says considered by many owe his primary allegiance to the British as a result of his escape after the 1944 plot against Hitler and his eventual flight to Condon As interpreted by some German officials in the aftermath of ais defection John was doing the bidding of British intelligence insofar al high policy was concerned SAY TREY THAI he helped to furnish the ma- agents of been seized But the political and inside consequences human being caught in the fearful undercurrents of a time of tormoil the John storl could hardly be more dramatic John was a puppet—an important puppet but nevertheless a figure manipulated by forces beYOnd his control—in the power struggle that has wracked Germany for more than 20 years When he was made head of the office for the protection of the constitution in the ministry of interior four years ago he was far from having unanimous support ' for the job He was if not hundreds East Germany tave already in CONRIDERED BOTH as a pawn in the tortuous game of power politics and as a Germans-t- on how Nazism was rising again in Germany There has been much criticism in Britain of America's taste to reconstruct Germany and in that haste encouraging the resurgence of former Nazis Top American intelligence officials putting together the pieces of this strange puzzle believe that BritishAmerican rivalry for German influmee and control had little to do with the case American officials d escribe John as a "front office man" who was never tied into the security net- o Although articleb' are always being printed about how smart insects are its pretty clear that mosquitoes can't read the label on the bottle of stuff that's supposed to keep them away A baseball manager's tures are like driver aheadof -- i ges- the those of you in Sunday traffic—they may be tkig oak or they may not ' - 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