Show A J' i THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE t4 rfljc fait fake gfilwue- -i- I Established April lamed ever morning b 15 1871 Salt Lake Tribune Publlehlng Company Behind the Scenes of Current News The Tribune is a member of the Associated Press The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the Use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also ' the local news published herein Salt Lake City Utah Friday Morning November Safety of Democracies Insured by Preparedness 4 - The French are fighters For nine centuries they did little else Civil and religious wars surged over the land that fell to France after “the division of Gaol into three parts” They gained glorious victories and suffered ignominious defeats They were led to triumphs by heroes and in retreat by compromisers Under Napoleon Bonaparte they distinguished themselves as the greatest warriors of the world That the French government following the British lead under Chamberlain have been yielding to Hitler’s threats and demands is not due to cowardice of the people nor weakness of the army ut to the lack of domestic harmony that almost invariably embarrasses any democracy in a time of emergency Both Hitler and Mussolini have often referred contemptuously to this weakness pf popular governments in which the pros and cons of both majorities and minorities must be heard before a policy can be adopted As a matter of fact real democracies have two constitutional defects that render them less forceful m times of stress than are autocracies but without these infirmities they would not be democracies One impediment to concerted and effectual action is the willingness of almost every voter to tell how the government should be run This might not be so much of a hindrance if any considerable number could agree Another weakness is the praiseworthy assumption of’ equality which is construed to cover an impossible range of talents and qualifications As there are not enough positions or sinecures to go around deserving and disappointed minorities or individuals are inclined to oppose every contemplated measure or movement This is the trouble with France and Both governments Great Britain today must realize that they have been putty in the hands of Hitler that they have abandoned their diplomatic offspring in Europe to brutal assailants that they have surrendered rights they were sworn to defend that they have lost the confidence of manthat kind and shriveled in hand started have by they payments they will have to make later “through the nose" They cannot be blind to the fact that Hitler aims to regain every dollar every foot of ground every loss sustained by the central powers in the World war besides inflicting upon the erstwhile enemies of his adopted land humiliations to equal those imposed by the peace conference at Versailles This (Would not be possible were the people of Great Britain or France as unanimously behind their government as Germans and Italians are behind Hitler and Mussolini Military experts acknowledge the supremacy of Great Britain on the seas Lloyd-Geordeclares the French army to be the best land fighters on the earth and Russia is known to have the greatest air fleet in 'existence Such a combination calculations but could upset for internal dissensions disturbing Ahe first two powers and their externally enforced repudiation of the last No wonder dictators discount the efficiency of democracies but once a free people are aroused to rid themselves of spies saboteurs and emissaries of “peace at any price” to make such alliances toas may seem appeal to necessary for the occasion the innate desire of every normal person for individual liberty and opportunity to direct his own destiny free from political financial ecclesiastical or military dictation the world will be made safer for democracy than it is today Except for the rapacity and vindictivewho turned peace-makeness of block at a into table chopping the peace the close of the World war democracies now would lie far more safe and than any other form of government self-respe- ct ge nazi-fasci- st rs self-relia- nt Red Cross Roll Call For Service and Contributions There is no movement no organization no institution that makes a more general appeal to generosity nor meets with a more universal response than the Red Cross Not only does it cover the civilized portion of the earth but it has roots in some sections from which civilization seems to be receding The diminution of needless fatalities in war and peace fhe alleviation of suffering in visitations of disaster the relief of distress wherever it threatens whole communities call for and receive the support and sympathy of all worthy citizens of all races and nationalities Funds for the purposes outlined are donated during the annual Red Cross enrolld ment now in progress It has been in some localities and is now in progress here No solicitor should be ignored Anyone not iq actual want can afford to give something There are tens of thousands of families in Europe and Asia driven from their homes and the acres of their ancestors pursued by the murderous minions of fanatical despots fleeing from a wrath they never provoked and cannot fathom looking over their shoulders at the smoke of their burning inheritances stumbling across swamps and stony barrens falling in exhaustion to sleep in ditches or under hedges holding their frightened babes and children in impotent desperation trying to shield them from wintry blasts praying for deliverance their lives depending on such assistance as only the Red Cross can render ‘ Although recognized by congressional approval the American Red Cross is still ft nongovernmental agency It depends com-plete- Another Dune of the Road Victimized by Wagging Thumbs In this era of rapid and ceaseless transportation of communication by mail telephone and telegraph of education in schools and classes on the air and in the press of opportunities to learn common sense and caution by travel contact reading and experience it seems strange to hear of a motorist possessing sufficient intelligence to secure a driver’s license being victimized by a hitch-hik- er The game of getting into the car of a gullible driver entertaining him with tales of the road until a lonesome stretch of country is reached sticking a gun against his ribs robbing him of money and ’appropriating his car is becoming as musty and business plied a dusty as the gold-bric- k half otntury ago One of the latest exhibitions of cfass" highway has credulity on a just been reported from St Georgq where the alert and efficient sheriff of Washington countv awested a gunman who had begged a ride from a “sophisticated” Salt Laker only to take the car watch wallet trinkets and everything but the driver’s shirt and shoes leaving him bound in an isolated ravine among the Santa Clara hills How many warnings will have to be sounded’ How many such cases will have to be reported? How many corpses will have to be discovered in gulches? How many missing motorists will have to be hunted by posses before men and women cease to court disaster with its wagging thumbs? main-travel- ed Charles B Federal Reserve Their word to the wise in fact 2000 of them are hidden in the obscurity of the November federal reserve bulletin You will find there a treatise on the inadequacy of the existing reserve requirements The article does not come out and say the board expects a boom and brakes but its factual analysis is designed to prove this point Money men and particularly Interested government officials say the article can only mean two things and probably means both: (ft) The board Is anticipating a boom and Is preparing to step down upon the enfeebled brake it has at hand or (b) is getting ready to demand that congress permit it to get the brakes The article shows excess bank reserves are 3 billions of dollars which means the banks could lend 30 billions of dollars (a sum so vast it can only be measured against the federal debt of which it is roughly F R B requires 22 per cent of the demand deposits ef central qty banks be kept as reserves Urtder the law it can increase its restrictions only an 3’4 per cent to a total of 26 This is an insignificant brake the way all government economists look at it They do not qhare the belief that when they stepped down on this same brake in 1935 they helped to cause our last depression They think that one was caused by sudden stoppage of government expenditures This is the official theory three-fourth- s) al Two Courses The Inadequacy of federal reserve brakes will however throw brakes responsibility upon the treasury and authorities there are already mindful of it Two bourses of treasury action are open— resumption of gold sterilization and increased borrowing Both steps may come within the next few months but the borrowing is sure to come in December for another reason They need the money those in charge of However such things here have been conferring with a view to applying these various brakes moderately as business improves rather than clamping down on all at once Those interested in working out our South American trade difficulties are beefing slightly about the domestic political aspects of the delegates Mr Roosevelt chose for the South American conferSelection of ence Alf Landon and John Lewis’ daughter they say for instance may have more weight in the United States than below the Rio Grande What they do not appreciate is that this is strictly a good will conference Specific individual trade problems with the various Latin nations probably will be handled individually— and later And There He Was A visiting Democratic politico from the midwest was in town the other day looking for Tommy Corcoran vice president ex officio The visitor called Tommy’s office his apartment no one had seen him lately Several hours of telephonic research finally located the errant presidential right hand just Where - a right hand should be — in the vacated White House executive office of Son and Secretary James Roosevelt Note— Other signs also suggest the president is not going to change advisers as a result of the election His left hand man Harry Hopkins has been around close lately Hendrik Willem Van Loon recently purchased three pairs of sifk hose for Miss Alberta Hubbard melodious-voice- d telophone operator at the Algonquin hotel The prolific writer of history and Burveys of ail knowledge was wondering In his quarters at the hotel whether his next grandchild was going to be a boy or a girl AH hia delv- ing into the wisdom of the ancients availed He couldn’t sleep Copyright ‘ 1938 for The Tribune Success He has achieved success who has lived well laughed often and loved much who has gamed the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children: who has filled his niche and accomplished his task who has left the world better than he found it whether by an Improved poppy a perfect poem or a rescued soul who has never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty or failed to express it who has always looked for the best in others and given the best he had Whose life was a an inspiration: benediction— Mrs A J Stanley whose-memor- 1938 for The Tribune Kent York result From it the new dealers have derived — up to now— their only real comfort from the returns Without the success of their ticket there it will be generally agreed the results could be accurately described as a knockout for i the new deal rather than merely a body blow Had New York gone Republican there would today be general acceptance that the re-- 1 action was complete and a Republican return to power in 1940 unmistakably foreshadowed instead of being Kent merely indicated Had New York gone Republican the significance would have been as clear as was the election of 1930 when during Mr Hoover’s” term the Democrats gained control of the house This it Is interesting to note cer being tain figures which have since appeared One of these is the official statement of the vote cast by the American labor party which indorsed the Democratic state and senatorial candidates It was approximately 450000 prei-192- corn-and-h- Copyright By Frank R WASHINGTON — Before analysis of the recent election figures is finally put under the head of “finished business” it seems Worth while bo paijit out one qr two pregnant and heretofore neglected faeta about the New 5) Why hams from Poland are sold so widely this country of ours is a problem for the heavy thinkers I like them But I brought back a ham from Virginia on my last trip through that country and if It had been imported from Siberia it couldn’t have been any better Now what's better than a bit of escalloped ham baked with macaroni and cream sauce? And what brings up this matter of savory foods anyhow? I'm sticking to my fast for another day Sure as shooting the neut day THIS ftfeC one-four- th Polish hams got an airing lately when a truck loaded with them sat up in a busy street its front wheels high In air and obstructed traffic The policeman at the intersection had halted the truck Sudden stop had' caused the load to shift backward with the comical result that the truck acted like a dog begging for a bone The driver laughed until the policeman gave him a summons for obstructing traffic three-to-on- AA Kent Says ‘Reds’ -Put Lehman Over in New York-- ' Manning 120-12- Driscoll The Dutch sage put it up to the telephone operator She had never1 failed to give correct information “Now let's see” said Miss Hubbard “Your son Hansel and his wife Janet have how manv children now?” “Two sons" “Then it will be another son ” "No that isn’t likely You don’t know about the laws of chance find probability do yon? Having had two boys it is altogether unlikelv that the third child will also be a hov That would be at least a e bbt ” ' So th bet Was made stockings against toVan Loon went back to hs troubled bacco si— eqHefied thpt he had it all figured out And th ”oung Van Loons had another son f WELL tC for October This hoist would mean 25 per cent better business within five months better business than the normal average the best business years (1923-2since the old days The inflationary view is not shared by all It has its most enthusiastic devotees among the president’s most intimate advisers g and the crowd Economists dealing with strictly commercial statistics cannot see anything except gradual improvement to the end of the year beyond that they would not guess Confidential international finances advices have adopted the boom philosophy Domestic business advisory services are unanimously doubting it The optimists may be wrong Few economic batting averages Bre high in these days of swift uncertainties But they certainly believe It themselves They are getting ready for It rs him nothing “ "By of the best official authorities is predicting (in asides to his friends) that industrial production will reach 5 next spring It was 95 NEW YORK Nov 17— Thinking out loud: No they won’t censor radio on account of debacle- - but if radio the to doesn’t quit trying put the babies ter bed with horror stories there'll be some headOnly 10 aches among tycoons of the air tower State the to of visitors cent Empire per are New Yorkers Even so that must mean that a big proportion of residents of the city obhave seen their town from the ttp-to- p I’ve heard a lot about fasting servatory so have been trying it lately for digestive disorder At this point my opinion is that it can Major easily be carried to extremes Bowes is one of the few who has prosperously national a of being survived the experience craze Although the country no longer loses its mind over him he continues to pull down the same old money and entertain the millions And he 'hasn’t changed through it all This I’ve learned in my fasting experiment: One easily loses desire for food But if you keep Mental processes quicken on your feet in Manhattan a little food is a For nice thing to have once in a while two nights I’ve dreamed of the tall cocoanut layer cakes my mother used to make with cold milk to wash them down In v WASHINGTON— One New York Highlights By Game Should Be More Interesting By Paul Mallon 18 1938 upon individual donations and voluntary effort With its reserve fund and membership of adults and children it outnumbers all other associations in this republic devoted to the service of suffering humanity In a hundred ways in a thousand sections the Red Cross carries hope and help to suffering millions — the destitute and pathetic victims of “man’s inhumanity to man ” Everybody can do something however little it may seem to the furtherance of this great movement It comes nearer following the leadership of the Man of Sorrows in his campaign started twenty centuries ago against Pharisees who assume racial superiority than does any other band of crusaders marching toward a higher plane of civilization and culturfr FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 18 1938 the-cas- Communist Vote The other is official announcement of the figures of the communist vote for the party’s only candidate — Israel Amter— who ran for representative at large as 95434 In New York City alone Complete figures for Mr Amter’s vote outside of the city have not yet been tabulated but It is estimated that they will put the grand total of the communist vote in the state well above 105000 The communists had no candidate for governor or for the senate They supported Governor Lehman and the Messrs Wagner and Meade just as the American labor party supported them The socialists had candidates but not the communists The communists in New York went new deal in a wholehearted way and neither the curt repudiation of them by Mr Lehman nor the effort of Mr Roosevelt in his radio speech to hook them up with the “tories” diminished their ardor - - They remained solidly new deaUsh'from start to finish withdrawing all their party candidates with the single exception of Mr added to their existence InvestiAmter whose candidacy served exactly one Forum Rules gate any war in which they have purpose — that of measuring the party’s vote taken part “Do we need to go and keeping its official status In every posLtter Appealing in inm column do nut express the views of The back any farther than that of sible way it- - got behind the new deal ticket Tribune They are the opinions ol contributors with which The Tribune their war on the HerenO nation The official party organ and the official party followor not The nay may agree of South Africa in 1904 Read spokesman appealed for united party support ing rules govern contributions 1 Letters limited to duo words Winston Churchill in Collier's of of the Democratic ticket and thfere is no room Preference given to short commu November 9 1938 In the World for doubt that the great bulk of the 105000 Write legibly ana 2 nicatlons war their atrocities were more clearly on one sloe of the papei only communist votes were cast for Mr Lehman ntemi 3 delicious and fiendish and cruel They were not for governor and for the Messrs Wagner and barred Partisan or personal Douticai comment cannot be printed 4 Per with satisfied and Meade the for senators The people who voted despicable Pob souai aspersions prohibited for Mr Amter voted for the Messrs Lehman cowardly cruelties to the prisonetical contributions not wanted b Letters may be barred tor obvious ers they took but they killed Wagner and Meade They did so first bemisstatements ot tact or tor statemaimed and raped the women cause they ‘were directed by the communist ments which are not in accord with 7 fair play and goocr taste 'lhe folk and mutilated little innocent leaders second because support of the new Forum is not an advertising medtum children deal is an avowed communist policy third 8 Writers must sign true names in ink win address Letters and Has the world forgotten those because there was no other place for them it be carried over assumed name fearful crimes to the Belgians? to go in ail cases writer so requests name and address however true Do we as enlightened and huThis is a simple statement of fact which must be attached to communicamane a people as Is on the face The Forum cannot concannot be controverted Once it is grasped 9 tion more one than letter from the sider of the earth care to assist any it becomes clear that Mr Lehman whose masame writer at one time such nation to become one jority over Mr Dewey-waless than 67000 amongst the desirable nations of was really elected by the "communists who the world? their proper name is— were a supported him This would be true if only The Hun has proven time and a few more than half voted for him There Asiatic people cruel and time again that such a thing as low in culture who came to Eusimply is no way to avoid this conclusion or ’ honor Is of no consideration when to escape its inferences It was the commu- rope in the sixth century They his ambition as a nation is sought nist party which saved the Democratic state may have advanced some in culThe mouthings of Hitler are no ture but their cruelties have beticket for the new deal But for communist come more fiendish as years have exception and are a camouflage support Mr Dewey would have been elected couched in pleasing platitudes to and the' Republican sweep been complete hide the real object and decepWhile the communist vote also formed a contion When the democracies of siderable part of the Wagner-Mead- e majorithe world listen to the siren of ties these were sufficiently large to have Hitlerism and give it a thought or elected them without But when to the comthen the munist support is added that of the American subject “The Miracle of Salt serious consideration Lake” will do more to promote freedom of man will advance no labor party with its strength of approxifeood will arfd fame for our city further and his enthrallment is mately 450000 there can be no denial that a and people than a thousand books certain Serfdom will then be his very large majority Of the voters of New It isa motion picture masterpiece portion From time immemorial York unaffiliated with either the American in one reel man has had to fight for whatever labor or the communist parties were not for if and freedom he has obtained the Messrs Wagner and Meade were in fact Ask The Man Who Owns ’Em he is going to retain that freeanti new deal' This business of seeingyour dendom he will have to fight to do tist twice yearly so The polite phraseology of the 'Intensely Painful' Is all very well but it’s apt to pagan Japanese or the fiendish Naturally these facts are intensely painful cost dearly Hun has the same ultimate end to administration adherents As a matter of For sooner or later he’s quite Are we men? Then let us seek fact it is astounding to have to admit that sure to say and assert the characteristics of despite fhe immensely efficient Farley orout to come or “They’ve got men! Will F Walraven ganization the individual strength of Mr you're in a bad way” Sweet Mine Utah Lehman the personal appeals of Mr RooseSo at last you submit and it's the velt great weight of both federal and J H P: See rule 3 quite an adventure — state machines the 450000 votes of the AmeriUp to the psint where he puts in can labor party and an unsually fat camReader Decries Lack the denture paign fund— that despite all this the goverOf Respect to Flag norship of New York would have been lost A shiny affair it is pinkish and to the Democrats but for the communists Editor Tribune: On November new who insisted on supporting the Democratic How nice I shall look when I 11 (Armistice day) in Salt Lake candidate as the symbol of the new deal even -"smile now think you— City there was a parade In that he had publicly expressed his distaste after Amerithe carried How nice to be able to eat what parade they for them can flag! I noticed that there I please It ‘is pretty tough on Governor Lehman to Why beefsteak and hardtack I’ll were a lof'of men and women feel that in the last analysis he could not have too It see didn’t who even for mangle with ease been elected but for the communist vote— they failed to either remove their but it Say you never knowing that ere certainly does not reflect upon him any hats or show by any gesture that dawns ‘the morrow more than it will affect his conduct Neverthe “colors” were passing Your cup will be quite brimming theless a useful purpose will be served in When the bugles sounded for over Mth sorrow! presenting the figures if it ' helps clarify the the two minutes silence paying following facts For gone are your dreams of the sil'ent tribute to the World First that while few recognized new deal war dead some of our fine Amermeals hearty and lush: leaders are communists all communist leadYou will do well to manage a ican citizens were joshing and ers as a matter of settled party policy are a noggin of mush joking like it was one of the most temporary new dealers trivial moments of their lives Your articulation is pretty near 'Second the reason for this state of affairs If a soldier had showed such ruint is the fixed belief among communists that the or to either the (Will I ever again speak quite flag disrespect new deal fiscal policies tend toward that ecothe occasion he would be paying properly fluent?) nomic chaos in which communism best ft for it in the guardhouse If a thrives third that in the greatest state of the You try to laugh gaily at someperson were in Germany or Ausunion they were able last week to save the tria he would probably pay for body’s quip new deal from disastrous defeat such nonchalance with imprisAnd find that your uppers are Neither the angry accusation by the proonment or severe penalty Some down on your lip fessional liberals of “red baiting’1’ nor repetof America's most patriotic citizens are persons who hwre been ition by Mr Roosevelt John L Lewis and They’re sure to be new just when other conspicuous new deal leaders of their naturalized from foreign councorn is in season of communism 'should prevent the Tis then that they slither and tries If you don’t believe it just abhorence people upon the facta about Watch a parade pass some time slide without reason this last election in New York They are A caramel closes you up like a and observe that those who show i illuminating the greatest amount of reverhalter ence and respect to the flag are And strawberry seeds can seem from other people originally big as Gibraltar I’ll Tell You WELL ' You’ll long for bicuspids that countries f And another thing some of our once were your own— By Bob Burns That intricate bridgework— the loyal business firms of Salt Lake City didn’t have enough respect gold ones that shone At alrtiost any party you go to out here for the flag to take it from the you'll hear the people discussing the servant streets at the close of the day So all of you fortunate denture-fre- e Their greatest trouble seems to be problem Some say that showing such refolks in getting servants who are loyal I never spect is too militaristic but I’ll Abandon the idea that st6re teeth bothered about that myself because I always dare to venture that there would are jokes figgered that pret’ near anybody ybu get “law be less violations’‘ if lot a And if you have two teeth that will be loyal to somebody more few in a America people grow lucky one The other day an actress called her cook Be they snaggle or buck teeth or were drilled In the meaning of ill and says “Ella I saw that grocery boy "Americ'anism” Wood Cedar colored pale dun kiss you yesterday and I don’t want that to If they be your own and they S R: See rule happen again!” The cook says "Oh don’t don’t hurt a bit blame that 'grocery boy— it ain’t his fault! Hang on to them tight and thank N A P : See rule 1 The ice man set him a bad example!” God if they hit! —V K Welsh Ogden Utah C D: See rule 1 (Copyright 1938 for The Tribune) THE PUBLIC FORUM Writer Reminds U S Of Pact Obligation Editor Tribune: Who were the signatories to the treaty? Whoever they were does Tiot make much difference but whoever they were they hive not nine-pow- moral only proven themselves cowards but that their word of honor is nil For in that treaty did they not all guarantee — by their signatures thereto — the integrity of China? Have they ess done so? Not it’s Russia— has given any signs of making good her word of honor Are the nations of the earth conforming to the kaiser’s idea of a treaty? When our own nation has so little regard for her word of honor as to utterly ignore that word then need she be surprised if her citizenry also resort to such deplorable methods and become Does these United criminals? States propose to bend the knee to Hitlerism? Look over the past history of the people he represents The Germans— or Hun as one-unl- o e by Our Readers s bar-bario- Senator From Sandpit-6- ? There is no sadder sight than of an ancient conveyance which has not been allowed to forsake the world that has forsaken it— Isaiah Jr: that Dear Senator: I was very much interested in the picture on the front page of last Friday’s Tribune showing Main street 20 years ago Particularly so when I recognized in that picture an old friend — a mutual friend of ours Senator Yes you guessed it— the No 5 street car! She was a youngster then and did not paint up to conceal her age rfs she does now but I knew her and recall how during the years she has told me daily of all the aches pains rattles and weak joints which have’ come upon her with increasing old age until now she shakes continuously during her long daily toil This morning she was in 'a worse condition than I have ever seen her before She told me that Ike Armstrong had left orders to have her shake up the football players on their way up to the U I gently chided her because what is good for the college students on theii way to class is not beneficial Senator to you and me who now have to get along with store teeth But before depositing’ me at ray corner she promised that when that last final fit of shaking does come on her and she collapses and kills us she will do her utmost to have It happen either in front of a mortuary or close to St Mark’s cathedral where the burial services may be performed over us —A Fellow Sufferer Notes on the Cuff Department For years Cator Lee has worked at his trade in a basement barbershop nursing an ambitiori to be a policeman And be able to get out in the sunlight occasionally Just recently he was appointed a “rookie” patrolman Here’s hoping he makes the grade! I wonder what that Los Angeles judge who found the school teacher guilty of contempt of court for wearing slacks in his august presence usually fines people for that offense? I want to plead guilty Just read where a blazing meteor fell near Los Angeles and scared a lot of former lowans Somebody ought to notify U S Senator Clyde Herring so he can get a law passed about that too In my opinion the movie short " r ‘ -- - I i |