Show 12 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING A Issued every morning by C 0 P Parley May Decide Hoover ‘Fate’ Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Company 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 Sunday Morning November Three Peace Suggestions Offered to a Warlike World In this prayerful season of a peaceful nation when foreign policies of the several powers are matters of comment or speculation it mav be interet ng and renvsurrg to reperuse President Rorwovclt's prortm as outlined three years agoHe offered three suggestions for every race and ruler on earth to consider as follows: ' 1 “Let every nation agree to eliminate Over a short period of years and by progressive steps every weapon of offense in its possession and to create no additional weapons of offense This does not guarantee' a nation against invasion unless you Implement it with the right to fortify its own border with permanent and nonmobilo defenses and also with the right to assure itself through international continuing inspection that its neighbors are not creating nor maintaining offensive weapons of war 2 “A simple declaration that no nation will permit any of its armed forces to cross its own borders into the territory of another nation Such an act would be regarded by humanity as an act of apgress'orr and as an act therefore that would call for cor''mnation bv humanity 3 “It is clear of course that no such general agreement for the elimination of agression and of wennons of offensive warfare would he of anv value to the world enUnless everv nation without tered into the agreement bv solemn obligation If then such an agreement were h" a "rcnt maiorit” of the nat'ons condition tfi at it woo’d nn m " Hpfj-'- ip r"fp"t oil” vlin signed bv all the r"‘:ors it would be a comparatively to whmh nations in Coiic'itpncfj time are wil’ine to go on record manas IHoprTinij to the small mirn-itvkind which still believes in the tise of the sword for invasion of and attack upon their t’-- ‘o o-- of - Of course the chief obstacle to be is the trickerv of those who construe dmlomacv to mnan deception and regard relight as the sole arbiter of right If a stae of peace can be attained without beating up the bluffers anti bulldozers th-world would be the happy home of a hopeful people Lost in Eastern Hi!s Pr!?es BrvPed It sometimes seems that this republic is with from being comfortably cove-cWesterners and touriKts have ponulatibn a vague conceot on of vast areas of the region that'remain unt"nanted and uncultivated: of the millions of square miles of mountainous ranges and ravines on bo1’ 'looes of the continental dvidp of the arid leagues that stretch in all directions befrom h'ehwavs across the rrnt n tween the Rockies and the Sierras But who or would imagine that the Cumberln’-'systems have the same characteristics and open snaeps? E”en up in the Adirondack mountains of the Emnire state a section dotted with summer homes and fashionable resorts covered with roads and service stations by efficient highwav police and infested bv hitchhikers of' all grades of accountability men and women get lost and posses have to search for them A few days ago according to press reports two young men aged 19 and 21 old enough to know the wav around born rind brought up in the classic hills of northern New York went deer hunting and have not been seen for over a week Rewards have been offered search parties cmploved volunteers directed and' aviators sent flvingto and fro without locating the wanderers Crin such things be? In the densely populated east in the popular camping ground of nabobs authors and artists in the land made famous bv writers of detective fiction and mystery stories for two grown men to be lost a week while hundreds hunt on foot on horseback in vehicles and rom the air without finding a trace is more than passing Strahge It seems incredible It presents a study in the geography and topography of a great country far d Wie Men of the West Will Follow the Line of Lights “Let vour light so shine before men that they will see your goo’d work” is advice offered on the mountain pulpit of Palestine 20 centuries ago and followed by enterprising mortals of modern times When the yuletide lights were turned on the other evening in Salt Lake City the scene was suddenly transformed from one of usual f charm to one of dazzling enchantment The glittering street lights hanging in clusters and festoons above the restless flow of’ traffic the brilliant neon and electric signs of unique designs in front of businrss houses and office buildings the decorations adorning utility poles and those“four stars of the first magnitude that beckon wise men of the west to bring their substitutes fbr this modern city frankincense and myrrh-tbeside an occidental Jordan that flows into another inland sea of salt combined to form a picture that will be viewed with pride and admiration every night until after the New Year shall have taken its place in the endless nroceyion of Time “Truly the' light js sweet and a jjalant thing for the eves”" said Ecclesiastes the preacher long before miracles of present tjav lighting were dreamed of by the most gifted pf ane’ent prophets “Ye are the li"ht of the world— a city that is set on a hill 4 V cannot be into the could see its lights By nazi-fasci- Kai-she- Tokio-Berlin-Ro- po’ That the permanent friendship and territorial integrity of China will be sacrificed for limited and transitory trade relations is almost a foregone conclusion Who would ba’ance a principle against a peso in any d section of the earth during this scramble of greed for aerps and advantages? war-curse- Human Hatred Defined Bv Some Literary Authorities Byron defined hatred as “the madness of the heart” Cicero called it “s°ttled anger” It was Balzac’s definition that fits the ruling emotion of Ar'nlf Hitler “Hatred is the vice of narrow souls: they feed it with all their littleness and make it the pretext of base ” But it was Goethe the keynoter of German culture whose interpretation of the comes close to dovo'ution of his own people under Hitler Ho said “Natonal hatred is something peculiar vou will always find it strongest and most violent in the lowest degree of culture ” In his leisure hours if he ha? siu'li periods of relaxation der fuehrer nrdit read to his advantage some passages from the great German author ' New York Highhqhts By Charles B Driscoll NEW YORK— Early in the month we attended the national horse show at Madison A grand piece of pageantry Square Garden traditions Dignity much display of skill built up in 53 years of association among Remarkable lack of commerhorsey folk The show seemed to be given for cialism the performers rather than to please the Thus the audience was pleased audience I have done a good deal of thinking about horses and their human associations since that show Well partly thinking an£ mostly just mental idling along Nobody makes such a fuss over a horse ns a New Yorker Millions of cltv folk who do not know port fromstarboard on a horse who haven’t the slightest idea of the difference between bay and sorrel and who might be induced to believe that there's a gasoline engine installed in every jumiier turn out to sec and admire horses on the slightest pretext Mounted policemen have to be tough to keep the customers from killing thejr mounts with lump sugar Great Show Nowhere else in th" world could you see the kind of show that is staged at Madison Souare Garden every fall A show at Fort Worth might have ten times as many horses You could get up a performance at in it San Antonio Oklahoma City or Kansas City that would smell twice as horsey The audience at Tulsa Wichita Omaha or San Francisco might be able to substitute for performBut for exnensive ers In anv emergenev glitter in the ring and inithe boxes for silk hats low necks fresh paint and the beft of tanbark Madison Square Garden will carry off the gold plated halter every time It seems that a great many persons and a whole generation of heyses live the year around for this occasion The lady who drives the high stepper to the phaeton has been driving it just that way for mon'hs around ami around a ring of exactly this size on her country estate She has been ho'ding the whip just that ay and the liveried footman has been getting those vertical wrinkles into his face to give him the imnassive appearance of— well of a horse show footman Every slight detail of costume has been arrived at by a system of trial and error try again and rail in the estarts Ancient families have been i torn asumlcr in wars over whether mammai should wear a grey feather in her hat to match the footman's gray hair pr a green feather for con- ' trast Hore" fsiJLpft J The result of jtll this expert are and stupendous expenditure is a superb display Yet when you subtract the vanities the niceties the trappings of great wealth what is left? A horse of course And a horse generally speaking is neither better nor “orse for a million dollars in the bank r ( It is impossible to judge how the fight will go although it can be said that the fact that Mrs Pratt is a woman will probably hurt her that Landomte national committeemen are likely to help Simpson and that friends of National Chairman John D M Hamilton may be inclined to help Mrs Pratt ‘ An interesting local indication gven however by the situation in New York state where Simp- son's prestige received a serious blow from his failure to hold down the Democrats’ New York majority Immediately after the election a group of reactionary Republicans started an agitation contending that his mild concessions to new dgril liberalism had beaten the leadparty ticket The ers all extremely conservative might have joined the movement and torn Simpson limb from limb Instead at a recent meeting of the' most important of the Simpson was not only indorsed to succeed Hilles as national committeeman with the strong support of Thomas E Dewey he also procured the meeting's approval of his ally Ed Jaeekle leader' of Buffalo as chairman of the executive committee of the state committee Thus Simpson appears secure in New York if not in the country -- te up-sta- Copyright 1938 for The Tribune Over-Dramat- Author— Jljis is the plot of my A midnight scene story Two burglars creep stealthily toward the house They climb a wall and force open a window and enter the room the clock strikes one She (breathlessly)— Which one? — Windsor Star Better- - Than References Employer- - Say boy these are not references Office Boy (trying for job' — But I thought they would be better They’re copies’ of my four grandparents’ death certificates’ - Kansas City Stiy Kent WASHINGTON —One” of the recognized prerogatives of politicians is a lack of candor in answering questions to which a frank b arrassing answer is Therefore Mr Harry Hopkins of the W P A now being one of our leading politicians there is some excuse to take with several grains of salt-hiassertion that the suggestion of entering the cabinet as secretary of commerce is "entirely news to me” That statement - possible nominee in 1940 If the Hoover issue is raised It will be done by the national committeeman and committeewomap from New York Kenneth P Simpson and Mrs John T Pratt The retirement of the former New York national committeeman Charles Hilles whom Simpson succeeds leaves a vacancy in the national committee's executive committee Mrs Pratt has asked Simpson to support her for the place and Simpson thus far has refused Simpson is himself a candidate for membership in the executive committee but he has placed his refusal to support' Mrs Pratt on the grounds of her friendship with former President Hoover New York's charming political pioneer among Republican women was an carlyr Hoover backer During Hoover’s presidency she was a White House intimate and she received her original nomination as national committeewoman largely by Hoover’s influence At the 1936 convention her intense loyalty led her ' to east the only Hoover vote in the prennmination caucus of the New York delegation She is outspoken in her opinion that he is the logical 1940 candidate Under the circumstances Simpson believes that if Mrs Pratt is given the executive committee place the Hoover wing of the Republican party will have ma$ft a great gain Being a leading advocate of a “fresh' faces and new ideas’’ policy for the party his hatqral inclination is to fight In the end Mrs Pratt may decide to withdraw her candidacy Or Simpson may simply prefer to assert his own right to the executive committee pla£e without referring to Mrs Pratt's associations with Hoover Or the national committee may avoid conflict by filling the exccutiye committee vacancy with former Senator Daniel Hastings of Delaware At the moment however chances for the fight look good It is understood that Simpson will attack Hoover without much effort to line up national committee members from other states He is convinced that the Republican party may as well shut up shop unless it can offer a new line of goods and is therefore willing to take the chance of a repudiation there is believing nothing to lose If the fight comes off it will be the first real indication of the rational temper of the Republican oi’narmations In these last years former President Hojver Ins theory of government impressively honestly and approBut the Hoover theory priately is bised on the assumption that the rew deal is wicked and must be largely dismantled when the Republicans come to power On the other hand the Simpson theory and the theory of other Republican moderates who won in the recent election is based on acceptance of the new deal as a political fait accompli requiring many reforms but not general In attacking Mrs Pratt for her connection with the former president Simpson will be asking the national body of the party to choose between his theory and Hoover's is Cabinet Position Seen as Hopkins Build-U- p By Frank R Kintner future of fortper President Herbert Hoover will be made an open issue at the forthcoming meeting of the Republican national committee In fact committee members may virtually be asked to vote for or against Hoover as a hid” declared one who could look future farther than human eye Salt Lake City Is such a city and are for the world to look upon The heroic defenders of beleaguered China resisting the imperialistic hordes of land robbers whose code and course are approved and applauded by the dictators ofEurope are beginning to understand the depth of Great Britain’s professed friendship Since Chamberlain’s acquiescence to Hitler’s dismemberment of Czechoslovakia and his subsequent flights across the channel to der fuehrer’s private home where stars are consulted that decide the fate of mortals thq sudden change of British concern to British indifference has disk illusioned Generalissimo Chiang and his staff Following the recent conference between the Chinese leader and Sir Archibald Clark Kerr in the province of Hunan officials of the republic assert that the Chinese government has become disgusted with British evasions excuses and apparent subservience combination In to the dire need of help to defend their homes from ruthless invaders the Chinese may have to look elsewhere for aid and friendship Great Britain finds herself 0n the horns of an Asiatic dilemma almost as embarrassing and precarious as the one upon which she has been hooked in Europe Japan has a cue from Germany and informed t ho British nrime minister that his government must revise its far eastern policies to meet NipDonce approval before anv will be made for an open door es By Brown WASHINGTON There is a definite chance that the political Perfidious Albion Again Preparing to Delert fhe Chinese tyr-nei- Stained ! Joseph Alsop and RoberJ 27 1938 NOVEMBER 27 1938 s seems to belong in the same category as his frequent denials that there is any ppli-tiin the WPA If the commerce notion is news to Mr Hopkins it certainly is not news to any- Frank R Kent one else in the administration It was printed weeks ago in a good many papers and it has been widely discussed both pnTfhd out of the White House The little group of “intellectual liberals" who now regard Mr Hopkins as their leader have been all stirred up about it And although it may be news to Mr Hopkins it definitely is not news to Secretary of Commerce Roper That aging but astute gentleman has known it for a long" time He is entirely aware of the desire of the “intellectual liberals” to pry him out of the cabinet equally aware of their desire to put Mr Hopkins in The real question' is can Mr Roper hold on? Those who know the situation best believe that unless a helpful hint is given by Mr Roosevelt the "intellectuals” will not be strong enough to pry him out but there is a strong conviction that the helpful hint will be given The idea is anything but new to the president and it is a little hard to believe he has not discussed it with Mr Hopkins now ranking as his closest friend cs The Part of Wisdom Those who are promoting the change see in it various administration advantages In the first place--the- y point' put Mr Hopkins has become so outstanding a target and the WPA is in such general disrepute because of its political flavor and the many inflammatory utterances of Mr Aubrey Williams Mr Hopkins’ chief aid that it deafly Is the part of wisdom for the president to aet1 before a real demand arises for his resignation A cabinet position would of course be an expression of the president’s personal regard and esteem Yet it would take Mr Hopkina K Ernest By Lindley out of the line of fire and afford an opportunity to put a recognized nonpartisan in as head of the WPA Another advantage seen purposes other than the defense f many would feel that the nazis of the United States and the westhave piled up the proof that they by Mr Hopkins’ friends is the chance to "build him up” No secret is made of the ern hemisphere cannot be allayed are the kind of people we want to keep at a safe distance from so easily desire of the Corcoran-Cohe- n Too many voices are group who are ourselves and the western hemisdisposed to look upon him as their leader asserting that the purposes of the to have Mr Hopkins nominated for presirearmament program are altophere But unless American pub- dent True there are things about the idea has imperceptibly lie opinion gether different In a recent edithat seem ridiculous but not more so than a torial the Washington Post said undergone an extraordinary transformation it isn’t yearning to send “The United States must arm good many other ideas cherished by the "inner circle" An obvious reason for nursing a naval and military expedition to rapidly and efficiently Uhtil its this one is that with a third term for Mr word begins to count for someEurope — certainly not to make the Roosexilt clearly out they are unable to think nazis behave inside their own thing in the councils of the die- of anyone other than Mr Hopkins who as tators We must mobilize our country tremendous physical force until If the nazis got into a war with president would continue them in their present position American our diplomatic notes on the violathe British empire It is unnecessary to say that the president tions of treaties to which we are opinion might become extremely a party becomes of some practical militant in short order That is would rather be succeeded by Mr Hopkins than anyone else More than any other he is value We must restore our rapidthe realistic basis for the "quesin sympathy with his ideas and devoted to him tion mark" diplomacy which the ly fading prestige to the point where our logically unassailable Roosevelt administration has purpersonally Apparently there isn’t anything Mr Roosevelt is or says or does that Mr sued in Europe The nazis should protests cannot be casually tossed into a totalitarian wastebasket” know if they remember 1917 that Hopkins does not indorse 100 per cent From the United States can go to war' the president’s viewpoint he is the ideal If the purpose of the rearmadifficulty is to'make him availment program is to compel other when its own national defense is able It is hoped that two years as secretary nations to live up to treaties to not at stake of commerce will do that He (Mr Hopkins) which we are a party we might But "question mark" diplomacy it is urged already has with him the "libas well reconcile ourselves to a can create uncertainties in the erals" and the "underprivileged" As secreseries of major wurs in Asia and minds of voters at home as well tary of commerce lie would have a chance to as in the chancelleries of Europe Europe and our own bankruptcy Not even the United States is rich ingratiate himself with business men and and Asia In his Chicago speech further enlarge his Long Island social circle 1937 and strong enough to undertake the president of October By 1940 the WPA smell would be out of his to police the whole world went too far His hint of a "quarEven more dangerous is the antine” for aggressors brought an clothes some of his silly race track remarks would be forgotten and with a proper propasuggestion that our "logically unextremely bad domestic political ganda camDaign he would loom strong ns As a result the “aggresassailable protests”— whether they reaction That is the way the White House candidate concern treaty violations or not— sor" nations were less impressed should be backed by force of arms than they would have been if the his friends reason Within the last two weeks the president had contented himself Listen Skeptically with moral denunciation president of the United States has expressed his horror at the savThe really practical politicians of the ad- Tha reaction to the sinking of age naZi onslaught on the Jews ministration listen to these arguments with the United States gunboat Panay Our ambassador to Berlin has complete skepticism They concede that nothby the Japanese was altogether been called home as a rebuke to different There was a direct ating much is going to be lost if and when Mr the nazis and the Germans have tack on the American flag The Roper leaves the cabinet He is not a force in politics— or anything else The best that reciprocated by calling home their had public- opinion president ambassador lo Washington can be said about him is that while he isn't solidly with him an administration asset neither is he a lialisteners with their Experienced Grave Protest ears to the ground report that the bility They concede too that getting Mr In the technical Hopkins out of the W P A is desirable The diplomatic publicity for the rearmament prosense the president’s remarks and point has been reached where his political gram is not being thoroughly abactivities and the blatancy of his whitethe calling home of Ambassador sorbed especially in the great Wilson may not have constituted washing statements greatly irritate the pubMississippi valley area The idea lic afford the opposition a Vulnerable point a “protest’’ But in fyt they is spreading aroundathat the adof attack and are generally considered bad were an extremely grave protest -ministration has in mind more stuff But when it is suggested that two than the defense of the United just a step short of the formal severence of diplomatic relations years of being secretary of commerce will States and the western hemismake Mr Hopkins available as a Democratic The president unquestionably phere Under the stress of greal candidate for president -- they just laugh "If reflected the sentiments of the emotions the objections of the there were no other reasons” they ask "how American people concerning the American people to adventuring are you going to nominate for president on in Europe and Asia might break nazi treatment of minorities the Democratic ticket a man who until the d down But if the Logically his protest may have new deal came in had affiliated only with been “unassailable" But do the politicians are right that hasn't the Socialist party?" To that there docs not American people want to back it happened yet seem much of an answer up by force'of arms? Perhaps a few would say "yes” Probably Copyright 1938 for The Tribune Copyright 1938 for The Tribune About National Defense WASHINGTON— A murmur of questions concerning the impending national defense program is beginning to be heard in WashThe murmur is coming ington chiefly from the great area between the Appalachians and the Rockies t which as usual is some- what more stoical than the eastern seaboard about unpleasant events and trends across the oceans The questions as they are reported through political channels do not challenge the need for a more adequate national defense The interior especially the great plains area traditionally has been somewhat skeptical of the value of q great navy But that skepticism has been thinned out during the last few years The vital importance of the navy as the first line of defense is more generally understood now than pernios ever before The idea that national defense means defense of the western hemisphere alrio seems to have taken hold— perhaps because it is not new but familiar under the name of the Monroe doctrine to every schoolboy It merely has been quiescent a thing assumed rather than thought about by the general public in terms of ships airplanes and diplomatic relations conference The at Lima next month may well be thg most important international conference in which the United States has Jaken part since the Washington naval conference of The Lima conference probably will not yield many concrete results But it is a station on the way to a goal which American citizens of all kinds apparently consider extremely desirable But if the murmurs from the grassroots are correctly reported a great many citizens want to be assured that the armament program that is now in the making is really intended for the defense of the United States Us possessions and the western hemiThe vast scope of the sphere program as various details leak out has created some misgivings But the question seems to arise more cirectly from uncertainty about the foreign policy of the Roosevelt administration in relation to the continents of Asia and Europe 1922 1 Time Element Misgivings on account of the size of the defense program can be cleared away The time clement has not been well explained To build up an to the public impregnable national and hemispherical defense is a job which It will require several years means for example trebling our rapacity to produce airplanes Probably it will mean putting tlte manufacture of certain types of aircraft on a mass production It means training many' basis thousands of metal workers and mechanics — some of them for trades for which the ordinary apprenticeship period is from five to eight years It means designing ships which fan’t be built and equipped in less than three or four years It means new factories — and perhaps new methods of production — for antiaircraft guns parts of which are extremely complicated The nation can afford to play safe It tkn afford to prepare for Uie worst which might five or 10 years from noyfc For when the worst hapbe too late to begin pens ii w to prepare for it The fear that one military and nqval weapons will be used for 11 ’ ' - r The Forum Outlines Views on Tax By Our t ’ Law -- Changes Editor Tribune: I have it from one of the most important corporations operating in Utah that six per cept of its total dollar receipts from Utah business is paid ou From the’ in Utah taxes standpoint of this fact I cannot coniprehend Why this corporation or any corporation operating m Utah should be opposed to having the corporation franchise tax computed at two per cent of 'its total dollar receipt the franchise tax to be in lien of all other state and school taxes Nor can I comprehend why corporations should not want their taxes computed upon the certain base of total receipts in preference to computation upon a political appraisal of their yards structures equipment and inventories The majority of the Utah electorate is in favor of state support foe the public schools as demonstrated by the adoption of the uniform state school fund at the general ber 8 election on Novem- Readers Corporate franchise taxes col- lected by the state tax-- commis-- i sion and cohered into the general fund are subject to appropriation by the legislature anij mdy accordingly be allocated to the state school fund without reference to Rny constitutional levy limitation farmupon archaic homestead stead and bedstead school taxes Tax improvement in Utah re quires that the general state revand that enues be increased strongarm legislative measures be taken to appropriate these general state revenues to the public school funds ‘This will distribute the taxes contributed by coal copper power sugar telephone transportation mercantile manufacturing insurance investment and all other corporations to the benefit of every public school in the state without reference to the particular school districts within which the corporate mining ground and corporate plants may be located This was the purpose of thc tax bill corporate passed -- the house in the Gammeter which 1935 legislature Samuel Russell History in tta Makinq It was a shotgun that changed the course of Broadway New York City at Tenth street It was in 1811 when a commission was appointed to lay out a city plan of streets above Fourteenth street Broadway then extended to Tenth street Surveyors and engineers were told to carry it straight on uptown and if they had done so it would have paralleled Fifth avenue But when they started to lay their "lines through the farm of old Hendrick Brcvoort where Grate church now stands the crusty old Dutchman came out with a shotgun and drove them off That was why Broadway today the most famous street in the world turned at Tenth street and went off diagonally across the city— From a John Wanamaker's advertisement 1 Unfaithful We All I tell you that in the very happiest marriages not a day jiasses without a thousand momenta of unfaithfulness You begin by thinking’you have onlv one husband you find you have a dozen There is a creatur? you hata and dcjnise and are tied to "for life and before breakfast is over the fool says something nice and becomes a man whom you admire and love and between these two extremes there are a thousand degrees with a different man and woman” at each of them — George Bernard Shaw The fundamental moral question has not yet been presented It will not be presented until some responsible execute the gold clauses person 1 proposes to |