Show -'-S cl " - Tuesilax litornIng —VIC irbe Woman Envoy To Norway °At galit Established April 15 1871 Issued every morning by Balt Lake Tribune Publishing Company eel' 7' No Amociated r'resa j exchulively entitled to the The Tribune la a member Of the Amociated Press Ths credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also bee tor reproductiOn of all news dispatchea the local news published hotein Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning April 16 19') lit - Neutrality No Defense No European Nations Are Safe - While many have censured Mussolini fot' the invasion of Albania and the subjugation of Ethiopia and have blamed him for bloody massacres of men women and children in the market places of Spain he nevertheless has seemed to stand out from the totalitarian triumvirate because of certain redeeming qualities which were sadly lacking in both the others Millions applauded Mussolini's manhood when he told der fuehrer that Austria should be left alone—neither disturbed In her Internal affairs nor annexed to the retch But they subsequently witnessed his mysterious acquiescence when the nazis erased the ancient nation from the map and made it a province of Germany Millions approved his manifest desire to arbitrate internal issues and domestic differences in which Hitler readily admitted were matters to be adjudicated between the minority and the majority on their own soil in their own way But they saw the great Italian bow to the Invaders and swallow every explanation offered by the nazi leader Millions rejoiced to see Mussolini as the head of a Christian nation permitting his people to send planes and provisions to Finland to aid that independent and courageous nation in resisting the horde of barbarians sent to rob and enslave an Inoffensive race But they noted il duee's abject compliance with his nazi master's indorsement of results emphasized by the alacrity with which he turned his attention to the Balkans No one believes Mussolini will raise a finger to interfere with the obvious designs of Stalin and Hitler to conquer and annex the Balkans That he may be permitted to temporarily control Jugoslavia appears to be the sop thrown to keep him deluded andresigned to the role assigned him by his comrades The last pitiable exhibition of a strong man made weak a determined leader reduced to indecision a patriot succumbing to the influence of malign forces is found In recent utterances of fascist newspapers known to express his opinions and desires No longer content to "earn a little foreign money" the Giovanni Ansaldo now Intimates that Italy must begin to seek a larger share in the actual spoils of conNeutral nations should know by quest this time especially in view of Denmark's fall "the only safe leadership to follow" Neutrality Is no protection adds this fascist newspaper which often expresses the minds of Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and his all powerful father-in-la"No European people can Isolate themselves from this war" says the An"Those Italians who think our saldo country can remain out of the present conflict up to the end are mistaken and delude themselves just as those are mistaken and delude themselves who think our country should seek nothing but earning a little foreign money" The Inference is plain If Italy cannot avoid involvement the only safe course 'will be to join the winners It is no longer an appeal to right but a surrender to might Czecho-Slovaki- Who Are Aggressors? Ask the Peacemaker of Munich 1 President Roosevelt remarked last Sattirday that the fate of civilization may depend on the rights of smaller nations being respected by their more powerful neighbors" This is the opinion of every loyal American and voices the sentiments of 98 per cent of the people of these United States Nor did any foreigners take exception to that statement except of course the One of Ilitler'S nazi press and potentate Spokesmen'actually went so far as to say that "if Mr Roosevelt is looking for an aggressor it is evident he is addressing the wrong government" Apparently the shot went straight to Rs mark Standing on the ruins of a half dozen republics that have been crushed under the heel of nazi aggressors waving the scalps of 40000000 neighbors he cajoiedi and betrayed singing his song of hate and cheering slavedrivers scourging In offending populations from their !vicestral homes with blood dripping from his guilty lingers and tears from his hypocritical eyes der fuehrer resents bring looked upon as an aggressor indifferent to the rights of smaller nations What is an "aggressor" anyhow? According to all authorities it is "one w ho attacks" in other words an assailant an invader an intruder" Who invaded and attacked Austria Czeetio Slovakia Memel Danzig Poland Denmark Norway! Against what power is Svveden preparing defenses! For whom is Holland mobilizing her forces? What aggresaor does Switzerland fear? What potenCal foe is Rumania trying to placate? Some day the hollow mockery of bitter' transparent excuses will stand completely exposed ao that his mendacity his duplicity his hypocrisy will shock his aids and abettors vaille the German people who have been misled and hoodwinked by his recital of grievances and his false alarms about impending perils from lurking enemies will turn from the pagan altar back to the shrines of the omnipotent custodian of justice mercy and peaoss Senatorial Immunity and Interference With Justice According to the attorney general of the United States a distinguished senator from an eastern state has a11m(7ed his partisan zeal to carry him beyond the pale of legal ethics in publicly discussing criminal cases now pending in federal courts In commenting on the rights of 17 members of the so called "Christian Front" Senator Bridges gave utterance to statements calculated to interfere with the course of justice in the opinion of Attorney General Jackson The senator's speech which is pre served for posterity in the Congressional Record if read by jurors or judges might awaken partisan prejudice and counteract efforts of the legal department to secure a conviction of parties "caught with the goods" including bombs and weapons chemicals and explosives seditious literature and blacklists of prominent men to eliminate found hidden in thier rendezvous a democracy which may become a positive danger in the face of threatened war is the zeal of candidates trying to advance their own interssts or those of their respective organizaThe average citizen who cannot tions One of the weaknesses of distinguish the difference between domestic and international Issues in a period of stress and peril who transcends the bounds of propriety in openly discussing rases pending before judges and jurors is Whether easily and usually suppressed courts can reach into the senate chamber for the purpose of asserting their dignity and sanctity is extremely doubtful owing to immunity given members of congress in section 6 article 1 of the federal constitution Prunes Are Coming Back Full ofpVitamins and Wrinkles Prunes seem to be on their way back to professional approval and popular consumption They were recommended so highly for so many physical Ills and irregularities a quarter of a century ago that people began to look upon them as medicine rather than food Unable to compete with capsules and bottled remedies the demand for prunes gradually subsided until only boarding houses kept regular supplies on hand Dr Agnes Fay Morgan noted educator and dietician of a famous university has Just issued a pamphlet on prunes praising their virtues for nutriment as well as their vitamin content for whatever happens to all the eater Vitamin B-chemically known as thiamin and valued highly as a nerve tonic is one of the constituents with which dried prunes are said to be stocked According to Dr Morgan they contain more vitamin than any other fruit and are about 10 times as rich in riboflavin one of the "B complex" vitamins as fresh milk Furthermore In addition to thp element is mentioned prunes contain nicotinic acid and everything else that contributes to the growth of guinea pigs and the enIn human beings durance of pigeons they prevent skin eruptions and prevent Please pass the prunes night blindness B-- Charles By B Driscoll GRAND RAPIDS Mich--T- he flight from New York to Detroit WRI smooth swift comfortable We stopped for only a few minutes at Buffalo then streaked westward across Canadian territory Niagara Falls on our left as we left Buffalo at low altitude was an Impressive sight I couldn't help being rather surprised that it has apparently been running right along ever since I saw It last some years ago It seems an incredible amount of water to be You wonder how so continuous?) In motion many centuries it poured over those lodges before there was any human being to ace it Yet the falls is not as tremendous from the air when you look down from 1000 feet as It is when you stand in the gorge beloW and look up 'rho Rowe hotel TIAI a capital Ides that I The entire ha en't come across eisesk bete sixth floor is teL aside as a zone of quiet for those ho want to sleep rather than enterRadios and other nokemaktain or work ers are silenced on that floor after 9 p Costoniers Akho want to give parties sing I alk loud or operate typew Wets are asked There are II) take rooms on any other floor large sIgns emphasizing the request for quiet Unfortunately the plan is StillifA hat impaired by a pernicious habit of motorists As in many other towns drivers honk their horns for no reason at all and honk them all night long l'hey drive up in front of the hotel and honk for a porter not once but Ali around town they honk hoot endlessly Publie hoses ate among the and screech Here's a reform for the mid offenders Ladies' Literary club to go to work on! oilr ht to ln(uardia can helpful advicp stopped the senseless honking in New York in (oder to keep the people horn going mail The Ladles' Literary club before w blot I speak is ono of the most interesting if all I ge It k 70 years old 1)1111911 orgatiliations (wins its commodious clubhouse arid turns out a big audience for two lectures a week My audience of r00 well trained listeners at patiently through a solid hour of talk I'here is a brief opportunity to look the town over before catching the plane to r'P troll WO an old city vi it h atmosphere all Its own There are furniture factories eerywhere big ones little ones onequan tortes and factotitts that cover whole farms I ' siir gakt Zribunt The Last Rites f 1 010 April 16 of-- - —By Manning Kent Cites Value Of Primaries in Draws Praise Disclosing Trend By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner By Frank R Kant WASHINGTON —Commonly tt woman nearly 70 years old caught in the midst of a brutal armed invasion forced to flee from her home and daily menaced by the dangers of modern war would not be expected to But Florrise to the occasion kzt F 1 TRALs 4 deZo'? 1 1 11 to dining yachting riding hounds going to Europe and similar pleasures life wasi very agreeable for young Daisy Hurst from the moment she grew up Married to J Borden Harriman she seemed for a while to settle comfortably into the easy busy e round of prosperous life in old-tim- New York But she was not a woman to be simply satisfied by easy pleas-ure- a Only a few years after her marriage when it was still thought daring for svomen to have serious minds of their own she began to be interested in She did welquestions She took a leading part in the Civic federation and through it became closely acquainted with labor problems She was converted to suffragism and began to be interested in New York's reform politics mayor John Purroy Mitchel was her friend and by 1912 she had emerged as an ardent Wilsonlan That year Wilson made her chairman of the women's division of his campaign committee and she romped genially around the public fare work country routing out other women and infecting them with her political enthusiasm Had Wonderful Time In the early years of the Wilson administration she and her husband moved to Washington Ile died shortly before the outbreak of war Left a widow she plunged into war work ran a canteen France and watched the peace conference in Paris Then she returned to Washington to spend the next years watching national politics and taking a part in it Her house was a Democratic citadel in the lier friends Republican era were innumerable And she had a wonderful time of it She had a little had luck in 1932 for as national committeewoman for the District of Columbia she was not for Roosevelt before Chicago It took some time for her party loyalty and frank adiniration for the man she had 'opposed to cause the opposition to be forgotten Then she As offered the Norwegian legation and accepted with delight In Norway before the war came elle enjoyed herself as she had in Washington and started to leant to ski In the bargain In her busy life she Nkiii perhaps at her best at the Sunday suppet S she used to give In her pleasant unpretentious hottee on the bill overlooking Washington Justices of the supreme court violent new dealers crusted Republicans senators foreigners pretty Women and newspaper nien—all vould be crowded into the !smallish dining ‘ room After dinner she would start them talking on an Important topic tossing the convetsetionel ball now to this man and now to that with a siut of easy geniality which generally repressed acrimony But soinetimes talk would erow loud and feeling atrong She put a stop to one of these disputes with a sentence which might well he railed her life motto It was "Isn't It all great fun 7" itelfol‘oti by North Amet lean Nowitimper At litinee The world wheat Rupply for the yew-- beKinning July I 1939 I 5461000000 bushel the teru et In history The cost of con‘tructing the hop of forlificetions In Frenc you $170000000 h v 01 k lequIled five )'eere NIolgtoot 1 r : York chipping man Money was plentiful and what with dancing - l Woman of the World Whatever hardships Mrs Harriman may be foreed to undergo —and accompanying a government in flight in a rather barren thinly populated country is not an easy task—she is unlikely to complain There can be very few people In the world who eombine such an equable temper with such inexhaustible vitality and such an appetite for experience If German invasion of Norway were not so dark a tragedy one might almost suspect she was enjoying the excitement Tall attractive with an erect carriage a genial expression and a large aquiline nose she has the air of having enjoyed excitement all her life Nor is her air her father Frank deceptive Hurst was an important New WASHINGTON—The terrible and Incalculable happenings abroad make such things as party primaries and the puny victories of one aspiring domestic poll- tician over another seem' I e peculiarly trivial and un- worthy Nations are being 1 crushed out of existence overnight Death rains from 4 the sky upon peaceful peo- 1 pie the great guns of giant ' battleships belch their dead- ‘s1 ly explosives and vast forces are engaged in a $ death struggle 0i While these things are in progress it isn't easy to I get up much enthusiasm k f over the seemingly petty i triumphs of those who seek to get 'office or those who Frank R Kent seek to hold on to office in this relatively untroubled country Nevertheless the particular office concerned is the most powerful in the world and what is happening in these primaries easily may determine who shall have it for the next four years The importance of this cannot be exaggerated Hence the lessons of the recent Illinois and Nebraska presidential primaries are not trivial at all they only appear so in the light of the titanic clash across the ocean To minimize them is to lose one's sense of proportion—and that Is a bad thing to do t'7-- ence Jaffrey Hurst Harriman known to an Incredible number of people as "Daisy" is not a Ae United common woman States minister to Norway she has not only risen to the occaMon She appears to have risen above it The night the invasion began she sent the wire which gave the first alarm to the state depaat'went Having got off her dispatch she wisely telephoned StOckhoim to give the news to the legation there In case of accidents Then while roost other diplomate were trapped in Oslo she pleked up bag and baggage and followed the Norwegian government In its flight from the capital to continue ' doing her Joh like a trooper in New York Highlights t1t 4"' 'N : - 4 4' i- IV p tP4 t v) 4 e'rr- iA::-kkipo- 0100''e0-!- c:! ge ' ''-''::74'!- : 4 4' voY? t:Rte 4141414-C-i h :: : - 0 THE PUBLIC FORUM Raps Boulder Dam Dispute Editor Tribune:"Utahns await state view on power bill" "Congressional delegation would like to act as a unit on the Boulder dam power bill but it would also like to act in accord with the views of the state "Whore the water storage commission stands or where the gvoernor stands the delegation does not know" "The meeting was enlivened by a clash between William R Wallace and Leland IL Kimball growing out of their divergent views For all these years now our Utahns have been wrangling and Investigating fleeting and surveying spending thousands of dollars In conferences and still we have the same situation-n- o concerted action no defined views which all can agree on except one certain specific course of action and that Is to oppose with all our might any and every proposition that California makes in the necessary adjustment of rates and interest charges on the Boulder darn power and debt A "dog-inth- e manger" policy pure and well-defin- simple The federal authorities repeatedly have called on Utah and the upper basin states to come to some agreement in the matter or "forever hold" their tongues after the case is settled The people of this region are all led 4tot? 4wtont011 '44t IttyliticA110 C ut4it GALup by Our Readers up" on this stalling policy of our commission and state authorities It is time to get something done or have other and competent to appointed representatives bring this warfare to an end N A Jensen North American continent in defense of home and country us die like the men at Valley Forge or the men at Gettysburg who fought with all the fury of personal revenge for an ideal for a real leader of men—Abra- It ham Lincoln Believes Died Soldiers in Vain Editor Tribune: I have no regrets for being a member of the American army during the World war I will admit I was In the right church but in the wrong pew ' I thrill today when I think of that mighty army whose fighting men as a foreign observer said "were physically the equal if not the superior of any race For the supreme effort made by the U S A during the World war vve received nothing in return In payment of a huge debt we are holding a worthless scrap of paper Imagine Uncle Sams surprise when shortly after the World war he found himself in possession of a shiny new double cross the sublime the supreme masterpiece of the allied statesmen J A McCarthy Socialism Offers earth: It is my honest opinion that Greater Justice the young men of the A E Editor Tribune: Society In who died on the battlefields of France died in vain Died in the every capitalistic country is In rain and the mud and the vermin conspiracy against the individual infested trenches to save an In a socialist society each memdemocEnglish and French tory ber would have the same- - rights racy privileges—the guarantee of It is said that all men must and the right to work and receive the die rich man poor man kings full social value of his labor and queens and emperors but socialism the profit sysUnder were soldiers American those tem would as nearly as possible a for were sure they fighting he abolished Under communism purpose All the honor they rethe profit system would be enceived from the allies as con tirely abolisiced Society under tempt and ridicule and a wooden ''either d of the cross in a lonely French graveIsms Is like a Joint stock comyard pany where each shareholder Men of America if you must owns the same number of shares fight and die let us do it on this and has an equal voice in its management Under capitalism the shareholders own different —By Ham !arkI blocks of stock and therefore unequal rights in the management Notes On the Cuff Department In a capitalist democracy every Judging by the number of peocitizen has an equal right at the ple I saw at the Paramount theabox and the right to say ter Sunday night there is still ballot what he thinks so long as he interest In magic and magicians does not run amuck of the Dies Among those who seemed As committee but they have not I handkerover as flabbergasted equal rights in the public press chiefs that danced and rabhits but perhaps that is as it should doves canaries and ducks that be One who has nothing to say came out of hats and thin air has no business in print were Joe Casella Bert ChamberTo surrender the right to selain Bill Pollock Earl Smith cure the material things to supMarion Nelson Roy Ashworth port life and the comforts of a Dave Keith Sr and Dave Keith higher standard of Jiving Is to Jr I don't know whether I surrender all manhood and beshould be insulted or not but come an economic slave cringing w hen one of the magicians asked at the feet of the economic royalfor names of ordinary things for ists for the crumbs of charity a mental test Bill Pollock shoutw ho would bP a man must be "Ile Ise Someone ed out "Senator!" a nonconformist" Ile who would yelled 'Skunk!" And the guy gather immortal laurels must not chose skunk be hindered by conventions but must stand upon his own manMiss Adele M Kerr teacher of hood A E Edwards the Oquirrh school writes me Myton Utah asking for a short statement as to what the Oquirrh achool meant to me or how it helped me Well as an alumnus of that The of grand old school I can truthfully say that the memory of my years The on Is to be fortified by many friendships TO love and be loved le the greatest happiness of exle- tence--Sydney Smith Funny how things always seem to work out for the best I've been INpling down in the dumps lately and the doctor ordered a change of scenery but the ways and means committee of our establishment couldn't see how it could be arranged Then Laura Gray one of our oldest friends called up and asked If we could come up to her ranch In Jackson Hole about the first of May and Could spend a couple of weeks we' And howl We were up there several years ago and it was one of the grandest met howl we have ever had This time though I'll have to curb I've worried my appetite to about normal It() It M eight and should May there but It's going to take tome doing for me to resist Laura's food I think I weighed Honestly about two pounds less than a horse when I got home after our last 'kit Ilot cakes madø of buttermilk—Id do away with a couple of dozen— then bacon and eggs washed down by about a quart of coffee diluted with thick cream comprised my average breakfast after which I'd go into a coma On the until lunch time Shucks I don't think It matters so much if a guy gets a little overweight do you? of coarse it doesn't Not if ti guy Isnt ttinling at being a glamor boy Besides I shed what glamor I ever had the SIM time I shed my teeth Yep I think I'll let the Moisus do the dieting and I'll Jost let myself go when Vi e get up to-- 1 think Laura calls it the ranch Yippee! my-be- lt there Fourth at Bridle haven't a thing to talk about I'm embarrassed and chagrined I've never had an operation And I haven't eeen "Cone With the Wind!" K C Salt Lake City This is my day to purr In addition to the invitation to her ranch Laura Cray told me something that her son Sherniitn who is attending Harvard mid About It was so complmy column imentary that I'm still a bit dazed State Nation means a whole lot to me I think that of my teachers there the one who wielded the greatest influence with me was She Nliss Kato Mackenzie me with a desire for a military career When I got to high school Captain Webb relieved me of it sun-porc- I his election Enhance Dewey Outlook On the Republican side the size of Mr Dewe)"s vote in Illinois and his decisive victory over Senator Vandenberg in Nebraska concededly enhance both his prestige and prospects though they by no means insure him the nomination It is pointed out by his opponents now concentrating behind Senator Taft that presidential primaries confined as they are to 15 states in the past have not indicated the Republican nominee However it is a little hard to argue that winning these primaries even when unop posed does not give the candidate a lead In Mr Dewey's case he has gone into the west eliminated the rival most closely Identified with that section and bagged for himself a considerable number of delegates In addition he has demonstrated a ability calculated to weaken the opposition in his home state and attract the boys outside lie is a long way yet from landing the prize but it is idle to dispute his lead However the thing from which Republicans generally derive most satisfaction is that Illinois and Nebraska both me confirmatory evidence of the Republican trend Up to date every election test and every primary since 1938 has done that vote-getti- band-wago- n 1910 by the Baltimore Sun Christopher Bi Hopp Says: Copyright above-mentione- Senator From Sandpit Life Clarify Situation The truth Is that these primaries clarified the situation in both parties very much So far as the Illinois vote is concerned the expected happened Mr Roosevelt backed by compact and powerful city state and federal machines overwhelmed Mr Garner better than six to one But—Mr Garner with no semblance of a campaign and no vestige of machine support again polled a significant number of votes—enough to indicate as in Wisconsin a formidable percentage of Democrats strongly opposed to a third term This coupled with the fact that Mr Roosevelt polled fewer votes this time in Illinois than in 1936 when he ran unopposed is enough to take a good deal of joy out of the figures for those who hope for a third term In Illinois as in Wisconsin a Democratic opposition to the third term was registered to an extent and under conditions which would seem to preclude success for the movement Illinois strengthens the conviction that while Mr Roosevelt undoubtedly can get the nomination if he uses the White house weight the odds are against Anyone who says Har- vard men are snooty in my opinion is full of bilgewater Then I got a awed letter from John C Mucks Unlimited t Huntington thanking me for the item I had about him a few days ago When a man as busy as John takes time out to acknowledge a mild putt like I gave him all I can say la that he is a gentleman and a scholar and a judge of good columning By Olin Wier Whatever became of the medirin- who used to bob up in the spring of the year? ?slaty r en recalls the flare of the gasoline light and the Ppellbinder ACt ir8 of the "professor' as he demonstrated the rearve loom curative powers Of Nome e-tnen mysterious snake oil—Exchange It is our impression that a have number of medicine-meKOlie from bad to worse and that they are now taking in polities for a 'living peddling snake oil to the voters who have been swallowing various political nos trums for lo these many years for no good rention And Wil hoot beneficial results Squire Perkins says: "'Bout tit only way a man can git thl last word with a woman Is to put It on her tombstone" n DIstributeli by Exqui ion Inc prohibilod Ycoitutpg Gossip She says she saw Susie Jones and picked interesting pieces of gossip from her about people they know He says he is sorry to hear she is encouraging an intimacy with Susie Jones Ho says Susie has a reputation for gospiping that she always thinks the worst of Up some awfully people And that her information is generally unreliable and often totally without foundation He says the danger Is that she Will repeat some of the things that Susie tells and then the first thing he knows he will have a libel suit on his hands Ile says she should remember that In the eyes of the law even though a statement Is true It Is deemed liblous if it is injurious to a perHe says he has troubles ton's character enough without adding a libel suit to them Ile says he has no patience or respect for people who go around spreading unpleasant rumors about their friends and acquaintances He says the people who listen to the gossip and thus encourage the practice are just as guilty as the gossipers themselves Ile Rays he can't understand why women should prefer to Indulge in this Idle prattle when there are such worth while things to discuss as the foreign situation the domestic situation social problems and our trade relationa with Latin America lie says he wishes that without making it too pointed she would avoid contacts with Susie Jones Or the next thing she knows Susie will he telling people stories and saying they came from her Ile says with all the other people she knows she need not be without companionship and that Susie Jones is a very dangerous woman And hsving divested hitnself of this sound and sensible advice he cocks an ear and Inquires "By the way what did Susie tell you?" Christopher Ott the Record In staid Philadelphia a library hook Is returned after only 1 years But they don't consider that fast In Philadelphia The fuehrer finds a kindted spirit in the person of Molotov of Moscow' The new boy cloud I We Issue sod drag a red herring with the best of them Repeal of the embargo Is the eignal for the opening here of the arms traffic It la underatood of course that jack or better Is the opener Gernian patrols crossed the French frontier and returned with "as much war mate riot they could carry" To be laid away no doubt In case a wor brralit |