Show '' wr" 1 I yn‘V"r O 1 TEljc Behind the Scenes of Current News -- Established April 15 1871 touad every moraine by Salt Ltk Tribune PubUahUur Compear Tribune to a member of tha Aaaodatad Praaa The Aaeoelatetf Praaa to Mdualaaly entitled to tha far raproduction of All news dl patches credited to It or not otherwise credited la thla paper and t local nawa also herein Tfc tha published Salt Lake City Utah Sunday Morning Subversive Quibbling By Totalitarian Demagogues - Nazis! fascists soviets and communist here and 'elsewhere discount tha claims of Great Britain to a place In the parade of democracies They ignore the fact that the British crown has no powers to enact or repeal laws that govern the people nor toj set aside the rulings pf courts that "the power of legislation is supreme” and thiej British constitution Is 'so flexible it can be amended by an brdinary act of prison at the expiration of' a- term that - - should have been for life How often will It be necessary for this newspaper and other I publications of the nation to repeat a warning sounded week after week month after month about ? As a matter giving rides to of fact no motorist owes any stranger a free ride No kindly disposed driver would open the door of his home to 'an unknown entertain him as a matter of person and courtesy - The mildest prompting of common sense would Impel him to obtain some khowledge of such a casual visitor It seems that motorists become so proud’ of their ability to cover distance with speed they are Inclined to ask pedestrians to share enjoyment of the miracle But so many mistakes — irrevocable mistakes — of this kind have been made and to many warnings have been Issued that motorists should make a resolve to say: “no” before it Is too late and stick to it hitch-hikers- i I parliament Every nation claiming to be a democracy from the time of Aristotle to the present is open to a certain amount of An execuquestioning as to Its claims tive head an emergency order however essential to the functioning or the existence of a government may be cited by nihilists or anarchists- - to disprove the des- Ignation of any country as a genuine democracy To all such communism is true democracy and chaos its code of conduct According to standard authorities a democracy is a government administered by the people through their chosen representatives— by the rule of a majority rather than the rule of one person In English speaking countries a democracy is defined as that form of government which derives its powers from consent of the governed as expressed in general elections Johnson's encyclopedia says that a democracy may have outward forms and customs to which the people cling and-sti- ll be extremely democratic with elected lawmakers and constitutional limitations as in Great Britain which Is called a monarchy in France which has been called a republic and ln the United States of t America From the English Magna Carta came American ideas of democracy manifesting themselves in the Declaration of Independence the Articles ’ of Confederation and in the Constitution finally adopted In no European country not even in Switz- erl&nd where according to Bryce “dem ocratlc doctrines have been pushed farther than in most popular governments” are seditlonists permitted to publicly air their subversive opinions as they do In the press of this country Because Great Britain will not allow traitors and blackguards to publish their poisonous screeds does not lessen her acknowledged right to be classed with democracies opposing despotic governments that proclaim and practice Another Leonidas Needed To Hold the Raiders in Check - Timber was scarce in the plains rethe county commissioners always and gion realized that they had been pretty extravagant when they built a bridge of timber without bothering about a roof for it Our heaviest traffic was carried over tha Iron bridge across the Arkansas river at Douglas avenue In Wichita It was considered a magnificent engineering triumph It was about a quarter of a mile long made of many Iron spans It withstood all floods all ice jams all buffetlngs ' of wind and know weather But our Hydraulic avenue bridge over which we made all of our journeys to town when it was passable was a wooden pile ' bridge nearly half a mile long To have have been over would a roof that bridge put an extravagance that would have brought the political word crackpot into common use a half century before its time! i 'Covered bridges in the east northeast' and south have Interested me greatly since X be- came acquainted with this part of the world They are picturesque structures Sometimes they even answer to the adjective quaint Many have been destroyed to make room for more modern highway bridges during the last decade I hope most of those still standing will be preserved even though practical bridges to carry heavy modern traffic must 4 them A few years ago in this column' I asked why bridges were ever built with roofs and Mistakes Motorists - ' Make v i And Some Never Are Corrected - Another murder committed by an exconvict! - Another motorist killed by an lngrate! Another family left fatherless by reason of one man’s generosity and another’s perfidy! Another text for a sermon against hauling ! 1 Poetic justice avenged the death but did not save the life of Harold Arthur IThome who wired from Las Vegas to hia wife in Salt Lake City telling her when to expect him home Leaving the Nevada city this young salesman once an but re--' employe of The Tribune-Telegracently the traveling representative of a concern consented to give manufacturing a ' thumb-wagginpedestrian a lift About 10 miles west of Cedar City the hitch-hike- r shot his benefactor beat his head to a pulp with a cobblestone stole th automobile and sped to Salt Lake City where he ran past a red light for which offense he was pursued and caught by : ji traffic officers land criminal-mindethe y killer was nevertheless harassed by a ( heavy sense of guil that drove him to a confession as he felt sure word of the murder had preceded him to thl place of Don-hi arrest Condlt the killer inentlfied as a “repeater” whose last con- viction was for highway robbery was released last October from a California by-pa- ss kind-hearte- d sides I had hundreds of answers' Not one of them seemed to me to give a logical answer ' to the question Here was the commonest answer: - The bridge was built with sides and a roof to protect the floor of the bridge from the elements To me that seems manifestly absurd Wouldn’t it be far cheaper and more practical to renew the floor of the bridge whenever it wore out than to maintain both a floor and a roof to say nothing of the aides? The floor would have to be replaced every few years anyway because of wear Another reason commonly advanced was this: The bridge waa covered and enclosed to keep off the snow Again an absurdity If there was snow all along the road why keep It off the bridge? And besides in the snowy country it was customary to haul snow with which to cover the floors of covered bridges for the sleighs One other reason covers the rest of the j hitch-hikers- ‘ m g d ? d letters:" - i The bridge was enclosed to protect wayfarers against the weather But why protect on bridges only? Released by McNaught Syndicate Xno ' Tribune-- March 23 1941 I:Don9t Get It Problem Waits Action Haunts Congress By Manning f farmers’ r ’li Senators Always Yield ' i ranks Threat of this consolidated power hanging over the heads of the local union leaders should eliminate rump walkout such as the one now tying up Vanadium clear-head- Deterrent on Strikes No one expects the board to be able to stop strikes Even in rfr-- The Public Forum Blames Wars on Money Editor Tribune: World war I was plotted propagandized and financed by Wall Street gpd European money lenders They finally succeeded The czar and his family were eliminated by assassination and the kaiser by banishment Then they moved in to pluck the bones They rimmed Russia from' the Black Sea to the Arctic ocean with amall states They dismembered y and Germany Bulgaria and placed their agents over every European country except Italy and possibly the Scandinavian countries They bought for a song or confiscated everything of value in Europe 'and enslaved the inhabitants They withdrew the money from circulation in the United States brought on the panic of 1929 and took jover our government bonds They fastened the cost of the war on us while they held their gold in storage awaiting the close of the war The Germans finally chased them Austrla-Hvfngar- i Today they are here with “earmarked’’ waiting to pluck more bones This gold has no real value but they have exchanged enough of it for dollars to denude us We have simply handed them our country with the compliments of Uncle Shylock Recently the one millionth death certificate was issued for a World war veteran Today we again stand In patriotic tears awaiting the death signal for another million American soldiers All to save the world from the dictators “How long O Lord how Jong” thall w endure this procedure? i John M Foster Cedar City Utalu out their gold j Attacks Hoover Plan -- Editor Tribune: Mr Herbert Hoover in his humane desire to feed conquered Europe seems to be lacking in the consideration of well known facts German agreement which means Hitler promises not to steal the food that All this and more sell Give sorrow words the grief that does not apeak whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it - break — Shakespeare t Heart-Brea- k Have you ever had something you? I have you’d read haunt was: and here’s what it d “A nice terrier one year old male Is to be had fof the asking Only one request —call during school hours please when the J children are not at wire-haire- home" ' Ever since I read that Item I’ve been wondering what the matter was Maybe the family waa moving and couldn't take their dog Maybe they had planted a garden In what the pup considered his digging domain or maybe the neighbors didn’t like dogs and had complained Whatever it was it must have been pretty rserious or they never would have given away the youngsters’ pet I close my eyee and imagine can see a amall boy arriving home from school and wondering why there is no welcoming bark to greet him no small body fairwith joy at his rely quivering can see him franticturn And I ally searching the neighborhood asking everyone he meets if he'd seen a little black and white dog around? As she tucks him in at night I can see his mother avoid his glance as he says with the - confidence of childhood: “Somebody’s kidnaped him! That’s what they’ve done But he’ll be back you wait and see! I are smart — they sure are! Soon as they let him loose he’ll come home no matter where he Is!” And in another part of town a lonesome shaggy little dog whimpers softly as he ponders over the strange ways of the creatures he adores Wire-haire- ' ds two-legg- ed For this Is By-Ha- Park I would not true prosperity than words And so much more can tell So what is gold to me! —Harriet Mills McKay Surigao Surigao Mindanao P I Notes On the Cuff Department I’ve been wondering about the address of Mrs McKay who wrote 'the above poem and if it’s an old town or a brand-neone whose name was suggested by that of a movie star You know— Simone Simone Friday night for nearly an hour and a half I sat enthralled listening to Patricia Condon play the piano My attention was divided between listening to her remarkably mature interpretation 'of Bach Beethoven Chopin Debussy and Liszt and watching the movement of her beautiful hands I was Just thinking how nice it must be to have a lovely daughter like Patricia when I heard a noise behind me It was her father Waide Condon busting with pride fTwasthe night befqye deadline and ’way through my head I hunted in vain for bits I had read Not a thought was stirring —not even a mite my brain was off duty quite cold for the night Onward turn onward O Time In thy flight and make deadline tomorrow two weeks from tonight — Rays of Sunshine A captain swaggered up to a company of draftees and taking a rifle from a man in the front rank proceeded to give some instructions about the weapon “See here my man" he said “this thing is a rifle Here is the barrel there’s the stock You slip tha cartridge in there Now you put the weapon to your shoulder These little things on the barrel are the sights When you have taken accurate aim pull this little thing which Is the trigger Now remember what I have Itold you Smarten up and look like a soldier By the way what is your business? A clerk I suppose?” “No sir” was the reply “I’m a gunsmith” Hn some families' the mother is the nearest relative the children have and the father ia the closest I would not sell for gold The loving look in your true eyes The feel of fire after cold The happy joyousness that lies In doing things that make you These things glad And keep our home a restful place d Our pride In our tall lad ' And in' our daughter’s girlish graces heart-swelle- may be sent to the hungry people he has robbed Does not Hoover know that Hitler’s word is nothing that he brags of his use of the Ue and every form of deception? Even the people sought to be fed would be compelled to swear they had received the food or be purged at the will of Hitler But for argument sake admit It possible to get the food to the conquered people Hitler took their products and continues to take the best and most of all they produce Shall we replace what he has taken and will continue to take? Does this not aid Hitler In the subjugation of other ’ -e f people? home This at Charity begins nation has mil llans of women and children lacking substantial food or enough of the right kind for the support of life and growing children our future citizens Thousands of school children in our cities are given a free luncheon costing about five cento each because of lack of nourish ment What about All the other meals and home conditions? These conditions may get worse Mr Hoover talks in millions of dollars Here is a home field for his charity and humane efforts X wonder if he is Interested in soliciting help for the needy of hia own country? Charles E Street 1408 Ninth East Salt Lake City i Denies War Danger ‘ j Editor Tribune: Senator pronouncement In re- -' bill degard to the lend-leaclaring that its authorization tor repair of British warships In tha U S navy yard Would “invite the axle powers to send submarines into New York harbor and airplanes over New York City" seems rather amazing It Is quite obvious from Hitler’s acts in the past that declaring war upon a country is not the result of What that country has done ' or 'not done When Hitler is ready he declares war or just invades k country without notice Norway Denmark Holland are tragic examples of the “fury’s" technique Hitler made' one huge mistake when he challenged Britain’s power and it isn’t likely he will make another just now by challenging us especially with the almost Impossible task of operat ing planes minus bases near our coasts and the British fleet in control of the1 seas It should be apparent even to some of our most obstinate senators that the stronger we make Britain the stronger we are making ourgs se -- i i Van-denber- w j Net for Geld i f By Our Readers Senator From Sandpit Off the Record No orator spouting for the decadent democracies has mastered the fuehrer’s knack of shifting easily from the hysterical to the historical and back Hens in the southern mountains were found none the worse for a meal of moonshine mash Thus we come a step closer to the premixed eggnog r It was a Georgia youth who mailed his girl two letters a day during a long stay out of town and returned to find her married to the postman A heart counselor advises against marrying the girl who la late for dates Her sister who arrives 10 minutes ahead of time and glares is no bargain r The national jitters over a mounting highway toll will not be allayed by news that In the Maine wilds a motorist was ditched by a limited moose Hitler has his astrologers and maybe the due ought to call the phrenologists in to read his new bump The situation Is such that there Is slight chance of controlling it Senators who vote for economy on everything else weaken and flinch when it comes to cutting down on the d senafarmers Yet there is not a tor nor a farmer who does not know that this vast hand-ou- t game ia not only unsound but fraught with danger The government they 'knowhas handed out billions but the problem remains the same Not long ago a vast devastating Indictment was made of the governmental management j of its agricultural program So many different agencies it was said are now undertaking to deal with the farmer that the result is “great and unnecessary duplication of effort waste extravagance and ponfusion" Seven federal agencies have direct relations with farmer committees in the states Five agencies handle landlord-tena- nt problems Seven others engage in land planning Four more deal with soil conservation at least three assist farm women with “home management” problems And so on The administrative costa are constantly rising clear-heade- Steel source of needed special parts for machine tools Mr Hillman also wanted a big name at the top A good many advisers around the president shared Hillman’s view that a dominant personality would aid the purely extralegal purposes of the setup At one time about' a week before the announcement Bernard Baruch waa virtually signed to furnish the glamor But he backed out pleeding his years and health and the president's choice of Clarence Dykstra represented a reluctant compromise between the Hillman and Perkins viewpoints Dykstra already having two other jobs either one df ‘which would be enough to keep him busy The lady cabinet member had been working for a labor conciliation expert It was she who submitted the name of William H Davis former head of the New York state mediation board as candidate for chairman Mr Roosevelt made him a member instead In all mechanical detail the executive order Is precisely as forecast first and exclusively in this column March 12 24 hours before anything approximating a correct version was published i elsewhere t Distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc ed agrl-cultu- re - ed WASHINGTON— Very ‘shortly the American farm problem' which certainly ia —and many believe insoluble — will intrude itself upon congress In a big— and as usual— very expensive way Since 1933 when the appropriation was 209 millions the cost of federal aid to has steadily grown e to the 1567 millions expend- ed in farm aid last year That is twice as much money as it cost to operate this entire government 25 years ago The increase ia particularly shocking when the fact is considered that the problem remains the same and that it is now planned at a time when uncounted billions are being poured out for defense still further to Increase the farmer's “take" The appropriation which the house la now considering amounts to 1421 millions but it will be more than that when it gets through the senate where the farm lobby is especially strong—and where it usually makes arv effective combination with the labor lobby tin-solv- labor mediation board in Its enabling ’executive order On lta legal surface it looks like a coroner’s Jury set up to ponder serious strikes probably after they occur and then largely upon the cordial invitation of both strikers and management But it has hidden preventive power which no doubt furnished some inspiration for Mr Roosevelt’a determination to set it up In its unapparent essence it gives the government a moral hold on the responsible national labor leaders and those leaders a hold on their irresponsible locals who are causing much of the trouble It places responsibility Decisions of the board will no doubt have to be reached unanimously Split judgment on questions of fact would only render the rulings Impotent Therefore when the two CIO and two A F L representatives on the board join with their public and business colleagues they will In effect join the government and the people in a crushing movement to put down all the unruly in their well-inform- c By Frank K Kent WASHINGTON— You will not find the punch of Mr Roosevelt’a England a law against strikes failed to prevent several recently What Mr Roosevelt hopes to get now Is a general acceptance by labor of the principle that disputes should be taken to the conciliation service and the board for fair judgment before the drastic strike weapon la used It remains to be seen what success this moral suasion will have But it is only fair to say few of the have ppes as high as Mr Roosevelt The new arrangement represents a rather complete victory of Miss Perkins over Sidney Hillman Up until an hour before the executive order was signed it contained a phrase connecting the board with ’the OPM of which Mr Hillman is demiboss This phrase was stricken out not only upon the request of Miss Perkins but upon advice of the other head of OPM William Knudsen who thought his organization had plenty to do with production without getting mixed up in labor settlements 'Obviously Miss Perkins was trying to protect her brood in her labor department against superimposed authority of the OPM But her prevailing argument was that this should foe a free and Independent agency under the president 7 - - By Paul Mallon Baruch Backs Out By Charles B Driscoll In the part of America where I originated there are no covered bridges so far as I comfort to the enemy” Cold-bloode- 5 New York Highlights - -- I! i t Many democracies— no matter what social traditions or historical designations they retain —do not permit chronic croakers to publicly oppose the government when such agitation is an obvious attempt however feeble “to give aid and ' I An Associated Press dispatch from Belgrade passed by the ’censor conveys information to the effect that “Mussolini begged Germany not to strike the Greeks' until he could have one more chance at an Impressive victory In Albania before the British complete arrangements to perfect an air defense of the Greek mainland” Mussolini’s request apparently coincided with Hitler’s requirements according to a nazl official in Yugoslavia who recalled the time it took to consolidate the position of the invaders in Rumania4 That 300000 British troops with equip ment and stores have been landed in Greece is admitted by nazi observers who also claim that “Bulgaria has been turned into a huge arsenal manned by an estimated 500000 troops In preparation for a drive to cut the Mediterranean in two and cany the war to the British in Africa” This movement will be opposed by the combined Greek and British forces and eventually by Turkey if not cnetked on the Peloponnesus peninsula the immediate objective of the Germans Opposition to demands of Hitler that Yugoslavia Join the axis or take the consequences has embarrassed the nazi government to isome extent Acquiescence was expected to give the German roeps another approach in the contemplated attack on Greece Delay has enabled the British to land the support Greece needed and to distribute divisions to the best advantage However’ If" Hitler decides to punish v Yugoslavia for contumacious behavior and for flouting his authority the carnage will be horrible ’ specially among women and children in the churches hospitals and marketplaces 1 - 1 f ‘ 1 totalitarianism t In his "America Commonwealth” ' Bryce enumerates several faults ’ of the Ideal democracy They include: Weakness In emergencies Incapacity to act with promptness instability due to frequent changes of administration Internal dissension and disregard of authority tolerance toward treasonable agitators who play on the passions of the masses free- dom extended to critics of national policies and to carping correspondents in periods of international stress To this list might be added some of the more recent developments of intrigue and bribery in which the Iscariots and ' Shimeis of many sections are enabled to Impose on the liberality of the press and the patience of the public with petty personal and pernicious spitefulness and innate malevolence Inquiries ire occasionally received as to why newspapers accept the contributions of cads who abuse the privilege so generously extended The answer to such questions may be summed up as follows: Under the bill of rights there Is no way to punish blatherskites and blackguards— so they are allowed to publicly expose their vicious inclinations' to immediate neighbors who being 99 per cent patriotic and decent cannot restrain their disgust and disapproval I t 19 1 - — March i3 Salt ffakt - selves i This Indictment does not come from a Republican an anti new deal Democrat a" tory or a “greedy Industrialist" It comes from Mr Edward A O’Neal president of the American Farm Bureau federation which has consistently supported the new deal program and agrees with Its objectives So far as they are concerned so does everybody else But Mf O’Neal Is shocked at the vast waste and wants it ended To this end suggestions from his bureau will be made to congress for the consolidation of many of the present AAA agencies and creation of n a nonpartisan board “to coordinate five-ma- the program" —’ that such suggestions from ' a source be sure of a sympathetic would such Reception in congress Actually the only sure thing is that the administration will fight It would seem every consolidation suggestion tooth and naiL Every little duplicating agency has its friends in congress and will battle for its life Unless it has the weight of the White House behind It there Is nothing more difficult to get through congress than legislation wiping out an existing board or bureau Instead of approval Mr O’Neal's suggestions for economy and efficiency in administering the program in all probability will be lost sight of in the push to expand the program Plausible Arguments The arguments for this are plausible and persuasive The most pointed one is that the American farmer on the whole will not share in the war boom which Industry and labor are enjoying Particularly U this true of the cotton and the wheat farmer Their export markets have practically ceased to exist The ‘government has now a whole cotton crop and part of a wheat crop piled up In' storage and really gigantic crops in both these commodities are in prospect Faced with this situation the cotton and wheat farmers are no longer content with the government loans which have been fixed at a figure well below the market price of the crop Now the farmer wants more money and is out to get it Parity long his goal Is looming He insists upon a price for his crop equal to the prices of the things he buys To provide parity the government is going to be asked to lend the farmer on the unsalable part of his crop the full parity price: It will doit a great deal of money It probably will bust the government if he gets it But the cynics say we are sure to go bust any- how So what's the difference? At any rate the full" parity movement 1 under way t Copyright 1941 by the Baltimore Sun ‘ f What Men Think of Women Women deceived by men want to marry them: It is a kind of revenge as good as any other— Beaumanolr If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter the face of the whole world would have been changed — Pascal It if easier for a woman to ‘defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women— Romieu A woman forgives everything but the fact that you do not covet her —A DeMusset A coquette is a woman without any hearty who makes a fool of a man that hasn’t got i ( Editor Tribune: C H Carl- quist Draper Utah wrote in your forum of March 4: “Personally I have written to Senator Murdock assuring him that the people of Utah are with Britain to the limit and that we think the best way to keep out of war ia to assist Britain to the limit" Now just who is this gentleman who is so assuming as to feel authorized to make and give such assurances? The sooner he relieves himself or such obsession of feeling that he can direct the views of end speak for all the people and to give such assurances the better off he will be v P N Anderson Nephi Utah j ‘ Started by O’Neal W V Sinclair J New York City Airs War Aid View ed i any head — Anon ' A coquette is like a recruiting Sergeant always on the lookout for fresh victims— Gerrold If you cannot inspire a woman with love of yourself fill her above the brim with love of herself all that runs over will be yours —Colton i The hell for women who are only handsome is old age — Saint Evremond A blush is beautiful but often Inconve' nient — Goldoni God created the coquette as soon as he had made the fool — Victor Hugo God took his softest clay and his purest colors and made a fragile Jewel mysterious and caressing— the finger of a woman then he fell asleep The devil awoke and at the end of that rosy finger pul— a naiL— Vtctor Hugo ( |