Show ' vali4otligalgig mador IttfiZ4F2VMMTVW1430dIdataillraiL 1: 1 ' r-- i i t t 8 1 - i 5attliday MornIng I -- I 5a1t Tarbe 41- -' (IOW 1912 May 2 cttiburtr 1 44 4 b 4 1 - $ 11 T - zilt 17z14 14 pib e Established April I -1 15 1871 Issued every morning by Sea La ke Tribune I 111 Tt 4 Punishing Company - 'rine Tribune is a member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusive's La s for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise crecited in - also the local news published herein - e Salt Lake City Utah Satu rday Morning May Western Senators :Win Sharp Battle on Silver entitied to the this paver and 2 1942 Not only because it involves women who always get the last word but because as the war continues to take up the nation's man-powthe city will be glad to get members of the fair sex to handle the fares of the traveling public One of the intransigent commissioners forgot the gallant traditions of the City by the Golden Gate so far as to state that "Once you get women on the street cars you'll never get rid of them" This is Women obviously an unfair argument have been difficult at times to dislodge from homes or automobiles but they are seldom so wedded to street cars that they won't get off at the end of the line Many veterans of the last war remember the charming conductresses on London buses with their "step lively please" and those on Paris trams who smiled so gaily as they took the soldier's last centime for a ride to some unpredictable destination Women make excellent conductors but perhaps the San Francisco t ficials would rather call them "hostessand let them serve sandwiches and lemo ade er Once again the silver mining industry has emerged triumphant from a battle in the halls of congress This time the skirmish was comparatively brief but packed with peril for the mining interests of the weSt because of unpredictable war trends ' In i Mor- Washington Treasury Secretary genthau has given unequivocal assurances that he does not intend to ask congress to repeal the silver purchase act Credit for the victory goes to the alert senators from the western mining states who sighted trouble early and waded into the fray with fists swinging They succeeded it appears in establishing a hands-of- f policy for silver for the duration of the war The western senators fought well because they knew their subject and they felt that their cause was just It was not only silver that was threatened this time it was a whole list of vital war metals and their production at stake The white metal itself will play an important role in war production as it will be "loaned" through D P C to the electrical industry for use on switchboards to replace copper which is sorely needed in other industries When Secretary llorgenthau said recently that the treasury was "preparing to recommend legislation which would make newly mined domestic silver avail able to industrial users at the world market price" he sounded a tocsin which brought westerners in congress to their feet They called for a conference with the cabinet man and unlimbered their runs for a barrage of information on the mining industry and its relation to winning the war When it was over the secretary admitted that the group "had me licked before I start for I don't know much about silver while to you gentlemen this is a familiar subject" When the smoke of- battle cleared silver was still in the saddle a circumstance which is fortunates-no- t only for western mining but for the country at large because it forestalled a move which would have crippled the production of a number of vital war metals - ' Safety :Measures Take On Added Importance L 1 In a period such as this when every effort is being made to speed up war production and when every bit of man power is needed for the armed forces or for factories the prevention of accidents which kill and cripple becomes a doubly Important job for the nation Lives and able bodies are always precious but in time of conflict when the country needs to put forth every ounce of energy into a fight against ruthless foes they are inlinitely more valuable It i s obvious from the very magnitude of the toll in deaths and injuries that accidents constitute one of the serious impediments to our war production" President Roosevelt recently to a newly formed unit of the National Safety council The safety group has collected data for the past year showing a loss of 460000000 man days of labor through de at hs and disabilities In homes factories and on highways the hazards have increased from year to year many fold in peace times In war time it is feared that they will soar to new- heights Blackouts increased demands on industry and war excitement are seen as new dangers New conditions 'call for increased caution on the part of the public Workers must conform rigidly to safety regulations in the factories and families must avoid the perils of accidents that lurk in every home But most of all is needed the cooperation of the motorists With &der cars and thinner tires traversing treets and roads more care must be taken to avoid those costly crashes which plague' the traveling public in peace times Now they will be more expensive not only in lives but in destrucLion of vital transportation units Conservation of life and materials has 1become a patriotic duty rather than a The country 3mattcr of personal whim d men and women to reeds the carry on the great job of winning mawar It needs to keep every piece of chinery in running order It needs directly or indirectly every unit of transportation 44 te - ' 1 - - ' I able-bodie- San Francisco Spurns Women Car Conductors Although the San Francisco civil ser vice commission voted against hiring women for conductors on municipal street cars the last word has not been spoken on that subjecl by a long way - Canada Notes Benefits In Price-Ceilin- g Plan First rumblings of discontent over the program come from the National Retail Dry Goods association whose manager sees the order as too complex and likely to become another noble experiment similar to the prohibition law On the other hand from Canada come expressions of satisfaction over the man' ner in which the Canadian law has worked during the six months it has been in effect There may be more criticism of the way the plan works in the United Statei but modifications will no doubt be made when the conditions work undue hardships or create inequalities in the business world Putting the program into effect constitutes a problem It is like inserting a whole set of new gears into a machine which must be kept running The complex machinery of American domestic commerce is difficult enough to keep operating smoothly in normal times and' when a Set of new rules is in troduced no matter how necessary they ' may be they are bound to cause dislocations However this is a period of sweeping changes and American industry and business are proving resilient enough to stand the jars The measure is designed to prevent greater dislocations that would occur if the cost of living soars to unreasonable heights and the vicious spiral of inflation whirls the pation intD a chaos more destructive than war itself price-ceilin- g New York Highlights NEW YORK—The most entertaining and Informative book about old New York that I have in my collection is "Reminiscences of an Octogenarian" by Charles H Haswell published by Harpers In 1896 It is out of print a collector' s item and hard to find My copy comes from a reader of the column to whom I am greatly indebted for several items in my New York collection This is a highly personalized book: a sort of diary mostly put together when Mr Haswell was about 68 years old out of his memories and documents and revised and completed some years later It covers the period'from 1816 to 1860 One of the most interesting chapters Is the last covering the year 1860 when Fernando Wood was mayor of New York but written some years later The author reflects tipot“-fo-skeptical the people were about any danger of war He says the people of the north did not believe that southern states would secede and his observation was that people of the south did pot believe that the north would fight in case of secession Yet before the year was out South Carolina had seceded and Anderson abandoning Fort Moultrie had retired to Sumter supposedly impregnabie fort In New York in that year chief interest of the people centered around the visit of the Japanese embassy including two princes the reigning family This was the special embassy sent to America in return for the visit of Commodore Perry to Japan It marked the beginning of diplomatic and commercial relations betweAen the two countries The far eastern diplomats came down the river from Albany landed at the Bat tery and were quartered at the Metropolitan hotel A tremendolim entertainment was given by the city in honor of the visitors at the hotel It cost the city S100000 and champagne was consumed by thousands of bottles The author writing years later says "Many of my readers will find It difficult to conceive the novelty to us in that day of things Japanese and the first appearance here of representatives of that ancient empire" Released by McNaught Syndicate Inc - say the wilthrness savages of New go on hunting heads even in the political off years Whatever did they decide about agricultural prices Ts it O K for the farmer to et s rt plowing without the advice of - Guinea counsel Behind the Scenes of Current News 5: f- that eral Marshall and Harry ? '11' 1:" s 1f7 - is 4 :1 ''' f:L t t vine 4 r CrONNA DOWN iliiiect 'WHILE TO FIT THE WACT : k f " t r ' - - z r ' '' f -- '4' ' :2 ' GenHop- 4i' ':'1S" ' 1 i:''' ( i' ' I 40 '' '11' 4 :ze - days without a business necessity permit of the flying fortGreat feat ress dramatized by the president in his fireside chat was the same mentioned at the top of this column April 7 That ship is still supreme in the air Nothing developed by Britain or Germany can touch it and the Japs have nothing near it (Distributed by King Features Inc Reproduction Syndicate In whole or in part strictly pro- hibited) "I like to be a brat"- - says one of the films' outstanding specimens confirming our darkest fears C 't I (e (4 - ir LI V t '''''"701 a ' ‘4: 1' ft AS-7- "10(:--- 4 at :$ : 1''' A1 fr'i:1:::1':170':1t:r1i7):'ekt'll'itil:': 71 Z ft 19 I ! 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Are we after making that terrible sacrifice to say: Oh mighty mighty monopolists we have sacrificed much for thee take back thy treasure strengthen thy monopolies and in a k e them that thou may makest great UM pay twice as much in labor for thy tin rubber oil spices and all the good things the Lord has placed in that corner of the earth? Isn't it time we seek a definition for liberty freedom 'and democracy as it applies to the south Pacific? What are our war aims? Senator Thomas asked that question Tribune April 16 1942 He thinks it a good idea to state our noble -7k141119tr 1 ' ft:4' 'k''7'(:' ' ''''''"- More on Soldiers' Pay Editor Tribune: I wish to quote parts of Van Brunt's letters: 'The soldier is the best cared for and the most extravagant man in America" IR the above being loyal to the men in the service ? Another quotation: "Private W P C is courteous which cannot be said of Schmith" In another letter he Senator From Sandpit certain age—tomorrow won't be the same as yesterday— The Houghton Line Let's Go the Whole Way The annual dog controversy is with us again People who hate dogs but who invariably preface their remarks about mans best friend with "I like dogs but—" are advocating a drastic ordiname for their control or elimination Admitting that there is much justice irk their claims that stray dogs disturb their rest mess up their gardens etc I'd like to submit a few amendments to the proposed ordinance which is designed apparthe city a dog-leently to make a ss Shangri-L- I have a dog but I don't have a garden My dog doesn't bother anyone because he is trained not to but people's gardens do bother me I love flowers but flowering shrubs particularly roses give me hay- fever What right has anyone to plant something that will fill the air with pollen when the wind blows and make my nose and eyes run and rob me of all joy in life? If they must have gardens let them keep them glass I have a radio hut I don't keep it going full blast all hours of the day disturbing the peace of everyone within a block's radius Why not litht the hours during which radios may be turned on and make it a felony for anyone to have his radio on and his windows open at the same time? I love children but a crying whining child doesn't soothe my nerves Let's build concentration camps where parents with small children may live until the kids have outgrown the crying whining yelling age Or if that is not feasible compel parents to give their offspring a dose of paregoric at the first yell I like automobiles but their raucous horns give me the jitters My son is in the navy so his friends don't come and honk for him any more Thorefore I favor it being made a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment or both for anyone - er 1 A f ' ---- smmtqww!alr?:-:olmmuonias- t :: T ' 4- - ''4ti 3 -' PI i4 - t 4 ' 1101 S 4 k“'' '' ' By Ham Park says "Thanks to private W P C for his inaccurate and insulting statement that I said soldiers are lucky" Here Van Brunt sinks a challenge for Private W C P to call and beg hit pardon Why the sudden change of opinion? Does he write for the best interest of service men or for his own publicity? Has he actually been in a war? Does he write his own articles for his defense? If not sign why don't the defenders Cortheir names instead of "A solOld "An poral's Mother" dier" and "Medico?" When I write I sign my name Somehow each letter sent in defense of Van Brunt has an echo of the one previous I find no place in my letters even hinting of war hysteria I cannot find the word draftee In them or Van Brunt's After all isn't he a soldier? Draftee or' soldier they fight equally well on the battle front I want to tell Van Brunt here American I am a and never hide my head but go along head up to help where ever I can and not brag of two days or two year of work but 'clo it gladly I never have criticised Van Brunt for advising saving by the soldiers but for the statement red-blood- 21 is enough Mrs Margaret Schmith to drive up to a dwelling and East Ely Nevada honk a horn What are doorbells for anyway? Let's make our city a dog-lechildless treeless flowerless paradise–-- heaven on earth so perfect where everyone will become so fed up with peace and quiet and beauty that they'll be glad to die and go to—well Would Store Much Wheat ss a you know -- Attention Find Alders! Lady if you :Rea me lying On the ground and (maybe) dying Let my gored run bright and free— Don't attempt to bandage me While there's life there's hope so pet Don't apply a tourniquet Do not give for my salvation Artificial respiration Do not stretch my bones and joints Do not press my "pressure points" If queer symptoms you should see Don't experiment on me If I'm suffering from shock Take a walk around the block you must be busy pray Help to keep the crowds away So whatever my condition Phone at once for a physician Let me lie—I'll take a chance Waiting for an ambulance jf - From first aid I beg release— Lady let me die in peace!me —Author unknown to Notes on the Cuff Department Carlton Culmsee Provo suggests this for a slogan: "Save All Caps— All Scraps--Sto- p Speed the Collapse of the Japs!" Taxes may be high but we can be thankful that we don't have to dodge bombs on our way to pay them—yet Spies saboteurs and fifth columnists are a real danger to our way of life but so is the human "gimmie pig" The offire boy calls his girl friend "Sugar" bemuse she's hard to get Editor Tribune: On April 24 the U S department of agriculture states as recorded in The Salt Lake Tribune of April 25 that there was a wheat stock of 441554000 bushels as of April 14 This stock the report states zwas in elevators interior mills' warehouses and on farms Our national annual need if I remember correctly Is about 650- 000000 bushels of wheat 1 1 is four to August April months of heavy drawing on that April 1 stock Spring planting must come from that stock as welt as exceptional needs for our boys in all parts of the world It will be August 1 before much new grain will reach our mills These four months may reduce that April 1 surplus to around 250000000 bushels Is It an undue surplus to have about four months in excess when a new crop comes The U S department concrop to stantly uses the 1942 show the surplus We do not as yet have the 1942 crop andna-it can be greatly reduced by ture Our Oneida county Idaho up (Top has been winter-kille- d to over 50 per cent Rnd our normal wheat crop is above These are 1500000 bushels perilous times to crops as well as other things Why not buy the farmers' wheat crop pay them parity hire the farmers to store this forced below grain? is Wheat and is class disunjust parity crimination Let us store and prepare for a world in rags In the days of Joseph in Egypt they needed faith during those seven years We need no faith of plenty now hut only a little imagination as the food problem exists over there before our eyes The largest bread lines in all history are now in the making Prophecy tells of famine The farm plan has greatly aided the wheat farmer but let us consider our wheat very precious besides we will have a surplus only if nature is most kind this season A F Merrill Malad Idaho - t 1 By Our Readers Think of it democracy and fighting side by side for liberty Whose liberty? Liberty of the people or liberty of the monopolies? Well maybe all of us don't understand the magicians surely it will be nice work—it they can do it W E DeWitt un- ‘! tegt I '' I 046!':411tos'ereSr'elr2NARASIVAISWkkr44149411ta""" monopoly - AM ''1 et 'W' i - intentions Yes indeed we can all agree with that Our greatest ally in our fight for liberty and freedom is monopoly (the money trust) Now if we win with "General Monopoly" sitting firmly in the saddle then we have slain democracy Oh glorious democracy built upon a foundation of monopoly for thee we sac for War Alms 4' c'I f ''' X 44 4 1 ° 4 - The Public Forum us-d- ' f-- Ava2irdialeommuctAttlsr 1tcmkNNINCT-It-c Now I i'5:f l' A 1 0& - Pi4 g 11 i S'rl 1 1 0t One thing's certain in this - - - ' ----- Calls 'Ikrty44044 444 440"4 ree-- -- e - --41 ' ' ' Si i- ' 0 : y 0111116 1 :' - ' ' C — Rumors of dissatisfaction and war weariness in Italy continue to reach Washington but many of them are heavily discounted because they bear the hallmark of Paul Joseph Goebbels nazi propaganda minister Others come from equally doubtful sources Some however reach government: officials from sources which are known to be reliable and confirm that Ital3r's situation has greatly worsened in the last four months Mussolini's people have had nothing but bad news from the front they also have the minimum of food and littlet hope for improvement in the economic situation Hence Mussolini's effort to induce Hitler to launch a Mediterranean offensive at the ! earliest possible moment in authorities Washington Competent consider Italy's situation in the same light n as that of the empire the last months of World war L during Austria-Hungarwas the weak link in the chain of the central powers The Austrian collapse preceded Germany's folding up only a few weeks however la The parallel with Austria-Hungar- y drawn to show the unlikelihood of Italy being forced out of the war until Germany Is on the verge of collapse Germany of course is virtually hermetically sealed so it Is difficult for the united nations to obtain real information as to what is going on But from piecing together reports there from neutrals and some other sources it appears that Germany is still a long way from collapse Must Tighten Belts The German people must tighten their belts but since long before the outbreak of the war in 1939 they had been accustomed to eating less and working more Every time rations are reduced the German propaganda machine informs the peopie that this is going to be a long war hence large reserves of foodstuffs and raw materials must be built up for "lean years" The reich's loot from conquered territories is being stored in subterranean warehouses The German people have seen long' convoys arrive from the subject nations but theyhave received little of that booty They are allowed to look at it but not permitted to touch it Dr Goeb"The future is and radio the blares through press "Eat less and wear less now that you may gorge and live in luxury later" he tells the Germans It was hoped in united nations' capitals "iron ration" to that this which the nazi populace has been sub- jected would cause serious reactions when not won News military victories from Russia in the last few months has been far from stimulating for the German people and observers hoped that thisI would tend to destroy the morale of the nazi home front Gave Out Truth The effect of hundreds of thousands of wounded returning from the eastern frotle was not what Washington and London Ahticipated because the German propaganda organization took the bull by the hoilis and gave out not only the whole truth of the reverses but in some instances painted the situation blacker than it actually was Thus the stories told by the wounded only confirmed the communiques So far as can be learned by organizationsin Washington the morale of the German people has not been affected yet andthere is still full confidence that thextazi forces and their generals will bring the nazi ship safely into Thefew critics who still exist in port Germanyare quickly silenced either in concentration camps or before firing squads The arrny's morale is still good accorThe nazi forces dingto the same reports have been imbued with fanaticism by many I'years of propaganda and hard training The Russian campaign has been long and costast fall but the nazi troops were-tolthat the high command expected to hold a strategic line from which it 'cannot be dislodged and that has actually happened It is true that our entrance into the war created certain confusion but Japanese successes in the Pacific have helped the nazi forces to stand the shock This survey which comes from reliable sources abroad Is accepted as factual by official Washington The conclusion which American military and naval leaders draw from it is that so long as the nazis stave off collapse there is little chance that Italy Austro-Hungaria- - " I' 1 1 I 1 - -- A0- - re ) ''4S'-: ' ''' keegWi'f ' - )kIll if'it $)44 N" Jr 4' 40-ho- ur Thus far rationing is impossible If the government is not careful its forthcoming step is likely to prove a great demornliZer Just as much gas as well ns official headachea might be saved if the government abandoned the rationing theory entirely and devoted itself strictly to outlawing pleasure driving —driving at night or on Sun- 11 "i e V: : st 7 ') ''''"' d e aktok 10 ‘ r - - school ' ' 4 a LW - — i' ' I t re ! ? k CI Z A : ' ' ' 44 ' : "'"0-'1- - zw4" ' '0' - - - ' t i:"''''' f r '''' A --"- : p kins went over to persuade the British to invade the continent Immediately by sea What they really went about is the demand which is being placed on our production mainly our planes The reds want bombers The Syrian front is screaming for fighting ships India has put in hurry calls for arms and General MacArthur thinks he can lunge back at the laps if he can get sufficient air strength These are more immediate problems than invasion of the continent The president said he is spending $100000000 a d a y will spend $200000000 daily before the end of the year and that this sum will cause inflation unless he acts Yet only two steps in his plan are directed toward the cause He wants to draw back an indefinite sum by having war workers (who are getting most of it) buy bonds voluntarily A confiscatory excess profits tax on corporations such as he mentioned would recapture some Only Small Fraction But these two methods will not recapture more than a small fraction of $100000000 or $200- 000000 a day Average daily bond sales the first 27 days of April amounted to $17000000 The July goal is $33000000 excess profits tax income Daily cannot be calculated but it will not raise much Thus when the plan goes into effect the great bulk of the money will remain outstanding mainly in the hands of war workers and corporations That is why so many economic au' thorities outside the government doubt that Mr Roosevelt's course can be successful in curing the inflation evil he sees There is a secondary cause the limited amount of goods for which "excess income" can be spent The president moved directly at this contributing factor with the new Henderson price ceiling and a promise of limited rationing But the price ceiling will not recapture the money It will still remain in circulation 'seeking other outlets It will still exist as a menace promoting inflation Perhaps the fault can better be described by citing the plans which the president did not recHe did not propose ommend broadening the income tax base further lie shunned a general sales tax (Incidentally both these would be generalized impositions on all groups and not specifically on those who have the excess money) He eschewed a method the British are now putting into effect—a 66 3 per cent tax on luxuries such as furs jewelry etc He also discarded one specific remedy He did not want to increase the work week as a basis for pay to war work- ers because that would decrease their income—the very income which Is causing most of the worry Such an increase in the work week would in effect be an excess profits tax on labor not nearly as drastic an the excess profits tax on industry Most Worrisome Thing Most worrisome thing to the government is the gas rationing Howls are expected from every quarter because the essential need of each citizen for gas is different from that of any other citizen Cars are used as a necessity for transportation to and from work Substitute transportation facilities are inadequate Few people in this city for Instance can get to and from work 'on five gallons of gas a week Certainly housewives cannot shop and take children to By Constantine Brown 13 WASHINGTON YOU SUIT! 5" 1 Setbacks Add To 'Mounting War 'Weariness in Italy Manning li9432 SgErS you CUT : : ne is A-r- tc : I! about that many ships daily The nazis abandoned the air front In Britain because it was too expensive The story persists )- '1'- —By s: A1::ttf:ikz:c-':-!11J)1 ' By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON — A second front has been inaugurated already in Europe—in the air The daily pounding of It A F bombers on German production will be accelerated but there are limitations to how far it can The British lost 18 go ships in a recent raid The seriousness of such a loss Is evident when you consider our maximum production goal is four-engi- Pi":--4 :t 2-- By Charles B Driscoll They- We're Doing It Differently This Year i ie': ::' f: t long-continu- - I t - ed -- well-inform- I will fold ' Up Italy has been considered an lnlinitemsimal factor in the war ever since the Greek campaign in 1941 That this was a correct appraisal Wag confirmed when the Ital ian fleet proved worthless Hence the military potential of Italy has long been discounted Christpher Billopp Says A garden is a lawn that would be a beautiful velvety sward of green if the crab grass had not got in last summer and driven out the good grass leaving large brown patches ltis lovely blue delphiniums that should be in the perennial border but are not there The cutworms must have got them It is delicate pink tulips that make such a charming contrast with pale blue early phlox and would now be in their prime if you had bought and planted the bulbs in the autumn as you fully intended to do It is pale blue early phlox which makes such a charming contrast with pink tulips and which should be in great masses except that it doesn't like the- sun and hasbeen growing less each year-It is great giant coral-pinoriental which poppies by some unfortunately strange quirk of nature always come out a red It is rich clusters dreadful brick-duof pink roses that would be making a vivid splash of color if the bush had not become diseased and had to be cut to the ground It is a profusion of pink and white azaleas Which are not in bloom this year either because frost nipped the biads or the k st soil is nt)t acid enough It is iris that used to be magnificent lemon-colore- - d before worms attacked the rhizomes It is primroses that looked beautiful in the illustration in the catalogue but certainly are not the color you ordered It is peonies that would be something to behold if a heavy rain had not flattened them It is a place that friends from the city exclaim over and upon which they compli- ment you And perhaps' you might share their enthusiasm if only you could fnrgPt how very different it is from the way you planned it ' |