Show - 1 ' 00wymomPxotgavwq2nr 12 i 1 Tbo woo Zbc I - laauad ovary Pfkl 1 (201bulAcie-- -1 1' Eitablished April bv Balt La f Mune MOrlailla )( c" 15 1871 Rule in Africa s Put:alai:aria ClumPazt 0 : - torsos to exclusivity entitlea to the The itesoer I:ot ot tile asoorived Prom otborwlao credited in tag 0111Pet and to ot all wows dispatches credited a I new- I - nuolinheo herein rr:buno La a tor recrodurtion 0:1411-1- L‘o ' Moral Preparedness Needed for Peace to Come I 1 As the 'United States recovers from that Japanese stab in the back as other tations pitted against axis aggressors 1 1 i : I t ' I i 1 : ) ' ) - i i ' ) spurred by the acquisition of a powerful ally assume an offensive attitude in the war laggingspirits of the civilized world have been revived while talk of peace plans has become something more than a mere academic discussion Leaders in Britain and in this country have warned their peoples of the long and arduous way ahead and yet they see however dimly La the future the glow of victory No one can predict with any degree of certainty just when this war will end as many unexpected and painful things can happen before that day but we all can hope and pray work and fight smother annoyances and bear disappoint- ments until that time comes Americans must in fact work harder and fight more fiercely if they want a victorious peace to come soon enough to save the world Impatience over unavoidable events or spiteful accusations will not win but determination and a will to victory will bring the promised day closer with a speed in direct ratio to their in- riir tensity War does many things to nations and I 1 I ' ! 1 ' $ : I i : : I i i ' 1 A ' i i ' 1 I ' t t i i ? After 40 of faithful service rendered his constituents and the country at large as an intelligent aggressive and Independent member of the legislative tranch of government including three decades in the senate George W Norris delivered his valedictory address the other day in a vein characteristic of the man and his career La the first installment of this global war fought a quarter of a century ago Senator Norris was a pacifist at that time he had not grasped the import of an inevitable clash between autocracy and democracy he was not then convinced that this republic had been listed with other sanctuaries of individual liberty to be destroyed in defense of despotism to aid dynastic rule or imperialism in making a desperate effort to retain a foothold on '' nes Vnt-sa- cfrritt t t1leve - eintl vnerIllotirsrve artri times but we have to pay for the good appearance out of our 'own pockets" ---- -- --4- ' - 1 - '4?-1111P-- - o - - - si:4 s ':- re ) - - - -- - - 2- i ' - ity-- - -- 40011' ver- '7 i ' : aw41110 t !v": ' 4 " it JA iii ' 1 - or''''---- - : - — - r - - -- - 21-: --- --- fat e' - - I ' k- 447 17 t - : c ‘ -- - -- ' "' - '' :''''' ''4 ::'-t- :"''''' t " 7 '"'' 40: c''''' r ' Zi'ci''------ ' - N' '147':Ci'41:171:' trir:- i c' Zif'jt:'-' t'"' td" 7:e7:17 1111:- - 0011 - - ' 1' f'1-- - ) -- t st: Lend-lease—Har- t" AOK 0 r -- q -- - f ttetrq --- LI k k I Vu4N4P411 Has Praise for Utah Editor Tribune: It was in the fall of the year 1936 when first set eyes upon the great plains and stately ranges of Utah quite casually indeed as it was my homeward journey east and my heart was seeking rest and solitude within the folds I I paign The battle in Africa—with the ultimate objective of crossthe Mediterranean into Euroing ne---is just beginning and we will need all kinds of friends before we achieve our military objectives which are the only concern of the military men Armies Not Sufficient The armies we have in the area are not sufficient to meet all emergencies including the possibility of the Spaniards joining with the Germans and troubles from the millions of Arabs At present we have to guard ourselves only against axis air The allied and naval raiders forces can cope with them But If the Arabs got on the war path we would need many more diviMoris to police the huge area And they would have to be taken over in the path of very active nazi submarines These are some of the considerations which deeply disturbed the allied high command when the news came out that a movement was afoot to allow politicians and diplomats of the united nations to run as they desired nonmilitary matters in "11 n4 take 1 mander who has done such a commendable job a community that absorbed me as if I were one of them Carefree but not beyond requisition: peaceful in all senses of the word and though rich or poor they were indeed fond of simple friendships I will never regret having been able to know the people that make it their home and to see a nature I thought abstract and to feel that my presence was Indeed most welcome Harlan Beckman I noted the earth and it apdrained of its peared asomewhat sun 1 sawthe life by burning vast prairies which then seemed to be almost destitute of beings and the and nature's green snow-cappmountains of the Uintah range cold aloof and engulfed by desolation and desert waste Again the following year traversed your state realizing that sometime I would be homelife pressed into its ofvery this year but in August had a chance to visit the somewhat isolated valleys 'neath the glorious Uintahs After three months' time within the invested beauties of a nature I never believed existed I found myself actually hearing- the soft tones of the utter still nights the music of mountain streams that were feeding the parched lands below and the tales of ages spoken by the mathat painted the jestic pines ranges I once thought were bar-of ren The uncounted beauties ed Los Angeles Answers Newcomer Editor Tribune: To Miranda I say Salt Lake can boast of some I in e families Those you speak of were not "forced" to come here with the father of the home engaged in defense work No city in a area can immediately equip itself to a house school and hospitalize great and sudden population influx We are all doing part of a job essential to our survival Why is the defense worker in his job privileged to have his family ties unbroken when the soldier is so denied? Surely prior to this emergency you had a better Walton I The best rules of rhetoric are —to speak intelligently speak from the heart have something to say say it and stop when you've done—Tryon Edwards Some Famous Firsts The first American soldier to kill a Jap was Michael Murphy- -bornAmerican eerl'Celly sink a Jap ship was Colin The first American flier to bag a Jap plane was Edward O'Hara The first American coast guard to detect a spy was John Cullen The first American to be eulogized by the president was John Patrick Powers The first American to make himself a human torpedo was Richard Flemming The first American naval captain to sink five Tap ships was Mike Moran The first Americas admiral to be killed In combat was Daniel" C Callaghan The first American to get four new tires and a "C" card was probably the same patriot who hoarded first sugar then coffee and now meat Christmas Greeting I love my Uncle Sammy I love my country too I imagine" ' I I Editor Tribune: What if on some bright' day in 1943 the news were flashed around the world that the war is ended Countless thousands would lay down their tools and be out of Never has Utah experijobs enced such isn influx of high class educated trained and skilled people no floaters or bums among them and most desirable to retain as citizens and Are our industrialists moneyed men planning to do this? There are basic industries such as the steel and other minerals which will expand become great sources of employment but ammunition plants will be cut down to a very light production Something must be done in order to retain this group of high-clacitizens and it is up to our moneyed men and leaders to solve the problem C W Greeno Ogden Utah ' There must be something in Sny- telepathy for George oW ducks me a der sent couple You stuff them with celery and things I'm going to try to find some wild rice but if I can't find any I'll irritate some tame rice and make it wild I'm getting hungry just writing about food Jack Cornwall makes a sugwhich I think is an exgestion one He suggests that cellent If the authorities are sincere in their desire to conserve automobile tires and gasoline they will allow left turns to be made at ALL intersections in the business district and U turns in the middle of the blocks except Jack during the rush hours points out that an "around thelf block" circuit is more than one-hamile in distance and adds unnecessarily to the wear on tires and the burning up of gas- I certain reformer points out that General Montgomery commander of the British Eighth of liquor army is as non-usand tobacco and considers him superior in every way to those who smoke and drink Well abuse of anything is indefensible But a temperate use of liquor or tobacco is defensible Adolf Hitler is a non-usof liquor and tobacco and if he Is to be held up as a shining example of perfect manhood you can include me out Just read where a defendant described by his own lawyer as a "screwball" is going to sue Father Divine for libel I guess It wouldn't be considered ethical er three And sending you this war stamp— A stamp for VICTORY! —Edna M Irvine Salt Lake City the-fac- prohibitive legislation They know there is no other nation whose citizens play so important a part in the makin of their own government Truly we are a wonderful-natio- n but the very freedom we enjoy serves to dull our appreciation of those liberties The patriots of our early days would be mighty proud of the young America of today and so long as this nation continues to raise such energetic and loyal citizens we will continue to be the greatest nation er ' I to sue one's lawyer for libel or slander Or perhaps he isn't that big a screwball on earth F Walraven Will Price Utah - - t t :: - f tt t t I - ' e - t t f t i ' rt I i - i - t Christopher' Billopp Says Sees Greater Nation Editoi Tribune: When one reads the war news in the daily papers and realizes the vast maneuvers in which "our boys" (and girls too) are taking an active part it certainly gives one a wonderful feeling of security Ind makes one mighty proud to know that he is an American We gladly take off our hat to them for their unbounded faith In the American form of govrnment and the patriotism they exhibit in every task given them They realize as did the patriots of '76 that the freedoms— which are the ''undeniable rights of every human—are at stake They know that there is no e of the other nation on earth which is less hampered by i' - ss A And one of them is you: And so for Christmas greetings I'm combining these loves I Would Keep War Workers oline I love some special people Notes on the Cuff Department Mrs Irvine who wrote the above rhyme which she is sendcards this ing out on Christmas read your year says: "I've column for years Didn't think much of it at first but now it la one of the parts 'of the paper I always read and I have clipped' quite a numller for my humor defe- I think I'm older scrapbook than you and while I never knew you I did know you by sight and at the age when you thought you were some punkin k about the time you were stage-struc- t utilized? Reasons Given Two reasons are given—first because new dealers second because they are not the president has a perthem for most of reaIf there are any other sonal dislike sons men such as these should be barred so obviously from posts to which they areadvanced In fitted they have not been administration criticisms these to reply of the spokesmen point to Donald Nelsonand anti-ne- w W P B and the various Republican deal business men in his organization to Admiral Land and Lewis Douglas of the maritime commission to the Republican secretaries of war and navy to Nelson Rockefeller and his South American Culand to others tural Relations set-u- p None of which affects the point that outside the military and naval machines power the key positions which wield the the namost affect and spend the money by occupied are exclusively tional economy If they were the best men new dealers in sight no one would object to that Called Was Due for Change Soon or late the mess into which some adof these agencies—notably the price will compel ministration—have gotten In the meantime we 'pay the changes of delays and confusion It isn't penalties an answer to all this to point to our production of planes and armament or to say that the war is going well The inescapable and unanswerable fact is that the war inised victory postponed the cost greased and the burdens of the people enhanced by incomvtency in the war management 'Distributed by McNaught Syndicate nse-engaged By Ham Park Senator From Sand p it Despite the useless and bitter controversy over Admiral Darien there seems to be no doubt that the French admiral will play ball with us so long as the military remains in complete control of affairs in that area The agreement defining his poMon was made with General Eisenhower and not with the American government as such Thus the admiral feels fairly secure in his position But if a supercouncil of diplomats and civilian political men Is to set up to relieve General Eisenhower of his "political burdens' there is no saying how this body will act and what influence it will have in the successful prosecution of the cam- home than the tone you deride in need today surely a nation of workers in every line can use such people as you speak of to advantage in their own home towns Any defense area could feed and house a multiplicity of defense workers in mess halls and barracks Are these Americans better than our soldiers in uniform? Has it been the spirit of adventure that has lured you from your rightful place at home? We need not read of children locked in automobiles or coming home from school to shanties and trailers with keys tied about their necks Let us be glad to pay the defense worker for his help in these trying times but let us not make our children pay for our selfishness in not keeping our homes intact just as is required of the soldier's war wife who is no more capable of sacrifice than we Otherwise we are unfair to the children and to any community Mrs T F Jackson nature were all for me to even express now but I could never speak unjustly of them I found a new kind of people ng I of loved ones teriel ' By Our Readers The Public Forum - ss Ak II t These are the immense responsibilities big jobs involving requiring great executive abilityareandthecarrymen ing great power And these a first-claThere isn't who hold them administrator in the lot There isn't a man with any business experience There isn't one with the exception of Mr McNutt th Indiana politician who became governor of his state who was ever heard of before new he came to Washington to take a deal position men wield more power over Yet the more people in America than any public Uncounted milofficials in our history and scores hands lions flow through their their swell of employes thousands of Few will contend- seriously organizations best that any one of these men is the his job available in the United Statet formen will The names of better equipped There Hoover Mr is readily occur There Alfred Sloan are Mr Baruch Mr Farley not these—and are John E Hanes Why where others like them—in key positions be could fully and experience their ability --- k - Hopkins ry Depressing List It is a depressing list PA - ::-- "'-' ' Civilian defense—James M Landis Man power—Paul McNutt Food control—Claude Wickard ko - Nsr:--- e t Price administrator—Leon Henderson Wallace Economic warfare—Henry Milo Perkins - - - Here they are: ''''' :7t - 41 6- ? -- a ' liy :1 - 0 rAr '1 'rtE ''':TerlontartA' -- - " i-- p-- r i"? ) 7-- :5":4 -- Io-! 4 - - t - - -- - 'w-g"6--'- 1:fc-7--z--- N - r- - )4 ' I airl!4?':oe--- o: J4000cNzeItl----vr- - i- go ' ' ) 6- I - : ': — '' -- - Na :A 'f No one will argue that the McNuttWickard selections do either On the contrary they undoubtedly lend substance to the charge made when the war agencies were first set up that the administration was determined to keep the war management exclusively in new deal hancti It is unfortunate that the president could not see his way clear in his most recent appointments to disprove this charge instead of sustaining it ''' - N - e" - - n: Attack Strengthened —L : ” 4 r--- - i:--- ? - — - ---- - : - '' ' : - ' - i -t ': 7 O: - 1! t i t' " atrtthpogoaser::: e tdthh ihwnetosou ment one or two strong new able men calculated to increase competency and promote public confidenc§ in the political disinterestedness of the administration - a -)7- idik IL ir K:'L-s-- ' '- - i ''' N8 ?':'1 a— 44 ri ' 2 11 - ic ' A 4- i ''"- — ::''' t '::i- s? -- : 11114r- 0 - 2- Y' Z :Zt : : 4 ---- : 1 --- - 7 N -- -- - "4 r- ::' - '1-- - I ' ‘ l'-- ''' 'f '47:"4? ' -: t-- rthfacmoemNflaurtorLg hle:oepeln:ickard se - -- 4- - :1 --r t' r -- ' o':' 'w ' - )1' L: -- or oe"'-1- '' — 7 and I 1- 7247-- f: - ' '" 0L-- i1 41 I of r:enea rneeakiintpdRodrri e ° z 1 -4 ' mi ht irdtt s: I &al Er - ft 2 1r-:ftt-44------ !' ! - I - - 4 pee ! a 4 ' InI ttME ntst mama - r )' '1 - - - ' - - oiln fl INDO' - 44 I doing now The nazis are bringing strong reinforcements into Tunisia So long as we do not have any other problems there is no question that we shall in the long run be able to defeat the enemy although the fight will take a large toll of men and war ma- New York Highlights In the present conflict Senator Norris has been a consistent supporter of all measures ' intended to keep aggressors away from our shores to confine their barbarities to other continents and to defeat the pagan scourge by counteroffensive tactics as soon as a short period of preparation freed from interference and obstruction might equal or approach the power and preponderance of the axis Remembering one of the most deplorable features of our participation in the first war when profiteers were regarded ‘- ''''' - th t tot 4 ng talitarians the earth 0111 - L- ' l''''' — - North Africa reject that theory They point out that if the French leaders had any idea of double-crossius they would have resisted our forces when we reached the shores of Algeria and Morocco and would not have cooperated as loyally as they are They have denied all accusations of extending sympathy or succor to the to- 1 I Because we occupied Algeria and Morocco in a record time and without serious losses there Is a widespread belief that the wors't is over and we do not have to bother much about the future Unfortunately this is not the case There Is plenty of trouble ahead in Africa from both the political and the military angle CooperiJion Cited There is a definite to rearm the forces whichplanGeneral n Henri Honore Giraud can throw-ito fight the common enemy But in recent days doubt as to the plan's advisability has been expressed by some of our friends' who do not like the Darlan-Girau- d set-u- p These quarters while professing to trust the French general are opposed to Admiral Darlan as the supreme authority in North Africa Hence say that if we are going they to give the French forces sufficient modern war materiel to equip a force of between 200000 and 300000 men there can be no guarantee that this army will not turn against us some day Responsible American army officers who are in The estate is valuable on account of historical interest as well as because of its location and environments Established by the Duke of Buckingham in 1666 as a family seat the mansion was bought by William Waldorf Astor in 1893 since when he has lived there with his American-born wife while both of them have taken active interest in empire politics Senator George W Norris Arraigns Selfish Interests ' -- - L:et 0 situation already unnecessarily confused live NEW YORK—Diary: A pleasant visit with Mr Clare Swisher of Erie Pa He works for a great paper manufacturing company in Erie and I met him in connection with my speaking at a Little Theater dinner in Erie a few years ago He tells me that the conservative did town In which rny mother and father were married and lived a long time has become a boom town with traffic problems tremendous war business and thousands of newly I have heard this prosperous citizens same story from scores of towns but it strikes home with especial force when it applies to a town one knows very well or with which one associates certain old memories Swisher and I agreed that of all cities we know in this country New York shows least signs of the war boom This Is not a factory town There are war plants here and in the surrounding suburbs to be sure but they do not make a big dent in The dimout at the community picture night is so severe that the life of the town is toned down to a slower pace than is observed in thousands of smaller cities This information comes from a New York policeman with whom I talked at length in an east side restaurant last night The policeman would rather not have hisnitme used lest he be accused of grousing He e or not much anyway really didn't :—but answered questions intelligently I told him that I had had contradictory answers in recent years to the question: "Do New Ycrk policemen have to pay for their guns and ammunition?" His answer" "Of course we do This revolver cost me $37 cash out of my own pocket And at that it isn't mine If I leave the foret no matter on what mission or for what reason I must turn it in and I get nothing for it "We 'buy °IA of our own pockets every round of ammunition we use We have regular target practice and each man fires at least 10 rounds at practice Most of us keep it down to the minimum requirements because we can't afford to spend our money that way "When we get into a tight spot and shoot4 It's Jur own money we're shooting away "We buy our clubs and uniforms out of our own pockets 1 don't know of any other town where cops are treated the way they are in New York We have to live up to I: ''- t -- - t 4 1'NLe!e-- " ( Selection of McNutt Wickard - - -- 44"r' - so-call- ed peoples" Whether or not the Astors be-- lieve that an American is able to speak real English the kind they have had time and opportunity to acquire has not been revealed While the "Natural Beauty foundation" may hold and administer the property it is stipulated that the Astors are to occupy it as long as they like or reconstruction l I The "Cliveden set" whose principal occupation during Neville Chamberlain's frequent flights to Munich to present plans of appeasement to the fuehrer was to see that the prime minister never forgot his umbrella may be merely lying low and keeping silent as isolationists are doing in this country but the Cliveden setting has been turned over to the British government Lord and Lady Astor of the expatriated branch of a family that accumulated vast wealth in America to be spent in Europe have deeded their estate on the Thames river to an English trust company for use in "promoting understanding' and friendship among English-speakin- g ut - The Cliveden Setting Transferred to the Empire By Charles B Driscoll ''''''''"- r77:7:::7"-- ' purely military The state department has on tithe scene William Murphy who spent the last 18 months in close contact with French officials in that area and who in - and vanquished both peoples taste the bitter dregs of battle Long wars weaken the winners as they destroy the losers The tempo and scope of modern warfare are bound to hasten these processes War thrusts civilization back on the path so laboriously climbed from the pit of barbarity it saps the economic structures of nations it cheapens life and it compromises spiritual and moral values Thus it is apparent that the end of this most destructive war needs to be hastened by every means available and with every ounce of our strength It must be attained as soon as humanly possible not to merely end our annoyances and our growing hardships but because it may be the only way to preserve a civilized code of human conduct in an impoverished world of woe and wretkage America no longer dreads war as she did in isolationism days: She is in it up to her neck and now she must fight her way out of it She did not seek the way of war she hoped and many of her citizens believed that she could keep clear of it But the powers of evil professing friendship but knowing deep in their black hearts that the conquest of the world could only be accomplished over the corpse of a conquered America struck a blow which they hoped would be cHppling if not lethal As a result of this treachery America is at war with Japan the stabber Germany the instigator and Italy the accomThis conflict has been called a plice global war It is more than global because it transcends geography and space It is concerned with time as well as space and thus might be called universal Hence the people of the United States must make themselves strong in arms to war and they press forward in an all-orust build spiritual strength for the peace which will follow victory It may be yet too early to speak of postwar programs but it is not too soon to prepare ourselves morally for the problems of world '''' :1- - - 41- --l '''''''"--- British parliamentary quarters giving General Eisenhower all the advice he needs There Also are consuls In various key places of the French North African empire who act as advisers and to counselors commanding American officers The situation at present requires only good military' men Control of local affairs Is entirely in the hands of the French authorities These men know how to handle the situation and the setting up of a diplomatic advisory council would only bring about confusion in a ' -- : They say there can be no room for diplomacy In north Africa either now or later The situation there is and will remain wards I - -- - 7 Writer Attacks Manning - ---4-4 r con-alli- es tainment Senator George W Norris is serving his last month in congress In his 81st year having been defeated in the last election he will probably retire from public life The president has called him "the gentle knight of progressive ideals" Historians may some day list him with other statesmen of this republic who were able to rise above party control and personal considerations to serve the nation according to his conscience and judgment without counting costs or contemplating re- Victors ' as inside enemies the venerable statesman from Nebraska at a testimonial banquet given by colleagues in his honor denounced individuals companies combinations or factions seeking to profit financially by the present conflict or to take advantage of the government in its rapid rise from pacifism to pugnacity— when delays are dangerous when haggling over contracts might cost more than may be estimated in human lives when haste 'cannot escape waste and errors must be corrected whenever discovered rather than exploited for enemy enter- -- By ISS By Constantine Brown WASHINGTON D C—An effort is being made to induce the United States government to agree to set up a diplomatic advisory council in north Africa to relieve Lieutenant General Dwight Eisenhower of the burden of having to deal with problems which are not in his field This move coming principally from London is interpreted by observers as the first tangible attempt to see that Admiral Jean Dalian is not kept In his present position longer than military operations require Those responsible for approving General Eisenhower's move to accept the French admiral Into our fold thus saving thousands of Hares and weeks of useless fighting are aeriously cerned about the move which is believed to have originated in Salt Lake City Utah Tuesday Morning December 15 1942 ? Decetnber 15 1942 5alt ltke rtibutte Dangers Face Fall Guy Civil Council Trhe t 5-al- ' -' " IglOvatVWearatia Vt444tiglialg)eLKI:WaNittZtafATU4411fattealtr4Vggalig Tuofiday Morning r i 4$0101t10 conctrrigVr103014VMEsiAVWapfa4tr"lat - - J t - Your secretary tells you Dr Jones is on the line He wants to confer with you about something very important Could you see him? Oh yes indeed Your secretary says the doctor is very could busy so he would appreciate it if you You say him with quickly get through 10 a in" "Certainly Tell him to drop in atannounces So at 10 a m your secretary Dr Jones and you say "Very good" You tell your secretary to give him some reading matter to entertain him while he waits and suggest aladies' fashion magazine a current events weekly of last July and a plumbers' trade magazine that has been knocking of years about the office a couple And now that you-- are assured the good doctor has enough to occupy him you go about dictating letters and making telephone And you inquire of your secretary calls who else is waiting and she says there are six other persons outside all of whom you And you say "Very lanee'd tetldovceormyegaot:410 l t- - t E 4 r 1 i V: I - - I II - i L: ' You instruct the secretary to send in the other six one by one By 11 a m it occurs to you that perhaps by now the good doctor has completed his perusal of the fashion magazine the current events weekly and the So you direct your plumbers' magazine illustrated secretary to take him that lovely brochure on the' New York World's fair By now you are pretty well exhausted But you want to be at your best for the doctor so you relax completely for 15 minutes to At 12:20 p tn you tell your secretary show the doctor in And as he enters you rush forward seize him by both hands and exclaim: 'Mv dear doctor this is indeed a pleasure And what good fortune brings you to me instead 0:m e to you?" 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