Show s 7 ' - r galit April 1je E Established e"17 Rapid Retreat Saves Bulk Of Nazi Army st gijitrarcc---- 1 151871 Issued every morning by Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Company 10 Salt Lake City Utah Wednesday Morning February 17 Freedom of the Press For All the World Demanded Demanding "a world guarantee of freedom of the press" which to some nationalities might seem presumptuous coming from the publishers in one nation among the 80 that are entitled to a hearing on matters pertaining to universal peace or progress is a clarion call for cooperation that somebody had to make It is both-time- ly and proper that such a declaration should originate in the only country where absolute freedom of the press is recognized and defended by Etatesmen and churchmen by officials and citizens by men and women regardless of creed or color race or rank political beliefs or partisan affiliations The people of Great Britain and her English-speakin- g colonials enjoy similar freedom of speech and publicitS' with a perceptible and inferential restraint in criticising the crown Here in the United States one of the chief indoor sports of some journalistic extremists is to harpoon heads of the nation—no matter Which party happens to be in power What is freedom of the press? It could be df'fined to mean the unrestricted right to print whatever a publisher pleases regardless of decency liability or patriotic discretion A better definition affirms the right of every citizen to read anything he pleases Papers pamphlets and books a re presumably printed to be read Abuse of privileges accorded by the constitution or laws of a liberal democracy may be expected Human nature has not changed much since Saint Peter in his epistle "to the strangers scattered through Pontus Galatia Cappadocia and Asia" admonished them to cease defiling freedom and stop "using their liberty as a cloak for maliciousness" And as screeds of prejudice or selfishness seldom deceive the general public it has been the aim and effort of our courts to overlook most of such abuses When the late "kingfish" of Louisiana undertook to direct the policies of newspapers in that state the matter finally reached the supreme court of the republic Reading an opinion in which all his associates agreed Justice George Sutherland said: "A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people to allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves" In a similar case Chief justice Charles Evans Hughes expressed this opinion: "The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets These indeed have been historical weapons in the defense of liberty as the parn phlets of Thomas Paine and others in our - i history abundantly attest" President Franklin D Roosevelt addressing a previous conference of the American Society of Newspaper Editors assured the delegates that there will be oA-n- - "no government control of news unless it be of vital military information" by which an enemy might profit and the Jives of our soldiers and sailors be jeopardized He said further: t'Free speech is in undisputed possesEi'Dn of publishers and editors of reporters and correspondents of magazines and motion pictures of radios and all means cf intelligence comment and criticism and it will remain there so far as I am coneezmed for there is where it belongs" Once in a while to prepare the public fnr: a seditious spasm some publisher wi:1 start weeping over suppression of the cress But such tactics are becoming almost as stale as the fuehrer's pretensions to honor "Freedom of speech and of expression in the world" is one of the four freedoms for which the united rations are fighting this war - - Camouflage sometimes reveals more than it conceals especially the kind that is set up in haste Naziman Goebbels wh"o handles the propaganda machinery for the German reich was quoted the ether day on his nation's morale outlook and- - while it is always apparent that his utterances are couched in terms designed to fool the rest of the world the statements revealed Some interesting sidelines which were perhaps "not in the script" "The German people" Goebbels said 'tare r repared to follow its leaders on the hard and difficult path" Note that he said -- leaders" using the plural form Does this mean that Hitler is no longer ''the leader"? Is Goebbels preparing his countrymen for a new order in naziland wherein there will be leaders instead of der fuehrer? Does he want us to think that Hitler is dead? Those who believed that Germany was rea::y all out on this war were apparently mistaken for the propaganda minister declares: "The enemy has convinced Leakages Being Plugged And Seditionists Exposed Word comes from Washington to show activities are not conthat fined to those government employes who have fallen under the ban of Chairman Dies' suspicion In all probability the actual traitors are those who have been whispering in Martin's ears to direct attention to others than themselves For some time a mysterious leakage has been supplying aliens and unregenerate isolationists with inside information that the enemy is always anxious to acquire No one seemed to have any idea as to how the confidence was betrayed So a trap was set when an allied conference became imminent According to a distinguished commentator and radio announcer the rumor was circulated that an important consultation between the president and the prime minister was to be held Immediately the nazi short wave flashed the news to all axis officials Next it was discreetly asserted that the meeting would be in Canada Inside of 24 hours every axis center in Europe and Africa was discussing that location By noting personnel of the several confidential groups and watching their subsequent movements it is said that 22 men some in trusted subaltern positions were caught in the act of passing the information along They have automatically forfeited their jobs and should be promptly interned for the duration Gradually the members of that subversive faction on which the fuehrer has been depending for agitation when he decides to press a button on his desk to start sabotage and civil war in this republic are being exposed although some may be immune from arrest or deportation anti-Americ- an New York Hicrilliothts b - Inadvertent Admisions From the Fnehrees Spokesman us that partial effort will never lead to victory Total war in all fields of national activity now is the command of the hour" It seems that this powerful military nation has been engaged in other activities along with fighting It is probably true in Goebbels' case he has been philandering with the wives of army officers who were at the front and hiding in bomb cellars from flying squadrons but it has been believed in many quarters outside of Germany that the majority of the Germans have been quite busy with the war Then comes the chief admission which Hitler refused to make but which the learned "doktor" will admit now that it is apparent even to the stupidest nazi dupe "It is not too late to mend" says Goebbels "We must only point the giant machine of our national energies in the right direction and set it in motion" Obviously he is referring to his fuehrer's mistake in pointing the "giant machine" at Russia Herr "Garbles" then introduces a "whistling in the dark" theme by asserting that "fighting at our side is that mighty ally the German people" Until now most observers outside Europe have been led to believe that the German people were unified and solidly behind the army bit Goebbels only sees them as an "ally" and voices a fervent hope that they are still in that category Germany is not cracking—not yet at any rate—but such shouting from the nazi bench indicates that there are doubts arising as to the infallibility of Hitler even in the mind of his chief ballyhoo man i By Charles B Driscoll NEW YORK--"Bu- t what are you going to do about the 10 per cent cut in book paper?" I asked my friend Mr Robert de Graff today "Don't spoil such a pleasant lunch" he said -- I haven't done anything but try to answer that question for two weeks I've just been down in Washington stating my case and everybody there agrees with me" "That's a bad sign" I told him "I've been through that phase of things in WashWhen they all agree that you're ington right and start calling up the very man who can take care of you you're sunk A commIssion or commisar is likely to be appointed especially for you and then you're in for life" Then Farrar and his accomplices got a vacationing author known for his hopeless wordiness to sling a lot of old manuscript together and call it "Anthony Adverse" It ran on and on about every subject having nothing to do with the subject of the book and few of the customers even tried to read all the hay that followed the of the story The book was so big ending that it made the indicators have been turning slightly in the other direction Sick people who do a lot of reading were known to have broken their backs just trying to hold up such a monstrosity as "Bride of Glory" a year ago Survivors will be interested to learn that it broke the backs too The firm that publishedpublishers' it is now in liquidation No wonder he looked Worried at lunch today! 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The higher wages are higher the cost of buildings machines and implements of distribution (railroads trucks etc) This means a higher toll of interest that must be paid year after year and added to the price of each article produced This restricts distribution be interest charges on stored wealth takes its toll from the pocketbook of the wagt earner Now if it is fair for labor to protect industry in "its interest burden" then should it not be extended to the farmer as well? How would that work? He would be allowed interest on his land at the highest price On machinery livestock crop failures due to weather a wage - By Ham Park If you want enemies excel others if you want friends let others excel you—Anon In the Mail Dear Senator: Elliot Paul painting reproduced I'm a great admirer of Rockwell's work This particular painting is the first' of a series'dealing with freedom of speech I think its a rnaster-- - sez: woman just phoned ii n (1 asked me why I didn't do something to make it easier to get ration cards She said she had spent her entire lunch hour and hadn't been able to get near the counter where they issue t h e "One of the most i m p o r tant elements in national or com- munity life is public entertainment not the formal kind that Is presented like canned food for sale at a price but piquant ini cidents the people make own and in which they have the illusion at least of being par- - piece ticipants" And thaL my dear Senator sums up nicely the success of your column Incidentally this definition of your job will keep you out of tbe nonessential plassification: cards ' I guess while we're at it we up one thing might asswellclear trouble-shoot- 'I'm no for t h e I'm just an ordicommunity nary guy trying to make a living I too get burned up over injustices incompetency chiseland I occasionally ing etc sound off Then I wish I hadn't When you want s o in e Nope mess cleaned up Nvrite your con gressman or Nlayor Ab Jenkins They love to do things like that and besides that's what they're paid for Me—well In old and tired and disillusioned "N M E" Ogden wants to kngw how Snow college got its name Now I doubt if I'd qualify as an expert on the "Information Please" program but to the best of my knowledge SnOW college was named in honor of Erastus Snow pioneer settler of Booray for Uncle Sammy er -- Sheering jobs nonessential Namby-pamb- y work Is now inconsequential The slaves of democracy Can now become potential American Respected influential —Pa Triot he-me- n- fi Notes on the Cuff Department One of the city's outstanding benefactors is Malcolm A Keyser His work with the B 0 y Scout organization will be 're— membered as long as there are Boy Scouts Marriage is a process for finding out what sort of a guy your wife would have preferred Met Wellington McDonald the is a son of the other day late J G McDonald and a younger brother of Neal N I c e family the McDonalds When I told Neal and Wellington that I had known the family since they lived out in Waterloo they tiooked at m with new respect —you know the respect youth should and sometimes has for age K E Otto left me an advance copy of the February 20 issue of the Saturday Evening Post be- the Norman Rockwell - A their - southern Utah Nurse Dorothy Chamberlain says that for getting conversation out of a surgical operation no man i ever equal Adam Leon Stanley was in f r o Wendover for a few hours Monday We hardly had time to say hello and good-b- y but it was nice seeing the lad I meant to send my regards to Lieutenant Wall out there but neglected to so this way Nvill have to do A couple of nice days a n d some folks want to houseclean Calvin Jack just phoned up to ask if the men could up and do our apartment That means I've gotta scram and I haven't got my dishes done! My goodness! N - 11 n - - MWMOOnMMWUIMRgSM4 - : : - 7 - I'- - ft' - ):--- :2--L t' AA e ' rr - ' that equal to that paid in industry to his vife sons and daughters for their part in production All this added to the cost of the lowly spud etc This would so increase the cost of living to the industrial worker that labor would demand such a high increase in wages industry would no longer be able to pay interest on buildings machines and locomotives—many worn out and junked long ago Then what? The logical thing it seems is for organized labor and the farmer to combine in a demand upon congress to issue a "debt free" (constitutional) medium of exchange sufficient in quantity to liberate industry and agriculture from the parasitic control of international finance W E DeWitt Slice and Like It Editor Tribune: May I add my cents worth tojhe complaining housewife? Housewife did you happen to hear the radio story of Uncle Sam? How he told of Ole Greek people who take their dead out and leave them in fields and gutters instead of burying them so as to keep their ration card for the extra bread and if they are caught their entire bread ration is taken from them Also I had a brother killed last summer in the Pacific A wonderful boy 'who had a lot to live for but he chose the navy with all its clan to fight so we might have bread to slice Compared to their hardships and willingness to fight for us don't you feel a little silly complaining over such 2 s What is suggested is that we take the vs i "broad view" ' in which these things not r only are not noticed but not even seen I it amounts to asserting that Is Actually every administration act is perfect and t that only the lowminded think otherwise It is an unwarranted assumption of in- - t fallibility and a plain effort to stifle criticism which acquiesced in makes protests- - t tions concerning the freedom of the press i and of speech absurd It all seems very I noble and superior but it does not make t good sense and it is not good advice f 1 I 1 1 Ignore Vital Factor The vital fact thaOthe effectiveness of 1 our armed forces in the field largely depends upon the efficiency of the war man- - I would I agement at home is ignored One adminthink from the arguments of the istration propagandists that there V &AI no I: connection between the two that industry just turned out the material and the army I was just supplied and that the confusion and incompetency in Washington has no effect upon either which is ridiculous The truth of course is that had there been from the start competency and coordination in the war management we would have had many more ships planes guns bombs and munitions than we have now and would be closer to winning the war The truth is that administration bungling is calculated to prolong the war and make it mere costly in blood and sweat and tears The further truth is that our progress would be greater if there were more capacity and less friction in the war agencies and that only through constant pounding have some of the worst mistakes been corrected The incompetent ones ought not to be free from restraint and the competent ones do not want to be Distributed by McNaught Syndicate t : r ' - io Christopher &Hopp Says: ''Mother! Its Mrs Jones'on the phone She wants to know if you have heard how Mrs Smith is today" little things? "Father! Mr Brown says will you please I lived on a farm a large grain tell him whether the air raid meeting is farm And sorile times we had as many as thirty hired hands to Thursday night or Friday night And what time cook for supposed to come?" And I sliced bread f three times a day for them—and "Johnny! Billy is sick in bed His mother I vas only Ft 'years old says will you let her know what his algebra I not assignment for tomorrow is?" only sliced the bread I baked it and I can not only slice it with "Mary! Jenny wants to know whether tI wants the girls to wear evening Alice my right hand but my left as dresses or short skirts to the party" well I had practice 'Father will you look at your watch and Come on housewife stop cryisee exactly what titne it is ng- and go down on your knees has in thankfulness to God you have just called to say' something h4 happened i to all their clocks Yes she tried the radio bread to slice and two hands to but she couldn't get anything but Montreal slice it with and a mind that n and she doesn't know what kind of time isn't unless thetGermans get playful and take your they have in Canada" I "Mother! What was the name of the ration book worker who offered to come for the day Another Housewife and can you reach her by telephone? Aunt Margaret would like to know" Raps Bus Ruling — "Mary! Mrs White is calling to ask Editor Tribune: Every Ameriwhat is the name of those new people in can citizen has been requested the bungalow on top of the hill" to help as much ris possible to It's something of an interruption But relieve the transportation probon the other hand they cannot help but feel : lem In other words share your flattered that asrelations and neighbors car etc So far it has not been sume they are so well informed my misfortune to have to use the bus lines to get to work For those who use the bus which opI erates up and down State street I I think that something should 1 be done so the red bus could afThe new order is a blow ford transportation to them as to various and sundry According to the t well as the yellow McNutt directive there is no future in fortunUnder normal times I can see e-telling why the red must abide by their Who knows: For Europe the big drai permit which I- understand is matic moment may lie in the weeks filed and controlled pubjust lic service commission of Utah ahead We refer to crushed truth arising at the count of nine Monday February 8 was any' I thing but a pleasant day for bus Everyone is speaking highly of Uncle riders to stand and wait for the Joe Stalin who proved it is possible to yellow bus while two or three Hitler the business although you can'tgive red buses would drive right by do it with him them and not be allowed to render service to these people Yet A terrible thing the block-bustIn a t by the same token car owners twinkling it destroys some venerable edifice should and will pick up these which stood up under years of tourists people and offer what little ascarving their names thereon sistance they can give in the present emergency If worse comes to and the poliIt just seems to the writer ticians can't agree who'sworst for turning French that the bus line operators or Africa over to one of these seeing-ey- e dogs? oWners could become a little bit i The golfer in the family after a study big hearted under the present lack of transportation vehicles of Dora's style with the bread knife ana't E M Brown lyzes it as not so much a slice as a pull are-the- y - fear-ridde- 7- : o - Off the Record work-or-fig- ht - Te 2 ' - by-th- ' er I ' 1: - ' ' P tgaMi6iMMNINftMIMMiWaAillliteaLVAItiOd ' - - A ' ' 1 I HOCS (MIMI S Senator From Sandpit -- - Ivr0' By Our Readers blocs blocs - E Hits Interest Cycle - cauf v '0!A 2 men money With service from all and profits to none our only objective will be Win the War and fast Gladys Higgins 166 West Robert avenue fr Is -: r N Moe -- 1' "''1:1-4' '"'- - SYmOtCATi t 7 1 AND nits Croup IntereAs '':: t By Frank R Kent WASHINGTON—The strange theery is I being advanced in Washington that because t we are making progress in the war the con- - I flict confusion and incompetency with which our War agencies are saturated is immaterial i and should cause no worry Our armed fi forces it is pointed out are expanding and our war production is steadily increasing 1i Therefore no one need be concerned over the feuds and friction among the important officials of the W P B and the indecision at the top Nor should there be any concern 1 over the failure of the treasury to face squarely up to the vital problems of taxation over the imminent4collapse of our fight to divert inflation over such appointments 1 as that of Mr Flynn i And there is no need for perturbation It over the retention of fifth-grad- e men in first- - t grade positions over the shutting out of the ablest citizens in the country from partici- - 1 pation in the war management over the ob- - t vious maneuvering for a fourth term over iIs the unnecessary waste of money and th t futility of the retrenchment gestures in non- war expenditures or over any of the other I costly examples of bungling and procrastination I Get On With War Conceding that all these things exist still we are told that the American people do not —and should not—bother about them All i that :Matters is to get on with the winning of the war To bring up these other matters is trivial also harassing to those clothed with II responsibility- - That is the argument and i it is intimated that those who do mention i them are narrow or partisan or both The It president who is the inspiration of this school of thought helped it along Friday i night by the inevitable name calling from t which none pf his speeches seems wholly k free In this one he used the word "petti- fogger" presumably to describe those who i : feel that everything in Washington is not tl as it should be—and say so no one I The idea of course is should call attention to any administra- - i tion sin either of omission or commission t 1E- 400 pir4 The Public Forum that the axis forces in that somewhat limited area are being reinforced daily and important defensive works are being constructed by forced labor under 41k -- tp 5 - " A t :z74 ' ' ' N S — ::'::':: C ile : tt I 14el''"'j 'Ye or - - IV : t WITH RATIONiNG k r 4- ::- --r Iit"': AI't 1 : - ro :91('-7f til '' ' t F Wr '"cc'E'':-: ' ' I'-- ' 1 M L ! 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' ' 1 - - IIP ' --d- 54 1140 :':7'- to make Tunisia impregnable more troops and particularly war supplies are being rushed to Bizerte and the other Tunisian ports The losses of the enemy are estimated at three out of every five ships which attempt to cross the straits The nazis however disregard the losses and continue to pour in forces and supplies Whether they intend to take the offensive before the forces under General Dwight Eisenhower have had a chance to complete their concentration or whether they merely want to maintain themselves defensively in Tunisia throughout the summerlis a matter which the allied command has not yet been able to determine The anniversary of the battle of New Orleans January 8 1815 is a legal holiday in Louis- ' r !: 41"7ff:: Mediterranean area Despite heavy losses suffered by the axis transports in their effort The merchant shipbuilding program for the "United States calls for construction in 1913 of ships totaling 15000000 tons : i- i !'-- I Vg1713OUT RATIONING 1 According to these observers the nazis have not weakened in the least their forces which are going to defend the "German fortress" from European bastions On the contrary more troops from the central pool have been added to the armies commanded by General Gerd von Rundstedt to protect any possible area through which the allies might attempt to break Into the European continent But the main nazi effort now seems to be centered on the supervision of German engineers This positive information has led President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and various high officials in the United States and Great Britain to warn that the operations contemplated in Tunisia will take a heavy toll of life It was fortunate that the nazis did not do such a thorough job In Tripoli as had been expected The harbor of Tripoli is of vital importance for the British 8th army under General Bernard When the axis Montgomery abandoned that port the destruction appeared at first as very complete and it was believed that it would require at least three months to put the port and its facilities into shape again Fortunately this was not so British engineers got to work and Tripoli already is being utilized by the allies as a base of supplies for the 8th army As a result General Montgomery has been able to take to the Tunisian border a larger force than the motorized spearhead with which he was chasing the Afrika korps The British army which has penetrated Tunisia in several poInts already is better prepared for an offensive than had been anticipated some weeks ago ' ' - - - :' di '' '' :'' 'Y 'o' front that has been definite ' : - 4 i ' (7 Lit:::1'--- l' GROCERS SRELF t:C-N':- 1 : - 4 7 1 :4 ''' y zs : nd According to the latest reports received in Washington the axis forces are evacuating the entire line of which Kharkov is the pivotal center The battle between the Russians and the Germans continues to be on a gigantic scale as far as the territory it covers is concerned But from indications the Germans are not engaging their main forces Strong rearguards composed of several divisions in each important sector are fighting desperately to permit the bulk of the forces which can be saved to withdraw further west In the last- four weeks the nazis never once have attempted to reestablish theitl positions which in some cases they could have done by throwing in fresh reserves According to reports from competent otiservers othe main concern of the nazi high command was to evacuate as many troops as possible with minimum loss And this they have partially succeeded in doing Where the main German line of resistance 'ill be established In difficult to say It appears probable that Germany's generals are attempting to draw the Russians as far as possible from their main supply lines and counterattack when they are far enough to experience difficulty in providing their forces with the necessary "inexhaustible" amount of shells and gasoline Rushed to East Although some nazi units which had been located in western Europe have now been sent to the eastern theater of operations the feeling among competent military officers is that these divisions may have been returned to Germany after a period of service in France or Norway and from the central pool in the reich they may have been rushed to the eastern All - : : GOODS so-call- ed 464 - mrwt - Capital Would Cover Up War Inefficiency By Manning - ( 11 ‘' a By Constantine Brown Foreign News Analyst WASHINGTON D C—Allied military leaders are trying to guess what the German strategy in the next few months is going to be east wall exThe tending from southwest of Leningrad to Rostov is to be abandoned by the nazi high corn-m- a 1943 'The Tribune in a member of the Associated Press The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the Ube for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein 5 Why Rationing? 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