Show - 5"alt 1 I E“ablished April 15 Salt Lake Tribune Issued every morning by 1871 Publishing Company One Track Mind Behind the Scenes of Current News t I la Salt Lake City Utah Friday Morning February 26 1943 The Tribune In a member of the Aseociated Press The tooK)clated Preen le xclutilvele entitled to the use for reproduction of ell news dispatchen credited to It or not otherwise credited In this payer and leo the local newa published herein Let Americans Consider How They Would Hail Triumphs Three disturbing statements from three leaders of armies participating in the global war recently released to the reading world ought to impress upon Americans these facts: 1—That the widening scope of a lengthening conflict is getting on everybody's nerves 2—That the axis governments are becoming desperate enough to descend to lower depths of infamy and brutality 3—That some of the allied leaders striving at high tension to save their countries and combat the insidious effect of nazi propaganda are inclined to be boastful and defiant 1—That all the heads of united nations are gradually growing supersensitive and critical of each other's pronouncements Under such conditions of strain and strife the nazi propaganda experts will be working overtime to seize upon every statement magnify every inadvertence distort every obscurity repeating the formula that severed France from her friends and start the allies to suspecting and accusing each other of ulterior and selfish designs This kind of campaign to "divide and conquer" the chief dependence of axis Plotters has been given an impetus by the utterances of recognized leaders of allied forces As the nazi invaders were being driven from Russia the short-wav- e transmitters were filled with warning cries to beware of the soviets and join the Germans in resisting the coming deluge of communism As the Russian army augmented by Siberian and Mongolian reserves was smiting the axis forces with a ferocity that only nazis could appreciate Joseph Stalin could not help expressing his exultation Looking over the vast battlefield where Hitler met his first and fatal setback the soviet chieftain proudly proclaimed: "The red army has done this significant - -- - alone" Around him were the ruins of A hundred cities the charred timbers of a thousand towns the ash piles that marked the sites of a million homes He saw his army falling back before the invading hordes heard the cries of women and children surveyed the miles of bones and bodies of compatriots and turning from this scene of death and desolation he saw Russian soldiers men and women pursuing the ravagers toward the border whence they came Only red troops were fighting only fed warriors were dying only red armies were tearing the masks of "invincibility" from the terror-stricke- n faces of the aggressors reVealing veterans from Germany Austria Hungary Rumania and Italy and in an outburst of natural pride he said: "The red army has done this S alone" Nazi propagandists will make the most of this by broadcasting it to their fifth column disseminators in all united nations They will likewise interpret the utterance of Prime Minister Churchill now fighting for his life under care of London physicians as a disavowal of the Atlantic charter because he refused to yield to what has been called "the mahat- ma's fasting blackmail" Leaders of nations that are recording the slaughter of men by millions and the destruction of treasure by billions may not always speak to have their words taken literally in complimenting their clvn people and supporting their own governmental policies they are not to be s measured by from Berlin or defied his colleagues to conform to this requirement of the fundamental law and as the bill has been voted down twice it is unlikely that the next legislature will have the full membershipjtdecreed by the constitution It might have been better had consideration begun of an amendment to reduce expenses without impairing efficiency in public service by revising boundaries and eliminating an unnecessary burden on taxpayers County consolidation is an active and coming issue destined to become more 'popular as property owners and income recipients become more sensitive to the need of curtailment in services that overlap duplicate and dwindle with the aid of modern conveniences Before the state was covered with a network or surfaced highways over which buses trucks and private cars may run 35 miles an hour it was not easy nor always possible to go 50 or 100 miles to transact business in which the public was concerned With plow horses hitched to the family phaeton and the vehicle dragging through mud axle deep it was advisable to establish courthouses and jails as close together as appearances would permit Whereas it once took 10 days to come from St George to Salt Lake City in some seasons the trip can be made now in 10 or 12 hours during any season Millions of dollars could be saved by a system outlined in a series of articles by Dr George H Hanson professor of geology and geography at Brigham Young university printed in this newspaper during June 1936 His analysis of the plan is worth studying not so much from the standpoint of local politicians and officeholders as from that of taxpayers and state builders More Rumors Front Berlin Spread by Short-Wav- e Gossips Despite warnings of government agents and officials about nazi propaganda tricks rumors continue to spread which are palpable frauds bearing the unmistakable brand of Berlin The latest which are obviously "of enemy origin" are stories about famine facing this country with food riots looming in the near future The idea no doubt germinated in the fertile mind of Minister Goebbels when he got the news of canned goods rationing in the United States "Let me see" he no doubt said to himself "'this rationing business is something new in America We here in Germany have had it for years—even before the war But those Americans must be stirred up by an order like that What can we of the propaganda office do about it? Ah I have it We will tell our rumor starters across the sea to scare them with starvation stories" So the rumors started and spread assisted by timid persons who regard the future as always dark until it became necessary for Secretary of Agriculture Claude R Wickard to expose the deception and to reassure his people that the specter of starvation is not stalking abroad in the land With all the rationing with all that may come we are so much better off for food than the Germans that there is not one of them but would trade his iron cross decoration for a good American ration book No 2 tape-line- weighed on scales erected in lands that have not been invaded nor ravaged nor terrorized to the point of desperation All the fuehrer needs to prolong the conflict and regain the support of his doubting dupes is a certain amount of help from those whom Goering has described as "the most gullible people on earth" Reapportionment Rejected And the Contitution Ignored "One of the bitterest fights of the current legislature" according to The Tribtine's representative covering the house of representatives occurred during con- - - sideration of the bill to increase the number of house members by reapportioning districts in Salt Lake Weber Utah and Davis counties Under the state constitution "the legislature may increase the number of senators and representatives but the enators shall never exceed thirty in number and the number of representatives shall never be less than twice nor greater than three times the number of senators" "Until otherwise provided by law" legislative districts are to be left alone but beginning with 1905 and for every ten years thereafter an apportionment must be made on the basis of increased population This must be attended to now to be effective in the next assembly However as Representative Joseph E Reese Security of Small Lands Where Traditions Survive Little nations those without powerful affiliations or means of nations within nations where residents feel secure and grateful for such security—embrace the most enviable populations on the earth in a turbulent epoch like that through which mankind is now self-protection- passing Unsheltered weakness is a temptation to lust and greed One has but to recall the list of small struggling governments overrun and despoiled by brutal force during the past five years to realize the peril of aloofness in a modern world Some are still shouting for a freedom they could never maintain or defend Others threaten insurrections that will expose their inhabitants to indescribable bestialities On the other hand there is Wales for example whose inhabitants enjoy all the safety of the British empire without sur- rendering their pleasures forgetting their early heroes or losing their identity as a people These descendants of an ancient race these custodians of old traditions these preservers of a quaint language wherever a group may gather celebrate St David's day with song and eloquence in both of which arts they have made their region famous Such a meeting will be held by local citizens of Welsh descent next Monday at the Newhouse hotel ::'1 oae ") '::'''J11r17' a4 'fi' 11 - Y'''' ' ' C4' k 014:i ' 1'7'1 46":1-- '1 i' ' f ( 1 tv 1 A 11 t f 1t aaargb4r - 4 4t::: rC1 - c( -- - - L 1712: rz-- 0 -- ma - 1' ------ 1 — 1 1 - been synchronized Next steps are up to Mr Nelwhose position now has been strikingly reestablished by direct word from the president Distributed by King Features Syndicate Inc son k'l : st :?i ) 44- ' : :: f ' -- Ig - t ik "— ! 0 ' A N Z Cf::1:1::V: i) ar? F - s' that the referenceto Harriet - tion '' ' ' 7r'i -- VANT - 0 t "? t 4 ' ' ' 7"411H' ) j 1I : ' ' i4 i' 0 ! r :21: :' 4- ii 1 By Ham Park I couldn't say just where we'll go Is: When you write— That's all the news so now good night! —Author unknown to me (Sent in by Mrs ( H K Magna) Notes On the Cuff Department Ford Hatch says there is no fool like the fool xvho thinks he is fooling another fool but is only fooling himself I've an- apology to make I completely forgot to mention on February I that the Mutual Life Insurance company of New York was 100 years old It was very careless of me considering as how I used to work for the company and hold the state record for nonproduction But I extend my apologies to Carson E Bechtel Arthud Griffin Fallas Kelly Fred and Bill Wagstaff — all friends and old associates of - mine At the Elks club the other night I met Claude Engberg Claude used to take care of my loans at the bank He asked me how I was getting along with Max 'Thomsen his successor I told him that Max was what you might call a "worrier" Swell guy Max is but he labors under the misapprehension that a due date is a due date 4t Old-fashion- ed so to speak Claude said to just ignore it but ignoring Max is something that practically calls for a priority lies on a par with Doug Stark who is forever saying to me: "You're Senator" skating on thin ice And I have to dig up a deposit 1 of war prisoners and the wholesale butchering of the innocent hostages The war was caused by the determination of fascist despots of the whole world spearheads of imperialism to conquer and enslave the world They are the ones therefore who must be pronounced criminally guilty and by all the punished mercilessly world's outraged people for having unleashed the present unprecedented world blood bath It is against fascist rulers not the enslaved masses that the righteous wrath of the just must be developed and directed The more deeply we teach our democratic people to hate these nazi archcriminals and their sympathizers the more our troops will be inspired to fight and win and the less danger there will be of a Hitler peace or a negotiated peace with any "status quo" tory front Olive Carroll 13o?c1633 Pioche - Newcomer Airs Views Editor Tribune: Do Utahns realize the impression a stranger gets when he enters the state? This isn't the only state being crowded with defense workers and soldiers Utahns seem to think this is their state and others have no right to come into it These defense jobs are for the good of the nation and Utah is a part of the nation I agree with the "Daughter of Pioneers" who says this is a time of judgment for Utahns People know the history- of this state and when they come here they expect to find a difference They find it! Too often we find low morale narrowness and unfriendliness We are willing to make friends do our work and lead as normal lives as is now possiWe have made friends— ble Howwith those of our kind ever there are a few Utahns who saw their chance to make a good impression and made us welcome After this war is °vet- - the soldiers who have gone out of the camps in Utah will return to their homes all over the United States Some of the defense workers xvill return to their homes and others will make their homes here What kind of story will those who leave here tell about Utah? Will those who stay here ever be content with the state as it is now- or xvill they demand some changes? f those people who are so narrow and unfriendly would stop and do a little intelligent thinliing I think they would be soon following the good example a few of their fellowmen are set- ting Al tIIitv Ilal Collins Is a young who recently was signed by Al Jolson to write the latter's radio shows At the same time he was ordered by his draft board to report for a physical gag-writ- er examination Before Collins was rejected because of his condition he was placed at the head of a line of men—all nude—to be examined by the psychiatrist Collins entered the office and was asked about his profession "I'm a he said The psychiatrist quest io ned him about this "I make up funny things" said Collins "Ma ke one up right 'now" said the psychiatrist "Okeh" said Collins He opened the door waved away the long line of nude inductees and shouted: "That's all fellers The job's taken" —Leonard Lyons r" k i !' t t ta le i i t 1 pub- - t k F I t theyears part of the German superiority complex has l': been that overriding inferiority complex! among the western nations which made them think they were not the wave of the future and that their day was done France it was said had fallen apart the British power was finished the American power could not be brought into being If r' Mr Churchill and Mr Roosevelt had notby the grace of heaven been clean of this sense of inferiority and confident in the des- - 1 tiny rind the virtue of their peoples there is no telling to what lengths the moral rot' might have gone Yet the effects of this prolonged era of defeatism are with us affecting per- versely our capacity to judge events The effect of the sense of inferiority is to make men feel that they are not being objective i or realistic if they are not afraid of some- body It is wishful thinking they insistt: to be calm and confident that it is feasiblet: to master the problems of the future axt through the truly terrible days at Dun-- r kerque Moscow Stalingrad and Pearl Harbor we have ridden out what appeared to - - be - 4 i catastrophic danger Fearful of Victory The present form of the inferiority cornplex is to become frightened of victory now t that the complex no longer feeds upon the foreboding of defeat Let us note well it is most significant how often how usual- - I ly the same military or the political ex- - ports who said Britain was doomed in 1910 are now making themselves perturbed about 1 the designs of British power say in French north Africa Or how the same experts who said in 1911 that the panzers would go 1i:2 through Russia like a knife through cheese who said in the spring of 1912 that the Russian army had ceased to exist as an I offensive force are now working up the fear that the Russian armies will burst out of Russia crash through Germany France t and England and go bathing in the Atlan--- tic ocean I The best corrective for such fearfull thinking is the course of events Consider for example in the' light of Mr Churchill's visit to Turkey the speculation about the effect of the Russian military victories upon Russia's neighbors Could Mr Churchill i 7 have come to an agreement with the Turks if Stalin had not been consulted first? Is it - f believable that at this crisis of the war: when Russia is playing the leading part that the British prime minister would or could have negotiated with the Turks be- hind Stalin's back? And is it believable that the Turks would so boldly display their approval of what has been agreed upon if the arrangements as approved by Russia were not in accord with Turkey's interests and her national sentiment? Copyright 1913 New York Tribune Inc ! - Christopher Bil lopp Save: Deliberation is slowness and care in de- ciding and acting rather than acting suddenly and rashly This virtue may be cbserved daily in the home in some of the following forms: The family assembling for dinner after announcement that it is on the table ar1 t getting cold Johnny in the process of answering a i: Invitation writing a letter of thanks taking a look at the furnace and responding to the suggestion that it is about time he changed his socks Father handing over the market money and the children's weekly allowances seeing what is wrong with the vacuum cleaner and 1 agreeing that this is a convenient ever-'nfor a call on the Browns Mary arising in the morning cleaning up the litter in her room helping mother to decide what to give her friends to eat when they come out on Saturday evening 1 returning the muffler she borrowed from l father and the earrings she snitched trona 1 mother Mother forgiving any member of the family for the indifferenee lack of consideration cruelty and downright brutality which members of families so frequently display toward Mothers Everybody in deciding whether to PI:1- swer the telephone when it rings Vo: teer to wash the frying pan clean the grease trap in the cellar and to be the first to get up on Sunday morning Deliberation is a protection against hasty i decisions But considering the overxelrning tendency to deliberate It Is a wonder ! anything gets done g t- 0 M§1 ' ! I But it is not only in Germany that the y people and their leaders have to be reeon-- t ditioned Elsewhere too men have to re-- ! adjust themselves to a situation which is' dramatically different from that to which ' 4 i stand Fil p gag-write- i the idea of conquering the world have quickly to be reconditioned to the sacrifices of a last' ev 'pA' Proves His I l' c Nazis Know They Can't Win I These are more than indication from?: those who have to know and are best able1to know the true position of Germany They are altogether consistent with Mr Sharer's i view that the Germans know they canrict I win and must now do what they can to :lo mitigate their defeat This will explain the i necessity for Dr Goebbels gloom carnpaign1 The Germans conditioned to trc:' ':It'' !- ! - P 1 410' :1 : we've been And how this life agrees with me But regulations seem to be I can't say much except I'm well And in the Navy for a spell Don't ask how long I must confess I do not know but my address Or even when we go again And though I'm sure you'd like to know MOW : N :'' - - ':Z:77- - ' ' 4'''''''''t--'-- '- -s:2- But we will probably do some More Of what I couldn't say before But then again I couldn't say For certain it will be that way I'd like to write you all I've seen The things we've done and where Thank you) I Thought I'd NVrite Des rest: I thought I'd write And send you all the news tonight We went to sea I can't say when 4' r 1 ' - ship of German monopoly capiThe working class and the middle classes are completely subjugated to the will of the great capitalists the big land owners and their nazi national and international cohorts and political agents These are the poison sources from whence has come the drive for the overthrow of many peace-lovin- g peoples the organized mass starvation of whole nations the brutal torture J ' ti- 6' ta'- N - tal is of course t - J' Editor Tribune: When the appeaser clique talk negotiated peace terms with the fascist ruling clique the people must bear in mind that the nazi state which determines all national policy constitutes the dictator- possible that the magazine may be right The trouble is that there are so many other unpleasant possibilities and any kind of information would be preferable toMhe uncertainty of the past year—an uncertainty which is likely to continue for another couple of years at the rate we are winning the war in the Pacific unless this lead which you have uncovered should prove to be right The McKay clan will surely appreciate any information you can give us Yours very truly Guy R McKay 719 West Center street Provo Utah (Note to the Mrs Painter who phoned me: Will you please give Mr McKay the information he asks for? This is the only way I know of to contact you—in our telephone chat the other morning we didn't go into details It t P 1 licly thrown herself upon the mercy of the allies The tension in Spain has been re- laxed Italy has- had a change of govern- ment And Turkey has dramatically reaffirmed her alliances with Britain and with Russia e: Wants No Hitler Peace in vitally interested Finland has in effect —I) 911i There is too much politics in the hearts and minds of many senators and congressmen Their desire is more to wreck the administration than to save mankind from future wars They had better beware what they are doing They are playing with fire and may at any moment bring down the temple C N Lund 217 David Keith building the sorority magazine is not based on any accurate information If it is it would make me very happy to get it Would it be possible for you to get the name and address of the magazine so that I can write them and find out the source of their informa- II S EcoN DT battalion of death to defeat humanity's hope and once more plunge the world into war T ' : 11 (1 By Oui: Readers Senator From Sandpit News the manna of the day —Green In the Mail Dear Senator: I was much interested in a paragraph in your column referring to Harriet Mills McKay You had it Helen Mills McKay (That's what you get from trusting to memory) The family has had no word from the Philippines since we received the letter written by my brother on February 20 1942 and I am very much afraid 1i : :4!:::i7:f1ji ati ' v'' — Ii nomic social and political prosperity and peace" The people of this nation and the world are depending on leaders to make a peace that will completely outlaw and banish war And this should be done But sorry to say I feel that if it depends on the present congress and its foreign relations committee as at present constituted there will not be a peace pact that will include this counworld peace cannot postry and sibly be maintained without the United States cooperating to the votes fullest extent Thirty-thre- e In the senate can defeat any peace treaty and as it looks at present these 33 could easily be rallied and formed into another 1 I The Public Forum ' -- tr - IL A Note to Congress Editor Tribune: Speaking on Isolation here is what a great authority Dr Nicholas Murray Butler says on the subject: "America's doctrines of isolation are responsible for sending America's youth to fight overseas Isolation has invariably led to economic social and political disaster The people of the United States are 'minding their own business' when they take their place in the family of nations and make leading contributions to building a world of eco- k's t - - -4- 0 00' - : la-it- ( ! -- r d' At ' t goii ' ' omp000u ' E:A ' 1 Nutligs : -'' : 7 ":7 j WWrASN' T ) 11119 wasolownimmati ' - ' 1 '! - FRoNDTI -' ' : ‘ 00f ' - 47- ‘ r r7-t'!!-- - U Es P414YAnt 4142EZ:31t 4r- IkO' ("n67-1-- r- AFRIcA ! mollr 4- 1 '''' 1 0 eA ' Tr - days Little competition could exist therefore between Mr Baruch Ford) Whether these devolopments will now cause the dust to settle and permit a peaceful coherent direction of war production without continuous conflicts is a question for a hardy soothsayer y NV P B has agreed have procuretolet army-navment that is whatever kind of equipment it wants and how much but NV P B will complain that army-nav- y has loaded up plants with orders for as long as 48 months in advance The army-nav- y group has claimed that such orders give the companies a backlog enabling better planning of production But other plants only have 30 days' orders ahead and it is apparent that prime contractors subcontractors etc have not u 1 -::i : ? DELIciouS P (ci:1- - IAII i' r::::r '' leaf-rakin- g and Mr Byrnes on one side and Mr Hopkins on the other The only point is that where Mr Hopkins once sat alone now sits also Mr Byrnes—and closer along with the always close consultant Judge Rosenman Their man in the army is Brigadier General Somervell formerly associated with Mr Hopkins in charge of New York state's old W P A and now handling just about everything in the army except the air and ground force phases President Only Adviser Apparently Mr Nelson felt even the absent influence of this group of White reorganized House top advisers and took the position that he need ask only one adviser the president himself He did not regard his organization as being under the on the one hand Byrnes set-u- p or army and navy on the other He took the absentee but imminent bull by the horns fired Mr Eberstadt appointed Mr Wilson and emerged with the singular White House denial that he was about to resign—a denial which in a negative but powerful way established Mr Nelson and his newly reorganized NV P B as a strong independent unit standing on its own feet The matter might not be worth mentioning were it not for all the various stories in circulation All authorities here in and out of the administration and congress agree that NV P B is getting the production job done fairly well and will continue to do so Its main trouble apparently Is that its efforts do not mesh on all production phases and considerable grinding of the gears can be heard in several quarters as for instance at the Ford Willow Run plant (a mat- ter possibly attributable to the rigidity of Mr Ford's production line system as against this constant army changing of construction details of its bombers to an extent which might require constant retooling for Mr ‘ 1'-i- Ti- ''''''' ''''-'-''' By Walter Lippmann NV illiam L Shirer who is our m()st ex- perienced and discerning student of German propaganda is convinced ttat -- the nazi regime is telling the worst" playing marches and ordering days of -- funeral Mourning "not to lull us into a false sense of security but to steel the German people for a supreme last stand against the PtILcoalition" The ev:- dence supporting Mr Shirer comes from so Many quarters that it would be a dangerous kind of wishful thinking in reverse to ignore it Thus it is so highly probable as to be virtually certain that at some point the past few weeks—perhaps when the drive to relieve their Stalingrad army had failed —the German governing class made up their minds that the war could not be won A conviction of that sort cannot be kept the secret of a few men: It roust soon be know n not necessarily at first to the general pub- lic but to the military and political agents of countries which cannot afford to be wrong about who is going to win the war Finland Italy Spain and Turkey are a:I - - - :") 7 - 1 ' 1 :'5 --- ""?'Z'4- ) cic(( f - 7 ift Nii-- Iif 4 ' : I$UPP1LAES 0-- 1 et '' A - - : - v 'L' : C: 01 - 1 : :INISri 7 ) 1 st '''''''''- -' :::4::44' T (777!) -o' ( NO ipH(4x EiNN : -- - iii Ii -- ' t:til es:t1a-'1- lately i '7 : t- x- :: tel - " !' - - -- 7 ' ' : ‘-- - ''''' '''V 4 ( 7747 - 7 - s ' ' ' H P:" 1 N iI tD f' Ic ' -- - ---- - Mr Eberstadt was their man His successor Charles E Wilson selected by Mr Nelson is'not Mr Wilson (as well as Mr Nelson) is reported to have been lax in following the unofficial custom of new dealers in seeking out the advice of Bernard Baruch the old production war horse of World War I Park benches in front of the White House are supposed to have been worn paintless by the government officials coming to ask this wise elder adviser about their problems Byrnes a Baruch Man The economic stabilizer Mr Byrnes- who is said to sit now at the right hand of Mr Roosevelt even closer than the president's old friend Mr Hopkins is regarded also as a Baruch man They both come from South Carolina and have traveled the same political ways This does not mean Mr Hopkins is in any way at a disadvantage at the White House although he no longer lives athere new He has an apartment at hotel selected for reasons of comfort rather than because his commitments to the Russians seemed to follow his old lavishly exuberant spending policies relief of NV P A - de 1510 4 i man cligne which has exercised a great influence on both the civilian and military branches t - tiL:-- Nvir n- :' j F2 :- 4""41aaoi 7' 11:'''AIII46:4' -- 1 ' ' r -7--- 7 '' - 44- - I " -- : 7- ) : - f - 40 i 'Ill 11' p57 ' ' t C v1000aaa ' '' 1 INIS E secoNDT -- 4511k ::' 1 a 9 '': A - b N ' a r ti -- 'Ztj 'Ilr'''''' A ! MEN- UMOST GIVE ME 0 9- 4 7 x 12 A0Q ---'""kc By Paul Mallon WASHINGTON — Rumblings of an internal discontent have popped out now into the news with Mr Nelson's firing of his man Ferdinand Eberright-han- d stadt published rumors that Baruch would take over the whole W P B works and an extraordinary official White House denial of same Sparse news accounts have given the public an impression that all this dissention represents is a clash between Mr Nelson's civilian control and the army and navy What happened however was that Mr Nelson went up against the very portals of the White House itself and came out not only whole but on top so much His clash was not with the army and navy as with what might be more accurately described as the Hopkins-Ba- - DON'T vANT I : v--::- e Former Defeatism Leaves Mark On Allied Nations Maiming - |