Show at Olden tJUb Entered t the second clow matter seecMUat 8 1879 Member of The Assoelsted wPre to Act of Congress ppstottlco United Frest NBA Serrlce and A B C Subscription prlco 1123 per month $1500 per year Too Associated Pres Is oaehislvely enUtled to the uu tor ublicstion of U new dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in thU paper an-- i "7 also the local news Just Compromise Gives Doty Job a Matter of Taste Tells President He Can't Beat Mac Arthur r" j By Joseph and Stewart Alsop TUESDAY EVENING FEBRUARY 12 1952 WASHINGTON — Few ordinary voters have ever heard of the federal power commission and certainly no one knows Dale E Ooty the career official from the interior department whom the president Military experts from the 12 nations allied in the North has just nominated as a federal Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are meeting in Lisbon power commissioner this nomination represents Portugal an event reminding Americans that Portugal is a Yet vital turning point in a truly: one of our more enthusiastic and cooperative allies tigerish political struggle waged stakes that should im-for Portugal a nation of more than 8000000 persons was pmpmoney anyone one of the 12 nations to sign the North Atlantic treaty under tor example lust one of the power commission's recent rulings which the nations agree that an armed attack against one or freeing natural gas producers from federal control is due to increase more of them shall be considered an attack against all the bill of the nation's gas Thus Portugal is allied with Belgium Canada Denmark by $200 million annually this same single ruling acFrance Iceland Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway And cording to the estimate of former United Kingdom and United States in the Atlantic com- lower commissioner chairman d Olds increased the value of munity of nations which is preparing to welcome Greece the proven natural gas reserves of just one corporation the Phillips and Turkey into that same community Petroleum Co by a cool $700 milThe NATO gathering in Lisbon is another of a series of lion The issue in this struggle was conferences held from time to time to speed the development very simply whether the natural of NATO objectives the principal one of which is to preserve gas and oil people would retain control of this commission which peace through strength —by building up the powers of the is supposed to regulate them the federal powfree world to a point where no aggressor will be bold enough erSome time agowas commission captured for 1 ' to strike the natural gas industry by the president's oil and gas millionaire It is said that the purpose of the meeting in Portugal is friend Senator Robert S Kerr of to consider proposals for intensifying the rearmament drive Oklahoma who is now aspiring to presidency himself for the defense of the west The development of a German the ' Control Jeopardised army is one of the proposals General Eisenhower being But the control was jeopardized crony Mon C among those who declare that Germany's economic and when presidential Wallgren left the commission chairmilitary resources must be lined up with the west manship reportedly to take a fat with a natural gas pipeline Germany isn't a member of NATO and suggestions from job company Furthermore the presithen chose Thomas Buchanan Germany for membership have been viewed as premature dent only commissioner who voted Yet Germany and German resources will figure prominently the fo rthe consumers in the Phillips in Lisbon discussions reflecting the significance of Germany Petroleum case to succeed Wallgren in the chairmanship Hence in any NATO planning for western defense And if Ger- it was essential for the industry get a friend into the vacant many has a significant place in NATO planning and dis- to commissioner's job in order to cussions it is likely that it won't be long before Germany has hamstring the dangerous Buchanan The roster of the industry's a place in NATO as a member Thus Germany may obtain forces in the fight says a lot about sooner than many of us suspect the equality for which the the frustration of President Truman's fair deal Senator Kerr a Germans are now clamoring serious aspirant for the Democratic presidential nomination was on Capitol hill Federal Power Commissioner Nelson Lee Smith who had helped Kerr capture the commission for the Ah airplane is a flying missile as the grim newjp of the natural gas people was inside man on the commission disaster in Elizabeth New Jersey reminds us To read the And the allies at the White House were presidential aides Matt Condetails of the great craft smashing into an apartment house nelly and Donald Dawson and the to scatter death fire and destruction all around was to recall man they used to hate Advisor Clark Clifford London bombings descriptions of the war-tim- e who is now a lawyer with the The operators of that great airport argued vigorously Phillips Petroleum Co among his clients that two tragedies didn't mean the port was a peril to air- Geta Biggest Play craft passengers and the general public "One of the safest Besides these other aeents of NATO Meetings in Portugal con-sume- I Johnson 'Hip j ll rs f- ' ' --4 Airplane a Flying Missile -- airports in the land" somebody claimed But who will believe safety claims now that a third catastrophe has been recorded? No wonder the authorities suspended operations at Elizabeth one of the busiest airports in the nation handling 3500 passengers a day and more than a quarter million pounds of freight Yet this airport was within the city instead of being miles beyond the city as is the case with most airports doing business in the volume recorded at Elizabeth One of the familiar jokes of the aviation industry pertains to the distance an airplane passenger still must travel to reach his destination after he lands at the airport In the light of what has happened at and near an airport which is not far away from the city it serves we have an idea the old joke has seen its day the industry worked to put over the industry nominee who got the biggest play Nelson Lee Smith's assistant William S Tarver There are excellent reasons to believe that the word was passed through subterranean channels that $500 000 of oil and natural gas money would enrich the coffers of the Democratic national committee within a week after the day name went to Capitol hill Tarver was warmly supported by the president's own aides and the consumers' candidates were damned by the same powerful voices for "not being team players" — a cardinal sin in the Truman lexicon Moreover when the president rejected Tarver the tactic of beating down the consumers' candidates one by one was adroitly used Nelson Lee Smith meanwhile produced a swarm of other candi-- Tar-ver- 's dates And Senators Lyndon Johnson of Texas Warren Magnuson of Washington (who also produced one of the swarm of industry canTo read a senate committee prediction of revolutionary didates from his own back office) Herbert O'Conor of "new labor-savin- g devices to hit the farms in the next 10 and and the feeble Maryland were mobilized to help 20 years is to wonder about the nature of the machine and the industry get its way On the consumers' side of the methods described as "revolutionary in impact" They will fight besides the lonely Commis have to be just that if the prediction is to come true that sioner Buchanan the chief forces were a number of northern sen3500000 farm laborers will be displaced ators from natural gas consuming the labor groups Secretary What for example new machines are forthcoming for1 states of the Interior Oscar Chapman the harvesting of hay or beets or potatoes? Operators to- and significantly enough the new of the Democratic naday on a modern progressive farm are so slick as to raise cnairman tional committee Frank McKinney Secretary of the Interior Chap questions as to how the mechanization can be advanced put forward the name of Doty It seems that the senate committee is not so much ex man As a man with a good record on but no knowledge whatever cited about new mechanical developments for the farm as power of natural gas regulation Doty was chemical progress in agriculture The increased use of a compromise and the president him chemicals on farms already has reduced labor requirements took It may well be that even Doty Senator Humphrey of Minnesota declares and he doesn't will be fought by the natural gas powerful friends in the think it is a good thing for our nation if the rural areas be industry's senate The senators may also try to defeat Commissioner Buchanan come increasingly depopulated when he comes up for reappointPerhaps the senator doesn't need to worry The family ment this year When so many nundreds of milsized farm will become the more precious for many families lions of dollars are involved in if the problem of obtaining hired hands for that farm is bills for the nation's gas consumers profits for Phillips Petroreduced Certainly there are a lot of men and women en andor leum Co and the rest of the inare naturally gaged in dairy farming who would like to experience the dustry these Itbattles must be added that icvuiuuuuaiY iiimiiL' oi uiese new devices arm mmnnns they are a great deal more imthan the doings of Theron that dairy farming could be carried on without thought portant Lamar Caudle Revolution on the Farms? A Sign of Spring one-side- Meanwhile Senator Taft explains Republican colleagues privately: "Joe was threatening to come out for Btassen in Wisconsin and Wisconsin is very important to me Also I had pressure from party leaders to support McCarthy S§ identified the other party leaders as Herbert Hoover and General MacArthur Note — though Taft indicates to friends that he isn't happy about his forced alliance with McCarthy a March of Dimes solicitor calling on the Taft home the other discovered Senator McCarthy seated comfortably at the Taft te eve-fata- m dinner table Anniversary Charges It has now been exactly two years today since McCarthy made his first claim in a Lincoln's birthday speech t Wheeling W Va that there were 205 communists in the state department Immediatel y thereafter vtt Salt Lake City he changed his figure 57 and announced that he would supply the names to Secretary of on request Later he State Acheupped the figure to 81 But so far McCarthy has supplied the name of no one who has been proved a communist and Senator Tydings of Maryland still has a $25000 offer to McCarthy on this score The only man who has been barred from working in the state department as a result of McCarthy's charges is John Service found by the loyalty board to have been sndistyreet and a poor security risk in giving Information to a newspaper The loyalty board specifically stated that it had no reason to doubt Service's loyalty and made it clear he was no com- to - stated" By Feter fcdson WASHINGTON — Sen Robert A Taft of Ohio candidate for the Republican presidential nomination has asked for a private huddle with United Mine Workers' President John L Lewis This is one result of their uttie y law inter spat over Matthew Sen before pretation Neely's labor committee on mine safety There were no microphones around to record what Taft saidses-to Lewis when the rather heated sion was over But Lewis later gave his press assistant Justin McCarthy a fill-i- n on this final scene of what may now become known as the Taft- Lewis act Taft walked over to where Lewis was sitting and extended his hand Lewis rose and took it and they shook Taft assured Lewis there was nothing personal in what he had said to the mine leader Lewis Says He Admires Taft Lewis in reply said he admired Taft personally but that he had no question understanding of the laborAmerican and the problems of the working people Then Taft said he'd like to talk it over with Lewis repeating the request he had made previously for a conference That ended the exchange It was all over in 30 seconds Senator Taft is having a hard time convincing union labor leaders that he is the working man's friend not his enemy This has been true ever since passage of the law L It is inconceivable that John an Lewis will ever come out with endorsement of Senator Taft for the presidency no matter what is said when the two men hold their private meeting If President Truman is the Democratic nominee Lewis is expected to put his usual plague on both their houses and stay out of the campaign as he did in 1948 Strangely Gentle Lewis Lewis really didn't let himself go in his exchange with Taft before the Neely subcommittee Senator Taft has indicted that he will support what Lewis wants in this in-Taft-Hartle- r Taft-Hartl- ey ht m Taft-Hartle- "I don't think anyone who overstates his case helps his own case" was what Taft told the press on Oct 22 "The extreme attack against General Marshall is one of the things on which I cannot agree with McCarthy I think some criticism of General Marshall was justified but he should not have been accusedfof affiliation with any form of communism" He Demands Repudiation This infuriated McCarthy Shortly thereafter he cornered Taft in the senate and demanded a repudiation At first the Ohioan sidestepped He tried to placate McCarthy by repeating in subsequent speeches: 'I don't agree with everything McCarthy says but we can't criticize McCarthy for starting the communists probe at all but jumped on the soapbox Hiss after and William long Alger Remington had already been exposed largely by the activities committee and by McCarthy's fellow Republican Senator Nixon of California Yet even this indirect tribute from Taft didn't satisfy the Wisconsin sen- Letters to The Editor Some papers Dear Editor quote accurately edited it out as being unfit to In reference to the open letter print the January 26 Standard-E- x in Radio newscasters muddied up aminer by Howard Shupe justice the record by saying that the language was unsuitable for broad- of the peace of Roy I offer the casting which merely made every- following: one curious on what happened I heartily endorse all that Mr Some of the scandal sheets and rumor mongers opposed to Senator Shupe has said and when I find Taft are now picking up the quote such conscientious men with the as being original with Senator Taft intestinal fortitude to stand up and not attributing it to his old for their convictions I stand with law professor and shall throw all the This is the way campaign whis- them of my adherents to them as weight pering stories get started by mis- long as they desire to remain right representation In this case I feel as citizenry we should get behind him 100 per cent As to the possible miscarriage of justice in the justice of the peace courts let us not condemn the whole system Only a very small fraction of the miscarriage of justice as portrayed daily in our news- can be attributed to the Spers courts I believe where decisions are made on technicalities of the law rather than on the evidence as stated by Mr Shupe misBy Charles Earle Funk carriages are more apt to take Men were "coquettes" back in place The informality of the justices' rv it tat Be the seventeenth were the ladies That is 'such men courts puts one at ease and deand as fancied themselves to be lady- - fendants are hot harassed Kiuers or generally attractive to worried with legal terms and technicalities which most offenders do ladies But tA men cirronHor 'Flirt' Word for i pre-snt- ot off-sho- He began talking tough to Taft and threatening political reprisals He even boasted about it afterward until it became common gossip in the senate cloakrooms Finally the harassed Taft knuckled down and announced on Jan 21: "McCarthy's investigation has been fully justified This administration has been dominated by a strange communist sympathy" de T Monument to Iekea Senators who praised the rugged honesty of Harold I ekes when he died last week will soon get a chance to put their sentiments into more concrete form For the Liner Hill resolution carrying out Ickes' idea of putting tidelands oil revenues into a national education fund soon comes up for a vote If passed this would finally setissue of tidelands tle the red-hoil which has fanned the fires between Washington and the three oil states— California big Lousiana and Texas— ever since the supreme court awarded this oil to the federal government With schools needing funds more than ever before and universities seriously short of money the Ickes plan to put tidelands oil royalties into an educational fond is getting more support Also many senators fee it would be a just tribute to a man who did more to preserve the national domain than anyone else in this generation ator re It Happened in Ogden- - - the term entirely during the next not understand Our judges should be trained in ana now tne 'coquette century ' A or rxnrr who flirt- i psychology rather than law good understanding of humanity is always feminine uy rights the word should have more beneficial than legal training remained masculine because of its when human relations are con and sincerity Honesty origin That is it was derived from cerned comes from the heart and not from me r rencn rnn tt rrwir anrt reference was to the strutting gait any college training As Washing aura nature oi this ton once said: "Labor to keep alive master oi xne Darnyard And in in your' breast that little France "ennupt" l atill tho farm tnr- spark of celetial fire called con a male flirt while "coquette" with science The justice of peace courts leminine ending is lor the female Today we would declare the lady should be vested with more power flirt to be "charming enchanting They should be given the power and fascinating" And these are to act in civil cases as well as ee warm max sxui convey some- criminal' cases They should be thing of the old sense nf rtano-egiven the right to fix damages which they carried in earliest use where the complainant has sufA lad who is "fascinated" (FAS- - fered personal injury or property or "Enchanted" damages if the defendant has been by his lady acts asm found guilty of criminal neglect thoueh he were inriewl nruUr Could it be that the bar associaspell of witchcraft— and that is tion feels that too many cases are exactly wnat the three words ori- being settled in the justice's courts ginally meant Some of us may still- without legal counsel that prompts wear a "charm" to turn awav evil- them to think that miscarriages of its source was the Latin "carmen" justice is neing fostered by the a word not only meaning song but justices? also the magic formula recited by By all means let us get behind priests when engaged in sorcery wherever we find it and right came Dy way of suppress evil wherever we find it encnant France from Latin "incanto" which Get hjehind Howard Shupe in his thoueh it meant "to sins" aln and support him so long as meant "to mutter a maek formula rights he continues to be right He is to someone: bewitch" And against an honest and conscientious tne iasonum trom the same doingin our Weber county justice source as our "fascinate" was the job court and deserves the support of amulet that everv careful R citizens who are interested in mother placed each morning about all tne necK ano under tne robe of her good government CLYDE BREWER child before permitting the child to 2969 Adams avenue leave the house It was a protection against the evil eye Even cattle Dear Editor: were sometimes protected by a You have a car and so do the "fascinum" for a person who had rest the people of Ogden I the power to "cast an evil eye" wouldof like to if might do harm to any who offend- find out why you will please Ogden city streets ed him by directing an evil look on him or On any living thing belong- are built and repaired in such substandard material base whereby ing to him: surfacing If used with precision one wasting I live in the country and there "charms" or "enchants" by means a reason why there is a differof words or actions and "fasci- is nates" by the eyes or sometimes ence in the roads If you think not drive out of the oy tne tongue And one is "charmed or "enchanted" with city limits For example try west Koh-KK- xove-maKin- munist an 'Coquette' Once Was Masculine g - r 20 Years Aqo ISO Years Ago C H Greenwell & Bros With the arrival of a carload oi 855 steel from Gary Ind and three Twenty-fourt- h was headquarters carloads due to arrive shortly work for Utah poultry and meets and had begun on two bridges over the sausage with lard Ogden river said the Wheelwright a specialty Construction Co at Lincoln and Hess bread was being featured Grant as clean pure and wholesome food Ernest Winkler assistant regional by the Hess Bakery 2424 WashU S forester in Ogden had re- ington Ave turned from Castle Valley in the Ogden Steam LaundVy Co 437 Manti national forest after spendTwenty-fift- h was advertising: a week livestock men with ing Notice the finish color style and George Leland Stephens son of fit and length of time your linen Mr "and Mrs George Stephens of wears '4 728 Thirty-secon- d was expected Paine it Hurst was continuing home soon from an LDS mission their muslin underwear sale Last to the eastern states & Thomas was selling night gowns Earl Donaldson of Ogden one at 50c skirts 25c kid gloves at of the leading pianists in Utah s 135 drawers at 15c corset covwas io give a recuai in tne uuo ers 12'C Fourteenth ward Dr E P Mills was to speak briefly Grand Opera House was featuring 'Way Down East" "a pure play Nephi O Ogden former Ogden of pastoral life endorsed by clergy merchant had died at the age of 58 and laity" at 25c home-render- Nut coal was being delivered i c h Furniture Co was featur- -- De-Ic- e phone and Shingles Device Aids Oil Hunt recently patented are designed for use on tha eaves of a roof to prevent ice or snow accumulation These composition shingles have imbedded in them electrical heating elements much like those in an electric blanket De-ici- shingles go-car- ts Search for oil deep in the earth will be aided by a new magnetic Lowered into a logging device drill hole in the earth it records the magnetic properties of the various layers in the underground formations geological through which is passes Strictly Business e s - - such-and:su- identical restless spirit He wonders when it will be possible to do a bit of raking or digging but wisely he leaves the rake and the spade where they are hanging and keeps the snow shovel within easy reach of the back door I Aggressors will not refrain from an attack because of a word or phrase —John Maktos U S delegate to the U N Racial myths obstruct democracy and give credence to the siren propaganda of those who traffic in hunger oppression and disillusion— Illinois Gov Adlai Stev- enson Wk I I PBTER WILDER ot Radar is giving farmers in a area in Illinois an accurate picture of how much rain is falling where it is falling and the direction in which rainstorms are moving Radar could do the job for most farmers is America when peace comes Planes Detect Wilt this ww'tt according lo tfktienor'toi b P'OW nemo fo bo tood (or a man who butios h mwlf with "womanith" duty Do you know any wmm wmmpos tanoOoi "Lincoln" ch Radar Aids Farmers Site My Ben Burroughs Oak wilt a disease of forest trees can be detected from airplanes flying at low altitude because this fungus disease produces a ur oozing ox we oaa Once a year we honor Lincoln not because he made men free but because he stood for freedom and a land of lib-nbecause he led a na-t- b erty tion rough a time of pain j untold but because he spread true friendship from a heart SMt Because of purest gold he set a standard for the states men now in sway but because he spoke with passion words even that linger till this day those whd fought against him for what they believed was right truly have respect toward him for his honesty and might "If you don't think Lincoln man knowledge is so it is we honor of truth and man of trust and power wart until tha teacher he lives and dwells among us spanks yeul'" though his body now is dust t V :' ed Boyle at $525 per ton by the Modera ing frames to order baby carriages Coal Co 414 Seventeenth The difference marks the city limits Yours truly D F DINSDALE Route 2 box 406 S k e -- kite n Lewis Gentle Taft Backs Mine Safety Law d e Fellow Republicans have been whispering behind Bob Taft's back about the way the senator from Wisconsin has been pushing the senator from Ohio around What they say is that McCarthy barked and Taft jumped the other day when he issued his statement supporting McCarthy For exactly three months the Wisconsin wild-mahad been demanding such an endorsement — in act ever since Mr Republican stepped on his toes fast October by declaring that had been "overMcCarthy "I am quite willing to go along with the law to improve these conditions" Senator Taft testified "I know it is difficult to get these safety things put in I am for putting them in'7 With Taft thus openly supporting federal mine safety enforcethe ment that Lewis wanted miners' leader didn't want to cross sen verbs and adjectives with the ator too vigorously There was one part of the inter ia which wasn't however change m the manpower problem fully reported and its fragments were widely misunderstood Small Explosions This came after Lewis had comThe cracking sound as wood is plained that in one case where a burned is due to the presence of mine had been closed down when numerous small cells containing safety recommendations had not moisture The heat form steam been carried out the operating coal There is no doubt that the kind of weather we enjoyed making a number of small explo- company had sued the United Mine sions which we hear as the fa- Workers union for 5750000 dam around here for a few days gave us wrong ideas We thought miliar y act crackling ages under the spring was coming It is of course but not richt awav The Complete Quotation "Mr Lewis" commented Senator Leastaway we don't think so Still and all some signs of Canada Was First was Canada Taft "I went to Harvard Law the federal first are to be observed spring union in the British Empire and it sctiool One of these is the announcement that a fruit tree prun- came into being as such on July "One of the remarks 1 remember one's consent: but' "fascinated 1 1867 according to the EncycloMr Warren making — and he was atf ainst one will ing demonstration has started in Utah county Although pedia Britannica professor of law — was that you (Released by The Bell Syndicate could sue the Bishop of Boston for some farmers insist that pruning can be done any time the Inc) bastardy but you could pot retools are sharp the general inclination in these cover1 parts is to AU he meant by it as he said trim the trees at the tail end of winter JOSEPHINE later on was "The mere fact that WHY WOULD A HAM i'CAUEO rifflR Well it's a good time to get this work done By the a man brings a suit does not mean anything for my- money" middle of February a fellow who has a place is pretty rest(The expression Mr Taft referred to is in rather common use among less unless he is doing something outdoors besides shoveling law students as a quick and pat snow i answer to the question: "Can a lawsuit be initiated?") The home gardener living in the city Wire news services reported this experiences this hard-foug- What made this all the mora hu- miliating for Taft was that it was While he completely nounced his support of McCarthy H senator from Wisconsin said nothing about supporting TaiUp) pace on JJec i McCarthy can-fBi or Gen Douglas MacAri- for president "and a younger man lor vice president' — meaning c' course McCarthy Ironically it was McCarthy who defeated MacArthur in Wisconsin's jMjg primary by claiming that Mar Arthur was "too old" and by smear- lag him with Catholie voters en account of his divorce However the political winds have shifted and McCarthy is now trying to tie himself to MacArthur i crat ranks But Johnson was quite unen- thusiastic "I don t think I could very wel go to the veterans" he said "with my reputation for having been fired and expect to make a successful political appeal" J he president didn t comment on this but asked his of defense what he thought of the po litical situation "I don't think Eisenhower will get anywhere' Johnston told friends that he replied "But I think he has enough strength to block Taft In the case of that deadlock I think MacArthur will be the nominee and he is one man Mr President you can't beat" McCarthy Squeeses Taft Le-an- ' By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON— Louey Johnson barren-beane- d the pleasant ex- of defense has had three private talks with the president all through the White House back door Two were at his request the last was requested by Truman What the president chiefly wanted Johnson later told friends was to get the veterans straightened OIK He figured that politically Johnson a big wheel in the Amer- ican Legion with his law partn-- r Don Wilson now national commander might be able to swing a lot of the vets back into Demo- : "We've had rotten luck lately! 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