Show E OGDEN CA & I JO RIALS' FRIDAY EVENING UTAH DREW PEARSON AUGUST 12 1955 Hells Canyon Decision Points Up Power of Lobbyist in Washington Make Greater Use of Sun's Energy Twenty scientists from 10 different departments of University of Wisconsin are being brought together to study ways to make greater use of the sun's energy thanks to a $250000 grant from Rocke- made at the Geneva conference that mankind must think of the day (still far away)" when coal oil and natural gas will begin to grow scarce The atomic scientists believe the substitute for the common fuels of today will be the powers revealed in the successful construction of the the energy of which resembles the sun's feller Foundation The scientists will try to develop better solar engines and irrigation pumps sun operated refrigerators solar cookers solar distillation of salt water and methods of storing energy from the sun so it will be available when the sun is not shining Laymen can appreciate the value of the studies in the light of the statements The Wisconsin scientists chosen for the project are to be envied for they are working in a challenging field where the rewards are likely to be tremendous Roy Davis Thatcher a resident active consideration to a Soviet request that six Russian newsmen be permitted to ' of OgRoy Davis Thatcher den since 1923 who died yesterday at the age of 75 had two great loves — love of family and love of his profession of law Yet with all of his devotion he found time to give splendid public service notably the service he performed as chairman of theV University of ptah Board of Regents in a rather strenuous period of that institution's ' ! history ' He is also remembered for his work "as a member of trie Board of Trustees of Utah Training School and for thie contribution he made as a mimber of Governor Blood's committee to vfrite a plan for a liquor con- trol system V V ' t ": A highlight of his professional career was his work j in the ' organization of the First Security Corporation of which he was counsel ' As husband father lawyer and citizen Mr Thatcher will long be remembered for his strong but warm character and his deep sense of duty I i " New Air Secretary Donald Aubrey Quarles the new secretary of the Air Force succeeding Harold Talbott is a splendid example of the experienced business and professional man it is often possible to recruit for govern- ment service in Washington Mr Quarles is 61 a graduate of Yale and one time student at Columbia' an electrical engineer who has been a vice president of Western Electric He is a Phi Beta Kappa which testifies as to his scholarship and a former mayor of Englewbod N J which testifies to5 his past willingness to venture into politics In the first world war he was a captain of field artillery Mr Quarles has been assistant secretary of defense in charge of research and development for nearly three years his training and experience making a definite contribution to defense The new secretary of the Air Force has the qualifications for a splendid career at the Pentagon The nation is fortunate in numbering him among its public servants But how long will he be willing to serve as a government official? It is an unfortunate fact that some of the best men for governmental service are among those who spend the least time at it H-bo- energy tour the United States Why does the department have to give "active consideration" to the request? Why not grant it without delay? Large sums are spent by public and private bodies endeavoring to tell the RusNEA Serri (nc sian people about the United States and its people The endeavors include public "Of Course You're Not Indispensable- - but Am I?" and private radio stations beaming informas and which they have tion to the Soviet Union and even the fed been sending of material over the Iron Curtain This is not really so surprising by means of small balloons Suppose for example that all Americans as soon as they be£o in the face of our desperate wish to r gan to go to school vere told tell the Russians the story of our land and that all Russians had two heads its people and of the standards achieved Suppose that any evidence to the under the American way it would seem contrary was ruthlessly supIs Real Russia in we should not hesitate a moment to admit Change pressed and that it was dangerous even to be suspectet of thinkRussians who want to see and hear 'and But Go Doesn't Very Deep ing that some Russia is might write articles about us LONDON— Has there been! a have only one head Then most ' (This is the fourth of a seJudging by the fusses made over the real change in Soviet policy? j ries of reports summing up Americans would go to their visiting Russian agriculturists the AmeriGeneva since this Especially Stewart Alsop's experiences in graves firmly convinced that all can people are eager to entertain people question has been uppermost in the Soviet I Union which he Russians had two heads Mosout with him from from the Soviet Union and exchange almost everybody's mind Some brought Thus it is surely not j urprising cow) Union the Soviet in weeks that most Russians believe that opinions with them The six Soviet news- suggest spent that the most obvious John Foster Dulles started the men who want to visit us would be wel- answer is also the most accurate Korean War on orders from Wall to or Korean War the the upset comed The impressions they would re- —that there has been a change Street or that the American capithe change is perfectly realr status quo talists own the Americab governceive are the impressions we want them that but that it does not go deep The internal change is real ment body and soul hile the and their fellow citizens to have This answer applied equally to also as far as it meas- American workers live in impo One goes Soviet foreign and domestic pol tent misery or that all capitalists icy Experienced Western observ- ure of the internal change is a T 5 " half-truth- STEWART ALSOP Bear River Plans The news from Tremonton about plans to make greater use of Bear River water in Box Elder and Cache Counties Utah and Oneida and Franklin Counties Idaho is good news It means ever greater agricultural bounty and beauty in the localities to be served It will rejoice the hearts of old timers like Prof William Peterson of Logan who long have dreamed of more acres being tilled because new sources of irrigation are tapped Director Peterson once had visions of Bear River water flowing out in the direction of Snowville to nourish the fertile but dry land of that area a vision now likely to be realized Possibilities of new development ers believe that at some point last spring the Presidium reached a formal decision to take certain measures to reduce the danger of ' war It is very probable that the crisis in Asia first gave rise to this decision Although there is no hard evidence to prove it all Western observers in Moscow believe that the Soviet Union made a major effort to restrain the Chinese Communists from attacking the offshore islands last spring At any rate since then it has become more and more clear that the Soviet leaders genuinely do want to reduce the risk of war and to initiate an international breathing spell NO TIME SETTLEMENT But there is no informed Westerner in Moscow who believes that the change in Soviet for- eign policy goes deeper than that believes for a moment Nobody Bear River stem from the agreement bethat the Soviet leaders are ready tween Utah Idaho and Wyoming pertainto make the sort of basic changes in to policy which a true world setdistribution of water the ing among the tlement would involve states- - Utah and Idaho have ratified the Nobody believes that Mr Molo-to- v Bear River pact and Wyoming is also exfor example in his forthmeeting with Western coming pected to do so soon thus paving the way foreign ministers will budge an for definite planning of programs to put inch from his established posione of the region's more romantic and tion The Soviets do not really a general settlement except A brief dispatch from Washington reuseful streams into greater service to the want strictly on their own terms What the State that is communities within reach of its water they really want and expect to get ports Department giving is a general acceptance forthe time being of the status quo But duction in recent weeks this as far as it goes is a real POLL Western sentiment on the issue change since it implies that the was expressed by President Eis- Soviets will make no violent enhower moves like the Berlin blockade "We know that a mutually dependable system for less armament on the part of all nations would be a better way to safeguard peace and to maintain our PRINCETON N J — The answers by saying they would security" Premier Budganin gave the American public would favor a favor the plan only if control Communist point of view as foldisarmament program by this and inspection of such an agree lows: 10 YEARS AGO 1945-4school calendar country providing other major ment were satisfactory The "To lessen tension in the relanations agree to reduce their the Weber County by adopted Likewise the reason why many tions between states to consoliarmaments of Education set Friday Board In the latest Institute survey do not sanction the plan is due to date mutual confidence between Sept 14 as the opening date two out of every three adults feel a feeling that control would be them and to remove threat! of a Supt A Parley Bates said that new war (US Russia England ' that if all major nations agree to inadequate! the opening worked excellently and France) recognize the need because: disarmament the U S should fol it allowed the teachers While a mutual disarmament to make efforts for the purpose low suit iri which to get work adtime favor of the early conclusion of an inThe UN Disarmament Com- plan finds! slightly greater to begin studies on" Monpersons stating a prefer- ternational convention on the re- justed mission subcommittee is sched among ence for the Republican party duction of armaments and the day t uled to meet in New York Aug substantial of the proapproval of atomic For fn prohibition weapons to 29 take up President Eisentaking comgallantry is found among mand of a rifle platoon and hower's Geneva proposal for an posalmembers of both parties as leading it against the enemy in exchange of military blueprints the following table shows: Iwo Jima Marine Corp- Frank REFLECTIONS between the United States and L Shelton 25 son of Mr and Russia and freedom of aerial US REDUCE ARMS I saw the tents of Cusban In Mrs Fred Sheltort of 2933 Grant reconnaisance to check the blueIF OTHERS DO? and the curtains of Avenue was awarded the silver prints Rep Dem Ind affliction: the land of Midlan did tremble star medal Washington officials said re Yes should 70 64 68 — Habakkuk 3:7 cently that the prospects for an No should not 24 31 29 Lt Glen E Linder son of East-Weon disarmaIs a school of vir- Mrs Charlotte Linder 2806 Affliction No agreement 5 3 opinion ment look better than at any time College-traineare tue it corrects levity and interAve was home on a personi in the last 10 years more likely to favor the arms re- rupts the confidence of sinning leave He had been in the Euroduction plan than are those with —Atterbury POSED ISSUE pean theater for 19 months as edu7 school school or a high grade pilot He had the ETO Experienced Institute reporters cations ribbon seven battle stars with posed the issue of arms reducSeas Salty medal with air four oak leaf tion to a representative OPINION CHANGED and Clusters While ocean the water salinunit a has presidential of American adults in the Opinion on the question of dis- ity of between four and six citation per following manner: armament has shifted sharply cent water of the Dead Sea con"If all major nations agree to since the opening days of the cold tains 23 to 23 20 YEARS AGO per cent of salts reduce their armaments do you war: 400 and 500 persons Between think the United States should A survey in early March 1946 according to : the Encyclopedia will attend the annual convention agree to do so?" revealed the vote of the public to Britannica of the Utah Retail Grocers Assn The results: be against the idea of Rusin the Hotel Ben Lomond Aug Yes should agree 67 sia' Britain and the US getting Earliest Produco 18 and 19 said Gerard Klomp No should not '28 together to do away with arma The lower Rio Grande valley president of the Ogden associaNo opinion v 5 ments and military training of l Texas produces the earliest tion A reception and banquet Leaders of both the East and strawberries green corn toma- was to feature the first Many persons who hold that the and US should reduce armaments if West have emphasized the im- toes and onions grown in the business sessions would day be held other nations do so qualified their portance of some type of arms re United States usually on the second day he said of Russians Want in 1 GALLUP i Public Favors A rms Cut If Other Nations Agree v hit play called "The Wings" by Alexander Kornichuk! a friend of Communist Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev In this play the heroine whose husband was afraid to speak out for her when she was nabbed by Beria's secret police after the war forgives him on the ground that the terror was too great to withstand The play is in fact an outspoken denunciation of police terror in general Moscow GREATER SECURITY An officially approved denunciation of police terror obviously means a perfectly real change in the Soviet system Old Moscow hands believe that Soviet citizens now have a greater sense of personal security than at any time s But now as since the then the change does not really go deep Fear is still there below the surface Russians love to talk to foreigners now whereas a few years ago they would go to any lengths to avoid them But a Russian is still careful never to give a foreigner his private address or his telephone number Above all every Russian is careful never to deviate from the official line Indeed the way every Russian parrots every other Russian on all political matters was what most impressed and depressed this reporter in the Soviet Union Nor is this endless parroting inspired only by caution although caution obviously plays its part This reporter is deeply convinced after many talks with Russians that the vast majority of them really believe in the mess of lies v Mid-'30- : -- 6 : - rank-and-fil- e' - L st d 16 Ec-cl- 30-da- y C-4- cross-sectio- n " 2-to- -l es Because of the growing number of automobile accidents the loss of limb and property Ogden merchants professional and business men city and county officials began a campaign to "Lose a Minute and Save a Life" want war because war is profit- able As one Russian remarked simply to this reporter "But of course— we believe what we have been taught" IT'S UNDERESTIMATED The extent to which the Rus sians believe what they have been taught is greatly underestimated in the West So is the political im portance of this phenomenon of mass delusion Consider one ex ample Most Americans think of the Russian peace propaganda as strictly for export Actually Russian is hardly ever out of sight or sound of the Russian word for peace— PEACE TO THE WORLD is written in huge letters on every wall empty a At lirst glance it mignt be sup posed that this internal peace propaganda would weaken the position of the regime in case of war The precise opposite is true If the Kremlin ordered the Red Army to attack the West tomorrow not one Soviet citizen in a million would doubt f oj: an instant that Russia had been the victim of ruthless capitalist aggression And the genuineXfury of the Soviet people againstx the "breakers of the peace' would greatly strengthen the regime for whatever was in store The changes which nave occurred in Soviet external and in ternal policy since Stalin's death are welcome changes But despite smiles and picnic parties it should never be forgotten for a moment that the Soviet system is profoundly and inherently hostile to the West Bar a basic change in the Soviet system the West will invite certain disaster if it lets down its guard for an instant There is one simple criterion of such a change The Soviet system will really have changed when Soviet citizens begin hotly disputing the political views of each other and of their government There is nothing like a iew weeks in the Soviet Union to restore meaning to that tired bid word freedom or to show how wide and treacherous is the gulf between those who! have it and those who do not j m m a WASHINGTON — Some people were surprised when the Federal Power Commission waited two days until after Congress adjourned then announced a decision to turn Hells Canyon last big remaining dam site in the U S over to the Idaho Power Co They shouldn't have been Anyone knowing the inside of the Power Commission and the lobbying forces that operate on its members shouldn't have been surprised at all The backstage story illustrates the manner 'in which lobbyists pretty much get what they want in Washington today They were even able to put across the Hells Canyon award to Idaho Power despite the fact that a House of Representatives committee had already voted against it despite the fact that the Senate Interior Committee was split and despite the fact that an FPC examiner William J Costello had recommended that it would be more efficient to develop this vast natural reservoir on the Snake River by the federal government than the piecemeal operation proposed by Idaho Power Reason for his recommendation was that the three small dams proposed by Idaho Power would yield 400000 less kilowatts than one high dam proposed by Sen Morse of Oregon and proponents of federal power B5GGEST LOBBY Behind the Federal Power Commission however has been operating one of the most skillful lobbies in Washington It wines and dines the commissioners takes them on free junkets around the country operates through local electric light and gas companies to influence congressmen and spends around a half million dollars each year lobbying with Congress No other lobby in Washington — and there are a lot of them — spends so much money in Washington To illustrate how the lobbies operate take the chairman of the commission Jerome K a friendly likeable gentleman who is far more chummy with the gas and electric lobbies than any previous chairman in 50-5- 0 Kuy-kenda- history When he was appointed to the commission the utilities knew exactly what they were getting For they helped to put Kuyken-dal- l in Actually it was Gov Arthur B Langlie of Washington who recommended him to Eisenhower and since Langlie had helped Ike defeat Taft's Southern delegates at ahel952 Chicago convention nd seated Eisenhower delegates iistsd Eisenhower was obligated to Langlie Gov Langlie in turn has been obligated to his strong supporters the Washington Water Power Co and Pacific Power and Light When Kuykendall came to Washington he immediately came under the influence of the big power and gas lobby among them Edward Falck the registered lobbyist for Bridgeport Gas Light Niagara Mohawk Power Consol by city commissioners They were $1702 to W R White for meter boxes and $2904 to Charles Halverson for installation of wa- ter meters 50 YEARS AGO Trustees of the Utah State Industrial School had appointed Miss Rae Keck of Ogden as a teacher in the girls department E S Carroll of Ogden printing instructor and 0 E McClellan of Payson instructor in manual training James H Douglas manager of the Boyle Furniture Co returned from the East where he had been buying the fall supply of furniture He reported the market steady and no great rise tin prices Stockholders of the Utah Construction Co had elected David Eccles as president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of - - Thomas D Dee Adam Patterson was appointed to succeed Mr Eccles as a director - ENGLISH LESSON first "liJ ' J ried the secretary of Arthur Morgan after Lilienthal's row with Morgan later came to Washing ton during the war to advise the War Production Board on utility matters In Washington today Falck has so endeared himself to chairman Kuykendall that he flew to Chicago with Kuykendall to at- tend the 1953 meeting of the National Association of Railroad and Utility executives During the convention Kuy- kendall threw a dinner for members of the executive committee Back in Washington in January 1954 Falck gave a party for the executive committee of the Railroad and Utility Executives with Chairman Kuykendall at- tending SUPPOSEDLY IMPARTIAL The Federal Power Commission is supposed to be a judicial agency which" is absolutely impartial in its decisions Ia the past its members have kept themselves aloof from lobbyists and lobbying social functions Because what they decide affects the rates paid by the public for gas and electricity for future generations : Desoite this Chairman Kuykendall allowed Mr and Mrs Stanley M Morley partner in Wheat Shannon and May which represents tne west coast Transmission Co to give a party in his honor—even though West Coast Transmission at that very time was applying for a certificate to serve the northwest with natural gas At the party also were Commissioner Seaborn Digby and Nelson Lee Smith whose votes have usually gone to the utilities Aft-e- r the party Mr and Mrs Kuykendall and Commissioner Digby allowed lobbyist Ed Falck to take them to dinner On another occasion the three Republican members of the commission — Kuykendall Smith and Digby — accepted an unusual invt tation from the Texas Oil and Gas Assn to tour the southwest — all expenses paid Mid-Contine- nt TRUMAN CRITICISM When Don Dawson assistant to i wa lh weekend of the Hotel Saxony in Mi- guest ami Beach four years ago It was investigated by a congressional committee and made headlines from coast to coast In contrast neither- - congressional committee nor newspapers have commented on this much more expensive trip paid by a powerful lobby which has millions of dollars at stake from power commission decisions TTarrv Truman Parents of Gl Killed in Action Get Compensation From Mrs P R E of Hayward Calif: "Recently I learned that the parents of a serviceman killed in action in the Korean War were entitled tq some form of compensation from the gov ernment Our son was killed about May 18 1951 and I would like to know whether we're eligible for any compensation In addition to the insurance which you should already be re ceiving the government in some cases pays death compensation to parents If a single parent is living he or she is eligible to receive $60 a month If both parents are living the payment is $35 a month for each The eligibility requirement is only that the parents must have an income insufficient to provide reason able maintenance for them or for any children dependent on them Generally parents are eli gible if their income doesn't exceed $105 a month for a mother or father if they're not living to gether- or $175 a month for a mother and father living together From a Virginia reader: "My husband and I are both in very bad health and our son who is in service is sending us an al Re lotment as his dependents cently my husband found that he could get a part-tim- e By W L GORDON job working two hours a day His pay will be small How much By W I GORDON can he make before our allotWORDS OFTEN MISUSED ment is threatened? Do not say "They planned on There is no set amount your staying for a week" Say "They husband can earn for you to still planned to stay for a week" be eligible for the allotment so OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED long as your son is considered Foci (plural of focus") Pro- by his service to be contributing h accent nounce more than 50 per cent of your "J syllable support From Mrs E L P of Concord OFTEN anSSPELLED Calif: "My husband will retire Capital (city) Capitol (state from the Navy in August 1958 house) We're interested in procuring a " homestead as a veteran's right SYNONYMS Can you give us any information Arraign accuse v censure on the subject?" charge cite indict summon For detailed information re WORD STUDY garding homesteading write to the "Use a word three times and it Bureau of Land Management Deis yours" Let us increase our partment of Interior Washingvocabulary by mastering one ton 25 D C Among the word each day Today's word: places available for homesteadPALPABLE easily perceptible ing are Alaska and the desert lahd obvious "Here are some palpable of California The usual re is errors" that the veteran quirement foe-sig- Edison Commonwealth Natural Gas Central Hudson Gas and Electric Delaware Power and Light Hartford Gas Co Lynchburg Gas The Long Island Lighting Co New Haven Gas New York State Electric - and Gas Co and Connecticut -- Light! v ' and Power Falck is an astute lobbyist He earns his fees He started as secretary to David Lilienthal when Lilienthal was chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority mir MAJ THOMAS NIAL )- Payment of two partial estimates for work in connection with the Ogden City Waterworks rebuilding program was approved ll idated ' build on the land within a certain period after he's given the homestead or lose his rights to it - From G 3 O of Fall River Mass: "I'm 25 years old and in January will have been in the National Guard seven years I would like to know how long I will have to continue to serve before IH be exempt from the draft" i The rule is that if you enlisted in the Guard before Feb 1 1951 and serve actively until you're 26 you then may resign and still be exempt from the draft ! : v From Mrs M Wf of Junction City Kan: "My son is in the Army and will ' be discharged soon He has about 40 days leave due How does the government compensate for this if it is not taken 4t time of discharge? Also how many days of leave can be accummulated before one can accumulate no longer?" uui sum vau awkuniutaic u p iu 60 days leave and be paid for it at the time of discharge While 90 days leave time but '20 days must be taken before he's discharged or lose them (You may write Major Nial! about your problem Please stamped service-connecte- d t enclose envelope and 20 cents in coin Write Maj Thomas M Nial The Associated" Press 330 Star Building 1101 Pennsylvania Ave9- Washington self-addresse- D d C) i First Industry g which was' started by Virginian colonist in" 1608 is said to be the first colo-nial industrial undertaking in Glass-makin- America J : Rapid Growth Miami Beach FTnrMir ti?a a built in span of less than 40' years from a wilderness of mat-- ! ted mangroves scrub palmetto and sand pumped up from the bottom of Biscayne Bay |