Show ©ghm §imthai$-lnatmt- er GEORGE SOKOLSKY EDITORIALS OGDEN UTAH MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 9 1959 4 Van Doren's Behavior Unworthy Of Scholar Perpetrators Worse t President to Act If Strike Resumes Secretary of Labor James Paul Mitchell told a news panel on Sunday that if a resumption of the steel strike is threatened after the period of the federal injunction President Eisenhower will have recommendations to make to Congress The secretary also said that he had reason to believe that the strike will be settled by “cooling off” negotiation before the period These are assertions calculated to promote peace of mind among the American people who were growing increasingly concerned about the damage the nation was e incurring because of the prolonged of steel production It is to be hoped however that even if the strike is settled in the period the President nevertheless will have recommendations to make Any recommendations the President makes doubtless will come from Secretary Mitchell’s department The Department of Labor is charged among other things “with administering and enforcing statutes designed to advance the public interest by promoting the welfare of the wage earners of the United States improving their working conditions and advancing their opportunities for profitable employment’ The department will surely be acting in harmony with its purpose if it works out and recommends legislation designed to prevent strikes that throw thousands of workers into prolonged idleness increase the relief load and threaten the welfare of the nation including the welfare of the workers 80-da- y" 80-da- y stop-'pag- -- 80-da- y Undisturbed” The bones of course are In the next 30 years Brannan gained and lost a fortune ' He lies buried in Mt' 4 ‘ - t HY GARDNER CALLING 4 Reports are heard again that former Gov Thomas E Dewey will soon make pub- lic announcement he is supporting 'Gov Nelson E Rockefeller for the Republican nomination for President It is said that Mr Dewey is “masterminding” the Rocke- feller campaign Some will smile at the use of the word “masterminding” with reference to the Dewey efforts for Rockefeller The1 smiles will stem from the poor results of Dewey masterminding in his own campaign of 1948 paper -- ' Inn From the Utah Taxpayers Association in Salt Lake City comes the reminder that budgets are now being prepared for cities towns and counties in Utah The size of the budgets will determine in large part the size of the levies the local governments will set late next summer Citizens are advised that they can examine proposed budgets and express their views about WASHINGTON — While Pana- - violence from time to time around manians are rioting against the the polling places of Kentucky and them United States and while Cubans for Harlem are prewhom we once fought a war of being It is true that budgets jn addition to carrying out the Unitare the independence damning Democratic are examining principle of free elec- pared Our public officers ed States the Philippines for which tions Filipino candidates are vying requests from departments and trimming we also fought hold an election to- - with each other to claim friendship them to meet expected income There ' morrow It will be quite a contrast to the never is enough money available to do the attitude of our onetime friends in do to like would heads and Cuba Panama things department In the Philippines they hold elec- The general public is always invited by tions they don’t postpone them as become more important as a greet- to examine in Also er of official dignitaries than Mayor done has Castro Cuba local budgets the governments in don’t for go dictatorships Norris Poulson of Los Angeles or to attend public hearings on the budgets they as do some Caribbean countries Ambassador Dick Patterson in New and to express themselves about proposed They hold heated and intense elec- - York in which about 90 per cent of Though her welcome to Nikita expenditures and sources of income but tionspeople out vote and well publicized Khrushchev get They few take the trouble to do this Apathy is don’t have to be urged This is in her welcome was to President Sukarno contrast to the people of New of Indonesia failed to hit the head-- often the word for taxpayers as it often is who York last week didn’t turn lines for voters out in sufficient numbers to pass a Sukarno is famed around the The usual practice in local governments school bond bill to help their badly world for his keen admiration for educational system feminine beauty Miss Monroe not all over the land is to decide upon the total In the Philippine Islands tomor- - only was in the reception line to of the proposed expenditures for the year row people will vote for mayors of meet the president of Indonesia but ahead and then levy a tax rate to produce cities and for governors Judging she had been carefully coached to from- the intensity of the campaign give him a hearty welcome At first that amount Something new however has you would think they were voting she was equal to the occasion been added' Tax rates in many places’ are for president There will be some Throwing her arms around Presi- so high the local governments must cut shooting but there’s also been dent Sukarno she exclaimed: their expenditures to fit the sum the rates now at their limit will produce in revenues People have been saying in recent years that “taxes just can’t' go any higher” but ' NEW YORK—As long as we’re’ a Girl’s Dormitory” entering the Era of Morality in Just last week the front pages they have gone higher Perhaps the timeds I would suggest entertainment told of two girls who approaching when they really can’t go that isa infumi-orwere gating picked tax up' coming out of a limits will have higher because all upper der to cleanse 42nd Street movie transported been reached Times Square of Dewey for Rockefeller those of the celebrated Samuel Brannan’ who at age 26 was publishing a newspaper in New York City when he received a message from Brigham Young in 1845 It urged him to gather up the Mormon people of that area load them on a boat together with his printing equipment and sail for San Francisco Brannan did as directed and de-livered a party of 238 in San Francisco There he started the first newspaper in the Bay Area the California Star After getting the publishing venture under a full head of steam he set off to meet the Mormon party moving toward the valley of the Great Salt Lake Brannan met the party on the banks of the Green River tried in vain to induce Brigham Young to make California the destination and then returned to his news- - McN’aaght Syndicate New Round of Taxes - A headline in Los Angeles Times last week reported: “Sam Brannan Bones to Lie 1 Hope 'Cemetery in San Diego The town Brannan founded Calistoga thought that city should be his resting place There was much discussion Last week the Napa County Historical Society decided that San Diego and not Calistoga should be the resting place of a publisher who made almost as much news as he printed 10-ye- ar Sam Brannon's Bones at " The Vanishing Fifties Writers and commentators are beginning to take note that the exciting fifties are about to vanish to give way to what may be the perplexing sixties They are searching for a general definition of the to a close trying period now drawing accomto summarize in a few words the and- historic signifiplishments attitudes cance of the era We suspect they will have an almost a difficult time trying to reduce fabulous decade into a nutshell statement We have heard about “the era of wonderful denonsense” which was followed by “the The pression years” and the “war years fifties however can’t be reduced to a mere label It seems to us that one of the impressive facts of the fifties was the growth of jobs We entered the period fearing that the after-wa- r slump which failed to appear in the late forties would fall upon us in the fifties The Korean War stimulated economic activity and when that ended we again looked for the coming of the slump True there were two recessions in the fifties but the number of jobs continued to rise and the people generally to prosper At least one observer Carl F Oeschle assistantsecretary of commerce believes that one of the major problems of the sixties will be the displacement of workers because of technological advance This will create a need to retrain them for other new and different positions Others are talking about the increased' competition American management' will face as foreign industry fights for larger markets We shall soon know what is ahead for iime is moving swiftly but at the moment we see no wringing of hands or fear and trembling The opposite is true Optimism is apparent on all sides especially since a break has taken place in the steel strike Charles Van Doren did not conceive the quiz show He was an employe in a fraud he was a victim of schemers he lent himself to their chicanery In the end it ruined him and cut his career short That is the narrative of events For many moons TV viewers will argue as to the morality not only of the quiz shows and the give - aways but also the morality of the proprietors and managers of networks the responsibility of government agencies and the decency of advertisers and advertising agencies ' It does not seem fair to put so much of the blame on Charles Van stant credit’ a form of overdraft Doren He was of course weak — you write a check even if you and ‘ was tempted as some teen- have no money in the bank— an ' agers are tempted by a hundred utterly inflationary procedure dollar bill Money should not have The banker who engages in this meant so much to a man of breed- s an fionary fraud who for ing and culture On the other hand a rich and prosperous man highly usu£y aad profit stimulates inflation which will not only deCu-gsuccessful in his field Xavier him but all of us " stroy was also tempted A clergyman was tempted Businessmen Cheating is immoral no matter does it at what age or in who were tempted The reward for a what too' was position The question here photographic memory' who is the cheat? is great In a word the businessmen who ORGANIZED HOAX sponsored the programs the pro iIiC quiz shows as the testimony ducers the networks everybody the congressional commit- connected with this business are the persons of prime responsibility £ee established were an organized a theatrical contrivance to for a hoax on the public Charles amusement employing Van Doren has sinned against pub- provide some actors for backprofessional lic opinion but who has not so" but upon mainly depending ground sinned? could 'quesanswer who amateurs And some of these persons must have known about this business tions in a particular field but who were coached and trained with the long ago because Jack O’Brian of the “New York Journal American” object of making the show more and f“K of complained about the nature of atr?cU situation walks Charles Into the these quiz shows and is really re Van Doren a member of a dis sponsible for the story of this particular corruption becoming public for legislation to prevent future episodes of this character against President Truman No one should smile however at the Dewey skill in politics Although he couldn’t attain the presidency he made a splendid political record Supporters of Vice President Nixon are not likely to forget the Dewey success in the stop Taft movement Any candidate we suspect would rather have Dewey for him than against him uptown by subway and repeated- - some of the filth and violence displayed in the a r e a’s book novelty shops (another word for knife) stores and on movie These marquees movies appealing to the lowest of the flotsam and jetsam idly shopping for kicks of a spectator nature between their active criminal acts of mugging perversion and rape had a choice of at least half a dozen such films as of Tuesday afternoon: all guaranteed to warm up a sick mind for an evening of mayhem These included “Girls on the Loose— Sex Kittens Hungry for Thrills” “Men Were Always After Her— Uncut Version Sexpot” “Beasts of Marseilles— the Blood ' That Engulfs Thousands” “The lurid-soundi- ly ravished For every' such inci- dent” you’ read’’ about' tbi”poi‘ice will tell you a dozen such inci- dents go unreported for personal reasons or for fear of too-lat- e parental chastisement too-litt- le ng the television to clean Us owJ 1? ca!m to me that the house movie exhibitors who splash lurid phrases on their marquees to merchandise their inflammable celluloid might be wise to do likewise At least they ought totry toning down this on immorality to the point where they wouldn’t be ashamed to in vite children Movies to revive an old slogan are still our best entertainment I don’t think a handful of exhibitors like a handful of rigged should be quizshow packagers to louse permitted up an entire industry Since has over-emphas- is Rape of Malaya— White Women at the Mercy of the Japs” “Street — Fighters Violence Stalks the Streets” and a tame one “Inside LAFF-A-DA- Swiss-Germa- - w non-partis- V historic consequences for a channels r— cen- - Klar rhm Sjrrvhctt I ITerlS do not feed tho nninslsl- - e evejything such as Teddy Nadler was presented to be No truly cdu- cated man would care to he p aced sucl aa improbable position Charles Van U°ren s error was t t desires or p economic forced him into bad company Per-i- n haps other educated men and worn en will beware But is this man to be destroyed ' - - per-Fid- el ” Detroit last week urged more use of radio and television for educa-th- e tion They pointed out that a recent survey by the US Office of Educa-diretion shows tremendous strides in edMcation by Soviet Russia The educational broadcasters led by William G Harlev of the Univer-saggin- g sity of Wisconsin Jack McBride of the University of Nebraska ' and Robert Coleman of Michigan State University have worked out a nlan f0 University television for Ohio Illinois Indiana Michigan and Ken- t”cky by which an airplane cir- chng overhead will broadcast TV equin- through ment The Ford Foundation is making this possible Congressmen are watching the al- location of these 23 remaining clear r?dm channels for a clue as to whether the FCC really plans to enforce the puMic interest statute in the communications act US ALLEGED SPY The world was mystified when the American embassy security officer in Moscow Russell Langelle was CVCRIDUUi D ct hinh-nower- ed By Merryle S Rukeyser A group of senior business execu- ives have asked me to tell them better to budget their family income and outgo The shocking fact is that even in the middle and upper income brack- - ets many are having trouble mak ing both ends meet w‘tt va5b!e income from year to vear are especially vulnerable since’ they tend to get into a situation living costs are fixed S tic support of both spouses Thus one family with a love for culture and1 music will legitimately econo-iomjze on rent an(j furniture in order to have adequate funds for cultural activities Instead of allocating 100 per cent of income to various claimants in- - w 1 a&t'meS SffcSE l0 set weI1 insurancCi C1®s— r tte unexper"‘ t g JgM ‘'"I0 MlddleJ lncom? a overspend to difficult it jn ” afrom established com-incoml d' talYaxM tb£ hazels thcir terest’ amc0fatJS tiViditv take-hom- e pay) A second of life (their ?n real reason why they overspend in time insurance and o inv their buying power' may not be attriacTfa‘thcommSl with their costs charge that he had tried to spy on 5 keeping apace ’ ° Soviet Russia anj Thirdly unless the will to discipline The American Embassy in turn anT(J comfortgoods is uncommonly strong there is a R has Deenrout:ine to call auen to borrw against tte charged that Langelle had been temptation seized by a group of Russians tion to the fact tnat ine uuyuig future in order to gratify immedi- u?hed UP held some time and kicked badlv by ate aPPetites This process consists the old finally released Neither of these of robbing an old man-a- nd SxS But e was 1116 correct story Here is the “fktj®? and !’ ten or twenty-fivis man ££ yourself tor : a rd inside story of what happened addsnXid years from now Prassure Langelle is an electronics expert - “ Y0UR FREE CHOICE ' whose job it was to make sure that bud2et‘ !hlS 1S 016 J tZ Your free choice is enhanced the American Embassy in Moscow sl£hts of tbe avera§e fa?y constltutes a what wben was not bulged or you have surplus reserves not d by ” Debts regiment you and debts living Soviet Intelligence The Russians make you beholden to your credit-I- f have long been anxious to get hold ors you mortgage your income of one of these experts They want By way 0f illustration TV and bad-year- plateau s- is- fig disal ' ES’ tee wire-taDpe- in levels of average material well-- ” some months ago they ap-proached Langelle about the idea of working as a spy for the USSR Langelle promptly reoorted this to his superiors in the Embassy who instructed him to play along with the Russians and see what' hap- pened Langelle did Plans were Unfortunately the profit motive have heinn the pasUwodecades Professionals is m the direction fniits of an annual incre- ?J encouraging you to go into debt ment in productivity of lVi per Meantime the savings institutions rppf are conspicuously undramatic in ft is important to remember that aPPeaI1- vou cannot afford more merely be-les m reccsnizing cause your wants have grown The decn?:isrfsueAn ability to procure more goods pected Lancelle to make the final jump he told them he had changed his mind Soviet secret police agents were furious They were so 'irate that they rouehed up Langelle even threatened to announce publicly that Russian spy f je£retground Eventu- Langelle ally the Russians Rave up turned hm loose but ordered hm to leave insti- reserves in useless because it yu Put in cash valuessavings in insurance tutions is compounded of the unrealities of 0 an( jn your national averages stocks and bonds you will have the F°r to spend in later years cans are m debt whereas other mil opportunity A"rf you sl?°uld not survive y°ur ions are free 0f debt and have net dear “ones will be in a position to surpluses But if you average the Pfnd- two divergent groups the resultant Rukeyser will be Dleased to fimre has no significance I tried toamatize thitruism when Lam- - Jeive mot duPont then head of the E I w‘Jh So baar® et is worse T a ffiSafprobiem Thfe American Embassy naturally i remarked that it would be mis- knew he real story It supported leading to say that the - average Langelle wealth of the two speakers was extremely high The same statistical fallacy occurred when Johns' Hopkins University first started to admit women medical students There were two in the school and one became engaged to’ a doctor on the faculty A news story fallaciously read that half of the female MISPRONOUNCED dents at Johns Hopkins were Pronounce rying faculty members (excess) pleth-oh-r- a accent 01 first syllable WORKABLE BUDGET OFTEN MISSPELLED a workable budget is one that ex Dissent Descent (going down) (to presses the unique qualities of the Decent family and which has ' the tnthusias-ro(proper)' "disagrei) stu-OFTE- C PhD from Columbia University In the English department which is a very tough degree to get' He waS when he was on the quiz shows an instructor in English at Columbia Had he been questioned about lit erature philosophy history or art there can be little doubt that he would-havattained a high mark The temptation here was not to attain a high mark but to know suuiutcnxai nwnaws now pouring disc jockey music out rently some banks are providing a victim rather than upon tne what is euphemistically called m-- petrators to the American people T The National Association of Edu- cational Broadcasters meeting in cxCBYRnnY1 MONEY the column) QUESTIONS AND ANSIVERS Q— Who was the slave whs wrote a book of fables? N mar-Pletho- ra an - imXt ried Ss Y) j was elected president and Charles C Richards vice president Forester Clyde Leavitt said that the government had given notice 20 YEARS AGO pal speaker at an alumni breakfast of cancellation of lease on the upper floors of the First National Bank Fred M Abbott former railroad at the Ben Lomond Hotel This activity was the opening event of the Building to take effect Dec 1 Ofman was elected mayor of Ogden Weber College homecoming festivi- fices were to be removed to the following a closely contested race ties announced Kent S Bramwell department’s new home on 24th and He defeated incumbent mayor Har- breakfast committee chairman Lincoln W mon Peery by a margin of A welcome home party for Waybe 1119 votes In the commissioner The old “Y” opposite the Union race Edward T Saunders incum- Macfarlane recently returned from n bent was reelected for a four-yea- r the mission was be- Depot which had been in use for term Marcus L Critchlow was re- - ing planned It was to be held in more than 20 years had been reelected city auditor They were to the Twenty-firs- t Ward recreation moved to make way for the five take office on Jan 1 1940 hall He was the son of Mr and new passenger tracks which were Mrs Hubert Macfarlane Plans to' inagurate an annual being laid All of the switching in the future was’ to be done on the pigeon derby between Ogden and 50 YFARS AGO “Y” at 22nd Work on the new three large West Coast cities were A citiof sidetracks group considered was being rushed by prominent Ogden being by the Chamber of Commerce E J Fjeldsted ex- zens had organized the Ogden Bet- about 150 men Concrete walls for orthe tracks and cement platforms ecutive secretary said the distance terment League a between the cities would be ideal ganization to suppress gambling between the tracks were being laid unlawful disposition of intoxicating A work train with a large force of for the pigeon racing beverages and tobacco and urge men was hauling ballast and gravel David J Wilson waj to be prind law enforcement D O McKay1 for filling and grading purposes EARNED COMPASSION This can be said of Charles Van Doren: he made public confession and expressed profound sorrow for his sins He is at least entitled’ to our compassion He is at least to our pity and to as much entitled A friendship thereupon ended be- fen0Wship as is shown any person fore it began whose error cannot do as much mischief as the corruption wrought VITAL CHANNELS While the public has been watch- - hy our politicians who perpetuate inflation which can in TV the Kut the entire people sh“ows an sp tacular issue of public interes- t- Howdoes one make compart- radio— is before the Federal Com- - sons? How does one decide whose munications Commission It’s the Built is greater the young intel- allocation of 23 clear channel radio Actual who scents a few dollarsthe representatives of the peolicenses — perhaps the last which ever will be allocated in the US A Pe wh° permit inflation to convotes finue can so that they gain The FCC has given until Nov 20 the next election? f°r interested parties to file com Their present decisions may have ments as to who should get these ‘I A-- Aesop Q— Why is Chile sometimes called the "shoestring republic"? ‘A— Because it is so long and mr w h ’ |