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Show Hr IprTP'-- y, f'yfDii"');irtiiwll"lMi11 njj lujft p ryyjiK ryirwp'-u'-'iy- iiiiinr By JACQUIN SANDERS For better cr worse, there w ill be 100 million more Americans in the world by the end of the century. Since 70 per cent of the existing U.S. population is already crowded into one urban sprawl or another, it seems clear that some new housing solution is required. The likeliest and perhaps even the new cheapest such solution is the town." Reluctantly, tardily, but with a feeling of inevitability, the U.S. is now weighing an immense commitment to build many such towns. One prestigious task force of government officials has recently issued a report recommending that fully 110 new cities be built in the next three decades. And theyre not talking about villages. According to the report. 13 of the cities should be designed to accommodate one million people each; the other ICC, 100,000 each. Utah also is getting o piece of the action. A new town of 15,000 population, the largest city in western Utah, is planned by Terracor in Tooele County. No one has itemized the cost, but undoubtedly it would be of space-ag- e proportions. The Committee for National Land Development Policy advocates an industrial Homestead Act, with the Federal government giving free land to new towns, as it once did to railroads and intended size. Columbia, Md., for example, halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C., hopes to 1 ave 125,000 residents by 1980. But after more than two years of whopping losses. As in 1929, the average income you In Toe Infection By GEORRGE C. THOSTESON, M.D. Dear Dr. Thosteson: I wonder if you could help me. I have been troubled with sinus in my toe. At one time it was the third toe on the left foot. It finally healed itself, I guess. A long time later it was the third toe on my right foot. I get so tired of running to the doctor with it. Irwin Auerbach sits with his wife and promotion and development, only 1,000 families have moved in. And they are by no means ecstatic over the experience. A city ought to belong to its people," says Irwin Auerbach, who with his wife and daughter comprise one of Columbia's first families." But Auerbach has a feeling of powerlessness in his new community. The real control is in the hands of the developers, he says. Still, its a better way of life than weve had before . . . and I have high expectations. New towns like Columbia and Reston, Va., in the Washington area, Valencia and Irvine in California, Litchfield Park, Ariz., and Gear Lake City, Tex., are the setting of one of the U.S.'s pioneering new towns, Columbia, Md. daughter in park-lik- e planned. They run to garden apartments, cluster homes and vistas of green. Cars are usually kept on the perimeters, and shopping centers are buht thoroughly within walking distance of homes. But the main ingredient of a new tow n that is truly new and the single tiling that differentiates it from a suburban development is local industry. Ideally, the large majority of residents should be able to work in the immediate vicinity. Americas new towns lack this attribute. Thus, the plans of private industry are crucial to the future. Some firms are already involved in new towns; others plan such involvment. Southern California Edison has announced it will build an city near Los Angeles. Westinghouse will build something similar in Florida. Humble Oil is sponsoring Clear Lake City and Goodyear is associated with Litchfield Park. i But both the Humble and Goodyear projects are within commuting range of large cities. As yet, it is not certain whether the new towns involved will be true new towns or merely large suburban of Houston, Tex., and developments Phoenix, Ariz. The modern concept of the new town was first formuated by a visionary Brit- - The market, in short, is today resting and this largely on a CASH foundation is a sound foundation. SYLVIA PORTER can you and and earn from stocks is far below what bonds can earn from in fact, the spread between stock bond yields ,is at an historic high. high-grad- e As in 1929, money is brutally tight (much tighter than then) and the Federal Reserve System is deliberately clamping down on credit in an effort to cool the business boom. As in 1929, the stock market has been blotched by unmistakable signs of gambling. And as in 1929, there have been disclosures of some shocking Wall Street with Wall Streets paperwork scandals explosion coming close in the past 12 months to blowing even some of the greatest stock houses apart. The chilling question nags us: Can it happen again? The honest answer will not be downed: OF COURSE IT CAN! But despite the many alarming similarities between 29 and 69, 1 submit that IT WILL NOT. This series will pinpoint the distinc tions between the two eras which explain my reasoning. Distinction No. 1: How we buy. In October 1929, my young widowed mother had most of her nestegg in stocks on a 10 per cent margin $1,000 of her own cash behind every $10,000 of stock she owned. As stock prices plunged, she could not raise the cash to maintain her margin and she was sold out. Millions like her also were wiped out and as their stocks were dumped their personal disasters fed upon each other. In this October 1969, my husband and I have a fat percentage of our nestegg in stocks too but what we own, we OWN. We cannot be sold out. We can be hurt by a stock slump but not destroyed. And this I place as one of the most basic differences between the eras. In 29, borrowings by New York Slock Exchange firms totaled $8.5 billion; today, they're a mere $3.5 billion. In 29, there were no margin rules; now, under a 1934 lawr, margin requirements are 80 per cent and margin transactions are only 18 per cent of total NYSE volume. Distinction No. 2: Who is buying. In 1929, the typical individual in the stock market was a gambler. Whether a little fellow risking his rent money or a tycoon playing with millions, he was above all a gambler who mistook the prosperiglitter of that eras ty for the real thing. gold-plate- d Today, the typical individual in the market is in the middle-incom- e bracket and lias EXTRA money to invest. In the e groups, he is typically an employe of a corporation buying stocks under a payroll plan meaning he is investing savings. If he is trading activethe ly, he is typically p individual accounts for 47 per cent of all trading by individuals. A stock market resting mostly on a cash foundation and dominated by inveswittors can go into a severe decline ness 69 but I cannot see it in an lower-incom- upper-incom- $25,000-and-u- uncontrollable dive. These two distinctions alone say the markets of 1929 and 1969 are simply not parallel. Tomorrow: Investor, Distinction No. 3: The institutional Dvorak: Homesick For His Native Land By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor As the major FOREIGN GUESTS work of the United Nations Week Wednesday that will honor ail our foreign students, Maurice Abravanel MUSICAL WHIRL - has programmed Antonin Dvoraks Symphony No. 5." best known as the New World," for Ine Utah Sympho- ny. The symphony was one of the ' E.P. Answer: This problem can be a dreary of nuisance and for those not familiar creative results to visit Dvoraks with it, in this case sinus" means a tunthe United States nel through w'hich pus discharges. where he taught composition at the NaIf the infection leads to osteomyelitis tional Conservatory of Music in New (that is, infection of the bone), then the York from 1892 to 1895. dicharge from the sinus becomes chronAs a peasant with little formal educaic, and local treatment of the sinus is tion but endowed with extraordinary muusually futile. Measures must be taken to sical and creative impressionability combat the Infection in the deepeer reone who was profoundly atand power which it has gions penetrated. Just tached to his own soil, Dvorak utilized applying medication to the surface cant Czech melodies in his scores, and his be expected to help much. own melodic ideas were in the vein of y A starting point is of the foot Czech folk music. bones, to determine whether the infection Thus, he became the principal expoIs indeed attacking bone. nent of the Czech national school of comThe surface area where the callus exists must, of course, be treated, too, and position, just as Grieg in Norway headed measures should be taken to shift the a national school, and as a whole group of brilliant Russians from Glinka to pressure on the foot and get rid of the callus, or at least minimize it. Antibiotics, taken by mouth, may help subdue the infection. Light doses of the small society may also attack the infection of the bone, but surgery eften is necessary before the condition can be effectively cleared up. Dear Dr. Thosteson: What is the cause of labyrinthitis, end are you likely to have It again if you have had it once? Mrs. J.P. Answer: Labyrinthitis is congestion of the tiny canals of the inner ear which help us keep our sense of Ba- Rimsky-Korsako- and Mussorgsky their native school which derived its inspiration largely from Russian founded Much can also be said about the in all art music, whether it is tne music of a Bach or a Chopin. Many argue that unless the roots of a composer's genius are deep in the folk music of his soil, he is not and cannot be signifian argument that will cantly creative not be considered here. But back to Dvorak whose instincts as a composer caused him to examine American folksongs, especially those of the Negroes and Indians, with a view to Incorporating their melodic essence, or spirit, in an American symphony. The appearance of the New World Symphony," which is a charming and highly original score, precipitated long and academic discussions. The discussion is now principally a thing of the past. The symphony remains. Whether it deserves the title New World Symphony," whether Dvorak did or did not use folk music found in .America (though not todays kind of folk music), have been matters of contention. Dvorak himself, denied that he had Negro or American folk tunes in his score, though there is one thrme that is unmistakably derived from the Negro spiritual, Sing Low, Sweet Chariot. It is given to a solo flute, against a background of strings, in the first movement. The other melodies of the symphony are almost certainly Dvoraks, although they suggest American folk music in some cases. The haunting song of the English horn in the slow movement could well have been a Negro spiritual. It is even in that vein, and it has typical melancholy and pathos. As for the general character of the music, its pervading sentiment, or, as it might also be put, temperament is, after all, that of a simple Czech, homesick for his native land. comes honestly by Yet the symphony the title, New World, noi merely because of Dvorak's purpose in writing it, plus the influence of music he found here, but also because of the precipitating effect that the New World had upon his creative nature. A greeting to the New World" might better have been a more precise indica-- . tion of the nature of the symphony. Certain it is that the feelings which stirred Dvorak's heart when he was here, and the effect of the new enwronment, inspired what is by far his greatest work in symphonic form. by Brickman y lance. I sub- .Kick eecTHeM The THAtf Fi&jMT I- THvnHicfl'a d And you get a passport land. to Fries- Friesland is a place you may not hae heard about. Its in the lake country of the Netherlands. Its not much bigger than a Texas pasture, but loaded with recreational areas. It was one spot the Romans couldnt conquer a tough bunch. They speak a language all their own a cross between English and ... ... Danish. ernment cities, whatever their other deficiencies, at least provide a steadily growing 'demand for labor. Brasilia is a case in point; so are Islamabad. Pakistan, and Chandigarh, in the Indian state of Punjab. The process should not be unfamiliar. The U.S., too, once had a new and carefully planned city: Washington, D.C. luck is try ing program going. If an engine e r , architect, doctor a ... man from America goes to Holland for a trip, Kick will try to introduce him to people of his own trade n Holland. Mr. Kammeyer But the travel about that. It's all tell can you agent Kick 1 want to tell you about. MERRY-GO-ROUN- D The 'Voice' Behind The House Speaker Kick isnt a name given to him because he is famed for soccer, the national game. Kick is to Christiaan what Bill is to William over here. His last name in Holland is Kammeijer. The ij" is one letter on a Dutch typewriter. There is no "y. So Kick had to change his last name. J By JACK ANDERSON - WASHINGTON The amazing Dr. Martin Sweig, who by his own boast is the power behind Speaker John McCormack, not only acts in the Speakers name and signs the Speakers mail. He also imitates McCormacks voice. Witnesses have heard Sweig call government agencies and request favers, impersonating the powerful House Speaker, who is third in line for the presidency. One source close to McCormacks office told this column : I remember how Sweig would call up people in the Defense Department and try to get someone out of the Army. This is the Speaker, he would say. and they'd fall for it. He sounded just like McCo- Dutch He speaks seven languages PorGerman, French, Spanish, English, tuguese and Malay, When Hitler started kicking up his Kick was with the military heels, Royal Dutch Navy. He was liaison officer with the Alliel Command at Surabaya. Then during the Battle of the Java Sea, Kick had his ship shot from under him. He treaded water for several hours before he got picked up. And it was the Japanese who fished him out of the water. rmack. Sweigs mimicry, according to witnesses. is almost perfect. After 25 years as McCormacks backroom chief of staff, thinking like the Speaker, he has little difficulty sounding like him. Intimates have heard Sweig boast that he even fooled Johnson with his McCormack imitation. This column already has reported how the competent and clever Dr. Sweig has pulled strings for a fixer named Nat who operates out of New York City but who often can be found in Sweigs Capitol Hill office. There is evidence in government files that Voloshen has been paid to fix cases, wangle favors and arrange solutions in Washington. Sweig has used the enormous power of the Speaker's office to help Vbloshen. At Voloshen's request, for instance, Sweig arranged appointments in behalf of New York labor racketeer and Jack the McCarthy Company, which owns three gambling emporiums in Las Vegas. There is no evidence, however, that the doctor himself realized any financial gain for his efforts. The speaker suspended Sweig late Thursday after the Securities and Exchange Commission in a bill of complaint reported that Sweig had attempted to intervene in its investigation of the Company case. he Although may be unknown to the public, Martin Sweig is, by default, one of the most powerful men on Capitol Hill. It's no secret on Capitol Hill that John McCormack has lost touch with his younger charges, that he doesnt always n, Parvin-Dohrman- was in our Valley of Salt the other day drumming up business for our local travel agents . . . boosting offseason travel to the Netherlands. They have all sorts of things going for the tourist between Oct. 1 and April 1. Visitors get free siiow tickets meal or two . . . free ducats to and museums . . . art galleries prices on new cars. (You can pay for your trip on the monpy you save Mr. Kammeyer claims). He spent better than three years in a Japanese prison camp . . . fell off from 195 pounds to 90. So you know the chef planning the menu was no Gerard. When the war was over, he was decorated for his work in reunification of families separated during the Japanese occupation. Kick can spend hours telling you about Holland and what a great place it is. He is proud of the airport at Rotterdam. Its probably the only airport thats 13 feet below sea level. It has the finest duty free store in the world. He can tell you about tulips . . . just about everything about Holland and why you should visit there. But he paid the highest tribute to ouf good old Uncle Sam land in 1965. Kick" became an American citizen! Wit's End You cant judge women by clothes any more . . . no evidence! their n BIG TALK know what is going on in his own bouse. His condition leaves Sweig, increasingly, at the helm. The professor answers several thousand letters a week and signs tiie Speakers name to most of them. And no one gets to see McCormack without first going through Sweig. He takes all important calls, greets all visitors. As a member of his staff puts it: There isnt much that Martin Sweig doesnt know about." l?D semi-circul- Infection, injury, or such factor is the Usual cause of the congestion. Once controlled, the tiouble does not necessarily return but a person with sbeh a history should always be alert for another Attack. Kam-mey- Though the problem is notably absent In the U.S. program, it is. of course, possible to go too fast in building new cities. West Germany is pushing a project to jam 50,000 Berliners into Maerkisches-Vierte- l and though the people will probably get there by the 1972 target, many of the facilities will not. Complaints about shortages of schools, streets and shopping facilities have drained the project of the triumph its planners expected. One kind of new town always lias good possibilities of achieving a balance in housing and local employment. Govslow-pace- YOUR HEALTH Treating Sinus Bv HARRY JONES The faster commeicial airplanes travel, the smaller this old world of ouis becomes. And Christiaan Kick wants us all to take advantage of it. He's director of the Netherlands National Tourist Office, V extern Division. d five reports nalyung the economy of 1969 in light of the 1929 stock market crash and the world depression which followed it.) lionaires became paupers between breakfast and lunch and a whole globe stood numb witness to the emergence of the most catastrophic depression ever known to man. Now it is another October, 40 years later, and once again the stock market as been pounded by successive waves of selling, tens of billions of dollars of stock values have beer, erased, millions have watched their paper profits turn into the best U.S. The Dutch! urbs look woefully deprived. Von Ekardt and most other critics aie especially impressed with Tapiola. Finland, which seems to have broken out of the mildness mold. It looks and feels, he says, as spontaneously lusty and natsort ural, in an endearingly of way, as the Finnish children that swarm all over. of It was 40 years ago this month that a world crashed. It was on Oct. 4, 1929, that Wall Street was hit by the first of the series of savage selling attacks which were to culminate in the convulsion of Oct. 29. It was on that Black that bilTuesday lions of dollars of stock values just disappeared into milnothingness, Beat n The Crash Of 1929: Can If Happen Again? (Editor's Note: This is the first You Can't life-styl- e ccn A 15 GUH MAN JONES hnd reformer named Ebenezer Howard in Ids 1898 book, Tomorrow. Howards ideal of a garden city inspired the building of Letchworth and Welwyn in the early decades of this century and has since led to 24 new cities with a total population of more than 500,000. But the blandness of the architecture and apparently of the has led to a syndrome called the "new-towblues. one obsciser summed up the local reaction : "One neatly controlled vista alter another . . . everything nice, pat and predictable. Its like dying and going to heaven and deciding you dont like it there." The Scandinavians have had similar problems. But according to Wolf Von Eckardt, architectural critic of The Washington Post, their new towns necr-theles- s make - Monday, October 20, 1969 ish book-lengt- h farmers. President Nixon is also weighing a surprise" request for legislation before the end of the year. Reportedly, he may ask that a beginning be made on a program that would encompass the building of 100 new cities before the year 2000. Such a beginning is long overdue. Britain has been building new towns" for almost a quarter of a century and the Scandinavian countries have not been far behind. Thus far, however, the U.S. has only a handful actually being lived in, and these are still a tiny fraction of their iingh"gjirTt- DESERET NEWS New Towns: Their Promises And Problems (Newsweek Feature Service) ig ni g; IM of i6-l- Zc o Apparently there is something, however. that Martin Sweig doesnt want the public io know about. After President Kennedy's assassinaion in 1963, McCormack became second in line for the presidency. which meant that someone in his office had to be cleared for top secret information. The obvious cnoice was Dr. Sweig. but McCormack stubbornly refused to give the FBI permission to poke into the doctors affairs. Anothr man, Swcig's junior, was suusequently chosen. "There's nothing wrong with a bumper that only protects your car up to 2.8 miles per hour. That's the average speed of city traffic!" Prom photos token vr only tirjhday teotvf. the Deseret News popular iiiiniiiiiiiiiijiiiiiiiiiikiiiiiHiiniiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiinmiu |