The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 8

I THE SALT LAKE MHIL'NE Friday July 28 1950 Where the Fire Started By Re llanninc 1211orials 1 beu1f gala Vibunt July 28 1950 42--wf 4 'IP VP 111e-A" Tough Troops Will Live Much IA)11 o'er '414 Policy Toward Reds Due For Change 1 gonabliabed April 15 MIL bawl eery morning by no Mit Loki Tribune Pubilabing Co Peilt Lake elty Utah 3-34 pamizIre: 5 14- 1: 14 i If -i- i 0 1 i I- 1: 1 i i 4 HJE A 'b i' 4 7: What Is Wrong With ThatDelense Machine We Have Been Buying for Four Years? th sti of bo si va Ry Robert 'Nark NEW will be to return a ruling on modern handling of the new soldier until some future date at which time it may be poseible to say whether it is best to coddle the recruit into competence We deal today in loving kindness tn coffee cake and psychiatrists for the rookies We used to kick them in the tail early to convince them that they are in the army now My him ")) Na PM' -111 I Cr P4( ite-gau 4 6- 111 v-ro 4 r-'i'n: 4 '7: 4- '''''Pf 1 i 1 --1 4 1 Tr I 1 2 8- 1 'i I91" 111' 4 A 'qt al 1 4 4 1 1i ::1" I 4' sje ii rT' 4 4 -'t''') 1-' ''ti-7' i i it 4 '-'-i 4 17 4 ih4 1 t' 7 i ---ifx A '1 -'6404 w' 14 so 44 1 'i- 4 il 4 47 I ree teL''41'' 1 "71J'- 1 i I 1) -Pt ---5'': I A 4i 14 A 1- i itwf -'4 A' i i f- -'1--' A'! 4 4 1 -4 O'L1 Iti 1 17a- ''f- i-1'' 1 7- 1: '-''t -7 'i ii ')4" 1 I ii de A i i 8) 'N 2 lig L' 14 -r I 1 N4 i tl'IA-4" It: t7'' A 4 7 A 1 T-' I 't 4 1 i i i v0 i it- 4t4 rg-' le 1118P ti 1 1 sibi 1)17 1 4" s' N' -r--it '-t' to' 'T 't 7 -tc-' A 1 txs fa --k --T40 -ie-- 1' il t'i i A 4 if 1 a -1: 1F 00 513 11 1 ---3i vitt 01 NI" 4r ''11'' 1 4 -1 0 1 -k It 1 4:4 C' A 'i 4 tr -t eit i 't 1 'i -T 'tt -'44--- -1 tf $: 4' KREMLIN r4'i-n 1 --y3 a it- IP 0 WASTE eAsKEI I dt ft 1 Fk-- I t'1 4 ar 4 1 "ril: 'i'' 1 1 4 i A 1 rr 41 1 I I I 11'1: 1'' 0 44 1 I 'S '4' 4 ir T- 1 SI i 'I'' :2 14:::: i ct t' i itt-- 1 gght leau SyndicattlPt PE 6 kt4NI I P4(1Pr- i The modern approach to the apprentice warrior grew from a political neceinity After all the howls' the Is filed at the end of the last war it was nocensary to soften up military indoctrination of the neophyte to satisfy his mamma first and his conirressman second So we built 0vhat the lip-service lads called "democratic" army whatever that might mean Say 'Piero' Bay 'Pietro' When the average American read the other morning that President Truman has asked conreas to raise personal income taxes and corporation levies for carrying on the Korean war while hinting that further increases may be asked in the future he shook his head shrugged his shoulders and said to himself 'That is war" The taxpayers of the United States will eontinue to strain and struggle to meet the mounting military costs of freedom But what this average citizen forgets is that he has been paying out vast sums of money in taxes for several years for the purpose of building up a defense organization that would or so he believed take care of such situations as the nation faces today in Asia Some statisticians set the amount spent by this government in four years for military defense at 50 billion dollars While this amount of money was being collected and disbursed the taxpayer was being assured that he was buying security But today the news from the Korean battlefields causes one to wonder if we have after spending 50 billion dollars achieved that desired security Certainly the troops are being pushed back every day by armed forces of a relatively unimportant country Some observers believe that the American forces and their allies fighting under the flag of the United Nations will be forced clear out of Korea Let us hope that such fears are unfounded Where then have these large sums of defense money gone? A breakdown of the expense account shows according to the Vnited States News and World Report that most of it has gone into military "housekeeping" and not for the purchase of weapons ammunition and war materials "Half of those defense dollars have gone to pay military salaries" says an article in the magazine "With the pay scale raised far above wartime evel's this coat amounts to 249 of the 50 billions spent Wages of civilian defense employes alone coat about 8 billions or more than the total spent on all weapons planes and equipment Two-thirds of all military spending has gone for services performed not for expensive weapons or bot4ht" These figures if only approximately correctshow where much of our defense money hex gone They show why our troops are calling for more and better weapon's more plenes and better tanks as they struggle on tire Korean battlefield's to hold back the Communist foe The figures also show why it is neceasery for President Truman to call for another 10 billion dollars to carry on this tempaign In Asia They explain why taxes must be raised now and probably again later Our armed fortes are badly undermanned Deepite the large amounts spent for salaries there are not enough combat units available to jump into-tht Koreccampaign with both feet And the ones who have been thrown Into the fray are largely undertrained Surely Mr President all loyal Americans are willing to font the Mounting tax bill They know that the nation is faced with an emergency and they know that we muat win this Korean war But we all wish we had gotten more for the money we have been spending In the past four years for defense It looks as though we have been paying for an old-model ear when we thought we were buying a brand-new job with all the latest contraptions Sure we are willing to buy a new one now Of course But we want to get a good one this time one that runs In' all kinds of weather TIME IS RIPE IN Backs International Police Plan Myth of the Superior Race Is Punctured 1 41 Vil o-- 'zed for any new thrust at vulnerable sectors such as that in Korea Congressional Action Our people hove given the fine and continued support and hbirve constantly advocated through numerous Organizations various proposal' for strengthening it and broadening Its usefulneu among them always the creation of the in By David Lawrence WASHINGTON American policy toward Russia and Communist China is in prncess of change The logic of the statement submitted by American Ambassador Warren Austin to the United Nations calling attention to the help the North Koreans are getting from an unnamed country is next to accusing both Russia and Communist China openly of aiding the North Korean aggressors This could mean expulsion of Russia from the United Nations For of what possible value is the Nresolution of June 25 which called on member nations to help South Korea and to "retrain" from helping the aggressor unless some action now is taken to purge the of a member-who violates the obligations of the charter- Change of Policy The first intimation of a change in American policy has come thie week from Secretary of State Dean Acheson When asked aboutrecognition of Communist Chink he said that while the United States had not decided to change its which hitherto has been to refrain from tieing the veto against the admission of Communist was every reason why action now should be postponed In other words the happenings in Korea have introduced new factors into the situation requiring a reexamination Such 'a reexamination could conceivably lead to an American veto on the ground that the usual rules relating to recognition must be set aside when an applicant takes up arms against this country and the United Nations Sent Arms There is no doubt in the minds of officials here that Conununist China as well as Russia -have sent arms and equipment to the North Koreans since the aggression began There would have been grounds for protest even if the materials had stopped coming after June 25 but the evidence points to the opposite Thus the United Nations is thallenged now Will it expel irom its midst a member nation which has gone to war against the United Nations? Can it consider favorably seoognition of Communist China which is sending materials and men to fight against the forces in Korea? Formosan Situation The situation in Formosa could further complicate the problem If the Chinese Communists attack the Nat1011111iSti on Formosa they will run counter to the American decision to protect Formosa against Inv Mon This means that if Amen-can naval remelt or Formosa ports are bombed from bases on the Chinese- mainland American air forces will have to blast those same bases in order to thwart the attacks on Formosa Not all of the United Nations members have committed themselves as has the United States to the protection of Korea Great Britain holds herself free to abstain from intervening in the Formosa situation But the British on the other hand cannot continue their recognition of the Chinese Communists while the latter are bending reinforcements to attack British forces which are a part of the operation in Korea Aid Withdraw-al Demand While there is an awareness that the Russians would like to Involve America In China's eivit war it is nevertheless apparent also that the United States ran not falter in the face of the evident aid that is being brought to North Korea from China and Russia Al long as American' boys are being killed by Russian and Chinese troops or those directed by their officers under the North Korea flag the- United- State will be compelled to face the realities and demand that such Russian aid be withdrawn The UN then will have to con cur in the American position -Before long therefore the far eastern situation may clarify the whole world situation by requiring Russia either to withhold aid from the Chinese and Korean Communists or face expulsion from the 'United Nations By 'Thomas Stokes government is giving every encouragement to the proposal by President Vincent Auriol of France that the United Nations eapitalize its first challenge' by agvession In Korea and proceed now and forthwith to create a permanent international police force international meet future aggression Tbe time it is felt hero is propitious to achieve this objective pet forth in the charter which up to now has been frustrated chiefly by Soviet Busing in protracted less negotiations The Uniied States would strongly support a move within the security council to implement its charter in this important iegard Under IL Flag AS LATE AS NOW fly James Metcalfe ternational police force provided by its charter This is reflected in numerous resolutions in congress The Korean crisis has plainly demonstrated the need of an enforcement arm hick becomes consequently the most need As envisaged here the plan for that would embrace voluntary enlistments from member nations for the international army as well as fixed quotas for each nation from existing forces irinanetng Difficult te41 There are difficulties to be way of financing such an international police force In language and other differ ences that are found in a mill tar)' force recruited from diverse nations in the matter of standardization of arms though this last is a problem that is being worked out now with other nations in the North Atlantic pact All these difficulties can be overcome with patience and determination as they must be overcome if the is going to realize its purpose and be prepared to cope with future acts of aggression Up to now the has met Its responsibilities in this crisis with boldness and dispatch Now is the time to take this next step Recent news atoriea about ethnic groups ire worthy of more than passing attention Ono report had to do with the valor of an American Negro unit which achieved a notable victory in a Korean battle Another was about the senate confirmation of William Henry Hastie I man of high ability and integrity as a permanent judge in the third circuit court of appeals Mr Haste is a Negro Another report concerned the findings of an international panel of experts on race problentil under the auspices of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural organizetion The report said with finality there is no scientific justification for race discrimination Findings of the distinguished panel called the "most authoritative statement of modern doctrine on the controversial subject of race aver to be Issued" stated that: 1 The range of mental capacities in all races was much the same --y 2 There was no evidence that race mixtaee produced biologically bad renulta 3 was leas a biological fact than a sotial myth 4 No lerge modern national or religious group was scientifically speaking a race Scientists and students generally have known that there is no basic superiority or inferiority due to race but the frenzied activi ties during the Hitler period demonstrated the grave need for stressing the truth to the world I know the years bare disappeared And all of youth is gone And in the house of memory The shadea of time are drawn And you have roamed around the world And I have done the same And we have never met again To say each other's name But I have not forgotten you Your kiss or your caress Or any other part of you That gave me haPPInem I still remember all TOUT worde And your delightful sights And I behold the faith and hope That filled your loving eyes And you may not believe my Rpm Or ever understand But in toy heart I wish that I Could touch your gentle hand umes belittling the constitutional leaders of our government they move amide to make WRY for usurpers like Quisling and his imitators in this and other countries who met with 'varied success Because of the constitutional guarantee's of freedom in or assemblage and United states was regarded by potential enemiea and Ideological adversaries as a fertile field for communistic cultivation As most newspapers of the nation put patriotism above partisan ism and as almost every bitizen of this re- public is a reader of news and comments emissaries of the Xremlin were astonished to find that the most difficult field they were ordered to cultivate was that over which the Stars and Scripes were flying But certain agitators by devious methods wormed their ways into important posts even Into the legielative branch of government where they were ab1 to cultivate germs of distrust which they diaseminated among the people of fifty other powers pledged to the peaceful policies of the United Nations In this country as it is in Frew's there are two kinds of helpers on which the Kremlin dependa for innate and instinctivertraitor and the weakling who is willing to take any side that seems to win applatute and approval regardifns of Its sinister source or treacherous purpose It is interesting to note the salesmen selected by the Soviets to dispense their wares and supplement their propaganda Some are politicians others are departmental termites still others are blatherskites who bluster to 4 attract attention to themselves and away from those trying to undermine the government 'Scattered across the land from coast to coast rare crossroads solons reviewing errors of administration or legislation and explaining how the issues should have been handled Occasionally they air their displeasure in the press with guarded praise of alien plotters All of which should put the American people on their guard against those who foment hatred when the progress and perpetuity of civilization may depend on unity harmony loyalty and constant vigilance every hour of every day until lasting peace is assured Parote Pardon Refused Former Lawmaker Thomas The aergeants 41 this demorratic army were supposed to say "rime!" when giving en order They were never never supponed to ruffle the civil liberties of mother's darling because mother's darling wee like as not to raise a howl lit his next letter home and mamma would be on the Western Tinian to her favorite senator Sweeping re forms were inipponed to be made in favor of the enlisted man in order to allow him to serve out his peacetime stint without damaging his dignity as an India vidual In times past I have circulated on both sides of the I fence I have condemned out loud some trespasses on the rights of the enlisted man and have also laughed raucously at some of the complaints that emerged from the poatwar hearings on the sins of the brass the "caste-eystem" foolishnesees that occupied a lot of time in Washington Should Eat As Well It would seem to me today that an enlisted man should eat IC welt es any officer and that be should be adequately clothed and housed When he la not fighting he should have fac'ilities for entertainment and relaxation commensurate with his station He should not be eubject to per sonal Indignities stemming from officers merely because they outrank him There are foul-up officers of course chicken-happy Idiots just as there are 'overthe-hill artists and chronic cunnythumbs among the enlisted men This bas to be recognised ivith the fact that officers are minority and men are majority and that there is a reason for this fact Champagne for All? An officer on training and roaponeibility Is entitled to a freer personal life and more privilege than the mass-produced I You cannot have champagne for everybody and Work for none in anything so large as an army Som command and some must be commanded Since a military Organisation to tune tion Its necessarily based on the Inequality of man a democratio force is therefore Impossible For this reason I think it may be wrong as we enter into another war for too much emphasis to be placed on "equality" in the services when battle experience will 'soon destroy the delusion In the speedy training of -troops I think it is wrong to go too gently with them at first You perform a disservice to the trainee because actual war is neither gentle reasonable nor Considerate of the personal rights of tp men involved Toughie Lives Lenget Any veteran will tell you that the toughly trained soldier will live a great deal longer in combat than the rugged IndividualletThere -axiom Ins the Infantry thaethe man who keeps his tall down does not get shot In It I do not think you can love" a youngster Into becoming a competent fighting man I think you have to make him pretty-sore at life In the service at his superiors at the war In general at civilians and at his opponents I do not think you can allow him too much Individual dignity because he Is not in a dignified business In the last war we had an axiom that advised you to Iwo your mouth shut your digestion In good shape and never never to volunteer for anything The French foreign legion om broldered it by exhorting its en listed men to respect all sergeants and when things were bad to refrain from making them worse because the chances were they were bad enough already A steady prac tics of these simple rules for living in a war it seems to me will still hold up as more valuable than a kiss from the kind sergeant as he tucks you in bed with a motherly psychiatrist In the absence of such an organized international police force aa an enforcement arm tho United Nations as we know promptly authorized an emergency military force when the North Korean Communist attack came to shock the world: sent out a call for troops and other military and naval aosistance and appointed General Douglas MacArthur as commander of a force under the flag This now has been symbolized In General MacArthur's first formal report to the security council as commander which served to dramatize the support by 56 of the 59 member nations of the N's courageous action in Korea Only Russia Poland and Czechoslovakia rejected the security council's resolution challenging the North Xorean aggression SENATOR FROM SANDPIT By Ham Park The modern race theory is that the white man is innately superior to the colored simply because he iswhite The father of this ides was Count Arthur de Gobneau whose writing In the mid-nineteenth century popularized the o-called superiority of the Aryans The theories took firm root in Germany were ac cepted by Kaiser Wilhelm It but were carried to the maximum evil by the Nazis Ilitterism glorifying the "Nordic" race did much to spread the wickednesa of anti-Semitism though it reached the height of the ridiculous when it classified Japanese as Aryans" Nazis spread the theory that Slays were also 'inferior On the other side ran-Slavism has grown to a racial movement still potent in the "curtain" countries The UNESCO can do much good in the world by convincing reasonable men that there is no scientfie basis whatever for race bias By doing this it can deprive dictators of a vicious but powerful political tool Note oa the Cuff Department of late the trend in motion pictures to westerns The big studios finally have entered the "horse opera" field The other day Sam Weller phoned me that he had a book for me to read It was Frank Robertsons latest "Wrangler on the Prod" I finishod it at one sitting Mark my word one of these days Frankl storied of the old west will hit the headlines and well all be proud to say that we knew him All tr Troops Thus far as is known we have furnished all the land troops thst its operating with the South Korean army though naval and air units have been furnished by Great Britain New Zealand Australia Canada and the Netherlands tittle Thailand now has come through with an offer of 4000 ground troops which it is hoped will be an inspirttion to other member nations and Great Beitain is expected soon to supply infantry Our people have beta pointed and understandably so at the slow response among other member nations to the appeal for ground troops to help carry the burden in It la a heavy it is clearly understood by officials hem that there are eircumsplances which In many ellits01 make it difficult to comply immediately Bolster the Morale No man- or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong gentle itnd pure and good without the world being better for It without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness--Phillips Brooks Silhouette As I watched ths July 24th parade and saw Governor and Mrs Bracken Lee ride past a memory flashback came to me I was a little boy and my mother and I were watching another July 24th parade could mr-mot her "There's the governor and his wife Isn't she lovely!" She was lovely and gracious our states first "first lady" The years have added to her see her 'oecasionally" as she la our neighbor and my admiration for her grows with each meeting In ese you haven't already guesed her identity she la Mrs Heber Wells Pre Cordell She dwells among untrodden ways Out there rai Seventh East A maid who had in bygone days A dozen beaux at least Why has she grown forlorn and thin This paragon of wenches? No boy dela nak his hot-rod in Our wilderness of trenches Cheer up Cordelia you'll be thrilled Ere many years have passed Those yawning boles will all be filled The streets all paved at last Take heart It won't be long before Some slick eonvertibl Will come and honk outside your door Puta from Boualaul SOAPER SAYS Former Representative Parnell Thomas of New Jersey now serving a term of im- prisonment for flagrantly padding pay rolls and appropriating the salaries of committee employes to his personal use recently applied for a presidential pardon As chairman of the house un-American activities committee Thomas had pursued muepecta with pitiless persistence regardless of evidence in their favor thus blackening the reputations of Innocent persona who may never outlive the obloquy with which he be-slimed them while fattening his bank roll at the expense of both his employers and employes That the application for absolution was turned down on the recommendation of the legal department will meet with general approval as was rejection of similar pleas by Representative May of Kentucky and his associates is a foregone conclusion A dapper young corporal spoke to me and said: "You won't remember me Mr Park but 1 am Vincent Rasmussen 'and 1 went to school 'with Ham' Jr" didn't remember him at first He and Ham Jr went to Lowell school at the um time' some 17 or IS years ago There WIC another led Jimmy three wore inseparable I wonder what has become of him? Sherman Christenson ex-Salt Laker s-policeman es-wrestler was in town visiting his folks He lives in Chicago now Sherman haa prospered since he entered the coin-controlled gadget field He sells parking meters those curb slot machines the motorist has to play or else He was a popular police officer and his numerous friends rejoice in his success Sam Dollen Logan evidently has a good memory He remembered my publishing John Sing'!" lilting lyric "Kooshartm Kanab Kanosh" and wondered if I had a copy in my files 1 had to go back about45 Pars to find tte Warning to Ali Americans Against Aggressors Now that Communist-controlled Soviet-trained and Russian-armed rebels in sovereign countries like Poland Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Albania Hungary Rumania and Korea bave been Invaded by the Kremlin's agitators and aggressors it will be in order for Stalin's agents to marshal their dupes in Iran in Turkey in England In France and in the United States of America to complete the conquest begun by the generalissimo's former ally who led and lost the second world war In every case the vanguard of invaders bas been a group of professed pacifists carrying olive branches and chanting hymns of hatred against "capitalism" and "corn petition" to which failures flock and self-seekers oubscribe When these have done their work have won approval of the mat contents have enlisted the services of demrogues have circulated pamphlets and vol world war In ever bas been carrying ol of hatred petition" seekers au their work contents rogues ha Grantiand Rice sees the double play break-up slide at second bait as a menace to life and limb Besides it isn't cricket If anything it Is ice hockey We are engeged In events the outcome of which no wan can foreeet" said Anthony Eden getting off a useful phrase as it might apply to matrimony water-skiing and draw poker Film is that stuff you have just exposed the It of when I tura in the highway reveals the panorama of breath-taking It would encourage our people and bolster the morale 'tot the free nations of the world if the would proceed now with plans for a permanent international police force while going ahead at the same time with the immediate task of creating a more representative international army for the KOttall front That would strengthen the IT consolidate its position and influence and Nerve notice to any nation with argreqsive intent that MI international McCarthy has been disereditedtebuked ridiculed eantigated and threatened with ex pulaion but nobody yet stems to have found a wayto shut him up hovering jug Around tbil corner army would NI really sod orgo- I.