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Walter Vinchell's Fhe Chopping Block By FRANK C. ROBERTSON by the ghost of Dean Achesoxu SUNDAY. JULY 18, 1954 I am thiniing riously of tqrlw UTiteSt. 1 Broadway The Daily Herald idedicated to serving the Interests of Utah County, presenting the -news impartially, promoting all worthy projects, and serving asan independent vehicle for the free expression of opinions on 'public questions. Foundations Probe Fails To Meet High Standards From the start, the Reece committee inquiry into the philanthropic foundations has provided the country with a perfect example of how not to conduct a congressional investigation.

A I r2 Recently, Chairman B. Carroll ReeceJ of Tennessee suspended public hearings, and the investigation will now presumably be concluded in executive session, This alone is no cause for concern. What does seem quite unfair is that in this case of the 12 witnesses heard in public, nine attacked the foundations on one ground or another. Only one spoke for them For the committee to say that the foundations can submit written statements and testify in private obviously is no defense of this procedure. It violates the most elemental notions of balance.

Perhaps nothing better should haye been expected of a committee which at the outset permitted a key staff official to state a series of damaging, if cloudy, concltK sionsvin criticism of the foundations. Evidently the Reecegroup has been guided-all along by the twisted version of the old law of the West: "Let's to get my prophet license re One of rny predictions seems to have come true-r-or is by way of becoming. When the baseball season; opened I made bold to claim in this column (which is not-to be confused with the ex cellent sport column done by my friend Ray Schwartz) that the man towatch was a Negro' boy named Willie Mays of the New York Giants. As of July Fourth Willie was burning up the league with his dash and color, and was ahead of Babe Ruth's record for home runs at the same period when Babe made his great record o. sixty.

I'm not predicting 'Willie will break Babe's record, but. he is putting some spirit into my. favorite game because he loves it in the same way the great Babe did. Of course I feel fairly secure in prediction that Joe McCar thy will be our last president. Since we Ameri cans have enshrined conform ity in all things as our national fetish, who better than Joe can be found to use terroristic methods necessary to stop people from thinking except as up nr tnlrl So this one is Ir- Robertson practically a cinch, unless Ameri cans miraculously remember that we used to have a fine time being different from other people and each other, and raising a little mell when we felt like it.

I have little, hesitation in pre dicting that the Democrats will win the election this year and gain control of Congress. Remember a lot of Congressmen rode in on Ike's coat-tails last election, and the. promised "dynamic program," has been about as dynamic as a cornered rabbit. If the Democrats don't win it. will be their; own fault.

As campaign material the Republicans have (a) Dean Ache- son, and (b) Ike friendly grin. I doubt that it will be enough. True, the Democrats used Herbert Hoov er with considerable success for some twenty years, along with F.D.R's wide grin and golden voice, but they did have something else to offer. They made things better for the common man. But Dean Acheson is today almost a forgotten man and his successor, Mr.

Dulles. is wading around in more, hot water than Acheson did. As -for Ike's grin, it is tempered too often by a frown and a brusque manner. If the press correspondents who cover the White House can be believed Ike's friendliness is limited pretty much- to his social He is usually austere and brusque to the hoi polloi. His military training couldn't help create a certain amount of snobbishness in him, but so long as.

the hoi polloi think Ike would be only too glad to invite them in for dinner it's a real asset. In foreign affairs we have suf- fered diminishing prestige ever since Eisenhower took office. We )) Vj ill in i ill i NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG mer away at. They can admit that business is buzzing, but the Eisen hower theory that if the top boy a are, rolling in dough little fellows can pick up ample just isn't working out. A few million are out of work, and that makes the unemployed conscious of their own insecurity.

And on every hand they see the Eisenhower administration striving to help those who already have too much. It just doesn't fit well with the poor and after all they have the most votes Die's income tax revision waa for, the benefit of the upper brackets He has antagonized the farm ers by telling them in so many words that the only solution for their ailments is smaller incomes. Yet he has encouraged those who supply their wants to raise prices. The president gave av ay billions of tidelands oil to men who were already millionaires, and he has done nothing about the outrageous oil depletion tax exemptions which i has and still is creating a lot of Texas millionaires who are using their money to promote Senator McCarthy, and consequently con-, trot the policies of the country. 5 For many years elections Jiave been "decided the soc ailed liberal vote.

Certainly Ike owed his election to them. His attacks on TVA, which put the Southern state? on their feet, and the sympathetic ear. he always gives private power interests has antagonized practically every liberal in the country. The- Republican i party itself has been split in twain jjy Future President McCarthy and in some states that is going to cost votes. The glamor that surrounded Ei- I enhower has not yet worn so thin that is couldn't carry the country if he were running now, b-t he and even now it is showing signs of wearing a little threadbare, pnly the Democrats themselves can mess up their chances but some of them are not very bright.

Vacation Advice For Motorists PHILADELPHIA (UP) Vacation time is back again, and the Automobile Club of Philadelphia advises motorists to-plan in advance to make sure they dop't find themselves far from home and short on capital. Walter N. White, travel director for; the club, said vacationing motorists should not plan to drive more than 300 miles a day. With thatas a basis for computations, it is relatively simple to figure out daily costs for lodging and entertainment, then, multiply for the cost of the whole vacation period. To this total, add about 15 per cent for "incidentals." White suggesed Jie motoring trips be taken in the spring or fall when travel is not at its peak, and he said driving is best during the early part of the day.

"Always make sure you stop with plenty of time to find; the type of accommodations wanted at- a price within the vacation gaueries, ne empnasizea. not be large or expensive land displays should illustrate a central idea to educate as well ai entertain. Nixon 's Sharp Attacks On Democrat Foreign Policy Lead to Inquiries give 'em a fair trial and hang 'em." f' -i There has: been no sign the tfSmmittee majority! is interested in anything but "convicting' 'the foundations of vaguely defined pff enses against the national welfare and safety. Witnesses appear to have been chosen for their willingness to assail the foundations rather than for their thoroughgoing, objective knowledge of these organizations. The foundations have contributed mightily to the scientificand educational, development-of this country.

They have done much to enlarge popular understanding of the basic problems of living in many places. Theycannot be tarred "subversive plotters" simply because they face the realties of the modern world. Reece andVtussuppbrters seem to feel that to gain a clean7 bill the foundations ihould have denied the existence of change or 'tried to prevent it. Of course, the men who run the foundations-are human." They make mistakes, like everyone else. They are not above investigation.

But they were investigated, in 1952. The only difficulty seems to be that Reece did not like the findings, because they were not sufficiently critical of the foundations. Through no fault of two members, Rep. Wayne Hays and Gracie Pfost, the Reece committee thus far has failed, to discharge properly any part of that responsibility. No fair-minded citizen can have any confidence in its one-sided, blunderbuss assault -on the foundations loosely styled as an investigation." i "Why did France refuse, asks L.

H. of Bufallo, "to -submit the Indochina controversy to the Unit ed Nations, just as the United States placed the Korean problem before that body? Answer: The French Government preferred to handle their colonial troubles on a local rather than an international level. The Paris poli ticians are having serious difficulties with their North African peoples. They feared that U. N.

intervention would inspire more rebellious, agitation in Morocco. "Do our military experts," inquires G. H. of Charleston. S.C., "expect that Chiang Kai-Shek will ever be able to reconquer from the Reds? If not.

why are we spending so much money to train and equip his forces?" Answer: I doubt "seriously whether Washington, including the diplomats as well as military authorities, believe that Chiang Kai-Shek can ever mount a real attack against the mainland. Communists on Personal Health Service 3 A School for Family Doctors THE BROADWAY BREEZE Fate picked a fighter from the throne And barred his pathway to the goal: At each new blow with purpose strong He fought with ever braver soul And step by step he fought Fate back i- The easier each passing day. And soon, 'before the staunch attack. i Fate fled in terror from his way And at the end he blessed Fate; That helDed to make a man of him. Grantland Rice Grantland Bice, the North Star of the Snorts Pages, left us sud denly.

We last saw him at the Marciano-Charles press ringside As he took' his seat, friends. fans and fellow scribes saiutea him-with the familiar "Heyl Granny!" When he spotted us he said: "I miss seeing my.verse in the oaoer. Would you run me?" "I'd be honored." we replied Later, he sent, a letter saying they would be, along soon. You will find them nere from time to time. Debbie Reynolds latest com- Imunique: "I can good night kiss or leave it alone, a kiss is the only thing you can get bv giving The verse in a morning paper tiUed "Wyuyam Wyllaby" amused Wyllter Wyil-chvll The honeymooning Ar- lene Dahl and Fernando Lamas must be chuckling over a screen mas's current, issue which re ports: Their romance is fin ished, washed-up.

because at- lene got tired of waiting for him to William Hodden's incredible confession: "When I get home at night, I'm dead. Fortunately, my wife knows what going through." (Fortunate- Hi-f alutin mags are winchell- ing. KedbooK currenuy repons "the Burt Lancasters expect an other baby about the time this issue appears on the stands." (Those, goshawful gossip col- yums) A fan mag deadpans that-Zsa Zsa prefers beasheeis perfumed with rose-water and wears rhinestone-studded pant-eez. (How do they know diss?) Director John Huston's blunt flash: "In any serious discussion of Gina.Lbllobrigida's talent, you cannot ignore her (You go to your church, mister, and I'll go to mine!) Julia Adams told UP she was mad about Ted Williams. She met him once.

He is a guy who makes you glad you're a woman." day the papers ran it her name was inked with 3 different chaps in as many coast colyums. (Bizzy- Bizzy press-agent). Kit Armen will appear in "Hit the Deck." Fulfillment of a joe Pasternak promise-' of 2 years "Men: and a new book, will arrive Aug. 16th. The parent is Leonard A.

Paris. A history (in a way) of musical comedy in the U. S. Life Goes On: Willie fMoretti's daughter and Charles Morocco's son were married. Their romance started at her father's funeral.

The bridegroom was the undertaker J5 va Marie Saint 'j inherits a Life cover .1 Price of Fame: Bob Hope has 4 press-agents T. Guy (Mitchell, (a nobody not too long ago), will net over $250,000 for his 16-week tour of the British i Isles ditties that stay in Patti Page's "I Cried'' Tune Pan Alley authors "are, getting closer to the point all the time. The latest chune is called: "Sexy Hdy Lamarr's announcement: "I'm just tryjng td prove to my children that I'ml a mother!" Hedwig the kids today just don't believe anybody I Add fascinating fax: Janis Page sleeps dn her stamach between pink and violet sheets. (Now how'd he know iThattt?) New York model'Betty Brosmer (in Hollywood) told, interviewers. "The only thing I miss about New York is the big league baseball." Dunno why.

Some of producers out there make terrific pitches Why "Young at Heart" are not household words in the composer's abode: Johnny Richards penned the music to Carolyn Leigh's wordage. Mrs. -Richards (Christopher Webb) is a lyric wjiter, too. (Don't mention that song around here!) Says Willie Mays: "You'll get the money. It may take a little but whenever you sign something, you get the (Unless it's your will).

Daily Herald Co re spo ndents Here are Herald staff correspondent in -the. various-communities of Utah County. Contact them if you -have news. District circulation agents are listed also. They stand ready to help you with problems concerning de livery of the paper.

1 Community Name Phone Airline. Mary Williams 082 Jl American Fork. Dena Grant 100W Am. Fork. Rod Griffin (sports) 315J Am.

FkJ Duane Durrant (cir.) 603W Benjamin. Mrs. Jt. Peiy Edsemont. Tana Richards J.031R2 Goshen.

Eva Cook Highland. Cressie Greenland 089J1 Lake Shore. Edna Knight 0318J3 Zimmerman Lehi. Paul Willis (cir.) Lindon. Margaret Holds way 6021 Mapleton.

Zora D. Hales i. 018J2 Orem Margaret V. Whitwood 0968R1 OremIrene Keith (cir.) 0593R2 Palmyra. Shirlene Roach Payson.

Madoline Dixon 233J Jackman -(eir.) 327J PI. Grove. Eva Orion 3183 PI Grove. Nigel Hey (sports) 5833 PI. Grove.

Jennie Gilbert (cir.) 8181 PI. View. Yvonne Perry O101J3 Salem. Margrette Taylor Santaqum. Estella Peterson 9902 Sp.

Fork. Malcolm Green 139W So. Fork. Virginia Evans (briefs) 297 Sp. Fork.

B. Davis Evans (cir). 297 Spring Lake. Hortense Butler Springville. Evelyn Boyer -768W Spg Katherine Sheffield (briefs) 697 Spg- Marvel -Anderson) (cir.) 161M Vineyard.

Mrs. George Wells 044J1 West Mtn- Mrs. El vera Bishop S81JS thejtecting tJie approaches to that 'eastern-most Dart of Germany didn't hold Indochina as we saidjbudget, he said. we were going to. We took such diplomatic defeat -at Geneva that jSCHOOL ART the only thine left for us is to stayj SAN FRANCISCO (UP) Every home and sulk.

We won a minor! new school should have a small victory in Guatemala, but the only art gallery, according to Mr. foreign government as friendly Karl With, professor of art at to us as when Ike took of-' UCLA, he says that "there is. a fice is that, of Chiang Kai Shek. tremendous hunger among young whom we support, and who. from people today to learn about the stories that come out of For- all kinds of artistic expression." By RAY TUCKER Today Mr.

Tucker answers I readers' questions of general I interest on national and international policies and person-alities. Questions may be sent -to him at 7008 Hillcrest Place, Chevy Md. WASHINGTON, July 18 Mrs. F. of Colorado Springs, as as well as numerous other read ers, asks why President hower permits 'Vice President Nix on to make so many and such sharp attacks on the Roosevelt- Truman-Acheson foreign policy.

In her opinion, they nullify the Admin istrations professed objective of truly national and bipartisan" approach to international i prob- ems. i. Answer: It is extremely diffi cult, from a personal and political viewpoint, for a President to cen sor or to suppress such an import ant figure as the No. 2 man, and the presiding officer of the Senate Ike takes the position, so I under stand, that the Calif ornian speaks as an individual rather than a Party spokesman. It is difficult to understand the distinction, i INTELLIGENT POLITICS It is, of course, good politics, and Nixon's attitude represents that of many Republican members of Congress i as well as millions who voted for the GOP ticket in 1952.

The Republicans have been unable to fullfill all their promises in the field of foreign affairs, and blaming the Democrats for both the Korean and Indo-China conflicts, as welLas the Russo-Chinese Reds' present and growing strength, provides a convienient alibL Finally, the Democrats capitaliz ed for years on the "Hoover de pression." When the girls don't melt Vi Ws arms, a fellow should begin to sus pect thot he's not so hot. SIDE GLANCES Even if he had a much larger, Arnerican troops battled into notanhS 5fith' outskirts of Lessay. west does not have the weapons, sup- Dastion of the Norman for uLVnJ" Jfnri fr0nt in FranCe The Navy nl dJ2 fh 2f had reached -its desired strength to provide tnem would be the sig-l Ci-n nnn nal wrhaDS for World War TIT lof 3.650 0P0. bringUlg Combined nal, perhaps, jpr World War III. armed strength to its FORMOSA jFORCE OF SOME peak of 11.350,000 and VALUE The Generalissimo does'Pf ture inducUon calls on have a certain nuisance 'L'l however In fact, he conducts small mpaien to renominate Vice guerilla actions on nearby wfllace Hie Democratic national conven- mosa.

a government more fascist than that of Franco in Spain and Peron in Argentina. Against that record the voters are not going to be much impressed 2 VVn ports?" Answer: Yes, it is. Ironi cally, the Democrats won in 1948 on this platform, carrying many farm slates, and lost in 1952, when they reversed their position. In fact, if no agricultural meas ure is enacted- at this session ofl Congress, the basic farm act will go into effect on January 1, 1955. It provides for a lower price support level, and it is largely, a Democratic measure.

Once News Now History Taken from the files of The Provo Herald 10 Years Ago July 18, 1944 Plunging to within 44 miles of pre-war east Prussia. Red army trqops outflanked Grodno and k'aiinac twin Naii ha ct inns nro- was sagging under pressure of conservative despite President Roosevelt's reluctance to repudiate his teammate The valuation of the Geneva steel plant for the year 1944 was $21,567,548. Funds Approved For Building Of U. S. Air Academy WASHINGTON (UP) The House Appropriations committee today approved $15,338,000 to buy land and start construction of the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs," Colo.

The Air Foref had asked for $16,338,000 committee cut the request one million dollars because it said that amount is expected to be contributed by the state for land acquisition. So They Say France is concerned with Indo- China of -course, but it's the big powers the U. Russia and China that will ultimately de cide what will be done in the East. Rear Admiral Andre Jubelin, French diplomat in U. S.

The administration has stressed the importance of private investment in helping underdevel oped countries, and yet the De partment of Justice now seeks to penalize us for doing the very thing they desire us to do investing far more than anyone else in Central America. Kenneth Redmond, president, United Fruit Company. We are delighted that on the 100th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's historic nursing in the Crimean War we will honor a young woman (Mile. De Gallard. "Angel of Dien Bien wfiose de votion to duty has beenj unsurpassed in this century.

Rep. Frances Bolton Ohio). With 'the people of France and Viet Nam. and the other free peoples of the" world, we close ranks. Together we will win the only peace desirable a peace- of free and proud men.

Viet Nam Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. RELIABLE -ECONOMICAL Trie! mi ftnti ij If fn eperta msf-h-tsf. Enter! tentrtMM Hlppi with fkt ercft-jJti lOTO IOOItl Stwer HcilH. sence serves to immobilize a certain portion of Mao Tse-tung's Red forces along the coast oppisite Formosa. In fact, recent reports of such heavy concentrations in that area suggest that Mao may be preparing to attack the deposed ruler.

On the diplomatic front, the British suggest that we should' eventually recognize the Chinese Reds' regime, and persuade Chiang to! place Formosa under the trustee ship of the United Nations. That would be a possible solution, if the men at Peiping will comply with Eisenhower-Dulles rules of decent behavior. FARM SUPPORTS "Is it true," asks T. J. of Dallas.

''that former President Truman, like Eisenhower favored flexible rather than high and rigid farm sup-i By GALBRATTH Don L. Wissmiller A NATIONAL SERVICE AVAILABLE LOCALLY By. WILLIAM BRADY, M.D. physician TTknow and admire has a son and a daughter, both in college. The son is com- ipleting eight years of college workand expects' to re- Iceiye his this onth.

His dad has bee waiting for the. a when the" boy will finish Jiis internship and frptnm home tn Dr. Brady become a partner and gradually take full charge of the practice. But that's not the son's idea at all. Dad has been practicing about a third of la century and it seems to me he has Aept well ahrpast nf thp new HpvTfinmpnts proven value in.

prrctice. I Poor dad-now finds, that the boy has been indoctrinated by the more-prominent members of the medical "school faculty, who imbued the neophytes with the idea of entering immediately up on special practice and not wast ing theiirprecious time on -gener al practice. Without, putting the thought in words it is plainly evident that the boy regards dad a perhaps fit to get by with medical trivia'but that would be no career, for him." I Perhaps the medical school in structors do not put the thought ill words either, but they do thoroughly convince the tyros under their tutelage that it 'is just, not good business ten years in training and then electing to dawdle in general medicine. After all, when a doctor; -gets his license frofiT'the sfate he may practice any branch of medicine or surgery lie prefers and the Y. W.

public expects to pay a specialist three or four times as much as an- "ordinary" doctor would charge for thp camo S0n'ti Here in paradise these days it is hard to find a general prac titioner among the trick special ists and kh-NICK racketeers, "a situation that worsens from year to year. Sipped letters, not more than one page or 100 words long-, pertaining: to personal health and hyrienc not" to disease, diagnosis' or treat- ment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Address such correspondence to Dr. William Brady, co The Daily Jlerald, ProTO, Utah.

Regular customers of the trick specialists and kli-NICK racketr eers take no more stock in my suggestion than do the business men who exploit them, but I be lieve it would be better for Amer ican medicine andbetter for the people if young-Tnen and oung Women desiring to become physicians were admitted to medical school on completion of high school and 'graduated as Doctors of ledieiiie, on completion of four years of medical school ad I a of internsmp. ine jvi.ij. degree should entitle owner, without anscstateboard or other examination; toTpractice general medicine only. If a physician wished' to specialize he or she should be required to take a pre scribed course of postgraduate instruction in the chosenu field, after having spent at least" five years in general practice I As medical education is admin istered today, i the schools turn out specialists only. No wonder the graduates are- reluctantto -become mere family doctors.

Many Y.W, patrons of special ism are spenders you know, easy come, easy go and tney have no scruples about paying a trick specialist of kli-NICK racketeer $50 or $100 for a service zn honest doctor would render for $10 or You see, the poor souls imagine a doctor who holds himself out as a. specialist must be a better, doctor or else the government wouldn't allow him to put on such" a front. Under a statute now in effect in California the state will only, bona fide clinics where physicians examine and treat patients without charge, be fore medical students. QUESTIONS i ANSWERS All Eyes Are Blue at Birth Well, now you have made a statement which I'm sure is in correct. You stated that "all babies are born with blue eyes." I have four daughters.

Three were blue eyed, two still are. but one began to have flecks of brown when she was -nine months (Mrs. H. M. Answer Her ees were blue at birth All eyes-are blue at birth, coloration beginning several weeks after birth.

This Is so, Ma'am, even if you have a thousand daughters. 1 Unique Request One of out readers would like reprints of your column suggest ing that teacners, parents, pas tors, coaches and others ask children to sign a pledge against drinking (Mrs. B. H. Answer I sorry 1 have no reprints This is the only request of the kind I have received.

You or any one may reprint all or any part of that column I'm afraid, parents, pastors, teachers, coaches, big brothers and no longer believe it is good for children to taketbe pledge. But I thank Godjnyparents and the W. C. T. UTthat they believed in it.

HE THOUGHT HE WAS BEING FOLLOWED HEWAS BUFFALO, N.Y. (UP) An thony B. Balestrieri appeared in traffic court on a speeding charge. Asked if he had any excuse for his speeding, the motor-istreplied: "I thought I was being followed." He was right. A patrol car was chasing him at a 70-mile-an-hour clip at the time and eventually caught him.

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