| Show PRESS UTAH ASSOCIATION That sort of thing is so common in Russia in Nazi Germany and in other dictatorships that every citizen lives in terror of being arrested without warrant imprisoned without access to counsel subjected to physical maltreatment and mental pressure to confess to some offense of which he has not the least knowledge and sent to his death without the right to appeal tohigher court We do not sentence Americans to death because they have departed from their political party line as they do in Russia or because they are Jews as they do in Germany And the Supreme Court has reiterated more vigorously than ever the elemental American doctrine that even the lowliest Negro has the same rights tofair trial andfull hearing as the most highly-placed citizen of the land That disregard for human rights in Russia and Germany blossomed in 1941 in the United States entrance into World War Two History recounts the profusion of ill-founded hearsay the military would label it scuttlebutt that followed the surprise December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor The Herald editorially cautioned While it is wise to be on the alert to adopt every protective measure we should seek to avoid war hysteria We should not accept every rumored event which we read or hear about Wait in confidence until the government makes its official announcement as to what has actually hap pened Everybody can help in this great struggle Keep busy Keep your faith Avoid hysteria After the war as his base paper grew and his commercial printing firm prospered Conover looked for other opportunities The first came in Mt Pleasant where Burke McArthur had decided to retire after 36 years at the helm of the Pyramid one of Utaholdest weeklies Harrison and Thomas Judd jointly acquired the paper on October 1947 As it turned out it wasnJudd cup of tea though he handled it well asresident publisher In 1950 his interest was purchased by the Springville owner and for the ensuing 45 years the Pyramid has been in his family 662 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |
