Show C3 31arquii Childs IMMIMannmlaillominolEEMoniminoliollanimmiliMMI I rakt Ztibunt l' Setlott A Wednesday Morning February 21 1968 - V- '17 Page 10 t X( I - pre-tri- actid'm But the ABA steps outside its own It would impose the same restrictions' upon the police and calls upon the courts to enforce them through the power field - trip to give a personal sendoff to fighting men leaving for Vietnam was an obvious effort to rally public support as the decisive test nears His three-hou- r conference with former l'resident Eisenhower at Palm Descross-countr- y ert California was an equally obvious attempt to create a nonpartisan atmosphere for that test Mr Johnson like the public already knew where General Eisenhower stood But by going to Palm Desert the President was able to link his and the general's names in newspaper headlines across the country During the next few weeks 10500 troops will be airlifted to Vietnam at the requcst of General William C Westmoreland the American commander who needs them to bolster his thin lines across the part of South Vietnam These are combat-read- y The troops 25000 men who are to be dispatched between now and July 1 are support troops But ivith more combat troops Westmorelandwill need more support troops it is likelit that the target figure of 525000 1 well encourage the police to withhold all information the rights of a defendant could be seriously impaired That kind of secrecy in a police station is intolerable in a free country The jury system is a basic ingredient of American ustice Yet the bar association appears to believe that jurors can't be trusted to fulfill their sworn obligations and that they must therefore be protected against themselves However the bar which would not wait for evidence from another source has provided no evidence of its own to support this conten- I 0 0 0I Bill Vaughan's The firm handshake Is a potent weapon although we wonder how many people ever voted for a man who broke two of their fingers The propmed national budget is called a record for peacetime This is peacetime the way a demilitarized zone is what it sounds like t -- A'i)t 1 s cle : — n 9I '1-)- k 1i-- woo s —11 ' ' A ' t 't "WO 110 IV' '''- -' ' ' 4kii"W 6'4t'lftio t 4 A patriotic organization has a slogan: "Think of freedom as eleven kinds of chicken soup" We're trying to but we keep feeling slightly One reason men accomplish more than women is that they don't have to call one another before every social occasion to see if they're Fupposed to wear a hat In their differences over who should run amateur sports the NCAA and the AAU threaten the existing world records for nit c zl 4 —' 1?((- - ' - :- 04 picking ' Of course there will be a great reduction gold drain when we get to the point where we can grow our own soccer players t Zst6 à - In at 0 04 ' —Crockett In wind shield (2 ' dt lIe's the one with the yr-of- '''- 'i )E'' ''ttlicz H ir ii t- You can alWAyg tell the man who has been driving on the highway at the legal speed 1 0 143( ' : - N Washington $tar the Austerity is the economic watchword Never before have so many been eager to tighten the other fellow's belt butter do immetbing before be gets any bIggerl" s1 "it r ' !v '' qf- 1:i R' :' ii:r--- - - p --- --- 75::''''k A '7:1''It'A'i N -- e A :' V 41 yt'i'' "'1t33 410 : ie '" - oe-- '"41111111 1: 14 vt10'0' !' 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Editor Tribune: One of the greatest attractions in Utah is the big inland sea known as Great Salt Lake All histories ever written of the United States make s special note of the last remains of old Lake Bonneville Most every person who has read about Utah wants to take a swim in Great Salt Lake where the water is so salty your body can't sink in IL The question is: are the waters in Great Salt Lake sanitary or could certain parts of the lake be made sanitary enough for people to enjoy swimming and hold outings there? One of Utah's greatest attractions is not being used like it was in the days of long ago! GERALD HENRI Provo Utah A Bad Situation Editor Tribune: If there ever was an opportunity for a city to give temporary work to its unemployed the garbage situation in New York City should have been that opportunity If all the politicians in high places are dependent on the unions to get elected to office we are in a worse situation than I for one could ever have believed WINONA B RICII t 1 Interesting He believes he will take 40 per cent of the vote and the entire slate of delegates On the Nixon scorecard Romney is given 30 per cent of the total vote This will be a sufficient showing to persuade him to go on to the Wisconsin primary The remaining 30 per cent will be divided between Gov Nelson A Rockefeller of New York and Gov Ronald with a Reagan of California a: write-in-s scattering of votes for marginal candidates Needs National Image Romney's problem is establishing a nation al identity As a newcomer to the national scene — the governor of a state with its own particular background — when he talks about Vietnam and the balance of payments he must overcome the suspicion of the voter that he is an interloper merely exploiting the issues for his own advancement Nixon who has moved in the presidential ambience since he became Dwight D Eisenhower's vice president can resort to broad generalities saving his fire so confident is he of the nomination for the campaign In the fall But Romney has seriously and consistently tried to discuss the issues His speech in Keene at the start of his campaign calling for the neutralization of all of Southeast Asia was a carefully reasoned proposal deserving more attention than it received Many of his announcements have been in the best American political tradition Unable to engage his opponent in debate Romney has in recent days openly assailed him He called him a "me too" candidate his stand on Vietnam merely a blurred carbon copy of the position of the Johnson Frustration Understandable Romney's frustration is however understandable He must break through the comfortable generalities if he is to have a chance to be heard Since this is almost certainly his last chance at the presidency he is going for broke While McCarthy suffers from the same frustration as Romney he has maintained a more philosophic attitude Yet even this calm and philosopher can hit hard race He characterized a Johnson-Nixo- n the other evening as a contest between the vulgar and the obscene Later he explained that while the President sought to read dissidents out of the human race as "moral Isolationists" Nixon if he ran true to form would in the crunch use the innuendo of traitor on opponents of the Vietnam Vvar which in the McCarthy view would be a political obsceni a ty Teach Pacifism Editor Tribune: Pacifism is defined as a belief that nations shall not force their peoples to war against each other Patriotism is defined as loyal and zealous support for one's own country The new premier of Denmark is a pacifist Therefore pacifism should best express the patriotism of the Danes It would seem that if only a handful of the world leaders were pacifists then wars would forever be abolished Is this unrealistic? In the US the term "patriotism" is never used to unite peoples to government programs ending unemployment illiteracy poverty poor housing hospital and medical shortages etc This would be called an abhor rent socialism and besides would cost several billions yearly However the term "patriotism" is always used when one or two leaders of several coutitries make stumbling bungling mistakes and refusing to see truth refusing to see dignity force their peoples to make brutal war against each other These peoples are incited by "patriotic" slogans and songs to kill to maim to destroy each other Before this they never knew each other The costs el wasteful billions upon billions are "patriotically" necessary When will man learn the true realisla of pacifism and idealism? As a UN project pacif ism and Idealism should be taught in every home school church and system in every country in the world SAMUEL S TAYLOR P I ' In the Democratic primary Sen Eugene McCarthy is taking his case against the Johnson Administration to the people of New Hampshire at the crossroads factory workbenches town halls and colleges — wherever a few are gathered together The uncertainties are so great that only a bold prophet would predict the score But Nixon's own view of the outcome at this stage Is The Public Forum - The primary does In point of fact resemble a 4:10 the Perhaps lottery Mr Childs analogy is a great big slot machine with the mrnagers for the several candidates stuffing in hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wild hope of hitting the jackpot When the lever is pulled on March 12 and all the symbols stop whirring around the result will have decided something as among five or six men but very little about what the voters feel on the problems confronting a troubled nation Fcr two of the candidates the power of political organization Is difficult if not impossi ble to break through In the Republican primary Gov George Romney of Michigan Is making a valiant effort to overcome the lead of the front runner Richard M Nixon He is talking about the Issues and above all about Vietnam with vigor and forthrightness Appeals to People 41 :' ft Ali ! Count the Blunders r '-- : i4' ft "'"'4-- - 41 t "::etif-itS!-II-:7-":- tor' jes' 'i it 4- NH — While New MANCHESTER state sweepstakes has been less Hampshire's than a success as a money raiser the primary "''' I contest is making up for !:''' i " : It With the candidates I on the mark for the last i: ': ':'1:t or lap money is being ' r'"'' '' I thrown around as : ' ! '1 though it had just been I !k i ''''''-I Invented ::!::: '4 4 ithl :- 4 iii 4 7 11' 11' I I 2 4' 0 'il: T 14'- 44'-‘- 4 '''' '4 0 5 lioid 7 - ''' ! v: '1111111 -- 1: if 1 4 ' ' i:' ILL -z 4 - 4" tmg 11m"11ciP4 -1- 0 lII ' '4 4-- 4 4r Q's- - r - 11!-1 ck:-:1- itli I f- V t- :litiA - A' 1 4 ' - - ' ' 4 11 e t lik ‘ t 1 1150t :'walm' - t 7I 0IN ' - visitors Orbiting Paragraphs Visiting Cartoonist t - -- - - s - '' - 4 o feelings and attitudes should have been taken into account The original plan was to transport the fliers in the company of the intermediaries via Laos Bangkok and Paris to New York by commercial airlines The State and Defense Departments officials derailed this obvious roadshow attempt and peace movement spokesmen now charge possible future releases are jeopardized The United States must engage in every honorable activity that can bring the release of servicemen taken captive by an enemy By the same token countermeasures are justified when such releases are being used to gain a propaganda advantage for the captors 47 - 0- "r16 A-- t No Special Privilege for N Vietnam Jailers The way three American airmen were returned from North Vietnam prison cams may have robbed Vietnam War critics of propaganda points That it could c1os4 the door on any mem such releases must: be demonstrated by subsequent eveLts We appreciate the happiness of the Merl and their families After being shot down over North Vietnam last fall and held yrisoner until last week the men de serve a pleasant homecoming and the nation'a well wishes However the future of some 930 other servicemen still captive in North Vietnam is still a matter of concern We doubt that these periodic releases American arranged through opponents of the US involvement in Vietnam are moti vated solely by humanitarian considers tiona One American intermediary involved In the latest case complained that flying the pilots home in a US government plane "was a violation of the spirit of the release" Professor Howard Zinn Boston University added that North Vietnamese P” 14 Although the problem of "free press and fair trial" is a difficult one we believe it can be solved without damage to either right The bar association has adopted the extreme remedy of imposing sanctions gainst the press while purporting to discipline its own members But in half a dozen states voluntary agreements between bar and press groups have been highly successful And there is no reason why the same thing could not be done in all 50 states The key word is "cooperation" a word the American Bar Association apparently does not recognize The ABA's unilateral solution is no solution at all And because it tampers with the First Amendment (free press) while allegedly buttressing the Sixth Amendment (fair trial) it may be unconstitutional as the president lof the American Trial Lawyers Association contends The ABA has made a decision which will collapse because of inherent faults if the courts do not declare it unconstitutional men in Vietnam will be revised upward Mr Johnson was in a sober mood during his journey In a speech aboard the carrier Constellation be said "We know that the enemy is going to fail So we have taken our stand We shall do all that is asked all that may be required" His aides told the press and presumably General Eisenhower that they believe the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were badly hurt during the recent offensive and that the South Vietnamese government and army may well emerge stronger than ever This is a combination of determination and hearty confidence with which the public should be completely familiar by now Yet the President thought it necessary to make another elaborate effort against a dramatic background of visits to troops and a conference with General Eisenhower We would say he is preparing the country for very grim news indeed—not news of a debacle but news of serious setbacks inconclusive engagements and mounting casualties This is what a time of testing means s f '' ks -- ' -- I 1 tion LBJ Prepares Nation for Decisive War Test President Johnson's - Hampshire Ballot' Won't Tell Much 1- 4ir-1- :roe'VI - falai 4 el ' II IA 41--'- to punish for contempt Since this might - cc Bar's Fair Trial Code Misses Point al - 1 cr 4 t 4 - Ilk iii7 l'o'vr 10 n- The American Bar Association acted precipitously in adopting Dew rules for lawyers and new procedures for judges which are supposed to safeguard the right to a fair trial but which in effect restrict press freedom Thc American Newspaper Publishers Association is in the midst of a national survey of trial judges to determine the degree of influence if ary that news coverage has on jurors But the ABA House of Delegates refusirg to wait until the results were compiled voted overwhelmingly in favor of its new code In short the bar acted on assumpdons that have not yet been proved The Reardon Committee which drafted the new code believes that a fair trial Is not possible unless certain information Is withheld from the public before the actual trial begins Otherwise it is contended prospective jurors may be prejudiced against a defendant So the bar forbids lawyers to reveal such information as defendant's record of arrests or convictions the fact a confession has been obtained results of any tests and the identity of witnesses We question the wisdom of these restrictions However this is a matter clearly within the province of the bar association And the conduct of some lawyers both for the prosecution and defense in spectacular trials calls for disciplinary - k Not only money but extraordinary energy and effort are goin: into this contest in one of the smallest and most typical cf the 50 states If the New Hampshire primary as the Indicators have all along tended to show determines the contestants in Novemver seldom will so much have been decided by so few Interlandi " I'1E ' CAMPAIGN '' ' HEADQUARTERS n0 !RI 404 -- - ' 1 0 i 1 1 Ivr v Altar 'Asko: At r ft " i '111 46 e4?:: tlt i t16 t -- -- t ut r IL : i ALe1- ' '4 aw 1 A0 1 14 n '4 i Pea 11641 - wg-s- iIT'4111P 10- -- 014' ''t Pt- 10 I- 1e i :i 11T4tTIPA-r-07- t ftr i It t "You looking fnr volunteer Wiarkers who are damned fed up with the whole etinkIng rotten ON me?" 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