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Show ' haven't had a twinge since I left the White House unibiuBET NEWS SALT LAKE CUT, UTAH ft Values Being Lost? OCTOBER 6, 1969 The Supreme Court, amid the traditional cry of oyez, oyez, oyez, opens its 180th year today amid perhaps its greatest public scrutiny in years. Among the vital questions to be answered are these : Will the court adopt a more conservative tone under new Chief Justice Warren E. Burger? Will the police hand be strengthened rather than weakened in future court decisions ? Assuming Judge Clement Haynsworths nomination is approved, what will be his influence on court decisions? These questions are raised primarily because of controversies raised by the decisions of the court under former Chief Justice Earl Warren, What ha3 perhaps raised the most public ire during the past years, especially under the Warren court, was the tendency of the court to make laws rather than merely interpreting them. This philosophy of political jurisprudence held that Justices must impose their own social preferences in areas where no express law was relevant. On the other hand i3 the philosophy of judicial restraint voiced by the great jurist, Oliver Wendell Holmes. Holmes held that judges should defer in matters of policy choices to elected legislators, who have to answer to the ballot box. Justice Burgers decisions during his years on the appellate bench more nearly assign him to the latter philosophy or the conservative ranks. At any rate, answers should not be long in coming. The court has 29 cases docketed for its opening weeks. Maxwell vs. Bishop In fact, the very first case may be an indicator of which way the judicial winds blow. It the lives of almost all the 476 men now awaiting exeaf-Jec- Dynamiting The Peace Prospects The leaders of the WASHINGTON Democratic Party are playing with politi- cal dynamite in trying to force President Nixon to withdraw U.S. troops from Viet- nam so rapidly as to throw away all prosper t of negotiating a peace. They may be the ones who get blown out of the water. Thats not important. What is more important is that the United States of America would be hurt grievously hurt by this shortsighted, reckless, perilous undermining of what the President is doing to end the war by seeking a fair peace. No one is suggesting that those who want peace at any price, those who want to withdraw all American forces immediately, regardless of the consequences, should still their protests. All the President and others who are earnestly seeking disengagement and a decent peace are asking is that for a reasonable period congressional critics should stop telling Hanoi that it doesnt need to negotiate, that all it has to do is to wait and they the congressional will see that the U.S. governcritics ment accepts a policy. The Vietnamese war has never been a partisan issue, and attempting to bring it to an end with a fair peace b not a partisan issue. But leaders of the Democratic Party are now trying to make it so. Sen. Fred R. Harris of Oklahoma, chairman of the William Maxwell, a Negro sentenced to death in Arkansas for racing a white woman, contends through his lawyers that it is unconstitutional for a jury to decide a defendants guilt Sand punishment simultaneously. Most men awaiting execution Swere sentenced that way. S Other cases involve such legal questions as the rights of in of to invasion an electronic a privacy juvenile jury trial, case, guarantees against eavesdropping under the federal narcotics laws, state laws restricting free speech, and the right of a welfare recipient to notice and opportunity for a hearing before welfare assistance is ended. These decisions, plus the continuing battle in the Senate over the Haynsworth nomination, should keep the Supreme Court in the public eye whether the justices like it or not Teach Righteousness Self-Hel- conference of the Church of Jesus Out of the Saints this past weekend came a theme Christ of Latter-da- y dominant above all others that the growing social problems facing modem society can surely be solved by the teaching of religious principles. That is the fundamental concept vehind the creation of the Churchs new Unified Social Services Program and the appointment of Marvin J. Ashton as its head. Elder Ashton ;was also sustained as an Assistant to the Council of the a calling that gratified all who have knownand felt , Twelve the influence of this outstanding man. For 21 years, he has worked with youth in his calling as a general board member and then assistant general superintendent of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement Association. Of ..all the assets he brings to his new job, among the most impor-tare the rare insight he has developed into human problems and his warmth and compassion in dealing with them. These qualities will be of vital importance in strengthenthe Churchs social services under a unified program ing youth guidance child adoption and foster home care, and Indian student placement. The big chaHene given the new program is to extend its influence throughout the Church through volunteer service in the wards. The Deseret News happily congratulates Marvin J. Ash- ton on his great new calling, and wishes him all success. ng Welcome The Skiers Dont be misled by the days of Indian summer that follow last weekends wintry weather. They will be beautiful, but they will be brief. Winter is fast approaching, and for thou-- , sands of skiers it cant come too soon. Which raises a point. The men who operate the areas ski resorts have been working hard to get ready, but it isnt clear that they are getting the help they should have. Take highway signs. With the north-sout- h freeway virtually complete through the valley, the fastest way for many skiers to reach Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons is out Interstate 15 to the 72nd South exit. Certainly every Californian driving in from the west and every skier coming into the airor should go that way. port will But how will they know that? There is no exit sign at 72nd South announcing that this is the way to the mountains. Moreover, the visitor who does exit at 72nd South is likely to get lost. The route wanders a bit before reaching 13th East, where it turns left to 70th South, then straight east to the mountains. Directional signs are badly needed there. Another problem: For 30 years, state snowplows have a cleared parking lots, some of which simply extend out on each side of the state highway. But this year budgets were cut, and operators were informed no such help would be forth- Drummond G. Drummond Democratic National Committee, closed this strategy in a candid remark to the press last week. We will, he said, hold Nixon responsible if h turns South Vietnam over to the Communists. But simultaneously Sen. Harris and Democratic senators like Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Eugene McCarthy, J. W. Fulbright are continuing to of U.S. demand such a rapid pull-ou- t troops that the end result would be to give the Communists control of South dis- Vietnam. Thus, the nafonal chairman of the Democratic Party is not only acting to make Vietnam a pay-dir- t partisan issue but is also seeking to put President Nixon in such a box that no matter what he does hes bound to lose. Needs p But Harris doesnt intend that the Democratic Party should take any responsibility for an imprudent speed-u-p of withdrawal. He proposes that if a President gives in to the demand for imprudent speed-u- p he not the advocates of should be held o blame speed-u- p In other words, Sen. Harris neat formula is to make Mr. Nixon punishable by the voters if he doesnt yield to pressures to get out quick and also if evil consequences come from yielding to such pressures. Seiators and congressmen have special responsibility. They know that the President has the constitutional duty to conduct foreign policy and that negotiating peace is the most difficult and delicate act of foreign policy. Heckling and harassing the President Is delaying the peace, not hastening it. Have the Democrats forgotten so soon that Richard Nixon is acting to end a war which he inherited from his Democratic predecessor and which they helped to authorize? Harris and those Democrats he is rallying to put the voice of his party student-facult- y behind the 15 Oct. are protests playing with fire. It wouldnt matter, if they werent also undermining the chances of negotiating a just peace. Fight To Win Several days ago, I attended a meeting at which a former pilot in Vietnam told us the truth about what is really going on over there. He told us about pilots being broken down from because they reflight commanders to turned fire without first getting permission over their radios, about ground troops who had to get permission before they could return the fire of attacking Viet Cong. He showed proof that the United State government is trading strategic material with Communist-bloc countries, who in turn use these goods to assist North Vietnam in its war effort. Why is our government doing this? It seems that our government is deliberately prolonging this war, while at the same time telling the citizens that it is trying to end it. Are our leaders lying to us? Don't the lives of our boys mean anything to them? Apparently r.ot. There is only one honorable way out of this war: Stop trading with Communist countries; block Haiphong harbor, remove these insane restrictions from our boys and let them fight the way thev were trained to fight. e - You cannot help somebody who does not want to help himself. This is a simple truth, but a hard one to learn and to observe. Over the years, I have sometimes been asked by friend A to get together and see if we could do something to help friend B. Friend B is falling apart, in work, or marriage, or just generally. bled. And the plain, if distressing, fact is that many persons do not want to help themselves. The urge lies deeper than we know; the desire to fail may become a passion; the retreat to irresponsible infancy may turn into a way of life (and, of course, eventually, a way of death). But if friend B is not ready to be helped, I have learned, then we might as well save our breath to cool our porridge. It is an absolute axiom that you cannot get well until you know you are sick. I am underlining these obvious truisms only because I see all around me huspersons who want to push others bands, wives, relatives into getting psychiatric treatment. But nobody can be pushed into this any more than one can push a drunk into This is true in every area of human relations. The alcoholic cannot respond to treatment of any kind until he admits he is an alcoholic. The emotionally disturbed person cannot be helped by any psychiatric regimen until he acknowledges that he is deeply torn and trou Alcoholics Anoynmous. The recognition of weakness is the first step on the road to strength; and this step must be taken voluntarily. Freud himself admitted that psychocould cure only those who analysis ART BUCHWALD She said it wasnt enough to lock yourself in a building or go on a hunger strike in your dorm. If you really wanted to change the world, you had to make a lot of money, and then people wouldnt tell you what to do. Thats radical thinking, I said. Then she gave me a book by Prof. Horatio Alger, and I guess no book I ever read has had more of an effect on me. and financial security. He asked me not to use his name because he didnt want to e m b a rrass his parents, so I shall call him Hiram. H i ram, I asked him, why did you decide to take toward attitude this revolutionary Wasnt Prof. Alger the one who came out first with the success syndrome theory? Thats he. His story floored me. I mean a whole new world opened for me, and I knew no matter what the consequences were and r.o matter W'hat other people thought, I was going to work hard and become rich and successful. Life finally took on some meaning for me, and for the first time I felt like a free man. society? I don't know exactly when it happened. I was like most of the rest of the students. I wanted to tear down the school, the society, the establishment. I was just another conlormist, and I never questioned why I was doing all the things that were expected of me. clists. by which he meant that those who freely seek help on their own are already halfway home. The truly disbar bed personalities are those who most resist and resent any suggestion that they need assistance in with their precarious coping the They invariably blame others. A friend, of course, can hold out a light, can offer support and sympathy and a modicum of understanding. But he cannot make someone move toward that light until he is prompted by some compelling drive of his own. Words are useless, logic is futile, even love cannot touch the inner springs of for the neurotic is unable motivation to give, or respond to, love in the proper way. It is hard for friends, or mates, to accept this, but who ever said that life was easy? didnt need it very much n. ski-are- I discovered through this girl that there were other students on campus who felt the way I did not many, but there were enough. So we formed a group called the Students for a Successful Societ. At first we had to go underbecause the adrninistrauon ground, wouldnt acknowledge us as a legitimate But as more and campus organization more students heard about us, the SSS kept growing. Weve been able to radicalize at least 200 students who would rather be rich than do their thing. What are some of your activities to get more supporters? We sell the Wall Street Journal or campus. Weve opened a magazine shop new. So you decided to drop out of the student movement and become a million- snow-clearin- aire? Not at first. But I met this girl. She was really way out. She wore a cash-mer- e sweater, a plaid skirt and she had I couldnt believe on shoes and socks anyone would dress like that. But I got to talking to her, and she started malting sense. ? where you can read back copies of Fortune. We have a stock market ticker tape in the back of the room, and on weekends we have readings from the National Assn, of Manufacturers Bulletins. Hiram, I know this all sounds great. But is it possible that this success syndrome movement is just a passing fad? No, it isnt. I know everyone calls us kooks and weirdos, but no one is going to push us around. Weve already had inquiries from other campuses that want to set up similar chapters, and I wouldnt be surprised in the next few years to see what is now a minority movement become the strongest force in the country. After all, nothing succeeds like success. GUEST CARTOON 1 Some drivers deliberately swing from lane to lane and back to prevent the cycles from passing. I have even seen some drivers swing from the other side of the highway and laughingly return, apparently thinking they had scared the cyclist. Many such problems exist. I feel it is time for a crackdown on this kind of dangerous tom foolery from car drivers. The city should put a few plainclothes officers on unmarked cycles to observe the problems and correct them. -J- OHN ROBB Hunter Plan Necessary? Regarding your editorial (Sept. 20, 1969) concerning the postal corporation. Dont you think it would be fair to investigate your facts prior to printing the rash of mistruths contained in the editorial? Your claim that the unions refuse to accept the bill without the right to strike is false. Your statement that the bill contains compulsory arbitration also is false. You insinuate that former Post Master General Gronouski is in favor of the postal corporation, although he has testified against the corporation plan. You complain about high postage rates and poor service. The employees fear that the corporation will result in higher rates and less service. . The unions insist that a corporation is pot the only answer. In the past, corporations have failed, and the employees of the postal services tremendously fear that the corporation may be instituted only to fail. And what a tremendous cost to the citizens of this nation, this would be. The corporation bill states clearly that the entire population will be served as nearly as practicable and in the interests of economy. The postal employees will not accept a post office that would serve 60 per cent or 80 per cent of the population. The postal sendee must serve 100 per cent of the population and the unions insist that this is possible without having to put the entiie mail system out on a very shaky limb. Economy at any cost is not the answer. - MRS, D. L. THOMSEN 4270 S. Normandie Ln. Discipline Counts I enjoyed Taylor Turners letter some time ago concerning John Holts ideas about teaching. Im inclined to agree with Turner. If Holts ideas go into effect, there will be chaos in our educational program. Imagine tilling a child he is not compelled to attend school. Some of them would never attend if that were the case. If children weie not taught to read, some of them would never learn. To learn to read is so important. It determines to a laige extent whether a child will be successful in 4ns other studies. To allow a child to do what he wants, when ht wants to do it is net always good. Some discipline is essential. A child needs guidance and discipline from his parents, especially from the time he is a baby, because he does not always know what is wise or good. A good education in these days cannot be emphasized enough. I surely hope we will not be afraid to speak up to make certain our children get the kind of education they need. What did you do then? Then one day I thought to myself, Theres got to be more to life than getting hit over the head by the cops. I looked around me and saw nothing but sheep. Every student was doing his thing because someone else had done his thing, and no one was doing or saying anything coming. This is justified; public funds should not be spent to clear a operaprivate property. But there are ways to help tors handle this vast new problem. For example, operators would be happy to pay the state for clearing parking lots, rather than invest tremendous sums g in duplicate machinery. It would help the taxto earn money when it might used were if equipment payer otherwise lie idle. Utahs skiing is one of its greatest assets for the people who live here as well as for the tourist dollars it attracts. The state Travel Council is spending tens of thousands of dollars to bring people here to ski. Other departments of government should be equally anxious to make them feel welcome once they get here. i I have a complaint about drivers who seem to be prejudiced against motorcycles and motorcy- The Success Syndrome Theory WASHINGTON I know no one will believe me, but youre just going to have to take my word for it. I met a college student the other day who said that all he wanted out of life was success DANIEL L. WORTHINGTON Woods Cross Cyclists' Problems Self-Recogniti- on By SYDNEY J. HARRIS ski-are- f . al nt ' What hes up to is now in the open. He wants to give the Democratic Party all the dividends he can by joining in the pressure on Mr. Nixon to get American troops out of Vietnam fast. THE DRUMMONDS By ROSCOE and GEOFFREY DRUMMOND cution. ,, I I no-wi- n ts com-bini- $ I At the risk of being classed as a would like to express violent' disagreement with your Sept. 25 editorial on television violence. The simple fact about television violence is that it usually occurs in a context which asserts a valid ethical premis; that there is such a thing as good and evil, that there are men with evil intentions who cannot be chssuaded by reason, and they must be resisted, if necessary, by force. In reality it is this premis, and not the violence per se, against which the vehement protests are directed. These pro'ests are part of a national effort by the liberal establishment to raise certain ethical ideals to ascendency; specifically, tolerance and compromise. These ideals have long been dominant in the establishment, though they derived not from a moral premise, but from a lelative theory of truth, which assumes that all differences such as between us and the Communists are arbitrary, and from a pragmatic epistemology. The effects on our national policy have been catastrophic. With the Communist invasion of South Korea in 1950, America entered the era of wars, in which it became policy only to fight to a draw. In Vietnam, where we have never lacked the military power to win, we are entering a new phase of outright withdrawal. Obviously we pip seeing a progressive dissolution of the American will. When the liberals succeed, and the American people are so tolerant they will not oppose evil, so willing to compromise they will betray any value, and will be so pacifisuc they will not fight to save their own lives, the end will be near. Shortly thereafter people like me will be dead at the hands of the new commissars, and the rest will be slaves. Personally, I prefer my end of the deal. -J- AMES ROLPH EDWARDS P.O. Box 2493 High Court's Opening Raises Vital Questions semi-annu- Si nf iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii""iiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiHiiiiniiii!iiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiMHii As Having Been Divinely Inspired MONDAY, i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We Stand For The Constitution Of The United Stctes 14 A EDITORIAL PAGE t i!i'iit!nniiii!iiHiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiini!iii!nii:iiiii!:iiiiiiiiiniiiiininiii!iiniiiuiiiiiii!i - h MRS. VERNA C. CHENEY 113 E. Canyon Road V . |