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Show (There's Money Enough To Support Both, Of Yo- uNow, Doesn't That Make You Feel BetterT DESERET NEWS SAIT LAKE CITY, UTAH - - EDITORIAL PAGE" THURSDAY, AUGUST F WASHINGTON 3, 1967 evidently stepping Soviet -back from its Union is The .ast ana appar- ently wants to I 4 keep the lid on Arab extremists. This . marks a - considerable Tshift J f in Soviet tactics and it would be .well to see clearly what brought it about. Why this transi--' tion from riskful, total support of the Arab cause to cautious, limited support of the Arab cause? National Character NeedsTBoIsfering . a Yet, in retrospect, what could we expectL We have invented a marvelous machine called television and for two decades we have spent hours each day using it to demonstrate mayhem and murder for our small children. Is it any wonder that we now reap a harvest of civic disorder? The basic unit of society is the family, yet we entice that unit into unbearable consumer debto the point, where the family itself is consumed. For shiny automobiles and other luxuries, mother leaves family to work to pay for such things. And juvenile delinquency soars. The simple rules of right and wrong are abrogated Incur courts through technicalities' and legalities drawn in such fine splitting of hairs that, for all practical purposes, there is little or no punishment for breaking the law. Of the thousands arrested and jailed in recent days of rioting, most will go free because there are not enough lawyerscourts,? prosecutors, r and judges to prepare and hear all the cases. , Dope is peddled on our school yards, and no less an insti tution than the United States Navy has been compelled to warn members on the dangers of LSD and marijuana. On July 30, President Johnson appealed to the nation to pray for civil peace. Yet if someone challenged the Presidents ' appeal to prayer, would the Supreme Court rule he was vio latlng separation of church and state? The fanatical op ponents of religion already are contending that the President , has no Constitutional right to proclaim a day of prayer. Will Thanksgiving be next? 1 The founding of America was a great spiritual experience: good men and good women, with the help of a handful of tools,: a willingness to work before the sun arose, and after it went down to continue by candle light, and often ' under desperate pressures, built our great nation. And most often, they had a family Bible by their side. Such men and women, provincial and parochial as they have been, knew what to do when it came to teaching may their children proper values. They would have marched to the nearest tree any racketeer caught selling dope to their children. When mother worked, she wore an apron. If daughter worn a miniskirt, she would have been, sped to the had . . .woodshed. t moral purpose of sore need in is character zTL national Our moral purpose buttressed by religious intent The two cannot be separated. Indeed, we would do well to remember the words of George Washington in his farewell address: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable support And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conced--e- d to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious princi. ple." : Romneys Vanishing War Chest e Is And, while in with Moscows pro-Ara- along policy, they b r h have found their own public opinion re-sisting the official line. The visible shift of Soviet tactics is substantial.- tr l." - -- K - u e letters to the editor iminininiimiiniiimmmmmumirnimnmnmnnminmimiimiiiiiiimmiinji INSiDE REPORT By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK . Poor Impression Scranton of Pennsylvania and asked for his help in raising some money. Scranton readily agreed. But despite Scrantons WASHINGTON On top of all his We are just returning home after visiting your immense prestige inside the wealthy, other miseries, Governor George Rom- establishment, fund'Eastern his camfirst beautiful .conventional of sources Republican city. Our first impression of Sait Lake ney of Michigan now faces a severe efforts were less than successful. was wonderfuL We attended Promised Valley raising money. paign n for drive in crisis his money which was very outstanding. This is a clear signal from the fundtrio has been plagued But that r Recently we were the Republican presidential nomination. some in the downtown barometer with that and of lot some luck. a bad failures doing shopping yearraising Romneys It has not by any means readied the area when hit not Fearwe has in bottom. of came the one across the most rude hasnt long plunge yet brought the Folger simply stage where Romney Associates, of him. Marriott was ful that Romney will not survive New we drivers seen. ever had money expected name of the struck serious illness and is out of the Hampshires presidential primary by The time was around 3 p.m. and we had driven-'- ' Romney-for- campaign indefinitely. Because of the against Nixon next March, Republican President organiaround the block two times for a car to pull out of y Middle East war, the' UJA called money sources who want a moderate 1 zation, cant pay ; a at last one was Hilling out so We backed up X-,,I their bills. But . on Fisher to touch his sources for emer- nominated falter at pouring money into a andspot; when ah of a sudden a little sports car, waited, g cause. same the losing gency Israeli about a 1962 Corvette, pulled right around us Romneys money-raiseamjX What they cannot see are some into ttie have fallen sources who might have been giving to spot anyone could see was to be ours. reasons Romney. in the I for i hope behind their , far tyr v How the driver could ever drive was beyond me Normally, Romney might be able to Romney organization. The lack of Coordambitious sche1 for she had a Cigarette in one hand and a canned A dule. And 'with'" recoup from -- these money setbacks ination and Occasional enmity between beverage in the other. When we honked she hoi- -' through Governor Nelson Rockefeller of the Lansing and Washington offices of Romney Assolered some of the most profane language we had ciates maintaining New York, who has personally contrib- Romney Associates may be coming to an Reever to end. Walter own millions his a other and Gov. Romney heard. Devries, uted of Lansings long high salaries, Our last impression of Salt Lake is not spgebd. publican campaigns. But believing that Romney aide and idea man, held a long proportions in both Lanthe party should no longer be propped up and productive session with Washingtons -sing and Washington, that spells real MR. AND MRS. HUGH CLAYTON Len Hah in Washington last week. There' by the Rockefeller fortune, the governor trouble ahead. . Eugene, Oregon will more drastibe such to time this has chosen meetings. particular Ironically, when the Romney presiThat contributions. curtail More with tax his political cally ' program important, dential effort began last November, has Rockefellers un- now enacted, Romney will be spending 1 seemed the last thing 'to means Romney ' equivocal endorsement but little of his less time as governor of Michigan? and A - worry about. On hand1 was this more as presidential candidate in the , money. trio of money-raiserHI fortune, the - months ahead. Ho has confided to visi-- . of this all for Yet, During the past few months there have bee ''Detroit "millionaire Max "Fisher, Ja g operation would be tors to his summer residence at Macki- ' quite a number of articles concerning citizens posRomney Jewish United the for major in no great difficulty if Ids' presidential nac Island that he may weQ become an session of personal arms. For almost 200 years citAppeal (UJA), with money sources not izens have had arms and have borne them well. prospects and polls were nearly as high avowed candidate in September.or Octothe1 in but Jewish in the community only is often ber. as last November. Those who have used them against other Amerirestaurant-hotel , oil industry as well; But nobody expects an.early announcea good barometer of a candidates progcans have been justly dealt with according to the of WashingWillard J. Marriott, magnate ress, as shown by one recent backstage ment of candidacy in itself to restore the Taw. , ton, expected to hit his fellow Mormons incident vital momentum Romney lost earlier this as well as other businessmen; WashingNow we find politicians from the top dowri all Len Hall, Romneys campaign-manager- , year. And until something does restore ton financier J. Clifford Folger, who as most and stronger gun legisla-- . stronger demanding ti i war his momentum. chest that is state of fundthe Romneys chief diminishing explained Richard M. Nixons former tion. Just why do these people want guns reraiser is thoroughly familiar with the war chest to former Governor William' bound to remain perilously low. moved? Lets take a look at some of the tilings that are happening: L Because of lack of the proper A. lubricant, the M16Tifle Is costing more American lives than need be. The Army says they have the' lubricant, but it is not on the front lines. The Ma- rines swear by e and are satisfied. 2. Recent . reports and first-han- d testimony of governmental and designated representatives (companies, etc.) ' foi the federal government demand lists of mem-way effort. It sprang from the 1965 col- - bers of gun clubs and the arms and ammunition CHICAGO VICTOR RIESEL Learn, baby, learn," Is leptive bargaining negotiations (which Thats they have on hand. 3. Salesmen and phone calls tct hotter than burn, baby, burn. wound up in the White House). Virtually residences asking such questions, What arms do the advice being given jo thousands of unnoticed and unreported was a final conyou have in your home, what kind, how much am1 young Negroes munition? Let us get some good public demand to and their white just before or just after the shift The tract clause on training of manpower. much abused power structure corporaThe steel Industrys coordinating stop this kind of laying! neighbors In a tions will pay the bill. hundred ghettos group, speaking for ten major firms, How about the rest of our western citizens: If this succeeds in such plants, as agreed to set up a study committee. On by honest men dont they object to these same tactics? ' and now deep In the Point Bethlehems Sparrows it were the unions president, L W. Abel; ' MERRILL SNOW s very power struo Armcos mill over jn East Baltimore, its special counsel, Elliot Bredhoff; Bill Bountiful: ture which the and down the line hire in Inland, NationCaples of Inland Steel, and H. C. Lefty firebrands are ' al Steel, Republic Steel, Youngstown Lumb of Republic. They could commit to tear 7 Sheet and Tub! and UJS. Steel, the oper- the entire industry. eager " ' down. ation will fjow coast to coast throughout ls They conferred with government But it Is far this behemoth Industry. and soon, in May 1967, they had $1 I am writing this' In'regards'fo the' new' sewer more than advice From there, the projects will be million of federal funds. Thus Willard assessment that has been put on our water bills. I these men are giving. Theyre spending - moved Into the auto, rubber and other Wirtzs Labor Dept, John Gardners am a property owner and have five rentals. I guess t their money, their time, their talents and Ptass production fields, Education and Welfare Dept, 'the Health, the not always abundant excess energies The objective is to upgrade the skills union, the industry and the Midwest they feel that they must raise money, but why on of harassed middle-age- d the property owners all the time? Corporate and. and education of the employes so they Board for Fundamental Education were r labor executives. can tear themselves loose from the la-- rolling. The Board Is one of the few with I am refusing to pay this assessment until they ' . decide more for reasonable And they did not wait for the fire s to borer category on the Bottom. of charter such a as that Xsomething duplexes, Congressional . : But most vital, once the bottom is the Red Cross.- turn on the heat Their story is beif.g lost triplexes and such. I fed a sales tax raise would be' in the crackle of yesterdays flam.es. unclogged, the industry would be justiIt specializes In workers motivation, , more fair as then everyone would have to pay it and not just the people who happen to own homes Thats a pity, for right now deep in fied in going into the community and getnew "-methodology for educating adults - the heart of the r goliath ting at the hard core those swept up in and training of teachers. It will conduct and apartments. business executives and .tabor leaders the emotional and charred maelstrom of I called the County Attorney and he Said to the classes. are tooling up a pilot project which' the big city Streets. As the trainees are raise our rents, but that will never work as I will ' beOf course, 1,600 men are only the could take tens of thousands of underedupromoted, the new cadres will be moved Just lose my renters. When I called up to inquire cated and unskilled adults off the streets into an industry where labor earns about ginning. If they move Successfully about it they said it was for the sewer and then a ' 1 file the and put them into the pipeline for secure four dollars an hour and has job securthrough study courses, industry friend called up and they said its for the new pay can be expected to move into the com. . and Jobs. JL,. . ity. raises for the city employes. Just what is it for?,. , not Is the it though responsibility But those who scream above the roar munity, At this moment in the Chlcago-Gar- y Does anyone really know . r.v Steel. Educating the unskilled ' and Baltimore steel complex, load lead- of falling buildings, howling sings and' of Big to e unfair house . is This is the , apartment especially proletariat publics., breaking of heavy glass, . cant expect ers of the United Steelworkers of Ameritask. But the much abused power strucowners as they have to pay $1.25 a month on each instant millenniums. scream who Those ca and management mot from seven ture Is hardly what it is made out to be and every tenant, and you can imagine what large major steel corporations are running all the way down from Baltimore to in the literature of what Lenin, called the ' ;? apartment houses are going to pay. in CORES the caravans of Washington employe clinics." Theyre seeking 1,600 ' infantile Left I am in hopes this letter will get the apart- CommitSteel and Shipyard Workers . undereducated workers so they can be Theres much riding on this pilot proj- - ment house owners to demand a' different set-u- p sent to classes in September right ,n the tee may well discourage and dislocate ect It could steer a course for all mas-sir- e than this one. As for' myself I will hare to 'pay ' the to takes time learn It pilot project big plants themselves,- The pilot pioject industries and unions. 590.00 extra a year plus all my water bills amf I seeks both the men who need rudiments-r- y the difference between a coke oven and a am not very happy about it. 1 am also thinking-aboMast continue to burn if furnace. not the But rioters reeducation and those whose literacy the elderly widows that barely have enough r The pilot project may not suit the the inner gut of Americas great Indus-.tri' is on a slightly higher level. In the end, to on and thenliave to pay 53.75 extra every these nor if lire megalopolises, will in It cities, have lions streets the but if works these men, while working, gone young -.. ' three months, , through 150 hours of upper level grade it will give hundreds of thousands of exist as armed camps. . . --MRS. G E. THOMAS , unskilled and uneducated workers a . Learn, baby, learn, or tomorrow there school and high school courses at the . 728 Post SL rate of six hours a week. They will study chance to get with it This is a four-- 1 may be mighty little left to burn. just-begu- all-sta- last-minu- six-da- a fund-raisin- rs fv behind-the-scen- A riV -- t ... Interference fund-raisin- g all-st- s: fund-raisin- fund-rais- Fund-raisin- V g 'J The Riots1 Lessons Riot can be controlled. The damage can be lessened. And it is possible to plan for them in advance. Milwaukee i a good case in point Gty officials there, who only two months ago revised their new "Manual of Procedures in Civil Emergency," are now being credited with pre venting an outbreak that could have rivaled Newarks or - Detroits.- ,r The plan which included a rigid, curfew has brought relative calm to the city. Its main rapid .coordination between various law enforcement agencies and civil authorities. In contrast there is increasing evidence that Detroits riot caught the city off guard. Police, first ordered to hold back, were unable to move forcefully at the start of the riot a delay that may have been fataL Further, Gov. George Rora-- 1 beney is quoted as saying that the state called qn the Army cause it knew it couldnt depend on the National Guard (an in credible statement in itself), but still encountered procedural delays. ' Detroit and Newark have another lesson for American cities. The carnival atmosphere of looting which seized whites V and Negroes alike suggests that any riot, unless quickly con--" V trolled, will spread a fever of lawlessness throughout a suk bstantial portion of the community, 7V "? V There is no way of telling how deep or how pervasive this streak of lawlessness funs in todays society. It would be fool , , ish for any city to ignore the chance that a routine disturbance may turn into an orgy of looting when police find them- - selves stripped of their authority by a crowd whiqh suddenly turns into a hostile mob. . Salt Lake City has had its own brush with this perplexing facet of mob psychology in the Liberty Park disturbances of a few years ago. Thus, it is heartening to see Governor Ramp-- , ton, officials of the states larger cities, the Highway Patrol and the National Guard meeting together, to outline their plans to deal with civil unrest 24-ho- ur city-wid- e, , fea-tur- e: . r - It is unfortunate that it has taken a series of disasters to focus attention upon' the "inadequacy of existing means for controlling these outbreaks in the country. Now it is time to ' review the lessons of the past few weeks, learn from them, ; and put them to use. Cities that failed to heed the ominous 1 warning of Watts two years ago must now listen more clearly ' to tjie same message from Newark and Detroit It goes without saying that, the causes of this discontent nnd breakdown must be treated. But in the meantime, governors and civic officials of all states owe their people the protection of adequate planning. . . t , . ' s or Poland and Yugoslavia have gon r -- . European allies.' Rumaniais boldly, opposing.the onesided Soviet support of the Arabs. It refuses to copdetan Israel, - -- -- - - ) When the Soviets thought the Arabs might win, they kept the U.N. Security Council from intervening., When it became clear that the Arabs were losing, the Soviets shifted gears and pressed for an instant truce. When the Israelis, won the war, the Soviets demanded that the U.N. brand There are probably a number of valid Israel the aggressor, that the Israelis reasons; among them would be these. quit all Arab territory without any - the- - Arabs- - to 1 -- antees of security and P3? indemnity for all losses, including no doubt, about $2 to could fed they destroy they try again billion for lost Soviet arms. Israel is a costly business and very uncertain. Would another $2 billion Soviet When the Soviets sato they couldnt; investment be worthwhile or even pruget any of these things, they went to the that-th- e - U &-- Ambassador s! the U.Nand sought dent? -- What prospectArabs would be able to use modem a compromise which would have called Soviet weapons any better next time Qian for both guarantees of Israeli rights and last time?-- :: z zt evacuation of Arab territory a solution;-th; Arabs rejected. 2 the Arabs to try again is a dangerous business. The Arabs now And now the Soviets avow they want say they need Russian technicians to no resumption of the fighting and would help them make better use of Russian like to see .some kind of direct negotia-tion- s arms, and perhaps Russian military adbetween the Arabs and the Israelis. visers. ' But " technicians and advisers Even if the Soviets are talking more might get shot and, if the Soviets go that peacefully than they are acting since far, they cantjbe sure they wont them-- - new Soviet arms are flowing to the Arab naions all of this together reflects x selves be drawn Into it and that next .. Jime it would not be proxy-wa-r but world significant shift of position. war. . I am not suggesting that the Soviets 3 It is dear that the Soviets cannot are changing" their objectives in the win the united backing of their Eastern Middle East, only their tactics. vl "Character is not cut in marble; it is not something solid end unalterable. It is something living and changing , . ,w said George Eliot. Added Humboldt, Only what we have wrought into our character during life can we take away with us.1 - - In the end, nothing counts but character. What is the national character today? Is it living, changfor the better? Is it worth taking with us? Is it, in the ing . end, worth counting at all? -- There are serious flaws in our national character, as test ifies the turmoil of this long, hot summer, not yet over, flaws that have distressed,' frightened, and shocked many Ameri-cans- i all-o- ' th Middle AK r-l- ;Yr. i 1 J -- Moscow Steps Back ; Wo Stand For The Constitution Of The United States' 1 1. I A5 Having.Been Divinely Inspired . 20-- noscoE DnunnotiD 7 X Learn, Baby , Learn OrElse! dri-slid- ", Unhappy Property Owner offi-cla- ' well-payin- g semi-literat- . T r ut , , ' 'A h -- "V"- |