9 WEST VALLEY VIEW Thursday, Apr. This newspaper is happy to accept any Letter to the Editor which is not libelous, malicious or profane. It is suggested they not exceed 250 words. All letters must be signed; however, the name of the author will be withheld and a nom de plume used if accepted for publication. view in favor of M X . A . . Dear Sir, As a scientist with seven years volunteer Utah in experience Civil Defense in the 1960s (RADEF) and having been one of four to spend Sundays and nights in school building furnace rooms, crawl spaces, under multipurpose rooms, etc., cul- minating in letters to 55 Granite School District principals for the benefit of children in a potential holocaust, the author has some civil defense basis for the following sobering considerations: 1. The grim realities of Soviet civil defense are these: General Aleksandr Altunin plus 100,000 military assig-nes- s form the leading edge of a system for nuclear war survival .far and away surpassing anything else on earth. ' (Sweden and Switzerland have delivery equipment more than we have, plus their civil de- TO THE LETTERS fense. Why then EDITOR casualties number 5 to 20 million. The basis for statement 2, above, is that Soviet children are required, by drills and study, to learn the 3. effects of nuclear weapons (heat, blast and fallout). Also principles of protection (time, distance and mass shielding) plus family and personal survival during and after attack. Blast and. fallout shelters have been constructed, assigned and 4. How many of you present readers or other Americans, including responsible heads of households, know ABCs about these life and death subjects? Although much more could be said, the bottom line is clear. Right now there is a frightening basis to believe that the successors to Kruschev, who said Time is on our side, we will bury you, are little deterred from achieving their Communist world empire believing they would win. Now to MX. All our eggs are in the deterrence basket. We believe not in limiting war damage but only in deterrence via nu- some capability). 2. Renowned world scientists such as Dr. Leon Goure, Dr. Edward Teller and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman George S. Brown in addition to military have) or parity (which we no longer even have). Apparently we while rence either because in the last decade we have allowed the Soviets to acquire over 150 thousand million dollars in mostly nuclear missiles and missile experts like Major General George Keegan (Intelligence Officer, Retired) assess a nuclear exchange to result in American casualties of some 160 million Soviet M.E.V. energy and yield half this energy in the first 15 hours. 23, 1981 ' clear superiority we used to (which dont believe in deter- 2. as frightened as I? How can you (the reader) sleep better than I do? What do you tell your children about your own and the future of America, the last best hope of earth? MX unless mode will become a in 1989 the basing is changed, thereby requiring of environ- more years mental impact studies such as the present hearings on dust gag- ing horny toads, construction and Air Force people needing a drink, etc. Can we afford even 1989 under the present threat? Can we 'afford going back to square one and increase our nuclear attack nakedness? We should push like crazy to get MX in the pre- sent UtahNevada, New MexicoTexas or split basin; not argue more. We must also cut the casca- Van Dorn friction effect would smash shallow diesel subs on the continental shelf from outboard ding-wave arent you deterrent force turbulent A deployment time. Now some say MX should be on small diesel submarines instead of making Utah the state for sponge atomic effects. Check the following points: A. Shallow subs on our California continental ocean shelf would almost edly be subject to multiple nuclear enemy bursts. The devastating results follow: under-ocea- n underw'ater bursts. Then' where is our deterrent? 3. The weight of 2 MXs overcome ballast and buoyance cap- ability of these subs. If bigger ones are designed and built, ultraprecious lead time will be lost as compared to scooping out desert shelters. Also costs would be greater. Small, West Valley City WEST VALLEY. tentative budget ceeding $7 million for next fiscal year (starting July 1) is expected to be presented to the City Commission here next week. City Auditor Russ from fallout a final budget by the end of June. Sanderson, the commission and department heads have been locked in lengthy and adopt Sanderson 30has as natives million, City mmissioner Wagstaff day. million range the 5 (this years is $4.7 Combined million). Co- Jerry said Tues- same level $7-7.- of services, Wagstaff said he sees little chance the city could avoid levying a property tax to go along with the utility, sales and road taxes, and federal revenue budget requests, which are in the process of being pared by the commission and auditor, amount to $10- - they compare to the the City Commission. 12 considering alter- To support the they expect next years budget to fall in budget and provide the meetings the past week, examining budget requests as targeted April the date he will submit a budget proposal to for dealing with this years budget deficit, caused by a shortfall in revenue A list of city businesses was compiled and delivered to the State Tax Commission earlier this week. The citys list, based on business licenses, showed that sales tax revenue from possibly hundreds of businesses had not been returned (SeePage 15. Col 8) unsophis- missile accuracy is in serious question of targets an ocean and half a continent away. 5. The new Secretary of the Navy Lehman, THE SAVING PLACE rA knowing the above and many other facts, doesnt want MX on submarines. He, along with others who have On Sale Through Sunday, April 26 JV. studied over 30 alternate modes of basing, believe in the present multiple protective shelter (MPS) system to be the best. Scien- tific and military expertise thisfavors land Grade Western Red Cedar Fencing 1 preserving based, accurate leg of the Triad and MPS basing after lengthy Western Red Cedar tpne mq is man tenance free and durable Wdh it, com btnatton of beauty and ease of m stallabon it is ideal lor mendimj e isting fences or construction o now ones Pnce based on 8 foot run In eludes doq eared fence boards lem p rails and fence posts studies. Lots more to say -no more room. We need MX. Utahns, lets not whine well be a target - sponge. Did trade-of- f -- states so do 1.84 CONCRETE MIX. 90-L- Montana or other when Minutemen was m.7n ut -- k amount of revenue anticipated next year. Sanderson and other city officials have said The commission then must make revisions, hold a public hearing A ex- preparing ticated submarine all-o- ear-throc- While next years budget, city officials are still Budget To Be Presented constructed? Be assured lethal amounts of 1. Ultra-ho- t sodium radiation will pass 24 radionucleide water over the entire United droplet fallout carried States including Utah West to East by winds with or without MX in aloft would result in an war. Since NevadaUtah fallout we dont believe in civintensities grimly il defense - and we greater than sharing money received by the city. - should believe in both Pre-Hun- g civil defense and we must ground bursts. 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