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Show One Step We Almost Forgot A . r I n i ri nern ti u rrepare r..L Mthuipficrc ii rut tarin DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH vVe SRMA BOMBECK Room Re-Polluti- on a yam Mouse That Roared Stand rcr Tne Ccnirir'j.icn Or Tne Unind Stages Having Eeen Divinely !n;pired sat I 14 A EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1969 ? Disposal Tax: Answer To Junk Car Problem? " v ard l.i- - marched i..s to up mom do? Nothing at firs'. Sh froze. Tnen sre was by if. Th Utte m o u -:md rr. hou.aer oiiter to i azchecl o'.ri stood on its hind legs and looked lor aJ h3 ou me ;cu are of ;.cu than -- r.p Tne; .td,zP .i..t ui j ate at. tetical female ard t...it state could never harm tnetn." Are vou suggesting xiiey aie than I -' ot mind -- rnbi ter am? Youip the ci.p le.Y.err.b-'-r'- -- m me su k, ittmg '' run. If only v.,ey weren't aren't You tney're lurry.-- aiwot mink ard ser.-iti- ' th work lik a l ,rtoon r ou-- e. Finally, veiv c reruiiy. her up pm n m the palm m nd and heir it out to card h.s of mother to tout h. -- Why do you have to iuin even thing fur r p? Now every t.me I empty the g.r-bag- p in my stole I'll wonder if I'm being bv a Mouse Mafia. Ar.d -- No SI You know something. Mon.. veil tooted rr.v sen. "If ou were to iu- -t loud: a ntuu-- e, you'd get over uur iear. hike a'tack." stalked - Demos New Bv ROSCOE and GEOFFREY President Nixon's iir.ani peace plan and against thp rnoioiorium advocate- - ot ha.-i- y withd:: w.il. He blandly detoured t.i Foreign Rpi.iioiis Committee amt r ut tne pxiiemi-- i Der.ocianc Dove- fieri MeC.iithv, Georgp McGovern and other- into th backgiouiai. H accompli-he- d tms by an, ending and then joining to suf poit a fully bicarb-Senate resolution, piopored by Republican lercirr Sen. Hugh Scott, endcr-u.- g tiie President's peace efions ard urging Inm to pre-- s tor a mutual c.i--iIw hich he is already doing. THE DRUMMONDS DRUMMOND WASHINGTON Demixlats are : g 'icai.tlv i.hdping party Kilicy to i.eep tn! Congress m i.e; v,;,i , ele;- - - i.. 'i on lev. iy developing .t-egy n.ain points is this: t ;V g They are deliberat! plav aiicy from the SenatP Dc:v.uv;auc Doves hi me conviction mat a image will be a grave political Lability. b.m-- 1 Cut This Subsidy They are turning away nom nearly automatic hostility to the Nixon Administration to selective but meaning- There's a sobering lesson for just about all colleges in the experience of Ohio State, where success on the gridiron and at the gate has still produced a flop at the cash register. Although the Buckeyes have led the nation in attendance for 12 consecutive years and are the nations No. 1 college football team with 22 victories in a row, they expect to go as much as 5250,000 into the red this year. When the nations most successful football power is on the brink of athletic bankruptcy, schools with less impressive records should see that a reappraisal of collegiate athletics is in order. A return to football and agreements to cut down on recruiting might help get college athletics back into the black. So would a return to intramural athletics. We mention this because the State Board of Higher Education is holding hearings this month on the proposed new budgets for Utah's seven public colleges and universities, and expenditures for intercollegiate athletics at these schools have been exceeding revenues by more than 5500,000 a year. Can a state as for school funds as Utah afford such a big subsidy? Wouldnt it be better to use some of that money for classrooms? Wouldnt we all be better off if there were more intramural sports competition among the many instead of so much intercollegiate competition among the few? With these questions in mind, the Utah Legislature should take a searching look at college athletic budgets when it meets next January. one-plato- d That's why Mansfield suddenly and vigorously took charge, nudging Sens. William Fulbright, Edward Kennedy and others aside. bi.smp-snta- n a-- MICH. Clitics of the how much cf his new lu-t- er ques- end of the por.eliea tie lutes or threatens to pollute the earth's environment. That seems clear enough as the President's Environmental Quality Council meets Thursday to work out details of the government's new plan to restrict the use of the pesticide dor DDT. DDT has been outlawed by th 1 corrion t' e 14th floor Cerral tne n to Walk Mo- binldirg. vou .earn bom Jumps na- RulI-p- (oil , w tin u. n i - prcc6t ?tontion 6s-0r?- g v:-- it t:.e pi.it t where Chrysler e p,,. i t.y t':,o govemmert to iiatd. ote ru,is tor the roles on ti. uemidy l.re (sf.000 for 3 months ..ring .rial pa b vou find an enthu-i- a ho -- ta. -- t. aping tough material vvirn 4 out of 5 are making it exi 'client ar.d into the factor. it. cour It ou talk vuM various Detroit hu-i- -t lea,! vou are impressed with t.neir arxie'y to be counted among the i on erred. They talk of letting contracts to -- tuny vu;s of enhancing their plants m p. ct on the environment. They talk of ttures w.th Negro capitali-t- . of jo nt loan- - fo housing cooperatirieiest-f:Ti.P recount that Ro he ard ive-. Henry Fora r reiy fad to make the meeting- of tie N, w Defro't Committee. Waltet Reu.r.er ,s predictably a skep-- t c. "The-- e co, poruhons." he saps, . were not organized as philanthropic nizstior.- -. Tliey wete no capitalized to exend tr itortiers of human prog-re-e Thy were oig,ir:zd for ore r: to gernr. profit-- . - belt juu . gt me-sag- e. o: GM Fc. rd. tu.it he is speeding 50 ial ramiucat.ons uni u: I - bmp on i.iit 'y t'la.vn tlieir people couldn't to work. But it was the immobilization of the system, not what was happening in the city, that aroused their concern. This man assumes the sinceriy of top figures like Roche and Henry lord but maintains there wa- - a terrible gap between them and their subordinates. The bottom level is panting and the top level ha- - the but how can w ever get i to penetrate the second level of executives? How can vv in get even the top level to take ri-area? How can we help there the men to see their real interests m exert-lra more progressive influencThe leaders, n agamst the yardstick of their pa-- t. ere performing in revolutionary style. Meas- vau-- e tion. vou pie-pa:- r' bu.-ir.e-ss ea-ur- ed f re-ui- i-: rvc w r c'- -, to ra..v ( .' ( t- -c r y ?cn'.or. Le- - eor-ceiv- p Conver-aao- ns with these piopr.e'o.-dL-clo-- e are highlv sensitive to Ti. of their accountabilit. rew d.rren-ion- s They know the game is changing, th.-- t ha- - to mdu.-tr-y emerge from its provincial prec cupations, and that more than so- id a cautious participation in th problem- - - i.kely to be required but ti.ev are not sure t how far the new public th is frank in -- a.vir.g n- ten-io-- . bu-m- fiom a narrow iriterj,retati(,n of tc. n'A of !ii- - o that IIlP i o if thev (orhinu t' t :. to ps oi t.a-.to be ir: piuiTu-- Ougn.a g (", vn .o-e- d John Gardner warned recently t,,dr when people ask why the system isn't mo- -t citizens lay a heavy working, of thp blame on what they And the to be the people they conceive to be the proprietor- of the are top bui-ne-- leadeis " Roche lnrg experi- t'. Ge-e- v . that he has to be prepared to justify his social initiatives in busire-- s term-- . Few industry leaders fei they have marie lorg term commitments to th problms hits a nr of poverty and if hu.-in wril swing quukly aw a spell, the iron tb .jiial ( o. .( ( in e So involvement wUh t H,r is ri r vp ar.d drunen to pu ,m f'1 nr-. But :ii top rnn are moving a- - ,v ou-i-t- ?: d m.iu-ence- To pur-oa-- s and than or-g- le-- poer.tial of them situation already demands more lontnnutior.s to local chanties (GM gives .3 million a year) or -- how.- of ( or.cern for the inner cuie-- . Auto executhat the public expects them tives to defend their companies against all the or.equr.ces of production, from air pollution to traffic congestion. It is undoubtedly tru. as th cntics say. That the post-rio- t repon.re by these companies has been tightly keved to GUEST CARTOON i ence at -- (,..011 g g,Kd C!eiN (lit of When they put- - it a r.oi r wav on top of t: e h.o'ors build-m' tr.eir mood will pull them. e A .? deed- - are mea-ure- d agair.-- i wnat needs to be done and again-- t the wr.en him- If . . ured agaiiist their mandate to produ, e profit- - for their stockholders, they are indeed taking risks. But they lo CHARLES BARTLETT - Spiro Laocoon C1 -s r.T e prc-'i.- I i nf ' be iitr .een c iI.UiXLk I (IIP pOiU'6- - r..en for not protecting them. Ti.e disgrace that is being heaped upon the American people because of there imanmu- - mard.-e- - the of neglectful Lorr.es whc-imarchers spirituality has failed. If these had the lea-- t familiarity with the sci iptiirr- -, thev would learn that to lose one's life is to av it and to save one's lile is to lose it. Ti.e gre.i!-- t hono-tha- t can come to any man, woman, or child is that of giving his or her life if neces-di- y in deien-- e of peace, liberty and freedom. I would hope that r.o American would shirk the opportunity or deny hi- - children the opportunity to become a mrr.br of the eternal Hall of Fame an honor that can only come by dedication and devotion and in manv cares giving of one's Lie for the standards of peace, liberty and freedom. Lasting peace that all mpn seek will never b vv on by appea-emeor bv n venting of fears -- uch a- - the Vietnam .moratorium marche-- . -S- COTT L. BEESLEY 4b4 V. 5566 South ce e wet-eare- d d ed nt nt Again, Mansfield is putting the majority of Senate Democrats strongly behind k self the same Hungary and Sweden, placed under sharp restrictions by Canada which Britain is preparing to follow, and is subjected to curbs in Arizona, Michigan, and California. But perhaps the most telling breakthrough was achieved xv hen Secretary Robert H. Finch of the Department of Health. Education and Welfare announced last week a plan to prohibit DDTs use throughout the U.S. gradually. This action reflects the growing doubt that the benefits of DDT outweigh its potential for harm. DDT is ci edited with Inventing a typhus epidemic in Europe after World War IT. and as a killer of crop pests it has no peer. But it also is bSajned for enormous fish kills, threatens the bald eagle and either species with extinction, and rats fed a steady diet cf DDT have developed canter, suggesting but not proving tiat humans also might be susceptible. p Even before Secretary Finch handed down his order, it seemed apparent, that DDT was on its way out. Users have incited a growing ability on the part of some pests to resist DDT. sales within the U.S. have been slipping, and considera-Kg research is under way to find alternative pesticides. When used in Borneo to kill mosquitoes. DDT set off a disturbing chain reaction. Although it killed the mosquitoes, ic had no effect on roaclus. which ieta,i ed DDT. Lizards which ate the teaches were infected a; J became easy prey tu cats, which died from the DDT in the lizatds. DDT will long bt regarded as a symbol of how iy e man. through ignorance of effects, can unintentionally upset the balance of nature while trying to control the environment. w social concern is public relations ard ore that the l- At long last the pendulum of opinion seems to be swingin favor of those who want controls over whatever poling nt The Business Of Business Is suspect- - Pesticides On Trial Pre-ide- r,g n.ilk-tca-t:- ouuiUrtiru.uuuj t's draft-refor- h adequate df He vetoed Sen. Kennedy's efforts to keep his healings going so long that nothing would be done to adopt the President's proposed lottery svstem. H induced both Sens. Kennedy and John Stennis, the powerful chan man of the both Armed Services Committee diatt-refortc give up their delayers tactics and support quick pa.-s-a g of a bill authorizing the lottery as Mr. Nixon All of this was done in Mansfield's office at Mansfield's urging with Mansfield's influence. a ! landing by watching but doing notuing Fu iv they, their families, in short thp who! countiv arid u-- Here is wnat 1. has done ahead; : He did whatever was nece-sar- v to insure fha! the Democratic members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would veto Chairman Fulbright's repeated intention to use public hearings to attack the President s peace ettotts. i.p. do it ilicy vci (ORtro :.!ed on the streets of lit by a iubiaii band of bullies bent on mob-tin- g and even their live-- , and tin- - with an poic inic ld ful support. 3 They are acting to move policy towviid the Democratic political center and awav from the left. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield isn't talking a lot about this, but he is doing it by taking more active and decisive personal command of party leadership than at any time since he succeeded to the leadership nine years ago. Why is Mansfield turning his party in t).e-- e directions? Apparently he concluded that tiie Democrats, especially in the Senate, were slipping into a trench and heckling the President instead cf he'ping the nation and that such a course, being both bad policy and bad politics, would lead to party disaster. U -. the-- e Whether or not there is a new Ru haid Nixon, there is certainly a new Mansfield detm mined to or at le?- -t a Man-tiee tne powers of his leadership to sve the Democratic Party from putting in the position of frustiating the peace pian and from arousing tiie ire of tiie voters by devoting itself so constantly to opposition to the President's legislative requests. Mansfield is, of course, fully aware that the Senate leader whose part- - does not control the White Hure nn be a tower of influence on national decisions and can strengthen his party i or future elections more by discriminating support of the President than by indiscriminate opposition. Sen. Everett Diiksen proved this under John -- on. Sen. Lyndcn John-o- n r, proved it under President and in foreign policy Sen. Artlur Vandenberg proved it under Pre-ideTruman. Sen. Mansfield is starting out now m prove it under President Nixon. 2 da- l,,f chopped dead cf a I bang my head in sham so-- f hecau- - ot tu died American ritiZ'-n- wiio have taken p0it n lie Vietnam Motatorium march-- . U'h.u ".ould ie peace-at-any-pn- Laugh v.a-- h got ov r he: Protests Peace Marches m e r. letters to the editor Strategy Re-electi- on - long-rang- mom vric-- e "Then bow con e I've never fn m of d.'p.n mmp mro tip -- :rk urpp I voi-- ; li.to n.p ioo,?'' means should be found for doing so. One method might be to charge a tax on the owner that will help cover the cost of salvage operations. A disposal tax to be charged on all new items that eventually must wind up in the garbage dump has been advocated in Congress. Getting rid of an offensive source of air pollution is. of course, just as important as disposing of the car bodies. There's no doubt that auto junk yards have contributed thrir bit to the pall of smoke that frequently hangs over the vallos on the densely populated Wasatch Front areas. But the problem of attacking other sources of air pollution still remains. While the tuhnoiogy is available to cuie .nt is exceedingly costh much of the pollution, coni- ' i.i and can range anywhere from seveial hundred thousand dollars to several million, depending on the type of control unit and size of the incinerator. . And, it must be admitted, even tim t .1 plants involved in the- incinerator testing program undt r the direction of the Bureau of Solid Waste Management are not faring too well. We did not find one (of six geographically scattered ; punts) which would meet icasonable federal incinerator air dilution control standards. recently commented William Adhinger of the Bureau's Technical Services Division. Obviously, adapting the technology to the problem is havdifficulties ing everywhere. Gains like the junk car inclnei ..tor more but effort must be made in controlling pollution help, while theres still time. s this kid w of teem. D e.-- .v r. What did vo car aie worth the costs of incinerating and baling the metals tests after January 1. Even the metal must await built incinerator plans to continue outuoors the that companv shut-of- f the until date. burning The project seems so promising, however, that even if an additional fee is needed to get rid of the junk car eyesores, ' ktoi hs pocket shoulder. V,p o0 tiirouea n,i- e If I've told gu once I vp old Vt.ri. a rn.lhon time-- . Th are little held are more afraid ' ou kro.v wnat? ou touch it. ard in here a snas.c br.rg afraid of ever; iltmg And ore day re gut a teer.sy tiry mouse and put in it ins shirt pocket. When his mom came m'o the room, the mous sona climbed our of -- v.l.o - to There hat it mpar..-.-'' How big was it?" asked my husband with a tired igh. Bigger that: . . brp.ifi h,. but n or agg,e--siv- e pollution and junk cais. But whether the pioject can be made et ononncally feasible on its own remains to be seen. The incinerator, engineered bv the Bureau of Mines and constructed bj Wasatch Metal and Salvage Company as a p.iut ptocram for S22.000, is diawing national attenrion. Whether the approximately S50 worth of junk metals in a . w v. -- hard-presse- o'. That's exactly Utah's new neai smokeless ineinetaior designed tu bum tin combustible materials in old auto bodies could be a significant technological step in the nation's battle against both air a- v what You'd be making our -peanut buter ar.d jelly and ic:ies to o gou.g v ; uur f.ir r 'M.u.'i . Witi.uU'-Pa'T'er n.eur.g-Parent I bod?' produce a my v have in u.ndrv until agon If I the ir. anr.ourred at dinrer. that rr.ean vou're not eon:; to me do - morning tr.:- I UTlll'v roerr., Do01: fea.-ibili- rr.ou-- e e. Imperialism And Russia Wnat ha- - happend to mak impenah-a duty word? Historically it usnred in our modern times and brought the primitive people of the wond ai the advantages available in the mo- -t enlightened (ountries on earth. It has given much more than it has received. T.ie sad and almost frightening Nu t - tiiat it daa. Imperialism has spread th pmer and mtiuences of Russia over a vast area, under tr. deceitful banners of liberation." proletarian revolution. down with Yankee impel iah-.and under tu- - propaganda camouflage the hui.t ti. empire the world has known. The -erro" f part is that w seem to have bought the idcr: triat national ambition and progres-iv- e spirit are unpopular, if not immoral, and that t unceasing and great propaganda campaign carried on bv Commum-- t powers ha- - come clo-- e to determining public opinion in our ow n countrv Ore only need- - to se the va- -t number of peoi,l serving Communist purposes m a quest ter pace ,:i iprr.arn to b awar of tr.p euem.' r ir.flc;:-- e lier n Amerua. m m Ru-sia- rs : . ed , ! ,.T :c it seem - tat for apparent thr.r cf our communications Fo of affa able pc.- - o ha- - reached peunt o, parrot.ng tne Commum-- t propaganda 'i ard of not being able to t r- -bPtwn big lie- - and Lh turn cf what is good for iaet's rot put cur vice rt riowr! TI' hp ha- - expres-e- d as a result of th ;i,a-i- i n t'r me age are surelv f!t bv m,- v. 1:, - th er.emy. vv about our knowing. cibuind vi tual control over our mas- - med'a? Havn lorimi i 1. VMS FAGER m -- a -? con-,.- .i 1 1 feci-ieg- pre-:dr- P:e-iden- t's - J'li"' Fargo Clear Thinking It vv - refre-hin- g to read ti ltr or iluV Aiaau Victory? P.v Weodrew Fo-oof R chneM. H. - a coiicrer wav ot ending the war in a but unfortunately th coward-- , war profit,-;-- ' Communi-- t sympaMirer- - and Commum-t.- x in cm rour.oy woidd rather have it drag on for yai-- . killing a few prooi at a t,ri' If his plan had been u ed. tin- - war would h.c.e V-r; over veai- - ago. and wouldn't i f.tood with citing u.io .ruicr Vietnam. r.gia A'mjv- w bo tiii'k- - rerp vor.'t i anclher o 1,;- :.!(' I1:, m - cl ! ooi Nor:!. Korea. C'nl.i, .Ugttii I, Congo. Victnai-iCl . doe- - tot l,n tiollih loria - ln.it om leariei-ln- p lie Tr, lot tin, io no v ,t P'py know - ng ,i. a f , -- raiimt. i; - g'Hid to kno.v i.ior i ci. -3- "- vv ur air - r - , . j f i i Uuu.-a-i- im Woo-liO'- Iai-on- s lei I iri th -- F 0;'0 NEL-SU- - 2J4iRi,t |