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Show ERMA BOMBECK DESERET NEWS Love That SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 20 If anyone doesnt understand that some children are more accident-pron- e than other children, then they dont know kids. I am the mother of a Medi-KiThat means every month or so of my exis- FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1969 A EDITORIAL PAGE Legal Protection e Job A tence, I can expect to drop whatever I am doing, grab a mildewed dishtowel, Full-Tim- local medical charts read like the first six chapters of Dr. Spocks No Nos. He drank paint tint, pulled the floor lamp over on himself, fell out of his crib, toppled off the dryer (doesnt everyone who bathes on top of the dryer?), swallowed a penny, cut his lip on a waste can, got his finger caught in the car door and ate a plastic banana. As he erew older, his encounters were enough to stagger the imagination of the entire medical staff. He gouged himself in the eye with his own finger, broke his arm while watching TV, was bit by a turtle, fell on the ice and caused a boil on his tailbone,. got a slight concussion when he stood up too fast in his space capsule (under- the kitchen sink) and ot 22 stitches in his skull when he bet a friend he could do a swan dive in two and one half feet of water. (He lost.) As a mother who faints and becomes nauseated at the sight of a ragged fingernail, I can tell you I dont react to this sort of thing well.. I also take no pride in admitting that e basis with the I was on ar entire emergency staff on the and shifts. (I had only a brief encounter Medi-Kid- s full-tim- full-tim- (Herblock is on vacation ) Textile Mills And Crystal Balls full-tim- To Halt Skyjacking Just as piracy on the high seas is an international crime, so should airplane hijacking be made such an offense. But most countries have ignored the growing problem of skyjackings, which is why the International Air Line Pilots Association is threatening a global strike to dramatize the situation. Although most hijackings have involved U.S. airplanes, such acts are possible in any case where tensions exist between two or more countries, as Israel has discovered. The U.S. has made hijacking of aircraft a federal offense punishable by death or a mandatoiy jail sentence. But the deterrent is inadequate because air pirates arent liable to being extradited by most countries. They should be, however. Hijackers are not the kind of people any respectable government should want to keep. Studies show that, instead of legitimate political refugees, they are usually unstable men who have failed at nearly evexcept hijacking an airplane. erything Since hijacking makes flying needlessly hazardous, its in all nations interest to curb tne piactice and it shouldn't take a global pilots strike to get them moving. In the course of its hearings on the nomination of Clement Haynsworth to the Supreme Court, the Senate Judiciary Committee will find at itself nibbling the edges of one of the landmark cases the of labor law n great Peering case from Mil-iike- Darlington, S.C. No other case quite like it has , ever came along. o go You have Mr. Kilpatrick back to Charles Dickens fictional masterpiece, the chancery cause of Jarndyce v. Jarndyce, to find a legal proceeding so likely to entrance the lawyers and to baffle the clients. The great Deering Milliken case has been pending now for 13 years this month. It could easily run on for five or six years more. The story actually dates from 1883, when the Darlington Manufacturing Company came into existence. Apparently the company never knew happy days. In 1937, heavily in debt, it went into bankruptcy. The Deering Milliken interests took over a ownership at that time. The company limped through the war years, but by the early 1950s its profits were under three per cent. Darlington may not(have been the s 27 mills, but it was poorest of among the most feeble. The company was operating in a building erected prior looms to 1900. It was working two-thir- h Med-car- c AfieriF.cuchis We are . . . program just beginning to learn in our foreign-aiwhat Bruyere wisely pointed out three centuries ago: Liberality consists rather in giving reasonably than much. d Parkinson ought to add one more law to his admirable canon: in absolute inverse ratio, the narrower the mind, the broader the generalization. 258-25- The union at once challenged this decision. Months of hearings followed. At last, the National Labor Relations Board, in a ruling, held that a plant closing prompted even in part by employes union activities constitutes an unfair labor practice. The NLRB ordered Deering Milliken to make restitution. In November of 1963, the Fourth U.S. to reverse the Circuit Court voted NLRB. The majority opinion was by Judge Albert Bryan; Judge Herbert Boreman and Judge Haynsworth joined him. They felt that it was Darlingtons absolute prerogative to go out of business whenever it wished. Five more years of litigation followed. The Supreme Court remanded the case to the NLRB, which again ruled against Deering Milliken. At long last, in 3-- 2 3-- 2 By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE CONFIDENT LIVING Imagine a Mets fan rooting hard for the Giants and youll know what this writer was up to recently. Only it wasnt in New York or San Francisco that this baseball partiality was demonstrated. It was in goes wild. Maybe its a bit corny, but I noticed that kids all around as well as the Ambassador and his guests got the same thrill out of this riotous episode. Tokyo. Japan, hard-foug- With Medicare costs far outrunning original estimates, the program should be to see where fat can be trimmed. Among Medicares more costlv provisions is the seeming Iv useless requirement that a patient be hospitalized for three days before he can even be transferred to a nursing home. The problems this creates aie discussed in a letter to the editor on this page. btyond the cost and crowding of hospitals this requirement engenders, some aged persons badly in need of nursing home care cannot qualify because doctors are honest enough to admit there is no specific diagnosis seiious enough for hospitalization. Medicare is not unique in this respect. Many private health insurance plans, by denying payment unless a patient is hospitalized, actually encourage hospitalization for even minor surgery, tests or observation. With the cost of hospital care rising considerably faster than most other goods or services, the need for common sense in dial.ng v, uh patients is more urgent than ever. when the market demanded wider cloth. Its print-clot- h products were out of style. By early 1956, seven of its 10 best customers were cutting back. Japanese competition was coming on strong. At this juncture, the Textile Workers Union (AFL-CIO- ) appeared on the scene, with an intensive organizing campaign at the Darlington plant. The company strongly resisted, warning that higher production costs might kill the operation altogether, but on Sept. 6, 1956, the union It won a recognition election by was the last straw. On Sept. 12, the Darlington directors and stockholders voted overwhelmingly to liquidate the business. Fourth CirMay of 1968, a cuit Court this time Haynsworth reluc- iym f 1 V at a game between the Tokyo Giants and the Osaka Tigers, Forty thousand the fans packed lighted perfectly Korakuen Stadium to witness a high-- t lass brand of baseball at its classic best. Those two teams at the top of the league, the Giants being only three games ahead, in our opinion equate with most anvthmg we have in American And I went for it, too. Indeed I found myself wishing for more circuit clouts to experience a replay of the fountain bit. The point is that everyone had a good time and isnt that why we go to a ball game? Alter the game Mr. Taro Shoriki, on a president of the Tokyo Giants, put buffet for us in his offices, everything from beef to lobster. The foreign director, Mr. Ken Yamaguchi, is intrigued of a Japanese-America- n with the thought Intemaiional World Series which he insists is easily possible by fast non-sto- p couldn't help thinking, as I watched tight scientific game unfold, that tlieie is gist a bit of presumption in our World Series which actually is a national contest, when over on the other side of the world are teams that appear to be every bit as good as ours. In pitching, fielding, hitting and in making one exciting play after another, as well as in managerial generalship, they really put up an athletic contest equal to anything I have seen in years of witnessing our national pastime. And they have one feature that is so fun tint I cant for the l,fe oi n.e ligure wl.j some enterprising Ament. in c ib Ins not appropriated it. I was the guesi at this game of our ambassador to .iaoan I i is Ex' oiler, ey Aimm II. Meyer, and he got a big kick out of it as did 40,t!00 otheis aNo. I the i'vh When a home run is hit and several were, including a big booming blast by Willie Kirkland, an American outfielder a huge fountain playing for Osaka under the score board at renter field leaps nto life, bells ring, and the crowd intercontinental air travel tantly concurred directed enforcement of the NLRB order: Back pay would have to be paid. For the past 16 months, the NLRB rehas been gional office at Winston-Saleengaged in a stupendous task. It has been tracking down the 523 workers who were on the Darlington payroll in September of 1956. Some have died. About 30 cannot be located at all.. Most of the workers found other employment in a few months or a couple of years after Darlington was closed and its machinery sold at auction. Some workers who were in their late 50s and early 60s never found equivalent jobs. tea leaves, Using crystal balls, informed guesses, Social Security recinterviews, the ords, and individual NLRB now must draw up a back-pa- y specification. If Darlington had stayed in business and the companys contention is that Darlington was doomed regardhow much less of the unions victory would each worker have earned before he obtained an equivalent job? The sum may mount into millions, for moving expenses also must be reckoned. Reed Johnston, the NLRBs regional director, says his task will be done in 1970. Then his findings go to a trial examiner, thence to the NLRB, thence to the courts for review, and thence, and thence . . . New platoons of lawyers will appear, representing survivors, minor children, and relatives of the claimants. After 13 years, an end is not even distantly in sight. he moved among the crowd shaking hands with everyone. This career diplomat now serving in one of the most exacting posts in the world is a representative of whom our country can be proud. Experienced, down to earth, alert and knowledgeable, he will, I feel certain, cement new bonds of understanding and friendship between the Japanese and American people. Ambassador Meyer is also something of a philosopher. Accentuate the posihe says, dont accept the tive, negative. Its not bad to take your baseball mixed with philosophy. Anyway, enjoy the fellowship of sports fans of whatever country and the world seems a pretty good place after all. Oh, yes, the Tokyo Giants lost 5 to 1 despite our rooting for them. GUEST CARTOON I told hjm that a lot of changes are now taking place in American baseball, and that maybe the time is at hand when Bill Shea or Walter OMalley or some other alert leader might give the game a shot in the arm by staging such a series. But if they do, let us hope they will rig up a fountain for those home runs. The crowd at a Japanese baseball game is orderly and friendly, a bit quieter, I thought, than its American counterpart. Certainly there is much less raucous direction of the game from the stands. And while players didnt exactly bow to (he umpire, still they accepted even close dcc.Mons philosophically. No player was thrown oat of the game. And Willie Kirkland, the American right firld-ei- , alter his smashing homer, downed for the crowd by exaggerated bowing a d they loved it and him. My fellow fan at the game, Ambassador Meyer, is very popular with the Japanese. They crowded his pathway from the stadium to his car cheering in the friendliest manner possible. Graciously His j Will whi Ettf ( mai tO not ;la rek by said be Chi has me nesi say I sat there sortanumb. Poor Medi-KiSitting there in his orthopedic shoes '. braces on his teeth . . . eyeglasses . . and the lump the size of a dump truck on his head. Now he was going to be told he was careless. And all the time I thought it was just an advanced case of hoy growing up. 1 inj kill cla reli gai kin Chi wh So dei the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR sta Us: still-divid- Mets Fan Roots For The Giants 20-ye- ar Trim Medicare Costs JAMES J, KILPATRICK iei yea nuc 4 a case nei exp 2 that came to one attorney for an initial review may have to be handled by another attorney when the case comes up for pre- part-tim- with the early morning group when my son walked in his sleep one night and forI C got he was in the top bunk!) j into the One day recently I ran hospital waving my arms like an old silent movie He queen and exclaimed, Its Medi-Kiwas hit by a truck. The staff scattered and in minutes ? policeman was by my side. Tell meA maam, where did the accident happen.-I- n the bathroom. , Theres a truck in your bathrbom ? Theres an entire box of em. His brother let him have it with a toy dump truck right on the side of the head. Have you been to the emergency ward many times before? he asked cautiously. Are you kidding? They send us cards when we're well! I dont believe in accident-pron- e children, he said stiffly, only negligent parents and careless children. Im going to have a talk with your sen. first-nam- 0 liminary hearing. Because the offices work load has grown so heavy, police officers may have to wait hours before they can consult with a deputy attorney to find out whether or not a legal complaint in any given case should be issued. For the same reasons, there have been times when denuty attorneys went into court without having had time to prepare their cases adequately or had to seek postponements, which further add to the backlog of cases in the courts. Even when Salt Lake City gets around to appointing the additional judge it was authorized by the last Legislature, the backlog of cases cant be cleaned up as expeditiously as possible unless the present situation at the county attorneys office is improved. , While this adds up to a serious indictment, it is not an indictment of the people in the county attorneys office but of the system under which they work. e The merit board is convinced that phasing out e in of a career favor deputy county attorneys legal department would provide better service and in the long run cost less. Certainly the present system should not be tolerated by a community that wants progressive, efficient government. emergency ward. three-mont- part-tim- e, around something bleeding and check in at my Since the first of the year 10 of the 16 deputy attorneys in the Salt Lake County Attorneys Office have resigned, usually to take better paying jobs in private practice. In the past 10 years the work load on the county attorneys office has more than doubled while the size of its staff of attorneys has remained virtually unchanged. h The office has a backlog on preliminary set December. now are for which being hearings, These are among the reasons the Salt Lake County Commission should lend a sympathetic ear to the County Merit Boards plea this week that part-tim- e deputy county attorneys e career legal debe phased out gradually in favor of a partment. To get qualified men to serve in the county attorneys office at present low salaries, its necessary to let them engage e in outside practice. There are only two deputies, with at $400 to $500 a month. the others working only part-tim- e That salary may sound adequate to the ordinary worker, work. But since the going particularly since it's for part-tim- e i ate for attorneys is around $14,000 a year, the county attorneys office has trouble attracting and holding the kind of men it wants at the salaries it is permitted to pay. The office recruits young and relatively inexperienced attorneys and retains them only about six months to a year before they move on to greei er pastures. Because of the high .ate of personnel turnover, the county attorneys office is de noting time to training that could othcases. erwise be devoted to prosecui-in- Because so many deputies work only it wrap Medi-Ki- d Protests Medicare Expense ref tec vel We are all concerned about the high cost oi coi Medicare, and you should be aware that the law Be itself requires unnecessary expenditures. Here is an example: A patient was recently hospitalized for surgery; it was determined that he had an incurable disease and death could ftot be far away. He went from the hospital to' a nursing home where he recuperated to the point where he could care for himself, and he insisted on going home. Now, a few weeks later, his condition has deteriorated to the point where he needs to be in a nursing home but not hospitalized. His case is termithe drugs and nal; he needs heavy doses of the some nursing care and supervision. But the family ra was informed that the patient cannot be admitted to must the home first but be ar directly nursing for three days at $50 per su hospitalized again day or more. Why should the taxpayers be burac dened with such an unreasonable, expensive th costs wonder No care health are requirement? climbing. No wonder Medicare costs exceed esti- - ba mates. We understand that this one provision does of 51 not account for all the high costs, but at least we Til can act to eliminate this one increment. Can the doctors control this or help? No. The ! patient in his example needs care that relatives are not qualified to provide. So the patient must be ;h or abandoned. After the three qualihospitalized ui fying days required by law, the patient can thereafter receive adequate care at a nursing home at a ai ?u reasonable cost. What a wasteful requirement. ' ' ' ei There is a side effect here, too. Hospital 'beds :re are in short supply. Will your mother or my wife have to wait for a hospital bed while some poor soul puts in his three qualifying days and is then discharged to a nursing home? And how many unnecessary, and very expensive hospital rooms will be added to accommodate these qualifying patients? The possible cost to the public staggers the imagination. Taxes are unbearably high now according to the Utah Foundation 36.8 per cent of national income in 1968 was taken for taxes. There has to be a halt, and it is suggested that by revising this one silly requirement of the law, many, many dollars can be saved at the rate of at least $100 per similar case. Please put my name down, and underline it, as being in favor of sensible government and lower pain-killin- g taxes. MAXWELL, V. BURGGRAFF Administrator, Salt Lake Clinic Strength In Numbers . I am .relatively new to this area and am recently retired from the U.S. Air Force. This is the most beautiful area in the whole world to me. The people have been more than wonderful and so very kind. The very weather seems to hold me to this lovely Island in a flustered world. But all is not well in Zion. Each day this fact is brought home to" me. It seems that everyone in this area is complacent. It seems as if they feel that nothing can happen as long as they are in this beloved country. And yet, things are happening which scare me. I assure you that I dont scare easily. What could happen? What is happening? You only need to look around to see evil flourishing. Not just small things, but huge, monstrous crimes against humanity. Perverts walk down the streets hand in hand ; women of ill repute beguile men and women on our city streets; schools are invaded by a filthy group bent on subverting our youth to immoral practices, filling their eyes with the lurid details of beastiality, their brains with LSD, their lungs with marijuana and their veins with heroin. Smut prevails in our theatres and whole magazines are devoted to it and now, through the organization of SIECUS, they are trying to push sex into the U H t- - t 6 a r a v i 0 f 1 I a t L y T v, th T school system. No, all is not nearly right in Zion. But there is much we as citizens can do to right these wrongs. EI We could form studv groups which would assist us es in knowing our problems, and then w e could alleviate them by putting pressure on those who would cc destroy this fair country. If the citizens would band together in study groups of 10 to 15 persons, they L could pick a problem area and as citizens of their a community, they could find solutions and then alleviate it. If these things are to be stamped out, it V must be the citizens of the community who do it. It fc would be very hard, for instance, for a movie industry to flourish if it had no patrons. There is strength in numbers. --WILLARD F. PERRY SR. Brigham City f I "I'm sure i saw it from far away!" |