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Show DESERET NEWS i - t i . .. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiimimnniiiuiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiniitmmiiuniniin Outside Agitators . LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniinmiiniiimmiiiiimtiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiimiii We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States i 22 A EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1969 y Must S.L Roadsides Look Like A Dump? of Iti Importance of th sub-fe(Editor's Not: Becsu discussed by th writer, the Deseret News has mad to Its general rule of limiting letters to 150 en exception words.) . vate property? Its easy for visitors to get that impression, particularly as they enter Salt Lake City from the west along U.S. High- ; ; ; ' ; i ! . ! ! ; ; ! i I f way 40. Scattered along this route are abandoned cars, discarded garbage cans, junked stoves and other appliances, cans, all within plain sight. bottles, and all sorts of trash Bau as it is, the eyesores displayed along U.S. 40, which has been termed by the director of the Utah Travel Council as the longest garbage dump in the world, are just part of litter problem. Utahs $600,000-a-yea- r much how it costs to pick up the trash strewn Thats miles of the .27,500 state, county, and city highways and along streets in Utah. But there can be no calculating how much this unsightli- ness costs Utah in terms of lost tourist trade. Thats what can and does happen when visitors take home with them tales of the junked cars and decaying litter they encountered along the entrances to what are otherwise comparatively clean Utah communities. For years this page, with other observers, has warned that because first impressions can be lasting impressions, any community which allowed such eyesores as those along U.S. 40 west of Salt Lake City to persist was its own worst enemy. Time after time, efforts have been made to get U.S. 40 in particular cleaned up with methods vaiying from warnings to Jitterbugs to the use of extra law officers patrolling the route. Time after time the eyesores along that route have come back to haunt the community. Now another stab is about to be made at cleaning up this important thoroughfare, which brings thousands of visitors to Utahs capital each year, along with other unsightly area. Next week the Salt Lake County Commission plans to adopt an ordinance designed to curb indiscriminate dumping in the county. The ordinance would require anyone dumping on private or public land to dig a hole, fill it with whatever they are discarding, then bury it. If this sounds like a drastic solution, the problem itself is even more drastic. With cars being produced in ever-increasing numbers, the rate at which they are abandoned also climbs steeply. While the population increases 1 per cent a year, nation-wid- e figures show that the litter being discard- ed increases 6 per cent a year. Since the problem of indiscriminate dumping and littering in Salt Lake Valley and elsewhere in Utah has for years resisted other efforts to solve it, lets really crack down with tough laws and tough enforcement. In 1963 the U.S. Surgeon Generals office recommended 1 ! that each Army recruit receive a pair of ear plugs individually fitted to each ear. The recommendation hasnt been implemented. In 1967 researchers found that the helmet which the Army provides to helicopter pilots doesnt do a good job of screening noise, and recommended that it be replaced with one the Navy uses. But the Army balked on the grounds that the helmet didnt provide adequate protection in a crash even though the U.S. Navy and the Canadian Air Force think otherwise. Moreover, the Associated Press quotes hearing experts as saying more protection against ear damage would be afforded ear muffs like those tank crews if they used by civilian airport crews. But the Army doesnt issue ear muffs until a recruit already has lost so much of his that he needs them to finish basic training. This pattern of neglect takes a tiagic toll. One hearing expert estimates that more than half of the men who go through combat training each year suffer a hearing loss bo serious they could be ruled out of combat. When the Army cant or wont solve such a comparatively simple problem, it hardly inspires confidence in the ability of the brass to come to grips wisely with more complex defense issues of the missile age. sound-reducin- g (worn ' By ROSCOE and - and the Viet Cong have all the time needed to wait him out without making any concessions. It is clear that the Communists are convinced the President cannot reverse the tide of U.S. disengagement, and they see it as open to them to periodically raise the level of American casualties to put additional pressure on us to keep ithdrawing American forces. Is there any conceivable settlement which would preserve the right of the South Vietnamese to a government of their own choosing which Hanoi would accept? It is hard to see that there is. The Communists know that they wouldnt have a chance of winning anything in free elections; therefore, such a peace settlement would mean' total defeat ' WASHINGTON What I dont derstand is why President Nixon doesnt begin right now to prepare the American people to accept any kind of peace in order to get out of Vietnam. This statement is not from an imagined conversation. It took place with one of the leading Senate Doves. He was in dead earnest. He went on: The longer he waits, the more political damage the President will suffer. Hes going to be hurt whatever he does. Americans who want out in Vietnam arent going to give him much more time. Those who are hoping for a satisfactory settlement are going to be acutely dissatisfied with anything that is in un- prospect. Surely the most sensible and useful thing Nixon can do now is to get the nation accustomed to the idea that painful concessions will have to be made to Hanoi and the Viet Cong if the fighting is concessions which could to be stopped lead to a Communist takeover in the South. should be soon, the only kind of peace now attainable will come as such a shock to the American people that it could divide the country still more and be Nixons own undoing. This is not the way President Nixon looks on the state of affairs in Vietnam nor is it the way he believes an end to the fighting can best be achieved. But t is an honest, rational, arguable view of the end result which may now be Thats what the President doing. And if he doesnt start R. Drummond G. Drummond in the making in Vietnam, a view held by a considerable number of people in Washington and as such immediately reported and appraised faithfully. It rests on a totally pessimistic premise. It rests on the premise that Hanoi and file VC will not accept any settlement which doesnt give them the kind of polit- ical leverage they believe can be used to get around free elections and impose a Communist regime. If this appraisal of the way things stand in Vietnam is correct, it means that the United States can get an end to the war any time it is willing to accept such a settlement and can never bring the fighting to an end unless it does accept it The judgment of those who share this view is that the time of hard negotiating for Mr. Nixon on is rapidly running the ground that American public opinion will insist that he give in and that Hanoi rt The Communists can fight on at almost any level of conflict they choose. But can the U.S.? Men like former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford and senators like J. W. Fulbright, George McGovern, Frank Church, Gene McCarthy and others think not, and this is why they argue that Mr, Nixon had better get the country ready for an unsatisfactory peace as the only means of getting out. This is an arguable view if one believes that peace at any price is in the national interest. The President doesnt believe so. He sees the Thieu government demonstrating increasing strength and the Communists exhibiting increasing weakness. President Nixon believes that the South Vietnamese can take over most of the fighting in the next 12 months, and our information is that he does not embrace the premise. peace-at-any-pri- Never, Never Accept Defeat! By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE A short time ago Mrs. Peale and I had occasion to be in England. We went down to Chartwell, which was the home of Winston Churchill and is now open to the public. There was a special guide who took us through. She had been in Churchills household ever since she was a little girl. She had known him like a father and loved him devotedly. We asked her, Did you ever think there was a time during the terrible days of World War II when Sir Winston contemplated the possibility of defeat? she said. Sir Winston Oh, no, never even entertained the idea of defeat. He would say, The day will come when we will win; when the victory will be ours. Winston Churchill never accepted the principle of defeat and how right he was! No one has to be defeated by anything. But how do you go about working out attitude in a this practical manner? We suggest the use of three principles, principles Im sure Sir Winston used all his life. The first is the never think defeat principle. The second one is the stick it out and never stop trying principle. And the third is the keep God in the picture principle. Now, if you feel defeated, try to use this triple play. If you say, Im tired and discouraged and Ive had it," thats exactly the way youll feel and act. But if, on the contrary, you say, I wont accept this. There must be a way. I wont be defeated, then what happens is that all the resources within your nature at become positive and begin working toward a solution to your problem. Many a time I have seen the tragedy of someone who could have achieved some great thing, quit half way. His persistence gave way as realization was about to come. It was out there just beyond his outstretched fingers. But he was too tired so he let it go. If he had just lunged for. it one more time he would have had it And why does one get too tired and too discouraged? Well, maybe its because of trying to go it alone. Try asking God to help, to give you the strength and courage you need to stick to it, to keep at it. And never give up. Nothing is impossible. Believe this. And believe in spiritual help and you will find the strength and know-hoto achieve the impossible. w ART BUCHWALD (Note: Art Buchwald hat disappeared for a few week t. He left tome of hit "daisies behind.) If anyone were to ask me what gives an American the most pleasure, I would answer it is to make somebody else feel guilty. We all wallow in guilt and the most simple telephone call can send us into the depths of despair. Here are some of the leading guilt makers in ones life. For obvious reasons, I havent i d e n tified who they are. Yes, son . . its nice talking to you. to hear from you, even though you call only once a week . . . No, Im not complaining. After all. you have your own life to lead and Im not one of those mothers who is always . Im always delighted interfering. . . . everybody? . . . Yes, Id love to come over some time, but I dont want I know to come if Im not wanted you want me to come over, but I have the feeling youre just asking me to be I vowed when my chilnice to me dren went away I wouldnt be a burden to them . . . You have all those swell friends, and Im sure they wouldnt want How !s ... ... to talk to me . . . No, son, Im not being ridiculous . . . Maybe shed rather I All right, but I come at another time I wont dont want to be a burden stay long just to see the children and then Ill leave . . . Will you stop shoutI dont know why you get mad ing? me every time you call. ... .... ... "j ... i was wondering if Public School 35 would like to come over wife you and your to dinner next Friday Oh, youre busy . . . Sure, sure I understand. You're a big man now and its pretty hard for you to keep up with your old school buddies No, Im not sore . . . of Im proud you. After all, youre the one from the gang who made it big only would been nice to talk over have It old times, but I guess we better make it another time . . . Irma told me not to call. She said she knew youd be tied up . . . Yeh, I'll call you some other time I'm grateful you returned my call Irma said you wouldnt even do that. The third guilt maker: ... ... ... then at think Ill become a housemaid least Id get paid for what I do. Of course Im not bored I just used a new detergent today and its changed my whole life just as it says in the television commercials. My sheets are whiter, whiter, whiter, whiter, and wait until you touch my hands theyre so smooth, smooth, smooth. You coming home for dinner tonight? I just thought Id ask . . . Maybe you had a ... business appointment or something . . . Good, I'll see you at 6, but if something comes up don't worry about me. Ive still got the crossword puzzle to do. GUEST CARTOON ... Yes. dear, you have to go to Miami next week for the meeting . . . No, thats Of course, I understand all right . . . What do you mean, can I go? Youre being silly now. You know I can't leave the children Im not angry . . . Ive got some books I want to read and theres always television to watch. How long will you be gone? . . . Four days? Good. I just wanted to know how many sleeping pills Id need . . . You know how badly I sleep when youre gone. ... Our wide right angle street comers, laid out for , order and attractiveness, have been taken over by the gas stations that decorate the sky with signs, and stations with black tires and plastic fringe, Last year 400 citizens did not want that gas station built on that certain east bench, but it remained to I prove the power of the oil companies. On the northwest ccmer of North Temple and ? West Temple there was a priceless tree that pro-A vided needed shade and added beauty to a historic ? area. It was needlessly cut down this summer, and now some 40 signs at the gas station view. I have boycotted the station, as are in foil I have the one across from the elegant Cathedral on South Temple. There another tree was chopped down that partially shaded a gaudy sign. Unending gratitude will be bestowed upon those dedicated few who fought for the Lion Houses res-- J cue from the bulldozer, and to those who restored the entire historical comer in such perfect taste and authenticity. Thanks also goes to the owners of the Walker home, the Hogle and the Brown (Keith or Thompson) mansions for preserving such important heritages. However, walls of some important valnable buildings toppled down. The city lost the Dooty building, the beautiful Cosgriff mansion, the 7th Ward building and school, and the 17th Ward buildlintels and sills were so unique ing whose cast-iro- n in our nation. Replacements have usually been parking lots. While fortunes will be spent to restore Nauvoo, here in Salt Lake City it is difficult to save existing well-kebuildings. Need we be so blind to the possibilities of older structures? Your editorial on the restoration of the Ottinger Firemans Hall is one I heartily endorse. The City Commission passed approval on such plans about two years ago. Last December an ordinance was re-passed to establish a Historic Commission. A ; .N evaluation of the ordinance should be made, its weaknesses eliminated, and strengthened if need ; be. Other cities have strong citizen representation J, on their historic planning commissions, because it is such a vital part of tire great tourist Industry, , besides having heritage value. What has happened to the Firemans Hall area, however, is a sad case of stupidity. A few years a ago the city was informed that the 20th Century Flan would include the entrance to City Creek , Canyon, and into Memory Grove. I was personally told, and wish now I had it in writing, that tire area frozen against all developments other than f great over-al- l planning. There was a marker for the first mill in a tiny park. There were some love- - , ly old homes, and the area had charm and great possibilities. It was a site for a perfect historic dis-- f triet The whole area could have been perfect for a live village development, one of the great ones in the country. The city has thrown away potentials unlimited with tourist millions in revenue by recent summer action. , J ' as ' Suddenly old homes were leveled. Had the His-- 1 toric Commission been functioning we would have 1 at least had photographs, a survey, and some of the gingerbread designs could have been saved for Pioneer Park. At the present time a e apartment is being constructed, tyith the foundation of another just a few feet from the sidewalk in the making. No consideration was made of the box-lik- lovely Alt home. Walls of the apartment were pushed up close property line, setbacks were not adhered to. 11 whole canyon entrance is robbed of any attractiv ness or charm. The city and state have lost heavi with this unimaginative construction. With some planning there could have been apartments, like some with a Ron Molen design.; An adequate setback of the buildings could have provided the street with a tree and some shrubs. That square blob of a building with probably inade quate parking, and the one soon to rise, and the car wash on the comer are examples of stupid decisions where the possibilities were the greatest. A great potential was destroyed. (There is a faint chance that the city could intervene, that the builder could alter a few plans on the next unit to be built so it could be more attractive. Perhaps architects such as Max Smith could give an idea that might help. With so much at stake, at least a meeting wouldnt hurt the situation. Was the owner also given the y to build upon?) Dont blame the citizens as a whole for being apathetic. They do care what happens to tire city They would do much if they could, but they have no power. The fault lies In whoever these powet figures are who control the destiny of our city, in the motivating force of individual greed, and in the weak portions of local government that have not provided needed safeguards for a sound, prosperous and beautiful city. : right-of-wa- ... I wish you would not keep protesting so. I know its important. Everything you do is important . . . Nothing I do seems to be very important , . . Get the kids to stovfl. I school, clean the house, fix Your editorial on an appeal for restoration of Ottinger Firemans Hall moves me to list a few of fs. file disturbing events that led me to make such conclusions. May I mention them to you? , ... The second one who always makes you feel guilty is: Hello, Harry, this is Johnny from funds. ' 3 Of Our Favorite Guilt Makers Lorraine Bowman They say Lorraine Bowman was a master musician, and she was. Her work with the Utah Symphony and the Tabernacle Choir attests to that. They say she was a great teacher of music, and she was. The A Cappella Choirs and Madrigal Singers she developed in the 20 years she headed the East High vocal department sang for distinguished national audiences : there may not have been a better choir program in a public school in the United States. They say she was a stern taskmaster who demanded excellence, and she was. Being in the East A Cappella became a highly coveted honor, but it also took long hours of extra rehearsal and real dedication. Lorraine Bowman was all of this, and was highly honored for it. But there was something else about her known only by those youngsters who sang for her, and by some of their parents. With her fine talent and ner high standards she combined a deep love for and personal involvement with her kids, together with an abiding faith in them. Students who graduated from her choirs left strong spiritually and morally as well as musically. A couple of years ago, a former choir member wrote home from military sendee congratulating his younger sister on having made the A Cappella : You will find Miss Bowman tough. Youll be mad at her sometimes. But shell make you a better musician and a better person, and in years to come youll look back and cal her the greatest teacher you ever had. That says it all about this truly remarkable woman. Her eath in a Colorado auto accideqtus a tragic loss. THE DRUMMONDS GEOFFREY DRUMMOND Anyone who has tanks, helicopters or drum wasnt designed by this equipment for er. '! Is A Bad Peace Only Way Out? Why GIs Can't Hear ever been in combat or trained with artillery knows that the human ear- to withstand the loud noises produced very long. Just try getting that message across to the Army, howev- Granted that the transition L :m a small city to . t a modern metropolis is always paved with enor: mous difficulties, but need Salt Lake Citys destiny 'Y? be fatally scarred with the similar chaotic results of other large cities? Our valley was most fortunate in its planned and controlled beginnings, but lost its shining star as it followed the demanding desires of individuals. The I want what I want when I want it pattern flourished in all direons A and was called progress. Now, in our citys accelerated building program, citizens search for promised good construction, promised regional planning, promised restoration, and promised restrictions, only to discover much careless construction, zoning made meaningless, and regional planning elusive. Powerful and influential organizations seem to dictate some policies, and local government trudges from one pressure project to another with inadequate M Are Utahns really lacking in community pride, indifferent to esthetic values, and without much respect for public or pri-- '! - ! The Crying Need For S. L. Planning As Having Been Divinely Inspired f . - Man On Horseback Loultvlllt Cot,rlr-J- i V r, HERMOINE JEX 27 fall St. fc.-i fciimiMtii r nnriin Tirrirmn n rr iiimti m iwnitimi mu iim ninrrn nrn mri nnur m imimn nininn w tnnwi jw wmira ijgi 0s- - . |