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Show DESERET NEWS IT Tl n'ffctr T "TT "It f irnrnwii1 "TVff flfyflfliiSff' jh) lTt fifef-Tc ! CARTOON SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH CORNER We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As 20 A Having Been Divinely Inspired EDITORIAL PAGE Kissinger: i A Man For All Places TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1972 How Utah Voters Stand On Four Ballot Issues A big selling job must be done in a short time if Utahns are to be persuaded to go along with all four propositions on the ballot next November. It's Kissinger bringing us peace, a trade ped, a wheat deal, British crumpets or something." Thats certainly dear from the poll published in the Deset el News today on how voters feel about the proposed amendments to the state's constitution. There seems to be strong support for Propositions No. 2 and 4, respectively permit Utah to hold repeat offenders without bail for serious crimes and streamline local government. Thus sentiment reflects a demand for firmer law1 enforcement and two trends that are being for more efficient local governments lelt not just in this state but across the country. But less than half the voters seein to have made up their minds about Proposition No. 1, w hich is designed to make the Legislature more streamlined and effective. This indecision no doubt reflects the complexity of this amendment, which would make several changes in a body of government which Utahns dont alw ays l follow closely since it is not always in operation. n .Moreover, as many Utahns are undecided about Proposition No. 3 as the majority who favor it. This proposition would eliminate the requirement that first and second class cities have a school district separate from that of the county in which they are located, in this case so many Utahns are undecided no doubt as a result of having heard so little about this proposal. For the benefit of those who remain in the dark about it, Proposition No. 3 can be explained simply. It is pert of the trend to reduce the number of school districts so as to im prove the economy and efficiency of school administration. As long as the present requirement temains in the constitution, Utah faces the unhappy choice of either creating more school districts as cities grow or constantly changing the standards for qualification as a first cr second class city. These constant changes have kept Bountiful a third class city even though its increasing population makes it larger than Murray or Logan, which are second class cities. As for Proposition Nc.. 1, Utahns should not let themselves be put off by its length or complexity. Its authorization for creation of the post of legislative auditor is in accord with accepted modern accounting principles. Since the Legislature appropriates money, it should be able to make sure the funds are spent as the lawmakers intended. That can be assured only if an independent audit can be made under direction of the Legislature. which would Bissell "Well, yes high-backe- d Kjl. j to indifferently regarded, and hard-pu- t find much to do. to find a period in its history to match the upheavals of these past five years. There was the retirement of Earl Warren, the affair of Abe Fortas, the nomination of Warren Burger. the bitter fights over Clement Hayns-wortand G. Harrold Carswell, the naming of Harry Blackmun. the effort to impeach William Douglas, the illness of Thurgood Marshall, the deaths of Hugo h that time the sources of dissatisfaction with welfare were certainly clear enough and justifiable enough, but sweeping reforms seemed premature because pilot tests had not been com-- ( At Black and John Marshall Harlan, the confirmation of Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist. For an institution symbolizing stability, the Court has gone pleted. Since then the need for thorough testing of welfare reforms has become even plainer and more urgent. Last February the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called for pilot testing of any new welfare plans for at least two years under supervision of the General Accounting Office. Violence 'Human Face' Pilot tests make sense politically as a means of breaking the deadlock in Congress over three rival welfare reform proposals from the Nixon administration, from the Senate Finance Committee. and from Sen. Ribicoff himself. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS non-feder- mals There is no hope, or help, for any of us. until we recognize the devil in us. Not just in Christian slaughtering Christian brother m Ireland: not just in Semite slaughtering Semite cousin in the Near East; not just in foreign lands, among exotic peoples, but right here, in our own living rooms, where we sit watching television and munching popcorn and staling in disbelief at what we the last, t So it is that philanthropy springs from the well of compassion for mankind, in direct contradiction to man s usual acquisitiveness. And certainly the gift enlarges the giver, as surely as miserliness diminishes the miser. ste. These thoughts are prompted by tne recent cash gift of $50,000 to Brigham Young University by Marian Cannon Bennion of Salt Lake City. The gift is a memorial to Mrs. Bennions late husband. Col. Howard S. Bennion, who died last year. V There are good reasons for giving to worthy institutions through legacy rather than leaving all ones estate to heirs. For one thing, children need to be prompted to use their own talents in making a living, rather than having everything handed to them. . For another, bequeathing at least part of an estate is one way to make sure the money is used for worthy purposes. " The need for philanthropic support of private schools was emsurvey by the American Associphasized recently in a nation-wid- e ation of Colleges. In the past foui yeais, it i rpurieu, 120 U.S. colleges have shut down because of lack of funds, and another 254 may go broke by 1980. But the most urgent argument for philanthropic aid is that it helps considerably in maintaining the standard of excellence pw-vnpand that should be the rnnrwn of v t The sphinx sits with us here, sleeping until he is aroused. Until by the fireside the passions are stirred, the blood boils, the old lust for vengeance numbs and finally controls the higher centers of thought. For violence is ny act not commanded by leason and love together. Violence may end in murder, but it does not begin there. It begins quietly, in the bullying, the hectoring, the leud arguthat will ment, the brook no disagreement and make no compromise. It begins with the sneaking (and then, if successful, arrogant) conviction that might makes right. Then, it goes on to uifh s!) thnsp who identify kb?.d disagree with us, all who threaten our privileges and perquisites It is not in behalf of evil that we do away with but in behalf of our such people our justice, our rights, freedom, our morality." and our religion. ' . Illllll!llllllllllllllllllllllilllll!llllllillllllll!lll!llilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lii!llllll f through an earthquake time. Now the dust settles. At the close of the last term in June, the clerk listed 437 cases still pending on the docket. Since then, another 400 appeals have been filed. The Court's workload is mounting Ten years ago. the astronomically: 1901-6term saw 2,585 cases disposed of: the term saw more than 1,500. Largely because of this flood of petitions. most of which have to be affirmed or reversed summarily, the number of cases actually argued continues to decline. There simply is not time to hear the oral arguments that ought to be heard, and to write the formal opinions that ought to be written. Ours is a litigious nation, and this is where litigation ends. 2 1971-7- 2 Out of the mountain of pending cases, probably 150 to 160 cases will be chosen for formal hearing. More than a hundred already have Uen selected. The Denver school case, potentially of even greater impact than the original school desegregation case of 1954. commands greatest interest, but the range of the law is infinite. It is hard to imagine an area of human concern not touched upon here. The court plainly is divided critically matter of abortion. It will hear reargument this term on cases testing the laws of Texas and Georgia, hut suits are pending that involve the abortion on the LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IIIIIHIIIIIIi:il!lilll!llll!!l!lllllllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllill!l!!llll laws of Missouri, Illinois. North Carolina and Mississippi as well. In the abortion eases, the court will have to weigh some profoundly difficult questions of constitutional law. In Roe v. Wade, for example, it is contended that Texas abortion laws unconstitutionally deprive single women and married couples of their right, secured by the Ninth Amendment, to choose whether to have children. The Ninth Amendment is known as the forgotten amendment. Was it intended to make any such right secure? Other issues are trivial fact, but monumental in law. At the end of the term in June, no fewer than 35 cases were pending in the field of obscenity. Can the people of Ohio. Florida and Alabama see I am Curious (Yellow)? Can the people of Tennessee see Without a Stitch? Is the magazine, Screw, obscene in Indiana? What about Hair in .Massachusetts? In a nation grappling with vastly greater problems, the questions might seem to have no meaning. Yet they do: They demand that the court once again examine the fundamental concept of free speech and free in press. So the term begins. And a man is a dull clod indeed if he covers the court and fails to sense a quickening of the pulse and a catch in his throat, as the nine men in black bend to the task of applying a rule of law to the concerns that divide a free people in a free lann. Obligotion Of Audiences It Is human. It is domestic, in the most chilling sense of the word. It is part of the irrational component running through the circuitry of our minds and hearts. It is not the animal in man-anido not do these things but the man in man: or. as our grandfathers used to say, the devil in man. The Art Of Giving is an art Political Primer ." PAUL HARVEY "Violence is the sphinx by the fireside. and she has a human face. said Bronowski. What he meant by this poetic metaphor is that the violence w e deplore in Belfast or Munich, in Attica or Algiers, is not at all si range or "crini-ina- l or crazy or bestial. There are now 11 different federal agencies plus a great many agencies dispensing $100 billion in welfare payments. The public which foots the bill isnt happy because welfare has soared in good economic times as well as in bad. Welfare recipients arent happy because each agency has its own complex procedures for eligibility, investigation, and payment. Through long and costly experience, America has certainly found out what doesnt work. Now lets find something that does and not by talking about it but by getting scale models off the drawing board and see if they really fly. Bestowing weli, declared Nietzsche, subtlest master-ar- t of kindness. . . JAMES KILPATRICK A This week the call for pilot testing was taken up by Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff of Connecticut, and the Senate is expected to go along with the plan. Pilot tests make sense practically because plans that look good on paper dont always work out in actual use. 7 at their chairs. of The opening term: It is an excitfor moment ing those who love the gM high court, and this week was something 1 special. Mr. Kilpatrick For the first time in five years, the U.S. Supreme Court assembled whole, healthy and, subject to that same divine providence, reasonably fixed for the next nine months. It promises to be a memorable term. You have to look back 170 years, to the time when the court was young, and peared Nearly four years ago President Nixon called for a thorough overhaul of Americas outmoded welfare system. f did manage to drive a hard bargain Tiie great red curtains swung apart, the clerk invoked divine assistance, and suddenly, as if a magician had conjured them up, the nine men in black ap- Test Welfare Reforms ' I Yoes in Coolev Newscooers Christian Science Monitor Splendor Of The Court If the legislature is allowed to retain its own legal counsel instead of relying entirely upon the Attorney General, this procedure would be more in keeping with the principle of separation of powers between the three branches of government. The four propositions have been endorsed by a long list of individuals and organizations, including the Utah Association of Counties, Utah Education Association, Utahns For Effective Government, Utah Legislative Conference, League of Utah Consumers, and both gubernatorial candidates. There is no room for partisanship on these issues or for further indecision. v ... in During the World Chess Championship our superlath e Bobby Fischer complained much about "playing condi: tions. There is validity to his protests only appreciated by tournament players and actors and singers and musicians. And most of what they to are entitled is resent the impoincreasing liteness of you and me since TV. Bobby Fischer is being sued for si million because ho refused to allow the world senes of chess to be televised. The presence of TV cameras is a distraction in any kind of competition where any distraction is devastating. Even Boris Spassky, when one game was moved to another room, found barely audible street noises distressing. And there was conversation in tne hall: coughing, youngsters noisily enwrapping candy, laughing. Almost a month previous to this move FisOher had asked that children be excluded and the first seven rows of seats removed. The request was denied. Certain of Fischer's complaints have been supported by the International Chess Federatio.i, have led to major changes in ail future qualifying and championship matches. You know whats spawned the bad manners of todays audiences? Television. Concert artists are dreadfully distracted by the impolite, inconsiderate and indifference of today's audiences worse: pianist Sheldon Shkolnik remem- bers a Grant Park. Chicago, concert when two schoolagers walked up onstage taunting the musicians. No artist, whatever his stature, is spared Van Cliburn, performing with the Chicago symphony, paused for those pregnant moments of silence just before Concerto the Brahms somebody yelled, several laughed and the laughter sustained through the first minutes of that sensitive work. Kenneth Sanson, respected critic for Chicago Today, has this to say of audience behavior: Walking in and out, rattling programs, whirring and clicking tape recorders, flash cameras, noisy those responsible for such bracelets distractions are stealing from the performer, from others in the audience and robbing themselves." But children of the television era are always doing something else, listening with half an ear. Understandably they behave similarly when in a concert hall, a theater or at a chess tournament. That Bobby Fischer is what most call temperamental there can be no doubt, but he does have a right to do his thing without distraction. GUEST CARTOON I read with interest your editorial on where you stand on endorsing politicians. I agree that a newspaper has the obligation to present the facts about the policies of those who seek public office. However, what your newspaper says and what it does are two different matters altogether. Every day I pick up the paper. I read about McGovern and Nixon on the front page. These'Jvv'o socialists seem to be at odds but in reality their programs are bound to lead us further down the road toward socialism. If you really want to give the people a choice', please include in your newspaper some articles or. the other alternative we Americans have to our liberties in the tradition of our founding fathers. Im speaking, of course, of Mr. John Schmitz, who is likewise panning for President. What, you've never neard of him? RICHARD NIELSEN 3372 El Sernto Dr. ' pre.-ser- Obscene Film Previews Bored with television, and not wanting to read any. more. I decided to go to a good movie. What was my horror, even before the lights were hardly out, to see previews of the next movie to be shown, which was rated R. Gasps of disgust and surprise were heard ail around me. and if it had been possible I would have left, demanded my money back and gone home where I might have seen a decent show on my own television screen. d The preview was lengthy and obscene. Having never had to eat garbage of the worst kind, why was it necessary to subject my mind to this class of tripe in order to get to see what did turn out to be a decent sort of show? Our thoughts and acts are colored in part by what we see, hear and read. We can choose our reading, we can choose what we want to see on television or hear on radio. Why cant we choose what we see in the movie house, or do the makers of the shows and the purveyor of the same think all their viewers are interested in the most debasing things that can be offered Maybe there are people who delight in such things, but as for me and my family we prefer staying home and reading a good book, and leaving these other things. for people w hn do not care what they or their childpen see just as long as they are with it" and "doing what everybody does. E. B. SWANSON Wish Drillers Luck n' The oil exploration companies planning .,to search for oil in the Great Salt Lake should be given a free hand to do so. If oil and gas are found in great quantities there, it will be a boon and a blessing to the people of Utah and especially to the people in the region where the oil exploration is to be carried on. The rich mineral treasures that are in the earth are ordained of God and they arc good. They were created by Him, for the well being, use, blessing and edification of His children that dwell upon the earth. They should lie used by them with thanksgiving and gratitude. There are those that would build a fence armihd certain mineral deposits for no apparent good reason. I say. let these oil exploration companies' go ahead and drill for oil in the Great Salt Lake and let s wish them luck. If they cause any pollution in the lake, which I think they will not do, make them clean it up and pay for it. JAMES A. VERSUUo 830 South 1st West St. A Contradiction ? It used to be we attended theater or concert or contest with interest in the performance and respect for the performers and for others in the audience. But the now generation, accustomed to dividing its attention, conditioned to shuttling between the TV set and the refrigerator or the telephone or the bathroom, is inclined to behave similarly at anv public performances. Schmitz, Too : In a recent article in the Journal of the American College of Dentists. Vol. 66:221, 1966, it is reported the dentists practicing in fluoridated areas fadVft higher inoorips m tbfi Olviu klltll Ml UV.VIVO unfloundated but otherwise similar areas. This seems to contradict statements by those in favor of fluoridation indicating that the public will save money. -- "George, I think the center of the rood is over thotuwoy." , . JACK GAMBEE Berkley Wav 2109 |