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Show 1 DESERET NEWS It's a lovely tradition-givi- ng an incoming president a honeymoon cottage with a view !!l!!lin!H!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!!!!!!!!!!!lllinilllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllini LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiimmiiiiiii. .We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States No Nixon Change ? As Having Been Divinely Inspired 10 A EDITORIAL PAGE MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1969 Business Shows How To Fight Poverty Richard Nixon, during the recent election t campaign, deplored what he called the present custodial approach to fighting poverty on the grounds that it only perpetuates dependency and despair. Instead, he prefers offering tax incentives to got private enterprise to help combat poverty. ' President-elec- i The Nixon program has been attacked on the grounds that it constitutes a federal subsidy for private interests, and doubts have been cast on the plans ability to come to grips with the nations welfare problems. How valid are these criticisms? Just ask a few of those already involved in fighting poverty the business way rather than the government way. The National Alliance of Businessmen, for instance, pointed out recently that 84,000 jobs have been foupd for the hard-cor- e unemployed. Nearly 23,000 of these persons later lost their jobs, but the net gain of 61,000 jobs shows the alliance will almost certainly reach its goal of 100,000 jobs by Jae - WASHINGTON Nothing could be more pointless, more useless, more hurtful than to keep on debating Vietnam in terms which have nothing to do with and tomorrows detoday's events cisions. 3. The issues of Hawk vs. Dove, 'Poverty housing also is taking a great spurt. The Institute of Life Insurance estimates its members have invested $825 million pledged to improve living conditions for people in blighted urban areas. Its goal is $1 billion. This is only a small sample of what businesses are doing to employ unemployables, and the full potential of private enterprise has not yet been tapped. so-call- In fact, some companies are becoming so poverty conscious that they have turned down otherwise qualified applia practice that can only be described as discriminacants tion in reverse. Even so, many companies are reaping dividends by tapnew ping the nations underprivileged youth, and creating markets by bolstering their new employees purchasing powtoer, At the same time these firms are spurring new efforts more how see who ward education among their trainees, schooling can help them get ahead. I. Clearly, private businesses are having a big impact on the of them proverty problem. If tax incentives will get more better. the much so and it ought to then involved President-elecNixon observed, Above all, we must t As make welfare payments a temporary expedient, not a permanent way of life; something to be escaped from, not to. .i Stop Haggling Over Vietnam! vs. d win- - escalation, of the-wa- vs. r c of esca-iatio- n ' lose-the-w- ar have been settled but the argument lingers President John- is d i s e n g a gement. P residen Nixons is disen- gagement. Mr. Drummond However slowly the Paris talks may progress, the intention of both is to steadily turn over more of whatever fighting continues to the increasingly forces of d and combat-read- y South Vietnam. The United States now needs to turn aside from the controversies which no longer have substance and focus its attention on the real issues which lie ahead. For the critics to keep haggling over the war is one way to lose the peace. Those who want a from Paris are eager to stir controversy for its own sake and reach for any stick to beat the Johnson Administration, like well-arme- n, the Vietnam. with m It is impossible for us to talk rulers of South present Thats the NLF's inflating out of all recognition the differences between Secretary of Defense Clark Clifford and Secretary of State Dean Rusk. There are some differences but they are minor, they concern tactics and to a large extent have already been resolved by events.- Eager to get serious talks under way, Clifford publicly blames Saigon for using on. sons objective It states, ROSCOE DRUMMOND the unresolved seating arrangements for delay. The effect of this stance was a flurry of irritation from Vice President Ky in Paris. And a very pained secretary of state in Washington. Rusks position was that Hanoi and Saigon were equally to blame for delaying the talks over the seating issue and that to criticize Saigon publicly and was unnecessarily and unwittingly helping the Communists. d bluntness Maybe Cliffords did something useful. We dont really know what caused Vice President Ky to change his position. But the facts now are that Ky has stated in Paris and in Saigon that he is open to direct negotia-- tions with the National Liberation Front and that he sees no objection to separate talks between the United States and North Vietnam on the mutual withdrawal of troops. That is Gen. Kys position. But as soon as Ky began to say yes, lets negotiate, the NLF began to say no. ly one-side- , Remember Hitler? position. But have you noticed any of the eagerly vocal American critics cf Vice President Ky berating the NLF when it is even more adamant against negotiations in Saigon? They are strangely silent. They seem to have only a one-trac- k voice. Sen. George McGovern, ample, delights in calling Ky a for ex- n dictator. If the elected vice president of n South Vietnam is a dictator, wouldnt it be interesting to know how Sen. McGovern would describe the unelected leaders of North Vietnam? This kind of senseless g and irrelevant controversy simply gets in the way of the real questions which the new administration and the American people will have to face in the coming months: Having blocked Hanois attempt to conquer South Vietnam by force, will we yield to a fake peace at the conference table? Do these Americans who have believed we couldnt win the war in Vietnam want to throw in the sponge at the peace table? Will most Americans have the patience and the stamina to hold out on the mountfor an honorable peace ing evidence that the position in South Vietnam today is far more favorable for Saigon than for Hanoi? These are the matters which will soon be to the fore and there is no better time than now to think them through. name-callin- , Sports In The Red plant. In Utah, the Coordinating Council of High Education is investigating the cost of intercollegiate sports. By some estimates, the state subsidizes intercollegiate athletics by as much as $1 million a year. ' Most schools feel student athletic fees and ticket prices are already as high as permissible. Television income has helped to fill the gap between rising costs and gate receipts in the past, but the saturation point is close at hand. ' The only real alternative, then, appears to be trimming costs which is easier said than done when pressures are high for winning teams. One alternative, heavily favored by Pacific-- 8 schools and University of Utah athletic director James R. (Bud) Jack, is a n return to football, eliminating many of the specialists. Another is to trim grants-in-aiAlabama figures, for excosts it full a a for athletic grant-in-ai$1,500 ample, year Yale puts it at $3,000. Whatever is done, intercollegiate athletics ought to pay their own way. single-platoo- d. d; litany On A Blue Monday' By SYDNEY Poverty grinds you down; prosperity puffs you up. Failure makes you sullen; success makes you smug. The best you get is a choice cf evils, and the odds are always 7 to 5 against Parents die, mates wither, children drift away. The race is not to the swift nor the but they might as battle to the strong well be. Conservatives want to keep what is rotten, and radicals want to change to something worse. Democracy is the last best hope of men, but man seems unworthy of his last best hope. The air reeks, the water stinks, the food is stuffed with preservatives only the aspirins we incessantly take are guaranteed pure. The white man dislikes the black, who The Dutch Pay Up Remember tiny Finland, which won a place in American hearts with its valiant effort to pay off its World War I debt to the U.S.? There is now another nation conscious of its international the Netherlands. Only last month, the Dutch obligati008 paid off the remaining $65.5 million balance of an original 1948 loan of $129.5 million extended under the Marshall Plan. 3 The payment was not due until the period, but the Netherlands made the prepayment to help the U.S. balance of payments problem. Since 1945, Americans have shelled out more than $117 billion to over 100 foreign nations in every corner of the globe even Communist nations. While there is no question that the aid has spurred economic recovery from World War II, in even wealthy ones many instances a number of nations have been shirking on repaying loans and other assistance. France, for instance, still owes the U.S. money loaned during World War I. The Netherlands example ought to spur others toward world-wid- e repaying some of the huge sums that have aided r years. recovery during the post-wa- J. HARRIS has done all his hard work for him; the black dislikes the Jew, who has done all his battling for him; the Jew dislikes the Arab, who is his only cousin on earth; the Arab dislikes the American, who has poured billions into his land; the American dislikes the Frenchman, who has always been his ally; and the Frenchman dislikes everybody. We work too hard but we also goof off too much at the same time; we get up too early, go to bed too late, have more leisure and know less what to do with it than ever before. The children have all the answers fore they have heard most of the questions; and the parents keep asking questions to which the answers have been erased on a rapidly receding blackboard. The quality of goods is as fickle as the quality of service; products with a shrug, and service with a smirk and if you dont like it, tough, go somewhere else, be- see the manager, write a-- letter, take it up with your congressman, I only work here, a buck is a buck, business is business, thats the way the ball of wax bounces, Buster. Rents are high, taxes are high, prices but the high, wages are high wages dont meet the prices and the prices dont meet the taxes and the taxes eat up the rent and the rent eats up the wages and here we go round the mulberry bush once more. are Honesty pays in daily satisfaction, but dishonesty pays quarterly dividends as well. The church makes us devout, but not decent; the school makes us literate, but not educated; the government makes us docile, but not dedicated; the media of communication tells us everything but what wa need to know to lead a better life. New Journey Info The Unknown Although it doesn't seem to be much of a problem to get a man from the earth to the moon, it's still almost impossible to develop a fast train from New York to Washington. While some probes have been made by unmanned Pullmans, officials said it was still too dangerous to send men to Washington in one of the new rail-spa- craft. The head of the progWerner von Penncentral, said that despite setbacks he felt the United States could man get from New York to rail-spac- e ram, 'A I wish to reply to Mr. F. E. Hartmans letter appearing in the Deseret News, Thursday, December 26, 1968, in which he makes statements for abortions as a necessity to preserve humanity. He refers to livestockmen who use all means possible to upgrade their herds. Of course, I resent the statement that he compares all humans to dumb animals! Mr. Hartman expresses himself tiiat intelligent men use methods to produce perfect, healthy and normal offspring. Let me refresh his memory. Under the leadership of one Adolf Hitler, there were plans to develop the pure, perfect, normal, intelligent, healthy Aryan race. Hitler even had tests made among the citizenry of Germany to make certain that the females of a select group would be the only ones allowed to give birth to children. In fact, the propagation of the Aryan people could even be accomplished without wedlock; the state was the deciding factor in the decision as to who would live and who would die. It is up to us as propagators of the human race to conduct ourselves with good eating habits, exercise, rest, good moral standards and keep the commandments of God and we would be able to do a.! that is necessary for the upgrading of humanity. Livestockmen wouldnt put into the bodies of their breeding stock the junk that humans take into their bodies, the use of liquor, tobacco, narcotics, barbit-uatand all the other impurities that have bearing upon our health. -L- LOYD V. VIALL Kearns es Taxpayers , Revolt Ask almost any college athletic director what his biggest problem is, and hes almost certain to pinpoint the financial squeeze. The truth is, college sports programs are in a tight financial bind. And that goes for big schools as well as small, because the bigger the school, the more expensive the program - unless the school has intercollegiate sports. For example, three of the athletic departments of Pacific-- 8 schools are operating in the red Washington, Washington State and Oregon. Six schools in the Big Ten, with some of the biggest football stadiums in the country, reported losses in 1967. Colorado State University at Fort Collins projects a deficit for the fiscal year ending next June 30, which, however, includes heavy investments in its new athletic 1976-198- During the recent presidential campaign, much was said about the apparent lack of any significant difference between the platforms of the two parties. Nixon received many votes from people who were hoping for a change and could not believe that he would give us more of the same type of programs that Johnson had given us. While it is too early to tell whether Nixon will keep his word, there are some indications that there will be no change. For example, he endorsed Johnsons foreign policy when he said that LBJ This speaks for his upcoming administration. was a direct refutation of his campaign promises. Also, after his talks with the big labor bosses they can say of him, we are ready to work with Nixon right through 1972 and for his according to labor columnist Victor Riesel. They were expecting great opposition out are now jubilant to find that Dick Nixon is their kind of man. There is no indication that Johnsons Great Society programs will be changed very much either, for Nixon has emphasized the need for effective administration rather than for more innovative legislation in the next few years. My point ?s that those who voted for a change should not relax now that Nixon has been elected but should watch very carefully what he does and through letters to Congressmen exert what influence they can to bring about the changes they wanted. -E- DMUND O. RICHARDSON 4967 S. 1130 West Wash ington in three hours, by ART BUCHWALD What other hazards are you faced with? dont know what effects a fast train ride will have on the human body. Of course weve put dogs and chimpanzees on trains, and theyve given us some medical data. But as far as man is concerned wed only be guessing. We dont know, for example, what happens to the human body when it goes through Trenton or Philadelphia, not to mention Wilmington, Del. And then there is the Baltimore Belt. Can man live in the tunnels that run under Baltimore at 200 miles an hour? I admit that you must be cautious, e I said. But isnt the program being criticized for the slow progress that is being made in rail travel? When youre dealing with something as new as passenger trains, you have to expect disappointments. Weve had engine trouble, capsule setbacks, lavatory failures. But we're learning all the time. The research gained from the program will not only benefit transportation but mankind as well. What would speed up the program? The only thing that would speed up the program is if the Soviets announced that they were going to build a railroad from New York to Washington. Then Congress would allot us the money for a crash program. There is no pressure to do anything in this country unless we think the Sovrts are going to do it first. Some people say we're spending loo e much money on our program. What is your answer to that? Its true that there has been this critjcism, particularly since many people i We still say there is no life in Washington. But we must consider the New York to Washington run the first step in a giant exploration. Who knows but someday man will go to Ridimond or Atlanta on a fast train? You think if man ever finds a way of sending a fast train from New York to the nations Capital he will open a whole new world? Ill go farther than that. I predict that we may not see it, but your children and my children will someday be able to travel as far away as Miami on a train with the same ease and comfort that it now takes man to go to the moon. What's been program? I asked him. Train travel is a journey into the unknown. There are so many things that we have to know before we can put men on rails. What are some of the hazards to e travel? The first, of course, is the In order to get a man from New York to Washington, he must have a ticket. So far we have not perfected the ticket system that would make it possible for a manned trip. You mean the ticket problem is holding up the race in the Capital Werner von Penncentral said indignantly, If Borman, Lovell and Anders had to buy tickets for their moon shot at Penn Station, they wouldnt have made it, either. rail-spac- lift-of- -L- ARRY WILCOX Roy Hurray For Israel Hurray for Israel! Im glad they have enough backbone to retaliate for the injustices committed upon them. I wish we had leadership in this country with backbone instead of jellybone. I constantly wonder why it is against the laws of our country to be a Communist in Vietnam; here they can work in our defense plants. We send our military to execute Communists in Vietnam; here in America they can run for and even potentially become President of these United States. They also desire to see all arms taken from the Individual citizenry. One more big name assassination may enable them to achieve their evil designs. Do we want security and a comfortable life more than we want freedom? When we want to live off the government and have it take care of us, we cease to be free. No nation has endured sustaining such principles. Our national heritage is in danger. Beware our morals and integrity, America, lest our freedom be stolen away like a thief in the night. How long since you have written your con- gressman? -G- GUEST CARTOON ARY FILLERUP Midvale rail-spac- 1972. Taxpayers are subsidizing revolt on the University of Utah campus. A recent decision by the University authorities to permit the establishment of a chaper of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) at the University of Utah can lead to no other conclusion. Since the University is tax supported, we who pay the taxes are thus supporting this subversive group. The SDS has been at the center of disturbances at U.C.L.A, San Francisco State, Columbia and so on ad infinitum. Their primary function is the disruption of education on the college campus. The time is ripe for revolt, the revolt of the taxpayer. It is time for each of us to contact our representatives in the state legislature and inform them that our support at the next election will be lost if they continue to disburse money to the University of Utah as long as the SDS remains. If we continue to pay taxes to support an institution of higher, learning which condones such a group, we might as well search out a rattlesnake and invite it to strike. A nest of vipers could be no more deadly than the SDS. Lake-- Or City? I should like to add to the comments of Mr. Jensen of Pleasant Grove concerning streets in Utah. I have traveled every entrance highway into Utah from every direction, and our neighboring states. Every state indicates the number of miles on big green mile posts as miles to Salt Lake Ci.y. As soon as you cross the state line into Utah from any direction, without exception, from entrance to 21st South and State, our green signs indicate "miles to Salt Lake (abbreviated). In the official Post Office directory, there is no such office in Utah as Salt Lake. The word pooriv-idenlifie- rail-spac- e rail-spac- means absolutely nothing, it has no dignity nor personality. People coming to Utah for the first time could reasonably believe these situs refer to the lake. Our neighbors manage to do the job we fail to do. Every time I see this abbreviation, I feel some-onblundered. e There's been tou much conserva-tiojust for conservation's sake. n -G- 235 I RANT GRAFF E. 17th South |