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Show A CONFIDENT LIVING DESERET NEWS V SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Untapped Resources We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 22 A EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY, JANUARY By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE People often fold in a crisis, or even in some ordinary difficulty, by failing to use the resources they possess. 23, 1969 To be resourceful means to be good at tapping rea v a i 1 a ble sources for meeting a particular Budget Poses Stiff Challenge To Utah means, as tionary puts it, to be fertile in devising ways and means." When you read about great public figures you often find they are outstandingly resourceful individuals: that is part of their success. An impressive example is the jazz maestro Duke Ellington. Here is a man whose songs rank in popularity with those of men like Coe Porter and Richard Rodgers; who has been one of the most popular of American band leaders for over 40 years; who is also preeminent as a composer and conductor of symphonic jazz, having given concerts at Carnegie Hall annually for 17 years and repeatedly performed for enthusiastic audiences in Europe and Japan. A spectacular liie, however you look at it, and an immense resourcefulness has had a lot to do with it. lion. It should be balanced against the need to maintain a healthy, competitive tax climate so as to att 'act the industry that is essential for the future growth of Utahs economy and its sources of state tax revenue. It should be balanced against recent tax increases, which have climbed steeply the past eight years. Since 1960, the Utah Taxpayers Association reports, property taxes have increased 57 , fuel and gasoline sales taxes 29 , sales tax collections 104 , and individual and corporate income taxes 131 . During the same period, state spending increased 110 but the population went up only 18 and per capita income rose Music critics hail Ellington for new new tone and and unique harmonies, the voicing of chords in a coloring, manner so resourceful that every other arranger of the day by comparison . 33. Moreover, the new budget with its proposed tax increases should be balanced against Utahs expedience in curtailing state spending during the copper strike. As Governor Rampton noted in h,s budget message, the strike brought on a 4 cutback in all general fund spending except welfare. But how many Utahns felt worse off because of curtailments in state services? Probably not many. Moreover, the cutbacks were made rather than selectively. This episode makes one wonder how widespread is the demand for more state services, and how real is the need for each and every one of them. Certainly the Legislature should get the answers to such questions before adopting a new budget. As the Legislature strives to squeeze every ounce of water from the budget, taxpayers should realize that theres one unpleasant fact which wont go away: Even if present state programs were continued at the same level, as the Utah Foundation has reported, the state would still need to raise an additional $18.5 million during fiscal 1969-7Yet, considering state needs which have become particularly acute in education and economic development, it would be shortsighted to continue all programs at present levels. Governor Rampton summed up the situation when he concluded that while Utah may not be in a financial crisis, we are at a period where we must make some very important value judgments which may well affect the nature of the services rendered by state government to the people of Utah for many years to come. across-the-boar- d, 0. The Private Way variety. The reason for the order: Government-buil- t housing has proven to be too slow, too costly, and too stigmatized. Private enterprise is the only way we can get the job done, says Don Hummell, former Assistant Secretary of HUD. He explains that public authorities have to go through man-bites-d- and-operat- lengthy public hearings and land condemnation proceedings before a project can begin, whereas private developers often have the land available and can build with little delay. Because of government red tape in construction, costs are exorbitant and builders are reluctant to get into public housing. Moreover, public housing projects have been stigmatized because they are obviously homes built for the poor, usually located in the worst residential areas. t Free enterprise has provided Americans the widest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen. Our troubles begin when government intereres. With the order to use free enterprise in public housing, lets hope Uncle Sam has finally kamed his lesson. This Isn't Coddling For the sake of society as well as the individual, prisons should not only seek to punish a criminal, but to rehabilitate him as well. Today it is a frequent occurrence, says Rep. Edith Green of Oregon, for men, women, and youngsters to leave correctional institutions not only unrehabilitated but more l than when they entered." bitter, cynical, and A new trade program initiated at Utah State Prison is seeking to break this vicious cycle. It seeks to provide prisoners with technical knowledge of a trade they can pursue upon release. It also gives them something worthwhile to occupy their time while in prison. With the help of a $148,416 grant under the Manpower Development Act, several trade classes have been instituted at auto mechanics, auto body repair, diesel methe prison machine chanics, shop and small appliance repair. Several other classes, including landscaping, meat cutclasses, were starred earting, boiler fireman and lier at the prison with state mony. anti-socia- dry-clcani- To help the program succeed, Utahns should forsake the Idea that prisoners are being coddled. The program deserves every aid it can get in trying to restore prisoners to useful b Note On The White House Door - President Pat came ceremonies at When WASHINGTON Richard Nixon and his wife back from the swearing-i- n The pool should be backwashed twice a week. Marvin Watson used to do it for me before I made him postmaster general. If you dont want to do it yourself, you can probably get Wally Hickel to do it for you. After all, he owes you a favor. You dont have too many neighbors around you, but we solved the problem by inviting people over for lunch and dinner. The only time we ran into trouble was when we imited a bunch of artists and writers over to the house and they started passing around a petition saying they only came to eat with us to show their contempt for what we were doing in Vietnam. It kind of hurt to see them eat my groceries. There are a bunch of trees and bushes in the garage that Lady Bird never did get a chance to plant and she said Pat could have them. She also left the silver shovel for Pat. I guess thats pretty much it. I think youll like the house. It has a je ne sais quoi quality to it thats hard to explain. The only advice I have is dont get too attached to the place. The landlords are pretty fickle people, and no matter what you do for them, if they take a dislike to you theyll kick you out when your four-yea- r lease is up. the Capitol they found a note from press secretarys briefing transcripts. The appliances are all in pretty good pinned on the front shape, though it gets hot in the kitchen door of the White every once in a while. You can blame House. Harry Truman for that. He knew about It read : the problem, but every time someone wanted to do something about it, he said, Dear Dick and If you cant stand the heat, get out of Pat: kitchen. the The key is Lady Birds left a list of handymen to under the doormat call if you need anything repaired. If you and you can have call the plumber and tell him youre the all the food thats of the United States, hell be President to leave left in the ice box. Weve tried over within 48 hours. The electrician as possible, the place as but little Lyn was unable to find several might take a little longer, but he lives in Bethesda, Md., and usually doesnt make of his toys. If you find a brown teddy bear with one eye, would you mail it to house calls. us care of the LBJ Ranch, Johnson City, Structurally, I think youll find the Texas? building itself in fairly good condition, with one exception. When we first moved The dogs chewed up the lug on the we found hordes of newspapermen last day and we didnt have time to in, out of the walls of the west wing coming repair it, so if you folks want to have it of the White House. We called the exterto us. bill send the fixed, you can minators and they did everything they The fuse box is in the cellar behind sprayed them, laid out poison bait for the furnace. The electric bills are outrathem, set mouse traps, and they even geous, so watch the help and see that plugged up all the leaks and holes. But the newspapermen just kept multiplying. they turn out all the lights. on In the last year Lady Bird and I out trash Friday, Garbage goes Monday, but dont mix the two or there decided to ignore them, and Id advise is a $25 fine. For example, dont throw you to do the same. Trying to get rid of out your budget messages with your them seems to do more damage to the Johnson Mr. spick-and-spa- n - Now that the WASHINGTON, D.C. ball is over and the inauguration invitations are heading for the scrapbooks, President Richard Milhous Nixon is on a collision course with some of his more conservative champions especially on the explosive labor front. There are those who hit the hustings for Dick Nixon the candidate who want from their kind of action action Richard Nixon the President. They are state Republican Sincerely, Lyndon machines. They powerful in the Congress. ate And they cam- the on paigned promise theyd cut labor and its leaders down to size something which will take a able amount of trimming. Such Republicans as Michigan Sen. Robert Griffin, Walter Reuthers neighbor, want to wipe out the National Labor Relations Board. They want to set up labor courts. They want to strip national unions of the right, and power, to call nationwide strikes. They want some form of consider compulsory arbitration. This is not just the rhetoric of the campaign orator. Sen. Griffin and some of his colleagues have it all spelled out in tight legislathe form and in the congressional hopper. They want Mr. Nixons support. But theyre not about to get it. Quite to the contrary in this political aviary, from which the old hawks, doves and those who turned chicken fled, long before the bands struck up and the marchers retook Washington, it is the year of the owl. For Mr. Nxon, one of the wisest of the owls is New Yorks Senator Jack Javits. It is to "Jack that Mr. Nixon has been turning quietly for advice on labor policy. For Mr. Nixon, the senator has many virtues: Jav'k Javits knows the labor movement intimately and its leaders by their first names. Mr. Nixon believes Mr. Javits can help bring much of the move rnrnt into the Republican camp. Both leaders refuse to take for granted that labor's heart belongs to Hubert." Furthermore, Sen. Javits can swing Democrats and Independents in the pivotal state of New York, which Mr. Nixon lost and may very well need for reelection. And the President is not about to help from Mayor get any Lindsay or Gov. Nelson Rockefeller. So the senior senator from New York, politically and profesphilosophically, sionally does not believe in restrictive labor legislation or in alienating the movement. Very definitely I believe that Dick Nixon's posture for his administration, Jack Javits told this newsman the other day, "is to be a problem solver, and not to accept or encourage any label, liberal or business, and seek labor's cooperation in the solution of labor problems rather than assume the union leaders are not with him. He must recognize the interest are of working people economically middle-clas- s interests. Of course Mr. Nixon and his people and I have discussed this. 3ut even without the counsel of Sen. Javits, Mr. Nixon would not be Griffin-mindeMr. Nixon simply is opposed to any frontal attack on labor. Last October 25, just a few days before Election Day, the Republican candidate said so quite bluntly in a note to a newsman. As you also know, 1 have long had a the area of Mr. Nixon relations, wrote. Likewise, I have made clear my views that the Federal government ought not intervene with the give and take of the collective bargaining process except when the failure of that process endangers the health or safety of our nation or when other legislation requires it. Furthermore, such intervention must always be neutral, favoring neither management nor labor. It is the lack of this the belief of one Federal neutrality party or the othei that an administration which I believe has will take sides also generated more labor - management controversy than otherwise would be the case. . , In my judgment, the best answer does not lie in compulsory arbitration; rather, we must first give collective bargaining a real chance to function under an administration committed to responsible fiscal policies and true neutrality in deep interest f, in nt there -- " ' i Some of Mr. Nixons owls are mighty wise. They know that this is a year of potential rail and air strikes. And nothing gets louder than the grounding of airliners or the paralysis of crack trains. The public screams. In the storm center of those strike threats will be the powerful International Assn, of Machinists. And it is perhaps coincidence, or the new owl-isbut most of the Labor Dept, now is headed by men heavily endorsed by Machinists President Roy Siemiller. At the very least this is a sign the times. Mr. Siemiller, whose union will strike anything from phantom jet fighter planes and ball powder plants to airlines, enthusiastically backed Labor Secretary of Shultz, was delighted with the appointment of his good friend Jim Hodgson (former Lockheed vice president for industrial relations) as of Labor, and was as ecstatic as a sophisticated labor leader can be when one of his own union colleagues, William J. Usery, IAM Grand Lodge Representative at Cape Kennedy, was named Assistant Secretary of Labor for Labor - Management Relations. y Obviously all this doesnt delight Sen. Griffin and his legions. And just as obviously, President Nixon doesn't mind. Theres a collision coming. GUEST CARTOON ! i i Save The Pets Through the generations history has repeated Itself again and again in this community of ours. When I was a small boy my father got a beautiful Collie puppy for me. As he grew up I trained him to do many things and I remember especially how he pulled me on my sleigh in the winter time. When my dog was approximately two years old someone decided it was time for him to be eliminated and cast a bait into our yard. My dog found it and died a horrible death as a result. Because it was such a bad experience for me, my father; r would never get me another dog. Approximately two years ago my youngest son. came home from school and said his friend had for him if Id let him have it. I couldnt help but think back, but decided every boy should have the privilege of a puppy if possible (. had denied my boy a dog because of my own expe-- . rience). Therefore, I let him bring the dog home. The entire family became attached to this little dog. On Jan. 15, at approximately 7:30 p.m. I was again a witness to this same unwanted experience. My wife and I and all four children witnessed the saine horrible occurrence of an innocent pet dying a. brutal, unmerciful death at the hands of some self-- 4, if t I 1 , appointed exterminator. I feel its time that some action be taken by the state or some other responsible authority to see that this doesnt continue for another four decades.-Local1- ; little seems to be possible since many choice animals and childrens pets have been delib-- . erately destroyed and the guilty persons have never been apprehended. Maybe now with our new legislature convening something could and should be presented to them for consideration. . --WILLIAM amply. Under-Secretar- . a lot of us, while admiring resourcefulness in others, often do little to develop the same quality in ourselves. Have you perhaps been struggling unsuc- cessfully with some disturbing problem? Take a look at your unused resources. You may be surprised. a real Make a study of yourself and youre likely personality analyses to find resources you never dreamed of And the same goes for your job. Make a fresh analysis of your problems. See the various factors, as many as you can think of. List them on paper. This will help you think more concretely and objectively. Consider different angles. In fact, let the challenge of the problem generate creative ideas. The process of visualizing untried possibilities creates new approaches. Now nilU!llllimilll!lil!lllll!!!!l!!l!!H!!!l!!!!!!l!l!ll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!l!ll!!!!U!!!!!!lt!!l!!!!!ii these encounters. Mr. Nixon meant It then and means it now. For the insiders the evidence is VICTOR RIESEL , LETTERS TO THE EDITOR house than letting them gnaw cn the foundations of your Administration. ART BUCHWALD , . niiiiiiiiiiiiiiMitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiirmiiiiimiiiiitiitimiiiittiiniiiiiiiiniimnra Nixon Is On Collision Course When the President of the United States orders the Department of Housing and Urban Development to use more private enterprise in building public housing, it is news of the lives. ... It situation. the dic- Measured against the more than $130 million that Governor Rampton was asked to add to state spending, the budget he presented to the Utah Legislature today reflects considerable prudence and restraint. Measured against the $30 million the proposed budget contemplates in higher school levies, sales, cigarette, and mine occupation taxes, however, its clear that the budget constitutes the greatest challenge confronting the lawmakers. In meeting this challenge, the legislators should bear in mind that state spending does not exist in a vacuum, and that there are several important considerations which the budget should be balanced against. It should, to begin with, be balanced against the proposals to increase the state gasoline tax by one cent, and to nika the sales tax for cities and counties another half cent. It should be balanced against the recent federal income tax surcharge, which is expected to cost Utahns some $30 mil- seemed harmonically paralyzed. How does a person develop this creative ingenuity? According to an article of "FM Guide, Duke Ellington declares, fly springboard is the problem. I always consider my problems opportunities to do something . . . Necessity, in other words, is the mother For instance, heres a guy who uses a mute, and he finds he can get only seven good notes out of it. The problem is to use those seven. When we first did Black and Tan Fantasy we found there was a mike tone created by using the two horns close to the mike. The problem, then, when we did Mood Indigo later, was to use that mike tone. . ; 1 j - j . B. STANSFIELD Goshen . J Condemning Unborn A trend perhaps of serious impact upon the preservation of what we call society centers around the way we now boldly determine who should be given a chance to live through birth control measures when just a few short years ago we were appalled and horror stricken when the German -government decided that Jews were not fit to live. Both determinations seem to be just as arbitrary and illogical. The Germans claimed all their troubles were the fault of the Jews and we claim all our troubles are the fault of the yet unborn. Both determinations are foolish and not very honorable to the dignity of the human race. In view of the attitude the social workers and legal profession take toward modern lawbreakers, it probably is actually worse for us to suppose that the yet unborn are the cause of deplorable social conditions among men and women on earth. ih h: w This world could comfortably support considerably more people than it does at the present time if they were taught to be honest, industrious, kind and all the other virtues that make living together pleasant and perhaps possible. However, to increase under a cloak of false security the sins condemned by our Creator is to make life miserable regardless of how many or how few reside here. --MERRILL it , , - V H. GLENN JR. State No. 9 264 No. Fees Too High Now : I; We are riled up over the man, men, or organ!- zation pushing for an increase in the price of gra?- ing fees for stockmen. What kind of fellows are they? Do they pay taxes on their apartments? Do they own stock? Do they sit at a desk with feet on it instead of brains above it? Our grazing fees now are out of all proportion to the kind of range we have to buy. Most range land is only as good as the few scanty shrubs and very scanty grass that grows on it. It takes from one to 14 acres (according to location of the range) per cow, per month, to maintain the on our southern Utah ranges. I , f 4, to 1 " f' " cow-critte- It does look like these fellows are trying to force us completely off the range and turn it over to wildlife entirely. The balance of nature is al- exready seriously unbalanced. If these would-bperts aie allowed to dictate much longer to tha experienced owners and users of the public lands, there will be nothing left either wildlife or live- - $ , ; , 1 e stock. -R- Detroit Fra Pri 1 A HODA WOOD Cedar City 4 , |