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Show ' Going DESERET NEWS iiiitHtiiiiiiiiniiiiinmiiiiiittittiiiiiHiiwittiiitiiniiitBiinHHt'ttHiHtnHHtiiminie ahead with our plan to annihilate Israel cculd bring us into the twentieth century with a bang ! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH IIWIIIIHIIIIIIIIIllllimiUHIIIIHIItlllllimillliniilltlWItltlHIHlHHHUIItfllUllllllUw Live Within Income We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States I want a new home, furnishings, car and a color with TV, but I cant afford it so I just get along and machines what I have. At my job we need new so afford it, a raise in pay, but my employer cant we do without it. This is the basis on which the people of Utah must live. If we constantly spend more than we have, we come to disaster. Wouldnt it be wonderful if the governor and the legislators of this economically poor state could learn and practice this policy? Will we ever have people in power who will dare to say no to the powerful lobbyists instead of to the abused taxpayer? I wonder why the UEA has never taken lessons in economy. The housewives, businessmen, laborers, farmers, and those on welfare have had to learn. I dont believe the elderly recipients of Social Security practice spending each month more than they receive in a year The state needs more taxes and the governor needs a raise in pay? Sorry, we cant afford it -- MRS. CORA ISBELL 160 W. 27th South As Having Been Divinely Inspired 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1969 New Formula Needed For Taxing Aircraft When excessive taxation is driving industry elsewhere, Isnt it sensible to revise the tax formula to encourage growth? That is the ultimate objective of House Joint Resolution No. 3 which was recalled and passed Tuesday ir, the House after being killed Monday. It would change Utah's fledgling aircraft industry from a property tax base to a registration fee based on gross take-of- f weight of airplanes. The proposal now goes to the Senate. It would have to be submitted to a public vote before it could become law. State Aeronautics Director Bobby V. Walker contends that current assessment methods are hampering the states aircraft industry. He figures that under the new formula the state would have collected $114,465 for the 1967 tax year, when actually it collected only $48,383 in property taxes with the exception of Weber, Davis and Iron counties, for which reports were not available. As presently operating, only about of the aircraft in Utah were assessed in 1967. Many aircraft owners legally get around the property tax by registering in a neighboring state at a much lower rate permitted because corporate owners of planes may register them anywhere they have an office or property. t The reason is obvious. A Beechcraft Baron, which costs approximately $80,000 new, presently is assessed about $1,800 to $2,000 in taxes in Utah. The same plane can be registered in Idaho for $50. Under the weight formula, Utah would collect $300 per year on the same aircraft. Every plane operating in the state would be subject to the same formula. As Mr. Walker notes, the tax problem discourages new plane sales as well as encouraging present owners to register their planes elsewhere. It also tends to cause a loss in the sale of aviation fuel for which the state collects 4 cents a gallon. Still another loss is aircraft-orienteindustries like a cargo distribution center recently mentioned for Las Vegas, which o would be, much more ideally located in Utah. The weight formula system also would help to promote airport planning by determining which airplanes were based at which airports. No such measure is presently available. There is no question that aircraft owners should shoulder their fair share of the tax burden. But it should be borne by all owners, not just those who have no convenient tax dodge. one-thir- d , d Jones Scores (?) The Pueblo By ROSCOE and GEOFFREY DRUMMOND WASHINGTON From hero - to live on to This is why an independent congressional investigation Is needed. The warning that Eucher may be turned over to a rather than recommended for a medal rests mainly on these questions: Did he do everything possible to avoid capture? Was he so powerless against the superior North Korean force that resistance would court-marti- al and a more detached judgment are imperative. Sen. John H. Stennis, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, is neither nor he court-marti- anti-Buche- r; tr is neither pro-Nav- nor y anti-Nav- He would conduct an honest and competent inquiry which would deserve public confidence. The recent record of some Pentagon brass strains credibility beyond endurance. It shows that there are those in the services so eager to shield themselves from uncomfortable facts that, when a subordinate tells something to the public or to the Congress, the tendency is to punish him. Examples : A Navy civilian petroleum inspector uncovered massive thefts of U.S. military fuel in Thailand. His overseas assignment was abruptly ended. An Air Force efficiency expert told Congress about the unexpected and mounting costs of the giant transport. An Air Force official prepared a memo showing three different ways he could be fired. Congress stepped in to prevent it. The seizure of the Pueblo was a national disaster, and Navy bias must not be allowed to stand in the way of bringing out all the facts and of assessing responsibility wherever it reaches. have meant total and senseless slaughter of the whole crew? Buchers answer is an unqualified yes. But there are other questions which bear upon the judgment of his superiors. Why wasnt the Pueblo adequately equipped to destroy secret equipment and classified documents? Why werent Bucher's pleas for better radar and communications heeded? Why wasn't the Pueblo more fully equipped to defend itself? Why was it directed into hostile waters without nearby air support at the ready? Sen. Peter Dominick says that testimony before the Navys current inquiry conflicts directly with testimony Navy officials gave to Congress last year. In fairness to the public, to the Navy and to Cmdr. Bucher, the Senate Armed Services Committee ought to go after the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. one-wa- Postage allowance is substantial. Congressmen are entitled to free mail of up to $1,200. Long distance telephone calls are also allowed 16,000 minutes for a Senator from Utah and 14,550 for a Congressman. Each is allowed a free office in his home state. On top of these, ail solons may participate in good retirement and life and health insurance benefits, and their expense allowances are tax free. The point of all this isnt that these benefits are not needed far from it. But it does put the pay increase from $30,000 to $42,500 a year into perspective. And unless either house vetoes or amends the boosts, they will go into effect By SYDNEY J. HARRIS translated for us by the 17th Century Englishmen who changed the message as they changed the medium. When we read the Beatitudes, for instance, we imagine that Jesus actually said, The meek shall inherit the earth. And we dont care much for the idea, because meekness is a kind of timid, word to our ears. namby-pamb- y If we read the French Douay Bible, however, we are informed that Jesus said the debonair shall inherit the earth. for debonair is What a difference affable! While the Puritans who translated the New Testament saw in the Greek word a man who humbly bowed his head and suffered submission, the Frenchmen Although Marshall McLuhani famous phrase, The medium is the message has been abused and perverted (by him as much as by others), there is a central and important truth in it as long as we remember that language itself is a medium." Indeed, language is so much a medium that we do not even think of it as such. Each language makes its own particular environment and reshapes reality to fit the grammar of the language. Take the most familiar work in the the King James English language Bible. We forget that the Old Testament was written in Hebrew, and the New Testament in Greek, and that both were good-nature- easy-goin- who translated the New Testament saw in the same Greek word a man who was merry, mild and courteous. In the same way, the King James translators speak of Jehovah becoming which is a fearexceedingly wroth, some phrase; the same Hebrew, howev- er, translated into French, gives us tres irritee very annoyed! God on one side of the English Channel does not much resemble God on the other side. There is a continual feedback from language: It arises out of the culture, but then it influences and reshapes the culture to conform to its linguistic "anlage.' This is why Americanese is not just a branch of English, but a way of life. Welcome To White Houseland Clearly the pay increase is a case of too much too soon. Some increase is certainly justified, but the present amounts are a giant Valentines Day present that few taxpayers have in. d, This editorial is only for readers over 40. Thats because its about the square generation that cut its literary teeth on the Saturday Evening Post, more familiarly remembered as just "The Post." Like the surrey, the steam engine and the Clipper ship, the Post is slipping into oblivion. The final issue, dated Feb. 8, reaches the newsstands this week. The magazine lost about $5 million in 1968 and faced the prospect of another $3 million loss in 1969. Its advertisers long since had deserted to television. - No one under 40 will remember the Posts Tugboat Annie, Horatio Hornblower, Scattergood Baines, Alexander Botts . . . whimsical, homey covers by Norman Rockwell, J. C. Mead Schaeffer. Or that the Post was the literary of the magazine field for a century and a half and pubgiant Jack London, Joseph lished the finest writers of our times more and William Faulkner, lately John OHara, John Conrad, Nabokov. Vladimir and Updike Like the dinosaur, the Post simply couldnt adjust successfully to change. Pete Hamill, a former contributing editor, observed: The deceased had been dying since some unspecified date in the 1950s when the world that the Post represented changed forever. Perhaps, like the dinosaur, the Post3 dead and buried pastlhay some day be exhumed t see what life was like in another age. tenements, Saran-wrappe- d d food and rats packages for visitors to throw to the poor. But of course were contracting out the construction in keeping with our policy that poverty can be theres a profit in it. But perhaps He smiled pleasantly. you would like to see Peaceland? Its our major effort. I think voull admire the Columns of Patience, The Hall of Good Wishes where the recorded sermons of Billy Graham play constantly, and the Cupola of Faith with, of course, a cannon on top to keep Peaceland strong. This way, please. We walked briskly across the grounds of White Houseland, the strains of Guy Boo Hoo wafting Lombardo playing trees. the through "We are miking every effott to attract the youth of America, he explained with a pleasant smile. licked if by a young men who Was wearing the snappy new House-lan- d White staff uniform dark suit, white button-dowshirt, dark tie, short dark hair, pleasant smile, serious frown, and efficient, glasses heavy-rimme- Passing Of The Post ART HOPPE In order to get the feel of our new administration, I went over to White House-lanas its now called, to arrange for the new guided tour available to inquiring reporters. I was greeted pleasantly, seriously and efficiently Feb. 14. Leyen-decke- I am a Mormon, and mother of seven chil- dren. The teachings and beliefs of the Mormon religion are strongly opposed to any form of sterilization or abortion. We believe in God. We trust in God. We acknowledge His hand in all things. The proponents of these bills use rape as one of their strong points. Many Mormon women, in early-dapersecutions, were raped by mobs. But armed with faith in God, they are credited with this statement, It is impossible to defile a saint. session. their heart Opposes Abortion .) Language Reshapes Our Culture just the fringe benefits their Congressmen enjoy. This is a point that Senators and Representatives should keep in mind as they ponder their pending pay increases which would boost their salaries by $12,500 a year. A report this week detailed just how expensive these fringe benefits are. Here are a few highlights: By far the largest allowance is for salaries of each Congressmans staff. For Senators from a state the size of Utah, the low is $210,940. For House members, it is about $100,000. The Congressmen do not participate in this, of course, but they can use it to reward political allies. Each member of each house can receive $3,000 worth of stationery a year. House members can elect to take cash. Each Senator is entit'jd to seven round trips a year from Washington to his home, and his staff can take four or six, depending on the size of his state. House members are allowed one round trip for each month Congress is in session, y and they get a trip at the beginning and end of each . -L- ESLIE WALLER Public Relations Dept., The Hertz Corporation, New York City y Rewards Of Congress A good many citizens would be happy THE DRUMMONDS threatened thats a pretty rapid demotion for Cmdr. Lloyd Bucher of the Faeblo. This warning may be just routine, as one Navy spokesman said, but it doesnt sound so and did not come at a very routine moment at the court of inquiry where five admirals are hearing Cmdr. Buchers account of the seizure of his ship by the North Koreans. This whole thing doesnt look good; it doesnt smell good, and it probably isnt going to persuade the public that everything is on the up and up. It is clear by now that the Senate Armed Services Committee must undertake an independent investigation if we are to have a good chance of getting at the facts objectively and of reaching a judicial verdict as to whos guilty of what. Why a Senate investigation? For good reasons. The evidence is beginning to show that if Cmdr. Bucher used doubtful judgment during the seizure there was also doubtful judgment at the higher echelons of the Navy itself. It is unreasonable and unrealistic to expect or to allow the Navy to be jury, judge and executioner all in one. A more detached look at the evidence court-marti- Who Is To Blame? Harry Jones column of Jan. 7 manages file not trick cf slandering Utah, American journalism and Hertz, all in one (hilarious) story. The undersigned takes responsibility for having tabulated and publicized the recent Scenic Drive poll of the nations travel editors. Mr. Jones was, irked that no Utah editor was polled. However, one was. But we have no way of knowing his choices because he didnt send back his ballot. We know the ballot was received, but its a free country and you cant intimidate travel editors into choosing a scenic drive if they dont care to. He may have been so inured to gorgeous scenery by virtue of living in Utah that he was too bored to respond. In any event, Mr. Jones has. Our research people are actively following up the good leads in your column and we will shortly be producing a news release that trumpets the scenic glories of Utah to the world, luring millions to the scene. Then youll lie sorry. inconsiderable d "We vt 'ud be delighted to provide you with the full guided tour, sir, for this will be above all an open administration, he said, efficiently. It will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily and until noon on Sat- urdays." He smiled pleasantly. What would you care to see first? I expressed interest in the poverty program. He frowned seriously. Im afraid thats temporarily closed for alterations, he said. "Were planning an povertyland with neat, colorful Occasionally, we passed other uniformed staff men and once a young lady. In each case they exchanged the staff a pleasant smile, serious greeting frown and efficient wave. I said I was all-ne- glad the staff included the other sex. The other what? he asked. An older man wearing a gray suit, gray hair, a pleasant smile, a serious frown, and efficient glasses hurtled by. A senior staff officer, said my guide with reverence. You can tell by the uniform. In the rose garden, we came on a strange scene. A regiment of uniformed young staff men were drawn up at attention as one of their number groveled before them, wringing his hands. Dont he send me back to Gopher Prairie, begged. "Theyre stripping him of his glasses, haircut, smile and frown, and shipping him home, said my guide with distaste. He was a rotter. What did he do? "He laughed, my guide whispered nervously, "out loud. Did the staff never laugh, then? he said with a serious Oh, no, frown. We all invariably laugh at the d Presidents jokes. I said I didn't know Mr. Nixon was that funny. At this, my guide threw me such a pitiable look that my heart went out to him. he pleaded "Don't, "make me laugh. desperately, by Bricfcman the small society r, As a mother, I know we are living in perilous times. We believe that faith in God will arm our children and sustain them in all trials. The proponents promoting these bills surely underestimate the power of the religious people of this state whose beliefs oppose these things. They will find themselves answering to them and to God. Any person who puts his trust in Him and acknowledges all life, and His hand in all things, will be sustained by His holy spirit under any circumstances of pregnancy. -N- AME WITHHELD Model City ' Tyranny I attended die Community Services meeting at the City Board of Health Tuesday on the discussions about the Model Cities. This Model City program must be an evil plan in itself. The people who are pushing this are keeping very quiet. So quiet, in fact, that when questions are asked their answers are they dont know much about it This proves to me that theyre covering the truth with lies and do not want the people to know the full facts. This reminds me of tyranny. This is not democracy. I also understand this is a peoples program, that the people have the right to choose whether they want it or not. Letters have been written to senators and county commissioners, and they have d on this program. given the people the There was a petition signed by 300 citizens of the community against this program and a copy was sent to HUD and the people were ignored. J suggest that if this is a peoples program, try listening to the people for a change instead of the , -L- ORRAINE GILES 2559 So. Derby Fluoridation Facts Recently there appeared an article in the letters to the editor section making some statements about a situation in Michigan involving fluoridation of the water in Marquette and the effect on the teeth of the children there. Since all scientific evidence points to the safety and benefits of the fluoridation program, I took the opportunity to write to the of Michigan for the facts. They referred my letter to the Department of Health, State of Michigan. I wish to quote from the letter I received. "Apparently it is being alleged that after 17 years of fluoridation, children of Marquette have spectacularly bad teeth and that the city is now considering a large appropriation to provide dental care for these children. The truth is that no evaluation of the fluoridation experience of Marquette children has been made by this department or any other agency. "I inquired from the Marquette Mining Journal if any news story had been published which would give substance to the allegation. The reply was negative. It was related that some time during the last summer a news story did appear which mentioned an attempt to secure funds for dental care a for children in the of Marquette County and of Alger County. The two counties comprise a local health department. In my estimation the allegation is just another example of irresponsible reporting and a deliberate attempt to mislead the Uni-versi- ty out-are- WHAT A LjoVeLVWAY TO ONE' CoHFIPZtfCE in a new V ACMNlWnoN- - public. In this day and age of scientific fact, why must some people resort to scare tactics and untruths to withhold benefits from the citizens of Utah? Fluoridation has been proven over and over again to be the safest, most effective and Inexpensive method to prevent dental cavities. --ROD BECKSf EAD 6284 S. 300 East. |