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Show One thing's sure-they- 're niiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiim!iiiiiiiii!!iiiiii!iiiitiiiiiiiiiiii!iii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnii not music lovers.' DESERET NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH IIIIHIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIH!IIII1IIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUII)IIIIII We Stand For The Constitution Of The United Stcies As 14 A Clear The Air Hcving Been Divinely Inspired EDITORIAL PAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER It is not unendurable to be entertained by the for a time, but when the antics ot the right-win- g becomes a torrent tide of their of recognized ignorance, someone must clear the air. The letters column on Oct. 20 was beaded by a diatribe against a Mr. James Farmer. Since I know little about his life or background and it seems those two writers might know even less I want to address myself to the defense of the American Civil Liberties Union which was so irresponsibly attacked. First, by a definition of terms, by whose standards do we label the ACLU radical"? By the yardstick of those who consider any opinion differing fiom theirs as subversive? By those who label everyone they uther dislike or disagree with a 27, 1969 Fight Turns To The Courts Anti-Pollutio- n In early 196S a private group seriously coi oidered taking con-Mi- u legal action to block the leasing of oil and gas tracts and Lion of offshoie oil rigs in the ocean. But the group concluded that the cost of undertaking such a law suit would be prohib'tively expensive not only bo-(use of the extensive scientific testimony that would have to he g; ihu'td, but also because it was felt the entire oil industry ii would oppose the suit. Concluding there was little chance in successfully challenging the U.S. Department of Interiors decision to grant offshore oil leases or the U.S. Corps of Engineers decision o grant permits, the private group abandoned the suit. Thats a shame. Maybe the contemplated suit couldn't have prevented the massive underwater oil leak at Santa Barbara, California earlier this year that befouled sealife and soreed a sllmev film of oil over beaches. Eat it could have given encouragement to those who think the legal profession has a greater role to play in protecting the environment, and t1',"! efforts should be pursued outside the government as well as within it. Even so, th:s movement received a stimulating recently when 65 of the nations leading lawyers and law professors met in Warenton, Va., to discuss Law, and the Environment. Among other things, the Conservation Foundation reports, the conference recommended that: An environmental ombudsman-typagency should be formed to serve as a nationwide focal point for legal programs. It could serve as a national legal action organization, as a clearinghouse for information on scientists and other expert witnesses needed' to testify in environmental protection cases. It also Could help draft modal conservation laws. An early warning system should be developed to provide timely notice of proposed major environmental modifications Iso that concerned action groups can become involved early enough to do some good. An environment ombudsman - type agency should be created as an arm of Congress. Its job would be to ferret out and publicize information on environmental threats. Law schools should expand their environmental law programs, bar associations should organize environmental law committees, and practicing attorneys should develop greater understanding of the scientific disciplines often essential to environmental cases. Lawyers in general should play a greater role in the legislative process, drafting such reforms as statewide zoning controls. and national land-us- e Los Angeles Times, the public feels to the According matters both the executive and legislaenvironmental in that tive branches have let them down. And so, they have turned to the judiciary in their grievance for a cleaner environment. Certainly the law can be a great asset in the search for a safe and enjoyable environment rnti-polhiti- The Bogus Haynsworfh Case The question is, or will be within the next two weeks: Will the Senate advise ar.d consent to the nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth to become an Associate Justice of the shot-in-the-ar- m Supreme Court of the United States? It is a pity that forty - odd members of the Senate already have indicated their inten- e f . tion to vote against confirmation. Once a senator has taken a position publicly, he hates publicly to change his mind. Yet the case against Haynsworth is so flimsy, so specious, so lacking in real subsknci, that many of these forty-odset tors might be promr'-- d by a dost study of the record to reconsider their opposition. What we are witnessing, in the case against Haynsworth." trumped-uis a triumph of the propagandists craft. Into a smoking pot, the judges opponents have flung a shrewd mixture of whole lies, base insinuatruth, tions, and politics. By heating up this farrago, they have created great clouds of unfounded doubt; and they have succeeded in making this phony doubt the very basis of their opposition. It is cruelly unfair to Haynsworth. The South Carolinian is not the most brilliant nominee that Nixon might have found. He lacks color; he lacks style; and these can be important on the Court. d p half-trut- JAMES J. KILPATRICK Yet other qualities also are important on the Court: precision, a sense of strict construction. These Hayns-wort- h has; and if he is not a Holmes or Hughes or Brandeis, he is a cut above the average nominee of this century. On one point I am absolutely satisfied: I am satisfied of Haynsworths integrity. When the record is seen clearly, and not through a smokescreen, the record discloses not even the appearance of impropriety. The trouble is that the smokescreen is and senators so thick that busy men cannot conveniently are busy men take the time to penetrate the fog. It may be instructive to see how such a smokescreen is contrived. In his statement of Oct. 8, Indianas Senator Biich Bayh charged that in at least five cases, Judge Haynsworth held a financial interest in one of the litigants substantial enough to require disqualification under 28 USC 455 and to constitute impropriety under the canons of judicial ethics. It is a serious charge; if proved, it would justify Iluynsworths i ejection. But it is not true. One of the five cases listed by the senator was Merck v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation. Judge Haynsworth never held stock in either corporation. Bayhs staff was in error. Another of the listed cases was Darter v. Greenville Community Hospital. Haynsworths substantial holding one amounted to precisely one share annual pro forma share, paying a dividend in his home town's hospital. A third case was Farrow v. Grace Lines. held no stock in Grace Haynsworth Lines. He did hold 300 shares in W. R. Grace & Co., which owned Grace Lines ,,.ong with 52 other subsidiaries. The Farrow case involved a $50 judgment. Still another of Senator Bayhs charges was that Judge Haynsworth violated ethical canons by not disqualifying himself in Kent Mfg. Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. But it turned out, after the senators charge had been added to the stew, that Bayli had the wrong Kent Manufacturing Corporation. Sorry bout that. Very well. I do not impugn Bayhs motives, only his staff work. But tlie damage is done. In a race of this kind, which must be quickly run, truth cannot catch up with falsehood. A senator who migD be predisposed to vote against Hayi.sworth, if only to soothe black and labor interests, is likely to recall vaguely that Bayh listed a whole string of cases in which the judge was a big stockholder in companies before his court. The refutation of these baseless charges will go unnoticed. Perhaps Nixon himself should not have accused Haynsworths opposition of engaging in vicious character assassination. Presidents are expected to speak in softer accents. Yet that is exactly what the case against Haynsworth amounts to. It is like John Randolphs dead mackerel in the moonlight, a work of artistry that both shines and stinks. We Can Learn Much From Criticism Plug This Loophole Should organizations contributing to political campaigns enjoy an exemption from federal taxes? No, says Rep. Benjamin Blackburn of Georgia, and 86 per cent of the nations small businessmen agree with him, according to a recent poll. Business corporations are prohibited by law from making fipolitical contributions, but labor unions openly support and nance favored candidates under the guise of conducting educational programs. Like any other double standard, this practice is manifestly unfair. An estimated half of the $3 billion annual income of labor unions comes from investments in unrelated business enter-- , prises. As long as unions enjoy special tax exemptions, they get a free ride at the expense of the taxpayers. Moreover, unions spend their members dues to support political candidates even though many union members may disagree with those candidates. To correct the situation, Rep. Blackburn has introduced a bill to deny tax exemption to any organization, including unions, which endorses or contributes to a political candidate. In the name of simple justice, the Blackburn bill or something like it should be enacted. Or is tax reform for everyone else but the unions? Explanation, Please The federal government owes the American people an explanation of a glaring inconsistency in its policies for protecting the public's health. Currently, a sugar substitute called Oyclamate is being ordered removed from the market because it causes cancer in laboratory test animals,' though it hasnt yet been proved to :ause cancer in humans. Since cigarettes have been proved to cause cancer in humans. why arent cigarettes taken off the market, too? The public would also like to know why the tobacco industry has resisted every effort to protect Americans health from the hazards of smoking, while manufacturers using cvclamate have cooperated graciously in taxing their products off the market. g Could it be that one industry is concerned with the of its consumers, while the other doesnt particularly care how it makes a fast dollar? well-bein- Sign Of The Season Since the weather doesnt always stay in step with the calendar. it's often hard to tell the season without the help of the Farmer's Almanac. But there's one suie sign of wl.m fall has ai rived wcathenvise and otherwise. This is the time of year when a man wears an overcoat to work in the morning and then the weather gets so warm he forgets to take it home. Finally, he gets all his coats to the office and has to lug a whole armload of them bark to the house. Has fall real fall come to Utah? A look in your closet vill tell. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS At tlie height of his success and popularity, when .the Gilbert- - and Sullivan operettas were packing the Savoy Theater in London nightly, W. S. Gilbert appeared on the witness stand in a libel case. He was asked by the defense counsel whether he read the many critical compliments paid to hi l a certain magazine, and his reply does not deserve the obscurity it has fallen into. He said: I never read favorable criticisms. I prefer reading unfavorable ones. I know how good I am, but I do not know how bad I am. ( Now this may not have been, strictly speaking, true; there is much evidence that Gilbert read everything that was written about him and his woik. But the point he made is one that needs to be again and again, in every much meaning, then why trouble to thank him? As a drama critic for tlie past 25 All of us, like Gilbert, alter we have years, I have receia dozens of notes, been in the world a while, know pretty from grateful actors, directors and playmuch how good we are; what is hard for wrights, thanking me for my kind comus to see is how bad we are. This is more ments about their work. than a matter of merely being In that same period, I have received about criticism; it is just the scarcely a handful of letters from any angle of refraction does not turn back theatrical figures whose efforts I found upon us. Nobody can examine his own fault with. And yet, if my criticism was eyeballs, except in a mirror. worth anything, these are the ones who And it is equally true, though painful, should have benefited most from candid that we learn more from those who discomment. like us than from those who like us. If a critics opinion is respected when Even when their opinion is malicious, be he likes what you do, then it should or do. he what dislikes when petty, or based on ignorance, there is you respected often a core of truth in what they say. his then If his approval has any value, must learn to extract the core and We And value. some should have disapproval the has or he if .nothing spite. ignore bad, says, good emphasized age. thin-skinn- 'Not One Ruble For Defense A top secret meetWASHINGTON was held last officials Kremlin of ing week to discuss the latest defense stiate- gy against the United States. Comrade Alexandrov Potoni-sk- i, in charge of the Third Bureau in the United States, was tlie first to make his report. Com ra des I am happy to report that air pollution in the United States Buchnsld has risen more than 140 million tons, which is 10 million tons more than last yea.." There was applause from everyone in tlie room. How did you manage this. Comrade PotomsKi?" one of the members of the Presidium asked. "1 wish I could take the credit, but the Americans have done it themselves. At the present rate of air pollution, everyone it. the United States should bn dead in 20 years. But surely." a maishal said, the Americans must be aware of what air pollution is doing to them." "They are. but it doesn't matter. They have va.ny pressuie groups who scream that if something serious were done about air pollution U would hu t their businesses. So the government lcadeis talk about the problem and do nothing." "Then we can count on air pollution in the United States for the foreseeable future?" "I cannot se the Americans doing anything serious about it lor a long time I ART 6UCHWALD to come," said Comrade Potomski. Comrade Redhevnov of the Fifth Bureau got up. Comrades, I also have good news. The Americans are polluting their water at such a rate that in 10 yeais they will make every river, stream and lake undrinkable, unswimmbale and uninhabitable for fish. There was more applause from everyone in the room. "Why are we spending money to pollute American waters? the first secretary of the Communist Party of Leningrad asked. If the Americans found out, they could take serious action against need. So no one is going to give the polluters ary serious trouble. Excellent, said the Kremlin planners. So far it hasnt cost us a ruble. There were murmurs all around the conference table. Finally the chairman said, From what you have told us. there doesnt seem to be any sense in the Soviet Union spending vast sums of money for new weapons against tlie United States. Therefore, make the following recommendation. Everyone held his breath. The chairman said, We all sit tight. GUEST CARTOON us. We are not doing it, Comrade Redhevnov said. The Americans are doing it to themselves." Theie were cries of derision. The president of the Prer'dium asked: Are you trying to tell us ti.at the Americans are poisoning their own water? Exactly, Comrade President. They pour sewage into it. Factories spew out every kind of chemical and detergent and put everything you can think of in the water supply. "But sutely Americans are not stupid people. If they knew they v ere poisoning their own water, they would demand a stop to it. Comrade Redhevnov said, "I know it's hard to believe, comrades, but even though they know what they're doing, they still keep doing it. If they stopped pollution, the polluters sav. they would stop production of goods the Americans Communist dupe, by those who refuse to recognize that the recent advances in civil rights legislation and Supreme Court decisions are long overdue? Are these the people we pay attention to and devote almost exclusive space to in the letters column? Or do we instead rationally observe that the real struggle today is not between the capitalist and Communist worlds, but between the forces of civil restriction and the advocates of the Jeffersonian philosophy that one mans rights and privileges equal another mans rights and privileges? Is tlie struggle to guaratee the rights inalienably guaranteed of the Constitution to everyone, and not just the WASPS, a subversive conspiracy? Indeed, is freedom itself something to be labeled as a commie plot and shunned? Is the Special Report of the House Committee to Investigate Communist Propaganda if it ever existed the basis upon which to govern actions? And its sequel written in the same irrational language the House Committee on Activities; is it to be worshipped as the sole source of wisdom? What has that committee done that is constructive outside of massaging the hearts of the vanguards of paranoia to a point where they would believe anything? Or its sister in ignorance the American Opinion Magazine that called for a takeover of the PTA to be considered as a modern-dapolitical Bible? And above all, are we, in this age of peril, going to be tlie labelers, the sloganeers, and the mindless sheep of the forces rf reactionaryism? Or are we instead going to move on past the wreckage of obstructionism and show that at least there is a way forward? -- MARK GUSTAVSON University of Utah y Build Up U.S. The question might be asked : Why do some men go about the cities of this good land, destroying property of other men w'ho have done no harm to the offenders in any way? No degree of intelligence is required to engage in any orgy ci destruction, to tear down; but it does require brains and good judgment to build homes, stores and publiGiJjuild-ings- . and to make for law and ordw, for peace and happy living. In the words of a song, "I love every inch of her native land, every stone on her mountain side; I love every drop of waters dear, that flow in her rivers wide. I love every tree, every blade of grass within Columbias gates, the Queen of the Earth is the land of my birth, my own United States. This is how we should feel about this good land of America. Where in all the world could one go to find more freedom to do with his life what he washes, and to be rewarded for the worthwhile things that he does? We should take to heart the message of President Lincoln in Civil War days, when he said, We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven. We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no nation has ever grown, but we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, that multiplied, enriched and strengthened us : and have vainly imagined that all these blessings have been produced by some superior wisdom and power of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken sucto feel the cess, we have become too need of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God who made us. -- S. ROY CHIPMAN 2505 Douglas St. Real Moratorium Reason Because I am so concerned about the very crucial issues and conditions confronting our country at- the present time, I would wish to make a request that in the Deseret News with its wide circulation that your readers be informed of tlie real reason behind the anti-wa- r moratorium which is to be carried on indefinitely. The people should be in'ormed that the leaders and supporters are those who are working to overthrow our government and are using the war idea to blind the people and to gain sympathy. In the Oct 22 Human Events, the leaders who have organized the moratorium and also the senators and congressmen who are supporting the movement are documented and listed. I think the people should know all o this to be able to work for the safety of our nation against the forces that seek to destroy it. Furthermore, I think it is tne duty of our news media o inform the people. There should be encouragement for letter writing and activity to show that the majority of Americans are not in favor of a Communist takeover which is proved by the people who are leading these subversive activities. Again, I think the news media should emphasize the fact that a very small percentage of our college people are behind this dangerous and demoralizing - Red influence. In other words, the people should be told the truth as it is. People everyw'here should be told that to support the moratorium is to help the dictators of the world take over any more defenseless nations. --MRS. CANDACE J. HUNT 167 So. Main St. Doctor Sacrifice Capitol Crime I noted a bit of sarcasm in the d tensive Senior Forum reply to the good Dr. J. C. W. (Oct. 22, 1969). Of course some of the oldsters are a little bitter about the attitude of most doctors who supposedly sacrificed and paid so dearly for their education. That education for the most part was paid for by the taxpayer many of them Die same poor, complaining oldster. Nearly every M.D. I know learned his trade in a institution at a cost of 30 per cent or less to the student. A good many of todays sacrireceived pay while learning at ficing doctors the expense of tlie taxpayer in World War II. No M.D. lias a right to gouge anyone for any reason. No one needs apologize for protesting the high cost of service, either. KENNNTli J. HOFFMANN Bountiful Sf. Loun I .K |