Show mmm mm The Herald Journal Logan Utah Tuesday August 1 1995 — Page 17 Dole Newt send mixed signals on China Letters to the editor -- Continued from Page 16 By Today show host impressed not embarrassed Sara Eckd men and women are in China the Our leaders in Congress are more American tonrists are in morally opposed to sending US delegates to China for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women this September The imprisonment by die Chinese of Hany Wd an American human Tb the 'editor China the more foe Chinese lean about freedom and the more pres- r X-rat- ed three-quart- Home phone J0181 wetoiedee K0om'338B Senate District 25 (Cache 39362 752-26- Individuals are limited to ooe published letter within any y peri- od For purposes of verification all letters to the editor must be signed and fcicfode the writertfuU address and daytime phone number 2 icwi Larry Craig Republican — 30-da- ' State Capitol Salt Lake City 302 Hart Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-2752 (208)334-i95- 3 ? J ” J" SENATE To write your senator at the Senate: The Honorable John Doe Utah Slate Senator Room 319 10 UTAH HOUSE Tb write a Utah representative: The Honorable John Doe State Representative 224-614- 83703‘r i 175 E 100 North an Logan Utah 84321 Home phone 7534)043 business O ID- - 279-86- 79 Rich Summit counties) — Lyle W Hilly aid 44 Idalur office: 303 N 8th Street £? that women all women have rights Don’t hold your breath - ? S K Bear River City Utah 84301 DC (202) Jesse would have to state publicly ? v a : vr 4 84320 Home phone House District 4 (Cache Rich 258-284- counties) — Fred Honsaker 1190 N 1700 East Logan Utah 84321 Home phone an 753-185- ff R-B- ear 31 DC mean that Newt and Bob nnd s Utah 84114 Senate District 24 (Box Eldei Cache counties) — John P Holmgren River City PO Box 208 524-593- 5 opportunities laws could serve as a monl authority for the world It wouldn’t take much But it would I State Capitol Salt Lake City X-rat- ed Guidelines ers r e O appraisal by international and nongovernmental organizations They have made a pledge to improve the status of women in their countries Many have a lot of work to do The United States with its enviable equal rights and President Carter signed the agreement in 1980 Then it went H 51 lift a finger for women's rights The countries that have ratified the Women’s Convention are voluntarily subjecting themselves to Hemisphere that has failed to take this step H 625-56- 77 with Robert Mapplethorpe than one of only three industrialized countries in the world and the only country in the Western I 224-54- Republican would sooner have tea states have ratified the Women’s Convention The United States is lawmakers Commit- tee hope is pretty much shot Let’s face it the North Carolina In fact more than of the United Nations’ member dance X-Rat-ed of the Foreign Relations Iraq But the strange thing is those countries have all ratified the Women’s Convention The United States hasn’t h h Congress ran out of time And now with Jesse Helms in chaige Brazil Bangladesh Malaysia and I-'- X-rat- ed the Foreign Relations Committee voted to send it to die Senate for ratification But the Democratic So you would think that the United States would be a great source of inspiration to the women of countries such as T-shi-rts - lected dust There was some excitement last September when that American women now buss-foll-y take for granted — such as the right to vote the right to hold public office the right to own property the right to choose your husband etc We may not have eliminated dwcriminatinn entirely But at least the laws are on the books J if Committee Where it saL And saL And saL For 15 years it has col- Convention calls for are rights As one of the Tfceileiettes that was on die Tbday show I wanted to sure from their own people to write np a few things First of all Bryant Gumbel and the change the country he said entire Today show 'cast and crew couldn’t have been nicer and more But the more delegates to a ns and said friendly They congratulated theywqre impressed They treated ns great! We had a wonderful expericncd irt NYC We never saw rights activist has so outraged women’ conference well those or heard anything nasty or negative until we read our hometown news House Speaker Newt Gingrich aren’t the kind of Americans Gin- paper The way oar appliance on the Today ah£w was described in and Senate Majority Leader gridi is talking about Robot Dole that they have asked The Herald Journal was a shock to us Now I realize exposing Newt J There is a tape of the chow available through fie Tbeller School of President Clinton to cancel US Ginpridi as a hypocrite is a jourDance for anyone who d J not see it and would like to form an edwated participation in the women’s nalistic feat roughly akin to opinion of our performance' One thing 1 would like to mate clear for rights conference ‘as long as exposing O Simpson as a bad those who will never see date And if this were the only and jean Harry Wu is detained in China we were folly clothed in shorts We did a smill portion of dance we knejv that would fit in the Refusing all diplomatic and time members of Congress had limited space provided As for the'eomments atput Las Vegas and economic contact with a nation shown a hesitance in this arena because they have detained one of we could possibly give them the we wouldn’t know thaL have We we seen never of Broadway any saw and did many wonderful things in NYC We wish our local news- your own is a fair enough action benefit of the doubt But Conpaper was interested in die things we did andniw and won (four first The problem is Gingrich and gress’ squeamishness with interDole don’t want to suspend all national women’s rights did not ’ place regional grand championships) diplomatic and economic ties to begin with Hany Wu Nikila Comadena China Both Republican leaders When the US delegates go to 5 believe we should continue to Beijing this September — if Loganthe n Most Favored Nation US grant China this to delegates Beijing go ' ' September — one might expect : the wrong way to describe routine gtafiff' moment a tiie Americans to assume the role would for not “I Tb the editor withdraw Most Favored Nation of big sister helping less develIn response to “Your View” in Sundiy’4 Newspaper the only ones status from China Gingrich said oped nations improve their who were “shocked and speechless were toe parents and families of on “Meet the Press” a few weeks women’s rights records After all nearly all of the prodie dancers who went to New York Cfy arid performed after reading after Wu’s detainment on June 19 “The more American business- - posed measures in the UN your false accusations We taped the Today show and according to what we saw and what die folks at The Herald Journal saw were two completely different things Utah-ldah- o Your opening statement that Bryant Gumbel was shocked embarrassed ana speechless was so far from the truth that we would like to know how you arrived at your conclusions of his response It will be Idaho office: 304 N 8th St Here is a list of addresses fun to see Mr Gumbel’s reaction when he reads what your paper mis- phone numbers and committee Room 149 Boise Idaho 83702 stated about his reaction Was this to make for an interesting news arti- assignments for Cache Valley’s (208)334-156- 0 cle? Willard Scott sure seemed to enjoy the dance number saying that representatives in the US Saute they did a fantastic job Of course we all know how liberal Willard is and House of Representatives and US IIOUSE-UTAIt’s too bad when our young people from this great valley practice all Idaho legislatures James V Hansen Republican year long and make tome sacrifices of their own and their families to go — Represents 1st Congressional bad to New York and take first plaoe in n dance competition only to US SENATE-UTADistrict which includes Cache come home and get tom apart by some jealous newspaper-peoplSen Robert Bennett County Washington office: 2466 RepubliWhat’s die problem hoe Herald Journal? There are several parents — Senate can US Rayburn Bunding US House of Washington who would like to know why you think their daughters are on the same Utah 20510 DC Representatives Washington (202) movies How would you know what an level as gyra20515 (202) 2254)453 Utah tion looks like? Now come op Give us ali a break Couldn’t you have office: 4225 Federal Building 125 DC office: 1017 Federal Building 324 Utah State Lake Salt S St City used a little more appropriate words for these young gids to read and 25th SL Ogden Utah 84401 3 remember forever? We were also unaware that The Herald Journal Is t 84138 (801) or Sen Onin Hatch Republican (801) this valley’s source of Spiritual Guidance It’s a shame when we have to — US Senate Wuhingtou DC twist the truth for a good story and tear apart our youth with the power Utah US HOUSE-IDAHthat we have in the press1 Sounds like a good sunder lawsuit to me 20510 (202) 224-52125 Federal office: 8402 BuOdfog Michael Capo Republican — Wav to go HJ This will be fun to follow in court If anyone needs to mate their own judgment call I have a copy of the dance on video S State SL Salt Lake City Utah Represents 2nd Congressional District which includes Franklin 84138(801)5244380 Judge for yourselLDou’t believe everything you read County 437 Cannon House Office Lisa Allen US SENATE-IDAHBuilding Washington (202) 225-55Logan Diik Kempthorne Republican 20515-120- 2 Idaho office: 750 W Bannock — SD--B 40 Roam 3 Washington Idaho 83702 Room Boise 444 V 2 20510 for letters to the editor and-dea- to the Senate Foreign Relations women’s rights treaty the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women have been part of US law for years In fact most of what the Women’s Commentary - Utah 84114 House District! 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