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Show PAGE TWO SUGAR HOUSE, UTAH THURSDAY JANUARY 28, 1960 .INDEPENDENT A Work-a-Da- y Pattern of Living things on the spur of the moment that prove to be quite upsetting to their partners. It takes real will power to over-come this defect. But with a mind set towards overcoming it. it can be done. Count ten before you think or act and if need be a hundred. The whole secret of slowing down is in knowing that you have to and being constantly aware of the need so that the first thing that comes to mind is "I'm not going to say it" rather than "I'll sure tell them off." This is especially true of im-portant situations, bigdecisions.lt is always well to say, "Let me give you my answer tomorrow on this." This gives the mind time to think before the mouth commits us to an unwise action or statement. In the long run we gain more than we lose by slowing down. fciiOli itiiiiii Arthur M. Richardson Surveys are beng made all the time concerning what is needed ' most in business. After they are all reduced to their least common denominator it appears that personality problems rate first for correction. A person can be ever so brilliant but if he can't get along with his associates what good, is he. He is a constant source of irritation. Perhaps the trait ot character that is least to be desired of all in the climb for executive position is impetuosity. People who act and speak before they think get into all kinds of hot water. They are always running around apologizing for what they have said or done. They are always committing them-selves to. do tasks that it would have be n better for someone else to have done or have refused to do the thing they should have been glad to do. One of the greatest assets of life is to have the ability to coordinate thought and action, whether in deeds or words. This trait of being impetuous is a particularly bad one in the marriage relationship, too. For both husband or wife who has it is constantly saying and doing For under the proposal, even though a businessman was faced with the prospect of legislation which might ruin his business, he would be prohibited from appealing to his fellow-citize- ns unless he agreed to pay Uncle Sam a high tax pre-mium for the privilege. Although leaders in advertising and business have been doing their best to fight this vicious scheme for censorship by taxation, they are sorely in need of public backing arid grass-root- s rebellion against such regulation. The House Ways and Means Committee is now considering the proposal in connection with rewriting of the Revenue Act. We urge editors to join the fight against this new threat to freedom through their editorials, through letters to their Congressmen, and through appeals to their readers. The American Press. Grass Roots "The cost of advertising to pro-mote or defeat legislation or to influence the public with respect to the desirability or undersirability of proposed legislation is not deductible as ordinary and necessary business expense even though the legislation may directly affect the taxpayers business." That is quoted from the newest proposal of the Internal Revenue Service for clarifying its regulations on propaganda advertising. Perhaps a clearer way to say it might be: "Freedom of the press and freedom of speech are hereby repealed by order of the Internal Revenue Service." Nsgafive As An Atom Bomb A common criticism now heard regarding Mayor J. Bracken Lee is, "He can't go on just being against everything, he should declare himself to be for something." Mayor Lee's approach is about as negative as an Atom bomb. I'o imply otherwise is merely a distortion of facts. Any direct positive statement can be turned into a negative one, if so desired. When a person says, ' I am in favor of eating," it is simple to call him ah "agin person," by stating that he is, . "not in favor of hunger." The manner in which Mayor Lee was interpreted as to the Mountain Dell Golf Course is a good example. At no time has Mayor Lee ex pressed himself as anti golf courses per se. He did say that he wanted to know the economics of the problem and if something was costing the City more money than it had, could we afford the luxury. The South East Independent did not agree with Mayor Lee that the Mountain Dell course should be abandoned - but we do agree that projects for which the City does not have the finances should be cut to fit the budget. Another case in point was when, as Governor, Mayor Lee demanded that the educational system use our money in a more judicious manner. He was, and still is, accused of being against education. That is obviously absurd. Whether you agree with him or not Mayor Lee leaves no doubt about what he stands for: 1. Honest and above-boar- d operation of Government. 2. Increased efficiency and decreased cost of government. 3. Repeal of the Federal Income Tax law. 4. More independence and freedom of the individual by eliminating the overbearing intrusions of our private and business lives by Government, There are in doubt, many more positive aims of Mayor Lee's --- he wasn't consulted on the list. This country wasn't established by willy-nill- y men but it is sur-prising how quickly we now belittle the direct and positive approach. Happiness is only a by-prod- uct of successful living.-- A. F Riggs. South East Independent The South East independent is entered as Second Class Matter, March' 1. in Salt LaJceCity Post Office under the act of March 3. 1879. It Is published each Thurs-day morning. Tom Notestlne Owner .and Publisher Katherinc R Notestlne Managing Editor HU 5-8- Subscription rates are $3.00 per year or ten cents for die single copy. Send all mall to P.O. Box 136 Sugar House Station, Salt Lake City 6: Utah. ZT' open T TRY OUR HOME-MAD- E CHILE ABSOLUTELY THE FINEST INGREDIENTS ALSO HAMBURGERS WITH FRIES STEAK SANDWICHES MALTS SHAKES SUNDAES ICE CREAM Inside counter service OR Booths for your convenience j EL'S DAIRY QUEEN I i. ! 2815 E. 33rd South . j ' I-- something special among re-publics, a government of law in which the basic law is the Ten Commandments, unchangeable, imperishable. i The Amen'tan Republic By Merle Riche Democracy is a word formed of two words meaning people and power: and by extension it means rule of all the people. Now, if this is the case the only feasible method o f determining the will or wishes of the people is b y counting r for they are stronger, which is nothing more nor less than jungle law. To bolster up the majority rule formula of democracy the old slogan is dragged out which says "Vox populi, vox Dei," (the voice of the people is the voice of God). Nothing could be farther from the truth. The founders of this country knew this and that is why they, constructed for us a Repre-sentative Republic. When human right are examined and analyzed, it is found that all of them boil down" to freedom of choice which when guaranteed to the people makes it possible for them to have liberty. And if you will make a study of the origin of this concept ' freedom of choice" you will find that the phrase is no more man secular terminology for the Christian doctrine of free will. (Look in your dictionaries.) So when you get right down to brass tacks the nation was founded on exclusively Christian prin-ciples, not found, complete, in any other religion or in the writings of any non-Christi- an philosopher. The American Republic is noses. Can this be done with 180,000,000 people every time we want anything done? Of course not. And what is more, it is inconceivable that even in a small democracy a unanimous vote could be had. So then, rule of the people in a democracy resolves itself into the rule of the majority, and this develops into plain and ; simple mathematics where the rule of the greater number prevails,- - Stop the Sugar Cane Curtain Befone it Falls Attention we are now giving the Russia's Iron Curtain and Red China's Bamboo Curtain is distracting our eyes from the Sugar Cane Curtain now being woven in Cuba by Fidel Castro. Castro's anti-Americ- an acts and speeches are serious, but do not contain as much threat to the U.S. as to the disturbances he is attempting to create in the Caribbean. Recent anti-Americ- an riots in Panama, if not directed by the Castrcites, received support from the Cuban Government. Haiti recently came close to a revolution. There is present unrest in Venezuela. The Dominican Republic and dictator Trujillo are admitted targets of Castro. These Caribbean Islands could easily become fertile ground in which Communistic propaganda could take root. If this is allowed to happen we not only lose our business investments but also our strategically located Naval and Air Defenses. We would then be extremely vulnerable to an enemy less than 100 miles away. The jeopardy is too great to be ignored and too threatening to be handled in the "usual channels." Men like Castro and his followers will never respond to polite diplomatic talk. The velvet glove must become a mailed fist. Castro and his cohorts must be told and made to realize that the United States cannot and will not allow infiltration by an adversary into the Caribbean. As a peace loving nation we have been slow to retaliate to insults and acts in the past. These have usually been so far removed from our shores that we could afford to be gracious. This time we cannot rest at ease and be complacent. The Sugar Cane Curtain must never be allowed to fall in the Caribbean. |