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Show 17( 1964 THE SALT LAKE TIMES Page Four FRIDAY, jANUARY Lawyer Says 'Little Man' Suffers Under Civil Rights Bill Proposal It's really the little guy who comes out on the short end of the civil rights bill, said John C. Satterfield, former president of the American Bar Association. Washington observers are begin-ning to notice a reaction from workers who believe that their job security is in danger. The working man is worried. The typical man wants his rights and he wants them for everybody. Yet this bill threat-ens some startling proposals. The ultimate power of hiring and fir-ing is put into the hands of fed-eral inspectors. Moreover, under the civil rights bill, the federal inspector has no official interest in how well a man in doing his job, or how long he's been doing it. It doesn't matter whether a man has been trying to mind his own business and get his job done, he said. At the whim of a federal inspector: He may be fired. The government will have authority to deny him promo-tions. His seniority rights will be eral requirements. Its history and records could be examined, and its officers questioned. If the union doesn't measure up, then it could lose its certification from the National Labor Relations Board. None of this control squares with the announced purpose of the bill, that is, to protect the rights of all citizens. But the provisions of the bill plainly set up such powers. Legal analysts are not surprised that this is the case, for the government is try-ing to regulate hiring and firing for reasons that have nothing to do with the job itself. After the hectic events of re-cent weeks, the special interest groups are once more pressuring for the civil rights bill. Never-theless, many Congressmen are still reluctant to act upon a meas-ure that places so much emphasis on federal control. The outraged reaction of workingmen is giving them support for their position, but their final stand will depend on the response they get in their mail. jeopardized. His union contract may be set aside. And his apprenticeship pro-gram may be ignored. The only thing that matters under the civil rights bill is the past and present hiring practices of his employer. Any kind of discrimination, or any practice which unintentionally has the effect of "discrimination" must be eliminated. In a tight job market, this means that a federal inspector must step in and order job holders to relinquish their positions to those who have been "discriminated" against. The civil rights bill gives broad powers to the federal inspector to enforce his decrees. If an em-ployer pleads for the interests of his present employees, then any federal contracts could be cut off. Thus the emyloyees' grievances could be eliminated by eliminating the employees. There are other weapons in the civil-righ- ts arsenal, as well, Mr. Satterfield explained. Al-most every business these days is receiving federal benefits or is dependent on firms that are receiving federal benefits. Any direct assistance, of course, could be cut off. Banks that are part of the federal reserve system or that have their deposits in-sured by FDIC could be re-quired to recall loans and mort-gages from firms that don't meet the new federal decrees. With this tremendous eco-nomic pressure, the federal gov-ernment could require, nearly any employer to discharge in-nocent employees and hire those who are specially designated. And the designation can be made not only on the basis of race, but of religion, too. A man whose race meets the federal regulations may be fired because his religion does not. In all this, his union is power-less to protect him. If the union ?annot supply craftsmen of the designated race and religion, then the government could re-quire the employers to hire non-union men. If necessary, un-skilled labor must be hired and trained, while surplus, experi-enced craftsmen but of the wrong race or religion remain 'die. The union itself could be in-vestigated to see whether its membership practices meet fed- - THE SALT LAKE TIMES Utah's Combined with The Salt Lake Mining, & Legal News (carlcSS Published Every Friday at Salt Lake City, U tab , . Entered at the postoffice at Salt Lake Gty as second Independent class matter August 23, 1923, under the act of March 8, 1879. newspaper 7U South West Temple Telephone EM J GLENN BJORNN, Publisher "This publication is not owned or controlled by any party, clan, clique, faction or corporation." Volume 43 Number 33 A Message For All Democrats (Continued from Page One) nedy, Harry Truman, Franklin Roosevelt and Woodrov Wilson. His goals were the goals of these Presidents, his dreams were their dreams, his purpose is their purpose. But he is leading us in his way, and I might add, he has already shown that his way is effective and inspiring. The American people love him. They warm to his compassion. They share his ideals. They admire his cou-rage, and they trust his judgment. The confused, partisan reaction of the Republicans is in itself a testimonial to the ability and effectiveness of President Johnson. The Republicans are hopping around like a cat on a hot tin roof. They are attempting to find some issue on which to light, and at the same time find some reason-able candidate on which to settle. Both are impossible tasks. There is no basic criticism that can be made justi-fiably against President Johnson and there is no Re-publican candidate who will be acceptable to American people. The so-call- ed candidates are putting on a puzzling performance. There is a constant stream of Republicans into Washington to announce they are not candidates. Governor Scranton of Pennsylvania is the latest. He came to Washington and called a press conference to say no. Governor Romney of Michigan did the same al-though he did say that if someone were to hand him the nomination on a silver platter, it would be his duty ' to accept it. Up in New York Mr. Nixon says he will make any sacrifice to see that the Republicans nominate the best candidate and we all know who he means. He means the man who made a national sacrifice in 1960 and a California sacrifice in 1962. And Gov. Rockefeller is blazing away at Sen. Gold-wat- er and Sen. Gold water is blazing away at everything. The elections in the past year have already shown that the Democratic Party is still the party of the people and that its candidates are the leaders the people choose. We won the elections and the Republicans won the statistics. The Republican witch doctors of Research can al-ways serve up a mumbo jumbo of how the Republicans won even though their candidates lost. So let them beat their drums while we beat their candidates. The fact is that we won the important elections in Kentucky, in Pennsylvania, in San Francisco. And as 1963 ends and 1964 begins we say to our friends of the GOP and pardon me for this Alibi and , Good Night. The Democratic National Committee has had a busy year. We have laid the groundwork for what I think will be our most effective election effort. We have been moving ahead with our registration program and the results of some of the elections last year reflect our efforts. We have been moving ahead with our assignment of speakers to carry the Administration message to the states. nOn the--l EASED GRAPEVINE v - An experiment to see If there may be a need for a permanent night traffic court was made this week when City Judge Melvin H. Morris tried a pilot case. Thursday's traffic court is be-lieved to be the first time court has been conducted at night in Salt Lake City. Results of the "experiment" were not known. Salt Lake City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison this week defended fiscal year budgeting by the city. He read his views, contained in a four page state-ment at city commission meet-ing. Mr. Harrison aired his views in reaction to statements earlier by Mayor J. Bracken Lee and Commissioner Herbert F. Smart favoring calendar year budget-ing. Mr. Harrison reviewed the background of the Uniform Mu-nicipal Fiscal Act which put the city on fiscal basis in 1962 ) stressed the savings it ultimaVa ly would accomplish. State deposits of money in Utah banks during the 1963-6- 4 fiscal year brought $1,005,106 in interest for the state's general fund, Sharp M. Larsen, state treasurer, reported this week. The state averaged a balance of $36,941,000 in banks during the year, he reported. Heaviest traffic volume in the Salt Lake area transportation study, on the basis of 1960 ori-gin and destination only, is on State St. south of the central business district, it was reported this week. The street was used by 25,000 to 35,000 vehicles far several miles south daily. fjf A four mill Salt Lake City tax levy formerly applied to water purification and sewer projects now is being used to amortize the city's $19 million capital im-provement bonds. City Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison said this week that the enabling legislation for the levy for purification and sewage treatment provided for five years ending January 1. Have you received a punch card federal income tax form 1040A in the mail from Uncle Sam this year? If so, it may be the easiest form for you to use. This, was the word this week from Director Roland V. Wise of the Utah District, Internal Revenue Service. He stressed the greater ease in preparing and processing the Form 1040A. Taxpayers with income under $10,000, consisting of wages re-ported on the W-- 2 withholding statements and not more than a total of $200 of other wages, in-terest, and dividends, may ordi-narily use this form. Those who itemize deductions or have incomes of $10,000 or more must use the regular form 1040. The 1040 A card that taxpay-ers receive is pre-punch- ed with specific data relating to their previous year's tax record. Use this rather than obtaining a new and unpunched copy. Do not fold or staple this card. Company Announces College Awards Grants totaling more than $1,800,000 have been awarded to 168 universities and colleges, including the University of Utah, in the DuPont Company's annual program of aid to education, the company announced today. The program is for strengthen-ing the teaching of science and related subjects, for fundamental research by universities, and for facilities for education or re-search in science and engineer-ing. The largest part of the pro-gram is to help strengthen the education of scientists and en-gineers. Grants totaling $771,000 were awarded for 1964 to more than 100 colleges and universi-ties to support the teaching of science and mathematics as wTell as other liberal arts subjects; for education and research in biochemistry in medical schools; for post-gradua- te teaching assis-tants; and scholarships for pro-spective high school teachers of science and mathematics. Grants for fundamental re-search total $575,000 for 43 uni-versities. These are for un-restricted research in chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, mechanical engineering, metal-lurgy, and biochemistry. They range from $5,000 to $15,000. The recipient departments may use them any way they wish, in-cluding the support of graduate students and thesis research. The universities determine the work to be undertaken and are free to publish the results. An addi-tional $82,000 was awarded for 41 summer research grants to enable individual staff members of 35 universities to undertake research of their own choosing during the summer. Capital grants totaling $400,-00- 0 for science and engineering facilities were made to 12 in-dependently controlled institu-tions. Ranging from $15,000 to $100,000 each, they were made to help with the cost of new buildings, equipment or renova-tion of existing facilities. The Homestead Act is still in operation, although most of the good farming lands have been claimed. If all the lands entered under the Homestead Act were laid side by side, they would cover a strip of land 125 miles wide from Boston to San Francisco. i |