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Show Csra ; s Letters Dear Editor: As you are aware, the President's decision to deploy de-ploy the MX missile in the Great Basin desert areas of Utah and Nevada has triggered trig-gered substantial concern among Utah residents about the impacts this deployment would have on our state. Although the Air Force has conducted public meetings and environmental scoping hearings on this proposal, and I have held and plan to hold additional 'Governors town meetings' on the MX System, I am convinced that not enough information about MX has been made available to the citizens of our state. Accordingly, I have concluded con-cluded that it would be worthwhile worth-while to conduct some MX debates in Utah involving national experts on both sides of the political, strategic, stra-tegic, environmental and socio-economic issues involved in-volved in the deployment of the MX System. We plan to facilitate these debates under the full glare of media coverage, and envision en-vision a format which provides pro-vides an opportunity for broadcasting and print media me-dia to cover the proceedings and participate in the formulation formu-lation and placement of hard questions to debate participants. partici-pants. I believe that these debates de-bates will provide an important im-portant public service byin- forming our citizens and helping them make a better informed decision about the MX Missile System. Sincerely, SCOTT M. MATHESON Governor Dear Red: Two weeks ago we gave a letter to one of your employees concerning the Milford Public Library. We expected it to be printed in full. Apparently, due to lack of space and being short-handed, short-handed, the letter was not printed. Parts of the letter were taken to make an article arti-cle for the Open House that we sponsored. We realize that your staff was short-handed short-handed and that maybe the letter was a trifle long, but the way it came out in the paper, pa-per, it sounded like the ESA was taking credit for everything. every-thing. True, we did get the ball rolling, but the City of Mil-ford Mil-ford had already appropriated ap-propriated the money for the new carpets and drapes. And thanks toCouncilperson Jean Hanley, these were installed and the peacock blue walls were painted a pleasing and restful white. As for the more than 200 new books we purchased, we could not have purchased them without the people of Milford supporting our projects pro-jects and the donation from the Union Pacific Railroad. Also, without Librarian Audrey Aud-rey Skillicorn allowing us to come into the library and help update it - none of this could have taken place. Thanks to each of you for your help. THE ESA SORORITY Dear Editor: The following is my own thinking and in no way should reflect on the John Birch Society So-ciety of which I am proud to be a member. from any agency or level of government shall have a vote in any election at any level of government. Section 3: No person whose business or activity is subsidized in any way by any agency or department of government at any level shall have a vote in any election. Section 4: No person who is on the public pay roll at any level of government shall have a vote in any election at any level of government, excepting those persons such as Congressmen, State Legislators, County Commissioners, Com-missioners, School Board Members, and City Council-men, Council-men, but their votes shall be limited to the conduction of the affairs for which they were duly elected by those who retain their voting privileges pri-vileges by not being among those in the foregoing categories. cate-gories. Section 5: This amendment amend-ment shall nullify all constitutional con-stitutional provisions and or amendments that are contrary con-trary to it. This may well be our last hope, but it will not cost any one much time or money, if all or most of you wage earners, businessmen and so forth will band together with me to get it done. Yes, it will disrupt the economy for a period of time, but the disruption will be mild to that we will experience ex-perience if we continue on the road we now travel. WILFRED EDWARDS Kanab, Utah I owe no man anything, least of all a living. Judging by the deductions from my bi-weekly pay check, there are those who believe otherwise. other-wise. I do not mind, in fact I insist on paying a tax, which in all justice should be equal to that paid by each other citizen to support the legitimate functions of government. All I ask of my fellow man is to be left alone to make my way in this life to the best of my ability, initiative, initia-tive, and ambition. In exchange ex-change for this recognition of my God Given Right, I vow not to infringe the right of any other person to do likewise. Since we, of the productive produc-tive segement of society are being voted into bankruptcy and extinction by the Social-istically Social-istically oriented segement of society, and as we are the backbone, of the Free Enterprise Enter-prise System, and the source of everything all these others have, I feel that the following proposed Constitutional Amendment is in order in the interest of a Free and prosperous pros-perous America, and the unhampered un-hampered operation of the competitive free enterprise system that has made America at one time the envy of the world. Since an Amendment such as this is so important to our survival as a free nation and people, I feel it deserves the support sup-port of every wage earner, businessman and merchant. Proposed Constitutional Amendment Section 1: Exceptingthose people who are disabled as a result of their service in the armed forces, no person receiving re-ceiving a pension from any agency or department of government at any level shall allowed to vote in any election. Section 2; No person receiving re-ceiving any form of welfare |