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Show Bye line by Jensen French To Grow Bubbly in U.S. t th Prertu Ami Growth cf Control UtoS Ddicctd Pae W-T- HE HERALD. Provo, Can, Sunday, August 12, in Either, people are drinking more win or the Freart are Tunning out of vineyards. Or. maybe it's a combination of both because Cw French, those confessed masters of the v inter i art, are bcying up California acreage for the production of wine. And what they plaa to produce will be a bit of the bubbly , . . a white efiervescent wine knowa by us laymen as Ckampigne. But will it be called Champasne? Not on your Eiffel Tower it wool be called that A little research shows that the name Champagne eta only be applied to the wine grows in the Champagne district of Respect for Public Property Vandalism involving public and private property continues a substantial problem in Central Utah. Indeed it's a problem that should receive the sober attention of the citizenry. Needless destruction in the parks of Orem City was disclosed during the week and the extent of it ought to arouse some degree of public indignation. The problem, of course, is not exclusive with Orem. At one time or another, almost every community has had its share of vandalism. debarking of small trees, smashing toilet facilities, kicking out pickets or paneling on wooden fences, using signs for target If you are under the impression that beef is approaching the point where it will be worth its weight in gold be when you can find it advised that they are literally feeding the cows gold in Missouri. Real gold. On the Columbia campus of the University of Missouri. It has nothing to do with grain shortages or beef freezes, however, it's just that Dr. Fredric A. Martz, associate professor of dairy husbandry at the university, has found that gold is the best substance to be used as a radioactive tracer to determine how a dairy cow's innards utilize its feed. To make the unique fodder, the gold is mixed with discarded newspapers flavored with molasses which itself suggests a subject for commentary we will discreetly refrain from - has sufficient evidence to seek indictments of high level figures, including former A'.ty. Gen. John Mitchell. What's more, evidence showing political influence in antitrust decisions will come perilously close to President Nixon. Sen. Sam Ervin's Watergate hearings may indeed turn out less important than the special prosecutor's ITT investigation. Whereas senior aides at the White House belive Ervin's threat has subsided, they fear the breadth, intensity and duration of Cox's expanding operation. Nowhere is the danger to a beleaguered President greater than in Cox's probe of how a government antitrust suit against the merger of the International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. (ITT) with the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. was blocked. Although Cox is Justice Department sources believe he is not far from going to the grand jury. Acutally, Cox was not aware of the March 30, 1972, memorandum by Charles W. Colson, then White House special tight-lippe- d, counsel, unveiledjby the Ervin committee last Wednesday. But he was well aware of some of the incriminating documents listed by Colson. Of six intragovernmental memoranda that .Colscn warned might tie the White House to the ITT affair, at least two and are believed in Cox's possibly more - possession. more evidence, Cox for weeks privately requested ITT documents held by Fred Fielding, deputy White House consel. As in many other requests for papers, White House special counsel Fred Buzhardt did not s?y yes or no, but stalled. Frustrated, Cox went public July 27, demanding the Fielding file (which received little attention amid the uproar over White House tape recordings). In the eyes of White House lawyers, , Seeking t ..X- . -. France. See there lV - t'ft i1' ( W it's obvious that only a small of number relatively involved. are It people only takes a few, though, to rack up a lot of damage at public Oit!t!Wi4 bj 1.4. mu in4nw expense. Parks, schools and other public facilities are built from k Henry J. Taylor jrt taxpayers' money for the tqf benefit of all. Citizens, young and eld alike, would do well to with lav enforcement officers in practices. By HENRY J. TAYLOR While the House voted (242-163- ) U.S. NATO, big against reducing our to troop commitment a talk with powerful Leader Majority Mike forecasts a Mansfield, far different potential in the Senate. Charity, Senator Mansfield insists, begins at home Exclusive of NATO, our foreign aid has cost the American taxpayer (143 billion. That's nearly a third of our national debt. Our cost of NATO itself, in turn, has burst upward and outward. And to Senator Mansfield and many other Senators, NATO's look is not of dynamism but of division, desuetude and decay. Senator Manfield feels that the House oversimplified the North Atlantic Treaty Organization t., footnote on use of public parks: Too often people do not A use garbage disposal receptacles placed for their convenience. It almost seems needless to remind people to put garbage in the cans. But some don't, we are told by Provo park officials. We suggest the whole question of respect for others' property public and private be discussed in the homes. That's a good place for good citizenship to begin. sees such oversimplification as one of the difficulties with, NATO from the problem For and years we have kept no fewer than four divisions in Western Europe. In 1957 we (secretly) established a nuclear stockpile there. Then we began equipping our troops and some NATO forces with nuclear pledge not to claim executive privilege "concerning possible criminal conduct." Consequently, a key presidential assistant informed us, the Fielding file is not the same as the tapes and no decision has yet been made to claim executive privilege. Contrary to widespread fears, he added, the Fielding file still exists and was not fed to the White House paper 22 jshrAHiHpr. Although Cox believes the White House tapes may prove inconclusive and not imperative to prosecution of the Watergate case, the Fielding file may well contain the missing papers described by Colson. Therefore, it could prove critical to the ITT case. Furthermore, the ITT case, by tracing political influence over antitrust policy to high places in the administration and possibly the Oval Office, poses a threat to Mr. Nixon potentially greater than Watergate. This partially expalins why the White House senior staff, while dismissing the Ervin committee as bumbling its partisan onslaught against the President, worries about Cox. Mr. Nixon's top advisers would have preferred that the special prosecutor limit himself to the narrow confines of Watergate and finish his business quickly. Instead, Cox operates on a wide horizon: illegal political contributions, political dirty tricks, the Plumbers unit and ITT. He will be around for years. Nor is there much chance Cox will resign because of White House ("It will take a crowbar to pry Archie out of here," says a friend). middle-leve- l aides at Thus, the White House threaten that the President may have to fire Cox even if that also means firing his sponsor, Atty. Gen. Elliot Richardson. Senior presidential aides resent such wild talk. Cox is too dangerous to be dispensed with by simply sacking him. But they are deeply uneasy as the crewcut professor from Harvard pokes into hidden comers of the Nixon White House, lhe fact that he now has secret papers about ITT and is demanding still more fully justifies that unease. d 22 weapons. Cox's informal demand for the Fielding file poses fuzzier problems than his subpoena for the celebrated tapes. To flatly refuse the Fielding file would seemingly contradict Mr. Nixon's May t yoti? Failed On Buildup New techniques at our Savannah River, Ga., atomic complex made it possible to miniaturize our Many were reprocessed into artillery shells, miniature mines, hand grenades small enough to hurl, etc. The idea was that a "limited war" could be fought on European soil. In the '60s the strategy changed. The idea became that of a "flexible response." ' Europe's NATO members agreed to build up their own forces to sufficient strength to block a conventional attack without resorting to nuclear arms. That's the keystone of NATO's strategy today. But there is a joker in it. The buildup did not take place. Not one NATO founding country in Europe ever lived up to its buildup promise. Only Greece and West Germany, admitted later, have done so. They have simply fallen back on the United States to make up the difference. As a result, the U.S. supports NATO with 317.000 uniformed Americans. We are maintaining 4 - one third divisions in West Germany guarding that country against invasion, about 50.000 U.S. Air Force men are scattered from Scotland to Turkey, and we maintain in the Medite.ranean nur great 6th Fleet. Few Combat A lot of folks ask me why I call my wife Double N. Just the other day I got a note from a B. Beckstead in Spanish Fork, asking me what Double N stood for and what was her real name? Most generally, I tell people it's because she's always telling me, "No, No," or "Not now!" Although it isn't really that way, it makes a good story. Course, I could say 1 call her Double N fromlhe nickname she picked up in high school according to Val Conlin, who went to school with her. But I have reason to doubt Conlin, so I won't say that's the reason. Maybe it's because she has such a beautiful rame that I call hei Double N. Her friends call her Nan and I call her Nannette. Nice Naniiette! But whatever the reason for Double N, folks sure know who I'm talking about when mentioned. And before we get away from the subject, you should hear what Double N calls me. Wow! NATO Nations Duck Costs cooperate exposing those persons who fail to respect property rights and engage in destructive . you learned something dicta "For health sake, stop smoking!" We've all seen that slogan for some tune now and a tot of folks have done it. A while others lot of people quit smoking 'cold turkey' have attended clinics and hypnosis trying to kick the habit Then there ore smokers who go right on using the weed and use some of the dangdest excuses fcr dong it A specialist at the Mayo Clinic has compiled a list of excuses from bis patients on why they continue puffing. I know you won't believe them but here are some of those excuses: "My father was a nonsmoker. Look what it did to him!" "It makes it possible for my wife to live with me.'' "My son collects cigarette cards." Aside from the usual excuses of "gaining weight" and "you only live once," one of the patients gave this excuse for not giving up smoking. "It is the only way I can clear my chest in the morning." Still another patient comes up with this jewel; "It makes life with my wife more bearable." But the best excuse of all is the one the specialist at the Clinic uses. Being a smoker himself, he claims he continues to puff for a genuine reason." He explains, "I smoke because it makes me cough. And coughing is the only genuine exercise I get these days." If nothing else, he's an honest man. Cough! Cough! This shows what it can be like when users of parks and other President, Prosecutor And the ITT Inquiry WASHINGTON Investigation of the ITT affair by special prosecutor Archibald Cox has advanced so far that some of the incriminating memoranda were in his hands when their existence was first revealed by the Senate Watergate committee last week. Moreover; Cox is pressing a reluctant White House to release its secret ITT file. Whether or not that succeeds, Cox f - very beginning. EVANS AND ROBERT NOVAK III Before we get off that subject. I d like to make a suggestion to the French on naming their new CaMoraia wine. which, when you think Why don't they call it C&tipagne about it, sounds like some kind of powdered laxative. Sorry 'bout that, monsieur. There are stretches when even the bigger cities go almost without vandalism. Inside Report By ROWLAND M K this is on'y a partial listing of destruction reported in the valley over a period of time. Even in waves of vandalism, Steak? 1 fountains windows, breaking or at -- practice, of 14-Car- r I deliberately despoiling shrubs tnd flowers planted for public benefit, damaging drinking facilities accept their full responsibility as citizens. Wanton shattering r -- 220,000 are U.S. ground troops. Of the 220,000 only 152,700 are assigned to main fronts. Of the 152.700 only 64,000 are combat troops! In addition, there is the seldom mentioned matter of the -- Today In History Press International Today is Sunday, Aug. 12, the 224th day of 1973 with 141 to By United follow. The moon is approaching its rull phase. ne morning stars are. Mercury. Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus and Jupiter. Those bom on mis date are under the sign of Leo. American novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart was born Aug. 12, 1876. Also on this In 1658, a day in history : "Rattle Watch" of eight men was formed in the colony of New Amsterdam ... the first police force in America. In 1851, Isaac Singer was granted a patent for his sewing machine. He set up business in Boston with capital of (40. In 1959, as crowds jeered, public school integration was in Little Rock, accomplished Ark. Six Negro students were enrolled in the city's senior high schools. In 1972, U.S. bombers hit Communist targets in North and South Vietnam in the heaviest raids of the war. Depend on U.S. Western Europe lives thrives) only under moretomonow." 110 f I that Ready per cent of the Defense Department's entire budget is now c "It 197 kr NEA. !c the administration's use ot the word 'Plumbers' is so offensive to you, why don't you write a letter to the editor?" BfUCe Biossat 1 Goldwaterism In GOP Indelibly WASHINGTON (NEA) -Walter DeVries, political scholar veteran campaign consultant, told me once in the aftermath of the Goidwater era : "Nothing of importance that happens to a political party is ever entirely washed away." It was a comment on the oft that the argument Republicans could make a clean break and a fresh start after -- heard having the got conservative Goldwaterism "out arch orgy of -- of their system." No way, said DeVries. off, Gcldwaterites still political power in many organizations, First held state especially southern. Secondly, not only some GOP leadership elements but a sizable body of rank and file Republicans sti'l clung hard to the attitudes which had given Goidwater his base support in 1964. Again, this was particularly true in the South, where the new hero was Ronald Reagan of California. History strongly bore our DeVries. When Richard Nixon began his 1968 presidential in late 1967, he campaign all-ofirst wooed and won the southern Goidwater leadership, laying down a fc.trad and significant foundation. Rank and file hearts in the South beat harder than ever for Reagan, by then governor of California A full 56 manpower costs. This is shocking enough, but I have seen throughout the world cur soldiers who take care of the soldiers and the terribly few who are actually combat trooops. The flaw is very deep. So I turned to the Senate Armed Services Committee staff and asked about the combat troop proportion in our NATO ground forces. The answer was appalling. uniformed 317.000 Of the Americans serving under NATO Have a nice day and keep smilin'. and (and umbrella. But behind the scenes in its foreign offices I have found precious little thanks to the United States. They meet U.S. troop reduction proposals such as Senator ' Mansfield's by merely trotting out the old, threadbare and hoary adage: "So America is turning isolationist, is it?" NATO's European members are spending a total of only (35 billion a year on their own defenses. The proportion of their gross national product averages only 3.7 per cent. Ours is 7.5 per cent more than twice as much. The HOUSE vote encourages most Europeans not to believe it, but our NATO allies will ultimately do their full share or the Mansfield and other U.S. troop reduction proposals will prevail. Alibis abroad are no substitute for performance. g A thought for the day; American author Silas Weir Mitchell said, "Death's but one BERRY'S dependents. Today our 317.000 Americans supporting NATO are accompanied by 225,000 to 250,000 dependents. Cost In Billions About (400 million a yearof the U S. balance - of international payments deficit arises from these dependents. to Our troop commitment NATO exceeds (4 billion a year in direct outlay. With the support costs this is (7 billion annually. When the U.S. forces earmarked for NATO in event of war are included this annual $7 billion becomes $17 billion. At least $2.1 billion (including the $400 million by dependents) of our balance - of international payments deficit arises from the NATO commitment. Beyond this, there's the vast, nearly incredible cost of the U.S. "nuclear umbrella" which we taxpayers pay. - - and seen as Goldwater's natural heir. Mr. Nixon's managers helped the southern leaders keep the rank and file in leash, arguing Reagan would lose a fall election and also threatening them with the prospect that the alternative to Mr. Nixon was a liberal Nelson Rockefeller governor of New York, wnom they detested. Mr. Nixon also was plausible to many southerners and other Goldwaterites because, while he styled himself a centrist, he had been a good soldier in Goldwater's campaign. Playing that role came easier to the President than many now recall. I heard him in an astonishing October speech near Chicago, which literally had him "out - Goldwatering" Goidwater in certain dramatic assertions about U.S. nuclear defense. It is a simple exercise to note the long, unbroken strain of anticomniunism which marked Mr. Nixon's personal political career, and to conclude ihat this r. thus aspect of Goldwaterism gave him no problems. But the continuity of which DeVries spoke affects party, not just persons. Therefore, in trying to gauge the White House atmosphere that produced Watergate, it is useful to follow the threads of party attitude much further back. Let's pick them up in the D. Franklin Roosevelt era. Republicans long accustomed to national majority party status were stunned at being cast out of office in 1932, at being smothered in 1936 and later yielding an American president unprecedented third and fourth terms. The GOP couldn't accept it. Party rhetoric rang with talk of a "plot against the people." Early on, it linked Democrats and communism. New York Gov. Thomas Dewey took that vein in his 1944 joust with Roosevelt. Despite that, conservatives branded Fewey, his predecessor nominee Wendell Willkie. General Eisenhower, even the 1960 Nixon as "me - tooers," copies of the "plotting" Democrats. Only with Goidwater did they get "one ol their own." read the cue. In he played to them. But men like H.R. (Bob) Haldeman, former top aide, fel long ago he had the "right stuff." And V'ivnn incii.J uwauic tUw.A uuutu tic;c mnniF aides, young and old, to that earlier era most know only from the books. Mr. Nixon 1967-6- 8 SARDS By PHIL PASTORET Storms can be located 200 miles away by radar and by just plain noise when the boss blows his top. Half a loaf's better than working all day. Why do time payments alrun ahead of the clock? ways .4not?ier nice thing about your newspaper you never have to ask someone to please turn the volume down. i |
