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Show Bruce 5osscri Some Abuses Laid to Fear Dftca!d t tkt Proflrtu And Growth of Control Utah Monday. August IS, in, THE HERALD, Provo, - I l'uh-P- ae WASHINGTON iNEAt A crucial element in the Watergate aflair has. as far as can be Dialled, never Utu inetiiKMied It in fear You rani listen to the parade of witnesses befon? the Krvm committee without catching the i brat ions Many men had doubts about what they were asked to do If they responded to commands anyway, fear of the power of the Whiti House often was the unspoken component in their behavior. To the extent that major independent agencies like the FBI and the CI A were draw n into the Waterg. e net. their reacting officials Mimed in cl'.'ar awe of the presidency Patrick Gray, former acting FBI director, is a prime example of a man torn between a sense of duty to his O'gmization. and a fear of the consequences of "crossing" the White House. Continuing Nerve Gas Issue controversy over The Price and Provo; the other would pass through Evanston, Ogden and Salt Lake City. McKay has challenged the transfer idea. "To suggest that these chemicals be moved 'anywhere but home' does proposed removal of a large quantity of nerve gas from the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver to Tooele Army Depot in Utah prompts continued interest. Here in Utah the memory is still fresh of the incident a number of years ago when thousands of sheep were lost from exposure to gas near the Dugway Proving Grounds. The fact that one of two transfer routes being considered passes through the Price - Provo area adds to local concern. Opposition by Utah leaders has taken some new turns recently. Rep. Wayne Owens, has introduced a bill would So They Say Rampton has requested Attorney General Vernon B. Romney to study possibilities From the same producers who brought you Watergate, a startling production in the series called "The Repression, of America" has been released. of bringing an injunction action in federal court if efforts fail to convince Army officials not to move the gas. Another Utahn, Sen. Frank E. Moss, favors detoxifying the gas in Colorado, calling Allen Brown, Cincinnati attorney who has defended booksellers on pornography charges, on the Supreme Court's latest ruling in the field. this a common sense solution. An obstacle to this is apparent opposition at this time to reduction in the Army's strategic reserve of nerve gas. Sen. Moss believes there is more than enough for the national defense already at Tooele. The nerve gas is considered The last thing we need is some half - baked Hanoi Hilton in the Colorado mountains where cadets can play psychological tricks on each othei . . Rep. Les Aspin, and Army proposal by the Air Force Academy to construct a mock prisoner of war camp on alternate location because of campus. detoxification facilities there. Our profit situation is very, very bad. In fact, right now there is no profit. The field office of Rep. Gunn indicates the McKay, D-Ut- John Richardson, Army is considering two routes for the proposed Sugarcreek Packing president. transfer. One would be via Co. Washington Window Can Nol's Forces Hold Capital After American Bombing Stops? By STEWART HENSLEY WASHINGTON American (UPI) - Penh and assume the responsibility for feeding and otherwise city. caring for the refugee-swolle- n Many American diplomatic officials believe that some members of the Lon Nol government fetd leaders of the opposing forces wiil find a purely Cambodian solution of the sort which eludes Western logic. However, the consensus in informed quarters here is that Nortn Vietnam probably holds the key to any long-tersolution in Cambodia. ' The Cambodian Communists, estimated at 50.000 to 100.000. are a fairly effective force built around a group of d leaders who are quite efficient and also quite independent of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, who was deposed as chief of state more than three years ago. Experts hpre do not foreclose the possibility that Hanoi will use Sihanouk as a figurehead for their political aims in Cambodia, but there is no doubt here who would run the show. Whether Cambodia, under some coalition or otherwise, is able to operate as an independent soveriegn nation may depend upon the pressure Peking is able to bring to bear and the lure of promised reconstruction aid from Washington. China is believed very opposed to any major expansion of North Vietnam's power into other parts of Southeast Asia will work for a and presumably relatively independent Cambodia. The United States is dangling the prospect of more than $1 billion in economic aid to North Vietnam over the next five years as an inducement to Hanoi to to stop violating the ceasefire in Vietnam and to withdraw its troops from Laos and Cambodia. Hanoi-traine- If all this comes about, Washington may have succeeded for the time being in delaying the completion of the revolution which began in Southeast Asia 30 years ago and shows few signs of having run its course. V v.:'.v" ' ?; Editor Herald. I hesitated to even add another small look at Watergate lest the reader pass it by; however. I wonder how many of our people have suffered through sixty minutes of the Senate's proceedings without asking themselves why? Recently, I followed the sparring between questionable and the the inquisitioners. I don't know just what I had after the viewing, but surely I had some thoughts and the first one was "the big kids have really got a big game going." During the main event, I disregarded the dialogue and looked about the center ring to try to identify and possibly get a head count on how many persons were involved in this "fiasco." I The Politicians Versus the Businessmen Editor Herald: favorite argument for socialist control is that we must have legislators manage the economy, since businessmen are such tyrants. But how can we put faith in this theory when the legislator cannot even manage without voting his own affairs himself a 30 per cent raise in A income? We send congressmen to Washington to get back money that should never have left Utah in the first place. When you send dollars to the bank, you get dollars back with interest. When you send dollars to Washington, you get quarters and nickels back with controls. Politicians are fond of headlines like: "Fatter checks to aid all on welfare." (This is that which is seen.) "Leaner checks for all taxpayers." (This is that which is not seen.) headlines Other are: bears fruit for Utah." That's a real gem. I was unaware that legislation was other than barren ground. I had assumed that people produce the fruit. Bureaucrats just dispense favors. Can all states claim to have gotten back more than was sent in? If not, from whom did Utah steal? Our senators show an mentality. They interesting believe that whatever is not "Legislation illegal should be compulsory. The standard used by lawmakers to show their worth is the number of bills passed. They pass the bills. We merely pay them. Perhaps a better standard might be the number of hws repealed. Bureaucrats don't like the laissez-fair- e philosophy, but do you know why? Because it relegates them to keeping the peace instead of handing out the l. pieces of Laissez-fair- e means, simply, "Leave people free to produce and trade as they choose." Let the people make their own economic decisions, instead of bureaucrats making decisions for them. You mind your business and I'll mind mine. pork-barre- Laissez-fair- e means separation state and economics, for the same reasons as for separation of state and church. Can laissez-fair- e really be so bad, when all it means is freedom? CloydBird of F 609 N. Orem. Utah 171 call it that because I'm unable to visualize any good fruits directly evolving from it. I couldn't help but wonder what these people, the spectators, the photographers, reporters, stenographers," counselors (lawyers), witnesses and probers, might be capable of producing if they were engaged in a useful and beneficial endeavor or vocation. (Very possibly very little perhaps this represents what they're most capable and efficient at. I The world has so very many needs: food and shelter for the hungry and unfortunate; healing for broken bodies; compassion fort the deceived ones; love for the forgotten souls; I found none of these at Watergate, nor in any of her sidelights. As a child I recall that I always felt that America was the most wonderful land that I knew. The children that I played with came from many lands. Their parents sought this land because it offered opportunities. It was a place where dreams came true. People were friendly, they helped one another and there was always time for some play and fun after work. People were happy and grateful just to know that there was food enough for the next meal; thankful that there was warmth inside on cold wintry days. Things, feelings and attitudes have changed. Years of plenty have brought material security to most people. The younger generations have not known and do not understand the aspects of a depression a shortage of food, suffering and disease and all the discomforting features that accompany such eras. Our youth wants a bright new world a world that can resolve its challenges, and a world here mercy and justice are not rarities, but normal every day occurrences. Many things retard such happy dreams and Down to a certain civil service level, the President obviously has big leverage. The power to hire and fire is never far from the forefront of a vulnerable bureaucrat's The continuing shame of Watergate brings home to every thoughtful citizen the importance of personal ethics, the pursuit of law and order and the primary meaning of morality. Here is a parade of high government officials, leading political n operators, and petty who became corrupted by power and persuasion. Their ethical and moral sensibilities eroded and collapsed. Their ultimate vision was no further than the next wiretap. Surely we are not so numb or indecent to neglect the brutal ethical system of those persons who will do anything for their Dr. Alfred political leaders. Freedman. of the president American Psychiatric Assn., put it most clearly wehn he said : "To hear John Ehrlichman parade his ignorance of psychiatry and to justify the burglarizing of a psychiatrist's office on the grounds of national security; to ponder his gross insult in implying that physicians and nurses and aides could be prevailed upon to reveal bag-me- Jennings Fish 562 W. 200 N. Payson President Richard M. Nixon graduated from Whittier and Duke Law College School. to records; patient's contemplate his icy indifference to the erosion of democratic institutions, including relationships doctor-patie- all this boggles the mind and suggests a moral insensitivity at . years many controversies issues. BERRY'S WORLD least, an effective counterweight to presidential power The Krvin hearings, inquiries into White House activities by other congressional groups, the cutoff of funds for Cambodian bombing, indicate this is no illusion Yet most senators and congressmen fear the White ituse, with its acknowledged and much-usepower to dispense or withhold favors in states particular and congressional zones. There is really nothing new in this, except that fear seems greater than normal The fright has been heightened by increased awareness that White K.nise authorities, by g and other taping, methods, may have been closely tracking the movements and utterances of individual lawmakers. Recall the early days of the Fjtm inquiry, w ith its pageant of clean-cu- t young White House aides belatedly 'telling all." and you can easily see how they full of hope and an ambition for could be higher things intimidated (and probably were) by constant curt orders from obviously feared higher officials. Some felt thir careers could be ruined even as they were just beginning. can One make the that anothc: counterargument strain was steadily at work, that there was always a disposition to trust the President and his top aides as being above any misuse of power, and hence a readiness to accept assurances that all was well. But in much testimony, fear rather than honest awe of tiie to have high office p.ppears governed. 7t ytV ; LjL- - the highest levels of government is putting the Watergate American judicial system to the test: Will the laws of this nation (and the religious morality which was inherent to their creation) be strong and sharp to enough cleanse our government of this massive corruption? All true religion begins in mysticism and ends in that is, is fulfilled in politics the political encounter. Lawyers and jurists will now have a full exercise of that concept. Perhaps it is more than appropriate that this month (Sunday. Aug. 26) is the international observance of "World Law Day." The theme of that day is Religion and the Law, part of the Sixth World Conference on World Peace Through Law. This gathering of some 2.500 lawyers, justices, jurists and religious leaders will meet at Abidjan, Ivory Coast in western Africa. During the week they will discuss pressing world problems that have been close to hearts of religious communities everywhere: the prison international reform, of refugees, control, legal of minorities, dangerous drug controls, protection population protecton pollution of air and water and a of the United revitalizat'on Nations. In preparation of this major event, the World Peace Through Law Center at 400 Hill Bldg., Washington. D.C. 20006 has an attractive brochure tracing the world's major religions and the legal systems, which have evolved from ancient Americans taking in the African conference include Charles S. Rhyne, former President of the American Bar Association. Earl Warren. Chief Justice of the United States, Ret., and Mrs. Marion Dentzel. A favorite passage from the Psalms for many readers is "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night." The leadership in moral Those intended to deserve that label are usually considered citizens of more an'iquated. outdated, somehow backward moral principle that are long overdue for updating or revision. Those "backward simpletons" seem to stand in the way of much "progress," at least in the minds of the more "sophisticated " The Sophists of modern times are not much different from those of ancient Greece. They considered themselves wise because of their learning, took pride in the violation of prevailing codes of conduct, boasted to be image breakers, attacked the treasured at faiths. times involving fs For all s and frailties in ivcent years Congress stii! is widely thought of as. potentially Personal Ethics: Religion and Law The day certainly will come when each of us must shed our soiled garments and bathe. 1089 W. 500 N. His his family, all these and more ma br at stake Dr. David Poling happening. Certainly Watergate has been one of those retardants. Isn't it time that all people should unite in changing the practices of government? We must work toward the ultimate in the field of government belief of others and attempted to destroy their ideals and were steeped in worldliness. Whet is at stake again is the question of the relativity of good or bad. In order to decide that issue we have to go to those writings that contain the rules of conduct and morality from which the Christian civilization draws its breath. Roland K. Bettwieser mind. reputation, his earning capacity. Applying Christian Rules Of Conduct to Movies Editor Herald: While I am still on vacation, love to type and enjoy the controversy. I'd like to make two comments on the comments to my eariier comments: 1. I did not think that the charge of trickery was my biggest complaint. Maybe I was just try ing to explain why I was where I should not have been in first place. More tragic t)v however was the fact that a great number of youth was in attendance at "A Touch of Class," many of them probably with parental permission based on the rating objected to. I really don't know what studies parents or people in general have to go into in order to be properly informed about the quality of a movie, unless one has the opinion that just because it goes on tne screen, makes it fit for human consumption. 2. We are long accustomed to the difference in taste of the "movie critics of the world" as Mr. Harkness puts it. The label of "happy valley resident'" or "Provo thinking" or those "... of the fair city that aspire to values less than the world" or similar related classifications have been cropping up during the past been case?" their restrain has one reasonably close to Washington activity for a good while, much longer than the tenure of Richard Nixon as President, it is difficult to realize how men in the whatever the bureaucracy are department or agency affected when the magic words "the White House is calling" are spoken, or a letter arrives on White Houe stationery. Indeed, a caller from 1600 Pennsylvania avenue, assuming he is in the higher echelons, need not even make a statement. He can arouse emotions running from modest concern to outright terror simply by asking a question like: "What's the status of that Watergate, as Utahn Views It labeling as "ghoulish" a chosen as the proposed Phonm r. f letters to Editor s,, officials to be a hazard to the heavily - populated Denver area. Tooele apparently was - i I'' i vi ' Unless than a year. In the interim, it is hoped that Rep. Owens' bill will receive full airing and consideration; that this will lead to federal re evaluation of the whole question of chemical agents and their stockpiling; and that full consideration be given the views of Utah officials, not only at the state level but in the counties affected. require warplanes will cease all attacks on Communist forces in Cambodia at midnight next Wednesday, leaving the government of President Lon Nol to defend itself without the U.S. air support which has played such a large role in the past. This will mark the end of direct U.S. military- intervention in Indochina the final military act in a long and traumatic struggle with many of the aspects of a Greek tragedy. President Nixon did not ask Congress to extend its Aug. 15 deadline for the air attacks, obviously feeling he had little chance of getting approval. However, the President told Congress that its action setting the deadline risked "dangerous political consequences" in Indochina. The President s warning failed to move Congress or stir any appreciable support among the American public. It was taken as just one more expression of the "domino theory" used so often to justify continued U.S. military activities in the area. The immediate question posed by the end of the bombing is whether Lon Nol's forces can hold Phcnm Penh against the Communist elements under the control and direction of Hanoi. Most American officials see little hope forces could that the government prevent fall of the capital in the face of a determined Communist effort. But some officials doubt the Communists really want to capture St ago. Army officials have been quoted as saying it will be several months before a decision on the transfer is made. Actual movement of the gas would not come for more D-La- existing K M vl. " situation," he said some time congressional approval before nerve gas or other agents of chemical warfare could be moved. Congressman Owens reports that Rep. F. Edward ., chairman of Hebert, the House Armed Services Committee, has agreed to hearings on the bill. Meantime, Gov. Calvin L. by Colorado : nothing to improve the D-Ua- h, which 1 i 6 present hour gives fresh emphasis to the meaning of law and religion, to justice and morality. Room to Pass 11 i71 T by NIA, Ue f ". . . and my final question is one have asked how the other prospective jurors for this case tennis match?" do you stand on the I King-Rig- gs - The (UPI) standard width of lanes on new interstate highways is 12 feet, compared with eight or lanes on older roads. Better engineering such as this, according to The Road Information Program, will prevent as many as 8,000 fatal accidents a year when the 42,500-mil- e interstate system is completed. WASHINGTON |
