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Show Editorial Page Feature l& Pacification Programs Upset By Red Drive - Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah As WASHINGTON (UPI) Pentagon officials see it, the major task facing allied troops in Vietnam is to build security of the in nearly where pacification country, programs were disrupted by the Communist TET offensive. Officials note that this must be done while maintaining sufficient forces in the extreme northern part of South Vietnam to guard sgainst a long- two-thir- THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1968 Sober Lesson In Gold Crisis Just as the Communist Tet offensive set off a fundamental of America's ability to fight and win a limited, guerrilla-style war, the gold crisis has dealt a stunning blow to the illusion of American economic omnipotence. For the first time in history, American tourists in London and Paris found their travelers' checks refused. Suddenly the mighty U. S. dollar was so much paper for a few hours. This, of course, can be attributed to unreasoning panic and shortsighted speculation, as can much of the spree in the markets of Europe in past weeks. The dollar was not and is not in danger of collapse. It is, however, under severe stain. The gold crisis, in effect, amounted to a vote of no confidence on the part of foreigners that the United States can continue the massive outlays it is making in the prosecution of the Vietnam war and still permit the domestic economy to go booming along without gravely eroding the dollar's strength as the stable rock undergirding the world's monetary system. It was, indeed, an unmistakable warning that we cannot do so. The decision by the United States and .the six Western European countries who make up the London Gold Pool to freeze their monetary gold stocks out of the reach of private speculators should effectively cool the gold fever for the time being. Though there are doubts about how well the system can work over the long run, by treating the immediate symptom it ha- - bought a little time in which the basic causes of the malady can be attended to. The two chief cures recommend-- 1 ed by the fiscal physicians are not palatable. They include an immediate tax increase at least the 10 per cent surcharge requested by President Johnson last fall and coupled with a possibly more drastic reduction in government spending that will hit everybody's favorite project. The lesson is clear: The United States may be strong strong enough to do just about what it wants, including the waging of a war in the jungles and cities of a nation 10,000 miles away while at the same time attempting the refurbishing of its own countryside and urban centers but that strength cannot be employed Indefinitely without the exercise of the most stringent fiscal discipline. two-pri- gold-buyi- , , . One way o? ce threatened offensive somewhere in that area. These military requirements illustrate the manpower bind which led Cen. William C. Westmoreland to request more troops, above the 525,000 level scheduled to be readied at midyear. during the TET offensive; in IS provinces it was "moderately affected;" in IS provinces It was only "slightly affected." But Washington officials have able to supply been lit'le information on what ' seriously" or "moderately" afLcted -- eally mean. According to Pentagon figures, the paciiication program was "seriously affected" in 13 South Vietnamese provinces paign, which began at the end of January, and continued into the first part of February, was major The TET Communist . mid-deca- de In v . By HOLMES ALEXANDER WASHINGTON, D. C.-- The typical eity rioter is better educated than most of his neighbors. He is proud of his rice, which is Negro. His most intense grievance is the presence of the police. He is a hater of whites, and of his o black neighbors. He is a separatist, a believer in Black Power, a in One Society. ' These are extracts taken from the Summary of the Report of the Kerner Commission on Civil Disorders. They do not coincide at all with the most strongly-worde- d and most widely, quoted findings of the Commisioh. They are part of the Report, an important part, and they are at odds with the language which finds that "white racism is essentially responsible'! for the riots, and that "the priwell-to-d- er " Ut: AW now-famili- ar mary goal must be a single society." The Report itself is voluminous and the Summary is a catch-al- l of selective and stuindictment, pendous social planning. Thj make-u- p of the Commission was such that it was predestined to bring forth a precon-- , ceived document. It is a document that reflects the historical idealism of such institutions as the League of Nations, She United Nations, in short, One Worldism. It rejects by omission all the experience that is contrary to these Utopian concepts.' i The Report assumes that No Man Is an Island, whereas science and corn-iro- n knowledge tells us that Every Man is' an Island, and a very mysterious one. The Summary comes down hard for a social monolith, whereas th way of life is that of irrepressible nationalism, parochial, individualism and jealously-guarded customs, faiths, ambitions and preferences of association. This is a Report by an appointive group which has no responsibility for carrying out its recommendations. Thus It is bound to differ, and it does, from findings on the same subject by elective and professional investigators. For example, the Kerner Commis- - V the so called "Great Society" are getting entirely out of hand. The article stated that a number of children in the headstart program in Springville had been to a teauty shop for "the works." It said that this was the first time any of the children had ever been inside a beauty shop. The; are plenty of other girls much older than four who also have never been inside a beauty shop. Is this the standard by which our society determines poverty? In Lynndyl, Utah, every child is enrolled in the headstart program. These children are not "underprivileged." There are not enough children who are from poverty circumstances to fill the classes, so these children have been enrolled to fill the gap. I know of another instance where the children of a divorc-- sion's account of the Newark riot says g the . . . was the work of youngsters," that "the only shot fired" in the beginning was by a nervous young guardsman at an imaginary sniper and that "nevertheless" there were soon two columns of guardsmen and state troopers firing at a housing project where "they believed were snipers." Newark's Mayor Addonizio gave a different version. He told the Commission last August that "police restraint, which had been the policy, was no longer an option," And he added: is that "The first ieality to face rioting has acquired a kind of legitiis a turn in American life macy thst must be rebuffed and rebuffed sharply." The Commission finds the Cambridge (Md.) riot triggered by whits people, but the Cambridge police chief was on the spot and saw it just the other way. By United Press International The Kerner Commission finds no "orSTOCKHOLM-T- he Swedish ganized plan" in the 1367 disturbances, government, in a but the McClellan committee finds a statement, blaming the United lot of planning. The Kerner Commission States for failing to end the calls for massive increase in all the Vietnam War: programs, but Congress "The United States can only has not found these programs to be hold the prospect of a war either penurious or very productive. prolonged for years and years, Much that the Kerner Report sets which must entail additional forth is beyond dispute, but is also sacrifices of human lives." sadly stale. It is no revelation for the WASHINGTON-P- ost country to be told that its Negro popumaster lation is deficient in education employGeneral Lawrence F. O'Brien, a ment and income. But the conclusions top aide to President Kennedy, drawn, the philosophy evolved and tne in a speech in which he said he remedies set forth are unacceptable in never contemplated resigning logic, and therefore ineffectual. when the former President's The white majority has already done brother announced he would so much to alleviate the Negro misoppose Johnson: fortunes that it cannot be expected to "You do not serve unless receive the chastisement of this Report loyal." with equanimity. It's hard to believe that 11 intelligent persons would recomWASHINGTON Sen. Robert mend that Amsrica change itself to F. Kennedy, describing Presaccommodate the Negro minority. ident Johnson's program It's the Negro, of course, who must to rebuild the ghettoes: "It was designed to look good change if he's to live happily in the American environment oil the books." four-year-o- ld ... ON THE KASHMIR BORDER, PAKISTAN (NEA)-Stann war, one on this disputed land, cause of the 1965 wonders if it had not been better for the United States to have spent more effort and ingenuity in solving international disputes and less money supplying arms that one friend might use against another. Remembering the 1965 war with India, the Pakistani fear U.S. arms supplied to India for defense against Red China may be used by New Delhi in a future war with Pakistan. The PaHs-lafind it difficult to torsive us for this. U.S. arms sent to the Pakistani for defense against Red China were used to fight the Indians in 1965. This won us no friends in New Delhi. The Kashmir question has been festering for almost two decades. Most of the inhabitants are Pakistani; most of the area is ruled by India. The United Nations has been ineffective in finding a solution. The Pakstani and Indians are also at loggerheads about water from rivers that run from India into East Pakistan. Pakistani officials say Indian water diversion projects on the upper regions of some of these rivers may make farming of East Pakistan. h difficult in So long as these great sores Kashmir and the East Pakistan river problems remain unhealed, U.S. aid to India is regarded with great suspicion by the Pakistani. For Pakistans these days is more worried about India's troops than those of any other country. Her top military men believe Red China is at present unable to invade Pakistan. n These problems are an open invitation for Red Chinese meddling. When the Pakistan armies were fighting the Indians, the Pakistani gave the Red Chinese credit for holding a crucial China border. number of Indian units tied to the India-Re- d "These units might have enabled the Indians to overcome us," says one Pakistan general. "Naturally, we are grateful. "We were allied to you. We were close. We were even stronger than you in our hatred of communism. Yet you gave arms to our enemies:" If the United States could persuade the Cambodian and and mutually South Vietnamese governments to demarcate would be is there it common their borders, likely guarantee more Cambodian cooperation in this war. If the United State? over the past decade had put more work into solving the problems of the Arab refugees, in securing agreement on free passage through major straits and canals and in getting Egyptian-Israe- li agreement on permanent n war might have been borders, the recent ' ' - India-Pakista- Mail Bail Programs Are 'Out of Hand' ... A one-sixt- Feels Some Great Society "rock-throwin- hT nl gjj A Believer In One Society j ding more rapidly or (is the c&ss cf Shreveport, La.) decreased less rapidly than the white population. "The concentration of whites in the suburbs and Negroes in the central cities is continuing," they write. At the same time, the "indices cf racial residential segregation" have generally increased. The combination, they conclude with reserve, "has greatly intensified the problems of segregation and desegregation Editor Herald: of neighborhoods, locals, local inRecently, an article appearstitutions and schools." ed in the Herald mat has The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders put it prompted me to express my views on the alarming situation more vividly: that is developing here in Amen "Our nation is moving toward one black, one two societies ka. I believe that the programs of white separate and unequal." Typical City Rioter Isn't India, Pakistan : India-Pakista- year. Holmes Alexandei j New Policy Needed Cities' Hard Facts in Black, Whit Tiiw big news of the I D00 census was the decline 'of the cities at the expense of the suburbs. That trend is continuing. Writing in Science magazine, two sociologists, Reynolds Farley of the University of Michigan and Karl E. Taeuber of the University of Wisconsin, analyzed special census date for IS cities Buffalo, Clevelanld, Des Moines, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Greensboro, Louisville, Memphis, Providence, Raleigh, Rochester, Sacramento and Shreveport. They found that seven of the 13 experienced ' a decline in total as much as 10 per population cent in Providence and Buffalo. But in each city, South as well as North, the Negro population grew standards and tying them closer to the central government, Also fled tc '.he cities. As of Match 1 only so nething over 300 of 555 such teams were at their posts. In one of the "seriously" hit areas, around Phan Thiet, in Binh Thuan Province, the Viet Cong reportedly have moved in to fill the vacuum, taking over hamlet governments and collecting taxes. How widely this has happened is not known. Ray Cromiey -- , the cities. South Vietnamese pacification teams, which do the work cf trying to raise hamlet living cam- another, we must pay for what we buy. It is a sobering tjsson to Americans who have been riding a generally buoyant tide of pros-- 1 perity for at least 25 years, if the war years are included, and in almost every one of those years racking up new and higher federal deficits. It ought to be a particularly sobering lesson to the politicians who must give an accounting to the American people this election a series of attacks against South Vietnam's cities. In many cases, the Viet Cong bypassed the hamlets to get at the cities. In the process, however, some 1! of 51 South Vietnamese army battalions pcificat' r. programs ir. the hamlets were moved to protect mainly Quotes In The News ed mother were enrolled in this program. The mother was receiving welfare and thought nothing of hiring a babysitter so that she could spend the night in another town with a friend. There are many parents who have to think twice about paying a baby sitter for an occasional night out to see a movie, and believe me, their children are not considered "underprivileged"! Too many people are content to sit back and let the government take care of them and their families. These poverty programs just make it easier for them to be lazy. The middle class people are the ones Their money is who riffer. taken in taxes to be given to people who are either too lazy to help themselves or who really do not need aid. I am aware that this letter does not apply to all cases. There are exceptions to everything. What I am saying is this. Let's take a closer look at where our money is going. Let's not be content to complain only to each other. Let us as American citizens write to our representatives in Washington and express our views on these matters. It may do some good. Sue Wilkey 1380 E. Provo 520 S. Today In itter-nation- History Israeli-Egyptia- By United Press International Today is Thursday, March 21, the 81st day of 1968 with 285 to follow. The moon is in its last The morning star is Venus. The evening stars are Mars and Jupiter. On this day in history: In 1790, Thomas Jefferson of Virginia became the first Secretary of State. In 1918, American and German soldiers engaged in the World War I battle of the Somme. In 1945, some 7,000 allied planes dropped more than 12,000 tons of bombs on Germany in a daytime raid. Premier In Soviet 1962, Krushchev pledged that Russia would cooperate with America in peaceful exploration of space. for the day: A thought Norwegian poet Henrick Ibsen said, "Marriage is a thing you've got to give your whole mind to." "forum rules Mtr 0 rem HtnM wtcwnt rttocrt. PImm rati ttWM ruiM: Ltnglli limit, UO ward. Slgintur M idOtMi rtqulrtd. Howew, H contributor reountt. nly WHolo - with ctrwlft noed bt publiihtd xccpttoni. Includint Wtm political In nature or In which accuMtlora ar In luch charges ere made tun, full name end addreM mutt bt uxd. lettera No unsigned (enonymoui) Preference will will be considered. be given letters which ar thort end The Herald retervet typewritten the right to edit or relect totters which are too long, not In good teste, potentially llBelout, or which oonlaln ctetementt derogatory to any race, religion or cried. BY JAMES O. BERRY BERRY'S WORLD e anti-pover- ty Paul Harvey Hi 'X A Should Keep The Foe Guessing U. S. The turnout for "peace candidate" Eugene McCarthy in New Hampshire has staggered President Johnson. He should have seen it coming. Just a week previous, the Gallup Poll bad reported 49 of Americans now believe we have blundered and should never have be: come involved in Vietnam., In a reportoral career which now spans three major wars, I have never heard such overt and unanimous opposition to any American military involve- ment. It ranges from vexation to vituperation and sometimes violence. Never in our e have the people been so generally opposed to what their government is doing. Wars, historically, have been characterized by an Red, White and Blue response. The reaction to this one is so vehemently negative that the President is subjected to public slurs of unprecedented government-of-the-peopl- all-ou- t, viciousness. On the season's TV program, a folk singer sang, ". . . and the big fool says to push on." Demonstrators chant and print on picket signs, "LBJ., L.B.J., how many kids did you kill today?" In the sanctify of the White House, the President's wife is confronted by a prominent invited guest with a scathing indictment of "our invasion of top-rate- d Vietnam." The President's public ap' pearances are limited mostly to military bases and the itinto erary kept super-secravoid embarrassing, possibly dangerous, mob scenes. Never has the foreign policy leader of the Congress, the chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee, been so diametrically opposed to the foreign policy leadership of the President. Never hav military men been more conspicuously impatient with the ground rules imposed by their Commander et ' "Just os I suspected-yo- u're 1W (rr NEA, Ik. a COLD SPECULATOR!" i. al in Chief. The White House reacts anThe Presldtnt says, grily. "Americans should stop chewing on themselves!" The secretary of state, counters a reporter's question with, "Whose side are you on!" The Administration insists that this public opposition to the war is encouraging the enemy. Is it not more likely that our "predictability" is what com this forts and encourages enemy? We persist in reassuring the Reds that we will not use nuclear weapons, we will not bomb fat targets. We will just stand there and bleed. Russia has managed to intimidate the world by keeping us all guessing as to when or whether she might drop So should we. Or, if we lack the stomach for a real war, let's give up, break off, come home. Anything in between is unworthy of our sons. POTENTIAL NEW YORK of (UPI)-Sa- les potentiometers and precision pressure transducers reached an estimated record high of million in 1967, around $160 million in 1966, according to an about -- 180 compared with electronics manufacturer. Because of increasing need and precision electronics ir. proreliability ducts, sales of these items could be close to $200 million in 1968, says Herbert H. Adise, president of Computer Instruments for greater Corp., Hempstead, N.Y. POULTRY PROGRESS ELK RIVER, Minn. (UPD-Pou- ltry at the researchers a research farm here say it took 14 weeks and 18 pounds of feed to produce a frying chicken in 1933. Today, thanks to better feeds, better management and more efficient chickens, it takes oniy 8 weekj and 7.5 pounds of feed. Cargill-Nutren- The opinions and abatements expressed by Hirald columnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect ft views oi this news piper. ' |
