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Show Page HERALD, Provo. Utah, Monday, October 20, 1980 14-- THE What the Herald thinks, what the columnists say and what our readers think Opinions 0 The Herald Comments Allen More power to Gov. Scott Matheson for taking on Air Force Chief of Staff Lew Allen Jr. for his statements implying that Utah will have no more to say about whether or how the MX missile will be deployed in Utah. "That Congress and the Public will be placed in a position of having to decide about MX deployment with seriously biased information." The Air Force has proposed deploying 200 of the Matheson last Wednesday said General Allen's jf remarks at the recent 1980 In letter a least, the Russians to tell wouldn't be able where a missile actually is stored and thus would be hampered in any efforts to knock out our arsenal in a to William Perry, Matheson said the general's com- tion. This provision is simular to the successful California "Jarvis Amendment 13." Do you remember the threats that were made in to California by their politicians Then etc? off of firemen, police, lay the special interest groups like the Teachers Union, made their doomsday predictions. Well, California didn't bust like New York did! Most of the costs of governments and school districts are locked in by programs. A yes vote on tax limitation will prevent acceptance of these If such programs are Erograms. ability of local governments or school districts to pay, they will either have to scale down or scrap it. Just like you do at home. We on a local level, do not need all these state and federal programs. Government and schools will spend as much money as they can get! We need limitation on revenue. The bottom line is: Do you want a bigger pay check? Then vote yes. If you vote no, the government will tax it out of your pay check before you get it. Remember, if you don't vote at all, it will be the same as a no vote. You will be telling the politicians mat you like paying more taxes. Vernon Baugh 1673 S. 270 W. Orem Religious Word Clarified Editor, Herald: We would like to try to clear up any misunderstanding the Morris's and perhaps others seem to have regarding our group Americans for Preserving Our Religious Heritage and our purpose. We had stated that we desired to have "devotional" assemblies in the schools before or after school, focusing on our nation's religious heritage. Perhaps that word "devotional" does suggest "religious practices and indoctrinations of a particular religion or sect." These would clearly be prohibited by our Constitution for a separation of church and state. It is definitely not our intention to start such and henceforth we will not use that word. We only want to present our nation's history as it really was from the mouths of those who made it. Our children must learn of the great "faith of our fathers." They stressed continually that the state must be kept separate from any particular church but the state must never be separated from God. They warned that our civilization could not survive unless each generation was taught those truths of fundamental religion on which the nation was founded and that no education can be separated from that. George Washington in his Farewell Address said: "Of all., .habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths.. .in courts of self-evide- nt justice. And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." The Founding Fathers who wrote the First Amendment guarantee of freedom for religion made it very clear that religious matters should be decided at the local level and that the national government should have no power to disturb these local decisions. Although our group does not challenge the 1962 court decision on school prayer (we only want to resent historical facts), it should E e noted that that decision did take our important freedom of religion out of local jurisdiction and give another awesome power to the federal government. Sen. Jesse Helms authored a bill that passed the Senate which would largely restore the situation that existed before the 1962 Supreme Court decision. The framers of the First Amendment would have been the most astonished at the Court's 1962 interpretation. The same day in 1789 that Congress approved the Bill of Rights, they voted to proclaim "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God." George Washington thereupon issued the first which they can discuss issues of broad community interest and importance. In that spirit. The Daily Herald welcomes letters to "Feedback" un any subject of broad community interest. Letters should be typewritten, double-space- d and not exceed 400 words about a page and a half of typewritten, double-spacecopy The length limit will be enforced strictly. Without exception, every letter must be signed in Ink with the writer's full name, home address and phone number. Phone numbers won't be published. Names can be withheld for good reason, but only after personal consultation with the editor. 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As nearly as possible, all letters which meet the above requirements will be published in the order they are received. letters may be although handwritten delayed for typing, and letters which exceed the length limit or otherwise violate the stated policy may be returned to the writers for correction or revision. alternatives and lead ultimately to less capability will not be o unsatisfactory costly, MX at greater cost." analyzed. Allen also said "the time for debate regarding MX is past, the search for alternatives is over." The Herald cannot argue with the urgency of the need to find a successor to d apserious, most of one of the praisal important studies toward that end is foolish. open-minde- Secondly, we must our rapidly aging Titan Missile arsenal which will prevent the Russians from gaining the first-strik- e capability our defense analysts belisve they will gain by the early 1980s if we don't act. The Herald even finds it hard to disagree with the racetrack basing mode concept. But any sensible person would have to disagree with General Allen's attitude on two counts. First, even proponents of what everyone agrees is the largest public works project ever undertaken by man should be hesitant to enter into it without a full examination of all its ramifications and potential pitfalls. To dismiss a resolve the question of how much freedom and how much of a way of life two states should be required to sacrifice for the benefit of 50. It would seem wiser from both a defense standpoint and a political standpoint to deploy the missiles over a wider area even if it does cost a little more. The Russians' potential targets would be more widely dispersed, and if the economic benefits to be realized by host states are as great as the Air Force contends they are, more states should be able to share in them. The Herald hopes Governor Matheson's letter to Dr. Perry will promote an effort to jar General Allen out of his understandable but nonetheless dangerous tunnel vision. Broadsides It Congress Can to envy the congressmen. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to pull down 160,000 a year and be able to drop whatever you were doing no matter how important it might be to the people who hired you and run off to other more worldy pursuits whenever you wanted to? However, my fuming about the more obvious and immediate consequences of Congress' failure to resolve the important problems got the better of me last night when it combined its effects with my wife's fabulous barbecue sauce. By BEN HANSEN Herald Managing Editor When Congress adjourned early this month, its members left half of its major work undone. When the lawmakers left to purto new two-yesue terms, they left an impressive array of measures unresolved from the two-yeterms. come back after the to They plan elections for a lameduck session to act on all the issues they didn't have courage enough to handle before the election. Amid the rubble of undecided matters are the second budget resolution with its vote on a budget deficit, the revision of the criminal code, the fair housing bill, the environmental "superfund" bill, three different versions of a tax cut and the health manpower authorization ar In my dyspeptic dream I realized the full horror of what could happen in our country if all of us in private industry adopted the same blissful detachment from our compelling responsibilities that seem to have overtaken far too many of our elected officials. bill. When those of us who I found myself at my usual spot in the Herald newsroom in the usual state of near panic that prevails at are a little and believe that those we elect to office should provide us with a psoitive example of efficiency industriousness get over our initial displeasure at this spectacle of fumbling, you almost have deadline. "Rod, I called across the newsroom to the Herald's intrepid police reporter, "where's the story on the gas station robbery last night. So Can We Rod? Now where did he go?" "Didn't he tell you?" asked City Editor Robert McDougall with characteristic Australian reserve. VTell me what?" "That the fish are really biting on the Provo River now. He's gone up to try his luck while the getting's good." "Doesn't he know we have a deadline coming up in 10 minutes?" "Of course, but what's that got to do with it when the fish are biting? I'll see you later." "Now where are you going?" "! remised Sonia I'd plow the garden under today and put up the storm windows." "But.. .but.. .you haven't got the last local page done yet." "So, the wrath of my wife is far more imposing," McDougall said as he finished putting on his jacket. He left. "Well DarreU," I said to News Editor Darrell Berhkeimer, "it looks as though the last local news page becomes a national news page. What do we have to put in it?" "I'm sure you'll find something," Berkheimer said blissfully. "I'll find something?" . "Right. I'm going deer hunting. One of my sheepherder friends just called to tell me a herd of deer moved into the hills above where he's running his sheep." "But we have a newspaper to put out." "So what? If Congress can do it, why can't we?" "Uh...well..!uh," I fumbled, but before I could finish, Berkheimer had slung his hunting rifle over his shoulder and stalked out of the newsroom. "Hansen!" bellowed Composing Room Foreman Charlie Zumwalt, the Herald's answer to Don Rickles. "We've got a paper to put out! Where's the rest of those pages." "Probably on my desk," I said blissfully. "Well, why don't you get them off your desk and back here so we can put a paper out?" "I'm sure you'll find some way to get it done,' I said as I put on my jacket, "but McDougall tells me the fish are biting on the Provo River right now, so I think I'll just pull a congressman and go see for myself." Robert J. Wag man ill Modest Senate Gains for GOP - WASHINGTON (NEA) poses of organizing the Senate.) To gain control of the next Senate, the Republicans will need nine more seats if Vice President George Bush is on hand to break ties or 10 more seats if Walter Mondale wins a second term. Of the 34 seats being contested this year, 24 are currently Democratic and 10 are Republican. The GOP plan was to hold onto all of the seats it now has, pick up one or two seats being vacated by Democrats Repub- licans had high hopes earlier this year of becoming the majority party in the U.S. Senate when the 97th Congress convenes next January. Now it appears that they will gain a few seats in November but will still fall considerably short of Senate control. Currently the Democrats hold 59 Senate seats to the Republicans' 41. (Independent Harry Byrd of Virginia is considered a Democrat for pur Thanksgiving Day Proclamation. Thelma Thomas Americans for Preserving Our Religious Heritage P.O. Box 920 Orem About Letters "Feedback" is intended to provide Daily Herald readers with an open forum natives regarding in fielding the MX," General Allen is quoted as saying, "will jeopardize national security, provide a rash of "That serious alter- state and federal mandated attack. e "Further delay en- vironmental impact statement is nothing but a hollow exercise." Time to Cut Our Taxes Editor, Herald: Is food a luxury? Then why should there be a tax on food? They don't tax water. Man needs both to live. Is government for the people or for the politicians? How many times have you asked, "Why do I have to pay so much in taxes?" This Nov. 4th, when you vote, if you vote, you can vote yes to stop taxing food. You can cut your taxes even more if you vote yes on Initiative Proposal B, Tax Limita- first-strik- ments: "Imply an attitude that Feedback shellgame. Missiles would be shuttled among the shelters by huge trucks, and theoretically at Undersecretary of Defense the forthcoming bal- on grandiose merce were inappropriate and "damaging to national security." Q76 new-generati- listic missiles in hardened shelters along "raceways" in Utah and Nevada in a convention of the Air Force Association in Washington and later to the Rapid City, S.D., Chamber of Com1 Views Questionable MIX or who who did not seek were defeated in primaries, and score big gains against a group of liberal Democrats from increasingly conservative states. That plan looked good on paper in August But now it does not appear likely to work in November. Why not? For one thing, the Republicans are having difficulty retaining the 10 contested seats that they already hold. The primary defeat of New York's Jacob Javits makes it likely that the Democratic' candidate, Rep. Elizabeth Holtz-mawill win that Republican seat n, With the possible exception of a win in Connecticut by Republican James Buckley, it appears unlikely that Republicans will gain any more seats currently occupied by retiring Democrats. So, the party's victories in these open races will at best counterbalance the losses of seats that it now holds. Paul Harvey A A woman's place is at Woman's Pace Crimes against women increased home! 13.2 percent. The Supreme Court has so decreed. The Supreme Court will deny it. But it's true. A woman's place is in her home and she should stay locked in! Females are told from their earliest teens until the day they die do not leave the house unescorted at night. And there is no way that any Equal Rights Amendment can undo what the courts have already done Return criminals to the streets so that women must remain locked indoors. Crime last year increased 9.1 After every heinous sex crime police announce that "known sex criminals are being rounded up for questioning." Public admission that ' 'known sex criminals" have the freedom of the streets. In the city any woman homebound from work after dark is likely to be if they see her stopped by police do. before the So rigid is this unwritten curfew for women that the law assumes any woman on the street after dark is a prostitute or is asking to be raped. Historically, our country did all it could do, culturally and con- -' stitutionally, to provide "freedom night-stalke- .;" , rs at Home? for all." Now, because of curtailment of police powers and the leniency of our courts, half our population has its freedom abridged. The female half of our population is told it must stay indoors once the sun goes down. The inequity is worldwide. Three years ago German women, resentful of this unofficial curfew, held a public demonstration under the banner: "Take back the night!" Since then similar marches in Italy and Britain and Canada and at have vented least one in Chicago the righteous anger of women over this flagrant sex discrimination. Yet the woman raped is still told by the policerrwn, "You shouldn't have been out alcne at night." The woman raped is required by the court to "show legitimate reason" for being where she was when it happened. Women are arming themselves with weapons, legally and otherwise. If that seems an uncivilized there isno longer response anything "civilized" about the asphalt jungle. However ... It is in the courts that women lost their equal rights and in the courts (hat those rights must be They can start by scorekeeping on the leniency of the judiciary. (e) lKtt Ln Alleles ' Times Syidkate re-wo-n. |