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Show Thursday, October 21. Opinions 1982 THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. The Herald, its readers, syndicated columnists and - Page S3 "mi cartoonists discuss vital issues The Daily Herald Comments lh eyes Laud Jhm Hlhde$ "We are told that in the days of ancient many colleagues participated recently in a House "special order" which amounted to a Rome everyone said how beautifully Cicero spoke. But when Demosthenes spoke, the people said, 'Let us march.'" And so it is with John J. Rhodes. He was never combined eulogy of Rhodes. Still another Arizonan, GOP Rep. Eldon Rudd.directed the series of short tributes. Rhodes in 1952 be- a spellbinding orator; but when he talked, people listened. That's quite a tribute came the first Republican ever elected to the House from Arizona and is currently completing his 15th consecutive term. He is one of five congressmen who have served continuously for three decades. The other four are Reps. Thomas to the U. S. Representative from Arizona who will retire from Con- gress after 30 years of service when his term ends in January! It was given by fellow Arizona Congressman Morris K. Udall. Rhodes is a Republican; Udall a Democrat, indicative of P. O'Neill, s., speaker of the House; Edward P. Boland, William H. s.; the bipartisan spirit as D-K- y., "The Futile their property. The destruction of property became so bad that he moved a mobile home on the site until he could build. The Utah County Needs Friends of Both Sexes Editor Herald: In reference to Wednesday's article in the "Today" section on fidelity in marriage, it states that "if you want to avoid unfaithfulness in your marriage, you ought to avoid having friends of the opposite sex." I strongly disagree with this attitude. I'll be the first to admit that a man and woman shouldn't let themselves get intothe situation where they could be unfaithful to their spouse. But I strongly believe that we all need friends, whether male or female and, I'm of the opinion that friends of the opposite sex can enrich one's life greatly. How can we even exist in this world with the attitude that a person of the opposite sex can only cause lustful feelings and infidelity? I believe it takes mature people to be friends after you're married. And there are guidelines that must be followed. Some of my best friends are men and I learn a great deal from men; I admire and respect them. It seems to me it's putting ourselves on the level of animals if we don't believe in ourselves enough to control our thoughts and passions! We're all on this boat together. We're all brothers and sisters. We must be faithful to our marriage partners, but we need to learn how to be friends. Jean Jeppson Anderson Orem Editor, Herald: I wish to express my sincere and heart-fe- lt appreciation to all those wonderful people who have made the passing of my husband, Kirk Schade, more bearable. My heart has been touched by the kind generosity of so many people, many I don't even know, who have made financial contributions that have helped to ease our burden. Kind expressions of concern and sympathy have come to us in so many ways. On behalf of my children and myself, I offer my sincerest gratitude for all these sweet gestures of sympathy. Sincerely Lara Schade Nicole Pyper Spencer Whitney Tallia 1633 S. 165 W. Orem About Opinions The Dailv Herald attempts to stimulate healthy discussion ol all sides of important public issues through the Opinions" Page a by taking stands as newspaper issues, by on community publishing varied commentaries from staff and syndicated columnists and by providing a public forum in the Feedback column Comments published on this page under The Herald headline represent the official editorial policy ol The Uailv Herald as determined by an editorial board comprising the editor ne publisher, managing editor, ntv editor nt other members of the editorial slall Columns published under the names of individual columnists represent only the opinions ol the individual writers and not necessarily the official editorial polic y of The Daily Herald Letters to "Feedback." likewise, represent the opinions of the individual writers and not necessarily the olficial policv ol The Daily Herald The Herald Ircqucntlv will publish columns and letters which conlliti with viewpoints expressed "under "The Herald It does so in the Comments npirit of giving its readers a balanced presentation ol viewpoints on all issues titioners of "old tricks" by lawmakers such as impassioned oratory for many ways during years of one-par- ty control. L. "holding the line on spending" while voting for every expensive program, and approving the big spending bills but refusing to vote to raise the debt ceiling. Rhodes says he's relieved he no longer is leading the House Republicans, noting that he too often found himself wanting to go one direction while his "troops" favored another. As a recent example, he mentioned the three-yea- r 25 percent tax cut passed last year. His philosophy is that the budget should be balanced before taxes are cut. While the Arizonan was minority leader-- a post from which he voluntarily retired in 1981- -a Washington reporter described him as "a deg termined fellow" whose ious hard-workin- "infect- an boy spirit rallies his Republicans as a coach would rally an underdog football team.'! Long after Rhodes leaves Congress, he will be remembered in that also in other image-b- ut ways. For example, as a master of the legislative process, a lawmaker who put the good of America first, and as a gentleman and diplomat respected by colleagues of all political faiths as y well as the people represented. hedi-rectl- Christensen Ironsides' 1 85 Years Old assignments. What ship "slid down the ways" at the Boston Navy Yard Oct. 21, 1797, became famous in U. S. naval history, and today after 185 years is the "oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world"? If you guessed "Old Ironsides," you are absolutely corOld Ironsides, of course, is the nickname for the frigate USS Constitution, one of the first six warships authorized by Congress in 1794 while George Washington was president of the young United States of America. The Constitution has lived a charmed life since the sailing vessel was "put to sea" in 1798 in the undeclared naval war with the French. She served as flagship for Commodore Edward Preble in the War with Tripoli; as an invincible mainstay in the War of 1812, and in numerous subsequent wartime and peacetime In her captain's cabin, peace treaties were signed and world dignitaries en- tertained. rect. 44-g- - Thrice she escaped being destroyed as unseaworthy when public sentiment came to the rescue. After several renovations, the historic old frigate is now a tourist attraction, moored in Charleston Navy Yard at Boston adjacent to the USS Constitution Museum. Beginning in 1979, the vessel's annual turnaround cruise date was fixed for the Fourth of July so she could fire "the national salute" in celebration of America's birthday of freedom. Whence the name Old Ironsides? The Constitution, of course, had no metal armor plate. But hull was built her of live oak whose resilient toughness withstood enemy bombardment well. The story is told that during an historic duel in the War of 1812, shots from the British frigate Guerriere "made no impression on the victorious Constitution's outside planking, but fell into the sea." hereupon a British sailor shouted, "Huzza! Her sides are made of iron!" First adjudged unseaworthy in 1830, the Constitution came face to face with retirement. But a classic poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes entitled "Old Ironsides" aroused such popular feeling that money was allocated for rebuilding her in 1833. From 1835 to 1855, the Constitution made numerous voyages, including a trip around the world in 1844-4- 5 covering 52,279 miles in 495 days at sea. For many years she was used as a naval training ship and there were intermittent periods when she was idle. By now a symbol of the pride, heritage and traditions of the U. S. Navy, Old Ironsides observed her Centennial in 1897 in Boston where she was born. But in 1905 she was threatened again with retirement because of rotting timbers. Public pressure helped bring about a partial renovation. Plans for a complete restoration, dependant on public support, were announced in 1925. Private donors-includ- ing school children who brought pennies, nickles and dimes "to save Old Ironsides"--contribute- d $712,000. Congress allocated the balance for the $983,000 rebuilding project. (The vessel's original cost was only (302,718.) The "sentimental journey" a tour of U. S. that followed seaports from Portland, Me. to Seattle, Wash, via the Panama Canal and back to Boston-start- ed July 2, 1931. Four million people viewed the ship. The Constitution's last overhaul came in 1973-7putting her in shape for America's Bicentennial. Will she be around for her own 200th birthday in 1997? Never count Old Ironsides out! 6, Jack Anderson Panel Sees Panel probes CIA link to Egyptian arms shippers By JACK ANDERSON WASHINGTON -Two intriguing questions remain to be answered in the curious award of an exclusive, multimillion-dollar contract to ship U.S. arms to Egypt: How did the company, Egyptian American Transport and Services Corp. (EATSCO) hit CIA upon a former high-levofficial, Thomas Clines, as its president? And was the former Egyptian defense minister and head of intelligence, Kamal Hassan Ali, now foreign minister, correct in saying that high-levCIA and Pentagon officials pressured the Egyptian government to choose EATSCO as the shipping contractor? A federal grand jury in Virginia is looking into these very questions. My associates Dale Van Atta and Indy Badhwar have been chasing this story for more than a year. I sent Van Atta to Egypt, Israel and Lebanon to follow up leads. Our investigation makes one el el Thanks All for Kindnesses time he wrote the book, Capitol Hill had 16,000 employees and a budget of more than $414 million. Sham in Congress has been a major annoyance for Rhodes. He has had critical words for prac- the legislative process and charged that it lost vitality and suffered in 40 bur- lion, whereas at the to Unchain Conand make the sysgress tem work again." In it he took a critical look at nearly di- geoning growth of government by pointing out that when he entered Congress in 1953, the combined staff of House and Senate totaled 4,500 with a combined opera-torin- g budget of $42 mil- System-Ho- w Planners Use Unfair Tactics Utah County Planning and Zoning Commission are attempting to run and dominate the building and zoning within the county, using tactics that resemble Gestapo methods. They are making arbitrary rulings and attempting to intimidate land owners. My son and his family own an acre of land east of Salem, where he has kept livestock and farm machinery. They have had animals shot and their property vandalized. They have been attempting to obtain a building permit so they could live on rectness. He illustrated the two-part- N. Planning and Zoning people not only have refused to grant the permit, but the have also been abusive and now have filed a criminal action suit against him. My son has bought and paid for a Salem City water hook-u- p and has an approved septic tank system. He has invested a great deal of time and money in this property and certainly deserves the right to remain there. There are hundreds of people within our county who are having the same experience with these people. I think that it's time for land and property owners to let these people know that we still live in America, that we have rights, and that they have a job with the county because we granted it. Having granted the job, we as employers can also remove a cancer that we find in our employ. Don C. Barney P.O. Box 463 Salem Rhodes' candor and D-N.- C. Feedback Editor, Herald: According to your Sept. 29 article, "Young Attorney Battles Violators," we now have a knight in shining armor who has come to the county's rescue. Sterling Sainsbury and the The book typified and L. Natcher, H. Fountain, O'Neill called Rhodes "one of the great Republican Party leaders of all time ... the toughest opponent I have faced." Fountain referred to him as "a Doer with a capital 'D.'" A strong believer in a y vibrant sysin au1976 Rhodes tem, book a thored entitled, thing clear: Questions about EATSCO's previous incarnation, a Geneva-base- d firm with no previous experience in shipping, were raised in Congress, the Pentagon and Egypt. As a result, the company's Egyptian president, Hussein Salem, transformed it into EATSCO. Salem, a former military intelligence officer, asked an American with important connections to join him as a partner, buying in for $50,000. The offer was turned down, and somehow Gines became Salem's next choice. He accepted. A former Salem associate said Clines was chosen because the Egyptian was impressed by Clines' background as director of training for the CIA's clandestine services, "I think foreigners all believe our movie; about the CIA," the former associate explained. "They think the CIA is twice as powerful as it is can do a lot of things that the newspapers say. Another source, a businessman who was riding in Clines' "old rattletrap car" in September 1979, shortly after the former CIA official had become EATSCO president, recounted Clines' own puzzlement at his sudden good fortune. "When we were driving down the street," the businessman re Link CIA-Egy- pt called, "he said, 'I don't know how I got this job. All of a sudden, you know, I'm offered this job.'" The businessman, who has ties himself to the intelligence community, said: "I know how he got the job. It was that CIA thing and they (Salem) pulled him into the deal." According to the first source, after my columns on EATSCO a year ago, Salem considered Clines so much excess baggage. "He bought him out and got rid of him," the former Salem associate said. As for the second question, Egyptian sources said that both the late President Anwar Sadat e President Hosni and Mubarak were told by Ali that the Egyptian government had no g choice but to give the contract to EATSCO. "The minister of defense (Ali) insisted that the American authorities were pushing and pressing on getting the contract for Clines," one Egyptian source said. Asked exactly what then-Vic- arms-shippin- "American authorities," the source said Ali alleged that "the Pentagon and CIA were insisting on getting the contract for this Mr. Clines ..." CIA Mubarak, incidentally, is regarded as personally incorruptible, and apparently was not involved in the contract award. As for the minister, ex-age- then-defen- Ghazala, and Mubarak's Gen. Mounir Sabet, who heads Egyptian military procurement in Washington, they were following Ali's Abu brother-in-la- orders when they helped EATSCO's predecessor company get the shipping contract. After repeated attempts by my associates to interview EATSCO officials, a company spokesman produced a state ment that said, "The customer (Egypt) is satisfied with EATSCO's performance and charges, including all profits, which are below the limits permitted by its contract." The company's costs were less than "private sector competitors performing similar services," he said. "EATSCO believes that at all times it has complied with applicable U.S. laws," the spokesman said. "EATSCO has cooperated in this matter and is confident it will be favorably resolved.", (MORE) , |
