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Show i yg W irv wr w w ryy irf,rl,w',ir.yi s ' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Take Your Time, Enjoy Scenery SHALL Wfc MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1964 The Choice every, time an irapor-tapolitical campaign rolls around, there are those who think the Deseret News should endorse one party or one candidate over the other. So that there may be no misunderstanding during the' current campaign, . it should be known that: JUST-ABOU- , The Deseret News, as a matter of refrains from ena dorsing any candidate or party of long standing. practice The Deseret News also makes a careful effort to accord fair, equal treatment in its pages to the two major political parties and their can- i didates. vi ery election in the firm conviction that--thination derives its strength and freedom in large measure byjlepend- ing on the consent of the governed. eolumn-istsrepresenti- perience, we believe that truth ultimately will triumph over error whenever the two are allowed to compete openly. Fourth, we are convinced that even One Item Left Out left cut oner: Mr: Drummonds' column-recentlitem for concern about 'the safety of thePresidont. He should have added, And please, Mr. President, , dont drive 85 mijes per hour, Oh the wrong side of the road,. going up hill, while drinking a glass .of y adhere to a particular par-w- e tisan viewpoint, can profitably study partys point of view, -- since derived not through igis strength norance but by full knowledge of op- opinions, if Tonly to ascertain who s ' Pearl beer. .WARD, HICKN? 2366 Sunnvside weaknesses, iheirstrengths-,an- ng ' the-oth- er ev-7- Fifth, we believe the candidates and policies of both parties merit By shunning blanket endorsements, it is easier to be objective in offering con-- . structive .criticism. the-wor- ld . By THE MISDEEDS of 3obby Baker .may fre "they are he-ginning to pale beside the .way' U.S. A Senate investigators , are" -- botching their job. The fact that the Baker probe lias been opened a second time shows that the investigation was bungled the first time. The fact that this second investigation has been given to the same Rides Committee which muffed the first one adicatesAosajLlheIeast-ahighl- y backed tiiat Senate .The fact the on his reL. McClellan Sen. John up fusal to let his Permanent lnvestiga- -' Baker tions Subcommittee tackle-the- . Rules in of the CQmmittee place probe questionable',practice. ti , is will white and it take much more than just speaking each others language to straighten out the mess the world is in. - "This" -- --? national shrines that perpetuate their spirit and purpose? health-restorin- vor makes it clear the inept handling of 1 nt . TRAVERSE FINALLY, the fact that so manydif- ficulties are being encountered makes it seem likely that the investi- gation would be better off in the hands of an independent body. How objective can any group, even the U.S. Senate, itself? . be' in investigating books'-they-lh- nation-ahfores- t - DICTIONARIES and history books are helpful. But we need a personal experience .to tell us not just more ' , "Words.- '- $175,000. ' .ever ave pub-- . lished. Blacklisting will never. be the same. OF THE greatest value is to have Harry and Bonaro - Overstreet speaking :out m their-4 new"book,The'Strange Arthur Larson . striking back ., " ty, sued four of the league members for $500,000. Such- suits are a commoh device of .the ex-treme right in order to intimi- from criticism 'and City, Mich., Find $ REMEMBER Henry Faulk?. He was-t- he -- young,. budding, talented radio and TV -- There lias been much controversy over the book, None Dare Call It Treason by John A. Stormer-- i Let me remind the readers of a basic message in the bookj communism is 3 grave threat to our coun-- is no doubt about that.) In order to com- try we must understand it. We must study, search the truth, find things out for ourselves, be Then, we must take action, become active in civic affairs and promote worthwhile . causes which defend the freedoms of our country The communism and is wanting them. I think he has made Some readers are for, . believe,- - some do not My us find out for ourselves. What We Must Know About are Communism,- and now-the- y telling us what we must know about the methods and purposes of the John Birch Society and to snuff it out. JtOLLINS W Ave. ZaufhoIOcpillmk'ejuOiriOEEJMgerel Tactics ed intellectuals in . Celling .. us.. date-peop- the League of Women Voters Recently publicly warned moth- ers and housewives about a lo- - - - ' - - us to do something about his point. some are against; some suggestion : Let each ot -- MARIAN RALP) Ogden (Editors note: With the publication of the above two letters the most recent in the great number published on this subject we declare the Stormer issue closed as far as these columns are ether extremists? n i4 concerned.) The Post Is At It Again Impossible To Review-YoBy ' dont .you, a friend-ask- ed pertly the other night, review your awn book? Or is that aif impossible task ? Pretty nearly impossible, I Why Yo-semi- VANCE-503-l- - -' Faulk has now put hisvicwhole experience and legal tory in Fear on Trial, which' Simon and Schuster consider one of the most important g headed by Arthur1 Larson, former director of the United States Information Agency under has launched. It will devote itself to the exposing and correcting principal errors currently propagated by radical reactionary organizations. - a ffw - L Mr. ' organization just-been- ofFaulk, awarding him - reduced to rom Ing n.i Americans: -t- hehaslidldhfIh-Id"-3ush-u,Tew-DR; senators. The fact that the Rules Committee, after being brought into the second finds Baker probe in itself unable to assemble a majority of its members because they are out campaigning with the net result that nothing will be done until after elee-- - A NEW 80 p and-foug- aamdges'trf' 83,1500,000 Here is whats happening: planned inadvanceS These include Yellowstone' Park, Zion, Bryce and Mount Rainier, Sequoia National Parks and Canyonlands to say nothing oP the areas many beautiful ." in these western-states, As Secretary podges says:- - te goodrThis'is in ht stood up court. And the court found in fa- - to. the Democratic prnc- - especially during an election year, time so important to our nation." In proposing his American Journey, Secretary Hodges urged a special pilgrimage to the shrines, both e and natural, our national heritage and give, . meaning to it. Where else, he asked can we recapture these meanings than at the. that-perpetua- is 'he ess.- - The secretarys suggestioilis an excellent idea. Here in the West, many of these inspirational attractions are - ne axeStandln, tactics of - the r extreme-rig- ht which has been soiling 'our so-in the cietv by smearing name of , anyone it disagrees with. The danger to our free institu- Jions does .not comebecause -- they are attacked, but because too many people remain silent and run Ior.cover. Today these, tactics are being challenged by able and influential Americans on several fronts publicly, politically, morally, legally, and intellectually. IF THATS DEMOCRACY, then up THE DESERET NEWS warmly applauds the recent suggestion by Lu- man-mad- half-truth- long-rang- 'The American Journey' Americans should. ther Hodges-th- at 'visitmationBhrinesmorrfrequently; D Perhaps' the most significant; Too Little7 Too Late" WHATEVER ROSCOE-DRUMMON- e event in 1964 .single,- will be the extent to which peo-Ipl- - down, black is read John Stormer's None Dare Call It Treason, may I suggest that readers keep a few points in mind.The authors misconceptions of Communist methods indicateheJsjiQ expert; many of his sources,: areno' better:Thiscareful compilation of facts an Arthur Godfrey cal Dan Smoot program by de- -, - performer impresses the reader with its 818 documented foot- notes.-- A -- random check of these will indicate that who found his- scribing it as slanted informajn the making too many are misdated, mispaged, misquoted or even innuendoes, and career stifled and stunted in the ton, Mr. Smoot -1- 950s . He was the ' victim" of sometimes worse. nonexistent.-- In addition they are so constructed as --Mo document to Stormer's Inc-ro.0 appear the biack Awarer which, of course, they catTf? praised by the John Birch Socie- - listing organizations which grew would do welt Our super-patnot- s repre out of the McCarthy era. senting their country as the world's greatest collec- Faulk -- did not remain silent, pion of blockheads and conspirab - a moment on its Without a job and deep in debt, good points. After all, it does have Extremists On The Defense : This Is Democracy? st A ve. 3ppcaEIf God-give- selected last week, that decision was made by only 125 Russians. The other .208,825,875 did n o t h v e n know, a change was being made until it was all over. -- Let's -- DwelLOn JThe Good Points TACTICS CHALLENGED litical opinion" so - our' readers may FINALLY,we believe thatinan grows" study several viewpoints before mak spiritually and intellectually by ex- n freedom of in- -' iftgup their minds. In doing so,we ""erasing his dividual choice. We hope our readers-ion- s specifically emphasize that the opin- and expressions of. such column- will freely and intelligently do so.- - THE SOVIET UNION, which never tires of boasting that it is a peoples democracy,-has-jugiven an instructive example of how I that works. The population of Russia totals 208,826,000 of which 8,708,000 are members of - the. Communist Party. When a new premier of Russia and a new Communist Party secretary were State It is a shame the elderly have been aroused and agitated so much about the possibility of attaching an aged medicare program to Social Security, which would pay .only part of their bills and create such a crushing burden to young taxpayers. They, believed the Senior Citizens of America was their own creation when in reality it is a pplitical arm of the Democratic National Committee, created to formu- -' late public opinion Jot an unrealistic bill the people- never asked for in the first place. --M. JEANNETTE THOMPSON Kearns . truth. Because of societys long-e- ability - to - make - wise - choices when given sufficient' facts and ex- ng paper, Never Asked For Medicare - dent- ose reading yoyr editorial 888 S Third, we believe that no one party --or candidate has a monopoly on ugh And we present syndicated On we could only conclude that the man who broke his axle waS driving too fast for existing conditions and therefore not taking time to enjoy the spectacular scenery. --E. T. BROWN Deseret News believes the Constitution of the United States was divinely inspired. A fundamental concept of the Constitution is the separation of church and state. a study of U.S. newspapers of Nebraska School the University by of Journalism cited the Deseret News as among the major newspapers with no hint of partisanship or imbalance in its reporting of the presidential, no- campaign of that such study has been made sinee then, follow, the same painstaking pat- - ; tern .of impartiality. We are proud of our record and intend to maintain it' ex.-posi- Yours Second, The Tn 1952 :The Deseret'News does, of course, Ttnake a point of urging citizens t ercisr theirfranrhiseat each and 7 DA'Hcfc ? bership men and women who belong to both major political parties. policy, deliberately year-Tho- Is As a result' of a recent article in the Deseret News, we took the Red Cloud loop trip on our way bade from Flaming Gorge recently. We were delighted and fascinated with the dense evergreen forests relieved by the beautifully vivid patches of aspen and shrubs. True, the road is rocky and rough, but our 1964 station wagon made it easily with my wife driving at an average of about 20 miles per hour.- - ists are their own, and are not neces- -' sarily those of the newspaper. The reasons for this policy are: First, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints, which owns the Deseret News, includes, in its mem- nt T v w UAH. SALT LAKE CITY, EDITORIAL PAGE 2 f itiiimniminminmiittnjmmtiittiiiinuimniuitiummiuiniiinmmiiniininmiuiti We Stand Fof The Constitution Of The United States As Having Be$n Divinely Inspired. A-1- ry - Coming to Grips With the Baker Case DESERET NEWS? mmr' ww VW W' " Own Book ur The Saturday Evening Post has had its troubles with editors who have overdone handing out the the '40s the Post was flooded government with articles glorifying Communists as- line.-Durin- Sydney J. Harris lished a collection of columns called Short Takes. In this review, which was em- - pondent man both professionally and personally. The irony of the situation is "that if does not take the moral its tion. Runyon termed himself a be the-rethat courage-- to should think. Reviewing ones hired Hessian of the typewrit- - Runyon thought he was at heart." -- own bookis-som- e what likejudg-- - -- efwha- was a- - great- - rebel at He would have been a far haping ones own babyimi beauty ; heart butlacked moral courage- -. .. pier .man,.. if. not. quite so You read .into.itfboth He classed himself as a nat- - perous, had he given vent to this r who the book and the baby) what natural feelings and deepest revolutionist, you hope is there, not what you pretended to be laughing at the - convictions. foibles of society when he was . Hypocrisy exacts a higher actually see. For the record, the book is - really burning at its .injustices ; price from people than martyr- that - dom and the man who says published this week. lt is called- - and called it a great-pitOn the Contrary. be did not remain a rebel out- - exactly what be thinks, will be even at the cost of a respected-whilbe only com pletely (and nd-out, he is being at- tacked as long as he says it out painfully) honest review of ones good position- - at the trough. of devotion to the truth, and not own book I have ever read was But, for reasons best known fo in one of 'flte4ast columns writhimself, Runyon never burst the. simply to be hurtful or spiteful, bonds of his spiritual enslave- - And, whats more, he will ten by Damon Runyon just and died a bitter and des-he died. He, too, had pub- spect himself. barrassing Tn bel pros-conte- st. he "agrariarTTeformersT and over 60 articles' promoted-tCommunist linerMore recently a number of editorials which attacked the AMA resulted in a Change of editors. , The Post -- is inadvertently-promotinthe Communist line again in attacking Birch-- . Senator Goldwater and the Society so vigorously, and is making the Russians 1 quite happy. g e;:annabellE-RosMagna ural-borr- y -a- e -- be-.fo- - How To Find Money For Teachers? The governors committee faces some very dif- .ficult economic problems' on the teacher salary question. Is the state able to compete with neighr - boring. statesin paying teachers salaries ? - Should money for salaries operation , or" capital "outlay be raised by direct taxation or by bonding? for salary "increases inflationary?, What-i- s the most equitable manner in which ta distribute,. See LETTERS on Next Page s .iiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiumu!iiiiiiiiinuiiiimiiuiumimi'iii,i'mi:iiiiiiiniiimiiiimmii;i'ii!Mi;' Vi ByJOIIN hat Are His Reasons? ng 'on their hands that .they Lodges will bust the GOP organization wide open rather than support any moderate four years from nowother than Dick Nixon. for-sitti- thing more than the opportunity to remain a healer within his party Mindful of the several this most curious of surprises he has witnessed in his life, he sees campaign years is Goldwater pulling off a Repetition of the Tru- OBJECTIVELY considered, it is perfectly - -Richard Nixon." In man victory of 1948. several Nixon, along with Bin Scranton of This would almost certainly result in Nixon that will Pennsylvania, is creating the base for a forays being named to the cabinet as secretary of have him - making healing movement within Republistate, which' is the one appointive position 200 separate speech- - 1 can ranks. But Nixons best friends resent the. in government that he is uniquely qualified Goldes for Barry imputation that their man is concerned with ) to hold. Nixon, according tn hi? Close friends, water in the short capitalizing on a Goldwater fcatastrophe. They can almost taste the ppportumty of putting his weeks see beNixon as being out for vindication span of three own impress oh the conduct"of JJ.S. foreign cause of 1960, when he lost his own cam Campaigner Nixon , before Nov. 3, Nixon affairs. s' could work wonders toward bringing the, repaign by a squeaker when a few votes in Cook luctant' Republican moderates back into the ' County,' Illinois, and elsewhere, might have IF THIS IS an exa'mple of the alleged Nixon fold. He could be the spark plug for Operation - put him over if they had, as Nixon himself selfishness, it is one that' would have forthinks, been properly counted. tunate for the country as a whole. . Crossback. The partisans of this view --find it extremeFor Nixon. unlike the Goldwater of the Why . . THE SNIDE commentary of. the. wiseacres- is. ly significant that Nixon should have starlod ' that Nixon is doing it, for him1 elf alone, his Operation Crossback campaign right out accommodation with Soviet Russia in healer-within northern Illinois, which is where he conHis own view of foreign affairs ranges him- hoping to emerge as" the; he was robbed siders as Somewhere between the Democratic four self Nixon to these ranks. ago, years Republican According cynics, Nixon is dead sure that Goldwater is got such an enthusiastic response from the" Party position and the old Goldwater position. ' Cook County precinct workers that he came Thus be would be for deals with Soviet Russia going to lose by a big margin, in which case the unreconstructed Republican right wing but only on condition that the Russians meet away from the experience alrnpst treading will be so hopping mad at the Rockefellers, on air. our conditions for dealing, and not. vice versa. One tif the big imponderables in true-that- last-minu- post-electi- V T GUEST EDITORIAL v V - - FROM KANSAS CITY, MCf., STAR In 1963, the Department of Commerce recently informed' Americans. took 257 million trips, involving 4S7 -- million people. Obviously,' some people left home' many'timos to ' make up for' the The number-- of -- miles traveled probably Americans was somewhat more than 51 billion would be to get something tangible for the the U.S. itself for every concession to Khrushchev. Thus, under a "miles.z; r o Nixon dispensation within the State Frequently The figures, ; vague as they are, wheat wouM go to Russia as long. suggest the degree to which America as' Soviet technicians remained' in Cuba, or as On The Go has become a mobile nation. They also -underscore the urgent need for better- long as the' Wall remained in Berlin. No help states in 1 roads. would go to Communist-dominate- d Eastern Europe, without, quid pro qups that' . It used to be that most Americans took off during the- rwould result invafvancini theTiberties of peosummer months for a few days or a few Weeks away from those states. inside ple home. 'Even that old habit is now being radically altered. And, in the Far East, there would be no In the last v three months of 1963, about 38, per cent of neutralization deals short of a complete pullall American' faihilies.took a trip. Presumably, many of the g back of Mao operatives in the borjourneys were to Grandmas at Thanksgiving or Christina's, derlands around Red China. Accommodations, But even the traditional holiday visits cant account for all of the people on the move. And, if Grandma lives closer than- , yes, but not yith unaccommodating people. . 100 miles," the trip was" not even included in the statistics ng NLYON not As any-thidemanding NATURALLY, To a large degree, this mobility has developed within from Goldwater. Nor is he authorize the last generation. Many Americans can remember the day him. friends The for to his friends speak ir,g when roads were something ofjjiovelty. Only are speaking1,' nonetheless. And .if Nixon can World War II have motels and motor hotels mush-- 1 since off the ground, really get Operation Cpossback roomed at virtually every bend in the road. Goldwater would almost certainly be willing All of these factors have combined to make travel an in to reward Dick Nixon by giving him free play J in the State- - Department. creasingly important factor in the American economy. East Europeans and for Depart-ment,-n- i - i Tse-Tun- i - i i hard-surface- d i - i. |