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Show "They're simple, happy confuse theht." folk-knowle- DESERET NEWS uv 1 inside report would just dge Astor Foundation Snub Points Up RFK Slump SALT LAKE OTY, UTAH We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States' As Having Been Divinely Inspired 10 A EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1967 By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK Il takes good men, big men, to admit a mistake, which what the Salt Lake City Commission did Wednesday. After 24 hours of thinking it over, and prodded by Public Safety Commissioner James L. Barker, the Commission voted to rescind its silly resolution to muzzle cit employes. The change of mind is welcoue. But that the matter came up at all raises questions about the state of mind in the City Commission. The original resolution, passed Tuesday, in effect would have forbidden city employes from making publid statements on policy without first clearing with the City Commission. It was aimed, obviously, at Police Chief Dewey J. Fillis, who has been actively campaigning for more men and a better that sataryvschedule. He has argued rightly, we think Salt Lake City Police manpower has slipped to a dangerously lowr level, that turnover is wastefully high, and that the city cannot expect to fight crime successfully unless more money is available. Fortunately, Commissioner Barker was successful in his effort to have the matter reconsidered Wednesday. Fortunately, the gag rule was rescinded. We trust it will stay dead. It would be a dangerous insult to the citizens of Salt lake City to deprive them of the right to hear directly from their public servants. All manner of inefficiency or corruption could be hidden if employes were forbidden by order of their elected bosses to discuss publicly the operations of their departments. If carried to its logical extension, such a policy would forbid an employe from answering a newsmans question. It could shut off from the public any meaningful understanding of what is going on. Only a commissioner with something to hide would, on mature consideration, sanction such a policy; we are relieved that the City Commission unanimously rejected it. But some questions remain. What lies behind the resentment some commissioners express about Chief Fillis activities? It is understandable that each commissioner is concerned about his own department and feels it needs additional funds, too. As far as the Deseret News is concerned, we invite any commissioner to come in and present his case for more manpower and money. But is there something deeper than this? When a chief of police goes to a great deal of painstaking effort to compile a detailed report on how he is using his manpower something any prudent businessman does and every city department head should do why is he criticized by the mayor? When the chief sends officers to check on a report that lewd dancing is scheduled at a certain function, why does the mayor feel it necessary to belittle this attempt to enforce the law ? Effective police protection depends on public respect, and ridicule by the man who should be first to not uphold law enforcement What is in the mayor's mind when he says Maybe we should direct the chief to get his orders from the commission as a whole? Is he seeking to seize control? The people of Salt Lake City are being well served by a Public Safety Commissioner and a Chief of Police who are1 trying diligently to enforce the law and make this the clean city its residents w'ant it to be. If there is anything Salt Lake City doesnt need and want it is a repetition of the squabble that led to the firing of another effective and dedicated police chief just seven years ago. 1 reservations to Javits. Kennedy for some time had been urging Javits to collaborate in the project m older to give it a tone. Considering Mrs. Astor's call and the inherent value of the project, Javits decided to accept, but first advised Governor Nelson Rockefeller what was going on. al Rik kefeller v objected lgorously. Peace Hopes Have Deteriorated Returning from what must have been most welcome change at Punta del Este, the President is back again with a WALTER LIPPMANN Vietnam. ter, and Hanoi gave signs of being much weakened and alarmed. There appeared It can be argued that here on the to have been a shift in the balance of home front he has made some gains. He power which was inducing Hanoi to offer has obtained the approval of Sen. Edward Brooke and a certain amount of a peace conference in return for a cessaof the bombing of North Vietnam. approval from. tion It is now clear that Hanoi's attitude Gov. George Rom-- . has hardened and shaiyened, and the ney. probable reason for this Ls that Ho Chi As of now the Minh can now count on reinforcements of Republican Party food and material and, if necessary, will not run in 19G8 manpower from the whole Communist as an antiwar world. party. And if RichA measure of how the situation has ard Nixon preworsened can be found in some remai ks vails, the Republicans will outbid , made by Gen. William Westmoreland last week. He said that he knew of. no the Democrats in better way to win the war than to go on of their support bleeding'' our adversary, The spectacle Lyndon Johnson. The only fly in the ointof an American commander committed ment is that no matter what the Republican politicians say alxiut the war, many by his government to a war of attrition on the Asian mainland, committed to spendvoters will turn to the Republican ing American lives in some exchange Party, as they did in 1932, because there ratio against Asian lives, is a startling is no other alternative to a Democratic President who has proved that he cannot illustration of what has happened to American military and diplomatic leadmake peace. ership in this war. There are enough reservations and Imagine Gen. Douglas MacArthur, qualifications in Gov. Romneys speech Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Matto provide the Republican candidate with thew Ridgway, Gen. Omar Bradley, all the openings he would need if he realimagine any of the military leaders and to end intended the war ly by negotiathinkers in our history being placed in a tion. position where the defense of freedom on There are many reasons for believing ,the globe depended on matching Amerithat the situation w Southeast Asia has can lives against the manpower in Asia! worsened. First and foremost, as we The situation has worsened also in now know with almost complete certainSouth Vietnam. There are many indicaty, the Soviets and the Chinese have tions that Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky and worked out an arrangement to facilitate his junta expect to legitimatize their the supplying of North Vietnam across dictatorship in the elections being held in Chinese territory. This supply line cannot the unoccupied parts of South Vietnam. be interrupted except at a direct risk of Having done this, they appear to be deworld war. termined to use their new political power to prevent serious negotiations either Two or tluee months ago such an with the Viet Cong or with Hanoi. Mr. agieement would have seemed unlikely. For the qtarrel was very bit- - Johnson is riding a tiger, and he will find nit-picki- Adenauer The Man What is there to say about a man as famous as Konrad Adenauer, who died Wednesday at 91, that hasnt been said many times before? The world well knows that as the first chancellor of West Germany from 1949 to 1963 Adenauer gave his countrymen the stability and continuity of administration they needed after World War II . . . made his country a good neighbor and welcome ally of the Free World . . . and even after retirement was respected and consulted by western leaders. That was Adenauer the, politician and statesman. But what about Adenauer the man? As & man, Adenauer was, of course, not without his flaws. He was inclined to be gruff and unbending. He wasnt above resorting to personal, petty attacks on his political opponents. Moreover, he was so obsessed with foreign policy that he laid himself open to charges of neglecting internal matters of great importance to West Germany. But he proved that world leadership does not depend on slickness. In his 70s before emerging on Germanys national political scene, he demonstrated that age need be no barrier to determiachievement and service. Moreover, his nation, and his persistent confidence in himself and his country showed the value of faith and endurance. A champion of freedom, independence, and human dignity, Konrad Adenauer can be remembered as one of the great and respected figures in German history. Smo-Sovi- WASHINGTON, So tough, so relentless, so endless are the strike crises, that President Johnson now is set to clobber some of his labor allies even if it means a wide open political break friends. with his perpetually-motioneOn a clear day he sees himself besieged forever right through the Nov. I d 5th, 1968 presidential election. Literally! iron-wille- d his teams of mediators and advisers are working on the railroads, this is but one skirmish on the labor front Though Wangsgaard From now on the White House enclave faces walkouts in such strategic. industries as rubber production for fighters and bombers; shipyards making vital nuclear firing destroyers and their escorts; copper and brass, without, which there could be no shells, big or small, for shooting or . ! shelling; chemicals, meaning napalm; autos which could mean tanks, planes, spacecraft and good old fashioned trucks; and eventually, most of the nations docks and steel mills. And then he will have some truly big headaches. These come from the crises the public rarely gets to understand. They crop up about twice a week. For example, just before Mr. Johnson flewLo Funta Del Este; some of his inti- ' mate aides were talking just as much called Avco as about - about something ' the great train crisis. . - - - Only the Insiders knew that this referred to the strike threat at the Avco VICTOR RIESEL Disregarding Rockefeller's advice, Javits agreed to join Kennedy as a boatd member of thecorporation set up for the The development. Astor grant was made and, presumably, other contributions previously denied Kennedy wall soon bti unlocked. Bedford-Stuyvesa- t But the point of the story transcends the t development. Tl e episode is a clear sign that Bobby's highboom has become a slump in flying Bedford-Stuyvesan- 17 16 The superficial reasons for the slump to find: the pour Democratic showing of last Nov. 8 which hurt all Democrats; the tiff with J. Edgar Hoover over bugging; the furor over the Manchester book; Kennedy's feud with President Johnson, which has damaged both men; his less than popular position on Vietnam. Besides, as Kennedy correctly remarked last October at the height of the Bobby boom, every politician has his ups and downs in popularity. are not hard Yet, the deeper, as some of the who were months ago roots of the slump may lie evidenced by the fact that , very Democratic politicians singing his praises a few are talking differently today. These politicians have an explanation for the slump that goes beyond Vietnam. They feel Kennedy lias so identified himself writh a student generation particularly alienated from their elders that Kennedy, himself, tends to alienate the older gen- eration particularly middle-clas- s whites, whose votes decide elections. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR it difficult to dismount. As there is the worsened prospect Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii of ' Fighting Their negotiations among the Vietnamese, as the channels have been opened for indefinite escalation from the Communist side, the outlook is that the scale of the war in men, money and casualties will expand indefinitely. here. Those people marching, burning draft cards, signing petitions and carrying signs in protest arent helping our purpose over here, and as long as these individuals continue to protest, the members of the armed forces are going to have to fight a little bit harder to keep from failing their country and South Vietnam. Peace and freedom were meant to be enjoy d by everyone, not just we Americans. Those individuals protesting are fighting their own kind. Yes they are fighting the protectors of your present freedom, they are fighting the members of your U.S. Armed Forces. We have enough problems to cope with over here, so why put any more strain oa our minds and backs? SP5 JOE STUBBS. JR. Pleiku, Vietnam There are courses other than the present one which entails the occupation and pacification of all of South Vietnam by the Americans. They are all variants of a strategy which would limit our commitment and reduce the objectives which our troops must achieve. The fatal objection to the adoption of a defensive and holding strategy, awaiting the time when general negotiations possible, is that this limited strategy cannot be pictured as a triumphant victory. It cannot be painted up to look like something which it is not. This is intolerable at the White House which is, so far, unwilling to accept the liquidation of an endless war if it is not made to seem like an heroic and victorious ending. become Own Kind ' Many Americans have criticized U.S. actions in both North and South Vietnam. What reason do the protestors have for their protesting? I believe I have come up with a sensible reason why these people continue to protect: It Is because they don't fully understand what peace and freedom mean. To really understand what peace and freedom mean you have to live among people that don't have it. Ask any soldier who has returned from Vietnam what It is truely like over Nixon, Sen. Brooke, even Gov. Romney are quite mistaken if they think that the resistance of the Communists is being fed by the American dissenters. No doubt they like to hear the American dissent and find it encouraging. What is feeding the war is the large industrial potential of the Soviet bloc, the inexhaustible reserves of Asian manpower and the determination not to let the United States install itself on the mainland ol Asia. It is no contribution to this grim situation to pretend that the only alternatives ojx'n to us are either to scuttle and run or to escalate to the brink of total war. It is not true that there are no other alternatives and that President Johnson, because he appears to be between two extreme positions, is, therefore, following the only course that is open too us. Johnson Irked At Labor 'Pals D.C.-- Bobby Kennedy is in a bad political slump, the governor told Javits. Why pull his chestnuts out of the fire m ? Bedford-Stuyvesant- Bedford-Styvbs-a- Is Many are the definitions for poets and poetry, but two stand out with respect to Mrs. Eva Willes Wangsgaard, one of Utah's most distinguished poets of our era: Most joyful let the poet be; it is through him that all men see, said William E. Channing. "Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty, added Robert Gilfinllan. Mrs. Wangsgaard was a happy, joyful poetess who brought to our eyes truth and beauty, whether she was writing about the simple things of nature, or of complex, intimate, personal and social relationships. Always she searched for the beautiful, then skillfully put it into lasting, meaningful, thoughtful words. Honored repeatedly for her artistry, Mrs. Wangsgaard winner in the Deseret News annual Christwas a seven-tim- e mas News writing contest. Her works were published in scores of national magazines.' She was busy writing until she died ' this week at 74. A devoted wife; mother, and public school teacher, Mrs. and it Wangsgaard let her life be reflected in her poetry reflects a life rich in beauty and love. Utah will miss her. - Behind the recent grant by the Vincent Astor Foundation to build parks in (he Brooklyn Negro slum of is a story dramatizing Sen. Robert F. Kennedys current political slump. Officials of the Astor Foundation thought long and hard about making the grant and came within a hair of su mg no W h ? Because the creator, sponsor and moving force of tiie Bedford Styves-an- t project happens to be Bobby Kennedy. , Mrs. Astor tele- - i n- Kennedy phoned New Yoiks senior senator, Republican Jacob 'Javits, to inform him she wanted no part of a no matter! how worthwhile project whose purpose might be Construed as the aggrandizement of Kennedy. Only if Jav-it- s were to join him in the project, she said, would the grant be made. Earlier, several other members of the New- - York moneyed establishment approached for funds by Kennedy had expressed similar WASHINGTON What Lies Behind. The Police Criticism? Eva i V, Takes Exception I take exception to Sydney Harris statement indicating Police almost unanimously are in favor of severely restricting the purchase and ownership of firearms. This is an untruth, and the reverse is. in fact, the majority opinion. I would like to quote a recently published resolution by the Nation- al Police Officers Association of America: That we believe that an American citizen of voting age or a member of the United States Armed Forces, of whatever age, should have the right to legally purchase, without restriction, a hand gun, rifle, air rifle, shotgun, or a like item, excepting fully automatic firearms. It appears that the opinions of the vast majority of law enforcement officers and the opinion of the National Police Officers Association are v somewhat conflicting. JAMES M. HANSEN 1517 Paeklan PL . ' Smelter Workers, men of the last frontier. They'll begin negotiations with such firms as Anaconda, Kennecott, Phelps-Dodg- e, etc. plant in Stratford, Conn. The Pentagon truly was screaming it could not afford a single days stoppage If there was to be action in Vietnam because the plant makes not only helicopter jet engines but spare parts as well. At about the same moment labor's cold war heated up at another critical but unknown plant in Modesto, Calif, Again the Defense Dept, cried out that it must have continued production in the new .installation it will be making desperately needed shells for rural free delivery in North Vietnam. There are now hundreds of these invisible conflicts. And in today's complex production of new electronic weaponry,, a stoppage in some tiny plant can cripple supplies needed for the most massive aerial, land and sea attack equipment. During all this time. Congressional probers keep lobbing over charges of shortages of munitions on the fighting front And they want a law. But what law? Who can devise a statute to contend effectively with the concealed cflsej as well as the big ones such as the coming brass and copper crisis? Contracts in this industry without which we would have to throw rocks at the Viet Cong Expire late in June. The Industry then will be faced with the most solid labor front in recent history. - . First, the big steel union of the most LW. astute; laconic and publicity-shyin-g Abe Abel will emerge officially with the tough little (old LW.WJ Mine, Mill and non-ferro- Then will come the coordinated bargaining technique George Meany and Walter Reuther used against the General which whipped up such Electric Co. tension that the President had to call in Secretaries McNamara, Wirtz and Connor. (then of Commerce) as mediators. To face the copper and brass corporations, Abe Abel will gather around him s tire coal miners of old John Lewis; auto Wbfkers; Charles Lunas Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Howard Coughlins office employes; Roy Siemillers machinists; the operating engineers and the teamsters just to name a few. Then theyll bargain for mighty big stakes. And theyll try to deliver to a heated up rank and file which wants e cash in this tight labor market This turbulence will blend with the auto conflict, which will roll into another duel massive machinists which will merge into the steel industry (if the White negotiations, House is lucky) another New York City transit crisis (which started the whole and then onto thing back in early 66) the offensive of 60,000 longshoremen in all ports from Maine to Texas. That takes us to early October, 1968. ' Thats just about five weeks before the national election. And this has been only a brief roll-ca- ll ' So Lyndon Johnson - will ask his friends to lay off or he'll lay U on. Since the rank and file is out of control, no one' can guarantee anything. So there will have to be a law. Reu-ther- . war-tim- ie leap-froggin-g Reminded Of Home I am writing to say thanks for all the newspa-- . pers I have received. The paper reminds me of home the most next to my letters from home. To tell you how much they mean to me I will tell you of one of them I received. I got It out In the jungle and didnt know what to do with it $o 1 put it down my shirt. Then we got into it with the' Viet Cong and so I brought it through a major battle. After It was over I took it out and read1" what I could; it was pretty wet. PFC. GREG C. MILLER Vietnam, I i , Resist The Impulse , ( I found out about a new book of questionable virtue the same way a lot of other people have, through the most effective means of advertising.,, there is, the fuss stirred' up by some people who , have read the book and apparently dont like it As one who is interested In bookh In general and controversial books to particular, I had determined , . to buy the book and find out what all the commo tion was about But then It suddenly dawned on me: thats ex- - ' actly what the Protection committee wants me to do. They must actually be in league With the J book sellers, because, when its all boiled, down, the v book sellers are the only ones who stand to profit , j Its all a devious plot to up book sales through' , . out .the country. ... , - Citizens, we must unite in resisting toe impulse to buy just because a Protection committee sayf ' 1 we shouldnt , - ' ' . F. G. ADAM3 J34 Columbus J |