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Show ' Pssst!-Wa- nt DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE To Vacation In A titiimnniniminmiiiminniniiiiiniiininiuiniiniiinHininnniinimminniiiiin Country Not In Ferment?' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CITY. UTAH iiimuimiiiitiiimmiiimiiitiiimiiiiiimmtimmiiuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiil Don't Blame Arabs We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE d So typical of the brain washing we get in America, everyone is jumping to conclusions and calling names when they dont know too much about the true situation in the Middle East. The same people who cry "racist are the ones who are the first to condemn all Arabs. You should not be or but its all right to jump on the Arab. We spent a year in Jordan and had the opportunity to see the other side of the problem. antiis and Hussien King communist. His is a democratic government similar to that of England. He and Nasser are bitter enemies and Jordan is completely surrounded by enemies; a country onfilth the size of Utah with an army of only 39,000. Included in their small population are 654,092 Palestinian refugees still waiting for the dav when they can join with the refugees of all the other Arab countries and take back their homeland by force if necessary. When their land and homes were taken away from them at the time of the truce, they were promised they could return when things were settled. It has been nearly 20 years and while living in poverty and hopelessness despair and haone-side- FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1967 anti-Negr- o Which Way To Peace in The Middle East? in the war between the With the welcome cease-fir- e Arabs and the Israelis, the question now becomes: Where do we go from here? One way lies a hardening of the present state of affairs, and with it an aggravation of the problems and antagonisms that led to the current flareup and will do so again unless they are alleviated. The other way lies a statesmanlike effort to achieve a viable arrangement in the Middle East, with give and take on both sides. In saying this, Israel should not be expected to give away at the conference table all that it has won on the battlefield. What, precisely, has it won? New territory, for one thing. It has virtually pushed Egypt off the Sinai peninsula, and has occupied the Jordanian lands west of the Jordan River. A complete return to the boundaries that prevailed before the war broke out would be a return to the frictions that brought on the conflict. As long as Jerusalem remained a divided city, antagonisms were bound to fester. The same thing applies to the Gaza Strip, which the Israelis have regarded as an Arab dagger plunged deeply into their territory. As for the other territory that has been overrun, if Israel is to give it up, Israel ought to have a buffer between itself and its enemies a buffer that will not be removed just when it is needed. Beyond the territory it has occupied, Israel has won the right to be recognized by all its neighbors as a legitimate and permanent state . . . the right not to be molested . . . and the right to unobstructed access to its own territory through International waterways, namely the Gulf of Aqaba. But the Arab nations have certain rights, too and one of them is the right to a just settlement of the refugee problem that was created when the Jewish state came into being nearly 20 years ago. During the Arab war of resistance against the creation of the new state, hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from Israel. Many of these uprooted inpeople, whose numbers have since swelled by natural in scattered miserable live huddled now refugee camps crease, throughout Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and the Gaza Strip. They have been subsisting on a U.N. dole of about $30 per person a year, living their lives as hostages to enmity. The Arab states insist upon the right of these refugees to return to their former homes or to receive compensation from Israel. Israel maintains that the return of the Arab refugees to Israeli territory is out of the question for economic as well as security reasons. Until the problem is settled, the refugees will remain a constant source of political ferment and easy prey to demagogic agitation. That being the case, Israel's own enlightened would be served by easing the refugees plight. Having proved its strength and determination, Israel can afford to make some concessions. Arab-Israe- li Arab-Israe- li By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK The recommendation to strengthen and broaden the Utah State University Extension Service program in the Untah Basin in lieu of a junior college is a wise one. The proposal is one of fitting the pattern to the cloth,, for the cost of higher education in Utah is outstripping the states ability to finance it. Following it would allow the Coordinating Council of Higher Education to do the job it is supposed to do in formulating an education plan for the entire state. As desirable as it might otherwise be, building a junior college at Roosevelt would only compound the problem of our college economy. To build a two-yealready that would be substandard would, in effect, be cheating the very persons for whom the institution would be developed. It also would rob present institutions of funds they so desperately need. Moreover, by enlarging the Extension Service of USU, residents of the area will be more fully able to prove their need for an institution of higher learning, and if such is determined following a period of experience with the Extension Service, then reconsideration can be given to a junior college. Meanwhile, with six to eight USU staff members already working in Uintah Basin communities, the educational services can be expanded and offered to additional students in a particularly those which variety of fields not now covered have practical application to these predominantly rural communities. over-extend- ed ar Preserve The Past e 4 f If, as Cicero wrote, "History is the witness of the times, the torch of truth, the life of memory tie teacher of Jife, the messenger of antiquity, then the Utah Heritage Foundation is on the right track. The group this week determined to work to preserve 13 historical sites in Utah, with six alternate sites. The efforts at preservation will include extensive photographing and drawings in some cases. But in many instances, the buildings, all of destroyed, and to see that the historical integrity of the buildings and sites is not destroyed. Financing of the program will include both local and National Park Service Funds. About some of the 13 locations given highest priority there is, of course, some controversy. Plain practicality may make necessary the removal or alteration of the original buildings in some cases. But in most instances, the buildings, all of which have important and valuable Utah pioneer historical significance, can be retained in their original or restored status. The Heritage Foundation noted that there were other buildings worthy of attention, but that at present, they seemed removed from immediate threat. In this light, the Foundations directors are wise to seek means of preserving those which may well be lost unless action is taken now. The Foundation is 'to be commended for the broadness of its selection of sites, and for its continuing efforts to preserve these important parts of Utahs pioneer heritage which can teach us much about our past. . INSIDE REPORT semi-polic- d (but not, of course, of Tito personally). important, however, is activity of the liberals. Based on the failure of parliamentary government here between the wars, these liberals do not want a multi-partsystem. Rather, they seek what Professor Svetozar Stojanovic of Belgrade University a leading liberal theoretician, calls "Socialist pluralism. It would provide open discussion inside the Communist Party, a wide variety of Socialist views both inside and outside the party and, ultimately, even airor ing of opinMore - What began in 1965 as BELGRADE strictly an economic reform is racing out of control in the direction of a peaceful political revolution to democratize Yugoslav communism. This is precisely the aim of influential Communist liberals, currently battling entrenched bureaucrats in the state and party apparatus. "We are aiming ultimately lor an open, democratic society, a leader of the partys liberal wing told us. If they succeed, it will be no less a revolution Than the armed rising a generation ago by Marshal Josip Broz Tito Red Partisans. The size of the stakes here is scarcely appreciated in the West. Even today there is incomparably more personal and political freedom in Yugoslavia than in any other Communist country (and more, too, than in many Western nations). Moreover, if the liberals complete their revolution, Yugoslavia will remain Communist in name only. Yugoslavia was still an authoritarian state in 1965, when Tito all in unwittingly, probability triggered a chain reaction by approving economic reform. a many-sideThat reform, dramatic enough In Its own right, applies principles of modern capitalist economics to a Socialist society. Each Socialist business enterprise makes its decisions without government interference or financing, can dispose of its profits either by distributing them among workers or reinvesting them, can invest in other enterprises, or if busican go bankrupt. The picness is bad tures of Karl Marx and V. I. Lenin were turned to the wall. Orthodox Communist apparatchiks correctly saw the reform emasculating the state bureaucracy and the Communist Party. They quickly launched a bitter sabotage campaign against the reform under the leadership of Alexander Rankovic, then vice president of Yugoslavia and boss of the state security apparatus. Rankovic lost the intra-partfight, and was purged by Tito last summer. Tito acted to save the economic reform, but Rankovics fall opened the way to political reforms Tito eyes with suspicion. Freed suddenly from harassment and the constant threat of arrest by Rankovics secret police, party liberals started their political revolution. Some advances since then are obvious i new power for state and federal parliaments; hotly contested parliamentary election that saw scores of official party candidates lose; uncensored press criticism of government and party decisions y behind-the-scen- y ion. It should be stressed that these Communist liberals have no connection with or sympathy for the famed and persecuted critics of the Tito regime : former Vice President Milovan Djilas (recently released from prison) and Mihajlo (recently sentenced to prison). Yet, to the man, the liberals privately criticize Tito for ordering Mihajlov's prosecution. "The real enemy, says one liberal, "is not Mihajlov. Its the military and the bureaucrats. Indeed, even with Rankovic gone, these apparatchiks still dominate the party, attempting to frustrate reform. The U.S. ought to be doing all It can for the reform. The fact that it is not is a curious tory worth telling in a future -- MR. & MRS. NELDON SMOOT Centerville Top Of All Arts The giving birth to a child, marvelous as it is, pales into insignificance compared to the skills needed to nurture and guide that child into greatness. Fortunately, the rewards in happiness and satisfaction far excel all challenges made. The law of life seems to be, the greater the challenge, the greater the reward. In modem life motherhood is given a secondary role. Success is naturally expected but achievement discounted and often overlooked, consequently little preparation expected or made. With their limited background, it is little wonder that many mothers are baffled by the problems of motherhood and run off to the oftice and factory to escape them and find relief. They leave their children to chance and for society to care for, and suffer the consequences of their neglect. We must reverse this trend and train for motherhood, and give it its rightful place at the top of all the arts. -P- ARNELL HINCKLEY 2558 S. 9th East column. No Secondary Boycott Fear , The Great Modern Plague self-intere- st LetCouncil Coordinate Second Revolution Y ugoslavias tred have increased. Jordan is a country of little resource, a desert, barien except for the few areas where wells have been driven. The fertile land around the Galilee and the beautiful Mediterranean is within sight, but out of reach. This was their home. Little wonder that they sneak over the border at night to draw water from their own wells or streams or recover and then they are shot something that is theirs for infiltrating. These countries have planned and worked for these years until they can recover what they feel rightfully is theirs. What chance has King Hussien to stand alone? He cant trust the United States or the U.N. They both failed him before. By NORMAN VINCENT "Fear Is the great modern plague, ald Dr. Smiley Blanton. Note the emnot a great plague, but the phasis great plague of our time. He was referring, of course, not to that normal fear which causes us to express proper concern and exercise sensible caution. But rather to that abnormal fear which lurks in the dark recesses of the mind and fills It with ghost and spectre. How can a person get free of this type of fear? You will never really live until you do. One thing that should be stressed and emphasized is that fear Is removable. Indeed, any bad emotion is removable. Anger is removable. Hate Is removable. Depression is removable. Inferiority feelings are removable. You can be free of all of them provided you really PEALE want to, and want to badly enough. Nothing is more important than to be free of fear and really live. Thoma Carlyle puts the matter strongly: "The first duty of a man i that of subduing fear. A man is slavish until he puts fear under his feet Some pretty great people have been freed from fear by a simple and direct method they just stood up to their fear. Theodore Roosevelt who was a strong and man said, "I have often been afraid. But I would not give in to It. I simply acted as though I was not afraid and presently the fear disappeared. Another Roosevelt, Mrs Eleanor, said, "Strength, courage and confidence result from die experience of looking fear tough-minde- d straight in the face. n Think of the many people across the years who have been given a new lease on life by that tremendous statement of Emersons, "Do the thing you fear and the death of fear is Walk up to the thing you are certain. afraid of and hit it hard and it will begin to fold. A straight frontal attack cn your fears, buttressed by a good healthy faith in God, and you are in and fear is out. fear-ridde- Actually, there are two great forces working in the human mind: fear and faith. One destroys; the other creates. Even though fear is strong, faith is stronger; and the more you build up your faith the more certainly you will undermine your fear. Stand up to fear. Youre bigger than it Is. Fear is removable. 5 We would like to acknowledge and thank you for your editorial regarding secondary boycott in your paper of May 4. It is our understanding that this bill is now in the Rules Committee of the House. As you are probably aware, our two congressmen, Laurence Burton and Sherman Lloyd as well as Senator Bennett, have strongly indicated their opposition to this bill. Senator Moss in a letter to as says he favors the bill. -H- ORACE J. GUNN Utah Chapter Manager Associated General Contractors "t Amused and Confused your paper doesnt carry Barry column anymore, naturally I have to look to the Letters to the Editor for my daily bit of humor. Usually Im not disappointed. But now I was both amused and confused ! Im referring to the letter from Lola Smart printed on June 7. She criticized Dr. Spock for perpetrating "a grave evil since he is causing homes and "leading peace marches, etc. Now, I dont really know what the etc. means those three letters are a lot like most letters to editors (including this one), saying a lot but very Since "child-centere- Gold-wate- d little. Hoff a Is Fast Being Forgotten Once upon a WASHINGTON, D C. mattress recently in the Lewisburg penitentiary, it suddenly occurred to Jimmy Hoffa that the Teamsters national headquarters and its policy makers are doing mighty little to "spring him from prison despite his rather impassioned cries of "get me out of here no matter what presume you have to bring. It is now a truth that tha Teamsters' leaders are making fiery speeches In his behalf but are pressuring no ona really. Instead, they art tha bringing back' Teamsters into the main stream of, politics and labor. 1 n California is the case there of third vice president Einar Mohn, now easily the most influential and nationally respected of Teamsters. As Director of the Western Conference of Teamsters, Mohn has been making his peace with Gov. Ronald Reagan and ha directed his secondary echelons to go forth energetically and do likewise. On my return from the West and Southwest, I wa surprised to note that a history-makinspeech of Mohns to hundreds of Western Conference officials had gone unnoticed. Mohn, a man of stature in his state, a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California by appointment of former Gov. Pat Brown, said in blunt phrases that the time had come for the end of antagonism towards Reagan in Teamsters circles. Mohn told th "Here In California, g V VICTOR RIESEL said, have been infrequent but friendly. One has only the word of Mohns men in their Western fortress. But there is nothing uncertain in his speech. Nor did Mohn intend to keep it within the meetings confines. Copies of the talk are now in the hands of rank and filers as well as the secondary leadership cadres. was Teamsters 27th Western Conference, "we put all of our chips on a good friend by the name of Brown. Pat Brown didn't win . . . "Now that Ronald Reagan i our governor . . . and whoever was elected in It your own state is your governor becomes our obligation to forget any bitterness that may have developed In the election campaign. All of us In any position of leadership must develop or reestablish contacts with leaders of the administration in his home state. "If you havent done so, go to work on it when you return. Those who heard Mohn know he meant what he said to the Teamsters officials from the Conferences 11 Western States all but one of whom are Republicans. "Our Job is to represent our people, and to do this, we must he continued, have contacts at all levels of government, especially with the governors. Mohn advised his people, who speak for over 450,000 Teamsters and warehousemen, that he has attempted personally to accomplish this in California. And, he added, we have succeeded to some extent. Many California Teamsters now have a personal, speaking relationship with Governor Reagan and key officials in his administration. TTiose close to Molm say that he has oonferred with Reagan who gets raked regularly by the labor press and by other California Union leaders. These talks, It ... This speech is more than a declaration of policy and politics it is a declaration of independence from Jim Hoffa and his image. It is Teamster-Ishauled up to date. There was the time, just before "Jimmy broke out of the business agent class, when the International Brotherhood of Teamsters were politically potent nationally. For some of us, one of our first stories was Franklin Roosevelt's choice of a Teamsters banquet to kick off one of his campaigns in the '40s. This relationship with the establishment is what Mohn and many other powerful Teamsters Their efuefs now seek to next move will be an application for Then once readmission to the AFL-CIagain they will dine with Presidents. There is no place in these ploys and power plays for the imprisoned and outraged James Riddle Hoffa. Rapidly he is becoming the forgotten man. His messages even to his caretaker president Fitzsimmons grow more and "Fitz more hysterical. And more and more they are being ignored. Jimmy forgot the old maxim: Be nice to the people you pass on the way up, you may need them on the way down. And the Teamsters leaders of today are on their way up. But I do know I cant follow Miss Smarts reasoning unless she means to say that Dr. Spock is so he ruins our children and then goes out on peace marches to make certain the little brats stay home and torture us. Then again, maybe he's jast a small businessn man. But it would seem to me that If Dr. Spock were really out to get us, hed tell us to raise the kids according to the Bible and pash the cause of war! That way he wouldn't be breaking any old Ameri- can traditions, yet helping us on the road to destruction. Sure is a good thing the evil old cuss isnt a humanitarian. Wed sure be in a mess! LARRY PETERSEN 1070 E. Third South GUEST CARTOON ; |