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Show : BHiuiinniHiHininiiimnmiminniimaiBianmimnunmniiiimiimiHHinmm The Trojan Dove DESERET NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR samuii miHiuinimimiiiiiii min nimiHiimiiiiHnmniiiiiimiMiniinnnimintitt SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Resist Innovation We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 1 0A MONDAY, JUNE 26, EDITORIAL PAGE 1 How can you possibly believe in the Constitution been divinely inspired? Your editorial of May 27, 1967, lobbies for more collective government hence more government control. The Constitution is the document restricting Government Government is like a fire, if you keep it small and respect it, feed it and always watch it, it can be controlled and made to work for man. Now, when 967 as having Should Congress Curb The Mutual Funds? The Senate Banking and Currency Committee is about to open hearings on a controversial bill affecting millions of Americans who invest in mutual funds and involving $41 billion in assets. The bill is one drafted y the Securities and Exchange Commission after 10 years of study. It would: 1. Abolish the front-en- d load" contract plans of some mutual fund under which as much as half the first years payments are deducted as sales charges. 2. Limit sales charges to 5 per cent of the money invested, compared to the 9.3 per cent usually charged now. 3. Require reasonable" management fees, like those now charged by banks and other investment advisers. to the SEC, most investors in mutual funds fail to complete their installment programs, and by paying a large percentage of total commissions in the first year, up to 50 per cent of their total investments may go for fees instead of shares. But the Association of Mutual Fund Plan Sponsors replies that the system is the same as that used in insurance and other installment purchases, and is necessary to stimulate salesmen to seek out the customers and sell the investment plans. Regarding the commission charged mutual fund investors, the SEC claims it amounts to 9.3 per cent of the money they invest, compared to the 2 per cent brokers commission when they buy or sell common stocks directly. ,But the National Assn, of Securities Dealers contends that brokers who deal mostly in mutual funds would be put out of business by the proposed 5 per cent ceiling. As for the management fees, the SEC says that economies achieved as the funds grew have not always been passed on to the funds and their shareholders, that the close relationship between funds and advisers has precluded bargaining over how much the fee should be, and that the fee paid mutual fund advisers is higher than that charged by other investment counselors. But the Investment Company Institute claims it is less, especially in view of the services rendered Moreover, the ICI charges that the SEC is trying to control not dishonesty or mismanagement in mutual funds but prices and profits, which the says should be determined by competition in the marketplace. Probably the strongest argument for the SEC proposals was made recently by Chairman William McChesney Martin of the Federal Reserve Board when he observed: Increasingly, managers of mutual funds and portfolio and pension fund administrators are measuring their success in terms of relating short-termarket performance. In effect, they set a target on a growth stock, attain that market, unload, and .then seek other opportunities for quick capital gains . . It seems to me that practices of this nature contain poisonous qualities reminiscent in some respects of the old pool operations of the 1920s. 1-- Id What Will Rocky Do If Huntley and Brinkley might put it this way: The value of Nelson Rockefeller stock on the big Presidential board was up today. And they would be right There is more than talk there is substance behind the newly visible support for Governor Rockefeller as the Republican nominee next year. He has the open advocacy of some Republican governors and his nomination is the private hope of others. Tnere is no doubt that there is significant '"r movement in Rockys direction. What is in at least in the minds of a number of leaders, is what the govern nors own reaction and response will ultimately be doubt, v 1 J j should his pros- pects become serious, not just interesting. You can talk with Rockefellers supporters and opponents and with the governor himself and the conflicting answers tend to become a bit confusing. You have to pick out what you deem to be the most meaningful. On the basis of my conversations it is my judgment that: t, 1 Rockefeller is a dedicated, undeviating supporter of Governor Romney. He is working hard for his nomination, spent several hours with him in all-ou- ROSCOE DRUMMOND New York a few days ago, and intends to keep on working for him. 2 Rocky will be an Romney man. He will be pushing his candidacy when it is on the up and when it is down. 3 He believes Romney ought to be nominated, can be nominated, and will be nominated. 4 Rockefeller believes he himself cannot be nominated, will not be nominated, and finds it pretty ironic that those who refused to help him get the nomination in 1960 and helped him lose it In 1964 now seem disposed to want him nominated in 1968. 5 Rockefeller seems totally relaxed and at peace with the idea that he is completely out of the race. He is not fondling the idea that all these things are going to change. But there are important Republicans who are fondling the idea that circumstances are going to develop which will make Rockys nomination appealing to the convention and attainable. They are those Republican moderates who are either not attracted to Romney or see his candidacy faltering. They either oppose Richard Nixon as too conservative or, liking him, believe he cant be elected. Therefore, they see the 1968 convention facing the end choice of picking either Gov. Ronald Reagan of California or Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of er . . .? New York. And they dont want to repeat what they consider the demonstrated mistake of 1964. They want Rockefeller. They want to win. Should events reach such a climax, what will Rocky do? He wont quite discuss it in exactly these terms, but I can offer what I think are accurate impressions. He doubts that events will reach this juncture. He is going to work hard and long for Romney and encourage all other Republican moderates to do the same. But should Romney be conclusively removed from the race, Rocky is not going to duck into some political cave. Even the presently renewed interest in his nomination gives him no pain and, if the choice really becomes Reagan or Rocky, he will be responsive. He will answer every telephone in his office. He is not yearning for a political battle. Besides losing the nomination twice, he has come through three other trauhis divorce, the matic experiences death of his son, and the insults heaped upon him at the Goldwater-dominateSan Francisco convention. But he is not afraid of political battle, nor easily downed as his remarkable third-terrecovery in New York State demonstrated. Rockefeller believes that only a tremendous crisis in the Republican party could cause the convention to nominate a liberal like himself. His supporters think such a crisis is in the making. d m Why Rock The Boat? When the Deseret News learned of the liquor law abuses it recently exposed in Salt Lake County, it could have done either of two things. If we had been interested merely in currying favor in high places, we could have avoided rocking the boat by keeping the information to ourselves or confiding it to only a few officials. Or, at the risk of incurring the displeasure of powerful forces, we could lay the facts before our readers and let the chips fall where they may. We chose the latter course because experience has demonstrated that problems are most likely to be corrected not when they are ignored but when they are given full publicity so that the public is aware of what its officials are and are not doing. Moreover, a newspaper serves itself best by building the community it serves. And a community develops best not by allowing lawlessness and other problems to go uncorrected but by coming to grips with their difficulties right away before they get worse. Indeed, this is how newspapermen ail across the country which is why the principal thrust in a community think against crime and corrupt public officials is inspired by newspaper investigations. Those arent just our words. Instead, this very observation was made the past weekend by Arizona attorney John H. Flynn during a meeting of the Utah State Bar. ' More than 50 per cent of the exposures of corruption in government, he added, "have come through investigations conducted by news media. Any newspaper that does its job properly will seek out wrings and violations of trust that might otherwise remain buried. It is this task that the Deseret News has done and intends to keep on doing. jjulion M. Bamberger By SYDNEY J. HARRIS In the many reforms of our criminal code, proposed by a recent Presidents commission, no mention was made of the matter of divorce. Yet divorce is, in a way, treated like a criminal offense in almost all states. In suits for divorce, there are the innocent and the guilty parties. Yet common sense tells us that, except for the most flagrant cases of brutality or drunkenness or desertion, there are no "innocent or guilty parties to a failed only unsuccessful partners. marriage is England moving toward realism faster in this area than we are. Last year, a study committee recommended to the Archbishop of Canterbury that there should be only one ground for dithe breakdown of a marriage. vorce Divorce, the committee said, should not be a victory for one spouse, and a re- - . , . j iffeone at that., , But that wasnt-Julia- s Bambergers way. He was gener oua with himself aa well as with his resources, devoting untold hours and immeasurable energies to improving Utah by Ing on a score or more civic and charitable organizations. With his death the past weekend at the age of 78,'Utah has lost one of its most outstanding citizens. But his example of Service remains as a challenge to Utahns in all walks of life. , j . A i verse for the other but a defeat for both. Appointed more than two yean ago, this committee of leading church people, clergy and laity urged that the whole "adversary system of divorce be abandoned, and that the divorce court of the future should inquire into the condition of a marriage, rather than decide the guilt or innocence of the principals. Obviously, this makes much more sense (and honesty) than the procedures we now follow. Under the adversary system, most couples perjure themselves in the divorce courts, with the knowledge and connivance of their lawyers. They bring fake charges, give false testimony, and even suborn witnesses to lie in their behalf. And most of it is collusive. As the British committee observed, if the marriage breakdown principle is adopted, the whole fabric of the mar would be examined with no to dequestion of legal guilt or blame termine whether it was salvageable or hopeless. We know that there are no innocent bystanders in a bad marriage; that it takes the interaction of two personalities to cause a breakdown in the relationship; and that the law is necessarily blind to most of the psychiatric and social forces that move a marriage toward dissolution. Treating the parties as though they were criminals only breeds disrespect for the law and evasion of its true intent. Divorce should not be retributive or punitive, but should aim at treating the rupture with fairness and sympathy to all parties. In our present system, it is too often unfair, vindictive, and arbitrary. Unlike all other contracts, the marriage contract belongs more to the field of medicine than to the field of law. riage Teamsters Reject Jimmy Hoffa For four months now, Jimmy Hoffa has learned that he is the indispensable man only at the controls of the mattress shredder In Lewisburg Penitentiarys main building. Forty hours a week he feeds grimy old mattresses into the machine to make flossy new ones for 1,400 inmates of the maximum security jail and for the 250 at the freer prison camp over at nearby Allen wood, Pa., which makes stuffed furniture for the government. His performance is good. He could earn from $10 to $25 a month for meritorious production. He is healthy and has not been hospitalized at all And he has lots of time to and think thinks hell as quit s I' ' general president of the nation's largest union. So he has sent reilize. former J So it was with Julian governor, he built and owned Lagoon, and was. for m$hy years chief operating officer, or president of Bam bijger Railroad Co. plus a number of mining and other Utah fitjns. 'And, as is so often the case with effective business leaders, he also was asked to lead many community improvement projects.- , , Under the circumstances, it would have been easy for Mr. Bamberger to decline on the grounds that his business interests demanded bis full attention and that, by providing eniployment and payrolls, he already was helping to build a beter Utah. Or h?, could have simply written a check and let In regards to the letter from J. Hanson concerning Antelope Island: I am certainly glad that there is someone like Senator Bennett to oppose this. If we go on with things of this nature the ole pork barrell will need another transfusion from the already badly bleeding taxpayer. Eleven million is a lot of money in any mans language. --W. B. STURGELL Taylorsville Fan Do-lt-M- an I must write and commend you for the new fea- ture you have added to your fine paper. I am refercolumn. It fills a great need! ring to the I am especially interested in the drive to dean up around homes and streets. Coming from is civic pride, and where you can walk for blocks and not pick up a teacup of debris, it is surely disgusting to see all the junk. It makes me ashamed of our state. Never in my life have I seen so many abandoned homes; it is saddening when you think of the joys and sorrow, what has transpired there birth, death and all the work. Vacant houses are breeding places for evil and sin and why people have old broken down cars, washing machines, refrigerators and old sofas standing around I will never understand. On 9th East about 30th South, west side of the street there is a rusty trailer house that makes me sick to look at It. One day I was walking on 5th East between 1st and 3rd South and I saw a park on the west side with tin cans and all sorts of rubbish on it. I was shocked. I am so grateful for all that is being done to make this a state to be proud of. I hope the laws are enforced. -E- LSIE CARLSON a country where there Divorces Are Not Crimes When a man is blessed with business success, there are offen more demands on his time and talents than most people U$h Too Much Money eye-sor- 1 Maas Bamberger. Son of a you advocate Metropolitan Government it seems to me that you might use some enlightenment on what our Constitution is. It was bom, like a human with much love, many tears and soul reaching agony. The whole of the Constitution (excepting a few amendments) indicates that a man is a singular, free entity, re sponsible for all of his acts good or bad. His free agency is an accepted fact In the 1890s a consolidation of towns with names like Melrose, Wakefield, Morrisania, West Farms, Jamaica, Jackson Heights, Murray Hill, Washington Heights, Bay Ridge, St George and Pleasant Plains created the monstrous animal named New York City. The planners of that time all said that this thing that they wanted accomplished would be very much more efficient and economical to operate and that when it was done a new era of progress would ensue. Well, it was done and Immediately thereafter taxes rose, all departments of this new city hired more personnel and corruption and radicalism became the accepted way of life. It still is. When the little guy tried to do something to Improve his civic atmosphere he found he had lost control of his local area, because, you see, everything had to apply uniformly now. There was no room to take care of a local areas special situation. The public hearing, the debate, the exchange of feelings and ideas with his neighbors was no longer allowed. He had lost control of his destiny and barring unforeseen circumstances he is so bound down by government he cannot ever again have a say in what the double thinkers like to call our Progressive Society. I would remind you, Towards the preservation of your government. . . it is requisite. . . that you resist with care, the spirit of innovation upon its principles. George Washington said that. -J- OHN H. OLBERMANN, JR. Staten Island, N.Y. word confidential to the Teamsters in leaders the world outside that he would be to walk willing away frojn the Brotherhood forever if they get him out in tone fashion legally, of course. The reply is' they could not care less what he thinks, says or offers. They want no deal. They need no deal. The Brotherhood is operating as coordixiatedly and successful as an Israeli air squadron. Contracts are being won. Compacts with other mass unions are being made. 11 . Conferences are being called. Heres a new chain of command. And ' the leader like it. f " ut r Recently when ,tbe State Department learned that Frank Cousins, head of Bri-- 'ft Hes pleaded illness VICTOR RIESEL tains largest labor organization, the Transport and General Workers Union, was due here, the government got the Teamsters to host a banquet for this former member of the Queens Cabinet. About the same time, 11 visiting Russians also were wined and dined by the Brotherhood with paternal approval by. the State Department Not too long ago, Californias Gov. Ronald Reagan appointed Teamsters Second Vice President Einar Mohn to the State Advisory Council of the State Dept, of Employment. Reagan also named Teamsters First Vice President Joe Div-in- y to the California Toll Bridge Authority. He is the public member! Obviously the heat is off. Roy Siemil-ler- s machinists have made a new pact with the Western Conference of Teamsters. In the East, the Brotherhood fraternizes with the construction unions at and some of the Rockefellers soirees joins in the merriment at Democratic g banquets. One of its leaders recently was honored by a world-fame- d national organization as the Labor Man of the Year. fund-raisin- In July there will be more coalitions in the making with their old APL-CIin Boston at the Teamsters brethren National Warehouse Conference and in Atlantic (Sty at the Eastern Conference of Teamsters.-- -After almost two decades of guerrilla warfare with the government in general and the local Investigatory Agencies' in particular, the Brotherhood appreciates the cod. Jimmy Isnt discussed much. He did It to himself, hes virtually forgotten, says one of the new hierarchy. O 4 to get out of influential this Teamsters said prison, chief. That was admission of the weakness at which he always sneered. Remember how he raced up the beach at Miami to prove he had muscle after visiting a doctor there? Well, hes not ill. The boys know that the former Uth Vice President Anthony (Tough Tony Pro) Provenzano is seriously ill m the same penitentiary. Early in April he was rushed to the Public Service Hospital in Baltimore for major surgery to remove an obstruction of the kidneys. But he did not yelp. He is back in prison waiting for parole on Sept. 4, 1968. he comBut Hoffa broke the code plained about ulcers and a hernia. Now the Teamsters are set to break Hoffa. They just dont cherish the fact "Genthat he still is the $100,000-a-yea- r eral President They think its time for the caretaker General Vice President Frank Fitzsimons to be honored and moved back to the second echelon from which he was drawn by Hoffa. . So next month in Washington, at a meeting of the Teamsters General Executive Board, a majority is expected to move under Article 9, Section 8, to call a special convention of the Teamsters and elect new officers. Only one technicality may defer the purge. They may, decide to await a ruling on Hoffas conviction in Chicago on charges of defrauding the central states pension fund. Bift the concensus inside the Teamsters is that by the years end there will be new officers, and they will play the returning prodigal act In AFL-CIcircles by asking for And Jimmy Hoffa will have his matk lifetress shredder and a time pension. Not a bad way to wander ' " ' ' through obscurity,' . 6229 S. 900 East Hope For Utah I think it is amazing that capital punishment still goes on in a country as scientifically advanced as the United States. Particularly In light of the Influence of Christianity in America. How does a feeling of love and compassion for ones fellow men, which are key words in Christianity belief:, mix with capital punishment? Maybe severe steps have to be taken for persons killing a peace officer acting in the line of duty and to convicts under life sentence for killing a guard or inmate. But capital punishment lor passion killings and murders committed by emotionally ill people Is Inhumane. I believe its an immature way of dealing with the problem, when so many authorities agree that it is not a deterrent to the passion killings and murders committed by emotionally ill people. It is contorting to know though, that during 1964-6- 5 five states abolished Capital Punishment So, there is probably also hope for Utah. --MRS. GLENN SOUTHAM 1744 Liberty. . GUEST CARTOON two-thir- $400-milli- ; $2,000-a-wee- - A Half-Centu- Of 'Progress' ry vnvnitMi 6 t - ij A 1 |
