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Show r.i 1 :4t opinion nounoup DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH We Stand For The Constitution Of iL- The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired - j 14-- - SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER EDITORIAL PAGE 30, 1967- - New Changes Reflect Vigor Of Church Twelve. Elder Dyer is a man of broad experience in the Church, having served at various times as bishop, counselor, stake high councilman, Sunday School superintendent, mission president,; First Assistant General Superintendent, Young Mens Mutual Improvement Association, and Assistant to the Council of the Twelve. The author of many books including several dealing with history, he also brings to his new position of responsibility the insights and experience gained as an engineer and successful businessman. Elder Dyers appointment is not without precedent. On three previous occasions, Apostles have been ordained by the Church without being named members of the Council of the Twelve. Brigham Young Jr. was ordained an Apostle in 1864, but not set apart as a member of the Council of the Twelve until 1868. Joseph F. Smith was ordained an Apostle id 1866, and was set apart as a member of the Twelve in 1867. Sylvester Q. Cannon was ordained an Apostle on April 14, 1838, and sustained as a member of the Twelve on Oct. 6, 1939. As the Church has grown, its supervision has become an ever heavier burden upon the General Authorities. With a membership now passing 2.5 million, the Church is organized into 76 missions and 443 stakes throughout the Free World. The appointment of the Regional Representatives will ease that burden. When asked how he governed the early day Mormons, the Prophet Joseph Smith said, I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves. The Regional Representatives are evidence of this truth. They are highly qualified men who have learned well the principles of Church government and procedures, and who have a keen working knowledge of the many programs of the Church. They bring broad knowledge and broad and deep abilities to their new responsibilities. Church members should, of course, greet these changes d with support and complete cooperation. As our beloved President David 0. McKay told conference - goers at Fridays opening of the 137th General Conference, Unity of purpose, with all working in harmony, is needed to accomplish Gods work. In this spirit we join with members throughout the Church in congratulating Elder Dyer and the Regional Representatives, and wishing them every success in their new responsibilities. whole-hearte- Semi-Annu- al Right Vs. Might More than two months ago this page suggested that it might help to end the strike against Kennecott Copper Corp. if Governor Rampton would call labor and management together and urge them to engage in continuous bargaining. This method of resolving contract disputes has worked before and can work again, but only if both sides put the public interest ahead of their own individual interests. If the company, union and federal mediation representatives who meet Monday with Governor Rampton come to the session in that spirit, the meeting can be productive. But if they come only to please a powerful government official and to provide a sop to public opinion, then the meeting will be only an empty gesture. Certainly the public has a right to demand an end to the long and costly stalemate in the copper strike. So far the tieup has lasted 78 days, and cost Utahs economy $29 million. As labor, management and government leaders prepare to explore the possibility of resuming the stalemated strike settlement talks, we welcome them in the hope that their meeting will be characterized by the statesmanship of which they are capable. Labor disputes should be settled, not on the basis of whos strongest, but on the basis of whats right. That cant be done in the Kennecott strike until labor and management return to the bargaining table. Guard The Guardians As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to convene Monday for its 178th year, the approaching session promises to be an historic one. For the first time the Supreme Court will have a Negro member, Justice Thurgood Marshall whose record as a U.S. Court of Appeals judge seems to put him boldly on the side of judicial activists. Moreover, the court will be dealing with some issues involving citizens rights before the law. . As the court conies to grips with these important issues, public confidence in the panel is not What it ought to be. According to a recent Louis Hafris opinion poll, 52 per cent of the American people rate the Supreme Courts performance as only fair or poor. For this, the court has itself to blame because of its predilection in recent years for ruling according to some members theories or prejudices instead of on a strict construction of the Constitution, and for their feeling that the court should promote reform when other branches or levels of government ' . are slow to move. These very criticisms come from within the Supreme Court itself. Justice Byron R. White has charged the court with making rules that have no significant support in JJie history of the Constitution. Justice John ,M. Harlan has accused the court of Amending the Constitution' instead of , , interpreting it. , In a democracy, judges who never face the discipline the ballot box should defer to elected legislators in policy deand leaiveit to' the voters to discipline the legislators cisions ..at the polls when the legislators decisions are bad. , ' , far-reachi- , . ft at 19, Is clean-cu- t, a flash , tt ? I fit L jH ' 4 i ("P-.-.Viv-i,- '- ' ftW ' !,V 'H f ' , t' 18, fresh of face, makes her own (to carefully prescribed church no miniskirts!), sings In a standards chorus. Shes busy, too: The extra class each day, a speech, to give before the Mutual Improvement Association, dinner to cook for a neighbor, then read her children to sleep. On Saturday shell join the women of the ward to peel and slice the peaches as they come in, mix syrup In the huge vats at the cannery. Or shell start on her quota of dresses for the bishop's storesix frocks, size 6, due next house month. Sues ' ' ' , , . - d this conviction added 117,000 more members to the Church than it lost by death or resignation. Rules and standards that might chafe I f 5 i., - v - '4 - MONTREAL We've done it again s hanging from ceiling to floor. Our theme is the movie, business, and as you enter the pavilion you are confronted by a large likeness of Charlie ChapliiLan Englishman whose contempt for America . - .4 1 las boi , ' ( an sai 1 ( ho an mi Mi - 1 I fai th th da . Sj r Typical of the youth of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints 'are Craig Poll, Patty Stephenson, and Rodney Hatch, all of Salt Lake City. other teenagers merely make good sense to most Mormon youth. Today is the beginning of my future, said a who is working for that prized call to a mission that, if he is worthy, will come sometime around the age of 19. Some teenagers do fall away from their teachings, of course. Teen years are often those of rebellion, questioning, dropping out. The Church stands by. As Gary Neele-ma- returned missionary, says, There people around to help the young weather the storms of adolescence. Adolescence is not so turbulent when a young boy is involved in athletics, dramatics, speech, singing, dancing a whole social life. It is easy to rebel against religion; not so easy to rebel against a whole way of life. Our religion includes all the things a young person likes. Its fun. It isnt just going to are always church on Sundays. Adds another returned missionary, David E. Richardson, If a young kid gets confused, heads for trouble, we dont preach. You dont drive someone away when youre trying to help him. We just offer friendship, try to get him into some activity. The kid who drops away usually comes back after awhile. He gets lonely. There are almost 13,000 missionaries in the field at all times. Most are young men, but girls are sometimes called at 23; and often older, retired couples go out after they have raised their families. The call to a mission, high point in a young mans life, is only the beginning. Most come back to complete their educations or serve in the armed forces, then marry in the Temple. There are about 260 different jobs in the wards alone, leading up to bishop; a man may then go on to president of his stake (which takes about 40 hours a week on top of his normal job), or even higher in the hierarchy to become one of the 12 Apostles. . No one receives pay, though the high officials do receive a living allowance. Mormons are expected to look after their own economic security (every family is urged to keep a years food supply on their shelves). But should unemploy-- , ment, sickness, old age come, a Mormon need not even ask for help. A home teacher or a member of the Relief Society will have already found out during one of their regular calls, and the bishop will be called. Hell offer counsel, encouragement And an order on one of the 100 Bishop's Houses, where the yields of the fields and dairies, the factories and the tanneries, and the articles made by Relief Society workers are stored. If the recipient (an estimated 100,000 a year) can work, even a little bit, he is expected to. The helping hand you are looking for is at the end of your own arm, says the sign in Welfare Square in Salt Lake City, the Churchs largest storehouse. Always the focus is on the young. It begins with family nights, where even baby is part of the festivities, through Sunday School classes and into a whirl of activities, sports tournaments, conferencall sponsored es, dances, sing nights by the Church to keep the young happy, involved, and busy. The bishop begins counseling with a young boy before baptism at 8, and through his youth as he works through the steps of the priesthood beginning at 12. As the boy gets older, he in turn is trained to work with the younger boys, as home teachers, Scoutmasters, Young girls learn grooming, dance, music, drama, arts and crafts as they grow up through Beehive, Mia Maids, Laurels and Gleaners. They are taught by mothers and older teenagers who attend countless workshops, conferences and training sessions with the He who dares to teach must motto, never cease to learn. There is just no battle going on any place in the world that tries harder to care for youth and train them to be valuable people," says Mrs. Marvin J. Ashton, whose husband is one of the superintendents of the Young Mens Mutual Improvement Association. "We dont just say. Be good little boys and girls. We Uy to develop a sense of value as a human being; we give them an opportunity to serve, a sense of involvement and the security of knowing we are Home-makin- The Mormon child belongs, to g, a strong family and. a group. There is a place for every child, regardless of size, shape or talents, says Dr. Rex Skidmore, sociologist of University of Utah. He has a chance for achievement, recognition and service. And because he believes his life will endure after death, his decisions are important.The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints is a demanding church incorporating not only the Puritan ideals of hard work, respect for law, individual responsibility, but also the idea of communal welfare and service, and the scorning of such things as cigarets, cocktails and unchastity. It has survived misunderstandings, burnings, persecutions, martyrdom, and the'relentless hardships and starvation of 1,000-miltreks across the plain in ered wagons or by foot and handcart. It has survived legal attacks by the government (polygamy is now, however, punished by excommunication); the arid, forbidding deserts where they established settlements in the last half of the 19th Century. e The admin DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Mich. istration argues that the decision to build a limited U.S. defense system would not stand in the way of a new appeal to the Soviet Union' to avoid an ABM race. Washington might also revive Secretary McNamaras suggestion for an American-Sovie- t agreement on a limited ABM defense by both powers against Communist China. There is a risk of a new escalation of the arms race in the decision. There is a risk the thin defense will become a massive one in both size and cost. Yet in view of the military and political pres sures involved, the action is defensible. And it may be a lesser risk than not going ahead with a new missile defense system." P1 "The tragedy of such a necessity is that a major power can guard itself and others against nuclear attack with the most sophisticated of weapons and defense measures. However, that same sophistication is no deterrent to the Communist guerrilla who, as Mao has said, operates as a fish swimming in the sea of the enemy. The battle to neutralize the danger of nuclear attack can be won. The battle for mens minds, and world security, is not won. Until it is, the need for nuclear weapons and deterrents will remain. Chicago SUN-TIME- Tze-tun- g It might be OREGONIAN, Portland, Ore. thought that after Pearl Harbor the United States would have learned and remembered the lesson that it is risky to try to read the other fellows mind. It is not enough to prepare merely for the probabilities; to be really safe we must be ready for all the possibilities. If Americans are willing to spend $2 billion a month to defend freedom in South Vietnam, surely they would not balk at the cost of an ABM system. DESERET Salt Lake City, Utah -Ctriumphed over bureaucratic inertia when Defense Secretary Robert McNamara announced the U.S. will begin building a $5 billion missile defense system. "For months McNamara had been arguing that the U.S. didnt need such a system on the grounds that it would be too costly, might help accelerate arms race, and that the best defense the East-Weis a good offense. Those arguments just didnt hold NEWS, ommon sense anti-ballist- st water . . . As one expert put it, Military supremacy is not a permanent fact of life. To keep it, you must keep working at it. If you dont, sooner or later an ambitious enemy is bound to achieve technological breakthroughs which will shift the balance of power in his favor. "For our part, we see HERALD, Miami, Fla. Mr. McNamaras exposition of the needs as rational ; the thin shield seems an unfortunate necessity. We do not know what the purportedly clever Chinese will do when they get nuclear strike capability - some years hence, so it is prudent to take conservative steps to protect ourselves." The thin STAR, Minneapolis, Minn. missile system, which the United States will build as a defense against China, may not be thin for long. The pressure is already growing in Congress for creation of a thick system to guard against nuclear strikes from Russia. A thin defensive system may be necessary at this time, but an f. umbrella, whether thick or thin, will never be Further expansion of the system should b ic lead-proo- resisted." GUEST CARTOON our dishwashers garbage disposers and split levels, but they tend to resent them. How better to break this cold, materialistic image thari by demonstrating that we has been well documented. are also a people who have There is Debbie Reynolds bed and an brought much joy to the world? Hence, old Yellow taxi and scads of little the movie bash. alcoves in which you can watch reruns of And the Russian rationale is equally old movies. These latter , of course, plain. Hie' world doubts that Russia is highly entertaining, but they are not paradise. Overwhelm it, then, with disenough. Tucked away far up on the top plays designed to prove Russian' exceldeck we do have a space exhibit with a lence. Wallop the visitors over the head.- -i fair reproduction of the moons surface. The trouble is we both overdid it In general,- the American sEl is The Russians would have been smartsofter than cream cheese. By contrast the er not to tax the credulity of the reasonaRussian pitch is harder than a diamond. bly sophisticated and to do more about the American revealing the Russians as human beings. Now, the rationale-o- f What we needed was a committee that committee boiled down to this : didpt .behave as. though it was shamed . Foreigners know that we are tfery advanced. They not only know .about all of our national genius. JENKIN LLOYD JONES g aj-e- . Gunslinger Th Ntw York Diilr Ntw X yf do 3 ','V r t thr sis COURIER - JOURNAL, Louisville, Ky. missile wall stil of'"' this leaves questions unanswered. We already have nu dear missiles capable of turning China intc radioactive rubble, but missile-kille- r supporter say this does not scare the Chinese. But will it scare them more if we stop some of their missiles and retaliate with missiles which didn't scare them in the first place? Strictly For The Birds at a world's' fair. Once more we have spent millions producing a cOy, idiotic and trivial picture of America. And we have enclosed a this mess in a magnificent building geodesic bubble so perfect that the city of Montreal has eagerly accepted our offer to turn it over to them as tf gigantic aviary. A fitting use, for the contents of our bubble is strictly for the birds. ' At Montreal American painting has which is lucky, for been its only representatives are huge banners bearing strange, if not psychedelic,-device- boi so anti-missi- A JL y "top-rankin- g ths one-thir- fastest-growin- larger-than-avera- Er 'ba -- anti-missi- S' (it sick-in-be- d . 1 roc long-rang- 3'' clothes year 5 attack. It would, according to Defense Department estimates, cost between $3 billion and 56 billion to ine stall Sprint Spartan and short-rang- e missile killers and their guiding radar around vital defense areas within the next five years. Air system capable of protectiiif against Soviet attack would be an entirely differen matter. It would cost at least $40 billion, and while Defense scientists estimate that it could save mil lions of lives in the event of nuclear war, it could not prevent a Russian missile attack from kniing of our people. as many as Here are some interesting editorial comment! defense system: on the M - Theyre both on the honor roll. They date, usually in a group, usually to the stake dances where their parents busy in the kitchen themselves readying refreshments (orange punch or milk, cake and cookies). Chuck and Sue are typical teenage g members of one of the modern religions, The Church of Jesus Saints. Christ of Latter-daTheirs is not just a Sunday religion. Its a way of life. Their entire lives sorevolve cial, educational and spiritual around their families and the closely structured society of their church. Its not an easy religion. It demands tithing of income and time, continuous and often sacrificial service, zealous faith and living up to Church stan- -' dards (dignity and propriety in dancing, dress; no smoking, cocktails, or coffee). It is a joyful religion. Men are that quoted .their they 'might have joy, leader, Brigham Young, as he led the pioneer Mormons through decimating hardship to found their headquarters settlement in Salt Lake Valley in 1847. And so dancing, dramatics, music, and sports are a large part of their lives. But joy, too, comes in hard work and learning (The glory of God is intelligence, says one of their scriptures). And in the security that, to be a Mormon is to be a member, throughout eternity, of a close family and a society which cares. Chuck and Sue are preparing themselves to marry, for time and eternity in a Mormon Temple, raise a family, and spend their lives in service to their Church, fellows and family. But their marriage will be solid: Studies she that only 1.8 per cent of the marriages in the Salt Lake City Temple a had ended in divorce 10 years later startling 1 in 55. Their lives will be fruitful, healthy and stable. Utah; 70 per cent Mormon in 1965, had that year a 16 per 1,000 mental illness rate as compared with the nationSaints al rate of 100 per 1,000. Latter-da- y have a 27.23 birthrate per 1,000, the U.S. 19 per 1,000; and a 5.17 death rate per 1,000. the U.S. 9.5 per 1,000. Their children will be educated. About 75 per cent of Utah's teenagers go on to college! Utah boasts Americas highest rate of retention in school, 12 years as ' against the national average of 10.6 years. And, according to American Men Utah has produced more of Science, scientists than any other state. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints owns farms, hotels, television stations, a newspaper, insurance companies, department stores, ranches, beet sugar plants, real estate; supports 15 hospitals, three universities and colleges, 190 religious institutes near other universities and colleges, and 2,000 seminaries for public school students. But, says Apostle Mark E. Petersen, president and chairman of the board of Deseret News, our the Church-ownestrength is not in our fine temples, but the number of times you multiply conviction in the hearts of our people. T "ta. Saturday he and his Dad are up by 5, to put in a day picking peaches in the stake orchard, or doing the lawn work for the ward house, or a widowed Last roc roc am anti-missi- on the basketball court and fleet on the dance floor (but no twist or bugaloo). Hes busy: His college day Includes an extra hours study at the religious institute; hes in the finals of the stake tennis tournament; hes lead man in the ward roadshow; and hes an assistant home teacher, which means regular visits to his families, taking several boys out for a soda, and talk session or a ballgame. Chuck, 1 Ea The Johnson administration has announced its system to decision to start building an defend against the type of attack the Chinese may be able to launch within ten years. The final was no doubt, given reluctantly, for it, is the kind of commitment no one in public office wantq to make. The defense system proposed will (be an expensive one but a thin one, offering relative security for major cities against the kind of attack system China is expected to develop, but not designed ta offer much protection against possible Soviet By MAGGIE BELLOWS United Press International The important and dramatic new changes announced Friday in the organization of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints bear fresh testimony that the Church is a dynamic, growing institution fully capable of meeting its chaL ' lenges. & We are refecting, of course, to the appointment of Eiger Alvin R. Dyer as a new Apostle, and to the sustaining of 69 new officers to be known as Regional Representatives of the , The Needed Missile Shield is excerpted The following from a series of three articles by Maggie Bellows, feature writer for United Press International news service, written after she " visited in Salt Lake City. Vj .4 " ' . th cl la ei dc r tc H w i( tl v |