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Show r DESERET NEWS - , 'Sit id f ATSti Goei' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR T SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH fevers Romney Wa Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired ' 12 A EDITORIAL PAGE- -' MONDAY, JANUARY, long-awaite- me Dark Ghost Of Dien Bien Phu d et d valleys and trails sailor-husban- d . Y -- t- . t objective. In Laos, where an undercover war has long been in process along the Viet Ho Chi Cong supply route, the Minh trail, there was a kind of small-sca- le Dien Bien Phu at Nam Bac. Nam Bac, a key base from which forces harassed much of the northern sector of the Ho trail, colin the face of a blits lapsed Jan. even cast a Mr. Frye sideways glance at Wonsan, Korea, to which four North Korean PT boats took the American intellg gence vessel Pueblo after ahanghaing tt In astonishingly Insolent manner. The element in all this that evoked memories of Dien Bien Phu was the psychological tactic employed: the all-oeffort for a major victory, one which would humiliate the enemy, at a time of isolated by weather, terrain, and enemy action. A massive Communist force, reportedly involving some 10,000 men, turn undertaken to mount a sieges , This is no casual operation. Intensified supply and reinfevte-me-nt operations have been observed In . the area lor weeks. There are even reports that North Vietnamese Defease Minister Ye Nguyen Giap, the man who commanded the assault on Dien Bien Phu. is personally. on the scene. In Laos and at Wonsan, the Gomme-nlst- y succeeded in jotting the enemy. It they should also succeed at Khesanh, their psychological offensive would have become formidable. AH this coincides with an offer by the Reds to negotiate pence if the United Some 5,000 defenders were routed States will halt its bombing of the North. with an estimated 20 per cent casualties. No one should be surprised by this apPressure on the Communist supply line parent incongruity. was eased. It was at the time of critical negotiaThere were other motives for the Red tions at Geneva in 1954 that the Commuassault, . the capture of rice harvests nists went all out to shatter and humilbeing one. But as in Korea, a principal iate the French. Battlefield action to dishearten and dismay the enemy objective clearly was the dramatic demonstration of Communist power and the enhanced the bargaining power of their consequent humiliation of the enemy. negotiators at the conference table. This can hardly fall to be the purpose It is not yet dear, at this writing, that of an Intensifying siege of Khesanh, there will be a return to Geneva in 1968. where the potential similarity to Dien The possibility exists. It is the subjects Bien Phu is mo6t striking. active private explore boos. Khesanh is a Marine base near the Anticipating that possibility, the Reds northwest comer of South Viet Nam, six have revived their tactics, miles from the Laotian border. It is sit- seeking to build up a surrender mentality uated near, or astride, southern termini in the adversary. They are even asking of the Ho Chi Minh trail. that the United States halt its bombing of From it, "and from a Special Forces their supply routes, so as to facilitate a new Dien Bien Phu. camp at Langvel, virtually on the Laov ' tian border, it has been possible to InterThis is not the scenario as Washington cept, or render Increasingly difficult, would write it Americans could well much of the traffic flow on the trail think twice before pressing the AdminisLike Dien Bien Phu, Khesanh can be tration to play by these rules. 18-1- 9 assault peace explorations. Dien Bien Phu, a major French fortress In northwest Vietnam, fell on May 7, 1954 after a siege. Its capture completed the disintegration of French morale on the home front, and led directly to a Geneva settlement which, had it been Implemented, yould have delivered a united Vietnam to the Communists. On at least three fronts Korea, the Reds today are Laos and Vietnam reaching for a psychological, if not a literal, Dien Bien Phu. Their seizure of the Pueblo could.be explained oa many grounds, including interdiction of in enemy intelligence operation, protection of a vastly stepped-u- p program of Communist infiltration into South Korea, and the gathering of y counterintelligence. But certainly a major purpose, if not J b ablete discern ark ehft 4 W1 L. LAURETTA . Last month, detectives from the District Attorney's office in New York exposed three auto repair shops In Queens as defrauding motorists through faked transmission repairs. Posing as customers, the detectives drove into the shops with can in good working order, except for disconnected modular hoses, which any mechanic could have spotted immediately, and connected at little cost. Instead, one shop charged 1245 for a new transmission, when it actually only replaced small parts in the old one ; another charged $136 for a rebuilt transmission, which wasn't as good as the old one; and the third charged 183 for a new transmission, when all it did was spray fresh paint on the old one. Now we all know the familiar cry of the repair shops trade association: This represents only a small minority of repair shops. But, in the first place, I dont think its s small minority; and J. HARRIS in file second place, such exposures have taken place regularly for years, and the trade associations do nothing but yell Foul" on such occasions, r.- - The American public is being victimized to the tune of tens of millions of dollars annually by repair and service people in all areas; as our society becomes more mechanized and complex, we are more and more dependent upon the honesty and decency of these technicians. Trade associations are among the most vociferous opponents of government Interference in their business affairs, yet they seem unaware that the only way to keep the government at any level out of their affairs is to police their own members, regularly, rigorously, conscientiously. Why should the District Attorneys office have to act on such complaints? Any trade association worth Its salt should make monthly or quarterly investigations of all Its members, and should drop of fenders from its membership, notifying the Better Business Bureau of such action. With such procedure, "belonging to a trade association would have some real meaning beyond that of contributing to a lobby in the state capital or la Washington. capitalism fa based oa then it has broken down woefully where sendees and repairs are concerned; there fa a general mistrust of auto repair shops, television repair shops, and all household appliances not directly guaranteed by the manufacturers. If business leaves u vacuum fa this area, we may be sure that government will step into the vacuum, far both valid and.jnyalid reasons. And the more cynical the public becomes about the willingness of trade associations effectively to police themselves, the more tolerant win the public become toward' government and eventual controL action If laissez-fair- e eot Plj agis the sSOCl Sichii itutc jbor ret A 9. W roes ui om ersJt an; m. ( he go ekipl KJCS tit odiv. all When Emil Harwood Booster paid his taxes for 1967, he discovered that he still had $117.50 left over in his bank account. Boosters gasoline taxes, so we didnt raise his water and sewer taxes. The city man said, And we thought It probably would a the county was going to put have been ove$117.50, It's the county. It would be very "sewer tax, so we thought we would pesa but he for us to raise rlooked, Booster's real estate easy up an entertainment tax until next made the mistake taxes." year." of bragging to a I object, said the representaThe IRS man said, "It seems to be a friend about it and tive. It seems to me citys that the reason of errors, and the only one who he was overhead Booster comedy got away with this' is that our by an Internal sales tax has been too low. We can up is laughing right now fa Booster. The soas 1 see tt, fa to set 'Revenue Service the sales tax make it retroactive lution to the problem, by committee and in 1968 a who reup coordinating agent and , ihform Booster be owes us the true Booster an extra $117-5- 0 which he ported it to his $117.50. 1967. We could split the to in failed chief. pay , There was a lot of angry shouting and $117.50 among all of us so Booster would Mr. Buchwald An emergency finally the IRS man called the meeting .have no idea what we were doing." , called was of federal, state, to order. Hold meeting it Shouting will do us no county and city tax officials to discover Its not a bad idee, the state man good. Lets look at this thing calmly. The But I think there should be aome said. why Booster still had money left in the as concerned see not we are I it, way bank. punitive damages added. Ita true teat about we the are about the $117.50 as The IRS man said Boosters federal a fact that Booster still had money left Booster didnt violate any laws, but he tax return had been checked and it was over after he paid his taxes. Now we'll knew as well as we did that tt he had beall in order, so he couldn't be tried for all have to admit that this is a very bad any money at the end of the year, it one of to us." longed offiif can Booster tax state violations. The get away precedent and, ,any criminal Thats true,? the county man said. cial said as far as his people could find with It, everyone else will try to get He should have come dean and told us out, Booster had paid all state faxes. The away with it. We must discover what he still had money left in tee hank ard county man said his records showed that went wrong and see that It doesnt hapthen let us adjust our tax rates accord-- . . Booster was clean, and the city man said pen again. -- ' ingly. the same thing. . Ill tell you where it went wrong, I the state said. man "We we can say give it to the Grand Jury, the thought the Then, the IRS man said, to put a surcharge city man said. Any guy who has any only come to one conclusion. If Booster President "was-golstill has money left over after he has of 10 on everyones income tax, so we money left over after he pay hit taxes has got to be guilty of Something. didn't tax Booster the way we originally r paid his taxes, there is a loophole someto.where in the tax law. .. Everyone agreed and tee IRS man , . planned , Walt a minute," said the county tax And," said the county man, "we laid, Ita guys like Booster who give collector. If anyone should ' get the . thought the state was going to raise Inflation a had name. 7 i .a. ART BUCHWALD s chav Qpfan erred vou mute ubsta Ecko From TIle Past Our press, that bum one ade of Its mouth denounces Romney hr bis fcraraash statement and Iteshteat Johnson's credibility gap bra the other side, should weigh this echa bra a distant past that appears to absuhre them both. Then X any sue at aR is to bare the privilege at lying, the rulers of the state Should be the per. anus; and they, la their dealings either with enemies tr with their emu ritsano, may be allowed to fie for the pubQc good. BU nobody else should meddle with anythfeg ef ttae ktod; and although the rulers have this privilege, far e private to fie to them hi return fa to be deemed n more heinous fault than far the patient of the pupd of a gymnast-anot to speak the truth about his bodily DL aesses to the physician r the Warner, nr far a sailor not to tefi the captain what fa happening about the ship and the rest of the crew, and bow things are going with kfcnsetf or his fallow saQora. The tides of human thought have swirled n bit since that distant day, hut at least k was aeither chauvinism aor the scream of the protester, but the judgment of one ef the great Intellects ef testa-r- y Ftate la "the Republic. no m on -Q- QMER revet , ondit In tors a said h rtbecs xm l use ti TN a stg man ' PU proad prove devek and tr btokigi Cor the tt ALU Unit i or bu Creek Fi Dislikes Utile Choice On Jan. S, DCS, CBS TV news program (entered some ef the nations mast prominent reporters in a panel discussion concernaig a prognosis of the nations g politics. This program was because concepts were expressed wUch could he regarded as a national political a conscience which evidences the basic conriusns: la the 1968 presidential election, we win not be voting on the vital issues that urgently need responsible attention tt we are to survive nationally; rather we win be voting within n shallow sham involving the personalities that are successful to maneuvering themselves tato the right places by November. Even the thmactev qualifications of the candidates are to be fate to the bonding of personal knages (at can captwe tee flimsiest of American hnagtoation. Ote of this. Wow can we see aay opportunity at aS to exercise a (hake that could have anything at all to de with bettertog tee state nf tte sation? R hardly seems to matter whe er what party gets, fate power under these chtmnstonces. Most cynical ef al. It was suggested that ff peace tofts could be arranged to be rater way during November, this would assme the election of LBJ. How could tee parent of any hoy la Vietnam bear the concern teat such a boys life er death cmdd be determined fey any election expediencies? i A fester-estin- tg" --NORRIS s H1 speed CASEUAN East I aimed the Km his be. Its ' days Harry He f re-e- ar Federv A d m with at Oki lie or ioo mattei and vi sent t today flying pies a added W. GOOCD &18th Ave. Wrong Name Tr The nation of Israel fa wrongly named In II 1T:18: "Therefore tee Eternal was very angry with Israel and removed them out of his sight, there was am left but tee tribe of Judah only The people of teat nation are ef Judah nd It should be called by teat mum. Jeremiah 44:28 reads, land ef Judah." Israel W that name? t 0 V WIL ORli --4XK. CARMEAN dersor GUEST CARTOON Thi traces been ( Ti 1, - P V Kings The Man Who Had $117.50 Left : KIDMAN fat-km- By SYDNEY -- They used the same method with Barry Qoldwateri "defoliate tbe frees," ha Vietnam Bad be gat la they would have bet defoliated aoaner, and the chance et the war's end rarer. Mr. Romney h aba being mtoot lor the rioting la Detroit bat yea. Isn't It strange bow the largest Republican states were bt. where employment was at Its highest? Or b tt strange? I didnt read much about Mr. Romney'S getting caught between a soft Mayer and a vacillating President. Mar was much said about the Los Angeles Mayor's absence, at the time of the Watts riot. Doesn't It mem add h you that Johnson's rating j has hnprwved Awing Us early thrryaeek's stay at Us Thus ranch? Maybe he should stay there permanently. I can remember when the press made atod about He leaving the White House two or three times a week at lour pxa. to play golf. We now have a chance to get an honest man la , office to bend tefagpeot country. Let's get him in. Utah et aS stales should bade Uxa to the hot. Things have racked a sorry utate when an honest man has to pound the streets, and doth in deh and and to M people be fa honest and that he will da a good job. Things would be easy ff the press would do It hr him, especially whew they know be is honest, refinbie, and capable. con-arien- ce Were Asking For More Conirols and int m ft et Whsbogtan ant paid with taxpayer tl riot-ireaten- ed . the major purpose, was to demonstrate especially to facedramatically conscious Aslans die boldness and power of Communist forces. It was intended as a humiliation for Americans, and it went far toward succeeding in that It . ed this past the previous week. Insure Against Riots cold-heart- a isolated American strongpolnt of Khe-sanIt- - did a dance of triumph at Nam Bac, in Laos, where anticommunist forces had been routed . Telephone company officials in MissionHills, Calif., aeem bunch. like a ' Either that or theyve never had a teenage telephone user among the lot of them - and thata hard to believer- - , The telephone company has slapped a r lien on James Youngs $27,500 home because he.cant raise the money to pay $4,509.81 in collect calls his daughter ran up while stationed in Adak, AlaskarAs a talking to her result, Mr. young has his home up for sale to raise the cash toe 1 , ' pay the phone bill. but gee whizz! Well concede thats quite a big bill Young love and alL Some allowance surely" could be made. . As for "Mr. Young, in the long run he may find it easier to ' raise the money than it waa to use his own phone. . Indo-Chln- It stalked the coal-fire- Talk Isn't Cheap of week. et The recommendations by a special presidential group the weekend for providing , insurance coverage in urban ghettoes is a case of the governments step? ping in when private industry doesnt meet a challenge. Although major insurance companies deny the practice la widespread, Congressional Quarterly reports that a growing number of ghetto businesses are having their policies cancelled by underwriters fearing massive claims. Those fears are far from groundless. Riots during the summer of 1967 caused more than $500 million worth of damage. After the 1965 riots in Watts, underwriters paid an estimated $40 million in claims to store owners and residents. As a result of the huge payment, insurance costa in Watts more than doubled and it became almost Impossible to get theft and vandalism policies. Home owners suffered almost as much as store owners did from the unavailability of insurance. Moreover, long after the riots, many ghetto stores have been unable to reopen, with the result that employment opportunities have been lost in areas that need them badly. To meet these problems, the presidential panel has recommended formation of state pools of insurance companies to share in underwriting policies in ghettoes . . . creation of a National Insurance Development Corporation to provide reinsurance against the risk of extraordinary loss from civil disorders . . . and special tax treatment to encourage insurance firms to provide ghetto coverage. ,Of course, the best insurance against riots is still firm law enforcement plus an intelligent job of meeting legitimate social, needs. One of those needs is for a better insurance program to encourage business development in the ghetto. WILLIAM R. FRYE UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. The ghost of Dien Bien Phu returned to haunt the et Y unug. fetaas about Vietnam Surety by auw people should be As the House Interior Committee opens hearings Juesday on Colorado River legislation, California seems to be making a statesman-lik- e effort to work out a realistic compromise that both the Upper and Lower Basins can live with. Thats the assessment of Utah water and power experts regarding the more than $1 billion reclamation package introduced by California congressmen the past weekend, and they make some persuasive points. In compliance with objections from conservationists, California has abandoned proposals for two dams in the Grand Canyon. In addition to a $360 million package of five water projects lmColorado, the bill v$uld get Utahs Dixij Project under way with the assistance of Lower Basin power revenues. Moreover, the measure would provide a legislative committment for the augmentation of the dwindling Colorado River by .marking funds from existing dams Hoover, Parker, and Davis to build facilities needed to import water from the Pacific Northwest. This has been one of Utahs major goals. By. the turn of the century, this plan could produce an estimated $500,000,000 for augmentation works. To create this fund, California would maintain existing power rates instead of lowering them after reimbursement of the coBt of Hoover, Parker, and Davis dams is completed in the late 1980s. When the proposed Central Arizona Project came on the line, Californias supply of Colorado River water would be reduced from 5.1 million acre-fea year to 4 million acre-feCalifornia would insist on the 4.4 million acre-feas a minimum guarantee'" until the Colorado River is augmented with outside water. Of course, there is still room for reservations about certain aspects of the California plan. Tor one thing, the proposal to build a d power in Arizona of instead Dam would plant Hualapai put the federal government Into the steam power business and create competition fop Utahs Kalparowits Project in Kane County. For another, while the California plan wouldnt cut into Utah's allotment from the Colorado River, Utah still cannot afford to have Colorado River projects go ahead elsewhere while our own are plagued by delays and fund cuts. Moreover, while the California plan would help make water Importation economically feasible as well as practical from an engineering standpoint, how practical is importation politically? Even though the Pacific Northwest has more water than it needs, It actively opposes exporting Columbia River water. But national interests need to be put ahead of regional Interests, and its only common sense to take water from where it is wasted to where it is wanted. When and if water imported from the Pacific Northwest were needed in that area, Utah reclamationists say it could either be returned there or the Pacific Northwest could be given added compensation. ' The Northwest Study Commission and others are looking Into the specifics of water Importation. Its hoped that when public leaders have definite facts and figures before them, they will be able to persuade citizens of the Pacific Northwest that sending surplus water to the arid Southwest is the thing jtodo. It should be clear by now that America must think bigger than it has in the past regarding national utilization of its water resources. To that end, major water systems should be linked together just as electrical power systems are. - vs uoL jg Mr. faobtiky e artirafiato fes the feraia ' To Conserve Wafer, Link River Systems .. ro Rriy. 29, 1968 T7 . A' jde coming te the seaport of yoa hr George Sony yen had hi be motivated, though, her Motatt Shape et the Mew Father. 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