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Show Mr . Watson, Come Here, I Want You ' DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE Of The United States We Stand For The Constitution ' first words spoken over the telephone UTAH CITY, by Alexander Graham Bell As Having Been Divinely Inspired 14 A EDITORIAL PAGE WEDNESDAY, APRIL ART BUCHVJALD 17, 1968 Order Should Be Changed Shoot-To-Ki- ll Granted that rioting, looting and arson are not legitimate social protests but criminal anarchy. Granted that police were too lenient with lawbreakers in many recent disturbances, and that the examples of citizens looting with impunity inspire more lawlesswell-dress- ed ness. Granted that such lawlessness harms the cause of civil rights, and that firm, fair law enforcement benefits the Negro as much as anyone else. Even so, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley went too far this week when he ordered police to shoot to kill any arson-ist- s they see, and to shoot to maim or cripple any looters. Theres merit in Daleys argument that arsonists are meet potential murderers. Moreover, police should not only also but force with force in protecting life and property, future deter to help should take action sufficiently stringent lawlessness. But surely these just aims can be accomplished without killing or maiming except as a desperate last resort when lives are at stake. Certainly the Daley order should not become the basis of an initial police response to arson and looting. The FBI, for one, prescribes the use of nonlethal tear gas before the use of firearms in controlling riots. According to Major General George Gelston, adjutant tear gas can stop any looting. general of Maryland, I am not going to order a man killed for stealing a of beer or a television set, he declared. Commission received many The Presidents Anti-Ricontrol equipment, of suggestions for other types to distinctive help identify persons marking dyes including immobilize ior block to blobs adhesive of acts, illegal guilty loud and and distressing sounds lights them, intensely bright capable of creating temporary disability. In some cities, the commission notes, counter-rioter- s have played an important role sin dampening disturbance. These volunteers have patrolled their neighborhoods and persuaded othes to go home. But how many counter-rioter- s would there be if they risked being shot to death or maimed? Finally, experience has demonstrated that excessive force d emotions, lead can boomerang and, by inflaming to even worse disorder. For the sake of the law and order it seeks to preserve, Mayor Daleys order should be modified to make it clear that firearms will be used against rioters only when other means of protecting life have failed. By now all Americans should have learned that excess breeds excess, and violence breeds violence. This vicious cycle but it will take a conscious, concan and must be broken certed application of restraint, reason and nioderation. non-leth- GREAT MOMEMTS IM THE' H I STORY OF COMMUAllCAHCMlS al six-pac- Qt98 k cK Someone To Attack It will be denied, but the chief advisGene McCarthy and Richard Nixon met secretly in Washington, D.C., to discuss ways of finding a mutual opponent, now that President Lyndon Johnson has talked himself out of the race. Hubert hasn't done anything for the last four years except be Vice President. The Nixon man nodded his head. Dick knows better than anybody how hard it is to prove a Vice President was deresponsible for any Administration cisions. The Kennedy spokesmarf said, Our The three people sat in silence. entire campaign was based on going Finally, Kennedys man spoke up. after the Johnson Administration. Now Why doesnt Nixon attack Bobby? Then that hes pulled the rug from under us, well attack Dick and we'll have a real my man has nothing left to say. rough campaign. Nixons man said, If you think The Radcliffe girl said, But who will youre in trouble, we dont even have attack Gene? anybody to run against in the primaries. Well leave Gene alone. He can run Dick is no good unless hes attacking on his record. somebody. Not on your life, she said. You can't ask anybody campaigning for the McCarthys representative, a sophomore from Raocliffe, said tearfully, presidency to run on his record. Theres With Johnson out and Hanoi willing to no deal unless Gene gets attacked by talk, McCarthy has nothing to do but both of you. read poetry, and weve got the poet vote Suddenly Kennedy's man spoke up, already. Lets turn the problem over to a comKennedys man said, We knew the puter to see if it can come up with such President hated Bobby, but we didnt a person. think hed go this far. The other two were elated with the The Radcliffe girl said to Kennedys Idea and they rushed off to IBM headWhy doesnt Bobby attack manager, quarters. They fed he computer all the Gene? facts about their candidates and asked the computer to suggest a candidate who Are you nuts? Kennedys man reIf Bobby attacks him, hell get would give them the opposition they all plied. needed. Gene nominated. The only thing Bobby has going for him is that he keeps inThe computer digested all the materi-a- l and then started tapping out the reply sisting hes on McCarthys side. on a printer: But thats dirty politics, the Radcliffe girl said. The perfect opposition candidate for Lets not quarrel, Nixons man all of you should be tall. said. We called this meeting to find He should have a Texas accent, drive an someone to attack whom wed all be open convertible, own a ranch near a comfortable with. What about Hubert river and if possible, have an interest in the only television station in town. Humphrey? When the three read the teleprinter, the Ken, Weve thought about him, nedy man said. But its pretty hard to their faces dropped. attack Hubert. Hes always smiling. Aw, said Kennedys manager, lets The Radcliffe girl agreed. Besides, forget it. ers of Robert Kennedy, ot Its too soon to count Bobby in. Its too early to count Hubert out. These are the two most significant litical in Seven years after one of the great blunders in history, the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion, Fidel Castro still sits strong and firm in the Cuban saddle. In fact, the April 17, 1961, fiasco in which 1,500 Cuban ref- -' ugees attacked their homeland with covert American assistance probably helped to cement Castros hold on Cuba. Significantly, it was the single serious effort made to dislodge the fiery Communist dictator from his island stronghold just 90 miles from the nearest U.S. shore. The lesson of the Bay of Pigs still strongly influences U.S. policy toward that unfortunate land, and indeed has taken on an aura of defensiveness in which we must now almost guarantee Cuba from harassment even from its own defectors. Castro, it becombs increasingly apparent, owes his soul to Russian economic assistance, which runs about 400 million a year. Without it, Cuba likely would become an economic derelict among nations. Cubans are paying & terribly high price for Castroism. Freedom of speech and assembly are severely limited or nonexistent, parliamentary institutions are missing, and more than 48,000 small businesses have been nationalized. . .The secret police have jailed some 10,000 political prisoners, perhaps more. And 4,000 Cubans a month leave for the U.S., principally Miami, many of them after long periods of indentured labor after applying for a legal permit to leave Cuba. Udless Cuba rids itself of Castro, it is in for more of the game tyranny and oppression. , What Fishing Limits? When a country extends its maritime zone to 200 miles, then ransoms a tuna boat for $22,000, it raises the question as to just who are the pirates. That was the case just last month when Ecuador released the tuna boat Paramount of San Dieg;o after extracting $22,000 in fines from the owners. In fact, the Senate Commerce Committee last year disclosed that fully half the U.S. tuna fleet has been involved in seizures, harassments, and other incidents between January, 1961, and September, 1967, The problem arises from what Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Warren D. Magnuson has labeled the preposclaim to exclusive fishing rights of several terous Central and South American nations. Chile was first to lay claim to that limit in 1947. Since then Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru have joined the paCosta Rica, Colombia and Uruguay rades and three others are considering similar claims. The fishing boundaries of most nations extend only 12 to 25 miles out to sea. The U.S. State Department hopes to clarify this unfortunate situation in preliminary talks on fishing rights, starting Wednesday in Santiago, Chile. Hopefully, some reasonable compromise can be worked out that will prevent tiny maritime claims as a blackjack nations from using absurd over other fishing beats. With world pressures on oceanic resources constantly Increasing, strong efforts must be made toward regulating sea harvests and standardizing maritime boundaries. The United Nations should take the lead in codifying more thorough laws for the future benefit of man. 200-mi- le sea-righ- ts i i- t j . - ROSCOE DRUMMOND po- judgments the wake of President Johns- ons withdrawal. Senator dys drive over-heate- Legacy Of A Blunder iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniii Humphrey Is Coming Up Fast non-leth- al Kenneis slow- When Mr. ing. Johnson suddenly I Jjp Mr. Drummond Presicen' I tial field open, the I Kennedy men exPeced f1 most automatic bandwagon effect among the Democratic regulars who had been for the President. The band and the wagon are there but few are getting aboard. The reason is that the influential party leaders had been counting on Johnson for renomina-tio- n but suddenly found they had to make up their minds whether they wanted Rob--. ert Kennedy in the White House. For a while it looked as though the Presidents withdrawal would make it relatively easy for Bobby. But what has happened is that an unexpected and substantial resistance to a Kennedy nomination has developed. Simultaneously and even before any announcement of his candidacy, powerful political support has been springing up for Vice President Humphrey. It comes from labor. It comes from farm groups. It comes from consumer spokesmen who have a large, politically conscious constituency. But one question was whether Hubert Humphrey could command significant backing from the conservatives of business when the alternative wasnt Barry Goldwater. They all know that Humphrey is a political liberal determined to use the resources of the federal government to reduce poverty and end the blight of the city ghettos. But was Hubert antibusiness, did he look on profit as a dirty word, did he want to suffocate business with more federal regulation? It is evident that many of the top echelons of business are genuinely drawn to Humphrey, feel that he understands and values the free enterprise system, and would not be at all uncomfortable supporting him against anybody. Many are a large number of them are Not long ago on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Forbes Magazine, Malcolm Forbes entertained 400 heads of major American corporations and confronted them with the Vice President as guest of honor and speaker. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Mr. Forbes introduced Humphrey as a man of sincerity, a man of informed conviction who says things that make sense. and made new Hubert spoke friends. I have faith in our free enterprise system, he said. I do not think the full limits of its potential are yet in sight. How can we help you without getting in your way? What can we do together to provide jobs, housing and opportunity? One who was present reported that Hubert charmed the Republicans off their feet, and another concluded that if Humphrey had been a Republican these business men would have nominated him for president right there. No one can say at this point how much support the Vice President will get from the conservative business leaders who backed President Johnson in 1964. But what is significant is that he has the trust of the business community while Senator Kennedy has the distrust of the business community. At this stage most Democratic governors, mayors and other political leaders are withholding support from Kennedy. They are waiting to see how quickly Humphrey can establish himself as an force released from the independent image of LBJ. I believe they are disposed to feel that Hubert could do more than anyone else to unite a badly divided iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii party. In the light of what has happened in the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King and the things that have been done and said, I think if we do not now build housing and make jobs for our unfortunates we can expect more trouble. Now this is an election year and we had better see to it that we shed every member of the House of Representatives and the Senate who says we can not afford to build houses and make jobs for colored people. We are inviting trouble, and it will cost us much more than houses and jobs. We will have two separate governments in this country and perhaps a revolution. We cannot afford segregation in our country any longer. Thomas Jefferson said The care of human life and happiness is the first and only legitimate object of good government. Gun Control Law Still Unlikely By CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY The assassins bulWASHINGTON let that felled Martin Luther King, and the rioting, looting and sniping that it sparked, set off another round of demands for stricter laws controlling the sale and possession of firearms. A similar outcry followed the assassination of President Kennedy on Nov. 22, of an incredible 1963. But because amount of grass-rootpressure from the nations gun lovers, much of it drummed up by the National Rifle Assn. (NRA), Congress did not and has not acted. In the wake of Dr. Kings murder, however, the Senate Judiciary Commitamendment tee approved a to the Administration's anticrime bill. It was the first time since 1938 that firearms legislation had been approved by a Congressional Committee. The key votes in the Committee breaking a tie vote that had been cast were filed on April 5, the day before the day after Dr. King's death. It is impossible to determine whether the murder was a crucial factor in the vote. firearms-contro- l the of Approval not did come, amendment however, until its sponsors had deleted a controversial r sale of provision banning the rifles and shotguns. As approved, the amendment would prohibit the interstate shipment of handguns to individuals and sale of handguns to the individuals w ho do not live in the dealer's s state. X Your suggestion that the income tax exemption for dependents be raised to $1,200 is the second solution. The ideal solution would be quick passage of the Liberty Amendment. The scope, size, and authority of the federal government would not be recognized today by the founding fathers. But because the words general welfare and commerce are used in the Constitution, the federal bureaucracy has .eroded the intent and meaning of the Constitution until the very freedoms it guaranteed to protect are threat- ened. If the federal government were forced to obey the Constitution there would be no need for income tax because Amendment 10 states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. According to the Constitution, defense and post offices are the main function of the federal government and other taxes would more than provide the means for these constitutionally authorized functions. The Liberty Amendment is the one bright spot on the horizon. -P- AUL TURNER Richfield, Utah Trouble Costly, Too . -L- gun-contr- ol mail-orde- The amendment's sponsors say they will try to reinstate the rifle and shotgun provision when the bill reaches the floor. National surveys show that, although there are guns in the majority of the na54 percent, according to tion's homes Americans a Louis Harris survey overwhelmingly support tighter restrictions on gun ownership. A 1967 Gallup Poll disclosed that 75 percent of the persons surveyed believed a person should not be able to send away for a gun through the mail: 73 percent were for a law requiring the registration of a shotgun or rifle, and 85 percent were for registration of handguns. In the United States in 1966, there were 6,400 murders, 10,000 suicides and 2,600 accidental deaths caused by firearms. Guns were used in 60 percent of all murders. Hand guns were the weapon NRA. The NRA argues that gun control laws cause sportsmen unreasonable inconveniences while they are not effective in combatting crime. Through its magazine, The American Rifleman and in letters it sends periodically to all its members, the NRA urges letters to senators and reprecentatives to express contempt for strong gun legislation. The result is astounding. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy a leading advocate, told the NRAs annual convention last August: As the result of your efforts, we in Congress have been flooded by mail, wires and telephone calls. All too often these communications are abusive and irrational. We have been labeled Socialistic and unconcerned with the true causes of crime. We have been described as opposed to the legitimate use of guns for sport and hobby. At worst these charges are ridiculous and cruel ; at best they arc simply wrong. And in almost every case, it is apparent that nothing is being done by opponents of gun legislation to foster understanding, intelligent debate and compromise. The NRA receives support In its efforts not only from the gun industry but also from wildlife and conservation organizations, whose cause benefits from excise tax on the manuan facture of firearms and ammunition which is earmarked for aiding state fish and game agencies. The American Bar Assn., the International Assn, of Chiefs of Police and district attorneys and law mayors, enforcement officials from large cities laws. have supported strict Eut their efforts are not organized and have had little effect. Committee approval of provisions in the anticrime bill assure that the legislation will reach the floor of the Senate during 1968. NRA Executive Vice President Franklin L. Orth April 7 spoke of the emotional atmosphere following the King assassination, vowed that the NRA would continue to oppose the bill actively and predicted that Congress would again turn down the restrictions. Observers feel that the grass-root- s pressure on House members in an election year will take its toll and that if legislation is approved it will contain only weak restrictions. Solution To Tax? in 71 percent of the gun murders, shotguns in 17 percent and rifles or other firearms in 12 percent. In Japan, where no one except police are permitted to own a pistol, there were only 37 firearms murders in 1962. By contrast, in the United States, which has about twice the population of Japan, there were 4,954 homicides by firearms that year. Every year since 1965, President Johnson has asked Congress for a tougli law. There were Congressional hearings in 1963, '64 and 67. But the efforts of the backers of the legislation, most of them from heavily urban states, officers was in vain, gun-contr- gun-contr- Leading the assault against strict gun legislation has been the 900,000-memb- EWIS W. POOLE 2609 Melbourne St. Protests Ariove Ads We hear a great deal about sex and violence in our movies and books but they go merrily on crowding our theatres and making best sellers out of the filthiest of books. My main concern today is not what theyre printing and showing in theatres (people don't have to go), but the advertising coming into the home via TV. Scenes from a recent movie on a theme unmentionable a few years ago, so shocking, so shameful (being shown in prime time in one's living room) is not only obejctionable but downright damnable. I hereby protest with everyting in me. And I warn the TV studios that if such things persist, I know many who will rise up against them. You cant hang up signs For Adults Only. But we can turn off the station and if necessary, refuse to watch it again. Mothers can be pretty formidable enemies when they are aroused enough, and weve just about had it." --MRS. E. E. COLES Provo Pushing Limit to portray Martin Luther King as a men, defender of truth, the peace , loving advocate of nonviolence may be plausible to, the uninformed; but persistent efforts to elevate him to the status of the saint, of the savior of the colored people is pushing even the uninformed to Attempts paragon of free . incredulity. Saint he was not! Savior he is not! And there many who see in his agitating speeches some- -' thing far short of nonviolence. He led the fires of discontent and fed them to become conflagrations, " then called for restraint of the holocaust. I leave it to the people of the U S. to make the ' decision. But remember that the cause of freedom is precious and vital. Let it not be destroyed by the irresponsible and sometimes vicious ideas of men. - WALTER D. 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