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Show ' Hooked ' ... ni!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiHiiiiin"niiiiiiii!i!iini!iniii!ii!iiiiiii!iiiii!'ni'iM;lii", , LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111,11, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH We Stand For As e Wheat Allotments Constitution Of The United States Having Been. Divinely Inspired 14 A EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, JULY In regards to your editorial concerning the reduction of the national wheat acreage aik ne,r for 1969, as a farmer and a member of the Nation-a- l Grain Advisory Board, I would like to place before your reading public some facts regaidmg wheat allotments. 19, 1968 Utah Schools Face Stiff Challenges The National Grain Advisory Board is composed of 36 men, mostly farmers, who advise the LSD.a in regards to grain allotments. The Committee for Economic Development, a nonprofit national research group, issued a report today that constitutes both a compliment and a challenge to Utah. The compliment lies in the fact that the report, repreideals in American senting some of the most forward-lookin- g education, reflects the thinking of prominent Utah school leaders. The product of a study directed by University of Utah Dean Sterling M. McMurrin, the CED recommendations are along lines recommended by State Superintendent of Public Instruction T. H. Bell, who helped in the study. The challenge is that Utah itself has a long way to go in achieving many of the goals outlined by the CED and ought to take a leading part as the nation strives to raise both its sights and its level of educational achievement. In a number of important respects, of course, Utah already is synonymous with educational excellence. With five educational television outlets, Utah is the only state with more ETV than commercial television channels. The blueprint that CED cites as a model for elementary schools of the future is followed by some schools already in existence in six Utah districts and another such school is scheduled for construction in still another district. Moreover, few if any other states have yet followed Utahs lead in funding a state-wid- e computer system for use by public schools, or in recognizing differences in competence, knowledge, and interest by providing two levels of teacher certification. Despite the abundance of ETV outlets, Utah still ha 3 much to do in broadening the range of program offerings and in providing ETV classes, rather individually prescribed or district-wid- e than state-wid- e broadcasts, with relatively Inexpensive video tape recorders. In this connection, Utah also has a long way to go in meeting CED recommendations for ranking students according to their needs rather than according to their age. As for the CEDs call for school systems to use and analyses to make sure they are getting the best possible return for their investment in education, a state as hard pressed for education funds as Utah should have embarked on such s idies long ago but didn't. Moreover, who will argue that Utah is an exception to the CEDs indictment of American education in general ? All too many schools, the report notes, are overcrowded and understaffed, and their pupils receive little personal attention. Instruction designed for the individual is rare even for the handicapped or the gifted. Most of the schools are still furnished with few, if any modem teaching aids, and where these exist they are often little used. Many teachers are unprepared to employ the new curriculum materials and are unacquainted with new and improved teaching methods. As Utah moves to meet these and other challenges in the schools, its citizens should remember that the task of improving education is the business of everyone everyone who is concerned about the future. cost-benef- it Escape To Nowhere Utah is generally such a fine place to live that when serious social problems arise elsewhere its easy to think they cant happen here. When it comes to drug abuse, however, that problem not in a big way. only can happen here but it already has Just ask David Reynolds, whose job is to investigate illegal use of drugs for the State Department of Business Regulation. Only this week he reported that in his estimation 30 per cent of Utahs junior high school youngsters have tried or been exposed to drugs and narcotics. Utah, he is convinced, ranks among the top in the nation in the abuse of drugs, especially among teenagers. Parents need to be alerted to the signs that a youngster sudden changes in bemay be experimenting with drugs havior out of character with a young persons previous conduct, unusual degrees of activity or inactivity, sudden and irrational flareups of emotion, and indifference to appearance and health habits. Young people need to be alerted to the dangers involved in drug abuse psychological or physical dependence, resorting to crime to support a crime habit, deterioration in health, and even death. In short, drug abuse is, as one expert put it, an escape to nowhere. As for the law, more drugs need to be added to legally restricted lists as newer medicines and chemicals are developed. Moreover, loopholes need to be closed so police can crackdown on the few physicians who, for the tremendous profits involved, knowingly authorize excessive doses of various drugs. Clearly, the men and women who make and enforce Utahs laws and teach its young people cannot afford to tui n their backs on the problem of drug abuse. Vietnam: Which Way? The meeting in Honolulu this weekend between Presidents Johnson and Nguyen Van T'nieu spotlights the differences between the U.S. and South Vietnam over ending the war in Southeast Asia. While South Vietnams Senate already has voted for a protracted war against Communist aggression, the pressure mounts daily in the U.S for a negotiated peace. Some peace groups even demand terms amounting to a surrender. Thieu is hopeful that the Honolulu talks will help allay fears in his country that the U.S. is seriously considering just such a sellout in its Paris peace talks with North Vietnam talks which so far have excluded South Vetnam. The South Vietnamese are right in refusing to accept a peace that means an ultimate Communist takeover. Otherwise, the years of fighting will be in vain. But there is a limit to how many U.S. troops can be committed to Vietnam and how long they can be tied up there. With the Paris peace talks continuing, this is no time for a split between the U.S. and Saigon. But President Johnson still ought to make it clear at Honolulu that South Vietnam should take over more and more of the fighting. K On July 1, 1967, the carryover of wheat in tha U.S. was 450 million bushels. On July 1, 1968. 'he carryover was 550 million bushels, and the most reliable forecasts say that by July 1, 1969, the car rvover could amount to as high as 700 million bush- els. The price of wheat to the farmer uudet the pressure of this increased supply has dropped from approximately $1.90 per bushel in 1967 to $1.30 at the present time, although there has been no decrease in the price of bread to tie consumer. Dut-in- g this interval, hc operational expenses of the fanner have shown a constant increase. The recommendation of the National Grain Advisory Board to cut allotments was for one simple to try to achieve a better price for the reason farmer lor the product he has to sell. The present wheat program, determined by 10 public hearings, is voluntary, allowing the farmer who does not wish to enter the program to grow-althe wheat he wants, market it any place he wishes, at any price he can receive. However, cent of the wheat growers do enter into the -' Don't Weaken U.S. In Europe Congress could hardly do won,e than cutto piecipitate a radical, back of U.S. hoops in Western Europe. ROSCOE DRUMMOND one-side- d In a move with serious Congressional backing. Sen. Stuart Symington, wants the Senate to tell the Defense Department that American forces in Europe must be cut down to 50,000 by the end of this year. ., We have now 350,000 men serving with NATO in Western Europe. Symington would slash these forces of to their present strength. Good Mr. Drummond idea? 85-p- program. out of agri- In regards to getting government culture on paper this sounds fine, but is an absurdity in reality, since foreign governments detet'- -' mine the amount and origination of their agricultural imports which takes the production from one - ' , out of every four acres produced in this country.. As a consequence, our own government is the only authority able to conduct and make such interna--tionagreements which must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. -K- ARL SHISLER Idaho President, Fanners Union . al Utah-Sout- h . Steelworker Dilemma Soviet-Warsa- I think not. And gress would be a grave disservice to the nation. It would be no small disservice to the Senate at a time when most of the Presidential candidates are proposing that the Senate participates more fully and more influentially in the highest foreign policy decisions. There are good reasons for avoiding decision on any hasty, troop deployment. We have just successfully negotiated a new agreement with West Germany (where most U.S. troops are stationed) so that much of our dollar costs are made up by Bonns purchase of military equipment and other ways. At their June meeting in Iceland the NATO foreign ministers initiated a move to explore simultaneous reduction of Pact troops and NATO troops in Europe. Why throw away a vital negotiating card by reducing NATO forces without even trying to get a reciprocal Soviet cutback? Bear in mind that it was only after the Senate approved our going ahead with the system that the Soviets agreed it was time to begin talks on nuclear arms l if the members of Congress will look, listen, and stop just long enough to examine the facts, there is reason to believe that the majority would say: Not now; dont The NATO Flag rush it. Obviously there Ls no computer formula which says that a U.S. force level of 350.000 men Ls exactly right at this time in this place. Pernaps more are needed, perhaps fewer, but this must be a careful political and military calculation of the whole NATO alliance. Obviously no sensible person would argue that the present military position in Western Europe is frozen for all time. Or even for very long. The force levels of all the NATO countries are examined together yearly and thats as it should be. n. that What I am suggesting is Symington is wrong in wanting to take a hard, skeptical look at what we are putting out to defend out selves by helping to defend Western Europe, but that he is going about it the wrong way at the wrong time for the wrong reasons. For the Senate, precipitately and unilaterally, to pull back 85 per cent of our armed forces in Western Europe through Symingtons amendment to a defense appropriation bill in the harried, hectic climate of adjournment is no way to make the military policy of the most powerful nation in a turbulent w orld. Such kind of p action by Con Sitting around waiting for something unpleasant to happen is unpleasant. For instance, will there be. a steel strike? We hear rumors that a settlement has been, reached, then we are told to prepare for a strike. It would ease the dread if wc knew just what we are asked to strike for. anti-missi- reduction. Is it prudent for the Senate to force the President to reduce troop strength in Germany at the very moment when the East Germans, with Moscows approval, are again harassing the access routes to West Berlin? Is the U.S. bearing an inordinate burden in the common defense of Western Europe? The facts do not say yes. At this time American forces constitute just 24 per cent of NATOs armies in Europe. NATO has already given Western Europe a longer period of peace than any previous time in this century. We had better not tinker with it lightly. Some of us would gladly hold the line or take a. cut if it would bring the price of steel down. Some of the large steel plates cost you directly or indi-- . rectly over $1,000. By Hubert H. Humphrey Vice President of the United States Our generating idea WASHINGTON as a nation was to secure the right to life along with liberty and the pursuit of for happiness every American. Tins means two things, it means protecting life. It means equally the fulfillment of life-giit meaning, value, validity. The right to life is today in jeoof Some pardy. our greatest leaders have been murdered by mindless assassins. Other innocent people have been murdered by mindless assailants in riots. ving VICTOR RIESEL Their first and worst victims are the poor themselves. Second: The' sale and possession of firearms has to be governed by the sole consideration of what is necessary and effective to stop their criminal use. President Johnson has urged the Congress to control the interstate shipment and the sale to minors of rifles, shotguns, hand guns, and ammunition. And he has called for federal registration of all firearms. This legislation must be passed now. The laws against carrying concealed weapons must be greatly stengthpned, and the penalties for violation increased. Third: Federal, state and local agencies must be organized in a massive effort to stop the drug traffic. This means an increase in enforcement personnel, stiffer penalties for the This violence must stop. The full facts of todays increasingly commonplace crime and violence in this 8,0(10 country are dear and shocking . . . murders every year . . . more tl.an 4 million major crimes every year . . unsate streets and unsafe neighborhoods . . . guns in seven of every ten Ameiican homes . . . television sets showing every joutigscter how guns are ued. But crime and violence of this kind constitute only part of the story. For millions of Americans today there is also jeopardy to the right to life in the sense of life that has meaning. There is violence to human dignity in the filth of our slums, the despair of unemployment, the crippling of illiteraAmericans today call for civil older and for civil justice. We must have or we can have neither. Civil both order and civil justice are totally interdependent. They are twin imperatives one without the ether diminishes America. I bol'eve that we must draw up two an agenda for civil order and agenda an agenda for social justice. These items should stand at the top of the agenda for civil order: First: The rioting in American cities must stop. When rioting breaks out. it must be put down promptly, firmly and effectively. If there is looting or burning, it must he treated according to the laws against stealing and arson. Rio's are wrong. Their toll in hu; an life and property is unconscionab'e. Vice President Humphrey unlicensed sale of drugs, bigger and better programs for rehabilitating the victims of addiction and more research into instead of wondering finding out about the effects of marijuana. Fourth : Councils of Civil Peace should be created in states and cities. Such councils would include representation from all the racial, religious, and economic groups, the state attorney generals office, the National Guard, law enforcement agencies, and officials of local government. Each local council could provide a community relations service to pi event violence, to gain community coop: lalion, and to hear the voices of those who have 1 Are we now going so far that we will help price steel out of the American market as happened in the foreign markets? What can we do to help bring prices down? -C- ECIL DIMICK Orem gone unheard. Each could set up a coordinated early warning system to stop disorders before they begin Fifth: We must take a hard look at the effects of television on our children. Professional Riflemen? I do not propose censorship. I do pro' pose effective consideration by the American public particularly those responof sible for television programming how to understand and deal with the pervasive influence of video violence. These are minimum requiremerts for protecting the right to life and property. But the minimum is not enough, nor can it be achieved except in conjunction with strenuous and successful efiorts to protect the right to life with meaning. It has been argued that gun control laws will not infringe on the rights of the sportsmen. Unless'! you love high taxes and restrictive, complicated'' red tape, they wont. But here is what could happen. In the article ti- - , tied "Guns Barred To Criminals of July 16, the control authors unwittingly gave us a pre- - . ' view. They state that the U.S. Army, a branch of ' the federal government itself, will not now sell snr- ' plus arms to NRA members unless they belonged to elite marksmanship clubs and had an established marksmanship status. Now all the government would have to do to out- - ! law firearms would be to adopt legislation similar' to the Armys policy. How do you become a marks-ma- n without a gun? How do you obtain a gun if , you are not a marksman? This is equal to the gun' control system Russia uses. In Russia the few gun owners are either 1. Siberian game hunters that have had their philosophies checked by the Russian police; or 2. Highly trained Olympic type shooting pro-gu- My agenda for social justice is much longer than the agenda for civil order. It is too long to describe fully in this article but here are some of the main elements: First of all, the recommendations of the President's Commission on Civil Disorders are right. We must begin to act on them now. Second, we must recognize the right of every American to adequate training and a job at a living wage. Third, I believe that every American has a right to an adequate diet freedom from hunger and we must see that he gets it. Fourth, I think it is high time to guarantee eveiy American child a full education from age four through college based on ability to learn and not on ability to pay. Finally, for those who cannot support themselves, we must provide adequate public support under conditions that foster independence and a sense of digivty. Our present patchwork welfare system does neither. None of this will come five. It will not come without change. It will require federal, state, local and private resources not just in dollars but in commitment. But we know that every dollar invested in the full education ot those who are denied 't . . . every dollar we put in building homes for those who now live in hovels . . . every dollar we put into training of a man or woman to perform a job . . . will be repaid many times ever. It will be repaid partly in the reduction of crimp and violence, partly in greater productivity, and to a great extent, in a bettpr, safer life for all of us. There is no choice for us today but to be tough minded, and about stopping crime and violence anj about establishing social justice. Civil order and social justirp arc not two goals. Tliry are oiip. Tins is Americas most uigen! hard-heade- . Our wives look us in the eye and ask, Why do' you go on strike when it affects the price of everything so? Our kids ask, Daddy, does this mean we can't' have those things we were hoping for? Some steelworkers kid each other by saying they want a strike so they can go fishing, but they know' how costly the copper strike was for everyone.. Some of us worked in the coal mines and the steel mills before and after unions were organized. Our unions have brought many benefits to everyin the United benefits one, but the increasing Mine Workers Union helped price coal, and our jobs, out of the market HHH's Plan For Civil Justice I asked the vice president of the United States, now the frontrunner and likely winner of the Democratic nomination, what he saw as the most compelling issue of this campaign. Here is his reply, written exclusively for this column. ; n team members. The great thing about it is that it sounds so good only the serious shooters have guns. But how many of us are faithful, competitive siiooteis? Do you have to be able to put five shots through a dime at a hundred vards to go deer hunting? -J- IM TOLLMAN Cedar, City f GUEST CARTOON : d The nomination? 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