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Show Dear Hubert: Don't feel bad. I would have been busy anyway. Dick ' lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllR"llll,l!ll,,lllllll,lllllll,l!l,!"'llllnllllllll,,ll LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS tiillilliiiillililiiilllllilllllillliliiiiiiililiilllllilll,,llllllllllllll,llllllllllll,l,lllllllliu SALT LARS CITT, UTAH Clem Up TV Shows We Stand For The Constitution Of The United Stales The women of the Salt Lake Council of Women, are appalled at the viorepresenting 10,000 women, to which we have shows television the on lence been subjected this past year. Because there are so many children within our who are left at home unsupervised, we feel that the television stations should assume some of tiie responsibility as to the types of programs that are available to our young people. Good sportsmanship and fair play have been mob rule and rejected and have been replaced by destruction of property. Daily our children see a beaten by two or three helpless victim held and men on TV. Frequently tne victim is an old man attacked by teenagers. A fair fight between two men is no longer exciting enough or bloody enough for tiie captive audience. How can our youth todav be taught fair play or concern for property and killing are comrights when looting, burning, mon subject matter? Tiie new attitude proposed to or teenagers is that any behavior is acceptable as long as it accomplishes its objectives. As Having Been Divinely Inspired 16 A EDITORIAL PAGE MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1968 How Utah Can Fight Poison In Print Utah evidently faces a much bigger challenge in combatting smut than most of us realized. It is a challenge that goes beyond the magazine stands and movie theaters, where lewdness and immorality are made to seem glamorous, to the schools where hard-cor- e pornography is reported to be peddled in its ugliest, most vicious form. It is a challenge that demands much more vigilance on the pail of educators, parents, and lawmen alike if we are tc keep young lives from being ruined. This much is clear from the report the other day by Dr. Hene kelson, Salt Lake City attorney and social scientist, following a study of more than 5,200 youths in Utah and California. On the basis of what may be the largest research of its kind, Dr. Nelson concluded that hard-cor- e pornography is being clandestinely peddled in nearly every high school in Utah, that 94 per cent of the boys and 61 per cent of the girls surveyed reported some contact with such material, and that it can and does warp attitudes toward sex and even result in pornography addiction. Since some of the smut comes through the mail, Utahns need to make greater use of the new federal law enabling the Post Office to shut off the flow of offensive mail upon com plaints from postal patrons. Congressman Lionel Van Deerlin says the law is effectively curbing the flow of hard-cor- e pornography through the mails in California, and that the law vould be more effective if more people were aware of it. As for the ether sources of smut, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover gave some good advice a few years ago when he recommended: First, keep your eyes open. If you find obscene material offered for sale in your neighborhood or in the possession of your own or a neighbors child, complain vigorously to all adults involved and notify your local police. Second, support realistic penalties against the peddlers. Investigate your local laws, perhaps in cooperation with your church mens club or r group. Are your ordinances stern enough to discourage pornography salesmen from operating in your neighborhood? Are there increasingly more uncomfortable penalties for second and third offenders? Third, help provide healthy attitudes for young people. Children a' blessed with overflowing energy and tremendous curiosity, and these enviable qualities, if left unchan 'Med and unsupervised, can lead them to innocent and d .ngerous investigation of the pomographers wares. If we act now, as Mr. Hoover has observed, we can look forward to a new generation of young people with healthy minds and healthy bodies living in a better, cleaner America. le 12-ye- ar parent-teache- i Wrong WayTo Dissent At one time Americans practiced the philosophy preached by the famous French writer Francois Voltaire when he observed I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. That philosophy was flagrantly violated by certain Salt Lakers during Saturdays campaign appearance of presi- dential candidate George C. Wallace. The heckling he received at the Tabernacle, though minor compared to the outbursts in other communities, where protesters made it impossible for Mr. Wallace to finish his speech, was out of order. A political campaign, particularly one for the presidency, is supposed to be devoted to the free exchange of ideas. When protesters interrupt a speech, shout epilhets, and try to prevent a man from speaking, they demonstrate only bad manners, not a love of freedom. But the members of the audience who shouted abuse back at the hecklers and let themselves be overcome by an ugly mood have nothing to be proud of, either. Fortunately, security forces moved swiftly. They are to be commended for keeping a potentially dangerous situation from getting out of control. If Americans are to keep their differences from developing into national disunity, we must learn how to disagree without being disagreeable. Voters' Check List Debate By ROWLAND EVANS and ROBERT NOVAK EN ROUTE WITH NIXON Is First Real HHH Issue INSIDE REPORT - Vice At this writing, the inner Nixon strategy team has made no final decision on how to handle this. In fact, it had not e even held a private strategy session on the issue. But within tiie Nixon camp there is wide difference of opinion. Some advisers say privately that Nixon is now so confident of himself and the momentum of his campaign he might suddenly decide he wants a debate with Humplirey. But these same advisers worry that Humphrey might get under Nixon's skin and cause him to lash out in the old Nixon style or even lose his temper, as he did in the 1962 California gubernatorial race. That could be disastrous for Nixon. full-scal- President Humphreys demand that Richard Nixon face him in debate has now surpassed the Vietnam war and the racial crisis as the mast difficult issue facing the smoothly efficient Nixon campaign, with no final Nixon response in sight. To nail down his challenge, Humphrey s have now received a pledge of cold cash to cover one-hathe cast of a nptwork debate if free time is unfund-raiser- lf available. With Nixon so far in front that the election seems to be in the bag, it is natural he would do everything to avoid e the unknown pitfalls of a s confrontation. never want to debate their opponents. Thus, Nixon up to now has taken refuge behind section 315-of the Communications Act. This prevents the TV networks from offering free time to any presidential contenders unless they offer it to all the minor candidates too. Even if Congress does amend that law, a possibility that seems remote in view of the threatened filibuster against the measure, third party nominee George Wallace will be included, and Nixon says lie will not be a party to giving Wallace exposure on nationwide television. But that excuse is no longer valid, because of Humphrey's offer to raise one-hathe approximately $250,000 to buy network time and finance the kind of dea bate Nixon could not turn down Humphrey-Nixo- n debate with Wallace excluded. In fact, Humphreys eagerness for a Nixon debate may soon lead him Mr. Nixon Mr. Humphrey Other advisers ridicule that prospect. Nixon, they say, has complete mastery over his emotions and would never let Humphrey get under his skin. Moreover, Nixon, they say, does not put Humphrey in the same class as John F. Kennedy, who turned the 1960 debates into his strongest political asset. But the Nixon camp knows that debates are high-risaffairs for An remark or a wayward frontation and a chance that it might reverse Humphreys fallen fortunes have word could be extremely dangerous. loosened pursestrings that otherwise Just as risky, however, is a decision stayed tightly shut to the Democratic not to debate. The Nixon camp has read the record of the decision by President presidential iiominee. Some Republican leaders have told us Eisenhower's Secretary of Labor, James that Nixons reluctance to accept the P. Mitchell, not to debate his Democratic challenger in the 1961 New Jersey Humplirey challenge is already begine gubernatorial campaign. Mitchell, rening to hurt him politically among lost to Richgarded as the Republican voters. They worry ard is still Hughes. if to In Nixon Hughes governor. continues that, play coy the face of Humphreys haiassment on Thus, to debate or not to debate has the debate issue, Humphrey soon will become the first real threat in the Nixon charge him with cowardice and make the camp and the first solid issue Humphrey debate the central issue of the campaign. has been able to develop. to offer to finance the entire cost. We can now report that, before Humphrey made his offer to pay a half share of the debate costs, Minneapolis grain man Dwayne Andreas, Humphreys ashad pledges in his tute chief pocket for $130,000 from two big contributor; enough to cover Humphreys share. The prospect of a dramatic con- face-to-fac- Front-runner- fund-raise- r, front-runner- s. k d rank-and-fil- lf front-runne- r, Why It's Vital To Affirm Our Unity By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Many animals dont recognize their own young. It takes them a long time to distinguish between their own children and other babies of tiie same species. The reason is not far to seek nor hard to find among humans alone. It is diver- Tiie most obvious fact about the human species stares us in the face so freely that we fail to see it. And that is the utter diversity and individuality of each memher of the human race. it is blind uniformity that keeps them going. They adapt to their environment; we are made to change ours. And if all of us were more alike than different, we would become extinct when conditions drastically change. Thus, there is a biological as well s a moral imperative against aH form:, of racism in the human species. We need millions of different kinds of prisons in order to ensure our survival; reducing the species to one particular kind whether white, black, yellow, or speckled would sharply lower the odds for our continuance on the earth. sity that protects and perpetuates the species; while among tiie lower animals, except twins from the same egg really look alike. Every fingerprint in the world is different. So is the precise composition of blood. Nature has made us the only individuated species in tiie woi Id. No two persons Almost nothing in nature is without a purpose. There must be some reason that the highest member on tiie evolutionary tree is also the only species in which individual traits are more distinguishing than generic ones. All foxes behave like one fox, all clams like one clam, all owls like one Only man runs the gamut of actions and reactions. And, just as nature may produce a million spermatozoa in order that only a few may turn into living forms, so it provides us with the widest diversity of indivduals so that a few might survive the most cataclysmic changes in the environment. owl. We are all of one Mood and one and our family ties as a species are far more significant than our superficial differences of ethnic background. The paradox in this whole matter is that we are created so highly individualized in order to secure the welfare of the species; yet unless we place the welfare of our species above our own partial loyalties, we will lose our individuality and the earth along with it. The only effective way to guard our differences is to affirm our unity. With November 5 only three weeks away, its high time Utahns began marking off a checklist of things to do between now and election day. The Confident Conservatives First, know the issues. Second, examine the records of the parties and candidates. Third, mark up a sample ballot in advance. Fourth, allow' yourself time to vote. Make a date with yourself and keep it. Utahns also need to keep a date with the registration clerk in their election district. Today marks the first of four registration days between now and the election. The others fall on Tuesday, and on October 29 and 30. Hours for registration are between S a.m. and 9 p.m. Dont put off registering until the last minute or the deadline may slip by unnoticed and you'll forfeit the right to vote in a crucial election. Tiie campaign is going so well for die Republicans Senate, House and White House that they are beginning to be-lieve that somea beyond thing s or eight-ya- r Richard Nixon presidency is vi!h- - four- - . :i ' in iyach- - Tlicv now A fighting spirit that often opposed heavy odds and tremendous adversity made Dwight D. Eisenhower, first as general, then as President, not only a great American, but one of the world's most popular personalities. He began fighting against odds in his youth when, in defiance of poor circumstances, he gained an education and a military commission. He later overcame the grief of losing one of two sons; triumphed as President over several serious illnesses. including a stroke that briefly affected his speech: and more recently, rallied with an amacmg show of strength to attacks. survive a series of near fa' ry ai d cviiian leader, he has Moreover, both as in battled undermining forces to advance world peace, and worked to strengthen America's ties with the free nations against the spread of communism. As Mr. Eisenhower observes his 78th birthday today, we salute him not only for his many services to his country, but also for setting a fine example of courage and faith. 1 see a gathering moderate - conservative oter L'oali-tio- n capable Happy Birthday, Ike ROSCOE DRUMMOND of the GOP giving Mr. Drummond control of national affairs for as long as any single political party has ever been in power. I'm not making thus up. They're serious. They have a vision of a political future extending over a period as long as the combined Presidencies of Franklin Roosevelt. Harry Truman, J.F.K. and Lyndon Johnson. Obviously, this is panly wishful. But that doesn't mean it won't happen. It shouldn't be lightly dismissed because it projects the patiern of the political past and the shape of a new national consensus now in the making. lore are the reasons some o' the top beiieve tin ir Nixon s'rategists view is valid: New Deal-Fai- r 1 Tiie oid Depression-borDeal coalition, made up of the once Solid South, the political machines of tiie farmhig cities, labor and ers, is coming apart, it has played itself long-rang- e Both tiie Gallup Poll and the Harris Survey show Nixon at great advantage over Humphrey. They show that a sub- stantial out; something new is taking its place. South this year. Most It's a three-partof the Democratic machines are anemic. Labor is more conservative, and fanners are eager to get rid of governy big-cit- y ment controls. coale 2 A new ition Ls coming into being. There is evidence that every major voting group, whicli used to side automatically and overwhelmingly with the Democrats, is moving to Nixon. The polls show Nixon substantially ahead in both cities and suburbs, leading among young voters and older voters, well above Hubert Humphrey in the professions and among white-colla- r workers and even slightly ahead among manual workers. More women propose to vote for Nixon. He lags only among nonwhites. moderate-conservativ- What seems dearly to be a strong conservative trend is visible in every section of the country. Where tiie old New r Deal coalition is breaking up, the new moderate-con- : creative coalition is building up, Deal-Fai- 3 Among the most revealing opinion polls, which show how the electorate is moving, are those which reflect the public feeling about the peisonal qualities ( the candidates. This could be truer than ever this year because the basis of choice is more over personality than policy. majority of voters considers Nixon more believable, more sincere, more experienced in more likable. foreign affairs and as having "more integrity. This public estimate of the qualities Nixon would bring to the Presidency suggests why most forecasts give him a commanding lead and wrhy he may very well become the catalyst of a new political coalition. The moderate conservative tide is not something of recent months, and it does not rest primarily on the obvious disintegration of the Democratic Party. It was well under way in 1964 and was only temporarily halted then because the Republicans chose a candidate far more conservative than Ihe nation wanted. It is time that programs presenting situations with which teenagers or children identify themselves show the characters taking responsibility for . their actions and paying for their acts of violence. Since our organization has received many comwe ask ; plaints regarding television programming, that tiie television stations assume their responsinotl- - , bility of screening shows more closely and violence. stand our of against lying the networks MRS. JOHN T. SEA1CII President, Salt Lake Council of Women --MRS. D. C. BERNSON Chairman, Cultural Arts Committee The Wallace Image Having lived in Germany through the yeais when Hitler came to power, I cannot but feel deeply concerned about what I see going on in the U.S. during the present election campaign. On the one hand, there Ls dissent and frustration, anger and fear among the people everywhere, doubt in the present leadership, doubt in the capabilities of the nominated candidates of both main parties. Thats bad enough. But on the other hand, here comes that leader, emerging from a rather cbscuie a the folks who is promising background, change. Only the Lord knows what kind it may turn out to be. His speeches arouse tiie rather primitive instincts of the masses, passion, racism, hate. And now, to top it all, Mr, Wallace is also getting his own general on his side very much like Hitler and his famous General Ludendorf. General Curtis LeMay no doubt is a person of great merits, honesty and ability. But who needs him in such a position, and what are his qualifications besides getting carrying phnes into the air? How will Mr Wallace and Mr. LeMay be .able to deal with the great and also the small powers of the world? Where are their qualifications even to choose the right kind of assistants and advisers? -J- OHANNES F. STRAUMER 2642 Park St. Who Is Slandering Now that Im through shedding a lew tears after reading Mrs. Andersons letter in a recent Deseret News, I would like to make some observations. Mrs. Anderson, in throwing up her smoke screen for Milton Weilenmann, asks: Where does slander begin and stop? I submit that it begins when Mr. Weilenmann impugns the motives and integrity of a U.S. Senator who was selected on the basis of his personal conduct to be top Republican (vice chairman) of the important Senate Ethics Committee. I submit slander begins when Mr. Weilenmann runs an advertisement which purports to be an expose of Sen. Bennetts legislative record, and when he deliberately and maliciously distorts that record, listing eight items when in reality the senator has sponsored and seen enacted scores of measures. -S- TEVE STATHIS Farmington Change School Board If progress is to come to tiie Salt Lake City schools, one of the basic changes to be made is a reduction of the board membership from 12 to no more than 6. with the chair to vote only in the event of a tie. We have witnessed the spectacle of the board divided 6 to 6 u.i important questions like federal aid for long periods of time. No board should have an even number of voting members. Research indicates no other school district in that West operates with the cumbersome bureaucraboard. The Granite School Discy of a trict. with almost twice as many students as there are in the Salt Lake City schools, not only operates with a board but also sets an example of quality education which is the envy of many Salt Lake City parents. If elected to tiie Salt Lake City Board of Education from the 3rd Municipal Ward. I will work for a reduction in the size of the board in order to increase its effectiveness and flexibility. -N- ICHOLAS G. SMITH 922 East Capitol Boulevard GUEST CARTOON The Nixon people are circulating extracts from a book by Kevin P. Phillips, a former congressional aide and now American Voting a Nixon staffer, on Patterns, to be published by Arlington House. It shows that since the end of the Civil War American politics has moved in cycles of 32 to 26 years." Thus tiie continuously in oflice (except for Wooiliow Wilsons two terms), while the Democrats have been in office from 1932 to 1968 (except (or Dwight Eisenhowers two terms). on Nixon strategists see tiie nation the threshold of a row era of popular degovernment, centralized, Republican like see. whet they they ajid were from 1898 , to 1932 Name a better one! Copley |