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Show rurijm m ' This DESERET NEWS lmitniiniiinmmimiiimniimmniniiHiininnsmimnMHnHUHHUHunsiu'inn Is The Only Place I'll Get Any Peace and Quiet LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH MONDAY, NOVEMBER Utahns Should Okay All Five Amendments cross-sectio- Tourism Improved? wise. In addition to the vitally important races at every level of government, Utah has been embroiled in a different sort a campaign to foist liquor by the drink on the of campaign state despite its better judgment over the years. While the intensity of the LBD propaganda and of the feelings it has aroused have tended to overshadow other issues on the ballot, the outcome of voting on these propositions also can shape Utahs future for better or worse, and the voters should not neglect them on Tuesday. We are referring, of course, to the five proposed amendamendments which the Desments to the state constitution 'Why Harry - citizens to reject Liquor Initiative A, the sixth proposal on the ballot. Briefly, the proposed amendments and the main reasons for supporting them are as follows: even-number- 20-da- Gee, two-thir- shame. Mr. Bucbwald happy choices this year, but I didn stay in hs room all day. , This amendment would repeal the tax on inventories held for eventual sale within the state. Since neighboring states either lack such a tax or are phasing it out, Utah needs to repeal the inventory tax to compete for new business. Revenue lost by repeal is expected to be made up through resulting economic growth. amendment. Also permissive, this amendPROPOSITION NO. 5 ment would let the Legislature adopt standards for mandatory retirement of judges and for removal of judges from office. A law is no better than the judge who administers it. Most Utah judges do a good job. But when a judge can no longer discharge his responsibilities because of illness or age, or just doesnt pull his load there ought to be an easier way of removing him than waiting for the Legislature to meet and act by vote of each house. ds In short, to make good Utah government even better, the Deseret News recommends that Utahns vote yes Tuesday on Propositions 1 through 5. LBD In Perspective As Utahns prepare to vote on Liquor Initiative No. A on Tuesday, a few points bear repeating to set the record straight and keep the controversy in the proper perspective. LBD supporters insist Utahns face only two alternatives regarding its liquor laws: Liquor by the drink, or a step backward toward prohibition. Let us make our position on this point unmistakably Saints is on clear. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-darecord as saying that No one speaking for the Church in this campaign has advocated a return to prohibition. Nor has the Deseret News. The Citizens for a Belter Utah Through Opposing Liquor by the Drink has said repeatedly it is not sponsoring any alternative legislation and is not for nor advocating y prohibition. Likewise, backers of the liquor initiative maintain that zoning laws would protect Utahns against having bars next door to their homes. Yet, many Utah communities and counties do not have zoning ordinances. As for those that have, who is there who hasnt seen zoning ordinances bent to suit the purposes of powerful interests? Moreover, to this day LBDs proponents insist that Liquor law. Yet, the initiative conInitiative No. A is a tains a provision like one the Utah Supreme Court found to be unconstitutional when it struck down a Salt Lake City Liquor law. This is only one of many obvious technical defects in the proposed law. When such vital points stand exposed as misrepresentations, voters should wonder how many other claims on behalf of liquor by the drink are false. In the end, the controversy ever liquor by the drink comes down to this: What kind of state do you want Utah to one with a unique and refreshing personality of its own be and a fine place to raise a family, or one like all the others? People visit an area because it has something different to offer; so, doing away with Utahs individuality is no way to compete for more visitors and more revenue. Even if it were, the sacrifice of Utahs heritage and ideals would be too high a price to pay. All things considered, Utah voters should bury the liquor scheme deeply and permanently so the rext Legislature can get on with the job of making whatever repairs are needed in our liquor laws. n hed on television? Of course. How else will Harry know he was right in the first place when he decided not to vote? That makes sense. Do you think Harry will come out of his room after place? Something like that. Harry has given it a lot of thought. As a matter of fact, hes been sulking in his room since Chicago. Harry says the only true AmeriElection Day? cans are those who dont vote this year. Its hard to say. The last time I But if Harry doesnt come out and' to him he said he might not come not know does how spoke hes vote, anyone out of his room for four years. voting? Gosh, Mrs. Jones, it must be tough I didnt ask him. But Harry has been on He to you. has Election forward Day. looking You can say that again, especially at it worked out in his mind that if he doesnt show up and vote, everyone will mealtimes. Harry keeps saying the reason hes staying in his room is because I ask, Wheres Harry? Then he can say: You should have thought about that beonce told him that if lie couldnt stand fore you nominated Hubert Humphrey. the heat, he should get out of the kitchen. Harrys a great one for fantasies. funny that way. He said nobody cares what he thinks, and since he cant have his way, hes not going to give them the satisfaction of seeing him vote this year. Whos them? I asked Harry and he said that-theare those who are perpetuating the system. But if Harry doesnt vote, he not only is hurting them, hes also making it possible for the others to get in. Harry says it doesnt make any difference who gets in, because if theyre Governor Rampton has stated several timest that his success as a Governor will be measured to a great extent by his success in developing the tourist industry in Utah. The last three State Legislatures have overwhelmingly voted to have the State develop the north end of Antelope Island as a recreational area. As soon as Gov. Rampton took office he decided in his characteristic manner to ignore the wishes of the Legislature, Democrats and Republicans alike. He was not going to have a State development He and Sen. Frank E. Moss teamed up and decided to go their separate way to work for a national monument. Every pressure was exerted on county commissioners, city commissioners, chambers of commerce, etc., to try to change the public sentiment The Great Salt Lake Authority also was told that he wanted its support of a na-- .. tional monument If the governor is measured by his success in developing the tourist industry in northern Utah, he would stand about two feet tall. -R- A Drain away the passion and the hate flowing on all sides of him. Make cool the fevers of dissension; make charitable the followers of his foe. We are troubled; have lost the way. Unite us, not for war or victory, but for righteousness; and we cannot fail. Give him the courage to do the right as he sees it, not seeking the favor of men or the applause of nations. 0 Lord, whichever one it may be, make him walk straight in the darkness cf these days, with only a star to guide The world has become a terror unto us; we are strong, and never before so weak; rich, and never before so poor; informed, and never before so ignorant We have the conceit of strength; the arrogance of money; the vanity of human knowledge; but none of these shall save us, as they saved not the mighty empires of the past 0 Lord, make this man a leader; give him the light, the upward look, the dream You dreamed when You fashioned us in Your image. him; Ignoring the voices that are not Your voice; casting off the hands that are not Your hands. For there are many, 0 Lord, who take we are torn; we - Let him see a sign; let him know Your children everywhere on the earth are as troubled, as torn, as lost as we are. Let him move from the darkness of ambition to the radiance of love; from to the the narrow valley of broad plateau of mankind's common fears and hopes and needs; from the sense of Your fatherhood to the unwavering acceptance of our brotherhood. Let him know that the enemy is not outside us, but inside us; not in the world, but in the heart, in the mind, in the passions; and purify him, so that his tongue will tell us the way to truth. And give him the courage, not of his convictions, but of Your commandments. In Your will, our peace. Illinois. the drug addict? What about the tens of thousands of good Americans who visit Utah annually because of the refreshing change it offers in clean wholesome air, beautiful mountain scenery, and clean respectable com-- ; munities. Do Utahns really want to change all of this? It always looks greener over the fence. Because of the peculiarity of my job, I live out of state. Although I live in the richest county of the richest state of the richest country in the world, our taxes have doubled in the past three years in order to combat crime, debauchery, drug addiction, and related social evils. Those who advocate the economic benefit to the state of Utah are either blind to the truth or have their own selfish motives for perpetrating a terrible hoax. Never before did such a mass of humanity stretch from famed 42nd Street to the 34th Street shopping lane. Some 250,000 workers cheered, whistled, stomped and sang for Humnoontime phrey. It was an Carol Chan-ninrally, replete with glamor Eillie Daniels, Alan King, Shelley Winters, Robert Merrill and Cab Calloway. Just such a rally was the catalyst for John Fitzgerald Kennedy. And a few days earlier, it was President Johnson himself who admitted that he began slugging Dick Nixon because the garment union chief needled him into . Humphrey is First, they "just dont believe the vice president will lose. Second, they will see to it that the g, Democratic Party keeps rolling along with out Kennedys camarilla. If the Party wins, Ted Kennedy can have die ambassadorship to the Maidive Islands any mac hine time he wishes. it. And he did. But the men of labor do more than slochuckle or count on gans. Regardless of what the latter-daJohn Galbraith writes, the men of labor sock-it-toe- y If the pariy loses, it can operate on the power structure the labor movement put together in just one month. If the union chiefs hadnt whipped up a political organization despite the bludgKennedy and eoning from Senators there would have been no McCarthy Humphrey EORGE ' B. MORRIS There is considerable misinformation being circulated about Proposition No. 4, or the Green-bel- t Amendment. It Is apparent that many voters are not informed as to what the amendment is designed to do. This amendment is supported by the 1968 platform of both major political parties. Agriculture is not only in favor of Proposition No. 4, the agricultural people instigated the resolution in 1967 allowing the vote. If passed, farmers taxes will not be lower, others will not be increased. It will help to discourage urban development in rural areas and will encourage continued growth in agricultural economy. --DON T. ALLEN President, Utah County Farm Bureau . . Skiing By Drink' A recent Tribune Home Section had a feature article" supposedly on skiing in Utah. Those who read it found early in the article that it wasnt about skiing at all, but was pushing for liquor by the drink in our skiing areas. In the article it pointed out that Aspen, Colorado boasts 85 per cent of their skiing guests are front Colorado, Ski Country U.S.A.," in Denver verified that these percentages may be cor- rect. When I questioned why, they indicated that the prices charged discouraged local people from using the facility. Also, when you look at the loca- tion of Aspen, it is some 100 air miles and some 200 road miles from Denver where over of' the population of the state is located. To compare Aspens 85 per cent to Utahs 15 per cent is a bit ridiculous. Because of Utahs ski resorts being located within an hours easy drive from populated areas, it is only natural that skiers will return home for lodging end lodging is the only criterion that the Tribune can use in their percentages. Their comparison, when you look at a map, would be like taking Salt Lakers past Brighton, Alta, Park City, Snow Basin and Brian Head and on some 200 miles rather than skiing in their own back yard. d. RULON TEERLINK 3469 Plaza Way ' ' ' one-four- th Theyre saying that Sen. Edward Kennedy need not worry about stooping to even if pick up the partys pieces. dumped. ' it also want to attract the prostitute, the pimp and e. These 21 states do not include such labor power centers as New York and VICTOR RIESEL : Backs ' Greenbelt ' Labor Wants To Isolate Teddy NEW YORK Ted Kennedy and his tome carriers sat this one out and thats exactly where the labor leaders now want the man from Massachusetts out, far out BUCHANAN Ogden Daly City, Calif. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Your name in vain, even as in the past; who make of you a God of war and violence and hatred and bigotry; and all these abominations in Your name. 1 . I am greatly disappointed that Utahns would even consider liquor by the drink on the November ballot. It is unfortunate that myself and other tens of thousands of cannot vote to help defeat this great evil on your communities. If Utah wishes to compete as a sin capital of America, liquor by the drink is a good start. Does Prayer On This Election Eve O Lord, whichever one it may be, give him a star to steer by. AY H. . California Example -G- This amendment would allow the Legislature to provide that farm land be taxed on its present agricultural use rather than on its speculative future use. The farmer isnt responsible for the urban expansion that has often engulfed his property and driven up its market value if converted to residential or other commercial uses. But farmers can be driven off the land if it is taxed at the higher rate. Since the Legislature could impose a retroactive tax at the higher rate to be collected when the land is sold for nonfarm use, voters should allow it to do so by approving the well-writte- think Harrys Under this amendment, legislaPROPOSITION NO. 2 tors salaries would be raised from $15 a day to $25 and their per diem expense allowance from $5 to $15. Only one other state pays its legislators less than Utah does. Our legislators are worth more we might get better lawmakers and better laws. two-thir- knew wasn't Harry with e PROPOSITION NO. 4 thats a I I should think so. Couldnt I talk to Harry and try to persuade him to come out and vote? Harry doesnt want to talk to anybody. He said its too late to talk. Now its time for action. But if Harry wont come out of the house, what kind of action is he thinking of? For one thing, he plans to boo the results as they come in on television. You mean even though he isnt going to vote and he doesnt care who gets it, Harry still is going to watch the results not going to listen to him, then theres no difference between them. But what about the worst ones? Doesnt he want to stop them? No, Harry says, the only way to destroy the system is to make it worse than it is, and if the worst ones win, it will prove once and for all that the systems no good. You mean Harrys rooting for the worst choice of the three because that will prove he was right in the first e 1 ections over, and he said he might not even come out them. ed isn't Going To Vote ART BUCHWALD WASHINGTON Hello, Mrs. Jones. Can Harry come out and vote? Harry doesnt want to come out and vote. Hes in his jUi. room sulking. He said he isnt going to come out of the house until the eret News recommends that Utahns approve, while we urge PROPOSITION NO 3 n. sin-cer- In any presidential election, the vital importance of Americans going to the polls and voting their convictions should go without saying. Democracy cannot survive other- last-minut- ! With todays issue, the Deseret News concludes elec-tio- n the publication of letters to the editor on the endeavored to pubhave we While campaign. lish as many of our readers contributions on this been far too many subject as possible, there have we have tried and them all, to letters publish To to print a fairly representative the many readers who have taken the time and e effort to comment on campaign issues, our thanks. 4, 1968 Under this amendment, a generPROPOSITION NO. 1 al session of the Legislature would be held in years years for 60 calendar days, while in session limited to budget matters unthere would be a y vote in each house. less exceptions are made by Sessions held only every two years, as at present, are so infrequent that the Legislature cant exercise an effective check on the executive branch of government. Indeed, when the lawmakers must crowd so much work into so little time, a rush develops and so many errors are made that the Legislature often must be called into special session to correct them. i Readers, Thanks As Having Been Divinely Inspired EDITORIAL PAGE I V ir.iiit:i!ii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiminiii!iiiiiiniiiiiii,Hmti!i,ii!,,nm,,!t1imi We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States UA V campaign. With balloting only hours away few realize just how much of the Democratic Party actually is the labor movement. There is, for example, the magic touch of the traditional rag jungle mass meeting. There were predictions in this campaign that Ladies Garment workers leader Louis Stulberg could not fill Sie-elrestaurant for the candidate. 's Yet eight years (less one day) after the electrifying Jack Kennedy stood cn the heart of the needle trades market, Mr. Humphrey drew a bigger crowd of nationalities, races, colors, creeds and passing citizenry than did the tragic man of Camelot I covered both. are as resourceful as vast resources permit, as imaginative as they are powerful when they hit the political highways, and they are as ubiquitous as tbey are anonymous when they swing into political action. At my last count, the movement bad over 250,000 specialists in the precincts for their man Hubert. Nothing Dick Nixon, John Mitchell, or Ray Bliss could weld could match this machine. As the final weekend rolled over the stomped-o- n had, hustings, the AFL-CIwith just 21 states reporting, well over 350 banks of telephone callers operating. These were manned (womane.!, too) by moie than 10,000 experts, trained in flashing political appeals. Already, far more than 50,000 house' volunteers were in the field. And an additional 40,000 had signed up for e Election Day bring-ou- t chores such as baby sitting, chauffeuring, and doorbell ringing. the-vot- No one can estimate what will hit California, where labor now claims some two million members. It is known that Tom Pitts, leader of the Calfornia Labor Council on Political Education told all trade unionists to drop everything from now (Oct 29) until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, in order to concentrate on a massive effort in behalf of the ticket. Humphrey-Muski- e Labor leaders were certain theyd take New York, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and some were willing to put money on Emil Mazey, second in command of the United Auto Workers who has a passion for realism, told me, during my national, survey, Were positively going to take Michigan. Cal-iomi- a. Mazey, like hundreds of other UAW officials, has been speaking anywhere from two to five times a day. He has concentrated on such unnoticed groups of voters as the unions 200,000 retirees. He himself has spoken to 9,000 in the past few days. Thus its gone. Except for a city or two such as Chicago, theres been no Democratic Party. McCarthy and Kennedy saw to that. State, county, municipal, and precinct leaders came to labor headquarters for everything from buttons to bumper stickers and plant gate literature. Now there is a machine, wan or lose. No doubt a cost accounting analysis will some day show that upward of $50 mil--, lion was spent on it by labor. Paul Halls Seafarers poured out a million all by itself. Certainly the boys arent going to give this heavily oiled political machine over to Ted Kennedy as a Christmas gift. These laoor men are tough. They like in, men to stand up and be counted not out Asks Bennett Vote Although I disagree1 with some of Senator Benvotes, I recognize that the Senator is far superior to Mr. Weilenmann, who would rubber- - netts stamp every great society measure. I urge every person who voted for me to vote for Senator Bennett. Remember, conservatives. Mr. Weilenmann is against Right to Work, for admission of Red China to the U.N., for higher taxes, for more and more big government. MARK E. ANDERSON 1429 S. 15th East SL . . i Backs Bonding Contrary to recent assertions in letters to the editor, the bonding bill passed by the 1965 Legislature was one of the finest bills ever passed in Utah. At the beginning of that session, the State Building Board reported $65 million in critical unmet building heeds. The bonding bill accomplished these purposes: 1. Utah borrowed $67 million at 2.9 per cent interest and immediately invested that portion not committed to buildings at 4 to 4.5 per cent inter sL 2. Presently, $28 million In construction has been completed with another $22 million now under See LETTERS on page 5 A-1- ' |