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Show -- airariafrrirTinrrwrnrt V 0 w urr-f iTfi tiiifc Kf i c. CONFIDENT LIVING DESERET NEWS CANYONLANDS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH As Having Been Divinely Inspired FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE Two Powerful Words NATIONAL We Stand For The Constitution Of The United Stales 15, 1968 'f Canyonlands Road Proposal Needs Study PARK SQUAW FLAT PARK HEADQUARTERS ORIGINAL PROPOSED ROAD 9 V If ELEPHANT . HILL DEVILS far do you go in making a national park reasonably accessible while at the same time preserving its wilderness How qualities? Thats the problem facing the National Parks Service in its development of Canyonlands National Park. Wilderness advocates would like to keep the area just as it is, with jeep trails and hiking the only access to much of ; " ' Emerson said: Cut a vital word and That was his way of it will bleed. saying that a word has vitality, that it lives, and can affect a person for good or ill depending on how he uses it. the park area. Business interests, particularly those in San Juan end Grand counties, would like to see Canyonlands opened up with travel to the a loop road that would permit o River Confluence overlook, Chesler Park and other areas. That is the crux of the problem. The Parks Service has e access road from near the abandoned plans to build a Chesler to area Park Headquarters proposed Park and the Confluence overlook, and instead is proposing a route (see accompanying map) approaching circuitous the same objectives from the south. The Parks Service maintains that building a road over the tough Elephant Canyon barrier would scar the natural formations and damage the park. Senator Frank E. Moss, replying to a letter of criticism of the National Parks handling of the affair, declares he believes a road could be surveyed through the Elephant Canyon area without excessive damage to the formations. e road over Indeed, it can be argued whether a rough country would produce any more damage than the proroute. Moreover, it seems strange to locate the posed road away from the normal park headquarters on a dead-en- d flow of traffic, as would be the case if the present proposal is carried out. and very sound NaCertainly, according to tional Park policy, as much of the area as feasible should be maintained in its wilderness condition. Such areas are becoming increasingly scarce and more valued in our rapidly shrinking outdoors, and providing some adventure in park exploration has considerable value in our spectator society. The Parks Service and everyone else interested in the magnificent Canyonlands National Paik should consider the proposal carefully before becoming committed to a final course. It is better to err on the side of caution in building roads into national parks for, once destroyed, natural formations and the pristine beauty of an area cannot be restored. If you want to change your life and bring out your latent possibilities, tell you what to do. Try the power of hope and expectation. How long since you reminded yourself that you possess latent possibilities? Or do you proceed dully cn the basis that you must just take yourself as you are? Never take yourself as you are. Never settle for yourself on that level. Take yourself as you should be. And to escalate yourself to that level it may help to employ the lifting force of hope and expectation. A university, so I am told, has a g course on Prophecy. The idea is that you can fulfill your own prophetic understanding of yourself. An experiment was made on common, ordinary rats. The professor gave six students five rats each, telling them that er Green-C'olorad- five-mil- rock-walle- d 50-mi- le ' , FOREST 1; 1 x "Self-Fulfillin- NATIONAL these we'-- extraordinarily brilliant rats and could do amazing things. To the other six students he also gave five rats eachv but in this case he told them that they . had genetically dumb rats. One group be 1 lieved they had marvelous rats the oth ! er believed they had dumb ones. A period of time was allowed foe.?,' training the rats. The result? The stu-dents who believed that they had bnghf rats trained them to do amazing things! ' all sorts of maneuvers and gyrations to get to food in the maze. Bright, alert rats . ;! they proved to be. The other rats proved so lackadaisical; so dull, they could hardly be prodded to ; move towards food. They did not peri ; form at all. They were complete failures ; The professor pointed out that the reason the rats acted either brilliantly or stupid; i ly was because the students training them expected them to do so. j The same professor went to a largSj; city ghetto to a school wnere students;; were extraordinarily difficult problem j ; f children. lie took 24, children select J indiscriminately. Twelve of them he pjit 1 into the hands of a teacher who was tcRdf they were particularly bright, that they,; had great potential. He told the teacher of the other 12 that they were lacking i$ potential After several months he ie-turned to find the first group performing; , spectacularly, whereas the other group."; could hardly make it. The teachers ml." both cases were of equal qualification. All of which seems to underscore that you can become pretty much what you-', I; expect. Not only that, you will become what;, you expect. What do you hope for ytfur; life? That is what it can be. What do yofl expect? That is what may happen. Dont! minimize the power of hope and expecta-- 4 ' tion. e By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE Two dynamic words can change your life. The words are hope and expectation. Imbed these deeply in consciousness and you will be surprised how improve. things But how can a word work such wonders? A word is more than a combination of letters in cold print. A word is a symbol of thought, and as such has power to create or deto stimulate failure or motivate stroy success. five-mil- and ROBERT NOVAK WASHINGTON Despite partial violations by Hanoi of its agreement to respect the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), evidence now available from captured docu- ments and other intelligence sources hints that Communist military deescalation may go much faster than seemed possible last spring aiu--r the limited bomb-hal- t took effect. In fact, there are strong indications that the military reverses suffered by both North Vietnamese troops and the Communist Viet Cong have pushed the enemy into a new phase of protracted Help Cities Grow Right warfare. Salt Lake Citys proposed bill lo give municipalities broader power to annex property is a tool they should have i INSIDE REPORT By ROWLAND EVANS long-standi- had long ago. The bill, as drawn up this week and approved in form by the City Commission, is also designed to protect those areas that dont want to be annexed, unless annexation is clearly in the public interest. Utahs current law states that 50 per cent of an areas property owners must petition a city to be included in its boundaries. The proposed aw would give the city the initiative, but the city would have to spell out just what additional services it would offer. The proposed law ajso allows each which gives greater area to draw up its own ordinances local control. A further safeguard i3 the stipulation that the annexing city must file its petition in the district court which has jurisdiction over the area to be annexed. The court then would hold hearings for all interested property owners and municipalities. Any city within three miles of the annexing municipalitys boundaries would be automatically included as a defendant to the petition, which should protect smaller municipalities that fear a takeover attempt from larger cities. The main target for annexation is unincorporated areas where the advantages of being linked to a citys services are apparent. For example, they would then become eligible for the citys fire and police protection, for inclusion in its sewage and water systems, and in its school districts. Such a law, say commissioners, would have prevented many of the special improvement districts and special taxing districts that now spot Utahs valleys. As it stands, the proposed bill is a step toward more efficient use of an areas services, and it will also help to broaden the tax base. A caution may be needed that such annexations follow good zoning and planning practices to avoid haphazard development around a city. The proposal warrants careful consideration by the next Legislature. , That puts Hanois goal of victory several years away instead of several months, and the realization of this is already having a severe morale effect on both the Viet Cong military units in the South and on the Communist political structure in the countryside. For example, in the southernmost part of South Vietnam, the oldest stronghold of the Communists, one battalion of Viet Cong troops has recently been disThe surprising explanation banded. (made available to U.S. intelligence by a captured document) : the war is going to be temporarily phased out; sell your property and take a long trip." Along the same lines, sons of Viet Cong political agents are again being sent north to Hanoi for training. The implication: they wont be needed in the South for a long time. WASHINGTON compact is more - The Nixon-Johnso- n and more significant than appears on the surface of their quiet announcement. The fact is and it couldnt be more more helpful and more welcome, needed that it brings the President and the President-elec- t igether in joint conduct of the crucial areas of foreign policy for the next nine weeks Viet nam, U.S.-Sovi- et relations and the Middle East. This is without in history Its time we started teaching people not only how to earn to spend it. how but money, Thats the message that a social scientist brought before the Federal Trade Commission this week, and it reiterates a position this page has taken many times in the past. The problem is that American consumers, the highest paid, best educated and most ardently wooed of all time, still fall short when it comes to knowing the basic facts about buying. And its an anomaly that our educational system contains instruction in how to make a living in almost every conceivable way. but almost no attention is given to spending that income wisely. This age, with its chronic inflation, its mass advertising and swiftly changing customs, is the time when that knowledge is most needed. We think the case for better consumer education in our schools has long been made. Now let's get the students into the classes. Afterthoughts is more . . Ignorance breeds frustrato have enough sense to than tion; nothing painful know that a statement is wrong, and yet not enough learning to be able to disprove it, either logically or factually. The basic reason for this is the agreement between Hanoi and President Johnson to get down to serious negotiations in Paris. The word that Hanoi has agreed with Washington not to shell large cities and not to use the DMZ as a springboard for military attacks on the South (violated this week by 16 rounds fired out of the DMZ) means to the embattled Viet Cong far in the south that Hanoi really does want a long breathing spell. Whether the Viet Cong now feels It is being sold out, even if only temporarily, or whether it understands that North Vietnam has no other choice, the inevitable result is a loss of morale. Although the statistics gathered by overzealou- - U.S. officials in Vietnam have always been somewhat suspect, there is reason today to believe that this loss of morale accounts for the unprecedented numbers of Viet Cong now claimed by the U.S. to be giving themselves up in the field. Last month, for example, 2,350 South Vietnamese under the control of the Communists voluntarily turned themselves in. In the same period, more than 1,000 political operatives within the Communist hamlet and village apparatus were either killed, captured, or gave themselves up. These figures are the highest since the summer of 1967, but no one here will draw the obvious conclusion until Hanoi has proved it will live up to the spirit of its agreement with President Johnson. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR That means watching enemy infiltration of regular North Vietnamese army units down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to see how much, if any, increase there may be. As of today, this iiifil ti ation rate (decamspite Richard Nixons this not has and increased, paign charge) last-minu- is highly significant for the future. Without an immediate and substantial increase in infiltration, U.S. experts now estimate there can be no serious enemy offensive at the earliest until next spring. Thus, the theory that the enemy wants to put the war in mothballs for a good long period looks better each day that goes by without large reinforcements moving from north to south. And each day that passes without this reinforcement is a further indication to the Viet Cong in the South that Hanoi has in fact decided on a fairly swift deescalation. thus deepening morale problems for the local Communist cadres. It is against this backdrop that the refusal of South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to send a delegation to Paris must be assessed. The real task of U.S. diplomacy now is to convince Thieu that a rapid deescalation, followed by withdrawal of U.S. troops, will not leave him exposed to later attack from the North, as he now fears, but instead will leave the Viet Cong weak and demoralized, and possibly incapable of rejuvenation. This is the line that Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker is selling hard to Thieu, and Administration officials here believe it will help him change his mind soon. More About The Historic Pact precedent American Teach Spending, Too lliniliilllliiliillillllli!!ll!IIIHI!l!li; Hanoi's Deescalation Timetable 50-mi- le and is unprecedentedly valuable. It reflects President-elec- t President and the at their best. It means the that LBJ will be ending his Administration with a superb act of statesmanship and that Nixon will be beginning his Administration under the best of possible circumstances. This is no compact. Each has given something of immense value to the other and to the nation. Nixon did not merely assure the President that he was not going to interfere with the Paris talks during the transition. He gave the President explicit assurance that any commitments Mr. Johnson made during the negotiations would be fully honored by the next Administraone-side- d tion. For his part, the President assured Nixon that he would be continuously consulted on any new proposals the United States might make at Paris so that Nixon would not be in the position of having to carry out later any commitments he disapproved. Obviously, until Jan. 29 President Johnson has die final word. But he does not expect to have to exercise it .because comthe substance of the Jolmson-Nixois will in be effect, that, they jointly pact n ROSCOE DRUMMOND supervising the American side of the Paris talks and will be jointly deciding what should be said an1 done at all crucial points. That is the central significance of the compact. There has been nothing like it before. It could hardly be better. It means that what most fear is not coming upon us, namely, the immobility of U.S. foreign policy because of the uneasy transition between outgoing and incoming Presidents. Apart from their own sense of patriotwhich would no ism ar.d responsibility doubt have been compelling enough Mr. Johnson and Nixon have strong incentives for doing exactly what they have done. After the election President-elec- t Roosevelt, through the four long months during which the economy was deterio1932 rating disastrously, refused to join with President Hoover in any restorative measures. Eisenhower In 1952 President-elec- t and President Truman were not even on speaking terms. They never met even once during the transition. President Eisenhower and Presidentelect Kennedy had only one substantial consultation. Mr. Johnson and Nixon have set an invaluable precedent. It will mean much to the country and to the world. GUEST CARTOON has One need look into history only briefly to see what a radiant Improvement in transition Mr. Johnson and Nixon aie achieving. Ignore Guidelines Business Is sabotaging the efforts of the govern- ment at its own expense. In our boom of prosperity the businessman and consumer have sidestepped the guidelines set by our government to curb excessive inflation. In July Congress passed a 10 per cent surtax to cool off our hot economy. Indications are that the surtax is of little concern to the businessman and consumer. For example, Detroit expects that 1968 will end as the best sales year in history and will surpass the 1965 record of 9,3!4,000 new cars. The automakers are even looking for a better year in 1969 than 1968. Federal home loan banks have cut their interest loan associations from 6 per cent to 5 per cent which will create an increase in home buying.-- , In the week ending Oct. 9, business borrowed $205 million in contrast to $184 million borrowed in the same week a year earlier. rate to . The Commerce Department reported that our GNP in the third quarter surged to $870.8 billion, an 8 per cent increase over the comparable quarter last year. These trends indicate that very few consumers and businessmen are concerned about ; inflation. If business would do its part in curbing infla-'- 1 tion now, the government would not have to take stronger measure in the future. -R- ONALD J. BATEMAN 1861 S. 4th West Explains Gun Law There seems to be considerable confusion as to the coverage of recent gun control legislation. The State Firearms Control Assistance Act of 1968, Title IV of the Omnibus Crime Bill (H.R. 5037), better known as the Dodd Gun Bill, was signed into law by Pres. Johnson on June 19. This unconstitutional gun bill becomes effective Dec. 16, 1968. At this time: 1. All gun dealers will be prohibited from selling or delivering any firearm to any citizen under 18r or any citizen under 21 a handgun. Sec. 922 (b) (1). Violators shall be fined no more than $5,000 not more than five years or both. Sec. 924 (a). 2. Ammunition purchasers will be required to give the seller his name, age, and address. (This will create a national list of firearm owners). , ' 3. The a political Secretary of the Treasury shall have over every-appointee, or his delegates citizen unprecedentel pxwer and as has not been seen in our country since ' rule under the king of England. 4. No person other than a licensed dealer or, manufacturer will be able to transport a firearm across a state line. , , law-abidi- Those in Congress who have advocated or voted for this Gun Control Law have, by their very act, showed not only their disconcern for citizens, but have completely ignored the U.S. Con' ' stitution and the Bill of Rights. law-abidi- every reason to make Nixon his chief consultant on the Vietnam talks and to enable him to share in shaping U.S. negotiating positions which Nixon would have to implement. Without this arrangement, nothing could be accomplished in the next 60 days and much could be lost. With this arrangement, the President has some prospect that he will be able to get the talks moving forward and sufficiently near agreement that it will be clear that Mr. Johnson did more than anyone else to end the war in Vietnam successfully. Nixon's incentive is equally great. The sooner an honorable peace can be achieved, the better it will be for the Nixon Administration and the sooner he can get to other pressing problems which can hardly be done until the Vietnamese war is over. It wont hurt Nixon one bit to share the credit with Mr. Johnson for and possibly share ending the war the blame for some compromises which will have to be made. LBJ UllllllllHllllllllllllllllllltllilllllllltlllllllllllllllllllMIlllltlllltllllllllllMlIIIIIIIllllllllI --WILBUR ' WILSOtf Cedar City Saving Time? "1 hope you use only the best materials!" Ntw&diy Please don't clobber our clock anymore, for ours is a dandy. It operates perfectly with the sun and the seasons, and we like it that way. If you want a change, please talk to your boss and ask him if you cant work from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the . ; summertime, and leave us alone. You see, I am a lover of the cool of the morning to do my yard work. But I am cheated out of this on Daylight Saving Time for I have to sally right into my kitchen to make hubbys breakfast to get him to work on the hour dictated. By the time I get my man off, the summer sun is grinning vicioushe gets home an ly, and it is hot outside. Sure hour earlier in the afternoon but what does that get me? , The mercury has zoomed into the upper 90s or to 106, and the sun is still high. All he wants to do is kick off his shoes and crawl under the cooler with a glass of cold lemonade. The yards can wait until after sundown. Big deal! I have saved one extra hour of daylight. -A- LICE STRATTON . La Verkin |
