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Show "No, Thanks 8ui Why Don't You And Fulhnghi Get Up A Nice Liiih Twosome?" LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Shoplifter's Toll We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divirely Inspired ISA EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, Much has been said in the past year about the rate of inflation and how it has been eating away at the dollars buying power. The causes for this erosionary effect have been attributed to business and government, but the general public must also FEBRUARY 20, 1970 share in the guilt. World Trouble Spots: The President's View In this city, and in communities across the nation, retaiiers are suffering from the social disease of shoplifting. It has been estimated and repotted in a national news magazine that in 1970, shoplifters will carry out the doors of department stores, supermarkets, etc., goods worth more than three billion dollars. The same magazine also estimated (conservatively, according to them) that about one per cent M our total population, or two million people, are presently engaged in shoplifting. Most supermarkets in our valley are operating on a one to one and a half per cent gross margin, so if someone takes goods worth $1 it will take nearly $100 in future sales to compensate for the loss. Reaction to President Nixon's unique State of the World message this week indicates that he may draw considerably more support in foreign policy from some of his Senate critics than ho has in the past. Senator Mike Mansfield, for instance, said he was pleased that the President emphasized negotiation, participation and shared responsibility in his message, but declared 'specific recommendations would have to be forthcoming. That is true. But at least in delineating the problems In foreign policy, President Nixon has carefully assigned areas of priority that need immediate and sustained attention: The Russian missile buildup, the Middle East, and Vietnam. He the problems brought on by Russian involvement in 'these areas and the dangers of confrontation. " There were hopeful area3, too: More accent on cooperation, ivith other nations, a pledge to work for a freer flow of capital '' and trade .. among nations, and to promote international coop-eration in expanding communications and knowledge. As Senator George Aiken observed: Its almost a ' turn from the lets lick them before breakfast at-- . titude that weve had in the past. The touchy questions, of course, come with implementing apthe Presidents broadly-frame- d policies in the plications. What does the U.S. do, for example, if Russia continues its quest for a dominant Mideast role, if it refuses to 'ease up or stop its flow of materials to North Vietnam, if it "aims for a clear missile superiority? These are, in fact, the ' probabilities. These will require tough decisions from President Nixon in the years ahead at a time when domestic problems also will be crushing. 180-degr- . day-to-da- y' More Police Protection ' r Public Safety Commissioner James Barkers plan to beef the citys police protection through an auxiliary civil detip fense police force should be given prompt consideration. Faced with a tightly restricted budget, there seems little Immediate hope of increasing the regular police force to the ize needed to combat the rising crime rate. d But an auxiliary force is a donation in time by . citizens who give at least four hours a week to the police department. Presently, there are 80 such reserve officers. They receive the same training and perform the same services while on duty as any other police officer. And they are subject to all police regulations. " As envisioned by Commissioner Barker, a pilot program would train 100 such volunteers, with plans eventually to provide for a 1,000-ma- n auxiliary force for the Salt Lake City Council of Defense for use in case of a nuclear attack or for mission that may arise. any other This makes sense. It would gather an effective force the police department J under a responsible organization .that could handle practically any eventuality. It also should tend to calm any citizen fears about inadequate police protec- tion. public-spirite- , Signs Of A Soviet Collapse? THE DRUMMONDS By ROSCOE and GEOFFREY DRUMMOND leadership stems from the massive, paranoiac purges by Stalin who over a period of nearly 30 years liquidated about half of the entire Communist Party as well as millions of others. But wont abler Soviet leaders soon be emerging? A fair question, and Conquests answer is that the Stalin purges included almost the entirety of the leading, the second and the secretaries in the provinces and everywhere else. At that time yeti had to be a denouncer and an accomplice in the purge. This is the actual moment of political birth of most of the current leaders. WASHINGTON However startling the prediction of Russian historian Andrei A. Amalrik that the Soviet system is now tottering toward tnere are solid reasons why he death, may be right. Many assumed that, with the Soviet Union and Red China in league, the anti-Kreml- worldwide Communist But now cracks are becoming visible in the Kremlin walls, and one significant voice from within Russia is openly saying that the regimes decay is in an advanced stage. R. Drummond G. Drummond Take Alexei Kosgfin in Leningrad and Leonid Brezhnev in the Ukraine. For both of them, every step up the leadership ladder came each time not because of ability but because their immediate superiors were liquidated. Here are the pertinent facts as cited by Conquest: d Of the delegates from Leningrad in the 1934 Congress of the Communist Party, none was left to attend the 1939 Congress. In the Ukraine the situation was then much the same as in Leningrad. Of the local Central Committee of 102 members, only three survived this period. The provincial secretaries were all shot, and all their successors were shot. of war with Red Soviet specialists widely agree that this is a real danger. Harrison Salisbury of the Mew York Times sees such a conflict as probable, bordering on the nearly certain, and believes it would be Amalrik sees such a long and di awn-ouwar as the catalyst which would bring the collapse of the Soviet regime. mounting prospect China. 150-od- Obviously, no one at this point can be sure whether this unconventional forecast is sound. But three developments give it credibility. 3 The leadership of the Soviet gov1 The Kremlin is confronted with a in the view of British scholar ernment rising and pervasive demand by its peo- Robert Conquest, one of the Western ple for greater freedom, for a larger worlds most informed Kremlinologists voice in political decisions and for a betis manned by relatively incompetent, ter life. The regime is afraid to grant third-rat- e men with nothing better comsuch reforms and at the same time it is ing from below. afraid to resist them effectively. This Conquest recently testified before the creates shakiness at the. top of the govSenate subcommittee on national securernment and increasing restlessness at ity and international operations headed the base. . He by Sen. Henry Jackson 2 The Kremlin is confronted with a showed that the mediocrity of Soviet t. This means that the destruction of the Soviet leadership at every level was so great that the Politburo, in Conquest's judgment, simply cannot rise above its present mediocrity for as long as one can see ahead. .) Draining Our Minds Of 'Pollution peace-keepin- g By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE , No Sympathy Needed If, as the Chicago Seven maintain, they await a final verdict on their guilt from the people, they should wait no longer. The peoples verdict is as clear as the jurys verdict. The jurys verdict made after more than four days of deliberations on 20,000 pages of court proceedings represents the opinion' of the vast majority of Americans who still value and respect the court as both a bulwark of democracy and a place to determine guilt or innocence. The seven should realize that those who sprang to their defense militants causing depredations throughout the country, spectators shouting obscenities and revilements at both the court and jury during and after the trial are still a small only very minority. Five of the seven David T. Dellinger, Jerry C. Rubin, Abbott Abbie Hoffman, Thomas E. Hayden, and Rennard C. Rennie Davis u ere convicted of crossing state lines with the intent to incite riot during the August, 1P68 Democratic convention. could be sentenced to a maximum of five years in prison anu fined $10,000. All seven, as well as their attorneys, William Kunstler and Leonard1 1. Weinglass, already had been sentenced to jail for contempt of court. By their flagrant outbursts during the long trial, the defendants showed disdain for the courts, as well as the need for law and order and the necessity of searching for justice. They deserve no sympathy now. F-re- Tiieres a lake named Apopka in FloriTwenty-fiv- e years ago it was advertised as one of the greatest lakes for bass fishing in the world. Then it began to have pollution problems. The waste from industry, residue from fertilizers and from the many processing plants nearby began to destroy Lake Apopka. The lake is over 50 square miles in size and in places reaches a depth of 120 feet. Because of the pollution, only such hardy fish as the gar can live in it That great fishing area seemed to be permanently destroyed. Finally, the experts concluded there was only one way to save this beautiful lake. That was to build a series of dams and canals and to completely empty Lake Apopka. They decided to let all the water which had become so full of pollution drain off into the ocean and then let few davs after the publicity of Mrs. Onassis A Watch Those Pills letters Before you gulp down thac diet pill, find out what you are taking. The wrong combination of drugs could damage or kill you. The National Observer reports that some 60 Americans have died suddenly in the past three years from the effects of diet pills. The Food and Drag Administration recently entered the investigation of three such deaths in Rochester, N.Y. One victim had been taking thyroid and amphetamines even though he had a heart condition. One of the women had received prescriptions for diet pills from five local physicians. The other was taking pills which have not yet been identified because they apparently were made by unlicensed mantifso turers. Thyroid, a drag which may be needed in the bodies of some persons, can be dangerous if taken in excess to help reduce. It can affect the pulse and blood pressure and lead to heart disease. It is also potentially' dangerous when taken with digitalis. Amphetamines and barbiturates may depress the appetite, but they can also lead to habituation and addiction. In addition, the power of amphetamines wears off. Obviously, great care must be exercised in prescribing, dispensing, and taking medicines. Its your body. Be sure you know what drugs you are putt:ng into it will do. appetite-depressin- ' g the sunlight dry and clean the bottom of the lake. Then they would refill it. Pumps which can drain the lake of 750 gallons of water per minute are already in use to get rid of all that contaminated water. The engineers and the biologists decided this drastic method was the only way to save this beautiful lake. After it is drained, and the bottom allowed to bake in the sun, the rivers that feed the lake will be rechanneled to fill it again with dean water and Lake Apopka once more will become a fishermans paradise. Imagine having to drain a lake over square miles in size in order to save it! Thats a drastic solution. But think for a moment about yourself. Has the pollution of hatred, anger or defeat started polluting your mind? Maybe the best solution is to drain it. 50 Every human being exposed to the trials and difficulties of life is subject to what the ecologists and other scientists call pollution. But it is a pollution of mans spirit, a taking into consciousness of a mass of unhealthy thoughts and attitudes. Into any life, yours or mine, come pollutants of doubt, fear, envy or lack of faith in our fellow man. All the poisonous attitudes of mind which can eventually destroy the human spirit sometimes can only be removed by drastic solutions. What is required is draining ourselves of our negative attitudes and letting the cleansing sunlight of fresh new thinking enter our lives, and this can work wonders. It can restore the clear, clean water of faith in the future and faith in ourselves. The Market For Old Letters WASHINGTON It was only after Jackie Kennedy Onassis letters to former Deputy Secretary of Defense Roswell Gilpatric were lifted Irom his safe that anyone realized the market value of Jackies stolen letters. a man walked into my office and said he had four letters he would like to sell me, uitten by Ros Gilpatric. To Jackie Kennedy Onassis? I adred. To Mrs. Robert lie McNamara. They were stolen from her bureau drawer and concern a surprise party Gilpatric was planning for Robert McNamara. That doesn't seem to hae much a!uo. I said ou ciazy? he said. Are They were written by the man to whom Jackie Kennedy wiote 'Dear Ros. Paw much are they? J ashed. T e hundred dollars for the four of them lie said. and you ask no questions now I got them. No. Thats too much money, I said. right. he said. How about four i Mis. McNamara wrote to Avereil Al! let "i llurr.mn on his 75th birthday? What are you asking for those? Four hundred dollars. You've got to be kidding You mean to say you would not be private property. -L- EON C. BUDD 2127 Kensington Ave. ART BUCHWALD willing to pay $400 to own the letters of tiie woman to whom Roswell Gilpatric wrote before Jackie Kennedy wrote to him? Well, I didn't exactly say that. I could have gone elsewhere with these, he said, sticking them back in his pocket and pulling out another set of letters. Now these are letters Avereli wrote to the New York State Democratic Party asking them to unite behind somebody anybody. They were slipped to me by Mrs. Harriman in a moment of jealous anger. Im asking $300 for them. Har-rim- Youre a thief, I cried. A thief, am I? Do you realize these letters were written by the man who received letters from the woman who owned letters from the man whom Jackie Kennedy Onassis thanked for sending her a slim volume of poems? Dont go. I begged. Its just that $3C0 is a lot of money. All right, then, authenticated, were sent out by Mr. Goldberg, denying he had any ambitions to run for governor. If you cant afford the Gilpatric letters Id advice you buy these. But theyre so far removed from the Jackie Kennedy Onassis letters. How can you say that? he said. They were written by the man who was supported by the paity which was appealed to by the man who received a birthday greeting from the woman who received four letters from the man who was the owner of the original letters written by Jackie Kennedy Onassis from the Yacht Christina the day after her marriage to Onassis. What the heck do you want for a hundred dollars? GUEST CARTOON he said, opening his For $200 I will sell you 10 letters from the New York State Democratic Party, askmg for contributions to draft Arthur Goldberg for governor of New York. Before you protest, I would like to remind you that you would own the letters of a party to whom the man to whom the woman to whom the man to whom Mrs. Kennedy Onassis once wrote With my love, Jackie. uhse. Do you have anything cheaper? Here are some letters from Arthur Goldberg for $100. These letters, ail Others Guilty Although the argument against water pollution drags on and on. only recently has the government taken what seems to be serious measures to curb it. However, its attention to this point has been on industry. I agree- tjiat industry is the primary cause of water pollution in most of our large cities. (The of many industries have killed many bodies of water and threaten many more). - But here in the Salt Lake Valley neither the government nor the people can use industries as a scapegoat. All of our drinking water comes from the numerous canyons on the Wasatch Front, where no industries are located. And yet, at the mouth of each major canyon, the city has built municipal treatment plants. Thse plants are there because before that water can reach the mouth of the canyon it has suffered the carelessness and thoughtlessness of the multitude of campers, hikers, skiers, and other nature lovers misusing this water supply. --J. SCOTT BUEHLER 86 S St. Referendum Needed I view with alarm the attitude Utahns are takact. ing in regard the Common Day of Rest Pressure groups and church leaders are influencing their memberships on the subject, even to the point of using form letters in a mail barrage on the governor. It seems the Utah Legislature possibly rushed bill. into action too quickly with a hastily-writteTestimony to this has appeared in .your newspaper in the form of a letter from the Utah Manufacturers Association. The association fears inadvertent woiding of Section 5 of the measure might force closure of aerospace and other plants in the state. With Utahs economy depending more on government payrolls every year, we must make manufacturing plants feel at home more than ever, to preserve our shrinking tax base. In my opinion, the Common Day of Rest act should be challenged. -P- IERRE CARLSON 1430 Wilson Ave. n . da. for third-rankin- g monolith would cracked and broke endure. It didnt. It apart. The tendency has been to assume that the Soviet regime itself is secure beyond breach, that it will endure. But supermarkets cant continue to operate today on tomorrows sales. These losses must be covered now. Whos going to pay? As a businessman, I wouldnt! Its going to be passed directly on to the consumer in the form of higher prices on roods. The higher prices must also cover the cost of added security measures to discourage further shoplifting. But the sad part of it all is that most of the shoplifters arent professionals, nor those who have a kids real economic need. Theyre the nice around the corner, or the lady up the street who shops at your store every week. Whats the answer? I dont know. Maybe its a reawakening to the ideals of respect for otiiers and Dtr0'l Frit Prr,t Tear Of Voter' Your editorial of Feb. 13, noting the founding 50 years ago of the League of Women Voters, is deeply appreciated and prompts me to call to the attention of Deseret News readers that 1970 has besn designated Year of the Voter by the League. The Leagues work this year will emphasize the franchise as the basis of American democracy and will be aimed at removing remaining inequities in the nations electoral system. Prime amorg these activities will be a nation- wide petition drive to collect one and a half million signatures of citizens who favor giving Congressional representation to the District of Columbia. It is to our everlasting shame that citizens who live in our nations capital are members of the last remaining American colony and suffer taxation without representation. The Leagues petition drive will be conducted the week of April 16 to 22. We invite all citizens to participate. -- MRS. BRYCE E. ROE President Academic Freedom? As one who loves his country and appreciates the freedoms won by the sacrifices and courage of our forefathers. I express my concern over the actions of seme public educational institutions, undei the guise of academic freedom in sponsoring and giving aid and support to those who are openly dedicated to the destruction of our way of life. Jerry Rubin recently appeared at a public meeting at the University of Utah, sponsored or authorized by the said university. Rubin is one of five defendants convicted in Chicago on charges of inciting to riot at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last summer. The press has reported las many obnoxious and inflammatory utterances at the trial. He has publicly expressed lus disdain for our legal system, and is said to have called the trial judge a pig. While in Salt Lake City lie openly boasted that inciting to riot is his vocation. In there times, when crime and lawlessness constitute pet haps our greatest menace, how can a university sustained by public funds justify permitting such a poison to ure its premises as a Lrum for the dissemination of such infamous propaganda? If they financed his tup to Salt Lake City, the action appears to be even more outrageous. -R- OBERT E. IIALLADAY 5917 Lakeside Dr. i ; unvjWM iMuMUMJntMMHam.i 1 |