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Show lrtlinilllllUI!IMII!IIIIIIIIISIII!llllllll!!m!!!HIIIINniiii!lillll!lllllilll!'IIHI,lIllll rt t .s DESERET NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Biii!iimjHiiimiiiiiiin!iimiimiiiniminii!nniniiiiiinrMKnuHiiiiHiiuiii!!!i!ni SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH We Stand For the Constitution Of The United States Don't Blame Moss As Having Been Divinely Inspired w 1 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY, OCTOBER t (Sept. 17) conclarified on be cerning the behalf of the Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah, w'ho are our clients. is known to us as a person Mr. who has carried on a battle for more than 16 years for fair play on the Ute Reservation. He is correct in Lis belief that practices under the 1954 termination act were a rhrmeful injustice to the Indians (full-blooand mixed-blooalike), but some erroneous assumptions have rendered his efforts less effective than tney might have been. for It was not Senator Moss who is respon-ibl- e Senator 1954 was former act. the under It injustices Watkins and Senator Bennett who caused the act to be adopted. Senator Moss was not even in Washington at the time. There may, indeed, have been some inequities in the transfer of Ute lands to individuals, including tut a more serious injustice some mixed-bloodis the administration of the act, which has resulted in over a million acres of mineral rights belonging mixed-blood- s to being transferred to is basically correct relMr. to water ative rights. BIA and the tribal attorney have permitted water rights of infinite value to be lost to both groups of Indians. More serious still is the basic policy of the 1954 act, which has driven a Inand wedge between mivpd-bloo- d dians, and weakened the culture of both groups. and We applaud the efforts of Mr. all persons of good will, to make these injustices known. We are also engaged in such efforts, including lawsuits now pending in the courts, and urge to make his facts available to us Mr. in the interest of all parties concerned. PARKER M. NIELSON ADAM M. DUNCAN Attorneys for Affiliated Ute Citizens of the State of Utah The letter of F. Tom-Pee-Sa- TJtc I71diay's 1, 1970 A - - " Tom-Pee-Sa- Pornography Report: How To Twist Facts If the Commission on Obscenity and Pornography Intentionally set out to whitewash the nations lurid pornography trade, as its critics have charged, then its report issued this week makes sense. That is the only conclusion one may draw from its recommendations, which were roundly condemned in a minority report by three commission members and many other responsible Americans who have studied the findings before their official release. President Nixons administration already has disavowed the commissions findings. Vice President Agnew did so agree in Salt Lake City last night. Latter-da- y Saints in particular, as they gather for General Conference, should be aware of the misleading nature of this report, which runs contrary to all teachings on moral cleanliness and the sanctity of marriage. What are some of these fictions propounded by the report? And what is the truth? The commission declares that Extensive empirical investigation, both by the commission and by others, provides no evidence that exposure to or use of explicit sexual materials play a significant role in the causation of social or individual harms such as crime, delinquency, sexual or nonsexual devian-c- y or severe emotional disturbances. Actually the commission ignored many of its own studies which showed otherwise. Among these was an intensive study of 365 city jail inmates, college students and seminarians done by Davis and Braucht. Their report concluded that exposure to pornography is the strongest predictor of sexual deyiance among the early age of exposure subjects. Even more reprehensible were the committees recommendations. It asked that all forms of pornography for adults be legalized. It also suggested that laws against pornography for childrn should cover only graphically defined obscene pictures. Written erotic material, it declared, should not be banned legally because written material inappropriate for children is too difficult to define. Does that mean, one might ask, that legalizing obscenity and pornography will somehow improve the countrys morals and decrease sex crimes? In opting for the Danish solution to pornography dropping practically all legal barriers the commission declared that sex crimes including rape have decreased 50 to 60 per cent in Denmark since the increase in erotica there. What they fail to mention is that laws governing sex crimes also have been considerably liberalized. Dr. Victor Cline, University of Utah psychology professor, concluded after a careful study of the commissions report that its writers have made three errors: They cite data to prove a point from a worthless study; they dont tell the reader the study is flawred, and they present only that evidence which favors their view and fail to cite contrary findings. The evidence is overwhelming, and every American who stands for decency will reject the commissions findings for what they are: A twisting of the facts that can please only the smut peddlers. t Help Thy Neighbor Election of Utahn Royden G. Derrick as chairman of the board of the National Association, Partners of the Americas, is a tribute to the work accomplished by the organization in Utah under his direction. Utah partnership projects with Bolivia stress , doing for Bolivians only those things they cannot do themselves. Getting organizations in all involved states to understand and embrace this concept is one of the principal challenges Derrick faces in heading the national association. Latin Americans have long resented aid programs that look like Uncle Sam is gaining a toehold in their country, or that smack of conscience-balgifts to poor relatives. Partners of the Americas should be subject to neither of these charges. It is a private organization, with no governmental ties, and aims at giving gifts of time and skill, as well as money, and doing it on a partnership basis. Helping Latin Americans become qualified and capable to solve their own problems is the only lasting aid Americans can g programs could bring the U.S. closer give them. to its neighbors than any other type of help. Derrick and the National Association of Partners of the solAmericas can do much to bring about this idarity. We wish them luck. self-hel- p, m B Ik'v. aw I ff fk I i v ::: k T A cMi i-- ! ' WY T t. 1 s, vr lX r of jsT - t&V - AVS r . full-bloo- d mmii TaFTS9 NWTr It s October October 1st is American Fork Canyons bursting out in glorious hues as it unfolds the years most dazzling spectacle . . . And it is col-ora- the panoramic kaleidoscope of brilliant aspen golden foliage enlivening pioneer pastures as it accentuates groves where much family history is It is also autumenshrined in Heber Valley nal coloring breaking out along Dixie's many winding rural roads and making them important fall picnic attractions for tourists . . . October 1st is rosy cheeks on children who are being blown along the sidewalks like leaves along a village street . . . And it is also bright orange-re- d pyracantha berries delighting the birds as well as the eye as they decorate the branches that have been trained along a terrace wall in Mt. Olympus heights . . . October 1st is the lawn mower being cleaned and stored after the final cutting . . . And it is the hose, having done its duty, going back on its baement hook . . . ... 1st. Tom-Pee-Sa- Edens apple trees hung with red, red fruits . . . And it is shocks of corn standing rigid in the fields west of Layton . . . October 1st is harvest fairs, Saturday aucof fruits, vegetations, roadside vendors bles, and flowers . . . And it is harvest suppers and celebrations where newly pressed cider is served along with chicken suppers baked with all October 1st is balls of Tips On Aiding Juvenile As a newly hred probation officer in the Salt Lake Second District Court may I express my appreciation for your front page coverage Sept. 22, 1970, dealing with the functions of the Detention Center and concurrent role of the probation counselors. Your article identified many common misconceptions concerning the detention of juveniles and the aspects of probation that many teenagers race in lieu of institutionalization. I would only add that concerned parents can further prevent delinquency among their juveniles by following several suggestions. Know your childs assets and liabilities. Dont take over your childs problems. Try to understand the child who exhibits problem behavior. Dont try to make your child like everyone else. Finally, in the right spirit, discipline in a consistent and humane way. Remember, csk for help from community resources before the problem becomes acute. The family is no less successful if it calls upon the resources of the community to help solve critical the stuffings . . . October 1st is leaves, leaves, leaves ever falling to kee) the compost pile growing . . . And it is people driving miles upon miles just to admire the pageantry of yellow, orange, golden, and rdd . . . Indeed, October 1st is Natures fashion show crowning rangy mountains and abundant woodlands set against the background of deep fir trees and blue skies . . . And it is also lights in many small upstairs windows in many small rooms where many small boys are bending their heads over too much home work . . . America's Functionally Illiterate' Between Aug. 17 and Aug. 24, interviewers for Louis Harris & Associates rang nearly 1 700 doorbells in a hundred cities. American They had come to sample the population performing one of the universal tasks of our bureaucratic time: to fill out a form. More precisely, interviewers had equipped them- selves with tlie simplest Social Security application, an application for a person loan, an application for a drivers license, an application for public assistance, and an application for Medicaid. After the usual palaver, respondents were handed the forms and asked to fill them out. Within the margins of statistical error, the survey indicated that as many as 18.5 million Americans over the age pf 16 are functionally illiterate. They cannot read, comprehend, and answer such questions as: Do you expect to incur any medical expenses within the next three months? The National Reading Council, which commissioned the survey, was set up by the President in July as the first gtep in JAMES J. KILPATRICK problems. percent of the questions on the application for a personal loan, and the Medicaid application threw them altogether: d of the respondents could A full not accurately make it out. One reaction, of course, might be that the survey tells us more about the people who designed uie Medicaid form than it tells us of the applicants who have to fill it out. Even so, the Harris figures are shocking. His neat tabulations are all the more depressing when they are examined in depth: The poor, the black, and those whose survival may the old depend upon navigating these shoals are the ones who founder most often. Perhaps the Presidents Council, as a medium of publicity if nothing more, will stir up renewed public concern. My own conviction is that little will be accomplished until our school systems are revolution, and hit by an we get back to systems of instruction in that are solidly grounded in phonics the art of decoding our written language by sounding out syllables. My pessimistic wafguess, alas, is that the Council will fle around with the quack aDostles of look and say, and in the end will decline to take sides. Twenty years hence, when Harris rings again, the products of our public schools will still be staring at personal injury and asking, Whazzat mean? Shun Violence Copy You are to be commended for your action In refusing to accept X and R rated film advertising. Please exercise your right to refuse some of the copy and pictures submitted for other films of a violent nature. -H- OWARD FRANDSEN 1101 S. 20th East Agrees With X, 3 R's And 'Speed' ! I I Congressional testimony discloses that some parents may have been pressured to let their children be drugged in school as treatment for learning disabilities. Shock and anger are immediate reactions to this news. Then come doubts about this countrys drug abuse battle. An Indiana mother told members of the House subcommittee on the right of privacy her childrens story this week. For three years, she testified, she was pressured to let drugs be given to her children to combat brain dysfunction. She told of her son coming home hysterical after being confined in a cardboard box to keep him from being distracted in clas3. Subcommittee chairman Representative Cornelius Gallasaid her experience was indicative of that of gher, families in many other communities. The subcommittee was told that some 200,000 to 300,000 Children with learning disabilities caused by behavior problems are receiving amphetamines, many under government financed programs that have cost $3 million in 1970. Rare or not, the Indiana case raises concern that incompetent teachers or administrators might use hyperactivity as an excuse to drug problem children. Even though amphetamines give adults a feeling of euphoria (make them high), the drug calms children. Such use of drugs may undermine later educational efforts to stop widesnread use of speed bv the young. Furthermore, there is danger that someone unqualified or unfamiliar with the childs medical history may make an error that could cause the child injury or death. . Behavior modification in the public schools by use of too susceptible to drugs is too liable to be should be children to abuse. Drugs given prescribed under or ebe not at all. direct supervision of the family doctor, er are emotional misfits. They have even devised a rating system. For example, Mrs. Bombeck some husbands and wives are docile, uncaring, stoic peo- pie. They dont care if their own dog bites them, the shower runs cold, the who paper is late or their insurance expires. These are the unflappable No. ls. No. ls should never sleep under the same electric blanket. They could bum selves up and no one would know. are wives and husbands Some independently strong. Each does his or her own thing within his own domain. She cooks. He washes the car. She launders. He changes fuses. She has a daughter. He has a son. No. 2 s are dull. No. 3s are aggressive personalities. They shout a lot and each feels he or she is the dominating influence in the family. They cannot hang wallpaper together, hang a picture, agree on the same TV channel or set up housekeeping without a live-imarriage counselor. No. 4s are volcanic. They have varicose veins in the neck from yelling. They rarely listen and fight constantly over the children (each rejecting custody). n Tries To Spread Ban the worst kind for a quiet, moody, sullen. No one knows what theyre thinking. (Or for that matter if theyre breathing.) Now, this is important. No marriage combination should exceed 6 A 4 and a 1, maybe, or a five and a 1, but no more. The worst case I ever knew was a 5 and a 2. They went camping together. He asked her if she would help him park the trailer. She said it was mans work. He didnt say anyting. Finally, she stood Turn the behind the trailer shouting, wheels the other way. (She didnt say what the first way was.) Then she would instruct, You got this much more room. (Which meant nothing as she was behind the trailer.) Then she would shout, Pull over there and back toward me, (which also meant nothing.) Finally, the No. 5 ran over her foot and raid, I am going out for a pack of cigarettes. He was never seen again. 5s are marriage. Theyre them- Congratulations on your decision not to accept advertising for X and R rated motion pictures. I am writing to several newspapers suggesting they follow your procedures. E. A. EDWARDS - St We would like to commend the Deseret News for its recently announced position regarding the advertising of X and R rated movies. Others of the news media should follow your lead and hopefully help to reverse the present trend in movie production. Furthermore, we trust that you will continue to support those efforts that are aimed at promoting the improvement of standards and behavior at all levels. (Is it necessary to always wait so long, however?) --DR. AND MRS. STERLING R. PROVOST 5514 Erockway St Lauds MO vie Ad Dan I understand you are refusing to accept advertisements for X- - and movies after October 15th. Congratulations! Would to God other papers and advertising madia had the same moral courage. -R- ALPH J. SCHINDLER Des Moines, Iowa Family's Thanks For Ban Your decision to discontinue advertisements for and movies is admirable and one which I am sure many citizens wil appreciate, in behalf of my children, my wife, and I, we thank you for your actions. EUGENE L. HAWKINS, D.C. 3573 S 3610 East X- - g, l' 310 W. Rollin Why Has ' News' Waited? bv Brickman the sms!! society' R Ban Reading through The Cleveland Press, I notice an insert regarding your policy of not publishing advertisements of X or R rated movies after OcL, 15, 1970. 1 want you to know that you have my approval and my admiration for the stand which you are taking. - ' -A- NDREW WANTER Euclid, Ohio The No. ERMA BOMBECK i The Granite Education Association faculty representatives directed me to thank the Deseret News, for its judicious editorializing in the Sept. 1 issue., In our view, a newspaper should be a wellspring of clear thinking when a community needs it most. This editorial was constructive and sought to build, rather than batter. The Granite Education Association appreciates the edititorials understanding of a difficult situation and its effort to resolve it. -R- ICHARD LAYTON GEA Executive Director. Bombeck's Laws Of Marriage The divorce rate has never been higher in this country. Experts put the blame on youth, feminine unrest and the high cost of living. There is one theory that puts the blame on mating. Two people are thrown together . III St GEA Says Thanks one-thir- his effort to insure a right to read. The Council will operate in the current fiscal - year on a modest budget of $1,500,000, or about $200,000 less than the sum .recently spent by another presidential commission on a study of obscenity. Harris tabulated his findings in terms of survival threshholds. At the bottom, he found, were 4.3 million Americans whose survival probability in modern society must be assumed to be low. These were the respondents who could not read the application forms well enough to answer even 70 per cent of the questions correctly. Another 7.1 million, by extrapolation, flunked 20 per cent of the questions; their survival he termed A third group, also estiquestionable. mated at 7.1 million, missed 10 per cent their survival is of the questions; marginal. In presenting his findings, Harris emphasized that he had deliberately simplified the forms in an effort to test reading skills only. Most of the respondents had little trouble in filling out applications for Social Security or public assistance. They did fairly well on a standdid application for a drivers license. But 11 per cent of the respondents missed at least -J- OHN B. MATHESON 1916 B Texas 10 Skill-sharin- inter-Americ- d d fv . & A I t t f |