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Show 'Happy Birthday, Dear U. N. -- Happy Birthday To You DESERET NEWS . LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH i ; niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiNnniiiimbiimiiiiiiiiiiiiii'iimiiHmtiiniiiiiiiuiiiiiiiim . We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States Kent Jury Exemplary As Having Been Divinely Inspired - 12 A EDITORIAL PAGE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER The Kent Grand Jury procedure was Americanism at work as the law of the land intended. Here were impounded citizens of the area affected. They were vitally interested and exceptionally well informed. They are taxpayers who helped build and maintain this educational facility. Such jurors are screened as to any bias in the case; they are provided with legal counsel. They meet behind closed doors and are duty bound to interview, all witnesses desiring to testify. The jurors on the 28, 1970 Speaker Guidelines: 'Lawful' Free Speech Two facts should be kept firmly in mind in assessing the newly proposed speaker guidelines at the Uniyersity of Utah: First, not a single court case can be found upholding a universitys refusal to permit a speaker to appear on campus on the basis of what he might say. Second, the campus is not a privileged sanctuary from Once on campus, a speaker is subject to all applicable law. the federal laws. and ,tate Fortunately, both these facts have strongly influenced formulation of the Universitys proposed guidelines. As a result of the research which has accompanied their proposal, the guidelines might well stand as a model for universities and colleges elsewhere. Utah Universitys experience with campus speakers perhaps parallels tha of many other such institutions. During the past five yeais, more than 1,300 speakers have appeared on campus. Of that number, only a handful perhaps six at have caused any furor. the most, some U. officials say One of the latest, of course, was last Februarys appearance of Jerry Rubin, the Yippie leader who was on trial in Chicago for crossing state lines and inciting to riot. Among other thiiigs, Rubiu called for violent overthrow of the government, castigated the Chicago trial in which ne and four other were later found guilty, and used numerous pro-fa- n expressions. Other adverse community reactions came from the appearances on campus of Timothy Leary, the LSD advocate; Madalyn Murray OHair, who succeeded in having prayers banned in schools; and Allen Ginsberg, the New Left poet. '.Would the proposed guidelines prevent other speakers such as this from appearing on campus? No. But they would do two things to improve the present condition. They would strip away any pretense fhat the speaker was appearing under the official aegis of the University, if invited by a private group, and they would clarify in the speakers mind that he must obey the law in his speech and actions on campus. ' One proposal in the guidelines is to differentiate between those in which university official university functions and private functions. Private groups who funds are used wished to invite speakers would be required to register with the dean of students in order to do so. Another strong point in the proposal is that it helps clarify m the public mind which speakers are bemg brought in with university funds. Part of the Rubin furor arose over the alleged use of taxpayer funds to help pay for his appearance. The University commeridably has walked a fine line between maintaining free speech and law and order on campus. The proposed guidelines should be adopted to help clarify for both students and public the boundaries of propriety by which a speaker is bound. . perjury prosecution. Every precaution is taken, to bring out the truth and nothing but the truth. ,v Here we have constitutional law reflecting the only real basis of all laws of government, namely, the will of the people, the sensationalized and over- -; balanced reporting of the news media and the emotion-riddefindings of the nationally appointed --investigative committees notwithstanding. I sincerely hope that the work of the Kent grand jury will demonstrate the efficacy, justice and strength of our judicial system and cause our' to turn the corner back to normalcy and common sense law and order that has been so effective in developing and preserving this country' for nearly two hundred years to make it the greatest and freest nation the world has ever known, n --S. Why Nixon Is Campaigning WASHINGTON President Nixon is not impressed by political precedents. He figures its better to break than to keep them. He knows that the only two Presidents to intervene actively and openly in midterm elections lost. Woodrow Wilson did so in 1918. Six Democratic senators and 19 congressmen were defeated. And Harry Truman in 1950. He took the stump and his party lost six Senate seats and 29 House seats. Mr. Nixon does not put down these precedents, but he refuses to be their, captive. He hasnt got where he is today by being timid. He has always been ready to take some risks. There is much speculation about the great risk he is running by involving himself so deeply in the campaign and how he must either win big or lose disastrously. This is wide of the mark. The risks are nowhere nearly as large as they appear. The prospect is Nixon can help the GOP cause and that he doesnt have to win big to win creditably. Richard Nixon has several things going for him which make his extensive politicking less risky and more promis- . E. Drummond O. Drummond the Democrats wont come This year Meaning Of Kent State his decision to expand his campaigning on the way things looked about two or thought he weeks ago. He found found that the tide was turning toward Republican candidates in more states than he expected. He found also that the undecided or apathetic voter was likely to tilt the balance. He concluded that his presence might well generate just enough additional interest and support to make the difference. He wasnt going to fail for lack of trying. If the Republicans net just two or THE DRUMMONDS By ROSCOE and GEOFFREY DRUMMOND near it. The Democrats may gain no more than five House seals perhaps 10 but not likely more and may not even hold their own in the Senate. This will be a Democratic defeat of major proportions 75 per cent under what the party out of power has cn the average produced in the past. Richard Nixon may not win much more but he can hardly lose. Further, the Presidents Gallup Poll now at a formidarating is moving up ble 59 per cent, higher than at any time ing. in months. The biggest is that the Republicans He has neutralized Vietnam as a camare going to win the congressional voting paign issue, won massive Senate support without Mr. Nixons campaigning even for his Indochina peace initiative, has a if they dont capture the Senate. good chance of getting the Arab-IsraeThroughout this century the average truce extended and has apparently gain of House seats by the party which persuaded the Soviets not to try to put a does not control the White House in the missile - submarine base in Cuba. election is 41. That is the norm. It is clear that President Nixon based li three Senate seats in mid-tervoting when by all past precedent they should lose seats, this will be a significant GOP victory. If they win control, this will be a major GOP victory. Mr. Nixon will get credit either way. Another factor makes it profitable for the President to put himself widely into the campaign. He urgently needs Republican support for his legislation. Republicans more than Democrats have bottled up his welfare reform in the Senate Finance Committee. Every Republican elected to the House and Senate will reasonably feel some debt to the President for coming to his support. He is in the fight for them and this is the kind of political loyalty which wins friends and influences future votes. shunned Eisenhower campaigning when he wasnt himself running and the Republicans never won Congress during his Presidency. Johnson stood aside in 1966 and this seriously hurt him with Congress during his last years in office. Nixons precedent - breaking may es- that Presi-- ; tablish a new political rule dents cant afford to stand aside even in midterm elections. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS When I traded my Jaguar for a Cobra last spring, my youngest child asked me why so many automobiles had the names of animals and rattled off a dozen from Cougar to Impala and Mustang to Road Runner. At first it would seem as if the auto companies themselves were responsible for such nomenclature endowing their machines with the brute characteristics of fleet or powerful animals. But, on reflection, I suspect that something deeper is at work here; mans primeval need to transform his mechanical tools from inanimate objects into "creatures. We apparently find it psychologically easier to work with tools that have been given some an.mistic properties than with pieces of dead nature for one gation. One man in Arizona, Pryors committee was told, lay in own filth in a nursing home for two or three weeks. A Texas woman was allowed to take a bath unattended. She couldnt turn off the hot water and was scalded to his1' , But some of the testimony needs to be taken with a grain of salt like the woman who had been in 11 nursing homes and said she almost starved to death at one . . while another tried to make her give up her pet bird Even where no specific abuses are present, nursing homes are too often cheerless places that are hard to get into and hard to pay for. America owes it to its senior citizens to see they are not neglected ir their twilight years. . above-groun- end-loade- Caterpillar, of course, is a trade-nam- e for heavy construction equipment; the tracks on bulldozers are called cats; a dog is a safety device on a A WASHINGTON All Washington is talking about Martha Mitchell. It isnt a question of what she is going to say, as there are no surmore. The big question that everyone is wondering about is From where is she going to make her next telephone As everycall? one knows, Mrs. Mitchell is always calling the press Beauty above-groun- the paving and construction business likewise bear the names of animals so this is evidently a widespread human tendency, not just a commercial gimmick of the auto manufacturers. He lists such items as aliigator to describe a badly broken pavement; bull for a bulldozer; beaver Tor the extension on the rear of large trailers; r. Bobcat for a small rubber-tire- d winch used for lifting; a frog is a switch used in railroading; while a pig is the connecting device between a semi- truck and trailer, for lights. We call the large machine used for lifting and digging a crane; carpenters hold large slabs of wood on a horse; a monkey wrench is a hand-to(oddly enough, called a spanner in England) ; a pug is a mixer in an asphalt plant; and a pup is an extra tank trailer on a semi-tructagging behind. Language does not evolve by accident, but grows to fit some image in the human mmd. We live in an almost but our totally mechanized world primitive distrust of these instruments has led us to metamorpho their names at least to the animal species we can harangue if not entirely subjugate. ol k Martha's Telephone Booth prises in that any Many areas in Salt Lake City will be able to make a needed improvement thanks to a new ordinance providing for burial of power and utility lines. The City Commission is to be commended for taking a common sense approach to the problem. Commissioner passed an ordinance authorizing citizens to form special conversion districts to handle burying of the cables. The citizens would pay for the work, but the lines would remain the property of the power or utility company. The city would then assess property owners involved to bonded costs of the cable projects. the pay This approach has two main advantages. First, it allows property owners to enhance the beauty and value of their hQmes or buildings by clearing away the clutter of overhead and utility lines. power " Second, this ordinance will make it possible for property owners to finance a job that otherwise might not be done. Poyer and utility companies probably could not afford to d cables. Neighborhood resbury all their existing democratic action whether to decide able be will idents by cost. the will and can pay thfey Passage cf this new ordinance should also drive home to subdividers, contractors and others planning new construction, the fact that the day is past when communities will tolerate d utility lines. installation of : Owners who take advantage of the opportunity provided property value inby this ordinance should benefit as their creases. In addition, they will earn the thanks of city residents forgiving a boost to beauty. thing, we can then blame the balkiness of the tool on the object itself, rather than on our own clumsiness. A paving contractor in Toledo reminds me that dozens of the tools used in - ... . ... ... ... tree . . . Three days later: In a whisper. Hello . . . Life magaId like zine, this is Martha Mitchell to blast Sen. Gore . . . Can you put me in touch with someone who would be inter- ... ested? . . . Louder. Im calling from under the bed . . . John doesn't know I had an extension He tore out the one put in under here I had in the bathroom . . . Its a tight I just want to squeeze under here say that Sen. Gore is despicable and I hope the voters of Tennessee see that he never comes back to Washington . . . A week later: Hello operator, get me the Arkansas Gazette . . . This is Martha Mitchell . . , No, Im speaking as loud as I can . . . ... at some unearthly hour in the night, but she doesnt want her husband John to hear what shes saying. A month ago, it was revealed she was making her calls from the bathroom. Last week, when she called a UPI reporter., she said she was speaking from the balcony of her Watergate apartment. No one knows where Martha Mitchells next call is coming from. Perhaps I can speculate. Hello, is this the United Press? This Im calling from is Martha Mitchell my shoe closet and I have to speak fast because my heels are killing me I, just thought youd like to know what I think of that turncoat, John Lindsay. I think he should be hung by his finYes, and that goes for gernails Charles Goodell . . . Ouch! I just sat on a shoe ART BUCHWALD Thank you . . . Hello, hello. Were having a party here and Im floor is ringing for the dumbwaiter . . Mike listen, if we get cut off, I think you should do an expose of that awful William Douglas . . . Now someone on the sixth floor is ringing for the dumbwaiter I dont knew how Im going to get back to my apartment . . . Mike, call my cook on the other line and so I ask her to ring for the dumb-waitcan get back to my own apartment. But tell her, for heavens sakes, not to tell John where I am. ... GUEST CARTOON talk- ing from the chandelier . . . Tnats I'ght the chandelier I . . Of course its safe . . . The telephone company would not have put a line in up here if it werent I would like to talk to you about that rat William Fulbright . . . What have you people done about him lately? How can you allow that ghastly man to stay in the Senate? He makes me sick oh, oh, the chandelier is starting to swing . . . ... ... dear, you its rocking back.. A week n Ogden Liberals Masquerading Have you noticed all the masquerading by liberal candidates? Hubert Huin-phre- y is posing as Matt Dillon these days, now that riots arent politically modish. Never mind that he has boasted that he could lead a pretty good riot himself. Adlai Stevenson HI is now refraining from calling policemen storm troopers. In a transparent try in getting voters to forget how .he he has indeed really feels about hired a storm trooper as his campaign chairman. , V When university buildings were being demol- -' ished in his state, Edward Kennedy was as gabby-a- s Calvin Coolidge. Now, on election eve, Teddy tardily talks law and order. Perhaps brazen bit of trickery is going on in Connecticut,, where radical candidate Joseph Duffey is saying he is strongly In 1968 this ADA lead-- ', er freely admitted being a revisionist - Marxist and a advocated civil disobedience. Here at home, is Sen. Moss campaigning on his liberal stance? Hardly. Look at any small-fr- y this Halloween and youll notice some effective disguises. But the liberals, with their diaphanous masks, " ' ; can scarcely fool anyone. the-mos- t trick-or-treat- -R- ALPH 1135 WOLTERS Charlton Ave. 4 Vote For America , u . As we hear the bitter verbal attacks of various candidates running for public office, I would hqpq that we, the people of Utah, will follow the timely admonitions of an ad run in your paper the 21st of October by Auerbachs Department Store, that we will inform ourselves on the candidates and issues and alternatives that will face us on the ballot in November. What a fitting ad to run just prior to a very important election for our state. Congratulations to. Aueroachs. People often express that they are voting for some particular political party. I wonder how they can think that all candidates of one party can be right for jobs they are seeking. This seemingly complacent attitude is ruining America. It is our moral responsibility to know the issues and problems of each individual candidate; for each candidate has individual ways. Those that believe we can vote for the political party instead of the person have to be kidding themselves and cheating all cf us. What a politician can and wil) dci for us as Americans is important and must be con" sidered. Come on now, Americans. Lets get rid of'oilr complacent ways and learn the issues and answers. Then lets vote for America and not a political party. --LES E. JOHNSON' i'- Praise For County Clerk I would like to call attention to the concern that W Sterling Evans, Salt Lake County Clerk, demonstrates daily for the people who seek the services of his office. When the problem concerns families who are having to consider hospitalization at the State Hospital for one of their members, MtU Evans has supported the deputy county clerk in spending time with families and helping them; to find alternatives to hospitalization when appropri-- ; ' later: Hello, give me Mike Wallace at CBS this is Martha . . . What do you mean youre getting an echo? . . . Oh, I know why . . . Im speaking in the dumbwaiter at the Watergate . . . Well its not very funny, Mike . . . Its uncomfortable. But John found all my other extensions and I have to call from somewhere . . . Mike, what I called about is I thought you might want to do a program blasting the Supreme Court . . . Wait a minute, Mike . . . Someone on the third . 165 M St. ... I better call . .! Owwwwwwwwww! ' and violent activity was inaugurated by the admhK istration in Washington, in Southeast Asia. The stu dent riots of the last 6 years have been direct and mostly spontaneous reaction. to this insane and' dangerous war. Without the war or a comparable error in national policy, 90 per cent of these riots would never have happened. I have been on campuses as student or teacher all this time and I know whertof I speak. u, Will we ever understand, as a nation, what many student protestors do about the evil nature of this war? I wondered, when I read the letter by D. A. Richardson calling for possession of guns by All citizens, and supposing that the Hungarians and Czechs are really worse off under Russian control-thaare the Vietnamese who have suffered under our war policy. We cannot avoid the menace of communism 'by, pretending it is fascism, and then acting like fascists ourselves to try to destroy every little nation which espouses it. That will only destroy our own democracy, and that is what the student protestors at Kent, whose deaths the grand jury apparently condones, were trying to demonstrate.' -J-OHN CHAPPELL ... Oh i How tragic to realize how many Americans o, not yet understand the meaning of the Kent State demonstrations. Reader Ferris M. Johnson (Oct.'-- , 23) blames lax college administrators. Admittedly, our entire society has bec.i lax in the upbr ging of. youth. But concentrating on extremes and evil sides of' questions does not reveal the full truth. In this case, the truth is obviously that the most vicious Animal Names And Automobiles i With all the charges being hurled lately at nursing homes, it is becoming increasingly important that an impartial investigation be launched into their activities to either substantiate the charges or clear the profession. Representative David Pryor of Arkansas, who worked early this year as a volunteer in nursing homes in the Washington, D.C. area, is seeking a Congressional investigation. Just this week he declared that a recent national forum he sponsored was the turning point in getting such an investigation launched. m Pryor himself has made such a probe now almost mandatory. His hearings into the matter have uncovered enough cases of neglect and even outright fraud to justify an investi- GRANT YOUNG 121 Hillside Ave.' r A Debt To Oldsters Under-Linin- g are put under oath, thus subjecting them to panel off-ye- dd&th. . . . . Mike, ate. Ive got until No hurry to find somebody." St. Louis 72 He has also supported the training of SQci$ work students in his office, which provides more service to families as well as excellent training for the students. --MRS. , ELEANOR STEIN 3056 S. 27th East |