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Show Federal tees for clerks are lerker Offyri l,.- - goiuithW s Jars1 Feritrrt 'ai gm ; Lt jh x t rhaiv'e to C'jr.l' ni;,k jxrMinai income using r.upt time and faulitics in lounhcs along the Wasatch Front, some of the tlerhs tase advantage of the ojW-- i unity, and Mime don't r(bo money conus from, i. line passports and a uui ailuuou panels iYJU a! law provides clerks can kei p $3 of the $K1 collected to .. x4l U Ar A .d V. Vxxx Mis J can keep half of the 25 hutg.'d to make a new Citizen. Even clerk to keen part of the fee in show, there's no reason the $16,345 cheaper tor the federal govkeep the money, L RanxC-- issued 866 passto offi-e ernment use facilities and order tn ireture him to per- clerk should require extra "ache County CWk St rh S m Salt Lake, Tooele, ports. In 1 114. the vaine of local staff m government to form the function that is not inducement to perform serhe "about naturalization Allen said papDav is and Utah counties turn prepared bnrgs who toO a year !rm pav-porprocess passoorts and mandated by the state laws vices for the constituents the revenues over to the er? for (2) new citizens to luia set elected than addiup govnaturalizations ordinances m and and naturalizations county county general fund If the fi turs are the same federal offices in outlyerning Sus job Processing ttie papers It Bex Elder Oiuny, the for l')77, Hansen will make tion to his salary of $921 a extra ing parts of the country. nwndh takes a m But Utah, alt Lake, place m the county federal fes k from a the into V,'.tD dei puts money federal The law built and paid for allows it is the Hansen of and Davis hi courthouse, to explains Tooele, counies a salary spin is! fund for office parties addition taxes. county by end emrr'a lit most instances, the clerk f Weber and jVip flarts himself doesnt attend to issuOat he counties keep fne ing the passports or papers money themselves I rat s done by cffijAgr :s During 1974, the Sait Lake '6 a hose salaries are paid by Itovi CO)fc6&. Tfie feco&Q, County derks office issued tne county. about TWTO passports and There might be some jusnaturalized about 309 aliens coOtVV for setting up a tification If the figures arc the same for Voitto fund to recom- oftice small -- T -- s Wo, these federal functions iFFNWm f A lTl U11 t JC jvj i ,s about for pelsC it work. But federal forming t ounty coffers difficult to justify using is In outlying counties, the $FATo(Z? county facilities and county income irom passports and employes to make mon-- fyi naturalizations is less. In -(SXF 0 0 the county clerk 97tl the latest figures Hansen points out that he available the office of Wasbngtot Star SvAtficoc- bt to take the responsibility has Weber County Clerk WVndell legally clerks Hy Rod ? government horse-andbug- gy they could hough !!-;;- !' by Brickman the small society off life of I . it JT 01 a - -t 07$ 1 IFtosm for assuring the duties are correctly performed and the u'e funds accounted far. If dunes require large amounts of extra time, some eompen sation should be provided. But clerks in other counties report they are able to handle those functions as 'part of their iegul.tr duties. JAviovt' the law giving Res to clerks is a federal statute, neither courses vr the stale legislature can change iL But if voters believe fees, earned in government facilities by government em ploy es should go to the government instead of to the county clerk, they can make their feelings known. f ay ma gmemnent officials on a fee basis rather than by salary is horse and buggy government Letters from our readers DESERET' NEWS, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975 A 4 Laments S. Vietnam fall subverted and conditioned by advocacy journalism of the national new s media m this country against the South and oar intercession there that such actions could not be undertaken or, if undertaken sustained Recall the paroxysm of hate and venom expressed toward America by the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), other Ci.mpu-- . radicals, ultra-liberCongressmen, the New York Times, and others These strident voices were curiously and disturbingly .iSeiit while sUc h areas were being witti impunity by the North and the Viet Cong to iun and nano Aiiiei iui,; soldiets who Lad the temerity to be there fighting against communism The vast major dy of the national news media (radio, press and television), liberal to ultra liberal and radical m political persuasion, just could not stomach a Communist defeat Advocacy journalism against the w ar, America and the South, so biased and subverted the view's of enough, Americans e that he w".r was never fought as it should have been on a 'win basis. Tw o major daily papers exist m Salt Lake City. One has edttonally espoused on a h consistent basis the Vietnam line voiced by most of the national media The Deseret News. J am hapnv to note, has supported the efforts of America to preserve freedom m the South and has editonlly opposed efforts to discredit and destroy suth tfiorl' Had sash learned and balanced and fair resxrting been the rule rathoi than the exception m tins country, the Communists would not have succeeded m enslaving another nation Jack Fairelough 242 3. Saudi un Road To the editor South Vietnam has fallen A freely-electe- d government unconditionally surrendered to Red invaders from the North The vast and determined support given the North by Russia snd China greatly outweighed the vacillating backing given the South by the U.S , leading to the loss of its freedom In this country, the few who actively sought or the many who acquiesed in a Communist victory now prate that there should be no recriminations and no aeeoonf-ing- s for yet another country being dragged behind the iron curtain This is nonsense, for an accounting is needed now lest the lessons of the recent past be so unpercpived as to give birth to further failures in the defense of freedom. This nation intervened years ago m South Vietnam for the most moral and humane of reasons, i e , to prevent the Norths imposition on the South of s Communis dictatorship by force of arms uur assistance faded m its high purpoie not from a lack of ability, but from a lack of will. It is unquestionable, according to military experts, that we could have won the war in a short period of time with reduced cost in lives and treasure had wc earlier and more determinedly bombed the North, mined its harbors, breached its dikes and cut off its supply anotuones To argue tbi-- . would have precipitated a confrontation with Russia or China is without substance, for when we finally took some such actions neither country lifted a finger in opposition. Why didnt we so act then It was because the climate of cpjiw, in this COuIlUy WeiS oo u.-.c-d self-servi- The Bali comes in a contemporary blue print cover with quitted to foam top. This firm set has the support you need at a price you can afford... 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As a nation, Itnmkwehave learned nothing new. This war was a repeat of the German and Korean wars Our last several presidents have never expected a complete decision, but we have appeared to be happy to divide both Germany and Korea with the Communists, and give all of Vietnam to them President Roosevelt kept Gen Eisenhower from a military decision in Germany, so we got a divided Berlin and Germany. President Truman kept MacAr-thu- r from a v ictory m Korea, and fired Mac Arthur when . MacArthur was determined to knock China out of Korea and keep a nation undiv ided Our 5u,0o0 troops stationed in Korea to keep the Communists from taking all. has and w ill cost our nation muUi humiliation and many dollars. President Kennedy let our wheat client, Russia, I eommumze Cuba when we had the golden chance of making this unhappy nation a real democracy Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford, all had the opportunity of ending the mess m We could have Vietnam saved 90 percent of the $150 hill on and the same percent of the 100,000 military and letnamese casualties, had Johnson allowed the military to give Hanoi the same treatment we gave the Japanese m Hiroshima Let s giv c our military a directive to bloody the nose of these bad boys, and quit being the goat of China, Russia, the Arabs. Turkey, etc George B Lvon 200 Laird Drive King-Siz- ' Free detiveTy, freight prepaid 100 miles. 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The taxpayers have- - no way of knowing whats true or false There is good reason to believe the city 'violated its legislative authority unde1 the Model Cities Act, which plainly states that prior to the start of any project a meeting must be held, and the project approved by s of the property owners. two-third- that West Side residents clout. That situation is soon to be remedied West Side Community ' is holding their own meeting Friday, May at 6 30 p m at Franklin Schcol to select their own committee to investigate irregularities of this project. Guest speakers will be State Representatives David R. Nemclka and Edward Brown. The law firm of Jerome Mooney has been retained to look into the on irregularities and possible wrong-doing- s the curb and gutter project An article by Joe Costanzo, Thursday Mav 1, which appeared in the Deseret News, not only erroneous, but a bare-face- d he. 1 have written evidence that the property ow ners received an estimate of cost d $11 42 per front foot The bills we received, however, are conxicerauiv uigser. 1 cal! this political hogwah and request s front-pag- e retraction of this report 1, dont have any political i 1 esse m as mi m After polling the property owners on the West Side, 1 find that such a meeting was not 3 tan fir wir.4. (UCluWliJ Ml a XJTMUJf disapproved of the action, but are willing to sign an affidavit that they strongly protested the project prior to its start. I agree with Commissioner Harwens Jm Wafers! 232 S. 19th 'West |