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Show FYl ucSUfT NFW$ SAlT LAKE CITY, UTAH Stand for the Constitution of w A5 FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1975 tre United States with its three departments of government, each fully' independent own field. in its Congress should correct the ruling on abortions Should Congress adopt a constitu-n iriont rictin &rr t 2 sbor-tions- ? Since the Supreme Court shows little cr no disposition toward over turning its 2 ruling on abortion, tli? onv alternative for corrertir.g thd judicial mistake is by constitutional amendment. The proposals before the Senate judiciary subcommittee represent two different approaches to the problem. One appioaeh is to guarantee rights to life to the unborn at every stage of iheir biological development except when the mother's life is at stake. The other approach is simply to provide that nothing in the Constitution shall bai a.i state fiom allowing, regulating or piuhibiting abort io laeaiiy, the more sweeping pro nisi on would be better from the standpoint of guarding against cheapening the v alue that society places on human life, which is what happens when abortion laws are liberalized. Politically, the states rights approach seems to be attracting the most support. Either plan would be preferable to the situation that exists now. 7-- 1 s thf f mittee on Constitutional Amendments meets Friday to consider three differ- ent amendments, it has become clear that the answer ought to he a resounding "yes. Since the Supreme Court nulhiied laws in 1973, abor-u-in rnm! tg rival tonsillectomy as the most frequently performed surgical operation in this country. With nearly 909,000 abortions performed in 1574, its clear the procedure is resorted to more as a convenience' than as a means of safeguarding mothers life or health. state anti-abortio- n Nationally, abortions increased 27 percent in 1973 and about 20 percent in 1974. In Utah, the number of abortions quadrupled irom 1973 to 1974 and a total of about 400 were performed last y ear. That represents an abortion rate of the national rate roughly how relath ely easy if Considering is to find adoptive parent for newborn children, Justice Evron R. White plainly aad the better argument when he wrote in his dissent from the courts m-- o piling "The Supreme Courts- decision as an exercise of raw judicial an impiovident and power of the pover of exercise xtiaagant judicial re iew. one-tent- h vv . . ... i vlvUUON Senate CuimiiU.ee. would ple-fe- r a taster monetary expansion But the numbers are not the main thing Nobody li he is honest, would claim to have suffered at the polls U1 LuU'li UvlAliCwb ill Im Vn)I lulu n i 01 There was good news about possibly great news economic policy last week. And the news came fiom Lite last place one would look for good news, the Congress ot the United States. On the budget side, both the Sena? and the House ot Representatives approved resolution.; by their Budget Committees setting limits to lederal expenditures in ;he next year. The Seriate resolution implies a delieit ot $67 billion and the House action implies $70 billion On the monetary side. Ar thur Burns, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, came before the Senate Banking Committee and said that the Fed intended to increase the .ap- Federal "pilot projects and aid Stanley Smoot, the level of funding is twice w'hat the $42,000 a year programs frequently have a built-ibooby trap that too few public officials' county presently pays to defend the n established . ; gA case in point is the Davis County Commission, which this week turned A - down a federally funded public defenders plan because funding would cease in the fourth year, leaving the county to pay the bill. Not only that, says Commissioner -- piMirjtv'e lndionts 42docju2Tcly,M S3 Mr. Smoot puts it. Its possible the countys legal defender status could be improved, m fine with the supreme Courts ruling that indigent delendants should be afforded counsel on a par with the prosecutor. That should be a continuing concern for the couni y. But theres little reason to believe that federal funding is the only or even the best response to a problem that should be handled on the local level, m line with the courts ruling. If America really believes in putting government decisions closer to the local level, more local officials should follow ply of money by 5 to jMrlceul lii iiic OCaI Davis Countys example. A smaller 'carrot' for recruits Only two weeks ago Secretary of the Army Howard Callaway proclaimed the army a "total and complete success. in fact, is the So successful, the army is that vulunteer program and turns selective IxToming quite aw ay r lany who volunteer. Consequently, it would be hard to imagine a better time for this weeks recommendation by President Ford that GI education benefits will no longer be available for recruits joining the armed forces after July 1. True, much of the success of the to army in atiracting volunteers is due in finding the increased difficulty civilian employment. Afterthoughts e . . . the trouble in the world, from dictatorships to delinquency, is Much, of caused nut so much by stupidity or even wickedness, as by the need of people who feel unimportant to make something of themselves by any means. (Had Hitler been a success as a painter, there would hav e been no Munich beer-haputsch, and its ll UIUCvU-- UJuov,vjiuvvw3.' of affairs should artists who look down upon remark mind trenchant in the keep made by Paderewski, who was both the premier of Poland and a master difpianist: "Piano playing is more ficult than statesmanship, for it is harder to awaken emotions m ivory uiau ft ia ui uuuiait ucngrt. 9 Speaking ... 4. m A of art, men A y 11 rtrtI, tc as uar the and betrays invariably terse; W i U uiit himself by u v over-elaboratin- Sydney Harris part of the volunteer is also due to recent success forces increases in military pay, which is now pegged by law to civilian equivalents. Besides, the U.S. is no longer at war in Vietnam or elsewhere, and w artime benefits for eterans ought to be greater than peacetime benefits. The Presidents action is in line with similar cutoffs of GI benefits following previous wars. Indeed, the period of eligibility for GI benefits has been extended longer after Vietnam than after any prior war. Moj cover, while GI education benefits are incentive to join the army, they also provide an incentive to leave the military and go to school. Yet the idea behind the all volunteer force is not only to attract volunteer recruits but to keep them in the military. Despite the strong justification for economizing on such military' expenditures. Congress is said to he certain to fight to keep the popular GI benefits. Yet there are plen-- of other respects in which the militaiy also should But no small retrench. For example, even the Pentagon esacknowledges that calators built into military pensions have outstripped the rate of inflation. There are many areas where cost-of-livi- 7Vz Everyone does not agree with these numbers. The President does not want the deficit to exceed $60 billion, thinking that a larger deficit would be inflationary. A number of financial people and economists agree with him. On the other hand, there are many economists and some members of Congress who think that a deficit larger than $70 billion will be needed to boost us out of the reces sion at a satisfactory pace. There is a similar spread of opinion about monetary expansion. Some economises w ould come out below Chair man Burns range; others, and the Chairman of the . . 1 . i.. m .?f, , what the best size for next years deficit would be. Neitncr would he claim to know within a range of, say, two percent, what the best rate of increase of money commissaries sary. Civilian hospitals often have dispensed free medical care to military personnel too lavishly. Even the national commander of the American Union is failing President Fords action timely and There can be few stronger endorsements iuo rewarding a peacetime military on the basis oi a peacetime performance. d. would be. What is encouraging about developments in the Congress has to do not with the numbers but with the procedures thruugh which decisions are made We see the beginnings of procedural w hich holds out the hope of keeping us in the right ball the luture In the past 30 years, the way that Congress handled ihe feHnra! budget has been a major scandal Expenditure park in recommendations weic made about separate prog rams by separate committees. and acted upon by the IWtf House ill dozens of separate bills, without any Congressman being required to face the question of the proper amount of total spending. The result was spending that grew too fast and deficits that were too often at, or beyond, safe limits. On the money side, we have seen periods ot too much expansion alternate with peiiods of too little, and, m the past decade, an average tendency for the expansion to be too great The Federal Reserve has tried to respond to too many turns of the economy and of credit conditions Congress, having no responsibility, stood on the sidelines and cheered fui more money, putting great pressuie on the Federal Reserve. Now there is a chance for solid improvement in both areas. Each House alter study by a new Committee, has set a limit to the total expenditures it will approve. Alter the separate decisions have been made on the separate programs, the Houses will decide how to get the total within the limit they have set. lu this way total spending may be brought within a figure that Congressmen are willing to accept rcpsoni.ibih-ty for. Following a new Congres- sional lesohuloo, the Feudal Reserve will now come before congressional committees four dines a year and explain what policy it intends to iollow. Congress could, il it wished, recommend, or even order, some other policy. While the Fed will be free to change its mind, it will he mere inclined to keep its policy steady once it has announced it publicly and has to explain changes. Congress, for its part, having taken some responsibility, may he less inclined to play to the crowd and call for more and cheaper money all the time So there is ground for hope that budget policy will become more restrained and monetary policy more stable and moderate. On the money side the Congress may take its new involvement as a reason to become more demanding, not more responsible Rut Congress has given us some hopeful news If McGovern had won... no risk of refugees Bv Rev. Andrew Greeley If we reran the 1972 election today, Nixon would still win. Knowing everything they do about him, Americans would still prefer him to McGovern. The perform am'e of the senator from South Dakota on the subject ot Vietnam refugees shows what a vicious man he rtHiiy is. Dencatu the vcnccr of morahsm ana righteousness there is a hard core of hatred for America and a soft core of sympathy for communism. We had a rough coupie of years with Nixon, but ne was stupid enough so that vve were able to get rid of him. It would have been a lot harder to get rid of flabby-mi- nded, McGovern. arent neces- well-advise- Vi 810 biilion, restricting abortions. Let's hope that news stiffens a few spines when the proposed abortion amendments come to a Note in Congress. Beware of this boobytrap recognize. At some point, the federal funds end. Who picks up the tab then? Fortunately, that question is being tf.stt.eb more tnese days, when ballooning budget deficits make the federal dole more unsure than it once was. In answering that question, local officials can see clearly that their own taxpayers must foot the bill for expensive services once a program is Tribute to mothers on economic front As Congressional Quarterly recentlincludy reported, no lawmakers ing the most vocal opponents of abortion ERfllfi BOmBECK good news Two-pa- rt From one point of view the senators strong hint that we should send the refugees back to Vietnam runs no risk at all He continues to keep his friends In the national modi? ?"j i i sunnert among rich radicals on the F ast and West Coasts who poured huge sums of money into his South Dakota reelect ion campaign. No on is going to lake his odvirc seriously so there is --- really shipped back and being shot up. Besides, as Ihe senator says, only a few would be killed anyw ay But there's not much danger of that blood actually being on his hands. He comes by his nutmsm legitimately enough Both the and social-gosppi traditions which com bine m McGovern were Turning our hack on those who flee for safety is part of the American tradition. as Senator McGovern sees it They would he better off m their own country, he assures us. But, George, they dont seem to think so. They may just know the minds of iheir Communist nativist anti-blac- k, anti-foreig- c. But one is surprised when a man who preached so much about racial iustice fans the n foe of the nativ- ism which is at the core of the grass-root- s opposition to the refugees. That so many ordinary blacks weie lukewarm about him in 1972 becomes understandable. They could smif the nativist far better anti-Asia- than their self-anoint- spokespeople could. What is really offensive altout McGovern's curieut return to his roots is that he so biati ntly and uncritically reflects the Hanoi party lme. He does riot ome right out and say Chat the United States kidnapped those refugees but he strongly runts that we did. 129 000 Takuig them aboard oui ships and planes he tells u. is the last of cur Vietnam mistakes. fellow-eountryme- do Perish the thought. Why has the left and its sympathizers m the national media turned against the refugees even at the risk of stirring u the muddy currents of nativism? One must understand that the typical American lottist like the foik hero from South Dakota -- - is perfectly delighted that the Communists won the war It is net enough to say that the e United States made a m backing losers One must also say that the North Vietnamese, in addition to being militarily more competent, were also morally more righteous. American leftists can oniy support "moral causes. er if it turns out that a of Vietnamese do not want to Rve under Communist rule, ii iv. i. Hus position of moral i ightcoUsiiess erodes Under such circumstcuee-- s you simply have to repeat the oartv line of Hanoi radio. mis-latc- larg-numb- - i- f ! Y 1 it And ihe Lord said. Have you read the spec on this ,L order "She has to bo completely washable, but not plastic Ji. - . ad i epi uceaulc. Lu iiiuiuutc 13 Run on orange juice and leftovers. Have a lap that disappears when she stands up yv A kiss that can cure anything from a broken lug to a Y Y disappointed love aliair. "And six pairs of hands I' The angel shook hei head slowly and said, Six pairs I ui hands no way " - y Its not the hands that are causing me problems." "A said the Lord "Its the three pairs of eyes that Mothers have to have. ; "Thats cm the standard model?" asked the angel The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees through closed when she asks, What are you kids doing in there? when she alreadv knows Another hero in the hpek of her head that sees what she shouldnt but what she has to know, and of coui se the ones here in front so that she can 1 look at a child when he goofs and say, I understand and I . lov e you without so much as uttering av.uul" U, said the sleeve His Bold," angel touching gently, M "come to bed. Tomorrow . . Y9 1 cant. said the Lord. Im so close to creating something so dose to myself. Already I have one who heals herself when she is sick . . can feed a family ot six on one pound of hamburger . and can get a to stand under a shower. ;Y The angel circled the model of a Mother very slowly Y Its too soR," she sighed. "But tough" said the Lord excitedly. You cannot imagine what this Mother can do or endure " . ... . "Can it think" ? "Not only think, but it can reason and compromise," said the Creator. Y: and over the bent ran her across Finally angel finger the cheek "Theres a leak, she pronounced I told You T You ;Y trying to put too much into this model. "Its not a leak," said the Lord "Its a tear "Whats it for?" r "Its for joy, sadness, disappointment, pain, loneli-nes- s and pride." 't' "You are a genius," said the angel The Lord looked somber, I didnt put it there " v I 1 Reprints of tnis column by Erma Bombeck are available on parchment paper suitable for framing. To obtain a copy, send 50 cents to Bombeek Z Reprints. Deseret News, Post Office Box 1357, Sait Lake City, Utah Yj $4110. A similar column for Fathers Day, "Vh?n God "V Created Fathers," also is available for the same price. SYDflEY HRRRIS n better than you airie-popuh- When the Good Lord was creating Mothers He wuis into His sixth day of overtime" whet1 the angel appeared and said. "Youre doing a lot ot fiddhnu around on this one Another era has ended in American life. Not one oi importance, to be sure, but with a certain nostalgic Y1 vMue. the convert tide car will soon have gone the way of the the landau, and tne gig. The melancholy news from Detroit is that General Motors the last of U.S. auto makers to build dl convertibles is ending all such production this year. except for the Cadillac, which is just a drop in the 2' Y-an- 'i post-chais- e, In my day, the convertible was the ultimate car for the cool set. Hardly anything was deemed more romantic or glamorous than gliding through the night with the top down 1 rt Y: Ones dates pretended to adore them until theyrtl were married even though their makeup and hair-do- clothes were milled out of recognition by high winds. Just, and the trailing exhausts of other cars, ? What finally did in the convertible was an even more mundane element the steadily ominous rise cf pollution ) Y w the atmospheie, combined with the rapid development' of for automobiles. It was uo longer fun ; Q to rush through the night, with the wind in your face, Y when the atmosphere contained innumerable poisonous ! ' 1 - ' parades, From being a romantic friend- the air V, -- .,;! ns tumd into a sinister enemy, from v hich the car had to be is5 her fueUc ally sealed and artificially cooled. The ex pen- - V ence ot driving changed from that of being a pilot to that of benlg 3 product ift a iVfngefaiki-irai- o 7rtb the ' w mdow s dosed and the on, you might as- - Y well be a load of lettuce in a box car - |