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Show f ' DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH We A TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1976 v k I7MLTD DRYHOOEVADA 5 stand for the Constitution of the United States with its three departments of government, each fully independent in its own field. An alternative to Howe in Congressional race . Allan Howe has now determined, his aides say , that he will net resign as a Democrat candidate for the House under even if he loses his any conditions appeal of his conviction of trying to buy sex from police decoys posing as streetwalkers. The arrogance of this position is only exceeded by its stupidity. Howe still had one hope a forlorn one at best for a continued political career. It was that he could win acquittal in Third District Court and be able to mount an effective campaign to retain his Second District Congressional seat That would have been a monumental task He has lost virtually his entire campaign organization. His advertising firm has quit. Campaign has been at a standstill. He has recruited few if any volunteers. Covemor Ramp-ton- , Senator Moss, Congressman McKay and others have repudiated his candidacy To get a campaign together at this late date to rebuild public confidence and win an election, even after an acquittal, would be next to impossible. fund-raisin- g Now, Howe is m effect saying that he intends to attempt all that even if he is convicted a second time. It is a position that suggests he has lost all touch with political reality. Clearly, the time has come for the Democratic Party leadership in Utah to make some difficult and painful but absolutely necessary decisions. The first decision must be to publicly repudiate Allan Howe as a candidate and withdraw all support from him. The second is to unite behind a man who will become a viable, representative candidate, much as Henry Aldous Dixon successfully replaced the discredited Douglas Stringfellow as Republi can candidate for the same House seat in 1954. This would be a much more difficult process this year, because of Howe's refusal to withdraw. Under the law. there is no provision for a write-i- n candidate m the primary election Nor is there any other way a party can officially replace a candidate who refuses to w ithdraw. But there is another alternative. The Democrats could choose a new man and mount an intensive campaign for a wnte-vote in the final election. It would be difficult, but possible; Charles Bullen defeated Frank Gunnell in a in Cache County in Republican write-i1970. Even if it failed to win this particular seat, it would allow the other Democrat candidates to disassociate themselves completely from Howe and run campaigns free of this heavy political liability n made perfectly clear that the and they calls for Howes withdrawal now come from responsible leaders of have nothing to do with both parties his innocence or guilt before the law. They are based on political reality, and there are few if any political realities more certain than that Allan Howe is Let it be unelectable, lower-price- 5 'body-snatchin- d g, arrangements. Such practices must be soundly denounced. But should it take federal intervention to get the job done? Isnt that an area that can safely be left to the states and to state associations? Let one other thing be made clear. This is not a call for Howes resignation from his present seat in Congress. Howes wisest course, even at this late date, would be to withdraw from the race, go quietly back to Congress, conscientiously finish his work there, and retire with what dignity he can. Failing that, the Democrat Party has no choice but to salvage out of this sad affair what it can. Afterthought. The propdsed FTC regulations would, among other things: Require funeral homes to provide customers with more information about specific costs such as those for caskets and burial vaults. Require funeral homes to give prices over the telephone. Insure compliance with state law s prohibiting embalming without survivors permission. Prohibit practices which tend to cut competition, such as restrictions on price advertising. Those are reasonable regulations But in the hands of the federal bureaucracy, reasonable regulations sometimes have a way of winding up as highly unreasonable and at great administrative expense. There's a geometric progression ability : you only need to be 10 percent t letter a what you do than most people in order to go 1(H) percent further. m Sydney Harris license renewals, - WASHINGTON Cabinet hostility against Atty. Gen Edward II Levi for lone-wodecisions leading President Ford into dangerous curbs on the intelligence community peaked last month when Treasury Secretary William Simon accused him of impairing the President's protection in Puerto Rico. That accusation is merely the most drumalic evidence of anti Levi anger in the National Security Agency, CIA, FBI. Secret Service, Pentagon and Treasury. In the eyes of critics, Levis most grievous sin as putting lf all-tim- DOUG SflEYD Mr. Ford on record m favor of Sen. Edward M. Kennedys bill to require approval from a federal judge to wiretap a foreign embassy. "He has crippled our intelligence efg offifort, one cial told us. Dr. Levi, former University of Chicago president and a distinguished legal scholar, obviously is moved more by constitutional safeguards than demands of national security. But instead of his concerns being tempered by opposing views of other officials directly concerned with national security, Levis undiluted opinions have become administration policy. That is in keeping with the strange system which has evolved during Gerald R. r Fords presidency. two-yea- While dismantling the dangerous centralization of the Nixon system (which ignored the cabinet), Mr, Ford nevertheless has not transformed the cabinet into a functioning SPtClAL fFAiURtS and body for policymaking. Rather, policy Thoughts that go through a mother's head on being told by hci son that lie is growing a beard Why is he doing this to me? Didnt I go to all the PTA meetings Didnt 1 read the American Journal Didn't 1 drive 30 kids to a on tooth decay field trip last spring And what on a slaughterhouse do I get for all this sacrifice? A beard' Of course, like he says, a beard makes you more creative like Alexander Graham Bell . . . Vincent Van Gogh . . George Bernard Shaw. what about Ghengis Khan. Wait a minute Rasputin and Gen George Custer? He's nothing but a baby Why would a baby want to grow a beard? The hours I used to spend wiping lus the saliva, the oatmeal, the ice cream. Does chin he honestly expect me to believe hes going to clean his beard at least once a week Look at his room' 1 .ilwavs say. You show me a man with a beard and I'll show you what he had for lunch''' Oi course, like he says, a beard was worn by some of the most influential men in the world Moses and Kris Knstofferson Christ what about King Henry Vlli. Wait a minute Lemn and Satan If he had a weak chin. I wouldn't mind. Id be the lirst to say, "Hey, slipcover that weak chin with something," but the kid has nothing to hide. So he wants to look older. When I was his age I wanted to look older, but did I grow a beard? . Of course, like he says, a beard gives you a look of prominence like U. S. Grant, Sigmund Freud and Walt Whitman what about George Cutlip, Wait a minute Aaron Bentley and Duane Slipshod? They all have beards and no one ever heard of them I was good about his hair. I really was. When all the other mothers were m a flap about long hair, I held my tongue. Oh, maybe I protested a little like in church on Sunday s mstead of shaking his hand and I'd smile and say, Get a wishing him "peace, haircut, weirdo " Sure, I entered him in an Angie Dickinson look-alik- e contest, but that was only a joke Besides, coming m second wasnt what I had hoped lor. but . a beard Of course, like he says, a beard makes people Doc of the love you like Merlin the Magician . and Santa Claus. Seven Dwarfs Big deal ' None of those guys had a mother' . between October ot and today, his Palestinian armed forces committed what has proved to be a fatal mistake They intervened on the side of the radical left in the Lebanese civil war. Original success alarmed the other Arab states, above-al- l the Syrians. They did not enjoy the prospect of a victory in Lebanon by the most radical of the Muslims allied The with the Palestinians. end result ot such a victory could have been a Lebanon dominated by Palestinians enjoying the support of the most radical of the Muslim and Moscow factions As the tide of battle began to turn against the Palestinians the Soviets invited Mr Arafat to visit them in Moscow Perhaps prudently, he has so far failed to use his invitation. The PLO is not expected to disappear. But it has been brought down by its unwise association with the Muslim radicals But 1974 . . SYDflEY HARRIS Is it vengeance? Saudi all in agreement that Lebanon must not be dominated either by the Palestinians or by the Muslim radicals. The Palestinians are set to lose their ability to operate from Lebanon as a separate, as it made helter-skelte- r by individual cabinet members, leading to the wishy-wash- y tone of the administration. Backstage squabbling over Mr. Fords visit to Puerto Rico June 8 stems directly from the Attorney Generals personal policymaking Secret Service plans for surveillance of extremist Puc.iO Rican nationalists were vetoed by Levi on grounds that U.S. citizens cannot be shadowed under the Presidents intelligence reorganization plan of last February Surveillance was cancelled Simon, who as Secretary of the Treasury has responsibility for the Secret Service, immediately sent off tins tough letter to the President the restrictions imposed by the Attorney General nave impaired your protection by the Secret Service. Actually, Iwvi gives Simon, uelense Secretary Donald is cision Mr Arafat was inv ited to the United Nations and spoke from the General As sembly rostrum. He was treated as though he were the sovereign head of a sovereign state He very nearly was Syria. Jordan. defines in law Why a beard? Arabia, and Egypt now are so-rie- gn. Palestinian mnitary entity . The Palestinians once came dose to being able to "Cheer up, comrade, it could have been worse we could have won." ... policy in Ford cabinet high-rankin- Howland Evans and Robert Novak sporadically, for some time perhaps weeks or even months. But a military decision has been reached there which changes the general situation in the Middle East important ly. The Palestinians have been defeated on the battlefield, and their ability to dictate the policies of the Arab states is at an end The tide of battle began to turn when the Syrian army moved into Lebanon in early April. Until then the radical Muslims of Lebanon, aided by the Palestinians, had been exercising the advantage in the Lebanese civil war. The Maronite Christians were being squeezed into narrower enclaves. But the interv ention of the Syrians changed the military balance of power. The combination was itself first confined, then squeezed Its territorial holdings are melting away now. With state control working that well in Utah, why wont it work equally as good elsewhere? The American people dont need another army of regulators to tell them what to do. Helter-skelt- er By The actual fighting in Lebanon is likely to go on, at least and it is getting no effective support fiom anywhere except Libya The political isolation of the Palestinians has proceeded in step with the military defeat King Khahd of Saudi Arabia has been in constant discussion with the Syrians, Jordanians, and Egyptians. He is edging toward effecting a reconciliation between the Sy nans and Egyptians There now is something approaching a consensus among the moderate and conservative Arab states The immediate effect of that consensus is the political isolation and the effective military defeat of the Palestinians and their allies Libya is the outsider Its ability to send arms is being reduced by tightening blockades of the Palestinian and radical Muslim enclaves. The Maronite Christians enjoy apparently unlimited supplies of arms coming from many sources, including Israel. The Palestinian cause e reached its high in October, 1974 An Arab summit at Rabat. Morocco, declared the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) of Yasser Arafat to be the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people Immediately after that de- - Utah is not nearly so plagued with unethical practices as other areas of the country, particularly the east and west coasts. Furthermore, Utah laws are rather stringent on requirements to practice embalming. The state maintains continuing jurisdiction through unprofessional conduct relates to embalming. . . NTT GRmn BomBECK Palestinian power waning in Mideast not only because of his arrest but also because of his actions and statements since his arrest. Regulate the funeral industry? Like most other organizations, the funeral industry has its share of shady operators out to make a fast buck. But its difficult to believe that the industry is so nddled with corruption that it must be brought under the thumb of a benevolent and protective government to stamp out the abuses. The Federal Trade Commission apparently feels otherwise. Last year the FTC accused the funeral industry of engaging in a series of deceptive practices, including caskets tactics in which and other merchandise are substituted. Another tactic deplored by the FTC in which a funerwa al home may pay a nurse or other informant for information on deaths. The body is then whisked away by the mortuary with the hope the funeral director then can persuade or coerce the family into letting him handle funeral allying 1975 m tection The President s ruary intelligence drafted Feb- plan, obsessed by civil liberties, a question arises Has he unat dergone metamorphosis age 63 More likely, he probably has not focused on the intelligence problem posed by Levi, imposes tight restrictions on the intelsuch as ligence community requiring a judges approval for wiretapping a foreign by Lev l Blame for that attaches not embassy only to Mr. Ford but to his Even so, the intelligence White House staff community blanched when Buchen, the PresiPhilip adof Ihe on behalf Levi, dent's avuncular legal counministration, endorsed Sen sel. is no counterweight to the Kennedys bill to require the to seek Attorney General U S. government The resell is a freelance court permission for elecsystem of sol.tary policymaktronic snooping on embassies an ugly but universally ing. by this or that cabinet member. At the Treasury, accepted way of diplomatic endorsement ot Simon sets rigorous condilife. tions for New York City fiscal the bill wntten by the Sereform At the State Departnate's most famous Demoment, Kissinger devises a cratic critic of the administration transcended mere ap- liberalized policy for southproval ' 1 want to say that it ern Africa At the Pentagon. gets tough on is my view that tins bill is a Rumsteld significant, even an historic negotiations with the Riis sums step I believe it is important to the country, and I hope it At the Justice will be enacted quickly." Lev i wules rules for intelhg Rumsfeld. UA Director Since Mr. Ford during 25 ence that might be more in George Bush arid other high years m Congress was consikeeping with Teddv Kon officials headaches that dered a d champion nedy's administration than transcend Secret Service pro of national security not at all Jerry Folds. 27-2- Well-like- hard-nose- d dominate Jordan. That possi bility was crushed five years ago, when King Hussein destroyed the Palestinian military strongholds in hns territory. There still are P. lestmians m Jordan, but they are under Jordanian discipline and do only what the government of Jordan permits them to do Present events point to the same result m Lebanon The political right, aided by Syrian troops (and perhaps Israeli weapons), is winning the war The ultimate settlement seems certain to moan the disbanding and disarming of the Palestinian guerrilla units m Lebanon They then will be brought under the authority and disci pline of the government of Lebanon just as the Palesti mans are subordinate to the host governments m Syria. Jordan, and Egypt Lebanon will cease to be the seat of a freewheeling Palestinian military command-in-exil- e And the final end in this piospective chain of events would be the ability of Arab governments to present a united front in negotiations Israel They, rather than with the Palestinians themselves will pull the main strings on the Arab side in the next stage of negotiations on the Palestine issue A woman falsely arrested for shoplifting was recently awarded the unprecedented sum of $1 million m damages by a sympathetic jury. The store is. of course, appealing the sum as disproportionate to the injury What is important here, 1 think, is neither the extent of the woman's suffering nor the ability of the insured) defendant to pay that sum. VTiat is important is the same element that has raised doctors malpractice insurance premiums to astronomical heights One of the gravest consequences of our growing impersonal and corporative society is that the average juryman no longer feels he is penalizing a real person when he assesses huge sums for damages m most eases, will be a rich and insurance company; or, if not, its equivalent m terms of a giant food chain, a department store or some massive corporative conglomerate People don't sue other people for huge sums, they sue establishments and institutions that wear no doctor human face. Nobody ever sues a small-tow- n who has been trying to take care of the family withm his own limitations, it is the specialist attached to the large urban hospital, hardly known and scarcely seen by the patient, who bears the brunt of malpractice suits (Largely because the family knows he is hcav ily insured by a company Junes continue to make larger and largei out of any awards in damage suits, not sense of justice or fair proportion, but mainly because the payers are not viewed as people, and the sums will not bankrupt them There is also a latent sense of "getting back" at impersonal institutions that may have at some time offended or the juryman in the end of course, these huge damages arc paid for by the public, in the form of larger premiums, whatever a company pays ouv .s passed along ultimately as a cost to the consumer. But since this cost is spread among many millions, the net el feet on each insurance-holde- r is small except in such special categories as the medical profession, A case of false arrest for shoplifting certainly entitles an innocent person to punitive as well as compensatory damages, but $1 million must strike p any reasonable person as excessive for such brief harassment and distress If a small mama-pap- a shop fi had caused the woman's arrest, we may be sure the case would have been settled for a few hundred 4 dollars ' v Vis'd The lmiK-rsona- payer, i O 1 |