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Show , ' , : iionv.woow41,4"44,ArtAstioter,4-;,,Pi'koca--iithiAl;-',,,,;',4- , 0 .4;4,...,,,14104,4514., ji.s40t4o4,46,04,44 s, ,r1 t , 1;:o ,, , ' r j , DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ' A5 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1976 We stand for the Canstimii)r, of the IJnit4 Skims with its three departments of government, each fully independent in its own field. 1976 political has been about as thrilling campaign as a choice between Sominex and Sleep-Ezhas it? So a big reason, the campaign is boring is because the prcsidentia; candidates can no longer spend as much money as they want on winning friends and influencing voters, is A? That's the pitch being made by some commentators, who insist that after election day the first order of business should be to jack up the ceiling on campaign spending so future candidates can buy buttons, bumper stickers. and all the other political paraphernalia all in the name of waking up the voters. What utter nonsense. First, this earnpiier really isn't as dull as it is often depicted. Certainly there's little evidehee of boredom here in Utah. As one indication of high interest, the Deseret News has seldom received as many letters to the editor about political issues as we have during this Campaign. So many lettei s, ia fad, that many couldn't be published, and those that were had to be severely limited in length. As another indication, many registrars have been running out of voter registration forms. Second, there's no way of increasing the caranalts--ri fifEadifig either dipping mnro deeply into the taxpayers' pockets for more public money to finance presidential campaigns or letting the candidates rely more heavily on wealthy contributors pushing special interests. Who wants that except maybe the special interests? Third, though the prospects are for a poor turnout nationally at the polls on Tuesday, such a lackluster performance is not just a peculiarity of this campaign. The percentage of potential American voters whc take the trouble to cast ballots has beta cleclialag fur the past 16 e, - 1L-n-it years. Voter interest can't accurately be blamed on the new campaign spending limits. Fourth, if something must be blamed for what's perceived as the dreariness 31 the campaign, why not blame :he campaigners instead of the campaign spending limits? In this election, Amen-can- s have been given a choice between an incumbent President who's the first ever to get the job through appointment, and a Democratic challenger who flaunts his own lack of experience in Washington. No wonder so many voters profess to be undecided so late in the campaign. Fifth, despite the limits on campaign spending, the presidential candidates still had plenty of access to the voters thanks mainly to the televised debates. illnesses joblessness and stress-relate- d such as stroke, heart and kidney disease, mental illness and clime. That's the substance of a report released last weekend by Sen. of tho Hubert H. Humphrey, chain Senate-Hous- e Joint Economic Committee. Humphrey claims it's the most comprehensive analysis of its kind ever. 230-pa- ge , made. The study covered the period from the end of the depression of the 1930s through the early 1970s. It analyzed the level of impact of three factors of and rate inflation, income, joblessness n such Pres', as crime, mental hospital admissions, suicide, and awl-tality rates from cardiovascular-rena- l disease and cirrhosis of the liver. Significantly, says Humphrey, the unemployment rate was found to have the most impact. One has an uneasy impression, how - ' . This year's political campaigas now over and thousands of are at last! and posters placards which could signs, have been termed campaign literature, now have become nothing but election littar 'These partisan pleadings, ranging from calling cards to billboard broad- ,r sides, literally litter the landscape. They're tacked to utility- poles, fences, almost eld buildings, derelict autos of thousands anything upright. Already shelin rest of paper political piece; t Ored, Untidy spots whEre they've been blown by the wind. ,, - : Wail Sireet from the Jeal-71a- 1 rieliminary surveys suggest that college enrollment may have declined this f'11 for the first titre since 19751. A decline from normal demographic , trends wssn't tntrIxtsel to occur tnfore 1980. Dr. Garland Parker, who makes the annual enrollment survey from the University of ChiehlrIti,- Reid the pre- , lirainary ilidings were a "surprise and , , shock." doubt. 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''''t..1-1"- .' 4,:Lip,s,-,s,.,-lo,s,,k- , . ., s s.,s ' Is ,,,,,,s,,i,,,,,,,,.,...::, ". , 'Alt() , "Well, make up your mind. Certainly you must hate and despise one more than the other." -" - dead great Playboy magazine flap; Jimmy Carter felt com- My wife said something forceful in Italian. Translate. I said. Pfui, she said. Row are the grandchildren? And is there anything left in the garden? It is a good deal, more pleasant, at the trail's end, to talk of grandchildren and gardening and autumn leaves to talk al ilia yeal.ii , than exthe campaign. For 10 months the candidates of both major change, Dole tried to fix the blame for 1.6 million war parties have been assailing ce-presidential I S.P A fir-- "daim4.,A. siA, - 001 . WARITI I - 0 IL I I '- '4T4topro"V'T' I T (t - , '- -- 311 p 11 t )! It is possible, if Carter wins. that a populist PresiCondent and a liberal-labo- r gress could take us in lour years, or eight years, down the dreary path of Great Britain This is possible. And because the possibility has substance, I hope to see Ford returned. But I think the prospect not probable. The intuitive wisdom of the people, manifested through the political process, will intervene. Unlikely as it may in seem to the both camps, the sun will rise on Wednesday morning; and the Republic will survive. doom-shoute- , - "Vdrster's a confimed optimist. He can never see the black side of anyth5ng." 16 I According to my mail, people all over the country never won so much as a Reader's Digest have finally hit Sweepstakes or a Pillsbury Bake-o- ff it lucky. They pick up their phones and a husky-voice- d lady informs Liatot ,.hey Lave juaL wtni plot. 'Choked up at the idea of being an instant landowner, they cannot see the ramifications of thp offer; What begins as a simple family discussion over your eternal future ends up as a shout-of- f ' in the Domestic Olympics. Here's what happened to one couple in Florida. ritie told hr-- huober.it Cecil Accuiding to they had won a plot be said, You can have it" ' "What's that supposed to mean?" she asked. , "Where are you going to be buried?" , "Not where," he said smugly, "but when.", "I'm not surprised," she snorted. "You never go any place with me. I thought at least we eould, be buried together maybe even be cremated and ;;;;.ma iiawt c..ur azes "I do not pion on spending rly eternity ,r41.Nna dust to dust with anyone. Besides, knowing gdur mother and her aversion to dust, we'd get thrown out the first week with the newspapers. I swear she throws out newspapers with the rubber bands still'on ' ' ' ' " " ' them." do not are these believe "I you things," saying said PhyPie, weeping seftly to her hendirerehieti "Why are you so upset?" he asked., "IT'S YOUR ATTITUDE. It's going to be 'just ;ike Christmas eve, isn't it?" He put down his paper. '!You've lost me, Phyllis. WILAT is going to be like Christmas eve?" , "My funeral. You're going to whip out at the last minute and thmw something together. If Revco doesn't have it, I'll go without it." "You want me to Eltop?" "There are a lot of options. There's the talking tombstone, for exeyriple, with a picture on it " "You're putting me on, Phyllis. Say yötere c putting me on. ' "I am not putting Yon on. They have them: with recordings and a picture of your loved one." t to sta4Jn , "If you think I'm paying good money front of a stone and listen to a recording of :SOu it nagging, 'Cecil, take out the garbage before AO smells,' you're crazy." "Let these words go forth around the land, Medi Hdttlheati, if you put on my stone that picture otme taken last year in Florida when I was sick as a dog on at fishing boat, you'd better hope you rio.-a- a cemetery plot of your owe: Sometimes, even when you win, you lose. who have viv rs taa C. Joseph liarsch I , 6A-;,- American foreign policy' has collie through the prefitdetttial election campaign with a few scratches arid bruises but substantiilly un- damaged and hence tree to cope with whatever lies a.rod no matter whieb -- ' wins. of business will have to be Britain's financial crisis which is viewed in as being too seriWabhingi-kous to talk about lest the wrong word make ,matters worse. The subject was never mentioned during the campaign, but it lies heavy in the thoughts ot the multitude of Britain's friends and in America:, well-wishe- rs , it possible for Washhigton to wave a magic wand and restore the pound to soundness, it joyfully would be waved. The awesome problem for Witshhagton thinkers and the 4:M..0' )4ciica niatinor ifi been used so often since vaLU Wai II to help tne without eorigtndive pound tit ' T'41.e ZI:111; seem to indicate that putting more dollars under the pound would do more than string out , Also, Washington advice is not likely to be helpful to anyone in London. Hence there is to be no independent American position on the - subject Washington will act solely in and through the Interna- tional Monetary rum This will protect Washington from the charge of interfering, or intafering, la internal affairs. If there is to be advice to London, and terms for granting further credits, the advice will come from the fund and the terms ili be set by tki.: falai Democrats and Republicans alike hope for an end to the crisis of the pound. They are alike in feeling the jolt every time the pound drops. Most people la high places in Washington remember the days of the WI partnership of Bhtain and America during World War II. Most remember the close association of the two as they faced together the exciting Foblems of rebuilding the world. 40.t American pannershin sal 'is present. It operates right now in rca;ect zve1tern Africa where policy is ieaci 41,! , 1 I I 1 I I 1 '4J1 4 SYDAEY HARRIS , 1607 'rho I I 11.1s crisis arows theriis. L T Aid, 14 at least in the public eye and American policy is operating in support of British initiative. Takes all sorts t Mg Yet the crisis of the pound', continues to narrow the area of effective partnersh!p. An anxiety in Washington today is ever the extent of British help whieh would be available in the event of a crisis in Europe over Yugoslavia. The weakness of the pound long since ptdleti Itritish military forces out of the Far East ,(except for a token in Hong Kong). The Persian Gulf has been handed over to U.S. and local utivul Races. tta; firrt sin,. thp Napoleonic wais there la no longer a single British warship stationed in the Mediter- rr ranean. Washington would like to see a revival of the great days of the partnership when Lon-eo- n shared with Washington an interest in affairs in every quarter of the globe, and also had the tools with which those affairs could be influenced constructively. It was the smoothest, happiest, most ssLiL patrillerbhlp ol (moat rinworq hi modiern his-tory. And it could be revived !f titt ef he wekqsoiveci. .6 A4,00k ,4,&14,;,O4L.40.144.--..,44.10,-,-,- , 1 '41 I 1111 .41 r eN.,4 ; By - ;f4a . Were 11010311 et 1 , t1 -- ,, , m imp ..... e.-- -, It 01 11 4ixa It; lAr,,-11,'I . 4r Alp ,:, cl,i, :1,!,,,,.4,-,, Air I t Just won what? I - ail: . ,..2...:........... evict magi. 1;42-- i .6.:14,C'È r)7.. And what sticks in the mind? Lust and Butz. There is but one great issue in foreign affairs: In an increasingly hostile world, how can 1 defcr.il the wnited State5 civilWestern of the concepts ization? There is but one great issue here at home: How can the liberties of the people be made secure? Neither issue was truly explvred. The second presidential debate turned entirely on foreign affairs. Except tor blunder on Ford's tongue-tie- d Eastern Europe, who can remember a point that was made? Discussion of domestic questions proved as diffuse. Ford at least made his ' own positions clear; Carter regrettably fell into the kind of intellectual dishonesty that ' negates his promise never to he to us; on matters of taxation, deficits, inflation and unemployment, Carter spun around like a windvane in a summer gale. His rhetoric embraced decency, compassion and love, but of freedom he spoke rarely if at , , ,,,,,,,k - First order .vveavery - : .,.,1yone , Afterthoughts iht nhr4 -7: "4- V 1 I-- our eardrums: Since Labor Day, the Ford and Carter' camps alone have spent nearly $45 million. rage newspapers have printed more campaign copy than ... ' I prise may serve as a reminder that higher education. as with other services'. is subject to market forces. A decline in demand may suggest that it is tine to take a liar,ler look at both the price and the quality. - ; , n mt;y . ; 7. t, , gip. ?12. Before eection day these appeals to voters were very much in the American tradition of freedom of speech, as conscientious candidates made honest and worthwhile efforts to convert voters to their particular persuasion. Surely candidates deserve sincere commendation for their effort. Now, they have the opportunity to demonstrate continued public concern. Perhaps the degree and sincerity of that concern can be gauged most accurately winners and by observing which losers alike move most quickly to clear their campaign litter from the scene. sure that neither of them is quite the mean that said he didn't either. D iv LOrtlIZI I It is true that "hc travels the fastest who travels alone," but what's the point of traveling fast if you have no ono you want to get back to? When you find it difficult to choose the Democrais Eastern Europe weren't dominated by the Soviet Union. After a while, Ford pelled to confess that he had mentally coomiltted aiA'ultery by looking on lots of women with lust in his heart. There was the Earl Butz flap; the Secretary told a stupid racist joke to John Dean, of all people, and got himself fired. And let's see. We've had four ungreat 'debates, three. between Ford and Carter, one , between Mondale and Dole. Ford won the first, Carter won tie second, and the third put the country to sleep. , in , kive-objpet- Kilpatrick "Tell me about the paign," my wife said. "Who's going to win?" Vi'clt, I said, there was the Humphrey's statement that "the report suggests that the 1.4 rise in unemployment during 1970 alone is associated directly with some 1,500 additional hanicides, suicides, 1,70 25,000 additional strokes, heart and between two j. 2,1ariars On alone; Mondale tried to fix the blame for inflation end or! the Re:rh . ii(!ans alone. What else? Ford said that Carter said that Carter would reduce defense spending by $15 billion. Carter said he didn't say it. Ford produced the evidence. Carter said, well, I may have said it but I didnt Medi' it. A few days later Ford said the nations of By r A,931 u,4,1 ever, that Sen. Humphrey plans to use the report to buttress Ms arguments jot a massive government assault on joblessness envisioned in his Humphrey-Hawkin- s bill, which failed to get through the last Congress. That impressiou is heightened by post-elcetio- ERMA BOMBECK Long rrail enub, nation will survive But the debates likely would have been more informative if they had been less like a joint press conference. Restricted or not, there might have been no ptesidential debates at all if the League of Women Voters had not agreed to sponsor them at almost the last' moment. Unhappily, Jimmy Carter is now acting noncommittal when asked if, in case he wins Tuesday, he would be willing to meet his challenger in another ae,w. ror,r4 ef detntcs fsur years This situation soveests that the debates ought to be made a permanent feature of American politics, as President Ford suggests that the format ought to be changed to permit more direct confrontation between the candiand that the -- Equal Time" dates law ougnt to be modified so that any future debates won't have to be Cancelled for lack of a sponsor. instead of foolishly lifting the lid on spending, there clearly are plenty of really meaningful campaign reforms that ought to be the first order of business after election day. kidney disease deaths, 5,500 added all in the mental hospital admissions last five years." Such extrapolations of statistics must like the New be viewed with caution York City mayor's estimate of that city's rat population several years ago. And particularly is that true if big new spending programs are proposed as a "cure" for such problems. Massive qpondina seldom cures such social problems, but it does manage to create a whole new set of problems, like inflation and money instability. Meanwhile, the best advice is to stay and healthy. employed I, 1 The knowledge market An editorial r; ,, -- s,, 2,15,L.y,,.:",,,a,-wUtk.okkli,,N s ,'.4,,r,z,i44prow.,:.-4--;.Al- - irt- . Clean up the campaign litter , 4 t-- Isp2-,,- Your job and y our health It stands to reason that suicide rates t and ' drinking problems are greater among the unemployed. What isn't generally known, hovvever,' is that there's also a direct link between 4 GI it,III I, .., IL.;-,-,- .,,,,,.... ., How to stimulate voters without a spending spree i - i ,,,,,,,,,'411 riam."2 Its,1I'W,41ZA 2:, ss,,,,,,,,,,,z,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,ts, s',,'...........wh,,s,ss,s,,,,s,s-,,,,,,,,,,,,s,,,,,,z,',sss.'- , - -- .- -- ,,,,rriottUku,,,,, E. tiMminimENEINOWINEW So the mailum'TK , ..:,..1.41Z2::71Abl,,,, z gbasompag ,,,,,,t,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,c,,r,,,,,,,,,,,,,,A,,,,,,,,,,,s,,, ,!'- V...7.;:.:,....41;A:Za,...;:.;,,,z; ,...r i'. ;!, ,..,,:,,,,,..,,,,,,,..,,z4,,,,,,,,,,, nt." IMAM ommiam . Vie r,,,, t .;4 Thoughts at Large: I believe the truism that it takes all SOftg( To but do the proportions have to 110 o make a world absurdly lopsided? , It is your secret opinion of yourself that truly sustains you or betrays you; and if it is low, the mote you try to win the good opinion of others, the tnoe you are ultimately bound to fail. The number of people who de.r't talyte advantage of their talents is more than made up 14r by the number who take advantage of talents they scarcely have. Complaining about old age is always a matter of tailing to consider the alternative. Marriage is the only course in which the exams are given, and usually graded, before the lessons are ; taught. Some people imr,gioe they never praise themselves, not recognizing that to speak ill of others ia a utatityuet way f ;raising oreseif, The best capsule definition of parental attitudes I've ever heard was made by Robert Froal, the poet. when be said: "The father is alwayila ail,: his ir.tals;.';', Rcpublioati tuward i F I , :$ Democrat." It is not the presence of sorrow, but the lack Of joy, that makes so many lives depressed and , the sbeeneo of positive satisfactions, rather than the presstne of any negative force. If the inverse ratio in land-a- ir travel contirins at its present rate, we shalt soon te ante to go one hour of flying tiuLe alltd the world in lour hours three hours to get to the airport. astlitged h Anietiutui jullkai tau iy structure since Tocqueville observed nearly la century-and-a-ha- lf ago: "There are many men 'pi principle in both parties in America, but there irtto depressing em4 pait- ;' ; - , ' if 11.04m9p M' I |
