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Show 4fc maoism fiimiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiininiiiHiiiiPiiinimiiiniiimniiiniiiiPniiniimmw 'Mr. Hughes! Mr. Huuuuuughes . . DESERET NEWS - SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH k LETTERS TO THE EDITOR BitiiitfiHMiliitmiiuimiiiiiiintninilijniHnntniluiiitiminnmilHiiiRiiniimlira We Stand ror The Constitution Of The United States TUESDAY, Unrest In Poland Plot Or Bungling? t MACK C. CORBETT Information Director, Office U.S. Atomic Energy Commission half-heart- well-bein- tion they will tolerate. Lesson On Fire Rules A Unfortunately, the American people have generally followed the catastrophe theory of reform, with corrective legislation being enacted only after a calamity has occurred. That warning from the 1969 annual report of the Salt Lake City Fire Department should be particularly enlightening in the wake of the Tucson hotel fire this week that killed 28 persons and injured another 44. It should be a warning, too, that stern measures need to be taken in Utah to prevent just such a tragedy as occurred in Tucson, where a fire broke out on the third floor of an old hotel and raced up the stairways and laundry chutes to the topmost 10th floor. An automatic fire alarm and sprinkling system could have prevented that calamity, in the opinion of at least one Tucson fire chief. Yet since 1966 Salt Lake City hotel and motel owners have been fighting an ordinance to enclose stairways and indoors. The latest extension is now to July 1, stall to cover 1971, hallway transoms and install doors in hallways; and to January 1, 1972, to enclose stairways. Stairways, hallways and common areas of hotels and rndtels may be protected by automatic sprinklers in lieu of enclosing stairways. , Hotel and motel owners are not the only ones who need to institute vigorous preventive programs. Schools, hospitals, office buildings, churches, and other public buldings where people gather need a careful evaluation of what would happen if a fire broke out. One step the Salt Lake City School District took this week that needs to be copied statewide is to remind principals and custodians to unlock ail exit doors from auditoriums, gymnasiums, and other areas when they are in use. Padlocking panic hardware in gymnasiums and other from entering is public buildings to prevent A few ushers to trusted folly. placed guard such doors could handle the problem. Fire safety, to be effective, must be a process of continual review and inspection to see that no correctable hazard is overlooked. There is no alternative to a good prevention program. Idaho Falls, Idaho fire-resista- nt rs Rail Wage Law Bad Precedent The poet T. S. Eliot hail it just about right: Worlds end not with a bang, but with a wnimper. And it was a whimpering Congress, scared witless, verging on panic, that put an end two weeks ago to what remains of the world of free JAME: J. KILPATRICK sideration. But a Congress, exhibiting its genius for procrastination, refused even to schedule hearings. Meanwhile, the rail dispute came to a head when management reluctantly accepted, and the unions flatly rejected, a settlement recommended by a presidential emergency board. And the strike was called. enterprise in major American industry. It is curious that the act to prevent a rail strike has aroused so little comment. The precedent that was set on the night of Dec. 10, when Congress by statute decreed a specific wage increase for the rail workers, surely must rank among the most fateful bills ever passed in the name of the commerce clause. Yet its significance has been lost in the Christmas cheer. Nearly ten months ago, on Feb. 27, President Nixon proposed legislation to deal with threatened transportation strikes. His bill was introduced in the Senate by Griffin of Michigan, in the House by Minority Leader Gerald Ford. The President begged for immediate con- - This was the situation when Congress at last came to life. Its response was to pass a midnight law prohibiting a rail strike until March 1, demanding of the President a report on the progress of negotiations, and laying down this requirement as an act of Congress: The rates of pay of all employees are subject to this resolution shall be increased by five per centum effective as of Jan. 1, 1970, and by 32 cents per hour effective as of Nov. 1, 1970. who Never before has the Congress itself, by statute, imposed a specific wage increase upon a specific industry. To be sure, the five ppr cent and the 32 cents were part of the package recommended but these pay by file emergency board raises were only part of the package. The increases were predicated upon vital changes in work rules; and Congress ignored these changes altogether. Colorados Sen. Gordon Allott, fighting the bill, looked with great clarity to tb future. Mr. President, he cried, make no bones about it,' if we do this tonight, we are going to be settling wage disputes in every industry in this country which is of sufficient size to have an influence on the national economy. Ohios William Saxbe and Californias George Murphy made tire same warnings. On the House side, 131 members voted against the bill. But it was past midnight, and the rail workers already were walking off. The bill passed, and the President signed it. What now? If the precedent could be confined solely to the railways, one might stoically accept the act as but one more mih down a socialist track. Pas- senger service already has been effectively nationalized. A plan for total nationalization might rationally be defended. But the precedent cannot be so confined. Steel, trucking, airlines, elecall these tric power, telephone service affect the national health and defense. Is the Congress to prohibit strikes and fix wages in these fields also? If so, collective bargaining dies, and a great element of a free society dies with it. Gift Should Reflect Receiver, Giver The changes that have taken place the Christian era in our attitudes and ways of giving gifts reflect fundamental changes in which people near-recor- d . . . Whenever someone mentions h's sincerity, one recalls Henri Peyres fine observation tha,. "The primary condition let being sincere is the same as for being humble: not to ioast of it, and probably not even to be aware of it. 4 g University) says: We reckon up where we stand with whom and whom we wish to remain tied to so that the process of deciding whether or not tc give a gift, what kind of gift to give and to whom to give a gift is essentially a process of mentally shaking down the social system that we are a part of or wish to be a part of. relate to one other in terms of an- concern. In the Ages today, however, is also a moment of social evaluation. One sociologist (Aivin W. Gouldner of Washington Gift-givin- Middle giving meant giving up ones w o r 1 dl y goods, giving to the poor like St. Francis, giving up fc Dr. Brothers the world. During the Reformation, Protestants turned against this medieval religious concept of a world dedicated to giving on a person - to - person basis. The poor were taken off the streets and put into poor houses, and the id3a of welfare loped-rational, impersonal ways of giving through public and political deve- ?. I f Newlin an apology. ROBERT C. STEENSMA 2127 South 2850 East Salt Lake City, Utah 84109 Sad For Handicapped I I am writing in response to Paul Sabols letter which appeared in the Dec. 17 paper. The FAIR Corporation is dedicated to the following purposes: To encourage equal opportunities in employ- r ment and retention practices. To assist organizations dedicated to the development of high standards in employment. To support movements which will increase the potential skills of the individual. To assist members of the organization in their efforts to obtain fair and job security. We agree with Mr. Sahels statement It will be a sad state of affairs, indeed, when people with experience are penalized. As a matter of fact, Mr. Sabol, it IS i. sad state of affairs. with 25 Physically handicapped, years civil service experience are being downgraded, and replaced by able bodied veterans with far less years of experience. When able bodied men are afraid to equally compete with the handicapped, It surely is a sad state of affairs. CHARLES J. EDDY, President, FAIR Corporation Clearfield. Emerson said that the only true gift is a gift of self. . . . Next to things of necessity, the is that we might conrule for a gift some that 'which properly to person vey belonged to his character, and was easily he associated with him in thought, ... wrote. But our tokens of compliment and are for the most part barbarous. Rings and other jewels are not gifts, but apologies for gilts. The only gift is a por love tion of thyself. Thou must bleed for me. Therefore the poet brings his poem, the shepherd his lamb, the farmer com . . The right gift is a knowledgeable one. It reflects what somecne really wants and needs regardless of cost. That is, a rich uncle might treasure some homeitem made jam over any you could give him. (He could always buy that himself). A young couple starting out, however, would more appreciate the items they cannot afford. store-boug- ht is an art, for it not only reflects the recipient, but also the giver. Hopefully, it fulfills a real need in both of them and it reinforces their feelings about one another. Gift-givin- g Unfortunately, giving to the really needy has become depersonalized more efficient, perhaps, but still impersonal. In this sense, it become harder for someone to give the gift of self that quality which distinguishes the greatest presents. Twelve Days Of ...Bah, Humbug!' On the first day of Christmas my husband gave to me a car with a dead bat- ERMA BOMBECK tery. the second Christmas day my husband gave to me two suits for pressing, one dog for worming of Salt Lake Citv and County street crews faced with last weeks snowstorm, worked long and hard to get the roads cleared. But much work remains to be done, and they cant do the job alone. One of the toughest problems faced by road crews has been cars parked in the street. As a result, plows are able tc clear which is then used as the new only the middle of the street parking place. That is why City Streets Commissioner George Catmull announced a snow removal schedule today that appears the most reasonable way of getting city streets cleared before a new storm dumps more snow, further complicating the problem. The county should follow suit. The schedule calls for clearing designated city streets , each night. Owners of cars in that area must have them off the street during snow removal hours or face ticketing by police. While this may be a hardship on some motorists who have no packing place, it is onlj a temporary inconvenience and absolutely essential if the stre?ts are to be unclogged. Cooperation is the key. And, after all, the entire program is designed to improve street and parking conditions for the people who use them. Hack Millers attack on Mike Nr lin in his column of December 14 is despicable and completely uncalled for. To take Newiins comments out of context and then to misinterpret them in an illogical and ungrammatical diatribe is flagrantly and, at Christmas, extremely uncharitable. I have known Newlin for two years, both as his teacher and his academic counselor at the University of Utah. In every situation I have found him to be intelligent, fair, and decent Miller owes By DR. JOYCE BROTHERS On Help In Snow Cleanup I Resents Attack , fire-resista- nt r u two-thir- h i st To those who see conspiracy everywhere, its easy to blame a dark plot for the recent food riots and ensuing shake-u- p in the leadership of Communist Poland. Coming only two weeks after West Germany signed a treaty with Poland, instability and the repressive measures that seem likely to follow in Poland could deter further explorations toward improved relations with the rest of East Europe. That vouldnt make the Kremlin unhappy. Even so, theres a simpler and more natural explanation fob the week of rioting that left a dozen or more people dead and Wladyslaw Gomulka out of a job after 14 years of leading the Communist Party in Poland. That explanation: Bad weather, bad judgment, and bad timing. Bad weather is at least partly responsible xor cutting the of what it has been in harvest in Poland to only made Bad the problem worse when judgment years. previous the government tried to shift consumer spending to durables to forestall crop shortages by lowering prices for most household appliances while boosting food prices 10 per cent to 90 per cent. A bargain pnee on a refrigerator doesnt mean much if there isnt much to put in the refrigerator. Moreover, ineptness and insensitivity were certainly displayed in announcing higher food prices just before the holiwhen Poles are used to splurging, at least to the days extent that one can splurge in a country with chronic economic problems. Those problems include insufficient work discipline, problems that absenteeism, and widespread corruption met have been attempts at a previously by only solution. Clearly, the removal of Gomulka and other key leaders wont be much of a sop to public sentiment in Poland unless if indeed the underlying economic problems are resolved centralized and rigidly planned econothey can be in a highly my. For, as Poland has demonstrated, when a people long deg nied political freedom see what little material they have start disappearing, theres a sharp limit to the frustra- After; I i I guess it had to happen sometime, namely, a Jenkin Lloyd Jones column with a fault in it. I refer to his Dec. 12 column on dwindling fossil fuel supplies in the golden age of energy. How could he jump from fossil fuels to thermonuclear fusion as if there were nothing in between to stave off panic, other than 710 trillion feet of gas reserve!, in the ground? nas Surely he has heard of nuclear fission which 17 proven nuwith now, and been here since long clear power reactors in operation and economically fossil fuel areas, not to competitive in high-comention 54 under construction and 38 on order. Also, the known uranium and thorium reserves represent 2,000 times the remaining supplies of coal, oil, and gas. So, nuclear power reactors represent not to quite a stopgap, at least one that deserved be so lightly dismissed. DECEMBER 22, 1970 t gate-crashe- f Atomic Fuel, Too As Having Been Divinely Inspired 14 A EDITORIAL PAGE I and a car with dead battery. a the third day of Christmas my husband gave to me three names for drawing, 50 cards for sending, one gift for mailing and a car that would take till Saturday to start. On On the fourth day of Christmas my husband gave to me one house for trimming, one tree for buying, one broken ladder and a short trip into surgery. On the fifth day of Christmas my husband gave to me three kids for shopping, walnuts for chopping, fruitcake for baking (with Moms recipe), one house for cleaning, eight doorbells, one Avon call and a paper route for delivery. On the sixth day of Christmas my husband gave me one garage attendant, one hostile doorman, two window washers, one errand boy and three single secretaries. On the seventh day of Christmas my husband gave to me one instant party, one broken punch bowl, one littered carpet, three pounds of chip dip and three unem- ployed secretaries. On the eighth day of Christmas my husband gave to me a driveway for shoveling, red ncse for blowing, long list for going and a stinking home cold remedy. On the ninth day of Christmas my husband said to me, I have a chipped Did you get my rented suit? tooth, Hope you brought enough loot" for the annual Christmas charity. On the tenth day of Christmas my husband gave to me a pageant by the wee tots, a gift of a flu shot, and a bird that looked tetter off than me. On the eleventh day of Christmas my husband gave to me a bike for construction . . . where are the instructions?? . . . these are for a wagon my spirit is draggin, and besides, its a quarter alcohol and tobacco are permitted to ravage a whole country, the whole world, in fact. MINNIE JENKS Brigham City t Beware Of Potential Junk The of production often create burdens that exceed the limited and fleeting value of having the advantages of these products for a season; thereby, our junk piles mount faster than our actual consumption of goods. Through it all there remains a lingering thread of hope that one day we will learn that the best way to survive is to establish and maintain an effective cycle of use whereby waste is eliminated by planning to produce products that have a use after the initial first phase of their being has expired. An example of simple origin was some of the edible toys, like gum false teeth, ets., that have a residual use after their primary 'notion has expired and the user has wearied of the newness of the game and selected some new toy. When buying something, the consumer should try to imagine what the article can or will be used for after it serves its primary function. It will surprise him how much potential junk is being bought almost daily by nearly everyone. MERRILL H. GLENN, JR. Brigham City Millions For Peace 5 the twelfth day of Christmas my husband gave to me gifts of a steam iron, half a water heater, plunger for the bathroom, a blouse, size 43, two scented soaps, one paperback, three hair nets and a toothbrush with a dead battery. On The Dec. 1 top editorial entitled Millions for War, Pennies for Peace is another in a recent series that seems unmatched thus far in sobbing naivete. I resent your assumption that weve all swallowed the notion that war is the object of military spending. Although it isnt at all popular any more, a few rational Americans, including some respected leaders, are stU hanging to the ida that peace is still the cause for military spending, both in terms oi money and precious human lives. And what about e the State Department? Isnt international peace and good wall the essence of foreign aid, e and all the exchange programs? I dont know which of the departments (Defense or State) spends money for peace the fastest, but its obvious enough we cant afford another competing bureaucracy at the present time. Yes, your collaborator Mr. Rhyme is probably right that we could rid the world of war today if we would accept his Communistic world government idea with enough laws to regulate every facet of our personal lives. But again I doubt that rational Americans would be ready to surrender tnat much precious freedom. NEIL LARSON West Jordan I i? I 4 lend-leas- TtfotteKTcF 'iom hol. Tobacco takes lives, makes life miserable and unhappy, and takes the liberty of breathing fresh, clean air from all of us. Thousands of dollars and thousands of hours are spent to rescue a person lost or trapped, while past three. bv Briclcman &1V1H& Our fathers fought the Revolutionary War to preserve our life, liberty and our nght to pursue happiness. It is simple to judge all things against these three things. For instance, alcoholic beverages take life on the highway and ravage the home. Liberty is impaired, and the pursuit of happiness is impossible for millions because of the availability of alco- ... the small society WAVE Vices Destroy Liberty WiFe AtorteY Wo CAti. AFr?p AtoN&Y PAYS? f2-2- 2 t i h I |