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Show LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH IIIIHII!llllllllllllllllllliHHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIII9lll"Itll'lll9t!lliil99lllfii,,!HIIIIII!IHIIIII We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divineiy Inspired 6A EDITORIAL PAGE Escalante Ranges Area In Your editorial. "Include Escalante not did say. that Glen Canyon Bill indicated, but was .Senate the S27 to passed by the amendment the stumbling to accord on the present Congressional bills. You also indicated that the inclusion of ot the amendment would serve the purpose Escalante in a of reservoir the building River Canvon. It might do this, but' an area much smaller that would include only the main cany,,,, and the mouths of tributary canyons would prevent building of a reservoir and serve foi piotec-tio000 acres of the canyons. Inclusion of the IIS buffer zone a as amendment in the specified would not be necessary. Friday, June 9, 1972 Legacy Of Senate's LongKIeindienst Probe n The confirmation Thursday of Richard G. Kleindionst as the nation's top law enforcement olficer gives him the dubious distinction of having sunned the longest investigation in history over a presidential nominee. Despite the scars and bruises left by the batt!e, the I'.S. Department of Justice should be better off in at least a few respects following this searching sci utiny. wound True, Kleindiensts credibility sustained a when he had to correct his own denial that he had anything to do t settlement of an with an suit against Internaand tional Telephone Telegraph C'orp. True, others in the department s taff, including former Attorney General John Mitchell, were involved in contradictions or evasions. True, too, many Americans were left with the feeling that relations between the regulators in the department and the regulated look too chummy. fishDespite the embarrassments resulting from a three-monting expedition, Mr. Kleindiensts confirmation as attorney general by a critical Congress constitutes a failure to con net the administration of charges of settling anti trust cases in return for political contributions This "buffer zone" consists of twelve high, dry benches, not at all suitable for recreation. The benches' foi m the winter range of most of the rancheis of Boulder and two Escalante stockmen. The stockmen s permits on the benches include the right to move cattle when necessary along the banks of the river and to allow their cattle to come down the steep trails to the liver oi canyon streamlets to drink when there is no snow on the benches. Cattle piefer to cat snow or drink melting snow to climbing down ihe trails and up again to the feed on the benches. As for the reservoir, cattlemen would prefe1 that it not be built. Unless a trail could be made mound it. it would impede the movement of some anti-trus- Since Republican Kleindionst needed and got Democratic votes to win confirmation. Thursday's vote ought to make it hard to use It is already a truism that the world is different ..ince Richard Nixon jolted it out of old palterns by his spectacular trip to China which he has just consol-idate- d Ins with visit to Moscow. it is going to be. The first important step in approaching the answers is to appreciate that the whole thing is in, terlocking. Mr. Xi.xon could go to Moscow and business there conclude important because he had first gone to China and opened up the long troen channels nl communication between Washington and satislaitory De- A Lane For Buses Transportation Secretary John Volpe is flying in the face of present trends when he talks of diverting some of the highway trust funds to help the nation's mass transit systems. Even so. this page hopes he keeps talking and planning the same way because simply cannot keep up with the proliferation of automobiles and pollution if this nation neglects its transit systems. Volpe was in Salt Lake City this week to address the convention of the Western Association of State Highway road-buildin- Oifi-eial- Newsservice permanent and Moreover. Mr. Klemdienst must know that Congress likely will take an especially close look at how he runs the Justice Department. ' JOSEPH C. HARSCH now new anti-trus- impair Mr. Kleindienst s or the Justice effectiveness but ought to enhance it. partment's The Christian Science Monitor What lies ahead is how the system will and how work, this episode as a campaign issue. The exposure of certain practices in the Justice Department ought to generate reforms. One practice which ought to recene taxcontinuing scrutiny is the sealing of evidence gathered at no in t of a an contest case. payers' expense after plea Another is settling such cases out of court when it precludes the possibility of securing authoritative judicial resolution of new legal theories. None of this should It's A New Nixon World s. Peking. That move to China was a tine demarche in woild allairs, a nmo which initiated a whole new situation calling lor responses by oilier comm ies. lie The mam response triggered bv China trip was m Moscow. The China trip transformed the pattern ol the power world i mil that trip was arranged the Cmted Slates was bogged down militarily in Vietnam and becoming virtually isolated in a disapproving world. Russia had freedom ol maneuv er. I China. Russia is at a new disadvantage. Its relations with China arc worse than are American relations with China. It is in danger of being at any gien time confrontation. th one in a This condition has made possible the casing of relations between Western Europe and Russia; particularly between West Germany and Russia. A projected European security conterence is part of 'this pattern. None of it would have been sale had Mr. Nixon not first gone to China. But by going to Cnina he has made U sale (relatively ). Russia now dares no' lean too heavily on Europe. There is always the weight ol ( hina behind Russia needs mutually .satisfactory relations with Western Europe to balance the i.evviy satisfactory and between relations Washington e Iek'ng. lest by age gressive behavior it pushes Western into a coalition with the United states anil ( Inna. Relative Russian good behavior is guaiuntccd. not by Moscow bepi onuses, lait by Hie lad that bad ll, mi could isolate it in an unlreudly Moscow needs be careful Eu-iop- i world M the height of the Vietnam war the mled Slates came dose to being the odd man out will) all olheis coalescing m disapproval. Mi. Xixon has pulled his country out of that condition 11 is Russia which today could most easily bend this is precisely come odd man out an be expected to behave why Moscow in Mr. Nixon's now world order with some circumspection. I i It only takes simple arithmetic to figure out that one bus can replace up to 50 cars on the highway, at a fraction of the confusion and pollution that now occurs. But to make the transit system work, Volpe observed, requires clean and buses. It also requires prompt and efficient service, and here is one area where I'tah could perform a valuable service to the transit system by providing for bus lanes on highways wherever feasible. As a University of Utah student noted in a recent letter to the editor, theres little incentive for a bus ride to school when it takes only five minutes by car. Give the buses their own tratfic lane, however, and see how many car drivers switch to the bus system if they can make the trip m somewhat comparable time and at less expense. Inder olpe's proposal. $1 billion of the $5 It billion expected from the trust fund would be used for surface transportation other than highways meaning mass transit would undoubtedly get a big chunk oi those funds. Henry Holland, Utah Highway Director. opposes the plan because he elaims it would diminish the total amount of federal money available for transportation. Present law," Holland says. provides for extra funding for mass transit from other sources " Figures show that the U. S. spends approximately as much in six weeks on its highways as it has spent in the last six years for the highways public transportation. That's a case of and staiving the transit systems, a practice which should be force-feedin- Expand Nuclear Ban, The fallacy of a partial nuclear arms testing ban which doesn't include every member of the growing Nuclear flub will become sadly apparent this month when France resumes its scries of hydrogen bomb tests Since France refused to be a party to the 19fi.'l partial Test Ban Treaty which prohibits atmospheric nuclear testing, she can legaldevices in the atmoly. if not morally, continue exploding sphere. In doing so, France is putting the development of an independent nuclear arsenal ahead of the 1958 warning by a United Nations committee that nuclear weapons tests constitute a hazard to mankind. This was one of the primary reasons the U.S. and Russia agreed to the test ban. French politicians' still reflect the late Charles deGauIle's resentment of the nuclear hegemony of the U S. and Russia and plan to defy world opinion until they nave a sizeable a'om-i- c force. France, however, is not alone in this stubborn stance. China has exploded several nuclear devices, and Israel and other nations are reportedly on the verge of developing nuclear capability. Obviously, world opinion needs to be brought to bear before five or ten nations begin to pollute the atmosphere with radioactivity. Last summer, the French exploded a device in the Pacific, then, after reported threats of a break in diplomatic relations with Fern, cancelled the remaining two tests This same type of political pressure on a larger scale should be used to hnng France, China and other nuclear nations to the negotiating table with the goal of halting all abov testing. Otherwise, with more and more mushroom clouds on the horizon, the U.S. and Russia might find themselves compelled to which would be detrimental to all of mankind. resume testing From the moment of the announcement of the China trip Washington re- gained, freedom of maneuver, and continues to enjoy it. Mr. Nixon was equally welcome in Peking and Moscow. He can adjust his weight from one to the other as changing conditions indicate, lie is no longer a prisoner of the old hostility to It just happens that there was opposition to the new Nixon policies in Moscow and Peking as well as in Washington, riie hawks'' ol Moscow did their ut The implication is fascinating. Messrs. Nixon. Brehnev and Chou i new have several things in common. They are all conservatives" bv the standards of their respective capitals. They ail had to oveicome local "hawk" resistance to changes Mr. Nixon has worked in the shape of the world. En-la- factor arrangement. It also has the stabilizing the three-legge- three-cornere- d is the stool d most of . V stable By PAUL John Connally. as personal represenof the President, is outbound on a the world. Such an assignment lour usually goes to a Secietarv ol Slate or a ice President tative tin1 11 several options open to the telegenic Escalante Fatal Embrace? Nothing is permanent in the power world Today's pattern will change. But it docs have ihe built-istability of a common interest in mutual political survival among the three top figures ol the world Vlessis. Nixon. Plum powi-i and Bic.hncv. The present summit agreements have been hailed as "good and helpiui" by one news commentator. Mass media approval of ihe talks almost seems unanimous, as TV and newspapers proclaim the pacts as a wonderful blessing to both sides. Is this really true? Perhaps we could ask ourselves a few questions. Has communism mellowed or toned down its principles? Maybe we could ask the East Germans or the people in Poland. En-la- The prestige ol all is now bound up in the Nixon policies. A luilurc ol those policies would destiny politically Messrs. and Biclmcv gist as surely i Phou as Mr. Nixon lumself. He Inis bound them lo lus own political lortuncs. II Phou in Peking were now to repudiate Mr. Nixon, he would be confessing that Lin Piao had been right, and he hum elf wrong, lie would not be likely to long survive such an admission. En-la- Do not such talks give diplomatic lecngmtinn and prestige to the Marxist kingdom the kingdom which vows to dethrone God. bust the family, and put the whole world in slavery ? Kn-l.- Are these SALT talks really the American people, or are they a "nuclear-wa- r blackmail" that the have shoved at the U.S. since World If Mr. Brehnev had cancelled the Nixon visit to Moscow, he would have txrn admitting that he had been wrong in originally issuing the invitation. First When President Nixon accepted ( resignation as Treasury Secretary, he said. Connally is at his best when the going is toughest. He is capable of filling any job in our government." Vnd I'll toll you right now that nobody knows any more about his future than you do Neither Mr. Nixon noi Mr. Connally has ioredosed any of those options, with one exception A purely life" lor John Connally; never' "priva?" The proved device for keeping any politicians name in the news is to keep him traveling. Mr Nixon used this lor public utterances most during the eight years fiom 19fi0 plat-lor- Now President Nixon has designated Imt in Connally to travel the world America. Ear East. South s:a, Europe. With the accent on economics, he is to explain Nixon Administration policy to the leaders ol 15 nations. in The' mission resulted from a three-hou- r meeting with Nixon and Kissinger Florida on June 5 elfec-tivei- v to l'lfifi Our news media's army of overseas correspondents being what it is. any American of prominence overseas gets almost any option on almost any subiect telecast, broadcast and published worldwide. Simultaneously, his diplomatic will be enhanced. He is known to have been an eftective state adminis ls II on eniov politic nl spec ulation. vou can Imd no suhiect more intriguing than v .secretaries of the Russian (.ommunist party seldom long survive mistakes of that dimension. Our family is ofien accused of home ERMA BOMBECK 'rimmal, average, suburban l.muiy and I want to set the record straight I hcic is nolhing "average" about ii' Just because I at lomplishments o docs not children mean they are under- my pace-sette- achievers (in the contrary, the set bv our Mrs. kombeck gioup makes the Guincss Book ol Records look like Grandma s brag hook For example, when our kids lomtd out that we were puttmg a shiny, new dime each baby tooih under their piliovv that fell out. they each grew thiee complete sols of tedh We have another child who hoids the leconl in the junior amateur division for standing under a shower three hours and icc-ord- s !r V minutes. (If ymTrc impressed by statistics. he Used til) gallons of hot water, live towels and produced two orchids in the washbowl ) He My husband is also a delivered the longest lectute ever given without benelit of a formal assembled gioup when he discoveied someone had tinned on the car heater while we were New motonng through Albuquerque. i Mcxho on a tamily vacation. The e continued (lav and mghl until we reached Spnnglicld Mo. ihiee days later. Without modest v. I can also alc-- i to some above avei.tge" statistics I omo heated a lioen TV (linnet lour times before someone ate fie whole thing Also a blackboard reminder m my kitchen the message, Clean the oven" for 27 do not dwell on Ihe Some will sav that these questions are too simplistic. but arc hey ? Americans should take a close look at Ihe embraces we have given and are giving to Russia: lor some day soon, we will awake to bnd a pair of scissors in our back. LYNN B. LARSON EUGENE HIGH kM Gunnison an astrator, a phenomenal tute fiscal maker. Now hell be observed as a foieign policy expert. When Connally returns from this mislate July, other special assignments will perpetuate his public prominence right up to convention eve. sion in lec-tu- California Example President Nixon might well keep Vu e President Agnew on the ticket and tag Connally for Secretary of State, except that Connallv could never serve comlort-ablas "second banana to Honrv Kissinger. William Rogers had had to put up with that putdown. Connally doesn't have to. So the President, will keep the options open until late August. Regardless of how the people of Utah may feel about birth control, there are some things they should know about Planned Parenthood. y If a major political threat to Mr. should emerge fiom Nixon's the McGovern left or the Wallace i mht of preeminent e he has a warming up in the bullpen. pinch-hitte- r A Normal, Average Family? a desire of the how to the Communists War 11? Is it good" to sign arms limitation agreements with a nation that has promised to bury us Is it "helpful to trade witn and bolster the economy of the nation which has been the chief supplier of the North Vietnamese? Who will imance the joint el forts in space and science? What kind of money agreements do you make with a ntion that already uses an SSOO million debt lor bargaining Ihe people against us they are in debt to? vote-gette- 1 g thing one can sit on. RVKY Texan cal tie to their ranges. Stockmen, and therefore nearly everybody is still the from this area, know buMc source ol livelihood and oppose the amendment because it would transfer then ranges fiom Bu.eau of Land Management to Bark Service control. It is well known that the Park Service is as unfriendly to cattie as it is to roads. Within the week that the law was enacted that created Capnol Reef National Park. Iv an Lyman of Boulder. whose winter range allotment lies almost wholly within the boundary of the Park, received a copy of the law and a statement point.ng out that all permits within a national paik would be cancelled one year after their expiration date. Lyman's permit expires each year, as do the permits of all Escalante stockmen and nm-- t of those in Boulder. Now at all the hearings that were held regarding the enlargement of Capitol Reef, we were told that a "phasing nut ' period would be allowed of at least ten vears XETHELLE G. WOOLSEY cattle-raisin- En-la- Connally Will Be Making News low-yiel- d V Add another reason. most to keep Mr. Nixon from coming to Moscow. Eailicr. the hawks" ol Peking did their utmost to prevent Mr. Nixon Horn going Hide. Prime Minister Plum i had to suppicss an attempted coup d etat by his top generals to keep the gates of BKing open to Mr Nixon. Leonid Brehnev in Moscow had to make changes in Ins Poll! bureau to do the same in the Kremlin. five years before someone inadvertently backed into it and erased it with a fuzzy sweater. My iron was once lost for three months before someone missed it. The Bombcck house used 9S.fi gallons of shampoo per year which is enough to wash fill!) 9 X 12 shag rugs. 117 gorillas and fiS7 Hippiieads. The three minute nnie is i tin regularly at our house with little or no fanfare, livery night' after dinner when 1 ask, Whose turn is it to do dishes" thev We lust moved here fiom California where Planned Parenthood was in the forefront of the move which legalized abortion. Rack in 19fi3 thpy said "An abortion kills the lilo of a babv after it ha.s begun. It is dangerous lo your life and health. It may make you sterile so that when you want a child you cannot have it. Now, however, thev opeiate many abortion referral services in California which cater to what they call the "sexually active teenager." Any gul who becomes piegnant, no mailer vvhat her age. can go to a Planned Paienlhood office and thev will arrange an abortion for her at taxpayer and her patents need never know ; expense In New Voik. Planned Parenthood plans to ((instruct a $25(I.M dime lor abortions. The president of the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physmans said recently that if voluntary methods of birth control fail, governments may imee mandatoiv sterilization or impose a tax system lh.it rewards small families and penalizes iarge ones. Now which side of that fence do you suppose Planned Parenthood's great amounts of money will be on! MRS. JOYCE KINMONT Orem FBI Lauds Editorial bolt. One night, my husband and I (ame Inane to discover 27 lights but nine m our house which is 2S more than they bum fn Ihe Kremlin on a state visit ( iii kids had t he lhrn-damia-Ii- s for two weeks. lead Ihe entile set of Irageaies ol Shnkcspento m one night, and can gel a h.mcut and have their hair look longer lhan when they went, I sv An average family? I'd settle for normal. A ha.sfirm assembly-lin- e Mv associates and tion lor 'he comments I wish to nraaling express appreciaihe late Director Hoover m the editorial entitled What America lo .1. Edgar Hoover ' winch appeared in ihe May Ird edition or mur newspaper This means a gH'al deal to those of us who will (airy on the work ol this bureau in the tudition which this distinguished American mainiained Owes L P VI RICK GR W. ill Acting Dnccior Kedeial Eancau of Investigation t |