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Show j r , . mtii!iuiini!miiiiiii:iiiimiii!iiiiiiii SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH HlltllliimilHIIIIIlMI! l!l!ll1!milllllllllHIIIIIIIIKIIIIII66l,l,ll,ll,l,,lll,,lllllllil!l1 We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States A-1- 4 Man Of Vision Been Divinely Inspired EDITORIAL PAGE MONDAY, I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS As Having iw ItllUIHHIlinilllTimtMItlllllMIliiiiH'H'Bli unrecognQuite often great men and women go this ized in their own time, and for this reason, 1972 SEPTEMBER 11 , letter. Labor Day, as I passed Pioneer Village, cais were stacked up 1 jr blocks each way (much to the in tne consternation, Im sure, of the people living turned mind quickly to a My neighborhood). with man a great pride our man of time, great and feelings for Utah, the West and the pioneers, On To Help State Courts Curb Federal Courts cita man of great sacrifice beyond the ordinary izen's comprehension. He has been a great moving area of spirit in Sugarhouse and the South East the for right. our valley, always fighting to his monument a as stands Pioneer Village villaefforts, one of the best and authentic pioneer . Last February, Utah Attorney General Vernon Romney told the House Judiciary Committee in Washington that he favors legislation limiting the role of federal judges in turning loose state prisoners on writs of habeas corpus. ges in America. This page also has questioned the power of the federal courts in state cases even including there Sugar HousePark also would not have been had had today if people of less vision and courage their way. Yes, rny hat goes off to Horace Soiensen and other brave souls like him who care far beyond their civic duty. to review criminal decisions made the state supreme court. Now California Attorney General Evelle Younger is also that system, and with he same conclusions. In a recent address to the American Judicature Societys annual meeting, Younger declared that the present practice of review Jias created a situation in which literally thousands of petitions are tiled, but virtually none are granted. It seems questionable whether the damage to the federal system is justified by the results. As nrPSPntlv nrnHroH uo OUU CAliaUOUlig UK) Oiuiv I I wild can appeal to a federal district court in a appeals to the state writ of habeas corpus, or a demand to be brought before a judge. The federal court can override the holdings of the state courts. Of this system, Younger complained that neither at common jaw nor at the time our constitution was written, was it imagined that habeas corpus would provide for the kind of second-guessinnow used by federal judges in reviewing state convictions. As an answer to the problem, Younger urges adoption of a bill presently in the House Judiciary Committee which would limit the constitutional claims state prisoners could raise. Such claims would be limited to those not already raised or determined in a state court or which could not thereafter be settled in a state court. another Every August produces volume, chastely bound in blue and gray, of the FBIs continuing study of Clime the United in States. The 1971 Report, now at hand, follows in the tradition of its g It predecessors: tells a vast deal about crime in our country, but crime itself remains a mystery. That makes sense. It would eliminate much of the needless review that is now conducted by federal judges and help preserve the judicial authority of the state courts. The action is not only badly needed, but long overdue. By almost See You At The Polls United States is the most advanced nation in the world. Our cities abound with schools, churches, colleges and libraries. Our people have abundant opportunities for recreation. The median family income recently was estimated at $15,000. Illiteracy scarcely exists. Our moral n values are rooted in the ethic, which condemns crime of every Theres really no valid excuse for Utahns not to increase their turnout at the polls in Tuesdays primary election. Not when the states voter residency requirements have been lifted by court order. Not when age limits have been lowered so there are more citizens qualified to vote than ever before. Judeo-Christia- Not when the federal, state, and local offices at stake and the candidates who fill them determine how well our children are educated and how wisely our tax dollars are spent. description. Yet ours is a lawless land probably the most lawless in the world. Last year saw nearly six million serious crimes reported, 7 percent above the year before. Over the past five years, despite prodi- Not when the ability of a single vote per precinct to change the outcome of an election has been demonstrated so many times as to become a cliche. gious efforts to improve law enforcement, the risk of becoming a victim of serious crime in the United States has increased by 74 percent. Or are you satisfied it any yardstick, the , that that government at all levels is so doesnt matter who runs it? Public apathy can make the government master of the people. Public responsibility can make the people master of the government. See you at the polls. In some ways, to be sure, the picture improves: The annual rate of increase is dropping significantly. In 54 major cities, the actual number of crimes reported in Homes In Flood Plains A dilemma is surfacing in proposals to channel the lowr Weber River in a $740,000 project to provide flood protection for nearbv homes. No writer or thinker 1 have heard of has ever been able to define that elusive word charm. Perhaps the best negative definition is Sir James Barries: Charm is that which, if a woman has it, she doesn't need anything else; and if she doesnt have it, nothing ese helps. Yet year after year, contractors are bulldozing out the brush in dry gullies and carpeting them with homes. It doesn't take much logic to figure out that if water caned out the gully in the first place, it could happen again. I was thinking about this the other nighl, and not especially in referent0 to women. A local TV channel was showing an early Fred Astaire film to fill the late hours, and I have always been a devoted fan of Mr. Astaire's. Not only is the issue of public responsibility raised in such cases, bjt environmental issues as well. On the Weber River, for instance, some 2.00(1 feet of brown trout fishery would be destroyed bv channelization. As I watched him cavort across the screen, his basic charm came through as potently as ever, even with the banal lines and stupid situations he was forced to cope with. His dancing was superb, of course; but beyond his pace and agility, there was a presence that permeated ev erything he said and did. Almost any ardent fisherman can testify on how much of the fishing waters have already been destroyed or reduced in excellence bv channelization. s Dr. Harold Lamb, chairman of the Utah Flood Control ry Committee, has asked the Army Corps of Engineers to Advisolook at alternatives to channelization. Thai is a sensible suggestion, and ought to be given much study by the corps. Rut the centra! issue also needs to be answered on public spending to protect private property. Its hard to see why the public should foot the bill. As Dr. Lamb observed: "You don't find olher individuals subsidized for taking such private enterprise risks in other areas, and I don't see any reason why we should make the general public foot the bill here, either. Hoffa And Hanoi I suspect that what we feel, when .4 , T"' spears through their tongues. I am as crazy about animals as Mrs. Bombetk distinction needs to be drawn between efforts by private or izens to "negotiate" and ofher trips abroad for manitarian purposes 1. He demanded a sea! of h.is own. In the from. Next to the window. With his own safety belt. fact-findin- hu- But, no, confronted with a person of such indubitable charm, is a sense of unity within the personality that patifies us as much as the beautiful unity in a work of art or of nature. Real charm, as opposed to charm school technique, superficial comes out of the depths of a personality that is ail of a piece. Beauty, said Aquinas, following must have three things: Proportion, harmony between the parts, and luminosity. I imagine that the luminous quality is what we might call charm." Some things that are beautiful are inert; they compe our admiration, but do not like some beautiful stir our feeling women who lose their appeal the moment they open then mouths and talk. Aris-toti- e, The luminous quality ;n a person can shine through, it seems to me, only when that person has achieved (or has been given, as a grace from God) harmony between the different parts of his na- - ERMA BOMBECK There would be none of this and routine. The first time we tried it his screams were picked up by a Russian satellite. From then on, he ale hamburgers, fries, chicken, pizza and tacos with the rest of the people. 4. He was quite selective about his restrooms, rejecting the barren strips along the roadside, open field, and secluded forests. He preferred the intimacy of a lawn chaw at poolside, a potted plant in the motel lobby or the leg of a hotel manager. The problem." said my husband one night at the motel, is the dog has nothing to do.- But if the Logan Act isn't going to be enforced it ought to be Iscrappod PMerrahly. u should be 'mfnreed f Behind the police statistics, of course, are the greater mysteries of human behavior. Crime in the United States is more than ever the province of young people. More than of all persons arrested for serious crimes in 1971 were under 18, and more than half were under 25. The number of young women involved in crime is increasing drastically. And why, one is bound to ask, is the number of blacks so disproportionately high? Blacks make up about 12 percent of the countys population, but they accounted for 66 percent of the reported arrests for robbery, 62 percent for murder, 50 precent for rape, 47 percent for assault. h Once again, the FBI Report compells us to think about the effectiveness if of prison sentences as a form of any punishment. In a section dealing with repeaters, the report provides pirn evidence that in many cases, a prison term is no more than a semesters education for those bent on careers in crime. A study of 69,000 offenders arrested in 1971 found that 68 percent of them had prior arrests on their records. How do we solve these aching, ugly in the United States? More police? Tougher judges? Better prisons? Even to venture these possible answers is to make a sad comment upon a free, educated and prosperous country in which 55 crimes have been committed in the five minutes it took you to read this column. problems of crime ture; when he has resolved contradictions within himself, and subsumed them under some guiding spiritual or emotional principle. An individual who is genuinely charming possesses three attributes: first, a firm sense of identity; second, no need to assert or deny that identity; and, third, the ability to let go, to be what he is, and to feel that this personal aura he emanates will be pleasing to those who encounter it. Most of us are much too busy asserting or denying; attacking, consolidating, retreating, or defending; trying to use elements in our environment to bolster ourselves up or hide behind all of this being ways (largely ineffectual) of trying to come to terms with the contradictions within us. It is the utter simplicity of charm that most attracts us and this may be the clue to its ultimate nature. 2. When dog in it. he y, another car passed with a declared the car open range He chewed up the books I bought him. he doesnt sing well. last three coloring Death And Deterrents The prime reason for capital punishment is justice. The question is. did the individual commit an art serious enough to earn the death penalty? To execute a man as an example for others, as a deterrent, would be immoral. The possible deterrent effect of a penalty is secondary to justice. We can be certain, however, that an executed killer is deterred from murdering again. proving' that capital punishment is deterrent don't consider how many more persons may have been killed if there had not been the penalty to consider. We can't know were deterred. And we must consider the effect on the potential criminal when he knows fofj an absolute certainty that a punishment will be consistently and surely given for a crime. Statistics not a how-man- Many innocent people have been killed by mur- derers who were released because of judicial leniency and erroneous psychiatric evaluation of them. My concern is for the innocent victim, not for' the murderer who made ins choice freely. He? decided that another's life had no value. If the victim's life had no value, what value does the life of the killer have? People who value the life of the killer over the life of his victims have some pretty mixed-uvalues. p And no one seems too upset that one man. or any one man has the power to legislate by degree. Why don't we recess Congress and save a lot of money? JUDITH GOF.LTZ 1644 I.aind A.e. m Apathy at the primary elections on Sept. 12 among Republican voters could leave us with a black sheep candidate in the First Congressional District much like the Democrats left with at convention. Joe Ferguson is using ihe Republican party to put himself in office, yet he has openly stated he will support John Schmitz of the American Independent Party for president. He has openly condemned President Nixon and Senator Bennett many times. He says the Republican party is no better than the Democratic Party and that there isn't a dime's worth of difference in the two parties. :o n It seems to me that it would take a lot of gall to publicly condemn almost every person and action of the Republican party and then ask for their support. Mr. Ferguson has a radical group supporting him. They call themselves the Birchers. They will be out 100 percent in the primary elections and theyll be hoping the rest of the Republicans will be asleep. . Let's not have to organize a Republicans for McKay to get the lesser of two evils. We have an excellent candidate in Bob Wol thuis. He supports the President, he was adminis trative assistant lo Senator Bennett, and he is a., real asset to the party. He has an outstanding rec- ord of service and would make an -- a ( outstanding DAHL CRABTREE Ogden Foster Parents 1 said dryly, And The npxt afternoon we pulled up at a roadside park and followed the signs to a section marked, DOG AREA. The grass was so tali we could barely find the picnic table. Delicately, we made our way through where we found ourselves surrounded by dogs. This is great, said my husband, Just what he needs. Now. wheres the it We as a region appreciate the article written by Douglas Palmer concerning our need for foster parents. As a result of his article, the agency received over 50 calls the following day inquiring about this program after proper orientation has taken place. We as a division are aware of the fact that to accomplish our goal of obtaining 409 homes this yeai will require a constant effort to put the problem before the people in this community. We will attempt to do this by recruiting very actively with church groups, PTA organizations, civic organiza- tions, etc., and relying heavily on media support. JAY S. WIMMER, M.S.W. Foster Care Recruitment, Resource Development Specialist dog? We looked around to discover him in the hwn section sitting' on a benen eating fried chicken witn an older couple. shook my head. I know hes a dog. hes a dog. Do you want to tell him and break his heart? 1 an No Apathy, Please Congressman 1 feel Don't be cute. he said. to is I answer the think him. for sorry stop more often and let him run and be with other dogs. You know sit then-nation- ) 3. The principle underlying the Logan Act is that in sensitive dealings with other governments. America should speak with a single voice. cit- 1,183 in Columbus. Texas as a hairy tail Ihe next one, but face it, dogs were never meant to live the gypsy life. We were not on the road with our dog eight hmirs before we realized he placed certain restrictions on evorvone in the car. A Any why (to glance at Ohio) did crimes decline last year in Dayton, while crimes increased in Akron and Toledo? The size of the police force offers no clue, for Dayton, largest of the three metropolitan areas, has the fewest law enforcement officers. What went wrong last year in Cincinnati? In 1970 the city reported an estimated 32,781 serious crimes; in 1971 the figure leaped to almost 39,000. Perhaps, one supposes, the number of police officers does make a difference, for Cincinnati, though it is half again as large as Columbus, reported fewer police officers 1,168 in and sprang from the front to the back seat, gouging everyone with his toenails and obstructing everyone's view. (My husband remembers the entire .state of then. I've also ready about monks w ho flog themselves chains for anc. and a native tribe in New Zealand that inflicts pam by wearing Nor will it be the last as long as the Logan Act goes Although the law has been on the books since 1799, only one in 1803. indictment has ever been handed down under it Why do some cities experience a sudden spurt in crime? The factors that one ordinarily looks for the makeup of a citys population, the effectiveness of its police force presumably change little from one year to another. Yet a random glance at cities in Texas finds serious crime increasing by 20 percent in a single year in Austin, by 42 percent in El Paso. Cincinnati, this cant be the answer, for the crime rate in Columbus is higher than the crime rate in Cincinnati. one-thir- d 1971 fell below the comparable figures for 1970. Even so, the gross figures for last year are appalling-17,6- 00 murders, 41,800 rapes, 364,000 cases of aggravated assault, 386,000 robberies. And the dis couraging truth is that police cleared only 20 percent of the serious crimes last year. Five or six years ago, a criminal had one chance in four of being arrested; he now has one chance in five. I ve read about people who simply will not travel unless they can take their animals with them. James R. Hoffa's thwarted plan to go to Hanoi and negotiate for the release of American prisoners isn't the first time a private U.S. citizen tried to deal with a foreign government ment in relation to any disputes or controversies with the U.S., or to defeat the measures of the U S." KILPATRICK Travel's Not For Dogs But The Logan Act prescribes criminal penalties for any private U.S. citizen found guilty of trying to influence any foreign govern- J. By SYDNEY J. HARRIS For years, the ultimate result of such rash action has been apparent. While homes in these areas may escape flooding for long periods of time, ultimately the law of averages catches up and destruction can be severe. first-clas- JAMES That Elusive Word, 'Charm' The question is whether public funds should be spent to protect property owners who persist in buying or building homes in known flood plain areas. state's Still Mystery Crime In U. S. He is a good merchant, a great patriot, commucould nity man, father and family man. Who else have put together such a tremendous Pioneer Village or saved a valuable piece of public land for the Sugar House Park for future generations? Thanks to Horace Sorensen and other courageous men and women like him. PAUL L. TEHRSON 1713 Orchard Dr. I am somewhat distressed that P.c'ublicso recommendations for a 1976 candidate to nol'in-elud- e Richard Nixon. There should be no doubt that in 1976 President McGovern will relish the possibility of challenging a former President. MARCHANT,, 10625 5th cl ) 1, rf No Nixon In '76? 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