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Show i'4 up- nii ij -- Hj arTTnu1 Wm W ui w m p"rH1"' '' ym gnry y yv yri r DESERET NEWS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH THURSDAY, AUGUST . ft 30, 1 973 We stand for the Constitution of the United States with its three departments of government, each fully independent in its own field. Utah knows best how to clean up Utah's air The plan that Utah presented Wednesday for cleaning up the air along the Wasatch Front is not just a rush job to placate the Environmental Protection Agency. That much should be clear to anyone who remembers the salient features of the Target: Vitality and Second Century plans of the 1960's. Whatever the EPA may finally decide, many parts of the plan outlined Wednesday ought to be pursued not only as a means of fighting pollution but also as a means of revitalizing downtown Salt Lake City as an attractive place to work and shop. We're referring specifically to such proposals as reducing traffic along Main Street, a move that requires more ade- quate parking . . . switching many blocks from diagonal to parallel parking . . . making the downtown area, more attractive to pedestrians instead of cars . . . better mass transit including shuttle bus service from parking structures at the fringe of the downtown area . . . and computerized traffic controls. If the EPA thinks the communitys firm opposition to federal restrictions on parking facilities is only a selfish whim, the agency should know that Salt Lake City has a high level of autom-bilownership Li comparison with other cities. We also have more trips per person and per dwelling unit, and more persons off-stre- smog-belchin- per dwelling unit. Consequently; as the Salt Target: Vitality report noted, Lake City should have mere central business district parking than other cities, or at least it should be high in rank. If the EPA thinks the proposal for a shuttle bus is merely Salt Lake Citys bow to current fad, the agency should know that as long ago as 1962 downtown planners were pushing such a bus system both as a service to shoppers and as a means of reducing automotive traffic. Or if the EPA thinks the parts of the air pollution control plan designed to minimize traffic and enhance the pedestrian come only in response to the agencys pressure, the EPA should know that six years ago Salt Lake City concluded: The coming of the automobile . . . has left aesthetic deficiencies which are hindering the economic potential of the downtown business community. Salt Lake City is widely and properly known as one of the cleanest cities in the country and one of the most sensibly planned. We all intend not only to keep it that way but also to move ahead and we dont need someone in Washington or Denver telling us whether or not to build parking lots. g off-stre- If the EPA will keep listening to reason as it has in recent days, it will give Utah a chance to dean up the air along the Wasaich Front before trying to impose plans made in Washington e Peace and Pakistan Commo.i sense finally triumphed this week when India and Pakistan belatedly agreed to release about 90,000 Pakistani prisoners of war. The longer India held prisoners in violation of the Geneva Convention the more sympathy it won for Pakistan, which deserved little compassion for its brutal conduct during the war. This removes the last major obstacle to a final settlement of the December 1971 war that established the independence of Bangladesh. The agreement is a victory for the principles of the Geneva Convention, which calls for the immediate release of war prisoners when hostilities end so they may not be used for blackmail. Moreover, the longer the prisoners were held, the more aggravating the situation became as a source of irritation with the potential for sparking renewed conflict. Now its Pakistan's turn to remove a source of irritation by formally recognizing Bangladesh as an independent nation. '91V for emergencies Since early 1969 this page has suggested that Salt Lake Valley adopt a simple 911 telephone number for emergencies as other communities have done. Tiiat plan is getting closer. Salt Lake City plans a survey next month to decide what telephones and facilities are needed to institute the system. consultant for A communications Mountain Bell says the 911 system could be implemented by late 1974, depending on the results of the survey. The plan would simplify emergency calls since those who have an emergency often do not have access to a telephone bock, or theyre not sure which agency to as in an accidental poisoning. 'all Sometimes time is a factor and a few minutes or seconds saved in dialing can mean me difference death. between life and The telephone company is committed to the system, but city and county government must decide who handles the calls for the greatest effectiveness. Bountiful has had the system tion for over two years with good results Despite such infrequent problems as phony calls, wrong numbers and pranksters, the system has resulted in quick emergency services for the public. But the system needs more publicity. Orem is also considering installing the system in the near future. And it is working successfully in several other parts of the country. The 911 system is definitely an idea whose time has come. in opera- The plight of Ivan Ten years ago Alexander Solzhenitsyns classic novel, One Day in the Life was published in of Ivan Denisovich, Russia and the author went on to win international acclaim. But today Solzhenitsyn is no hero in his own country. In the latest of a long series of indignities, the Soviet government has denied him permission to live in Moscow with his wife and children. Unhappily, Solzhenitsyns plight is not unusual. As Russia has improved relations abroad, it has cracKed down on the right to think independently and dissent fearlessly at home. According to the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in An editorial from The Akron Beacon the Soviet Union, the number of political prisoners in Russia is growing all the time and the treatment accorded them is getting harsher. At least 1.2 million men and women are said to be serving time in some 1,000 labor camps. That figure does not include ordinary crimina's or inmates of psychiatric hospitals. Yet if Russia is ever to make lasting changes for the better, its citizens must have the right to speak out against outrages and advance new ideas. As the U.S. seeks more cordial rela- tions with Russia, lets remember that a country which doesnt trust its own citizens is not itself to be trusted very far. Journal Fat is all in the mind At last, a fattys friend! Cornell University researcher David says his tests indicate that an individuals body weight is governed by the brain. If the brain wants you to be s in the world fat, all the diets and wont change that waistline. Thats great news for fatties, who long scienhave had "to endure the ri who push and skinny fiends A. Levitsky sit-up- tists must have been the wind again. "Nobody out then diculous theory that to lose weight you have to exercise or stop eating so much. Their theory goes that you have to use up more calories than you shovel in. No doubt the skinnies will counter- attack with other evidence. But for now, we have Levitsky. So hurry up and pass the mashed potatoes. Diets and exercise 1ways did make us hungry. All-volunte- BUCHUJPLD in recruitment lags By Nick Thimmesch L.A. Times Syndicate - The Army WASHINGTON is busy these days insisting that the current voluntary will recruitment program eventually work, despite failures in reaching enlistment goals this year. The cold truth l is that advertising and the inducements of bigger pay and interesting work havent succeeded in recruiting the kind of Army the Defense Department wants. soft-sel- portion of the eligible labor supply, that it is not feasible to achieve an force, we would be prepared to go baik to the Congress and ask for renewal of draft authority. The Selective Service law remains on the books, but Congress did not renew authority to induct, and thus this authority expired June 3r The law still requires to register with their draft boards, however, though they cant presently be drafted. when the Army program was launched, the monthly recruitment goal hasnt been reached even once. The Army currently is 24 percent short of that goal and has other problems to report. Since ART army er The Army faces a ticklish problem in that increasing numbers of its volunteers are black. Where blacks make up 13.5 percent of total U.S. population, some 21 percent of Army volunteers since January are black, and in July, the to 35 percent. The Air Force, Navy and figure soared Marine Corps are doing far Theoretically, the Army is better than the Army in volun- supposed to represent a cross tary recrui'ment. But the section of young Americans, Army accounts for half of the but what is the Army going to total U.S. military man (and do if it winds up with disnumbers of power, hence the proportionate woman) blacks? concern in the Pentagon. We dont want the Army to Defense Secretary James R. be all anything, Army Secreon said the Meet Schlesinger Press Sunday that while his tary Howard Callaway said this week. We want it to be people are working very hard a , broad cross section of to achieve success for the America. . . But he acknowlWe cannot force, He edged that a quota system guarantee success. might be necessary, and if it At added: any point that we came about, he would expect become persuaded that because of the new attitudes of both blacks and whites to support such a system. the American public or beThe Armys difficulty in getdecause of the very high mands with regard to the pro ting voluntary recruits caused January, The press more prone to abuse, more difficult to cope with than the leak. lism great correspondents in histosuch as the men and ry women who served the Times of London in the 19th century were often confidantes of foreign secretaries or even prime ministers who sometimes wished to plant stories in the press. It has long been a way of life in Washington. In this century, early precedents were set by President Theodore who persistently Roosevelt, leaked information (another phrase for it is flying a trial balloon) to get a reaction. When the response was bad. President Roosevelt would disown the information, saying the correspondents who had often written the stories deof his friends good served election to a fictional Ananias club. Nobody minded very much. It was how the game was played. By the 1930's a more intensive form of keyhole journalism began with syndicated columns dependmg largely on otherwise umeported informafretion. Such information quently came to the doors of columnists from government officials and others with an Only half of the new recruits are high school graduates. Moreover, some 31 percent posted low IQ scores, the highest such figure in four . The Marines ask for a few good men. The Army is getting fewer men, and not enough of them are good. ye.-rs- Its not because of the money. The pay is good. The lowest rank recruit now starts at $307 a month, plus housing, food, medical and the rest. And the pay escalates with service. The Armys current advertising campaign is something else. Your country deserves a little love, proclaims one recruiting poster, appealing to instincts whatever flower-chilremain in our section of the population. solution to The this dilemma, it seems to me, is for Congress to pass a universal service bill. This long discussed program would conscript young men and women at 18, and give them the choice of public or military service. If the young person chose public, he or she might wind up working on environmental projects, with the poor, in a hospital, or serving in the Peace Corps. But I really doubt that Congress has the guts to pass universal service. The draft was unpopular enough. d y long-rang- e charges made against Vice President Agnew, are in a difTrial by ferent category. has been a cause newspaper of growing concern for editors of journa- Since daily journalism began, I suppose, there have been leaks. Newspaper people have always had sources of information which they could The not directly attribute. ates. and the leak By Erwin Canham The Christian Science Monitor News Service There is no form it to drop its rule requiring that 70 percent of new recruits be high school gradu- Mr. Canham axe to grind, often a vindictive one. But frequently the information was accurate, and the public deserved to know it. That is the trouble. The newsman has to weigh the validity, and importance, of the information that has been leaked to him vicious motives or unethical practices. Perhaps the most sensa-tiona- 1 case in journalistic experience thus far was the Pentagon Papers. ag,st Here those responsible for newspaper publicity had to consider many factors: that the papers had evidently been purloined in defiance of government classification; that, the classification however, process had been grossly overdone; that the public had every right to know a great deal at leas, of the information; and finally that if the law-habeen broken by anybody the courts would decide. And at best it was a case of civil disobedience. Leaks which bear on an issue that is itself under judicial inquiry, such as the and lawyers alike. Voluntary codes of behavior have been worked out. And judges have the power to enforce contempt of court when they feel it is justified. In journalism, as in everything else, there are often conflicts of rights. The right of people to know- - sometimes collides with the right of an individual to a fair trial, or even occasionally with the vague but precious right of privacy. None of these rights is really absolute Even the trial process cannot be conducted in a vacuum, with ignoramuses as jurors. So we do the best we can. But newspeople need to remind themselves that their own profession is also on trial. A good many people think the media have gone too far, are too opinionated, in this period of interpretative or activist or advocacy journalism. There is no such thmg as total objectivity, of course, but there can be detachment and there can be an ardent effort to be fair and honest. And opinion, when printed or broadcast, can be clearly identified. News greatly media will if they do not suffer exercise a deep sense of responsibility as they scrutinize sources, smell leaks, and decide what to print or broadcast and what to leave out. (Art Buchwald has gone off for a few weeks to forget e favor- about Watergate. He left behind some of his ite columns.) I have bought a new house and in so WASHINGTON doing I have made a discovery that will shock everyone in the United States. j J j I I I J ; i J that Amenca is a nation of middle- men and subcontractors and that there is only one man in the entire nation that actually does the work. I have discovered His name is Harold. ! i f t J Harold accidentally. I had made a call to , a company that had promised to build me some book- shelves. I demanded to talk to the head man to find out i ' why they hadnt been delivered. He hemmed and hawed awhile and finally admitted his company didnt actually ; make the bookshelves they subcontracted the work to an- other company. I called that company, which said that the work had been subcontracted to a company in Wisconsin that specialized in bookshelves. A call to Wisconsin revealed that the company diant make bookshelves, but supplied the wood. Well, who makes the bookshelves? I discovered Harold does, the manager replied. managed to get Harolds address from the man and out of curiosity I went to see him. I ; Harold lived on a farm near Delaware. e I found him in a large bam surrounded by lathes, tools, lumber, upholstery, saws, drills, electrical equipment and presses. In every comer of the bam piled high were appliances to be fixed, furniture to be upholstered, lamps to be rewired, cabinets to be repaired, rugs to be rewoven, desks to be refinished and mattresses to be restuffed. nta-chin- When I walked into the bam Harold was shouting into tne phone, But Ive only got two hands! Then he hung up. Everyone wants everything in a hurry. That was a decorator in Oregon, he said. Shes been waiting on two upholstered chairs for six years. Big deal! Tell me, Harold, I said, is it true youre the only one in the United States who can do anything? Thats what they tell me, Harold said. There was a guy in Denver who also did the work, but he decided to go into sales, so now I havr to do it all alcne. But how can you do everything by yourself? But there are 14,587,908 It isnt easy, he replied. subcontractors who depend on me and if I didnt do the work, they would all go out of business. But surely there must be someone else who has the skills necessary to do your kind of work. You'd think so, but I cant even find anyone to help me. My own son started to help me. but he found it paid better to take orders. So Im doing it all alone. Is the fact that youre the only one who does the work in the United States the reason I have to wait so long for my bookshelves? I suppose so. Things keep piling up and I just do the best I can. I still haven't made Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes bookshelves. But he passed away. Nobody told me. I dont get much chance to read the papers, Harold apologized. Well, I can move your order up then. When do you think I can get the bookshelves? Bout April 12, 1978, if theres no shipping complica- tions. Youll have to excuse me now, I have to fix some lamps for President Harding. Its a rush order. Harold, President Hardings gone, too. Thats a shame. Judge Crater order. I guess I can go ahead then on the ; j ! ; ; l 1 ; -- - j ! |