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Show r DESERET NEWS. SAIT LAKE CITY, UTAH Wfe THURSDAY. JANUARY 10, 1974 A 5 stand for the Constitution vf the United States with its three departments of government, each fully independent in its own field. The Nixon white papers: profile in politics at the top The white papers that President Nixon issued this week dont exactly add up to another profile in courage. But neither is it any profile in political skulduggery. Rather, it is a portrait of fallible men making decisions that are sometimes fallible. It is, in short, a portrait of politics as it has been played in Washington for many decades. The white papers, of course, constitute Mr.NLxons reply to charges that political favoritism played a part in his administrations decisions on raising milk price supports and dropping an anti-trucase against International Telephone & Telegraph Co. In accordance with the American legal; tradition of pressured innocence, were willing to accept the Presidents version of what happened in the ITT and milk cases unless or until it is refuted by more concrete facts than have been forthcoming so far. The Deseret News is among those who raised serious questions when the Department of Justice settled the ITT case out of court and the firm offered to contribute $400,000 to help finance the 1972 Republican national convention st Unhappily, the Justice Department has a long history of being deeply involved in partisan politics. President Nixon continued that tradition when he named his campaign manager, John Mitchell, as attorney general. Until the department is removed from politics, its handling of cases involving major campaign contributors will always be suspect. Moreover, how cases out of wise is it to settle anti-trucourt when the practice precludes the possibility of securing authoritative judicial in this resolution of novel legal theories of the case legality concerning conglomerates? Even so. the Justice Department is part of the executive branch which the President oversees, and he has a right to make sure that the departments policies are in line with his policies st His policy on anti-tru- st cases is that corporate mergers should not be opposed because they make big firms and that makes sense. merely bigger settlements are reached m cases to save percent of all rt 98 anti-tru- st In the milk case, the President says he approved of increasing price supports not in return for a campaign contribution from the dairy industry but because Congress would otherwise have ordered even higher supports. Thats in line with the same wishy-wash- y philosophy by which the White House imposed federal controls on the which the administration now economy because Congress would otherregrets wise impose even tighter restrictions. The President's plea that he could not veto the price increase because it would alienate dairy farmers, makes one wonder why he wasnt more concerned about alienating milk consumers who foot the bill. But this isnt the first time the potential power of the farm bloc influenced a decision on price supports for all sorts of agricultural commodities, and it wont be the last At least the President can point to figures indicating the higher supports stimulated increased milk production and helped stem a long-terupward trend in prices. If the critics of his decision can point to facts as concrete and specific, its secret. certainly a well-keIn both the milk and ITT cases, the government took what seems to have been the path of least resistance. Brave and bold the administrations decisions Ten years ago Friday, the U.S. Surgeon General released the first of several reports on smoking, concluding that Cigarette smoking is a health hazard of sufficient importance in the United States to warrant remedial action. Both before and since that initial report, statistical and laboratory data have steadily accumulated linking lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and other health problems with cigarette smoking. Much has been accomplished in warning the public of such health dangers during the past decade. Cigarette packages are now stamped with a health warning. Smoking ads have disappeared from TV. ads are more plentiful, of cigarette smoking dangers. warning But there is still much to do. Subsidies are still paid out for raising tobacco, despite the clear warnings of danger from usage. Reasonable limits need to be set on how much tar and nicotine a cigarette may contain. How has all this affected cigarette smoking? Despite intensive efforts to point out these health dangers to the pub Anti-smoki- "One moment the comet was there By Nick Thimmesch L.A. Times Syndicate WASHINGTON - physician attributes continued smoking to the fact that the individual smoker does not relate the haard to himself, either because the extent of the risk is not comprehended or the day of reckoning seems too remote. But that head-in-the-sa- e government scientist hascome up with some answers. Dr. Douglas Bauer, an expert on the matter, says it has to do with peak electrical loads. Energy usage, he says, isnt constant during the day, but hits cycle. peaks and valleys during a One of those peaks usually occurs during la.e afternoon, while a valley occurs in the morning hours. Electrical companies normally use their most efficient generators as much as possible to maintain 24-ho- . but power during most periods of the day. must cut in their least efficient generators to boost power during peak periods. the eve.Shifting an hour of daylight to elecfor need the down cuts hours ning tricity during a peak period and reduces personal Willbank replied. "By raising the price of our gasoline a gallon. Mudbank smiled Good thinking. If there are no obiet-.- tions the proposal is accepted. Are there any other ideas? ! Marvin Snowbank, vice president in charge of publiqJ aftairs, said, It seems to me the key to a good image i Congress. We must persuade our lawmakers that we are-doing the best we can to provide the necessary fuel at a"V reasonable cost to the consumer The Watergate drama, with President Nixon m the starring role (villain or victim?), has been playing for months now, and naturally we in the for press eagerly looked Rebozos stage entrance When he finally appeared a weeks some in ago copyrighted interview in the Miami Herald. I figured il was high time to make the usually futile phone calls to in hopes of Key Biscayne hearing his real, live voice responding to my questions Delight and surprise, when Rebozo took the call. He sounded glum, even morose. He really wants that privacy. "What has happened to me What he said. is nothing, has happened to the President is important because it puts our country in danger. Im getting to think their only purpose is to get the President I feel that he (Nixon) should have stayed in the fight for executive privilege and the separation of powers They only want to force him to resign. But he cant and wont quit. I dont know how he takes the strain They want to forget the did. There are great things no more riots in the schools or burning cities. China and Russia are now reasonable a penny James J. Kilpatrick Washington Star Syndicate By breaking you ' Chief WASHINGTON tice Warren E. Burger not long ago threw the weight of his experience and his office behind an idea whose time has clearly come. The idea is to create a system for traina new ing and certifying school of trial lawyers who would become, in effect, the barristers of the American bar. The idea, of cou-i- e, is nol new. England historically has divided her legal practitioners into solicitors and barristers. an The firmer undertake immense variety of legal tasks, but their work is done back in the office; the latter specialize in one task only They go to court for the actual trial of cases Here in the United States, leading members of the bar for many years have uged some adaptation of the British system to our own law. The American Bar Association ha' a Special Committee on Specialization working on the Several problems. states, notably Cakfomia and Texas, have launched experiment".! programs toward this end Jus- - Burgers idea is to concentrate first of all upon trial vi J the Israelis and Egyptians talking to each before when other, you couldn't get them mio the same room He's got In his lament, Rebozo said tlie media must be more responsible like law. medicine, and insurance dentistry, He added that if banking. one of these steps out of line, will get suspended, they even for a year. The press has used a lot of bad stuff recently, making headlines out of this Hughes thing I've had friends m the press fur years I fail to understand Rebozo then told me that he was thinking of going on television to explain matters, though, its nol like me. and I would rather not " Sure enough, a later, there was The CBS Evening Walter Cronkite. knowledged it was that interview, reluctantly few nights Rebozo on News with Rebozo achis first TV il was Rebozo explained he had accepted campaign contributions before, that they were all accounted for.' that the IRS General Accounting Office, bank examiners and Waterall had gate committee checked it out. Moreover, Rebozo denied there was any quid pro quo (swap) involved in the $100,000 contribution, and that he held the money that long time because I didnt want it to get mixed up or lost or anything I hoped that we could use . m hindsight I guess m . first intuition about refusing it would have been the wiser move " So Jlebuo has spoken, first to a major newspaper, then to a columnist and then to Walter Cronkite and a national TV network. Not a bad beginning. Perhaps well see more of Rebozo, particularly if he ever does appear before the weary, old Watergate it given lawyers as such. In his address of Nov. 2S at the Ford-haLaw School, he made a number of cogent observations. and he developed a couple of pointed analogies. F.very person who is graduated from a flying school is by definition a pilot; every student who emerges from medical school is by definition a doctor. But society prudentt ly has decreed that not even-pilois qualified to fly a jet, and not every doctor is qualified to transplant a kidney. By the same token, Burger insists, it is folly to suppose that every law school graduate automatically is qualified to go into court and try a civil or criminal ease. four-engin- e Newspaper reporters who cover the trial courts surely would concur in Burger's opinion on the low state of American trial advocacy Every experienced reporter, sitting mute at the table, has groaned inwardly at the ineptitude of courtroom amateurs who make a hunimmaterial objections and fail to ask the two or hree key questions. In the criminal courts, it is by no means unusual for both the government and the defense dred ' How do we do this? Bebe Rebozo: speaking out for Nixon. Burger and barrister plan - - The Ripoff Oil Ci was worried. A3 WASHINGTON meeting of the executive committee was called at a duckJJ shoot club in South Carolina to discuss ways and means oi combating the bad publicity petroleum companies uereej , getting over the energy crisis. Vj Harlan Mudbank. president of Ripott. presented the Wilton Willbank. the advertising vice president, said 3 "Why dont we launch a national advertising campaign to J show that in spite of the crisis. Ripoff is keeping its prices down? said Mudbank. 'bill where do we get the3 Excellenl, money to pay for the campaign? well Tne evidence is plain: You still cant break the laws of health without their the likelihood of having to use the less efficient generators. Even if the amount of savings in the afternoon were only equal to savings in the morning, its more important to save it in the afternoon, Bauer says, because the demand on electrical systems in the country tends to peak in the afternoon. Bauer, who is deputy assistant director of research for the Office of Energy Conservation, says daylight time could cut the nations demand for heat and electricity by one to three percent. The Edison Electric Institute estimated daylight time during World War II saved substantial amounts of coal. And the energy office figures it could save 150.000 barrels of oil a day this winter. Since DST helped save energy during World War II, it should also be useful now. If anything even approximating the anticipated savings materialize, it will have been well worth the inconvenience closest BUCHUURLD ? problem Gentlemen. I am sorry to say that the oil companies have a very bad image because of the fuel shortage thai ' unfortunately has gripped the country in the last six 3 months. The purpose of this meeting is U find a way tt tel3 our story to the American people. Are there any sugges lions? 3 j Rebozos treasured privacy slowly slips from his grasp because of intrigue over the mysterious Howard Hughes contribuSIC' 900 campaign tion. which he stored for three years, and his own finances as How DST saves energy For all those mothers of school-agchildren who are wondering how Daylight Saving Time helps save electricity, a oh Bebe,. and President attitude doesnt change the medical facts. One researcher, R. T. Ravenholt, concludes that cigarette disease is now the foremost preventable cause of death in the United States. For the American male, aged 35 to 65, who smokes a pack or more of cigarettes per day, tobacco is an environmental hazard equal to all other hazards to life combined. M has prompted g the full debut before the American press of Charles Rebozo, Gregory known as much better Nixons friend. ART V my, Watergate The burden of proooi rests upon President Nixons accusers. Let them make their case not with suspicion and innuendo if they but with substantiated evidence can One then poof! Nixons defense in Pres. mise. lic, too many smokers think lung disease happens only to others. Per capita consumption of cigarettes in 1963, the year of the first Surgeon General report, was 217 packs; last year it was 205 packs Over the decade, cigarette sales have increased from 524 billion to 583 billion. But then the population has increased, too. . . . Bebe Rebozo speaks out werent. But then government is often described as the art of reasonable compro- 10 years of smoking warnings j : time and expense and avoid the uncertainties of prolonged litigation. Plenty of legal experts think the government got a bargain by getting ITT to divest itself of several firms without going to court To this extent, its one of those cases where theres ample room for reasonable men to disagree. As for the Presidents statement he was unaware of any financial offer to the GOP from ITT, if that assertion is to be successfully contradicted it will take to launch into trial with onl the most foggy notion of what the case is all about The British do it better. 01 about 30,000 lawyers, 3.000 are barristers. They arc specially trained, first in law school and then in a period of pupilage, for the difficult and demanding business of actual trial. An American who visits the Inns of Court, and sees the barristers in action, comes away with an envious impression of trial practice at its besl. their Burger does not recommend adoption of the British system as such. Our country is too large, and the rules of state and federal practice too diverse, for the system to be applied here. But he does urge that law students, after completion of their second year, be pemiitted to pursue trial practice as a specialty As things stand now. in Burgers view, we are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtrooms than we are about licensing our electricians. If we are prepared to agiee that liberty and property are at least as important as light bulbs, we ought as laymen to support this sensible certification plan ?j Snowbank opened his folder. By contributing to the litical campaigns of everyone running for office in 1974 ; But. said Mudbank, that would cost us a fortune.? a-- K Snowbank read from a paper. "Our Washington t to!-whalobbyists believe we can do it by adding only two cents we are now charging for q gallon of gas. It doesnt seem to be out of line, the comptroilei : said. It cost us a cent a gallon just to elect Nixon. For?!? VJ two cents a gallon were getting an entire Congress. Good, said Mudbank. We seem to be making prog-?ress. What else can we do lo win thp hearts and minds ofcS --J the American people? . Rineholt Sandbank, the vice president for financial ? affairs, said, One of the things that seems to be bugging!? the American people is our profit picture. 1 estimate weJ stand to make 100 percent profit after taxes this year. We3 must persuade the country' that these profits are within the guidelines. How? Mudbank asked ? g g! Flag pins for every custom conceive of anyone questioning our prof-- J 3 its if we give them a free American flag. j the "Those lapel flags arent cheap. comptroller pro- . tested. '? , By distributing American ers lapel. I cant We ll pass on the cost of them to the customer. Threat cents a gallon is a small price to pay for the privilege ofj wearing Old Glory. said Sandbank. No objection was raised and Mudbank continued. J? 3 While were at it. Id like to bring up another problem ? No one is certain how long this energy crisis will lasti There may come a day when new sources of energy will found. It is even possible that someone will develop,' anie automobile that doent use gasoline. In 20 years this coulcjkj put us in a terrible profit squeeze. We cant wait until it happens. We must prepare for it now. What do we do? J be' The vice president for financial affairs said, obvious. We charge an extra nickel a gallon which wel)- e bonds. No one can object to our ensuring!- invest in ourselves against future unfair competition. Mudbank seemed very pleased. This has been' a mo? successful meeting Now lets all go out and shoot some'' ducks tax-fre- w1 DOUG SflEYD fef 1 TV i 'Do forgive me foe serving sirloin, Wentworth, filet is so unreasonable." butbecfcjj .v ri |