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Show -- yyryjr y Tmvr'ryi "" 3 T w itf f be Effective Salt fake &rfbnnt Transport Problems Gill For Addition to Cabinet Wednesday Morning, April 11, 1962 Syria-Isra- Truce Needed el In a rare show of unanimity, the United Nations Security Council voted 10 to 0 (France Abstaining) to censure Israel lor its recent retaliatory raid into Syria. The council railed it a flagrant violation of the Palestine war armistice and of a U.N. resolution of 1956 which condemned Israel for a similar raid against Syria. IT IS REGRETTABLE tht the resolution did not also condemn Syria for cer PresiWASHINGTON dent Kennedy has just sent to Congress a 7.000-wor.essay on the for this affair' as the resolution makes tain acts of provocation is not as one-side- d d need for a transportation it sound. . Israel on the northeast borders Syria' for some distance. The Sea of Galilee and mojt of the valley of the Jordan River north of the sea lie in Israel. But Syria controls the heights just to the east and Israeli fishermen and farmers have frequently proved tempting targets for policy, and- he has made several worthwhile of Regents unanimous resolution urging Dr. A. Ray Olpin to continue as president of the University of Utah beyond his 65th birthday should win wide commendation. . The action and Dr. OlpWs indication that he will remain should have a stabilizing effect on the university at a critical time. The building crisis the need to replace the remaining temporary frame buildings with permanent, comfortable, fireproof structures the expected new influx of students and other problems argue for keeping a steady, experienced hand at the helm. , The Board i UNDER A POLICY followed for some years. Dr. Olpin ordinarily would be relieved of his administrative duties after, he becomes 65 in June,T963. Other retiring administrative personnel can return to academic work until they reach 68 and, In some special cases, longer. President Olpin, however, has no professional rank or tenure at the university. The president serves on an annual contract basis. Without specifying any length of time, the board, now has time to make plans for finding the best possible successor and for an orderly change. A university presidents responsibility goes in two directions. He is the executive officer of the layman regents and also the head of the faculty. He is the spokesman and interpreter of each to the other. He must mobilise, coordinate and integrate faculty participation, trustee influence and support, and public and private response to the needs and purposes of the university. He must maintain a delicate balance between and warm human qualities. -Dr. Olpin brought these qualities-wit- h him to the university in 1946. Under his direction the university rode out the crises of the unprecedented postwar veteran student influx and rapidly advanced in tech- - , nology and science to meet the requirements of the atomic and missile age. It accomplished some miracles, all with a chronic, shortage of funds.Among othcr things, academic freedom has prevailed to a remarkable degree on the campus. tough-mindedne- ss -- , SATISFACTION AT the prospect of the continued stabilizing influence of Dr. Olpin at the university should not obscure a problem in the retirement system. - Looking beyond Dr. Olpins time, the unibe prepared to offer future should versity presidents a satisfactory retirement plan. Without special action. President Olpin would retire on the same austerity .annuity as faculty members, without hav- ing faculty tenure.' Former President Thomas of the U. and Dr. E. G. Peterson of the State College at Logan were given emeritus status and paid a third of their former salaries while they worked on special projects the remainder of their lives.. Certainly Dr. Olpin has earned at least as much consideration. 16-1- 7. . border. Both Syria and Israel have been at fault in hindering such effective supervision, and the Security Council resolution called on both countries for specific steps for better border patrol. ' - The Mixed Armistice Commission, boycotted by Israel since 1951, would be reac- - The Public Forum tivated. these seem reasonable proposals. Before Inks Dry If both Syria and IsraeLwould accept. . Editor, Tribune: Now the Utah Power them, they should help greatly to eliminate provocative acts by Syria and there-for- e the need for any Israeli retaliation. There will never be any kind of peace . ful settlement of the deadly dangerous that Co. has made a deal with the federal government to wheel the power Arab-Israe- li conflict so long as border generated at Glen Canyon and Flaming Gorge Dams, provocation and killing continue. The first I see that even before the need is to maintain the truce. Then perink is dry UP&L asks for haps as tempers cool there may be some a 10 per cent increase for progress toward real peace. electrical rates. I would like to ask why this increase, if needed, was not requested during that of negotiation to period build the lines to wheel the Salt Lake Countys 12.54 per cent inpower from Glen Canyon crease in payroll costs this year over last and Flaming Gorge? Duris startling. The figures of $6,396,943 aping that period UP&L was propriated for salaries and wages in 1962 telling everyone why they should be allowed to build compared, with $5,684,387 in 1961 are those lines and pointing out accurate. how reasonable their power But fortunately for the peace of mind situation of taxpayers the isnt quite as rates were in comparison to some rural public power bad as it seems. companies. vis . Individual salaries and wages ha 1 feel that the govern- not been raised that much. A substantial ment made a mistake in not part of the increased payroll, says County , wheeling . the power from Auditor Jones, will go to new employes. the dams as they have in every other situation like COUNTY EMPLOYMENT fluctuates this, but what has been quite widely during the year, with several agreed on must be. I hope that the contract hundred more on the payroll during good, the government has with weather when road and other construction UP&L is binding to the efwork steps up and. when summer recreafect that at some later time tion programs are In operation. But averUP&L cannot request and age employment Is expected to increase be granted an increase. by about 120 this year. This is a 7 per cent I feel that the Utah Pubincrease in personnel, which would leave lic Service Commission has the actual individual wage increases in very good reason to turn down this request I hope the 5 to 6 per cent range. they do. Some of this, however, is due to major JAMES D. PERKINS, new merit sysupgrading of pay to meet Panguitch, Utah. tem standards in the sheriffs office (which had about a 22 per cent payroll Man and Universe increase this year) and in the health deEditor, Tribune: Has anypartment (up about 50 per cent). one ever found an acceptable answer to the question, Mr. Jones checked actual salary in- What Is Life All About? creases given in the roads and bridges Every once in a while a disdepartment, one of the largest, and cussion of this subject comes found they averaged 4.26 per cent. up among various groups of This may be a little large in relation to people. of the ' dedication At the pay raises generally and might warrant Mt. Palomar (California). commission1 some examination by county 200 inch telescope in June, ers. But it is a lot better than that 12.54 1948, Raymond B. Fosdick, per cent. then president of the Rocke-felle- r One point should be stressed. Most of Foundation, made some very pertinent statethe demand for increased county services ments relative to the great and personnel results from mushroom- questions of why we are ing population in unincorporated areas. here ,on this dwarf planet, of cities Lake Salt Population in. the whether there are other County the last decade increased only planets in the universe like some 22,000 less than 10 per cent. Noncity population went up 86,000, more than doubling. The county should endeavor to Mary 3IcGrory see that the increased cost of county government is paid by those who are responsible for it and who benefit from It. County Payroll Zooms me apparent iiieaumKiess- ness and incomprehensibility of the universe. He went on to say that in the face of such supreme mysteries and against this background of majestic space and time, the petty squabbling of nations on this small planet is not only irrelevant but contemptible. Adrift in a cosmos whose shores he cannot even imagine, a man spends his energies in fighting with his fellowman over issues which a single look through this telescope would show to be utterly inconsequential. What a world of truth in one small paragraph! While it does not definitely answer the question of what life is all about, it does shock one into a realization of how it should not be lived and points out the absolute unim- porta nee of somethmgsman considers so extremely im portant There Since the two top Academy Awards went to Europeans this year, it might be possible to add the Oscar gap to the other gaps which w'ere making headlines not so long ago. And with just about as much reason. Considering all the other Oscars and special awards, American motion- picture actors, directors, producers, musicians, artists, designers and choreographers did very well indeed. Moreover, theres no use arguing with the audited returns which conferred the honors on Sophia Loren of Italy and Austria-bor- n Maximilian Schell. In going abroad, the awards were merely following the lead of the American movie industry which has been filming its all over the globe. super-spectacl- es Visiting Cartoonist ' their mirrors and Former Geri. Walker says Secretary of State Rusk wants to sell out the country'. It would never work. The shape were in, there would be even fewer buyers than there are for Walkers theories. Minnesotas Board of Education votes :to drop science and math as high school requirements. Good, sound move. Look where Abraham Lincoln got in life and you never heard' of him studying nuclear physics by candlelight, did you? saying Im glad you asked me that, senator. They are not .cracking up; they are mere- better astron- world. LYDIA BURNHAM, Prescott, Ariz. r Best for Children Editor, Tribune: In answer to the letter by Mr. Byron B. Burnegpt Forum, April 5), I would like to express my opinion as a very satisfied and humble parent of the oral method and the teachers and professional people have to teach our children. As all parents of deaf children do, we have looked thoroughly into both methods of teaching and by our own findings and those of tried and true educators, psychologists, and psychiatrists, we have definitely found the oral method to be the best . Pm very proud to say our son is a well adjusted child and truly capable of getting along with everyone. This would be so limited if he did ' not have the oral training. Everyone does not know the SUch as sign language, grandparents,- brothers, sis- ters and relatives, and most important of all, his little neighborhood friends, but they all know how to speak ,as my son knows how to do now because of the oral method. I do believe, that there may be some who cannot and never will be able to learn to lip read and speak well enough, and to those few I am sure the sign method is a must, but please give our children the chance to talk and be .the person in this life they really are and can be. MRS. RUTH BENNETT, Kearns, Utah. histories, failures and occasional successes: Wear your best dark blue suit, but not if it was made in England. (Dean Acheson's sartorial perfection probably contributed more to isolationism than the fall of China. ) Know your 'subject, but not better than the committee chairman. nr? -- I , - (Secretary of Defense ' ert McNamara, already fighting a reputation as a genius, oruniversal deal of testifying before a c o ngressional committee. " To be a successful witness is an art rather than a sci- Rob-- ence. The Kennedy tration, verbal Is, has not yet message or a on it. Adminis- though It put out a handbook got into deeper trouble on RS-7by forgetting that nobody, from Julius Caesar down, ever knew more about weapons than the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Carl. Vinson of r Georgia.) the . 0 MAKE YOUR less--tim- e A few guidelines can, however, be assembled from cast prepared statement as long, as ble. It leaves questions. (Secretary . - h possi- for , of Commerce portation is necessary in der to light constantly for a system of private initiative. The - government should,-- of course, put ceilings on the top rates to be charged the users. But should aim also to bring about a gradual reduction in the regulatory power of government over the various types of carriers in the transportation system. MR. KENNEDYS message offers a few rays of hope, but his proposals may not get anywhere because nobody and that means no executive, no department, no agency is given the concrete responsibility for putting the recommendations into effect if Congress should agree to eliminate the barriers to efficiency now rooted in existing laws. supervision that shackles and distorts managerial Initiative.". THE MESSAGE is filled with concrete proposals that request Congress to enact laws, for instance, permitting railroads to do away with minimum rates in opening up competitive opportunities as between, water carriers and other modes of He wants transportation. control of inter-citpassenger rates limited to the fixing only of maximum rates. He urges that certain excise taxes on transportation be removed and that a three per cent tax be placed on fuel used by the airlines as a minimal step toward re-- . . y Precedent Worship Editor, Tribune: Veneration for precedent is a way of saying that people tend to favor the old ways, of .doing things, and the things which have already been done. Such retards progress, and an interesting example was brought to my attention in an art class at the university. Each people tends to de- velop art forms (such as architecture, painting, dance, etc.) which are influenced by the customs, natural resources, religion, etc. of the people. We, too, are developing art forms which are symbolically typical of our culture, but there are too many who worship veneration for precedent," and turn to the past for inspiration, disdaining our own fresh new art in favor of what is at best a direct steal from (and a cheap imitation of) the labors of an extinct culture. Not only do we cheapen ourselves, but we simultaneously our own talents. Whether we like it or not, we are at the spearhead of time. The past cannot be changed, but the future can, and the work of improving it can be done only right now. History tells us much of what other peoples have accomplished with means and methods inferior to ours,. We are accordingly obliged to do a better job. RICHARD FI FIELD Luther Hodges read 57 pages on the Trade Expansion Act to the House Ways and Means Committee; Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon gave the Senate Finance Committee 70 on the tax bill. They got home free to the lunch hour.) IF YOU went to Harvard, try to forget it If possible, cultivate thq. accent, of a land-gracollege, or better still, none at alL (Congressional committees have a notoriously low threshold of "effete eastern-ers- , who, they suspect, run the State Department) Admit your problem is In- nt soluble. (Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, speaking in ap honest Midwestern twang, keeps telling congressmen hes no expert They vote against his programs, but they think hes wonderful) transportation. A cabinet secretary devoting his whole time to trans- .. -- Senator From Sandpit By Ham Without health life is not life; it is only a state of languor and suffering an image of death. Rabelais. The Bridge Club Meets Well, girls, this past week certainly has been a hectic one for me! My husband hasnt been at all well he says its nervous exhaustion, and hell be all right as soon as hes able to get a few days ahead of his deadline. He seemed to be improving and then we were notified that s a crew of would start working on our floor in a few days, and he had a relapse! He threatened to go and join the Navajos who move into a new hogan instead of cleaning the old one. Imagine! I had to go and complicate matters . by coming down with the worst attack of neuritis Ive ever had. My husband took charge of things and he had the housekeeper come up and look at house-cleaner- ) ly preparing for the almost 'NASA plans a rocket 36 stories high. If theyd make It just a bit taller, it wouldn't even have to leave the ground. Jtnatn In Chicago Dally Nwt lady in distress better nothing omy to educate man on the subject of his place in the universe, the true nature of the cosmos, and the facts which could lead to individual and eventually bring about a WASHINGTON All over town these mornings, high officials are looking into Potomac Fever WASHINGTON Eisenhower says Re- publicans shouldnt be snooty in seeking now members.. Trouble is. Republicans have a hard enough time putting up with each other, let alone a bunch of social climbers. a - This doesnt give much -of a hint as to whats coming. What many men in the business world have said before, some of the people in the transportation business are saying now: The President talks a lot and puts some sensible ideas in many .' of his messages, but he doesnt do anything about them. In the United States the railroads and other carriers which have been under strict government regulation have suffered all the disadvantages of a System of government ownership without en-joying any of the advantages of federal loans or grants for construction such as are provided in Europe, where railroads have been nationalized. What is really needed here is a department of out-of-da- Handy. Hints for Those Wholl Face Congress Quiz By Fletcher Knebel For Is than the science of , To Foreign Lands By Our Readers . couplng the heavy federal Investment in the airways." As for the subject of mergers, this is treated In a very abstract fashion, and it Is difficult to tell whether any beneficial results can ' ' be expected. Mr. Kennedy speaks vague ly of applying appropriata criteria to the circumstances and conditions of each particular case involving a merger, and he promises to more specific recommend guidelines than are now available." economic growth, productivity and progress" and that it affects the cost of every commodity consumed or exported. But why is transportation especially the railroad Industry, In such a bad state today? The President prorides one answer as follows: A chaotic patchwork of inconsistent and often obsolete legislation and regulation has evolved from a history of specific actions addressed to specific problems of specific industries at specific times. The regulatory commis- sions are required to make thousands of detailed decisions based on standards. The management of various modes of transportation is subjected to excessive," cumbersome, and U-N- All s. Unfortunately, This is wrong. But two wrongs do not make a right. The answer to Syrian provocation Is not Israeli retaliation in the form of such a major raid into Syrian territory as Israel The launched the night of March answer is better . supervision of the BOTH COUNTRIES are asked to permit more freedom of movement for U.N. truce observers. In the past observers have been hampered by both sides. A helicopter would be made available for speedy check on reports of violations. Israel is asked to reconsider previous refusal to permit a U.N. patrol boat to operate on the Sea of Galilee. recoin-mendation- the President has neglected the obvious the designation of a single executive or agency in the government to follow through and get the job done. MR. KENNEDY rightly says that an efficient and dynamic transportation system is vital to our domestic Syrian soldiers. Good News at the U. -- David Lawrence If you are, on the other hand, a notorious expert In your field, smile a lot (Secretary of Labor Arthur Goldberg, ''whose successes cannot be denied, always goes out fend settles another strike before congressmen can start resenting him.) If you are from the State Department' and about to face Reps.' John Rooney call up the White House and talk things over with Lawrence OBrien, the ' Presidents liaison man, who studies committee chairmen the way ball players study pitchers. HE WILL GIVE you one piece of advice: Do not be condescending. Remem ber that Rooney, chairman of a House Appropriations Subcommittee, is a beloved figure in Brooklyn and you were never elected to do anything. i - Park our apartment, and they decided that the kitchen was the only room that really needed cleaning. My husband has perked up quite a bit now that he feels he has been vindicated. You see, he has always contended that as long as dirt was on even, it wasnt noticeable. I read somewhere that marriage was a mutual partnership, with the husband as the mute, but it doesnt apply in my case. Shall we cut for deal? Notes on Cuff Department From a high school paper: Recent research from a prominent institute reports that parenthood is hereditary. If your parents didnt have children, the chances are you wont either. Everybodys familiar with the back seat driver, but an r is one who remembers when the car had a crank in front, too. If ignorance is bliss, why arent there more happy people? A wife said to her thrifty husband: I wish you had the spunk Congress has. It doesnt let the big national debt keep It from spending. It is strange that thought should depend upon the ' stomach, and still that men with the best stomachs are not always the best think- ers, Voltaire, f Loren D. Squire, La Verkin, Utah, says the more you think yo'u know, the more you had better listen. old-time- -- Compensation I have learned wisdom finally, I take what the fates may bring. Woodfires for winter eve-- , nings, Green rain when it is ' spring. Late tide, and a dream goes drifting, Why weep when summers past? Caviar, opera tickets, Make up my life at last No disenchantment haunts me, j I take the gifts as they come, A toothache, a lover Life is so simple . . . and ' dumb.. i : Helen Welshimer. .... |
