Show ow41"e 41 FAt First Section Ilit lalt 4 1 I'age 16 t t - 1 !- ' - l Keep y 1 " t " ' ' ' 4 ' 4 A4': i '''' s ' ' Ar :' ' 't ': t '''' 1 :' 2 -'- :4‘1 I : :1-' i 2 '' 1 4 —' 7 i r 1?- -- ' :21- e- i 14 Aw :' SS 4 ' ' A v '''' - L I ' ( k 00141 -- 14 ' — - --- ::: c :k: ' ttli110 4 kr - i -- N't14-fr- - versial issues" iegoir-- s IP- - ls Time-Ou- t for Chivalry Senator Eugene J McCarthy is fond of literary allusions He recently likened the current stage of his quest for the emocratic presidential nomination to a knight with whom no one will joust Explaining that medieval knights challenged opponents to combat by first touching the chosen foe's shield with their lance point Senator McCarthy said Vice President Humphrey refuses to meet him head to head He remarked of the Humphrey forces that "They don't even !'aye their shields hanging out they have taken them inside the tent" Perhaps it's because the Veep's men believe they have also taken enough convention votes into ye olde camp Iwo Jima Vital In War but Surplus In Peace d and thousand Americans and more than 19000 Japanese died in fighting on Iwo Jima in February and March 1945 Now 23 years later it is almost as jf they had never fought over the once strategic d island Japan regained posiession of Iwo in one of several ceremonies marking return of the Volcano and Bordn Islands Time has erased much of the bitterness that marked fighting between the two countries during Worlu War IL Friendship has replaced hate and mutual economic advantage has hastened the inclination to forget the past bloodletting There's a temptation to cite return of Iwo Jima as an example of the futility and folly of war But to do so is to ignore the importance of a single battle in determining the outcome of the larger war and shaping the lives of millions It is to forget that in 1945 it was vitally important Iwo be taken if war in the Pacific was to be won in the shortest possible time Had the atomic bomb been develcped a few months sooner invasion of Iwo Jima might not have been necessary but Allied commanders who ordered Iwo taken had no way of knowing that They needed Iwo at the time as a forward bomber base against the home islands of Japan Now with planes of longer range and missiles Six that span continents Iwo eight-hunlre- twenty-on-e sun-bake- 1 - is no longer of value By returning it strategic military to Japan the United States picked up a measure of Japanese good will Americans who lied to take the island in 1945 didnot do so in vain because the land they conquered at dreadful price has been returned to their enemy Conquest of Iwo Jima was an important contribution to victory in the Pacific but as spoils of war to be held forever it wasn't worth keeping The Plot Sickens The nation is shocked by the frequency with which violence has erupted in surroundings long considered civilized Some suggested remedies such as more gun control laws themselves cause raging controversies Opponents of control accuse the reformers of being hysterical We don't believe that people genuinely concerned about easy accessibility to guns n But it is are necessarily apparent that some contradictory behavior is being encouraged Recently a toy distributor sonvinced that play guns help make youngsters indifferent to violence invited some children tj destroy his inventory of toy guns—by wildly jumping up and down on them panic-stricke- Another Viewpoint 'Economy' Means Only Token Space Cuts 2 C : et t f From the Chicago Tribune It Is hard to understand the refusal of Congress to insist on more than token cuts Jn the enormous space program The Senate N'oted to authorize the spending of 401 billion of the 437 billion dollars asked by the President after rejecting a motion to cut spending by a billion dollars The House had already authorized an even higher figure at all the ways in which the government has found to spend taxpayers money the space program is the most expendable by any manner of reckoning It is irrelevant to the war in Vietnam It is irrelevadt to the problems of poverty crime violence and urban decay It is not required by forces over which the government has little control like interest on the national debt The moon shot and its affiliated ventures uo not even involve a morrt commitment to any significant number of people ag does say Social Security In short the space program could be scrappec !n its entirety without seriously affecting any of the critical problems we face today The brdes of displdced scientists could easily find other work indeed the government's Insatiable appetite for scientists has left a shortage in many areas and in some instances has liushed salaries beyond the reach of small companies Aerospace manufacturers would be hurt but not irreparably The liefem2 Department is already unhappy over delays in getting planes and other equipment it needs for the conduct of the xar and would welcome the added capacity for production The labor which might be displaced would be highly skilled and easily absorbed Into otker industries The states which might Ot albo be temporarily hurt chiefly Texas are not In danger of becoming depressed areas This doesn't mean that the entire program should be scrapped because today's space research does have a bearing on tomorrows defen-- 1 It is better lo keep the macLinery running in low gear than to shut it down and then try to start it up again But the cuts which Congress has made in its authorization bill are ridiculously small None of our military or social problems is going to be solved if our money system collapses To keep the dollar sound it is essential to cut spending to the point where it hurts — and the space program is where it will hurt the least of all The defeated proposal of Sen Proxmire of Wisconsin to slash 1 billion dollars from the bill was not only sensible but would Lave eased the painful Job of cutting elsewhere If Congress is too frightened to cut spending on outer space how can we expect it to make adequate cuts here on ' -- : ictieevrr Out of Control The Public Forum Their Rules or Nothing President Johnson's Tribune: Commission on Violence in America is probably necessary because of the permissiveness of the administrations since 1960 The members of the commission are however evidently judiciously selected judging king-makand by the reaction of would-b- e militant inter—tual Arthur M Schlesinger Jr who objects to commission member liraska because his gun control bill (R 1853) is one of the many approved by the National Rifle Association and who objects to commission member Eric Hoffer because Hoffer has been quoted as saying that the guilt for the assassination did not belong to the American people (Reported by the San Francisco Chronicle June 10 1961) Schlesinger and the rest of the "Irish Mafia" want their rules or nothing their commiSsion or nothing and their candidate or nothing Accordingly Senator Dodd's bill (S 1) on gun control should become law to satisfy the "Mafia" Izvestia and evidently newspapers such as The Tribune Hoffer should resign from the commission because he really is an intellectual and therefore one who among other things can recognize robbers assassins rioters and arsonists for what they are and why they are There is nothing callow about Hoffer DOOLEY P WHEELER 3E Editor er Orbiting Paragraphs We are continually being told what all g there people should d not Plso be a suggestion or two for us right-thinkin- wrong-thinker- s? At least some of our young people must be reading In the national spelling bee they were able to spell the names of a number of things that aren't advertises' on television po400' AclemLAttt Askono4f I r !p k14t t''!''' k I ' 41 - o IS 61 ct14 - 10 CI' 4 nt17 14 pk(01 v ' ciCC t‘ cy N c 1 IsV-- 1 No q1 (11 I ""''''s 4 ilk v 1r ligell Anil":g S tA tb4 t 'Ab 41 ' 4111111141ahLiti 0f 11akiblitti"72 Ir111111011111111111111111 VP r & Questions Gun Statistics Editor Tribune: I was appalled last week over a continuing article in your newspaper regarding US gun deaths issued by the Asso- Editor Tribune: I am at least 2 little perplexed at the way figures are presinted in the short front page article on gun deaths in the US for the past week If one assumes that 67 homicides out of a total of 129 deaths by guns this :last week is a more or less rormal proportion one may also assume that there were only about 3370 homicides in 1966 out of a total of 5500 deaths by guns Later the article states that there wore about 125 homicides by firearms per week In 1966 which is equal to the total gun deaths in that year if multiplied by the number of weeks in a year In view of the distinction made earlier between homicide and other forms of death by firearms there must have been no suicides or accidental shootings In 1966 quite a year It seems that the gun law proponents are trying to establsh their cause by selected statistics and by swaying public motion such as ciated Press I have always felt The Tribune to be a newspaper which presents an accurate and unslanted presentation of the news This r articular information is completely misleading and is very obviously the work of anti-gu- n forces who unfortunately have access to Associated Press facilities May I present additional statistics which in my opinion should be presented in this article to bring your figures within proper perspective The Salt Lake Tribune of Saturday Jane 22 1968 indicated FBI records to show approximately 6500 persons were killed by guns in 1966 Homicides including stabbings and stranglings totaled 10920 in 1966 (Firearms evidently represent approximately only half of the total homicides and yet there Is no outcry for legislation against knives or silk stockings) Additional death statistics which you did not feel pertinent are as folloWs for the year 1966: Drownings 7000 auto deaths 53000 bums 7900 falls 20000 (perhaps we shoull consider registering stepladders!!) poisons and poison gas 3600 Firearm deaths when quoted in relation to the above figures can readily be determined to be not nearly the problem or proportions the Associated Press would indicate I might also mention that my statistics are those of the National Safety Council It is my opinion news should be reported as completely and as accurately as possible and given in sa-- a manner as to make intelligent Lid justified conclusions possible h RAf BAILEY Editor Tribune: Several evenings ego my boys and I skirted the shoreline of the proposed state park northwest section of Antelope Island We skinuned over the water by canoe and were able to check the area thor- Bill Vauglm's The Great Salt Lake Authority is to be complimented for its acquisition Antelope Island by blocking off currents within the lake has left this area free of silt deposit but now a dike has been bull: from Syracuse to the island impounding inflow water to the east Five culverts piercing the dike were unable to handle the inflow so a large break has been cut and at present a spanning bridge is planned Water has been flowing with considerable force through these openings directly unto the bnach area This flow is discolored to a yellowish gray and is undoubtedly carrying many tons of silt each hours twenty-fou- r If this situation remains uncemected within a few years the present six foot depth will change to six inches and the last remaining area for bathing in Great Salt Lake will be destroyed GLENNs0 FLEEK Layton Utah Put Figures in Perspective Destroyed by Man earth? By Our Readers g oughly The water was fine clear and free of debris so we enjoyed a real nice swim The 11ach is composed of shelving sandstone free of the silt mud and mire plaguing other beaches Thirty yards from the water's edge depths of six feet or more are present with clean rocky bottom stretching several miles of shore This area can become a fine spot for recreation se ing Utah and its tourists i r : V ' 4tress 112:: - buck-passin- 4: ' ''''' d ‘ d '' vl ‘:l-tli- -- 2 - 1t i4 4 2c( : '''' ai t' $ 4 ' : ' ' :?: i:' ::'':''' WASHINGTON — Vice President Hubert Humphrey has had some severe jolts in recent weeks They must cause him considerable worry about his presi- el: :AP"'''ek dential chances ' His home state South e' N ' Dakota chooses the late : s' Sen Robert F Kennedy :'':t '4 over him in the primary k:o!: :kki contest is Humphrey booed by thousands at 14Y2-1r's0-e4- ‘ the Poor People's Soli- ':? 'SI: s1 '' : e n S March darity Eugene McCarthy scores Mr Riman a smashing victory in New York state This may mean nothing in terms of the Democratic convention The "pros" say the vice president is a cinch to be nominated on the first ballot Yet there is clear evidence that all is not well in the Humphrey campaign It seems obvious that millions of Americans either do not know what Humphrey stands for do not like what he stands for or do not like the company he has been keeping Consider Negro Vote Consider the Negro vote in the big industrial cities of the North and West This is crucial to any Democratic victory this fall Well Humphrey has to woi ey about it Sure his advisers can argue with seeming logic that in a contest with Richard Nixon Humphrey will get the 90 percent or more of the Negro vote that Democrats have enjoyed for most of threc decades But what about that booing at the Poor People's March? People naive or angry enough to boo IIumphrey who was putting his political career on the line and fighting for the black man's rights for the last 20 years yet cheer McCarthy who though enlisted on racial issues has never stuck his neck out are also naive and angry enough to vote for Nixon over Humphrey Most certainly Humphrey will be in trouble with Negro voters if by some miracle Nelson Rockefeller wins the Republican nomination What About Tomorrow? Humphrey showed awareness in his National Press Club appearance that the poor the black the other minorities are asking "What have you done for me lately?" Also "What will you do for me today — and tomorrow?" As he answers seeking to renew his credentials as a liberal fighting zealously for racial justice he mast harbor some worries about the "white backlash" Humphrey seems to sense that a campaign battle with Nixon will not center on Vietnam The great emotional issue most likely will be race — otherwise known under the euphemism "law and ( 44:::4tii : k k J Hubert Worries 1 ' 4 'rr r I It 3' ! ' rie ' tt i '''' 4 - - ' '' i ' : --- -- As Nixon 'Cools It: ir5-- 'r : 1 ty Unification was recommended as the most sensible solution Fortunately city have heeded the mesand county off'-iasage and are working on implementation The latest developments concern basic agreements covering use of facilities and certain housekeeping assignments The negotiators see "personality" problems within the two departments as the next hurdle Unification details are as important to the public as they are to deps rtment staffs and spelling them out in advance is a good plan However adequate dependable public health protection is the essential concern It must be the guiding principIP as resistance to change Is encountered "Salt Lake County is a contiguous land are' with a need for a single health authority The priority for establishment of a unified health authority must be the very highest" the CSC report concluded Time is too short and side issues must not be allowed to obscure the goal ' - ' - " :4 7 up-to-d- city-coun- )j' '' 2 i handling inspection physical and mental disease treatment abatement of dangerous conditions of all descriptions It is apparent that as populations increasingly health in urban areas concentrate must a maintain proportionate programs and efficient growth Metropolitan Salt Lake as an expanding urban center must be assured of public health protection The Community Service Council report seriously questioned the ability of the dual approach to cope with the problems It held dualism causes "duplication for health personcostly competition nel and for health funds confusion over responsibility differing standards in one area from another resulting in uneven assault on problems and procrastination g when faced with controand with glacial slowness is discouraging The situation is probably unavoidable since a merger of this kind requires careful planning Persistent delay however would be intolerable Salt Lake Valley in most respects maintains a hale and hearty environment Serious disease epidemics are rare and health hazards are kept at a minimum But in one respect the area may be courting a crisis The threat was well diagnosed over a year ago by the Salt Lake Area Community Services Council and the University of Utah Bureau of Economic and Business Research The county health study published by these two organizations warned that unless public health agencies serving metropolitan Salt Lake adapted to a unified operation future local health protection would be jeopardized Public health responsibilities probably require more community involvement !!c ::ri than any other single local government activity Their scope includes air and water pollution control food and food That progress toward a joint Salt Lake public health authority continues is gratifying That it moves City-Count- ' t i":-'- t:!'l4 i"11 ':' 7:!' Health Merger Going ti A ' c' l' City-Count- y Rt Carl T Bowan 'ibune Saturday Morning June 29 196 g - takng advantage of the recent assasAnatinn confusing crimcs acts committed by people with guns which are only tools or weapons I was disappointed that the very sensible statements by Senator Frank Moss concerning gun ?ontrols were not on the front page This short article on gage two has far more meaning in relation to guns than the "statistics" on the front page JOHN MCDONNELL itwILJ order" So Humphrey will not want to arouse the fear and hostility of thosl whites who through some inexplicable logic believe the government already "discriminates in favor of the Negro" Viet War Frustration Stir even against Nixon Humphrey must worry about public frustration over the war in Vietnam McCarthy has expressed the view that the public is now willing to have the US abandon the war effort even without an agreement with Hanoi and let the Communists take South Vietnam This seems hard to believe but the 'New York nomination of Paul O'Dwyer as the Democratic nominee for the Senate and McCarthy's smashing triumph there surely Indicate that public opposition to the war is greater than many of us have thought Even Humphrey's record as one of Israel's best friends in American public life emohas been overridden by tions in much of the Jewish community Meanwhile Nixon can simply watch cautiously and cagily never spelling out his views too sharply pouncing eagerly on Humphrey when the latter does declare himself anti-Vietna- m Just Point Oct Mess Nixon does not have to tell how he would end the war without submitting to a grievous political diplomatic military and moral defeat for America (Nor do McCarthy and Rockefeller for that matter) All he has to do is repeat charges that the Johnson-Humphre- y team "made a mess" of the situation ‘ Nixon could profit handsomely from the fact that a confused frustrated public is not too analytical not too quick to recognize g criticism not very willing to give the Johnson Administration the benefit of any doubt So for the former South Dakota druggist who aspires to the highest office in the land this is the politics of reality — but not exactly a politics of joy 1 flow Sa r ring dri‘ e ba NeA lira eve Geog ! comp Both two eq Ceste rate Earn' wino I've Su bitter sli-d- radio to so( ene perM Rove ing o of tor si Tu shine soaks tune acute week v “E ill le Ilona WE copy Th riroun the yt Fr blows hour Jocat( back ratter BEMS Sa diy have They sion s to m Navy' In feel t violat not tc tnissh Su hours graph car uncle' er's strikE Tu mbu after board south NAT( come raril) howe times TI cliffe lice awak away anticp off hi ''Mar Fr sense found resi the d 103 Ihr F Interlandi N Pa d Editor Tribune: The prize for to to and attitude ought go thinking the Forum writers who believe that the Mormons have a better right to run the state of Utah than anyone else because the Mormon pioneers suffered the hardships to come to Utan to make it what it is today The writers who think along such lines ought to be banished to a state of their own and completely isolated from the rest of the country and the world MRS CLIFFORD J ANDERSON ?LIMON narrow-minde- At - REAGAN SIGN UPI k 00 kil"1 )I ‘ )) It ‘ A - ) GOVERNei Vt16116i104 e i At 4 stage A - meat n Z-7 amplc soiled' rhythi ) AO i I Ape 16460111 1274a41106)PsA 05106(1610cm Sot Teti -- "It's kind the v fifth cernir vary 11 Jw1 sters critic! Ea Pgatik"---n-- ! tnerel ers ar be fel a table that s tivate t4:-- sera Safety First JAMES H POTTER Huntington Utah TO RECALL Murfay Utah concern a doing Prize for Thinking Small Editor Tribune: I am in favor of the strictest gun laws I have always wanted to jerk somR old woman out of bed and beat the tar out of her I would feel much safer if I could be sure she didn't have a gun I am sure that there are many others who share my or Up of silly—you'll have to do It all over again if he's nominated and elected president!" ( This made ades those |