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Show McGovern, Muskie Charge GOP Politics Split Nation states, said the Administration hallmark is the politics of manipulation. What is most needed is the politics of reconciliation, he added. Referring to President Nixon's charge of bias in the Senates failure to confirm Judge Harrold G. Carswell for the Supreme Court, Sen. Muskie said the administration is exploiting regional differences for narrow gain. By Douglas L. Parker Tribune Political Editor Key Democratic senators delivered a o punch before partisai fans Saturday in charging the Nixon Administration with devisive politics on the concluding day of the Western States Democratic Conventin. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine, speaking at a nighttime Salt Palace dinner which attracted more than 1.000 persons, described administration actions as the politics of paranoia. Sen. George McGovern of South Dakota, addressing a luncheon audience comprised of participants from 13 Western one-tw- TV Today, Local News Section II Features Sunday, April 19, 1970 Section B fund-raisin- g Pace One Plajs We have seen the President try to exacerbate what he conceives to be the South's bitter feeling of rejection ar.d alienation from the rest of the country, Sen. Muskie said. The candidate who saw the bring us together, sign from his railroad car has become the President who tells one American that another is out to get him solely because of where he comes from." Sen. Muskie, one of the current leading possibilities for the 1972 Democratic The presidential nomination, added: truti is, that the seat on the Supreme Court doesn't belong to the South, nor to any particular region. Moss, McGee at Dinner Dan Valentine s Nothing Serious MY MONTH: April is the nicest thing that happens to the world. It's my favorite month of the year. January is al- w ays kind of dank With the senator at the n Day dinner were Sen. Frank E. Moss of Utah and Sen. Gale McGee of Wyoming, both up for election to a third term this year. "What is at stake in this election is more than just Democratic control of the Senate next year, Sen. Muskie said. It is whether men who have served the nawhile remaining steadtions interest fastly loyal to the people of their states Jefferson-Jackso- mi and dreary. February is on the mushy side . . . Msych is blustery and a little on the blah side . . . April is rS'EEH; enchantment. April is and clean . . . Theres a certain glory about it. The world blossoms. Spring fills the air. , estimated 400 convention participants, asserted the administration has bolstered forces of repression, of dissent, and that the path for Democratic leadership should unite a coalition of silence and coalition of conscience for the com- that April is a green traffic light . Go . . to world the world Something nice happens to the winds in April. The skies are bluer, the The girls look prettier, the softer cells boys look fresher. Care and woe and sorrow lose their bite. of April, of course, is the mother wela is and always spring spring come friend. ... STRANGE THINGS happen to men in Men grow far April and in springtime. a way looks in their eyes . , . The open roads call. I like the story they tell about George and Santayana, the famed philosopher a The Last wrote Puritan, He writer. classic. So the story goes, Mr. Santayana was a professor at Harvard. One beautiful window April morning he locked out the of his classroom and he suddenly told his class: Gentlemen, I have a date with spring. He walked out of the classroom, never to return. He went to Italy and spent the rest c! his life enjoying April and writing books. Thats what April does to a man . , . Makes him review his values. -- Its a centuries. Peary discovered the North Pole on an April day . . . And on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee formally surrendered his Confedei ate Armies to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War. Washington Irving, the father of Rip Van Winkle was born April 3 . . . Jesse James was killed on April 3, im... THE U.S. MINT was established April and has been churning out 2, 1792 coins ever since . . . Hans Christian Andersen, the fairy tale man, was born in April. And the first presidential inauguration was held April 30, 1789. George Washington was given the helm of t.e nation. LaSalle, the explorer, stumbled into a new territory on April 91682, and called the new land Louisiana, in honor of his king, Louis XIV. April, being somewhat of a hoyden, has a sense of humor. After all the first . . day of the month is April Fools Day. 104 years ago Back on April 9, 1866 the U.S. Congress passed a civil rights law to make sure that all United States citizens, received their proper rights as human beings. (Then, everyone forgot about the whole thing) . . . t Innnrrm fnv month n AplU, VI Luutac, o and here another little touch of April whimsy: members of the U.S. On April come tax Supreme Court, declared the in 8, 1895, law of 1894 completely unconstitutional. They ordered that the 71,000 already collected from citizens be returned. See, April has a sense of humor . . . both of her April has a gry grin in cn hei lips . . . eyes . . . She has a song And theres always a bright promise !n April's soul. SAM, THE SAD CYNIC SAYS: the third Sunday ell, here we are when It's impossible to buy a loaf of tread for the kids! VI Regime Called Tyrannous Why won't Vietnamization end the war? Because it commits us to holding the Thieu-Kregime in power in Saigon. That regime is a corrupt tyranny that wants neither peace nor freedom, Sen. McGovern said. The leadership of conciliation for tiie y 1970s, Sen. McGovern concluded, would reduce ihe military budget by 40 billion in the next three years and adopt and strongly back social goals, such as adequate housing, education and health drive care, an intensified and a new consumer protection agency. Sens, Edmund S. Muskie, Maine, Gale McGee, D- - I . school program. Opponents argued that decisions as to which teachers were eligible for the extra pay would tend to divide local teacher associations. Debate ended when James Porter, a Sevier District teacher, called lor tabling until we know what we both resolutions ed 1970. Outlines Leadership Agenda Teen Delegates Problem Areas Interested in understanding the American political system, 50 Utah high school delegates Saturday conducted a youth party mock convention at the Capitol. Meeting in the House chambers, the youths drafted and passed a progressive change platform which included six basic issues: crime, the military draft, the ecology, education, Vietnam and the voting age. Concerned with the rising national crime rate, the youths called for effective rehabilitation, including job training, programs for inmates and strengthening present work-releas- programs. e View Law Enforcement The students felt effective law enforcement and crime preventions are dependent upon better training, highly competitive pay scales and increased public recognition of social services. Favoring an increase in military wages and benefits, the delegates apabolishafter much debate proved ing the present system and army. replacing it with an However, should a national emergency arise, as constituted by a declaration of war in conjunction with troop levels falling below a minimum standard, a limited draft should be reinstated to insure national security. draft-lotter- recon- The Nixftn Administration, he said, has sought not to end mistaken policies and priorities but to end criticism. Its Review U.S. y Pollution Must End Demanding immediate action for the containment of pollution, the platform emphasized that the reckless and irresponsible behavior of industry must come to an end. Industry must comply with government restrictions- for pollu- tion control. The students, concerned with upgrading education, called for wage increases for teachers, government subsidies for schools and availability of grants and scholarships to all needy and competent students. Although deploring the fact the United States is involved in war in Southeast Asia," the delegates recognize our nation's responsibility to protect the national integrity of South Vietnam. We stand to behind our government's efforts bring about a just and speedy peace in South Vietnam, the party platform read. Loner Voting Age The youths also favored lowering the voting age to 18. Sen. Frank E. Moss, and Utah House Speaker Lorin N. Pace, Lake, briefly addressed the mock convention. Encouraging youth participation in the political party of their choice, Sen. Moss told the delegates they must learn to accept and abide by the rule of the majority and yet not relinquish their individual opinions. Discussing types of decision-makinprocesses. Speaker Pare said past decisions by force, anarchy and ordeal have been tried and subsequently failed. Today, he went on, the centers of ion-making rest with the judicial courts and legjflaturfcs. decis- Matter for 71 ct Legislature Cites Limitation in Law t UEA attorney Ari M. Ferro said state law prohibits school boards and superintendents organizations from negotiating contracts for the states 40 school dis- County Urges 5 Commission Seats By Jack Fenton Tribune Staff Writer A proposal to increase size of the Sait Lake Court Commission from its present three members to five will be pushed in the 1971 Legislature by the county. All three incumbent commissioners Chairman Oscar Hanson Jr., Royal K. Hunt and Philip R. Elomquist agree the increase is needed, but for different reasons. Agreement seems to stop at the city limits, however. Parks Commissioner Conrad B. Harrison summed up feeings of city officias when he exelected and appointed pressed awareness of the county's great but questioned if adding two problems more commissioners would solve them. Utahn, 28, Slain, Roommate Faces Charge Special to The Tribune A South Salt SOUTH SALT LAKE of Lake man was a ceased voluntary manslaughter Saturday after his roommate was fatally shot. Merlin Jay Hunt, 28, 2167-3rEast, was shot at short range between the eyes with a derringer pistol, Police Lt. Ken Simpson. South Salt Lake City - The city also fills some of its posts such 8S engineer and recorder by appointment while their counterparts in the county are elected. But eii.v and county officials alike want these posts and other county jobs responsible to the voters rather than to other officials. The proposal for more commissioners was introduced in the 1969 Legisature but got nowhere, probably because county officials and many legislators did not understand it, Mr. Hunt said. We probably will ask the Utah League of Counties to sponsor the bill along with any other groups that might be interested, he added. Present plans call for election of Salt Lake County commissioners from five districts based on population, Mr. Hunt noted, pointing out that other counties probably would not be involved at first. It probably should be restricted to counties with substantial populations in unincorporated areas, he continued. LeRoy F. Harlow, Brigham Young University professor of management, modernization who headed a study last year, said, The commission form of government is being discontinued in some places, but I think the county commission sees the need for more representation and is moving that way. studv called Mr. Harlow's year-loncouncil selected from a for a system of local councils. Police, said. Autopsy Ordered An autopsy has been ordered. he added. East, Asgeir G. Elr.es, 28. 2167-3rwas charged in a complaint signed by Lt. Simpson before South Salt Lake City Judge George H. Searle, who set bail at $5,000. The suspect was released on bail shortly after being booked In Salt Lake d Jail. followed an argument over a vacuum cleaner," the The victims lieutenent said. daughter was present at the time, about 1:43 p.m. The shooting allegedly Ch,ld to Ogden The accused took the child to her mother in Ogden, who is divorced from the victim, Lt. Simpson said, and police were notifed about 3 p.m. The single-sho- t derringer is among a dozen firearms confiscated from the house and some of the guns were found to be loaded," Lt. Simpson said. Four swords and several cases of also were confiscated. ammunition tricts. Delegates did, however, agree to send another Milano resolution to a study committee. It would provide for establishment of a security fund to pay salaries of teachers for time lost from work in the event their local association withheld services in deadlocked teacher con- The others, he said, were metropolitan gove nment and incorporation of the unincorporated areas. Right now Salt Lake County is extending municipal services to the largest group of people in the state, Mr. Harrison declared. Tn is is a contradiction to state statutes that charge the county mainly with tax collecting services such as assessing and recording, he continued. Things would be much less complicated if annexation, incorporation or relieved the government metropolitan county of these municipal responsibil- tract Other resolutions adopted by the delegates called the 1971 Legislature to provide greater financial support for the extended year and community school programs and spelled out the association's 1971 legislative goals. The goals, virtually the same as those UEA adopted a year ago, include the expropositions that Utahs penditure should equal the rational average: that Utah teacher salaries equal the average of the top three surrounding states; that Utah adopt a professional legal practices act giving teachers status. that a professional negotiations act spelling out contract negotiations procedures be adopted, and that proeducation legislators be elected to public per-pup- tor. Other officials did not agree. Mr. Hunt said a strong merit system See Page B 4, Column S ifo jalt negotiation. Other Resolutions ities." But as long as the county continues to have 11 eleeed officials, each with his own little kingdom, the county will have its problems, Mr. Harrison said. The city' has six elected officials the mayor, four commissior.es and audi- city-coun- office. akf f&fibant TRAVEL AND VACATION g GUIDE city-coun- d City-Coun- ty year-summ- are talking about." In a more unified action, the delegates killed a resolution introducted by Carbon School Districts Robert P. Milano, providing for development of a method enabling UEA to conduct salary eor-tranegotiations on a statewide basis with the Utah School Boards Assn., the Society of Superintendents and the State Board of Education. He then took the luncheon podium to outline an agenda of leadership that he said should be based upon turning away from military adventurism to the struction of American society. ; g. UEA Delegates Decline to Take Stand I dont rule that out, but I dont rule that in either, he said. Very frankly, Im interested in national politics, but Ill reserve judgment until sometime after Mock Convention approval of comments made during Salt Palace fund-raisin- mon good. Sen. George McGovern Vietnam Is Foolish War fine month. One would think that April would be a as far as the world's histolazy month ry is concerned. One would think that people would spend April watching the blue skies and enjoying things. One would think people would be too busy breathing in the wonderful air of April to take time out to do worlds work. the Such is not the case. April has been a busy month over the on South's Feelings goal has been isolate the dissatisfied citizens of the nation, while claiming to represent the nation's majority interests, he said. I reject the notion that there is a silent majority of Americans satisfied with the present state of our society, Sen. McGovern said. Ail Americans ate victimized by the present policies and priorities of the nation. Millions of Americans who may be silent are nevertheless ready for a leadership that would unite them with their dissenting fellow Americans in a common effort to face up to the nation's needs. he said. Such leadership, he said, should rapidly disengage from South Vietnam. He said Americans must realize it's a foolish war and that there will be no stablity in Southeast Asia until the war is ended. Disengagement could be accomplished by the end of 1970, he asserted. Unofficial estimates put population of Salt Lake Countys unincorporated area at 335.000 or about double Salt Lake City's size. to So if it takes five commissioners run a smaller operat'on for Salt Lake City, there should be no argument over five commissioners to run an even larger unincorporated area, Mr. Hunt said. Commission zr Hanson has urged the because there's just too expansion much paper work for three men . . . Mr. Hunt takes this a stpp further in his contention that it would allow time to study, plan and make decisions. Commissioner Blomqulst said he feels there would be less politicking in the larger group. It's harder to play politics with five men than it is with three, he explained. City and county officials all agree that state laws governing counties commit them to providing rural services as contrasted to street lighting and other things demanded of today's urban society. Send a copy to a friend anywhere Coming Sunday, f.lay 24 Double Citys Size 25c 35c Delivered by Carrier in Utah. Southern Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming 50c Mailed anywhere in the S. or its possessions U Mailed anywhere in the world Fill out and mail this coupon to: The Salt Lake Tribune Circulation Dept, 143 South Main Street Salt Lake City, Utah 841 1 0 Enclose com taped to card, money order or chec- k- No stamps, please. Please mail copies of The Salt Lake Tribune 1970 Scenic Travel and Vacation Guide : 1. 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