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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, No ember An Editor's Notebook A 19 21, 1971 Nixons Set Sail on Economic Seas In a Boat Hes Punched Holes In As I listened w others to fight federal wage controls in the conus and Congress. 3 The business community will passu ely accept wage increases for the sake of labor peace. 4 Reports that President Nixon finally has George Mea ly where he wants him are greatly exaggerated. The wage dispute has given Meany a new lease on life, and he is making the most of it. 5 A reading of the past weeks newspapers reveals that big government spending is again on the rise, with every Democratic presidential hopeful voting for huge expendimres which, if finally auopied, will again fan the flames of inflation. 6 President Nixon, intent upon election. is beginning to yield on the administration's earlier tough positions. This is reflected by actions of the Wage Board, and some softening bv the Price Board. to my favorite expound on Phase Two of President Nixon's economic program, the uneasy thought developed that while we have analysts aplenty, who really knows the anbanker-economi- st swers? This astute is a Democrat, a gentleman pioneer in development of housing for senior citizens, an ornithologist who writes for newspapers, and a bank but not necessarily in that chairman ,1 Ti'ffr I i'll Fop of the mornm to vou ladies and isn't it a crvin wieked British are doin to us all order. 'K AH'S thame what the v James Reston One Good Thing About Bad Economy licenses to ship American and technology to the Soviet Almost everybody Unions tig new truck factory on the NEW YORK Kama River. seems to be moaning low these days about wages and prices, but one of the Not so long ago, he vetoed a deal to good things about have Henry Ford enter into a similar the bad economic contract with the Soviet government, but news is that it that was when the economic slump at in men home didnt seem quite so ominous. brings back to ' The objective facts are not really very power reality. This is one different. Germany, Japan and Britain, of the uses of adamong others, have been shipping sophisticated modern scientific and industrial versity: it compels thought and in export equipment New York Times Service equipment to the Soviet Union for years. Washington refused to do so, when it was prosperous, on ideological grounds, but since the recession and the unemployment, with an election coming up, it is taking a different view. It is looking for business and votes. It is being forced by the bad economic news to do the things which it wanted to do, but could not quite do in good times, but is now forced to do when things are tough. (Copyright) d ac-tio- it strips awa lack Practices, and enables institutions to face awkward problems they usually evaded in more prosperous days. knew George Meany, of the AFL-CIall along that America couldnt afford his hawkish Vietnam policy, his policies on welfare, social security and wages, without pricing the nation out of the increasingly competitive world markets, and running his workers out of jobs. He is no fool, but prosperity tolerates foolishness, and now that the consequences are coming in, he is sticking on the Pay Board with the outrageous argument that the fat cats are trying to drive him off it. Nevertheless, what prosperity failed to do, adversity is doing. George is putting up a big smoke screen but is finally retreating into common sense. Robert S. Elegant Mr. Reston Switching Roles Similarly, the business conservatives have been proclaiming the glories of Adam Smith, the free market place and the wonders of competition. But now that the Japanese and the Germans have mated the arts of the computer and the scientific revolution with lower wages, the welfare state and the planned economy, they are slowly adjusting, like Meany, to controls. If it didnt hurt so much, it would be funny, for the Republicans are not backing controls, and the old Democratic New Dealers, who invented them, are arguing for a little more freedom. President Nixon has led this parade back to reality. It is easy to demonstrate that he has no clear political philosophy but at which is a troubling thought his of prejpast not a is least he prisoner udices. He has made the historic and folstrategic opening to Peking, though and doubt of dance a lowing it with his clumsy tactical moves to protect he still but flank, right wing Republican has made it. Scrapped Old Approach And now, confronted with a potentialfinancial and trade problem disastrous ly in the world, he has finally scrapped his ideological approach to the Soviet Union, and has sent off Secretary of Commerce delegation to seek a Stans and a in trade with substantial increase Moscow'. Like Meany, Nixon knew all along that the ideological approach to trade didn't keep the Soviet government from comgetting even the most sophisticated from scientific and equipment puters West Germany and Japan. After Willy Brandt made his peace with Moscow, and the Japanese started flying their commercial planes and sending their diplomatic and commercial agents to Moscow, the point was clear. Even the most intricate American computers and oilier modern devices were going from Europe and Japan to all with the knowlthe Soviet Union CIA and of the years ago. But it edge was only v hen the American economy got into serious trouble in the world that it was possible to face the fact. Nixon Reads Returns economic Nixon reads the leturns as well as political. In the third quarter of 1971, the United States had the largest the differbalance of payments deficit ence between what the country takes in in the hisand w hat it spends abroad tory of the republic. He is a traditional Republican. Every party has its nightmare, and ihe nightmare of the Republican party is economafter all, the Republicans ic trouble wore out of power for 2j out of 36 years because the Democrats exploited and ran the Hoover depressuccessfully against sion, and nobody knows this better than Richard Nixon. te? ted Similar Deal Accordingly, it is no accident that the $538 nullum President lias just approved Nehru Endorsed Nonalignment; His Daughter Wants Support Los Angeles Times Service LONDON The worlds smaller and weaker nations staged a diplomatic spectacular at Bandung, Indonesia, in the spring of 1955. The first and, for p r a ctieal pur-pose- s, last Afro-Asia- confer- n ence vehemently assertdd that those nations interests were almost unithe same formly and proclaimed their common de-- t e r m ination to remain nonaligned'1 in cold or hot wars between the superpowers. India's Jawaharlal Nehru was the and its moving spirit of the conference dominant personality unil he led Preof the Peoples Repubmier Chou En-llic of China by the hand to the podium and introduced the largest and most pown comerful Asian nation to the munity. Chou's cultivated charm outshone even Nehrus sophisticated fervor, bat the Indian prime ministers ideals dominated the decisions of the conference. ai only power they can claim is moral. But they are lustily engaged in precisely the same sort of squabbling for which they have consistently denounced the great powers. In addition, they are voluntarily lending themselves to manipulation by the great powers and even demanding that the powers take sides in their quar-- ' rels. The Republic of India and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have quarreled violently ever since they were bom in 1947 amid the agony of partition and the massacres which killed millions. Later, each sought the protection of a greater power. India is today dependent upon the Soviet Union and Pakistan or. the Peoples Republic of China, for Moscow and Peking are pursuing their bitter rivalry on the soil of the subcontinent The total irony must make the gods of the subcontinent roar with laughter if they at all resemble the Greek gods in their sardonic amusement at human frailty. Endorsed Coexistence endorsed Nehru's The panch sheel (five principles) of peaceful coexistence. Among other shining ideals, they affirmed: the community of interest among the weaker nations; their resolution not to interfere in each other's internal affairs; their rejection of war as a major instrument of national policy; and Afro-Asia- their neutrality in great-powe- r quarrels. Nehru was, thus, not merely the apostle, but the original creator of the concept of nonalignment. Today, Nehrus daughter, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, demands of the powerful nations that they align themselves with India against her rival and neighbor, Pakistan. Her demand arises irom the fact that the two nations are on the verge of war, in absolute contravention of Nehrus ideals, over an issue which began as an internal Mrs. Gandhi has just completed a tour of the Western wond, shortly after concluding a formal treaty of alliance and most definite alignment with the Soviet Union. Her message to London. Paris, Bonn, Washington and, indeed, all major capitals: Nonalignment is unacceptable and immoral. You must align yourself with India against Pakistan. has aligned herself with the USSR against China and Pakistan, r thus becoming a pawn in the new struggle Nehru never foresaw'. Even more grotesquely, India demands that other nations renounce nonalignment, Nehru's great creed. The United States hovers on the sidelines, alternately admonishing first one side and then the other. Secretary of State Rogers has inherited the moral roie Nehru originated, while Mrs. Gandhi preaches the doctrine fer which her father exeoriaied Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. She denounces nonalignment as immoral, just ns Dulles did. India great-powe- Pakistani affair. Senator Soaper Third World Change India is the most spectacular example of the curious alternations occurring the third world. The undeveloped in Afro-Asia- nations still preach trialized world, largely Goren s n to the indus- because the liy C. H. (v)uiz Gorcn Neither vulneiablc, as South you Q. hold: JG KID 7 3 AAQ ((9865 The bidding has proceeded: 1 Q. 4 Nations Need When President Nixon acted last August to control all wages and prices, we hailed this move as bold and constructive action. By October 24, I made this comment: There are alarming indications that unless the administration stands firm and labor leaders assume a new posture of responsibility, Phase Two may be remembered as the era in which an innovative and well conceived economic move collapsed under the collective weight of indecisiveness and capitulation. And by November 7: I am not sanguine over the outlook. Too many exceptions . . . are being granted to permit President Nixons program to be truly effective. The tough provisions of Phase One were well accepted by the people. In tnat step, the freeze was intended to apply to all. Now there are signs of dilution and a retreat from reality. So what comes next? There are as many diverse views on how the economy will fare in 1972 as there are economists, politicians and newspaper editors. My economist friend feels that business and industry are moving ahead, but that the same encouraging trend could just as well have been realized if controls had never been applied. Differing Opinions That is one opinion. Economist Henry C. Wallich says he is optimist enough to think that Phase Two will work satisfac-tor"since circumstances are favorable, and the goal is not very ambitious. Economist Eliot Janeway offers a much more pessiistic viewpoint. , As a noneconomist, I count myself among the doubters, and for these reay, sons : According to Robert S. Boyd, chief of the Knight Newspapers Washington Bureau, The managers of President 1 Nixons wage-pric- e control system have virtually given up hope of enforcing the 5.5 percent wage guideline in 1971. In effect, says Boyd, they are trading off 1971 in exchange for what L ry hope will n of pay inbe a successful creases in 1972. The rationalization is that deferred raises should be allowed out of respect for the sanctity of a contract; aerospace employes traditionally keep pace with auto and steel workers; railroad signalmen deserve the same as other rail workers who previously settled, and dock workers, like coal miners, wont settle for less than 10 or 11 percent. Miami leaders meeting in the area, urged nearly 14 million AFL-CI- Our population explosion is serious and various plans have been formulated to slow it down. Immigration must not be disregarded in the projection of such rigures. According to a new booklet, The Population of the United States, halting net immigration now could Future mean 70,000,000 fewer Americans in the year 2020. It may be necessary to take a strong stand on this practice before that date or suffer the consequences. It is almost impossible to maintain zero population growth for any length of time. Birth rates must be lowered to that of the death rates while all immigration ceases. Smaller Families Proposed This means that for the next 20 years, each family would limit its average number of children to 1.2. After that, larger families (2 to 3 children) may be in order. Sensible family planning is crucial if A recent government commission takes a dim view of couples who have a third child. Nearly of all U.S. babies born in the 1960s were unwanted. If each family averages three children, we can expect a population of 400 million by 2014. But we would not reach the 300 million mark until 2021 if each family had only two children. man is to survive. one-fift- h Growth Cant Go On Population growth cannot continue indefinitely. What will happen if our continent becomes overpopulated? No one is sure except that there may be food shortages, oppressive crowding, a decline in Ihe standard of living, resource depletion and pollution. The latter may tend to ease the problem by decreasing the food supplies and shortening life span. Many people forget to include our senior citizens in the population explosion. Oldsters are likely to suffer most from the specter of overpopulation, namely, pollution and overcrowding. The man who says this is the end of the golden era is not being pessimistic, he is being realistic. d Erosion of Confidence Beyond this observation, the nation has suffered an erosion of confidence due to uncertainties of the future. Purchasing power is high, yet accumulated savings are slow to enter the market place. And despite probable tax benefits to Business and industry, there is little evidence that manufacturers are moving expansion or ahead with modernization of present facilities. All of these factors are a reflection of what the stock market has been telling us for some months. Even stocks of companies with improved earnings are selling well below their indicated true values. the good Everyone is waiting for news which presently is in short supply. And, in my judgment, the time of rejoicing cannot ue detected in the tea leaves nor observed in our crystal ball. plant Take a Bow, Martha Martha Mitchell, the irrepressible one, has been rebuked by the American born Earl of Lindsay for refusing to curtsy to Queen Elizabeth at a Buckingham Palace garden party. It seems The Mouth did not curtsy, a traditional mark of respect, because she did not feel an American should bow to a foreign monarch. The good Earl reI take it plied that on this principle, that it is your considered opinion I should remain seated during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner. You have merited a stem rebuke for the Britisher your uncouth behavior, but do not despair I am continued, confident that if you keep your eyes open and apply your mind to the problem, you will learn in time and one of these days you may find yourself a credit to your husband. If Martha has an answer, we will be glad to print it. Comic Relief To further confuse the political scene, Mayor Sam Yorty of Los Angeles has decided to seek the Democratic presidential nomination and will enter the New Hampshire primary, the nations first, on March 7. No enthusiasm for the Yorty candidacy is being expressed by his fellow Democrats. The Democratic national committeeman from California observes that Mr. Yorty io considered a buffoon by party leaders and possesses no qualifications for the job. To date, there has been no expressed disagreement with this view. Equally amusing is Mayor John Lindsays dispatching of Deputy Mayor Richard Aurelio to sound out the New Yorker's chances of being nominated for President. Lindsay, an erstwhile Republican, has charm and charisma but no visible credentials for party support Most politicians agree with Councilman Matthew Troy who said, Lindsay is sending out Aurelio to test the waters in a boat called The John Lindsay Record. It is full of holes and will sink in the harbor. Whos Next? Federal employes, who have received pay increases totalling 75 percent since 1962, are now exempt from all 10 wage controls. The price, covering noth civilian and military employes, will be a round $5 billion in pay hikes by Next on deck? Why, the teachers, of course. John S. Knight mid-197- Editorial chairman Knight Newspapers of Three Fountains East -- with all the luxurious recreation facilities and economic security at a price within reach. The new Executive Suites begin at only $20,900. Two bedrooms, two carports, a private patio or deck. Now building near the tennis courts and golf course, Executive Suites are for those who never want to see a basement but dont want to give up equity again growth, tax benefits and a prestige address. Choice locations going now. - you hold: As South, vulnerable, Labor Will Fight 2 Birth Curbs For Survival loose-jointe- you can afford the prestige Net every American boy can grow up to be president, of course, but an awful lot of them can get their names on bumper stickers and balloons. Weekly Bridge Dr. T. R. Van Dellen hold-dow- Align With India Afro-Asia- He sees Phase Two as a mix of economics and politics with each move dictated by the Presidents genuine concern for the nations stability and Mr. Nixon's game plan for For here we have no classic example inflation where demand of demand-pul- l for goods exceeds supply, but a wage-cos- t spiral to which is added the inflationary thrust of profligate spending by government. 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