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Show , Fit Action Salt Lake City, Utah-Satu- rday Morning-Septe- v - -- r'.y , Joseph Kraft 2, 1872 mber v Utahs Lake Maracaibo? From the statistics pre- sented at a State Land Board hearing the answer is lixely to be in the negative. With but a six percent chance of success, prospects of ' Utahns seeing derricks and pumps sproutmg ' on the water, ala Venezuela style, seem remote indeed. Cleon B. Feight, director of the State Divi-'sio- n of Oil and Gas Conservation, told the . board chances of finding either oil or gas in commetcial quantities is a scant six percent. for this three companies, AMOCO Pro-- 1 ' duction Co., and Marvin Wolf of Denver in .l association with Gas . roducing Enterprises, T Til Paso, Tex., are willing ;o pay the state $900,000 for leases and permits even if they never drill a well. . nd ' - During the hearing, which evoked virtually no opposition to the proposed leasing of some 933,000 acres, the only objection raised centered on the possiblity of a polluting oil spill from a well, if any are ever drilled. Witnesses minimized this possiblity, citing ex-- ! amples of the number of wells drilled and the very few incidences of environmental damage that resulted. e Oil spills, particularly those at ., .sites, have created a lot of sensational news. They have resulted in the death of substan-- . tial numbers of water fowl and aquatic life, but the damage seems to be ephemeral. in the Santa Barbara Chan- The blow-ou- t , Be adaptable to short skirts and long pair. Youll discover that long hair is really not that important and that pantsuits really havent degenerated the females. Dr. Arthur C. Wiseombe, superintendent of Salt Lake City Schools said it. And its true. new teach- Dr. Wiseombe was addressing of whom probably already shared his views. His remarks should be reprinted and distributed to all teachers and administrators old and new. ers, most . years ago resulted in extensive Some teachers and some parents never seem to learn that unusual or far out dress is NEW YCRX They laughed when George McGovern stood up to speak here in the Wall Street district the other day. For the usual reason, which is that tht mikes werent working. Several minutes went by as technicians fiddled with wires, and Sen. McGovern de- struction of Dronertvv and wildlife The nrnn. ' r r erty damage has been largely repaired. Damage to wildlife habitat, both avian and aquatic, has had no lasting effect, oil company studies indicate. Those studies show the channels ecosystems have made substantial recoveries, with nothing to indicate any possible future reversals. suggested that maybe they ought to call m the electronic specialists who were apparently working for the Republicans in the raid on Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Complex. But as it turned out. that wasnt necessary and the wait was worthwhile. Environmentalists generally reject these studies as being petroleum industry propaganda. But, until they can produce comparable studies refuting them, the indications are that oil spills, providing they are promptly cleaned up, have no lastmg deletorious effect on birds, aquatic life and other elements of an ecosystem. McGovern may not have charmed Wall Street, in his speech to the security analysts he broke a long streak of losers with his own people. He bottomed out, as they say when stocks end a decline, and put himseif in strong position for a fall rally. but Two Demo Themes The desire of three oil companies to seek exploration and drilling rights on the Great Salt Lake, where similar earlier efforts along the shore produced only dry holes, seems an outgrowth of the uncertainty with which Americas oil companies regard this nations oil reserve picture. Petroleum companies are, in a very literal sense, leaving no stone unturned in the hunt for more oil. The speech was distinguished by stress on two themes close to the heart m the Democratic Party and its friends. First, there was an ambitious and specific program for equity in taxes. Sen. McGovern wants income gained through inheritance, real estate, oil and gas. and stock market investments to be put on the same tax footing as income earned in salaries and wages. the basis of any evidence produced so far, the State Land Board ought to grant the leases and rights sought. With the chances of hitting oil only six percent and $900,000 coming to the state, the only risk appears to be the possiblity of someone straining their back -arrying all that money to the bank. not in itself evil, that todays freak is likely to be tomorrows familiar. Anyway, a schools job is to educate, not enforce dress codes and style conformity that has minima, bearing on the learning process. Some educators complain that unusual dress distracts other students and disrupts teaching. Perhaps, but for how long? Even greater distraction often results from attempts to enforce compliance with arbitrary dress codes. Any shock value and distraction potential of long hair (or shaven heads) will quickly pass if taken with equanimity. Keep on truckin! The Public Forum Who Sells to Russ? Editor, Tribune: On President Nixon s recent mission to Moscow," one of the most important agreements reached between him and party boss Brezhnev was in the area of selling and trading. Washington sources state Moscow is eager to buy U.S. oil drilling and refining machinery, chemical plants, automated machine tools, food packing equipment and road building equipment. The question might be asked Why does a country operating under the glorious Communist system need so much help with these basic items: r Co. Recently, Pittsburghs has secured a $10 million contract for arc furnaces for the Soviet Kama River truck plant. Collins Radio has landed a contract for navigational Another Viewpoint Figure Juggling Fails to impress From the Wall Street Journal Sen. McGoverns advisers have been shuffling figures to and fro in an attempt to prove its feasible to redistribute a lot of income without taking much of it away from anybody. It may be that they now have a series of figures that adds up. though we have doubts about even that to the 'extent the plan rests on the Pentagon budget cuts. "But in the real world there are a lot more considerations than merely whether a plan f.ts neatly (nto a Chinese menu for income redistribution, and it seems the thinking behind the McGovern plan only spasmodically gets beyond one from column a and two from column b. . The bombshell proposal to tax capital gams as ordinary income is an excellent example. Last ad in this May Sen. McGovern took a .newspaper to say. among other things, that he had proposed no drastic change in the taxation of capital gams. Yet the elimination of special treatment of capital gams became the biggest item in his promised $22 billion worth of loophole closing. full-pag- e Such a proposal raises a number of questions of both equity and practicality. If a capital "gain represents merely the result of inflation, why -- should it be taxed at all? If capital gains are to be added to ordinary income, why cannot capital losses be deducted from it? What would be the i I Thats hard to fault. The more so as the senator figured the increased revenue from such tax reform would bring in $22 billion for the new social programs he favors. Secondly, the new social programs are fixed squarely m the context of a favorite Democratic full employment. McGovern favors using theme more federal resources to create more jobs, especially in the sector of public services. Bigger welfare checks and higher social security payments would go only to those who cant work. He claims that, on balance, the relief rolls would go down instead of rocketing upwards as they have done in the Nixon years. On Svvmdell-Dressle- Sen. McGoverns Wall Street speech was billed as the definitive statement of his income maintenance and welfare reform plans, but it remains to be seen whether the latest versions will hold up longer than the earlier ones. For they are still tainted by a ring of implausibihty. effect on capital formation and liquidity, and therefore economic progress? These questions of course do not preclude changes in the present capital gains treatment, but they are the reasons that treatment takes the shape it does, and they ought to be thought about a bit before it is repealed. The senators explanation to the security analysts was money made by money should be taxed at the same rate as money made by men. This scarcely strikes us as a rationale that has weighed all of the considerations that will come up in prolonged scrutiny. The same lack of realism was even more pronounced in the fundamental proposition of the senators speech Tuesday. He asks us to believe that his loophole-closinand military budget proposals would yield more than enough revenue to pay for the total costs of additions to the national budget by a Democratic administration. Even without consulting the details, does any serious person believe that? g As for the details. Sen. McGovern said his proposals would provide $54 billion in revenues for other purposes. This includes Pentagon budget cuts of over $30 billion. Pentagon experts say bis severe cutbacks would actually save only $20 billion; it seems his budget neglected certain items, such as buying gasoline to run the trucks and tanks. But even if the $54 billion is correct, Sen McGovern proposes to spend $39 billion for job creation, welfare and property tax reduction. Does this mean he is dropping his previous support for Sen. Kennedys health insurance plan, which would cost $57 billion by itself? Is Sen. McGovern dropping the 100 percent of parity agricultural price supports and other expensive items in the Democratic platform? If his W'ords do not mean that, do they mean anything at all? The Grant Cartoon does definitive-statemethe game mean anything to begin with? The more we watch it, the more we doubt any plausible program of reform can be built on the intellectual exercise of juggling the figures from column to column. Indeed, Hill Forum Rules Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusive!) to The Tribune and bear writers full name, signature and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reasons on others. Writers are limited to one letter ev ery 10 days. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double of the writer's spaced) letters permitting use true name. All letters are subject to jetliners. Joy equipment in the Russian Yak-4Manufacturing Co. has sold the Communists several million dollars worth of mining equipment. ITT is sending a team to Moscow to help solve their communication problems. 0 The next question might be: Why do some of the biggest U.S. corporations give aid and comfort to a form of government that has sworn io destroy the system? Commerce Departments reply to all inquiries about who is selling what to the Soviets is that such information is confidential. The Nixon administration does not want the American people to know which firms are trading with Communist countries lest their patriotic anger force a halt to such trade. Do you not wonder what happened to the Freedom of Information law? KURT PARK West Jordan The l Fluoride Toothpaste Editor. Tribune: The following questions about fluoridation come to mind. How is used much of the water supply for drinking and cooking? Do our bushes, flowers, lawns, fires, clothes, ears, etc. need this expensive service? figure-jugglin- Vaughan's Orbiting Paragraphs Many public officials go into journalism when they retire. And what could be more authoritative than a travel column by Henry Kissinger? The summer cold isnt necessarily any different from the winter cold except that you can get a lot more conversational mileage out of it. Tiliv, who started on a really great suntan this summer, is now ready to have it declared a disaster area. A doctor says cigarettes can be bad for th fii't. Especially if you try to stamp one out wh..e barefoot. Among the mysteries of politics is why grass roots are supposed to be smarter than any other kind. T 7 Position to Rise Wiscombes Wise Words i . nel a few 4. McGovern Gains Page 16 Only Danger in Lake Oil Leases Is Carrying Money to the Bank Will the Great Salt Lake become Hi How about educating people to brush their teeth with toothpaste containing fluoride? However, the teeth already erupted cannot be changed very nuicn. And how much water does a small child consume? MRS. E. M. KILPATRICK Bail the Bow Hunt Editor, Tribune: According to the Utah deer hunting proclamation the season for archery hunting of deer, either sex. runs from Aug 19 to Sept. 4. It is unlawful to hunt deer with archery equipment that doesnt have a minimum bow pull of 40 pounds, the archer must be capable of shooting an arrow a minimum distance of 130 yards and need be only 10 years of age, etc. This appears to be just so much window dressing. as the authorities tell us there are no provisions for giving archers any sort of tost to see if they meet these requirements before they are given a license. Why shouldnt the archer be required to pass a test, the same as one must do when applying for a drivers license? If the aicher is not experienced, and qualified, his arrows will, most likely, not penetrate sufficiently to kill the deer and the animal w ill bleed to death or die from a festered wound Many ssv it is a savage wav to hunt, 'out let s Decent Burial By concentrating on the major themes of taxes and jobs, the senator subordinated to its truly triv- not put the blame there, as the savage is skillful and knows just where to direct his arrow for quick results and then tracks the deer to the end. Most archers today do not have this skill nor the endurance to track down a wounded deer. Then, too, the savage kills for food, not for ial proportions his old proposal for a $1,000 income guarantee. He mentioned that proposal give it a decent burial. to only What makes all this a potential turning point rather than just a move to the center is what it says about relations between the candidate and his entourage. The McGovern team has been distinor guished by a heavy con. rt rat ion of would-b- e journalists. They w e sensational at getting McGoverns name in the papers when he was an unknown and at cutting a profile that set him apart from other Democrats in the primaries. , sport. We learn that there are approximately 19,000 bow and arrow hunters in the state this season who are trying to find and kill these beautiful animals in this inhumane way. I wonder how many wounded deer are in the mountains suffering a linin their gering. painful death with an arrow bodies. has-bee- n - But putting together the kind of program required to govern the country was beyond their ken. They set the candidate against traditional Democrats and burdened him with peripheral but provocative comments on such touchy subjects as Guns are different and can do a quick job in the hands o! experienced hunters. My heart goes out to the poor deer with arrows stuck in them and left to die. Bow and arrow hunting for deer should be outlawed right now before another season rolls around Some returning archers have been seen with fawns in their autos. How terrible! Vietnam. In formulating a new' statement on taxes and the economy, Sen. McGovern reached past his inner staff to some of the heavyweights in the Democratic Party. His stress on the full employment economy bears the influence of Arthur Okun, the last chairman of the council cited repeatedly in his speech. The McGovern tax reform bears the stamp of Joseph Pechman, the economist who did much of the spadew'ork for fiscal policy in the ANN C. HORNUNG Manti Might Hurt Giving Editor, Tnbune: 1 cannot let the Aug. 29 Forum letter by David T. Christensen, criticizing the Robert Rice astroturf gift, pass without com- Kennedy administration. ment similar vein is McGoverns promise that he would ask Wilbur Mills to be his secretary of the Treasury. Because he is a senous figure who knows about building majorities and running the country, Mr. Mills has been an object of disdainful contempt to the wiseacres in the McGovern camp.. By singling out Mills, McGcvern not only gives a gauge that he is no radical. He further diser.tpn-- i gles himself from the bubbleheads among his own' advisers. In Similar Vein In a It seems Mr. Christensen's churlish reaction to an unusual gift goes way beyond the bounds of propriety. Expressions of this sort serve no useful purpose. And there is the distinct possibility that future generous gestures will have been jeopardized. A man wishing to put his money where his and heart is may now very well think twice would who After stifle the all, impulse. possibly knowingly submit himself to scathing comment in the press because his interests do not parallel someone eNe's? Furthermore, I cannot see why it is Mr. Chris- province to comment at all. Mr. Rices, which saw fit to gift was to the university and with it gratitude. . proper grace accept tensens For myself, I pray that I will never have to sit through a football game. And I am bewildered that so many of my friends can stare spellbound at a TV set, watching one game after another. But I do realize that I am in a minority. The love of sports has lam deep in the human psyche since ame began. And football high on the totem pole is an expresof American national preference sion of that fact. Furthermore, football is big business in the United States. Enormous expenditures routinely go into its support. The great stadiums necessary to accommodate the crowds dot the country: just as 2.000 years ago the Coliseum in Rome was built to house the spectacles of that day . To be sure, sealing off the sources of past error is not enough to give McGovern the election. He Ls way, way behind, as the latest Gallup Poll shows. But if he can keep his own wild men under control, Sen. McGovern has going for him a force that works powerfully to reduce President Nixons lead. Rightly or wrongly, Mr. Nixon is not popular. The very polls which show him way ahead of McGovern also show that he does poorly on such questions as managing the economy, handling the Vietnam war, or bringing the country together. Mr. Nixons support, in other words, is broad but shallow. He is vulnerable to the kind of campaign Sen. McGovern is now in position to mount. Inlerlandi Mr. Rice clearly feels that sports are an important part of our national life. He loves his state and takes pnde in its university and wants to give and who it the greatest luxury he can imagine can argue that our astroturf football field is not just that. Personally, I think Mr. Rices gift has enoras well as a certain lov- mous human appeal auK , uvi nuvvuug nmvuvau MRS. MARRINER S. ECCLES Only One Plane Editor Tribune: Driving down Parleys Canyon. came across clouds of smoke billowing from a fire burning the grass and shrubbery on the side of a mountain One plane flew several missions over the lire dropping chemicals to quell the blaze. Amazing we have tnousands of bombers I flying oi ci a land thousands of miles away dropping bombs designed to wreak destruction yet, we have only one airplane available to step destruction of some forest land so dose to home. CHEN TECHE I The beauty, the silence this is what the world must have been like before people were Invented. T J |