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Show v . ? H""" v - v ? w - wo ww - m , , ??- - w - y y. rrrv ww'm" BnSljaST I3m$ Things To Know About Adoption We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired. A-1- EDITORIAL 4 PAGE -- WEDNESDAY, I dsh at this time to Don't Raid Improvement Fund TO ITS CREDIT, the Salt Lake City tom- mission is trying to keep the tentative budget for 1964-6- 5 within much the same If was promised that- $1.8 million a year - wqjtfd be pledged to major capital improvements, but we had to settle for $1 million. , SO IMPORTANT was the capital improvements fund considered to be that the law was changed to permit the fund to accumulate any surpluses from year to year Instead of requiring leftover revenues to revert automatically to the general fund at the end of the year.? Commissioners correctly argue that when, city budgeting was changed from ascalendaryear to a fiscal year we limits as the one for the current fiscal year. Thats not easy, considering that costs and demands for services are going . up all the time. is the to the Adding difficulty fact that mucTT'departmental ' equipment has been deteriorating and is in need of replacement or repair. Even so, the commissions decision to borrow $250,000 from the capital improve-mpnfund is not a sound business practice and ought to be resisted streftUOtrsly" at Thursdays public hearing on the. 000 has been paid off, and that should budget be completely taken care of next year. rfS ONLY FAIR to acknowledge that de- During the three-yea- r interim, the city has partmental requests for equipment orig- -' been stinting on its equipment needs to inally totaled $667,000 and that, help erase the deficitrThis is wfiy theres trimmed that figure to $250,000. a particular need for new equipment Just Moreover, the commission says it has. 'now. - every intention of paying the $250,000 Even so, dipping Into the capital back, to, the capital improvements fund fund, could set a dangerous as soon as possible if not in the f precedent Rarely does a year go by with-,ospecial circumstances of one kind or But weve heard that before particuanother seeming to justify special spen-larly in the 1940s and 50s when capital ding.' allocations - wer- e- raided improvements the capital improvements fund Raiding repeatedly to finance current operations. breaks.faith with the citizens who pay the With, practically every dime of city revesales tax specifically y local option half-cenue going into operating .expenses, our e for building. : public facilities deteriorated to a deplorGETTING INTO that habit could put us able state in those years. back into the intolerable situation of To prevent this from happening again, a supposedly permanent capital improve- -' spending all city revenue for current oper ments fund was set up in 1960, financed by ations whlle our public facilities become more and more dilapidated. of sales tax revenues. Initially Indis--putab- le ta disturb a legal adoption decree. Through your reporting, I think that people will be brought to realizt therc ls a decree 'which may or .may not be upset by an appeal to the Supreme Court, the knowledge of the natural family of where the child is isa never ending threat. s myself - havebegnftr social work ' years and have seen several situations in which teenage children have been forced, in court, to choose between natural and adopting parents. Such an experience, of course, is a dreadful one for an adolescent to have to make. In other situations, I have seen adolescents who played off one family against another. No child can grow up wholesomely With divided loyalties. I also- - have appreciated particularly the two editorials because both of them emphasized the moral and. spiritual values in situations of this-kland the emotional consequences to everybody-involved.This particular baby is, of course, too young to face any- - problem now,: but what lies ahead of him In school and other group associations, makes one shudder. . I am sure that the other licensed agencies join, me in expressing this gratitude." Virginia Lee Bennett, ACSW Executive Secretary Childrens Service Society - ut I nt long-rang- , 'Good Question' On Scranton - two-thir- ds -- ... .that VIEWS DIFFER SHARPLY Revisiting Jill learned to do ed .weeks she was hospitalized here, about courage and cheerfulness in the face of adversity. That was nine years ago. Today, thanks to a picture story in the current issue of Life Magazine, she is still teaching us. . The life account makes it clear shes still living with courage and humor and a rare sense of proportion that keeps her ,' She has front wallowing in . JT" vital issues. Goldwaters entire political career has been based on his championing of an unabashed conservatism in domestic policy they and all of us can catch the spirit of this remarkable girl, a spirit best summed up in her words reported by Life, I want to be somebody again? so why not? - " AS IN THE CASE of the sorcerers apThus, he reasons, industry should be - to Nevada state of the appears prentice, Mr. would Munson do was device the right thing have lost control of a that -- -for the wrong reason. --The Silver State supposed to perform magic at the states should woo new industry, but not on the . command. For years, the rationale for legalized , grounds that it will help gambling. should be encouraged on the gambling and a highly questionable one grounds that it is essential to the welfare d at that was that it provided of the entire state. Like other Intermoun-.tai-n Indirectrevenue for the state, thus states, Nevadas future depends on - its ability to btoaden the base of its econ- ly producing public services at the same omy. It cannot count indefinitely on gamtime that-i- t kept taxes low. to provide almost of its bling But now, even this rationale has been tax revenue, as it does at present thrown out by the proponents of gamtJnfortunately, Nevadans have depend- -' bling themselves. Gambling seems to have ed so heavily and so long on gambling become an end in itself. How else are that it will be difficult to make the neces- we to interpret the recent statements of a state official and a representative of the. sary transition. If Mr. Hardy is any ex- ample, certain entrenched elements will casino owners? howl at any,movethat jnight loosen the -Lewis Hardy, former vice president of that grip gambling now has upon the state. the Nevada Casino Association, opposes ' Legalized gambling has already exindustrial development in Nevada because, acted a great toll from Nevada. Several he says, it will cause legal gambling to ' Congressional Investigations have shown go out the door. the dose connection between organized Large firms," Mr. Hardy continues, ' crime and gambling of any sort A recent excessive gamobject to their employes book, The Green' Felt Jungle, by two vetabolish And to will and it bling fight eran reporters exposed how much organwho, may we add, can blame them? Mr. ized crime controls Las Vegas in partiHardy' has inadvertently presented a cular. 1 shocking indictment of legalized gambling. IF GAMBLING now prevents, or even Cnarles G. Munson, executive secretary of the Nevada Gaming Commission, argues - retards, industrial expansion, Nevadas that rather than hurting gambling, in-quest will have turned out to be.lts greatest curse. dustrial development will be a boon to it - -- one-thir- d - Goldwater voted against the cloture procedure necessary- - to end filibuster against the 1964 bipartisan dvil rights bUL He voted for the less controversial 1957 and 1960 dvil rights bills but sided with Southerners in . favor of most weakening amendments to the 1964 bill. . Scranton has been a strong advocate of dvil rights legislation and - endorsed the House-passe- d 1964 bill for which Gold-watsaid he could not vote. Scranton said that if he were a senator he would vote for do-turCIVIL - MILLER IN SPOTLIGHT B, JOHN CHAMBEELAH Gov. Scranton and a tough foreign policy with a minimum of foreign commitments for the U.S. Scranton, on the other hand, voted an unusually liberal . line for a Republican during his two years in Congress (1961-62- ). His current stands on many domestic issues conflict dearly with Goldwaters, and in foreign affairs he is an avowed interI nationalist A rundown of key issues! -- i . TO EDUCATION Gold- - water has opposed all general federal aid to education pro- grams and voted against the 1963 college aid bilL Scranton voted against a general aid .to education bill in 1961 but voted iof a major 1962 college aid bill which Goldwater opposed. Scrantons announced position is against federal aid to elemen- tary and secondary education, ForOnce anti-pover- ty Goldwater has voted for all proposals to reduce the number of workers covered by minimum wage laws and to re- duce the minimum wage. Scranton voted in 1961 to pare down a proposed expansion of the minimum wage but then voted for the bin itself. LABOR RIGHTS er e. V Both Goldwater and Scranton oppose administration proposals to finance medical care for the aged under Social Security. Goldwater has proposed no new plans in the field, while Scranton feels there should be further federal legislation, beyond the Kerr-Mllmeasure, to help older Americans obtain medical care. MEDICARE - ls national columnist! Those load wails emanating from tin col umnists over Rockys defeat can be discounted '. . . Most of them did a savage hatchet job on Goldwater but wouldnt be caught dead voting for " any Republican presidential candidate. Ibis is what happens when, for the first time in many, many years, there is finally an opportunity for real choice between the two parties. There is finally someone to challenge Keynesian socialism. - AGRICULTURE -- On this issue Goldwater and 'Scranton - have . had basically similar . views, each favoring the earli. est possible end to federal supports and controls. Bryan Gray Ramona Ave. 1930 Condemns Stop Goldwater Efforts - i it FOREIGN AID Goldwater has consistently voted against foreign aid authorization and appropriation bills. As a Congressman, Scranton voted consistently in favor of foreign aid. TRADE Goldwater voted against file 1962 Trade Expansion Act Scranton voted for It - iowi free-for-a- ll. six-gun- s. er hard-workin- - - In 'a racial issue, the employer also has this right at least ha is supposed to. LBJ says no and to bar this discrimination the Civil Rights Bill is being railroaded through Congress. (It may be noted that our good Senator Bennett voted against the cloture whereas our New Breed Senator Moss bellowed another one of his aye approvals). The right of employment comes under capitalism. The government control of employment comes under fascism. . FOREIGN POLICY Both men are wary of negotiations with Hie Soviet Union, but Scranton sees some areas for reduced tensions. He opposes Goldwater positions in favor of cutting off diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union and 'possible withdrawal' from thq United Nations. In 1963, when Goldwater voted against file limited nuclear test ban treaty,' Scranton said he favored, City-.Cont- Looking through the classified ads, one may notice that in some cases employers will only hire those of LDS faith. No squabble is raised over this for religious groups recognize that this is the employers right of employment. for. federal aid for colleges and ' universities. Gold-wate- 1 Of Employment Sen. Goldwater lethal gun play. But now. that he has tossed his own hat in the ring to prevent what he has ungraciously called, a Republican wake, he rs has himself become an immoderate in eyes. - Gold-wate- MrTinnejr Salt Lake Who Will Get GOP No. 2 Spot? ' - Real Cholco In regards to the hue and cry raised by the var- - 2, A ious pundits over the success of Barry Goldwater, it might be well to repeat a statement made by one like Harold Stassen every day. Could there be water np in public. If Ray Bliss, the Republia Goldwater-Nixo- n ticket after this? can boss of Ohio, wants to be in on ticketThe measure of Romneys offense is that making he is in a good position to put a Rhodes he struck at Barry at the last minute. The feel-- vice presidential card on the table at San ing in the Goldwater camp is that if RomneyFrancisco;-have felt atronglyabout things,- he shoulder tuE 'EEAITthrusts at Goldwater at Cleve- - . reallystartedaohis own movement Finally, there Is William E. Miller, the seems to have taken land were delivered by George Romney of last January by entering some primaries, A Republican National Committee chairman. from the example of Goldwater-Romney ticket is, at this point, as Michigan and Richard Nixon, now of New Miller has refrained from taking Teddy Roosevelt, to visualize as a Goldwater-Nixo- n hard Reof one either York. these ' influential Since ticket sides in thescrupulously is Goldwater Barry Republican presidential a man of innate de-He played fair with Rockefeller, who comes publicans would provide good ticket balance if SO, IF Goldwater makes it for the presidencency. He doesnt Goldwater is the presidential nominee, it is tial slot, the vice presidential light should -- from his own home state of New York, But he "shoot at people with had a liking for Barry Goldwater, has too bad that they have offended Goldwaters Hr. Chamberlain begin to play on Republicans who have not and always whom he has to do own political convictions do not clash his V sense of honor. been hatchets, dipping pens in poison, or fandaily business. He genuinely believes that with the Goldwater brand of conservatism. Nixon played along with Barry for six long ning the cylinders of their members of the same party should refrain Some months ago this columnist suggested There is Senator Thruston Morton of Kenmonths, obviously hoping to gpt his good-wi- ll from spinning the cylinders of guns that if there were to be a deadlock at San Franscase of . the deadlock and his for There a, is delegateexample. . tucky, RepreSehtative cisco between ; in each others presence. leading candidates for the presi- Melvin Laird of Wisconsin, who is chairman at San Francisco. But once it had become apdential the Republicans could do nomination, THE! liking for moderation within the ranks of the GOP Platform Committee. Where others t parent that there, would be no Goldwater g to compromise on worse than far Rockefeller Impasse at the convention to exfa the party are hoping to write a platform that Bill of ones own organization will very likely be on the ticket Miller for the Jtop spot would embarrass Goldwater, Laird has reploit, Nixon scrambled to persuade Romney to the key to the Goldwater choice for a vice throw himself in front of the Goldwater bandrs marked that there is no doubt that NOW THAT Barry Goldwater seems to have presidential running mate if he himself makes , wagon. the grand prize in his grasp, the party could victory in California will increase his it all theway at San Francisco. myr: i - The maneuver was political, but Goldwater influence in the development of the platform. -- do far worse than pick Bill Miller for the secGov. Jim Rhodes of Ohio is another RepubWilliam W. Scranton of Pennsylvania is, of (doesnt like this sort of politics. It obviously ond post Miller would work energetically to - - course, a man who doesnt ordinarily go in for prompted his crack that Nixon sounds more lican who has refrained from cutting Gold- - win. Whatever may be said of this propensity to shoot fronts the hip, which!' a -- op-pos- AID Goldwater voted against r all proposed area redevelopment legislation, Scranton introduced area redevelopment legislation and voted finally for the Kennedy . Administrations area redevelop, ment bilL In 1961-6Goldwater voted against and Scranton for multimillion dollar programs to retrain unemployed workers. Goldwater has attacked President Johnsons poverty program, calling it reckless and' risky and politically motivated. Scranton has supported most of the administration program and sought to increase some sections of it DOMESTIC much-neede- ! N . Goldwater has all federal housing legislation. Scranton voted for the 1961 and 1962 housing acts. Both mm voted against the proposal to create an Urban Affairs Dept HOUSING Nevada Faces The Crossroads fr AID er WE WOULDNT BE surprised if students under Jill learn more than the reme- dial reading she has been teaching. Maybe self-pity- I FISCAL POLICY-B- oth men balidentify themselves, as on the anced budget men.-B- ut federal levd, Scranton endorsed the 1964 tax cut bill while Gold-watvoted against it Goldwater has frequently attacked the federal income tax system, while Scranton has generally supported it Goldwater has voted consistently against any increases in the national debt celling while Scranton, as a member oi the House, voted twice for and once against raising the debt ceiling. By Congressional Quarterly The Congressional voting records and public stands of Barry Goldwater and William Scranton show that the two men stand in diametrically opposed corners of the Republican party on most dam-diggin- Jill taught Utahns plenty during the I xead with lnterest your June 13 editorial en-- 1 titled Where Does Scranton Stand? The question thus posed kjbficult to answer, especially in light of the Pennsylvanian's persistently inconsistent pronouncements For instance, shortly after Sen. Goldwaters June 2 California primary victory, Scranton told a press conference he knew of no extremely basic difference between himself and Goldwater. Yet,-le- ss than two weeks later, -of his own candidacy, announcement the following this same Scranton was attacking the Arizonan for' alleged recklessness on foreign issues and cruel misunderstanding on domestic ones. On the record, perhaps the real question is Where Does Scranton Stand This Week? Alice Shearer 1395 Laird Ave. Goldwater And Scranton im- portant things, such as eating with a fork-fixwith finger rings, putting on lipstick with a tube jammed between thumb-an- d forefinger. She drag races with her wheel chair, accompanies the family on g expeditions, enjoys cuddling her brothers baby boy. Most important, shes found a useful, vital niche in life as a teacher in the public ' schools. Her supervisor is impressed with her warm 'relationship with her students. x race. a few simple, supremely , - --- FEW UTAHNS who were around and old enough to be reading newspaperSnlne years will ever forget Jill Kinmont. She was an ace skier, one of Americas , hottest Olympic prospects, when she came to Alta in 1955 for a key race. When she left, it was on a stretcher, facing a life of virtual paralysis from the neck down, because of a horrendous, twisting fall in nd - ar. r ' I recently read a piece in the News that there is going to be a big move to stop Goldwater. If I read my dictionary right that Is conspiracy, and I think that all must agree that it is one of the worst types. For politicians this is stooping about as low as anyone could and without good reason. Mr. Goldwater seems to' be the choice of the majority and has a very good reputation and his conservative principles are Just what is needed. A country that is over $300 billion in debt does not have any money to squander on every crazy idea, as is being done today. Alfred Stevens Layton CONGRESSIONAL BOXSCORE , ; for-man- commis--""sione- rs r c extend my profound appreciation to you for the extent and the nature of the coverage which the Deseret News has given to the recent tragic situation concerning the kidnaping of a child placed for adoption through unlicensed intermediaries. The great detail of the chronological reporting is exactly the scat of information which all of the licensed agencies wish people who are thinking about an adoption to receive. It is a rare applicant, indeed, who comes to our I offices who has not already been appfohed' by unlicensed intermediaries. Most people who take the gamble of securing a child outside the licensed agencies say to themselves, oh, well, no one can JUNEJ7,J 964 |