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Show i r Opinion Page Editorial comment: Congress and the budget services authorized by past Congresses. They include countless commitments which, once enacted, are set in stone, regardless of future costs. Programs such as Social Security, some Veterans benefits, unemployment assistance, Medicare, Medicaid, and others are in the entitlement category. While no one is suggesting that such programs be eliminated, spending associated with them must be controlled, because at the present rate of growth, these open-ende- d programs will consume 90 percent of the federal budget by the year 2000. If Congress were to agree, today, to inflation remedies such as a balanced budget and spending limitation, essential reductions could be imposed on only 25 percent of the outlays., This would mean severe cuts in controllable items such as defense, education, and even some poverty programs. Up until now, Congress has been unwilling to do anything to limit or reduce the number of blank check programs. In fact, new ones are being initiated, and interest groups lobby hard to protect existing programs. Congress must be more than what Representative David disbursement officer Stockman calls a green who totes up the bill, writes the check, and then trundles off to mourn after the process is all over. No new programs should be added in the entitlement category. Programs already in that category must be shifted to the annual appropriations process. There, the efback ficiencies of the delivery system and merits and need for specific programs are subject to Congressional review. Fiscal responsibility is incompatible with blank check legislation. (Note: Jay VanAndel is Chairman of the Board of Amway Corp., Ada, Michigan, and just completed a term as Chairman of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Richard M. DeVos is President and of Amway). eye-shad- er 825-166- 6 living out of the prolonged strawberry season. But one man not only has given strawberries a thought or two, but he has acquired a philosophy of life unique for its excellence. discovers that Messieur Terrail, like a valiant knight, has done battle with a fiendish enemy and fortunately, for us, won the encounter. The grotesque infidel that Messieur Terrail Most of my associates - tion you need. For a free analysis of your present hospital protection, give us a call today. No obligation. FRED MAU AGENCY St., Suite 107, Ogden, Ut. 84401 394-265- 6 vanced anti-pollutio- n devices, which U.S. Steel says it cannot afford. If federal tax laws encouraged capital investment, those Mutual 4T Omaha.SL environmental People you can count on... hurdles not be would surmountable, a plant could and be modernized, American steel would become more competitive on world markets. in- Insurance Affiliate United of Omaha and my family are aware that I am in deep training and many are offering suggestions to assure success in my pursuit of the BCD (Behind Closed Doors) Award. The humiliation of losing such a competition could trigger a depression from which I might never recover. The Standard Examiner announced the competition recently and my joy was unbounded to discover that Washington Terrace is currently in the lead for the award. The single criterion for winning the BCD is the violence one can do to the Utah Open Meetings Law. My qualification for this award would occupy a These are the inevitable results of sudden change. We can control the severity of the problems, however, by exercising restraint, goodwill and common sense. The history of our country is the history of people seeking change. That is our common heritage. It is up to us now to see that the changes taking place are, as much as possible, changes for the better. Americans into higher and higher tax brackets. In an article titled Inflation,Taxes, the apBudget, and You, pearing in the July Readers Digest, Hatch writes: The bottom- - line of these tax policies can be found in my state of Utah, where 5,500 jobs at a U.S. Steel facility are in jeopardy. The shortterm problem centers on demands by the Environmental Protection Agency for the installation of ad- sure. Well be happy to analyze your present protection in the light of current maternity expenses. If you need additional coverage, well show you how Mutual of Omahas modern plans of hospital insurance protection can help assure you of the protec- Additionally, the senator reports that Congress can continue to authorize the spending of huge government funds because inflation pushes American citizens into progressively higher tax In little more brackets. than a decade, he writes, the proportion of American in the wage-earne- space in my the electorate If epitaph. really understood this ludicrous legislation the prominent winner of the BCD could conceivably be cannonized. In announcing the current standings in the race, Mr. Baker pointed out that I seem to take a Thoreau like delight in being ' civilly ; disobedient to the open meetings law. I am sure Thoreau, a flaming liberal, must be turning blue at this comparison with a dedicated conservative. I confess that I am flattered by it. I get much of my inspiration from his brilliant thinking and rs tax bracket has grown from less than one in 11 Americans to nearly one in three. Working people the American middle class are being taxed at a rate once designed for the rich. The result is that the federal Treasury enjoys the benefits of a built-i- n tax increase each year. Hatch proposes an imreduction mediate in spending and a comparable cut in federal taxes. Since this is an election year, he suggests a commitment to personal have been pondered and given due respect. Messieur Terrail knows full well that restaurant, carefully strawberries now grown out of season taste as good in season for the most part, but he also understands the beauty of anticipation . . . yes, anticipation. He understands that the anticipation of the strawberry season whets the taste for strawberries and the enjoyment is enhanced by the wait. Obviously you will never have to worry about getting instant soup as a filler at his bastion of great grass roots The Division of Corrections should remain in the Department of Social Services and should not be a campaign supporting such a proposal has a chance of being favorably heard in Congress. better-than-usu- al ac- separate department cording to a preliminary report of the Committee on Executive Reorganization. Social Services Sub- committee findings report maintaining the Division of Corrections avoids added costs for a new department, a desirable maintains management structure, and Your local Army Reserve unit has immediate openings for Marine, Navy and Air Force vets as well as former sold jrs. The pay may surprise you. If you're a recent Manne Corporal, Petty Officer 3rd, Senior Airman or Army Spec 4, you can now make over $90 a weekend, and up, serving part time with us. Just call your Army Representative, in the Yellow Pages under 'Recruiting!' continued coordination with related social allows services, said subcommittee chairman, Lynette Wilson. Organizational placement of the Division of Corrections, a controversial issue was left years, unresolved after two major for studies by the John Howard Association and the Blue Ribbon Task Force on Criminal Justice. The Utah State Legislature asked the Reynolds pays the regular rate of 23$ a pound, plus a 4$ a pound bonus at your nearby Reynolds Aluminum Mobile Recycling Unit. really degrades That enough to lie Simply to know that there still lives a person who cares not to serve enough strawberries out of season, makes a seventy dollar meal seem like a minor donation to a worthy cause. Thank you Messieur Terrail! TO THE LEGISLATOR? liberty. I am grieved, however, that he is the most recent liberal in our history to get in the way of a rational thought. Mr. Baker has declared his intention, if I win the BCD, to personally buy me a paperback copy of Walden. This alone is inducement enough to exert a furious energy in pursuit of the award. My copy of Walden is badly worn and in need of retirement. I bought it when I was eighteen approximately a hundred years ago apd it was a pivotal book in my life. I suspect most readers of the Standard Examiner are growing weary of reading of all the clandestine meetings law prohibiting the flow of communication in government the one place of all is it places . where desperately needed is just more than a body should have to bear. Can anyone imagine a more ridiculous inhibition of efficiency in government than this; the three Weber reported in that paper. Anyone reading about the constant violations would assume that every politician occupy offices within 20 feet of each other. If any two of them want to talk to each in Northern Utah spends half his time devising ways to deceive the public. The truth is that it is an unworkable law and most of us have simply given up the attempt to observe it. Actually, there are hunckeds "qf tways J6 subvert the Open Meetings Law if one chose to take the trouble. I am constantly accused of violating it because I refuse to engage in the deception necessary to satisfy the press. Having been indoctrinated by Thoreau, I dont know anyone I consider important . Reorganization Committee to review the past studies, examine organizational issues related to Corrections, and make recommendations to the 1981 General Session. The Committee is not convinced a separate department would improve or correct any of the problems that currently exist in the corrections system, said Wilson. An added disadvantage of is a new department widening the Governors span of control. There are presently about 20 agencies reporting directly to the governor and adding Corrections to this load is not desirable at this time. The Committee reports advantages in maintaining the current Division of Corrections exist in coordination with other social ' services within the same department. Womens & Girls the eludes Examiner. I am by vocation a communicator. I have devised and taught seminars for the of helping purpose communicate executives with each other and with their employees. To see the legislature succumb to media pressure and enact a Commissioners County - other they are required to Standard the notify Examiner 24 hours in advance. Anyone silly enough to abide such idiocy should never have been elected to the Commission. X 1 As part of. itly training for the BCD I have numerous cards 3x5 containing taped up in prominant places in my home. Above my typewriter, for instance, is one that says, MUST THE CITIZEN EVER FOR A MOMENT, OR IN THE LEAST DEGREE. RESIGN HIS CONSCIENCE Thoreau-ism- . . . THAT WE THINK SHOULD BE MEN FIRST, AFSUBJECTS AND I s TERWARD. On my mirror is the one says, ALL MEN RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT that OF REVOLUTION: THIS THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ALLEGIANCE TO, AND TO RESIST, THE GOVERNWHEN MENT ITS ITS TYRANNY OR ARE INEFFICIENCY AND UNENGREAT DURABLE. The legislature, of course, does not abide by its own law. They say they could not get any work done if they had to do so. I talked to a legislator recently who said the reason there are no penalties for violating the law is that they didnt want to see a lot of Mayors going to jail. I think it is closer to the truth to say that they knew what a ludicrous bill they were enacting and could not bring themselves to attach any penalty for breaching it. How many other laws are therewith no penalty for violation? If there were penalties for violating this law our entire legislature would be locked up. Hey, come to think of it . . Billy G. Halley Mayor, Washington Terrace with such "Linkage agencies as the Division of Alcoholism and Drugs is better maintained with all the divisions accountable to the Department of Social Services, said Wilson. Another benefit is the present structure tends to insulate the criminal justice system from the political arena resulting in better stability. The public is to respond to the proposal along Reorganization at proposals encouraged Corrections with other Committee a Public Hearing. OGDEN July Tuesday, a.m. at Ogden Golf and Country Club. 15, 1980, 10 Don't overeact to economy dips Robert W. Lear, former chief executive officer of a major corporation and director of nine other companies, is now at Columbia University Graduate School of Business. Here are some of his strategies for the coming hard times. Its foolish to cut all capital expenditures. Some expenditures will always have to be made because they have a high yield or improve the quality of products or services. There is always a tempbusiness tation, when slackens, to avoid taking risks, to put the company on hold. Unfortunately, this management attitude soon the entire business with a lack of aggressiveness and affects the thinking of all em ployees. Game Many plan: managers find it almost irresistible to cut businessbuilding expenses, such as and special advertising promotions. This only makes it harder to come out of a recession. The wise manager never amputates a vital part of the company. Instead, he puts it on a lean diet and lops off the unnecessary fat. The risk is that when the economy turns around, the company may find itself behind the eight ball if it has postponed buying capital equipment. Prices may rise by that time, and equipment once readily available may take a long time to get. Appraise each expenditure on the basis of merit. Dont let the specter of risk outweigh the opportunity of gain. The young man who has not wept it a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. George Santayana Assorted styles and colors. Sizes 5 to 10. SAVE THIS TOLL FREE NUMBER. I -- J Melvins SHOES CLEARFIELD, UTAH I iwmmmmmwm Esquire interview. After the permeates Clearfield, Reynolds Aluminum Mobile Recycling Unit at Albertson's Supermarket 269 E. 200 South 2:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Every Tuesday anytime ever compromise one detail in quality, quantity or atmosphere. To show to what lengths he has had to go to maintain his philosophy of excellence in detail, I recount an instance from the that one goes to La Tour DArgent for a meal UT (0X0) Messieur Terrail would rather charge more than food. To say Our Annual Here's where we are: Call ticipated service. War II, the governof Paris could not to keep the night on the cathedral of Notre-Dam- e more than two evenings a week. Messieur Terrail however, believed that his customers would be disappointed not to see the lighted cathedral view for which the restaurant is famous, so he personally paid to have the lights turned on the other nights of the week. World ment afford lights Corrections should remain in WE'RE LOOKING FOR AFEW GOOD SAILORS AND AIRMEN. convenient. And our mobile recycling unit will be in your area as listed below. So start collecting aluminum cans right away. Then cash them in at our nearby mobile recycling unit, and until further notice, get our regular rate plus a cash bonus. Also, we'll pay you the same attractive price per pound for certain other items if they're clean and properly prepared. Ask for details. Reynolds Aluminum Mobile Recycling Unit. It makes cashing in your aluminum as quick and easy as collecting. in versation French, Spanish, English, and Italian, stirring spoons against fine china cups, the melodies of fragrant sauces playing past your nose and the showmanship of an- JUDITH VANIER $20-billi- non-defen- EX- - MARINES, Weve increased our number of mobile unit stops to make recycling with Reynolds more magnitude of the occasion. Some ninety artists orchestrated under the genius of Messieur Terrail create a daily symphony of elegant masterpieces in atmosphere, food and acting. For upwards of seventy dollars per person you enter a world of enchantment . . . Notre-Dam- e luminated in the distance, fresh Iris on the table, snatches of con- successfully challenged and continues to challenge daily to COMPROMISE. So you say, What does this have to do with strawberries out of season? Strawberries, like every other tiny detail of the Mayor comments on open meetings law arise. creation and productivity while inflation thrusts magazine Esquire featured an article on Claude Terrail, the owner and director of the oldest restaurant in Paris by the name of La Tour d Argent. In reading the article one Everything is changing, and the change cannot be stopped. The job now is to absorb the growth smoothly and with as little friction as possible. Newcomers will have to be aware of longtime residents problems and feelings to avoid unnecessarily stepping on toes. Oldtimers will have to accept new arrivals in the community gracefully and with tolerance, remembering that they or their ancestors were once newcomers, too. Citizens must give government time to catch up with the changes, and should not demand too much too fast. Those moving from the suburbs to rural areas must face the fact that not all the services they were accustomed to having will be available in their new communities. People used to a rural atmosphere will have to adjust to freeways, more traffic, and crowded neighborhoods. Children must be taught to cope with these new hazards to avoid needless accidents. In a time of rapid change such as this, it is natural for tensions to mount, old ties to loosen, and deep divisions to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R., Utah) scores the federal tax system as impeding job Be Life The preliminary figures just released by the U.S. Census Bureau confirm what we already know that Davis county is gaining new residents by leaps and bounds. According to the bureau, in the past 10 years Davis Countys population has increased from 99,028 to 143,000 up 44 percent. Clearfield population Citys has jumped from 13,316 to 17,594. Homes are springing up in what was once peaceful farmland, and those who used to know everyone in town now complain they dont know half the newcomers. The pressure of this rapid population growth is straining police, fire, and other public organizations, too. As the number of residents increases, the number of people providing essential services must also increase, but services have not kept up the pace. Senator Hatch scores tax system Does your present hospital policy provide adequate maternity benefits? Tel. Judith Dega Vanler Heres to the restaurateur who refuses to serve strawberries out of season! In this day and age, not many people give much thought to strawberries, in or out of season, except maybe a few growers and pickers who make their By byleaps and bounds three-fourth- 550 - 24th nee Upon a Noble Rainbarrel Davis County is growing It may shock you to learn that Congress has no say in how 75 percent of this years federal budget will be spent. s of the budget is called entitlements. That These are programs which disburse, on demand, benefits or Turn in a news tip July 9, 1980 Clearfield Courier 2 M J . ? !5cRnEPnoj!as?,i I Yard l 1 I Do-It-Yours- U-G- art CtMNta 2941 N. Fairfield, Ope i i Ea NWT1M (Wat) Concrata Projects Made Easy with . . . MMy, esegNloodoyt Oh 02.00 (Uw.lt 1 I layton Call ahead for appt. Ttl. Off PR CMpM PsrYd.) YD. PSBtNT COUPON) 773-912- 2 a Proa trailers lava time! money ixntiii juiy , irl |