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Show "r jfnyiivin" The Public Forum Tribune Readers Opinions Satans Work or different figures. The point is, the court did not reduce anything and the reporters who contacted the County Attorneys office and the Juvenile court for the outcome of the case knew that prior to their reported article Also It is obvious that the Garretts know nothing about the pineapple project in Hawaii, Recently two large ads appeared in The Tribune (one in the Sunday Home section) both of which attacked the Latter-daSaint religion. I have never seen an ad of this type directed against the Jewish. protestant, or Catholic religions Why, then, must individuals or organizations try to undermine the faith of the Mormons by tearing down their beliefs' The Mormon Church sends nut missionaries who travel the world and teach Mormon doctrine to those who will listen, trying to convert them to the Mormon religion. This is much different from a written exposition maliciously attacking anothers religious beliefs. The missionary discussions are just that Individual discussions of the gospel with opportunity (or questions and answers, explanations, interchange of ideas, scripture reading and prayer opportunities not found In the new paper ad method. If the attackers of Mormonlsm have beliefs of their own. this Is their right and I defend it. It is also their right to teach me their beliefs if I choose to let them, but they close the door to communication when they attack my faith and beliefs and that of many others by publicly trying to destroy them. Surely, this is the work of Satan ALTHAC. LA FORCE Several weeks ago The Tribune carried a photograph of four soccer players from The caption indicated these Afghanistan players had fled Afghanistan via Pakistan to avoid having to play exhibition soccer games against Russian teams m Moscow and throughout Russia Considering this courageous but sorrowful decision hy the Afghanistan athletes, you might think about: a this should provide the answer to any athlete or fan contemplating attending the Olympic Games in Moscow; hi any athlete or fan then attending the with the Olympic Games should wear a above mentioned photograph on front and Why the Change? rl The Tribune was remiss in not publishing this photograph on the front page with the raption in very large print one-side- d Why until two years ago did the Fire Department and the Police Department of Salt take City have parity in pay? What has Happened? Who decided w hich department w as better than the other? Who decided and what method was used to determine whose job was Fomin Rule Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear writer's full name, signature and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld lor good reasons on others. Writers are limited to one letter every II days, (reference w ill be given to short, typewritten double spaced) letters permitting ase of the writers true name. All letters are subject to condensation. Mail to the Public Forum, The Salt !.ake Tribune. Box 867. Salt Lake City. I'lah. Mill). most hazardous? Which department could this city do without? Neither, then why is one department treated as professionals and the other treated like dirt? Isnt it the mayor's obligation to keep this city running smoothly? In order to do this shouldn't the morale of a department be kept at its prime Im urging all of Salt Lake City residents to take a good look at the firefighters. They are professionals; they do a very fine job of protecting you and your property. of their lives These men spend training to be there when needed. And when they respond you're getting the best. Salt Lake City firefighters weren't forced to join the department, theyre just that special type of person. But when the pay wont compensate their worth, the department is going io lose some of the best. Mayors come and go, but firefighters are there. one-thir- d MARILYN MAUERMAN Midvale Didn't Reduce Anything While not pretending that all is well with our judicial system, I cannot sit idly by and let the letter on an obviously poorly informed M r. and Mrs. Pat Garrett of Midvale, which appeared April 6 in the Public Forum, go without a response. Neither The Tribune nor the Deseret News reported accurately regarding the outcome of the Rosslyn Heights Elementary School damage case. Both were told the facts, but both failed to report accurately. First, Judge Garff did not adjudicate the case. Secondly, orders of restitution are not made on police estimates of damages. The 110.000 amount reported by the school principal was not reduced by the court. The Salt Lake School District submitted the revised figure of 5,700 as the actual cost. This figure the court could not Ignore in place of the onginal figure submitted by the principal. The original 50,000 reported by the booking police officer and the estimated 110,000 submitted by the principal of the school were figures based on subjective estimates by persons who had to make initial judgements. Anyone in their position may have come up with the same The Way It Was Here are the area briefs of The Salt Lake Tribune from 100. 50 and 25 years ago; April 12. 1880 Our citizens very generally took advantage rates of fare to visit Salt Lake City and during this week the streets have been almost deserted. Among business men the expression this is the dullest week we have ever seen here," has been common. Trains on all our roads are now running on schedule time, and we are crowded with business. While the passengers list of overland travel is now large and increasing, travel to the North is heavy. of the cheap April 12, 1930 In summing up the evidence now on record clearly established the government s contention that the Colorado, the Green and the San Juan rivers, as they flow through Utah, are not navigable in the manner which navigability has been defined by the United States supreme court in other areas. The U S. and Utah, being in harmony in declaring that the ownership of the beds of nonnavigable streams is in the riparian owner. It follows that the United States is entitled to the relief sought in this suit. April 12, 1955 A kite tail and a spring shower Sunday night combined to produce a brief electric power failure In parts of Salt Lake City, forcing Mountain Stales Telephone and Telegraph Co. to use Its emergency equipment for the second time In 15 years. Showers which hit Salt Lake City dampened the cloth tail of a kite hanging on wires and caused a power failure that disrupted programs of radio and television stations and left some westslde sections of the city without lights for two minutes, it The Sail Lake Tribune, Saturday Game Pictures rear; VICTOR B. GR.AS Can't Escape Because I could no longer stand 10 minutes of commercial time per half hour, I Jerked the plug from my TV and went to the movies. I relaxed In the Century Theater only to he hit with a Mercury Capri advertisement. Although it was mildly amusing. I paid good money to be entertained not test driven. After the feature I drove through the hill board Jungle to the bookstore while my radio dared me to compare grocery prices. I purchased a novel and went to my quiet room to read. There in the book a full page cigarette ad looked up at me. Is It right that we should pay for this untraditional soliciting in movies and books, the last of our great entertainment escapes? STEVEN L SMITH Draper April iz. IW IS What Can the World Do About Cambodia, A Nation That Surely Faces Extinction? New York Times Service Second District Juvenile Court , Anthony Lewis is no picnic. MORRIS E NEILSON Chief, Intake Division ii WASHINGTON Iran. Afghanistan, the Middle East. Ijtin America: Violence and instability have seldom seemed more pervasive in the world, or more threatening. But one sentence spoken the other day reminded us that there is something worse. "Even in these difficult times there is no other nation facing extinction " So said the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Richard Holbrooke. He was talking about Cambodia. It is extremely difficult to know exactly what is happening in Cambodia today. How much food is getting in? How much is reaching the people in the countryside? Are the obstacles physical or political? These and other questions get different answers from the few Western journalists and relief workers who have been in the country lately. A Washington official dealing with the problem says. "Its Rashomon." Central Truth Yet on the central truth just about everyone agrees. Cambodia, ravaged over the last 10 years, faces the possibility of a final disaster now a famine that would extinguish the Cambodian nation. Last fall the country suffered terrible malnutrition and disease. But mass famine was averted hy a combination of public and gov ernmental response from the outside world. People in many countries reacted with compassion to the plight of the Cambodians. Moved by the ghastly pictures of dying children and hollow-eyerefugees stumbling across the Thai border, individuals in the United States and Europe gave extraordinary amounts to d relief organizations sue h as Oxfam Governments also acted effectively The Carter administration, with all its other difficulties, deserves much credit for its humanitarian policy on Cambodia, It pushed the international agencies to move as much food as xssible into Phnom Penh. It persuaded the Thais to admit large number of refugees. It pushed the remarkahle program of feeding as many as fiOii.ixX) people inside Cambodia from points on th border. But now the cycle of nature and the legacy of destruction in Cambodia are bringing on a new crisis The last meager harvest is used up. In one officials words, "everyone agree that there is zero food in the count rv " That means that it 5 million peoplp are wholly dojiondent on outside food aid until the next harvest in and even that depend on November bringing in large amounts of seed rice in the next few weeks, and getting it around the country and into the paddies The Vietnamese hacked regime in Phnom Penh has not allowed relief tu come in hy road from Thailand, and has htxn slow fo admit outside experts. But even with the best political will the problems would lie daunting The society was stripjied of its technicians and natural leader by the murderous Pol Pot regime, and the infrastructure of dinks and runways and roads is crumbling Attitude Discouraging The current state of external attitudes is also discouraging. A npw- government in Thailand seems less sympathetic to the Cambodians' plight: there is concern that it may dose the border or even push refugees hack across. Other governments, worried about the lack of solid information on how aid gets through, are holding back on pledges of money for more food relief. But the world has to try. It is no use turning the away because the political situation conflict between the Vietnamese and Chinese, now (oi used in Cambodia is so difficult It is upholding food because it is not being distributed .is efficiently as we might wish In terms of humanity, there is no aliernative to the food in The Economist of Lmdon put it succinctly "Feed hungry Camltodnns now, ak the questions laier " What can ta done right now That was the real sunt of Holhmoke's speech His answer was that the secretary general of the United Nations, kurl Waldheim, should quickly take up a pri.sisal h Ihe Thai government that he call an international conference on the humanitanan problems of Camlxwlia no use w pie-lun- Encouraging Precedent Conferences are not usually much of a solution to anything, hut in tills rase there is an encouraging precedent ljxt year Waldheim called one onVictnamcsc refugee, and It turni-out to he one of the most successful diplomatic moves in U N history The money pledged to help the refugees was doubled, and so was the numlxr accepted for resettlement Most important. Vietnam changed its politics under the pressure of world disapproval, and the number of boat people drnped drnmatt rally d A Cambodian conference could similarly rally international opinion in favor of getting food through now and the Vietnamese can be moved hy such opinion. It could also play a crucial part in encouraging the Thais to keep their border oen. their willingness to do so may really deand on a sense of world support. And a conference could mobilize the money urgently neintial for food and medicine and Candxxlia is a case of need surmounting personal or political interest. .None of us not Kurt Waldheim, not the ordinary citizen of a well-of- f would want to face the country question Where were you when Camhodia died? 'Copyright t No Surprise It isnt surprising that the Salt Lake County Council of Govemme its denied funding for Planned Parenthood ot Utah. After all, most of conservatives, its members must be right-winParenthood who are known to he conservatives aren't These the least hit concerned that Utah has one of the pregnancies and highest rntes of teen-agalmost double the national birthrate. Are these the kind of statistics the COG members can be proud of? Defense of all women's rights begins with the most personal of rights, to choose when and if to bear a child. Planned Parenthood leads in advancing and defending these rights. JUNE S'. ANDERSON Murray g d e Ju?t Like Chrysler On April 9. the Home Builders Association sponsored a Positive Protest at the State Capitol. The politicians and construction company bigwigs told all the unemployed workers just why they are unemployed. Oh. everyone knows that the government" is responsible for the high interest rates! (Think about that and think of those who are telling us this.) Who is responsible for ithe high prices of the homes themselves? Last year at the Parade of Homes, two diffeient sites and types of homes were luxury" or presented; "affordable" and "unaffordable." It is obscene to have a home show with homes hardly no one can buy. There are ways to buy the huge expensive homes. Just find the right builder andor realtor. Pay them their commission and they'll get you a house. They probably wont tell you how to make the monthly payments, be they first, second or third mortgates. Last year the peasants (you and me) were given a piece of cake in the form of affordable homes. I think this was a drop in the bucket. This year, however, things will be different! This year's Parade of Homes start at over 1100.000. How can the HBA look at these unemployed workers and put the entire blame on Interest rates alone? The construction companies are hurting because they have overbuilt, not by amount, hut by size and price. It reminds me of Chrysler and their luxury cars ("We build what the public wants;" not necessarily what they can afford.) The American Dream has long ago become a nightmare for most of us. How long will it be before the building industry asks Uncle Sam (alias you and me taxpayer) to help them avoid bankruptcy? Maybe when the HBA begins to sponsor projects we all can afford (cluster, towm homes and good planned communities) their workers will be back on the job and maybe the interest rates will come down. MICHAEL PICARDI Roer Simon TV Money May Support Iranian Criminals s Chicago Armed terrorists invade your local bank and hold the people hostage. The terrorists call your local TV station and offer film of the hostages in exchange for a case of dynamite. Would your TV station agree to the deal? Of course not. What if the terrorists wanted hard cash instead? Would the TV stations pay? Probably not. They might pay for the release of the hostages. But who would give money to armed terrorists for film, while those terrorists were still endangering peoples lives? The three American TV networks, that's Sun-Time- who. The terrorists in this case are the Iranian militants who are holding 50 Americans in Tehran. And this week. CBS. NBC. and ABC agreed to pay 30.000 for film of those American hostages. You have probably already seen that film. But have you wondered who is going to get the money? Have you wondered if those people whom our president describes as criminals are being paid for their rimes? A story in the Washington Post indicates that the militants, themselves, set up the TV sale and will get the money from the American networks. On Tuesday, I talked to top news executives at each network. They all told me basically the same thing: "Where the money eventually ends up, we don't know. That is not our concern." I think they are wrong. I think it is their concern. And I think it is the legitimate com ern of the American public. First, the story by William Bramgin of the Washington Post. It is datelined Tehran, and talks of the hostages. Branigin describes hard haggling between Iranian re- volutionaries, always eager for cash, and the highly competitive (American) networks He goes on to say: The militants . . . also extracted a high price for still color photographs of the ceremonies and the hostages. Branigin says each of the American networks was charged 12.000 for the 24 minutes of film, which was shot by Iranian TV. He also savs that two French news agencies bought color stills for 3.ono. He adds this bizarre note. "Even the 11 S clerical group (which visited the hostages at Easter) seemed to want to get into the act." Committee Explaining that the Kansas-basefor American Iranian Crisis Resolution that sponsored the clerics trip was in a big financial hind.' the leader of the delegation asked a reporter about the possibility of selling black and white photos to which he had access. "I don't know If this is a way to help funding or not." the clergyman said. d Where's Money Go? At least he thought about it. The networks didn't even do that. asked William J. Small, president of NBC where he thought the money would eventually end up. "I haven't the foggiest idea," he said. He stated that his network was paying Iranian TV. To whom Iranian TV gave the money was not his concern. I asked him if he had any ethical problems with all this "No, he said, "it's perfectly normal Journalistic procedure. We'd prefer to go in and film the hostages on our own. but we cant It's Just like buying a story from a stringer. You dont know where the money will " 1 News, o Stan Opotowsky, director of TV news erage for ABC. agreed "The price w as 500 a minute and we paid it to Iranian TV." he said. "I cannot swear to you that they dont give it to somebody else I doubt that they do, hut I can't get involved in that This is the way it is always done." rov A Good Question Ernest Leiser. CBS vice president for special there is events, was more candid: always concern about giving money to people who are not our best friends. We did agree to make payment to Iranian TV. hut to w hom doe it ultimately go The Revolutionary Council The government? The which i the ayatollah? The militants?" That is a good question And may tie one that should hav o been answered before the deal was made. The central issue here is not commercialization or exploitation It is not even the issue of whether news media should pay for stones. The central point is that the television networks are paying criminals while the crime is in progress. They are paying money that can be used not only to fund future crimes, but to finance the crime now taking place. Let us take an extreme example The terrorists use the money from CBS. NBC and ABC to buy anti an craft weapons so Americ an paratroopers cannot rescue the hostages. Funding Terrorism I don't think this will happen. Iran probably already has anti aircraft guns. But the point is a valid one The networks are aiding and abetting kidnappers while the kidnapping is still going on. They are funding terrorism of the worst sort. And why? Because the pictures were pretty. The film was good. It was hot It was news just can't accept that. picked up my paper today and read that the Iranian militants were throating to burn our hostages to death And I keep asking myself If CBS' money or ABCs money or NBC's money goes for the gasoline, will those pretty pictures still he worth it iok. 1 1 (Copyright! odd Why is it that we seem to get sick at those times when it's almost impossible to get a doctor? Like on a Sunday, Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, Friday or Saturday. With the exception later wc all conic down of Marconi, to the wire sooner or |
