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Saturday Morning November 2 Castro Deals With Soviets 19G3 As Diem Does Willi US Dixie Project Reclamation Bellwether d but all of the THE DIXIE PROJECT small by the standards of modern complex multi-pur- t reclamation programs will cost bepose tween 45 million and 50 million dollars Since no reclamation project has been authorized by this session of Congress it could prove an important milestone along the rough rocky road toward full utilization of natural resources in the public land states Efforts to blame the recalcitrant unpredictable Virgin River date back to the earliest pioneer enterprises of more than a century ago Dams and other Crisis of Confidence ‘ ' -- s” ‘But 1 - SOVEREIGN NATIONS do not usual-- 1 on the presence of foreign sol- insist ly5 diers on their soil But Germany’s case is different since the foreign troops are there as part of a mutual defense agree- rrient We also believe the size”of”the TIBr v force in Europe will have to be reduced “ eventually Operation Big Lift has shown - what can be done in the swift Movement I The Public Forum City of troops across the Atlantic President Kennedy’s explicit statement probably has ended the present crisis of confidence BUT HOW MUCH confidence have in European partners who evade their responsibilities? auditorium let Salt Lake City pay for it” or “If the county’s going to pay for it it should be in the county” Perhaps some people forget that Salt Lake City is a part— a large- - part— of Salt Lake County and that Salt Lake City pays more county property taxes in relation to its population than other cities and towns In 1960 Salt Lake City had less than 12 times as many people as Murray but its total 1961 county property tax bills were 17 times as great as Murray’s With a population less than 33 times as large as Midvale’s Salt Lake City’s county property taxes were almost 47 times as great Salt Lake City taxpayers are paying not only the city’s share of the cost of the new Metropolitan Hall of Justice but also more than 40 per cent of the county’s share Salt Lake City not only pays for its own police force but also meets muen of the cost of the county sheriff’s office And so on and on Although not all the tax ad-- “ vantages rest with the county residents outside Salt Lake City it would be a sorry day for the county if Salt Lake City were to say-“people outside Salt Lake City want something or other let them pay for it alone— No governmental costs can be precisely related to benefits and apportioned with precise justice Surely a civic auditorium in Salt Lake City will benefit not only the city and not only the remainder of the county but nearby areas as well And Salt Lake City and Kennecott will foot most of the direct property tax bill for the civic auditorium E G EPLER — now1-largel- enterprise Low Level Combat? Toy manufacturers report sale of combat toys on the Increase Chain Store Age says the combat toy craze “exploded fast “steadily gaining fire power through spring and summer months” It looks now as if military toys will rival and perhaps exceed the normally predominant volume of doll sales Emphasis is on toys applicable to jungle and guerrilla warfare — firearms hand If grenades mortars Some may interpret this as a reflection of an increasing adult American belligerence —a la those who cry for Mao’s beard and Khrublood Ho Chi-minh- ’s shchev’s blubber On the other hand the shift away from space age equipment could indicate youthful as well as adult "determination to keep the conflict with communism down to a relatively low key —and low mortality — jungle level IIow Honorable the Men 3 This lively witty and sometimes caustic review of prire-fixin- g conspiracies in indus-tr- y improprieties of public officials and television quiz show rigging is interesting backunfolding cases ground of Bobby Baker and former Navy Secretary Korth to-t- MR’ KORTH resigned seeing nothing wrong with using his position of prestige to advance the interests of the Fort Worth bank he formerly headed And his attitude if net his words matched that of Harold E Talbott Air Force secretary in the Eisenhower Administration who when fin- ally ejected wisecracked: “Do right and don’t write” Down through the last half those century caught with their fingers In the cookie Jar inariably have asked “Who me?” anyway ” ’ ' Things really haven’t been so bad however the author implies “We have enjoyed no case of bribery on h high level for some time no national resources have been unlawfully bartered away to private parties despite the customary campaign fulmina- tions and a earless congressman or two there has been no major instance of unmitigated corruption for quite a while Numbers of officials have gotten into trouble but rarely has one been charged with a crime more often the embarrassed officeholder has been taken to task for "improprie’’ ties’ ADAMS and Goldfine ex-T- star Herbert Stempel President Newberg who couldn’t Mack shake off the habits of his native Florida while an FCC Richie : commissioner Ed Mansure of General Services Adminis-stratio- n and Dr Henry Welch who plugged -- drugs in his “scientific’’ writings while on the staff of the Food and Drug Administration are all stars in a sleazy drama “Congressmen more delicate have grown electric turbines author neglects Con- gress in his satiric expose but lie wraps up the situation neatly in one parenthetical “The watchdog paragraph: congressmen for their part can with impunity hold shares in all manner of businesses from oil wells to television stations and never think of disqualifying themselves from a vote on issues affecting their property they get off stock-fre- e as it were” IIE ADDS later however: Buckley Just remember corporations have grown bigger and stayed more or less respectable And nearly everyone liberal and conservative alike pays the law homage and for quite reasons becomes upset Greece Goodman's sdmewhat chaotic summary of conspiracies and improprieties that things are likely to improve beneath the surface anyway -- E H Linford ”1 (19 16) Iran and Palestine Kashmir (1949) Indonesia (1949) Korea (1950-53- ) Suez (1956) Lebanon (1938) Laos (1959) and The Congo (I960 to date) Quite a record flor a “farce”! Incidentally" for just ordinary folks—conservative or liberal— perhaps an ordinary English translation of some of Buckley's more impassioned prose might be helpful Whca-£- e wrote abQUtLl when it is violated One finds scant hope in Mr - d By Our Readers enthusiasm with which the chiliasts continue ” all he meant to fawn to say was that the believers In an eventual time of perfect governmenf ’who seek favor with the UN by slavish opaque flattery exhibit excitement that is hard to understand Now aren’t you glad that you didn’t know what he was talk-ir- c about in the first place? ELI M OBOLER Pocatello Idaho Moral Challenger' Editor Tribune: Without the clement of moral challenge human nature deteriorates into its worst characteristics: cor- ruption and tyranny Unchallenged long enough govern- ments both local and national Forum Rules Letter are welcome but they 'must bear the writer’ correct name and addren to be published Name wilt be withheld on request but preference Is given letters submitted for publication over the writer’s true name Letters are subject t condensation when space limitations require It lapse into political degeneracy For governments the end is' untrammeled powerTFor the people poverty persecution and suffering The role of the challenger is not a pleasant one He must have unusual stamina intelligence and courage The of each gen- well-bein- g eration depends upon the number of moral challengers it produces These will question scrutinize and fearlessly cry out against abuse of power In all ages of the world these are the leaders who have pre- served for us the good things we enjoy In our day Mayor J Bracken Lee is one of those who have filled this role with distinction In state and city government he has been a positive and cleansing force He is a gifted administrator Both state and city government is better because he has been a part of them His voice is heard with respect nationally With the signs of decay everywhere leaders of his stature are far too few If we reelect him we shall have everything fo gain 'Grace Johnson Reversing Trend Editor Tribune: Having read the editorial “Industrial School Study” (Oc( 25)" I would like to take issue with the statement: “Experience proves that most of those sent to the industrial school can be rehabilitated — and we think this is more apt to occur under a program which is persuasive and educational rather than punitive” The statement would seem to make “rehabilitation” or “punishment’' an either-o- r proposition: Either we persuade the juvenile offender or we punish him Nothing could be further from the truth Common sense should tell us that punishment merely for Small World (1948) nt rVi is enough to know that the United Nations has been the prime factor in keeping the world from a third— and maybe final —world war on at least nine occasions since its beginning 18 years ago Act irifr This is - Under the Sherman Anti-Tru- effusion being given only one vote in the General Assembly of the United Nations but utterly neglects to point oul that in the UN Security Council— where major policy decisions are made— the US along with the four other permanent members of the council have a veto power He also failed to say that all resolutions adopted by UN bodies except the Security Council are in the form of recommendations with no binding power To call the UN a “farce” —as Buckley does— is as liable to proof as Walker's recent declaration that the UN has “liquidated” the Congress of the United States Surely Yale graduate A SECTION titled “Business: A Way of Life” tells about the electrical equipment manufacturers whose vice presidents went to jail for un- poorly pathetic Charles Van Doren Buckley about as sensible as most of Its predecessors He rants and raves about the dangers Inherent in the United States about pushing throughmeasures in their own interest or that of their close patrons since Warren G Harding was known as the Standard Oil senator but they remain alert to the needs of those of their constituents be it the natural gas industry or Billie Sol Estes who can afford to finance their campaigns” tale of and his Is fellow “irresponsibles” a special chapter in gien which mass media come off The Tribune: Editor week’s lawful price fixing (All they did was to try to eliminate price competition in their field After all Congress is all set to pass the Fair Trade Bill which does much the same thing for smaller appliances) Every housewife says Mr Goodman is aware that identical pricing is not confined to The the-cou- Buckley’s ‘Farce’ Corruption in American Life Reviewed “All Honorable Men: Corruption and Compromise In American Life” by Walter Atlantic - Little Goodman Broun 311 pp $595 Part of County Editor Tribune: Recently I’ve heard several people say In almost the same words “ If Sait Lake City wants a civic decree Only human obstructions now delay the project which is surely inevitable if only to provide conservation and orderly use of the Virgin River system wasted and to give a needed shot in the arm to the area rich in resources and -- Ike I campaigned for you in 1952 even though I didn’t know what your position was oil anything!’ i - ’ flow will continue i— ‘ i despite his disloyalty grace that characterized President Diem’s rejection of the counsels of his American benefactors r- ’ re- The strains between the Kremlin and Cuba are much like those that exist between the Kennedy Administration and South Viet Nam Fidel Castro Is responding to the advice of the Soviets who have made his survival possible with the same lack of - The expense of maintaining the troops in Europe is one of the principal causes of the drain on the dollar It also makes for huge military budgets West Germany now has 12 divisions in being That could be an argument for a corresponding reduction in the number of US troops But the Germans do not see it that way They consider the pres- ence of the troops as the best possible backing of the American promise to come to Europe’s defense Moreover they might regard a troop reduction as upholding General de Gaulle's skepticism of Amer- — lean “pledges! dispute matched by their international obligations to Moscow Long jealous of the resources being poured Into Cuba they are clearly restless at the prospect that the bans ‘ " logic In the European Satellites who believe their obligations as nationalists are at least the p-- rt condi-tion- of ports that the Soviets are preparing to cut their lifeline of' material s u P o r t to the struggling Cu- West German fears that US troops be withdrawn reached such a pitch that President Kennedy found it necessary to givebis personal pledge that there would be no reduction in fighting strength US ground fdrces in Europe the bulk of them in West Germany number about 250000 men Some changes may be made Mr Kennedy said including the possible withdrawal of some supply forpes but combat strength will be maintained In fact the President added the six combat AN OBSTACLE in the way of condivisions sent to Germany during the BerDixie Project until recently 's trading-th- e lin crisis of 1961 will be kept there as is its location in the Lower Colorado River well as the six combat divisions pledged Basin where no compact exists between to the' North "Atlantic Treaty Organiza- - the states as to water use and no formal tion basin account has been set up by the US Bureau of Reclamation The US Supreme to unfulwill be offset The purpose Court’s recent refusal to reconsider Its filled pledges of other NATO members decision on the Califomia-Arlzon- a litigaHeavy pressures are building up In tion over Lower Basin waters should Uft this country for a reduction of forces this and related projects from their prehowever And this is partly due to Eu-- : vious questionable status The master aprope’s laxness in its own defense pointed by the Supreme Court held that ' Why it is being asked in Congress tributary streams such as the Virgin were not at issue in the Lower Basin dispute and elsewhere should the United States His finding eeamea part of the final bear the major share of the burden? - would most the British THE' MAIN PURPOSE of the Dixie project however is to regulate the flow of the Virgin River system It would provide supplemental irrigation for 9445 acres of farm land presently under some cultivation and a full supply for 11615 acres of new land now Dixie as the St George - Santa Clara area has been called since before the first colonizing mission went there In 1861 Is unique for the varieties of fruits and nuts and farm produce which can be grown there when water is available For more than a decade southern Utah has suffered from severe drought This has demonstrated dramatically that harnessing the Virgin River system is essential for the stability and growth of the area’s economy History shows that the watershed of the Virgin is also subject periodically to torrential rainstprms which have resulted in devastating damage to farms and homes as well as a tremendous loss of precious water semi-dese- and evidence Cedar City in Iron County is scheduled to benefit to the extent of 8000 acre feet of water annually for municipal and Industrial purposes $t George would receive 5000 acre feet i - sions have clearly developed between Moscow and Havana Major benefits of the project would accrue to Washington County where the main facilities would be located (D-Col- ten- WASHINGTON-Stro- ng irrigation facilities have been repeatedly destroyed by flash floods all emphasizing the need for a larger centralized program to control the stream and its tributary ’'“" J the Santa Clara The Senate’s unanimous approval of the Dixie Reclamation Project in south- western Utah should be applauded in this states of the West '’ and other semi-ariThe bill now goes to the House where a subcommittee has held a hearing on a I similar bill and where prospects of pass- age this session of Congress would be brightened if the attitude of Representa- chairman of the tive Aspinall more friendly were Committee Interior ( ‘ DIEM AND Castro hatfe the comfort of knowing that the big nations are tied by prestige and geopolitics to their little countries in spite of all their ingratitude and intractability Both places are footholds In remote continents and their abandonment “would carry a stigma of defeat which e neither major powers can afford of-th- There is a saying now in central Europe that “the childish way is the Cuban way” Castro is fast 'losing his standing as a Communist among real Communists He proclaimed Cuba a Marxist state in July 1961 but he began to turn away within a Cuban year from the — old-lin- e Communists Today according to close observers like Ernst Halperin these Communists still hold offices in the ministries but they are not influential with Castro in determining major policies His close associates are the guerrilla veterans discerned to be more radical aggressive and than many of the real Communists in Latin America j i “ Castro seemed ready after his spring visit to Russia to try doing things the Soviet way ® t the sake of punishment or reHe talked to his people work and economy-buildinvenge is detrimental and useless By the same token perKhrushchev had planned to instead of fomenting revosuasion and education Cuba in October and his by go-tlution He spoke of past misthemselves are not highly ef- trip’s -- postponement suggests takes and future remedies and— fective It is far easier for a the reaction In the Kremlin to tried to relay Khrushchev’s juvenile offender to continue Castro’s most recent Intransimessage that it was time for the pattern of behavior which gence a refusal to sign the Cuba to settle down he has already established test ban But the warmth of the visit than to break with this pattern off as Castro realized wore ONLY FOUR other Commuin favor of some promised rethat he had "been given a ward which he has never ex- nist nations have similarly redenied an perienced — particularly when fused: China and Albania who heady reception but increased level of aid or conhe knows he won’t be pen- are now out flat against coalized anyway existence North Korea and trol of the Communist movement In South America He The obvious solution and North Viet Nam whose offione which has been proved in cials feel too close to Peking began to urge again the vioin which Helena Mont is to apply and too dependent upon Mos- - lent -r- evolutionsmost Latin Communists do punitive measures when necescow to risk a choice between not see their future and to sary '(and only when necesthem minimize the constructive doan sary) 'thus providing CASTRO IS resisting the test mestic efforts which are the unpleasant alternative to rehaas the first step of a thaw ban bilitation far more attractive Soviets’ only hope of easing and the juvenile is lar more that is unlikely to include him the burden of Cuba likely to cooperate In his own He talked of improving relaUNABLE TO make Cuba a tions with the United States rehabilitation last April before he went to missile base a model Commu- - -The entire history of rehabilitation pror Moscow and again in June nist state or even a tractable after he got home But the ally the Soviets must somegrams has shown conclusively times wonder at the wisdom that although they succeed in American government stifof their involvement on the some cases there is not a sinfened its hostility in a series island They can threaten the gle state in the Union where of moves throughout the sumthis approach has been able to mer and thus evinced its deflow of aid and remonstrate with Castro but they cannot hlt much less reverse the termination against upward trend in juvenile with Castro whatever in the -- final analysis leave crime Cuba to its fate comes of the negotiations with By sharp contrast the only Russia Castrt for his part seems area - in - the- - United - States ““Castro’s determined to go his own prag-which has succeeded in actualinfuriates loyal Communists matic and erratic way ly reversing the upward trend is Judge Loble’s district (population 50000) of Helena Here by combining the services provided by the Welfare DepartBy Ham Park ment with the alternative of and the requirepunishment Blessed be letters— they are Notes on Cuff Department ment of restitution Judge the monitors and they are also Whenever I reacj articles Loble has been able to do the comforters— Donald Grant that defend deficit spending what no one else in the United Mitchell I think of Heinrich Heine's States has done He has not monkey which was found one In the Mail only stopped the upward trend day seated by the fire ands in juvenile crime but he has Howdy Ham! cooking his own tail in a copstarted a rapid downward Greasewood Callahan’s per kettle for supper trend In the first 18 months Louise d young sister-in-laof his program the juvenile It h‘as been said that it’s posus for the three felony rate dropped 49 last sible to possess too much A days y rate dropped 68 week She is a man with one watch knows and the juvenile traffic violaredhead what time it is a man with chic tions (speeding drag racing and looks two watches is never sure right etc) dropped 75 in a smart Let’s not argue with succeHenry Thoreau said we bright green should beware of all enter- ss-let’s imitate it! dress FRANK S VELLEK prises that require new All the rest of clothes But I’ll bet that when us were wonBrigham City Utah said that his weight hadn’t he dering how we shrunk from 185 pounds to 140 Red Conspiracy? could wangle a Editor Tribune: I note a proper intro-ductio- n Anyway I've had my one and only suit altered to fit my when Manuel Gonzaga news story of an interview with Ezra Taft Benson mNew Nunez (best looking Don Juan present shape Then being Orleans Oct 27 in which he outside Mexico and head cook unable to resist the combined pressure of the Missus Doug categorically states first his at the mine boarding house) Gill and Stan Warren I’ve had his with draw fast a of to the wheat sale pulled opposition a new suit put in the lay away to Russia second that the gyitar and serenaded Louise However own I am not going to his of with a this in composition present racial strife have it fitted until I am reaMio” called he “Louisa which Communist-Sof a is part country She smiled blew him a kiss sonably sure my weight will ocialist conspiracy third remain status quo that the John Birch Society is and tossed him’ a of one her inside muffin highthe most effective Sad Girl Graduate ly perfumed hankies group opposing communism next I said “Manuel” day studied I’ve brief Chaucer and May I make a few Homer and Dante comments? First admittedly “I’ll bet you’ll keep that hanI quote lines of Shakespearean the sale of wheat to Russia is kie as long as you live” “Si Hardrock I keep it” not a simple’ problem It is parts I speak foreign languages still a matter of controversy! he answered thoughtfully “but you know what? The known the world over yet after weeks of deliberation e n o r i t a maybe deed not s I’m a master of Liberal Arts in and out of government it is favored by a ratio of two to know but j?he has weevils in I know biology physics all ” her sciences one We’re spending millions Be careful Old Timer Each little mark on the map to reach the minds and hearts —Hardrock Harrigan I know all the wars that are of people behind the Iron Curtain We also stand before the taught in our histories But still I'm considered a sap rest of the world as champions I've studied most everything of human values and have printed for reading many times willingly contribAn orthopedist recommends And now I am ready to sob uted to human needs Is it not true that wheat sold to Russia the rocking chair for good They all want experience they ' health But what do the ocuMUST have experience and used to feed hungry peolists say about the way you So here I am minus a job ple may bq at least a fair gamble in the softening up process keep shifting lenses in your I’ve wandered all over to seek bifocals as you rock back and a position going on daily behind the ComAs manager teacher or clerk munist lines? The presence of forth in front of the TV set? American wheat will be a conThey tell me my schooling is Vests are coming back but better than average crete evidence of our superior been so long away they’ve But still they won’t put me to production and business sense we’ve forgotten what we used work The racial conflict has been to keep in the pockets So after my yearning and ' going on more than 100 years obcl dreaming and learning It began before communism The winner of the was heard of by the average ’peace prize says the idea of I fear that the past I shall rue For really I might have been American Many years ago going to the moon is ridicusuch writers as Ellen Glascow gaining experience— lous Maybe so but from down Joel Chandler Harris and here it looks like there plight Now what is a poor girl to do? —Isabelle Schultze See Tage 15 Column 1 be a lot of peace up there of'-har- d g -- attitude-particular--- ly — Senator From Sandpit vis-ite- non-felon- corn-meal h - corn-meal!- Soaper Says -- Not So Silent Sphinx A 1 A 0k |
