| Show t irrv r yy r r ry ® be v -- w -- T yyyyrt ' - vvr rr -- T r--- Let’s See More of Each Salt £ afo ffibitiw r - -r ry y- Other our-opinio- THE PROPOSAL FOLLOWS the general lines of a plan advanced by The Salt Lake Tribune November 25 in the wake of the assassination of President Kennedy An editorial pointed to ambiguities remaining in the Constitution regarding presidential succession and weaknesses in putting the speaker of the House of Rep- resentatives next in line to succeed the Recurring Smog The persistent fog in the Salt Lake Valley should spur every reasonable effort to minimize the possible public health 1 problem from air pollution Although scientists are not completely u agreed as to how the pollution process oc-iwell known is cures it curs or on effective that a frequent “temperature inversion” state of the atmosphere In 'the Salt Lake ’ Valley and adjoining northern Utah communities this time of year is similar to that of the Los Angeles area While the condition may be more depressing and dangerous to transportation than “poisonous” the dread potential of combined fog and contaminants is dramatized for all to see and feel TONS OF AERIAL pollutants — hydrocarbons other chemicals smoke and dust —breathed in annually by city dwellers— irritate eyes throats and nasal passages 'often cause chronic bronchitis and could contribute to lung cancer Metropolitan Salt Lake City long has posed the anomaly in which corporate Salt Lake City effectively controls smoke from home heating refuse burning and industry but urban Salt Lake County which probably has as many sources of pollution does not The Utah Legislative Council’s Air Pollution Advisory Committee has had the problem under study for years and a research project is under way at the - University of Utah Collecting making available and publicizing scientific data uncovered elsewhere is an important local project because the problem is gen- eral throughout urban areas Some of the pollution comes from automobile exhausts California has acted to require installation of devices on automobiles to reduce this source of pollution but the results are questionable so far Every practical control known to be effective should be considered in attacking the Utah air pollution problem After 30 Years Thirty years ago today Utah despite Its historic traditions was the 36th state to vote repeal of prohibition thus wiping the 18th Amendment off the books ' It was no illogical action for Utah along with the rest of the nation had found after nearly 14 years of experiment that prohibition simply didn’t prohibit It was estimated that per capita consumption of alcohol despite prohibition amounted to 171 gallons per person — higher incidentally than the 128 gallons consumed in the US in 1959 after repeal Today all but one state (Mississippi) hasleganiqubf— and we have It" on reliable authority that Mississippi simply looks the other way while it collects a hefty “black market” tax on the illegal sale of spirits As a matter of fact "despite widespread social drinking today there is nothing like the heavy drinking of a century and more ago when liquor was cheap plentiful and consumption per capita more than double that of today All of which proves that education and enlightenment are far more potent influences than laws and policemen's clubs when it comes to good moral ethical and physical traits and habits s anti-alcoh- ol By Our Readers Capitol Basement Visiting Cartoonist em-ploy- The Ayres plan would pertain if a vice president succeeded to the presidency (as Lyndon Johnson has) or if the vice president died or became un- able to carry out his duties We are convinced that the amendment or a related one to be submitted jointly with it should also clearly and definitely spell out the means of determining the disability of either" the president or vice president and also when such disability might end The Constitution and the United States Code provide well— up to a point— for the sequence if a president dies But a troublesome question remains as to what happens if a president or his successor by law Is gravely ill or mentally Marquis Childs A time limit should be set for the Senate to name a vice president from the list suggested by the President providing that failure to act within the specified time would permit the executive himself to choose the vice president ARGUING FOR TnE present line of succession President Truman in 1945 pointed out that under the 1886 succession law he would be In position to name his own successor by cabinet appointment Actually1 presidential candidates usually name their choice for vice president That is tantamount to choosing a successor If President Johnson should die the report said he would be succeeded by Speaker McCormack If McCormack should himself die after succeeding to the presidency the successor would not necessarily be the president pro tempore of the Senate (currently Carl Hayden of Arizona) Actually the succession would continue to go to the speaker of the House if the House continued to elect one EVER SINCE TIIE first president died in office (Harrison in 1840) proposals have been made that the vice president should hold the position only temporarily with a new president elected at the next general election We believe this would be altogether too disruptive and that it would adversely affect the orderly nearly automatic succession to the presidency which has worked well for more than a century After the shocks of President Roosevelt’s death less than three months after he started his fourth term the attempt on President Truman’s life Mr Elsenhower’s three serious Illnesses and the shocking assassination of President Kennedy Congress and people need no additional demonstration of the serious loopholes in the constitutional provisions for succession They should be quickly and effectively filled -- Propriety Mrs Lyndon B Johnson the new First Lady has just set an example which all persons In public office would do well to note She has transferred her controlling interest in a Texas radio and television station to trustees and will have no further voice in the management of the company The action was taken Mrs Johnson explained to “set her house in order” because of her new role She did not think it proper to be in the radio-Tbusiness' since her husband the President can appoint members of the Federal Communications Commission There was no "conflict of interest” law compelling Mrs Johnson to do what she did Her decision was freely reached All the more reason for applauding her strong sense of propriety! Mrs Johnson lias made an excellent beginning as First Lady of the United DC — Around headquarters they’ve quit trying to sell TVA and started trying to get rid Gold-wat- er of NAR — Nelson A Rockefeller Ode to the Ideal Christmas gift: A festive bit with gimmicks strange — and fash- ioned for a swift exchange Cheer up There are only about 110 days left till spring Question: Will Lyndon Johnson be one of the Baines of the Republicans’ ' Runner V m i m m0 ri - f- - With the Former political landscape shattered by the events of the- past 10 Knowland or- der presents a confusing and uncertain ture pic- The Republi- planned a campaign attacking the Kennedy dynasty It would be Interesting to know how many thousands or hundreds of thousands of those posters showing the three rocking chairs one for each of the Kennedy officeholders had already draft-Goldwat- been printed Chairman William Miller of the Republican National Committee was blasting the Kennedy family for permitting such indignities as the twist in the White House of the he said that “every American citizen has guaranteed rights and civil rights are more broad than racial rights” Predicting a quick and easy vic While Gov Nelson Rockefeller the only avowed can- Thought Is the property of those only who can entertain it— Emerson An Old Man’s Thoughts The world is full of trouble sorrow and suffering but after all it’s still a pretty good place and one from which few of U3Jtakeour ! departure ingly NO ONE had followed the stampede of the Goldwater ites to lock up the presidential nomination for their man with allegedly place where lead pencils have no eras-er- s where Ham Park there are no fire or police sirens no motor horns jackhammers piledrivers filling the air with nervewracking discordant sound where instrumental music is limited to harps and vocal music to chants and songs of praise There are no public relations counselors or lobbyists because everyone is on his own This information is given you so that when you get there you’ll know where you are The world also is filled with people who have little faith in the future of the human race Still I think if they will make it a point to return in a few million years hence they will find a number of changes The real criterion by which to judge one’s generation is: has it made life happier not has it created bigger and better monuments and pyramids for wiser generations to discover and destroy Notes on Cuff Department “Aren’t you ashamed to let your wife support you by doing such menial work?” asked He Is (lie only Republican ofto hold a high state-wid- e fice While Richard Nixon was being defeated for governor in 1962 by 250000 votes Kuchel was to the Senate by a majority of 750000 Senate speech he- spoke out against the extremists noisily infesting the right wing of California’s political brilliantly colored That speech and KUCHEL SAW those 6ame elements rushing in under cover of the Goldwater candidacy to take control of the party in California That was a development he could not view with detachment His role as the only Repub- -' lican who has had the approval of the voters Is directly at stake But the already complex picture was further complicated by a large and determined figure The man at the next desk says that he can just about predict what his Christmas gifts will be—two pipes a carton of cigarettes an ashtray a smoking jacket and copies of all the new books on the evils of 1 r ! A r ri will- Heaven is a greater apprehension than Sen Thomas Kuchat of California His associates felt that after the Christmas recess when he could consult with his political allies back home he would declare for Rockefeller as a rallying point Kuchel is unique in several respects 4 tory for Goldwater at the San Francisco convention Know-lan- d went on to say according to the newspaper reports that the senator from Arizona “will have all 86 delegates from California” This was a direct challenge to Kuchel The statement assumed that Knowland would determine the fate of the delegation of the largest state in the Union And that state according to the reckoning of the recent past could have been the key not only to the nomination but to the election That was the past The Republican Party In 1964 cannot run against the Kennedy dynasty President Johnson will be a difficult target to fix on since he will have been in the office so short a time before the election If the Republican Party has a hopeful future In the coming year it rests with men like Sen Kuchel and Gov Rockefeller That is to say with men who know what it takes to win elections Senator From Sandpit By Ham Park didate for the nomination was calling for a constructive alternative to the Kennedy policies he seemed then to be a voice crying in the wilderness But even before the tragedy conscientious R e p u had become deeply disturbed by the growing power of the forces within their party bent on pursuing a course from which there could be no turning back rn nation” He was also applauded when In short every sign was that it would be made an intensely personal campaign spectrum F ALTHOUGH Knowland lost the governorship by a million votes in 1958 he is still influential and his Oakland Tribune is one of the most powerful Republican organs in the state t Kuchel had been shown reports of a speech Knowland made in Mobile Ala to a organization To say he was dismayed is putting it mildly To a cheering audience ' Knowland was quoted as saying: “I believe that fat your hands and the other Southern states rests the salvation can high command largely taken over by the Goldwater wing of the In a forthright William er days the ruin of the old Sen had made himself the Paul Revere of the Gold-watmovement in California In his zeal he was making forays around the country warning that only Barry could halt the menace of the New Frontier point WASHINGTON In St Loult WASHINGTON one that followed won national attention and also letters of such virulence and violence as to document the senator’s By Fletcher Knebel Broken-fiel- d GOP Can’t Fight on ‘Dynasty Issue’ party had Congressional Quarterly recently corrected a misconception of the 1947 succession law air conditioning some employes allowed to work under such undesirable the-Senate The country should not go long without a vice president fully competent to succeed the president and there should be a workable system for promptly determining the disability of either for and heating for the State Capitol Now no one begrudges the state spending tax dollars to insure that officials and employes In the “upper regions” have more pleasant happier working situations Why don’t these same standards apply to all state employes? Why are PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN made from time to time that a special commission be set up and that with the advice of competent doctors it determine the capacity of a stricken president (or vice president to go on serving One recent plan called for the commission to include the vice president the speaker of the House the president pro tempore of of state and the two ranking members of each party in the House and Senate The vice president would have no vote but would be authorized to call the meeting to report the existing situation Potomac Fever — Engelhardt $300000 -- States fwsuwur Gorge Dam and Lake I think Editor Tribune: Why does the State of Utah as an employer condone or permit unfavorable working conditions for some of its employes? As a regulating agency” the state' would condemn a private eim ployer Who permitted his to labor In unventilated unhealthy Infested areas We refer to the letter from "The Mole” In your Nov 18 Public Forum concerning the state’s plan to spend over president Too often the speaker gains his position through seniority is elderly and not physically able td Withstand the de-- ‘ mands of t the office of chief- executive A Sense of yy The Public Forum Best Way to Fill Succession Loopholes The proposal for a constitutional amendment authorizing the Senate to fill ‘ ' the "office "of "vice president” whenever it is an excellent - is vacated n in one Under the bill filed by Representative the Senate would elect a Ayres new vice president from a list of three to five names submitted by the president Thus the nation would be assured that never for any long period would it be without a vice president to succeed to the nation’s highest office y yyvt -v Thursday Morning December 5 1963 Page 18 A r TT-Tyry-yr- 0 the judge of a man who’d been arrested for vagrancy “Yes your honor” he replied “but there isn’t much I can do about it She’s too ignorant to do anything else” A good husband is one who stands by his wife in troubles she wouldn’t have if she hadn’t married him dangerous distasteful conditions? Why the discrimination or is it utter disregard? After reading the Nov 18 letter we made a quick tour of the basement of the State Capitol - The Mole didn’t exaggerate a bit! A quick tour was all we could stand We Inquired and found that many have been working there for years (weeks would be too long) and there seems to" be no plans laid to furnish better quarters If the state only responds to public pressure and condemnation of its inequitable practices we sincerely hope there is enough generated to bring desired results— a quick resolution of this serious health and moral menace to a neglected group of state employes Have the responsible officials taken a look lately at these disgraceful working conditions? L V G HAMSON Kaysville Utah Premature Action Editor Tribune: Your fine editorial Dec 1 points up the issues well in connection with the County Commission’s action in announcing selection of a civic1 center architect As a concerned citizen however I feel I must express my own dismay We are entitled to more mature more professional management of community affairs than is evidenced in this move by Mr Jenson and his colleagues Political interests may have Influenced them to disregard the legal opinion they requested self confidence may have moved them to dismiss the AIA recommendations without adequate study consummate shortsightedness may have led them to the conclusion premature appointment of an architect would hasten the fruition of the project but there can be no excuse in the final analysis not even ignorance for subordinating the public interest to what appears to be satisfaction of their own personal political motivations Assuming the commissioners will rescind their act recognizing the Indignation stirred by it among the public and assuming we are all agreed that the competence of the architects they had named Is not In how then can the question commission serve best to the program with judgment and haste? Obviously the thoughtful methodical appointment of auditorium board members is the first step We citizens hope fervently that the' commission will rise above petty sectional Interests and will have the wisdom and conscience to appoint not only men of stature in business and community affairs but also their professional counterparts In aesthetic areas men whose devotion to cultural aspects and whose proved taste will help to assure us not only a financially sound project but one that will enrich our lives and those of our c h i 1 d r e n through its imagination and beauty Such a board then should lar I was young a popusaying was: “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” So the sociologists got busy and reversed the field Today It’s: “All play and no work makes Jack a juvenile delinquent” Then there was the guy who was so nervous that he had to take a tranquilizer to steady his hands' so he could open a bottle of sleeping pills Sometimes a man’s age can be determined by the degree of pain he suffers when he comes in contact with a new idea Quite often the peacemaker’s hardest job is to persuade the tolerant to tolerate the in- tolerant Airplane Mechanic are skilled in joining parts In complex combination To keep an airplane safe to His hands use For airway navigation He is adept in giving it Dynamic powered traction Accomplishing results that give Him prideful satisfaction Familiarized with fuselage fin Aileron stabilizer tube and cowling He rates as chief dviser His mind is trained to notice Pilot-stati- c flaws Which counteract flight motion Experience and knowledge bring Profession near devotion — Remelda Nielsen Gibson Tooele Utah maps and nobody can deny that but the dam itself is in —— Utah Mr Kennedy when he was fat Salt ' Lake City pulled the switbh that started the power at a ceremony at the airport I think it would be a fitting tribute to the late President and to the wonderful West to name this great dam after him Only a few historians in Utah remember Mr Ashley He already has a forest and other things named after him In a few years the Wyoming people will not remember the late Senator O’Mahoney very well but nobody in the whole Forum Rules Letter are welcome but to be publUhed they must be inbuilt-te- d exclusively to The Tribune correct and bear writer’s name and address Names are withheld If Imperative but preference Is riven signed letters and those not over ISO words Letters are subject to condensation when space limitations require it United States will ever forget our President Kennedy regardless of politics And this would certainly be a monument we could all be proud to present to the nation in his name MRS STEVE BUCHO Pinedale Wyo Wooded Area Periled Editor Tribune: With complete disregard for the best interests of all concerned the Granite School District is engaged in selecting a site for a new junior high school in the Cottonwood area The Cottonwoods are a beautiful area of our valley with age old trees and running streams Early settlers came to this area many years ago and have preserved its beauty and naturalness with concern for its uniqueness and loveliness New plantings have replaced the old decayed ones Pride and earnest endeavor have been a part of all the property owners Now comes the School Board and plans to swathe through a mile portion of this wooded spot and destroy nature’s rare handiwork There are other adequate acres available within the desired area that would be much more suitable for the purpose And less expensive too Land that would lend itself to the necessary amount of room for a junior high with its outside fields and etc Some gradual slopes where echoes of youth would lend an atmosphere of vigor and enthusiasm Is this not the more suitable place for a school? Could not the cooperation and consideration of all concerned unite to perform a more favorable act of democracy? that athletic non-politic- -- When now we all t have the answer Most of the water comes from Wyoming check the give conslderatlontothe other widely used and less arbitrary procedures for the selection of architects—a nationn al or even international for example— which would almost unquestionably result In greater value to the com-jetitio- people KEITH E MONTAGUE -- Lake Kennedy Urged Editor Tribune: Utah and have been arguing over a name for the Flaming Wyoming ball-groun- NAOMI WOOLLEY IIow Much Feeling? Editor Tribune: I have experienced unusual emotion involvement In the events of the presidential assass 1 n a ti o n Never have I been so dedicated to democratic principles the destiny of democratic peoples and my active participation I sense I have moved forward to greater democratic maturity Symbolically our nation was in part assassinated and in part It acted as assassin in part it stood intransigent for democratic principles of law and justice and in part it participated in violent anarchy The assassins and anarchists are as much a part of our nation as are the presidential office and our courts of justice’ The mature democrat cannot dismiss the fanatic as an anachronism of 20th Century democracy We must acknowledge that fanaticism and madness are part of our nation We must intelligently seek to cure the gangrene within us I am distressed with my state’s response during the emotionally packed period of mourning People appeared to show little grief beyond the death loss of an Individual who was a nationally-impor-tacelebrity Utah and some southern states played football and performed other such nonchalant activities One of the largest memorial services in See Page 9 Column 1 Other Viewpoints Piggyback to Prosperity — New York Herald Tribune: Mr Hoffa in his new national contract for truck drivers proposes that when a truck is dispatched by rail— “piggyback” as it is called— wages should be paid for a driver if one is available In other words the driver would be going piggyback too And since there would also be a fireman going piggyback on the railroad locomotive one can forsee an economy in which s millions of catch free rides on the who presumably are only waiting their turn to get a free ride on somebody else This used to be called featherbedding but we suggest that piggybacking might be the better term It’a more expressive somehow wage-taker- wage-earners- 4 A A a ri o8 r |
