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Show Bruce Biossat LBJ’Ship’: Taut But Not Happy SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1966 Today's Editorials + Magicand SpiritofChristmas is not a “happy ship.” They believe the resignation of,top aid Bill D. Moyers focuses It’s Christmas, 1966. Not the there are those who criticize the merriest Christmas within mem- giving of gifts; who debunk the Christmas card and greeting tra- a day of thanks, of joy, and of hope. The storied “peace on earth, at every turn. Maybe someills have crept into doesn't exist in many parts of the world, and won't unti] men can thing so big and so universally observed. But don’t let anybodytell fresh attention on the problem, even though they do not ques- tion the legitimacy of the personal-financial reasons he gave for. his impending departure. Moyers is said to have been the center of White House infighting from tite to time. So, war, but Christmas nevertheless— dition; who cry “commercialism” the commemoration of Christmas. good will toward men”definitely This is bound to happen with any- of course, is Myron Watson, the President’s appointments secretary and political helper. Internal staff discriptions of still another aide, Joseph Califano, sometimes include the word “ruthless.” The President does not seem to have been as successful as he was earlier in his term at giving some of his aides the Acind- of direct tine -to-him-whict provides satisfactions rich enough to blurr intra-staff differences. When the open line exists, each man thus privileged feels he has a special niche in the Presidents sphere and tends to fret less over the competing activities of others. Moyer’s resignatian -raises other major points, Since he is the last of the original Johnson men to go, it has a painful air of finality aboutit. Without his ing aud often imaginative services, the president is Jeft largely in the hands of “‘ach. fever” technicians witha low quotient of creative ideas. jose who know jearn to share and to-love and to you that all greetings are imper‘we commemorate at this time, Everyone—every man, woman, and child—can contribute to the over-all objective of peace on earth sonal and perfunctory; that all giving is governed by protocol, « custom or obligation; or that the (and that means peace at home as well as abroad, by their own acts, day by day. When a person says a kind word or performs a generous deed he is, in very essence, furthering the cause of “good will among men.” In this season, particularly, generous and kind acts are legion. One example has been the 22nd spirit of the yuletide is phony or manipulated at-will by the gods of profit. 4 Christmas is a holiday with eaning in —the—lives of most: people and will be worthwhile as long as it influences us to give, to be more thoughtful, to be mind... ful of the needs of our fellow men, and, to accept the challenge of working in very deed for “peace on earth, good will toward men.” Such spirit and attitude are annual Herald-Firemen Sub-for- part of the magic of Christmas, Santa program in which individu. ‘When theyare applied in the lives als and clubs and organizations of all men the year around, then stepped forward to and Frank (Lefty) Cole, assistant fire become a tradi. tion in the Provo area, The honor roll of contributors—published in Friday’s paper — includes clubs, True Spirit Of Christmas lodges, students, and many citi- Two little Catholic girls in the sens workingstrictly as individu- Pittsburgh suburb of Swissvale als. Asa result of their taste to speak ill of. In Utah I know of only one to whom everyone must geniiflect, But Quotes In The News 3 ' nH learned that someone had stolen erosity, the figure of the Christ Child from have & 8 nativity scene outside a Prototherwise estant church, wan i: atti aeife pitti t ia i i i il : ; i ser ZNO UNECE N AE RSE voluntarily earth will approach the utopia provide much-needed assistance stage you can expect that for 142 families with 518 children. elusive and condition-known as world program — coordinated unpeace to become, indeed, a reality. der the direction of Theron H. Luke, city editor of the Herald, So entirely on their own, Mari- ce on a dey when theeyes lyn Strutt, 10, and her sister Mary child should be lighted Jane, 8, took their beloved baby Christ has been quoted as doll to the pastor of the church— a complete id offered it as a replacement for the missing © 3 By United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) —Fire Chief John T. O'Hagan, on the. rescue of seven. firemen, entombed when a blazing fourstory building collapsed: “Tt was a bit of Christmas luck that saved the seven men.” aeekée EE zZ JERUSALEM (UPI) —Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol, issuing a warning to the ~Arab world against border attacks: “The army is intensifying its readiness not only to repulse an enemy but to carry war into his territory if necessary.” *. i : E Fe e How er, his request for a lie detector test should be granted so that the record on President Kennedy’s assassination may contain Ruby's statement.” ¥3 z = g = as they are than the Far West. But I wanted to make this a column of sweetness and light. The only people I have talked to at-all was a nice killed in Vietnam not claimed by a relative:“He was one of ours for eight years. He was good enough for us_and if relatives.don't appear we will bury him with full military honors, like any other fallen soldier.” Usually, I consider Christmas to be for the birds, but Sammie, my lone companion during the daytime hours, disagrees_em, and does her level two things—brutal hours and rough treatment. Johnson reallylives two days in one, with a nap in between. He brushes: past mealtimes almost as if eating were a flawin human -behavior. He expects staff people to imitate this performanec, On his fall trip :o Asia, accompanying aide Moyers averaged just three hoursot sleep a night for a fortnight or more. Subtly, another? factor may be creeping in, For all the loyalty some aides have given and are giving, they may be conciously or unconsciously affected by the President’s dimished. image ‘n the public’s eyes. That image has suffered acutely on many counts in 1966. Furthermore, since Lyndon Johnsonis so much the one-man band, staff menare .1ot bound to him as closely as might other- Editor Herald: I think there is entirely too much -back-biting about President Johnson on radio, television, and in the press. It is unbelievable how many People know so cotton-picking much about how to run the government. Yet they know so little everyone is trying to get into the act. I would like to point out that President Johnson is our president just the same as Eisenhower and the rest of them — and it is our listening to -his newscast recently I am thoroughly convinced “he is just like Barry Goldwater. and Richard Nixon —too much to say about how the government should be run. Tf they would lay off all the mud slinging and just take things in stride they would stand a much better chance. Let's not forget that Mer. Johnson is our president, right or wrong. W. K.Forshee * 545 N. 800 E., Prove WayneAllen AddsTribute To Walt Disney costs of war in money and human lives would be if the war were to come to the United States. It probably would be 100 times greater if it were : iifiiii keer z nESs 5 rll zirae = g Potential candidate for president in Mr, Romney, but after ee unease SAIGON (UPI)— Bui Diem, secretary of state for forei aéfsire ‘and one of Premicr + and horrifying night on Bald Mountain, My life was full of shaggy dogs and Precocious cats, from Siamese regular to any ies = eter Sens ? rele i i8iiha efiit rf vial i= 2 il e E #% g2 ier zg if RE. old in flavor by now—center on found. £ 3 43 oe: = ly. On the -heels of. Moyers’ announcement, some sho knew and deal with the staff could not quite shake off the idea that Johnson_may have passed a signal that he does not intend to run again in 1968. Inevitably, there is a certain tendency also to lay heavy blameat his door as too hard a taskmaster. The complaints— Speaking of the GOP, I did think, for_s-while, that-maybe the Republicans did have a § igi ag 0, the speculation ranges wide- fought here at home, One must amp out communiem wherei TOKYO —Hanoi Mayor Trang EREZEX : ipi i agi Fs a Fe a z E if eg 5 ze at 8 = yt 8 EE ay et cf g z aie a e 4 ay? £B 2 i E z il E n ie i “it ii i i | i i fi i i ql i ae 5 feel reverent or have toward i. An: just because & Christmas spirit, Just because I Teave the house every Christmas Carols, doesn’ RE ifs iF 5 i. rt i = aig 4 hiti ELITE i f E i ke fel!_ anyway, Merry Christmas to. fellow Scrooges. That's what Double N ~ -talis me but I really thinks she means ‘Scrounger’ — it just-comes out can’t figure out-why she way either — I really do staff butto vital department and agencyposts all over Washington. As to why this should he . Back-Biting About Johnson Deplored by Provo Citizen the same as we have all the rest of the presidents, Of course he has made some mistakes.On_the other hand, who hasn’t? There is an old saying that the man that never made a mistake never did any- SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) —A US. Armyofficer, on the body Richard F, timeshaslost a good deal more of what was never really a strong power to attract good men—not only to his. immediate “Who is lett and who is going come?” lamented one longtime friend of the President. A definite feeling exists among some knowledgeable sources solemn duty to stand~by him i z BE aFTEEERE? F Hee s ; it be wonderful if everyone tried? i E t iji i xF3 iPt li i ai: f 2 ig3 iE Hi i \ He t él iL i i AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) —Texas Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr, on a request- of Jack Ruby: “Having represented Texas before the Warren i 5 z ae z eloquently than this. But wouldn’t iets were eh Hf s I, will be hard for anyone to translate the Christmas spirit into E s 8 g one people, but to all people.” Why did the girls give away their doll “Because they didn’t have one.” reese gee? fact that the Savior belongs not to i Li F It 3 ; Bz The Rev. George W. E. Nickelsgratefully accepted the doll on behalf of the Trinity Lutheran Church with this comment: “T think it’s illustrative of the i i"5 figure. here one may even laugh at a Sacred Cow occasionally, because California has a great varisty of irreverent people. I am speaking now of California, not Los Angeles, , I waded through the Los Angeles Times this morning, and failed to find one funny thing in it, except one columnist who the Governor Wallace mignt defeat the next Republican nominee for President by dividing the South, and come to think about it that is not so very funny, or even far-fetched. The South is little more reactionary and devoted to things that the President in recent rege ory for us because of the Vietnam be concerned for each other—principals taught by Him whose birth WASHINGTON (NEA) Some sources who know members of Presidnt Johnson's White House staff insist these days it dae Be ative |