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Show Editorial PageFeature Kidnap: New Latin America Terror Weapon Growthof Central Utah: “page 9S—THE SUNDAY HERALD, Provo, Utah Sunday, March 29, 1970 Other Side of Population Coin Dr. Roger 0, Egeberg, the nation’s “top doctor’ as assistant secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, last week said he favors abortion on demand as one method of stablizing America’s population. Sen. Robert W. Packwood, of Oregon, has introduced a bill limiting personal tax exemptions to three children in any family. And HEW Secretary Robert H. Finchhassaid that limiting families to two children is one way Americans can improve their environment All in all, despite the recent birth of the quintuplets in New York and the news about the British housewife who hopes to be thefirst in the world to have a test-tube baby, infants currently aren't considered “in” with those who worry aboutthis old world becoming overpopulated. They see seven billion people in the world in 30 years, twice as many as now. That would include 300 million in the United States, 650 million in Latin America, 4.25 billion on the Asian continent. And so you get suggestions like the above, and some more extreme— such as,for example, that there may haveto be a law limiting families to two children, or whatever number would keep the world’s population in balance. There is a dangerin all this. By concentrating too muchon limiting births, we might be devoting less effort to improving our environment and adapting it to the number of people we have. Although they are not perfect examples, consider how Belgium, the Netherlands and Japan have accommodated population densities far gveater than America’s. Belgium has 11,781 square miles and 9.63 million people, or 817 per square mile. The Netherlands spaces £10 persons per square mile between dikes and tulips. Japan, Within a span of less than a another nation which has made land usage a fine art, supports 708 persons per square mile The United States, on the other hand, has only 56 people per square mile, hardly elbowto elbow. Hunger is relatively unknown in Belgium, the Netherlands and Japan. In America, however, undernourished and hungry citizens can be found in numbers, despite the fact that in fiscal 1967-68, the U. S. Department of Agriculture paid $4.5 billion to farmers (mestly large corporate farms) to help stabilize their incomes, mainiy by cutting My phone rang. The secretary said: “There's a Mr. Koenig on '57. Will you take the call?” “Who's he,’ I asked. ‘Don’t know,”said Mrs. Vilsack, “but he is very firm about talking to you.” “OK,”I said, “puthim on...” “George Seidl here. May I help you?” “This is John L. Koenig.” The voice was young, deep determined, ..yet warm, ilenay. “Of course, John...but, about what?” “T want to run for Congress. I want you to help me.”” “What state and whatdistrict,” I asked. “That is what I wantto to talk to you about. Got to figure where I can win. How about 2 o’clock...your office? Mentally, I scratched my early-afternoon plan...after all, whoever he was, he sounded interesting. “John, I didn’t get your last name;I'll need it for the receptionist. How do you spell it?” He laughed: ‘Name like Seidl, and you can't spell Koenig...?”” I tried: “K-0-e-n-i-g?” “Sure!” “King, in English?” “Ja! Actually, it’s von Koenigsberg. Family came from Koenigsburg—East Prussia,” “How old are you, John?” “31.” I thought I would be funny: “Any relation to Don Quixote?”He chuckled...‘‘Nope, I know what T'm doing...notilt at windmills for me! OK then, see you at two...” He hung up. As I noted Koenig on my memopad, Mrs. Vilsack, tle Department Secretary handed me letter, which I opened... “Lam 12 yearsold. live in Huntsville. For & schoolproject, I want to write aboutriots. ree. i” tell me aboutriots. Yours,truly, Mike OK, I thought: Mike, I'll get to you this afternoon...after John. Meanwhile,I got to get on with Lee here...if lam going to ever get out this next issue of SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN IN PUBLIC ‘AIRS for our Women’s Director, Dorothy Flechtner. I looked at the typewriter where my copy for the lead article was pending. The head looked pretty good: Girl Powerin Action “WORK WITH, NOT FOR, PEOPLE The lead looked pretty good too: “WhenI see mycity,state or nation trying tc cope with problems of racial injustice, misunderstanding between generations, and political corruption, I think of my friend Rachel from Zambia who helped me rcll up tent flaps and kept everyone laughing.” So summarized Lee Emling, Senior Girl Scout of Jackson, Idiss., teenager, , and soon to graduate from Murrah High School. Recently, Lee shared commuuity problem- me a saa al “Now, if the Banks and Unions Help, Maybe We’il Be Able to Add a Roof!” children they can have, we run the risk of tampering with abasic humanright while negiecting social and economic meansat our disposal. I'samist The phonerang. Mrs.Vilsack’s voice: “It’s on ‘57... a little boy. Says he lives next door to you . . Shawn something, Donahue, Donahoe?” “Sean Donahoe,”I said, “I'll take it : : : a Sean.” “Hello, Mr. Seidl . . .” ‘There was a long pause. Oh, oh. .. I knew — Sean had been thinking again! I reflected it was his first day in First Grade. “Yes, Sean? How was school? “ “OK. but, Mr. Seidl . .. how can, anybody, get See-an out of Sean? They called me See-an -.”" (I could see I would have to think of something ... this little Irish-American obviously was having international problems ane) “Well, See-an, I mean Sean... you'll have to realize — lotsa people aren't educated — like you are, They just don't know Sean is pronounced like it was Shawn. Shawn Donahoe. Just tell ‘em it's S-e-a-n, pronounced Shawn, OK?" “Alright, Mr. Seidl.” Again, a long pause . , “Mr, Seidl, I been thinking . . . you remember, all summer long you gave Koolaid to all the kids.” (Long pause) “Yes Sean. . .” “Mr. Seidl, I could sell that Koolaide! You makeit, I'll sell it. OK? I need money — ior school . . . payer, and things. How ahoutit?” “Sean,”I said. “Let’s talk about it. See you at 7 tonight, my house. OK?” “Yes, Mr. Seidl . . . and look, we don’t need to buy Dixie cups . . . I can get glasses from home. We can save money that way.” The phoneclicked. (And I thought: why that greedy-eyed little monster—hetalks just like a bloodycapitalist, as the British would say. But, he did havea profit-making venture in mind, H-m-m, maybe we could make a deal!) Mrs. Vilsack again: “Dick Aszling’s on ‘$7 for you.” (Richard A. Aszling is vice g has declared the kidnapings of Americans a matter to be handled by the government involved. As a matter of policy it favors the release of prisoners if no other answer can be found. It has increased security for top diplomats and military personnel. 10 say the Internal 1 They knowe they gc { Re 2 é ' Servic. las no feelings how we feel else why would ncome tax formsin red, the white, we're left in the white, and blue red, and that makes us bl Seen in Drs. Clark's office I'mnot allowedto runthetrai n or see how fast‘twill go. T’mnotallowedtoletoff steamor makethe whistle blow. I cannot exercise control or evenring the bell. Butlet the damn thing jump the track and see who catches hell. The help think it appcopriate. Typographicalert newspapers. Joe bugaboos in newspapers. Some ome can be distastefulto both readers and are real atts, our sports editor, has a collection of typo’s that have appeared in a number of papers. One of which, is the following: “Our paper carried the notice |last week that Mr. John Doe is a defective in the police force. This was a typographicalerror. Mr, Doe is really a detectivein the police farce.” I suppose everyone would think that humorous except a policeman. Overheard at a college dance: “Gee, Candy, your hairlooks terrific!” “Thanks,It belongs to myroomate.” Speaking of income tax, Dick Wiseman wastelling me the other day that he found a great loopkole for income tax purposes. “The only thingis,” he said, “I have te be a 65 year old student who owns an oil well,” Here is what I call a pieceof dismal newsforparents, In a recent survey, a poll of 3,500 teenagers revealed that fewer than half of them want marriagedlike the marriage oftheir parents. More than half seemto think their parents weren't makingIt Seems to methese polls could be taken for moreuseful purposes like finding out how manypeople know there are 18 toes on an ordinary housecat. Letter to Editor Provoan Describes Alps Ascent I didn't know that! UnlessI really will Life just gives me time and space It’s up to meto fill it, Editor’s Note: Thefollowing is “Oneof the most important ideas brought out to meis that we must work with people, not for them—something our governments should consider.” Well, that was that! Another issue of SPOTLIGHT home... prisoners. Red, White, for us taxy As we got off the bus at darkness and rudely reminded Chamonix, Frenchvillage at the meofthe cold which was almost foot of Mr. Blanc, we looked with unbelievable. I wrapped my coat anxiety at the clouds and peaks about me more tightly, pulled above. We boarded a cable car my gloves on, gripped my and began the ascent toward the cameras securely, and braced top of the distant snow-covered myself for a final desperate mountain, Our anxiety attempt to see the top of the ‘rip. = = increased as wewerelifted more Alps, and to bring back a real president and public relations than 3,000 feet to thefirst level. Upon reaching this bitter cold, T literally rushed out onto the director, General Foods Corporation, White Plains, New snowy open cable car station, table top of the ice mountain in York...head of our National Gretta, who inherited a fear cf the sky. A handrail surrounded Chamber“youth group” — and high places from her father, meonall sides. I stooped over thereby one of my “bosses.”As I shivered with cold andfright and wondering if I should go on all reached for the phone,I hastily would not be persuaded to board fours to hold myself against the recalled: Dick’s firm makes and the small cable car which would pressure of the hovering gale. continue toward the top of the Theicy fingers of the blizzard sells Koolade.) “Hi, Dick.” “You get my highest mountain of the Alps. tore at my clothes with letter, George, about Dennece?”” This last grand lean was more uninhibited furylike the blast of air in a jet plane without a “Sure did, Dick.” “Whaddayuh than 4,000 additionalfeet. i il it out to the group?” As Heft Gretta we looked up at windshield, I braced myself “Already did, Dick.” “Thanks, the top of the mountain and I against the ice and raised my see yuh...” Aszling was off the wondered if I too should not stay camerato thelevelto record the line; he’s a busy man... safely where we were. My manly misery of the moment. My Tt was Mrs. Vee again:‘‘You pride, however, would not let me glasses were frozen over, my better get to lunch; you have an stop until I had gone to the top. toes were numb, my fingers appointment with John L. The car swungout onwthe cable were slow to act, and Koenig at 2—remember?”” and up we wentto whatI feared discovered to my dismay that At lunch, I reread Dennece might be my doom.It was like the gears in the camera were Knight's letter. Texas riding in an airplane without frozen solid. Representative, Food Nutrition wings, except we were standing, I despaired of getting a movie Program, her letter to General swinging, and trembling in the to prove my experience, but Foods top management was a bitterly cold wind which rushed clumsily fumbled to use the 35 “thank you”for their support of through the cracks and up over mm.Because of the ice on my giasses I had to aim haphazardly the 1969 4-H Congress in the car and cables above. Chicago. I read: The valley receded down and to try to record through the snow “Before I left El Paso, 1 was down until the houses and fields and wind someof the grey peaks definitelyin a rut. I am a junior disappeared into the icy clouds._ which braved the storm around in high school. On every side,it Only the snowy fringed me.Finally with only faint hopes seemed all I heard were mountain peaks remained of success in picture taking I depressing — statements like, visible, reaching up through the retreated down the dangerous ‘What's the ; ounger generation clouds, painting the way to our steps to breathe moreeasily for coming to?’ ascent as we almost stopped amomentin the smoky bar. The “Everyone under 20 seems to breathing for fear we would rock dingy atmosphereof this filthy be automatically categorized— the boat to its destruction. bar was preferable to the cruel aslazyand worthless,a disgrace Finallyout of the mist above us teeth of the raging snowy to yur great nation... appeared a ghastly,icy cliff. The hurricane on top of the “1969 4-IT Congress was a pulleys and cable screeched as mountain, I urged myself breath of fresh air, When yousit the car entered a huge cave and through the crowd members of in a room filled with some 1600 we ground to a stop in 28 below which had not brought themselves to climb the last 50 enthusiastic, comparatively zero utter darkness. patriotic, energetic kids, all with The cave led in several steps to the unbearabletop.Still heads bowed in reverentprayer, directions as my eyes became numb from cold and trembling or voices singing the national accustomed to the blackness. I from a half concealed fright I anthem, it does something to recognized some steps leading stepped throughthe blackness of you. upward to a small, crowded, the tunnel and onto the unsteady “Kids like that...are not smoky bar where dozens of little cable car hanging feebly in ‘just drifting along,’ kids that people were huddled over cups the murky air. As the screeching have ambition and drive and of coffee trying to get a bit of of the freezing pulleys began to fade i had a sinkingfeeling, but have future goals, goals that warming comfort. they tend to meet. Since my LDS conscience felt that it would be my last. “Let metell you,it...restores forbade even this comfort I Down, down, down we went. one's faith in the human race as pressed on throughthe shivering Past the gaping mountain peaks, a whole. crowd andinto anicy hall, which past the layers of feathery led upward througha holein the clouds, into the faint view of the Sincerely, Dennece Knight top of the mountain. The snow, valley velow andfinally into the wind, andlight streamedinto the clear sight of the first level. I —Are_ they “our youth beheld mylovely Gretta waiting for me. All of a sudden I had a to Chamber headquarters, I problem”; horrible pain in my midriff. I thought: —Or: Are we? —Here are “‘kids” — various John, Mike, Lee, Sean, Den- was about to cry out in despair ages, 6 to 31 — headed for nece — God bless you, every whenI realized that pain must be caused by the relaxing of my Congress, for Wasiness one! leadership, for crime prevenYou are America...its coming diaphragm which had evidently tion, for creating national un- leaders. May we—your elders— been in intense tension since J derstanding, and international deserve and marchin step with left Gretta one and a half hours goodwill...sharp, intuitive, you...that's my prayer — for earlier. Antone K. Romney learned, today, and tomorrow! Antone Romney of BYU to a relative in Provo regarding an interesting experience ascending the Alps. Dr. Romney is currently on an around-theworld comparative education T added them: of second is for publicity and the embarrassment it causes governments they oppose. Officiall;, the United States ByeLine By Jensen ee a portion of a letter sent by Dr. solving experiences with Rachel Chikele of Lusaka, Zambia, and other Girl Guides and Girl Scouts from Kenya, Columbia, Uruguay, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Finland, Germany, the United Kingdom, America, and Canada. Gathered at Rockwood near Potomac, Maryland, Lee and 111 other girls representing 13 member nations of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts conferred oncitizenship andservice, aided by the Juliette Low World Fellowship Fund, . I read through the rest of the copy; tracked OK. Now,I needed a finale—a punch line, a sum-it-up....why not Lee’s own words? release Blue Tax Forms escapes many observers. One can also iook at India to witness how predictions of mass starvation because of too many people have never quite turned out so gloomily. Although drought brought hunger to some areas in 1967, a large wheat crop was produced in 1968, and improved grains, fertilization and irrigation are steadily reducing India’s previous food shortage. Voluntary sterilization by about 3.5 million personshasalso helped easefears. Certainly, the overpopulation threat cannot be ignored. Man has no right te destroy his individuality and his environment by thoughtless propegation. But when population forecasters move toward putting arbitrary limits on the number of people a nation or a world can hold, or when laws are suggested totell a husband and wife how many the terrorists. The first is the and Uruguay, Guatemela, Bra- zil and Bolivia. Argentina refused demands Hijacking of airplanes to for the reisase of two political Cuba have become weekly prisoners and thus became the airs. first Latin American nation to take a hard line against Kidnaping as a terrorist political kidnapings. The Domi- tactic is not new. What is new Envoys Kidnaped nican Republic acceded to is the epidemic of kidnapings ot Kidnaped were U.S. Lt. Col. demands for the release of 21. diplomats to force governments Donald J. Crowley in Santo to release political prisoners. Domingo and Waldmar Sanch- In recent weeks of rising ez, Paraguayan consul in i terrorism, incidents have been Two-Fold Purpose Argentina’s Corrientes Province reported in other Latin 4meriThe kidnaping of diplomats who was in Buenos Aires on can nations, including Colombia Serves a two-fold purpose for feed America’s hungry that year. Congress in that same year appropriated only about one-ninth of needed moneysfor the federal food st2mp program. Thelogic of huge subsidies not to grow food at the sametime that peopie are starving YouthProblemvs. John, Mike, Lee, Sean, Dennece Ex-Provoan now on Staff, Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Dominican Republic, the kidnaping of a Paraguayan diplomat in Buenos Aires and personal business. back on food andfibers. This amount wasthree times what it is estimated it would have cost the government to Herald Guest Column By GEORGEW. SEIDL The kidnap bas joined the the hijacking of an Argentine airplane hijack as a Latin airliner diverted to Cuba. American terror weapon against which governments Hostages for the safety of the have been helpless. hijackers were 61 passengers and seven crew members on the Murder is the byproduct. airliner. “As Theadedback from lunch ~ Have a nice day! Paul Harvey U.S. May Gain In Viet Pullout The United States is withdrawing from Vietnam. Now what? Ihave before me a newspaper, dated July 11, 1954 — 16 years ago. It says the French are withdrawing from Vietnam. Which they did. If what happened to them,then, is about to happento us, now,it’s notall bad. Whatnext in Vietnam? Newspapers of 16 years ago carried dire predictions that the French would surely“lose face” if they dared to retreat from Vietnam buttheydid withdraw; and Charles De Gaulle no’ only that whenever in the future a call for war is made by any member of Congress, “every member cf Congress should predicate his vote on whether he would give his ownlike in that war.” I don’t know how much influencethat statement had but T notice that not one member of either the Senate or the House has resigned his seat to sign up to fight in this war. Our Presidentis trying to lead us out of the jungle. In an election year, we must expect himto encounter resistance, He will need all the encouragement did not lose face, he ended up he can get from you. with more “cheek” than ever. Relieved of the debilitating economic drain of maintaining colonial control in Southeast Asia and Africa, France was able to firm up the frane, quiet the agitators who threatened to tear Paris apart and solidify her position of political independence from either East or West. Vietnam, for the French, was a bad investment. You don't continue to support This Administration’s present plan, which should, I think, supersede partisanship, is to reduce our Army by three divisions by 1972, This much demobilization would help cool our overheated economywithout killing it. This would take our Army backto the size it was before the Vietnam buildup began nine years ago. Then, by late 1973, parhaps an that standing military force can investment which proves be further reduced to 11 cr 12 basically bad; you take your loss divisions It will mean major and bail yourself out. This the United States is now withdrawals of U.S. forces from doing with the phased return Vietnam, from Korea and from from Vietnam and by vacating the NATO countries. And what'll our thankless role as policeman you bet with our troops out our to the world. tourists maybe welcomeagain? We will not again defend a dictatorship against a dictatorship in Asia, Latin America or any place else, as BARBS indeed we should not. About the only thing you If ever this country goes to { from @ guarantee these waragainit will be because we se in from readhave to —not because we havea sions in the fine chanceto. Hoosier Congressman Andy Jacobs once confronted his From the results we colleagues in Congress witha don't get from the boiler sobering suggestion. He said, room when theheat is on “In the past a politician made a the fritz, we can but conbrave speech; miles away clude we have a truly sta another American lay dead. A tionary engineer man could make himsvif a hero on the fleor of Congress — on somebody else's blood. For at those bus windows ‘hat noon, the top hats go to lunch and haven't stayed closed s: ‘ce the helmets go to eternity.” last !yovember. And Rep. Jacobs suggested t — DedicatedtotheProgress And |