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Show Bruce Biossat_ U.S. Must Cherish Its Ideals, Spirit Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utah WASHINGTON (NEA) Many earnest Americans today seemto say Until we have wiped out poverty and misery and every to vestige of unfairness, we rust not sufferanyprivilege goodfor. be enjoyed anywhere, must not celebrate Friday, October 29, 1971 Page 12—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah ‘Right to Keep . . . Long Guns’ “arms,” the mayors believe, would go far toward solving the crime problem by taking pistols and revolvers out of the hands of unauthorized persons.(The proposai includes a provision for paying each handgun owner the fair market value of a weapon upon its surrender.) Manycity headsalso feel that this word change would soften the HA position of the National Rifle Association and others to a ban on This year’s meeting promises to firearms because hunting weapons be a historic one in dealing with would not be affected. Mayor Roman S. Gribbs of crime. mayalso set off fireworks in Detroit, chairman of the NLC 15,000 home constituencies if the National Leagueof Cities adopts a steering committee, says that 65 per resolution to change one word in the cent of all murders in the United States were committed usin Second Amendment to the U.S. handguns,and that 80 »er centof al Constitution. homicides were between friends and That amendment row refers to “tne right of the people to keep and family members, that many shootings were totally accidental bear arms.” The change, already and would never have happened were it not for the presence of a recommended by the sparing handgun. committee of the league, woul Since the beginning of the 20th read,“the rightof the people to keep century, more Americans have been and bear long guns.” killed by eae owned handguns ‘Thesubstitution of ‘long guns” for ~ 750,000 — than havebeen killed in all our wars. The U.S. homicide rate is seven or eight times that of Great Creativity Britain, where the ownership of handguns is forbidden. Via Machine It is generally recognized that the Electroencephalograph machines constitutional right to keep and bear may someday take place of ‘anquilizers or pep pills or even armshadits origins in the fear of the “smart’’ pills if an investigation colonists of a standing armyandits ible use to oppress the people. oe by the Department of lecessity for the means of selflealth, Education and Welfare rotection on the frontier was also a proves fruitful. factor. As Gribbs points out, our A $72,379 grant awarded by HEW’s society has undergone profound National Institute of Mental Health, Health Services and Mental Health changes since those days. However, Americans have never Administration will underwrite a eae Dr. ElmerE.Green of the yet tampered with the wording of first 10 amendments the lenninger Foundation in Topeka, ay of Kans., to see, among other things,if Bill of Rights. And is a long way people can be taught to be more from recommending a changein the creative by producing the right kind Constitution to passage by Congress to ratification by three-fourths of the of brain wavepatterns. The research reflects a growing states and back to Congress for interest among U.S.scientists in tt.e implementinglegislation — not to achievement of voluntary control mention persuading criminals as over processes. The Yogalike well as ordinary citizens to turn in principle that the function of various their weapons for fair market value. It may well be thatthe abolition of o ans eel. controlled 2will is explored through a nique handguns is the only way to prevent some otherwise law-abiding guy known as “biofeedback.” Green has imentally taught from shooting his wife during a family argument. But this is not migraine headache sufferers to relieve their own symptomsthrough what most people, including mayors, have in mind when they biofeedback techniques. Other studies have shown that with ap- talk about the “crime problem.” propriate feedbackto a subject from This is not what makes people afraid an electroencephalograph, the to walk city streets at night. As for Britain, somehow or other “alpha” brain wave pattern; associated with reverie, can be the police and criminals have always had an unwritten agreement brought under voluntary control. Green now poses to teach that neither will carry guns. That volunteers to control the production agreement is rarely broken and of “theta” brain waves, which are when it is the underworld is as thought to be associated with anxious as the police to catch the culprits. creativity. r If the mayers could come up with Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that wewill all become Leonardo da a plan whereby wecould achieve the Vinci or Einsteins. There has to be same kind of disarmamentin this somecreativity already in the head country, their forthcoming meeting would truly be historic. to be fec backto. tune, must scorn adventure as a frivolous enterprise must condone b nad Some3,500 mayors,city anaes and councilmen, representing about 15,000 communities in the United States, will meet in Henolulu after Thanksgiving to discuss the problems of city governments and to seek remedies and solutions. Officially, it will be the 48th annual Congress of Cities of the National LeagueofCities, As a result of these annual meetings many new pence policies are often adop- David Poling, D.D. Paying for Vietnam War In Draft, Debt, Death She has been a waitress for more than 10 years. You know that she needs the jub and since the food is good and the service first rate, you always tip heavy when she handles your order. You never knew her husband and only heard about her son when he went into the Army. Suddenly he was in Vietnam. Connie readhis letters to the diner crowd and you could tell that she wanted others to bear the burden of waiting and hoping. Then, toward the end of the war and the conclusionof his tour of duty in Vietnam, he was killed. Dead at 20. Homein a box. ‘Thatwaitress will never be the same again and all the kidding and all the heavy tips and all the sympathyin the world will notrestore her life. Her son is dead and now shewill pay through the heartbreak for as long as she remembers. America is paying for Vietnam,just as the peasants of Southeast Asia are paying. Says Edmund Stillman in this month’s issue of ntary: “The dominant characteristic of the American Establishment today is exhaustion: exhaustionofwill, exhaustion of ideas, and most damaging ofall, exhaustion phat power to generate popular faith in its ‘Stillman traces the effectof this Asian war and paints a bleak picture for America after Vietnam, Although the damage has been heavily cent in the paddies, hamlets and cities of Southeast Asia, the real, long-term victim is America. It has moved from rugged innocence to wary guilt. Stillman recalls those chilling words of Karl Marx who wrote: “The redeeming feature of war is that it puts a nation to the test. As exposure to the atmosphere reduces muwamies to instant dissolution,.go War passes extreme judgment on social systems that have outlived their vitality.” A hundred years after Marx, Karl Barth, perhaps the leading Christian theologian of this century, observed: “Communismcan never be defeated solely by anti-Communist propaganda and military strength. Only if the West works outa positive social order, guaranteeing the freedoms essential for individual andsocial justice,will <-have responded trulyto the challengeof the unists ... In this respect, the colonial warsof the West are the highest trump cards in the Communist deck.” ‘This gem ofthe ocean walked into the worst folly of the age and nowis paying in so many ways — death, debt and draft. Each of these factors takesits toll in our national life. Our youth have been spent, our resources drained and our future committed to military ways and manners, Theeffect is already reaching down to the next generation. Recently, the Central School Boards Committee for Educational Research published its findings of attitudes among schoolchildren, grades 3-8. These children in New York and New Jersey grade schools were asked if war was sometimes necessery. Fifty-four per cent said war was needed. Fifty-two per cent said they would die for their country. When asked ii they thought the President always told the truth, only 22 per cent said they did. Finally, of all the children polled (2,700)three per centof the white youngsters had a Vietnam death within the familycircle. But of the black kids, 12 per cent reported family losses. Some sections of our society ave paid a higter price for this war, but every homeis touched when a nation mourns its dead and considers the wariness of fs youth. behavior as the price of our short- ings “we Should it is said, forget about going to the moon or beyond. We should not commemorate our 200th birth. day in 1976 unless that ceremony :s almost exclusively a practical program for getting black people jobs. We should not relax in the green newness of our suburbs because some people do not have it Shou!] we. 1, suspend the enjoyment of the go n { life. and even patronize dreary ed-of moment pres es are universal ncel 1976, let the subw lawns turn brown admirable goal of sufficiency not affluence, for all will still be a long time coming In the meantime, we may find that A country that does not act in the name ofits adven- turous aspiration s can lose themaltogether A people will lose faith in themselves when they cannot celebrate what they have done because they have not done anything ‘A vountry which lets its good works be laid waste by the disadvantaged could have cnly a flattened battle. field to offer in that somehow becomes Dependence on Vietnamization Clouds Pres. Nixon’s Future misty future when “privilege” universal. n | A country wher people perceive crime only as righteous cry of the deprived could lose all standards \d its sense of balance. hese things happened, our society would be left shap empty of reward, small of spirit, blind to the visions of the unknown which challenge and sustain men. gs By HENRYJ. TAYLOR Our Central Intelligence Agencyfinds that even greater than expected fear moves into Vietnam as our troopspull out. And this contains such a potential setback for President Nixon’s fi US.policy that his re-election may well ride uponit. So-called Phase II is the President's answer to the politically dangerous situation on the homefront. His Vietnam policy, in turn, is to hope that South Vietnam can erect a government and military structure strong enough to protectitself against disaster. Hanoihopesfor the reverse of our hope. The Red leadersthere wantto postpone any settlement whatever util they have had at least a try at collapsing the Saigon structure we and the South Vietnam governmenthope to build. Mr. Nixon’s definition of this hope is the war’s ‘‘Vietnamization.” But this may turn out to be only a euphemism. ‘The idea is far from new. The ent confirms to fense me that we sent the Armyof the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) about $702 million in equipment and supplies from 1950 to the time our own combat intervention. Moreover, ‘‘Vietnamization” had a major test after our intervention. This was just prior to the 1968 Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. When the Reds struckin 43 cities more than half the manpower of the ARVN divisions had gone home for the holidsys, The ARVN forces, already at alype cent of th on. ee were Toes than 50 per cent. ARVN high command first thought about 15,000 Reds were attacking.It recalculatted this to 36,000, Actually, the number was 60,006. Through that time “Vietnamization”would have spelled total disaster. Nevertheless,the hope of it is President Nixon’s basic policy. Mr. Nixon inherited from President Johnson a force of 538,000 Americans in Vietnam and the immense presence of the 7th Fleet’s ships and planes. After the current withdiawal there will be no ships or planes of the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Letters to Editor Forced Charity Better Than No Charity at All Editor herald: Soviet Union, but seeing that I address this to Mr. Bray: everyoneis fed isn’t oneof them. Do welive in the same world? Jenny Stewart In mineI don’t have to look very 1200 No. Bonneville Dr. far to see the handicapped, Prov9 blind, crippled, desertion, fatherless families, war victims, discrimination, deprived Couple Concur In Opposing minorities, accident victims, helpless physicallyill, mentalJyill, many birth defects, uneducated,social misfits, struggling students with Herald: dependents who will soon be Editer This is an open letter to whom contributing. You and are the lucky ones.If all the needy were it may concern: The general authorities of the voluntarily taken care of the government wouldn't have to Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints have advised us to step in. Forced charity is better refrain from shopping on Sunthan no charity at all. Labor unions, «abolition of day. Further, we have been instructed by our local child labor, healthy labor conditions, compensation for ac- authorities to inform the stor. owners who are open on Sunday cidents caused by hazards, as to why weare notpatronizing minimum wages were all a result from immoral and unjust them. Please understand this is laissez faire capitalism. There are many evils in the nothing personal, but we do concur with the general authorities in feeling that the Sabbath Day can be morefully kept by not shopping on Sunday. Respectfull *spectfully yours, Mr. and Mrs, H. M.Platner 1300 E, 952 S. Provo Sunday Buying Notin Favor Of Trucking Ghosts, Goblins Editor Herald: Thope this letter 1 saches your desk in time. We live in Orem and have for a numberof years, It seems each year the problem gets worse. TodayIn History By United Press International Halloween night we have Today is Friday, Oct. 29, the parents bring carloads, pick-up 302nd day of 1971. loads, and camper-loads of kids ‘The moon is betweenits first from all ages into our neigh- quarter and full phase. borhood. Kids who would not The morning star is Saturn. ordinarily be tapping at our Theevening stars are Mercudoorsto trick or treat except for ry, Venus, Mars aru Jupiter. the mobility the parents give Those born on this day are them. under the sign of Scorpio. These children are children we British poet John Keats was have never even seen. After they born Oct. 29, 1795. have gleaned a tremendous On this day in history: amount0: goodies, they load up In 1918 nits of the German and leave. | feel these parents fleet at Kiel began a mutiny in are couiributing to incorrect demand for peace negotiations child principles. It also adds a with the Allies in World War I. large burden on us as In 1923 the stock market homeowners, Please, parents, collapse continued to set the try to keep your own children stage for the Great Depression close to hone-base by not of the 1930's. trucking the goblins and ghosts In 190 Secretary of War to unsuspecting homeowners. Henry Stimson drew a nuinber Freeloading is not ou, from a fish bowl, and the Stephen Olson nation’s first peacetime draft Orem began. mg? We have moved part way down that road, but our course is not irreversible. There will be fewer moon voyages and noearly try for Mars. Yet adventuring Armyrear guard will consist of only two combat divisions and perharsonly one. A year later the President’s declared schedule is to leave only about 30,000 U.S. support - support — troops in Vietnam, The agonizing problem in this large-scale retreat (always the most difficult of all maneuvers) is how to protect your rear guard, Do you remember Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow? Do you remember how Nazi Field Marshall Erwin Rommelin hir North African retreat lost a quarter of a million men in his rear guard? Executing our pull-out we were threatened by 60,000 North Vietnamese in Cambodia. Our incursion into Cambodia was a spoiling action covering our rear guard in Vietnam.But since then the absolute keystone of the Nixon policy -- ‘“‘Vietition” - has been put to a test with all that Mr. Nixon has done to supercharge the program, This test was the ARVN’s attack into Laos. And, as a demonstration to support the U.S.hope,it was a disaster. Nor has this been the only test. The ARVN’s subsequent reverses so far in this same1971 year ia the MekongDelta and near the DMA indicate that a lack of ARVN improvementis the reality. Behindthe scenes, wearestill thi Mekong reverses, Delta and and DMZ unrevealed reports to the Pentagon conflict regarding the ARVN’srecovery. But a public statement by Col. David H. Hackworth, a combat Veteran of fiveyears in Vietnam and the most decorated U.S. officer in the war there, is not reassuring to the keystoneof the Nixonpolicy. Leaving Vietnam andretiring from the Army, this officer directly involved in the “Vietnamization”frankly stated: “I haven’t seen any substantial improvement in the ARVN. After the American withdrawal we'll find ourselves with a situation comparable to 1964. ‘Vietnamization’ isa word which must be a product of mere dreams.” Under the circumstances of our withdrawal, it is the only dream available. Moreover, everything doubters said about the South Korean defense potential 15 years ago has again a familiar ring. The South Koreans, nevertheless, have emerged well. But this “Vietnamization” hope has littlo or no timeleft in which to becomea reality, and President Nixon’s absolute dependence on it more profoundly clouds his future than White House insiders are willing to admit. in space has net ended and could gain a fresh surge We maynevercelebrate 1976 publicly in the deeply thankful way our great heritage demands, But most among more than 210 million Americans can find, if necessary, a private means to pay homageto the nation that—with all its blemishes—stands enduringly as the world’s most remarkable arena of freedom. Moreover, there are too many Americans of good sense, and theywill fight to hold the good things where these heve been gained. Critics of our admittedly imperfect society sometimes make. it sound as if living in the American suburbs were some kind of ineradicable sin. They have their serious flaws: They are exclusionary on race and other lines; they are often shallow in their interests and opportunities. Butif they do not also offer a great deal that is good, then why the clamor to let the less-fortunate people in our inner cities move there? What can they aspire to if the good things in suburban living are to be demeanedas thetotally guilty exercise of unfair privilege? The deprived in the inner cities already know that destruction and riot leave them owning emptiness. The criminal marauders among them havenotyet discovered the handicaps of crime. But when their cities have be- come armed fortresses, to wonder whether thi as they could, they may begin ‘y, the quick leap to surface affluence, may not pay diminishing returns as a way of correcting society's unjust imbalances. Personal Finance A Word From The Financial Wizard Weput the following quesQ. The freezeis intendedto tions to the Financial Wizard hold prices down, and the who, in addition to an un- float is designed to raise tarnished reputation for can- hem? dor, has not only an unA, It's not exactly that listed phone but an unlisted simple. The purpose of the address, and can thus speak float is to redress the balmore bluntly than mest of ance of payments. 1‘he freeze us: is to check inflation. Now, Q. What’s the new game the ease— plan all about? The New Q.It’s being checked? A. Inflation? Somewhat However, tMere is, besides price freeze, as you may the float and the freeze, the have heard, has frozen ease. The plancalls for easProsperity, you know. A. Yes. wages what. and Well, the wage- prices. Some- Q. Somewhat? A. Yes, There tends to be someflexibility in prices, if nobody is looking. Nov, besides the freeze, we have the ing the consumer's tax bur- den somewhat, thus giving him more moneyto spend. If he buys morethings, the wheels of industry begin to turn faster. and the economy is said to be stimulated. Q. But isn’t— A. One moment, please. Q. I'm afraid I'm confused. We're at a soda foun- We also ease things for the producer or businessman: tain now? He gets a tax credit—which A. No, we'restill talking about the new game plan. is to say an increase in proiThe float has to do with the its—on investments in equipdollar. It is being allowed to ment, If he acquires more float, in international wa- equipment, he needs more ters, so to speak—though workers to operate the actually the expectation or hope is that it will sink Somewhat. Not out of sight, you understand. The idea is to raise the price—the dollar price, that is—of foreign goods, BEAR'S WORLD equipment, and we have more people employed. That is, less unemployment. . I s_2. More equipment, more production, better profits. A’ stimulated economy. But isn’t— A, One moment, please Yes,” to answer the question you have been trying to ask. In the past, we have ing, which assumed that to control inflation you discourage spenddepresses eco- nomic activity. And we have assumed the opposite—the stimulation of the economy to be inflationary. You were about to ask if there doesn't appear to be a contradiction somewhere in the mixture of the freeze, the float and the ease? Q. Well, yes. A. The answer is “‘no.” Why can't we continue to haveinflation—a little less, perhaps—and also continue © 9M by MEA,Ine “Don't you understand? The pipeline will bring to you everything you ever wanted—color TY, a split-level ranch style home, a snappy sports car, a trip to Hawaii . ’ y to have unemployment again, alitilele ps” You people just can't seen (o get used to the idea that we can have recession and inflation at the same time That will be $10, pleasey |