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Show Editorial Page Feature Many Americans Too Lazy To Do Their Duty Dedicated to the Progress And Growth of Central Utch oi Friday, October 2, 197070 fam Page 22~THE HERALD,Provo, Utah Nasser’s Legacy to UAR Three years ago, Gamal Abdel Nasser, by fanatical threats and dangerous actions, provoked Israel into launching the Six-Day War which humiliated Egypt and nearly cost Nasser his presidency. Todayhis suddendeath is called a serious blow to hopes for peace in the Mideast. Nasser, it is now appreciated, was the most important, if not the only, force for moderation in the Arab world, the only leader commanding enoughinfluence to makepeace with the hated Israelis and have it accepted by the Arab masses. Bloodied and beaten at every turn by the Israelis since 1948, Nasser seemedsincethe costly Six-Day War to be comingto a belated realization that some kind of permanent accommodation with Israel would have to be reached, despite his continued building up of Egypt's military strength with Soviet—< equipment. e old word “‘charisma”’ has to be trottedout to describe Nasser, for there had to be something charismatic about a man who won and kept the near-adoration of the people even while his every scheme for the conquest of Israel and panArab unity endedin failure. The United Arab Republic, a union of Egypt and Syria launched by Nasserin 1958,fell apart when Syria seceded in 1961. Nasser’s military expeiditon against the royalist . regime in Yemen wasa fiasco. His only success was the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956, but even that would have brought another humiliating defeat to Egypt had not the United States intervened to force Britain, France and Israel to halt their invasion. In Egypt, itself, however, Nasser has left a legacy that will be somewhat more lasting. After leading the army overthrow of the dissolute King Farouk in 1952, he Inflation’s Pulse The latest government taking of the economic temperature reveals that the rising cost of living is slowing down. Thatis, it’s still going up, but not as fast as before. Whichis remindful of the answer given by the man who wasasked if he had stopped beating his wife: “Not yet, but I'm nothitting her as hard asI used to.” beganinstituting sweeping domestic reforms, in particular a redistribution of land to the peasants. In the form of the Aswan High Dam, Nasser has, in fact, left a monumentto himself thatwill be as enduring as the worksof the ancient pharaohs. But Nasser never solved or even really attacked Egypt’s basic probiem of too many people multiplying too fast. How much more could he have accomplished if he had not devoted so much of Egypt's scant resources through a U.S, licensee of the British producer — HawkerSiddley. 25 PER CENT MORE COSTLY — As we reported in earlyspring, the U.S.licensing arrangementadds about a quarter — 25 per cent —moreto the cost of Harrier production. The Pentagonsays$24millionof a $96 million total, earmarked for purchase of 18 Harriers this year,could be saved by buyingin Britain. Tnere has always been opposition, however,to the purchase of weapon systems abroad. This timethere have also been claims that the purchase here will protect jobs and help the balance of payments problem for the United States Treasury. Whenit approved an initial purchase of a dozen Hartiers, the House Armed Services Committee served formal notice that it would 1 4 elected to repiesent them in public office. ‘That means every citizen has a personal responsibility to know who his representatives Incredibly, nearly half of the town. | —Rep. Robert Taft Jr., R-Ohio, planning to reintroduce a bill which would exempt from income taxes the first $200 a month earned by federal, state and local law enforcementofficers in performance of duty. authorize no further purchases of the AV-4B —Harrier — “unless it is produced within the United States.” As a result of that edict, Hawkers Siddley reached an agreement with McDonnell Douglas for production here of virtually the entire plane except for the power plant. industry sources say the British firm shopped aroundfor a licensee and that the agreement with McDonnell Douglas wasa coincidence. The Marine Corps had cancelled procurement of 17 F-4 Phantom fighters — made by McDonnell Douglas — when it decided to buy the Harrier asa close support aircraft. The interests of McDonnell Douglas have brought Sen. Stuart Symington, D-Mo., into the controversy on behalf of the Missouribased planemaker. Symington is trying to find a way around Mahon’s buy-British economy edict. Note: Additional“buys” of Harriefighters are anticipated in future years. Possible savings involved, over the years, go far beyond this year’s $24.2 million. MINUTEMAN TEST — TheAir Force still hasplans for a “live” test of an operational Minuteman missile, across the Northwest and into the Pacific, but the prospects are more and more remote. As we reported more than a year ago, such a test poses safety hazards. Test missiles would carry “destruct” devices and the Air Force .as mapped a trajectory which would avoid highly populated areas. However,the first stage of the Minuteman falls to earth in the atmosphere and could do damage. So far, no destruct device has been designed which would not producea showerof hardware from a missile which had to be destroyed if it should go off course. _Moreover, the path of an errant missile, fired from Montena or North Dakota, might mistakenly cross into Canada and add international complications to he hazards of such a hardware shower. Air Force experts are unhappy that the ready rorce of Minuteman missiles cannot be tested realistically. Some of the experts are conceding, however, that the long projected operational tests do not appear possible now. who Gore Is on Skids Of Own Making You comeherewith reports that veteran Sen. Albert Gore is in deep trouble, and you findit’s all true. Indeed, someof the things he's doing to try to retrieve the situation seem to be contributing to the forward motion of his young Republican opponent, Rep. Brock II. Caution in forecasting the Nov. William E 3 outcome probably could be cast off wereif not for the fighting heart and the resourcefulness of Gore, theself-styled “old gray fox"’ who has had three Senate terms and has represented Tennessee in Washington for 32 years The accumulation of barnacles on his 62-year-old hide, however, is weighing him down badly He seems the walking symbol of Vice President Agnew’s “radicalliberal’ in a state that in 1968 gave 73 per cent of its presidential vote to Richard Nixon and George Wallace combined It’s no wonder a Brock friend spins his car around Tennessee highways bearing a roof sign emblazoning Gore's name in capital letters among such other “birds of a feather” as Sens. J. W. Fulbright of Arkansas, George McGovern of South Dakota, Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota So They Say I believe mybill is justified—just as recognition is given in our armed forces in connection with combat pay. Thereis no greater individual right in this free society than to be free from fear in one’s own home and the streets of one’s city and For years, reporters wondering why the voters keep in Congress those men who have demonstrated a vast ineptitude for public affairs, or a marvelous insensitivity to ethical standards. The answer stands out clearly from Gallup's figures. The average citizen doesn't know enough to vote intelligently because he doesn’t care enough to find out what's being done by in Washington. Bruce Biossat Hehasleft a countryin hock up to She’s putting on an act worthy of Sarah Bernhardt. —Los Angeles Deputy District Atty. Aaron Stovitz, commentingon illness complaints of Susan Atkins, a defendantin the Tate-LaBianca murder case. Our focus is on serving people— the family and especially the children. Some museumstry to be “temples of beauty,” but you can’t do that any more. —LeonardP. Sipiora, director of the El Paso, Tex., Museum of Art. Eight out of ten confessed they hadn't the slightest idea cover Washington have been how their congressman had They didn’t even know the voted on a single piece of name of their congressman — legislation. the man who supposedly ing 7These questions cealt with represents them in best known and most taxes, declaring wars, appropriating funds, and passing iaws! publicized of all legislative bodies —the U.S. Congress. Then the cross-section of Imagine what the percentages citizens were azked: would have beer: if Gallup had “Do you know how he (your inquired about the identity and congressman) voted on any voting records of state legislators or city counciimen, majorbills this year?” respondents answered no. its neck to the Russians and a Mideast that continues to teeter on ‘he brink of another bloody controntation. As Shelley wrote of the mythical Ozymandias, king of kings, whose shattered statue lay forgotten in the desert: “Nothing beside remains. Reund the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.” Harrying the Marines Mahon hasresponded byinsisting that the planes be procured in England rather than people district?” and so Harrier Procurement production lines at work on the Harriers, to do their civie duty. The whole concept of Democratic governmentrests on the assumption that voters will keep a beady-eyed watch on the are and to keep track of what they're doing. Evidence is at hand, however, that a great many citizens either do not recognize this responsibility, or don’t take it seriously enough to make even a token pass at discharing it. In a recent Gallup poll, a cross-section of American adults were asked: “Do you happen to know the nameof the present representative in Congress from your much of its people’s energy to military adventures? Inside Washington WASHINGTON — Chairman George Mahon, D-Tex., and his House Appropriations Committee, are opposing component production, in the United States, of the British-designed fighter plane, Harrier, and havedirected the Marine Corps to buy the planesin Britain. ‘Thatputs Mahonand his colleagues at odds with Chairman L. Mendel Rivers, D-S.C., and his House Armed Services Committee. The Armed Services Committee directed the “continental limits” procurement when it first authorized purchase of a few Harriers last year. ‘The Marines are in an awkward position. They want more Harriers, a V-stol aircraft which takesoff almostvertically by rotating its powerful jet engines. The plane is well equipped for providing close air support to Marine ground units. Despite its valorous battlefield history, however, the Marine Corps does not want to be in the midule between congressional powers Mahon and Rivers and their two committees — each of them importantto the operations of the Corps. The Mahon committee is in the picture somewhat unexpectedly at present. Because the defense moneybill is still pending, the Appropriations Committee wasasked to clear a $9 million sumin advance to keep British By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Senior Editor 7 WASHINGTON (UPD—Milgehen Today In History Political Scene Close Contest Forecast In Vermont Senate Race By BETSY SAMUELSON MONTPELIER, Vt. (UPI)— Vermont’s rolling hills of maples, -birches and elms are bursting into autumnal brilliance of red, orange and gold. Vivid, too, are the political hues stirred up by two respected rivals for the U.S. Senate. The scrap is an intense one between Republican Winston L. Prouty, who is trying to save his Senate seat, and Philip H. Hoff, who shredded GOP ranks in 1962 to become Vermont's first Democratic governor in 106 years. So close is the contest, there is talk President Nixon will make a swing into Vermont later this month on Prouty’s behalf. Presidential counsel Robert H. Finch has already made a campaign appearance for him. But the Democrats are in there swinging. A parade of Democratic bigwigsincluding several senators have stood up alongside Hoff in this mainly Republican state. The Hoff-Prouty match has tended to eclipse the battle Republican Gov. Deane Davis is waging to retain a second lease on the governorship against Democratic state Sickness Big U.S. Industry Editor Herald: It’s not steel, oil, or agriculture, that are the biggest American industries. It is sickness! Only the people are to blame for this situation, for who'd ever bother to visit a doctor that told them to eat properly andlive sensibly? Improper diet and haphazard living have destroyed more stomachs,lungs and other vital organs than anyother cause, All the wonder drugs in the world can’t replace ruined organs. Or for that matter, transplants can't successfully replace them either. Few doctors ever tell the brutal truth, for if they did— they'd greatly harm the tobacco, chemical, drug industries and the food processors. In fact, the truth wouldput most healers and hospitals out of business. This also explains the governmert’s attitude. For after all—hundreds of thousands of federal employees andofficials, would be put out of work if we ever changed to a proper way of life. Alfred W. Dobras (Recipient of “Liberty Award” for 1 968-69.) 203 Nichols Ave., Stratford, Conn. ByUnited Press International Today is Friday, Oct. 2, the 275th day of 1970, Sen. Leo O'Brien. The moon is between its new Davis is bucking some voter phase andfirst quarter. resentment toward a 3 per cent The morning stars are sales tax his administration Mercury, Mars and Saturn. imposed. The evening stars are Venus Republican Rep. Robert Staf- and Jupiter. ford is expected to win re- Those born on this date are election as Vermont's only under the sign of Libra. congressman. On this dayin history: The 64-year-old Prouty has In 1780 British spy Maj. John placed his support of the Nixon administration solidly on the Andre was convicted in connecline in his bid for a third term. tion with Benedict Arnold’s He backs the President's plan treason and hanged in Tappan, for Vietnamization of the war N.Y. In 1889 16 Latin American and gradual troop withdrawal nations were represented at the from Indochina. Hoff, 46, has somewhat first Pan American conference moderated his antiwar image in Washington. by calling for the return of American Ul’s as quickly as possible consistent with their President Johnson in 1968 to safety. He has lashed out at the support the Vietnam peace Nixon administration’s spending positions of Sen. Robert F. priorities and its handling of Kennedy and then Sen. Eugene McCarthy. the nation’s lagging economy. The cost of the senate A. thi party candidate, former Democratic U.S. Rep. campaign being waged by both William H. Meyer,could snatch Prouty and Hoff is clso an votes from Hoff. Meyer is issue, though mostly submerged running under the banner of the in iceberg fashion. Liberty Union party, an anti- Some observers say privately Vietnam war group comprised that Hoff and Prouty are of dissident Democrats. spending a total of $500,000, or Also, Hoff is finding out some five-fold the sum noi Democratic stalwarts aren't expended by two contenders for easily forgiving him for bolting a statewide office. BEAYS WORLD * sayy? © 1970 by NEA, Inc, Bbmy “O.K., everybody—stop the demonstration. Toke five, white the cameras are being reloaded!” To hear some of Gore’s own sympathizers tell it, the hard part is not just that he has been consistently antiVietnam in a fairly hawkish state, but that he has managed to get himselflinked with Dr. Benjamin Spock, Yale Chaplain William Coffin and campusrevoltsin the process. Asif his peace stance were not trouble enough, he voted against two southern federal judges, Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell, for nomination to the U.S. SupremeCourt. Then there is Gore’s personality, which evidently is wearing thin with many Tennessee voters after three decades, Someone wholooked at his earlier television spots, vrepared by the touted Charles Guggenheim, decided that vhat really caine through was arrogance. Gore is a practicing loner, reivctant to take counsel, tending to talk down. it all adds to a portrait that not only Agnew but some of Gore’s backers argue maybe out of place in today’s Tennessee. Said one: “T think it’s very likely true that Albert is more at home with the people at the New York Times than those at the Chattanooga Times.” The senator grasps his present plight, calling this the “fiercest” ideological test Tennessee has known since Andrew Johnson's time a century ago. But one has to question how well he is geared for the fight, even granting his tough heart. When Ted Kennedy hosted a $500-a-plate dinner at his Virginia hometo raise $40,000 for Gore from key Democrats, it only added another barnacle. Kennedy is put with Dr. Spock in Tennessee. Gore’s moveto greet Agnew at the airport in Memphis, done in the nameof“civility and respect,” was taken by many as the desperation tactic of a man fearing defeat. Next day, in a chance encounter with Agnew’s departing motorcade,the senator allowed himself to be goadedinto popping out of his car to wave goodby. When a virtual unknown, Hudley Crockett, former press secretary to Gov. Buford Ellington, stunned Gore outof his socks by polling 45 per centof this summer’s Democratic primary vote, the senator in alarm reversed his field to vote against the McGovern-Hatfield “end the war” proposal. He now limply excuses this by saying he favors a negotiated settlement in Vietnam and that the proposal’s dated withdrawal time would have worked against that prospect. The sure judgments born of confidence are missing from these catch-up endeavors by the “old gray fox.” Lighter Side New Adventures _ In Field of Veracity a: By DiCK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) —The “truth-in” has become one of the nation’s most popular forms of demonstrations, particularly in Congress. Our lawgivers already have enacted ‘‘truth in lending” and “truth in packaging” measures, and new ones are being proposed almost every day. Nothing in this, however, quite prepared me for the recent confrontation with credence by the House of Representatives, which stunned us veteran Congress-watchers by passing a “truth in salary” bill for its own employes. This outburstof candor junks the traditional system of payroll obscuration, under which a staff member’s pay was ascertained by a formula only slightly less complex than the equation for time-space continuum. Or the recipe for apple brown betties, Radical Concept Calling a $21,000 congressional employee a $21,000 congressional employe, rather than arriving at that figure with a computer, was almost too radical a concept to grasp. I wouldn’t venture a prediction as to whether these startling lunges into veracity will continue, but if they do we may one day see what would be the ultimate in ‘“truth-in” legisiation. T am referring to a bill that would require book publishers to adopt a policy of “truth in blurbs.” Maybe I shall eventually be able to adjust to forthrightness in congressional payrolls, but the creation of an honest book blurb defies imagination. At is time I simply cannot picture such a thing. Perhaps it would take the form once suggested by critic named Robert Lasson. Noting that many modern novels are mere “‘products” devoid of any literary merit and published solely for the sake of sales, he proposed that they bear a warning label: “Caution: This is not a real book. Reading it is an utter waste of time and money.” Cuts Two Ways Blurbal probity, however,is a two-edged sword. It would apply to the classics as well as to those prurient potboilers that slither their way onto the bestseller lists. Under the “‘truth-in” requirement, a classic would have to bear a label such as this: “Caution: This bookis full of hard words, complex characterizations and philosophical insights. Reading it may make you think.” Thus you can see that ‘truth in blurbs” would be disastrous. It_ probably wouldn’t be long before no books would be read at all, ’ |