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Show Editorial Poge Feature Ala Russ to Need Wheat From Western Hemisphere By PHIL NEWSOM The Soviet Union wil t Dedicated to tie Progress And Growth of Central Utah the market agair s intentions ‘Dues’ for Civilized Society man and man again, harder! The man is hollers, “Hit me THAT'S news. Andrew Hacker, a professor of government at Cornell University, who estimates that he forked over more than a quarter of his income to sundry federal, state and local tax collectors last year After giving the matter thought, he is convinced that he, and just about evervbody else, should have been made to pay more. “Taxes are what we pay for civilized society,” says Hacker, quoting Oliver Wendel] Holmes. Even with the recently imposed surtax, our rates are low compared to other Western countries, and the quality of our civilization reflects this, he contends He maker some telling points in an article in IBM's “Think” magazine, In a siagle year, we spend $2 billion on jewelry (as much as the total federal budget for the war on poverty); over $2.5 billion on foreign travel (matching what the 50 states spend on welfare); and notless than $3billion on pleasure boating (almost double the government’s outlay for foreign aid), Last year, more than 60,000 families built swimming pools, there are 1.7 million second homes in the United States, and since 1960 we have laid out more than 10,000 new golf courses for ourselves at a cost exceeding $2 billion (double the annual capital outlay for community water sys- tems). These figurers illustrate that there is no shortage of after-tax cash. One measure of civilization lies in the attitudes which more prosperous citizens display toward those less successful than themselves, says Hacker, He finds the UnitedStates clearly does not rate well bythis test. “Manyof our prisons and mental hospitals, for example, are still medieval fortress wherein society’s failures are hidden from public sight. Some of our schools, clinies and even public housing projects are inhuman edifices so administered as to afford little more than sheer physical survival. Most of America’s aged... live some of the bread-haske on a tenuous economic margin.” Perhaps the single most telling statistic, he says, is America’s inin the industrialized unwillingness to for U. S. armed services Their special worry is the continued effectiveness of reserve officer training programs, ROTC units, at college: and universities across the nation, now sup- ply most of the officers needed each year bythe military services. In recent years ROTCprograms have become a prime target for militant demonstrations and campus protest, muchofit aimed at the war in Vietnain. Bowing to such pressures, authorities at someprestigious colleges and universi- ties have acted to downgrade the status of ROTC ° Respected institutions such as Johns Hopkins and Boston University have acted to withdraw academiccredit for participation in ROTC activities. Prince. ton is among the institutions which are in the process of taking similar action. Defense Department officials are quite candid about the problem. In recent Senatetestimony, Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor spoke of the “serious- ness with which we must view the currentdifficulties and criticism the ROTC program is encountering on many university campu “Clearly.” the Secretary declared, “we must not permit the quality of the program to be seriously threatened or ils output seriously curtailed.” INCREASING ROTC DEMAND—Re- sor’s statement of concern is underlined by Pentagonstatistics. They show that the Army is making increasing demands on ROTC units for young officers to meetits urgent needs. Last year ROTC programs produced 14,200 junior officers for the Army, and the expected quota this year is 16,400. Next year’s Army budget calls for procurementof 17,200 newofficers through ROTC vrograms, By comparison, the Military Academy at West Point, even with a rising enrollment, is expected to produce only o Soviet will Labor governor- ment's hopes for an economic nupswing have not materialized, nt to another ind more belt the blood, still R British Britain's life e flagging and the Jenkins can Parliament point to a on tough Grim Outlook for Nigeria: te recent federal advances British officisis expect no early end to the Nigerian civil war. The fede: are moving with extreme caution so as not state,” he notes best roamed the countryside. Without a heavy influx of American and Allied troops, South Korea would have quickly fallen under the North Korean invasion that began in 1950. But the major seed of Communist weakness in South Korea, and a major basis for unity in this country dates back to that same Pyongyang invasion, in which KimIl Sung’s troops occupied all but a small corner of South Korea. Victory seemed so certain for the north that almost all of the widespread Communist underground exposed itself and came above ground in the territories occupied by Kim’s advancing armies. (Most of the activists were forced to retreat with Kim's armies when tney withdrew, destroying an underground of a strength that normally takes a decade or two to build even under favorable circumstances.) Because victory was so “sure,” the Communist conquerors did not find it necessary to pretend friendship for the people. They offered annesty to anti-Communist officials who would so spend their higher earnings on personal comforts and private pleasvres. Perhaps hostile is not the right word, Distrustful might be a better one. Scratch any taxpayer and youwill find at his core the feeling that no amount of tax money could ever satisfy any public official at any level of government. The logical extension of Hacker’s argument is that if we really the quality The future of ROTC programs, fellow countrymen They instituted a system of terrorism against those suspected But what followed was worse. After Gen. MacArthur’s Inchon landing, the Communists began their withdrawal to the north, As they retreated, in village after village, the Reds lined up the middle class—teachers, village elders and other local officials, Today In Fighting Hunter in America History By ROY MCGHEE WASHINGTON (UPI) —Sen George McGovern, D-S.D., said Saturday he has finished work on a $18 billion program to fight hunger in America and will introduce legislation to carry it out when Congress returns to work Monday McGovern is chairman of a select Senate committee which has bsen iavestigating hunger for the past year. He estimates there are 10 million Americans who don’t get enough to eat because they are either to poor to buy enough food or are too ignorant of nutrition principles to buy the proper food. “One hundred ten million Americans will file their tax returns next Tuesday,” he said. “They will pay the federal government $84.4 billion. “Fourteen and a half million Americans will pay no taxes because they do not earn Navy and Air Force as well as Army, is not The Marine Corps too has had problems with its program of recruiting officer candidates at coileges and universities. On some campuses Marine recruiting teams have been physically prevented from conducting scheduled interviews with interested students. On occasion, Marine recruiters invited to seek students for commissions have later been asked to withdrawin the midst of student agitation. HOW TO CRACK DOWN—Some con- gressmen have beencalling loudly for a crackdown oninstitutions which inter. fere with ROTC and similar programs. In private huddles, however, Pentagon officials have been saying that such a crackdown is hard to accomplish with- out damaging the recruiting programs themselves. They concede that Pentagon funds could be withheld from offending educational institutions, and ROTC units could be withdrawn, One result of such actious, the experts say, would be to deprive the services of able men and thus harm the recruiiing programs. Moreover, the ground rules for ROTC units have differed among universities. A iew (including Fordham, for example) have never given any academic credit for participation in ROTC, but these units have produced an annual quota of good Army officers. Consequently, the experts seelittle to be gained by taking away the ROTC uniis from campuses where academic credit has recently been withdrawn, Experts concede that new units, McGovern’s Program For other the only cause for Pentagon concern about on-campus officer procurement. with academic credit, could be created in campuses where they do not now exist. For a variety of reasons, however, they do not want to see ROTC disappear from prestige campuses. They think that would hurt the image of ROTC programs and tend to lower the calibre of ROTC officers. surrender, then killed these men and women in open sight of of being against the new regime. of our 760 graduating cadets this year. Army officer candidate schools are expected to commission 8,509 second lieutenants. the The Communist mistakes in South Korea, in fact, give some reason for optimism (under the right conditions) for the future believe that personal expenditure is the only proper employment for the money a man earns, And the more moneypeople earn, the more they feel entitled cared about tons. The sources say findings were negative. of South Vietnam, if the Saigon government comes through the peacetalks relatively strong, stable and united In 1949 and early 1950, South Korea was 1 serious trouble The Communist underground was extensive. Red guerrilla bands and civilization, we would hand over ALL our income ts government to be parceled out in accordance with the infinite wisdom of politicians and social planners. But it he knows nothing else, the average taxpayer knows that the bureauerat’s capacity for boondogging is also infinite. Maybe Hacker right. Maybe Americans are selfish and, as he fears, willing to sit and watch the spectacle of the deterioration of civilized life in America on their color television sets. In the final analysis, however, what we really need is not higher taxes but a more humane reordering of the priorities for the taxes we already pay. Yet here, too, the fault, dear Bruwus, lies not in the government but in ourselves, whether it was true the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA was grooming any opposition Filipino politician to take over his job in next November's presdential elec. SEOUL, Korea (NEA)—One thing that may make the Comin munists edgy in Vietnam is their unhappy experience here By habit and tradition, Says Hacker, Americans have always been hostile to taxes, We are persuaded that the government which governs ident Ferdinand E. Marcos say he did a little private sleuthing ington These sources say Marcos made discreet inquiries South Korea erately prosperate homes. leas with a grain of salt, but sources very close to Philippine Pres- President Eisenhower in Wash: Commie Yoke Heals that many of the most expensive publie services are of chief benefit to the middle class — such as the $5.5 billion the government will pour into highway construction this year, or the $5 billion the 50 states will spend on colleges and universities, the majority of whose students come fromat least mod- taxes Umauhia, the last sizeable town in Biafra. and concentrate on taking Uli airstrip, the Biafrans’ last air link with the outside world This probably should be taken an his own after atte-ing funeral services for the late S. Viet Can Shed care throughout the population. For all the grumbling about the “welfare to extend their tenuous supply lines dangerously. They may even postpone capture of Cromley “Pass the Salt, Please!’ medical For Effecive ROTC Units of campus demonstrations and student unrest on procurement of young officers arm to start at a hign level soon, world — extend explore expect which he calls a symptom of our New Approaches Needed WASHINGTON—TopPentagonofficials are deeply concerned about the impact rosion in portant fant mortality rate — the highest Inside Washington By ROBERT S. ALLEN and JOHN GOLDSMITH n lo The British winter winds which When man bites dog, that isn’t news. When tax collector bites are keen for reasons of their own and the United States is anxious ’, APRIL 14, 1969 away and caused soi the only possible e Chancellor of Probably in June The Russians year to enough to pay.” Invest in Peopie The day has come. McGovern said, “when most of us would like to see more of our tax dollars invested in people—to help hungry enough to Americans eat—instead get of spending additional billions for more missiles and tanks when we already have enough to blow up the world many times over.” McGovern’s hearings across the nation have produced eviuence that “many children go to bed without dinner and to to Bennett Listed With the ‘Able’ In Alsop Rating school without a decent breakfast.” The senator said the hearings also showed that because babies of the poor are starved of protein and vitamins, “they maybe stunted mentally and physically the rest of their lives.” The “first line of defense” against hunger, McGovern in- sists, is the Food Stamp Program. His bill would provide for free distribution of the stamps to families with an income of less than $80 per month, This idea is sure to run into opposition in both the House and Senate. Rep. LeonorSullivan, DMo., prime mover in the original Food Stamp Program, believes free distribution—relieving people of the need to pay anything for food—would gestroy the program Unlimited Handouts “Why not free rent? Why not free clothing? Why not free bus transportation? Why aot free handouts of every necessity? Food is essential, but so are the other things,” Mrs. Sullivan said Sen. Spessard Holland, D-Fla., has announced opposition to McGovern's plan. He says he's for everyone having enough to eat, but that the Agriculture Department’s commodity and food stamp programsshould not be turned into welfare prorams, In addition to the free food stamp provision, McGovern's bill also includes these changes: Reduce the percentage of family income required for BERRY’S WORLD The Almanac By United Press International Today is Monday, April 14, the 104th day of 1969 with 261 to follow. The moon is approching its new phase. The morning stars are Venus, Mars and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mercury and Saturn. On this day in history In 1861 the flag of the Confederacy was raised over Fort Sumter, S.C., as Union troops there surrendered. In 1865 John Wilkes Booth crept into President Abraham Lincoln’s box at Ford Theater in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot the Chief Executive. Lincoln died the foliowing morning. In 1965 Frank Mitchell became the first Negro page boyin the House of Representatives. A thought for the day Arthur Wing Pinero s believe the future is only the past again, entered through another gate.” payment for food stamps between 30 and 50 per cent to between 15 to 25 per cent. The value of stamps received by all participants would be raised to $120 per month. This is the minimum figure the agriculture department says is needed to provide a nutritious diet for a low-income family. RY TAMPS © RERRY Some have been successful. But in the last 18 years, 3,152 were not. They've been trapped on the way or reported by neighboring farmers or by the relatives with whom they've sought refuge. There have been cases in which wives have reported on husbands who cameback as agents and fathers who reputed on s. fe for Communists runs that deep. is is not to say that North Korean Communists offer no oe They oteAt are patient and keep trying. new generation of South Koreans could forget the atrociti and the terror of a Communist occupation. 7 The Lighter Side Appropriate Tunes For A Laundromat By DICK WEST WASHINGTON (UPI) — The latest cultural outbreak in this country is the combination laundromat and discotheque. Plans are afoot to open such places in New York and Chicago soon. According to the promoters, as many as 50 may be in operation on a franchise basis within the next 12 months. Each will have a dance floor overlooking a battery of washing machines. A music box will provide appropriate tunes, such as “The Washday Blues.”” If they so choose, patrons can perform the hornpipe, cakewalk and other terpischorean Maneuvers while their dirty linen is sloshingin the suds. Sit Out Rinse Cycle Or, if theyaren't in a dancing doesn’t sound like something a “nice” girl should do. Married couples will have their problems, too, as we shall see in the following scene: _ Heis reading the paper. She is filing a fingernail and softly erying. “Is something the matter, sweethoart?”” “It's just that you never take me out to do the laundry any more. Before we were married we used to have laundry dates four or five nights a week.” “But, honey, you know how muchI enjoy home laundry.” “That's only an excuse. The truth is, you don” love me any more.” QuotesIn mood, they can sit out the rinse Editor Herald As a student of political science, 1 was interested to read recently in Stewart Al- cycle at the bar. Or, if romance overtakes them while the spindrieris still The News running, they By United Press International LOS ANGELES—Grant Coo- can hold hands at intima‘e tables in the rear. This, as you can see, will be a big improvement over ordinary laundromats, where there isn’t much to do except stare through the glass portholes in the washer doors. That really isn’t very entertaining, unless your idea of fun sop's new political book, The Center, of the U, S. Senators who are regarded by independent Washington experts as being “able.” His list (on page 311) includes almost two-thirds of the Senate and, although Sen. Moss is not included, Utah's own Sen. Wallace F. Bennett is near the top of thelist 1 believe Mr. Alsop's observations are highly useful to is watching an agitator pulsate Certain problems are bound to arise, however, once the © 1969 by NEA, Ine, “Well, one thing's for sure—you're no Pierre Trudeau!” per, chief defense attorney for Sirhan B. Sirhan, asking the Jury for objectivity in the murder trial of the accused slayer of Robert F. Kennedy “Forget this was a United States senator and do your duty aS you said you would.” WASHINGTON—Sen. George D. Aiken, R-V1., criticizing Sen. start Edward M. Kennedy of Massa- functioning. Let's say, for example, that a boy makes a date with a girl. “We'll have dinner, see a show and then do our jaundry,” he says. This poses a mora] question: Should a boy and girl wash their clothing together in the same machine before they are married? Maybe I’m unduly prudish, or chuselts for allegedly advancing laundromat-diseotheques those of us who are quite far removed from the Washington scene. In all the rhetoric and publicity that emanates from Washington, it is often difficult to know just who is “able” and who is not. We in Utah can be proud that Sen. Bennett is as well respected in Washington as he is here at home. Richard Lawrence of those families with incomes above $80 a mooth from farm and fishing co-operative officers, police, merchants and all others of influence among their neigbors—dug trenches,killed these victims in rows and left them dead, sometimes buried in the trenches, sometimes not. At the end, there was hardly a citizen of South Korea who did not have somerelative killed by the Communists, This is why when North Korean agents move south, most find the going exceedingly rough. The usual practice is to send a South Korean Communist (usually one who moved north with the retreating North Korean armies) back to his home village, to burrow in among friends and relatives. old-fashioned, comingling But of premarital soiled linen, his presidential hopes on a factfinding trip to Alaska: “Teddy isn’t the only one, He's the one that takes the press with him when he goes.”” CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A student at Harvard University, bemoaning the lack of action following last Thursday's arrest of 184 students who occupied the Administration Building “T thought revolutions were supposed to be exciting.” |