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Show 3 OUR READERS WRITE Letter To Con.nress Was Odious marketplace early in 1864. At the request of Edward Everett (the primary speaker at Gettysburg), who was prompted by Mrs. Hamilton Fish of New York, Lincoln made a copy of the speech and sent it to the Metropolitan Fair in New York, to be sold for charity. Lincoln inserted two words which every newspaper had quoted him as using, but which were not in the original draft: "under God." If you wish to verify this, send $24.50 to: Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service, Washington, AS I SEE IT May I respond to the odious commentary by respectfully and sincerely, W.L. Matheson" in his United States Congress, March 31, oCr 70 1988. It is hard to determine if Mr. Matheson is filled more with a bitter attitude or with misinformation. He is certainly ignorant of the outstanding men who walk the halls of Congress in my city, Washington, U.C. Yes, there are a few bad apples in any barrel, but .the great majority of elected and appointed officials I have met while residing among them and working in the Pentagon, are very special people. Fourteen hour days are the rule for these dedicated individuals who have an almost impossible task dealing with the job we expect of them. The $80,000 salary you want to deny them is a real bargain. Even $200,000 would be underpayment. Obviously you do not know what the market price is for men of their caliber among the nationals legal firms and corporations. Houses in the Washington, D.C. area start at $130,000. An article in a December Deseret News said that a house costing $69,000 in Salt Lake City would cost $150,000 back here. Ask your local banker what salary you would need to qualify for that kind of loan. And do not forget all of the expected entertaining and traveling and clothes, etc. which you would be expected to provide. I have met many new congressman just arriving in the big city for the first time and I have seen the total shock they experience when they slam face first into the realities of living in this area. They usually leave their dear families back home and move into a small shared apartment with other destitute newcomers. The only way they survive is speaking fees and other "part-tim- e jobs". I wonder how many hours a week Mr. Matheson spends at his job? Now let me clear up a few of the many pieces of ; ; ; I am chief of Podiatric Medicine for Walter Reed AMC at the Pentagon Health Clinic and over the last six years I have talked with and treated many of our nations leaders including Oliver North and Caspar Weinberger. My neighbor and Sunday school teacher (until the ward was divided) is Senator Orin Hatch. Jack Andersons oldest daughters husband is my home teacher. I aid Congressional interns from Utah in the summer, g I ,even have taken a delegation for the Utah Governors office on a personal tour of the White House lasting' several hours with Cleon Skousens son as our resident expert. : ; : the table for dinner, but I will not let a garbage fee deny my family of a package of ground beef every month. Fortunate Readers Dear Editor: We are very fortunate, as readers of The Green Sheet, to have reporters such as Bob Mickelson providing the stories that affect our lives. His experience as an observer of that tragic Muiray accident last Monday has been shared by many and touched many of your readers hearts. He described most eloquently the feelings and confusion experienced in such situations and the compulsion to relive the scene in our minds by describing it to others over and over again. Being human we like to feel that we are in ' control and when an incident such as this arises we suddenly realize just how fallible we really are. We are left to wonder why we are spared when death and destruction touches those around us. Personally, I do not intend to dwell on the negative aspects of this story but because of it I ; will try a little harder to make the most of all my ' ' I Starr Mitchell Opposes Fee To the Editor: ; Regarding the garbage fee proposed for West Valley, I must agree with Kathy Barker. I, too, must cut from my food budget to make ends meet. : My husband and I go without breakfast and lunch ; to make sure our son has food to eat and that our house is not taken away or the utilities shut off. ; ; Meat for dinner is a luxury because it is the most ; expensive grocery item and the best way to cut the ; already too tight budget. I am not willing to give of chicken or ground beef each ; up a package month just to pay a garbage fee. I work for a government agency and I see the ; waste of taxpayers money. We are told, just as the West Valley employees are told, that there is no budget for salary increase - no money for a little extra food on the table. At the same time, the budget provides executives high salaries, company cars, mileage, attendance at conferences and exorbitant per diems. They must have the best office furniture and supplies and other money wasting items. They dream up costly projects and ; events. I know that West Valley could cut a lot of costs, but they dont want to give up the things that they are used to. All forms of government agencies are run the same way too, and that is the sad part. Its no problem though just add a tax or a fee and pass it on to the lower income working class, while they take their families out to dinner, buy new clothes and shoes, drive all the things we could never expensive cars dream of. They are the people who can say, "What is $4 a month, I spend more than that when I go out to lunch." It is time we tell the "material" people that we cannot support them any more, since we cannot even support ourselves. I want to say that I thank the Lord every day, that my house has not yet been repossessed, I have a job and I can put, at least, a can of soup on ; that their sonhusband remains unaccounted for in Southeast Asia. The National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia has selected Mother's Day as the focus to help make the public aware of the MIAPOW issue on American families. In addition to our sympathy, these people who continue to fight for progress on this issue, deserve our admiration. And where possible, our assistance. They face, in addition to their pain, some very real dangers related to public awareness of their plight. Family members are often the targets of misinformation and solicitations for funds to obtain the release of or information about a loved one by individuals capitalizing on their frustration. EDITORIAL on live POWs has changed from negative to positive. High level negotiations continue with the governments of Vietnam and Laos. More Americans have been accounted for in the past two years than at any time since the war. There is strong bipartisan support of the issue in Congress. The very least those of us who are not personally involved can do is to remember the POWMIA in appropriate ceremonies, especially Veterans Day, Memorial Day and National POWMIA Recognition Day. Other welcome assistance would involve helping to raise funds to continue this important work. That might include tax deductible contributions, wearing a POWMIA logo lapel ($3 or 2x$5), flying a POWMIA flag ($4-3). Persons wanting to find out more about the issue can write to The National League of POWMIA Families, 1608 K St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006; telephone, Some experts in the field of economic development think were our own worst enemy. The image we project of our state affects how others perceive it. Now we all know the state has its share of problems. Name one that doesnt. But we also have a lot to offer. And a great deal to be proud of. The electronic and print media throughout the state will be touting some of the things we can take pride in. The campaign features an attractive logo with a mountain scene in warm tan, blue, green and rust tones. Really an attractive but not overbearing effort. Believe it our not, one of those great sources of pride is education. Sheer Frustration , the Editors: I am writing this letter in sheer frustration -not to reform the robbers and "druggies" who lurk in our city and neighborhoods, most certainly -but to at least warn other innocent citizens who are just trying to get by, like myself. I won the lawnmower in the West Valley Clean-uSlogan Contest a couple of weeks ago. My slogan was "Im making it shine - West Valley is mine! It really was a thrill to win something for the first time in my life, plus we really needed the lawnmower. (I mow lawns to pay for the groceries). When I went outside to get to work, the lawnmower was gone - someone had stolen it! Im sure the West Valley Rotary Club didnt intend to give their lawnmower to a robber. This is the second time a lawnmower of ours has been stolen. Also our home has been burglarized and our car broken into two times in the past eight years we have lived in West Valley City. We have installed deadbolts, fenced the yard, gotten a watch dog, formed a Neighborhood Watch and even patrol the area. In other words we have done everything possible to safeguard our property besides hiring a personal security guard - and still the robbers To p -- -- Sincerely, Marilyn Sumner Bennion Mothers Day is a joyous occasion. A time to pay tribute to the woman we hold most dear. But for 2,404 American moms andor wives Sunday is another painful reminder about our state. ; tomorrows. 1988 Utah Is A Pretty, Great State And We Should Know misinformation found in the tirade. The sentence "When Lincoln at Gettysburg referred to this nation under God . . . he stated a profound truth" is not accurate. Mr. Lincoln was suffering from a fresh case of small pox when he delivered the most famous speech in American history. It was not diagnosed until he had made his brief appearance and rode back to Washington from Gettysburg. At least the first of the two pages of the speech was written in Washington on White House stationaiy, on Nov. 17, 1863. Lincoln added the final nine and half lines, in pencil, when he went to his bedroom in the Gettysburg home of David Wills the following . evening (not on the train as legend says). ; On the morning of the address, Nov. 19, Lincoln : wrote a new draft, copying the first and making a ; few changes. There were 139 words in the first and 269 words in the second draft. ; If anyone recognized the greatness of the speech at the moment he. is lost to history Audience and : dignitaries expressed private disappointment, and most newspapers ignored it, or gave it harsh treatment. The address began to acquire value in the ; Thursday, May 5, Mothers Day Not Joyous For Those With Missing Sons D.C. 20540. Ask them to send you copies of the first two drafts and study them for yourself. Let us digress back to the question of salaries. What was our first elected president, George Washington paid? George Washington turned down h the salary offered him as commander-in-chie- f of the Continental Army, insisting he had no desire to profit from the war and wanted only to be reimbursed for his expenses. At wars end he submitted a bill for $414,108.21 plus $7,488 in interest and $27,665.30 for his wifes expenses when she visited him at Valley Forge. His bill covered wines (excellent French vintages), his By working with the Reagan Administraeight personal servants, and his clothes (velvet coats and Belgian-lac- e ruffles.) When he was elected tion, the families have been able to take president, he again offered to work for expenses some significant steps forward during the only, but Congress insisted on paying him $25,000 a past decade. The U. S. government position year. Marvin Kitman, author of George Washingtons Expense Account, called this decision "the countrys first economy drive." I say that Congress did a good job then and is continuing to do a good job today. Think about how much Washington was paid in todays dollars and compare it to what politicians are now paid. Think through the vast amount of legislation that has past in recent years limiting government spending. I know that in my office we are sure feeling the pinch. Did you know that thanks to new cutbacks that the Army has a nationwide freeze on hiring any new Utah. A Pretty, Great State. medical personnel including doctors and nurses at all medical facilities? No doubt by now youve seen I wish I had dozens of pages to get into specifics, one of the billboards or bumper but T hope I have presented enough for you to start stickers making that claim. The was launched last week appreciating our nations elected leadership and to campaign Economic the Utah by not stoop to tabloid politics. Development Corp. It is designed to emphasize positive attitudes Dr. Brice N. Jenson and perceptions amongst Utahns Washington, D.C. . $500-a-mont- THE GREEN SHEET Didja know, for example, our adult population has the highest of school percentage high diplomas of any state in the nation except one? That also translates to a high percentage of the population having college degrees. Which should be a plus for any company wanting to locate here. same that line, Along advertisements will remind us that there have been some great medical advancements in Utah in recent years. We all know about the artificial heart. How about pioneering work on artificial ears and arms and decoding of genetic In codes? 1985 a Utahn discovered the precise location of the CF gene on chromosome 7. That inspired hope for a cure in thousands of Cystic Fibrosis sufferers. No less than a half dozen important pioneers in electronics called Utah home. Utah was the first place in the world to have a long distance power line, and one of the first to use electricity for street lighting. Lester Wire traffic the invented light, in one the first installing downtown Salt Lake. Harvey Fletcher is the father of high fidelity sound. Philo Farnsworth developed television. Allen Kay dreamed up the idea of a personal computer in a 1969 doctoral dissertation. Engineers at Evans and Sutherland developed digital Thomas computer graphics; Stockham came up with the idea of digital recording, which led to the compact disc. Dr Homer Warner pioneered the idea of a computer as a medical diagnostic tool. Nolan Bushnell invented Atari and started the electronic games rage. Does quality of life interest you? When it comes to arts and culture, Utah takes a back seat to no one. Ballet West is the only ballet recognized nationally company between Houston and San Francisco. The Mormon Choir has the Tabernacle on program radio. The Utah network Symphony is one of the top 12 major symphony orchestras in the longest-runnin- nation. Throw in the Utah Opera Pioneer Memorial Company, the Theatre, Shakespeare Festival, the U.S. Film Festival, Hale Center, City Rep and all of the local performing arts groups and youve got lots of choices. Crime? Salt Lake ranks 42nd out of the 44 largesc cities in violent crime. Utahs violet crime rate is about half the national its despite large average population of teenagers, the age countrys most crime-pron- e group. And of course theres tourism. The skiing, Lake Powell, the National Parks and all of those other exciting, wonderful places are here for us to enjoy as well as the tourists. Most tourists dont regularly use our golf courses, baseball diamonds and parks. Yup. Those guys in the Economic Development Corp. are right. Utahs a Pretty, Great State. So if you know anyone who should be told that, dont hesitate to stick out your chest and brag a bit. LINES FROM LAREE: Two things are bad for the g . . . heart running up stairs, and running down people. - Bernard Baruch. -- -- win out! When will people start taking responsibility for their actions and live decently in a community that can offer so much, if well do our part? I dont know that there is any answer than that. Jeannie Flynn West Valley City ruDis ; -- ' - - "Building a positive self The Green Sheet welcomes contributions from readers for either Letters to the Editor or As See It. Letters should be confined to a length of about 250 words and not contain libelous comments. They must be signed and must be received in our office no later than 10 a.m. Tuesday for publication that image thru dance" I 263-261- 8 Registration May 11, 1988 6 to 8 p.m. Classes Begin May 16, 1988 week. Longer correspondence may be used as As See It commentaries on a space availI able basis. Primaiy consideration will be given to those submitted by people with expertise in the topic about which they write. A brief description of that expertise may accompany the submission. All submissions are subject to editing for space and clarity. They may be addressed to: The Green Sheet, P.O. Box 7187, Murray, Ut. 84107. Join Us For A Summer Of Dance! ! ! 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