Show r te - s s XrVti?MU'i4AU4-JU£- - Vw rnaay Novemoen rT7 UUfcJl rage 4 I ne utan statesman XT O Jarvis’ reasoning raises questions is the most important of any right in a free society students USU told Jarvis Howard riglt toprivateproperty and 'vesterdav The intent of the founding fathers was not life liberty and life but liberty food and stamps welfare not life liberty property he said He asserted that cutting property taxes benefits students because thev may want to buy a house when they graduate a tax He added that college students are graduating with like proposals and neck their around anchor students benefit by Proposition 13 would eventually a or a house job to get allowing them buy There seems to be a few flaws in Jarvis' reasoning First of he admitted the cost of building a house is high The cost tax reduca can How is property also high buying property tion benefit someone who can't buy a house or property in the first place? If students are as Jarvis said graduating with a tax anchor of debts around their necks a cut in property tax can t do them much good In short the people who receive the initial benefit of a property tax cut are the property owners not the major part of the population who rent their abode low Proposition 13 is regressive it hurts the middle and the to benefits properwhile wealthy income persons giving ty owners Proposition 13 does not lower the costs of building houses or purchasing property therefore it does not benefit i g students Few students own property and according to Jarvis costs of buying property are so high that few students of today pvpr will quit smoking at the health center Then I began to eat like a pig I went back to the center to help control my weight They gave me cartons of cigarettes! Sure I l Ice cream rebates? To the editor to Maurice Zeeman right on I too have experienced the marblette scoops of the frozen concoctions and morn with you! May there be justice' think the Sweet Shoppe should repent and offer rebates on In response Zeeman-Mauric- 1 their past ‘economy scoops Nav the cows are not high and dry It is the capitalistic approach of the sale of the goodies that we no longer find ice cream in the cones but a mere trace of tinted milk drooling down the inside! Ditto on the boo hiss-hiss- Maureen Seidman US To the editor Last Mondav the Shah of Iran ordered complete mditarv control The dissent is both religous and political It is centered around the policies of the Shah's government Practices of torture from "electric shock to hanging women naked from the ceiling and burning them with cigarettes (Newsweek! have been reported from released Government political prisoners blatant and is corruption widespread to the point that last Sunday an Iranian businessman attributed it as a factor in the eononomtc polarity of classes in Iran (CBS s Sixty Minutes) This years most profound display of the anger and convictions of USU s Iranian students came last Thursday when William Colby came to speak This anger was evident in their signs their s and most of aU in thier faces The reaction of American students has varied but a large portion of the campus viewed the students as childish and or dangerous and felt they had no right to be rude to Colby If your family or friends or even a mere aquaintance were imprisoned or fired upon for protesting against the government you might also show a lack of courtesy toward a man who you feel is in part responsible for this The right to protest is not an American right to be used only by Americans in America! It is a "self evident" right "endowed by our creator he he Christian or Moslem This right may even become a responsibility when conditions have past a point that can not be tolerated One of the key events to puch the conditions in Iran past this was the Military Coup of 1953point In out-crie- a THE UTAH ST AT ESMAN written and edited by students at UtWi State University UTAH STATESMAN written and edited by students at Utrt Stata Untvarttfy EDITORIAL POUCY a aoletv the of the staff edkona responstbtrty EDITORIAL OPINIONS a re aolaty thoee of the editor vtd thorn writer wh atonad articles and do not necessarty raftact the opmona of Ut Stata UnrvarMy or ASUSU LETTER POLICY Tha editor raaarvaa tha nght to add refuse or prrt rty letter AR lattars must ba signed and Unwed to 800 words or Was They must be with the bod signed name student number and phone number Names may ba wttttfield by the edrtor however a! tha student's request tTTAH STATESMAN a published during tha school year except durtog fuels weeks and school holidays including quarter breaks VeterwVa Day hofcdy Thankagrvng Day holiday President s Day holidey and Memory Day hokdey we school holidays EcWortal offices era m University Canter 312 Buaness office University Center 31 7 — Iranian realations questioned society On Sept 8 "after repeated the soldiers lobbed warning canasters of tear gas into the crowd then shot into the air As the throngs advanced andthefiredtroops At lowered their guns agovernment the nightfall detail the CIA's inCorps! volvement m Iran 'There is no doubt that the CIA organized and directed the 1953 Coup that overthrew Premier Mohammed Mossadegh and kept the Shah on his throne Although Iran remained t after the 1953 Coup little was done to alleviate the terrible A poverty in that ancient land total of 1300000000 in US aid poured in but much of it appeared to suck to the fingers of the hopelessly corrupt officialdom Mossadegh was backed by most of the Iranian people “He couldn’t however break the grip of the cartel on the world market ” So his nationalized oil plan proved to be a ' nnounced pro-wes- Time that 86 people cessarv part of world po tics can not be argued that support an administration that has p t its people under the and aea imprisonment torture a voice to gain for attempting the decision making process role necessary part of that asset Magazine outlines the events leading up to and occuring on Black Friday Sept 8 “day after day they marched (The crowd) at times numbering more than 100000 was a colorful sometimes mcongrous crossection of Iranina Craig B ‘Support Alaska bill’ To the editor When the Senate adjourned last October the Metcalf-Durkibill (Alaska National Interest Land Conservation Act! was under a filibuster staged by the industry-backeAlaskan senators Mike Gravel and Ted Stevens Though Senator Stevens is not on the d Senate Energy and Natural Committee he participated in the bill's mark-utrying to weaken the proposal Interim protection expires on teh national interest lands Dec 18 Unfortunately the Senate won't reconvene until January But there is still hope for Alaska s endangered wildlife fisheries native subsistence and their book "The Invisible fragile landscapes Under the 1906 Government” Thomas Ross and Antiquites Act the president has David Wise (who are the exclusive power to declare investigative reporters in the Washington Press public land acreage as national Resources p mostly women and children had died Due to Iran's vast oil reserves in and her strategic importa nee t relation to the USSR and exerted Persian Gulf the US has even and perhaps influence vast dominance over the Shah o fn people and more importantly herwhether a It is open to debate a is Iran in large US role Ray1 the IDT monuments He can declare wws lands monuments until for these legislation is passed don t k next year Please successful letter writing the passed HR 39 through (277-31- ) and has been I the Senate go to waste 18 tion is taken by Dec lands will be of®” of mulhandful development by a tinational corporations President Carter needs support So please his au wity urging him to use under the Antiquities by declare all lands proposed 39 and SI 500 as monuments These are y so please write to: Hou The White Carter 20500 DC Washington r |