Show -- "rob wof - ' 410'404 '40'00 00 4 40 4 i4o ' 1 Page I it 'Hold That Line!' ilit 1:1lie :idtitiunr Eq''1)1! 1Vednes4ay Morning "'Own:try 9 0 ther Viewpoints 1964 St Louis Some of our readers may lia‘e noticed the juxtaposition Of two news articles that in appeared recently tie back of the paper One stated that President Johnson's business Interests had purchased part of a television antenna system for nearly half a million dollars The other said that the late Prime Minis Specious Proposals to Share Wealth' federal government would make up the differvnue hlovoen a family's actual income and a It ed minimum standard (This idea was ralled worthy of further study in the l'reident's Economic Report to Congress last month) ho complain of the scope mil cost of President Johnson's Great Society he even more alarmed by a shii iust recommended hy a White House commission appointed wider congressional authoriation In fcct the President himself appears alai turd since he released he report wit hout I tie fanfare customary on such occasions aS Set up to study The comnussion 'technological unemployment and related prohlems' That is a very cornprehensi‘o assignment And the commission's rectalmendat ions ire heavily devocoot in I he Priiiiiisitiff i fi nk n at least at the outset Ile will however bring to ‘'ashington new ideas and enthusiasm for improving relations with Latin America The former I larvard University professor of economics has been amhassador to Brazil for the last four and a half years and excellent US relations wit h the largest and among the most promising' of the South American counties are due in a large measure to his 'good work Among other things Dr Cordon watched over the Infusion of nearly one billion dollars in US aid in Brazil beginning wish the fill of the leftist Joao Goulart government early in 1964 and through nearly two years of the regime of Marshal Humberto Castel() Branco benevolent military dictator Dr Gordon is said to believe that the Branco government is progressive and it is possible he will lend further emphasis to the administration's philosophy that military takeovers in Latin America are not in themselves bad Such a view however is anathema to important liberal and democratic elements in Latin America Some of these have become increasingly disenchanted with the US in recent years The new assistant secretary also may lend to emphasize Brazil to the exclusion of the rest of Latin America but many astute observers have urged for years that this country concentrate on Brazil and one may be too - Brazil-oriente- d ACM of Gos'erotnent We heliee however that it would retfuire the invention of an entirely 11PW system of government For it would mean that every phase of the nation's economia life would be controlled from Washington Indeed it void(' Mean state planning on a scale never before considered in this country Then too there Is the question of paying for such a vast array of programs The commission for example said that the nation's economy must grow at the rate of 4 per cent a year during the next decade to offset job losses caused by auto mation and other technological developments But it also noted that the 4 per 'cent rate has never been maintained over a period The solution In the commission's opinion lies in "aggressive fiscal and monetary policies" Here again federal control is the suggested solution : VW 'Commonplace Tomorrow' The commission Speed the Not Home Safe Home non-traff- Visiting Cartoonist constitutionally discriminatory Judge Jeppson did rule that the double standard of taxation on 1965 income which results from his decision did not violate provisions of "the Utah or federal constitutions" — but this will surely be - challenged The State Tax Commission has indicated doubt as to its ability to sustain a double standard of taxation and many taxpayers now filing are likely to demand equal treatment with those who for N'arious reasons were able to file their returns prior to Jan 1 The whole silCiation as of today Is 1110St confusing not only to state income taxpayers but to property taxpayers who Might face an additional 7 mill state tax next fall if the income tax boost is thrown out and to the states executive and fiscal authorities who are faced with considerable uncertainty as to revenues likely to be available the last half of this fiscal year It is certainly to be hoped that all concerned will make every effort to get a final decision with minimum deray Bill Vatighan's Orbiting Paracfraphs snts havelied up traffic in the WaShing7 ton area It might he interesting to SN' how the nation lAiuld Lire if nobody in he government could get to work for a week on so The urge of Americans to huy automobiles overcomes any discouragement— traffic snarls high prices and the dealers' deep-seate- commercials Are televised presidential press conferences on the vay out? A lady Vashington correhe buys spondent hos to know before bonnets- The water prohlem is interesting Will we run out of the stuff before we have a chance to pollute it completely? evs In Ma kr "Wrap the fish and butter -- - 1 aeparately please" nal Family associations are uhat lend antiques thetr real value—like having a living-roochair that fear generations have detested p Is By Crosby S Noyes WASHINGTON — The most puzzling feature of the recent Americanyeace offensive and the current activity in the tr7Zif United The Public Forum Billboard Explained Editor Judith correct of the Jan 30 issue of The Tribune the article "I Am " by Not a Squealer But Bill Adler This is supposed to be letters written to the FBI from children Every one of these letters seems to be making a fool out of the FBI and also out of our youngsters If these children who were supposed to have written these letters had a good education on what the FBI stands for in this wonderful America they couldn't possibly have had these ideas in their heads Our FBI does a great service to our country and is protecting us from espionage subversion and all types of violence so why ridicule them In this way and turn our youth against them? I have read articles on the FBI and how the Comm u a i :) qt pletaillittoOtOt 11116 Speech Editor Tribune: When Max Rafferty speaks his "logor- rhea" shows Not ordy did he make a poor showillg of his knowledge of bacteriology in describing the new siident disease of "uncontrolled run- ning off at the mouth" (logorrhea) but far worse he shows to readers the proof that those in high places need to be "quarantined" when they are so far "infected" I refer to on Free ''Curbs Speech Needed' in The Tribune of Feb 6 "Students are in school to learn not to instruct—to listen not to shoot their mouths off" 'says Dr Rafferty Such brilliant English! - Such brilliant educational philosophy! And Avhat's more he asks "Why should a college or university be different (from courts of justice Congress or churches)?" Come come It is not the Savios and Apthekers who claims arc hiding behind the proverbial Shakespearean hedge It is the Rafferty and the Kerr Nasons and the Kuchels who are comfortable in thinking that the "knowledge industry" is adequate for today's students The "activists are not ginting them conditioned for a totalitarian stitte" as he fea:-he is running one GARY F MASKE Idaho State University Pocatello Idaho FBI Satire Resented Editor Tribune: I read In This Week Magazine section MISS CARMEN NELSON What We Have Done Editor Tribune: Where aro the old patriots who used to thrill to the toast "My country right or wrong my coun- try" For the last 25 year fr our presidents of both political parties have sent their ablest emissaries to world trouble spots were communism was subverting the people These missions were to make estimates uf the Situation so that the US government could make the best decisions Sniping s from the extreme right and left and from many individuals conconfused the issues In stantly the mind of the public May I ask what condition this world would be in if the 'good old USA had not sent troops to the aid of Greece and Turkey and rescued these countries from Russian communism after Russia had already engulfed ten or more nations subsequent to World War II? What ifwe had not extended short-sighte- ( and Pekingto Tribune: Voran was entirely when she stated our sign on 45th South and State streets should have more documentation It is unfortunate that the record of Martin Luther King could not be printed in its entirety on a like billboard However because Of the length of such printed evidence we chose a single phowhich documents tograph King's presence at the Highlander Folk School of Mont-eagl- e Tennessee which was closed by the Tennessee Legislature presence at the Kings school when the picture was taken in 1957 is verified by his own statements on a "Meet the Press" television broadcast of a year ago Abner W Berry (also pictured on the billboard) a faculty member of the Highlander Folk School cites Martin Luther King on his form letter of May 15 1963 as being a sponsor of the school Marvin Griffin former governor of ' '14 Georgia stated in his inter11 view for the Shreveport Councilor that the photograph "is a ltI PkS espat I know betrue picture cause I had the picture made when rwas governor of Geor I sent Ed Friend gia to the school and told him to find out what was going on there" The billboard photofists vilify and ridicule the graph is one of many Ed FBI when it brings to light Friend took at the school traitors and subversives A report on King's Southern Even if this is an exception Christian Conference is availand is a satire I don't think able from the state of Louisithe FBI should be the exana or from the TACT comample Perhaps our foreign mittee in South Salt Lake The could be a better aid state of Tennessee made a one program similar report on the HighlanIt is the FBI's sworn duty der Folk School and it is to protect and strengthen the available from the Tennessee State Legislature and from security of this nation:' And the fight against subversives TACT and betrayal from within is a JAMES K PINKERMAN relentless struggle Chairman TACT Committee I have much respect for the FBI Free Rafferty Na- - tions is the re- fusal of Hanoi d Forum Rule" Letters for publiention must not eteeed 250 "lords must he submitted e"clusively to Tho Tribune and bear writer's full signature and address Names must be printed on political let ter hut may be 'withheld for compelling reasons on others Preference is gisen to letters printed viith writers' names Letters are subkirt to eon dnsation when apses" limits' require it grab the By Our Readers lered branch economic aid to France and Italy when they were staggering under the body blows of subversion from this same source? While we fumbled and bumbled over whether or not we should trust Chang k the Communist armies overran China and over six hundred million people went behind the "Iron Curtain" We fought in Korea and probably saved Japan and the Philippines from falling Kai-she- China is now threatening more than 600 million people in Southeast Asia and Viet Nam is the key to keeping their freedom Remember China now has the atom bomb Doesn't this justify action? Many military minds to my knowledge believe the most humane and economical war Is the shortest war We cannot fight guerrillas their way We must use all legal means at our disposal Do we vacillate and divide or do we unite and stand? S GRANT YOUNG Cheek Credit Reporting Editor Tribune: citizens including A group of Utah legis- lators are banding together to draft a proposed law for the next Utah legislative session which will deal with honesty in credit reporting The need for references on firms and individuals goes without question However due to failure of law to recognize this credit reporting firms have to operate much as the "Gestapo" operated under Hitler Secret lists are kept Their contents are not available—true or false There are many known cases where ''black marks' have been entered in these records and have kept persons from financing homes cars TV sets or otherwise borrow money in today's market place We need truth In credit reporting We need to bring credit reporting out of the cloak and dagger shadows of the Gestapo method We need to protect reporting firms from false liability but make them liable for truly deliberate false reporting If every citizen had the chance to examine his own credit record he might be alarmed at the false reports contained therein thus every citizen should be afforded the right to know what his report says And if false he should be told who his accuser is and why he is accused The state can regulate and should regulate this business prof- - t '''' olive -- 44 ' On the face of it the Corn- - I 1 munists' con- Mr Noyes tinuing rejec- tion of the American offer for unconditional is negotiations From hard to the viewpoint of an American appraisal of the situation in Viet Nam today Hanoi would appear to have much to gain and virtually nothing to lose from taking up the invitation to transfer the conflict from the battlefield to the conference table Despite the recent American buildup the military balance has not yet turned decisively against the Viet Cong explain The Communists quite admit officials cer- tainly are not afraid of being negotiated out of any position which they presently hold In Viet Nam Increasing Pressure e On the contrary immewould talks pay peace diate dividends They would put an end to the bombing in North Viet Nam as long as a conference lasted which might be very long indeed They would cause consternation in South Viet Nam a possibly 'Violent split between Saigon and and a general Washington sagging of morale would subject the They United States to increasing pressure from the peace lobby for important concessions At the very least the Communists could hope for formol recognition of their Liberation Front organization in South Viot Nam and even perhaps agreement to its participation In a future government The flimsiest "settlement" would inevitably include provision for the early withdrawal of American troops from Viet Nam Even unsuccessful negotiations preceded by a would in general cease-fir- e effect yield substantial parts of the country to Communist control And if after months or even years the talks failed the Communist side would be no worse off than it is now full-scal- Certain Perplexity Since these facts must be at least as obvious to the loaders in Hanoi as they are in Washington the explanation of the refusal to negotiate must lie elsewhere Many American - C a certain to perplexity the Of from that explanations have been advanced the least convincing so far comes the Communists them( selves There might well be a certain perplexity on their side when it comes to President Johnson's motives But if they have believed that the American peace offensive was phony from the start a trap or a trick or as Premier Kosygin says "only a preparation of new aggressive actions" surely there has been an easy way to frustrate it The temptation to trap Mr Johnson in his own trap as they saw it must have been very strong f ti 1 Continued Destruction Another vored by fraternity that the itself is a trap This faexplanation the in Washington is war in Viet Nam kind of Communist theory holds that it is fixed Communist policy to lure the United States into a ti hand-wringin- g land war on the Asian mainland Pinned down bled to exhaustion and finally humiliated the United States according to this fearful analysis would In the end provide the yindication or China's aggressive doctrines One trouble with this theory Is that it °assumes the complete domination by China of large-scal- e "open-ended- " North Viet Nam Though China might be willing enough to fight to the last Vietnamese this theory doesn't explain Ho Chi Minh's interest in inviting massive injections of American power on his doorstep and the continuing destruction of his own coun t( tc PI t of st al - try A more plausible reason for Hanoi's behavior can be found In a recent article by North Viet Nam's Defense Minister Vo Nguyen Gen Clap in which he assesses the American buildup in Viet Nam and the present trend of the war It boils down to the idea that the Vitst Cong in both the military and political arenas is still winning the war and that It will continue to do so Determined Pessimists It is not very surprising that Giap should believe this Even among ArneriCanS there are plenty of determined rissimists when it comes to coping with the military challenge in Viet Nam It Is also not very surprising that as long as they believe the trend is moving In their favor the Communists refuse to negotiate For them there Is no tempting substitute for victory And until they are persuaded that victory is in fact beyond their grasp the war seems very likely to ei 1)1 pi F vi th n lo 11( s wl te Co RS he PS be UP of ev In W no ca by Interlandi Interpolations PX is of bo f214Cei g It0 Close supervision in Utah should be maintained with citizens having a right to appeal to the state for redress as well as through established channels such as the courts Our group is interested in hearing in writing of cases where individuals have been "done in" or gotten mixed up in false credit reporting ARTHUR W BROTHERS p"4411 1 RA FY - A " 091 RIO JOS- " FArD - VI1 43f c 4pAsYEA0YLA" if) WC pt (11 Da dr( IN' i fia IIic of tat as dia Why No Parking? V Editor Tribune: Can anyone please tell me why millions of dollars are spent for buildings like the new Kennecott Federal Building and Sugr House Post Office and others Ivithout providing park-'jofacilities? It is a regular nuisance to find parking places especially while carrying a package for mailing a ers tha sin ing g DR O N LEONARD Gii doc "Don't be ilartned by the speech drecs and music of today's teens—they're 414 dbenehanted with our world" t - I Ngrill Viet Rejects Peace Talk Sure Winning ei 1)eellSiOnt Third District Judge Jeppson's decision- upholding early-filinof 1965 State Income tax returns at the old lower rates does not alter the need for prompt adjudication of this awkward issue by the Utah Supreme Court Indeed in a way it increases the need for an early high court decision Thousands of normal taxpayers will be reluctant to complete and file returns at the new rates in view of the uncertainty This is doubly true because if the Supreme Court upholds Judge Jeppson on the legality of early filings it is believed by many that it might also throw out the entire tax boost as un- er The Utah Safety Council has reported a preliminary total of 684 accidental deaths and some 52000 Injuries occurring in the state last year Deaths ate divided into four categories — traffic public fatalities accidental deaths in the home andtccidental deaths on the job Traffic deaths led the list last year with 279 other public deaths ranked second with 190 (a toll sharply increased by 56 deaths in two dramatic Utah plane crashes) accidents in the home killed 123 and those on the job 50 The relatively small number of occupational fatalities is eVdence of high safety standards maintained by business and Industry plus training and educational programs among employes which encourage safe practices The low fatality toll steady' increasing industrial despite employment is a reason for- satisfaction and at the same time a challenge to more effective safety efforts in other fields Although the number of home deaths 1ast year was only third highest among the four categories it is worth noting that Injuries in the home rank first — 18000 out of the 52000 reported Just remember! It may still be home sweet home but it's not home safe home made up of represen- tatives of organized labor big business the civil rights movement and universities said of its startling report that "today's more advanced ideas will be commonplace tomorrow" That may be true ILowever tomorrow has not yet arrived And we are confident that Con 'gress like President Johnson will cold shoulder the recommendations Whatever usefulness thePreport might have had is destroyed by the extreme nature of most of the proposed remedies The nation's economy cannot be remade by government fiat Close-U- Washington SN 10-ye- or two other promising Latin countries for assistance in building "show windows" instead ot spreading US aid thinly over the entire troubled continent Dr Gordon is expected to influence US policy toward Latin America more than did his predecessor Jack Hood Vaughn who has been named director of the Peace Corps Though he had a reputation for toughness and hard work Vaughn was overshadowed by his predecessor Thomas C Mann who was moved up to the No 3 spot in the State Department as undersecretary of slate for economic affairs a year ago President Johnson continued to regard Mann as his personal Latin Amer- lean specialist This could continue but making the top Latin American spot in the State Department viable again is necessary for good working policy-mak- well-to-d- e The new assistant secret a ry )f st ate for affairs Lincoln Gordon Inter-America- India died penniless: dispatch front:New Delhi said that when Mr Shastri died at Tashkent "his bank account was overdrawn he was paying off a loan on a small automobile- he had no insurance and he owned no property After paying living expenses he habitually donated the rest of his salary to charity" Mr Johnson is and no one begrudges him his personal affluence That seems to be the American way It is the way Of some Indians too hut not of Mr Shastri Ile could not bring himself to live in luxury while so many millions of his countrymen faced starvation What an inspiring example to us as well as to India! all approved unanimously by the commission follow: The federal government should become the "employer of last resort" for hard-corjobless paying them for OW- SPIVieeS in community enterprises Every flung American should be offered tree education for tv() years after graduation from high school Blue collar workers should be paid regular salaries instead of wages so as to provide greater standity of income oirial Security benefits should be increased and public welfare programs made more Trierous The federal government should establish a national building code and enforce it through the power to grant or withhold federal funds All this and more is offered as a way flor I he nal loon to "invent the fut ore" One proposal IS flir ill annual guarantoed family income at "a cost estimated at defrom 2 to 20 billion dollars pending on its scope Under the plan the Of A tither recommendatams 'related problems' : ter Shastri UnaniniotN Appo I Sha4ri's Example 31r 0 v 4 4v41 al 4 t ha vill to! |