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Show DEEP POWDER REVIEW Editorials March 25 , 1965 and DRY SALT Page 4 $50,000 Might Be Very Cheap Ihe Salt Lake County Attorney announced Wednesday morning that be has launched a probe into county government. special investigator has been borrowed from the Sheriffs Department to irregularities -- - if they exist -- - and according to chief criminal deputy attorney Warren M. Weggeland "compile any and all evidence for possible legal action as deemed necessary by the county attorney." A check but its been said that a politician can follow This is a worthy gesture and a door beat you out of the other side. If this probe into you revolving is intended to take the place of a grand Jury investigation, we'd rather wait for the real thing. full-sca- le The county attorney's office plays an intimate part in the conduct of county business. He is involved in almost every official transaction. He is simply in civil as well as criminal matters. and clearly the countys attorney License violations, planning and toning matters as well as all contractual agreements pass through the county attorneys office. An investigative body rarely asks the attorney for the defense to prepare its case. By the same token, our understanding is that chief criminal deputy Delmar L. Larson is an excellent officer with exactly the right background for the job. But our feeling is that he's Just working for the wrong guys. The Sheriffs Department, while an Independent body, depends on the county commission for its budget and for support in other areas. Its top personnel are closely aligned with the reigning political party and its own affairs are now In the process of being unscrambled. The Many Mood of H ill Lucan Letters To The Editor Our interest in a grand Jury investigation is not to imply that there has been serious misconduct in the management of county business.. We dont know whether this Is the case. A Sweet However, incidents during the past weeks have cast a deep shadow over the whole county governmental operation making an impartial study mandatory to either permanently ease public apprehension or else ease wrongdoers out of office. Dear Sir, and especially your Insistence on your right to be heard and the resultant victory In your read the Utah Publisher Printer write-u- p on the trials and afflictions of the first year of your operations. Y our publication merits praise for Its local flavor and its adaptation . to the broader fields of reader Interest In county, state and national affairs Your special features are, for the most part, very good. In Oils department, however, I must make an exception In the Will Lucas contribution. (Can anyone be Interested In drivel so inept and absurd)? I admire the positive stand you have often taken on Issues of Dressing local Importance I hassle with repressive, self appointed, restraining forces. I hope you prosper and continue to grow In stature. and Our prediction is that after the current investigation is completed the same unwholesome rumors will circulate through city -- county building corridors. After all findings are reported, the present stigma will cling. It would seem to us that for the sake of party health and stability that Democrats would welcome a grand jury as much as Republicans cry for it. is both the sword and shield of Justice. A sword because criminals . . . and a shield because its business is conducted in strictest privacy before a panel of responsible citiiens. They can hear evidence from almost any source and then decide whether further action is warrented. A GRAND JURY It Is tho terror of blue-ribb- Bouquet From Sugar House on By issuing a completely unbiased report, it protects the public as well as public officials. A clean bill of health by such a group protects reputations by effectively killing allegations that the public trust is being violated. Such a rtudy would include not only criminal malfeasance but could assess the general effeciency of county departments and institutions. It could call in department supervisors and other "county employees for a confidential .chat. Slncerelv Editors note: We are quite naturally grateful for Mr. remarks. Anderson's kind In answer to his par anthe -sised question In the third paragraph . . . among others, Mrs. Lucas. Secrecy is paramount so that witnesses can be perfectly candid with no fear reprisals. At the same time, any citixen is entitled to apply to the grand jury for permission to appear before it in order to suggest or urge that a certain situation be investigated. In this area, should a grand jury fmd improper conduct, it may recommend a remedy. to sweeten a somewhat malodorous kettle of county THIS IS THE WAY will convince the skeptics, silence those with a political else Nothing axe to grind or satisfy the curious taxpayer. It's been estimated that an adequate grand jury study would cost the county approximately $50,000. One lease deal and a little loose change can eat up this sum. I personally would like you to know that I enjoyed working with you and I want to thank you tor all of your help. Sincerely Janet Schoenhals Rocky Mountain Published by Grsst Weetara Newt, Inc , 2263 Ettl 4600 South, P O Bo 17177, Belt Like City, Utah 64U7, Phooe 6 Member of Utah State Preai Asaoclatloe 271-216- MANAGING EDITOR JOHN B. LUNSrORD Dear Sir: On behalf of the Society for the Retarded and Multiple Handicapped Children of the Opportunity Center, I would like to thank you for publicizing our recent rummage sale. Due to the kindness of our friends like you, our project was very successful Sincerely Yours, fish. Dear Sir, The PI Phis appreciate the fine picture and article that the Rocky Mountain Review gave us In the March 18 edition. REMW Rummage Sale Prospers of From The Pi Phis Too S.' A. Andersen Executive Secretary Sugar House Chamber of Commerce Entered aa second clata Matter at the poet office at Salt Lake City, Utah, under the act of March , U7I. Pub. Ushed every Thursday SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUTSIDE CARRIER DELIVERY -AREA ! 00 per year SUBSCRIPTION RATE WITH- ... DOLORES UNAMUNO Center Opportunity IN CARRIER AREA- - . We believe the ideal solution is an automatic grand jury at prescribed intervals. The honest public official deserves to be vindicated scalawag should be booted out. WASHINGTON and the conniving Security Check Backfires - -- 12 DEUVIRT per yeer OO ; by Will Lucan I Hsa coming!!! Reverand David Noebel, head of youth activities for the Christian Anti Communist Crusade, Is coming to town to lecture on Communism, Hypnotism and -- Bsitles He'll be at the Newhouse Hotel the 26th of this month to give us his stimulating thesis. He maintains that the music of the Beatles and other Innocuous sounding rhythms," including rock and roll and folk music, Is actually a Communist plot to take over the minds of America's youth. And he Is head of a youth movement??? By golly, I wonder what he wants youth to bear? Well, out of respect for the gentleman I haven t played any of the music of Red Norvo, Russ Colombo or Pinky" Lee. Thats the least I can do as a red blooded (if you'll excuse the expression) American. It's such an interesting thesis though, that music has the potential to subvert the minds of the masses. It's caused me no end of delight developing the Idea. I phoned Hardin Branch, head of the U of U psychiatric to get his observation on the theory of Mr. department Dr. Branch gave the opinion no validity but said Noebel's. he sure would like to meet the man. Maestro Maurice Abravanel said that If Beatle music had the capacity to politically twist the minds of American youth then you could utilize the same premls and say that the music of a Strauss waltz could have been used to drive the people to overthrow the Kaiser during that era In history. In fact, I was so concerned about this new Communist menace that I called the F.B.I. to find out what In the Sam Hill" they were doing about it. I received a rather strong 'no comment' from the chief F.B.I. ageot In Salt Lake. Then I phoned the chief of police and I got another hasty no comment. In fact, they seemed rather interested in finding out more about me! The next day driving to work, I got picked up for going over the speed limit Don't guess there's any connection between the two incidents, do you????? I mean, I was on a divided hiway at 5:30 A.M. and not another soul was on the road and there was no reduced speed zone sign to warn me of the impending disaster and....and....naw, it couldn't be entrapment! Could It?????? BEEHIVE from BEN FORGET J Crosscurrents Of Crisis InD. C DC -C-ro6Sof crisis cut con- fusing paths in the Capitol these days Viet Nam Civil rights Congressmen are alternately confused and Infuriated by the antics of the far-okids In the civil rights move- WASHINGTON, currents Mayor Deserves I f 1 I To Ride In Style A certain confidence bubbles up in us when we realize that Mayor J. Bracken Lee's competence in mayorship is so complete that there is nothing he could learn at a conference of other mayors. do' feel badly that he cant afford to attend President Johnsons little party and that the city can't afford the round-tri- p plane fare. Yet ment And ? ' we So we've come up with the perfect solution . . . let's take up a collection. The only trouble with that brainstorm is that the city commission probably turn down our application for individual solicitation and then wed have to go to the United Fund, which would mean the Mayor would probably have to travel coach. would We would have had him ride in style . . . first class! ut t ! 4 v j I I yet an amazing consensus exists in favor of the effective voting stringent, rights measure submitted to the Congress by President Johnson The overwhelm Ing response by white clergymen to the call from Selma helped, more than anything else, to create this consensus Yet thoughtful people are worried about the racial cr.sis They know that it is not over in Alabama a pol.tJcal revolution is brew- tng in that deeply torn state They worry about the split m the civil rights leadership Serious supporters tf the movement know that only by d.nt of his tremendous nation wide prestige Is Martin Luther King holding together a shaky coalition In the peculiarly frenetic upper strata of minority group politics. SELMA REPUCES VIET NAM Selma has driven Viet Nam into the corners of the front page. The United States is bolding the bag in Viet Nam. This country Is alone is fighhng communist expansion in that tragic southeast Aslan But the Issues there state are as clear as mud in the rice paddles President Johnson seems to walk the tightrope with He seems to conaplomb vince Congressmen in droves that his Asian policy is effective Yet publicly be doean t say much about the goals of this policy In that delicate game of power politics perhaps be cannot afford to say much He did say, We seek no wider wir But the policy of retaliatory and especially the strikes, thinking that lies behind this policy, fails to reassure on this point. As the war grows wider, there are no public signs that the policy is working One hopes that Mr. Johnson asks himself the question, can this policy work?" For the country seems to be slipping. by default In the absence of debate, into the assumption that it can win the war in Viet Nam. One hopes that the country, before too long, begins to ask itself whether it Is prepared to make the large sacrifices in liberty, In civilisation, that would be necessary to win this war which would, Inevitably, be a war with China. One hopes that the country asks what legitim ala gains can be expected from such n military large-sca- le effort. CASE FflR ROW EVIL LE In the eddies of crisis, other business needs, and gets, at- tention Utah legislators i continue to m prepare the case neeaea io funds for starting the get Bonneville unit of the Cen traJ Utah project in the federal budget. The state s Republican Senator W allace Bennett made the most recent move by reading four letters from Utah organizations into the public record of the Senate In a brief preamble, toe Republican Senator quoted former Gov. George Clyde: The central Utah project is the key to development of Utah's resources for the next 100 Without it, Utah can years never get the benefit of its share of the Colorado River, our last resource " major water The letters supporting the plea for funds came from the Utah Water Users Association, the Sevier River Water Users, Inc, the UpperColor-ad- o Commission and the Utah State Association of Counties t p U |