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Show Review Editorials mAfS'RWm? jAucusM-J- 9 U Who Listens To People? Whats next on the civic auditorium issue? On May 5 when the Review began a series of six articles designed to present the other side of the story the prepond- erance of comment went 'Its too late." Now a request for a petition has been made, a suit has been filed... ..it might not be too late. There is an increasing tide of discussion all around the and many on both sides are valley concerning this topic t V asking what can be done. The public should be aware that the Salt Lalce County Commission is in a position, if they so desire, to allow the public time to voice feeling on the matter of reconsideration. Time is a major factor. The Civic Auditorium Board is pushing to complete the drawings and to obtain bids. This is their proper function - and from their point of viewithey ' are right in so doing. But there is an application for petition. Once the contract is signed for construction there is little chance for reconsideration. The County Commission may, if they see fit, give the public anotbar chance to express themselves by postponing the advertising for bids, DOUBLE TAKE CHALLENGE Riots Here? Dont Push! by M. Phyl Poulson Throughout this summer weve picked up our daily papers and weekly news maga; ines and shaken our heads in wonder over the bloody, firebomb riots taking place in almost every major city of our nation. How can it happen? we ask ourselves. Have those people no respect for the law? for property? for life Itself? And we thank heaven that we, in our pleasant, sheltered community have not been touched by the burn, whitey, burn hate riots. And we feel a little more secure in our mountain haven, knowing that it cant happen here. But it can... and it maybe will. The between races and between those "mired In the muck of poverty and those hate ' It is entirely possible that the three members of the commission would like to hear an expression of sentiment on the Salt Palace - on both sides. If any readers would be interested in making their views known they might want to ty write any of the three Commissioners at the G. number Marvin Jensons Commissioner or call. Building Commissioner William G. Larson's is is and Commissioner John Preston Creers is City-Coun- 328-73- 328-73- 07, 328-730- 87 3. The Review has been accused by proponents of the Civic Auditorium of stifling progress in this valley, 4 stand squarely behind progress - but we feel that progress must be of a solid sensible nature. Simply because a project is big and new it does not necessarily represent progress. Our community deserves the best -- but only the best it can We afford. . 7, And we have full confidence in the ability of the people to decide - when they are provided with complete information, current information, and an opportunity. . - , S ewer A Plant Challenge After about one year of operation Salt Lakes beautiful new sewage treatment plant is in trouble. A sewage plant the sire of this one does not operate by itself. There are 28 men working there on three shifts. The entire plant with accessory piping and equipment represents a ten million dollar taxpayer investment. When the operation of the plant began the City Commission kept the salary scale for the plant manager low - ostensibly for reasons of economy. But thats an unreal kind of economy. The most essential function of running a sewage plant is proper preventitive maintenance of the equipment. A breakdown of some of the equipment requiring replacement could be far more costly than the higher salary that might be required for a competent manager. The first consideration for this position should be ability and competence. To obtain that its just possible the City may have to pay a little more - in fact it might even have to pay more than the members of the commission make. by Jim Baldwin "Challenge is a Review feature which explores our times and our community through die views of citizens living here. Its purpose is to stimulate thought -and, hopefully, action on vital issues. The views expressed may or may not be those of the editors of the Review. This weeks contributor is M. phyl Poulson, executive secretary, Division, State of Utah. He was for three terms a member of the Utah Legislature and chairman of the Legislature Labor Commission, Member of the Wage Stabilization Board among numerous Democratic Party, Legislative and other Public Service positions he has held. comfortable in the great middle class of America will continue to eat away at our national body until every spot in our na7 tion is covered with hates ulcerous sores. Will continue unless the great body of Americans remember those pledges they learned in grade school; pledges that set forth one of the most revolutionary concept of mans relationship td man. We hold these truth's to be that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Have we in Utah, for too many years parrotted these cherished statements of faith of our forefathers without comprehending the meaning of what we are saying? Have we in Utah, paid the most limited, mindless type of lip service to those ideals which have fostered all of our individual state and national prosperity without ever really trying to put them into effect? Are we becoming a state and nation of hypocrits? . e, America today places 'things above people; material goods over spiritual wealth; property rights over human rights. We say we dont. What has caused this crisis between people to rear its ugly head in this most progressive of all lands? Isnt it and a really stupid, placing of a greater value on things than on people? self-evide- nt, short-sightedn- ess Lose Money? Fooeyl Hit The Jackpot! Over one hundred years ago this nation was warned that the riots of today would take place if we did not make a national, as well as an individual effort, to curb the cruel discrimination of die races. Lincoln stated: When...you have succeeded in dehumanizing the Negro; when you have put him down and made it impossible for him to be but as the beasts of the field; when you have extinquished his soul in this world and placed him where the ray of hope is blown out as in the darkness of the dammed, are you quite sure that the demon you have roused will not turn and raid you? What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea coasts, our army and our navy. Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in us. Our defense is in the spirit which prized liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism at your own doors. Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs io wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant. who arises among you. We Americans, in our peat rush for the good life for ourselves have carelessly trampled on the rights of others to vote, to eat at certain resturants, to compete equally for jobs, to gain educations, to buy homes, to move to certain neighborhoods. Weve kept the chains of bondage upon our fellow humans by removing the institution of slavery and substituting the institution of poverty. grinding, You would think our lesson would have been learned, especially in Utah, with the heritage of persecution and hardship that burdened the early Mormon Church. But no, in the past few weeks we see an organized movement by local real estate men, in this valley, urging people to write their congressman to vote against fair housing legislation. Urging people, in essence, to be hypocrits to the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the glorious principles upon which this nation was founded. They cry "protect your rights, meaning property rights... not human rights. But property rights cannot be protected from a molotov cocktail thrown by a justifiably angry young man who has no hope. Property rights cannot be protected from a mob finally sick to the teeth with the arrogance of the haves. Its time for us in our secure, supermoral and pleasant little valley to start asking ourselves the same questions we' ask when we see riot photos and read the gory headlines: Have we no respect for our laws of justice? Have we no respect for human life? Do we. in fact say dignity is for only those of us with white skins?. Recite the pledge of allegiance to our Gag and country, slowly and thoughtfully. Then please God, may we all say I will not allow this pledge to become a Hypocrits oath! Its amazing the ways the minds of people work when theyre adding up lost dollars,..,. Take the dollars Ed Hunt says well lose.... the dollars that Marv Jenson says are too deeply imbedded into the quagmire of the Taj Mahal of Salt Ed, it would appear, knows much more about spending public monies than he does about saving it (of course, his experience is limited to spending it) and he threatens us with the loss of $3 --million if the public determines to bait the Civic Auditorium fiasco. Wed like to call to Ed Hunts attention a few minor items he might take greater notice of if he were to think more broadly in the Interests of ALL the taxpayers.... not narrowly in the interests of a small limited group. Last Thursday a man of considerable stature in local real estate circles..... one of the conservative elite in real estate circles one not given to half- cocked appraisals...,.made a startling observation that Ed Hunt should be aware of. .. This fellow, noting that weve sunk about give or take a half million, into the land on which the Salt Palace is intended to stand..... .....that real estate expert estimated conservatively that the cleared land now has more than doubled in value,....MORE THAN DOUBLED. Quite a loss that would be. wouldnt it Ed.....but only if we fill that land with a herd of White Elephants! What Ed and his backers have failed to take into account cm that land is that once we bull once we denuded it dozed away those massive chunks of commercial slum that were eating away at large segments of that prime red estate, we actually increased its value. by failure By deluding the taxpayers non-slu- Yak-Shee-M- Opinion, PI ease? Do you think that the public should hare an opportunity to reconsider the construct ion of the proposed Civic Auditor ium Complex? I definitely do. There are too many things decided without the public opinion; they should have another chance for a decision. Dermis Wilde 2680 Imperial w .V i Play It ' let Mrs. Betty Herst Ogden, Utah You know, sometimes it takes an awful lot to clarity an issue a lot of time and a lot of space, Because of what It takes to clarity issues, you may have observed, were inclined frequently to raise issues without bothering to clarity them. I want to clarity an issue an issue at the same time, raised two-fo- ld show you the kind of facts that might rest an a reporter's mind while he and a code number. A female employee; one emotionally distant from the late sheriff, decided that certain items would look nice in the new sheriffs offices (and the sheriff's are they answers. Straight,' Juddy! raises an issue. There was raised in this column the single issue of almost $1,000 for four chairs and chair-ma- ts for Juddy a new offices. Itd be very easy to leave the blame for this expenditure at the grave of the late George Beckstead and forget about it; it also would be grossly inaccurate and unjust. It would be more accurate to tell people that there was a nice thick It contained no prices; just catalog. pictures, specifications, a model name Univ. of Utah pretty heavy odds. Does Lloyd really think theres mileage left in that old cliche? Perhaps his continued use of this slogan illustrates why the Republicans aren't winning more elections. When going to have something new to say? Something new to offer? Where are the new ideas, Mr. Lloyd? Utahs 1966 voting public awaits some Feel better? ( Something this controversial should the public give its opinion. Jack Shroder J on J LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Sherm Lloyd and his Republican cohorts are using that pld war cry of "rubber stamp against Dave King again, Its getting a bit threadbear. In fact, its getting to be an Insult to the voter's intelligence. Congressman Kin? has run four times past for major office, and each time the opposition has tried to make him look like labors stamp, or the administrations stamp. And three out of the four times King lias won, usually in the face of some ah sub-stati- f paid anyway. Ho-hu- m. . ge -o- f-wy Dear Editor. , half-empti- ed Big Waste! But it is interesting to note that the other 20 percent represents about two million dollars. At four percent interest for four years two million dollars could earn about $300,000. It seems to us that the State Highway Department might possibly have cleared up these questions by now for a bit less than $300,000. 4 to inform them properly, we talked the people into investing in a hunk of land, the value of which goes up and up and up until ' Ed Hunt sees it as a loss. There are other areas of loss of course, that Ed would draw our attention to the architect s f ees, for example. . . . an investment that has not concerned the same group of protectors of the public faith on other major construction projects in the downtown area. ' Meanwhile, imagine it.....we set up a three ring circus for three Great White Elephants and we lose the property taxes on land now worth more than twice what we paid for land and slum buildings m and buildings. There we plan to throw away the property taxes on letter: All the above information was readily the tremendous private enterprise potenavailable to your reporter (Juddy has tial that could occupy that land. Imagine the gain to ALL of the county hired a public image director), who could glaring inaccuracies by taxpayers if some enterprising planner, have avoided with a mind like the one that developed checking- with me prior to publicatiod. And now, you folks know why we some- - f the Cottonwood Mall, or the Mall m Phoenix, or some of the installations times raise issues without clarifying in the Pacific Northwest...if such a them. Clarification so often milks us of wed rather keep to land off information mind could take that prime-val- ue the county's hands at a tremendous ourselves. profit and develop that land into a big or a Downtown new Downtown Mall Settlement that would International attract tourists from all over the world to something they couldnt see or eat How about a few glimpses into the with full bellies, and anywhere else grab-bag items to for some little chit-ch- at sleep pockets, theyd go little morsels to gnaw at.,...sort of and motels local well spent in our of hotels and dream of coming back next a hodge-podLike.....I understand Juddy Nielsen is year. The sale of that land on the open peeved that some of his deputies have market not in the q.t. manner in which displayed their loyalty toward political the site was selected in the first place incumbency by wearing Ferris Andrus the sale of that land and the broadly For Sheriff bumper stickers on their increased taxes wed collect from that patrol cars Coupla fellows also told me that some improved commercial property in the heart of our city would put enough tax deputies put Andrus For Sheriff windows money in our coffers that we could build stickers in sheriffs ourselves a beautiful and classic Cbncert almost as fast as someone else can take uddy said it was his stickers Hall installation out on our roomy state them out. . they were putting in the windows and fairgrounds. It would bring life into our Valley and that he, personally, was taking them into our local economy on a scale that out. Like, for months, everytime we tell neither Byron Trimble nor that Siamese Twin board of directors he works for the public about some of the doings of Marv Jenson, Marv gets all miffed and never ever dreamed of, let them delate you yes- - tizzied up and says were picking on No, folks him and we never say anything critical or-n- o on what kinds of crowds theyll attract to this city for conventions and about John Creer. Then, when we a flimsy debate they offer cite several criticisms weve made of trade shows but when Creer and ask Marv just what it is at best, we sincerely believe we havent said about John, the worst they tell you that you will lose money on a property that increases in value Marv ran think of is that several months more than double and becomes desirable ago John filled the gasoline tank of his for restoration to a revived economy in car with regular service station priced the city and county..,.. gasoline; he didnt drive to Marvs Roads and Bridges pumps and fill up Fooeyl Mr. Hunt for pennies less So, there now, Marv. front page story in this issue describes discrepancies in the procedures for state right aquisition. It has been reported to us that over $11 million dating back to 1962 has not yet been approved by the Bureau of Public Roads for reimbursement to the State. It is argued that about 80 percent of that money has been A The incumbent sheriff new offices). (not tiie last me) agreed. A man now Chief Deputy (not the last one) did as he was told; he placed an order for a certain number of chairs of certain specifications or equivalent. A sick and ailing old man may have affixed his signature to that order as the law required (of this Fm not certain) and in complete reliance on his subbut no one in the sheriff's ordinates department until It was revealed two weeks ago in Double Take, ever bothered to determine what those chairs cost never even bothered to go out and look at a reasonable facsimile thereof and Juddy forgets exposing me to much of this information while he was. laying the groundwork for him to succeed George Beckstead. issue The second fold in this two-fo- ld has to do with the Ponderosa (the deputies favorite name for Juddys office and inadvertantly referred to by us as the Bonanza - the Bonanza Is a name m 're appropriate to the Sheriffs Civil Division). The issue was not the Ponderosa itself, as much as Juddy would like to adopt it as an issue to make himself appear economical. The issue was the frightful prospect of the purchase of a conference table and any number of additional executive" chairs to be used in the Ponderosa.. ..to be purchased, we feared, at prices in line with the four that cost us near $1,000. S' Nor, as matter of fact, was the Ponderosa a cleverly contrived economy move..,. .a product of the late sheriff under the brilliant direction of Chief Deputy Juddy - as his recent letter to the editor implied. To the contrary, what is now the Ponderosa was a problem in design, brought about by a decision not to add to the building. A corridor failed to meet certain necessary regulations. Rather than remodel the entire building, they simply left out a corridor wall ami Juddy had the Ponderosa. Meanwhile, to my personal and intimate knowledge, Juddy, on November the very day I came to work 8, 1965 at The Review the date cited in Juddy's letter, when George Beckstead was at that time Juddy hovering near death had not the slightest idea that the late sheriff would ever live to occupy the offices that Juddy now occupies. For Juddy to write a letter beclouding issues by blaming the late sheriff for issues we didnt raise at all, leads us to close this item with a quote from Juddys Published every Thursday by Great Western News, Inc. Devon Johnson 2804 E. Crystal Ave. 1 think it should be allowed (the election) . I couldnt vote last time and now 1 can; this complex isnt needed with the Un- 2245 South West Temple, Salt Late Phone: City, Utah 84115 Rosenblatt and Managing Editor Norman Rosenblatt iversities proposed project. 4 w I Like, someone said to me: You call the shots when Juddys in hot water, but how about your buddy Ferris Andrus You grama tell folks that Ferris had his election posters hanging all over telephone poles in the county and it aint legal to hang 'em there? (And theres several deputies who think there Is no law against it in the county). I smiled and figured that if thats the worst we can come up with about Ferris Andrus, weve got us a candidate. Like, I sat in the office of a candidate for political office last week. Sat right across the desk from that candid Somewhere date and had a long chat about seven-eigh- ts through our session, that candidate very coldly told me that if he loses in the primary, hell spend every cent he owns (quite a few of em, he owns, too) to get me. I first suggested a few names who might have a few more dollars to contribute to that cause. Then I suggested that a lot of other folks have had the same idea but this candidate made and failed it emphatic that those other fellows didnt try as hard as he would and hell get me All I can say to that 1 aint no politician fellow now is: pushoverl Rocky Mountain -- S' .!'V Entered as second class matter at the Post Office at Salt Labe City, Utah under the act of March 9, 1878 5'5V mmm Subscription $5.20 per year Member: Utah State Press Association represented bv American Newspaper Representatives |