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Show ffr wb v- Wit gait jy 5 , ' yq 34" rss . , "' fw v$ r Joan Reck tibnnr falc Thursday Morning, November SfftiaR w Count Blessings On This Day . Rage 18 25, 1978 A Thanksgiving Legacy Thanksgiving is older than the nation. While Americans this year celebrate the countrys bicentennial, they observe todays traditional harvest holiday 355 years after the original event. There is in the first Thanksgiving, nonetheless, a clue to the unique quality of U.S. history. The inaugural Thanksgiving, proclaimed in 1621 by Massachusetts Bay Governor William Bradford, had a simple yet compelling purpose. It was a genuine expression of gratitude for their very survival by the inhabitants of a briefly settled colony. They had suffered through a hard winter, toiled in the growing season to raise crops and their perserverence proved rewarding. A generous harvest seemed finally to justify search for a new home on alien soil. But there was even more in the three day festival announced by Gov. Bradford. ng Often overlooked, perhaps merely taken for granted, but still a profoundly significant element of the first Thanksgiving was harmony. Indians and colonists, new- and native residents, comers joined in common sentiment to enjoy mutually prospering efforts. Nature had treated the Massachusetts Bay Indians harshly, epidemics carrying off an estimated 95,000 of them during years just prior to 1621. They welcomed the settlers. And the subsequent falls bumper food supply satisfied them the alliance was an auspicious one. In that sense, then, a period marked by extraordinary harmony prevailed, characteristics of which normally exist whenever the country achieves w.ur The Public Forum No Tax Expense Editor, Tribune: I wish to quote from a book entitled Colloid Chemistry, by Robert J. Hartman of Indiana University, copyright date 1939. Student Loan Duty It is fitting that the Board of Regents took action to better acquaint Utah students with federal loans and grants at the same time the board was suggesting a sizable tuition increase. Included was a promise to sponsor in the 1977 legislative ; session to make federally guaranteed student loan funds more readily available to students , . That someone means finding presumably ' to put up the loan money for Uncle Sam to underwrite. There is a shortage of such money currently available. . Earlier, Dr. T. H. Bell, Ut; Commissioner of Higher Education, . ' suggested legislation permitting federally guaranteed loans to be made - from state trust funds such as those in the teacher retirement program. So far, so good. About the time the regents were meeting, the New York Times Service was distributing a story which began thusly: In what has become a trend, thousands of action . . former students are declaring ruptcy and avoiding repaying millions of dollars in government-guarantee- d bank- loans. Continuing, the story noted that more defaults through bankruptcy were claimed in the last three years than in the entire previous 15 years of state and federal student loan programs, according to the U.S. Office of Education, which Dr. Bell until recently headed. The facts that the default rate is high does not negate the worth of making loans available to Utah students. It doesnt even nullify the suggestion that state funds be tapped since none of the actual lenders lost anything because the federal government paid them off. What it does mean is that the regents and the various schools administering the loan programs have a duty to impress upon the student borrowers that they are expected to repay the money and that doing so can mean real hardship after graduation. d to Young students, are their quick to studies, complete which at loans easy-to-gdont jump have to be repaid until after graduation. It is the obligation of the lenders to make sure the collegiate borrowers know full well what they are getting into. hard-presse- et Another Viewpoint Busting Oil Companies Counterproductive Vt From The Portland Oregonian Rep A1 Ullmans proposal that the new Congress put the issue of breaking up the big oil companies (divestiture) on the "back burner and that it concentrate on developing a national energy policy is one of the most sensible things that has been said since the election. A rapidly growing energy crisis faces the nation, but the federal government has failed even to make a comprehensive assessment of efforts to find the problem. more oil off U.S. shores has made no progress; no conservation program has been developed that critically examines the growing waste of energy ; and dependence on foreign oil, along with similar dependence on a substantial portion of the nations critical raw materials, cont'nus to soar. Meanwhile, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) not only plans substantial price nses that are certain to refuel Interlamli inflation, but may well decide to begin limiting production in order to conserve the members own resources. The latter course might prove muie disastrous to the United States than a lai ge price increase. More of the U.S. oil consumption is coming from foreign sources, but because of reduced imports from Canada and Venezuela, the nation is more dependent on the Middle East, where Saudi Arabia is now providing a third of all U.S. imports, which is double what was supplied by the Saudis prior to 1973. "People see that there's plenty of gasoline available and think the oil companies, or the media, are lying to them about the problem, Howard C. Kauffmann, president of the Exxon Corp., said recently in lamenting public support for a more rapid development of U S resources. President-elec- t Jimmy Carter and the new Congress have an opportunity to gain public support and to provide the leadership and the legislation needed to get the nation beyond the ' rhetoric and the inadequacies of the Energy Independence Act that was supposed to reduce oil imports by barrels a day by 1977. A Shell Oil Co. study has found that the current demand of 16 8 million barrels a day will increase to more than 23 million barrels by 1990 and that foreign nations will have to provide 50 percent of the total U.S. consumptwo-millio-n ( ri CM 11(1 AUV) tion. V'-- o fvi . Vi-ill)-- wU v&m J, r 'J'UX,V V. it Nfr HAU'i I' ) v vy iT, j AiPsy A a AfM'C Mo (A j ,J ; . Ok ! K-f- t t. c- The basic issue here is how much growth the nation can afford and how it will allocate rapidly declining resources to achieve these goals without causing dangerous international problems The social, economic and environmental problems that will grow out of developing a comprehensive energy policy are of primary concern to the western states because the government has based a big part of its solution on developing the immense reserves of coai m the Rocky Mountain region. It is encouraging to find tthat Congressman Ullman has his pricnties in order and recognizes that a bitter fight aimed at breaking up large oil companies will be counterproductive to getting on with the vital business of developing existing and new energy sources. v I : r t ! L 5 At - & I tV v- & 1 I I Jf t yo-yo- s, the harmony displayed in the first Thanksgiving has become an essential part of American principle and tradition. As important, as indispensible and worth remembering as the fruitfulness of a benign and productive land. Chicago Tribune 355-5- l As we gather together to celebrate the on anniversary of the first Thanksgiving ODay Lord, as count blessings, we Thursday, harvests and homecomings and hamburgers with everything, hugs and hollyhocks, hearths and health. We are grateful, God of grace and God of g;: ;.V glorv for 1.000 on the and 98 6 on the thermometer, for 4 0 SAA on a report card and 55 on the miles per hour Miss Beck highway. Thank You, too, for 1776 and 1977, for 747s and 31 flavors, for the 1st Amendment and the 23rd Psalm, and for anyone who can hit better than .275 for the season. For family members who return this November and the swine flu that didnt we add our thanks this Thanksgiving week, O King Eternal. We list as blessings, too, yogurt and Bethlehem, RunYule, yards and ny mede, Plymouth, and Yorktown. Thankful Season Armistice and amnesty, apples and agates, anemone and amazing grace fill our hearts with love and praise this thankful season. Lord. We stand in awe, as well, of Viking I and Viking II, of gene and galaxy, caterpillar and comet, surf and sun, and cell and soul. Our Fathers God to Thee, Author of Liberty, we offer praise for ballets and ballots and ballads and balsams, for pacemakers and peacemakers and peaceful transitions of government, for a Declaration that begins "Ye and hold these truths to be bedtime stories that end, And they lived happily ever after, for "God so loved the and "Help, help, a heffalump, a world, horrible, horrible heffalump. For tall ships and tall tales, for tamales and tadpoles, for trains and rains and champagne, we say our thanks this season, Lord, and and for jade and suede, arcades and crusades, and lemonade and marmalade, Band-aid- s serenades. For Bicentennial fervor and Olympic fever, we are grateful, God, and for vacations when they begin and orthodontia when it ends and love that lasts forever. Neighbors, Newborns O God our help in ages past, our hope for years to come, we thank You now for neighbors and newborns arid newspapers, for government of the people, by the people, for the people, for popovers, popcorn, pop art and Pooh. Carols and carrels pnrf carrot stick and cardiopulmonary resuscitation we count among our Thanksgiving blessings, Dearr Lord and Father of Mankind. For melting pat and fondue pot, for potluck parties and poetry, pizzas, piazzas, paramedics and picnics, we add our pnase, and for "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. For Pilgrim feet and patriot dream that sees beyond the years, we thank Tbee, Lord, and for granola and graduations and grants and grandparents who pass on a heritage of love. Eagles and giggles and baubles and bagels we list with grat.tude this season, with jigsaws and jokes and jungles and jazz. Fifteen-year-ol- d candy stripers and 50th anniversaries, baby smiles and five-ceanything we count as cause for rejoicing this Thanksgiving, Lord. So, too, hot chicken soup and cold turkey sandwiches, cathedrals and cathodes and catnaps and catfish. For concertos and conch shells, for comics and ice cream cones we offer thanks, O Lord, and for murals and museums and mudpies and mousse. For cocoa after caroling and rest after work, for a bridge over trouble and for healing after hurt, we are grateful, God. Eternal Father, strong to save, we thank you for Santa Clauses and "Silent Night, for Beatitudes and bar mitzvahs and most of all that "neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God. , Dovv-Jon- remarkable progress. Creating later a new nation, by uniting 13 various and distinct states, meant overlooking old conflicts, compromising vast differences, depending on shared rather that indulgent concern for a better future. A similar understanding usually emerges when the country encounters desperate peril or challenging circumstances. So, f The presence of fluorine in drinking water Causes serious ailments, such as chalky bones and mottled teeth. Professor II. V. Smith of the University of Arizona reports that bones baked at 1000 degrees F. will remove fluorine by absorption almost completely from drinking water. This use of absorption should prove invaluable in the treatment of water in the southwest and far west, where fluorine contamination is serious. A question occurs to me. Kow did a chemical that was toxic in 1939 became beneficial in 1973? It should be interesting to trace this change. Further, I would like to point out, without taking sides, that if fluoride is really important to the daily diet, private industry has already taken care of it. A little shopping excursion will convince most reasonable people that it is rather difficult to buy a toothpaste in most supermarkets. Thus it is apparent that the tooth paste manufacturers have already taken care of the problem at no expense to the taxpayer. In calculating a fluoride addition to drinking water, has our Board of Health considered the effects of additional fluoride on those people who are already using the fluoride tooth pastes. I hope they have an answer. non-fluon- WILLIAM H. SAYLER Loving Memorial Editor, Tribune: In The Tribune for Oct. 18, a news story relating a comment by Dr. Anthony Temple, in which he referred to a Readers Digest article as malicious and misleading," because it reported a death that was allegedly caused by safety packaging that prevented a man from opening his bottle of nitroglycerin pills, a medicine used in heart ailments. Dr. Temple said that federal law prohibits safety packaging of drugs such as nitroglycerin. The article in question was titled My Fathers Hands, and ran in our May 1976 issue. It was condensed from the New York Times Sunday Magazine of November 30, 1975. As you can see from the piece, far from being "malicious," it was a tender and loving memorial to the authors father. The reference to his being unable to open the safety cap on his bottle of pills comprised one brief paragraph in the article. Dr. Temple undoubtedly has his reasons for attacking an article that was written with only the purest of motives. Few would argue with the desirability of safety packaging of drugs that can be hazardous. But his comment about federal law prohibiting such packaging of nitroglycerin is itself misleading. You see, the fact is that the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required that certain medications be sold in their original containers on March 27, 1975. Author Calvin Worthingtons father died on March 19, 1975 more than a week before the FDA regulation was promulgated. there appeared CHARLES PINTCHMAN Manager, Press Relations Readers Digest Pleasantvillc, N.Y. Common Sen-s- e Hamjeml Editor, Tribune: Looking back over 87 years, from Grover Clevelands time to the present, I have seen good times and bad come and go. With over 20 years of government service in which 1 had daily dealings with the legal profession I have come to the conclusion that lawyers are a breed unto themselves. From a social standpoint many of them are fine chaps, but for the most part highly opinionated, egotistical and imbued with a belief m their own infalibility: and ready to debate any issue no matter how trivial. Trying to inject a little common sense into a discussion was difficult enough, but when confronted with two or more, each with a differing opinion, arriving at a sensible solution was practically impossible. Consiriennn the fact that the preponderance of our elected officials are lawyers, who write the laws, interpret the laws, and also sit m judgment upon them, it is sni" wonder that we find ourselves periodically in a mess. They provide the many loopholes which other lawyers use to defend criminals. Furthermore the multitude of rules and regulations and various form-- , that emanate from Washington are so obtuse and incompreht nsible (hat it I r I i t J I . e self-evide- requires an expert to interpret them. A good example is the "simplified Internal Revenue report we are required to file. As a corrective measure I recommend that "We, the People declare a moratorium upon or at least, for each one nominated we them also nominate a layman to help inject some common sense into their deliberations. As a Republican the only consolation 1 can derive from our recent defeat is that we now have a peanut farmer instead of another lawyer for President. I wish him luck. Perhaps he will be able to make a few common sense decisions, sans political expediency. E. W. CROCKER Organized to Help Editor Tribune: The President of the United States has proclaimed November National Epilepsy Month. This year the honorary youth chairman for the Epilepsy Foundation of the Fonzie in America is Henry Winkler ABCs "Happy Days. Entertainer Marty Allen has over the years given of his time and talents to help people with epilepsy and this year is chairman of the EFA Fund Raising Committee. Ice hockey star Garry Howatt has Forum Rules Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear writers full name, signature and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reasons on others. Writers are limited to one letter every' 10 days, preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting nse of the writers true name. All letters are subject to condensation. Mail to the Public Forum. The Salt Lake Tribune, Box 867, Salt Lake City. Utah, 84110. recently done a TV spot feature describing his victory over epilepsy. It has been estimated that Utah has approximately 20,000 people with epilepsy. A recent article stated that the greatest handicap epileptics continue to face is society itself. Major responsibilities of the Epilepsy Association of Utah are to do all we can to help persons with epilepsy and to promote understanding and cooperation of the general public on behalf of persons with epilepsy. We welcome opportunities to do this. GWEN ISAACSON Epilepsy Association of Utah Appropriate Description Editor, Tribune: Mr. Burnhams Tell it as it letter (Forum, Nov. 1) will undoubtedly gam hearty approval by many good citizens. Like Will Rogers, one has to rely on the daily paper for many of his opinions and the Good Lord knows were getting plenty of information about Gary Gilmore from the media. In fact we are being treated to a complete production including a premortem bride, and attempted suicide pact and desperate efforts on the part of the medics to keep the man alive long enough to execute him properly and as he requested. In the last few years it seems court procedure in the case of known murderers has become just a prolonged debating contest between lawyers; a source of drama for the bleeding hearts and a complicated effort on the part of the defense attorney to get the man off regardless of this old fashioned custom called justice. In the present case of Gilmore versus the people the word "ihsgusting has been used by the defendant himself. Could anyone think of a more appropriate expression? is Q B. CORAY M.D. 1 I I u t - F K s I r t (Copyright) Bill Vaughans Orbiting Paragraphs A survey shows confidence in the United States has weakened in Western Europe. Well try to get around to fixing that after we do something about the same problem at home. Grocery prices went down in October and says it was just her luck to be at an Amoncan-pla- n resort all month and miss the whole thing. Tilly The little boy down the block asks how they can say theres no life on Mars, when the photographs show all those pet rocks lying around. An ocean technologist predicts that future commercial and industrial development will be concentrated on the seas. A slightly paraphrased version of the old advice is- "Get wet, young man." I)iiiia'inh People The Real Need Editor, Tribune- Why does the Congress continue to waste the taxpayers money on witch hunts The latest one being fostered by the House Committee on Assassinations. It - seems that any unconfirmed rumor Ik all they need to go on a spending spree to further their own political ambitions. Without doubt, the tragic deaths of President Kennedy and Dr. King were of equal magnitude to the American people. The investigations m each case were conducted under considerable emotional stress and hysteria, but, they were as fair and thorough as possible v'nder (he circumstances. In both cases there has been considerable follow up investigation with nothing being changed. I 'hmk it is time to put this in perspective and quit wasting our tax money. It is time the Congress addressed itself to tlie needs of the living Our greatest need being energy, for without it. our economy and society is dead J R HOPKINS Sunset rv I "I suppose I should be glad you Just sit here every weekend and lust after football: j |
