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Show ' rr v v yryy y w nrtr w w I . vrwre-- w "rro to uir i "" v sww i n w. Letter From the Front flic Halt fake ffibtine Page ISA t-t-v-- Whether true or not, it may seem odd to many that this inquiry was launched Just the day before the seven Third District judges met to consider complaints about county irregularities and laxity and decide whether or not to call a grand jury. Futhermore there is reason for some skepticism as to the ability of Democrat- ic officialdom in Salt Lake County to, in effect, investigate its own possible political shortcomings. The accusations and suspicions involve the Democratic Party leadership in Salt Lake County because the Democrats have dominated county affairs recently. Since the last election, Democrats hold all three County Commission posts, plus all but two other county offices. County Attorney Giles, who initiated the inquiry, is a Democrat, and Sheriff Beckstead, who named Deputy Larson as the special investigator, is a Democrat. es is needed. Professor DeVane, believes it unnecessary for students to go around in those clothes to- show the democratization of everything. And he complains about girls on campus in dungarees and jackets and their hair mussed up, trying to look as dirty as possible. You - want to grab them and say, You are supposed to be charming, he Bound to Be Skepticism The skepticism expressed by Mr. Engebretsen will be echoed by others, not only Republicans, but independents and, perhaps privately, by Democrats. This will be true no matter how thorough and honest an investigation might be conducted under Mr. Giles direction, or how much rumors of irregularities should be set to rest. The need in fact for a grand jury probe is now the greater. Mr. Giles inquiry acknowledged that there might be something wrong, but his inquiry cannot possibly satisfy the public that there is nothing wrong. The district judges Indeed might well query Mr. Giles as to why he felt an inquiry necessary, and Deputy Larson as to what charges of irregularities have already been brought to his attention. A grand jury might then not only further their initial effort to investigate county affairs, but give those efforts the support of an independent and probe which would assure full public acceptance of any conclusions. - added. There may be reasons for bleakness on the campus, aside from the temper of the times. An adult student, taking an examination for a three-hou- r extension course at a university in this area, was ' asked 45 questions all requiring essay-typ- e answers, all to be written in two hours. Who wouldnt be glum? I Pesticide Study at Last The use of statistics in the late Rachel Carsons 1962 shocker, Silent Spring, was attacked as recently as last March 14 in the New York Times Book Review. The book disappeared from the best seller list after the first year, but public concern about the toxicity of pesticides, aroused by Miss Carson, remains high. As a result, the U.S. Public Health Service plans to launch a study to determine possible relationships between long-terhealth effects and the use of pesticides. The survey will be concentrated in California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Texas and Washington state. This effort to coordinate scientific research on various departments and agencies is timely and Important to human and animal health. Jack W. Berryman of Utah State University, who attended the National Academy ' of Science traveling symposium on pesticide research last November, has since We have passed through the observed, emotional stage. The public is now aware of the problem and the need for corrective action. . . . The next step , should be a constructive one." Synthetic pesticidal chemicals are like radioactive materials . in their- resistance j to decay and Pesticide pervasiveness. residue recently was found in penguins g seals In Antarctica r and thousands of miles from where the pois- ons are used in quantity. Yet It is diffi-:'- f cult to establish reasonable and intelll-- l gent controls until scientists can better ' determine- the safe levels at which the v chemicals can be used. The long-terstudy should provide some needed guide- lines. In the meantime, caution and modi' eration should be observed by all who I use chemicals on insects or weeds. non-politic- al Outstanding Special Counsel The grand jury would, of course, have to have the services of outstanding special counsel and independent investigators. If the UtahLegislature had Implemented the constitutional amendment passed some years ago, which permitted establishment of statutory grand juries at periodic intervals at least in larger counties, this issue would not have arisen. A forum would have been available for hearing complaints, winnowing fact from fancy, and bringing in a finding which would have cleared the air. In the absence of such a statutory grand jury call, and in the face of all the rumor and the already challenged probe initiated by the county attorney, we think public interest would be served if the district judges did now summon a grand jury. ar m Sound FA A Decision - Information collected in the wake of the crash of a Pan American jet airliner near Elkton, Maryland, 15 months ago has caused the Federal Aviation Agency to launch a lightning research program. A lightning bolt during a squall apparently struck the craft on the leg of a flight from Puerto Rico, killing 81 persons. Seven ground witnesses told the FAA they saw lightning strike the Boeing 707, and some 70 others said they saw lightning flashes in the area. The Civil Aeronautics Board reports that the accident probably was due to lightning-induce- d Ignition of the fuel-ai- r mixture in the No. 1 reserve fuel tank with the resultant explosive disintegration of the left outer wing and loss of control. Also evidence of lightning-strik- e marks were found on the wreckage. FAA restrictions ordered since the crash include fuel tank access door modifications and installation of special discharge wicks. The main task of the FAA researchers will be to find why lightning passes through some planes without doing any damage but apparently wrecks others. How much do we Teally know about capricious lightning, anyway! crab-eatin- - m Visiting Cartoonist Jack TTilsoni Potomac Fever WASHINGTON Now our Moscow embassy is guarded by TV cameras. Thats asking for trouble. All you need is a rock and a bottle of ink and you can make the Huntley-Brinkle- Queen Juliana skiing on a steep Engelhard la St. Louis Yoa realize, of course, that this is strictly your war." 4 - " ' ' , f show. of Holland is hurt while slop. Royalty is never at Its best yhen it gets on the down grade. A ji, j y shiftings muted rumblings pear to be ap- cut-- t ing the from ground beneatn Gov. Mr. White Nelson Rocke- feller of New York as a 1968 Republican presidential possibility. Collaterally, tnev tend to throw up a powerful earthworks defense against the all but open efforts of former Vice President Richard Nixon, a transplanted New Yorker, to seize the presidential nomination for himself. Major New Fore The Inajor new force rising in all this is Sen. Jacob K. Javits of New York. Rep. John V. Lindsay of New York grand jury. sit-in- .- nean and Attempt to Cover Up - A sub In fact this has already been the reaction of the Republican county chairman, Arden B. Engebretsen, who charged the county attorneys probe was an obvious attempt to cover up the need for a - five-ye- moving below tiie surface. i- These everything to rest. Professor William DeVane, who quit as dean of Yale College after 25 years to teach freshman English, complained the other day that university students today generally are too glum. The author of the new book, Higher Education in 20th Century America, observed in a speech that students dont t have the fun they used to in his undergraduate days at Yale in the class of 1920 (along with Henry Seidel Canby, Thornton Wilder, Steven Vincent Benet and others). Ande added that young ' people who relax and have fun as well as study hard make better students. This seasons epidemic of student dem- -' onstrations across the country, many related to the civil rights marches and s and some criticizing teaching and ' administration of the moderrT multiuniversities, would seem to bear out Dr. views. Not all students share the black mood of the minority, however, and noboby would turn back the clock to the apathy of a decade, ago or the of the John Held Jr. char- acters of the 1920s. Even so, a balance s WASHINGTON A profound alteration in the focus of Republican power in the urban East is now , feel the time has come to bring everything out into the light or lay everything to rest. While not meaning in any way to disparage Mr. Giles good intentions, nor the desires of his special investigator, Delmar L. (Swede) Larson, Sheriff Becksteads chief criminal deputy, to let the ax fall where it may, some may suspect that the goal of investigation is not so much to bring everything to light as to lay Reason to Be Glum itJ y j jryy? nr Republican Power Center j, In East Being Reformed frighi Only Grand Jury Gin Set Rumor at Rest office. When Grover A. Giles, county attorney, announced the inquiry, he said: Because of the many rumors of irregulari- -' ties in county government operations, w t William S. WRite Friday Morning, March 26, 1965 There is bound to be serious doubt in the minds of many citizens of Salt Lake County as to the effectiveness of the inof county affairs which has ' vestigation been initiated by the county attorneys . i"i is a less than major but larger than minor secondary force. That these two liberal Republicans are sharply on the outs with the once unchallengeable liberal leader of the party, Rockefeller, has already been made abundantly clear in pub- David Lawrence Forced Voting May Be on Way for U.S. - Forced vent, corruption at among voters either the or the are welfare be its WASHINGTON on voting may way for the individual citizen in Amer ica. Thus, far coercion would apply only to certain persons in par- the ticular states. But this is form a of disqri-- m tion i n a which has been included In the pending voting rights Mr. Lawrence measure. bill would The voting-right- s penalize newly listed voters rather than those already registered, since it would apply only to those voters whose names have been put on the list of eligibles by federal ex- aminers or registrars. What Bill Says The proposed statute actually says that a citizen may lose his right to vote and that his or her name can be removed from the list of eligibles bya federal examiner if the latter determines that the individual has not voted at least once during three consecutive years while listed as eligible. Compulsory voting is enforced in some countries, but it applies to all citizens. With all the talk about and giving every citizen an opportunity to vote, nothing has been done by the administration to pre the polls, in casting counting of the ballots in all federal, state and local elec- tions. Only Reference The only reference In thlp bill to Improper counting pertains to those states which, under the rules to be laid down, will have been adjudged to have discriminated in the past. The law would not apply to dishonesty iri other states. The Chicago Tribune, in an editorial, said the other day: Alabama and the other states of the Deep South are not the only places where citizens ire deprived of their right to vote and to have their votes counted honestly. At every election in Chicago thousands of Negroes and other citizens are intimidated and bribed by Democratic precinct captains. Illiterate voters and voters who swear they are illiterate are followed into the polling booths and the voting machines are pulled for them. Another method of controlling votes is particularly Soaper Says Stretch pants for men are In the fashion forecast. The man at the next desk says he is already wearing stretch pants, but they weren't intended to be... effective who receiving publio payments or living in public housing. They are visited in their homes, asked to sign ballot applications, and then told they need not appear at the polls. Their votes are cast for them early on the morning of election day." Undoubtedly there will be amendments proposed to protect the voters, but It is difficult to see how these will apply to all 50 states, since the is legislation particularly framed to deal only with certain states where there has been discrimination in the past by reason of race or color. Funishes South But it so happens that the new civil rights bill is concerned with punishing only the South, allegedly for discrimination in the past. No effort is being made to apply all the restrictions with respect to voting rights to the other states of the union, where, statistically speaking, there has been no discrimination because more, than 50 per cent of the persons of voting age were registered or cast their ballots in November, 1964. The new if legislation, passed in its present form, will turn out to bea highly discriminatory measure, though ostensibly designed to cure discrimination in the registering of voters. C New York Herald Trttiun. Joseph Alsop LBJ Scores Two Victories in One Day ,WASHGTON The American political community Is now so blase, apparently, that It is not stirred b y anything less than civil conflict or warfare overseas. But surely there ought to be excitement a lot of excitement about this weeks events on Capitol HilL In a single memorable day March 24, to be precise the presidents great education bill was taken up in the House and the Ways and Means Committee favorably reported the Medicare Bill, after adding rather generous improvements to the President's original plan.-Nso long ago, a single measure of comparable dimensions would have caused ot the more conservative lawmakers hair to stand on end, while their more progressive colleagues would have wept with grateful surprise. Dull As Usual ; Instead, the scene In the House on Wednesday was as incomparably dull as ushaL The only touch relieving the general grayness was the expression on the aged visage of Judge Howard W. Smith. The former tyrant of the House Rules Committee wandered, disconsolate, through the corridors, looking exactly like a man who has just had every single tooth pulled. And this is just about what has happened to him, at least in a figurative sense. These great, transforming forward steps would have been all but unimaginable prior to the last election. Fate guided the Republicans to Senator Barry Goldwater, and the Goldwater debacle opened the doors that once were so firmly closed. Bismarks Apothegm It makes you think of Bismarcks Apothegm that Felix Frankfurter loved to quote: God takes care of children, drunkards and the United States of America. For you almost have to assume some sort of higher providential Intervention, when yeu recall that the U.S. will largely owe this legislation to the fanatics who put Goldwater over at San Francisco. The innovating character of the measures themselves is hot-eye- d hard to In the new Medicare package, there is, first of all. President Kennedys original bill, intact and in good working order. In special Social Security contributions, it will cost 2.6 billion dollars per annum, and it will also add 200 million dollars to the regular federal budget. Other Benefits Up With it goes an increase In cash, old age -- and survivors benefits, which will be paid for by an increase in regular Social Security contributions of about 5 billion dollars bringing up the total annual Social Security take from the American economy to the majestic sum of 21.8 billion dollars. And to this must be added a voluntary insurance plan Iiam Park 111 . Ham Park is ill and, as a consequence, his column. Senator from Sandpit, will not appear for a few days. to pay old peoples doctors bills, which is estimated to cost the contributors 560 million dollars. Here, surely, is a great effort to solve a great problem in one bold stroke. Less Remarkable lic. There was, for illustration, the governors snappish open criticism of them both for playing, in his view, a' far from pally game toward him in the matter of finding an effective GOP candidate for mayor of New York City. They wanted no part of this task; and as he saw it, they also unnecessarily complicated the partys high necessity to find a good man for the run. Would Be Top Man Far more importantly, what is now strongly indicated is that Javits has become fatigued in the extreme by his old position as only a loyal lieutenant of Rockefeller and is clearly interested ii becoming the top man in the Republican polities of New York, which is to say of all the East. It is an understandable ambition. For Javits for years has really been No. 1 so far as the Republican voters are concerned. If he now seeks to claim the leadership in title aj well as in fact as it certainly kxks he is doing he is violating none of the rules of th trade. Rocky Loses Ground He has unarguably given to the governor a long stint of and to a degree effective, even of assistance. Beyond all this and more to the present point, however, is the circumstance that Rockefeller has not managed to improve his position nationally but has in fact progressively lost stature on that measure. Javits, to the contrary, has gone up and not down on this same measure. His extraordinary voter strength in New York has consistently risen; Rockefellers has fallen with equal consistency. And there is also the fact that Javits has now lost the highly parochial aura that used to envelope him as a member of the Senate and so has become something of a solid national figure. National Forum He has simply had the progressively rewarding opportunity to move in a national forum and there to learn even if sometimes much, against his own best efforts. Rockefeller has had to sweat It out in the New York bear pit of state affairs. Finally, the wing of the GOP in which Javits, has become the dominant voice in the Senate is deeply commit- -' ted to the proposition that the party should not merely meet but actually far outbid the Democrats in the nexj presidential election in advanced civil rights legislation and in deference to minorities generally. Cuts Southern Ties This wing will do Its very best to root out the smallest memory of any old GOP appeal to Southern conservatives. While there is no reason to suppose that Rockefeller would not wish to do the same, there is reason to doubt that he could so dominate a Republican convention as to bring off such a plank. As to Nixon, his whole stance as a moderate Republican would plainly just not do for the Jav- its people. The Public Forum By Our Readers Tit for Tat Tribune: Having Editor, read the Tribune editorial and Joseph Alsops column of March 22, I am now thoroughly briefed on American policy In Viet Nam. Alsop reports we are now borfibing North Viet Nam' in dosed steadily increasing pressure for killing people by napalm (fire) and antibombs. Also adpersonnel mits the only result to date has 'been increasing the scale of North Vietnamese infiltration-invasion of South Viet Nam. So now, says Alsop, there must be a, modest additional commitment of U.S. ground forces . . . above all to beef up the central reserve included in the 600,000 South Vietnamese now under arms. Lovely, lovely! Red China helps the North Vietnamese to fight against the South Viet- Yet the Medicare package is namese and their American less remarkable, in several helpers. We send 22,000 adviways, than the education bill. sors, 3,500 Marines, and If The latter, is remarkable, to Alsops story is accurate, soon modest U.S. Army forces to begin with, because It is such a characteristic Johnsonian South Viet Nam, as well as our tremendous Seventh Fleet contraption. Instead of stirring up the in the China seas. Meanwhile we cry (to quote the editorial), controversy that always atNorth Viet Nam must cease tends painful choices, the President has a knack of find- tits aggressive action in South Viet Nam before negotiation ing a contraption that does what needs doing, or at any can be considered.. In other rate most of what needs words, keep slugging your enemy, keep increasing the doing, without stirring anyone dosed pressure, . . . and up at all. In the case of the education keep claiming youre for bill, the President limited his peace all the while! Our enattack to the sector of utmost emy responds by increasing need the schools in deprived their pressure in South Viet neighborhoods, whose average Nam, and tells us to get out of character is a national scanViet Nam, or they wont negodal. He also included a limited tiate! amount of parochial school This elaborate tit for tat" aid. exchange would be funny, if it werent so tragic in its obCrosses Old Line vious foreshadowing of a KoThe logic of this approach rea ten times over if not of a proved so unanswerable that catastrophic World War HI. the bill was almost- unaniWhen do we begin to use dimously welcomed; and this plomacy instead of bombs? although it patiently crosses ELI M. OBOLER the fine of federal assistance Pocatello, Ida. to church schools, which so long seemed so impossible to Hate, Fear Blamed cress. exAdd that the House is Editor, Tribune: Charles statement Millers to (Forum the take voting up pected rights bill as soon as it has March 18) that the easy availvoted Medicare, which may be ability of firearfnsis the sinless ten than within gle factor responsible for such days; tragedies as the shootings of while, the Senate is also exVqrn Clausing and Officer, pected to dispose of the voting rights bill with amazing lerup and that of President Kennedy is one at extreme promptness. Under President Johnson, one must conclude, Availability of firearms to major legislation to almost benot responsible for these coming a matter of course. , deaths; it is hatred, fear, frustration in a sick land. Amending the Constitution to deprive people of rights is not tne answer. The Lee Harvey Oswalds would, find other ways of striking out at society. The answer lies in helping alleviate such problems through soda reform. DAVID GEMMILL Call Him President Editor, Tribune: On March 14 and March 21 news stories in The Tribune told of talks between President Johnson Forum Rules To bo published, letters must bo submitted exclusively to The Tribune end bear writers full signature and address. Names must bo printed on political letters but may be withheld for compelling reasons on others. Preference is given to letters printed with alters names. Letters must be under 250 words and are subject to further condensation when space limits require it. and Governor Wallace of Alabama. President Johnson was reor ferred to as Johnson Mr. Johnson. He is the only man in the United States who is the President, and I feel h should be addressed as President, and not just by his last name, or even with Mr. before his name. The election to over and President Johnson is the President. If you do not like him or his policies, be patient for four years and then see that your man gets elected. MRS. WILLIAM WEST Tooele, Utah Dollars for Mayor (Telegram) Editor, Tribune: I am mailing ten dollars to help poof Mayor Lee and wife dine with the President. Perhaps others will join, and the governor might loan him a National Guard plane. . ' J. W. ABBOTT Ogden, Utah |
