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Show YiilJiam Safire Suit fake ?ti b mu Saturday Morning, March Nerlion 26, D77 Page gMW - ' Chinese Gang Lost Chance US -A && v r Times of Public Anxiety Require Careful Attention to Rights Under the Miranda Rule arrested persons must be told prior to questioning that they have a right to remain silent, that anything they say can be used against them and that they have a right to a lawyer It is hard to believe that anyone, even a policeman, would object to this simple warning Yet the Miranda Rule is one of the most controversial in modern criminal law. Police say the warning complicates their work unduly. Prosecutors see otherwise tight cases lost because the Miranda warning was not given. And the other day the Supreme Court of the United States overturned an Iowa murder conviction because the rule had not been followed. Opposition to the Miranda Rule stems from another legal nicety, the exclusionary rule. Under this rule evidence is barred from use at trial if it was initially obtained in violation of the defendants constitutional right to counsel. Advocates of no nonsense justice deplore the fact that an apparently guilty party can be set free merely because a policeman or some other functionary did not warn a suspect of his rights before eliciting damaging evidence against him. Because the Miranda and exclusionary rules were hallmarks of gets around to to do about the finanwhat debating cial integrity of the Old Age and Survivors Disability Insurance program (Social Security), the charge that the system is bankrupt is sure to be raised. It is quite true that there is no fund in existence which, as in private pension plans, can be used to pay off present and future claims. Social Security maintains a modest $45 billion contingency fund to cover temporary shortfalls but regular payouts are from current income, taxes paid by todays work force. Some critics cite absence of nuge cash reserves as basis for the bankruptcy charge. They fail, however, to consider what would happen if Social Security was run like a private plan with comparative reserves at hand. In Social Security The Long-TerDeficit, a publication of the American Enterprise Institute for Policy Research, this aspect is detailed by J.W. Van Gorkom. Mr. Van Gorkom is an attorney and certified public accountant and a member of m the Quandrennial Advisory Council on Social Security. To be fully funded (as in a private plan) Social Security would need a 1977 fund of between $2.7 and $4.1 Jl iTr its free-lanc- Interl.uidi "i t Hry 7 r I ' i in A 1 fc. i ' )i I , I gf?"? - . -- T .sac I Six long --3 f ir 1 now known as the "Gang with its of Four" power base located inShanghai and wtth effec- never was can be pieced together from talk members of the winning side with a half-doze- n nnl he dangerous to your (hack) health. The Public Forum Diverse More hditni, Tiihune Our President has turned his hack on all the men who had given their lives and limbs m Vietnam by giving all the draft dodgers a pardon The President has slapped the faces of all the families whose young men died for a foreign count i y trying to keep it free hope Mr Carter can live with himself for this insult to those veterans who still live but aie unable io warn, use lianas, lost legs or leet, are sightless, or who can't even feed themselves We must, of course, not forget the Ml Vs, the prisoners whose families still live on nope that they may yet be found alive and brought home To these people he owes a sincere apology, for they all gave so much for so little in return They went, they fought, they died, and those who were in one piece came home either on their own or in a rubber sack I was there and saw them going out to fight Charlie, wishing they were anywhere but where they were, and standing a very good chance of never seeiig base ca.np again, let alone home I hope when Mr Carter goes to church some Sunday that these thoughts burn m his mind until he cannot stand it 1 would not have done that to my worst enemy Such an inult cannot be excused or sluffed off in time I hope sometime he sees fit to render a much deserved apology to those who lost sight, limbs, or lives and the families of the dead and yet prisoners of var God knows they deserve much, much more hope they all get up and walk out of Arlington 1 hope the Unknown Soldier makes himself known, because someone has spit on their graves 1 Social Security bonds issued by the federal government, but, as Mr. Van Gorkom notes, the value of all government bonds depends on the future ability of the government to tax its citizens. AI, ROBB Repetitious Monologue Editor, Tribune- State Rep Samuels Taylor is at it again (Tribune. March 16) with his repetitious monologue and illogical arguments status for the UTA In the in pursuit of one instance, he argues that the subsidy for ski recreation services from the International Airport are a financial disaster injurious to taxpayers" (disregarding Mother Natures wrathful drought), while at the same time he would have that same subsidy increased to pay e for Come now, Rep Taylor cant have it both ways! What is more important, e would increase our tax burden as both population and ndership increase Seveial popular bus routes with high daily perndership operate below the cent subsidy level, ard help offset temporary losses when new routes are implemented Since UTA lacks a viable marketing program, it is surprising (except for the public relations and advertising borne by the resorts themselves) that they fared as well as they did with this particular service As a taxpayer and voter I resent surreptitious efforts to implement when voters in UTA's service area have, in two different elections, mandated they did not want to have In view of this fact, I find it alarming that the U S Department of Transportation, and the UTA board of directors, have been courted into considering some sort of trial e plan despite the prior mandate of the voters Whence egres-semajority of democracy I would suggest one of two courses of action for Rep Taylor He should, in the next his sole legislative election, select political plank A vote for Taylor would be a vote for a vote for his opponent, a vote against "no-farThe result would no doubt pl.ice him out of office, UTA could gel hack to running a transit service, and the public would be spared his perpetual monologue Or, I would highly recommend a four-yea- r course in transportation economics at Northwestern University Thereafter, if he might present a logically cohesive argument, his comments might then be worth media attention - no-fa- re one-quart- no-far- and still is centered around the uniqueness of its LDS heritage and religious tenants Of recent attention has been tourist promotion of our scenic wonders and excellent ski facilities But, first and foremost Utah is still known as the Mormon" state People everywhere in America and m many, many areas of the world associate Utah with its pioneer heritage, respect for law, the upholding and strengthening of the family, eschewing liquor, tobacco, coffee, and tea, and the basic industry and sell reliance oi its people. That wholesome image is held up by as a standard the world many could well consider. People (tourists) everywhere of wisdom, intelligence, and honesty respect Utahns for having the courage to defend the basic principles that keep individuals strengthened, families united, and communities safe, desirable dwelling places. Your editorial expresses its concern that the will not be spent here on liquor, among other things. If Utahs hospitality and image is truly of concern to The Tribune, then I respectfully suggest you. (1) Eliminate the X and R rated movie ads such as the ones you tourist's money 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 use of the writer's tiue name. All letters are subject to condensation. Mail to the Public Forum. The Salt Lake Tribune, Box 867, Salt Lake City, I tah. 84110. anti-Gan- advertised the same day as the editorial which and read, "One of the classiest porno flicks "Hot and Nasty. Respected newspapers throughout America are refusing to huckster movieland pornography in their ads Why not the Tribune? (2) Eliminate the dozen Massage Parlor" ads you daily advertise to the world (3) Editorialize for controls on liquor to keep Utahs attractiveness unique and respected Never does liquor contribute to the familys welfare Wherein do your editorials eulogize the contributions of the bar and the saloon to happy family life, community stability, as a model for children Where are the words describing that 50 per cent of auto deaths are caused by liquor drunk drivers (not to mention the thousands of others horribly maimed when they survived) And what great image of hospitality do drunk tanks and tavern brawls, knifings, and shootings contribute to luring tourists to Utah to stav awhile and spend their money For the same reason we have warning signs and signals on highways and streets to inform the unenlightened and to remind the wei! aw ares" of danger, so should the dangers and heartbreaks of liquor he signaled unceasingly to every potential usei ultra-rightist- d no-fa- e Realistically, Rep Taylor isnt likely to either course of action The refreshing andor of UTV s response was heartening, but one swallow does not a summer make Its up to I tah taxpayers to ensure their mandate is hy restraining order, or properly enforced (lass action suit if necessary JON R BARTON ect c nroii" Target Editor tribune Your editorial of March 20 liquor 'earning signs seems to have gone verj where but to tne problem 1 he hospitalitv ai.d lTihi of tie late of Mali has alwavs been on t ultra-leftist- ultra-rightist- DANIEL A LOEWEN no-fa- re no-far- k Soon after Maos death, his widow and her three cohorts m Peking ordered their man in to pass Shanghai, party secretary Ma Tien-su- i, out arms to some 3,000 key members of the Shanghai militia The sources go to some length to emphasize that the militia which took these arms did not know the rebellious purpose to which they might he put On Oct 7 or theieabuuts. Madam Maos group tried to seize control in Peking. Perhaps they attempted to interpose themselves between the Central Committee and the party cadres out m the country; perhaps they tried to put their followers into top positions m the army Whichever action was taken, the reaction was swift. had the tickets ui Chairman Hua Kuo-fen- g the party Central Committee and had the support of the army He ordered the insurgents arrested secretly That secrecy was essential to his plan to abort an armed insurrection in Shanghai With the four held incommunicado, Hua came up with his version of the Shanghai Gesture, he called an urgent conference of provincial leaders in Peking Not knowing of uie seciel anest- vn uicii leauci alup, Hie Uiicc top Shanghai followers of Madam Mao obeyed Huas beckoning to Peking ar.d found themselves m a meeting detailing the heinous crimes of the Gang of Four " Telephone Line Out When leader Ma Tien-su- i picked up the telephone to call home, he discovered it impossible to get an outside line to Shanghai for a few days When the announcement of the arrest of the Gang of Four was broadcast with great fanfare, no top sworn followers were at their posts in Shanghai to trigger the local militia The lower-leve- l insurgents were ineffective Instead of responding, says a in Shanghai the militia smashed the gleeful official, headquarters of the Gang of Four." One reason the militia did not start shootmg up the town was a demonstration by large crowds of Shanghai citizens tired of being harangued by leaders who put political purity above everything else Chinese leaders today (remember, the winners) keep using the word jubilation to describe tne crowd reaction to the smashing of the "anti-part- y clique Invites Skepticism Such uniform recounting of a crowd reaction invites skepticism, but resiYou can tell dents here claim that it is true the difference between a spontaneous demonstration and a real one, I never saw a says a Western businessman, Chinese crowd happier than on that day " How could a power base built carefully for more than a decade, with 80 per cent of the leadership from province level to commune m its grip, and with the entire nation's mass media under its control, collapse like a house of mah jongg pieces Everybody has an answer now Power-plavei- s say it was Huas shrewd tactic of pinching off the opposition communications at the crucial moment Maoist ideologues insist the people knew the difference between the correct line and the revisionist conniving of s s the of yester(The s of today ) day are the Were Being Against A human-rightis- t would say that the people of Shanghai weie delighted at the opportunity to complain loudly about repressive authority, and weie being against, rather than for, anybody A peasant woman getting her news from a loud speaker on her cement wall says that she always knew Madame Mao was no good because of the indecent, tight skirts she wore. Whatever the combination of reasons, the result is that everybody inside China and out, certainly including this writer, misread th lay of the power lines When challenged, Hua did not seek a compromise, bu followed the example of his predecessor Mao, who twice rallied support by making his challengers into tiie national villains (Copyright) 'We Slave (cough) determined (ciioke) tliat saccharin can (wheeze) alternative would be special A a the detested skyline inherited irom the story of the rebellion that "colonialists If the Social Security fund was invested in stocks the system would own all the companies on the New York Stock Exchange, thereby changing the entire economic system. . til upper-middle-lcv- fund of that size would exceed the value of all outstanding bonds issued by the federal government. And, asks Mr. Van Gorkom, if the Social Security Administration owned them all, in what would the insurance companies and banks invest since they are required to keep certain percentages of their assets in federal bonds? restlessness has developed in the relationship between president and press We would not go so far as to say that the traditional honeymoon is over so much as that it may not be as breathless or as much fun as it was And here we would suggest that we among the pi ess might well recognize that Mr Carter seemingly is trying to redefine the institutional relationship between the White House and Fourth Estate, much as he is attempting to do so between Oval Office and Congress to point out Commentators have been qui that Mr Carter, through such devices as excuisions to a New England town meeting or his celebrated telephone call in, is attempting to take his message directly to the people, over the head of Congress, as it were In this manner a narrowly elected President may be able to generate popular support for programs that may la( k much political appeal Whether it will work is something else again We would submit that Mr Carter is d. mg much the same thing with the press, going over its head, from time to time to the people directly As he noted in the ourse of the all in the questions he was asked weie not those generally put to him by politital reporters, and the same would hold true, we would guess, witn the subjects he was asked about in Clinton In this context, the matter of breaking new giuund loses some relevancy But Mr Carter will not be able to dispense altogether with the traditional institutional relationship his office has with the press, and the later, we think might be more comfortable and mote effective if it recognizes squarely what the Piesident plainly is inclined to attempt from time to time indeed, it may well be a healthy thing for us in the news business to know that the agenda of news is often beyond our power 'o s.( ,,i ts 11 :7 A macy" he allegedly is encouraging, is a cause of worry and concern among "officials " Our point here has little to do with Mr Carter's ground breaking " Rather, it is simply to take note of the fact that a certain not tive control of made its mass media move to win the power S- - t struggle that has split China for a decade The Gang of Four thought they had the Shanghai mil'tia with them, an source in Peking said They tried to sucstage an insurrection, and if they hada ceeded that would have meant at least local civil war over 10 million Here in Chinas largest citv e in the city and suburbs, and a Western-styl- 1 That future ability to tax its citizens is what the Social Security system already relies on to pay its current and future claims. Critics and supporters of Social Security funding therefore find themselves back at the same starting point ago. after Chairman ns Chinas trillion, depending on what assumptions are made on interest rates and other factors, according to Mr. Van Gorkom. An months Maos death, the group F;; 1A tC' The law, however, reacts more slowly, if at all, to pressures of the moment. And that is the way it must always be. It is at precisely these times of great demand on the authorties to do about crime that the something of suspects must be all the rights more carefully observed The Miranda and exclusionary rules are often portrayed as contrary to common sense. But their retention and enforcement are crucial if individual rights are to stand aga:nst the changing tides of public passion define 1 JF.JPTV 4ft Also, an anxious public is more likely to condone, even insist on, this kind of police action. Jimmy Carters Lessons for the Press Post-Dispatc- ork Times Service This is the citv in which a civil war was expected to break out but did not New the liberal Warren Court of the 1960s, it had been widely forecast that the more conservative Burger court would in time reject or severely modify one or both. But the court, over the stern objection of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, upheld the rules when it overturned the Iowa murder conviction. In a time or rising crime, public pressure on law enforcement agencies rises, too. Under such circumstances police are more tempted to take illegal shortcuts, to shade a suspects rights in order to solve cases and obtain convictions. Another Viewpoint h From The St Louis most By accounts, President Carters visit to Clinton, Mass , where he attended a New not England town hall meeting, created a sensation m that community. surprisingly We also gather, from reading here and there, that Mr Carter and the press are having some of what you might call sorting out problems The general impression conveyed by reports of Mr. carter's visit was that, as The Wall Street Journal phrased it, It was campaign '76 all over again The story went on to note that the President broke little new ground " Yet, just a few days previously, The New York Times published an article to the effect that for diplomatic circles, at least, the President was breaking all too much ground and doing it with a certain disconcerting artlessness, at that The piece stated that Mr Carter's approach, and the diplo- - . e SI LANG HA I Social Security Riddle When Congress t'tf os-- v' True inheritance Editor. Tribune Heritage is inheritance influential people do not seem to understand the true meaning or value of inheritance Perhaps if an inheritance came to them in a single package it would have much mote meaning But as a person in office serving the public it has no significance that seems to have any value Such inheritance does require an enlightened individual to realize the significant, worthwhile advantage of everlasting inheritance The Devereaux House is that important to the State of Utah as an everlasting monument to the past How can we help the powers that be to realize the value of that remarkable inheritance If one traces back some years we do realize f the Salt Lake Theatre, The destruction Amelia Palace and many more buildings that were not regarded as important enough to preserve and reclaim as precious inheritance The loss can never be restored One must come to the conclusion that those in lower at the important time just could not rise to the occasion Today this is the situation with those in power The natural rcsouices of this state built those mansions and furnished them for their icers to visit and enjoy Those same mansions should be part of our history today They could at would do this state real justice Our tourist trade would he enlightened and benefitted bv th- splendor and hrauy of our past NAOMI UOOLLEY Many lltc (.rani Cartoon Item: 4 U S Citizens May Now Viiit C nha J |