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Show J.iiiio IWt i.'i M "X Should Local Or National l hk .0.0 hilly New in not an etoiuuni-- t tm' It look- - to me a- - d .Inn my Carter ha- - pulled a leal -- hi k one on - ork Times Sen K e WASHINGTON Ever .mice tlie ivgmmngs of democratic government the representatives of the people m Parhame.it or Congress hate - BrJil alter Question whether to tote fur the .pecia! interest- - of the i them, or Mr. Reiton he in- Last year, imports of apparel grew per cent in quantity," he said. In even years, one job in three have been lost in the appai el industi y of the city by 24 -- . "We believe in international free trade. But there is a limit to what the woi kers of this city must endure in the name of a (free trade) principle few hav e heard of. But Moynihan knows better than most memlxus of the Senate that the principle of free trade produces more exports and more jobs in this country as a w hole than it loses through eonijs'li-tnimports from abroad, but he is now doing. though he knows belter, what most senators do in defending their local, personal and political concerns. He has obviously a grievous local problem in the New York garment industry, but he is not putting it in erspective He is an educator and an historian by tradition, but he is not educating. He is dramatizing the particular rather than explaining the general problem of international trade. Threatening Carter In laet, he is even threatening Carter on trade policy. "I send this friendly warning to the (Carter) administration." he said in the garment district this week "Go out and get a good agreement, a lair agreement. If you don't, dont come back, and for sure, dont come back to Hie Senate Finance Committee, of which am a member. This is important only as a symbol ol die worst problem Carter is going to have to face when he presents his energy, trade, disarmament and tax Mili us to the Congress Everybody is lor Carters policies against waste, water projects, pollution, pork-barrtax nMjffs. and defense cutbacks until they hit the interests of their local constituencies Carter would like to believe that the Nmcrican people would conserve fuel, cut their speed on the highways and the heat in their houses after all, he has argued that they are "good cooperahut at tive and compassionate people the same time, he has drafted an energy program that would tax big cars, put an up to 50 cents a gallon tax on gasoline over the next lew years, and invest in the development of nuclear .aid solar energy. Asa national policy, this undoubtedly makes a lot of sense, but it wo, vies the auto manufacturer.,, the auto unions, die environmentalists, and many others who fear atomic accidents and and most members of the wastt. Congress are voting their political leal s Problem of Deimx rat) I his a very old problem of democra-- i as Pat Moynihan knows bettor than almost any other member of the Sonale Edmund Burke defined the s tie of local versus national government in representative m his lamous speech to the Electors of Hi istol, as long ago as Nov. 3. 1774 ' Certainly, gentlemen." Burke said, it ought to be the happiness and glory to live m the ol a lepresentative Inctest union, the closest corre-jxi- n donee, and the most unreserved com mumcation with his eonstiluenls But Ills unbiased opinion, his mature judg e. he incut, his enlightened con-ncought not to sacrifice to am man. or to am set of men In mg Parliament is not a Congress of ambassadors from different and hostile mtei ests Parliament is a deliberative assemble of one nation with one mtei est - that of the whole, where not local purposes, not loval prejudice-migto guide, but the general good, from the genera! reason of the respon--ibihtie- -- ni ht ng hole riu- - - the pi mclple that will now be m the coming struggle lor polu v tested and the Con la tween the Piesident . ess o cr enei gy and ti mle i i( opv i iglit i ( 111 ( -- n Mary McGrory the ea L Washington Star Sy ndieate WASHINGTON Yonder peasant who is she? Thi- - year, do ask not She is probably tin fortune married to a a steel mill She has arrived at !hi pain a in Mercedes She has been skiing in Gstaad, and is 1. .n mg soon tor tolin I rom Thc a i arm an salesperson it's the Naturally, look id tmker- - sioinlul is gypsy peasant Is it the " Boots" sy ndrome Ethnicity gone wild' Who knows" The grand-lathe- r and grandmother who spent six w ret idled weeks in the steerage of an linmigiant ship so their descendants would rover have to be peasants may toil a twinge at the sight of their New World issue gotten up as treaders ol gi apes or tillers ol soil was to spare them that fate that they came to Ellis Island and beat their way to alien sweatshop and tenement They hid their babushkas, aspired to It the Riviera. Miss McGrory Then why is she wearing a dirndl, a bodice, an embroid dered apron, boots and a kerchief like a Tyrolean serving maid on her way to the May Festival? If you go into a store these days, the salesperson will bring you a brown calico dress, smocked, gathered, voluminous. with grim leather collar and cuffs. Try it on Behold, you are the may lx- even complete Soviet woman the manager ol a hydraulic plant along the Volga Shapeless Pouch a k lor pocketbook. and vou are handed a shapeless pouch, with metal-tippehigh-lace- - A-- It looks tas.-e-ls -- t ll- -t ; it had boon rliinostoi's, black crepe and white gloves. A look at the price tag on copies ol the garb they had tied would assure them that their sacrifice was not being trivialized A hemp sweater that no Sicilian fishing village maiden would put on her back goes for Mis Why Look Poor? no good asking why a person would impoverish herself to look pmjr Cine knows no laws You remember several years ago. in the era. when haute couture decided that banker- -' wive- - should go about as souih Ament an guerrilla fighters? It s The Way It Was Here are briefs Lake Tribune today of news in The Sait and 100 years ago 25, 50 : April 17, 1877 - SILVER BEEF, UTAH From a reliable source it is learned that at a meeting at Toquerville on Wednesday night, orders were issued calling the militia to meet there on last Friday night. The meeting took place, and it is rumored organized to escort or guard Brigham Young on his way to Salt Lake City. The Leeds company shipped twelve bars of bullion valued at about $14,()dO the promised program occurred at the Grand canyon last week in a conference attended by John H. Edwards, assistant secretary of the interior; Horace M. Albright, assistant director of the national park services; Dr. L.I. Hewes. regional direetoi for the bureau of public roads: C.G. Morrison, district engineer of the bureau of public roads; E.T. Scoyen. superintendent of Zion National park. April 17, 1952 MEBCED. Cal Reaching their highest peak of the spring training season, the Salt Lake Bees pounded out hits Wednesday afternoon foi an s of the Western over International League. It was the third triumph of the exhibition tour for the Buzzers against a similar number of losses. The hit production was the greatest tor the Bees during their spring training 1 April 17, 1927 Expenditures of approximately 1,000,000 is contemplated in the 1027 Utah and North Rim park highway and trail program, a summary of various schedules of work for the coming season shows Thorough discussion ot Smith 5 11-- 3 victory 1- -- packed live ammunition Then there wa- - that time when voluptuous women crammed them -- elves so into Ritz crackers old they could he taken for boss Their- - not to que-tio- n why Oscar and Pauline and 5ves hud given the order- - 11 they were told lo wear plexiglass v isors and carry nightsticks, they would not murmur So let Us he gratclul that the couturiers have stopped at drawstring blouses and gypsy skirts And let Us be grutetul that high fashion has gone back to serious frivolity Worn Like Banners A tow 'cars ago, clothes were worn like banner j or posters They were a tierce declaration, the funky livery of a generation That gill with the matted hair and the grubby jeans and the angry eyes could have had her hair done by Kenneth every week and worn a De la Renta original But she w as done up like a del ellct for the same reason that he thumbed a tide baik to the exjiensive college she allowed her patent- - to send her to She despised their values, their capitalist, imperialist, war mongering ways. As she slouched through the streets to codec house, commune or bomb making workshop, she was sending you a message about the crass, gross American way of life -- 1 lol-u- re 1 1 I -- did You can't" Well, it is obvious to me that lie pulled a con job on us. don't think lie ever intended to give us that $5(1 He just said it because he 1 knew what we wuuld do. We'd go out and spend it before we got it Wanted Us to Do I bat's wind he wanted us to do. When we did it. what was the result" That's right We stimulated the economy So once we stimulated the economy, which is what he was alter, he didn't have to give us the $511 to .stimulate it w ith Alert for lmpLiusible In time, of course Seventh Avenue, ever on the alert tor the implausible, laugbt on. anil earnest young career women went to their boutiques prepared to spend a week's pay for authentically aged and laded jeans Clothes said too much m those days . Now they're really not saying much anything The impulse to conceal origins and status has been with us a long time. Must olteu it g(Ks the Eliza Doolittle way the urchin passing as the duchess But it should n (I be forgot tn that Mane Antoinette and her ladles ar rayed themselves as milkmaids and shepherdesses and moved solemnly about Versailles with pails and crooks their apparel no more convincing than that ol today's rich peasants and landed nomads ot -( k- 111 Bight after Carter announced that he had changed 11- innnt. heard a Inend ol mine nil -- mg Becau-- c ot The woli'her ' he -- aid linn, went out and -- pent 54 on a new hairpiece to replace my old one, which wa- - turning green was minting on that rebate " Indian Liver Mint her aid 'Tlie lndlail-gler. We I Mik lum al hi- - word and my wile and bought matching uni-e- x jxily ester knit jumpsuit-- , which are suitable for work " or And still another said ' Oil. no' Here iu-- 1 spent salt lot a new pocket calculator, so I a will quuklv figure out what could get for that 85(1 rebate lie stabto'd tile lit the w allot had done the same tiling, splurguig on a Fong attachment fur my TV and a Pop 'll Poike! Fisherman tor my next bullhead lislimg expedition Almost everyone talked to. except a tew sly Bohemians, hail already blown their tax rebates The pattern becomes dear All over Aineriirt, people must have liecn lushing out to spend an extra $50 because they expected Jimmy to send them a check 5 ou can't blame them It's the American wav to sjkmkI money before we have it In act. it is essential to our iionomic health II we didn't scnd money we don't have, we would all w mil up broke Or even broker. The econo mists say so So I'm sure you can see what Carter They wore combat boot- - and cainmi Huge suit- - and bandoliers slung across tlie boulder The New York Times repel twf that one conscientious trendist rite -- I ( - Fashion Returns to Frivolity ah 'he thing- - Ill'-- tioii.h' pi iv er- - hlba In gi illB adlo- list earphone- - link trim.- - laikel- - and ' MI piart w ill he tno- - i hi dragged ulM hou-e III vul'u.'i el III' ami veut'aai.v I JCT . 1 i 1! v M -- vvhiih lo and lllcgului and had the hl.di- But a lew dav- - ago he chum.-lie -- aid lie wa-- u t going to gi e -- N alter all He -- aid we dull! t need the ext la -pending money Urau-- e the economy on had managed to hociime tll-k- v u nd -- o the Sail rebate would to- had hoi au-- o it would enu-- o inflation e . i -- -- Itlul ate -- I -- o they in ml it wa- - nation trom their regions or representatives of the nation, and President Carter's energy and trade policies are now putting this hard dilemma before even member oi the House of Represent a toes and the Senate. The new Democratic senator from New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, illustrates the point. He is the most engaging and articulate of the new senators on Capitol Hill. When he was ? professor at Harvard, a top official in (lie Labor Department and ambassador to India and the United Nations m previous administrations, he saw the world as n whole and was almost recklessly honest in defining America's v idest possible interests Formidable Advocate But now, as senator from New York, he is using all his considerable talents to argue for his own constituency, and he is a formidable advocate. Listen to him in Herald Square about the problems of the garment industry of New J ork City -- a h it the Most of the time it Is no big deal the conflict of local, state and regional interests usually produces a national compromise or consensus, which nobody quite likes but ever body can tolerate. Once in a while, however, memlters of the Congress have to decide whether they are ambassadors lie ld mnuev mild who people elected I v -e tax leliate He said he wanted them to have the extld philosophical of 27 V -- 111 oer a fundamental tor tile larger - cl. Mil HI. .i'll :iuw tin k w Ith III and a iuj'l l! Im ki t Mali would not h.o e e' hei 'v pul i ha- -i il llav I 1.1 admin tile lllivvdi.e ul 111 iliov e ml- in w a But in M"t me d is a to i mil el all venom New dial million-o- l niei u an-- h iv t woihdii.it have pen' - in mi thing-the- v hen pt ('heiwiM thev w ill t, drill . e- lull! theiii-- t a ctiUih! loll de - n led bv - a- - having llie i h u il u hoi I 1kI Car ter -- aid he .elided to give illo- -t people a $50 w puzzled terests HT,- Xpril 17, , l'"li u- fj vmimm s' Tribune. Sunday Tin Sail Lake Carter Pulls Slick One With Tax Rebate Talk Good Rule? Ntw ike Ik t k( - i -- a le- - -doll t -- t.inoiale til alebe au-- r lady what hap pn- - - that ling! ito if- - lu- -t exi lunge then i Xi e pe c Ion- - I. Pin that going til 1. J Kill etle- - and hux mg new Il one- thev givi tin nothing E otto cimimm aiiothn -- i ol blah- llli-- tI'hev tould teal gal.ege -- alebring llie n.it mu to it- - knee- - The an the next vvol'- -t tiling lo -- living you; money iti ;i mat tre- - - Laiagr ("Loin I , I Mnmilulc I iiniiim -When till- - happen- - as me(v will I al tn' will have lo In mg hi e mu nil nut 4 I- t- letli.il v I I eemiumii adisw- Ihe old pioinisc them ul one ul Ins to tl -- 50 1( -- a ' wot ked k Hill e I ,ct - -- let1 m But III i use people hav they 'll pi obublv lal- -i it to w 'J - Presidents Thomas to Jimmy Carter have attacked from Jefferson the Electoral College as a con- stitutional blemish on the face of demociaey. If the opinion polls aie to be believed, a large majority of Amert- cans agrees A formidable array of disparate the American Bar organizations the U S Chamber Assn., the AFL-CIof Commerce, the League of Women Voters opposes it. Democratic Sen Birch Bav h of Indiana, who this year is making his usual quadrennial proposal for a constitutional amendment to do away with it. would have us think the Electoral College every four years threatens the very foundations of the republic Abolitionist - assert that the Electoral is neither demoiratie nor College oilu rwi-- e flawless, and thev are right Neither, for that matter, is life Both me simply preferable to the alterna- ' Favors Ixast Populous Bemuse votes in the Electoral College are allocated on the basis of each stales congressional di legation, and no matter how biiau-- e each late is allotted two mail its population eiuitofs and a ronerossman Electoral College votes obviously are wa ighletf in lav or ()( the least populous . I I know don t hat he is up to, but know w hat to do about li Maybe I'll ju- -t build a bigger garage 1 vv (Copy right Senator Soaper Balpli Nailer's 81 y ear old dud is leading an angry protest against the lag pay hike congressmen jnsl gave them like son, like lather selves. Well For every girl there is a boy, we used to be told. And apparently for every television guest theres a host How could a nation whose favorite flavor is still vanilla to' eared as a disturbin' of world peace? I In retirement, about all a holiday means is wondering all day why there is no mail The Little Libber whose father give-ha masculine model wants to grow up to do anything a man can do. including washing dishes just like Dad er It opv Iglit other restraints and qualifications in our system The point is that this country is not. never has been and never was intended to be a pure democracy. What is unique about Anurica is that it is both a democracy and a federal republic. What the Electoral College does is to force presidential candidates to think, campaign and ait at least partially in terms of states Abolition in favor of (he diiect popular election of piesiilchls would change all this, encouraging candidates to think in terms of population clusters, national special interest groups and media markets. And that is change, not progress Bavh and other abolitionists point with trembling fingers to the fact that a shift of 8,354 votes in Ohio and Hawaii would have given last year's p esiden-tia- l election to Gerald Ford, although Jimrnv Carter would still have enjoyed 7 million in the popular an edge of of 1 vote It is malliematicallv possible tor a candidate to jioil a nunonty of the popular vote and till win the presidency in the Electuial Collier II is a!-- o x iblc that we mav hoe -- now m Mai. and ju- -t about a- - lik iy -- HupM-n- ! -- iite-Aiaska lor c, ha- - t ought v one al vote lor every 100 DO0 inhabit - while Calilorma has onlv one lot in-t- i ant- - Duly Once clcct'oiis UK c the lnunding ol the i public, onlv once - in Benjamin Harrison's INKS vulorv over did the land'd, tie Grover Cleveland ot who lo- -t the popular win the in the Electoral College On tvvo other ix casioii- - - Ralht i hud B Have- - !24 triumph over sunim 21 Tdilen an John Qinnrv VI. tm-- ' r mill vutoiy ov cr Andrew Juk-tdale- - whd laded to win a plot aldv ol tin popular ote w ere riev aled to pt 111 48 pie-iden- ev - i v vote of the House of Representatives when the Electoral College result-provinconclusive. But special circumstances unlikely to be replicated attended these two elections And even if one considers the 1824 and 1870 elections to fie failures of the system, along with that of 1888, 45 out of a bad 48 is not score, with no 88 years the in past miscarriage Faithless Electors More open to criticism than the Electoral College itself are "faithless electors" and the custom ol allocating all of a state's electoral votes to the candidate who wins that state's jxipular cy by ed vote 1 ne 538 electors are pledged lo ea- -t their Eleetoi ul College ballot- - in accord with the decision of the electorates of their states From time to time, however, an elector kicks over the ti ui es and votes for someone else This pioblem could easily lx solved by eliminating electors (but not the College I, with each state appointing an ollicia! who would be legally required to ea- -t his state's electoral voles in accordaiii e with the popular verdict 'I he practice of assigning all a state's eleetoi al votes to the popular winner, and iiooe to the other ( andulatcs. is only not enshrined in the that a 'oils' it ti'ioii If tliev wish to do so. individual state- - a- - Maine has done, haw onlv to legislate how thev wish to e( their elect';' al oto ( ! 'I lie net elfcet of substituting direct q oi Lit elet t mi ill the pi esidenl lor the cu-to- m ( a-- -- m h i v. tm i, at i! College would be to dunim-- h the integrity and and to enhanr e national organization- - suih little i (main- - of dv "1 the -- tide- au'hoi th a ol -- ontor ot Coin no m e .'in! -- pei (al iiitotc-- t lobbn s - nei.lu r The i lei Mil .d College h. i ' ! di i al th t.i ttei wot -- i tint - an ;amn-i- ( v. ta( !i ,i i i o i it part In he t I lined It, i ('opv I. hi i a- 11,(10 ili.lt the Ch See the Today. Utah's most unusual apartment the is again available for rout (It Silorium has been completely redecorate 0 and furnished by the previous resident Today. this unique apartment will be open a rn. 'til 5 p m for your inspecticn from ) 1 Up even In rd we emit help mu selves billowing S.iturdav we will lltsii to the shopping i ciitei - mice again, signing up boat- - bigger steieos. earn lor bu pel's mierow uv e ov ens and all Ihe odici tilings that In mg happiness The economy will be wiggling and lumping around like Farrah Whnosils But then Curler will tell us he changed his mind again Lets Continue Electoral College every 444. (Mi of its citizens That is not pure democracy Neither is having two senators per state, presidential veto power, pioiedures for amending the Constitution, unelected federal judges or a host It V 8.51 e WASHINGTON Saying something nice about the Electoral College that has selected our presidents since 1784 is roughly compur- ,, ' F able to defending smallpox. Permit me to defend d, mzfCi JS smallpox. tl again 1 G55BLE |