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Show I Monla Km mmmrntalKt s. t f Development Threatens Newest States jp m 9 ,,, "'V; V y - Jaimes V aton v c V ,?' ;; ', U.S. if k. is- land paradise, says Gov. R George Ayriyoshi, who is . Meeting Opposition Hawaiis executive is meeting opposition from growth-progreadvocates in his efforts to control the influx of new residents, from those who fail to see anything wrong with obscuring the view of Diamond Head. The struggle over Alaska is related but more dramatic because the deadline is next year for protecting patches of its matchless wildlands. Overpopulation is not at issue now, but could be in widely separated settlements. The problem was dramatized recently by Margaret Murie, whose prayer is that Alaskas scenic places "will remain great and wild and free, and where wolf and caribou, wolverine and grizzly bear and all the Arctic blossoms may live on in the delicate balance which supported them long before impetuous man appeared in the North. While most of her peers are happier in the rocking chair, Mrs. Mune is g Alaska and the rest of the U.S. to inspect and crusade for the pieces of grandeur she seeks to fix in Alaskas crossword puzzle. They are pushed by the Alaska Coalition, made up of 12 leading conservation societies, for designation as national parks, national monuments, wildlife refuges and preserves. Nature Workshops Between inspection and lecture trips the famed naturalist conducts nature workshops at her home in Moose, Wyo. Alaska seems remote to most of us, but it is no more so than Yellowstone Park was when it was established in 1872. Now Yellowstone and other older parks are in serious trouble from over-usand tourists need to be encouraged to go to less traveled parklands. Larger than Texas, Montana and California combined, Alaska has a longer coastline than the rest of the country, the tallest mountains of North America and the countrys third longest river. It boasts a glacier the size of Rhode Island. House Resolution 39, sponsored by and others, Rep. Morris Udall, brought proponents and opponents together in a hearing in Washington recently. The legislation would protect from commercial exploitation 114 million acres of federally owned lands. The Statehood Act in 1959 allowed the state to select 104 million acres (about the size of New England, New York and Pennsylvania) for development. Nothing for Natives The measure did nothing for the native Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians, but in 1971 Congress awarded the natives $962 million in cash and 44 million acres of land. The act also called for designating up to 80 million acres as potential national parks, monuments, refuges and wild and scenic rivers. In 1973 the Interior Department recommended that Congress permanently protect 28 areas totaling 84 million acres. The bill languished three years but now the Alaskan lands are due to be turned over to the Bureau of Land Management and opened for development. The Udall bill would add 30 million acres more to the original package, more than doubling the countrys National Park system, the land area of which is inadequate in the face of demands. Lack o' space prevents listing all the proposed protected areas but an excellent map is available from the Alaska Coalition, 620 C St. S.E., Washington, ss criss-crossin- d e, D.C. 20003. Remnant of Bridge One is the remnant of the Bering land bndge over which man is believed to have crossed from Asia to North America, including 114 beach ridges. Another is a stretch of sand dunes where summer temperatures can reach 100 degrees. The Gates of the Arctic in the central Brooks Range is the crown jewel of 33,000-year-o- ld Alaska's proposed parklands, a austere land of towering peaks and unspoiled wilderness. White Dali sheep, caribou, wolves and other wild animals abound, and are hunted by Eskimos and Indians. Supporters of the LIdall bill say the acreage sought is necessary if Alaska's fragile ecosystems are to be saved. But mining and timbering interests have an opposite view. "haunting 4 pre-196- 4 ;t ft- - r'.-- 'f J - OriA David S. Broder Incumbents Self -- Protecting Washington Post Service WASHINGTON The issue of public financing of political campaigns is with us again, this time in the form of legislation provide payer a to tax- - "" . subsidy for House and Se- nate candidates. The legislation is backed by President Carter and impressive num-ber- s of both Democrats and Republicans in Congress. It probably has a 0 chance of passage. Nonetheless, the bills are controversial , and deservedly so. As a principle, the idea of campaigns is simple and appealing. Once that principle is translated into legislation, tailored to meet the instincts of the incumbents who must pass it, it acquires ambiguities that must cause the most serious reservations Bipartisan House Bill for Take, example, the leading piece of House legislation in this field: the bipartisan bill sponsored by Reps. Morris K. Udall, and John B. It would provide up to Anderson, l. $50,000 in federal matching money for small private contributions to major party candidates for the House and also to those independents who could raise enough seed money on their own to show they had significant support. The idea of the matching grants is to make it easier for congressional candidates to finance their campaigns with small contributions, thus theoretically lessening their dependence on special interest money. But to make the bill palatable to the incumbents, Udall and Anderson have imposed two major restrictions that must trouble a disinterested observer of the political process. They have eliminated primaries from the coverage of the bill. And they have imposed a spending ceiling for the general election. Primary Battles As Udall readily concedes, extending the subsidy offer to congressional primaries, as he and others would like to do, would doom the bill to defeat. The reason is simple: Relatively few House members are seriously challenged in the general election, but all of them dread the possibility of a primary fight within their own party. The number of marginal (or closely 50-5- bn contested) districts has declining since the as incumbents exploit their increasing resources to secure their seats. In 1976, only 37 of the 435 House seats were won by less than a 55 to 45 per cent margin. Intraparty Challenges There is little risk for most incumbents in voting themselves and their opponents a modest subsidy of taxpayer funds for the general election campaign. But primaries are another question. At best, they tend to be nasty and divisive; at worst, they pose real peril for the veteran Washington politician who faces an ambitious young state legislator or mayor of his own party. Few in Congress want to subsidize an intraparty challenge. So Udall and Anderson have conveniently let them off the book. As further bait to their colleagues, they have written in a proviso that no candidate who accepts the public subsidy in the general election campaign would be allowed to spend more than $150,000 on the race. Million-DollMan That is an interesting figure. It was not based on any measurement of the actual cost of a successful House campaign against an incumbent. No one has yet compiled those figures, even though it is known that a number of 1976 races did exceed the proposed limit. But the $150,000 spending limit can be and must be measured against the almost $1 million worth of' staff salaries, office, travel and communications expenses the members of the House have voted themselves for every two-yeterm. mid-196- ar ar This is not to argue that the million-dollcongressman is an unnecessarily expensive luxury. It is not even to argue that the costs of his office are really a d taxpayer-providepolitical slush fund. Constituent service and communication are legitimate parts of a congressmans work. ar Campaign Advantage But it is obvious to anyone that the million-dolla- r congressman gains a great campaign advantage from the publicity and sendees those public funds finance. For him to then vote himself and his potential opponent a $50,000 tax subisdy for the campaign is hardly an act of generosity or altruism. In fact, most incumbents would consider it a bargain if, for $50,000 of tax subsidy, they could guarantee that their opponents could not spend more than $150,000 in an effort to beat them. That is just about the best job- - Family Lawyer Judges May Regulate Attorneys, Ineluding Hair, Dress Standards By Will Bernard American Bar Association Kindly come back with a necktie, said the judge to a lawyer appearing shirt. before him in an When the lawyer refused to comply, the judge cited him for contempt. open-collar- ed Was the judge acting within the scope of his authority? An appellate court held that he was indeed. said the court, Historically, "lawyers have been subject to regulation (by judges) even in matters so personal as the growth of their beard or the cut of their dress. This doctrine is based on the special role of lawyers as officers of the court. As such they are expected to show due deference to the judges standards of decorum, so long as those standards are within reason. Another case involved the flamboyant hat which a woman lawyer wore in court. Warned by the judge, she returned the next day wearing another hat equally flamboyant. The judge reprimanded her and, on appeal, his action was upheld by a higher court. There is no law on the subject of womens hats, said the court. It is, therefore, a matter that rests within the discretion of the individual judge. There is some tendency , however, to go easier on laymen than on lawyers. In a traffic case the defendant was asked by the judge to wear a tie and jacket. Even though the defendant could easily insurance policy any incumbent could buy. But Udall insists that a spending limitation must be part of the public finance bill if it is to pass the House. And that raises a question of fundamental principle. It is one thing to say that incumbents have the right to set their own salaries and expense allowances. But should those same incumbents have the right to decide how much their opponents may spend against them in the next election? (Copyright) Dr. Neil Solomon TB Testing Best Action Dear Dr. Solomon: The man I work for in my office found out the other day that he had TB. Id thought there was almost none of this around any more. Is it safe for him to be working in the office? Is there anything I should do in the way of precaution? Anne Y. . V Dear Anne: Check with your doctor to see if you should have a tuberculin skin test (if it has been negative in the past) or a chest X ray. If you have any symptoms, such as loss of appetite, weakness or fatigue, weight loss, a chronic cough or bringing up sputum or blood, be sure you mention them to your doctor. TB beginning to assume the habitual spring aspect of all lively mining towns, and the inhabitants manifest the true spirit of Webtern enterprise and energy. Considerable activity in building and improving is visible. Selig & Simon (merchants) are erecting a store 24x60, which will be finished by the 1st of June. The rumor is current on the streets hat the owners intend dedicating Our Store by giving the boys a free ball in it when completed. May 16. 1927 Police are searching for the two daring bandits who have been operating in the city for the past three nights. Horace Palmer, driver for the Colville lee Cream company, was the latest pre-196- pro-Israe- Treatment assume that your boss has started treatment with drugs, in which case there is practically no chance that he can infect another person. Today, TB patients are treated and mostly outside the hospital almost always keep their jobs, stay with their families and lead normal lives. TB is no longer the great killer it used to be. But it is still a major public health problem, even in a country like the United States. Most people who come down with TB in this country nowadays were actually infected years ago, but at that time their bodies defenses sealed up the germs in tiny, hard capsules. Then recently, for one reason or another, their resistance has weakened and the germs have broken out and spread. The Way It Was May 16, 1877 JACOB CITY. Utah Our town is pre-196- I Latent TB Germs It is estimated that 15,000 Americans have latent TB germs in their bodies. A tuberculin test shows them up, and in some cases a although not all have done so, he refused as a matter of doctor may want to give a medicine to principle. kill off the sealed-u- p germs. And this time, an appellate court should have a tuberculin Everybody ruled that the defendants refusal did test at least once in his or her lifetime. not amount to contempt. The rule now is to start children off at Pointing out that he had no official age one and then recheck as necessary role in the administration of justice, the provided the previous check was court said his unconventional attire negative. Once the skin test is positive, could not fairly be considered an it stays positive for life. obstacle to the orderly processes of the law. (c) 1977, Los Angetes Times Syndicate Here are briefs of news in The Salt Lake Tribune 25, 50 and 100 years ago today: n victim, although nothing was stolen from him. Palmer, in a report to the police, said that he was driving his truck on Ninth East street, between First and Second South streets, Sunday night about 10 oclock, wiien he was stopped by two men in an automobile. They commanded Palmer to stop, saying that they were police officers. Palmer stopped and alighted from his car. He was commanded to hand over $100 on the allegation that he had violated some traffic rule. May 16, 1952 WASHINGTON The U S. 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SHORT PANTY, 8-- 9, 5-- 7, 4-- 7, 5-- 7, 6-- 7, 8-- USE YOUR CHARGE OR CUR EASY LAYAWAY! 4 V Plan On Purpose 7 bo'xlers witha them hack to the new Palestinian homeland' on their flank. Israeli Pressure What the Congress is constantly aw are of, however, and has been for a "confusion of very long time, is the power of the thought leading to anxious belobby in the House and Senate, and the influence of the Israeli wilderment," of the "narcotic Embassy on the politics and policies of force of Capitol Hill, and it is watching very s i d e i ed carefully how the new President will react to these pressures. slogans, and of "the more guileCarter has been very canny about all ful aspects of this. He talks about a special relationtact." ship" with Israel, but doesn't define it. He promises modem technology, We are in the Mr. Reiton and new weapons to Israel but in the middle here in Washington of one more chapter of U.S. most general terms. diplomacy in the Middle East in which Members of the Congress who favor all these warnings are being ignored. Harold Nicolsons principle of precision Even allowing for the mystifying comask. if we have a "special relationship plexity of preserving a secure Israel with Israel, and its security is a vital and at the same time assuring essential interest of the United States, why we supplies of oil from the Arab states, it is dont make this clear and commit the adhard to understand the Carter to the defense of United States by ministrations handling of this Israel within its treaty 7 boundarties. dilemma. Then, according to this clear comRecently, it has been a masterpiece mitment. the Congress, the Israelis, the of imprecision conveyed by a senes Arab states, and the Soviets would of television shots: President Carter know that the political independence talking vaguely at a town meeting in and 7 territorial boundaries of New England about "a Palestinian Israel would be by homeland. Secretary of State Vance Washington, and couldguaranteed not be violated miniswith the Israeli foreign standing war with the United without ter in the lobby of the U.S. Embassy in States. risking London promising to ship advanced Dont Want Clarity technology to Israel. Jimmy Carter amiable his But, oddly, neither the government relationship proclaiming with President Assad of Syria in in Jerusalem, nor in Washington, nor Geneva, and then, back in Washington, the Congress, nor the Israeli Parliaunderscoring at a press conference ment, want this sort of clarity and commitment. special relationship Washingtons with Israel. There is a tendency of all demo' cracies, Harold Nieolson wrote, to Prompts Suspicion At least one thing is clear about this prefer a vague and comforting formula to a precise and binding definition. The complicated procedure: nobody quite effectiveness of any dplomacy is knows what it means, and everybody is the amount of convicupon dependent exWhen Carter vaguely suspicious. or tion that it inspires. . . . certainty the with changes amiable compliments Thus it often occurs that democratic president of Syria, or talks about trying to limit the flow of American arms governments, by couching their statements of policy in vague or ambiguous li congressmen abroad, the call on him at the White House for language, invite the very dangers reassurances that Israels flow of arms which they wish to prevent. This is precisely what the Carter and modern technology and money will administration and the interim governnot be affected. ment of a divided Israel now seem to be At the suiuc time, when Secretary Vance promises that the Israelis will doing. They are inviting imprecision; continue to get the military arms and and not by accident. Carter may be imprecise, but he knows precisely what modern technology they need. President Assad of Syria, President Sadat of hes doing. Carters assumption is that Israel Egypt and the other Arab leaders wonder whats going on. and the Arabs would never agree to a by themselves, Maybe whats more important in the Middle East settlementintervene while must he and that of is the run that the Congress long was a he that tossing just pretending know also whats doesnt United States few vague ideas. He clearly prefers the going on. It has dealt with the Middle East contradictions between the Is- policy of imprecision to Nicolsons raelis and the Arabs long enough to principle of precision, and he may be understand the uses of confusion. And it right. But it will be a long time before is watches, with a mixture of admiration the resolution of this conflict of ideas and doubt, Jimmy Carters efforts to clear. reassure the Israelis while trying to get (Copyright) ill-eo- threatening to calling for a constitutional amendment to permit states to establish residency requirements for new arrivals as to welfare, public jobs and housing and to distribute population more equitably over the islands to relieve congestion in Oahu: More than three million people visited Hawaii last year, many of them deciding to make their homes there, including Japanese, Chinese, Koreans and mainland Americans. "Too many people can spell disaster, says Ayriyoshi, echoing the distress cries of Petaluma, Calif., Boulder, Colo., Ramapo. N.Y., and some other mainland communities which have had some court backing in efforts to set limits. jf J C j pro-Israe- li built and the 1 New York Times Service In his classic WASHINGTON study of diplomacy, Harold Nieolson warned of the dangers of impreei-- s ' of i o n , over- $ Arab-Israe- li V ague By Ernest H. Linford The newest states of the U.S. are both involved in bitter conservation controversies which deserve more than passing attention among the other states. Hawaii is destroy O v . v rK The Salt Lake Trilwme, Monday. May W. |