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Show The Public Forum lut' iimi Tribune Readers" Opinions Jazzed Down This is in response to a Tribune Public Forum letter, May 13, regarding The Utah Jazz. Ms. Herlovich stated that she couldn't find any better people to spend a working day with than the Jazz staff, coaches and players. I didn t have quite the same experience with two of the players. In the middle of April I was flying to Dallas on the same flight as the Jazz. Seeing how they handle themselves in the airport made me ill. First of all, they both looked as if they'd slept in their clothes for perhaps two weeks or so, and I dont think either one of them owned a comb. When a team is called the Utah Jazz, people take it for granted they represent Utah. I dont know what their habits were before being transferred to Utah but I wish theyd change them, at least for the sake of Utah. NETTIE PRIET Regain Morals After reading all the opinions of the people over the last few weeks regarding the Legislatures work involving the regulation of cable TV, plus the news reports of polls taken it is astounding to see how many people are up in arms at the thought of not being able to watch their dirty movies. My, my, what agony we humans must endure. Actually, it frightens me to find out that there are such great numbers of people who are Indulging in the smutty material that is in question because that is the only thing that is to be censored out. From the opinions I have read, people are becoming infuriated at the thought of being deprived of it. Considering this together with all the pressures of allowing kids their sexual free- - Forum Rules i 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 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. (parents being excluded) and the rest of all the moral issues facing the country today, could there be a parallel between what is happening to us and what happened to the mighty Roman empire? I think it is high time that the morals of our country be brought back into perspec- dom tive. C. CHRISTENSEN West Jordan Curious Contrast I found it curious that on the same day Pioneer 10 logged its 2.5 billionth mile the DRGW Zephyr made its final run. These two events, occurring simultaneously, seemed to use an ironic commentary on our ever changing world On one hand there is Pioneer 10 still transmitting information 10 years later on its lonely Journey out of our solar system. Still functioning far beyond the expectations of its creators. The ingenious efforts of Americas finest minds made this truly fantastic accomplishment possible. This event, and on a larger scale, the space program as a whole has enriched our lives. Mini computers, video cassette recorders and microwave ovens, to name just a few, directly or indirectly are the result of America's space exploration program. Then, there is the demise of the Zephyr. The route the Zephyr ran epitomized an element of the American spirit. A spirit that would later manifest itself in our space program. The ingenuity, tenacity and courage it took to overcome the natural obstacles to construct the railroad easily compares to this countrys adventure into space. As with the space program, the lives of Americans had been enriched through the building of the railroads. So, our living standards have been raised through these technological advances. Or have they also been diminished a bit? Certainly our calculators make it easier for us to solve mathematical problems. Yet, how many today can figure a square root without punching a button on a calculator? How many today will prefer the microwaved food of Amtraks Zephyr over the DRGW Zephyrs starched linen and silver plated service of yesterday? JAMES C. DILLON Centerville Scaffold Suggestions Something definitely needs to be said about the scaffolding which has been standing alongside the City and County Building for as long as most Salt Lake residents can remember. It is evident that the scaffolding should be considered as a permanent structure. In fact, it will most likely be still standing when tomorrows generations grandchildren are roaming about. In light of this certainty, I have listed below several suggestions which the proper authorities might find useful In an effort to derive some public benefit from ithe metal god which has become known as a landmark of Salt Lake City. Hire a local landscaper to beautify it with appropriate vegetation such as ivy plants. Enclose it with wood and brick and use as a museum for the Utah State Historical Society. Hire a local advertising company to broadcast its image abroad and charge eager foreigners $1.50 to take pictures. Ease Utahs unemployment problem by paying the jobless to paint tasteful murals on tapestries draped between the beams. Use it as a natural habitat for endan- such as the California Condor. 5ered species fast-foo- d it into Utahs first multiple-stor- y establishment. and use It to alleviConstruct ate the crowding at the Salt Lake County cell-bloc- uti iiiuuuc .wuiudV, ilia) it, I,to.) ill Drawn and Quartered Jail. Construct a platform on top for the Utah Legislature so that its members might feel closer to their inspirer. Convert it into a look-ou- t tower for monitoring any incoming mudslides. Using it as a model, construct an identical one on every Salt Lake building, and use them to deploy the MX. Construct a reflecting pool and dedicate it as a monument to all the construction workers who ever worked on the building, and above all to the intelligent, decisive, and promptly acting city authorities without whom it would not be there. J. RICHARD WEST THf LAST MANUAL IVPfcWAtTEM MATE IN "ME UNITED OFF A AlfcS CLATIEF-fUHC THIS WtEk-- NSW ift'K I Freedom's Dues Laurie A. Gordon's definition of freedom, Tribune Public Forum, May 6, is one of the things helping to undermine what makes America great. Many persons have trouble understanding that to have freedom, we must give up some freedom. We exchange the brutal freedom of the savage for the higher freedom of civilized man. We soon find that unlimited choice limits everyones freedom. The rights of young girls such as she are not in choosing to terminate a life (and thus interfere with its freedom) but in preventing conception in the first phase. There are resources available to aid and protect both prospective mother and child. ROSALIE BEARD CONFIDENTIALLY,,, AFTER THIS EXPERIENCE, IVE HAD IT WITH BEING A SURROGATE MOTHER... I PM m itf A FAP fyWY fap away... Point Made I have often been amused at the reactionary rantings and ravings authored by A1 Erikson that have graced these pages from time to time. In his latest tirade (Public Forum, May 11) Mr. Erikson supported cable TV censorship. It is his contention that such measures are necessary because, All men are such fools. Well, Al, speak for yourself. In my opinion it does take a fool to allow our constitutional rights to be taken away and then support such an action. JOSEPH WARREN Read Man We all have obligations and duties toward our fellow men. But it does seem curious that in modern, neurotic society, so much energy is consumed in making a living, and rarely in living itself. It takes courage for a man to declare, with clarity and simplicity, that the purpose of life is to enjoy it. people are afraid of having any experience which seems to them uncharacteristic of themselves as they imagine themselves to be. Yet this is the only kind of experience that is really alive and can lead them anywhere worth going. People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they cant find them, make them. If a person has anything valuable to contribute to the world, (and we all do) it will come through the expressions of ones own that single spark of divinity personality that sets one off and makes you different from every other living creature. A no No one owns his own life. Everyone has an effect on how insignificant someone else, just as a stone sends out ripples when cast into still water. matter r Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various editions of them. CEDAJR6 OP LELBMJOM TIMOTHY DUNCAN Utah State Prison Patrick J. Buchanan Congress, Not President, Subverted Budget Process PJB Enterprises Inc. After the pummeling of the GOP November last, this city was giddy with excitement. The wicked witch is WASHINGTON dead, the Reagan Revolution is over, exulted the town crier, and not a moment too soon. With Reaganomics apparently repudiated, with Tip ONeills 26 new aco- lytes in the House, the first order of Mr- - Buchanan business must be to our squandered revenue base, by recapture repealing the third year of the tax cut and indexation as well. The moderate Republicans, fingers ever to the wind, concurred. As a few insisted even then, however, there was no way Congress could repeal the Reagan Revolution, if the President simply Bernstein on Words By Theodore M. Bernstein The expression hang tough, which came into wide use at the beginning of the Watergate mess, is still with us. Actually it was fairly current even earlier than that. It means dont give in, and was a note of encouragement addressed to narcotics addicts undergoing cold turkey. The origin of the expression is no clearer than that of cold turkey, but it seems'to bear a resemblance to the phrases hand loose and hang in there and it may have been derived from them. Word Oddities. An editor is a chap who gives forth something, even though some writers think that on the contrary he is someone who holds back something. The word comes from the Latin edere, to give out, and that is made up of e, out and dare, to give. An editor gives out, but if he is a good one he doesnt ever give up. stood his ground. The Revolution, after all, is locked into law. Even with Democratic gains in the House, no conceivable coalition could be mustered to override a presidential veto. Today, that truth has finally come home to the city, home to the Hill. It is not the Presidents program that is in jeopardy, but the Congressional budget process itself that is about to be washed down the disposal. And, as The Wall Street Journal chortled Monday, good riddance. Twice last week, the Senate failed to agree on a budget compromise. Even when one is hammered out, it must be reconciled with a House budget currently calling for $30 billion in new taxes. Welded together, that final compromise will have all the binding authority of a resolution passed at Boys Nation. For Mr. Reagan has given every indication he intends to Ignore it if it raises any new taxes. Free at last. Responding to a presidential address Monday, where Mr. Reagan blamed Congress totally for the deficits, Sen. Lowell Weicker huffed, The Congress has compromised enough already. It is time the President gets in the compromise process, not 1974 when it was inaugurated, Congress has run up eight straight deficits totaling $560 billion, with this years deficit estimated above $200 billion, and next years almost as high. What is worth salvaging about a process that has produced the biggest spending binge in history while providing the perpetrators with the camouflage of "fiscal discipline? The President, once again, seems to be seeing Congress for what it has become: not a partner in imposing fiscal restraint, but a terminally incontinent body, institutionally incapable of controlling its spending function. To compromise" with such a Congress is to betray the country. The real uncontrol-lable- s on the Hill are not the entitlement programs, but the guys in the chairs. If Mr. Reagan is lately showing himself in contempt of Congress, he has rejoined the Silent Majority. No longer bound by any budget resolu Last summer, when Mr. Reagan signed n tax Increase, he did so on a Congressional promise of three dollars in budget cuts for every dollar in tax hikes. Congress failed to deliver, it deceived the President; it deceived the country. The cuts were never made. on to a $100-billio- As the President noted at the press conference Tuesday night, he was elected to control domestic spending, to cut marginal tax rates, to restore national security to its He was primacy among federal priorities. not elected to burn Incense to the Congressional budget process. If that process gets in the way of his commitments, the process, not the commitments, should be cashiered, jettisoned, deep-sixe- d. Indeed, a presidential declaration of independence of the process Is overdue. Since With the vetos being sustained one after another, the President will not only be able to save several billions in spending, but to heighten the political consciousness of the country and redivide the national electorate between those who favor lower taxes as the avenue to prosperity, and those who support proposition: enlarged government. A all the President need do, as someone put it last fall, is stay the course. (Copyright) no-lo- se The Way It Was name-callin- g. How so, Lowell? tion, or reconciliation, the President will be free to pick and choose whichever domestic spending bill he wishes to veto, for whatever philosophical or fiscal reason he selects, with the certainty that one third of the House or Senate will sustain him. By late fall, the President could be looking like George Brett at batting practice; Congress will be serving up the gopher balls. Here are briefs from The Salt Lake bune from 100, 50 and 25 years ago. Tri- May 21, 1883 We took a spin down to the grounds of the Utah Jockey Club yesterday morning, and of a stretch for an hour watching the Jocks drive, canter, gallop and sweat out the trotters and runners which are preparing for the forthcoming races. The grounds are in good order, and the track is fast as can be, considering the late bad weather. Manager Mulloy is sparing no pains to have everything at the track in the same apple-pi- e order as his stable is kept. May 21, 1933 President Roosevelt will call on Europe Monday to take definite steps toward disarmament, in return for which the United States will take certain measures to provide for general security against aggression. What may prove to be the most signifi sat at the head cant statement yet made in the long, troubled history of arms negotiations will be made to the general commission of the arms conference by Norman H. Davis, Mr. Roosevelts personal representative. The statement was expected to urge Europeans to reduce their military establishments if they want the United States to join in assuring world peace, stressing the necesarmasity for rigid international control of ments after a convention has been signed. May 21, 1958 A million dollar increase nearly 10 for state was cent Tuesday predicted perthis year by H.C. Shoeincome tax - receipts maker, Utah State Tax Commission chairman. He said the total take this year on last years income will be $11,100,000. To date, $10,915,000 has been collected. V 4 |