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Show AllIU Gl'VtT Geonril1 P Tht- Salt Lake Inhum- ruesdat. 6, Nuu-mlie- r A17 I'M Sikh Fanatics Overshadow Moderates expenence that was troubling them deeply "There are elements in the Sikh faith that want a separate country, but it is difficult to rationalize a country. Certainly, the communists would love to have a separate country, which they could infiltrate " After Indira Gandhi's assassination only weeks later, the moderate Yogi Bhajan, himself obviously doubled, said on American television, "This is a great tragedy." But other Sikhs responded different1) A Sikh lawyer in New York, Salt Yven Singh Khalsa, added "My reaction was one of shock but not surprise. Ever since the assault on the Golden Temple, it has been predicted that she would die as the result " States the United there illegally entering What is going on as all of these complex Most of them had been behind the Iron Curtain and many had thousands of dollars on and often contradictory dramas work themthem. They admitted they had been told to selves out? Is it possible to cull any core factors that led to the Freudian death of "In"go underground" until given further orders dia's mother" and may have started India on Then, to further my research on this fasthe and feared road to disinwarrior what and it is religion cinating tegration0 doing in our tunes my assistant Tam First, what did lead - directly - to traveled this fall to visit the Sikh colothese incredible and ominous events were M N or "ashram" in Espanola, ny social changes that threatened the veiv powThe ashram is a growing colony of small er of the Sikh conservative clerics and their houses and trailers nestled in the sandy footversion of the faith. hills in a verdant valley covered with sageSecularized lifestyles had been spreading brush and juniper. Two young American woamong the young More and more young men men explained that the ashram had been were shaving off their sacred beaids and reiounded 15 years ago by Sikh religious leader fusing to wear the Sikh turbans Yogi Bhajan and that it was only one of hunIn trying to salvage their interests in a dreds that he had established in the United States. time of feared changes, the clergy reacted by trying to ignite a new fundamentalism. What of this moderate Sikh group's conand even those of However, their efforts tacts with the faraway events in Amritsar, independence party, the where Prime Minister Gandhi had sent her the Akali Dal soon were overshadowed by uarmy to invade the Golden Temple, killing ltraradical Sikhs, led by the ferocious Jarnail hundreds? Singh Bhindranwale. When he and his men The ashram leader, the Guru Terath took over the Golden Temple, they made it Singh Khalsa, told her, concerning the Indian into a sanctuary for murderers and terror Universal Press Syndicate - In India nearly two WASHINGTON years ago, I first became aware of the "Sikh problem that struck down Indira Gandhi last week. Militant Sikhs had taken over the sacred Golden Temple and were using it as a terrorist base. A leading editor of the Times of India warned me then: "There is much more to it than cries for independence. We keep hearing of drugs, of communist ties, of gangsterism, of all kinds of things " The drama moves on. Last July, in Miami, American immigration officials revealed to me that hundreds of Sikhs had been land-locke- n - once-radic- Abortion Is Murder 1 would like to make some comments referring to the news article, Bishop Says Catholics Not a One Issue Church' which appeared in The Tribune, Oct. 14. The article could lead one to believe that the statement of a particular bishop should be taken as Roman Catholic doctrine. With all due respect to this fine bishop, just because he is the president of the U.S. Catholic Conference does not give him any exclusive authority in expounding Roman Catholic doctrine and he is probably not try-- . ing to do so. In fact he is probably teaching Roman Catholic doctrine and I am sure that his words contain much wisdom and should be seriously reflected upon. I believe that all Roman Catholics have a right to speak out on the issues of our day. However, the ultimate verification of any Roman Catholics ideas rests with the use of faith, tradition, and reason. If this results in doctrinal diffences, the final authority is only the Pope and his magisterium and not any other individual Roman Catholic or group of Roman Catholics. Conerning the matter at hand, it is quite clear to me, and I am speaking for myself alone, that the Pope and his magisterium have consistently upheld that abortion is 5 wrong. far as I can determine, abortion is murder, plain and simple. If I truly believe this, then I must vote for those candidates who oppose abortion at all levels so that this slaughter of innocent children will not con- Tribune Readers Opinions Ronald Reagan from being Although the alternatives are few and less than select, Walter Mondale has come out in public in favor of a bilateral nuclear freeze. No other issue is important in comparison. Equal rights, balanced budgets, and moral issues are all meaningless in a world more rigorous? This year some of the increased requirements for high school graduation will take effect in many of Utahs school districts. How industrial education will fare is still to be determined with several problems remaining. With increased course time needed for academic subjects, time for industrial education as an elective is likely to be drastically reduced. Many students in the past have taken some courses as electives. For instance, students heading for a college program in engi- - devoid of life. So vote, and vote with a conviction and moral responsibility you have never had before because you may never get the opportunity to do so again. If you choose not to vote, or vote for a token candidate, you have essentially voted for Reagan and escalation toward planetary suicide. Dont accept the murder of our children, ourselves and our planet without fighting. Prevention of nuclear war is a possibility, and it is our foremost responsibility. LETITIA ARCHULETA tinue. BROTHER JAMES A. PETRAIT, ' O.S.F.S. Ogden What a Thrill! What a thrijl it was recently while watching the University of Utah vs. San Diego State game on TV to see at half time, the beautiful U. Band and their excellent perfor- mance. The U. of U. Band and Drum Line practice and drill long hours so they can perform at the games. It is not often much time is allotted these fine young people on the televised showing, even though they are always there entertaini- ng at half time. Their uniforms are gorgeous and the photography of their performance was grand. Thank you KUTV for this show. Please give us more of the same. LIZABETH BRADBURY Its Cable TV Time Well, Utah, it is time once again to debate the cable TV issue, however, you do have a choice. You can cither vote for Initiative A and then pay out tax dollars for more litigation on this wornout and unconstitutional proposal or vote against and then not have cable TV in your private home if it offends you. As for your children coming to my house and being exposed to "pornography" keep your children in your home and there is no problem. Why should the state or myself have to guide your children in what they watch? Take some responsibility as parents and dont leave it for others to protect your children. ROBERT M. KELLEHER Kearns Prevent Nuclear War If one human being takes the life of another it is called murder. If a person takes the lives of many human beings, a culture, race or nation, it is called genocide. It is not called national defense and it is not culled technological progress. This is what the policies of the present administration have in store for us. Wake up. 1 Thirty thousand U.S. nuclear bombs at present, a proposed Increase of 17,000 in the next 10 years, ar.d no relations to speak of with the Soviet Union are sure ways to accomplish this "genocide." This is not a science fiction drama. This Is real, and frightening and we must do something about it. What is there to do? Use our democracy! V Aj The letter from Jack Shapiro entitled "Monson Was Dynamited" appearing in the Public Forum recently, concerning a book published by Dr. Frank G. Jones, about smear tactics is just what Mr. Shapiro says it is "Smear tactics, but in favor of Mr. Monson. Mr. Shapiro knows as well as I do that the dates of trial were set many months ago and the resulting conviction, in one case at least, 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 reason 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, Post Office Box 867, Salt Lake City, Ut 84110. Good Old Pigs In answer to Dean H. Christensen's Forum letter Decide For Yourselves, where he implies that only Democrats feed at the hog trough, now just where does he get off? I think he stood a little too long in the hog wallow and the stuff he was standing in permeated his brain, or should I say head cheese. Now just what do you think the letters GOP stand for, of course any one knows, Good Old Pigs and if too many of the GOP members, like Reagan and Bush and Co., go back to Washington again we will all be lucky Just to be able to eat slop like in 1929 because the country will be broke. Talk about hogs, all I can say is it is about time the head pigs or hogs are put out to pasture. neering may have enrolled in drafting, electronics, machine shop, welding, cr other subjects. Other students may have enrolled in industrial education courses because of personal interest. Just how far do we really stress academics? One result of these changes may be a decline in enrollment in industrial education programs. Student may find their opportunity for exploring educational options very limited. DAVID K. KNIGHTON Reagan Should Retire cannot believe what I just read in The Tribune, Oct. 9, editorial page. I do not know who wrote the editorial titled "President Reagan 'Wins Debate by Displaying His Fitness, but whoever did write It certainly did not watch the same debate that I watched if they think President Reagan won" anything except first prize for being able to double talk his way through a debate without ever answering any questions. The writer was correct on a couple of things such as "He Mr. Reagan didn't do it by demonstrating superior wisdom or vision. The Mr. Reagan gained no credit for aggressiveness either." The writer obviously took a break or fell asleep or they wouldn't have written some-liiihlike A repeat performance by Ine in the concluding confrontation in Kansas City Oct. 21 will virtually seal the doom of Walter Mondale and the Democrats despite the challengers performance which, on pure debating merit, topped that of the sometimes hesitant president." How Sometimes hesitant? Come-on- ! about quivering lips, shaky voice and bad Jokes while repeatedly ignoring the questions and avoiding issues. Hesitant? Try forgetful and confused. Frankly, rather than giving a picture of "fitness" as the writer would like us to believe, what we saw was a man who, for his own sake and that of his country should retire, not on social security because he certainly doesnt believe in It, but since he doesn't need it, should just plain retire. He could then stop dying his hair, stop wearing hearing aids and stop requiring special built podiums with loud speakers so he can hear the questions. As for "sealing the doom of Mondale, " forget It' There are too many of us out here who know who won the debate! I laid-bac- Farley Is Dynamite Forum Rules As 1 - What is going to happen to industrial education with state and local authorities reacting to national reports which are proclaiming that secondary education has got to be k g ' PAT FOS TER Delta Flexibility for high school graduation may become a thing of the past. An increased number of dropouts seems a likely result of the new requirements. At the present time, this problem is serious, but as those students who find academic subjects incompatable with their abilities and interests increase, the dropout rate will take off. How may some of these problems be solved? There are some things that could be done to combat them. One possibility would be to classify industrial education as math or science or both. If it were to be so classified, it could then be part of the graduation requirements. However, several of the present industrial education programs in Utah would need to strengthen their present academic content. The state board of education andor local school districts would need to make this new classification Another alternative would be to give vocational education students a diploma that is a little different from the traditional one. This could then reduce the number of academic credits needed for graduation. DAVID R. DANIELS Media Lock Step It is inci edible that a two party system can exist in our county wherein the resources of the told media are directed against a Republican minority on a ratio of at least Your lead editorial "Delayed State Highway Work an Issue for '84 Election" (Oct. 24) is a case In point. Every word is true but you underhanded-lneglected to mention the key word: "Democrat." even once, and It is obvious from Tip O'Neill backwards, the Democrats have controlled the countrys purse strings for 50 years. The obviousness of your attack is to hope hut the uninformed will point their voting lispleasure against the Republicans. Readers should digest the drivel nine-to-on- y totjj - studied Second, most of the Sikhs in New Mexico and elsewhere in this country are probably not yet radicalized They are simply searching young Americans following Indian gurus But, according to Sikh rebel leader Jadjit Singh Chohan. there are others calling publicly for "suicide squads forming in Canada. Britain and the United States" to assassinate Indian diplomats and other Hindus Third, while the vast majority of the Sikhs want nothing to do with communism, there is already a concern and admission on the part of moderate Sikhs that thei e is communist agitation and infiltration on many levels. 3 It is not a new story, it is an old story as poignant and tragic as those of the old Indian legends. It is a saga of politicians and ambitious clergy losing hold of their followers, moving radically to hold them fast and, in the process, drowning in the tides they've created in India's human sea. I read with amazement the article entitled "No Brussels sprouts for us. please: 12. we re American" in The Tribune, O is caused becaus i canMy amazement not believe that an American living in Cambridge, England, could so abuse the trust and friendship which she has obviously received from her neighbors in that lovely and gracious town as to write home with such vindictiveness. Frankly, it was not even amusing and I am left wondering what the "real live English lady" who employed her as personal secretary would think (but probably not say) about such a tirade? On the reverse side of the coin, as an English widow making her first visit to the States, may I say that all the Americans I have met from the moment of touch-dowat Dallas Airport to the present time have been most delightful, helpful and friendly. My accent may sound odd but nobody has laughed, and I have watched with wonder as the great American way of life has unfolded for my pleasure. It is a joy to be here and I can assure my American cousins that my own account of my travels when I return home will be honest and true and always greatly in their favor. Is it too much to hope that Mrs. C'allen will mend her ways? MOLLY EVERETT . served up by the print and video media The editorials like yours and including national and local correspondents, the likes of Buchanan and Buckley are outnumbered by Every little and big headline is directed toward liberal, desires or arms. Media script and video vocalists continuously editorialize, and Im sure that there isnt a Republican in the lot. An example of your total media "lock-step- " adherence was underscored by Andy Rooney, when Reagan was elected in 1980. "He is such a nice man, I almost wish I'd voted for him." I could go on for hours OMAR N. FERGUSON Backs Industrial Education 1982-83- Abu.se of Triiist The Public Forum Tell those people we elected to represent us, that we dont want nuclear war, and that we want them to vote and push for bills to prevent it. And most importantly prevent ists who could not (they thought) be touched Guru Terath Singh Khalsa explained some of the background of the period when Sikh moderates were seeking diplomatic so, lutions "In as moderate Sikh leaders met with the central government to discuss the issues. Bhindranwale and his 200 followers would engage in violent acts The government broke off negotiations with the Sikhs even though the Sikh moderates wanted to continue the negotiations " Once again, the acts of fanatics were able to overwhelm and control the acts of moderates and thus destroy the center That ttiis is first exactly the pattern of social change the reaction of the tiadilional leaders and then the rise of the fanactics that one sees in many countries today is something to be was set and completed in federal court, and the other case is set to come to trial later on this year. Mrs. Farley and her campaign staff had no control over the matter, one way or another, and during a KUTV debate with Mr. Monson she stated she had no desire to discuss it. Neither of these court cases have indicated that Mr. Monson had done anything, but to me, at least, it shows a lack of good judgment on Mr. Monsons part to become involved at all, particularly if he was working for the state when these organizations were created, law or no law. As far as Dick Pettit's letter in the Forum, concerning a questionnaire sent out by the National Rifle Association, on which Mrs. Farley scored only an "F" and Mr. Monson an "A," it seems that her request for a two-da- y waiting period before issuance of a license, became the fly in the ointment and resulted in her low score. We'll never know for sure, but it might have stopped some of the deer hunters this and last week on Wasatch Boulevard from shooting within the county and city limits, at a location where last winter the deer had to fed and therefore the hunters considered the site a haven. It might even have curtailed some of the traveling butchers in vans, completely equipped for the poachers. It might even have stirred up the Legislature into increasing the $1,000 fine given if and when they are caught. FRANK R. GALLAGHER Hurt We Go Again On Charles Kuwait's program Sunday Morning," Oct. 21, his guest said. "Longiess passed a bill donating funds for special programs showing sophisticated photography to the PBS educational stations. KUED and KBYU." Sometimes Channels 2. 4. and 5 are not worth while listening or looking at. "Here we go again." Reagan vetoed the above bill! GRACE R. KEYSER n Monson Might Cash In The recent revelations m the news media about David Monson's connections with shady characters and questionable dealings have failed to conclude the obvious. David Monson spent a great deal of time and effort while employed by the people of Utah as lieutenant governor attempting to cash in on his public position and title. If Mr. Monson were elected to Congress he would have even greater opportunities to capitalize his public position for his own benefit and gain. Can we really be sure he would represent us first or his own interests? WILLIAM H KING Start to Stem Evil Tide Recently I was shocked and offended to read, in a widely distributed publication, a revolting account of rape and brutal mass murder. The details were truly disgusting. It is not only cable telvision that is corrupting and evil influence in our society Filth in print is equally repulsive. Regulation of cable television is only a starting point in the battle to stem the evil tide of pornography which is invading every aspect or our lives. We must start by censoring cable television Then, eventually, we can deal with sex and violence and smut in other areas. Initiative A is not the final solution to the pr oblem. But it is a beginning. And it will send a message to the world at large. It will make a statement about our moral values. Ineidentlv. the indecent material which found so shocking is the account of the rape of Dinah, in the Bible, book of Genesis, chapter 34 BARBARA O'SHELL y 1 Senator Soaper When you're sticking up for your rights, it doesn't hurt to have a good left. The Way It Was Here are briefs from The Salt Lake Tribune of 100, 50 and 25 years ago. November 6, 1884 Amusements The troupe The Specialty Company now playing at the theater seems to have "caught on," for last evening despite the bad weather, there was another full house, nearly every seat being taken. The negro quartette is a very strong combination, each one a boss in his particular line. November 6, 1934 Utah and Utah Aggies, undefeated and untied rivals for the Rocky Mountain confer- - 5 ence title, face formidable opposition this week from powerful Colorado teams. The Utes invade Boulder and will battle the rampaging Colorado university eleven Saturday in what should be one of the most sensational contests of the season. November 6, 1959 Young turkey growers will present their wares" Dec. 11 and 12 at Hotel Utah Motor Lodge at the 12th annual Utah Turkey Show. John S. Morgan, president, Utah Turkey Federation, announced the dates Saturday following a meeting of the board of directors and a five-mamarketing committeej n |
