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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand August 21, 1975 The Utah Independent Page 3 CONCESSIONS TO PANAMA A New Look at The Energy Crises TO EFFECT Continued from page GUANTANAMO solve the energy crisis. This is more than two and a half MARILYN MANION 2 by PAUL SCOTT BENT-- - AS THE TWIG IS Most There has been a good deal of uproar in recent months concerning the content of textbooks in our schools. Books have been accused of being obscene, anti-religi- n,- on and more by many critics. On the other side of the fence are the defenders of the texts. Whos right? One way to find out would be to read hundreds of books used in schools across the nation. Most of us have neither the time nor the inclination to do so. Which is why the Textbook Evaluation Committee of was Americas Future ' founded. George A. Membrez, Jr., a social science teacher at Stillwater, Minnesota Senior is the Executive Secretary of the Committee. He told the School, High Manion Forum radio audience about his work: Textbooks used in the schools and colleges are the source of secondary many dangerous about our misconceptions form of government and our economic system. The social science texts are the worst offenders. A majority of these create an impression that Americans would be better off under a welfare system. The function of our committee is educational. Under no does it tell strictly informational and circumstances the schools what textbooks they should or should not use. Its purpose is to supply interested parties with a clear, objective, thoroughly professional analysis of the content of each book it reviews. present well-balanc- ed fair and a 'treatment of the subject matter? Does it present subjects that the book is intended to cover in a clear and it American civics textbooks give a great deal of attention to civil liberties, such as freedom of religion, speech and press, but is sufficient attention given to other rights, such as the right to acquire and hold property, the right to work, the right to engage in free enterprise, the right of a free society to protect treat socialism, Communism and capitalism and related subjects under each system? itself against subversion? Books that we review which discuss the subject of modern China are often unbalanced their in bibliographies. They always manage to include one book by what we consider to be an objective author, such as Freda Utley. But then they or go with a half-doze-n more by Owen Lattimore, Harrison Agnes Smedley, Forman, Edgar Snow, and on and on. Thats the problem. One author on one side of the issue and then many authors on the other - side. Its not balanced. The same imbalance applies to other subjects, like socialism, labor, capitalism, and democracy. On our, list of evaluated textbooks we have 200 recommended social studies texts which meet our criteria either in whole or in part. We have received letters from authors of textbooks thanking us for pointing out errors that made in omission.-Publisherhave revised their So we feel on that books. basis we must have at least made a dent. If you have a textbook youd like reviewed, write to the Textbook Evaluation they s 10801. Chances are it has been reviewed already. If not, with sufficient demand, they will review it. -- American Way Features thorough manner or is it superficial and inadequate? How does modern Reader's comments and questions are welcome. write us at " The American Way Features," Box 1098, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863. Please MADE IN WASHINGTON, OIL PROBLEMS In the face of foreign oil our price increases, us make almost could instantly independent government of foreign oil: by cutting the taxes on domestic oil exploration, on production, and on the taxes on refined products; by removing the controls on domestic oil prices and production; by doing the same on domestic coal and natural gas. Then wed need little if any imported oil. So why is our government doing just the opposite and making us ever more dependent upon foreign oil? The cause of our oil and gas problems is in Washington and not in the Middle Fast. Washington: The major concession the Ford Administration is preparing to make in negotiating a new Panama Canal Treaty could have a disastrous impact on the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo. Cuba. This is the giving up of perpetual rights granted the U.S. in the Panama Canal one. Set up by Treaty in 1903. Guantanamo is America's oldest and most important base for protection of this country's vital interests in the Caribbean and for the defense of the Panama Canal. As in the case of the Panama Canal, American treaty rights in Guantanamo are in perpetuity or until both Cuba and the U.S. agree the Americans should go. With Secretary of State Henry Kissinger now proposing that the U.S. give up its perpetual rights in U.S. and Panama, military intelligence officials have privately warned members of Congress that, this would set a dangerous precedent, paving the way for Castro to rally support in Latin America for the same treatment. In private talks with Latin American diplomats stationed in Castro already has Havana. boasted that once Panama succeeds in ending U.S. perpetual rights to the Canal that he will do the same at Guantanamo. Despite a possibility of renewed diplomatic relations with Castro, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have informed the President that the strategic naval base at Guantanamo is now more important than at any time since the base was acquired 70 years ago. Reasons given for the importance sthat the Presidents military advisers attach to the base are as follows: There is uneasiness about the increasing Soviet naval and air visits to Cuba and the increased operations of Russian naval units in the Caribbean area and the The Joint Southern Atlantic Chiefs of Staff view Guantanamo as a partial offset. In recent years, Russia has routinely sent several destroyers, cruisers, and nuclear submarines with a tender into Cuban waters. airfields. duced in others, there is little hope that exploration for new sources can be carried on in sufficient volume to produce an adequate quantity of energy. If a company cannot recover the cost of many dry holes from its write-olon the few profitable wells, how can explorations be carried on, not to mention expanded? As a result many oil rigs are idle and equipment that ought to be in vigorous use is being stored. In comparison with last year, the profit earned by most oil companies is down this year by as much as Government tax policies are chiefly responsible for this reduction in the amount of capital the petroleum companies have to help solve the energy crisis. Who can esti- -' mate the job loss this has caused? Since 1960 United States capital investment has averaged only about 18 of our total output. This compares in France, 26 in Germany, and 33 in with 22 Japan. Our ability to compete is being seriously impaired by our shortsighted Lax policies. The need for larger profits to plow back into expansion of the petroleum industry has never been as great as it is today. A refinery that would have cost $50 million ten years ago now costs more than double that sum. From 1964 through 1973 controls held the price of gas sold in interstate commerce to an increase of roughly 60 per 1000 cubic feet. At the same time, the cost of finding new gas rose by 560 per 1000 feet. In 1964 the cost of finding new gas was h the average selling price. By approximately .1973 it was almost three times the selling price. As a Furthermore, result, discoveries have declined by low stifled natural the artificially gas prices development of other domestic energy sources, particularly coal. Answer: Remove the heavy hand of government which is chiefly responsible for the energy crisis. T 60. one-fift- 68. Economics Department NORTHWOOD INSTITUTE The planes fly observation flights along the U.S. East Coast from Cuba and return there. Naval officers rank Guantanamo as the best training base in Atlantic and perhaps in the w'orld. For example: From port, a destroyer reaches water suitable for times the industrys capital outlay in 1974. Even so, the hue and cry is to soak the greedy oil companies. These companies have given us more and much cheaper energy than has been enjoyed by the people of any other country in the world. Nevertheless, they are regarded as our enemies. The aver; cost of drilling an ofThore oil well in the United States is $630,000. In the Arctic regions, drilling a 10,000 foot well at a water depth of 1500 feet may run as high as $9 million. The Alaska pipeline from the North Slope is expected to cost $6 billion. As an average figure, suppose ten holes must he drilled to locate one good producing well. Since the depletion allowance has been eliminated in some cases and re- antisubmarine Roth Uluichak, Edmonton. Journal No, I do not want to play dominoet! There is nothing so powerful as truth and often nothing so strange. -- Daniel Webster warfare exercises in 15 minutes. At San Diego, it takes about 45 minutes to reach water deep enough for such exercises in the Pacific. Each year, about 150 U.S. warships put into the Guantanamo base for training, outfitting and service at the naval yards there. This compares with about 40 Soviet warships that now call at Cuban ports during a 12 month period. The number of Russian Cuba has visiting warships doubled in recent years. IN EVENT OF WAR-- In wartime. Guantanamo is the most important naval base for protee-Continu- on page 10 ed The Tfj JU Independent Salt Lake City, Utah The Utah Independent is published by the Utah Independent each Tuesday at 57 East Oakland Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. Yearly subscription rate is $10.00 by surface mail in the United States, $15.00 foreign. Second Class Postage Paid at Salt Lake City nd change of addrees formi and correcpondence to 57 East Oakland Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Utah's Largest and Fastest- - Growing Subscription Weekly |