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Show Friday, February 19, 1990 THE AMERICAN STATESMAN Page 2 The American Statesman THE UTAH STATESMAN J. BRACKEN LEE, Editor and Publisher Business Manager Anthony G. Hatsis i Board of Directors: Samuel S. Arentz, Charles H. Foote, Hubbard S. Russell, Anthony G. Hatsis, Search For Reality Junes P. Gossett While, as we indicated here be--. fore, it is in the best interests of Entered as 2nd Class matter at the Post Office at' Salt Lake City, Utah, the nation that the heated controunder the act of March 3, 1879 versy over the state of our nRate $5.00 per year Subscription ational defenses Published weekly by The American Statesman should not h a v e State Exchange Bldg., 345 So. State been debated pubSalt Lake City 11, Utah licly, the challenge to the optiAny article In this paper may be reprinted without special permission, mism of recent unless otherwise stated on article. statement of the administration is VoL 14; No. 8 Friday, February 19, 1960 not without justification. That politics have been Mr. Gossett permitted to en- ter into the. matter of the national security in any manner whatsois evidence of irresponsibility ever . . . . in whatever instances it may apply. A review of the fundamentals of the issue appears in order, but first If all that was needed to bring a man through a we must have some sort of acceptable definition of intelligence national convention on to the office of President of in the military s'ense, for intelli the United States is qualifications then Senator Barry gence is the crux of the controversy. Goldwater would be our next president. On pages 6 and 7 of Henry Ransoms book Central IntelliIf being hated by and fought against by COPE, gence and National Security we So Easy to be Rash find two definitions of intelligence. CIO-AF The Committee of Political Education of the The first, from a Hoover CommisWith the Other Fellows Cash surveying the na ofL, who incidently marks Senator Goldwater as the sion task tional intelligence community in number one man to beat, then Senator Goldwater is 1955, reads Intellias follows: wards the capabilities system and deals all with the gence things at the same time maintained a dethe most promising Republican Candidate for- the that should be known in advance the intentions system. Inoffice of the President of the United States. of initiating a course of action. gree of inIn the matter under discussion that stead of using the term enemy a tentions, there has been used If being for a return to sound economy in govern- defmition would mean: The things term relative probability of adopwe know that form the basis for his various capabilities by tion of of. ment, tax relief, abolition Foreign Aid, smaller na- planning the U.S. defenses. the enemy. LETTER FROM A UTAH PATRIOT The second, somewhat broader tional government limited in power, then Senator definition is from the Dictionary TODAYS Headline: If bombs Colonel Ransom writes that unGoldwater is the man to bring the Republican party of United States Military Terms der this were ofdropped on us TOMORROW system the intelligence for Joint Intelli- ficer often thinks he has sufficient we would unite; except there would states: It Usage. back to the great prominance it once had. gence The product resulting from information, or indications, or not be so many of us left - if any -the collection, evaluation, analysis, other data, to draw sound conclu- TO unite. This paper goes on record saying, here --is the integration, and interpretation of .all sions as to whether the enemy will As patriots we have the opportunavailable information con or will not do one which man best suited to lead our country in the next four cems one or more thing in pref-eren- ity to unite TODAY, if we would forof aspects to another. but heed the warning of all the years. We would like to see the man who trounced eign nations or of areas of operamodem Paul Reveres. But where How can the intelligence offior COPE and won out in a predominantly Democratic tions and which is immediately are the patriots? cer know this? How can anyone potentially significant to planning, Early in the Revolutionary War State in 1958, as a candidate for the presidency on the As you see, the second definition, know it? This is just another way were warned by one or two patriots in using the words evaluation, inof trying to express enemy intenticket. lanterns, depending on whether the Republican tegration, and interpretation, shows tions, or of the intelligence offi- attack was coming by land or by plainly the rather broad discretion cer toying to be clairvoyant Ap- sea. the attack will come by It is time to put a stop to the present policy of intelligence agencies have in deter- parently it is thought that since Today be NO guiding and will there "me-tooismining what the information they G2 (Intelligence section) has been air, in the Republican party. total blackout have gathered shall be construed practicing for a long time he can light only Our early American Statesman as meaning. It is here, I think, that pin the tail on the donkey betThere are, in this country an estimated five mil- we find the seat of dissention. Ad- ter than another. It seems to be arose, against oppresive taxation tremendous odds, to fight for lion politically active Conservatives ready to ring ministration spokesmen said that forgotten that the donkey may and freedom. Sometimes their success new intelligence, based upon So- have moved, or that the intelliGoldwater tell the was held together by a thread, doorbells, organize precincts, story viet INTENTIONS rather than on gence officer is blindfolded just sometimes Soviet less, as demonstrated by like all mortals who other CAPABILITIES, gave play to all who would listen. the barefoot throughout the for a more much this troops, grounds optimisgame. winter at Valley Forge. Only the tic estimate of our defense situaThere are in this country fifty million Americans tion. Thats where the jam hit the So much for the squabble over deep loyalty and abiding faith of the intentions. Since the original op- early American Statesman held who have stayed away from the polls because there fan. timistic pronouncements, Secretary them together. VOICES RAISED in criticism was no candidate whom they felt "was-up-to-meaWe are fighting again today said that in dealing with Soviet of Defense Thomas S. Gates Jr., has them amended the that by saying intentions American intelligence against taxation with poor repreure. people were merely guessing that new, more favorable evaluation of sentation. Having been accustomed one could say with any author- U.S. defense is based upon intelli- to quality, we continu to look for Couple the present voting power of the normal no not available before; that it ity what was in the minds of the gence quality. When we select and elect is based upon Soviet intentions it is necessary to find quality if we Republican .vote, the people who have stayed away Soviet leaders. The critics also said AND capabilities. As we understand expect quality in return. that even if present intentions from the poll, couple these with the huge Southern could Mr. Gates is saying that the new be read from, their minds it it, Todays candidate promises the would be of little value in long-ran- intelligence gives information as moon; he can no longer contain vote and you have an unbeatable candidate. to how the Soviets are using their himself to our planning because the Rusearthly satelite. He could change their minds at capabilities that is, how they are promises to spend your money for Senator Goldwater, fighting- to overcome his sianstime without notice. The critics using their missile production ca- his own welfare to perpetuate himany Nixon missquite recently, regarding his support for are on solid ground here, as wit- pacity, how their industrial man- self in office; to elect and elect, to ness the following passage from the power is deployed, etc. spend and spend. Nixon, stands unshaken in his firm beliefs of Con book RISKS: The Key To Combat We may be running out of opporA paragraph from an article in servativism. . Intelligence by Ellias Carter Town- Feb. 8 issue of Life magazine by tunities to select and elect a represend, Colonel, Infantry, U.S. Army, John L. Steele (Chief, Time-Lif- e sentative of quality, an American A capability is defined as an Goldwater is not tarnished by big city, political Bureau) will help un Statesman who will secure our action which one is able to per- Washington what Mr. Gates seems to interests on this satelite FIRST. shenanigans. He has the greatest popular appeal of form. An intention is defined as derstand mean. Here it is: The building a Determination to act in a partic- of the Atlas He statesman is an fighttoday. presents further diffi any uncompromising ular manner. cult ramifications. Current Atlas intentions" are to use a er for the natural law of freedom for everyman. He is IN THE FIELD of combat intel- production is seven a month. This capacity to produce only 7 misour armed forces ago ligence long siles a month.' 15 could be to a month with the man who can beat the Labor bosses and hoods. theoretically gave up the use of three-shi- upped ft a schedule which is not This, of course, substantiates the the system of intentions. It was now in effect views set forth in Colonel Ran-soThe Republican party, at present, presents a decided that enemy intentions book. Certainly, if the labor could not be determined, as the OBVIOUSLY, from that state- and materials are picture of emasculation. The party needs the virile enemy available, there himself frequently did not ment we have the capability of is nothing to us going over prevent The party needs a know his own intentions. The use producing 15 Atlas missiles boost of a man tomorrow or any time to a three-shi- ft the capabilities system was month if we went into a three-shi- ft schedule and begin production rally point, a battle cry, a man of the people and to- of schedule. This information, of 15 Atlas missiles adopted. It has been used to some a month. Our degree ever since; but never taught, and the information that we are intentions about that yea or nay day no other man in America fits the bill like Senator and schedule and, infrequently practiced, in its not on a three-shi- ft are still guesses for the enemy, Barry Goldwater of Arizona. and form. therefore Both in are pure teaching unless he is provided with much producing only in practice, intelligence has strad- Atlas missiles a month, could be more qualifying information that is J. 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