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Show professionals, or have access to the avenues and education leading to professional careers. If class exists, there necessarily exists class warfare, since class relations are relations of domination. And one of the most potent weapons in this war is the denial of its reality by those who profit from it most. Yes, Mr. Beaulieu, you area “rich weasel.” The comforting illusion of the “middle class” in America is a smokescreen, which provides a sense of “we're all in this together” to a people who are in fact split between labor and capital. Mr. Beaulieu—why don't you stay in Park City where at least you'll be surrounded by other people who also can't see the writing on the wall. FEEDBACK (continued) A Decidedly Alternative View of the Japanese Internment Camps Dear Jim: I read with dismay in your last Zephyr edition one more article berating America for interning Japanese-American citizens at the outbreak of World War II ("Moab’s Concentration Camp" by Lloyd Pierson). Remember, America did not attack Japan—most of us should remember Pearl Harbor. While our nation had begun drafting young men in preparation for defence against the notorious Hitler regime, we were totally unprepared for war when the Japanese attacked. Our FBI, ample for peacetime, was far too skeletal for the job suddenly thrust upon them. Besides wartime precautions, thousands of you women were hired to work in federal offices in Washington, D.C. Much of their work would be confidential, and each person employed went through an intense security check by the FBI. There were not enough G-men to go around to check out the thousands of Japanese-Americans, for the most part concentrated on the West Coast. Most were loyal citizens; many were not, or had relatives in Japan for possible hostages. Japan did shell the West Coast, and an attempted invasion was not beyond the realm of possibility. Sincerely, Tom Dickman Salt Lake City, UE ANOTHER View on ‘Rich weasels’ _ Dear Mr. Jim, RecentlyI picked up a copy of the Zephyr ata restaurant in Salt Lake and read it for the first time. In the Feedback section I couldn’t believe your response to the Beaulieu’s of Park City. They have every right to protest the phrase “rich weasels.” You don’t have to be something to be offended at that something. I’msure that you have messages we all need to hear, but people get turned off by name-calling. It’s hard for them to get past that to see the point you're really trying to make. My first impression was that you were generalizing about a group of people, calling them rich “weasels.” If you received a lot of negative feedback about the "rich weasel” i The State Department established a new agency called “Special Division;” one of their responsibilities was to break the code in censored letters Japanese internees wrote home to Japan. Oh no, not all were loyal Americans. Looking back, putting Japanese-Americans in interment camps may seem un-American, especially to second and third generations not well versed in World War I history. Certainly those interned were not abused, not even the bad nixies at Dalton Wells. The .: same was not true of Japan's treatment of Americans, both prisoners of war and civilians caught in that country by the war. Most of us remember the! “death March,” just one of many atrocities committed by Japan. I refer Mr. Lloyd Pierson and other American bashers to Sidney Stewart's “Give Us This Day,” or Max Hill's “Exchange Ship.” All in all, the criticism of the Japanese internment camps in America is unforgivable. We even reimbursed them to the tune of $20,000 each to help them start their lives over. I don't recall abused Americans receiving aid from Japan—as I remember, our taxes rebuilt their country. To those literary geniuses who choose to bash America for saving their butts, I say—Enough Already! thing, perhaps the universe is trying to tell you something. I'd say name-calling is not in your best interest. I thought you have a chip on your shoulder about people that are rich. But, | have a second impression. I am from Salt Lake, but spent a lot of time in the deserts of southern Utah as a child. My mother is a botanist and did a lot of research in those deserts, toting us kids along. We'd spend days on end camping out there. I loved it. I can tell you truly that part of my spirit remains in those red cue ao EOS I have spent a lot of time in Moab and have friends in the Moab The p bout the place hate to see it get exploited, and I can see now that that is what your "chip" is about, not about people that are rich. I lived in the Kamas/Oakley area for awhile and people there used to say “Those Californians move out here because they love it so much, but when they get here all they want to do is change it!" In Park City the residents were always upset about the loss of open space and extreme rapid growth of the city. The population is growing in so many places, and it's sad to see the places we love change so much. But I don't think there's any way we can stop “progress.” It's gonna happen. The greatest words of wisdom I've heard about this were from Ruth Wagner of Park City, in the Kamas local newspaper. She said something to the effect of, "You can't just put up gates and stop the imflux of people. That's impossible. So instead of complaining and feeling helpless about it, the best thing to do is to get involved in the planning commissions. That way you can be heard and contribute some input for wise planning." Sincerely, Maxine Newell Moab, Utah I can’t let this one go by without a response. While I’m sure there were spies among the JapaneseAmerican population at the start of World War II, for the United States to have condemned hundreds of thousands of them as this nation did in 1941, is, a half century later, still shameful and a black mark in the history books. Had we shown equal harshness toward German-Americans or Italian-Americans, one might make the argument that at least the government was even-handed. But it didn’t. It is also worth recalling that, once some of the younger internees were finally allowed to enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces, some of them became part of the most decorated unit in the war— decorated for bravery and courage--they don't sound like traitors to me...JS I’m sure you are doing a good service by bringing things to people's attention that they would otherwise know nothing about. In your correspondences though you do sound a bit gruff and on the defensive. Nonetheless, I'm sure your d froma passion and concern for Moab, that beautiful country, and the Earth. Sincerely Andrea Leichliter : AETERTHOUGHTS: Ever since I wrote that little diatribe, I’ve been bothered by the fact that many people latched on to the ‘rich weasel’ label so passionately (pro or con) that they missed my message. It was so damn catchy but maybe it blurred the point. If I had it to do over again, I would have changed the title to, "Feudalism: New One View on ‘Rich weasels’ Dear Mr. Stiles, Regarding the recent letter from Mr.Beaulieu in Park City, I would make the following remarks. West Style." That comes closer to the mark for me. In a “normal” economy, a business serves the many; in the Feudal New West, the many businesses serve the few. Those few live on remarkable...JS the mountaintops and we live “down below." The parallels are Beaulieu accuses Stiles of fomenting class warfare. Class warfare is indeed real, and exists anywhere classes exist. 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