| Show n ' ' Aff - '11"43'3'1- riaartivi4- - - ' - '411IttiV 'f''' ''''' ''''' ''''''''' '414°4'4'"'-f-4tr-' - ' 31arquii childi ' - ' (Lin rage 12 i go afte q al r(ttlimue 21 January Toetqlay Morning ii i::e''- 1967 ' ShOtild1B0-S(xalTe- 1I 4 - I i :)11 i i - ii - i i 4- - I 1 i'l i 1I - 1 1 ' i 1 1 ' i perience would be the best persons to choose a president Then came the development of the party system and the transformation of the Electoral College into 'a troublesome relic Electoral College system ard in calling Over the years many attempts have for the election of president and vice presbeen made to revise or abolish the college One plan would split a state's electoral ident by direct popular vote vote in proportion to the popular vote We agree with the indictment The "independence" of the electors is cast for each candidate Another would a myth since except' in rare instances allot one vote according to the result in they have acted in accord with the voters' each of a state's congressional districts of their states But no federal law with two more votes (one for each senaoutcome requires this In fact the citizens of the tor) depending- on the state-wid- e no constitutional A third have States United right plan would abolish the college to vote for president even indirectly with the state's entire electoral vote autoof the so at the do sblely pleasure matically going to the candidate carrying They result a as and states of their the state Finally there is the direct eleclegislatures tion plan sponsored by the bar associathe voters' mandate is always in danger of being overturned tion which would abolish both the college It is obvious that the system is Com- and the'electoral vote We favor direct election But we would plex and undemocratic The general pracvote of emphasize that this plan despite its aptice is to allot the a state to the candidate carrying the parent simplicity demands the most carestate no matter how narrow his lead in ful congressional consideration For direct election means federal control of elec' popular votes In Utah a margin of 1000 votes would give the victor four electoral tions something that has never been done votes In California' a similar 1000-votbefore The federal government through margin would mean 40 electoral votes Supreme Court decisions and various statThis is certainly not in keeping with the utes (the civil rights acts for example) US Supreme Court's "one man one vote" has set standards for qualifying voters It l seems to refute the - has not tried to enforce uniformity of votphilosophy It also the system was originally argument that ing procedures in every district or preto protect the small states from cinct in the country But this will be nee- adopted ' the large eSsary if direct election of the president is It is contended that the Constitutional to have real meaning especially in a close contest such as occurred in 1960 when Convention of 1787 set up the Electoral John F Kennedy received only a fractionCollege because iit "did not trust the al percentage more of the popular vote people" On the contrary it was repeatedly stated during the debate on ratification than Richard M Nixon that the people were to choose the elecSenator Birch Bayh ) Introtors However in those days political duced a proposed constitutional amendment embodying the bar's proposal on the parties as now constituted did not exist and the Founding Fathers believed that day the 90th Congress convened It is now the electors being men of wisdom and ex up to Congress to follow through t ': tary his doctor his cook But let him not come with a gun at his hip Let him not bring his admirals and his generals" Rabbi Feinberg did not consider this a peace offer or even a peace feeler saying first surrender the rabbi didn't reckon with instant communications The interview took wings and many who heard of it ignored the facts It's an old old story As Alexander Pope wrote more than 250 years ago: it was clear despite Ho's flowery language that the precondition for talks was the withdrawal of American troops and an end of the bombing of North Viet Nam But "The flying rumors gather'd as they roll'd Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told And all who told it added something" new And all who heard it made Pn largement st too" riihree Careers in Dr Dixon's Busy Life cator banker relig'ous leader politician author and public servant Dr Dixon crammed several careers into a busy life He was primarily an educator serving in the public schools a junior college focusing primarily on vocational education and in universities That career included being instructor and later president of Weber Junior College superintendent of schools at Provo president of Utah State University and in late life briefly aprolessor at Brigham Young University Dr Dixon twice interrupted his educational career which spanned nearly 50 years once to become managing vice president of a bank and later to run as the Republican nominee for representative in Utah's First District—a post which he won three times and left on a plea of ill health iin 1960 when his reelection was regarded as a political certainty He was the only one of three Republican i in the cap of the Uniof School of SoGraduate Utah's versity cial Work that the annual meeting of the National Council on Social 'Work Educa- - tion is being held in Salt Lake City with the opening general session this evening in the Union Building i' The whole purpose of the council is to maintain and improve the quality of social work education — a professional field of service coming into increasing prominence and demand in recent years Most of the program centers around better techniques of education and the conference is decidedly a working one with nearly 50 seminas workshops and forums and only four general meetings with featured speakers Not specifically on the agenda although a significant undercurrent in all discussions is almost an explosion in recent demand for trained pocial Nvork7s Fewer than 3000 trained workers are candidates to survive a Democratic vote upsurge in Utah in 1958 Dr Dixon was drafted to run for Congress by the Republicans in 1954 when the party was in great disarray due to the confession of the late Republican Represenative Douglas H Stringfellow that his story of wartime exploits was a hoax There is no doubt that Dr Dixon's reluctant acceptance of that draft helped the Republicans to survive what might have been near disaster It should be said that Dr Dixon did far more than rescue the Republican party from a difficult situation He served ably in Congress and won the admiration and respect of his colleagues in both parties In addition to these three careers Dr Dixon found time to write two books serve his church in several capacities and hold many positions of civic and professional leadership both nationally and locally The Tribune joins many in paying tribute to his memory and extending condolences to his bereaved family i turned out by the nation's 67 graduate schools each year but the need is more than triple that Over a thousand qualified applicants had to be turned away by overcrowded graduate schools last year — so the need is as much for more schools as more workers And with increasing emphasis on federal state and local projects of all kinds aimed at helping the economically or socially disadvantaged that need is bound to become much greater in the years ahead Inc council and those affiliated with it attending the sessions here are a major factor in seeking solution is rather difficult In the is a producbut time winter tive if often frustrating year-rounsport g China-watchin- g d of being out of phase with the generation an indignant neighbor may be a duddy but I'm not !Liddy" Amsed younger says s A ' : cr '''''""f k' S'S 4 - - - '1- - f- t i It-et- r o00 ''7"- ---- - ' 4 i : 71 f:tt fo ) c ' 4 t i :! e7: (:::)::--- ( I '' 7 :: ' 4 :Álrf''''-''' i' ': ':"- '' ''' ' 0 I - :' - - - - - ' ' i: 0- P : :! - ' ' :ei :l i4'::ft to t '' i iisi - !t 'Y P : ''i' :::::1 v 1 ' ii' '1! : 1' - I i 1 : :'t ' '' ' ': tyi c 1 ' -- - ) ci 0- ) (-- '' - :' F7:t- '''4 - - t7-''-'-'-- 4 ''' O P s't t s ' 7-- '' tAillt-- '' A O'k''' - 7 :4 - — 4' - ""i17' '1'4'1 s:17 11 - — V t 4- - - :y kx57't47: V Solt Lak4 m - w 'r m m al t ''r pt i -g-ee-'‘''' 0 ' - 0 la tn ot ly st hi : K si G - P1 - tr R a ti N Two Alienated Areas — tz:(: k 14 L 1 '? :::::: dc r jr :i :iiii :!: f r ':':i: 'I " P 0-- s '1 i' ! i ' ' -- - -- t 'i ''''' : '4 V':' ' I lip :1 ' ' - ) - 2 - - 1 f ' - ' '4i-- ok !!?'-- ' 'i I t I:1' l 11')‘1 ' ‘H LI') o 4 f rA- :' kt ' - - '' ' 1 ?::--- I pr j an I 0 !N ' 4"I'': : - ' - l a - ' ' : ": ---:- ''' H':'''''''''''' - 1— :: I A 00!1--- 7 'WASHINGTON — Adam Clayton Powell casts a long shadow over the 90th Congress The outcome of his sensational case cart 1 create a shock wave run- - r r00 ning' through the Negro ' ghettos and the white communities agiviolently — ' tated i)y the backlash It is possible that he finally will be denied his ' ' seat House members !':"- port that not in years have they received mail so 1 vicious even as i angry on in Mr Childs that pouring the Powell issue from white constituents Powell's expulsion would give him the cloak of martyrdom which he would be only too happy to wear with all his bold indifference to the outward canons of proper conduct If the committee named to hear his caseand then the house itself takes this course the end result is as plain as day In a special elec- lion in his Ilarlem district to fill the vacancy he would be cent of the by 95 vote Even though under the libel and con- tempt-of-cou- rt judgments against him he cannot enter his district without beingthrown in jail his overwhelming victory would be guar- anteed This is a measure of the fierce convic- tion among Powell's follower§ that he is being discriminated against because he is a Negro The likelihood is that he would have no opposition at all in a special election - 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' :4j wi 4' '' f R :l ': '' ''i Is 161'‘ NIT k "I ' 1 k t 4 1 - ' i T:: - t' t :' House Must Shun Alartvrillg Powell - A ' - - ii 1 The mall in the Powell case comes from two deeply alienated' poles of feeling- - - - ' One is the white middleclass increasingly sullen And resentful at the threat of ever-widchange in the century-ol- d pattern of separation between whites and blacks The other is the Negro community aroused over what most feel is an injustice done because of race This is for many a reluctant conclusion since they realize the notorious nature of Powell's defiance of rules regulations morals Prof C Vann Woodward noted historian of the South and the Negro dilemma put it as well as it can be put: "The enemies of the first Reconstruction a hundred years ago were able to discredit the Negroes and their cause by identifying both with a few corrupt leaders It would be doubly ironic if the enemies of the second reconstruction were assisted in the same strategy by Negro leaders of irreproachable integrity" - - - — Tribal er ' ' But the Old Fuddy Duddy Hangs on to Job e The Public Forum By Our Readers We shall personally contact State Senators and Representatives and on behalf of our 67842 members urge them to support a Sunday Closing Law which will apply to all business throughout the state IRVING S BIRNAM General Manager 1760 Corporation FAIM Who Wants Tourists? Editor Tribune: Tourists attracted to Utah bring some advantage's particularly to Utahns in the tourist business Many who promote tourism now want all Utalthi a to help subsidize the Wont that never was I like it this way There is nothing particularly noble or good or patriotic about having half the United States stop over in Utah We have problems now with unhealthy air spiralling crime rate spirit of '49 driving' habits low ranking education etc none of which will ease with tourist influx Besides people are learning about Utah soon enough just as choice out of the way tourist meccas are discovered anywhere and somewhat spoiled' Bumper to bumper recreation lacks something let's not rush it Does the average Utahn want multiplied tourism? In the cool morning light on his last secret stretch of trout water taking the virgin run in knee deep powder snow or just drinking in high lonesome mountain air the :— answer is—he doesn't GRAHAM S CAMPBELL ' Never Give Killer Chance Editor Tribune: Don't abolish capital punishment I have read about it the last few days in the Ptiplic Forum and I am for it all the way Men or women who go out to steal or rob would not hesitate one minute to shoot you down in cold blood if they knew they would escape the death penalty I lived in Kentucky for 30 years before ' tett ! Punishment Fear Needed 8 -- p "' ee 1 " '' i" - ' z: 7- N K ‘ 7 I - c i111 r Editor Tribune: For the past few weeks I have been reading many pros and eons the execution of one condemmed murderer Many people feel sorry and plead for mercy some quote the Bible Yet in all these letters something is missing It seems that the people who plead for the guilty one don't give a thought to the girl he killed I don't know the girl nor the family but I have been thinking about her She would be a teenager now enjoying her life growing into a young woman some day probably making a home for a husband and raising children AU of this Is gone now and for what? Let us not get mercy and weakness mixed up There has been much too much weakness already Fear of punishment is a very basic emotion It exercises restraint on people If there had been more fear of punishment in the past maybe this innocent girl would be alive today MRS W R BETZ Ogden ) cr 1m cold-blood- Resents Invasion of Home Editor Tribune: Let me be one of the first to congratulate you on the editorial "Put Mail on Top of Rate Raise List" You said what I wanted to say ever since I read of the proposed rate raise I'm sure proponents of such a raise will have the undying gratitude and support of every householder mail carrier yes and garbage collector (mine goes directly from mail box to garbage can) In fact it would be well if advertisers by mail paid much higher rates for the privilege of invading my home Now if something could be done to abolish telephone soliciting all my days would be much brighter Junk Editor Tribune: Seven Utah state legislators have again proved their tremendous intelligence and magnificent foresight I speak of those who have proposed a mandatory death charge for first and second degree murder At a time when most of the country ig thinking seriously of abolishing this inhuman punishment Utah is again looking in the op posite direction As a native Utahn now away from the state attending school I am shocked Capital punishment has been proved no deterrent to crime Most law enforcement officials agree Many states have already abolished the law I hope Utah will soon wake up and come into step with the rest of the world DON JENSEN Conzaga University Favors Sunday Closing Editor Tribune: I note with interest a a Sunday Closing Law may be introduced in this session of our State Legislature We at FAINT even though we at a mem bership organization are very much in favor of a workable and totally binding Sunday Closing Law The applicatibn of a Sunday closing Law cannot be directed at any one group or type of store We as the only total department store open on Sunday are very willing and eager to support a Sunday Closing Law for all businesses We believe that this move would assist all of us to return to a normal way of living and allow us to really observe Sunday as a day of worship and rest Troubling some House members with longer memories is evidence showing how the treatment accorded Powell is in marked variance with other violaters In the past In 1956 was convict- Rep Thomas J Lane ed of having evaded $38542 in income taxes sentenced to four months in jail and fined $10000 Not only did Lane return to his House seat after serving his sentence but his seniority was left unchallenged Lane had served in the House for 14 years Demo- and this made him the crat on the House Judiciary Committee with its powers over the whole judicial system Reelected in November 1965 Lane was believed to have been the first man ever to serve a jail sentence and continue to serve in Congress Taking his seat once again g he kept his place on the Judiciary Committee s) third-rankin- — g Flagrant Contrast coming to Utah While I was there a man and woman lived in an upstairs rooming house Ile cut off her head and rolled it down the stairs onto the sidewalk Three policemen came to get him He leaned out the window and shot all three They finally got him put him in jail over night and took him out in the morning and hung him before things killer a cooled off "Never give a chance" is my motto EARL BARNES Get hi Step Utah Different In Past high-rankin- v k 4t- '''''''"1'41'::---74-'- V ''''''''''''''''''Z''''''21-'''-' con-veini- Coat of Improving Social Work Education It is a feather ‘ '11'e--"0---1 ': k d Wall Street follows the theory that "peace is bullish" So when reports circulated Monday morning that Ho Chi Minh had offered to negotiate an end of the Vietnam war stock prices climbed in heavy trading The reports lacked foundation however President Ho of North Vietnam was indeed willing to talk but only on his usual terms — the United States must Death of Dr Henry Aldous Dixon at the age of 76 closes the remarkable career of a distinguished Utah citizen Edu- ' 01k"''-' ' of i f 1'' e (D-In- ISI ) "i' 'i ' When the Rumors Roll 'Peace Is Bullish' ri 5 1 kv: The whole thing began when Rabbi Abraham Feinberg an American citizen now living in Canada told in London of a recent interview with Ho in Saigon The North Vietnamese leader was in an expansive mood "I invite President Johnson to be our guest" said Ho "Let Mr Johnson come with his wife and daughters his secre $''' '-- i 1 ral entire-"Mecto- ' - i - t: "Archaic undemocratic complex am- indrreet and dangerous" A spebiouous e cial commission of the AmericA Bar Association uses those words in indicting the 1 ' r- 11 -- :1 ': v -- 4 - 1!t5":''''7t7-'7(':' ' EleeOfal College i' - '' JNM This Is in flagrant contrast with the punishment meted out to Powell who has never served a prison sentence even though this is no fault of the process servers Every member of the House knows of at least three committee chairmen whose abuses of power rival those of Powell But maintaining an outward facade of respectability they are part of the establ ishment What is more: of the 20 standing corn mittees of the House 14 have chairmen either from the states of the confederacy or from border states This takes in the most powerful committees with Powell as chairman of eduL cation and labor one of the handful of Northerners In a position of Influence The reason of course Is seniority But for the liberal Northern voter and in particular for the Negro voter that is an object lesson in the way the tail wags the Democratic dog McCormack Draws Blame Speaker John W McCormack seems to have had no understanding of how feeling was running in the Powell case and therefore he did nothing to try to circumvent the kind of showdown that can heat up the racial conflict In the months ahead McCormack has another chance if he can insure that Powell is properly disciplined rather than awarded a mart3res crown Wealthy Escape Taxes Editor Tribune The new proposed is wonderful Tax experts agree that if all the loopholes were closed tax rates could be cut in half Some of the loopholes are unlimited charity deductions tax exempt state and municipal bonds depletion allowances on oil gas and many others low taxed capital gains and stock option devices This year about two dozen millionaries will figure out ways to pay no taxes at all The more money you have the more ways there are to weasel out of paying But the low Income people find noway out The small farmer laborer and businessman will pay the full amount which they would do more willingly if high incomes and 'corporation profits were taxed as fairly—but I see no chance for these loopholes to be closed because of too much pressure from monied interests - MRS LOLA ECKELS Inter land' taxon-i- ncome ' 111Z11:''116-1- 111:111'iti - VU H !I ' i1111 17-- : 11-- jL it G12111 -: oh H ii $ A gli -- -- ' --- - '4-- IFJ1 ) 1-- e-- lAs i tt I 1 6 1 long-rang- -- -- ---7 I A51i III wo diffill 0 ) il r41- -:--- t 11' 1 i'err 44719 - ' Excess Population Cure Editor Tribune: I move that we eliminate T or at least adjust the income tax exemption for children This is perhaps the only fair re alistic approach to the problem of costs of schools and other public services and to the well recognized but generally Ignored problem of n 0 itotIt - 1 0' -----' 11 a 01'1 RI 1' :-- - ‘ 11 ettActit ' 10K e ever-increasi- n "Oh you're the wrong one We want the autograph of the nenator who made that record" be(4-selli- DR HENRY C DEIIM 'S 1 1 I t I i I tx |
