Show kgvu - - 4 -- - iL 4 -- : -- ' '' - - a 'L'-:::404l- 14: - - I : : ommws: - --- - - ' ' ' 's ' ''' 4' A k I ("0 ‘ - ) g--bt Page IOm - I e' If — i21 - ' - --- - fallt Itibiti I t Thursday Morning March 16 1967 - David Lawrence - ti Pl''-i- an Ahead for the Air Age Future 1--1 T ?"41r 43 trams-pola- 0 i g i 'i p ‘ :At- - NJJ - II 1 - - t' I1 t 0m - '' co 4 1 '' - - - - credit and also tax deduc- tions for a cce e ra te d E i i i 1 - i 1 I 5( I i I i w r I - ' - N ' - i 4' ' 1 1 : 11 i 4 -- ' iv '1 rir V 1 3 ' - -- 3 - - i- '' - --- - 0 - '"r 4- 4--- e g -- Ale-- se4 1'ee--1!4---1-Let---4- - - ' - -- -- ' - --- A -- A- - - 1 P---x L --- P w - -- The Public Forum ' t A I i : i ' e - -- 0- - - t pended the next An Investment credit is of course a form of tax deduction It's an incen- tive and means that companies have to bor-row less As for "accelerated depreciation" this is a system of tax procedure by which amounts are deducted annually on the original cost of tools and plants as they wear out or as buildings have to be remodeled or perhaps torn down The tax benefit furnishes a stimulus to replacement ' Action -- 0' - 1 ' -'''' i long-rang- I) -- - LA i ‘ 4 - ' i r world Trade Necessary ' American prosperity today isn't dependent alone on the sale of goods inside this country but throughout the world Machinery needs to be modernized so that production costs can be decreased Plants that are obsolete have to be rebuilt All this requires large sums that can- not be obtained just out of annual profits Capital has to be borrowed from banks and through financial markets Its a affair and can't be started one S'ear and sus 4 1 ' - 8 - ‘ ' I - -- 4''' if — which depreciation 'k 1 i 4 ''''''' '1 were temporarily suspend- ' 4 ed last September ' is a significant example of an attempt to undo the harm ' t '' caused by an arbitrary intervention in the natural AZ L Mr Lawrence Operations of American business But what is mean by "investment credit" and "accelerated depreciation"? These are bookkeeping terms which can make all the difference in the world to future jobs continuing profits and the steady increase of government revenues - -- ! askingl ag:e 1 - II s te:- - t -- spelmsrtegmeetvsnstPrteoinsviresdesenttmtorenJeotimthetsoax7n'srmess '' 4 rt --- i - It is a risky thing for the government to tinker with the economic ' - N - - ' 4 Y 1 - WASIIINGTON ' :r g '' 4:–" ' - ' j - 4 - - -- 4f::-y'- : Ipi:-" 4- - - N - - I '1' ' - -- I – f' :“ fK 6) runway in A new area of conflict in relation to City may need a 15000-foo- t if '1 Salt Lake of future the the supersonic future expansion City particularly d As' 00 - : r 4 tflights to Europe and flighta Municipal Airport has been called to pub- jf3 Ilt'tk xi ": t'":-'''' e to Asia make Salt Lake City a regular lic attention It involves a ceete "I'''' ' re' '' ' 1 il ' ' to west be destination built industrial alternate andor point park freeport i ' ?vil ' efr ''t i : of the Mr Bergin now points out that a small ' '''7:1k airport This development which it 47-4 : " 1"i--' '''f Y I' 'is proposed would be annexed to Salt part (33 acres) of the proposed industrial t e'1-exLake City would be of great economic park involves property required for 1 i 4 t o ‘ - benefit to the ss and other terminal of facilities community It needs to be pansion tt1 't c k i e but just as with proposed to the west '':' IV 1 k b dein in area the - 'new highway construction charge i i IPL : City Commissioner Holley 1 ' velopments which- are planned directly to le' of the airport has asked for a study of ' Chemg r 4 benefit Rich from or E serve the airport quick the situation which Max -1 io I i t''' 1 Ils ' 11Y 11 IL V to be must not to vice executive it :access permitted 1 president ber of Commerce 'i create a barrier to the future expansion is undertaking in conferences with all con-o- f I ( ' ' the airport itself cerned I 1 4 5 1)) Joe Bergin airport manager insists The industrial park proposed etnpha- ' i '' i airThe I and are increases travel air that as expanding sizes how airports airplanes k 1 ' 'become larger and faster Salt Lake City's - port with its convenient fast passenger 1(?1: ' i i : runway must be and cargo services to all parts of the lil present 10000-foo- t I :L4 li'?'('' le ti extended along with expansion of the ter- - world attracts satellite business and ' ' 1 ' e industries heavily dependent on such serTminal to handle more planes and people 4's's I it I: i ''' Inasmuch as Mr Bergin's past projec- - vices And these in turn increase the ' tions have been proved correct (at one demand for airport service I II ''''''" -e :4 ' 10xi six 4r terminal isn't tim4 he received a letter advising him the : Salt Lake City's new I A ' 'v' ‘'t" !! -:city would never need more than an years old but already it is overburdened 8300-foo- t airlines htenew two would 44I- 4 in some respects If s 41 ''ç" runway) the community : '4 't 44teet---z-- s' '' ' be wise to listen to him now y-(Braniff and Continental) come in as a 4:fte ' ' 1 0'-e ' Civil Aeronautics Board examiner has Compared with other major air traffic " ''' centers in the nation Salt Lake City is in recommended loading ramps will have to i ' s it: ' 'an enviable position relative to its airport be extended and new passenger-handlinon-' mow ' s:7)::isr It is comparatively close to downtown and space and facilities provided The old airis 1: busier e field of the to east side on the of almost infinite the 4 capable expansion port s'N —4PP1 -4 e 'north ea' provided that the airport is not than ever with steady increase of cargo r ':1 S e '':'''4- e' '1 - ' e ed ‘1 boxed in by highways industries residen- - business and private flying and the loca- AAAJ)0 :' : s2:t 47 0 'ces or other fixed developments as has tion of satellite offices and businesses ' '''''' !1 Everett ' in all increase been the case in so many other cities With the phenomenal 'Tall oaks from little acorns grow 1 avnt ' must Lake of Salt air traffic Last year the city persuaded the State' kinds City Highway Department to reconsider its anticipate future' needs undreamed of a Inroom to There is decade ago adequate :plans for a major interchange on the BY Our Readers lerstate Belt Route at 2200 North with a expand provide adequate highway access inestablish all a sides and access on to be con' booming highway 4major airport ment This amounts to a payroll of $225 milstructed along 2200 North That would dustrial park But sound planning is Representatives? lion a year If curtailment of federal spending all these into to the air have limited runway expansion to 12000 fit quired projects Editor Tribune: I have been of voting age resulted in loss of this payroll it would simfeet and Mr Bergin believes Salt Lake age of the future but a few years but I feel that I take my ply bankrupt the state 'endorsement of all I am not making an privilege of choosing our leaders in governaid programs or all federal spending federal I Ment and state seriously After the recent But to urge the ending of federal aid Utah Legislature I know I will take this all programs without considering the conse' the more carefully and seriously To think quences to Utah's economy is irresponsible I with the Honolulu Because administration contrast ers a do not believe that our citizens should put up that I among many others voted these spokesmen sharp have been so careful to list all the things conference a year ago at which the Presi- representatives of the people into of- - with such nonsense FRANK E MOSS lice find it downright disheartening that I done President in be won't his demonstrated Johnson's dent that complete publicly have be who claim States Senator to for the United people they meeting with Vietnam advisers in Guam confidence in Premier Nguyen Cao Ky session fought the people this last throughout i next week it is logical to wonder why Later Ky announced he had been invited by trying to deny them as citizens the right Federal Aid Danger such a long trip is considered necessary to the Guam meeting to open or close a business when they want —The spokesmen say no major new de- The choice of Guam could be signifito to and to buy or not buy when they walt Editor Tribune: The 1967 Legislatul'e eisions developments in strategy or presi- - cant For 1352 bombers now raiding North too failed to heed the mandate of unfortunately :dential pronouncements should be expec- Vietnam are based on the Island and CARL E JACKSON the people by not repealing the Urban Renew- t:ed This it is explained is just another of there is talk they may be transferred to al legislation This Legislature expressed a 1 the regular conferences Mr Johnson has ' desire to hold the line on increased taxation Thailand to shorten the length of the Legislators lIypotrites and for the time being has kept that prom''''tried to bold twice a year since the United bombing run This would be an important 0- Editor Tribune: Being a member of the ise However it has laid the groundwork for :States became deeply involved in the Vietdecision though not necessarily one the LDS Church which prizes "free agency" and a massive program of federal aid along with 'nam war President would put on the record espe- in a state which apparently-- - puts s- o- the controls and directives that go with it -- - Secretary of State Dean Rusk Secreliving cially in view of the way present operaMuch of our time in this session of the much emphasis on individual rights and the utary of Defense Robert S McNamara tions from Thailand have been so carefulwas consumed in enacting the the to seems me work curious that to it Legislature right ' itnd General Earle G Wheeler chairman Utah Legislature would pass such a freedom- - compulsory federal aid directives which are ly screened of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will accomThe White House is wise to play down limiting law as Sunday closing No matter The the President from the delegation pany trip thus avoiding the promotion of how much our legislators deny it it seems e let r-lSaigon Will include Ambassador Henry great expectations that may or may not obvious that this is a religiously-orientebill ya ' '4Cabot Lodge and General William C be realized But the disclaimers will not --Our legislators seem to be hypocrites — ' Westmoreland US commander in Viet- distract attention When a President miertmete are all for individual rights where the they ' nem No mention was- made of South travels 7000 miles he must have more right to work is concerned but all against 0 ' Vietnamese government or military lead- - on his mind than scenery these rights when a fellow needs to buy a can le ' '' ' of Draino on Sunday to open a clogged drain it 41 E-4-t D RADFORD II0ENES 42K: 700-acr- :1 - f AI '0'c 4ki'14: ' - :' ' - : -- 1 Federal Tinkering Harms Economy l' ' re 4 iJr4t-::z::17ktf)' i - 41 i' r- - r - l ) r s - ! - - ' '' i mommo i I I 7:-t- - - I - a '1 — - - - - — -- The administration's purpose in suspend- Ing these benefits was well intentioned to slow down the boom Interest rates had risen last year and home builders were unable to get mortgages as readily as before So the blame was placed on the absorption of loan' able funds by the heavy-good- s industries But while there was an almost immediate slowdown and eventually interest rates were eased there is no convincing eVidence that the suspension of the investment tax credit is the basic explanation Indeed it may yet be demonstrated that the damage done by the suspension was far greater than has been -- LBJ Doesn't Travel 7000 Miles for Fun ed - - -s reseaaltiezedproTjeoetisntewrarusptbotohnedpitaonnhialngt opfrolgarrgese- ‘ ' toward efficiency of production and the lowering of costs in a competitive world The biggest single fact that many politiclans fail to understand is that the private enterprise system can produce tremendous sums of money In tax revenues — if a bal- anced economy without too many restraints by government can be maintained for an extensive period '" ' - - - ' I ri w$- Iltr - 7" -- -e - The protracted controversy over division of the inadequate waters of the Colorado River bets een the Upper and Lower Basins and between users in the basins is !so complicated and emotional that it is impossible to regard the matter with :objectivity and complete understanding ' 4 The matter has been in and out of the t courts Congress and a variety of regional and state commissions many times and : always representatives of the various states and areas find they must View the ' 'enormous expensive program with local 'provincial if you will interests para r r -- al-m- I:mount The current hearings by the House ':Irrigation and Reclamation Subcommittee in Washington have projected to the fore tfront the issue of proposed dams in Grand Canyon and Interior Secretary Udall i! :has been grilled by Chairman Aspinall of :Colorado and others regarding his latest r to build the gigantic Central Ali- t proposal zona Project without the power dams at t Bridge and Marble Canyons The project ailed because of the opposition to the :dams last year A steam plant would pro- :vide pumping power to transport the water out of the river and across Arizona t to Phoenbc and Ttitson areas under I1 the present Bureau of Reclamation plan t Needless to say Mr Aspinall and other :traditionalists aren't happy about shelv- ng the power dams and adopting a "new in repayment for reclamation" This is a tough issue indeed : ' Reverting to insular provincial consid- : ('rations however we find these 7'lo Prank Mewlett's recent report most dis- ! ! ' I Tourists Stay Away! How many years? How much Upper Basin water and under what conditions? These questions should be answered fully and candidly Far too much Upper Basin water has been flowing into "beneficial use" in California and once water is put to use in the Lower Basin it is next to impossible to get it diverted in the Upper Basin Last month Utah Senator Bennett said be would "oppose ally and all lower Colo- redo River project bills which did not pro- vide legislative safeguards making certain that Utah had the right to proceed with the development of its entitlement of Col- orado River water I will not it by and watch Utah's birthright on the Colorado go merrily 'down the stream" be said Corny and provincial? Yes But what about some specific answers? And just what would be a "legislative safeguard" we could depend on? - ' ' ' ' Bill Vaughan's y fill : ' ' ' Eturbing: ' ' 4 secre- - "lie (Aspinall) then asked the :tary (Udall) who was going to furnish : water for the Central Arizona Project t but the secretary did not fully answer the o ' question t'P "Finally Reclamation Commissioner k (Floyd E Dominy replied it was 'true' some :tipper Basin water would be used in the ' early years of the Arizona project" ii — An observer says that one problem of our college youths is that often they are bored The Office Grouch comments that this is no reason for them to try to bore everybody else the home gardener with beautiful sights lovely fragrances and bountiful overconfi- dence It looks as though the space 'program 'will be delayed a while But it isn't as though there were anything up there that is likely to go out of date Discovery of the first known albino go'rilla a Is good illustration of the fact that we often find things we didn't even realize we were ' looking fon MRS R B RITCHIE e '4 ' t 4 we were si 4 ' some economics in Great Society spending could more than offset the potential revenues hitherto anticipated from the proposed tax increase : - ' - Tribune: 'So many "higher-up- " politicians are willing to offer young men's lives on the battlefield It seems to me the swer is to draft these arrogant speakers and let them back up their words with action Let age and position be no deterrent Let those do the fighting in whom Is the strong conviction ihat war —and violence accomplishes some- thing that cannot better be done via peaceful methods How quickly a way would be found to get to the conference table if that course were followed MRS F E ROWLAND ' Editor eliminated all federal grant-in-ai- d programs it would be necessary to Iincrease state taxes181 million to maintain the same state levels Of highways schools etc This is due to the fact that the federal government spends more per capita of grant - in - aid money in Utah than in almost any other state In addition almost 10 per cent of our work force is employed bythe federal govern- f1 There was so much excitement over the firing of the president of the University of Califomia you'd almost think he was a foot- the little child" - ' ' ' ball coach About the best we can do in describing the is to say it's sort of a wide belt mini-dre- -- Interlandi - - A st ' s 4 ‘ i 01' III i It Editor Tribune: "Pis quite sad indeed when the Lekislature has to mix religion and politics ' ' HENRY BLAKE Price Utah i ii 41( I x )11 0 ‘ ' 11 41Soust ' i 0 ' j 1 V II 1000 iki 1"--I t ' 4 1 n - 'i i1 1111111b S4 ' r' "i: i ' 1 11 41114 dot 41Iftv11t I 4 :' 1 1" 111 - Politics t ifN ths CHARLES P MILES 14t 71 ollys4 -- ' 113tit)41 ' 11 - 0 1 somy 114gft'00 1 - t r ton 4 co 0-- 4 Editor Tribune: Your recent editorial on the Book Award ceremonies ' is certainly thoughtprovoking You characterize Dwlght Mix Religion 110cITIAt4-0Pertvbil- — FOols and by implication "fools" since you go on to say "mature writers and critics who to insult and invective make fools (turn) : of themselves" I ss — DANITA BOYER Adultniks-an- ' i :' in Editor Tribune: I have been told that Governor Ferris Bryant was berated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives when he visited our State recently I believe the reason for this hostility was that conserve ative groups represented by the Speaker of the Utah House oppose the federal role in ' our economy Since my interest is In Utah I think all Utahns would be interested in the following facts First Utah receives much more proportionately from federal grants-in-ai- d than it pays in federal taxes 4 We hear the qUadrennial plea to improve the political conventions by introducing dig nity and decorum the two things which have just about ruined baseball Editor Tribune: I am wondering about the sense of values of the last Legislature Sun day closing was passed under the pretense that it will promote the welfare of the people of the state flow can these men be truly concerned about the welfare of the people yet deny much needed funds to the State Train- ing School for the Mentally Retarded? I am appalled by this apparent disregard for human life It may be that the legislators have taken it upon themselves to change the second great commandment to read "Love the businessman as thyself but care not for Federal Aid Noa'sense we National customs are strange In a Communist country about the worst thing you can call a man is a revisionist which won't even get you poked in the nose in the usually sensitive Bit O'Erin Bar and Grill Love the Businessman er If - Representative DAVID LINGARD Representative LEON SAVAGE Representative ' Draft the Politicians I ' ' Most members of Congress would prefer to drop tthe idea of a general tax increase The administration: which is perennially spending many more billions that it is taking in had hoped to get 47 billion dollars from the surcharge tax A turn toward healthier conditions in the business world however and -JO inherent in federal aid laws which : 'Pro-Utah- Orbiting Paragrapils Tiavel guides tell tourists what areas of the world are unspoiled so that they can hurry over and spoil them --- ' - year g Editor Tribune: After listening for one Hence th multaneously accepting hour and fifty minutes to the governor's ' "no" votes expressed by' those of us many hearing on Sunday closing I am amazed that who felt that our rights were being placed in no one spoke on the tourist impact on Utah's jeopardy ' ' economy We join with President Barlow of the Seii ate in his concern over the future increase in " are spending money nationally state taxation which these federal programs and Internationally to bring the tourist and will being However our greater cRncem is the Olympigs to Utah yet the Legislature the ease with which this accepted Legislature moves to exclude both tourist and Olympics federal program Offered every from the state thereby automatically reduc J REESE HUNTER ing the amount of money which would flow Representative Into state coffers RICHARD M BROUGII ( ie m -- - - - A stimulus- such as an investment tax credit would be of greater value if attached to the revenue system on a long-terbasis It may take until the middle of 1968 for the full effects of the reinstatement of the investment tax credit to be felt It is suspected that politics had a good deal to do with the decision to act as early as March 1967 in order that favorable economic conditions might be produced in a presidential election - --Is-- A Little but buportantPart of a Big Issue Stimulate Investment ' d Et ' I 7 i : &19117 viha't 'l7tinhoth15:Ntelw 1I Ckeen uesrartion X 14 I 1 1 iX |