Show Richard Wilson alt fake rtiblInc rage 101 Wednesday Morning April 12 1967 — - Probe Case of Disappearing Tickets warrants — with a bold pledge that the accumulation will be reduced and warrant serving kept current thereafter The latest development is different— and more ominous Some traffic and parking tickets and even some city criminal court dockets have been "disappearing" Robert R Hatfield director of the bureau said the matterwas brought to his attention by a police officer and then confirmed by a private auditing firm which made a spot check of 1000 out of the more than 225000 tickets issued during the past year Mr Hatfield said the disposition of 19 tickets or criminal dockets out of the 1000 audited is unknown If that same ratio of disappearance applies to the 225000 tickets it would mean that several thousand tickets or dockets were lost stolen or "fixed" last year If true this is mighty serious business In the first place it means a substantial loss of revenue to Salt Lake City for the fines which should have been collected were not paid — atleast not into the city treasury Even worse is the injustice that results when some law violators manage to avoid conviction and punishment while the great majority pay the piper Mr Hatfield agreed that lack of a perpetual inventory system (due to insufficient funds) made it easy to lose tickets and dockets or to place them where they could easily be stolen Such inefficient operation however Fadare for Humphrey 1t 1 f'- destiny" visit? : tif: ta':-::It?--r:"-:1 t----47 4- k - 44:4 7"' Tr 0z )ri -- A 4iP "ZININ 4'":11F- - ' ' - ' --- il- 21' : I 3 wtivor r: 111L ft 1 gt '' r 441 i "IA 77e r "'r - 1 11 ik- i 4114o r) N''' '' 1'"A 1 social- 74"Ziss7s1 i —Crockett to Washington t Star tells me the postal system needs a major everbaull" :s "'Something 4 - ly-politically N 11--1 1 ) i t li 44 ' Y'' 4 '''-- - I -7- - ''''i't::'' : 4 '' r t 1 1 - 1 zioNite— 7b r 44f- 1 AAi'141eVL AY - 1 1- 'I' ' : 4 144-4- 4 t r0 it ' - ' ' 11 li ' ' t i S?:::ttt ' 1) I : 4 Vrtk' Ii : Li It 4( i -- - ''::: i 11 A ''' - t to111111 t I I 1 ti i :: i ' - i' :: k r 411' 1 - : " -' 'I r:i 1! i 14 : ' Ir 7 it Irl"040 Nil t‘1 Agit A: ) t- "' t4:10:440 t2 1 !!: T ' :: :" f- 0-- -: 2 A 4fri' 'Z41 Iii:001do 4 ii4 7' 104ook 4 OA Ir 004mbotamosia ww mw 1 OWISP 'You asked for thces light socket Senor?' The Public Forum By Our Readers Complain to Waslington Editor Tribune: In The Tribune (April 7) letter from Loa Utah signed LTJ complaining because some ranger at Capitol Reef National Monument forced a man to keep his children in his car and made him erase tire marks where he had pulled to the side of the Is a road This treatment of visitors was inaugurated by the man who replaced me when I retired It is absolutely fanatical and idiotic and certainly not requested or approved by any Park Service rules To remedy this situation I recommend that the people of Wayne County and any visitors who are subjected to such treatment complain to the National Park Service Director Washington D C The Washington office is usually quite sensible about such matters if brought to their attention CHARLES KELLY BARBARA KENNY None Call It Treason Editor Tribune: The original date on this Forum letter was Nov 1 1965 It was overdue even then Whosoever it may become to resist communism with bloody encounter abroad it shall also behoove to oppose that force at home and in all other places the whimpering unkept set needs an argument to justify its opposition to current - 'Editor Tribune: After reading the front page article about the 137th annual confer ence of the LDS Church I would like to know what Mr Richard L Evans meant by "honest seekers" I know that the church sends missionaries all over the world but in areas where there are Negroes they avoid teaching them Can't there be any "honest seekers" among the Negroes? Or is the church afraid of disturbing the Negroes because of its polities towards the Negroes? JAMES CARTER Logan Utah Still a Bad Treaty Editor Tribune: I opposed the consular treaty in letters to both Senator Moss and Senator Bennett and received replies giving about the same reason for their favorable votes — that the treaty would give greater protection to Americans who travel in the Soviet Union If we were dealing with men of honor who make a treaty with the intention of keeping it I could understand the senators' views But the Communists practice deceit The treaty still can and should be cancelled MARGE WILLIAMS i I f 4k - ' :t k I (7zot:f:' 01' i i Ni - s 71-li- ' 1 ( t‘ Negro 'Honest Seekers'? ‘ k 441 (?11t ' r 1 - 4 - '''''‘!!'- '''? 54 ''''' ! art S Churet by the WasButht betwef Foreig port h Falbri Morse with t had be tic au Dr Ireten Ps Yell( his e tients m in ci sions and e ever to de Unmanageable Mess of tha In another breath the report's substance is that federal intervention in local affairs has become an unmanageable mess In other words the states are losing control of urban problems to a federal governroent which can't handle them satisfactorily This bleak outlook is compounded by the hopelessness of trying to straighten out coordinate decentralize and reorganize some 400 programs which have gone off every which way —It is all a little reminiscent of Soviet experience The Moscow planners decentralize and then they centralize only to decentralize again add on incentives or take them away and still the system does not work the way it was planned But at least Moscow has a plan and we do not When US efforts in North Vietnam—it is that with the other hand the USA is sending from I never jected court "T reasol the p tieing tautly: me to ill pe fessio 41 parinl some have of his for ti Sipwi po Nonproliferation Treaty? we need a nonproliferation treaty food steel foreign aid and comfort to the between Congress and the White House on same enemy the creation of new bureaus agencies and We flail away at the front door of commuprograms at least until it is found out how to nism and slip essential supplies to them make the old ones work through the rear It is undoubtedly too late now to go back None dare call this treason and do what many members of Congress now — GRAHAM S CAMPBELL realize should have been done in the first place — the use of existing agencies for slowly expanding programs instead of the creaPreaches Disobedience tion of new "crash" programs to abolish povEditor Tribune: Why don't people get on erty and cure social ills which were of a chronic and not epidemic nature who taught the back of the minister-docto- r That approach of course would not have his followers: "Obey the law you like and disrecenfulfilled the political imperative of two Demolike" who don't and the laws you obey tly went among young men in New York and cratic administrations which tried to convince the country that it had been stagnating in the taught them to become conscientious objecEisenhower years tors and bragged about lt over television 'Why don't we criticize a fellow who so openly - - But in their eagerness for action the two have created teaches treachery and disobedience to the law Democratic administrations while others are trying their best to obey and such a proliferation of malfunctioning agen- des and sustain the law programs as to cause even the PresiSAL SODA dent's advisers to despair analy ambil Perhaps Nc decid the d bg t 1 -- At V) 4( 4( Max Lerner No Editor Tribune: President Johnson once referred to Bobby Baker as "My strong right arm" Now I see that the "arm" has been sentenced to prison It seems very strange to me that only part of an individual should be punished in this manner I wonder when they Intend to throw the rest of the "body" in with the "arm"? ' JOHN S HUMMEL Farmington Utah China Gets Raw Deal Editor Tribune: In reference to Nancy Bunker's recent letter it is nice to see someone concerned with fair representation in the UN I can only assume that if she is concerned with the representational situation of the US Nancy must really feel that China is getting a bad deal After all her population is at least three to four times as great as that of the US and China has yet to even be admitted to the organization C A BACK Logan Utah More Freeway Errors? Tribune: Over $40000000 Is for highway work starting this summer most of it for Interstate Will the of flew construction be like the traversthe present sections of 145 and ing the valley — such as cutting out two I80 lanes going east from the or the gross lack of InformaInterchange tive end directional signs — or the missing Editor scheduled near-fiasc- o high-spee- d ad etc and confusing nauseam The most absurd failure are the lines or lack thereof — those nearly obliterated gray-o- n gray lane dividers visible with 0 vision on a dry day only Day or night when there Is rain or snow and even on clear 20-2- NEW ORLEANS Bill Manchester said "Let the book speak for itself" It does — a whopper of a book precise ' ''''''"''' sweeping theatrical po- - r- :7 e 4eexetic exhaustive and 1' N liN IV hausting Even Its obvious faults — the overwriting ' ‘i the surfeit of detail which 1y'''' 1 ! tells us more than the 1 of marginal dragging-i- n material the flight of N 4'' -even mawkishness these faults are tolerable Mr Lerner because they leave the book a source book for others that may remain to be written One can understand why Manchester was so unrelenting in "The Death of a President" Living for several years with Kennedy's death obsessed with its every aspect filled with its terror he had the need of purging himself of that terror and the only way he could do it was to put in everything leave nothing out One reader was almost carried along by its torrential flow Almost I found myself saying "This then is how It was" — and adding "but was it?" - ( - I Pa who shouts and raves when his will is crossed then hides in an alcove and pounces out at you Hamlet-lik- e you find yourself this "Look at saying portrait — and at this one?: Can they be the same man?" And what shall we say of the judgment of an author who was either naive in the first place or vindictive later Can We Be I - 'ttievt 1 ed as Sure? This brings me to the central act Of the whole tragic enactment that of the killing itself Can we be as sure as Manchester is that Oswald was the man who shot Kennedy or that he was alone in his act? And whether alone or with others do we so confidently know why? There is an aggressive cockiness about Manchester's telling this part of the tragedy that put me off As it happens I am writing this from New Orleans where I have been trying to dig into the case that District At tomey Jim Garrison has—or thinks he has — against Oswald Ferrie Shaw and perhaps several others in a presumably linked group the to It How did my doubts crop upT Mostly when I began to question Manchester's depiction of character and his calculation of motive I don't fault Manchester for giving us evaluations What troubles me is the erosion of my Garrison is trying to do and the brilliance of is not only dimmed but becomes cruelly irrelevant The next six months in New Orleans may make the Manchester book as archaic as dodo bird The perils of writing history are great enough without increasing them by pre tending you have a pipeline to truth because a wyal family gave you the franchise on their memories the portraits sense of confidence in them Partly this is a result of the prepublication battle of the book and with what coolness and courage and total Robert F Kennedy behaved in the greatest testing of his life Then you read again the interviews Manchester gave during the battle and the last long bitter article in Look after serialization You find a different Bobby one e whi to up the he the eig sta Irrelevant Manchester couldn't have known that the New Orleans story would break just as his book mat published But It is Pot Ills Jackof clairvoyance that troubles me only his lack of humility His portraits of Oswald and Ruby are brilliantly done — once you accept the premise But undercut the premise a$ Erosion of Confidence ? Pa Becomes ? f 311 Este Alanehester's Certainties Stir Up Doubts 'Arm' Goes to Prison off-ram- nights those lines are not visible for all practical purposes And what will happen to the tourists this summer? We'll never get them on or off our freevvays Nb - d ‘It )14111r 1 The reason for this is very simple According to the President's Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations the total number of separate statutory authorizations for federal grant-in-aiprograms is approximately 400 It is estimated that the programs are ad ministered by 21 departments and agencies and 150 federal bureaus and divisions involving all 50 states and a large proportion of the 92000 units of local government We have come a full turn of the wheel on Intervention of the federal government in th6 affairs of states and localities Those who were insisting 20 years ago that only the federal government could solve local problems because local governments wore unable to do so are now pleading with local governments to take command of their own affairs because the federal government can't find the answer They are saying it is administratively impossible for Washington to run local affairs and that only through greater decentralization and more grassroots participation can there be the slightest hope of satisfactory progress In one breath the President's commission warns that the states are on the verge of losing control over the problems of the major urban centers to the federal government 1 ii iii WA of Lyn( olution i ' ' ' 7:)i I rili '12:i7 : Ac t' 71 I ? " : :::i i 'A' ( q'v: 1! 1 '''' '''': : I: k: t il 1101 i ky44: i 0 7' dr l's p -I - 711 ' 1 V 100' : v )' '' III ‘ 470tert7171' '! I tirt vilt t - ''-:'- telLit B ' ' - 4 I- r ' PAW ' I 111 i I'" i1 "J"r' 9 - 1 y '40'' s WASHINGTON—A high resolve by 'some members of Congress at the opening of the current session has gone the way of most new yea r's resolutions The Democratic leade r 1"1-4Sen Mike Mansfield was '''''t s on0 of those who resolved ' to reexamine the programs 0- i of the Great Society and IA II shape them up President Johnson and ti Vice President Humphrey aio e I shared this noble purpose ''''''1 ' ' Nothing has come of it nor is anything likely to Mr Wilson come of it unless a comIs prehensive program of reexamination begun 400 Authorizations t tir 11 I 1 'II !:i5! i 4 ? i A ''''7— i't 41 ti' t' - 1 ' ': :''4111 : -- (''' t - I-Ia- 13utES Doesn't t - -1 ''''' k''''''Ilt r' 41 -- Et z 1- I ' i''' ( ! th Alose 'ow 1 11 - 1 ditions conducive to democratic government and free enterprise In the same five years the military expenditures of Latin American nations (excluding Cuba) totaled about 502 billion dollars In addition to spending billions on their own military establishments the Latin regimes received 4411 million dollars in military assistance from the Pentagon Thus the amount of money and material consumed by the military in Latin America is only a little less than we pour into the alliance supposedly to advance the "democratic revolution" Latin America is protected by the charters of the United Nations and the Organization of American States and by the mutual defense arrangements of the Rio Treaty of 1947 On the other band the safeguards against Communist subversion are not spelled out as certainly as those against military aggression so some Latin countries must arm against Cubatrained Communist infiltrators It is foolish however to accumulate giant jet planes and warships to deal with guerrilla and small "invading" forces Jets and ships are really trappings of national prestige The record shows that most of the military hardware in Latin America is not used against enemy forces but by undemocratic regimes to keep the desperate masses in check -Lincoln Gordon of the State Depart— ment has observed that the military is an important social force in Latin America individuals an that it offers opportunity to become educated and usefuL Nobody has found where to draw the line in keeping the military strong enough for national security without giving it a blank check for dominating the country Few people high up in Washington or the capitals south of Mexico seem to be greatly concerned about that line non-oligarc- rtircz - i s ' ::g4: ' '' - '11 30 ' Ot - cetie---A- 411141:' '- -- tkriikti ''' Itz44‘:t?"1 economic dislocations—to help create con- ilr!':"?''':1Allo 47''''' ' The great task of revising the partnership with Europe will require as has always been true the careful tedious process of diplomacy If Mr Humphrey was able to lay the groundwork he did very well indeed Visiting Cartoonist I it k 'nNr0' l ' ' '' Where to Draw the Line for Latin Ali Mary : - 4:1 le et 4 ' Li However differences between the United States and its European friends Involve far more than Vietnam The relationship which has existed since the end of World War II is changing So is the Western alliance President De Gaulle developed the new pattern when he took France out' of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization The signs of a possible American-Sovidetente disturb West Great Britain is beset with Germany troubles at home as well as in the few remaining crown possessions around the globe And how could Vice President Humphrey or anyone else possibly be expected to accomplish much in a brief sanitation and construction In the five fiscal years ending in 1966 the United States pumped more than 6 billion dollars into the Alliance for Progriss the main purpose of which was to correct the causes of serious social and 'i 4'1 ofo -- - I Wilson over-emphas- is 7'7 414 i a 1 - - hurled eggs and paint and burned the American flag as Mr Humphrey learned when-- he visited the British Houses of Parliament and discovered how politically embarrassing even mild support of US policy is proving for Prime Minister : Elimination of unnecessary military eipenditures is one of the major items on the agenda at the Latin American summit meeting under way this week in Punta del Este Uruguay President Johnson is urgently seeking measures to improve the economies of lour neighbors to the South but the United States while warning of the military is a against of prime supplier jets tanks and guns to Latin America which should be concentrating more on land reform education i I i ' - 1 : I - :: i '‘ ' 'i ::: It' ' - ''' 1' i IA 1:A t- ' : ' qv :-- t : 0v -- ft 4 - 1 I 1::- s't ! : if' c ' '' "' 1 '' 41 1) o ‘ rl:t i ii- - : - 1:'::: i I ii tf!:i:1'' '''': i I i4: The fanfare of welcome for Vice President Humphrey on his return home was obviously intended to bolster the administration thesis that his European tour was a great diplomatic success It also served notice that Mr Humphrey will be President Johnson's running mate in the 1968 election No one could miss the political message But the vice president's diplomatic success probably was not nearly as great as the White House seems to believe New York Timss correspondents in various European Capitals report that Mrhlumphrey though making an excellent Impression on his officials failed to shake the general belief that the United States is neglecting Europe And President Johnson recognized this fact when he said at the Humphrey reception: "America is still 'the daughter of Europe' and we intend to do our share as we pursue our common anti-Humphr- ti : Glosses Over Facts The demonstrations were in reality demonstrations against US policy in Vietnam Mr Humphrey simply happened to be a prominent and ailtilable target But opposition to the vlar is not confined to extremists who r- az- t b can hardly be defended on the grounds of lack of finances In the first place Salt Lake City in simple justice must see to it that its arrest and court procedures are carried out in such fashion as to assure that all accused get the same treatment If more money is needed to assure that end then the courts would be well advised to increase fines rather tharuermit such sloppy justice to continue But actuallyif the operation was conducted so efficiently that tickets or dockets could not "disappear" revenues would likely be sufficiently higher to offset the cost of a tighter operation "We are at the point of losing control" said Mr Hatfield — a startling admission particularly in view of the fact the reported near collapse of bureau operations only came to light after revelation of missing documents Mayor J Bracken Lee who Is responsible as Finance Commissiaer for operation of the Traffic Violations Bureau has instructed Mr Hatfield to go full speed ahead on the investigation and to "let the chips fall where they may" We certainly agree that an investiga tion Is needed and thlt no one responsible for misconduct should be spared But we cannot help wondering if the mayor is not in effect directing Mr Hatfield to investigate himk1f We do not accuse Mr Hatfield of any wrongdoing but as director it was his responsibility to watch for any wrongdoing or carelessness on the part of bureau employes And if indeed he was "at the point of losing control" over operations of the Traffic Violations Bureau he should have brought that problem to official attention long ago ilkA ' ! v Operations of Salt Lake City's Traffic Violations Bureau seem perennially in the news Zlost often it has been the revelation of an accumulation of unserved bench a I 71 I Chal 1 wh 111111 — 0111 ' tri of Es tho 1 a su |