Show z "": :" r: AM- - 12 pt ' ' vt c 4 !' — - 4 ' - o - t I Sto ' all gaffe Eliibint ctibt P rage 22 Saturday Morning April 22 Saturday Morninger - ''Ic C 1967 1 ''''' i 1 - 100 I 1 I ) - 11 - Two years ago KingConstantine II of Greece managed to solve a grave parliamentary crisis by putting together a coalition government But this week as another crisis developed on the eve of national elections the king ordered the army to seize power to protect the country from "internal dangers" Since the army immediately blacked nut most communications: the exact sit tiation in Greece is not clear It is obvious however that conditions are different than they were in 1965 At that time par liament was in session and the king was able to negotiate with various political leaders But today with parliament adjourned there is little opportunity for negotiation and the danger of serious civil disturbances is increased In 1965 leftist mobs took to the streets nightly as Greece went through its worst crisis since the Communist insurrection of the late 1940s The current crisis like the earlier one pits young King Constantine against an George political veteran and his ambitious Papandreou son Andreas Papandreou was premier when Constantine came to the throne in 1964 And as head of the Center Union Party the premier was probably the most powerful man in the country King and premier soon came into conflict and matters quickly came to a head when the latter tried to take over the defense ministry in order to block investigation of Aspida a I ld ' : i ! 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''' t ' ' Program in Poland US Ambassador John Gronouski has announced an agreement with the government of Poland whereby part of a debt incurred in buying American surplus crops will be used to train Polish teachers in the English language Surplus grain cotton and tobacco was sold to Poland in 1964 for some 29 million dollars In return for cancelling $9500000 of thetdebt the Polish govern- r ment will offer a English training program Benefits to the United States from such an agreement are intangible but the breaking down of barriers of communication should stimulate trade and cultural relations One of the assets of the United States in Asia and the Middle East during the cold war has been the extent to which English is spoken in these parts of the world The use of Russian outside of the Soviet Union has been and still remains comparatively small The French long ago understood the importance of language and only in recent years has English been uniovertaking French as a versal language The more English is spoken throughout the world the greater are potential benefits to this country ss -' I' 1 position to the Vietnam war in vehement and irrational terms and a 'preach-in- s Ile counsels teach-in- s flood of conscientious objector pleas Ile fans racial and class discord by contending that Negroes and poor people generally are bear-le- g the brunt of the war There's a thin line between responsible dissent and irresponsible divisiveness Dr King appeas to have crossed it Few are likely to argue with the cleric hen he says the war is unpopular dirty a drag on US resources — a conflict in short that would be well ended But how would Dr King end it? This is always the poser in the ubiquitous debates about Vietnam and Dr King fetches up rather lame with a five-poiprogram that solves Nothing Its cornerstone is a declaration of a un- it '-- f! ' t ''' - ' '' - :1 - '1--- i - !1' ' OIP Ikli‘ '' I "1 It : ' ‘ N I -- 7-- day veloped ‘ — 4 ( 1 Considerable family togetherness was dein the old days whiii dads shaving ritual was made more impressive with the trappings of a handsome mug lots of hot water towels and lather plu a wicked lookrazor ing straight-edg- e Youngsters today are inci oed to be critical of dads noisy old electric shaver contrasting it with the smooth silent model shown in the commercial '' :: 1-- ‘ ii:::: ''' iV'- 1 'strayed or destroyed Second to eliminate the legal backing for silver certificates 12 months from now This would give holders of the certificates a year in which to turn them in for silver bars or silver dust For some time the nation's new paper money has been in Federal Reserve notes which are not backed by silver And except for the diluted silver content of half dollars other coins formerly of silver — dimes and quarters — are being made of nickel and copper If Congress goes along with the secretarY's request as expected perhaps as much as 500 million dollars worth of silver would be available to maintain the price at $129 an ounce This would last for five years or perhaps longer But ultimately the nation's stock of silver will be gone and then the price of silver on world markets is certain to rise above the $138 an ounce point where it pays to melt down silver coins This helps explain the half dollar shortage also the disappearance of silver quarters Hoarders think they will make a fortune by melting down the coins But many of them apparently forget the loss of interest on money tied up in hoardeds coins At 5 per cent a year in lost interest the price of silver would have to go to about $180 an ounce for a hoarder to make a profit on coins held for five years Bill Vaughan' ' Orbiting Paragraphs The cost of mailing a letter may go up another penny We knew if we held on to our t stamps long enough two of them would be worth something again three-cen- Police are looking for an escaped convict who is wearing a red nightgown with blue polka dots Ordinarily he'd be easy to spot but this happened in Los Angeles Now that the experts have told us who will win the major league pennants and what the 1968 cars will look like what is there left to live in anticipation of? Light turnouts are reported In elections across the country Maybe we need to find some way to make voting a fun thing to do lateral cease-fir- e by the US In the hope this create an atmosphere for negotiation futility of Considering the unilateral US suspension of one phase of the war — bombing of North Vietnam — and considering also the refusal of Ito Chi Minh even to talk about a reciprocal gesture if the US were to suspend bombing again a total cease-firby our forces would be suicidal Where in military history — and where in the name of common sense — is there justification for a unilateral cease-fireSchulem Rubin a Bronx rabbi who has made two trips to South Vietnam says many Negro GIs over there are irritated by Dr Kings notions which don't correspond with what they have seen and experienced Rabbi Rubin suggests Dr King "come out to Vietnam and learn the facts first hand" It might help It might bridge the gap between his demagogy of today and the eloquence of that August afterhoon in 1963 when in the shadow of the Washington Monument he quickened a nation's heart with his ' "I have a dream Would e Dean Monro says anyone caught fooling around with drugs at Harvard in the future will be subject to dismissal The LSD trip at Cambridge hpnceforth will be one way 711 1 ' '' : :''?'17:c 2 "'4:-'- A ' ::':' ' I -- 4 :' :?1it: yootrTw ' : ': ' : - ' ' '' ' '''''''::::: '' - ' ":'Lii- - — ' ' - ' - -- 4 7:7"-' j ''" 4 ::i ' " :'!''' cf— s f 44i cs st6111 S k I ' : C f: f r 4444 'Jt'') I' - 1 ' -' - ' 4 - 1 ' ' Nt - r :1'---- --- 0 4 IK: ':1":77:-Nit7 ': :': : ' ‘ fr'::':75'464 i t $1r?'" :!::!!t:14:'7'V1r :' ::A i'l: :1 ': I'' ':q :: ' '''1"4i - b :1:': ' 41' t2 s':: ' ':: ''14' v t'''":1 ' - -- 0 ' 4 ?- ''' ril ''!4''''''':':? - ' !i7 i- migaitimmiltkofieriontor e ':' - - '''' tr"tI:''"' ' -' 'N Go-G- o Girls Editor Tribune: Don't be afraid of our law enforcement agencies in this fair metropolis because without the FBI they couldn't even find The Tribune Building Now the law enforcers want to crack down on go-g- o girls If they will take the time to check the laws they will find they have ample' existing power to control these dancers if they can be classed as such I live within a hundred yards of two taverns that feature girls I have witnessed only one performance but other people may enjoy it However to make these girls buy a license out of their paltry pay is ridiculous Most I'm sure are working to provide food and cloth- ing for Small children and keeping off welfare go-g- o )'''-'- S Lincoln's day I answer no more so that one who quotes the Golden Rule is trying t take us back to the First Century AD ROBERT L JOHANSEN Kaysville Utah In Praise of Teenagers Editor Tribune: One of my pet peeves has always been the generally biased publicity s in newspapers to usually negative But not so with The Tribune The teens of Utah are given nearly as much space as adults I've worked with kids of all ages in three states I've come across some real problem youngsters (was one myself) but always found that given an honest chance some real given teen-ager- ' 1o go-g- o G Ai AX) By Our Readtrs Instead of worrying about girls the law enforcers should spend their time on imPortant matters such as cutting waste and misuse of funds in their departments BARNEY 's7N t$-'''' The Public Forum Defends ' 441x' ' ' '- :4'ASt''' A kt 'AtA pp TURNER 1 -- ittnlk tou Atheists Are Dead Editor Tribune: People who say they are atheists are trying very hard to fool them- selves One cannot see a sunrise or sunset or a rainbow without enjoying its beauty One cannot study the heavens or notice the change of the seasons or see the wonder of a n child without knowing there is a Higher Power tht rules over the affairs of new-bor- men It takes an intelligent person to take the time to study and know there is a God and that Ile will not be mocked Neither Is God dead—only the people who think He is They are more dead than they can possibly know A ROWE Moab Utah A A J " Editor Tribune: Concerning a consideranumber of letters appearing in the Forum I am impressed that the writers are overdoing their attempts at eloquence and subtlety and thereby make their meaning difficult to search out The average reader such as I feels it not worth the time to try to dig it out therefore is prone to pass it up as unsolved This means a waste of reader time and newspaper space Leastwise the writer has had his inning as his name shows at the end and he takes ble that in such a professional light Amateurs would do better not to attempt to exceed their skill In the use of words and construction and bear in mind that the important thing is to be understood through the use of a forthright presentation within the limits of their own capabilities r pride in he appeared J A GA1113E-c- Thanks to Auerbach's Editor Tribune: I would like to say many thanks to Auerbach's for a most delightful week Three different days I returned to linger longer and meander from exhibit to exhibit of their exquisite flower show I am sure many enjoyed it as much as I judging from the comments One elderly gentleman remarked that even the fabulous fakes seemed real enough to smell GRATEFUL CUSTOMER Whose 'Radical' Remarks? 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Editor Tribune: In the wake of so much socialist legislation I think it worthy to note these remarks: "You cannot bring about prosperity by You cannot help the discouraging thrift : You canpoor man by destroying the rich not further the brotherhood of roan by incitYou cannot build tharactec ing class hatred and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence" Who made these "radical" remarks? Was It Barry Goldwater Billy James Hargis or Robert Welch? No it was Abraham Lincoln And to any who may say I ano trying to take us back to I with' 1 war in' out i 1 1 job I n gl phr l'211 1Ar 1 4 4kt love and a whole lot of paunderstanding tience nearly all will surprise and gratify you It makes me ashamed when I read and hear some of the stupid and ignorant remarks You made by adults about today's teen-ager- s get the impression that 90 per cent of adults are afflicted with partial amnesia forgetting their own younger years L HAYNES I Pro pht ma - old the He cou stal ity - boo phr pia at car kin of me er bot sea is wo a he lib be( los hir Vi( Ne dr fla Ulf wIrri( ed One solution ought to be welfare institutions or public libraries chronically squeezed for funds But problems of transportation andspace often supercede the desire or need for books An added obstacle is the suspicion recipients that there must be some- thing pretty awful about books being disd posed of (And sometimes they are not far Editor Tribune: I have noted that as soon as citizens make an effort to curb movies literature or ugly pictures they are always criticized as denying freedom of pressone t do to as speech or pleases If a man came down the street and took money out of the pocket of a child the cry would go up "Thief thief!" But when men (just for the sake of money) put into young people's hands obscene and ugly pictures jokes and stories it is supposed to be B constitutional right to thus rob youth of the d also to rob money spent for this trash-anthem of their freedom to grow up clean and untainted They too are thieves Some parents and adults are themselves Some employed in important delinquent think they are being clever in breaking places the laws of honor and virtue Respectable places of employment should look with scorn On these kind of thieves also ha - ab cot - se' wrong) Recipients are Suspicious censors of libraries are' rurii ne undesirable often especially fearful literature may be found in a consignment of proffered books Mr and Mrs Book Lover usually go Each goes through the same spring through the books makes compromises and finally piles up culls in three separate heaps — the "must go" volumes the "can go" and the "maybe" Some of the "must go" books go into the garbage cans and their fate is unknown but some of them and the "can go" volumes are placed in the garage awaiting final disposition Before many weeks most of these have quietly one by one sneaked back into the house into the bookcases and onto the night stands safe and secure until next housecleaning forces another showdow n —Erne Linter& tin sti Would-b- e till fo ta rial CLOWARD Payson Utah Concerned Aboui SLC Editor Tribune: Being from the northern part of Utah we were appalled at what we saw at Liberty Park last Sunday while visiting in Salt Lake City First we witnessed an organized group In a motorcycle brigade going through the park Upon leaving the beautiful area we saw R long line of cars parked east of the park and many peculiar looking unusually young people emerging from the vehicles long-haire- act ' Something Has to Go You cling to the old house mainly because It provides ample room for members of the family and their beloved possessions including books But once a year the ultimatum is given that something has to go if we are to avoid the fate of the Collyer brothers The Salvation Army Deseret Industries or like thrift stores will take certain books off your hands might even call for them if you make the arrangements But the real book lover usually wants to make sure his orphaned volumes are going into a home or li- brary where they will be read and appreciat- Obscenity Robs Youth E dow 4 In response to an item wondering why vending machines don't take credit cards Max Curran of Ogden writes that they do 'In Sweden Also gasoline pumps Progress it wonderful Spring Book Ritual What shall we do with the surplus books this time? After staving off the inevitable showdown each year until spring housecleaning forces action the book lover regretfully culls accumulated volumes in bookcases on desks chests and night tables The worst of the fiction can be dropped Into the garbage can with only a twinge of regret but finding a home for the better hardbacks and paperbacks becomes a major preoccupation It is a sad commentary on our times that architects and builders pay so little attention to a place for books Tour the new compact homes and apartments and you are impressed with the trappings in the electric kitchens and two or three bathrooms But if you ask about built-i- n bookcases you encounter blank stares or a patient explanation that the House Beautiful can't accommodate many books however beautiful no-go- Writers Be Forthright! red dee' The State Agriculture Office reports tra- ces of pesticides in milk samplings in Utah without naming any localities or producers Shades of the strontium 90 and radioactive iodine scares of recent years We are given just enough information to make us afraid of milk We timid ones would rather switch beverages than tisk drinking DDT however small the trace or- Afrh-: V! pati as 0 : '"-- poll - zet s The only public institutions in the area reporting a falloff in population are state prisons and mental hospitals One would think that instead of blaming the situation on the courts the warden would boast a little about improved conditions -' 147-:ri:- ti A: Add to the complicated life: The pan tighter while the wallet grows fatter credit and identification cards - - 4 l' - -- 0 4 t' ! 4 40:42'- '::' 4:::''' :' ' " 0 - cr:T Dream and Demagogy: Dr King Then Now Dr Martin Luther King Jr bungling further from the field of civil rights into the arena of foreign policy has registered his op1' A - The news reporters are to blame for the reputation for the whimsy and indecision of the Salt Lake City Commission They should know by now that no commission decision is real and final until the members have had a chance to sleep on it 4 '': 1 AndDDT inMilk ISO — The new crisis developed when the elder Papandreou upset the coalition government because it refused to extend parliamentary immunity through the next elections Otherwise immunity ends when After fruitless adjourns parliament coalition paranother to form attempts liament was dissolved and elections were scheduled for May 28 Though the Papandreous appeared to have a good chance of winning a test at the polls they accused the king of trying to rig the elections and tegan mustering their forces And with prospects of another 11)65 or worse the king called in the army We do not believe he had any choice For Papandreou the father despite his disclaimers cannot divorce himself from the extremism of Papandreou the son But if King Constantine wins this test he must then demonstrate that he not an army clique is ruling Greece Other Viewpoints From NV World Journal Tribune ) - 't i illugs and Drugs— : month) ten-yea- more-or-le- O siok'' secret leftist organization of army officers accused among other things of plotting to overthrow the monarchy When the king fired the premier violence immediately erupted Papandreou claims he is not opposed to the monarchy only to the king meddling in politics But the younger Papandreou his father's political heir is reportedly an Aspida plotter who escaped prosecution because of his immunity as a member of parliament (Fifteen Aspida berg were convicted of high treason last Disappearing Silver Disappearing Profit Although the shortage of half dollars has not been ended the Treasury admits it confronts a new coin crisis Silver is being used industrially or hoarded by speculators faster than it is being mined The only thing which keeps the world price from rising above the US level of $129 an ounce is that the Treasury has been selling off its stocks of silver But the Treasury's "free" holding of silver is down to only about 145 million dollars' worth which at 'present withdrawal rates would vanish in a year or twd To ease the crisis Treasury Secretary Fowler has asked Congress to take two actions First to release about 150 million dollars' worth of the silver stocks now held as legal backing for silver certificates — this being the amount of such certificates the Treasury believes are lost ) I '':-'1- 1 '' k 4 Greece Turns to Army in New Crisis - 1i : la' sh hi bE of ch it Visiting Cartoonist tr PI al rt ' ft 4 d '411t:t 4004V Are we unduly concerned? It makes us wonder too about the story from Washington DC which said the Mafia was involved in Salt Lake City bank robberies MR AND MRS T J ROBERTS Smithfield Utah 0 op r'd----- -- A Nr- -- a ' Mr- i :Yrt '?t" ''''''U'''f:Tr'''''1'''''0:3 rl 91- - - ' - 1 kit0 2 p 113 fl - :17 tri ' 'I'id4 '' V '! ! el OA a 1 41444' i Itt'141441W"IIMr-Aat- I a Know NatureKnow God Editor Tribune: Richard Morrison' s C: small note in The Tribune April 13 made me Bow anyone on this beautiful earth can look thoroughly enjoy the beauties of urt1ia)(1 still claim to be an atheist is way beyond my understanding Since he does not acknowledge God I can hardly tell him to pray for )elp But if he did I could promise him a whole new world would open up to him TIIANKFUL MORMON ASt v- - ' - t)If ' wit x 1-- t 40$4 P )tv4A0 s1ii-44:rli- tc tt I 4)1) A tt IT cr nalUatIr —EnInlhordt H T" In St Souls PontDitnotrn and a safety feature keepa It from veering to either left or right" st n I( I |