Show --- -- - - I : S 1 i hl eig 11 c t i7:filltI Fags 12 rp if '' to 4' v r 1 4 k A61 Monday Morning July Divid Lawrence bunt 0vti L rrtI1-- 10 1967 i Teachers Approve Policy on Strikes ' ' - The decision of the National Educatoward "equalization" of and centraliza1 tion Association to support with funds tion of school finances and authority with1 staff and legal advice local affiliates that out ecmmensurate action to keep teacher strike against school systems represerts pay and working conditions on a par with 1 another big step by organized teachers in those of other professions Related to the the direction of trade union techniques total problem is the teaching The policy was approved by the NEA year and the teacher's personal Ilepresentative Assembly in Minneapolis expense year And while it marks a significant depar-- 0 The new policy statement dramatizes ture from the organization's once tradithe changes that have occurred since i tional disdain for "unprofessional" work teacher strike threats in Utah in 1957 and stoppages it is consistent with a recent I 1f163 In May 1964 the Utah Education trend 'Every effort" will be made to avoid Association called a two-da- y "recess" in strike situation the policy statement the a schools of state The action the public said' but "wider conditions of severs followed refusal of former Governor the - - - stress" strikes will occur In such circumClyde to act upon recommendations of a stances the NEA will provide its affiliates committee to increase school ' with "all the services at its command" funds considerably The UEA members The NEA president-elec- t Mrs Elizavoted to return to work but requested and beth D Koontz of Salisbury North Carobtained the first National Education Asolina said she was not particularly in sociation boycott against a whole state It favor of teacher strikes but she added: called on teachers not to "Communities must provide financial supaccept employment in Utah until the fi' port equal to the excellence they demand nancial problems were resolved The boyin education" cott was lifted the following year after An opposite view and a warning was the Legislature and Governor Rarnpton sounded by Dr William G Carr retiring had approved an additional 246 million executive secretary of the !'EA earlier in dollars for the biennium In May 1965 the week lie said: "It is my considered similar sanctions were imposed against personal opinion and advice that the use Oklahoma public schools and this year of strikes by the teaching profession for Florida is under a similar cloud ' the economic advantage of the teacher Meantime eyes of public officials are especially when such action is contrary to on New York state's new tougher law prolaw or court order will impair and ultii hibiting public employes including teachmately destroy the confidence of the pubers from striking The law takes effect lic in the teacher And when that is gone t 1 but the United Federation of he added "the American public school September Teachers voted to call for mass reshas and American life will have lost somei if contract with salary innew a ignations thing precious and irreplaceable" is before schools' get creases not signed Mrs Koontz the first Negro to head I 1L under September way the NEI explained one reason for the back to the good we Much as harken more aggressive posture of the associathe I of teacher old professionalism days tion The NEA has been losing members secreexecutive NEAss new statement of i especially in big cities to the American ' Federation of Teachers tary Dr Sam M Lambert may be pro1 a smaller Ire said: "The NEA will not enphetic group that has supported strikes in New York Chicago and other courage strikes but if one occurs after all good-faitefforts fail we will not walk large cities Another factor has been the trend out on our local associations" 4 ' ' t -- SO : So A t ek 1 :- ) 1 - 1 4' t - Y' - 1 wow t-- - - s' sok-- - - ' - ' et ' t t i - i 7'1 1 ' 1) ' -t i - - ' - ' I k iy I'l C ' rif :4s d A s 4 4 4 e io Ai 1 - AFLCIO-- h LccotC--144-e - - - 'It's later than you think - The Public Forum By Our Readers - If You Don't Like it Editor Tribune: Since so many suggested mottos have been offered for the Utah license plates why not the slogan "If you don't like it here why don't you go back where you came from?" This seems to bethe pat answer Utahns give newcomers when illey offer comments or suggestions for modernizing the state old-th- ne own except two skirts three sweaters end one dress "Don't take anything for granted like we do so often Look at your belongings and really appreciate them Last Sunday I had everything — last Monday I had nothing! They say they'll pay back for what we lost but how can they replace a picture a letter a gift or a souvenir? "Angie" JUDY LUNDGREN OLD NEWCOMER 1 Not Born Free Battle Goes On Against Pests—and DDT :Eradication of mosquitoes carrying a porasitic disease that debilitates millions of Asians and Africans may prove to be a' highly significant achievement The program was carried out without resort-i- n to the use of toxic chlorinated hydro carbon pesticides Under the auspices of the World tealth Organization filariasis the tropicil disease has been wiped out in a village It was done by releasing of male mosquitoes from numbers large California which though of the same species pave a genetic incompatability which produces sterile eggs from the Burmese female mosquitoes - Conceived in the late 19303 by Dr Edward F Knipling of the US Depart!tient of Agriculture the method apparently is widely applicable In variations tiora its original form of introducing male illsects that have been sterilized by radiation it was used also to eliminate the serewworro fly a cattle pest from southeastern United States and later to control fruit flies Microbial and attractant meth ods also are being developed along with genetic means of control and together they offer promise of eradicating or contiolling pests without polluting soil or Bur-the- se eater And this lends hope for slowing down gradual pollution of the outdoors including the oceans by DDT This is going on despite the warnings of medical authorities and conservationists - Modem agriculture and forestry could t prosper without effective control of insects But sprays which do not break dbwn which persist in the environment ter years and accumulate in the brains an!-d and fatty tissues of tie warm-bloode- ether Too Much TogethertiNs Is often pose a more serious problem than the insects themselves It has been four years now since Presi- dent Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee recommended reducing the use of DDT and its close chemical relatives Later Interior Secretary Udall issued an order banning spraying DDT on lands under his administration if other chemicals could do the job And several states have followed suit in watersheds and related lands Last year the US Forest Service banned the chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide from its spray programs But nevertheless DDT continues to be extensively used by private operators and by many state county and municipal government units The main reason is its accessibility low cost and the insistence of some merchandisers that it is the only real alternative to destruction by insect pests Genetic means of control may be too expensive now for widespread private use but everything possible should be done to discourage using chlorinated hydrocarbon type chemicals where less damaging substitutes will do the job Bill Vaughan's Orbiting Paragraphs How can we look upon ourselves as a major power when we lag behind the rest of the world in tennis and bridge? We all like to see our choices confirmed which is why it is nice to see that the driver in the car ahead is tapping his fingers on the steering wheel to the same tune we're hearing on our radio Viewpoints i'Lab' Compromise: Goes to Greeley Colo From The Denver Post tricts seldom have the resources to spend federal program of providIn educational assistance to elementary and secondary schools has had a stormy passage In the Rocky Mountain region for the past year or so Authority was divided between Denver and Salt Lake City and the program suffered from geographical bickering Now the Rocky Mountain Educational Laboratory which is budgeted at $700000 aiually in federal funds has decided to put its offices in one place: Greeley Colo : We think the consolidation plus other reorganization will be a good thing The laboratory — which physically is not a laboratory — Is a challenging concept and should have the best possible chance to prove itself : Even its hasty beginning in the past year hhs produced some impressive results Understanding the RMEL which is one of 20 such regional "laboratories" throughout the United States requires a bit of doing It covers eight western states or portions thereof It alms at experimenting with and devek oPing new and improved techniques in elerdentary and secondary education The work is varied : One major challenge is that school dis which money on experimental projects or might not The RAIEL might pay off hopes to take some of the risk One thing its staff has been proud of in the last' year is a program of it Develeducation institute for majors helped oped at Colorado State College in greeley the program involved training of teachers-to-b- e video the stutape Through dents were able to study their performance in a classroom situation and thereby analyze what they are doing right and'what they can do better The move to Greeley is being accompanied by reorganization of the guiding body of RMEL Previously 28 board members from the eight states tried to shape policy Under council will meet the new setup a twice yearly and will make broad policy but a seven-maboard will meet every other month and make decisions much more directly than was possible under the system With an end to the squabbling between Denver and Salt take City as to just who was running the show the executive staff now ought to be able to settle down in GreeleY and Improve on a record that is already Impressive despite handicaps : A little-know- n ‘ i ti I 1 411 is pre-servi- 50-m- n 28-m- - 1 47 1 affiliated 1 Potential Candidates Appraised This doesn't mean that public sentiment is Ineffectual since organization leaders want to choose the man they think has the best chance to win In the elections And discussion In advance of the Convention is confined largely to appraisals of the possible appeal that a particular candidate might have on the ' I '' i - Jo" s-e- I i'' f z ? ic ii 4 ' 1 out-of-sta- te - ' $ 1 f ! 1 1 1 - scooudy - at - 1 - WASHINGTON — Just twelve months from now the Republicans will be holding a national convention to nominate candidates for president and vice ' p r e sident Everybody I expects the Democrats to t f t r e n raffinate President Ii ' t '''3 i- I Johnson and Vice Presi- t)' t) dent but 1"1 sztt fr74 k Humphrey there isn't any consensus Ii yet as to who their oppo-- i '14'1— nents will be I 1 Theoretically the pee- t1 Z:1r I L' ple do the choosing In afit 6- 4 ifact however under the mt Lawrence outmoded and unrepIresentative system of selecting delegates to national conventions the voters have no opportunity to express their will The party organizations — city county and state — which are often controlled by small cliques exert the dominant influence in picking candidates k " - o ' - 1 6 a 'N NteciV - fit - Election Lineup -- - A all th ' o tg ' - nine-mont- h 4 WI' 4 k Events Determine - 'ft- - 0 ')-11-1)1 1 - Editor Tribune: Don Dennis quotes Ayn Rand in a recent letter in The Forum and proceeds to disagree with her Ayn Rand insists that "No work is ever done collectively by a majority decision" Mr Dennis insists that we need each other and must work collectively I agree that cooperation is one of the biggest things in life but we have carried it so far in this space age that we are losing much of our individuality The pyramids were built by cooperation but Edison lighted the world by himself Isn't it possible that we have too much "togetherness" for progress? Our time is frittered away by countless comings and goings Lindbergh flew the Atlantic alone Columbus crossed the Atlantic alone worse than alone he faced mutiny among his helpers but he found a new world The greatest force that has ever been discovered is one man with an idea An idea can find a new world or light an old world AGNES JUST REID Editor Tribune: I have read with interest a recent letter regarding housing facilities at the Hog le Zoo And I too believe that the facilities are inadequate On the other hand I don't think that enough money or land ever will be procured to make facilities ideally Forum Rules' Perm Wtters muW not be more fMtt 23S words WO must be submitted exclusively le The Tribune and bear writer's full name and address Names must be Printed Oft letters but may be withheld for teed reasons political on others Preference will be SIMI letters permiltine vs et true name and to those which Sr typed and short Public i suitable for most of the animals I feel only pity and sadness for most animals incarcerated in zoos and It disturbs me that large beasts are forced to live a lifetime in small quarters unable to run or hardly move around Despite arguments that animals are better cared for in zoos I am convinced that captive animals would prefer the wild to captivity In my rnipd it Is no wonder that many captive mothers kill their young as an act of mercy to free them from a life of grief ' Firth Idaho Why Be Indifferent? Editor Tribune: Since reading the July 10th issue of US News and World Report concerning Professor J Fred Weston of UCLA I just can't sit back and do nothing Are the American ipeople so steeped in pleasure that they can't see the handwriting on the wall? Just what would be the result if the President of the United States was given unlimited power to tax as be pleased without a check from Congress? Also are we so indifferent to the American flag that we can't take the few seconds of time to salute it as it goes by in a parade? We had one of the nicest parades for the Fourth of July in a long time but it left a bitter taste when I saw how few people saluted our country's flag Fellow Americans it is a beautiful flag the most beautiful on earth and we should thank God for the privilege of living in America Will we be allowed to celebrate another Fourth of July if the present trend continues? BARBAA E COBB Halley Idaho Plight of Bystander Editor Tribune: Newspapers are descriptive about the political aspects of overseas disputes but tend to ignore the effects on involved American dependents Following is a letter I received from a dependent of Wheelus Air Force Base during the Middle East crisis: "Dear Judy "Monday noon (when Israel bombed Cairo) we were told that no one could go home We would stay in trailers housing area and 600 area They brought all dependents on base and moved them in the barracks That night I stayed in one with my family "On Tuesday it was quiet maybe too quiet They began evacuating patients pregnant women and women with children under one Tuesday night Wednesday volunteers went Thursday it was necessary for everyone to go and now I'm at TOITIjOrt Air Base next to Madrid Spain "Judy do you know what it feels like knowing you have nothing? I mean nothing! Everything is at lee Ins Dad did get a few clothes for us but everything else is gone I don't have any mementoes left like pictures and cards I haven't anything I can call my CECILIA KELLY Not Considered Traitors Editor Tribure: Cain did not consider himself a murderer John Wilkes Booth did not consider himself a coward Anthony Eden did not consider himself an appeaser Those who would deny our country their aid In defending the people of South Vietnam do not consider themselves traitors A participant in Operation Freedom Lift In 1954 who saw the millions trying to flee communism in North Vietnam by moving south FRED M avisii JR voters - The personalities mentioned most often nowadays for the Republican nomination are Gov George Romney former Vice President Richard M Nixon Gov Nelson Rockefeller and Gov Ronald Reagan Not one of them could be considered as having enough support Ibehind him today to make sure of a majority of the convention The real question is bow many delegates are likely to switch their allegiance when the balloting gets going Voting Poesibilities Outlined - C x 1 1 Thus for Instance there are many Romney and Reagan votes that could transfer to Nixon or circumstances might arise in which some supporters of Nixon would line up behind Romney or Reagan Rockefeller's opportunity could come if a deadlock develops between Nixon and Romney and neither one can get the nomination The Rockefeller managers however would have to get behind a vice presidential candidate — possibly Reagan — to make the ticket palatable to those Republicans who feel that the New York governor's failure to support Goldwater in 1964 was a kind of political treason which doesn't merit reward The Republican's Big Question The debate among the delegates will be on this question: Who can defeat President Johnson? Realistically If the public Is in a mood to eject the Democratic Administration from power it will not make much difference who the Republican nominee is Conversely if the country doesn't want to see the Johnson regime ousted it twil not make much difference who is on the Republican ticket Again and again in political history an administration in office may not have been popular and may have encountered considerable criticism But the crucial factor at election time has been whether the nation should "change horses In midstream" The answer in the coming contest depends on conditions as they will exist in November 1968 and not what they happen to be in July 1967 Vietnam War Poses Questions If the war in Vietnam hasn't been satis- factorily ended the American people might not want to see a big shift in government and a period of several months of uncertainty between November 1968 and the time a new president becomes fainiliar with the exact status and background of problems facing the country The voters then might swallow their and decide to let President dissatisfaction Johnson continue to ride his horse across the troublous Streams of governmental affairs But who can accurately forecast the position of the United States in world affairs or the conditions In business and employment 16 months hence? Politics has many question marks — and few answers until election day Richard Wilson Russ Miscue Could Dash Glassboro Hope WASHINGTON —Th Idea among Russians here in Washington that the people of this country are opposed to the Vietnam War and wish it to be ended on almost persists e- -w any terms They inter- pret the rise in President ' Johns° n's popularity his conferences after with Premier Alexei N Kosygin as reflecting the profound yearning of the American people to be done with the war in Vietnam :: ' 1 1 - ""1"' 1 1117-- :v L' x4 "a : Li14'' Li Mr Wilson The odd thing about these Russian reactions is that they are just far enough off the mark to constitute a serious error in assessing the true temper of American popular feeling It is quite true thât many Americans do riot like the war It is true also that they wish the war to be ended It cannot be questioned that the hope aroused by the Glassboro meetings does reflect the wish that Russia and the United States would together find a way ot bring the war' to an end ' Serious Miscue But it is also implicit in the Russian attitude that these sentiments can be used for leverage in an election year to alter American policy This is where the serious miscalculation is being made The miscalculation is seri ous because it tends to lead the Russians to believe that their support of the Hanoi government must continue at least through the American presidential election on the doubtful assumption that this election will reveal a lessening will to carry on the war The main thrust of what Kosygin said publicly was in that direction The war in Vietnam he said leaves its imprint on all relations between the United States and the Soviet Union If the Americans were to withdraw from Vietnam then the way would be opened for all kinds of new agreements between the United States and Russia The President might even be welcome in Russia but not while the tensions caused by the war exist And so on Speech Bristling It is doubtful if people generally have much faith in such vague intimations of a detente When they look about them they will see that there is no change in Soviet policy Party Chairman Leonid Brezhnev's speech following the Kosygin visit was bristling The Russians are resupplying the Arab states with arms and talking of sending experts and technicians as they did in Cuba — not only to show the Arabs how to use new Russian equipment but to organize the econoznies of such shaky stales as Egypt If the present trend continues the hope aroused at Glassboro' will go glimmering as it has so often before 4ot 4 4 II J4 |