Show Zbt 5a1t fakt ey6tibunt Fags 10 1967 8 Tuemily Morning August 1111'1'i 9°7t tiJA $sife' Shaky Congo at a Crilical Crossroads even Belgium is so deeply involved as the United States ing - leav- to save their lives The current revolt of natives and mercenaries in the eastern Congo and the kidnapping of former Premier Moise Tshombe have deeply shaken the Belgian community And if Tshombe is brought to the back Congo and executed as will Algeria permits his extradition happen if the Belgians are likely to pull out completely That would send the Congo's shaky economy into a tailspin Among the more than forty thousand Belgians in the Congo are some one thousand teachers and seventeen hundred technicians employed under the Belgian government's technical assistance program Another fifteen hundred technicians are under contract to Geeomine the nationalized successor to Union Miniere the copper giant in Katanga Province Negotiations this summer between Belgium and the Congo may well shape the latter's destiny ct over-reacte- am 10 Since the "rabble rousers" failed to appear it could be argued that the preventive action had a deterrent effect But assuming the information was correct is justified American ''I'' cb rebels That should be basic US policy Save the Congo if possible with advice and money but don't get bogged down in a military adventure to Over-Rea- ct the situation have been handled could not without an obvious show of force? Temple Square could have been kept under surveillance plainclothesmen in automobiles or in the windows of neighboring buildings while officers stationed out of by sight nearby were held ready to move at a moment's notice As it was the city's tranquil Sunday atmosphere was shattered nearly 3000 persons were barred from attending the LDS Tabernacle Choir's broadcast from Temple Square and all sorts of wild unverifiable stories were spread by word of mouth with one radio station (KSXX) contributing its share to the public confusion If Stokely Carmichael and H Rap Brown had both arrived in town the excitement could not have been much greater Police Department is to be The for compli- its vigilance on the basis of information which it believed valid But the department made the serious error of Let us hope that the lesson has been learned mented over-reacti- '44' : -- ----41 i1 4-- ' f f--- x ters'Arr An Fine Job Al! ikround Commendation is due the various men and groups who helped put out the dangerous fire at the Standard Oil Company's refinery just north of Salt Lake City last weekend Praise is first due for the excellent cooperation of a number of fire departteams and emments plus Russell Earl from firms several ployes chief of the Davis County Fire Department was in overall charge but he was assisted by officers and crews horn the Bountiful North Salt Lake find Salt Lake City departments Men and crews also responded from the Utah Air National Guard Hill Air Force Base Phillips Pe fire-fightin- g fire-fighti- Visiting Cartoonist '1: 1 csrkt : 14 1 ' p 4 V — :" i It s i't't I : 4-- 1 - ' 444 Al tv 4 't 'Cr rs''Y' 1 it 1 ' ::: 1 ' -I 7 4 7r(f cs-r- ' Lift $ At 40:s3w' -- 4 :d: c 4 - - ro trAfe if 1 ' rgi t ' 14' I '' - :7:r-- : flk ' - 1 I : I 01 1 eit-- ii 4 c44 : --- : -' 11- 7 troleum Company American Oil Company Enoch Smith & Sons plus employes from the Chevron refinery itself In addition Utah Highway Patrolmen Salt Lake City police and Davis County officers as sisted in controlling traffic and keeping sightseers at a safe distance evidenced fine liaison among area fire security forces in a potentially very perilous emergency situation It should also be emphasized that most of those who fought this difficult blaze were not full-timprofessional fire fighters The fine work done by the dozens of volunteer fire fighters working long hours under hazardous conditions is a tribute to the effectiveness of the volunteer fire organizations upon which most communities in the state depend for fire scturity Lastly tribute is due these men for their courage and devotion to duty in This e fire which if not contained fighting might have engulfed the entire refinery and caused not only far heavier property likely injury and death Eight firemen were overcome by smoke and heat One Davis County's assistant chief risked his life to Warren Iiaddenham walk through flames in an asbestos suit to turn off the valve on a line draining blazing gasoline from a tank Two other Davis firemen Chief Earl and Fireman Bob Devereaux turned off a second valve under the protection of a fog screen It was a fine job all around and a public expressionof appreciation is in order loss 0 i1 a) 1004114'r 4"" —Bissell In N nshvi in fr'Ileiji killellAn I' 4f i closed ngton down drinking places are couldn't be done in Washifor fear of bringing governto a halt operations merchandise appears in the shop window and the little boy down the block says stuff like that shouldn't be put out where impressionable children can see it Back-to-scho- ol " "Mirror mirror on the wall It like nous I man who reads the fashion news finds international news He doesn't understind very much of it but it sounds 'otniA Tonnessnan the lk tkK: t0 - ! o -- ' - previous policies A McNamara who has gone to Vietnam eight time and comes home exuding opti mism will find it virtually impossible after a ' ' ves 4 did ' A you expect—kittens?' The Public Forum Editor Tribune: states have come to By Our Reader g county ordinances A number of activities at Saltair were thereby halted It is not the intention of the Saltair Volunteers to violate any laws but only in a temporary emergency to get along as well as we might until we are able to comply fully with all state and county regulations We wonder if the county didn't act a little too hastily rather than work with us to re- for Alining New Life fund-raisin- Our northwestern life again There is a real great promise of reviving our great mining industry again Let's not muff it However there is a joker in the woodpile in the form of the outmoded and antiquated old mining laws plus the chaotic differences between three federal bureaus the Bureau of Land Management the Forest Service- - and the Bureau of Mines Something must be done about this problem and quickly It can be done by people protesting to their state and federal representafives Otherwise our mining industries are going to look elsewhere for their mineral sources And they won't have to look far RICHARD V MacDONALD Fourth the Big That BARTLE-1- T 1J Thant's outspokenness is very timely Although authoritative studies by leading US scholars such as Kahin and Lewis' The US in Vietnam support Thant's version of our foe as struggling for national independence rather than committing aggression truth is not the issue here It is not the proper role of a diplomat to expose props - y Marines WALKER Editor Tribune: Honor Utah sincere second A Utah ' to Net- M Martin's letter "Honor Marine Platoon" In your Forum of Aug 1 I was utterly dismayed at your failure to give credit to the 75 boys of the Utah Platoon Your reporters and photographers didn't have enough sense to SE' e a story deserving coverage not only to the people of Utah but especially to the '75 young men and their families I'm sure there are many relatives and —friends of the 75 tie boys throughout Utah lam as disappointed 1 ) ( ' k t t40 ( 1 eb r " 4 ) 0 ' V - ) f i 1 g "211441:f P i L ' A' in a country where he is a guest When and if Mr Johnson and Rusk decide that the time has come for the people to be told the basic facts of the nature of the Vietnamese war we can expect that they will come forth with the truth In the meantime Asian usurpiit is galling to have a ng the educational responsibilities of our ganda own ble people I would like to believe that a fine newspaper like The Tribune doesn't really think that way but since you published such a false portrayal of the National Rifle Association I can only assume you are on the bandwagon Clearfield ! ' as elected leaders J E EMBER JR Logan Editor Tribune: That Conrad editorial cartoon is an excellent example of how to sway and influence the public by slanting things one way long enough to take in gulli- W - pint-size- d False Portrayal ofNRA ROBERT Asian Pint-Size- d criticizing Editor Tribune: The reason mail carriers are required to deliver mail in Utah on Pioneer Day July 24th is really simple They are employed by the United States government and all federal employes are required to work onthat day It is true that scores of people brave the heat to witness the spectacular parade However the writer of "Give Postman Holiday" would be surprised at the scores of people ADELAIDE GLEN HEINER Editor Tribune: Your 'Aug '2 editorial Day who remain at home Many witness the parade on television Many care nothing whatev er about it There are also many people in Utah to whom July 4th Independence Day is the big day That is as it should be July 24th ill merely a state holiday and other states have state holidays also HALES LAVON P - Idaho Arco Saltair? store Utah LBJ Invited Violence Editor Tribune: For 20 years our elected with support of the Supreme Court officals have been telling the Negro population they are entitled to special privileges They have been and are being taught that to quickly gain advantages they will be excused from some of the governmental regulations that guarantee equality to all citizens We do not need a presidential commission to seek causes of recent riots We know what has caused them I believe this commission has been appointed to misplace the true cause to take the responsibility from those who should bear it Only a year ago our President was telling the Negro to organize dissension Now he is asking us to pray for an end to the violence that was generated by these teachings Law and order cannot be maintained if part of our citizens are exempted from laws that n Undeclared War MRS BARBARA M EVANS County Acted Hastily Editor Tribune: It has been said there are three things tourists want to see when they come to Salt Lake City: 1 The Tabernacle 2 The open pit copper mine at Bingham 3 Saltair on Great Salt Lake The first two are ready for tourists The third Saltair was in the process of being re- stored by volunteers when county officials closed down the resort July 28 for violation of k US bound and firebrand people Black power is not the answer but black exodus is The US is said to be engaged in an undeclared war in Southeast Asia but the same is happening all over the US today And in the Near East we have 1956 repeating itself the only difference being that with the US at war in Vietnam Israel can shoot up the USS Liberty killing 34 US sailors and the only excuse is that they are - - sorry WM Y THOMPSON becomes a basic Instinct of government service This latter instinct drives all those advising the Presi- dent to lean on and support each other in keeping alive the notion that the policies and programs of yesteryear were all valid — if only the advisers can hang on long enough for time to vindicate them Thus it becomes essential particularly in a democracy that even good men be moved out of key posts after reasonable intervals Challenge of Diplomacy Sure Vietnam is a woefully complicated problem Sure we are up against an adversary who seems to want peace only if it adds up to surrender by the allies I say it "seems" that way for none of us can be sure One of the challenges to diplomacy is to fashion' Imaginative new steps and approaches that test out the validity of this assumption There is no reason to assume that new secretaries of state and defense and new White House advisers could bring peace in Vietnam where Rusk McNamara Rostow and others have failed The only certainty is that new men would not be wed to all the utterances these men have made to the dogma that they have built up over half a decade of grappling with Vietnam But this is surely an academic exercise about needed changes that President Johnson isn't likely to make Basically he is distrustful of "strangers"- - He feels comfortable around those he has known a point that is borne out in the extent to which he swaps and shifts key aides rather than go outside for new talent Musical Chairs Cyrus Vance resigns as the No 2 man In defense Johnson game plays a of musical chairs with men in defense whom he already knew George Ball leaves the State Department and the President fills his job with his attorney general Nicholas Katzenbach lie re: places Katzenbach with a roan he already had learned to trust Ramsey Clark To replace Adlal Stevenson at the United three-ma- n Nations Johnson pulled Arthur J Goldberg from the Supreme Court and replaced him with another old friend Abe Fortas The number of similar swaps and shifts is too large to be characterized as a routine poll- cy of "promotions from within" It suggests that the President prefers:' those already "broken in" to his ways This means that he isn't likely to open the door to totally new advisers and the ner' ideas that he may now need more desperately than the :loyalty" of old colleagues and friends - Interlandi r ' tbla Vt-- s - I 'VII ' It Vale i ir '1 I') ' ''oo' ircz Wit( d I i''' ''''e 4 0 1 lilt 0111 t '1 I sr A I 61111-C141- ! 4 I ' VS C I! I ' Irlrooler ' - ?'ar i 7 tlfci r 1 411b - 1g2gt - I 1 W9-- e Obill 1' 1 Illoiti vt4 ' i '‘ ton41441an wir 'tie - r 0' 1 or - ( )0(si? i : ' ' g t71411 I 4 wor 71tossoof -- l H '' kki du Mi 'i1 i ' 1 'I orov7 ‘ Vi' I ' '1 1 - '4 p'--- ea "Ng al qr''' '3' Pii "It crowded conditions contribute to riots our public campgrounds have got to be tinder boxes!" Idaho Falls Idaho '' I of life don't give them advantages What we should have is a commission to teach the true meaning of our Constitution which guarantees equal civil rights to all MARSHALL W EASTMAN Bountiful Utah - justifications for not ceasing unconditionally: the bombing of North Vietnam is too far committed to become the advocate of a bomb ing pause Take Another Tack! When a Robert Korner has declared pub licly with enthusiasm that the pacificatiodi program is moving ahead in the villages of: South Vietnam who can expect him now ta! assert that things are going horribly and the US must take another tack? is a basic instinct Just as that mentioned at the Rampton of the 82 boys of ceremonies swearing-ithe 1966 Utah Platoon 30- - are now serving in in Vietnam They graduated as the honor platoon last year at Marine Corps boot camp at - Editor Tribune: In view of the Negro turSan Diego My son David is extremely proud moil it is urgent that no gun laws be passed to be a member of the 1967 Utah Platoon' now People should be allowed to arm themThey are all striving to honor Utah as did the selves as their only protection from riot Governor - visit to express public pessimism Rusk who has spent a year verbalizing ninth Conrad is on Vacation 'What Mr Rowan Roberti & McNamara and Walt W Rostow have sat through a hundred Tuesday luncheons and scores of Security Council meetings listening to Lyndon Johnson's little soliloquies on Vietnam they get both a conscious and subsconscious understanding of what the President thinks wants and prays for Policy Justification This Is not conducive to new thinking on the part of the President's advisers Rather It induces them to try in every mission and every utterance to find or say something that eases the President's misery or justifies When Dean Rusk his - 0110 This however 4401 ) V cities In riot-tor- n - N l but - 44 Z '66 Platoon ment e q 1 " 1ilt' Fio-htin- a Lta'll-'':1- I Fire of f deV 00431'6 - - : r r :'ve1' ' 44( v v T' Ibti 144zat Lf P"ift-11- '4:0 - 1 predic- - arguments and tons A14rdIrE 04te )) ) ? - z‘ - Swkb---- ro -- :7'4: '' t 101114 1 j'AL 'k42f4-t:-:- 0 At 11tsL:o !':'w400tf:t:3e-- r ' -- ' ' ts:KikV: 1':7ic-1-it--s'i7410- '''!- 41 00r:''c-:1- 47 4 :r A : 44114 11 ‘ : 31 President Johnson needs a whole raft of new ad-visers This is so because even the best of men tend to become mesmerized by the boss' voice and en- slaved to their own old : '" ' 7 - I become that vinced - yr- :s-- : :tili'l'' 'i WASHINGTON — The more I watch our deepening involvement in Vietnam and the apparent rising dismay within the administration the more con- - t s '49e':fts t 7 ommowa” 'C' 'cc-- 1' :s1 i Aryl!: 4 sli : tt:-- gkl?''- ' — - :14 4 Iif ''r: r-- it5Z' -- wr467!':'1f:':::-':YZ''iJ::- ‘ ' 'cei ' I0 Z f7 1(V))) :" e43 mili- in a few days Moreover the State Department considered it necessary to announce that the United States has no "military commitments" in the fighting between the Congolese armies and the eastern t Nr :4 i'-:::- k 1 - '''ie141-- 06 : Nr4f4': - o s1 1r:" v(:e1 h Y?s i'' : '''' Sc pOWEP - - ralL?L' tary involvement is another matter Last month when President Johnson sent three Air Force transport planes to the Congo to provide "logistics support" for Mobutu the action stirred up a storm in Congress where fears were expressed this might be the beginning of another "Vietnam road" Now two of the planes have been pulled out and the third is to leave with- Police Must Be Careful Not When a police department has Information that trouble may break out it should take prompt preventive action But It should not over-reasince that starts the rumor mills turning and fans public excitement Indeed it could Ignite the kind of trouble it is supposed to prevent On Sunday Salt Lake City's Police d Police Chief Department Finis he had inJ that explained Dewey formation "a group of people from out of state were here with guns and grenades and intended to damage Salt Lake City" One version told of about 20 Negroes in four automobiles from the West Coast When County Commissioner Marvin G Jenson reported similar information from another source it was decided to mobilize police and sheriff's officers as a precautionary measure So Temple Square one of the reported points of attack was closed from early Sunday morning until ' the N NUELE4 14'4: !'::f:':4- - l‘I'l there Soviet and Czech embassies evicting American financial assistance is now running at about fifty million dollars a year and American influence with President Mobutu is considerable 'z0 - - ri 01 7:- 4 '''s : 'I American help 1 I t influence on then President Kasavuhu was a key factor in Such ' li- 1) ! r '4 i1411114t ' dr f t iit 4- ' ti 4 X :S7 'r:'Irti4f 11Z - 6k - ' r new in Africa ':iApedirt tc 'I - 0-- 7 when As mercenaries the technicians began - The American involvement goes back to 1960 the Soviet Union tried to turn the nation into a Soviet outpost ::'fli 'Lts-- t 4 " 7tfts 'pLe1 10t!"ili:' 1( 1f16 Under pressure at home the Belgian government has told the Congolese it cannot keep on sending its experts to the Congo unless that government can guarantee their safety It is on this point that the negotiations will turn Many Americans tend to shrug off the Congo's troubles as no concern of theirs But the Congo is crucial to the stability of all black Africa and according to the New York Times no other nation not successive Congolese governments have been forced to retain thousands of Bdgian and other foreign technicians and administrators in vital positions rebellions flared and whites were slaughtered by mutinous government troops wild tribesmen and even white 444 I: tet 7 Bowan President Needs Fresh Advisers : tril k":2171741147''°'" - When the Congo gained independence from Belgium in 1960 one of the first facts of nationhood it faced vvas lack of trained people to run the country Belgian colonialism did not attempt to educate the natives to assume responsible positions in the colony This lack of competent Congolese still plagues the young nation and has been a major factor in frequent and fearsome uprisings In order to keep the country going T Carl I di |