Show 'riot 1 rage Self-Taxin- under-reportin- Self-evaluati- per-mate- d self-Intere- st 4 4 Pumper Bumpers r You are driving in traffic The car in front stops suddenly You hit it rith a splash You get out to inspect damage but all you and the other driver find Is a puddle and a couple deflated bumpers You wipe spray off your windshield 21r1ve to a service station and give the order: "Fillerup" : But the attendant reaches for the Svater tap instead of the gas pump He bumper quirts it into your rubber-likpnd you drive off your car good as ever This sort of thing isn't happening yet hut it could become a common occurrence if tests now being conducted with four alt Lake City police cars prove succesrush-hou- ar e siut : In place of regular steel bumpers the police oars have been fitted with bumpers substance and filled !mule of a rubber-lik- e When water they strike an object vith vater squirts out small holes The bumper is restored with refilling Initial police tests indicate the water umpers have merit They work well on a bot Utah summer day But what happens In winter when your bumper freezes up? : Pass the antifreeze please Visiting Cartoonist ': t":" ::e-w- the property tax burden N 17ígi'O 'r 1 410' - 4 - t z itg' Jelti 4:) 4A1 I1RO 4 kt'A 4 ' 4 71:fr:: 17- — - ' 5e s wlb :1ils: ‘‘'1 1' -I- : : ' '' st ' 1 - t - 01 itl f ittrs to Justus In TN MitineAmalts Basic "War on Poverty" problem star lk:' t''' ti'''t:r' 11!Xt V A VV:i:'"?! 7 --: t ' '''' ':' ' V V' 72111175 v-1 t i:c77:v'4x ?I r '‘ mower Sounds have changed ever so slightly Birds are sleeping in but insects are singing in the weeds Sometimes there's a crackle in the breeze and even a middle aged leaf or two The first hints of autumn are in the Vaughan's ''' attention i -- 1- - -- —- k !' g:1-- 41 :'i'7 Yi'V'''' 4 A 1 st1::tr- — r- I 1 c --- s 11 POPEILARtlY INDEX 4 - earn-and-lea- tog -- 131 2 I - -- I What Polarizing Drives sti da Toward fiT what polarizing drives toward At there is no stopping point except This is I I 1 I Pa The die Forum Tribune: With regard to the by that state and use such yellow of the drafted used rather than "request" and avoided the use of the word "insurrection" The legal position of the attorney general of the United States appears to be that the statute quoted above protects state's rights and requires request from the governor for militia to suppress an insurrection before the private regard not be deprived of their equal guaranteed all citizens under the Consillution" If Mr Fisher Is really perturbed about his low status which he reveals by his article then it seems obvious that he should work to make himself "wealthy" which he could not possibly object to Possibly he doesn't have that ability 4Ft rid therefore he and all the other "Joe Fishers" are in favor of hauling down the higher gcoals to the common dull lifeless means will as rights share plain of the rah h Stop Editor exceeded by 10 STONE Angeles JACK Los Speeding Trucks Tribune: One locomotive recently speed limit on a Salt Lake street the miles not per hour send the patrolman who cited on Highway 91 where In excess in every small town along a day trucks this route exceed the speed limit not 10 rniles on an average of 15 miles per per hour hour Why him out of 100 US but These day pose Ppeeding argue the 100 truck violations a hazard than the lone locomotive This writer does not better a much than bigger locomotive engineer should not have when same violation way be Ile apart-Washi- pole Tal I have been taking part here at ton in a conference of urban project workers and officials They don't believe in diabolism as an explanation of what has happened — the theory that some devil has entered the blacks and needs to be exorcised by force Nor do they believe In the money theory — that if you will only pour outt enough money into the Negro ghetto all will be well I found instead a determined experimental not inaction but drive: toward action will have some blind emotion-lade- n action that toward rather than a Unfortunately the mood of tha bell old tea meaning reactive action PENNINGTON Reno Nev sit alli isa Congress iOr t of f to the New York Times— 1967 Governor Romney studied his situation and telegrams for about 41:2 the word ''recommended" hours He SO clubs favoring "those of to liquor by the drink wealth" in Essentially this Joe Fisher wants the laws changed "so that the poor and those of low other with every Negro the act At the other there is no stopping point short of mood "We have heard grim enough" they say "from the long hairs the the professors the welfarists psychiatrists the Unruly Scouts Are Helped "Now let's have some action and pass some Editor Tribune: The recent letter by Gene laws" The first law is to crack down on men concerning the Thorpe of Afton Wyoming like Carmichael and Rap Brown to keep them lack rourtesy of sonigof cur Boy Scouts - from crossirfg state lines- - to stir up hatred of — from Salt Lake has made me somewhat irate whites Certainly I do not condone unruly behavBut alas it is much easier to keep men ior of Boy Scouts (nor of girls either) but from crossing state lines than to keep idek for many years I have been a Scout leader in n and pronouncements from flamirrg various capacities and feel that no single across the nation community to community Cr I LIU Tries to Cool Congress 1 as he considers necessary to suppress the insurrection " Editor Tribune: While staying in Moab I happened across an item in your Public Forum signed by a Joe Fisher who complained of Utah's liquor laws pertaining to W K armed forces Share the Wealth? Never Readers these freeloaders commonplace? One evening recently in Cedar City I observed seven trucks in a fifteen minute period run a red light at an important intersection simply because they were proceeding too fast into town to make a stop before reaching the intersection after the signal had changed to dis- pute over Governor Romney's request for troops during the rioting in Michigan I think It is important to point out the federal statute (Section 331 Chapter 15 Title 10 United States Code) which provides: "Whenever there is an insurrection in any State against its government the President may upon the request of its Legislature or of its Governor the Legislature cannot be convened call Into federal service such of the militia of the other states in the number requested turn the make the cited but why been Who'n Playing Polities? Editor Our By ari one pole unceasing guerrilla war area bent on getting into itA ‘ - Fewer convertibles are being manufactured but they are still a must for the TV private eye so that the camera can keep him in view while he is trundling around avoiding - '1-'ti Larj' ''c'è ' Have You Noticed It? It's a subtle rather uncertain thing something you feel but don't know just how The Wasatch wears a bluish haze Sunlight is a shade more soft moonlight moody and mellow Small hours of morning are crisp and sleeping is good again Nursing the lawn is no longer a hopeful game but a hopeless chore and the silent rake has more appeal than the chat- 1- 1 s rob is The square father of a hippie son has his problems But what about the hippie father with a square son? It4o X- ''s't NEW YORK — We may not know whkt will heal the tensions between blacks land whites in the American cities but we krew what makes them worse The answer is: polarizing It is what happens t' when the choices on the liarsides get contesting c 1 and you are rowed one to 41 pushed relentlessly k pole or another Hate black or hate white — both are all-opolar po- sitions Mr Lerner 'Total hostility to the whites total repression of the blacks: these attitudes are forms of each other There are still very few on either side who hold these extreme positions but there are a number of forces at work which are pushing in that direction The real danger point comes when the polarizing forces on both sides feeding on the violence take on momentum and drown out any moderating voices At that point only the voices of extremism have any chance of prevailing: "Whoever Js not with us is against us" "Whoever doesn't hate Whitey to the death is an Uncle Tom To hell with and stands with Whitey" retrainand renewal urban s government-and-businesand programs ing partnership slum projects The only solutions are at the end of a policeman's club and a National Guard gun" ut 1 - s fill I 1 1 !) 5 t le:i 1 RA the The weather doesn't really change much In the long view it's just that few of us have memories going back more than a century - 'k''''Siits- - I "11" 1 1 v raise an estimated $1600000 of additional revenue during the coming fiscal a an action not taken lightly or in the face of a forthcoming election with:— 'President Is 'Et Utitorlied to- att The governor finally did "request" aid but he never admitout some political courage ted to an "insurrection" I wonder Just who to was it Yet certainly necessary was playing politics? in the can the that assure operate city UTAH LAWYER black the coming year plus taking several essential steps to improve city wage No Secret Strike Ballot structures and increase personnel In the deand fire undermanned police badly Editor Tribune: Although only a few partments Kennecott strike is already weeks old A cause of particular satisfaction Is having a very negative effect on the economy Auditor Jones' announcement that the of Utah Many jobs normally available are $300000 borrowed last year from the being taken by striking employes The strike Capital Improvements Fund in order to - cripples many families which disrupts the entirely possible a substantial balance the budget has been paid economy It-iimminent tax increase back—so that for the first time in a numI sympathize with the strikers but I am ber of years that fund now is unencumalso concerned about people not striking who to bered by any loan underwrite city opermust bear the brunt of the strike ating expenses or any commitment for One thing not generally known is that in expenditures not justified as for major voting on whether or not to strike those votcapital items ing against a strike even though union men were not eligible for union money paid to striking workers Obviously there is no such thing as a secret ballot for union members Is Tins FAIR? — - it I j- A L'i-- - 0 0 r t Orbiting Paragraphs 477iCk - ' last year that is a real achievement It should be remembered that the stringency was so severe that the com- mission approved several measures f1 1 ' it s - ' ot 19) According Considering the rather severe financial stringency under which the city operated ' IN6 - $248939 :- s411 - permitted the city to close the in - the black to the extent of air ' Is ' t 4q:'''''4 V books I - if SLC Finances budget - is It VP It might not be possible to collect all of that lost six million dollars But enough tering : )- Hatred Polarizing : In Nation Today tt 14 ±: aMP F ed offset unpaid business personal property taxes and in simple justice to assure that every citizen bears his fair share of 14 2 ti 0 r t Isgbc"10 1 0 I 1 - ' 1 A '411 5'7 Lerner fax L A have to tween the State Tax Commission and the county assessors Such a program was advocated last year by A Pratt Kesler a member of the Tax Commission He suggested that trained auditors be sent into the counties by the commission with the counties paying "about $50 a day" to cover their expenses This sum however would be far offset by the additional taxes collect- to - : )1 1 job is going to be done it will be done by cooperative effort be- Congratulations Due on A word of commendation is in order for Salt- - Lake City commissionerr dais and departmental budget directors as the books are finally closed on the 1967 fiscal year ended June 30 City Auditor Lawrence A Jones has advised the City Commission that total expenditures during the year were $11933776 That is some $28000 less than the original budget Revenues fell below estimates but the reduction in Actual expenditures comparedwith Abe -- If the additional could be brought in to offset the anticipated loss of three and a half million dollars if the inventory tax is eliminated The Tax Commission now has three auditors working in the field in this area The cost to the counties served and to the state probably is well under $50000 a year It might well pay the state and the counties to double or even triple this business personal properly valuation auditing It is entirely possible that an outlay not exceeding $100000 a year could bring in four million in additional tax revenue Counties and other local units of government dependent on property tax revenues need such a program to offset possible lost inventory tax revenues The state needs it to offset any loss of property tax revenues for the Uniform School Fund Taxpayers of Utah as a whole need it in the interest of tax equity—to insure that a business competitor does not enjoy a tax advantage that the farmer and home owner do not have to pay higher taxes 1 K":) increasing their taxes Besides many assessors' offices do not have the funds skilled staff or both to carry out an effective program of checking on value of business fixtures machinery and equipment g He was correct in stating that proposed repeal of the property tax on inventory (to be decided by the people in voting on a constitutional amendment in 1068) may and should depend on the willingness of business to make up for the loss in such taxes by more accurate reporting of the value of fixtures furniture and equipment But we are sure the governor knows very well that this will not be accombusiplished on the basis of his appeal to nesses for more accurate personal properand rety tax reports collecof tax not a is good system porting tion It is an open invitation to tax avoidance This is not necessarily evasion Self interest will impel almost any individual to give himself the benefit of the doubt on any estimate of the value of his fixtures machinery and equipment for tax purposes Imagine how valuations of automobiles would drop if each owner were to fix a value on bia car for tax purposes Of course it would be a different story when he went to trade it in The point is that no tax can be self enforcing There must be outside enforce ment to halt not only deliberate evasion but the kind of under valuation and 'honest" misinterpretation which makes inevitable In theory the various county assessors are responsible for policing the of business personal property In practice few assessors do very much checking Assessors are elected officials It takes considerable political courage to embark on an enforcement program which alienates influential citizens by 4 1967 Must Be Policed g Governor Rampton made a good case In presenting a "frank" challenge to representatives of small businesses and trade aasociations for "more honeat reporting" of assessable personal property He noted that a State Tax Commission study loss showed an estimated in property taxes because of 1 11 Friday Morning August 1 8A Business t nit fake Zfibunt hc - t hate-lade- i 00 '41 risr44 '' 'k A i F-- - i z : ' ' 1 1 titeaAtteAlsczkvb-Ni organization effect on boys' lives than n " A: has does a anti-Negr- whites Every new law every new action yes inaction too must today be measured against what it does to prevent or spread the polarizing of hates If we can arrest the polarizing drive then we can win time to build common action on common ground between the races The hate carriers don't want common action which would integrate and unite the races because they don't believe there is any common ground Long ago Georges Sorel the founder of revolutionary syndicalism pointed out the role of violence in a revolutionary situation What it amounts to is this: When you know you don't yet have the people on your side you must use violence in order to provoke a greater violence from our enemy— and that violence in turn will bring the people over to your side greater the Scouting problem boys nevertheless they are still boys These boys are the men of tomorrow! Many of my early Scouts continually come back and express their appreciation for the help I gave them in Scouting Yes even some of those who were the unruly ones FLOYD K HOWELL Contractors harassed Much has been said about the tragic accident happened at the John F Kennedy school site This was very tragic and I do not believe it should be overlooked but I also do not believe the contractor is wholly responsible Why don't people pay more attention to their children when they know there is a job going on that will attract them? Contractors are constantly plagued by during working hours Few people know that it costs the contractor many thousands of dollars each year to keep up with malicious vandalism such as smashed windows smashed pages motors and fuel tanks filled with sand I think a law should be passed that should anY unauthorized person old or young trespass on a job site the contract or has the right to remove that person and stiff penalty be evoked and if any child goes on that job site the parent be held responsible DC MORRISON that kids Deliberate Use of no 1 of n : mer I den( ti dem ! s4m ill It :: V only deei 1 Ite :: - )1elo Violence the deliberate use of violence to hatreds Hence the and This is polarize fire-sette- the snipers answer must come from the black The people themselves When a riot breaks out and the large majority of blacks decide they will no longer serve as protective hosts for the incendiarists and snipers the violence phase will be over If only we could get the Vietnam war over too and the crippling tax burdens then the nation white and black alike — could turn to the real business of finding and carrying out solutions for Its inner ills Interlandi a 'EaFt : Citation for Paperboy 9'as! 'a : Editor Tribune: I have just seen something I would never have believed if I hadn't seen It with my own eyes a citation issued to a paperboy for riding his bicycle on the sidewalk My nephew delivers papers in Ogden His route is partly on Washington Blvd where there are places of business and apartment houses How in the world can he deliver papers In places like this if he doesn't take the bicycle on the sidewalk? Now he has to appear in juvenile court Is it fa ir to young boys who are ambitious enough to find a job to have such restrictions against them? I realize that the law is necessary but the police make exceptions for trucks mall deliveries and taxis Why not the paperboys? EDNA ORRELL Layton I every program Scouting offers a boy a chance to progress and grow in leadership and knowledge great emphasis is placed on patriotism conservation and service projects Although many Boy Scout leaders have Editor Tribune: No we can't improve on the Idea of persie tent experimental reflective action Preside! Johnson is trying hard to cool Congress cool o the antiwhite Negroes cool the Utah Gal NI 71111 i !VET - Nalb k - 1111711 It TN1 ( r11'0 4 b MCA ki 1 t ' i EMY 1 'i 49 f - - at ost It A -- I le)ntx A If pa ioble t '' CIAIVIALVI ' andIng N F fiaortaz ItStRilla I Twos Politicians pleae note! ( le ( gl i - Al Vest 1 I 1111hv A tl s third tovel tick end |