Show - '4't 4r ''"'v - -- o -- 40 p io '' 4 r-- 16 Vtl t I t 5alt ift:alft Zitibune - First Section t rage 16 Monday Morning November 6 1967 t Flits Misses in Suite Prison Report Is Utah's State Prison as bad 13 a recent survey team reported it to be? One finding noted svearms of flies around the kitchen and close examination of the report reveals abundant flysreckIng Compiled by two penology specialists from the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education the report was Issued after some regrettable reluctance by state corrections officials but with some justifiable criticism from Kay Allen chairman of the State Health Education and Corrections Coordinating Council Ile s!lid the finished product was "unscholarly" There are grounds for agreeing with h im For instance inadequate prison vocational education space is cited without any reference to progress being made on a large buildieg scheduled to house such a program Many survey recommendations fall Into the "nice to have" category The best example is the call for replacing regimented stainless steel rows of dining room tables in the main prison building with in- dividual round tables accommodating four or five prisoners each The prison's new minimum security compound incorporated this group table toncept in its dining hall and presumably future eating tacilities will continue the trend But prison officials properly contend that stainless steel row tables are easy to maintain and keep clean and are still in very good condition Conversion Would be nice it is argued but too expen611T when there are plenty of other more Important things on which to spend available funds We agree totem pole And this session of Congress isn't going to do anything to move them tip a notch or two There is even serious doubt new Indian legislation will come out of Washington in 1968 In May 1966 when he administered the oath to Robert La Follette Bennett the commissioner of Indian affairs President Johnson observed that "the time has come to put the first Americans first on our agenda" A Senate Interior Committee report blistering the Bureau of Indian Affairs tor past policies and programs still sizzled in the background as Mr Johnson made the promise - Last spring Secretary of the Interior 'iewart L Udall submitted to Congress tahe Indian Resources Development Act of i967 which was widely hailed as the Adtbinistration's answer to the century-ol- d Milan problem : But Indians were not impressed Some were outright disappointed in the bill which called for a 500 million dollar fund io insure loans to Indians by commercial fenders and for direct federal loans in oases where private money was not availhalf-India- n ible : Udall said the bill was the "greatest piece of Indian legislation in 30 years" Igany Indian leaders countered that it wasn't what they had In mind at all They reminded the secretary of promises they tiald he made in 1966 to propose omnibus rndian legislation including programs to improve health housing and education and Co reorganize the land management system : An omnibus bill is in the works but it hasn't reached Congress and according to the Milwaukee Journal those Indian leaders who have seen initial drafts didn't like itat they saw' With the Indian Resources Develop However we agree with the WICIIE report quit medium security building recreation facilities are too limited A small is room currently used for weight-liftinlocated and badly inadequately ventilated for proper supervision It falls far short of the weights room in the newer mini- So-'O- a' :that Americans are being lifted out of the tanks of the needy and are increasingly able to provide themselves with the amenities of a 'comfortable life But alas this isn't the way minds'work In :Washington There these: statistics will be '7tievved as they always have been before as evidence that our definitions of poverty are 77'' i4 E14 - o ' s -- --- s (7' "' zar::4I ofI - -- 49)) iq ' - ' - r 11'4r) I -': " '''' ' t flyt-- 4--:- :' ' t 1 i A 11 i 11 I 1 1 i i 11 1 :iril 1 i k N h LI-- ji st - - i I !t7 Illri'' i ii fii : :: f' I Ittli 1 4' : : ''- I - i iy'rf r ill' The Public Forum For A New Approach Editor Tribune: One can't help admire the spirit and courage of the youngest candidate in the recent primary election for Mayor of Salt Lake City Though defeated by the more experienced or more entrenched candidates Lawrence G Topham was one of those refreshing bright young intellects with a genuine and wholesome desire to contribute his time and talents to civic improvement and community progress without one iota of selfishness or hope of personal gain Our fair city has deep and nagging problems which are perennially with us and which the sophisticated professional politicians have perennially failed to solve It Is not enough to have a Mayor who maneuvers in the City Commission voting so the other commissioners vote new taxes to solve our financial dilemma and he on vote against them and then say to the voters "I voted against every proposed tax increase" What we need Is a fresh new approach l : r 7913avb n keener insight daring new concepts ruthless weeding out of the waste inefficiency and listless leadership our complacent populace has tolerated these many years Our present Mayor may be "the taxpayer's friend" but it is difficult to see how My local taxes are up 50 per cent over the level when he took office Aren't yours? To be my friend he will have to least hold the line against reduce taxes or Increases not just vote against the tax increase when passage is assured by the vote of other commission members as the only way to avoid financial disaster I for one must be simple enough and with faith to believe that demoenough child-lik- e cracy can give us better government at less cost and think perhaps Jim Cannon with his brilliant record of achievement and demonstrated ability to organize and to lead may be the man to bring us relief from oppressive and ruinous taxation At least I'm tired of backin' Bracken and hope the beleaguered taxpayers can win vkith Jim States and the Soviet returned mutual competition to g earth recently renewing some The United at space-fillin- its 17-fo- ot that PARLEY P GILES For Darkness Saving Time - Editor Tribune: Now that we are through this year's Daylieht Saving period I'd like to point out some glaring discrimination in this law! It discriminates against February March April and darkness Daylight saving started the last Sunday in April and continued through the last Saturday in October The period from the September equinox till The end of daylight saving Is approximately 35 days (This will vary from year to year since the hands on the clock are moved on Sunday morning) Now there is as much daylight during the 35 days before the March equinox as there is in the 35 days after the September equinox Why then is the time In September and October worth "saving" and that in February March and April not? What is fair is fair Darkness deserves as much attention and "saving" as daylight There is no mention of Dariniess Saving Time! Just think with Darkness Saving Time you could lie In bed until the sun came up on winter mornings Daylight saving time would start the last Sunday in April and end the last Sunday in those cold August Standard time would be in effect until the last Sunday in October The hands of the clock would then be turned back another hour to Darkness Savirg Time On the 2nd Sunday In February Standard Time would again be observed On the last Sunday in April the whole nightmare or daydream would start over again Why don't we observe Mountain Standard Time? Kanab Utah Space Limit Serves Purpose Tribune: Jan Reid Parkinson's dethan 250 words (forum) is understandable but he should think of his Editor more Seldom does one get the opportunity such nonsense where it is limited to 250 words lie quoted Averell Harriman as stating that in a free election the Soviet Union would vote for communism This may or may not be true The conclusion is absolutely pointless however A dog that has tasted nothing but a bone void probably run for the bone until he has tasted something better (Mr Harriman would be wrong where Svellana Stalin is readers to read M a! i If 1141 th to I wi do eie en WE the morning" lie doesn't expect the war to disappear hi the morning But Bliss recognizes the enormous power of the President to influence on Re sta pu' tee events While Vietnam may look like a hot Item to the party today the situation could change in the President's favor by next fall If the war outlook is not changed Bliss believes it will take its loll on President Johnson without the Republicans getting all steamed up about how it should be won po grc COL ent see Could Be Torn Apart that Ote me party which ha been binding up its wounds from the 1964 conservative-libera- l split could be torn apart again if it engages in a great debate on Vietnam Bliss and many other party leaders hope that the rising voices of the GOP doves and the retaliatory jabs of the hawks are not an indication that the feathers will fly in earnest before a presi- in wot dential nominee is selected The chairman's feeling Is that the party should put Vietnam on the backburner over a low fire where It can stew without boiling over and scalding the cook Meanwhile he thinks the party should build a campaign on solid Issues two of which he believes are the administration's "credibility gap" and inflation 1 win the dirE rnin hun she Skeptical Increasingly Like many other Republican leaders Bliss 0 thinks the American public is becoming increasingly skeptical about the truthfulness View A Teeil-Ager- 's of the Johnson Administration Although the Editor Tribune: Last night I watched the issue is related to Vietnam because many of two men who are running for Mayor of Salt the examples involve the war It would not Lake City on TV I might say here I'm only a oblige the party to debate escalation or deteenager and cannot vote for several years - escalatio nor the war Staffers at Bliss' headquarters have been yet but I do have to live in Salt Lake City I was wondering why they called the one combing the files for weeks for examples that Republicans can use to try to convince the voters that statements of the President and members of his administration frequently don't match the facts 1tit But the issue that Bliss has consistently - felt is the real butter and eggs one is Inflation Ile has hammered on it ever since he 4e 'tz IT took over the chairmanship In 1965 Statistics 7-on the rising cost of living flow out of his i'Not headquarters in a constant stream Cr itTn )4 1?' 4( Working Up Paper man running for Mayor "Big Jim" Now I A task force of the Republican Coordinatknow after watching other men on TV for an ing Committee which Bliss heads is working hour It takes a "Big Man" not to get mad up a paper on the Johnson Administration's and start shouting back on public TV fiscal policies Undoubtedly a substantial porI think the one man was rude when he tion of it will be devoted to laying the blame talked all the time and even butted in when for Inflation on the President the other man they call "Big Jim" was trying The committee is pouring material into to talk areas to convince already disagricultural JULIE ANN IIENRICKS gruntled farmers that rising costs are robbing them of the just deserts of their labors The claim is made that while food costs go the Mayor Supports up the share the farmer gets drops Editor Tribune: Have any of our city offiBliss' staff dreamed up an exhibit dubbed cials other than Mayor Lee made any attempt "LBJ's Supermarket" which was used widely to cut spending? during the 1966 campaign and will be used Was It Commissioner Catmull who pushed again next year Kits are prepared at headPo hard to saddle us here In the city with the quarters Instructing local Republican groups sewer tax? What did Commissioner Holley do and candidates how to set up exhibits which show for instance how big a piece of meat $1 support Catmull? I for one am getting a wfully tired of would buy in 1960 compared to today new taxes every paying increased and-o- r Getting Solid Issues year Did Catmull or Holley ever try reducnew Instead of looking for Bliss is spending a good deal to get inforing expenditures things to tax? mation on his "solid" issues around the counLet's get our friend Mayor Lee reelected try Let's elect commissioners who will work with He spends $100000 a year recording stateComthe mayor and not against him as have ments by congressmen on various Issues and issioners Catmull and Holley distributing them to radio stations Most of WELLS TIILIRSBY the comments deal with inflation the credibility gap government spending taxes Increases in crime and the need for law and Lee Keep Mayor order Editor Tribune: Mayor Lee has shown The recordings are distributed to 2000 great ability in analyzing Salt Lake City's stations half the total In the nation and checks by the staff indicate a heavy use of problems and in keeping the city solvent A change would mean greater taxes the material MRS ARCHIE B CARROLL rl at 1 to CALDWELL do 1 n 1aug off won tion 1 r o Batt I the Is reac emp Mea 7 terit dart owe ! 14 mar 'w rnen' he'd j beiR migl we c senti decil cial the balk b IA Imre gleet leads GI point trans anyb In to Ix rebel won't I Q Y Wha A of tho woi Which shirt Strong Men Needed Editor Tribune: One problem with the current practice of gathering all of the problems the world over and trying to get everyone to memorize them through repeated hearings is that little determination is built up toward a better way of things It requires strong and courageous men and women to make and keep a given community orderly and of comfort and joy to its inhabitants and no one really gets much stronger by feeding entirely upon the events of the day It is true that we need opposition but we also need comfort and support to make the effort of fighting for a worthy cause seem God-awf- INELDON A ROBINSON sire for concerned wouldn't be) Does Mr Parkinson believe any nation would vote for communism over democracy in a free election if they had previously had valid experience with both? I would also ask him where he would cast his vote He recommended Lloyd Lamoreaux get an education at a reputable institution I would like him to let us all know what qualifications he has to make such a presumptuous Ills article end arrogant recommendation didn't strike me as being of such a qualifying KEITH to hi 1 in The chairman also obviously feels By Our Readers quality - 1 I ? Union t Lyn The 'Silent Center There's a Difference bt' 'I:t 1 xi' I ' k1 far-reachi- anti-pover- ty “' q 'i ' if 1 11 -- fkt m out of date and that the qualifications for public assistance need to be relaxed Two years ago the government raised to $3130 the Income a family of four could have and still war qualify for help under the Now there will be pressure to raise it again Poverty of ccurse is a relative matter There will always be a "bottom fifth" its conditions will vary widely from place to place and from time to time The pertinent question is whether this bottom fifth must always serve as the target for vast programs of government assistanee designed and managed by bureaucrats who Insist paradoxically that they are leading us to a society in which there will be no poverty We should know better by now than to expect any bureaucracy ever to admit that its services are no longer needed In effect therefore the Labor Department's announcement Is a step in the subtle process by which the bureaucracy periodically extends the definition of poverty to serve its own purposes at the taxpayer's expense This is why welfare spending continucs to grow despite prosperity and the rising standard of living What is overlooked in the eagerness of bureaucrats to preserve their domain is that by trying to pretend that a fith of the nation still needs their ministrations they are diverting money and attention from the diminishing number of people especially Negroes who really need It 1 : ' 14 ment Act of 1967 bogged down in committee and the omnibus bill still aborning possibility for any major Indian legislation this year is zero Chalk it up as another Great Society or blame the Vietnam War but the fact remains that 18 months after the Administration promised a plan to help this land's most minority group the first American is still last in help from his countrymen affairs : - ) x t ': ''b i'! ' ' :::::4'::- i off-cent- er These comparisons do not make the separate statue unveilings any more than coincidental Such characteristics can be found in most men looming large in history There Is instead a significant differ ence When the United States adds to its statues it can choose between more than two or three men i' 1 to ed world i t Pointof-the-mo- endeavors as old as history Both countries unveiled huge statues of famous national leaders—in Washington DC a high likeness of Teddy Roosevelt—in Moscow a new bronze of Lenin leader of the Bolshevik revolution 50 years ago Although the sculptured T R Is standing and Lenin is seated news photos reveal a rather striking resemblance It could be said that in life both also shared certain characteristics Each believed strongly in his own convictions was merciless in debating opposition envisioned Important futures for their respective countries Lenin was the leading architect in the revolution that produced modern Russia Teddy Roosevelt made the federal executive branch an effective arbiter of domestic problems as well as a force in w:41 1 WASHINGTON — Ray C Bliss the wil)' chairman of the Republican National Committee la offering this adi ice to Republican ho believe the war in Viet Mini Will propel the party into the White in 1968: Don't Mouse — build your castle on sand I To Bliss a foremost ' kss practitioner of pragmatic s there are two politk-kinds of issues One is volatile and likely to Aab blow up in your lace at air 110100 any time the other is solid and continuing Vietnam In Bliss' opinion Is a volatile Issue We cannot" he says "build a Su ccessu campaign on an issue that may disappear -'4-i-70- ' Get Solid issues i f r Bliss Tells GOP: A N ric-4P-- ' 9 '4 untain poverty-stricke- - )t - t "7 111 All have been sufficiently cautious These innovations need not conform rigidly to textbook theory but should allow for existing conditions We join Utah correctional officials in agreeing with the finding that the state faces an increased criminal narcotics problem and that public officials must decide soon if the prison is to provide adetreatment quate Overall Utah's prison authorities apiwar to be doing a sound job is no torture chamber Neither is it a shining example of penitentiary operation But that is not necessarily the stafrs fault It would suit everyone involved — prisoners prison personnel outsiders — if Utah could immediately build the ideal In criminal incarceration and rehabilitation centers This would require more money than the state can currently afford But the state can do as well as possible with the money it does have This means being big enough to take criticism and find the good in it Though the NICHE report may have set its sights it aimed in the right di rec tion pipe-drea- 94 Z ti12'1 - :t rii:''':-- l'' 0 -7: - t'-- I i mum security gym While the report quarrels with implementation of modern prisoner incentive programs we think prison authorities I) overty Grows by Bureaucratic Definition lärly disturbing about the Labor Department's yeport that the typical family of four now lieeds an annual income of $9191 to maintain 4 "moderate" standard of living True this is half again what the family lieeded In 1959 and the increase stems largely trom inflation and rising taxes (especially Security taxes) which are always proper mources of concern But to a much greater :extent the increase reflects a continuing improvement in our standard of living What was considered "moderate" a few years ago ito longer makes the grade Today for ex emple an electric refrigerator is considered 'essential a generation ago it was a distinct 'luxury The change since 1959 the departtient says reflects trends toward home ownand higher :ersnip automobile ownership spending on meals eaten out dental care smoking and drinking We ought to be grateful for this evidence - 4---t- 1 g 9 particu- y5 -1 I' 'opo- 'Another Viewpoint :: From the Chicago Tribune :: At first glance' there is nothing 'ge I te)')I 11 At I o o - 1 Al A L First Americans Still Last in Federal Line American Indians largely isolated from the nation's mainstream are admittedly low man on the country's economic ) ' -- - 7e4 ) r V ? Paul Hope r -- ul worthwhile The world has had many problems since Its being inhabited by mortal men and women however a great many great and noble events have also occurred during this time The Lord has upon many occasions rendered rather harsh judgments upon various groups of people during the- history of the earth however it is not intended to destroy hope rather it is for the case of reminding mankind that justice must be met in the eternal realm of things !or the good of all concerned BIERRILL II GLENN Jr Interiandi trodAtonts4016r e) bawd : ' ff''''' s ' 7' : it ' c I :1 - ' i fv i t you A Soul 1 a1 is V" f ''''4shrs: 19'd i t' i 'ot IF :Ir 4:(7 'AIP la41 It A immo fi 1 1 1 w Q tostaAkikot 1 Ji n !I tittalit 4)1)la 41 Vi I g-- 1m 71 111 rnignt Worth for MI hold: Q T1 Noel 2 S V A cw Dort st IC pletely Could Q - ::7100s05refet hold: di "Whata' ya' mean with all our technology we should be able something about smog? That's exactly what's causing It!" to-d- K n soot' 1 é |