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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, June 2 5, 1973 Rising Food Prices Plaguing U.S . Consumer Continued From Page One chuck went up in seven cities. Almost all the. Increases came in the first two months, however, and prices leveled off after May I, despite higher wholesale vpnces and short supplies of livestock at Gov. Robert D. Ray of Iowa says that the nation may face a meat crisis" in 60 to 90 days because of the short supplies. He noted that price ceilings imposed by President Nixon at the end of March prevent meat producers from raising even their prices above a certain level If feed prices go up. Ray, speaking on Sundays NBCs Meet the press," said the boycott and the celling have created an attitudinal problem on the part of the farmer," discouraging him from market. The Agriculture Department said last ra"week that livestock supplies in April were down 12 percent from the previous year, mainly because of the April .. consumer boycott that caused meat packers to hold back on buying and induced farmers to withhold their animals from market. 7 increasing production. The careful shopper still could find a few bargains. Butter and pork chops declined in more than half the cities checked. The items on the checklist were: chopped chuck, center cut pork chops, frozen orange juice, coffee, paper towels, butter, eggs, peanut butter, detergent, fabric softener, tomato sauce, chocolate franks chip cookies, whole milk, and granulated sugar. The cities surveyed were: Albuquerque, Atlanta. Boston, Chicago, Dallas, all-be- Meat Crisis Predicted Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Salt Lake City, and Seattle. The same supermarket was used in each city for all the price surveys. Standardized brands and sizes or their nearest equivalent were selected for the checklist. The total bill went up everywhere except Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and Seattle. Items that were unavailable on either March I or June 1 were not included in the total either time. Here is a partial down. break- Salt Lake City: The marketbasket total was down 3 percent, from Jit. IS to $10.87. Chuck, paper towels, butter, frankfurters and softener were down; everything else was unchanged. There were no increases. Seattle: The marketbasket total for 14 available items was down 7 pet cent, from $10.42 to $9 67. Butier, detergent and frankfurters were up: paper towels, softener, chuck and pork chops were down; coffee was unavailable; and the remaining items were unchanged. After Watergate restraints as has Nixon. Even at the peak of his popularity Three weaknesses in the Nixon presidency or any obstruct jsimllar presidency its ability to meet the needs ol these troublous times. These three gaps spensable assets for Roosevelt In building Deal coalition are was compelled Roosevelt to adjust to what he could not change. Southerners inside the Democratic party tempered northern liberals. Most business leaders, being Republicans, imposed limits to any economic changes that Roosevelt might press. The depression and business opposition encouraged Roosevelt to develop government the programs to benefit , people. all indiFranklin his New e the of restraints on presidential action, little reliance on parties and an apparent inability to use government in a practical and effective way. It may seem strange to search for clues to the current crisis of the presidency by studying twq political leaders ,Avho differ so completely as Nixon and Franklin ; Jtichard abs-nec- Nixon's bias has made it difficult for his administrators to know Third In a Scries Roosevelt. Focus on Times Still, the sharpness cf that 'contrast enables us to push iside their personalities and cus on the times, how the 3$eeds of the presidency have whanged between two turning joints in American history. Each man came to the jJVhite House under exactly, ippposite world economic The Great Depression Jof 1920 collapsed the world economy, forcing every nation jto assume greater economic Jwwers. Germany went the Jvay of totalitarian dictatorship; in the United States, strengthened under Roosevelt gave new vigor to Democratic values, becoming Jhe carrier of national unification that drew strength from both economic hardships and he challenge of World War II. Little wonder that the Roosevelt presidency remains the ijpage of what we think a president should be. when and how to use government (a point to be discussed more fully in the next article). Overloaded Economy Some Nixon actions have overloaded the private econo-- , my. For example, what jobs and careers will be open tQ the four million youths who will be entering the labor market each year for the next decade? . Global Emphasis !Nixon, by contrast, came io c$5ce when the dominant economic thrust has been toward building a new global economy exactly opposite to the J930&. He set about aseem-blinnew majority his while the electorate was torn ty racial strife and the Vietnam war, which also unloosed an inflation not yet checked. g t After his landslide triumph. 4s pointed out in an earlier Article in this series, he undertook to structure the many divisions in the country jpto continuing conflicts. Fragmentation would seem almost as much the mark ot our times as unification was ii Roosevelt's. Inevitable Thrust? Does that then mean that the Nixon-typpresidency as flay be as inevitable much the wave of the future ; e as was the Roosevelt presi-- , dency for an earlier day? ; JThe final answer to that question has still to be written by the voters. Still, no presidency in the years ahead is likely to be free of the smallpox marks of the epidemics of strife that have divided the cquntry. What can move the country toward greater unity? Among the1 things needed are the three qualities Roosevelt had rethat Nixon lacked straints on the presidency, strong party government and the ability to use government on behalf of the people. No past president has exercised such astounding economic powers in the absence of J- V the southerner on the general staff who spent fcix lifetime preparing for the v,ar that was to come. Soutlumers on the committees military quickened defense preparedness. A.. .v v ' 'si ;! WiA ' future in the minds of Roose- velt's supporters. is still negotiating with several former White House officials, seeking to have them testify voluntarily about the planning of the break-in- . Nixon's actions reveal Uttle inkling of reliance on party for the future. government Mainly he has seemed concerned with completing the demolition job of dividing the Democrats and of preventing the future use of government in anything like the Roosevelt tradition. It is almost as if Nixon has been thinking of the parties serving as guardrooms through which voters must pass before gaining access to the real sources of power beyond their reach. The Democratic party has served as . an traditionally arena for clashing elements which party leaders were pressured to reconcile to w in elections. This kind of reconciliation may seem beyond the reach of Democratic political leaders today. (C) 1973 Samuel Lubell NEXT: The NL.n Contra- diction n -- Three of a Kind And Rare - - . . Storms Assail talk your paper niiiny? dandified or display advertisement? E HERES WHERE TO CALL Kxi'i'iiliir Kililor. 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Byrne conducted his own brief investigation J into the matter and cited the break-as one of a series of incidents of governmental misconduct which led him to dismiss all charges on May 11. there. Re-ele- 1 52 n quiry w ill be to find out whether psychiatric records were photographed or taken during Cuban exile Felthe break-in- . ipe DeDiego; also expected to testify here under a grant of immunity, has told Florida investigators that he and others who broke into the' office photographed psychiatric files.But' DeDiego claimed he didn't see EHsberg's files. Ellsberg's attorneys have said his files were in Fielding's of- fice when the intruders were three-month- Tribune Telephone Numbers alioul? They are still on our list, and we hope they will testify, the spokesman said of w itnesses including former presidential adviser John D. Ehriich-man- , former presidential counsel Charles W. Colson and former White House aides Egil Krogh and David Young.-- . E. Watergate principals Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker and Eugenio Martinez . were flown here from the Federal Correctional Institution at Danbury, Conn,, on Sunday night. They have been granted immunity from prosecution for their roles in the break-iat the Beverly Hills office of Dr. Lewis Fielding. The break-iSept. 3, 1971, was revealed in April during the Pentagon papers trial of Ellsberg and Anthony Russo, - Senate Committee Rejects Coxs Request To Delay Televised Watergate Hearings -- 1 one-hal- f. Ellsbergs pyschiatrist. Secret hearings open Tuesday and are scheduled to continue at least through Friday. Busch's spokesman said he Carried tv Future the Democratic Through party, the Roosevelt Revolution was also carried into the Mid-Ameri- : Thorpe L. Petersen, office manager for Continenlal Baking Co., 734 E. 4th South, said retail prices were up about a a loaf and wholecent and sale prices about a cent and He said the boost was because of increased costs for ingredients, taxes, labor and delivery. LOS ANGELES (AP) -Daniel Ellsberg met with Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Joseph Busch on Monday, and three Watergate conspirators were brought to Los Angeles. AU were prepared to testify ft a grand jury probe into the burglary of the office of MMk, The dornanqnce of business is strengthened Associated Press Wirephoio when Nixon curbs , public spending. While flying into Milwaukee : Kevin Laughman, 11, ves as one of them kisses him on YORK, PA. toward the end of the camcal- Holstein with cheek at his parents dairy farm.' triplet I poses sat next to a paign, staunch Republican from Sheboygan. Wis. She was troubled about her son. Hes talking of staying in school to become f an accountant, she explained. All his life hes wanted to be a teacher. He would make such a good teacher. But he' afraid there will be no teachContinued from Page One sure. also makes it more difficult to de- J., . from potential witnesses. ing jobs." velop additional information. urged that the hearings will be called off .. Witnesses torn between conscience Little Left But Cox was not adamant about a and loyalty to superiors are more likely completely, adding: Many youths interviewed s to to information the suspension. I am urging that the special prosecugive special proselast year were eager to work , cutor than in front of television cameras. The more time I can have, the more on urban, pollution and other tor be given time to assess this Should Preserve Opportunity accurately I can later advise the select problems that trouble this enormously complex case and to advise committee on the likely effects of the recountry. Little room is left for the select committee about the conseCox wrote the senators that both Jusquences of the appearance of particular such careers m Nixon's priorisumption of the hearings upon the full tice Department and Senate investigators witnesses at the televised hearings. ties. development of information and the best should preserve the opportunity to bring way to assure the possibility of fair Even before commitCoxs statement, out all the facts about the scandal at one In his drive for trials. he wrote. E. Taimadge; time in a comprehensive manner. , Nixon operated outside the tee member Herman had called suggestions of postHears Tw Conspirators party system, an unnatural Allegations have been made conin the expresumptuous act for a politician who ponement When the Senate hearings recessed cerning the implication of the President worked so diligently over the treme. for a long Memorial Day recess May 24, of the United Slates. he wrote. It the committee had heard 11 witnesses, years to build the Republican seems unlikely that all the facts are Taimadge said in a radio interview. I don't think he ought to be making party. known and all the available evidence has including two of the convicted conspirators in the break-in- , been assembled. H is not important that ReJames W. McCord suggestions to the legislature as to how publican w as left out of "The we ought to run our business. We haven't There is grave danger of confusion if Jr., and Bernard L. Barker. Committee to .the made any suggestions to him. I think he bits and pieces emerge from day to day Committee investigators Monday inPresident. ought to do his job, and w ell do ours. Dwight D. Eisenor w eek to week. This method of disdo- - terviewed G. Gordon Liddy, another of hower also campaigned withCox said his office has expanded its the Watergate Seven. He has refused to out advertizing the Republican investigation of all illegal activities in the testify before the Watergate grand jury on grounds of party. Supposedly, this made 1972 presidential campaign beyond the although it easier for southerners and break-iat the Watergate office building he received immunity from prosecution labor people to vole for them. for his testimony. headquarters of the Democratic National As President, though. Nixon Committee. Liddy and the other defendants except McCord have similar limited immunity Calls for Complete Probes actually has thought less of the party than did Eisenhowfor their Senate testimony. Liddv, the He said he has. called for more comtormer legal counsel for Nixon's er, who never voted until he plete probes of such side avenues as was 58, four years before he Donald committee, was called the mastPost in Service Washington disrupting Segretti's activities became President. Ikes Cabi- Democratic ermind of the plot at the Watergate tri;.i party functions; campaign WASHINGTON Atty. Gen. Elliot L. in January. net included and financing, including transactions in Richardson said Monday night that if the like spokesmen, Republican Schedule 3 to Appear at the office of White House and special Watergate proMexico; and the break-iSecretary of State John Fos- Daniel Ellsbergs psychiatrist. The FBI secutor Archibald Cox on of Three clash have been scheduled witnesses aspects ter Dulles and Treasury Sec- has been directed to to appear Tuesday; give more details on the Watergate investigation, the conflict retary George Humphrey. its previous investigations connected with should be resolved in the federal courts. Sally Harmony, former secretary Nixon had little time for his Watergate, Cox said. If it should come to that, Richardson to Liddy, who reportedly typed the Cabinet in his first admlnistr-aion- , Cox cited these reasons for his belief Gemstone added, the Justice Department will neclogs of wiretap conversaand tried to ditch the that public hearings will interfere: essarily side with Cox and President tions. Cabinet system in his second ba'e be represented by his Witnesses often come forward beiX.?n Post, owner of a Washington term. cause of fear of heavy prison sentences, own counsel. printing firm, who said the firm printed For Roosevelt, party a fear that would be relieved by chances Meeting reporters in his conference ; Gemstone stationery. government filled several val- that pretrial publicity at the room at the Justice Department, Richhearings Columnist Jack Anderson said foruable needs, providing conti- could forestall successful ' ardson made it clear that as far as Waprosecution. mer Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell told and nuity with both the past Premature disclosure of testimony tergate is concerned, he would not and Senate investigators he approved payfuture. His continuity with leads can aid others in could not fulfill the attorney generals and ments to the Watergate conspirators investigative Wilsonian Democrats of World the traditional role of being the President's after their arrest to avoid embarrassWar I helped win World War fabricating explanations, increasing of getting truthful information attorney on constitutional questions. ment to the Nixon campaign. II. An aide to Gen. Pershing difficulty named George Marshall was g 3 Bread prices went up in Salt Lake City Monday:' Hearings to Probe Ellsberg Break-i- n Nixon Faces Different Crisis, Yet He Needs Roosevelt Tips By Samuel Lubell total was up Miami: Marketbasket ' percent, from $10.4-- to $10.71. Higher were pork chops, orange juice, coffee, paper towels, peanut butter, eggs. milk. frankfurters and ' sugar: Thunderstorms and tornadoes hit the middle of the nation Monday from Texas to Ohio. Several twisters were spotted in central and Southern Illinois. One destroyed a barn and garage at a farm near Merdosia. Other funnel clouds were sighted near Oak Ridge. Mo., and Lakeville, Minn. No injuries were reported. A windstorm with small hail struck the areaorth of Louisville, Ky. CZ.3 I THIS IS THE MACHINE ADVERTISED BY OTHER STORES AT MUCH HIGHER PRICES A M. TO 4 AM. I a.M. ST. 9 TO BUSINESS MACHINES, INC. 2260 WASHINGTON OGDEN y, 186$ SO. STATE SALT LAKE CITY |