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Show Nicholas Von Hoffman The Salt Lake Tribune. Saturday, June 9. Section Why Anchovies? Page 2 2 1973 Filesre Empty President Takes Reassuring Steps To Firm White House Standing President Nixon has moved in a more conspicuous manner to shore up the sagging White House redoubts. By coaxing former Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird from retirement and by persuading Gen. Alexander R. Haig to opt for White House command rather than higher Army assignments, Mr ion should restore essential confidence m his determination to govern. Watergate and its toll on key White House personnel has made the presidency a severely weakened and vulnerable office. Unfortunately. at a time when it needed all the prestige musterabie to contend with resurgent inflation, diplomatic negotiations involving allies and old adversaries alike as well as a beseiged international dollar. Lacking credibility domestically and the corresponding dependability abroad, Mr. Nixons capacity to control these matters will drain tragically away. His replacements for Watergate implicated staff lieutenants H. R ' Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman are men of demonstrated ability. Mr. Laird, more than an efficient Cabinet member, retained good working relations with Congress, an asset the President must capitalize on if he is to sur-i- o before Haig, while not a Vietnam as peace emissary in emerging Dr. Henry Kissingers national security is nonetheless' acknowledged as a first-rat- e staff administrator. Such a void was left by the generals predecessor, H. R. Haldeman. Gen well-know- n e, There may be a subtle interpretation - The tragic experience of Terrell is a reassuring exception. But Terrell's critical wound is Ty Mr. at the same time convincing evidence that the price of involvement can come high. , Jamie McLane. the deputy director, says they must band their visitors as the Normans once did serfs to keep us taxpayers from their to a stealing trade secrets trom the files, but visit the place makes you suspect that their biggest se- Anglo-Saxo- Mr. Ziegler lost whatever standing he had with the White House press corps after issuing statements about Watergate that later became inoperative." His resignation would seem more appropriate. other hand, he was a loyal employe throughout and Mr. Nixon has at least recognized that in promoting him beyond regular contact with the press. Gerald L. .Warren, now a deputy press secretary, is hkely to day-to-da- y newsman Connection." Nixon's not all bad. Hes got us eating less and walking more. Mr. Nixon is. in any ease, asserting himself. well aware that he must repair critical damage suffered by the presidency if the nation is to successfully handle various and urgent problems facing it. His actions are d Old Low Profile still prudent and predictable, rather than desperate and vindictive. That, at this stage, should be appreciated. suspect a few hours later. How much easier and have been for Ty Terrell to flee. All that was required of fy police of the robbery and formation he could. The Public Forum Run It Into Ground Tribune: would like to speak out regarding the proposed belt route through the Cottonwood area. Editor, it would let the gunman him was to notifurnish what in- the light of what happened one is Mr. Terrell was on duty at a 1 Store at tempted to say that Mr. Terrell invited injury 59th South and State when a gunman entered by pursuing a man he knew to be armed. But and demanded the stores receipts. When the something in Mr. Terrells character rejected decigunman left in a small truck Mr. Terrell fol- the easy out. Mr. Terrell's lowed in his own car. Two shots were fired sion to give chase is dramatic proof that at him and one entered his chest inflicting there still are people willing to do more than critical injuries. is demanded of them. d Another Viewpoint Editorials Are Just a Tug at the Mind Herald-Dispatc- h In recent years, whenever those of us in the news business have gathered to talk shop. one of the topics which always seems to come up is what has come to be called advocacy journalism. Whai is it? Well, in the simplest of terms, it boils down to journalism with a cause. In other words, a reporter sets out, for instance, to reveal the personal financial dealings of some public offihonest or cial not because hes convinced such otherwise ought be on the record but rather because hes convinced the official is a crook and this time were going to nad the We take a relatively dim view of this kind of reporting. Granted, advocacy journalism as practiced by talented writers at some of the nation's major newspapers has resulted in some of the most spectacular "scoops of recent years. But it's also, we feel, been a prime factor in the quite serious erosion of public confidence in the news media as a source of unbiased, accurate information. But, while we take a dim view of the inroads that advocacy journalism has made into the news columns of the nations newspapers, this doesnt mean that we dont think opinions have a place in a newspaper. Indeed they do. The Holland Cartoon Their place, however, is not in the news umns but nght here, on the editorial page. col- We fear many readers have a misunderstanding of why editorials are written and wh editorial positions are taken Its our intention, when we publish an editorial whether it be an endorseon a given subject ment of a candidate for eitv council or an arguto stimment for the paving of a certain street ulate readers to think about the matter and come to their own conclusions Naturally, we're pleased when a reader reads an editorial and then tells us (either by mail or phone) that weve hit the nail nght on the head. But it doesn't follow that were chagnned when another reader reads the same editorial and is enraged by it. For, even when were unable to c,mv nice readers by our agruments, we know weve accomplished a major part of our mission if we've stimulated them to consider the matter and take a look (however fleeting) at the side of the argument weve taken. in business to dictate how anybody should thint (or vote), be they a city council member or whoever. We do consider it our business to try to get people to do just that think. We arent Bill Vaughan's. Orbiting Paragraphs Many factors are involved in the rising price of beef, but we assume the blame will eventually be traced to the Watergate affair. Word from Washington is that hostesses issue no invitations to government figures who are so unimportant they haven't resigned. talk about credibility is annoying to Congressman Sludgepump who only asks his constituents to vote for him. not believe him. All this If there is an advantage to being in the field early, it should benefit John Connally that he is the first to announce his noncandidacy for the White House. The designated hitter rule shows how baseball has changed. When we played it, the pitcher always got to bat because he owned the hall. Always Squealing For More We dont quite understand all the job shifts in Washington but Abbot and Costello could have made a great burlesque routine out of it. I On a telecast heard Hep Georgia leterson and a Highway Department ol final speaking and never once did either mention the possibility of a depressed freeway in the area The highway people seem determined to build the disaster in our neighborhood so maybe we can get them to put it where it would be least disastrous. 1 A depressed freeway (one below grade) co ..d be built at somewhat increased cost but have much less impact on the environment and it would Forum Rules In From the Huntington, VV.Ya., vel as witnessed by the numerous gravel pits .and concrete companies in the area. The argument of inadequate snow removal from a depressed route is not valid. With a median strip between the lanes of any freeway required by the Fede.al Interstate Highway design criteria, there is room for all the snow we have on our roads for any given season barring a storm which would dose any roadway temporarily Another asset of the depressed route is that of not poisoning the surrounding areas with salt and sand from wintertime road conditioning. If the existing freeways in the valley are any indication of the designers capability from our Highway Department, then its time for a change to something to be proud of. Of course, Im sure the politicians determine many designs but whoever makes the decisions, the results are shameful. JERRY REED Cottonwood ready-mi- safer split-secon- The anchovies, you see. once waxed prosperous frolicking in the Humboldt Current. Unaccountably and without forewarning the current moved and so did the anchovies, which, m some manner that Mr. McLane did not expatiate on. caused beef but prices to rise. They've fallen back a bit now. don't take heart: some economists here are prehamburger by October. dicting $1.50a-poun- briefing Mr. Terrell regained consciousness long enough to give police the license number of the truck and a description of the stickup man The information resulted m arrest ol a n In the face of an inflation rate 200 to 300 percent higher than what the administration has been promising for years, the slim, trim and terribly Mr. McLane remains evasively comConposed. He blames the rise in food prices on worldwide called on cycles, on something gress, the 156 percent increase in beef consumption by Italians and, most especially, on the Anchovy On the High Cost of Involvement Everyone has heard of passersby refusing to aid persons in grave danger, of crime ic- tims unwilling to press complaints against their assailants. Reluctance to get involved" has become a hallmark of the times. WASHINGTON During Phase II you could the of the building where the Price lobby pass Commission was housed and see tables bending under the weight of press releases and fresh regulations encircled by snatchy and lawy ers, businessmen is Now' there reporters. nothing new at 2000 M St., N.W. The lobby is empty, the excitement is gone and to gain entrance to the Cost of Living Councils offices upstairs lobby, you must numsign in and wear a around on chain a your neck bered pass meant for those closely watcing this nations national defense posture that Mr. Nixon is now flanked by former Pentagon notables. Indications are that would be but an incidental aspect. More to the point, the President is bringing a different and reassuring look to the White House. Earlier he invited Congressional leaders to meet with himself and the cabinet on economic issues. Talk of more press conferences persists. In this regard, u is somewhat incongruous that Mr. Nixon would continue Ronald L. Ziegler in the position of presidential press secretary while also elevating him to Director of White House Communications, a spot vacated by Herbert G. Klein, who has entered private business. take over chores. Watergate. Kmg Features Syndicate Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear writers full name, signature and address. Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reasons on others. Writers are limited to one letter every 10 days. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting use of the writer's true name. All letters are subject to condensation. be safer highway valley. Most tell you than many of the other mistakes our designers have constructed for our college juniors in civu engineering can that depressed freeways are safer because the on ramps are on a down grade, allowing oncoming traffic to see the freeway traffic as well as an acceleration by gravity to blend in more readily with the traffic. The off ramps are on an upgrade from a depressed freew'ay. thus offering a natural deceleration and safer exit into city streets. x h h low-spee- d Jack C. shortage and many of the other problems affecting agriculture, it is a little difficult to follow Mr, McLane when you interview him. In any event, his office only has power to control prices, an activity that anybody who has conhead of lettuce knows is not templated a being done. McLanes position is that while prices have been driven up by such unknown and unevents as the peregrinations of the predictable I think were eccentric anchovies, he says, through the bow, which is insider slang meaning the curve on the inflation chart is on a downward Slope. Others who know McLanes operation dont see bow on the graph paper but a lightning stroke tearing upward so fast that soon your ordinary saver will be dumping his dollars into cash as fast as the corporations convert theirs into deutschemarks. Buy now because the dollar you save will be worth 50 cents a multi-nation- Larjrt Dos-- e of Courtesy Editor. Tribune. An extremely small number of drivers would have noticed or known it happened. The big semitruck and trailer of some 40 feet was driving in the extreme right hand lane along the freeway The left turn signals came on and the truck moved over into the center lane ahead of me. The driver kept the signals on and continued to move over into the extreme left lane. Since this happened between the 8th West turn off and the 6th North offramp on 1 wondered the on went driver to over the left lane of the why three lane freeway. But about that time I could see why south-boun- high-spee- d In our area (Cottonwood) a depressed freeway would eliminate virtually ah noise pollution and eliminate all of the visual blight. The structures streets to cross-ove- r required for the north-soutwould cost no more than those for the freeway to cross over the streets. As a matter of fact probably would cost less because the noith-soutstreets are only two lanes wide, carrying traffic at light duty. The excavated soil from such a depressed route is a marketable gra Although there is nothing that Mr. McLane can do about the feckless and inflationary anchovy, he insists that Were not playing a shell game . . . but were trying to come to weoe Since it was grips with the structural problems. the Russian wheat deal and other acts by the government which seem to have created the freight-car- , Parked on the narrow emergency strip was a small station wagon, jacked high up on a tall spmdley bumper jack, with one wheel taken off. Had the big truck passed close by in the lane next to the car the push out" blast of air from the r front of the tractor and high eight-foo- t wide trailer would most certainly have knocked the car dow n cab-ove- One of the greatest needs on our crowded highways is for all who drive, not just the professional truck driver, to practice sincere consideration for other lotonsts. JIM STRONG later. One skeptic is Peter Carpenter, a registered Republican, who held a position roughly equivalent to McLanes under Phase II. Carpenter maintains that everybody in the place who wanted to do a job was forced out or immobilized in the January switchover from Phase II to III. By that point relations between the White House and the Phase II administrators had turned so sour that the people were only told of Phase III a few hours before the public was. price-contr- Liberal Writers Rejected There were also innumerable fights over who I had them turn down people should get hired. because theyd written an article for The New Republic, says Carpenter. But the White House, he explains, had to go along with a sincere effort to control prices because theyd blundered into picking an independent-minde- d citizens board and a administrator in C. Jackson Grayson Jr. Independence vanished with Phase III. howevfree-wille- d er, and the ax wen down on those New Republic article writers, Carpenter says. He diagnoses the present problem as one in which all the people there are scared to death to say this is what you've got to do. Landau Time Ripe for First Public Inquiry Into the FBI New house News Serv ice of a new the point of insisting on government prosecution against the Berrigans; and he repeatedly overestimated the danger potential of antiwar activists in order to persuade the administration to use com-- , bat troops during antiwar demonstrations. The nomination WASHINGTON FBI director may precipitate the first public governmental inquiry into the activities and policies of the agency in 48 years. Despite increasing criticism of the FBI. espeDominated by Hoover cially in the last few years, the late J. Edgar Hoothe Although great majority of the FBIs time ver was so powerful that presidents, attorneys $335 and million annual budget went to convengeneral and Congress were unable to obtain suffitional criminal investigations such as antitrust to information make cient factual any meaningful or bank robbery the bureaus political image of the agency analysis was dominated by Hoover and his personal biases. One reason Hoover was able to insulate the Added to liberal hostility against the FBI in FBI from public accountibility was that it was. m is hostility engendered by Watergate, Congress many ways, a model investigative agency. which has shown it is possible for White House Corruption was virtually unknow n and was pen- pressure to impede an investigation to the point alized severely, if quietly. Loyalty was legendary. where former Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Training, while open to some criticism, was sub- Gray admitted destroying a Watergate file. stantially better than in any major police departthis Against background, there is increasing ment in the nation. momentum in the Senate for a thorough inquiry Partisan on Issues into the FBI in line with a bill introduced by Sen. While Hoover was nonpartisan in the conven- Robert Byrd, The bill calls for hearings tional sense of refusing to favor Democrats or to study whether the FBI should be an indepenRepublicans, he was severely partisan in the phil- dent agency like the Federal Communications Commission or the Central Intelligence Agency. osophical sense. He opposed the civil rights movement m its 11 Cosponsors early years, and refused to investigate crimes against blacks in the South. He refused to make the and influential Democonservative Byrd, efforts to recruit black agents, and was able to cratic whip, was joined by 11 cosponsors, includobtain an exemption from Congress so the FBI did ing the moderate Democratic leader of the Sennot have to publish employment figures on race ate, Sen. Mike Mansfield, and the fairly He strongly opposed the antiwar movement to liberal Sen. John Tunney, . 20.000-perso- The bill was sent to the Judiciary Committee for hearings. Senate sources report the committee chairman, Sen. James O. Eastland, has indicated he will hold the hearings and will not bottle the bill up. Another powerful conservative on the Judiciary Committee, Sen. John McClellan, second ranking Democrat, is also reported to be in favor of a study. n Urges Separate Arms One of Sen. Byrds mam suggestions is that the FBI like European investigating agencies should separate political-typ- e investigations from investigations into common crimes. Another suggestion is that the FBI should be directly supervised by a congressional oversight committee, which would have power to conduct periodic inquires into FBI operations. We are hoping, said a source close to Byrd, that the nomination hearings will be the vehicle to obtain detailed information about the FBI. What are its hiring policies? How does it conduct various types of investigations? What type of power and Low much should a director have? While FBI loyalists may cringe at the prospect a public inquiry, the Senate may believe the public is entitled to some rudimentary information about FBI operations, rather than relying mainly on a and FBI supervised television program. of g - - |
