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Show ' J "-- The Sait Lake Tribune, Sunday, June t r girrcsrtji '' fc4 -- '. 'N I ' f ; Ui . I i i $ : 1 -- - . v s vv Aif,I C' . ing together in bold yet sensible policies so that we can meet our temporary problems without sacrificing our lasting file 9 Wolseys piercing cry of regret in Shakespeare's Henry VIII: Had I but God served my with half the zeal I served my king. He would not in mine age have left me to mine naked enemies. wives and children, the regrets of men who were more faithful to the President than to the nation. There is a sameness about these young men now appearing before the television cameras in the hearings. They are not at all like John Mitchell and Maurice Stans, the tough and wily old veterans of the big business wars. On the whole, they are handsome, inand articulate, industrious, telligent, dressed and barbered, conservatively obviously ambitious, and proud of their past successes and their beautiful and modestly dressed wives. The drama unfolds here with Old Testament vengeance, but we have not yet seen, and probably will never see, the full extent of personal sorrow involved in this incredible tale. One can only imagine the effect of all this on the families of the accused, the awkward explanations to Quite Believable Witnesses They are not at all like John Ehrlich-mawith his thin mouth, drooping at the corners, and his chin-higarrogance, or like Bob Haldeman, with his crew cut manner. They and his parade-grounhave been believable witnesses most of the time, responsive, courteous, and in n. h d some cases, notably Hugh Sloan Jr., appealingly frank. More than most of the senators on the Ervin committee, Howard Baker of Tennessee has tried to get at the philosophy of these men. He has a way of pausing and wondering how such men could have got into such a moral tangle. How could such appalling decisions have been taken in such casual ways? What on earth were you thinking about? Why, when there was so much to lose and so little to gam, did you not express your doubts? Jeb Stuart Magruder, for one. could not answer even to his own satisfaction. He had seen men like his old ethics teacher, William Sloan Coffin, an antiwar activist and chaplain at Yale University, urging students to burn their draft cards and shut down the city of Washington, and men like Coffin, whom he respected, created a feeling of resentment and frustration about being able to deal with issues on a legal basis. Become Somewhat Inured Breakdown. A jolly instance of ambiguous writing comes to you here third-hanAn English journalist from Nottingham, who collects such things, oiscov-ere- d it, then it was printed in a Philadelphia paper and now Mrs. 0. J. Riedl of Vineland, N.J., passes it on. A questionHow naire contained this sentence: many people do you employ broken down by sex? Bad leak. If theres such a thing as a Fred S. Malcolm favorite abomination, of Wayne, Pa., has one: He objects to the barbaric use of the word transpire commentators and some by radio has a point; the word is He writers. widely misused. happen, occur, take place, come about-an- d yea. even come to pass? Moreover, the misuse is harmful to the language because no other word expresses the proper meaning of transpire, a meaning that is endangered. Word oddities. Don't let your senator see this; hes having enough trouble these days. But his title and the w'ord senate come from the Latin senatus, which is based on senex, meaning old man. The senate is a council of old men at least it was in ancient Rome. And senile, heaven help us, is a related word. DunagiiTs People The nontechnical meaning of transpire is to be emitted as a vapor, hence, to leak out or become Known. But those who lend to reach .or the fancy word use it as if it meant to happen or take place. They would be likely to write, After the opening hit in the fifth inning the downfall of the home team tran- Ie heard there may be shortage as well th's summer. w iVi(VrYrwwirdYvyiViiTlfVTi an air ftftw Pass 1 A As South, vulnerable, you hold: Q. 2 AJ vQ943 0AK2 AA10643 The bidding has proceeded: North East South West 2 A Pass 1 A Pass Pass The bidding has proceeded: vulnerable, as South you hold: East-We- AA83 ?QS2 st O106J7432 The bidding has proceeded: North East South West Pass Pass 1 NT What do you bid now? k Pass n 1 A A Pass Pass 1 2 A Neither vulnerable, Q. 8 as Sauth you hold: AQ10VAK32OKQJ9 7AKS Tha bidding has proceeded: North East South West 1 A 1 0 Pass Pass Look for answers Monday x. stupes. What do yea bid now? IMAM (Copyright) that Retreat On I agree with the Presi- Jan. 14, 1973, I made these obser- I foresee new rounds of inflavations: tionary wage agreements and a higher level of pricing on products. President ... Nixon says it is his goal to reduce the inflation rate to 2.5 percent by the end of the year. In my opinion. Phase III is a poor way to accomplish this end, the opinions of 400 captains of industry and labor to the contrary notwithstanding. So the question arises as to why President Nixon, who began so Loldly and achieved a real measure of inflation control under Phases I ana II, abandoned controls that worked reasonably well and then the unworkable and adopted watered-dowPhase III? n Lies in Instinctive Dislike The answer. I believe, lies in Mr. Nixon's instinctive dislike of controls and the supposition supported by some of his advisers, the business community and leaders of labor that it was time to restore a free, every man for himself tvonomy. How wrong they were! Now we go into Phase for 60 In not but which retail wages days prices will come under control. I find this disturbing since you cant place one sector of the economy under government regulation while others are free tc operate as they choose, and make it work. At least, not for long. III-V- 2 President Nixon, under severe public criticism at this time, seems to be buying time until a tougher Phase IV can be put together. Limited Freedom at Best We are operating under the guise of a free economy but it is a limited freedom at best as the bureaucrats control and regulate virtually every aspect of the profit and loss system. President Nixon speaks glowingly of our productive forces and our high living standards. Well, they didnt flow from Washington but from the energies and vision of men who built America without much help from the politicians. The simple fact is that the United Slates can no longer assert superiority in the world's marketplace as we face the increasing competition of Western Eumore likely to involve the women of the rope and Japan. These nations encourage business and industry to grow and befamily. As a rule, grandpa escapes because he dislikes small talk, and more so come more competitive while in the if he spends time on simple carpentry United States many people regard our productive forces as something evil to projects or the care of roses. scorned and derided. He has one advantage yet to come for be If our economy- is in the great shape the young parents he can go home President Nixon says it is, why do we when the children get too frisky. have an agonizing imbalance of payMy maternal grandfather had a stiff ments? Why is inflation running ramhip and walked with a cane. He was an do we need controls? Why is excellent cabinetmaker and a first class pant? Why such a tremendous flow of U.S. there carpenter. On his three or four visits a to foreign lands? Why is funds capital he spent all of his time fixing year, the dollar so lightly regarded by the Eueverything that needed to be repaired. financial community? Despite his physical limitations, this ropean quiet, patient man could get to every nook and cranny in the house including Some of the Hard Facts the roof. It was always rewarding to These are some of the hard facts watch him. which the President and the Congress Supposed to Be Crotchety should take into consideration as we emGrandfathers are supposed to be our magnificent opportunity brace less by and shenwith tolerant the crotchety joining in bold yet sensible policies to anigans of the small fry which, as we meet our temporary problems without know, c .n be tiring and occasionally exI have nine wondersacrificing our lasting strengths. hausting. Ask me ful grandchildren. Yes, the President has been bold and innovative in the past (Phase I) but waOne of lifes blessings is compatibility amoi.g three generations. The best ar- vered under continuing pressures from rangement for all concerned is for the forces I have mentioned. grandparents to live in a house or apartMay he be bold and innovative again, ment of their own. There they can be in- and this time, considerably wiser than dependent, yet close enough to visit. before. JOHN S. KNIGHT Otherwise, it is better for them to Editorial Chairman live a reasonable distance from the children. This minimizes friction. Knight Newspapers Dr. T. R. Van Dellen Nothing Like Granddad, To Keep Junior Happy i iici c a running iikc gronuiRincr I love to sit on i lap said a and listen to him read. Any young fanii ly lucky enough to have one or both grandfathers by ''1 near is indeed Ijp - blessed. And if the older folks happen f to be retired, grandma and i - ' f grandpa have the to help and are more than happy to do so. time Grandparents have a great deal to offer because they are not rushed, harried, or concerned with the details of daily living. They know the best stories and explain thmgs that parents brush off because they have other things to do. Best of all, grandparents offer a sense of continuity to the family and an opportunity for the first and the iast to get together. As with all things, this has advantages and disadvantages. However, nothing is finer or more rewarding than when three generations understand and get along with each other. May Create Conflicts Living too close (or in the same household) may create conflicts, especially when the grandparents usurp parental authority over the children. This is Odd Sense of Duty At least Martha Mitchell tried after her own fashion, and got her man out of Washington if not out of the mess, but the other family stories we do not know, and outside the families, on the basis of the evidence so far, these men seemed to have a very odd sense of friendship and duty. Magruder: In spite of your very unfortunate state at the present time you have got about the greatest asset that any man can have, you have a wife who stands behind you in the shadows where the sun Scraps Most of Phase il Example: In January, 1973, President Nixon scrapped most of Phase II in abolcontrols, a ishing mandatory wage-pric- e move that doomed the fight against inflation. It was a complete surrender lo the forces of business and labor who wanted to return to a free economy. dent that America has a great future and a magnificent opportunity by work- - This may be as close as we'll ever get to a Grand Opening. WATERBURY display models are open. AH three models are really something to see. But, the entire condominium community is far from finished. There's still dirt and construction everywhere. The decking around the pool is almost completed. The roof is now going on the recreation center. The tennis courts are starting to take shape. The streams are just now being developed. But the lake next to the recreation center has been filled. Youll have to use a little imagination in some areas. - from Mitchell, and Dean may throw more light on who is lying and who is telling the truth. Meanwhile, it is probably better to follow Paul Porters I dont say these men skeptical advice: are bars, he said the other day. Its just that they have such respect for the truth that they use it very sparingly. More will come out, for the White House loyalists are now trying to save themselves, but enough has already been revealed of the family tragedies to give point to one comment made by Ervin to Pass Pass hy Advance, Then May I say Future testimony Ehrlichman, Haldeman What do you bid now? Q. 5 Both vulnerable, as South you hold: A ?A52 OAQJ AK10 8 643 The bidding has proceeded: North East South West What do you bid now? ? What do you bid now? both unethical ar.d illegal, one suddenly realized that it was exactly a year ago this week that the Watergate break-itook place, and that Magruder and probably others whom he implicated had been living night and day with these deceptions. What did they speak about at home during these long 12 months, when the newspapers were splashing the charges all over the front pages? Did they keep the truth from their wives as well as from the President? It is hard to believe that they did and even harder to imagine what their women said. W Re-ele- AJ7653 ?KQ884 03 AQ10 2 Example: By October, 1971, President Nixon announced Phase II which contained concessions to AFL-CIpresident George Meany who balked at having major decisions of the wage board reviewed by the Cost of Living Council. As I said at the time: We have a situation in which the government which initiated Phase 1 has m effect surr jidered the requisite powers of enforcement to make wage and price controls work effectively" years. Only young Hugh VV. Sloan Jt., the former treasurer of the Finance Committee to the President, seemed to have acted on his conscience and insisted on expressing his doubt. And he was invited to take a vacation! Q. 4 As South, vulnerable, you hold: 0 What do you bid now? Magruders face, suddenly animated as he tried and finally failed to explain acts he knew at the time to be Watching in 12 could go beyond Haldeman. By C. II. Goren The bidding has proceeded: North East South West Yet within a week, the Cost of Living Council began m iking exceptions, particularly with school teachers. tious men. Mr. Nixon closed his remarks with his favorite rhetorical device of stressing peace at hand, return of the POWs, and no draft of Americans for the first time For when one senator asked Magruder whether it did not occur to him that burgling and sabotaging the political opposition was a very important decision that should be placed before the President, he did not seem to feel that he Weekly Bridge Quiz Q. t With both sides vulnerable, as South you hold: A63?AQ109 5 OAQ10AKJ9 decision. our We should behave toward country, J. B. Priestley once wrote, as women behave toward the men they love. A loving wife will do anything for her husband except to stop criticizing and trying to improve him. That is the right attitude for a citizen. We should cast the same affectionate but sharp glance at our country. We should love it, but also insist on telling it all its faults. spired rapidly. A truly remarkable misuse was this one concerning a rumor that spread in Rome: Since little transpires that does not leak out, the Vatican itself is somewhat embarrassed. If the word were properly used in that sentence, what it would be saying is that little that leaks out does not leak out. It is quite usual ami proper lor words to develop new and useful meanings. But what is useful about that misuse of transpire when we already have become somewhat inured to breaking the law, Magruder said, but this, he agreed, did not excuse the WaI fully accept tergate or the coverup. responsibility for what was a disastrous We had Bernstein on Words By Theodore M. Bernstein 4 the Nevertheless, President felt impelled to impose a new set of pricing controls on our economy smee, as he conceded. every American family is confronted with a real and pressing problem of higher prices, and the time has come to take strong and effective action. Tragedy Unfolds at Watergate - thrives on suc- as do all ambi-- ... James Reston The other day, WASHINGTON seeking to explan the human tragedies in the Watergate case. Sen. Sam Ervin Cardinal recalled Example: Phase I wage and price controls were instituted in August. 1971, with the announcement that they would apply "to everybody. Mr. Knight The President did his best to reassure us that the American economy is by far the freest the strongest and the most productive in the whole world with the highest standard of living in the world. He said we have every reason to be optimistic about the future. 'Marlon Who? New York Times Service strengths. What is less understandable is why the administration first acted boldly on economic matters, and then retreated under the pressures of business, labor and special interest groups For nothing has been going very l'u rcwnt in and Mr. months, Nixon simply can- not abide lailure. """'1 cess - Q. 3 23 Nixon Apparently Buying Time Before Asking Tougher Policy . President Nixon was ckarlv a troubled man last Wednesday evening when he informed his fellow Americans of the y freeze new on a!l retail prices, 1 including food. 2 , An Editor's Notebook TnWtCEST 1 17, 1973 We say this may be as close as we'il ever get to a Grand Opening because that's been our experience. Starting with Three Fountains, ten years ago, our family condominiums are traditionally sold out before they are finished. (However, if youd like to see one of our completed Open Space Communities, we invite you to drive through Three Fountains, Three Fountains East or all were sold out before completion.) Village III - - In exchange for a little dust on your shoes well show you a better way to live, at a price you can afford. Waterbary condominiums range in price from S23.900 to S32,bOO. 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