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Show The Public Forum New Formula for School Finance Merits Sympathetic Trial Run Since roughly hae trators I tabs 1947 school adminis- boon working with the d Distribution t'mt formula as the means of equalizing educational expenditures m the state's primary and secondary schools. Now the Legislature has toid them they must use a more complicated and, in some respects, the totally different equalization plan weighted pupil concept. The weighted pupil formula evolved in the lower court dewake of several cisions that seemed to cast doubt on the validity of Utahs equalization procedures. While subsequent U.S. Supreme Court action removed the immediate pressure for revising the Utah formula, the 1973 Legislatures action was in keeping with the states historic tradition of seeking to make certain all youngsters, regardless of where they lived, received quality education. non-L'ta- h Toothless Tiger Upcoming a The weighted pupil concept was not de eloped overnight. Intense consideration of the present statute began at least six months before the 1973 Legislature convened in January. Prior to that the idea received consider able consideration in educational and legisla tive circles in Utah and around the nation Put the plea of proponent to give the concept a fair test of time has apparently fallen on some deaf ears. The law takes effect on July 1 and even before it goes into force critics are mounting attacks against the procedures. This is a In essence. they were saying. new formula. Let's trice it a chance. If. in a y ear or two. faults are found they can be cor- Admittedly school districts, which by law have to complete their budgets by June 30. have had to struggle with the new weighted pupil formula. But, is it fair to condemn the new process on one try? To do so is very much like the man who grows extraordinariall thumbs ly profane because he proves when he attempts to assemble Ins eldest boys new toy. He is likely to be amazed how easy the job is when he tackles the same job for his youngest boy. Prudence seems to dictate that Utahns give the new weighted pupil formula a chance. After all. its proponents are prepared to consider changes after a reasonable period of lesting. To act hastily and only on the basis of the fiist try recalls tales of babies and bath water and their simultaneous dis- rected. posal. When weighted pupil concept became law, proponents were the first to admit the possibility of difficulties in administering it, along with anticipating that some inequities might arise. l!ut, they asked for a certain amount of patience before judgments were solidified as to the new formula's worth. As Aiiit-rcstaggers and Editor Tribune of power and fuels, stalls out due to shortages fiber threatenand food of vv.th related shortages to receive so thankful be should we ing. perhaps frailties durfearful clear a warning of America's war. at not are we actually when ing a time recm resource Do America's de facto frailties her to nullify threaten ognition and development be made into a America Could mighty strength'? war could fragile, toothless tiger when instant come? natural resources it prudent tiut America vv asted m roadand undev he roudblocked, eloped less areas, fur her reserves of oil to lie unexplored and untapped, for her vast potentials for power to be banned from use, for channels needed for flood control to be outlawed regardless of consequences, for her highway and dam construe non be blocked court haggling over minor esthetby ics? Is Yellowstone Turk so saued a tow that some of its 10.000 thermal vents cannot be tapped to supply the abundant and economical power which America needs? Are the park's vast stands of timber to be continued in sacrifice to rot? L Are the Sierra Club and its satellites preaching a gospel of deprivation and defeat for America as e they inflict their sterile specifications for of our resources? and elopment non-us- non-de- .S. -- pent nearlv S2 million on program at Sail ('lemente ami Ke I Dav id The Wrong Rights Maneuver Pitidentf Ri-eav- It is probable that America's frailties are the product of the frailties and fragilities that are ever present within the minds of men. and that Americas tremendous strengths can be restored and maintained by common sense recognition, development and U'e of her natural resources. Our present, jolting difficulties with needless shortages of fuels and power present a magnificent and timely opportunity for America to learn iiou-i- n News. ne Item R roller 5s. v that her direct deprivations Hatchet Man Refuses to Lose mental from (expectable) shortages. DOUGLAS The Equal Eights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution failed in Utah largely because arguments supporting it were unconvincing. And if the reasoning behind it hasnt improved more than an example provided by a recent visitor from the Nation Organization of Women (NOW), prospects arent much better in future legislative sessions. Nancy Filler. Western regional director of NOW, claimed in Salt Lake City that well financed right wing extremists are responsible for deleating the ERA when it was before Utah's legislators last winter. That's a provocative statement that doesnt go to the heart of the matter. Moderate-mindepeople, including legislators. asked, why is a drastic measure such as a constitutional amendment necessary to assure women ev ery right currently accorded male citizens in this country? The answers usually dealt with gaps or obsolescence in d Another iew all of which could be filled or within updated existing constitutional authori- present laws, ty. Extremists did use scare tactics, claiming women would be forced to use identical public toilets with men. or be drafted into the military, again enduring shared accommodations. Or, that the entire scheme was part of an alien plot to defeat the country by destroying the family. We doubt, however, that many legislators were misled by such patent absurdities. Rather, there is in Utah a particularly d concern for the U.S". Constitution. Amendments to it must be well defined and thoroughly justified before they are generally accepted and fully endorsed here. Miss Filler and NOW should understand this and forget distorted recriminations before they can expect success with subsequent ERA campaigns in Utah. deep-graine- point Mr. Nixon Must Openly Face Accusations from Tlit- - Christian science Monitor Mr Nixon must finallv speak out fully on and the whole widening morass which it symbolizes. wrongdoing and cover-u- e of p This is what has been needed all along. It becomes inescapable in the face of former presidential counsel John Dean's testimony he (ore the Senate select committee After the first day's marathon, circumstantial account by Mr. Dean. Republican Senator Baker said that the committee might have to consider calling the President to testify. This would be desi-- i t a minimum able, but it still scents unlikely. the President need' to explain to the public exactly and complete lv what he knows to confirm or deny the extremelv damaging picture ot White House w oi king' and atinc pln-rpresented by Mr. Dean e In h.s April 30 and May 22 statements. Mr. Nixon brought out previously unacknowledged parts of the story that appeared to confirm facts attributed to Mr Dean. The statements seemed like grudging admissions of things that would not have been admitted if not aired by others Now. after all the leaks and counterleaks. Mr. Dean is speaking m sworn testimony to the public ill his allegations again be boi tie out? W E'en befote all the questioning and rebuttal and versions by other witnes'Cs had gotten under wav. it was plain that or.iv the President cou.d satisfy inquiry on many ot the points raised. The time has passed for more piecemeal disclosures: there should be no more delay in the full accounting so often a'ked for Rill Mauldin the Massachii'etts conserv utiv e. created quite a 'plu'h six mouths ago when he was Phillips, rhillips' position was at cuds with that taken by the President's own counse. Leonard Garment. But Phillips is critical of those in the White Hucise who he says "advocate essentially a defensive course for the administration in the wake of the Watergate scandal. His interpretation of that scandal is that "too many people around Mr. Nixon had "the advance-maIn this instance, Road n mentality of handling the problems and not dealing with ideas As one who has always tued to pract.ee- Ins own conservative philosophy. Phillips says it is a source ot sadness to Inm that there are damn picked by Pre'ident Nixon to dismantle the Id five of Economic Opportunity end the (.real most ambitious Society's antipoverty efiorts. 01 Ot and here in W aslnngton vv iio translate their beliefs into action. There .s an unfortunate-tendencto believe that if you tell people why He attacked he assign" doing youre something, you get into trouble bement with 'imh enthusiasm that he quickly On the contrary, Phillips regards himself as a hero to his fellow concame a headline figure living proof that if you state your goal plainly, servatives and a symbol of callous and dont hide behind technocratic language . . . to outraged liberals. can touch a chord. you Phillips resigned last week as acting director of He hopes the President w ill play it exactly that on it looked like he the agency, and. the surface, "I am a lifelong admirer of Richard Nixon, was getting out just one jump ahead of the posse. way. he "and my comidence in his goodness and says Pederal Di'tnct Judge Uiiliam B Jones ruled last his epitomiution the truth remains unshaken. own lie. to that dismantle pnl Phillips' actions not the least bit cowed by his leaves Phillips agency were null and void" and ordered him to with the law. hut fu!l ol taitli in the conbrushes keep Ins programs going until Congress changed of servative Iituiv. Oi.e sct.si-- we w.!l hear that command." few people anew s D.J the Eii'beig break-iolder come from the Uval Office? Did the President say it would he no trouble raising a million dollars to buy silence from the Watergate burglars and then say later that of course he was joking? Was an agent sent to embarrass Senator Kennedy at Chappaquid-dicDid Mr. Dean not refute Mr. Nixon s statements about a nonexistent Dean investigation because the President at news conferences often referred to things that never hud occurred' On many questions only the President tan su Mr. Dean is t lght or w rong Were members o' the select committee itself compromised in any way by White House efforts to puli strings? Mr. Dean says that H. It. Hakle-masaid that Senator Baker emerging as a kind of star of tiie hearings had appeared to be verv interested m being cooperative The names of llaldentan and Ehriichman. whom he President had praised to the last, keep turning up in the Dean account. In an apparent effort to ameliorate his allegations about Mr. Nixon, Mr. Dean began by saying he thought the President did not tealize or appreciate at any time the implications of h.s involvement." Whether or not the President was involved as Mr Dean says, he must not leave the pubhc with any impression that he would not tealize the He implications of a Wale. gate or its cover-ucan indicate how seriously he understands the implications by squarely facing the cloud and disn Uat-eiva- Washington Post Serwct W SHINGTON There are a lot of lo'Crs in these days, but Howard Phii.ips is determined the viorti will know he is not ore of them k n pelling it Fill YauphanV Furi'er in June. Judge Jones ruled tiia' Phillips had been hold.ng office unlawfully and illegu'ly" since January, because the President bad no to name him as acting director, vvi'keut sending his name to the Senate for confirmation Escapes Worst Consequences a administration, but Phillips has somehow escaped the worst consequences of the twin ruling of illegality. Two weeks after the judge's second ruling. Phillips This is announced his own resignation, "in accordance with the intention which I announced at the time of nty appointment." When I went to see him. he was still comfortably ensconced in the director's office. His salary has not been reduced or cut off. because ho has remained on the payroll throughout the :st six months in his previous slot as associate director of the agency blandly S'tb.tlrtil-a-ye- Mot important, the l.ttle matter of the illegaliin his judgty of his title and actions has not ment or anyone else's prevented hint from fulfilling his presidentullv assigned mission of killing OEO. Puling the period immediately following July Ihilhpj said m his resignation statement. 1 expect to witness the completion of the actions we set in motion following the President's budget message ol Jan. 29." i A (iues'.nin of W hen The President's obIt's not a question of whether: it's just a question of when From Phillips philosophical stance, winch rejects the view that the poor are a class with distinct problems ir th.d the government should try lo solve the poverty problem through political tie d 'mantling of OEO is "an historic un.u couturning psiit" in the struggle against ntable burcaue: alic au'Ionty When we talked, he said jective will be earned out. . Orbiting Paragraphs Die National Guild of funny men has voted to expel the next member who revives lias business. him. There are some who think Watergate is a sign of weakening of the nation's moral tibre. No. no. that's when something really big happens, line a football scandal. Always remember ti.at no matter how bad year troubles seem, new ones will come alen to take your it.ind eff them Meet.ngs K tween I.e Ms of the tl n..t;er' '1 uld I" ..tiler ; he all 1.,.' e u sti'1 ct thi y d 1. 1! n.oi e ; v.miis .ge.t, By Mike Dorman Los Angeles Post St rv .ce When the Watergate scandal tinully fades from the front pages, its chief lesson may well be the danger of allowing the Justice Department to become a hav en tor political animals M t i s.nco s z lie ir ,mv Tile l.iily at the i end nuasr limn t! uim 'ay l.er l,Jsb.aiil ha'is for n : k m la noma v l.i'tltng llle lmpo'siuV Dltani' and at to. Id n uig Li n to I.o" -- i . ' i me-hem- d b agency must be whose views are al least compatible wth those of the chief executive. But this country traditionally has ktpt law enforcement and politics separate. At the local level, the best police departments have customarily been tree ol political interference. Any government At the federal level, however, there h,.s Men an erosion of the separation principle ever since President Eisenhowers administration. And that has led inexoi ably to these incredible scandals Eisenhower, a political novice, appointed as attorney general his presidential campaign manager. Herbert Brownell. He thus broke the tradition that a campaign manager, if given a Cabinet position. usually became the postmaster general-assum- ing an office that allowed them to distribute postmasters jobs to the party faithful Once the Post Office became fully covered by Civil Service. an increasing percentage of the patronage appointments went to the Justice Department. So the attorney general became an appointment for more than for legal skills. p- rty credentials Brownell was and is the quintessential pu.itual animal. Inder his direction, the Justice Department became an arm of tin- Eisenhower reelect ion apparatus. The Brownell trad. turn w,..s followed, lo an extent, when President Kennedy appointed his brother and campaign manager. Robert F. Kennes a dosing touch, Plnlhps led the dy. as attorney general unit Kennedy was aho an almost totally political animal and be used the lobbying eftml that recently upset a carefully negotiated bipartisan compromise proposal to department at times to avenge old grievances create a legal services corporation for the poor (against Jimmy Huffa. for instance). But KenneHe called many of the shots. U' the House added dy did give important department posts to men who were either Republicans or political neuters 24 restiicive amendments tint left the measuic. and who had distinguished credentuls m the wolds of line sponsor, a tiaviy Time names that immediately tprmz to mind are u hoi. is Kut.'enbadi, Bnke M..r-haand J"!m Supplies the Speec hes l)or v . I . I ' After reading the letter from Editor. Tribune: Mr. Me'serly (Forum. June 27) I felt it my duty to write. I would not be at all surprised if Com- missioner Batker and his followers took the letter seriously, lather than as the outstanding satire it was MELVIN J. bIMISTER Walks made. I happened to be with U.S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau of New Yorks southern district on the day the major Nixon Justice Department staff announcements were made. Morgenthau. although a Democrat, hoped to be retained by tae Nixon regime because he had a reputation as perhaps the toughest prosecutor in any U.S. atomeys ofnee He still had sevetal years to go in his term, had major organized crime and corruption cases under investigation and wanted to complete them before leav ing office. V.hen Morgenthau saw the list of Mitchell's tup aides, he cringed They're all politicians, he said. Theres not a real man in the bunch. Will Wilson (a Democrat-turneRepublican who had headed a committee) had been named lo head the Justice Departments sensitive cumin.d division and Robert Mar-diaan ultraconservative, iiad been named lo head the department's internal security division Beiore lung Morganthau was forced out of oftae d Texans-for-Nixo- Pack Service Mi, m the appointment of Gen ( arl Turnei as uu-- f U.S. Marshall was announced, it was em- phasized that he was a tough man The President and otiier advisers had admired his "head-kno- i King" policy m putting down civil disturbances at the Democratic national convention and el'ewhere. Turner lost no time in packing the marshals service with Army cronies who shared his hard-linpolitical views. Then, after being in enough to unpack his military mementos, he was torced to resign in the first of many Justice Department scandals. He was eventually imprisoned for more titan a year on charges of unlawfully obtaining f, rearms Irom loiai police d cvaihiiz t..os on 'he sale of the guns ls Mum- - vis It i ; e Miidit be Taken berioudv It was when President Nixon was inaugurated ard chose campaign manager John Mitchell as attorney general and Richard Klemdienst, Sen. Barry Goldwater's 1904 presidential campaign aide as deputy attorney general, that the greatest inroads into the department's integrity were 1 . g Editor. Tribune: When the employes at Kenne-cot- t Copper Goip. are on strike the stale of Utah and Salt Lake County decry the .remendous loss of tax monies being lost, now I think it is time the employes start complaining about the lack of collected tax money being spent on the highway which 2. ODD employes and numerous sightseers must travel every ci ty m their trips to the world famous mine at Bingham Canyon. This highway must rank as one of the worst maintained in the state and if it is allowed to deteriorate any more, will be the scene of numerous accidents. ROBERT NTCHOLLS sonnel hired by Kennedy. Johnson installed several Texas cronies, but there was no appreciable change from the policies set by Kennedy. Times-Washingto- n feel a great etise of nude and act ompk'll-men- t bail the honor and opport mitv to hithat nt the symlmlic point of tins he says ts Piu! q's who siijiph"d P e s;. u Hie .a .1 soim iz tie ,o"iT,hi i ris to a voimg liepii1)! a'l lawn. kits anil tic-h a'i I s f tl coi pi on appl ov eil th1 o' li al sor 0 Mipiuu-nlolgiiti eil 'ills be i. nol hr. n m U M" pa"i"s 'I n ' 'I m K vvo or' the t id C1.1 'titl'd 0 o' ,,s ll h ol I" on b'P'i SI wo Jll I' ,a Vim nil I.' .t Bad After Scandals, What About Justice? I h MURRAY MURPHY r.ine, Idaho Haven for Politician stim-gle.- gnculture is feeling the cite, 's of the bail on DDT. U remains to be seen if outdoor theaters Ca,. sun tve w ithout it. s and dangers stem rather than material ar In is i haps best red t 1'l h , as Ull'l ha vv.klad .done 10 bv I, kuU iu eb lo quill iiou-i- j all i ll.i minder ol Me dg in r d.l -- n n- . I , vt-- i Kihuihoh who siiieei ded Kenm v, li in (1. tl general, and Ram-i- ' Kal iih.ii h let. ..nod nm-- t u ;hr v i ;. ,,'vr m- t ljl ' ! - ,1 V.usi'ii was forml to involving banking imgu-i-uTt'- s i,t!;n politicians m n ,s ' dv u .ol ,s Cl M, .1 i.ut long I,, f i'!i m i, .ii h. ,n i, : sluiK .1 M I t" ll',"'elO 'I' ' s V..li JVuJJj!' ll it be 'llllpli lhe appon.' and u s imu- Minin y. their an! li iii k.Ms , ;,n jim, iitmnsm mi ,i s, h ii'-- " -- J - |