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Show W A n Monday Morning, Juiy I'age 16, 1973 Watergate Over? Some Say It Is 1 Desperate Argentina Pins Hopes On Strongman Out of the Past It may be that Juan Domingo Peron is the only person who commands sufficient respect to put Argentina bak together again. Put after 18 years in exile and now 77 years old. the former dictator is at best a temporary relief. 1973 is The Argentina of uprising by not the Argentina of an Peron used the threat the masses to seize power. of 1945 when rgentma then was a mostly pastoral namoving slowly into industrialization under a succession of weak military dictatorships which had kept masses economically depressed. Peron organized the shirlless ones" and when they put l.im in power he rewarded them well. Wage increases, labor laws to prevent their exploitation, hospitals, schools, civic centers, vacations were but a few. of the gifts Peron bestowed upon the workers. But each year of the genial dictator brought increasing suppressions. Newspapers were closed down, political arrests were common practice. Trade unions, the regimes mainstay, found their independence eb'oirg. Inflation consumed the wage increases and tion Syndicate shrewd observer m these parts says about ever. I am not committed Watergate that it is all I find it interesting. Surely but to his conclusion, to tending datum, salient the corroborate it. is the Gallup Washington n j Poll. It is quite startling on the decisubject, reaching to a the seen in siveness seldom this: It simply says polls. s Nixon is guiRv, and should Seventy-onremoved. not be i percent of the people believe that Nixon knew about and the coverup. But is 18 only percent believe that the punishment , e Vf Ford Motor Co.s director of automotive emmissions calls for a congresof automobile emissional sions standards he joins a fast growing assemblage seeking the same objective. Donald A. Jensen, the Ford official in a talk in Salt are Lake City, says the specified levels unrealistic, will prove to be unnecessarily costly to car buyers and are not justified by need. -- It is difficult to go back to the scene of past successes and triumph yet again. For the once irrepressible Peron it may be impossible. Troubled Argentina needs a strong man with an eye to the future, not to the past n gratitude was guilty. It wouldn't matter, according to Gallup, if the Senate Committee uniformly concluded that Nixon was guilty. Granted, the House of Representatives would have the power to hand down a bill of imwhich the Senate would be required to Congress, when it passed the Clean Air Act in 1970 was, in a sense, shooting in the dark because the technology for controlling auto fumes was in the infancy of development. Further, data on the role the automobile played in the overall air pollution picture was at that time imprecise and incomplete. There is one school of thought that swift passage of the Clean Air Act was hastened by an Act of God. A weather pattern caused Washington, D.C., several days of choking air pollution in tne summer of 1970 w lule the bill was being considered. Whether this stifling atmospheric condition was a factor in the Clean Air Acts passage is conjectural. Nevertheless, Congress gave overwhelming endorsement to it. The Senate passed its version unanimously and the Ilouse approved a weaker version w ith but a single dissenting vote. In conference the Senate version prevailed and became law. ; Since that summer of horrible air in Washington, many second thoughts have been coming up, along with some drastic proposals by the Environmental Protection Agency in Both the acting EPA administrator, Robert Fri, and the National Academy of Sciences have called for Congress to review the standards with the aim of relaxing them in the light of new scientific and medical know Congress should heed these requests. The drastic reduction in automobile traffic now predestined by the Clean Air Act will virtually paralyze most American communities. Congress should liberalize the law along the lines outlined by Mr. Jensen when he said: Ford is not suggesting a stand-pa- t policy. Major cities in particular have an air pollution problem, and the automobile is a major part of it. Continued progress is required, and we believe that with time automobile emissions can be eliminated as a major source of air pollution, without unreasonable cost to the consumer. Another Viewpoint These cases happened to be- some of the most flagrant demonstrations of abuse of people's rights - and disregard of elementary tenets of law and civility. Federal narcotics agents stormed two homes 'in a small Illinois town this spring It was a mistake, and a shattering experience for the families involved. A similar incident occurred earlier m Massachusetts. - Mr Ambrose told a news conference that he has taken a nullum steps" since those incidents to ensure that there is no repeat performance He said e cry agent and sperv isor in the drug abuse office had been sent a memorandum asking great care and judgment m future raids, and the agencys regional directors are to look at the problem at a conference But he also said. I can't tell you that in the fuwho ture there wouldn't be some knuckleheads The Conrad Cartoon might go off d on their own to conduct raids " That is a shocking statement. A drug raid by federal agents is not like an automobile accident that happens, it is supposed to be a planned operation. with a lot of knowledge going into the planning and a lot of skill in the execution. Nor is it like a natural disaster that strikes unpredictably, though the agents on the rampage do seem to have left just as much rubble and misery in their raids wake. There ought to be a way to control the situation; aberrations cannot be allowed and must be prevented. If Mr. Ambrose dot's not think so, he probably does not care enough Among other things, he saw some consolation raids was in the idea that the number of mistaken He himself added, however, 'minimal would be no just (.cation Indeed, the game that officialdom plays when caught m unpleasant situations like this can be no justification 7 . . . 6. fI cant believe I ate the whole thins:. Always for Participation Editor. Tribune: Your editorial of July 8, stated Draft George Romney for Senate was not a good precedent in llah. You give as a basis for your argument the fact that such a Draft George Romney movement might deprive a local Utahn of his opportunity for political success. the Your editorial every qualification admits George Romney has as a U.S. senator. But you Forum Rules Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear writers full name, signature and address. Names mnst be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reasons on others. Writers are limited to one letter every 19 days. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting use of the writers true name. All letters are subject to condensation. failed to mention that he acquired his beliefs, his his heritage from Utah ideals, his convictions and the people of Utah. Many people believe we are in the most critical penod of our countrys history, with the possible exception of the Civil War penod. Certainly there is a ensis of confidence in our national government and a lack of confidence in politics and poliBut George Romney has always fought for the concept of citizen participation in our political process whether Republican or Democrat to brings about good government. If the best interests of Utah and the best interests of our country could be served with George Romney as the U.S. senator from Utah, why should we deprive Utah citizens of the very best for Utah and for our country? Any political candidate should have the opportunity of making his views known. If he can convince the people of Utah that his ideas are best-m- ore he should be elected. But power to him our country and our state became great because of a competition of ideas and ideals and concepts. f this opportuWe hope Utah will not be deprived or any from of Romney George hearing nity other candidate who believes his ideas and ideals are best for Utah and for our country. JOHN H. MORGAN JR. 11 experience with Sunday closing should give you pause. Women's current subordinate position is the direct result of 200 years of local option. Yet, vou suggest that they patiently settle for more of the same. You must be kidding. If equality" is won locally, that equality stops at the state border. The battle will have to be fought and refought with very unequal results throughout the country. Thus, women's right to full and equal citizenship would continue to be subjected to the caprice of time and place. Women arc citizens of the United States, not just the state in which they reside; therefore, efficiency and uniformity demand the passage of the ERA. . sort are this ,r All that commotion is justified only ov tnc people's curiosity on the question: will Nixon be that he will brought down? If it is not, for the simple reason that the public doesn t want him to. then the whole of the Watergate investigation becomes something of a venture in in ordering and supererogation, a vast the footnoles to a drama already con- Many citizens are opposed to the passage of the ERA on philosophical grounds. That is a different Issue. However, to be for equality, but against the amendment is to be hopelessly confused. SHIRLY B. ANDERSEN Bountiful entei-pn.s- Fever Scale If one had to pul it on a fever scale. I would say that by the end of the first day u.' John Deans testimony, the fever chart reached, se, 85 out of a possible 100. It had reached, say, HO the day Nixon fired Haldeman and Ehrhchman, gave a television address affirming his innocence, which had the result of increa ing by 20 percent the people who thought he was guilty. Job Magruder ran it up to 65, or 70. But bv the time Dean was through it had already begun to slide. Would Come Apart anti-Nixo- n Editor, Tribune: It seems that each new issue of The Tribune this spring and summer has reported with ever increasing frequency and volume a virtual explosion of severe and radical decrees and proposals issuing forth from the federal bureaucracy mow. entrenched in Washington. Perhaps the most malignant bureaucratic monster in sight right now is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). Th's dictatorial conglomerate of big brotherism seems dead set on the rapid de- And then the committee, in another fit of insouciance, gave itself one of those prodigious holidays they give themselves every fortnight or so. and wner. 10 whole days later John Mitchell was examined, the business seemed headed for a hopeless ambiguity. A single issue of The New York Times transcribed no less than five times (in five different stones) Mitchells high emotional moment of the day, when he said that Magrud-er'- s testimony to the effect that he, Mitchell, had read the transcript from the first Watergate bugging, was a palpable, damnable lie." struction of some worthwhile freedoms still left to freedom to citizens of the United States today travel where, when and by whatever means vou freedom to start a new business or deprefer velop an industry under the traditional free enter-pns- e system that has made this country great. All this under the guise of protecting us from ourselves. I should like to propose ways to rid ourselves of this modern day Trojan horse. Whenever EPA decrees a whopping percentage cut in any area, the same percentage should be lopped off EPAs operating funds and their personnel numbers. As an alternative, Utahs (or Michieans) own George Romcny could be named head of the EPA Judging by Romneys past performance in posts both private and public, EPA would soon start coming apart at the seams and the whole mess would collapse of it's own weight C.R. Ml'NRO IIopeies& lueun&istency Take It to Pentagon Editor, Tribune: I was amazed by your editorial rejecting the passage of the ERA. To accept Editor, Tribune: Having bved in both Utah and Colorado, it seems that about once a year the story of nerve gas erupts. might change present laws, all of which could he filled or updated "Might and "could" are of little comfort and conspicuously devoid of any guarantee Keep m mind that what the Legislature the Legislature may also taketh away Today tomomw not so equal Consider you are equal whether vou would tolerate the removal of your freedom-- , of religion and of the press from under Hie protection of the Constitution and instead, hap- i o ir j l rvh t'l r, r, giv-el- h Palpable Lie Well, it may very well have been a lie. And it may very well have been a damnable lie. Bui a palpable lie it most certainly was not. Because there is no apparent way of disproving what Magnifier said, certainly no concrete way of doing so What it was, then, was an impalpable, damnable lie. And there is so much impalpability going around that, at this rale, the factual intricacies of Watergate will disappear in the mist of history, bke the French Affaire des Fuites. in 1956. That got so complicated that people became resigned to the impossibility of understanding it and, not long after, the curiosity fell dow n and died Its quite evident that nerve gas presents problems the military mind just cant handle. For example, they just cannot keep their inventory records up to date; the stuff wants to escape from its containers; also the military forgets about the stuff and therefore does not destory it as they lnterluiM li promise. Then, too. ordinary citizens give the military a fit because they object (or stem to) living near large storage depots. I'd like to believe I have come up with a solution to all their problems. Simply move all nerve gas suppbes front the Tooele and Rocky Mountain arsenal into the courtyard of the Pentagon in Washington. The relocation v ill satisfy the objections of the ordinary citizens and. since the military ordered the stuff, they wouldnt object to being near it They could keep good, accurate inventories by just looking out their omce windows. Having it physically in their back yard would intan they couldn't forget its existence and their promises to got rid of it Further, if some of toe stuff did escape ts tainers, the damage would be minimal. RED J MY - e summated. Ryder k Questionable recruiting practices of the that have caused (rouble for toot ball eoaclos alleged against the armed forces We trust d vnt rni in hl P tn f.iWf if mm, ..f ur m But the people's spokesmen are unlikely to proceed athwart the wishes of a people so resolutely aligned against impeachment. The people seem to be saying what I have contended for several months, namely that the impeachment clause of the Constitution is to he used nowadays only in order to remove a president, not to punish to punish him, in most circumstances, is to punish the republic at large, and the republic at large is net guilty of Watergate. Could it be that the dilemma is in some for a certain listlessness that has overtaken the committee? Is it the imagination that sees an overlay of tedium coming down on the proceedings? It isnt seriously suggested that the senators interest in legislative reform justifies all that commotion. The Public Forum particular case. Mr. Ambrose must have a definition of minimal that is radically the goal of full equality for women, but then to different from the way the term is generally perreject the amendment which will guarantee its ceived An eight-weeinvestigation by The New fruition is markedly inconsistent. Quite obviously, York Times recently revealed that far from being of the ERA have been so busy "minimal. such raids against innocent people, proponents the scare tactics" of the extremchallenging with threats and abusive language evidently an inists that they have faded to educate the pubhc in tegral part, are common elementary politics. And The Times also reported tnat Justice DeAn amendment is necessary if the basic right partment officials say that many narcotics agents of full citizenship for all women throughout the enhave little training or experience. There is a naUnited States Ls to be unequivocally assured tire tional training institute for agents, w here they can for today, tomorrow, and future generations. Only get eight weeks of learning in such fields as constitutional law gives that measure of insursearches, seizures and constitutional rights but, ance. It is through the protection of the constituamazingly, attendance is optional. tion that a citizen is somewhat secure from the Many officers involved m the mistaken raids excesses and possible inaction of federal, state, are those who chose to skip the training Officials and local governments Without an amendment, say no immediate changes in the system are half of the citizens of thus country most rely on planned Now there is a step crying out to be the whims and prejudices (the Bible says women included in "a million Mr Ambrose says lie has are inferior, etc of 5ft different ) legislatures who But in this Man;, stales have adopted offuial bugs ny o hers who wish to show a preferenee are advised to av old the electronic tv pe . Remove President that that numbers taken 10. . . 9. . . 8. . try. ticians generally. Obvious, Necessary Drug Control Step From The Wilmington (Del.) Journal Myles J. Ambrose, who is retiring as assistant (' S attorney general in charge of drug law enforcement to return to private law practice, is apparently unhappy over the fact that the doings of some of his underlings have received w ide and unfavorable publicity. peachment. its efforts to enforce the deadlines for achieving purer air hastily set by Congress. Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Front have already tasted the harshness of those proposals. The EPA has decreed drastic curtailments of parking, parking lot construction and gasoline sales along the Wasatch Front to meet the clean air standards. The misgivings Mr. Jensen expresses about the clean air standards and deadlines are similarly held throughout the auto industry, the petroleum industry, increasingly by the general public and, most importantly, by officials of the EPA. re- - A Miming that the figures stand at more or less that level, it wouldn't make any difference if Mr. Nixon appeared on television and said that he had just come out of a bout of paramnesia that had so disordered his memory on all matters that to think of it pertained to Watergate, that come the commissioned bugging, and decomhe had to missioned the investigation. It wouldnt appear conceivathat matter, according to Gallup, except in more bly the public would be all the for his confirming their intuition that he Toward Pure Air, Sensibly When the s Star-New- A official corruption exceeded that of days In September, 1955, the architect of it all v us forced to resign and flee into exile, Peron returned to a nation in economic trouble but the exploitation of the masses he rode to power in the 1940s no longer exists. And while the working classes are still the center of his support, there is violent dissen-tio- n in their ranks. Further, the armed forces, which voluntarily stepped aside after seven years rule to permit elections this yea;, are not the weak and poorly disciplined troops of yesteryear. Peron, in agreeing to run for the presiPresident Hector dency now that his stand-in- , .1 has is facing an down, Campora stepped No new ball game. longer the vigorentirely ous messiah with causes aplenty, Peron is old and his followers are in disarray. pre-Pero- illiam F. Buckley Jr. con- Eli' i |
