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Show ji j- jf y" ni- ir The Sait Lake Tribune, Tuesday, August II, a fv.H.wa hwA -- ; A. - , 'w.$ Ethics Decline, Materialism Rises: ABA Needs to Clean Own House more war and youthful dissent and finalfrom which erupted the new violence of Watergate that threatens to depose President Nixon. And last week a thousand grandfatherly moralists, convened once more at the Sheraton Park Hotel here, a - -- . fLet others spend their time dealing with the murky, small, unimportant. vicious, little things. We will spend our time building a better world. 31, 1973 TRB from Washington WASHINGTON It seemed last week as if America had come full circle and ended up m a quaintly strange place. It all began in ? I the placid 50s with the grandfatherly ljf property of I FT. morality of PresiThere were the elders of the legal dent Eisenhower, profession, gathered at the American w tiose administraAssn, com ention. Bar tion was seandaluei i Appropriate Enough bv nothin than the It was appropriate enough for the to talk about where America has AB vicuna co. The Wls began with been and where we are going. Law vers of assassinations dominate politics and government SenalYosulent Kennedy and Martin Luther tors, congressmen, governors, mayors, King, labored through black race riots judges and bureaucrats were here. Presiand closed with the bang of while anti- dent Nixon was conspicuous by his abwar dissent and uolence that deposed sence. 70s brought lYesident Johnson. The As reported months ago, Watergate is peculiarly a lawyers scandal. Nixon is a lawyer, as are John Mitchell, John Dean, John Ehrlichman and many other rece- - Special Interests Keen On Using First Names Diego. Picked Over for Gems The memos already have been picked over by our hungry brethren of the daily press, extracting the gems that the jigsaw puzzle of ITTs methodical effort to park its corporate slip-- , pers under the bed of the Nixon adminis-iratio- a Still, its instructive to leaf through them at a leisurely pace, because the language therein conveys more than damaging fact; it captures the atmospherics in which the special-intere- biggest element in the contested merger, the Hartford Fire Insurance Co. Another ITT Memo Lest all this suggest that the titans of state and industry meet on a casual, spontaneous basis the way the rest of us chew the fat over the back fence after an evening of we draw vour attention to still another internal ITT memo. This one bears the title Rogers (sic) Party and it talks of a for party planned tentatively September, 1970, on the Eastern Maryland farm of Rogers C.B. Morton, then Republican National Chairman and now Secretary of Interior. The party is to include John of the aforementioned memo, as well as the Apews, the Postmaster General Wrnton Blounts, the Bryce Harlows and Peter Flanigans, then key White House aides, and Congressmen Bob Wilson and Gerry Ford, and Senator Peter Dominick, all Republicans good and faithful. And. oh yes, Hal and June Geneen. first-namin- g lawn-mowin- The memo, from a public relations man m ITT's Washington office to his boss, advises: Ned asked that we put together a poop sheet for Mr. & Mrs. Geneen which will include not only brief bio's of the men but also their w i es for June; facts about Morton's farm; a fairly complete bio on Mitchell and his recent accomplishments in other areas such as crime, drugs, etc.; some detail on the new Post Office plan; and then general information as to the type of clothes to wear, planned activities, etc From all reports, alas, the party never came off. which meant among other things that unspecified dollars of ITT stockholders were spent unnecessarily in preparation for an aborted social and his assorted seduction of John GOP sidekicks and, of course, their wives. Such research, however, seldom w orld of goes to waste in the Washington. There are always other occasions when the servants of the people and the peoples suppliers of goods and services lift cup and break and perhaps even talk bread together bur ness. first-nam- e upper-echelo- n A Featured Item Take, for instance, a memo from Edward J. Gerrity, a senior vice president for ITT, to Vice President Apew dated Aug. 7, 1970, about ITTs concern that Richard McLaren, then assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, would insist on fighting the antitrust suit Ted and in court. Its addressed to siped by Ned (Gerritys nickname), and it says: Our problem is to get John the facts concerning McLarens attitude because . . . McLaren seems to be runAnd an attached ning all by himself. memo talks of how Hal (Harold S. Gen-ecITTs president) had a very friendly session with John, whom, as you know,! he admires greatly and in whom he has the greatest confidence. At the time the ITT controversy first in the held center stage in our town confirSenate of the 1972, during spring mation hearings of Richard G. Klein-dienas attorney John to succeed Fear Emphysema? Test Lungs With a Match 4 Inches Away f n, John," it becomes clear as the memo runs on, is Attorney General John N. Mitchell, and after more discussion of McLarens attitude, the memo reports to Apew that John said he would talk with McLaren and get back to Hal About a year after this was written, we now know, John and his Justice Department settled with Hal and his ITT out of court, enabling ITT to keep the- match te-- l is an es- tablished simple measurement of pulmonary function, especially for those with emphyse- ma. It was devised two by Miami, Fla., physicians and must be done in a relatively draft-fre- room with a e wooden match. g The individual takes a deep breath and fries to blow out the flame with the mouth held wide open. The latter is Important because pursing the lips allows a smaller and more forceful jet of air to strike the flame. This simple test usually cannot be done by victims of emphysema, a chronic lung disorder In which bronchi are narrowed and the air sacs are overstretched and filled with dead air. More sophisticated tests are done to confirm the diagnosis. Bronchi Narrowed These men and women have more air in the lungs than they need, but are un are, or were Last week, to the ABVs further con- Vice President Agnevv sternation, the as center of a new grand emerged jury investigation into kickbacks. Agncw also is a lawv er. the $400, 000 conventional pledge was a featured item. You'll doubtless remember the notorious Dita Beard elders the profession's Therefore, memo (Lord, they are a memo-happmoralized about 'awyers as alleged lawbunch at ITT) tying that pledge to breakers. Justice Harry Blackman read efforts to settle the antitrust suit, and from the Bible as he bemoaned the rise Ms. Beard's subsequent hospitalization in. of materialism and violence in America, we the decline m ethics and values and the Denver, where senators and a Cl twigged E. Howard learned later pall of Watergate, with its re. elutions Hunt went to interrogate her r of unusual doings in high places by after lawver after lawver." And the Of that exercise. Sen. Charles McC. ABA named a committee to study a member of the Senate Mathias, the U.S. Department of Justice. Judiciary Committee, said: It does net Beard confirmation I)ita by require any to explain to me the relationship between Lawyers Contribute, Too a $400,000 commitment to a political However, the legal profession itself party whose incumbent President is likehas contributed to the rise in mateand a corporate giant rialism and the decline m ethics. ly to be which must deal with some level of govBar associations for years have fixed ernment every day It was like a windsfees, thus doing violence to antilegal torm insurance premium, since it sustrust laws and helping themselves to fat tained the general level of pi election incomes. The median income of city laweven if it were not immediately offset bv yers is $41,01)0 annually. reimbursement for storm damage America's lime of violence and Yes, indeed. In the permissive subby young whites and blacks is urbs surrounding Washington, there have and now Watergate represents the past been periodic drives by the local meeting of the old lawbreaking by the guardians against a bevy of in the land. The ARA in their avarice highest lawyers massage parlors that must be concerned, because lawyers have permitted or encouraged their emswear to uphold the lavz when admitted ployes to go beyond the a standard back to the bar and the ABA has voluminous rub. Yet within the District of Columbia, codes of professional ethics. in the most sophisticated salons of the l governmental-industriaLawyers have not disciplined themthe complex, ABA President Chesterfield Smith selves. on with instrucheavy massage goes admits that many state bar associations tions in writing, no less. have been ineffective in investigating public complaints against lawyers and in disciplining those guilty of misdeeds. general iilw-ve- depoli-ticizin- g g Dr. T. R. Van Dellen Can you blow out a match if the flame is about four Inches from the mouth? If not, the air and breathing capacity of your lungs is not up to par. The All ABA members. Senator Soaper st vermin breed. stars. TV n able to blow out the flame because the' bronchi are narrowed and the air sacs have lost their elasticity. Eesides, the air is devoid of oxygen and loaded with carbon dioxide. Not only is stagnant air in the lungs useless, it prevents fresh air from entering because most of the available space is occupied. Victims of emphysema are short of breath because the air in the lungs lacks .oxygen. They must breathe harder and faster, especially on exertion. Cough with spitum is a common symptom because th majority have had bronchitis for years due to heavy smoking. Until Watergate proved otherwise we had thought that nobody these days kept a diary. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, also a lawyer, charges that the ABA committee to study no fault auto insurance law proposals has consisted entirely of lawyers who derive income from the Starts With Stopping Treatment starts with an edict to stop smoking. Dusts and irritating gases must also be avoided. Breathing exercises are beneficial and are aimed at forcing out the stagnant air trapped in the air sacs. The best medicines are bronchodilators that open the bronchi to allow more air to enter. Those in nebulizer form are fault also system, sometimes as ambulance chasing. present ly peace, in Vietnam and America, ntly-nse- The New Republic One of the great advantages accruing to a paid observer of the govemment-and-politic- s scene is the opportunity we have, while others are out contributing to the GNP, to sit back and sift through the endless stream of papers that feeds the news bureaucracy. The documents that escape the shredding machines and the burn bags often mdtiply thanks to the like fish in a hatchmiracle of Xerox ery, and they find their way to Washington news desks with astonishing speed. Such has been the case with a batch of ITT memos that engulfed us shortly after the introduction at the Enin Committee hearings of former White House counsel Charles Colsons 1972 memo to Bob Haldeman, the deposed White House chief of staff. That was the one you will recall, that warned there were still other memos floating around that would directly involve President Nixon in the 1971 settlement of an ITT antitrust suit, hard on the heels of an ITT pledge to shell out $400,000 to help underwrite the Republican National Convention in San More Conflicts of Interest Similar conflicts of interest are for members of Congress who remain on their law firms payrolls back home. 'd Beyond those are the more subtle conflicts of many prominent Washington Democratic and Republican lawyers. who have become rich in private practice because of their public office. Indeed, government service m Congress, the White House, Justice Department and even the courts often seems no end in itself but a stepping stone to a more lucrative private practice. Clearly, if the legal profession intends to lead us back to morality it would do well to clean its ownhouse first. Or perhaps the new lawbreaking is too much even for the ABA. Perhaps, as pogo said, we has met the enemy and tpey iS us Bernstein on Words By Theodore M. pw"j in1-4 w w'l" deals. NORTH 4 A Q 10 6 3 k?KS43 O 6 4 JT6 i n EAST WEST 4 K 7 k? A 8 V 10 O A 9 832 OKQ754 4 98 5 2 4 9532 4KQ i SOUTH i 4J VQJ97S2 O 4A1084 Pass Pass South East 4 diamond attack did not seem to offer promise in view of Easts announced length in the suit, so West tried to find more fertile fields with his lead of the club king. If his partner held the jack, he would be setting up two tricks in the suit In d addition, as he held trump control, there A J10 The bidding: West , North 1 O Dble. Norths takeout double is rather light. However, the vulnerability was in his favor and, with both major suits, $ai4v1a $4 44 La w uc picieueu a utuwt one of overcall spade. Easts preemptive tactics could not keep South out of the auction, for the latter had a far hand and a good suit 0 4 V Pass Opening lead: King of 4 It is apparently simple contracts that often require the most care. Declarer found a neat way to sever first-roun- v 1 was the possibility of obtaining a ruff. Declarer won the ace of clubs, and it seemed that his only losers were one trick in each suit except for spades. Had he gone ahead and tried to draw trumps, West would with thi have fttonnori rr- - tinr ace on the first trump lead, cashed the queen of clubs and underled his ace of diamonds. East would have gained the lead and given his partner a club ruff to defeat the contract. ) Declarer was aware of the possibility o! a club ruff, and considered ways of preventing this. The bidding offered a slight clue. East had preempted in diamonds, and was unlikely to do so if he held a spade suit on the side. Thus, it was reasonable to assume that he was more I likely Tbe problem wi ed. Accordingly, i was, there- fore, to prevent the defenders from cashing the queen of clubs and then maneuvering a club ruff. There was probably no way to do this if East held the ace of hearts. However, if Easts entry was in diamonds, the transportation between the defenders could be interruptdeclarer led two. It a diamond at trick made no difference which defender won that trick. West could cash his queen of clubs, but there was no way be could put East on lead to score his ruff. Declarer could draw trumps at his leisure and claim his contract. Because this play depends on cutting the opposing lines of communication, it has become known as the Scissors Coup. - 'v , r V v- - f 'v" J '$ ft TM :.n ntaSN Our product mokes their product your product AVCO FINAEMCIAL SERVICES 3337 WEST 3500 PHONE: 233-837- 1 SOUTH, GRANGER OR 233-823- 1 Arc has other offices in the Salt lahe City area. Check the Yellow Pages tor the office nearest yoix never say and laziness . . . uncooperativeness Never mind advanced chemistry; those students should be taking elementary English. After the preposition to, an objective case is called for. Their tribute should have read: To him who, etc. to be long in clubs than West. Why do we We With those words the River Delaware. Lee R. Chance of Wayne, Pa., rekindled a flame that has burned inside this writer for a long time, but has never given off much light. It is the opinion here that the answer to the puzzle lies in British custom and influence. The British, with few exceptions, put the name after the geographical word they speak of the River Thames, the River Mersey the River Dee. Most other countries reverse the order they speak of the Mississippi River, the St. LawTence River, the Amazon River. There are, of course, exceptions on both sides, but those seem to be the general rules. What is now Jordan was under British tutelage for a period after World War I. If the point is made that River Jordan" goes back to Biblical times, it may be noted that the Bible that has predominated for centuries is the English King James version. The question that all this leaves unanswered is, Why do the English prefer putting the geographical word first? Well, why do the English like fish and chips? Students need an objective. A New York teacher is retiring and his 20 students in advanced chemistry 241 signed a tribute to him that began this way: .To he who has been patient and persevered through all of our questions, tempers, By C. H. Goren the enemy communications and so circumvent their attempts to score a ruff on this hand. Bernstein The River Mississippi? read the River Jordan to gen i especially useful when inhaled deeply. But they work too well and when used too frequently may cause serious side reactions. Use only according to directions. Many victims respond to positive pressure devices (IPPB). Infections are controlled with antibiotics. known AB committees on the energy crisis are slacked with lawyers representing oil companies with vested interests in the resolution of the crisis. Goren on Todays Bridge Hand West 1 Louis M. Kohlmeier Chicago Tribune President Nixon, July 1 t- ; y 1973 |
