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Show Joseph Kraft What We Need: A Modest Man e ' First Section Monday Morning, September 24, Scheduled Airlines Dont Deserve An Unfair Shot Like S. 1739 : 4 Syndicate to r The speculation about a possible pinch-hitteextraoran reveals succeed Vice President Agnew about the problems of dinary confusior in thinking national leadership. For the S' MI) "jjL- well- - ; emphasis his been on on Connally known names or Rockefeller or some ; Publishers-Hal- Tomorrow morning at 8:10 a Salt Laker can board American Airlines Flight 148 and to Chicago. fly non-sto- p - Dr he can fly to San Francisco at 7:55 a.m. on United Airlines Flight 425. If the need or desire arises he can enplane' on Hughes Airwest Flight 871 to San Diego, leaving at 11:25 a.m. Should business or pleasure summon him . to Great Falls, Mont., he can get there on Western Airlines Flight 25 which leaves at ; v ' v ; - 4:40 p.m. In the event his mother who lives in St. 111, he can get to her bedside aboard Frontier Airlines Flight Lake Internation. .22., that takes off from Salt al Airport at 10:35 a.m. Louis, Mo., becomes gravely Now, whether or not our Imagined Salt Laker ever takes one or all of these flights makes no difference, he knows that if he ever wants or needs them thev will be there. They will be there because they are scheduled airline flights flown by scheduled airlines. They will be flown today, tomorrow or the next day whether or not anyone shows up ,at the airport to board the planes. The their with . airlines mentioned, along 500 some airports and counterparts serving a scheduled 14,000 flights day across flying to are United .the fly these required States, routes whether they make money on the individual flights or not. They have to fly these routes because they are regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board. The CAB has given them authority to .fly, certain routes with the stipulation they will provide regularly scheduled service to all .cities on those routes and not just to the .proven money makers. ' As a result many scheduled airlines, we venture to say all of them, fly some routes on which they lose money. But, losses on individual routes are counter balanced by operations over profitable routes. In the overall fiscal picture this nations scheduled airlines have been able to provide efficient, conve Skylab Skylab IIs astronauts got good news Thursday when a check of their homecoming vehicle turned up no insurmountable prob- Jems. The three should complete their mis- sion safely as well as successfully. I The outlook was not that rosey at first. No I sooner had the men Alan L. Bean, Jack R. I Lousma and Owen K. Garriott reached the orbiting space station than trouble started popping up. The most worrisome concerned controller thrusters on their Apollo ferry capsule. initial data caused a rescue rocket to be as a possible standby retreival activated J if that launch proved necessary. According to tests made by pilot Bean Thursday, the rescue flight wont be needed. I While Skylab hasnt enjoyed the rapt at-- 5 tention that U.S. moon walks attracted, it has been nevertheless an exceedingly important program. Not only did it measure mans abilin the function to weightless long periods ity environment of space, it also accumulated in-- . formation about earth and surroundings j r j . Under S. 1739, a airline wouldn t have to serve Moab, or any other town similarly situated. Simply because of its gross unfairness to the American public and, quite frankly, because of similar inequities heaped upon the scheduled, public service airlines S. 1739 and its House counterparts should be terminally non-ske- d never before available on such scale in or in such detail. Skylab II assignments included comprehensive earth mapping by camera as well as deep space probes of the sun, undistorted by the earths atmosphere. The results should contribute immensely to knowledge, both practical and purely scientific. The Skylab was designed and launched for manned crews and so far it has served its purpose fully. It has been plagued by unplanned difficulties, but even that challenged space engineering capacity for repairing damage or breakdowns in the void. So far, NASA personnel have been equal to the task. Skylab II astronauts have set records for time spent in space. More than that, they have proved admirably adept under stress and in unprecedented emergency. Bean, Lousma and Garriott have earned a bright chapter in space pioneering. Their return home Tuesday should be a triumphant one. -- A Tunnel Whose Time Has Arrived From the Christian Science Monitor I It a tunnel whose time has come. Aftr think-- I ing about it for almost two centuries, Britain has decided to get cracking on the chunnel" under the British Channel to France. Pardon us, please, were getting in the queue - for the trip to Pans. V enlightenment than it has been so magnificently in the past. Rather, the new bond with the Continent, like Britains entry into the Common Market, ratifies facts of todays international life. the As the Bntish Governments white paper on the g tunnel decision says: Britain cannot be economically and socially isolated from the Continent. By 1930 (when construction is supposed to be completed) the tunnel would be a physical recognition of our links wath Europe. Between now and 1980, there could be changes in the present plan for a mix of passenger, freight, and slower shuttle trains. The chunnel travel time could be reduced dramatically, according to one theory, if the shuttles were omitted and only higher-speetrains used in conjunction with a European rail network permitting an easy overnight journey between London and Rome. Some feel that the chunnels necessary parliamentary approval should be conditional on tl.8 option to have further study and debate on traffic and technology during early construction and before final stages are locked up. d Certainly, on such a huge project, every care should be taken to fit as efficiently as possible into and as the overall transportation system sensitively as possible into the inevitably altered environment. But at last there seems to be no stopping the chunnel. Far longer than the present longest rail e tunnel (the Simplon tunnel between Italy and Switzerland) the chunnels total length of 32 miles will be topped in advance by Japan's 38 Seikan tunnel to be finished in the late 70s. But only 14.5 miles of the Seikan will be underwater while 23 miles of the chunnel will be Now, chaps, lets keep that quern orderly. 4 Knit history. As Walter Mondale, the Minnesota Democrat, put it in a thoughtful speech to the Senate last week: The presidency has become larger than life and larger than law. A connected feature of the national condition is the almost automatic disposition of people in authority to tell lies in the name of presidential power. Watergate, of course, is a spectacular case in point. And you would have thought that the unearthing of the scandal would curb the Gyroscopic Device tendency. Still Lying The Public Forum Positive Ski Approach Editor, Tribune: Prediction: Salt Lake County Attorney Carl Nemelkas efforts to force public utility status upon the Park City ski areas will be if only because a ski area is about as necfutile essary a public utility as a golf course or tennis movie houes, club. When the latter (or drive-ins- , etc.) are crowded, people go elsewhere. The Park City company, with its lifts on private land (even though built in part with federal loan) can limit lift use, just as fishing or duck clubs can limit use of their facilities. Instead of court action, why don't county and city officials take a positive approach? The Recreation Dept, builds and operates golf courses, which seem to run in or near the black at reasonable fees. Can thought be given to one or more public ski areas? Denver owns and runs Winter Park, and has done so for years. The county might check the sale pnee and availability of Solitude Ski Area, which was on the market a year or two back and does not seem too recreatprofitable. Solitude could be a ion ski area with fees several dollars below those .charged at Alta( Park City or Snowbird. Since the latter seems to be near capacity, no one would be city-coun- injured. The Solitude area might also be utilized for grou". camping, hiking, tubing and similar uses as well. Another positive proposal might be ski area opemion by the State Park Commission, which already has a golf course and boating marinas. Mr. Nemelka might price Park City West, or Gorgoza, which could be well situated for State Park operation. In any event, rather than hamstringing private operators seeking to serve resident, tourist and concominium-owninskiers, officials would do better to seek positive solutions to recreation needs. JACK GOODMAN g Finds Womans Role Editor, Tribune: Personally, I have nothing against women. Some of my best friends are female. In their place they are all right, with this modification: they may wear shoes. Men, given the traditional distinction of reasoning power, seem to have greater intellectual judgement as well as muscular t ordination. The faster typists, the better pianists, the superier athletes, the more aware drivers and, by far, the better cooks ami Sympathy, as divorce history has repeatedly cc.ifirmed, is the exclusive property of a man. The more renowned women in the fields of science, medicine, politics and sports have achieved at the sacrifice of their female images and tend to be less sexually attractive. Instead of like the men ratting their hair.they comb it an invariably h: .e a cross to they model after bear against the whole male sex, whom they imagine, conveniently, to be responsible for the inadequacies culturally, if not genetically, inherent in their own kind. Women are whimsical and emotional by nature and have a propensity for impulsive reactions. This much is proven and, therefore, is not subject to further discussion. What needs to be discussed is the expedience of helping them to adjust to their rightful places, male charity and compassion granted, to cultivate in them the vicarious enjoyment of mens pleasures and inerests, and to promote in hem a trust in his tender, if not always flexible, authority. The sound basis for a good (in that order) relationship should include a mutual and shameless willingness to communicate openly with one another with every possible fact in the reality of their relationship, and men, in particular, should be ever alert to the opportunities to offer teir guidance. male-fema- BILL POWERS 12.3-mil- underwater. r,.; Mr, The national condition finds chief expression in a wide range ot anomalies. For one thing there is the swollen, imperial presidency. A flock of homes, a fleet of planes and an array of incredible communications equipment plus total command of the Armed Forces have imparted to the President and his entourage a power unknown in chefs have been men. t ' Wide Range nance, and fog. First off, the report admits that the White House lied in its May report. Second: We learn that Abplanalp, The Investment Co., B-- C and the Title Insurance and Investment Co. are one and the same thing; except that Nikis Key Biscayne friend Rebozo is in and out as records may require. Third: This report was based on an accounting by Cooper and Lybrand, a major accounting firm. Three years ago Cooper and Lybrand were charged with fraud and other violations of law and ethics. Three members of the firm were tried and found guilty. President Nixon granted them a presidential pardon. And now, Nixon asks Cooper- - City-Coun- Return , condition suggests that what the country needs is not a star so much as an ordinary man who has it in national If S. 1739, or its counterparts in the House becomes law the airlines will not be faced with the a situation like that of Frontier Airlines. Frontier is not particularly wild about serving Moab, oecause the route is a loser. But, the CAB recently told Frontier it will continue to serve Moab, principally because the losses it suffers on the Moab route are offset by profits on other routes. Another Viewpoint 5 other political star. But the true starting point ought to be the national condition. Analysis of the This stellar transportation system that provides reliable air transport for more than a half million people every day of the year is In jeopardy. The U.S. Senate has under consideration legislation which would in effect allow America's supplemental carriers, the airlines, to pick and choose when and where they will land and take on passengers. The bill, S. 1739, would free the supplemental carriers to skim the cream off any profitable route, ahile ignoring those of dubious worth. The bill will allow the supplemental carriers to sell individual tickets directly to the public, instead of to groups seeking a special charter for a whole airplane for a single, specific flight as is the present policy. IIs 2 V nient and, for them, profitable service. The result has been the worlds finest and most dependable air transport system and, in all probablity, the cheapest when calculated on a per mile basis. Thus, the people of Moab, Monticello, Blanding and, even, Dove Creek, Colo., have reasonably ready access to scheduled airline service when they want it. They might not be using it as frequently as Frontier Airlines would like them to, but it is there when they need it. l v , ; . Fate 14 1973 Not a Dollar Editor, Tribune: Whether it is an enigma, conundrum, fantasy, or whatever, Nixons White House report on his San Clemente and Key real estate deals brings on a mental impasse, and leaves one groping in a haze cf conflicting entanglements of names, firms, figures, fi Bis-cay- Forura Rules 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 writers true name. All letters are subject to condensation. Lybrand to make an accounting of the Abplanalp, Estate Firm (smells like Rebozo, Nixon Intra-Rea- l delayed compensation for favors received). Its a real estate game between the three of them: Strictly paper transactions in which not one dollar has changed hands, and Nixon wins the larger of the three pots. And what happened to the Nixon campaign fund alleged to have been involved? Oh well, a few million dollars, out of an $89 million (latest official report) Nixon campaign fund floating around in baskets, boxes, briefcases, as well as being dropped here and there would never be noticed. The whole purpose and approach to the scheme must have been to get hold of illegal funds, otherwise there was absolutely no sense to it. Were the funds part of the $89 million, or was it frem a fund that was never reported? Anyway, Mr. Nixons borrowing money from himself that he didnt have, wasnt too expensive? DEVERS C. OWENS Brigham City If We Really Care Editor, Tribune: A debt of gratitude is certaindue Georgius Y. Cannon and The Tribune, for ly the important and timely article of Sept. 12. Awareness ofthe insidius encroachment of uglis-nes- s that is happening to our city and state is what he is telling us about. He tells it factually, truthfully and with the marvelous knowledge of his vast experience and inherent love of beauty. He tells it with his heart and we had better listen before it is too late. But not a bit. Months after Watergate had exploded, the Pentagon was still lying about the secret bombing in Cambodia. When it became known, only a few days ago, that the President had used the Secret Service to tap the telephone the White House almost of his brother, automatically issued a full story, denied by the Secret Service, to the effect that the tapping was part of the protection of the President. A third related anomaly is the vast number of insoluble problems heaped high on the Presidents desk. Inflation is a supreme example. Prices Higher Prices have risen further and faster than 'almost anybody imagined possible.The source of the price pressure is not something familiar like wage demands or monopolistic policies. It lies in a worldwide shortage of primary products. Nobody knows exactly what to do about the problem. But almost all of us blame the President, and Mr. Nixon frequently sounds as though he is responsible. What can be said about inflation can be said about a whole range of other issues. Answers to the problems of crime, health, housing, cities, transit, not to mention Cambodia, Laos or Chile, elude confident prescription. Probably the one sure thing is what nobody in an official position ever says namely, that we dont know the answers. Many Problems Responsibility for these anomalies in our national life cannot be fixed on any single president. All of our recent leaders have played a part. Mr. Nixon has contributed not a little to the atmosphere of mistrust and the cynical purveying of falsehoods. President Johnson, in the name cf the Great Society, took into the presidency a whole lot of problems beyond the range of political solution. President Kennedy indulged in a rhetoric that falsified what leadership could truly accomplish. President Eisenhower played the major role in building a presidency larger Can life. But if total blame cannot be confidently assigned to any single administration, at least we know what to avoid in the future. We need to avoid a leader unsure of himself who constantly feels he has to prove his mettle by promising the impossible. We should shrink from a wheeler-deale- r type the opportunist, however competent, politician who takes positions independent of whether they are right or wrong. We should be on guard against programmatic liberals, heir to the Great Society, who believe that government can cure the many ailments which now beset our society. Finally we must beware of charismatic figures, who despite themselves by charm or style excite unrealistic expectations. Modest Man What the country needs, in other words, is a modest man prepared to do the best he can but not afraid to acknowledge his own limitations. Among recent presidents, Harry Truman probably comes closest to the model. Utahns have "let George do it while sitting The primary requirement is to restore back in such appalling apathy and unawareness, and honesty to government. later lamenting the fact that yet another landmark, another magnificent house, another bit of our proud history was being destroyed to make room for parking lots, hamburger stands, munGrant Cartoon dane and most ordinary buildings. How can it be possible that the courage, strength and foresight of such pioneers who built this city and stale, who insisted upon excellence and beauty at such a price, even before the convenience of the railroad, be so diluted in so short a time, that we, the descendants of such men and j women, settle for so little beauty and excellence, The must not become a city dedicated to a tran- population of industrial exploitation, but rather, we must woo the visitors and tourism u ith the true authenticity of a people who demand the excellence in all things for ourselves. Only then can a city endure as a great center of tourism, conventions and enticements to greater industrial We sient development. I believe that not one day more must go by without a response to our conscience and then to a "nobless oblige" in our conduct. If we really care then we must love our city and our state as does Georgius Cannon. We must speak out and with some of the magnificent courage of our pioneer fathers, stand now to be counted. VIRGINIA J. CAMERON cil WT5 Pesky Varmt . 41 Uw, trust |