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Show w T - wiiiiinniiniiiimiiiiinininiiiiiniiiiiniiiiiiniiiiiiimiiffliiniiiinniHiiiiiiiiiHiiiiii 'I hate long hair. If it didn't bug my parents so much, I'd cut it DESERET NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH llllllillllllllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllhllllllinill!llllllIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIINIllll A Blow To Economy We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 12 A EDITORIAL PAGE In reply to J. Calvin Ciddings, I suppose I should labeling of the Wasatch Mountain Gub as an affiliate of the Sierra Gub. My assumption was based partly on evidence that the two organi- zations are of one mind in advocating that a great . Wilderness Area be established near us, and in to opposing a proposed road from retract the TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 1969 Couldn't Labor Judges Settle Labor Disputes? If anyone wonders why President Nixons recent promise of new approaches to settling major disputes hasnt voked the fanfare it might otherwise deserve, let him think back a little. Let him think back to 1966 when, in his State of the Union Message, President Johnson made much the same promise. Like President Nixon, President Johnson recognized that cooling-of- f after the period required under the Law expired, America is virtualiy defenseless against nationwide shutdowns in its major industries. Like President Nixon, President Johnson recognized that the man in the White House, a3 the only elected representative of all Americans, has a duty to take the lead in formulating an equitable means of settling labor disputes in essential industries without permitting strikes. But three years later, when President Johnson left office, the White House had failed to come up with any concrete proposals despite the continuation of crippling strikes in the copper, maritime, airlines, and other important industries. Is President Nixon, then, promising to solve a problem to which there is no solution? Must Americans resign themselves to having labor disputes settled on the basis not of whats right but whos strongest? Or is it merely that, the political facts of life being what they are, courage and statesmanship are required on the part of public officials dependent on elections after costly campaigns. The answer, we believe, is suggested by the experience of Australia, where there are few major strikes and they dont last long. Why? Because, as a recent issue of U.S. News & World Report observes, Australia has had a system of labor courts with binding arbitration after negotiation and mediation fail since before the country became a nation in Taft-Hartl- ey 1901. More incentives Not T o Work proyears ago the starry-eyeposal was made to guarantee everybody an Income of $3,000 or $4,000 a year, whether he wanted to work or not. Early in 1966 I d wrote a article against it; but hardly anybody else bothered A few HENRY HAZLITT eight city residents is now on welfare. Certainly one reason for this is that monthly benefits in New York are 71 per cent above the national average, alunskilled or d persons cannot though per capita income is only 19 per hope to earn more than that by their own cent higher than the national average. efforts. Who will take a part-tim- e job? Existing welfare programs already Entire occupations would be wiped out have caused millions of job openings to overnight, a large part of the labor forcgo begging. Even in New York City with es of several states particularly in the its heavy welfare load, according to a South would immediately retire and recent to criticize report to the citys Human Rethe most would sources Administration, there is an avbecause end. agricultural employment scheme, few could bring erage of 100,000 to 120,000 unfilled jobs Freeman also analyzes the negative each month, and 40,000 of these appear them selves to believe that it income tax and proposals for family al- to be open to the citys poor almost irreswould be taken se- - lowances. Under these proposals, monthpective of their education and training. ly payments for child support would go concludes Freeman, However, to all families, rich and poor alike, even men and women, and particularly But congressional hearings on income though only one American family in 10 is people, who can wash dishes, help maintenance last June brought out at now held to be poor. Such a plan, points young in food preparation, serve as messenger out least one excellent would in the Freeman, criticism put money but are not boys or clean back yards by Rep. Thomas B. Curtis. Now another right pockets of all American families to f'll vacancies which call for qualified admirable analysis has appeared by and take it frem the left pockets of 90 per higher skills do not care to accept jobs Roger A. Freeman of the Hoover Institu- cent of them. which they regard as menial, as long as tion at Stanford University. It was made All these plans for piling up new welfare offers them an opportunity to get in a speech before the National Assn, of handouts ignore the enormous growth of workless income from public funds. They Manufacturers and published in the existing welfare programs. In the fiscal constitute a growing new leisure class. Washington weekly Human Events. year 1968 the total cost of federal, state All of which proves the statement of If a family can get $3,335 and local welfare payments combined althe Berkeley sociologist Nathan Glazier: a year from the government without ready came to $112 billion. It is much easier to give someone work, asks Freeman, who will take a job Relief rolls in New York City have money than to turn him into a productive paying $3,500, $4,000 or $4,500? Millions of multiplied so rapidly that one of every and citizen. d 6,000-wor- labor-manageme- nt four-perso- n cross-examinatio- n, angues. Since Americans submit much more important matters than wages, hours, and fringe benefits to the judicial system and abide by its rulings as the democratic way, it seems only common sense to handle labor disputes the same way. As President Nixon casts about for new approaches to settling major labor disputes, its abundantly clear that the present system is such a failure that trying something different like labor courts is entirely justified. Restore The Landmark At a time when Utah needs more tourists who extend their stay, it is difficult to understand why a potentially important attraction such as Salt Lake Citys Ottinger Hall, an early volunteer firemens recreational facility, must remain closed. That it has such potential is undeniable. It is quaint as located in the Memory Grove area and near other major tourist stops such as the Capitol, Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum, Memory Grove and the restored Council Hall. It contains a vast collection of the citys first firefighting equipment, some of which is reportedly among the earliest used in the West. Furthermore, the collection includes important items related to the original units membership, well as strategically such as valuable paintings by George Martin Ottinger, noted Utah artist and the citys last volunteer fire chief. By standards of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the opening of the hall as a museum would constitute an ideal restoration situation, in that both building and collection are original and related to one another. But proposals urging the City Commission to open the hall have brought no positive action. Delay in recognizing the potential value of the building and its contents may only serve to insure their loss by deterioration or other means. With such groups as the Firemen's Relief Association the willing to raise funds and assume operations to provide little seems there tourism asset, valuable city and state with a excuse for delaying development. Getting Straight With Themselves ference. dont need to look hard to see it. Stanford Flipping through the last Alumni Almanac which arrived at the house, I turned to my eldest daughters Gass of 66 Notes, which listed the activities of about 10 members of that class. You One of them, a girl, had received her MAT at Harvard last year, and was teaching biology. Last summer she was invited back to Harvard to be a master teacher in an program the youngest teacher ever appointed by Harvard for such a program. intern-trainin- g At first appearances the youngsters seem to be simply but what stuffing papers into promotional kits for mailing us a great lesson in :hey are really doing is teaching all of human compassion. The children are trainees at the Salt Lake Community more formally called the Salt Lake FounTraining Center dation for Mentally Retarded and Handicapped Persons. They some of them for the are all working and earning money More than lives. in their time that, they are learning the first comes from and that accomplishment. pride great peace In contracting to assemble printed material for the Utah Travel Council and stuff some 30,000 kits for mailing, the Centers directors acted with great wisdom. They understood that no matter how handicapped a person is, he needs the sense of achievement that comes only from being productive and a part of the great cooperative effort that has built our civilization. Its an example that other employers should follow closely, for its lesson is that every person has some talent, some skill that can be used by society, and that in turn can help make society whole. The brochures will be maned out, other contracts will be but the lesson will taken up and ultimately completed remain. Its a lesson none of us, and least of all our society, . can afford to forget. sas. These are typical, rather than unusual, cases. College graduates today are, on the whole, service-orienterather than They want to find their identity, not in a narrow psychological sense, but in terms of their relations d profit-oriente- Herewith is another unwritten chapter that unpublished textof the World, 1950 to of history from book, A History 1999. Its title: Good-by- , Chicago. The disappearance of Chicago in the accidental explosion of a Sentinel antibal-listi- c missile on October 8, 1971, caused wide-sprea- reac-tio- d I make n. want to one tiling clear, perfectly said a grim Presi-deNixon. I have appointed a i Cabinet-leve- l cun-- j cil to study this exhaus-M- r. problem tively. In the inter-iHoppe I have issued a sternly-wordedirective to the Pentagon to refrain from blowing up any more of our cherished American cities. u nt :j ART HOPPE It looks as though it was just another case of Mother Nature playing one of her little old tricks on us, Hickel said. Despite the reassuring note of the report, there was still some agitation to remove the remaining Sentinel missiles from the dozen or so cities they still encircled. It came from "peace groups as they were and other extremists, generally described in the press. This opposition was met head-oby such leading nuclear thinkers as Herman Kahn, author of Thinking about the n Unthinkable. with other people, in terms of the full functions of their personalities wherever they can be of the most use in the world. And this is what the older generation has to keep in mind when judging and evaluating the college scene today. The revolts and rebellions, while often obnoxious in themselves, are symptomatic of idealistic yearnings and strivings, and not merely negative attacks upon authority. If the nations colleges had bothered to listen to a man like Robert M. Hutchins during the last 30 years, these disturbances might not now oe taking place for he warned them that students were disgruntled and disaffected, and that they were not being taught to think like human beings, to live like men and women, to act like citizens. What is amazing is that so many ARE getting straight with themselves through the crooked grooves of academe. I have been thinking about the Chicago incident, he said. And a few thousand megadeaths is a small price to pay for enhancing our nuclear credibility. For we have proven conclusively that our latest nuclear weaons, though never field tested, do, indeed, explode. So most Americans slept a little easier each night knowing they were ringed by incredibly powerful and efficient weapons to safeguard them from nuclear holocaust. And thus the disappearance of Chicago contributed to the nations peace of mind. The subsequent disappearance of San Francisco, New York and Salt Lake City will be covered in ensuing chapters. GUEST CARTOON . i; Can-yopan- . -N- ' ' Campus Chaos , Regarding your editorial, How U.S. Can Deal j With Campus Chaos, you are either naive or do' ' not know the true story of campus chaos. You said that before one can prescribe wisely for Americas college chaos, the ailment must be diagnosed care- ' fully, for it is not a simple thing. Most of the students are going to college for an education. It is a very small minority of students that are causing the trouble. When an entire university can be disrupted by revolutionaries, we' ; need more college administrators like S. I. Hay- - I akawa of San Francisco State College or Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh of Notre Dame, who have the courage to stand up to these radicals. You also J said the dissenters care about society, the future," I war, poverty and prejudice and are speaking up.' I The truth is, they couldnt care less about society I and if the colleges accede to1 all their demands," they still wouldnt stop their demonstrations and" I When this countrys newspapers and people realize that the Communists are behind this trouble on the campuses, maybe something will be done about it Unless they do, we are probably in for a long, hot summer. -J-OSEPH MACK BEAN JR. Springdale Not On Exhibition I have a complaint against a real estate agent, who is handling a transaction on some property at 1901 Meadow Drive, and his actions to me and my wife last Sunday regarding the sale of that proper- -. ty. He knocked on my door at about 8:30 a.m.j wanting to know if it would be all right for hint toi bring the prospective purchasers of the property over to meet us. My wife told him she could see no reason for that. He went away, but about 10 mini utes later came back. I answered the door and he proposed the same thing. I then wanted to know if he were going to take the purchasers to meet the, other neighbors. He left, then after I had gone to the church of which I am the minister, my, wife said he returned again and said the people were on their way out and he wanted them to meet us so that they could see that we were good neighbors and good people. I told the agent that we did not need to be put on exhibition, simply because, as you probably have guessed, we are Negroes. If the persons inspecting that property want it, they will buy it regardless of who lives across the street. I am sure the policy of the Real Estate Board prohibits this ' sort of action. I hope that no one else is subjected to that type of action in the future. I suggest that property transactions involve salesmen and prospective buyers only and that others be left out of the negotiations. --J. HENRY JOHNSON. Culiuuwuod Heights t Pay Raise Merited , ; ' I shall quote a few figures from a book published by the editors of Time-Lif- e dated 1969, tided This Fabulous Century. In 1900 congressmens salaries were $5,000," presidents salary was $50,000. In 1960 a congress-- " mans salary was $22,500, presidents salary f one-hal- was given by Rever- end Billy Graham, who pointed out that V WOOLSEY average wages per week were $12.74, work week in 1900 was 59 hours, in 1960, 39.7 hours.' 1960s average weekly wage was $89.72. Average Hourly pay in 1900 was 22 cents, in 1960 $2.26. Congress has had no pay raise since 1960 until now but labor has had several raises since then. Please note that while Congress pay increased four and f times, labors went up seven times, and the Presidents pay had only doubled. And while labor was multiplying its pay by seven it was decreasing Its hours per week by 20. From the same book, spring chicken was 7 cents per pound, beef 10 cents per pound, ladies A national day of mourning was declared and Vice President Agnew, himself, led the impressive ceremonies. He paid tribute to the late city as a true melting pot and said America would sorely miss all its wops, bohunks, yids, spades and mirks, both fat and skinny. a Beneficient Diety spared many Chicagoans who were out of town at the time including Mayor Richard Daly who was in Bethesda. Md attending a conference on The Use of Tactical Nuclear Weapons In Quelling Riots." council was headed The Cabinet-leve- l by Interior Secretary Hickel. Moving rapidly, it was able to report after only eight months that the explosion had been caused by a rare confluence of ionic and cosmographic rays that could occur only once every 7.2 million years. ETHELLA Escalante $100,000. In 1900, d The benediction j sit-in- One Of Our Cities is Missing - Lessons Of A T rainee Another 66 graduate spent two years in Vietnam as director of the International Volunteer Services refugee agency, and plans to return to Vietnam both for myself and for my country." He majored in Asian Studies at Stanford, and is putting it to work benevolently. A young lady received her MA in African history and left for Kenya last year as one of 50 new volunteers assigned to teach in secondary schools under the Kenya Ministry of Education. A young man, after getting his degree, took part in Operation Crossroads in Africa. The following summer, he served as a student minister in Arkan- j I By SYDNEY J. HARRIS When my generation left college, we were mainly interested in getting ahead for ourselves. The new generation leaving college is mainly interested in getting right with themselves and getting straight with themselves. That is the big, and important, and encouraging, dif- j ' ' or take the guided tours. This is not the same area as that covered by the ; f Capitol Reef National Monument extension, how slated to become a National Park, which will rob j us of cattle ranges and rich oil and mineral depos- - t families in Wayne and Garfield its. Forty-tw- o counties will be bereft of the main source of their in- -. ; come and will see their ranch property and homes reduced greatly in value. Cattle-raisin- g operations cannot be carried on successfully in this country without winter range. The Wilderness Area pro- posed by the Wasatch Mountain Coub would take a . r . similar number of cattle operations from Boulder and Escalante people and would take all of the oil and mineral deposits spared by the Capitol Reef Park. Let no one try to fool us with a promise of sub- - i; stituting tourism for our present economy and its. hopes for the future. The people living near Park are embittered from experiencing that kind of deception. They find that their park, does not attract great numbers of tourists as was promised to them when they gave up their land. It will not do so because park officials refuse to allow, roads to be built into the park on the grounds that any road would spoil scenery typical protectionist thinking. The same will be true of Capitol Reef Park, where the superintendent tells us that no ad-- ,' ditional roads within the park are planned. r h Couldnt such a system be imported to the United States? Just ask Samuel I. Rosenman, former justice of the New York State Supreme Court and a adviser, who has long urged creation of a system of labor courts and judges to settle labor disputes. As Justice Rosenman envisions it, the jurisdiction of such courts would be limited to basic industries such as steel, coal, and transportation, and essential government services such as police and fire protection. The courts would resolve only those issues which labor and management had not already settled themselves. Testimony would be taken under oath with orderin contrast to present street corner harly . Bullfrog Basin. We have been listening to arguments against the ; road by the man who brings Sierra Gub members 1 here to embark on his guided tours of the region. His opposition to the road was obviously due to his fear that it would interfere with his tours. f Our support of the road stems from the fact that t it would allow the public to see at fairly close . I range some of the most scenic parts of our coun- - j try. From it there could be trails to lovely canyons . j and great arches and natural bridges. These sights' are now open only to those who can fly over thenv labor-manageme- nt 80-d- ay ; suits $10, mens fancy suits $9. ; If the above figures are correct I see no reason to criticize Congress for its recent raise. It is true they voted their own salary increase; who else could have done It? If we want good men mid women in Congress we iuu.it pay them enough so they can affuiU io stay there. Most of these men could draw higher salaries in industry whfch means they are sacrificing for love of country and a desire to serve. , -F- RANK E. CALL Brigham City tailcr-mad- e Detroit Frn Pun r f i a. t t |