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Show 'There Will Be British Rule Until You Freely Approve A Different Settlement. nmmniinimninifliiiiiiminniiiniiiniiiinmminimnnniininnninniiiiiimiii LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllil'llllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllNIHlIlllHIK SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Defends Dixie Teachers We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 18 A EDITORIAL. PAGE FRIDAY, AAARCH 21, 1969 Why Laird Should Tell Us The Worst Sad and disheartening as is Defense Secretary Melvin Laird's report that theres no prospect for a U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam in the foreseeable future, it's also a sign that America is learning from its mistakes. Maybe Secretary Laird is being too pessimistic. If so, the Nixon Administration would look all the better should the U S. position suddenly improve in Vietnam. Indeed, the advantages of purposely overdrawing the blackness of the war situation may not have been lost on Secretary Laird. By contrast, nothing but trouble has come from the cessive optimism of the past regarding Vietnam. ex- Americans still remember being told that U.S. troops to Vietnam merely as advisers and in limited numbers, that victory was iminent, and that it wouldnt be long before our forces would start coming home. As recently as last December, former Defense Secretary Clark Clifford was talking about starting to return U.S. troops by Janwould be sent uary 29. Such battlefield eluded us, multiplied could happen in Vietnam or worse The same thing if the U.S. pulls out prematurely. But another kind of disaster could develop if the U.S. gets bogged down there permanently. To avoid these traps, lets press the South Vietnamese to assume the entire responsibility for defending themselves post haste. car tor, a carpenter, or a corporation consolidator. Of there course, were still many crumby jobs that nobody wanted. Like being a sewer swabber, a sorghum sacker or a solder. Soldiering was the crumbiest job of all. The pay was the lowest by far. The hours the longest and dullest. The housing the dreariest. The food the most tasteless. The discipline the strictest. The working conditions the most hazardous. You were shouted at, shut up and shot at. And you didnt make a bean. Naturally hardly anybody wanted to be a soldier. Now the Old Men who ran Wonderful-lan-d felt they needed sewer swabbers, sorghum sackers and solders to keep the country strong and fxee. So they offered good wages to attract sewer swabbers and sorghum sackers. And they would have offered good wages to soldiers, too. But they felt they needed so many that they couldnt afford it. The Old Men thought and thought and at last they passed The Free Choice Law. In order to keep Wonderfulland strong and free, they said, every young man will henceforth be given a fre choice. He can become either a soldier, they said, or a convict. Now being a convict was the only job crumbier than being a soldier. You were shouted at, shut up and, while you werent shot at, the pay was even lower, the hours duller, the housing drearier, the food more tasteless and the discipline stricter. Not much, but enough. So most young men, given their free choice between the two, reluctantly decided to become soldiers. They were called heroes. And those who decided to become convicts out of moral principle or whatnot were called unpatriotic punks. There were, of course, a few protests. And the young tended to become morose, bitter and disaffected with the ideals of Wonderfulland. But, as the Old Men pointed out, being shouted at, shut up and shot at was good for their moral character. In this w ay, Wonderfulland had plenty of soldiers to keep it strong and free. But as it grew even more ric and affluent, there wrere even more marvelous jobs for everybody. And nobody wanted to become a sewer swabber or sorghum sack- er any more. Naturally, the Old Men had a ready answer. In order to keep Wonderfulland they said, strong and free, every middle-ageman will henceforth be given a free choice. He can become cither a sewer swabber, a sorghum sacker, they said, or a convict. But at this, the whole country rose up in outrage. Why, thats slave labor! the people gasped. And nothing is more than the very thought of d slave labor. The Old Men were mightily surprised. But sewer swabbing, sorghum sacking" and soldiering are all jobs that nobody wants, they said in bewilderment. Whats the difference? Moral: What, indeed? By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Alcohol is not only dangerous for drivers, but pedestrians as well. And when both pedestrian and driver have been drinking, the situation is doubly dangerous. fatalities This fact is attested to by three and a serious injury on three consecutive weekends in the 1 north of the small comsame area along U.S. Highway in Weber isville of Han County. munity four-lan- e d Significantly, all three deaths came on a drive-ia roadside two bordered lounges, by highway theater and a service station. auto-pedestri- 89-9- high-spee- n According to lawmen, only one of the three drivers showed no signs of drinking. The alcohol content in one victims blood test was 3.3 (.08 is considered the intoxication level under cur-- 4 rent Utah law). One of the other two victims registered 2.2 al- -' cohol content, and the other report was not yet available. The effects of alcohol blur distance judgments for pedesd highway, with a trians as well as drivers. On a such and limit judgments are critical night, speed day 'even for completely sober persons. While safety measures already proposed for the area y areas and better prohibiting parking on state i3 solution ultimate will the educating drinkhelp, lighting ers to the dangers they face when they dull their senses with alcohol. 65-m- high-spee- right-of-wa- How Much Discipline? in reducing the punishment of The Armys about-fac- e Presidio should help reFranciscos protesting soldiers at San in confidence store public military justice. For being convicted of mutiny in the California stockade last fall, four men received individual sentences of up to 16 years imprisonment. The penalty was much too harsh for the demonstration, and in the cases of at least offense, a some soldiers is being reduced to two years imprisonment. Because its effectiveness depends on discipline, the Army cannot and should not entirely overlook insubordination and disobedience. The military, after all, is composed of men who have sworn on oath to uphold their country and its principles. But discipline is hindered," not helped, when the punishment doesnt fit the crime. In this respect, military courts are no different from civilian courts and should act accordingly. sit-do- Fly Kites Safely ' The tragic death this week of a Salt Lake City teenager who attempted to retrieve a kite from a power line underscores the need for some basic safety rules. Here arc some of them: Fly kites in plenty of open space, never near electric wires and poles nor television or radio aerials. Never use wire, or twine with metal in it. and Never fly a kite with metal in the frame or tail of one wet is a Water with or weather an string. never rainy of electricity. conductors best the Never run across streets or highways while If a kite becomes entangled in electric power lines, leave it there. Do not touch the string, or attempt to remove it In any manner. Report it to your nearest power company g. Finally, the school, college, or university that hires either of the teachers in the future is getting the best the teaching profession has to offer. -F-RANK STRINGHAM Undergraduate Student, -- ' , t . University of Utah Investigate OEO Some of the programs of the federal govern- ment are considered sacrosanct. Anyone who would oppose a worthy program such as the War on Poverty must have very little regard for his . . fellowmen. It is because of my truly humanitarian beliefs that I must draw attention to tie fraud known as the Office of Economic Opportunity which administers the War on Poverty." The U.S. government has committed the American people to. fight two wars, both of which it has no intention of winning. The fraud called the Tar on Poverty is not eliminating poverty. The treison committed in Vietnam in the guise of a war is not accomplishing its stated objectives. Both these wars are resulting in a drain on the most important resources of this nation, i.e., the blood of American youth and Die wealth of the American people. This wealth must be important because many are rdvocating its complete redistribution. One method of accomplishing Hus is through the War on Poverty. For anyone sincerely concerned about this redistribution, I would recommend the book: Pass The Poverty, Please by Patty Newman. Othes deeply concerned might arrange with your conservative friends to view a film entitled: Subsidized Revolution. This well - documented exposure of the true nature of the c ice of Economic Oppor- tunity will convince you that the OEO has got to go! If not. you are probably satirfied with having your tax dollars poured down a large rat hole and feeding a few rats ! no-w- in Where Does Charity Really Begin? Drinking And Death kite-flyin- ART HOPPE Like being conduca cable optimism, of course, has turned to casualties have mounted, promised victories have and the number of troops stationed in Vietnam has instead of diminished. By declaring there's no prospect for a U.S. pullout in the foreseeable future, Secretary Laird provided evidence that the U.S. may yet avoid in Vietnam a pitfall into which it stumbled in Laos. In Laos, the U.S. withdrew its entire military contingent in good faith even though North Vietnam withdrew only a token 47 men through a supervised checkpoint and left many thousands behind. As a result, Hanoi decided the U.S. had written off Laos, and fighting there broke out again. office. Once upon a time, the country cal'd Wonderful and was so rich and affluent that there were plenty of marvelous jobs everybody wanted. ashes as U.S. The credibility gap developed precisely because Americans came to disbelieve and resent officials who raised false hopes and treated them like children who couldnt be trusted with bad news. As a result, the U.S. has been divided so badly that the Communists have been encouraged to stell at the Faris peace talks. N- - Crumby Jobs Nobody Wants During the past few weeks the Deseret News has run several articles discussing the problems at Dixie Jr. College. I am writing this letter to the editor in regards to tho?e problems and the decision handed down by the State Boai of Education. First, while I was a student at Dixie I had the opportunity of taking classes from both the teachers under scrutiny by President Losee and the State Board of Education. It is ny opinion that both teachers in all instances behaved and taught in a manner befitting the teaching profession. Their attitudes in and out of the classroom were above reproach. Finally, in the case of Mr. Smith, there has not been a teacher in my years as a student who had better teaching abili y, knowledge of his field, and report with his students. In regards to the March 13 report in the Deseret News a number of inconsistencies exist. First, President Losee stated in an open session to the State Boaid of Education that the reason the two . teachers were denied tenure was because they It is "had not qualified themselves prtfessionally. apparent from the abo"e paragraph that both teachers qualified themselves professionally with the students even if they have not as yet received an advanced degree. One only his to go to college a number of years to realize how pseudo and un- - real a piece of paper is compared to ones real ability as a classroom teacher. Second, I question the validity of the disrup- tive and subversive activities that supposedly exist on the Dixie College campus. One has only to attend Dixie as a student to knov that this philosophy is without justification and foundation. On the other hand, if a teacher is teaching his students to think and use his mental abilities to make rational and mature judgments as to contemporary problems, then both Mr. Smith and Mr. Jenactivities. sen are guilty of disruptive Not long ago in the column 1 mentioned the Biblical phrase, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, observing that it is invariably misunderstood by people who use it as an excuse for retaliation, w hen it originated as a plea for justice. There is another common phrase that is damaged even more in popular usage, and that is, charity begins at home. Whenever this saying is trotted out, it is to justify taking care of ones own before concerning ones self with the needs of others. Yet this k not at ill what the phrase originally meant. As first published, in 1642, in Sir, Thomas Browns Religio Medici, it meant charity in the Paul- ine sense of not almsgiving or philanthropy. And it did not mean that we should first take care of our own, but that if we do not dismay to our family and our friends, then whatever bving-kindnes- loving-kindne- ss alms or philanthropy we engage in is done out of pride or vanity or ostentation, not out of deep human compassion. I have known more than a few celebrated philanthropists who gave away huge sums to worthy causes of all sorts, but whose personal relationships were devoid of and who used public magnanimity as a clock for private skullduggery. This common subterfuge, of course, is the reason for another widely misunderstood saying Jesus injunction that your left hand should not know what your right hand is doing. If anyone troubles to read the whole verse, he would learn that Jesus is addressing himself to the philanthropists of his time, who would stand up in public and make known their large donations to charity. He is telling them to give so quietly and anonymously with one hand loving-kindnes- that not even the other hand is aware of it, much less the community. Charity, of course, does not begin at home; it must begin where it is most needed, whether this be at home or in some remote Indian village. What must begin at home are love and respect and tender treatment of those closest to us for unless we radiate such feelings in our daily, intimate relationships, the money we give away to others is simply a bribe, allowing us to maintain our while we continue to injure the fabric of social life. The poor know it and resent it when they are the objects of help without the commensurate feelings of respect; when they are aided to make the giver feel better, not because they are worthy of aid. Li a psychological sense, the philanthropist needs the poor more than they need him charity brings him honors, but brings them only scraps. JAMES J. KILPATRICK Senators leading and ordinary citizens alike is that rational judgment calls upon us to imagine the unimaginable and to know the unknowable. None of the usual to guides assumptions. The President, the Congress. and the people have to make a threshold decision on the technology of the things: Will it work? The Sentinel system is to rely upon two rockets, one called Sprint, for interception, e and the other called Spartan, for low-lev- long-rang- interception. The idea is that the ABM system decision-makinis would detect incoming ballistic objects, much help. separate real missiles from decoys and Mr. Kilpatrick Consider, if you trash, and provide a President with 20 to please, only one of t variable assump-ke30 minutes to launch perhaps less tions that has to be into account: the defensive Sprints or Spartans. If evThis is the assumptiodof casualties with- erything worked to perfection, our misin the United States siles would blow up the enemy's missiles monuclear asault. It some of the enemy missiles,' anyhow effective ABM system and the Republic would survive.casualties might be ri But would the ABM work to perfec120 million dead to tion? No one knows, or can know, belion dead cause such a system cannot be tested in Now, those figures, aiordinary figures, It can be tested only in theory; Wl are comprehensible. read 20 to 40 practice. when it comes to the theory of the and 80 to 120, and the fimiliar numbers and Sentinel system the most eminent exregister on the mind. Butn the next conare in total disagreement. 1 text of thermonuclear warfare, they perts considerations barely touch the These no that of meaning ay us really cairy can grasp. What we a retailed upon to basic assumptions. Mr. Nixon's proposal imagine is 20 to 120 milliol dead persons, for a substantially modified ABM sysall killed in a matter of na mes, and this tem would noi protect our major cities even in theory. His two initial deployis quite simply unimaginie. The mind bends to theLsk of trying ments would protect only our own major offensive missile sites. His proposal rests to imagine this, and the na is unequal upon a further assumption, that an enemy to the burden. For we must will not start a nuclear war in the first of the dead, but of the ca place if the enemy knows he will suffer cumstances of their death terrible retaliation a few minutes later. pulverized and burning, The deterrent concept is known as the persons maimed and wound water systems destroved. W concept of massive assured destruction," or MAD, and the acronym is well taken. of all the essentials by whit man surStill more: Assumptions d food, shelvives in an urban society must be and made on the offensive capability of our ter, tansportation, communicaion we must try to think what 1 would be prospective enemies three to five years hence. Even with the best intelligence, like if all these were instaitaneously wiped out. These thoughts af literally such assumptions have to be largely conunthinkable. jecture. In this nightmare game of chess, That is only one of th variable we must assume that the enemy does not g n - J 1 ; . Provo Lauds TV Special Bravo to ABC television for its presentation of 17 special, Three Young Americans: In Search of Survival. My hope would be that enough people saw it to help in this struggle for ultimate survival of mankind. I would imagine those who are already cognizant of our world ecological prob- lems were the major witnesses while the remaining apathetic majority remained apathetic. , Despite the work of a dedicated few to conservation purposes. I fear the uncontrollable desire for power and wealth that pervades the earth will ulti- mately bring about the destruction of life together. All this conservation talk means more than just declaring special regions as wilderness areas or j setting aside a few national parks. It means, more importantly, that we must conserve the balance of nature on our entire planet. We must understand the effects of continued industrial development, continued construction of highways, continued water and air pollution from various sources, continued removal of natural resources from the earth, continued destruction of plant and animal life, and continued increase in pollution. We humans are dependent upon nature for our own physical survival. By mans continued ignorance and inhumanity, we may find ourselves civilized out of existence. --MRS. JACK E. McLELLAN 2439 E. 6600 South the March . , perfect a defensive system of its o that would nullify our proposed retalia ry assault, whether from fixed miss bases or from Poseidons fired from i clear submarines. The whole MAD e cept depends upon that assumption a the assumption is flimsy. The beleagured mind, unable to ct with such imponderables, turns to co puters; but the computers, while tl help, cannot help with the human ments: What will happen in China w Mao's death? Who will be running Kremlin in 1973? Will mortal men co: to their senses and back away, step step, from the abyss? For what is may be worth and it not worth much I think Mr. Nij acted wisely and responsibly. But in loose sense of the word, do I kno this? No. And neither does anyone el ; GUEST CARTOON - ' ' ' ' ? Police Pay ' i The Utah Civil Liberties Union is extremely troubled by the Salt Lake City Commissions oppo- sition to proposed increases in pension support for policemen. The citizens of Salt Lake City cannot afford to disregard fair demands for both pension ' and salary increases. Fairness in the administration of justice is al- e solutions to ways sacrificed when we adopt the problem of law and order. If we want effective and fair law enforcement, we must have qualified for the frustrations policemen who are well-paiand required of them. We expect our and police officers to be restrained, polite in enforcing the lv. They can fairly expect the citizenry to support their demands for decent wage and pension standards. WILLIAM J. LOCKHART President, Utah Affiliate, American Civil Liberties Union : , . . cut-rat- mmmm 1 iV--- ir i. d , r . even-hande- d . , I Study Constitution If Americans, instead of listening and viewing the psychedelic hashish presented on so many radio and television programs, would study the Constitution, and the lives of great patriots, they would desire to act in solving some of the world Educational Giant Chrlithn Sdtnct Monitor problems. , , . -J- V wfelflVHjNi . HELLSTROM self-estee- fofes On Nixons Nightmare The difficulty y appraising the Presi- misdent's decision oif an sile system thy difficulty that baffles -- J. A ' . AY D. MCDANIEL Blanding 4 |