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Show Q 1 The Firing Line: Bobby Most Like His DacT . ' 'lea?' Note From hl vantage point as confidant of the Kennedy family, Arltvr Krock watched the rise to power of John F. and Robert F. Kennedy. In this excerpt from his book, "Memoirs: Sixty Years on the Firing Line" (Funk & Wagnalls!, the former Washington correspondent and commentator for the New York Times gives his opinion on how history will iudge the siain brothers. man of his brother's eulogy in St. Patricks Cathedral, but as an inspirer of the best sentiments that are latent in the A 19" DESERET NEWS, Wednesday, January He came to my office one day Jack was in the hospital in New York and told me Jack was dying. (It was one of the two occasions when the young senator had received the last rites of the church.) Then Joseph Kennedy wept, for the only time in my presence. It was, I think, after Jack began his American people. For the duration of his normal life expectancy, a long span of years, the naThird of six articles tion and the world will have many occasions, I think, to miss Bob Kennedy By ARTHUR KROCK partial recovery that Ambassador KenneRobert Francis Kennedy was the most his wit with its strong element of selfintense of the male members of his redepreciation; his qualities of leadership; dy began definitely to plan for Jack the markable family. In this he more nearly the courage that impelled him, a liberal political career he had designed for Joe Jr. Until then, I think, he shared a beof the liberals, to risk the resembled his faopposition of organized labor and industry; and, by lief, which was mine, that Jack was suitther than any of his brothers he denouncing the violent disregard of law ed to a career in journalism, in literaand order that had been manifest among ture, or in teaching. same had I had formed this opinion of reading the very segment of the population where capacity for likes Jacks Harvard thesis, which was rehis political following was almost unaniand dislikes, for markable fresh, precise, finely perceplove and hate, for mous, to risk disaffection there, too. some time in my library tive. We spent compassion toward The death of Joe Jr. who perished in Georgetown, editing and polishing; I the denied and the in a bombing mission to Belgium in 1944 f tiblication of the thesis in book proposed but with the in first break was this circle of oppressed, form under the title, Why England a simultaneous (Conine children, nearly all extraordinary in found an agent in New York ncentration on s ervsome way. It was one of the most severe Slpet, and who made the arrangement. (Recently I shocks to the father that Ive ever seen ing personal ambinoted, in looking over my correspondtion. registered on a human being. ence with the agent, that I had referred Like others who are driven by a thirst I share the opinion of some that Joe to Jack Kennedy as this boy.) for power, he unquestionably was conhad been influenced to undertake his Jack Kennedy generously acknowlvinced that he was best qualified to fatal mission after having completed edged my assistance by this inscription make an effective attack on the injusall his scheduled flights and on the first copy he received of Why tices and kindred evils that afflict the the hazard to disprove a slander. The England Slept: TO MR. KROCK WHO United States and human society as a slander common among the British at BAPTIZED, CHRISTENED AND WAS whole. that time of their resentment against the BEST MAN FOR THIS BOOK WITH Into this pattern the desire to become ambassador's Boston interview was MY SINCERE THANKS. (I never bePresident fits perfectly. Hence, the bit- that the Kennedys were yellow. came Arthur until he had been in the terness with which so many sought to White House for months.) was based on the fact that KenneIt stop him on the way can be accounted In the few years that followed before if the United States that dy, realizing for only by the provocations he especialambassador became a casualty of the John F. Kennedy decided to substitute a ly engendered: the obvious passion of his Nazi blitz of London it would increase political career for the sporadic journalpursuit; the widespread feeling that the the he had engaged, he showed prospect of American involvement in ism in which Kennedys had come to think of the Presigreat promise. He was assigned to report the in each house a he war, spent night dency as a family fief; and the advanthe organization meeting of the United had rented outside London, at Ascot. tage over competitors inherent In huge Nations at San Francisco in 1945, and ordeal-by-wJack During Kennedys financial resources. there I saw much of him in the in the Pacific, while te was missof his being devoted to social activities. But I shall Inevitably the high and known was of his nothing fate, assassinated in his most golden moment ing his father kept the evil tidings to himself always regret that I was not one of those of political victory has swiftly made a in his bedroom at the Palace Hotel one and endured the suspense with remarkaplace for him in the forum where men ble stoicism. evening, where in the words of a friend, inciare dehumanized as legends. After Jack had been rescued, and for John Andrews King, this delightful Yet when history meets a several subsequent years, he had serious dent occurred : eveJack, dressed for a black-ti- e public ready for an objective appraisal qf troubles with his back. Yet only once did Bob Kennedy, I believe he will emerge I see his father show emotion mindful of ning, with the exception of his pumps from the mists of the legend, not only as, that evoked by the death of his eldest and dinner coat, was lying on the bed, in his private life, the good and decent son. propped up by three pillows, the telephone receiver in hand: To the operator he said, I want to speak to the managing editor of the Chicago (After a long pause) Not in? Well, put somebody on to take a message. (Another pause) Good. Will you see that the boss gets this message as MERRY-GO-ROUN- D filing of campaign contributions, so the soon as you can reach him? Thank you. exact amount of oil funds is not availHeres the message: Kennedy will not able. However, Hickel waged a be filing tonight. campaign with a lot of expnesive TOMORROW: A "minority" view of tha EInhower lakes, shorelines and original beauty. Madison Avenue gimmicks, and the oil Presidency. There was a period under Eisenhower donations are reported to have been around $400,000. when Secretary of the Interior Douglas POINT NO. 3 McKay won the nickname of Generous Immediately after YOUR Doug because of his generosity in handbecoming governor, Hickel fired the head of his minerals resources division and ing out mining claims and drilling permits on the public domain. However, reappointed In his place Tom Kelly, former action was so strong that McKay reexecutive vice president of Halbouty Oil of Mike Halbouty. signed; and Fred Seaton, who replaced Co., and Hickel is reported to be in various land him, did a conscientious job of carrying out the GOP policy of conservation. deals with Halbouty. All of this is why the appointment of POINT NO. 4 Hickels chief booster Gov. Walter J. Hickel of Alaska to be to be secretary of the Interior has been Nixons secretary of the Interior is cerRobert O. Anderson, heavy contributor tain to result in fireworks at Hickels to the Nixon campaign and head of Atlantic-RichfielSenate confirmation hearings. Oil. This company By DAVID E. LOFGREN Hickel stuck his chin out at his initial scored one of the big oil strikes of recent Deseret News Consultant press conference by antagonizing every years on Alaskas north slope with two Even though the crisp winter air has wells which are bringing in some 2,000 conservationist in the country, Republihumbled the garden, flowers completely can or Democrat, including the daughter barrels per day. This compares with 100 indoor varieties are still ours to of the to 500 barrels for countertheir southern of Teddy Roosevelt, Alice Longworth, by Few carry the thought, the things enjoy. stating that he didnt believe in putting parts. love that plants do, the and warmth, natural resources under lock and key The man who is secretary of the those given as flowering varieespecially just for conservations sake. He also Interior will have considerable authorities. made it quite clear that he intended to ty as to where Atlantic-Richfielcan The wide choice of plants this year reverse the executive order of Secretary pick up further leases. has seldom been equaled. Many plants Udall which froze all government lands POINT NO. 5 Hickel, after the which in Alaska until Congress could decide up to just a few years ago were death Of Sen. Bob Bartlett, appointed to considered are at present, seasonal, which of the lands should go to Eskimos, the Senate Tom Stevens, former counsel the magic touch of science, through Indians and Aleuts. Oil and other oil for brought into bloom ai. the beck and call If you examine Hickels record micompanies. of the grower. nutely you discover a lot of other points POINT NO. 6 As governor, Hickel There are a couple of points that cant which the Senate Interior Committee opposed an increase in the severance tax be in caring for plants: (1) should check into carefully before conagainst oil companies operating in AlasDont flowering house plants your keep some him. of Here them: are firming ka. The University of Alaska had found, toe mature too fast and fade warm; they is oil Hickel POINT NO. 1 an oil and after a thorough study of oil, that the too early; and (2) make sure they get gas man. Until he became governor, he companies could afford to pay a 10 per enough water, but never stand in water. oil on all the from taken was chairman of the Anchorage Natural cent tax ground in Alaska. Hickel. however, rejected this, Also, provide good drainage. Gas Company, which freezes natural gas Tne following are a few of the more and sells it to Japan. This puts him in asked for a tax study of his own. Later and desirable flowering plants available the same position as Ed Pauley, who the Alaskan Legislature passed a modest is tax of 3 per cent, which the governor still to be had this year. Listed after each failed to get confirmation as undersecrelife suited lor best the long extemperature tary of the Navy, though Hickel Is in a opposed, even though some of the oil and beauty. These temperatures are ecutives had expected to settle for seven. far more sensitive spot than Pauley beespecially desirable at night. cause as secretary of the Interior he will Thus has the genial Wally Hickel have several million acres of government fought for the oil companies. After Jan. oil land under him. 20 he'll be expected, as secretary of the Hickel was elected FOINT NO. 2 Interior, to turn around and protect the governor with the active support of oil public from the oil companies he has companies. Alaskan law does not require befriended. A 1969 15, Salute To Men Of Valor 'V k. the g ar slow-pace- d The author believes RFK "will emerge from an inspirer of the best sentiments latent YOUR HEALTH By DREW PEARSON and JACK ANDERSON Who Wear Pacemakers C. THOSTESON, M.D. Letters from two readers, a man and a woman, who have heart pacemakers keeping their heart rhythm steady ought to be of interest to others who may need such aids. Dear Dr. Thosteson: As one who has had a pacemaker since 1965. 1 would like to tell you how wonderful it Js. I was taken to the hospital for an emergency operation and after several was informed days of tests and that it would be impossible to operate until I had a pacemaker. A heart specialist installed it. I was in my 71st year. Then I went back to work, had my operation (gall bladder) two months later, and was back at work again in two . , months. The batteries of the pacemaker are guaranteed for three years. I have had mine replaced. You may use my Mrs. M.L. remarks if you so wish. from read letter I the Doctor: Dear G.R.B. about the pacemaker. I think it is wonderful. I have had one for going on five years, and it is not a serious operation. My pulse was down to 32 when I had the pacemaker put In nie. I have had new batteries. It takes about a half hour to put new ones in. I hope G.R.B. gets some relief. I am 72 years old and have B.L.D. had no trouble at all. Comment: In appropriate cases when the heart beats too slowly or too the pacemaker does a wonirregularly derful job. One of todays letters was from California, the other from Ontario. Pacemakers are in very wide use. In the original operation, an electrode is embedded in heart tissues. Then Ihe V 4, pacemaker, a little electrical instrument which produces faint but regular pulses, is embedded just under the skin surface, so it is easily and quickly accessible when it is necessary to Install new batteries. Dear Dr. Thosteson: About 15 years ago a reputable physician told me niacin is a vitamin, not a drug. Was he incorL.C. rect? it is classed Answer: He was right as a vitamin. Above question is from one of several readers who noted my reniacin is a vasodilator, mark that that is, a drug which causes small blood vessels to expand slightly." It is perfectly true that riadn is a vitamin classed as one of the B group. We need traces of it in our food to main- it sharp-eye- d tain good health. When It is given in larger amounts, as a medication, it is still a vitamin but it is a drug, also. by definition The dictionary defines a drug" as "a medicinal substance, and as one example quotes the phrase, tea and other l drugs." , Thus a drug aso be something j u ! the mists of legend ihe American people." Herald-Examine- Hickel Is In Sensitive Position From Patients By GEORGE in a medicine may else, too: a hormone, ai extract from a plant, a synthetic chemical, or such commonplace items as caffeine, baking soda or other alkalis, some mild or dilute acids, etc. Note to Mrs. A.B.: Some people are allergic to eggs, which cause various consequences: a rash for some people, swelling for others, intestinal upsets for still others. Chronic bed brenth cad make lift mlsftrtblt for everyone, for medical view of tha causes nd cure of bad breath, write to Dr. Thostewn. In cere of the Deieret News P.O. Box 1257, Salt take City, Utah 4110, for e copy of the booklet, ' Bed Breeth Can Be Corrected. endowing e lone, eeif eddreued, stamped envelope end 25 cents In com to cover cost of printing end handling. WASHINGTON Only once in American history has a member of the Cabinet been convicted Secretary of the Interior Albert K. Fall who was found guilty of taking a $100,000 bribe from Sinclair Oil in connection with a giveaway of the Teapot Dome naval oil preserve. One other, Richard A. Ballinger, secretary of the Interior under Taft, was accused of accepting a $250 law fee before he entered the Cabinet and later as a member of the Cabinet disposing of 5,000 acres of coal Alaskan lands to his former client. The Ballinger scandal led to his and resignation the subsequent defeat of Pres- ident Taft by Wilson Woodrow after Teddy Roo- sevelt bitterly attacked Taft over Ballinger and his failure to carry out conservation. Since then, and since the Teapot Dome oil scandal convulsed the nation, every president and every Congress has been sensitive over the question of oil reserves and of natural resources and the secretary of the Interior who is supposed to protect them. During the Truman Administration, Truman was forced to recall from the Senate the name of his old friend Ed Pauley to be undersecretary of the Navy because Pauley was an oilman, and the Navy was owner of the Elk Hills oil reserves. The Senate balked at confirming him. Ever since Teddy Roosevelt's day, the Republican Party has considered conservation one of its bedrock policies. Democrats of late have been equally ardent champions of conservation, and present Secretary of the Interior Steward Udall is one of the foremost. Nevertheless, Republicans have considreed that they are the birthright guardians of the nations forests, wildlife, streams, ; r. d GARDEN Taking Care Of Precious House Plants d d Atlantic-Richfiel- d ' The letter began Can you interpret these two sentences? They were part of some program notes that I found recently in my program. They c o neern Five Weberns Pieces for Orchestra. It was the latter (Webern) who sub limated the elec h r omatic ments of the temin pered scale Schoenberg's dodea 1 e m- caphonic of sonic extracting the quintessence molecules and conjuring up an esoteric complex of tesimal tonalities. Weberns hermetic productions may be likened to a field of neutrinos, possessing neither mass nor electrical charge, whose powerful spin during ephemeral existence somehow provides the koy to penultimate mysteries. I really dont know what it is that troubles the writer of my letter. The first sentence is plain enough, and I think It conjures up a rather lovely Image In mind. Cant you just see Wtbern in his studio, bent over a rickety old alembic borrowed from Schoenberg, happily distill- - There are letters en route to a couple; of Utah boys serving in Vietnam waters , ' with the U.S. Navy. These letters are going the opposite direction than those from the Depart- ment . . . we regret to inform you . . . The letters, written by their mothers, will inform Darrell Maguire, Ogden, and . I p Fred Farmer, Salt Lake City, that their . grandfather, Fred Farmer Sr., is dead died Saturday. Darrell is the son of Mrs. Gwen Ma- ' guire, and is serving aboard the USS Worden, a missile destroyer. Fred is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fanner frijm out on Drive Springview in our valley. Fred ' ... r is serving aboard the proud aircraft carrier USS Kitty-haw- 1 Mi: k. 00:: Fred Sr., was buried yesterday out at the Elysian Mr. Jones Gardens . . . the last of eight sons of Thomas Farmer, an . , old soldier. " Tom volunteered for action In World War I, but was declared too old. Howev-e- r, his eight sons served in that war with e j honor. There was William, who died of (j,. wounds in India; Albert, who suffered,, )(, through the rigors of a German Army prison camp; Sid was wounded in France; Harry suffered frozen feet in at : stint at the front in the wintertime. f Tom and Edward served In France, vv And Fred, the youngest, just 17 years . , ( old, saw some of the heaviest fighting of the War to End All Wars. Fred returned from the battles and1 married his pretty Clarice. They had a son and a daughter, Albert and Gwen.u,Vi.' When Germany rekindled its war efforts,,.; un-o- r the Nazi flag and Adolph Hitler,,. ", ( Albert was the first to answer the call.1 ' He served as a gunner for the RAF. Fred, on the Kittyhawk, is Alberts son.',-Darrel- l is Gwen's son. It makes you wonder about some ot those young men . . . the' ones who have sold their country for a few beads. V jL long-haire- d , Street Scene: The police officer who5'; Tuesday morning wended his way on d motorized tricycle the ; -wrong way on Regent St He was. , v checking on the really big criminals who , ( , overpark their autos. j But give him time. He may learn the route yet! a? three-wheele- one-wa- y AI Long, who supervises In the chine shop out at Hercules, recently got,r,i . , hold of a bit of barbed wire that was unusual. One of the strands was a woven ma-tin-- '-' cable. seven-wir- e The hunk of wire Is a collectors item. Old barbed wire that once fenced the 1,1 open ranges is in big demand by coUec--- ! tors and brings prices like $500 for a footnM : or two. But dont you guys go around tearing up the countryside! , ,v, . 1 over-stresse- d - - MUSICAL WHIRL Ing dodecaphs, watching Intently as the sonic molecules rise in the curcurbit, dancing and hissing, and ever so deftly extracting the choicest quintessences from which he makes a composition of very, very small tonalities, and very esoteric, indeed! The second sentence is even more a model of terse and lucid simple prose. What lifts this passage above the ordinary, of course, is the breathtaking imagery in his field of neutrinos. This is the kind of dazzling shaft, like a sunburst that so often illuminates musicologists program notes (no pun). One moment we are toiling with Webern over his bleak landscape, nothing in sight but hills and vales of infinitesimal tonalities, mile after mile, one esoteric complex after another, and then we top a rise and there below us, suddenly and unexpectedly, lies a field of neutrinos so rare, so ephemeral, spinning powerfully in the sun. It seems a sight to pale the port Wordsworth's field of daffodils. Would he had witnessed it, our poetry might be finer. My young student correspondent will come to be edified and entertained by such program notes someday. This kind of musicologist writes like rockets, fueled The 1969 Metropolitan SOLFEGGIO Opera Auditions will be held February 20 in the Salt Lake Library Auditorium. Each contestant must be sponsored by a teacher of voice. The judges will be J. Spencer Cornwall, formerly of the Tabernacle Choir; Dr. Jay Welch, assistant conductor of the Tabernacle Choir and a member of the University of Utah Music Department faculty; Dr. John Halliday, former head of the BYU Music Department; and Mrs. Marian Sharp Robinson. The auditions will be directed by Mrs. E. C. Judd, chairman. Ages for those audialtos, tioning are: Sopranos, and busses, tenors, baritones, 17-2- 20-3- 19-3- 20-3- . . . APPOGGIATURAS - . schools. nft.,- All in favor but like Howard ; . Pearson, our man in the movies, said, I got through, but didnt have a prayer, especially in chemistry and math. He. can't say a word of chemistry now! ... Wit's End V There's an accident report down at A fellow ran his ' the police station auto into the rear of another car when he took his eyes off the road to adjust his. seat belt. vur ... ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmtmtiiiinimitniniiniiiniitiiniiiiiiiiiniiiiiB by words so rare and esoteric that they fly in ever and ever smaller circles, until finally they vanish in their own exhausts. But dont they give a lovely light? 20-3- Both of our good senators, Wallace Bennett and Ted Moss, are cosponsoring iU''y a constitutional amendment to permit ' volutary participation in prayer in the! "' it For Sure, Everyone Knows That By HAROLD LUNDSTROM Deseret News Music Editor By HARRY JONES The Utah Music Educators Association will hold its annual Music Clinic Jan. 25 at the Mid-Wint- Vicwmont High School in Bountiful. All personnel who teach music, says the president, Vernon J. LecMaster, are invited to attend. This includes elementary music teachers, junior and senior high school music teachers, and college and . . . The College university faculties. of Southern Utah Concert Band will present its winter concert Thursday (16) in the new and beautiful CSU Recital Hall. It will be conducted by Harold Boyce. from getting or giving a house plant: Know for whom you want the plant. If at all possible, go to the nursery or florist and select the plant personally. Plants have personalities, they may be tall and stately or short and full. They may be graceful or rugged. They may be stark and bold or can be soft and comfortable. All these traits can be present in different plants of the same variety. When you get the plant home (and don't freeze it on the way, many of these plants are tender) make sure you have drainage for the container. Punch a hole in the bottom of the wrapper and place container in a saucer or other receptacle to prevent water damage. Even with a pan under the plant, never put a container with water in it on a piano or organ. At first, water the plant often as it is coming into a warmer, drier climate than it is used to. But make sure that drain water is poured off. As much as possible, keep your plants in a cool location and do not overfeed them. Where practical, locale them In a light sunny spot. Always give them a cool place at night. Watch for pest invasions and control before they can spread. Enjoy your plants for the many fine thoughts they bring. 4 BIG TALK I M .V Y 'iV If ' . H J "Next time students try to take over a college, the dean should say, 'Great! How do you plan to handle the annual deficit?"' photo Dtttrat Nrw taunt by Llonol V. McNotly for thg popular daily Baby Birthday teatua. viiiiiiiiii!!ii!iiiii;iiiiiii!i!iiiiiiil!iimiiiitiiiiiiiitiiii;iiiiiliiiii;ii!iiiiri .K ,v ' |