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Show mtwwMfmm Wi1 W lll!l!ll!!!!ll!llli;:illllll!!;lllllllllllllllllllli;illllllll;IIIHIHIIIIIIIIIiH!li,llllll;!,!mi 'Okay, Turn Him Back Into Superman' DESERET NEWS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Wig BlllllinilllllllIIII1llillllllllllllinillIllilllHlllllI!Hinnil!lilllllHlllllUllltlllUllIllil: His Mother Cares Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired i 12 A EDITORIAL PAGE JANUARY MONDAY, d 20, 1969 The Pueblo Inquiry: Give Us The Facts As the Navy opens a court of inquiry today into the capture of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo, there are a number of vital questions to which the public should know the an- swers. Except for an old destroyer salvaged by the Japanese after the fall of the Philippines, the Pueblo is the first U.S. warship to fall into enemy hands since the Civil War and the first to have been taken by enemy action on the high seas since the War of 3.812. Clearly, the episode raises questions about the capture of the Pueblo, the conduct of its crew, and the extent to which natipnal security has been jeopardized. To begin with, why wasnt the ship scuttled or disabled? The captains implication that they tried and failed isnt a sufficient answer. Why wasnt the ship protected by air cover or naval vessels within close striking distance? What instructions from higher up did the captain receive after reporting the initial onset with North Korea? There have been reports of uncertainty and temporizing when time was essential. Who was responsible for entrusting such a risky assignment' to a ship that could neither fight nor run? What safeguards have been instituted since the Pueblo episode to insure that other intelligence ships are adequately protected from unlawful seizure? Was the ships commander justified in making a false confession while a prisoner of war rather than permit the murder of his crewmen? In view of new "brainwashing techniques," does the military code of conduct requiring prisoners of war to give only their name, rank, serial number, and date of birth need to be revised? Moreover, to what extent has national security been compromised by the Pueblos capture? Since the ship with all its electronic intelligence gear is in North Koreas hands, U.S. security can hardly be further impaired by letting Americans know, what the enemy already knows. In the words of the national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars: '"It is recognized that the Pueblo incident is a highly sensitive ;and complex matter. Nevertheless, the implications of the ship's capture are and extend to the very heart of our national security. We trust that the full story will be made known so all Americans will be better informed their regarding security. far-reachi- ... g, The Latest 'Boston Strangling BOSTON Theres been another Boston strangling. This time the victim is a mysterious $1.9 project. It was killed by VICTOR RIESEL the government after some of its and uplift chatter. There was a prime trainees, its con- subcontractor for the project, Woolman sultants and some Systems of New York, which had the of its executives basic responsibility for training the men. It advanced some $75,000 for some were gunued down staff men, trainers and consultants. It right in the of a put out money to remake an old garage at 1540 Columbus Ave. This was to have neighborhood com-u n i t y action been the training center. How many were trained? How many group. They were found one early were enrolled, anyway, even if they did count morning full of not get much training? Twelve them g revolvtwelve, in five months. bullet holes inflicted by Certainly the Woolman Systems peoers. ple could have trained more than a dozen One of the victims, apparently poor, as auto mechanics. Certainly they could obviously was less equally poor than have attracted more to such training, those he should have been training. which would lead not to dead-en- d jobs In his pocket was a $3,000 check. but to higher skills and higher pay. Some of his alleged assailants were The Woolman Systems people are sicaught, indic ed and soon will be tried. lent. Why? Someone must have strangled over in the the Boston So much for the shoot-ou- t and project early. Someone Blue Hill Ave. headquarters of the New obviously not the Woolman firm which England Grass Roots Organization early advanced the money and was eager to on the morning of Nov. 13. killed it off. get started Who were they? Why did one of the But what of this project, which was handed by the Labor Dept, last July 26 to victims have a $3,000 check in his pockseven community action groups, four car et? What were the murderers' motives? What was at stake? Why were not the dealers and a taxi company? good people of the consortium able to get The money was appropriated originalthe project under way? the came through ly to help the poor. It These are the questions now being and for training manpower department asked has areas in which by the Labor ept., by those who many development, appropriated the an; poverty and traindone fine work anywhere from trainthe incoming ing Eskimos to developing calibrators. In ing funds originally, and by urban specialists of President Nixons area, the $1.9 million the Roxbury-Bostowas to pay for the training of 500 auto embryonic administration. A multimurder is a deuce of a thing mechanics. There was much publicity, fine talk to inherit. In itself, its a headache. head-quarte- rs m fast-firin- n ,i Two Utahns Move Up "The best executive as Theodore Roosevelt once observed, is the one who has enough sense to pick good men to do what he wants done, and enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. .That quotation was cited by President Richard Nixon to let Americans know how he felt about the role of the Cabinet, which he promised to strengthen and upgrade. He knew that the first objective standard for judging his administration would be the caliber of the men he named to his Cabinet. He also knew that good government depends not only on sound policies and modern administrative techniques, but also on getting good men in responsible posts. Those same principles also apply to important federal posts below the Cabinet level. National government has grown far too large and far too complex to be controlled effectively by the Cabinet, let alone by the White House itself. These observations are prompted by the appointment the pas weekend of former Utahns Rocco C. Siciliano and Jack y W. Carlson as of commerce and assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget, respectively. Rocco Sicilianos background includes these impressive accomplishments: President of the Pacific Maritime Assn., partner in the Washington law firm of Wilkinson, Cragun and Barker, assistant secretary of labor in the Eisenhower Administration for four years and later special assistant to the president. A son of Italian immigrant parents, he worked his way up without "influence or special connections and is living evidence of the opportunities available to every American. As for Dr. Carlson, a former Air Force fighter pilot and University of Utah student body president, he has been senior staff economist with the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers, a member of the Federal Council of Science and Technology and the National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, chairman of the Federal Coordinating Committee on the Economic Impact of Pollution Abatement, and Director of the Program Evaluation Staff for the Budget Bureau. All this, and more, by age 35. Certainly Dr. Carlson, a Harvard Ph.D. in economics, demonstrates that youthfulness viced be no handicap in exercising high-levresponsibility. As Mr. Siciliano and Dr. Carlson move into the select circle of America's leading public servants, we congratulate them and wish them every success in serving the best interests of their nation. under-secretar- By any reasonable standard, the combined traffic engineering department that is being studied by the Salt Lake Traffic Advisory Council makes sense. - Salt Lake City has a traffic engineer but the county doesn't. Yet, the dividing line between city and county is becoming more artificial because more and better roads mean more driving in the county as well as the city. Indeed, traffic is increasing faster than population, and in the next 10 to 15 years is expected to nearly triple throughout the valley. Moreover, a joint traffic engineering program would be consolidation that is one more step toward the more essential but more inevitable as popunot only becoming two the units closer toeconomic and lation growth bring city-coun- ty ty gether. Four years ago the Utah Safety Council urged that Salt Lake City and County get together on a combined traffic engi nccring program. How many more years must go by before we stop studying and start acting? pre-judg- e, Sizing Up Utah dry-good- Bountiful Whose Demands? By ERNEST CUNEO Far more bold than Stalins, the most magnificent diplomatic chess mind of the Kremlin is esthetically as beautiful to behold as its victories are dismaying to watch. With deep chagrin, it must be conceded that Moscow has exceeded Talleyrand and Metternich at their scheming best, and indeed outclasses even Disraelis daring as the Viking does the riverboat captain. Stalin himself was afraid to enter the Mediterranean. He told Tito to liquidate the Greek war at once, because the United States had no option but to fight for the Mediterranean lifeline and the Middle East. Since Stalin's death, the Kremlin has all but won what he did not even dare attempt. Casting Stalins cautions to the winds the Communists mounted an Arab war against Israel, and when the Arabs lost the war proceeded to turn the Arab defeat into a smashing Red victory. Today, the Arab states for all practical purposes are Soviet dominated. The lifeline is closed at Suez, a Red naval squadron is in the Mediterranean, and the dominant naval force in the Indian Ocean is Russian. There is nothing between Suez and Singapore but open water, and Singapore is slated for evacuation in 1971. The crowning blow came this month when the Philippine Republic suggested evacuation of the U.S. bases at Clark Field and Subic Bay. The capstone of Red brilliance is that such drastic steps by Manila are actually praised by some of America's leading dove newspapers, notably The New York Times. But it is in the Middle East where the Kremlin triumphs glitter most brightly. Russia has trained and equipped Arab guerrilla forces which continually have attacked civilian Israelis on Israeli soil. Arab guerrillas These Russian-coache- d shot up an Israeli plane in Athens; one life was lost and only miraculous good said the Israelis), luck (bad aim, saved scores of people from being burned alive. Upon this outrage the Israelis made a dangerous mistake. They destroyed 13 planes in the Beirut airport. Militarily perfect, the maneuver caused no loss of life, which the Israelis took great pains to protect; but it was a terrible diplomatic blunder. Now, as Prince Talleyrand might have exclaimed with envy, note the brilliance of the Kremlin: By outrageous provocation it induced Israel to attack Lebanon, least defensible of her neighbors and territory so vital to the United States that President Eisenhower risked war with Russia to protect it. It is a basic axiom of the diplomatic intelligence that the perfect crime can be accomplished only by getting someone else to commit it. The Kremlin not only succeeded in getting Americas ally, Israel, to drive Lebanon into the camp of the Kremlin but it simultaneously brought the De Gaulle government back against Israel, e De Gaulle government the which the Communists deflated and nearly crushed last summer. The action of the hawks of Israel, furthermore, released flocks of isolationist self-sam- doves in Washington, thus qualifying Washingtons support of Israel. Post Subscribers In Trouble Several months ago the Saturday Evening Post arbitrarily cut 3 million subscribers from its lists and announced it WASHINGTON el For More Merging 'Promises' Chess Masters In The Kremlin self-restrai- nt city-coun- I have just read a newspaper clipping which was written to your newspaper concerning the little boy who took a bus ride rather than go to the sitter. It wa3 titled part-tim- e mothers." I am acquainted with the stcry of this little boy and I am upset over the insinuations. Eefore condemning all mothers who work, why didn't this person investigate the true facts? t Some little children are denied the privilege of having a good father to take care of them, and it is a sad situation; because a good father is as neces-sr- y as a good mother for the development of a good citizen. When this is not possible the mother has to do the best she can alone. In this case there has been no means of support from a father since the child was one year old. This little boy is very imaginative, bright and uninhibited; he has no fears because he has never been subjected to any. This particular sitter has tended him from babyhood. She is a loving mother with four children of her own. The family is clean-livinreligious and loving, the lady was carefully chosen before he was entrusted to her, and she is as concerned over him as her own. On this morning the child decided he wanted to go to work with his mother for a change. Because he is very independent he wants to do everything for himself. He has never been on a bus. so he thought all buses went to his mothers office. A has much to learn. What disturbs the new regime is how I am proud to know the fine mother of this little widespread the Boston phenomenon boy, and all of us neighbors are aware of the integnight be. True, the government did not rity of this woman, and of her good intentions, lose any money here. It killed the project love, and concern for the welfare of her little son. officially on January 3. The $1.9 million --MARJORIE LIDDLE will go for other training. 2046 Laird Dr. But will it find a better hole? There are reports of similar power struggles in SDS Detroit, Pittsburgh, and a string of other ghetto-packe- d cities. I notice that the debate over SDS is still simIn security circles it is no secret that in the letters to the editor section, with a mering autoeven weapons are being stashed of worthy people defending the admission number matic carbines and machine guns. These of SDS to the University of Utah campus on the who not of militants arsenals are stay and, after all, grounds that it is wrong to mostly with their beloved Molotov cockdidnt SDS promise to abide by the rules? tail. TTiese are the stocks of grim hoodFirst of all, the SDS group on the U. campus is lums seeking to move in on the new not all that virulent, and will probably do little and the of source money anitpoverty harm. But I think it should be made known that manpower training funds. the groups of the new left, characterized by SDS, In Boston, the power struggle got out consider the establishment as the enemy, to be of hand. Five gunmen, all affiliated with thwarted. They do not consider that a promise the project, shot down three men, all asmade to the enemy has real validity; i.e., it is not sociated with the project. They had rea true promise, because it was made to the enemy fused to surrender earlier. as a tactical maneuver. So blood flowed. Other cities are Therefore, when one reads what the SDS has to quieter. But the power struggle is no less say, it is a case of cavet lector. This applies fully intense. This time the $1.9 million was to their promises to be law abiding. saved for other poor. But why did the re-R- ONALD R. SHOOK 470 F St. gional government people wait five months before rescuing the money? Other authorities knew of the power struggles. Why did the regVnal manpower people not know? Or is $1.9 milmoved from California to Utah because we lion not important? believe the moral standards of your young people You cant fault a newsman for asking. and teenagers are higher. We have found the folIn this comer, $1.9 million is not petty lowing pros and cons. cash. Nor are the poor just so many Utilities are cheaper. Rent is about the same digits. that old homes are rented for a price nearer except They need help but gum lay and a their worth. Bus fare is higher, but more adequate. new kind of neighborhood boosism wont Groceries are higher, wages are lower. do it. In California they do not tax edibles, only s. And the nation needs some answers. Their tax is 5 per cent on the dollar. Some stores in Utah charge another 10 percent on your purchases and call it "their profit. Garbage collections are better. -B- ARBARA ALLEN F 1.1 J was keeping only those readers who had the purchas-in- g power as well as jjie status wor thy of the new, so- SEP phisticated format. I reported at the time that those dropped from the list of subscribers suffered a grievous mow to their egos as well as to their positions in the community. If the Saturday Evening Post considered you a deadbeat, you didnt have much choice but to either pretend you were getting the magazine and live a lie, or move out of the neighborhood before anyone found out. One of the tragedies of the decision to cut its subscription list in half was that the Saturday Evening Post turned brothmother-in-l- a i against , daughter-in-lawfriend against friend. The people who got The Post after the decision had been made lorded it over those who had been dropped from the er against brother, list. But then it happened. Without warning, the publishers of The Post decided to put the magazine out of business, and the 3 million elite suddenly found themselves without a magazine they could ART BUCHWALD call their own. Those on top found themselves on the bottom, and those on the bottom (the ones who had been dropped arbitrarily months back) found themselves riding higti. I wish I could report that there was some Christian charity shown toward the SEP subscribers, but there had been so much bitterness in the past that when The Post announced it was going out of the deadbeats" celebrated business, throughout the land. Kellerman, who had been arbitrarily dropped by The Post last May because he only owned one car. was paid a visit by Sanskrit, whose subscription to the Saturday Evening Post made his credit rating in Chevy Chase as good as Jean Faul Getty's. As Kellerman answered the door, Sanskrit said, I dont like to ask you this, but I was wondering if I could read your Life magazine when youre finished." Not on your life, Sanskrit," Kellerman said. You seem to forget that only wo months ago I asked to read your Saturday Evening Post and you said, 'I dont know if Die Post would want you to or not. Its not up to me. I dont make the rules.' Youre not going to bear a grudge over an incident like that, Kellerman? I did let you have my Look, didn't I?" 1 didn't want 1 wanted your Look your Saturday Evening Post. You said youd be happy to let me read The Post but if they found out about it at Curtis, they might cut you off and you and your family werent in a position to stick your necks out. You remember that, Sanskrit? I acted hastily, Sanskrit pleaded. There was so much pressure. I saw what happened to you after The Post cut your subscription and I was afraid it would happen to me. I saw the way the how kids treated your kids at school your credit was cut at the stores, how they dropped you from the club and the swimming pool. One night, I swear it, Kellerman, I said to my wife, I dont care what they do to me, Im going to give Kellerman last weeks copy of the Saturday Evening Post. But you werent home, and I was afraid to leave the issue at the front door. The next day I got cold feet. I know its hard to justify, but I ask you, would you have acted difKellerman ferently if the Saturday Evening Post had canceled my subscription Instead of yours?" Well never know, Sanskrit, and I hope I never have to make the derision. Please, Kellerman, if you wont give me Life, let me at least have a peek at the Readers Digest." Kellerman smiled. "I dont know if The Digest would want you to or not. Its not up to me. After all, I dont make the rules. And with that Kellerman laughed hysterically and slammed the door. In his inaugural address, Gov. Calvin Hampton gave the blunt warning that Utahns must pay for what you want and what we demand, we must pay for. Apparently his only contact with Utahns has been through state agencies and their budget directors. The taxpayers arent demanding the great increases from state departments. On the contrary, we taxpayers would like some relief from increased taxes. The governors 4 per cent cut in state department budgets as a result of the Kennecott strike didnt seem to create a crisis in state agencies. Now with a 16 per cent increase in available revenues, why cant the state agencies live within this increase instead of wanting more than double this amount? Yes, "what we demand, we must pay for, and now is the time to demand that the line be held on spending and taxing. -S- UNNEE THOMPSON Richfield Why Restrict Employes? Again the throat has been cut to spit the nose, and why? Simple, plain vindictiveness. It is almost commonplace that men in authority wield all too frequently unjust use of that authority. Salt Lake Citys mayor would have you believe he is the patron saint of the taxpayer, but is he? The mayor received a $285 a month raise (he voted against it, of course), and many a grateful city employe received a $13 raise. New city employes must live within Salt Lake City, and old employes, also, If they sell their homes. Why? Taxes, of course. But tax moneys are shared between city and county regardless of where it comes from. Sugar House Park is in the city, it is run by the county, so who supports the park? We all do. I wonder at the citys reasoning, for again on Jan. 14, by a 2 vote, the city commission rejected a just residency ordinance and again the mayor and two commissioners exerted authority. 3-- -- MRS. L. R. RICHMOND 4211 Mars Way Stop Fluoridation Who is responsible for fluoridation of our drinking water? What should be at the foot of these Rockies the purest water in the world, is contaminated by big business and a few ignorant parents who think it will save their childrens teeth and have not taken the trouble to investigate this racket. The next step after fluoridation will be mottled teeth. Fluoridation is obsolete at best. In Marquette, Mich., after 17 years of fluoridation, there are so many children with spectacularly bad teeth the city is now considering a large appropriation to provide dental care for young teeth that were not supposed to need it after drinking fluo- ridated water. Cavities are associated with sugar. People who do not eat sugar do not get cavities. To insure wholesome teeth in their children, let parents eliminate sugar, maintain clean teeth, proper intake of calcium, and a nourishing diet of protein, fruits and vegetables. -- MRS. 4 W. A. MASTERS 603 Corley St. |