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Show 'Wei, I think We May Hare Misjudged Our Capability ' DESERET NEWS First-Strik- e ART HOPPE Just Pick A War SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 16A EDITORIAL PAGE WEDNESDAY, A Boston court has deferred a draftee solely because he felt the unpopular war in Vietnam was illegal and immoral. APRIL 9, 1968 Consternation reigns in With more than a fourth of the year gone, the shape of challenge of Utahs economy in 1969 is beginning to come clear. Generally, the economy is healthy, with only a few weak spots. But it still needs to diversify. Significantly, it is not now relying on federal employment for its growth as much as it was two years ago. That alone is a heartening sign, but those whose job it is to watch the states pulse are finding other signs of health. Walker Banks economist, Dr. J. Whitney Hanks, finds a broad advance from a year ago, with all industries reporting gains except federal employment, which has remained constant, and construction, which is down 3.8 per cent. First Security Corp.s economist. Dr. ElRoy Nelson, says business in Utah is good to excellent by most measures. Curtis P. Harding, administrator of the Department of Employment Security, said the creation of nearly 14.000 new jobs from a year Ego is a healthy sign. Despite such progress you couldnt say the economy is booming, or that the state should relax its efforts to attract new industry and new jobs. The figures do indicate Utahs economy has surprising resiliency in its recovery from the long copper strike of last year more, in fact, than had been expected. But the need to attract new industry will never be more critical than it is right now, in spite of the passing grades being given by the economists. We all learned that lesson durcollision ing the last Legislature as we watched the head-o- n between taxpayers and government needs. Thats why this page once again affirms its support for imaginative industrial development at all levels of the state. hard-hittin- g, As Dr. Hanks put it, Utah is still on a gradual climb upward from the high plateau it has been on since But a gradual climb is not enough. Utah needs new jobs, new people and new industries. Our economy is strong, our people are trained and willing, and the opportunity is before us. mid-196- 7. 14-- B The National Right To Work Committees annual survey of economic statistics has once again shown the 19 Right to Work states leading the country in their overall rate of economic growth, in creation of new jobs, in new wealth and personal income and in wage improvements. The figures presented in the annual analysis seem to bear out the contention that states which do not force their work-- , ers to belong to unions against their will are not by any means suffering economically. For example, although the 19 states Utah among them contain only 28 per cent of the population, they captured 52.6 per cent of the new manufacturing jobs created in the last 10 years. The top seven states, and 12 of the top 15 in creating new manufacturing jobs, arts Right To Work states. Personal income during the 10 years went up 92 per cent in Right to Work states, compared with 74.6 per cent for the others. Part of this gain, of course, came about because the areas where Right To Work states are concentrated the South and the West have been experiencing a great economic revival, not all of which can be attributed to the Right To Work laws. But the Committees conclusion is still sound: Business executives know that voluntary union membership is a key factor in assuring responsible union leadership. Thats just one of the reasons Congress should thwart y of the renewed attempts to repeal Section 14-Act allowing states to adopt Right To Work laws. B Baseball opened its centennial year this week more on the defensive than ever in its claims as the national pastime. Pastime, according to Webster, is that which amuses or makes time pass agreeably. Baseball, however, has been doing neither very well for several years now. The monotony of the bali games of recent years, when the pitchers took over control of the grand old sport that used to thrill millions, has all but killed off attendance as a means of paying the bills. In fact, if it werent for the $50 million three-yea- r TV pact, baseball might be in even worse straits. It used to be a failing team could pull up roots and transfer to a new town with an almost guaranteed windfall. Milwaukee, Kansas City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco all figured in dramatic success stories. But with the big leagues expanded by four new teams this year, theres hardly anywhere left to roam within the continental confines of the U.S. that might still prove lucrative. A century after the Cincinnati Red Stockings became the first team to sign players to season-lon- g contracts in 1869, baseball is showing increasing interest in change. In addition to four new teams this year (the Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Seattle Pilots and Kansas City Royals), baseball is putting new restrictions on the pitchers by lowering the mound and reducing the strike zone. And its following several other pro sports with a arrangement and divisional playoffs before the final World Series. The most decided advantage, though, may be that no ones favorite team can finish any worse than sixth and fans. thats a boon to many 1-- 0 ever-increasi- four-divisio- n long-sufferin- g Afterthought . . . The fact that less than 10 per cent of a recorded history has been entirely without war makes some people fee! that but the fact that less than one per cent war is inevitable of the human race is entirely without colds doesnt make us jive up our relentless search for a cure for the common cold. i he added with a worried Mr. Hoppe and nofrown, body came? It is this frightening possibility that has led the State and Defense Departments to launch a joint pilot project at a secret location in Chillecothe, N..T. If this ruling is upheld, explained General Zapp, were obviously going to have to reverse our traditional concept of warfare. Instead of starting a war and then rounding up the troops, Itll have to be the other way around. The pilot project consists of a Marine Corps sergeant stationed behind a counter adjacent to the local draft board. On the wall a large sign reads: Go to the war of your choice. Hi, there, sir," says the Marine Sergeant to a likely looking draftee. Can I interest you in Vietnam today? I think its too illegal, too immoral and too far away, says the draftee firmly. Youre the boss, sir, says the serHow geant, pulling out a brochure. about a nice, carefree invasion of Cuba in June? HELP WANTED Outstndg atty, law prof, or exper- ienced judge sought for nomination by Pres, of U.S. to serve as Chf Justce of U.S., for life term beginning July. Prot. or Cath., Need man betwen pfbly from South or West. Must be conservative but not reactionary, reemnded by bar. Sal. other vacation, $62,500, generous perqsts. Fine opptnty. for right man. Pis. send smmry qualificatns, etc., to R. Nixon, 1600 Penn. Av., Washington, D.C., 20500. Youre not likely to see any such ad. The Equal Employment Opportunities Act, to say nothing of propriety and tradition, would forbid It. Nevertheless, this is about what President Nixon is looking for. In Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court already has a Negro member; it would be exceedingly unlikely, to state the matter mildly, that a second Negro would be considered. In Abe Fortas, the Court has a Jewish member; in the inheritance of the unwritten rule is one Jew at a time. Nixon needs a relatively young Chief, because the President would like to help shape the course of constitutional law for the next 20 years. Geographical considerations have only 'Never Missed A Day's Work' By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Silly the things people are proud of. Recently, I had a medical examination for some extra life insurance, and in discussing my health record, I told the doc- tor I have worked 28 years at the same place without ever missing a days work. This is the kind of pride that goeth before a fall, and I know it. I have heard many men boast that they havent had a vacation in seven years, and on the eighth they crumple up with a heart attack. The past is not too predictive of the future, but it is easy to get smug about such matters. A person is like a tree, in that a tree that wont bend is more likely to break than one that sways with the heavy winds. People who indulge themselves a little, who coddle themselves a bit when feeling fragile, probably live a lot longer than the Spartan types who grimly plough down to the office no matter how wretched they happen to feel. It is no accident, I thirds, that women generally live longer than men, by a span of several years; or that we have an excess of some eight million widows over widowers in this country. Women tend to be sick more often than men, and suffer more from chronic ailments. But, because they are so exquisitely aware of changes in their bodies, so intimately connected to the homeostatic balances of their being, they are continually adjusting the tempo and patterns of their activities to the realities of their daily needs. Men, on the other hand, are only grossly aware of their bodies. A man will even take a perverse masculine pride in abusing his energies, as though it were proof of virility of some sort. It is this male arrogance, I am convinced, rather than any inherent biological weakness, that drops men out of the race years before their wives or widows fade from the scene. And it may be an emotional luxury our society can no long as medical science increases er afford our longevity, those millions of widows merely have more years of aimless solitude to look forward to, missing those husbands who never missed a days work. JAMES J. KILPATRICK minor importance, but with Chief Justice Warrens retirement, the populous Pacific Coast will lack representation on the Court. The Souths only representative is Hugo Black, dean of the bench; at 83, Re has only a few years to go. New York and New England now have four members Douglas, Brennan, Harlan, and Marshall. Justice Stewart is from Ohio, Justice White from Colorado, Justice Fortas technically from Tennessee but more accurately from the District of Columbia. A Southern or Far Western nominee would make sense. The majoi qualification, of course, goes to political philosophy. If the Presidents nominee is Identified generally with a conservative view of the law even a moderately conservative view Mr. Nixon can rekindle the enthusiastic support of the conservatives who produced his victory in November. But if his nominee is philosophically faceless if he leans toward free and easy construction of the Constitution trouble will break loose on the right Doubtless Mr. Nixon is aware of conservatives concern, but it may do no harm to emphasize the point. This is the big rock. The nomination of a successor to Earl Warren is critical Conservatives can forgive the President a scattering of liberals here and there in the executive branch Finch in Welfare, Moynihan in - f The doctrine of full powers in the presidency, as exerted from Andrew Jackson through Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Richard Nixon, appears at an end. This doctrine is called the stewardship theory. It was bom when President Jackson declared that since the President was the only man elected by all of the people, the President was their sole spokesman. The Supreme Court upheld this theory In 1936, declaring in the great that case of U.S. versus Curtiss-Wrigthe President was not only the sole voice of the country in foreign affairs, but he was under no duty to disclose his negotiations to the Senate. Five presidents FDR, Trman, Eiexersenhower, Kennedy and Johnson cised their role as Commander-In-Chito commit the U.S. forces to action virtually on their own Initiative. Following the Gulf of Tonkin incident, however, Senator J. William Fulbright tactic. He adopted a new and extra-lega- l did not open a great debate on the Senate floor, in the tradition of Webster, Calhoun, Hayne and Wheeler. Instead, under guise of holding public TV hearings, he converted the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, for all practical purposes, irlo a parallel of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, which so plagued Mr. Lincoln. Unlike President Lincoln, who had strong men such as Stanton to defend him, President Lndon Johnson was not only prosecuted by his own party, but none rose to defend him in the Senate. ef fun-fille- go- - I dont want to get shot. For reasons like this, the pilot project has thus far proved a failure. Army Research Is now studying past wars for clues to their popularity. Unfortunately, while they have found numerous popular wars, they havent yet found one that was popular with the men who fought it. Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiii!iiiiiiii!ii urban affairs, Allen as Commissioner of Education. They can swallow his advocatreaty. cy of the nuclear They can restrain their impatience at his failure to dismantle the poverty program and to dispel the prists of Foggy Bottom. Fight's Not Over For those who have been relaxing, thinking the push for gun control was over, forget it The are urgently doing their best to help the Communist with their plan to do away with the private weapons in this country. In the first month of the 1969 session of Congress, six bills were introduced calling for gun registration. One bill on the other side of the bureaucratic administration of the present gun law' is essentially causing registration. The Secretary- qf the Treasury was given authority to use measures as he deemed necessary for enforcement of the law. Although the law only required name, age and address of ammunition purchasers, the regulations now require not only name, age and address, Cut also make, caliber or gauge, type of component, quantity, date purchased, and identification; by drivers license or other means. The secretary has also established a central recording office of all firearms andor ammunition purchases, thus creating registration as requested by Pres. JohnsGn, A study of registration and licensing costs reported in the March American Rifleman, based on existing programs in New York and elsewhere, places the cost at a half billion dollars and the editorial pointing out normal expansion of government bureaucracy estimates that in a few years the cost would be over a billion dollars a year (paid But they, know, as the President knows, that the high court is different. The nine members of that tribunal, for all practical purposes of public policy, are the nine most powerful men in the nation. On the consensus of five of them, constituting a majority, depends the whole coarse of our law. - Todays justices cannot be labeled absolutely. Black and Fortas, regarded as liberals, cast a conservative vote now and then. White and Stewart, regarded as conservatives, sometimes join the Warren bloc. Even so, the lineup is genfor the flexibles. What is neederally ed is another Harlan, with 20 years of strict construction in his future. Lately, the speculation has been that Mr. Nixon is thinking of elevating Justice Potter Stewart to Chief, and nominating Secretary of State William Rogers, a New Yorker, as Associate Justice. Conservative reaction: CooL Stewart, at 54, might make a fine Chief, but the nomination of Rogers would raise cries of cronyism. Besides, while Rogers is considered an able man, he is regarded as a philosophical neuter. In the conservative view, the President could do much better. Perhaps hell want to consider a want ad after all. 6-- 3 If you are telling yourself it will never happen, you are making the same mistake people made last summer when they said Congress would never pass any firearms legislation because too many people were against Evidently those of us who were against it didnt take the time and effort to do enough about it. --W. WILSON Cedar City, Utah it I Man's Yearnings President On Trial - Cuba? In June? Thats off season. Right! Uncrowded beaches, warm Cariboean surf, moonlit nights scaling-Mor' . Castle heat rash. in I "Not June. get Pity. What about a gay amphibious assault on Monaco in September, height of the season? Prince Rainier and Princess Grace at their best. You may be the one to break into the bank of Monte Carlo. I dont like to gamble. All right, then. Heres our special 124 glorious Grand Package War days, all transportation, meals, transfers add tips included. (Two to a room.) A week in historic Bulgaria, across the Volga on a quaint pontoon bridge, up the Steppes two at a time and over the Urals, windd weekend in mysing up with a terious Peking. I think Ill stay home this year. Look, friend, these are three of the most popular wars were planning. Give ' me one good reason youre refusing, ft LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ERNEST CUNEO The United WASHINGTON (NANA) States Government has undergone another tremendous change in its decision making process, of which neither it nor the American people are yet conscious. e llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllliaillllllllUlllllllIHUIN Help Wanted: New Chief Justice Suppose, to be supposing, that you picked up your paper one day, ran an eye over the classified ads,, and blinked at the following notice: i whether-w- .. who will? Zapp, What if we had a Taft-Hartle- Baseball Centennial General a r h a w k M. war, . Well, frankly, it depends on port. fumed 45-5- Don't Repeal Washing- If we cant force the American people to fight wars, unpopular W know we were invading didnt can get together a large enough group to make the trip feasible. But if you sign up now, I can promise you stateroom on the troop trans- ton. Why Utah Still Needs To Promote Industry I Cuba. Eric Hoffer states that man is an eternal strang on this planet, that our never-endin-g strange ness stems from our Insecurity, craving constant!; for roots which make us feel at home as do the anl mals and plants. The minute we feel we belong am fit in somewhere perfectly, our uniqueness is di minished at that moment He feels that the contagion from outer space hai been the seed of man, that our passionate preoccu pation with heaven, the stars, and a God some where in outer space is a homing impulse. We an drawn bade to where we came from. Hence the ex ploration of space has an inner logic. He found i wonderfully fitting that while the astronauts circle the moon, they read aloud from Genesis. Benjamin Franklin stated: The people have saying that God is Himself a mechanic, the greal est in the universe; and He is respected r more for the variety of His handiworl than for the antiquity of His family. God Is the archtype Innovator and creator. A a; time we turn a dream into reality, overcom Insurmountable obstacles, we are In some manhe sharing Gods style. Why should not the astronaut think of Him who numbered the stars and cgllQt them by name, and meted out the heaven with We have it from Einstein that what h wanted most was to rethink Gods thoughts how God created the world. ' --w. R. LIVLNGST6; er But It does make for a gripping trial. The fact is that though his title is secretary of defense, Melvin Laird is counsel for the defense in the great constitutional case of Senate vs. the President. Before an audience packed against him, Laird gave clear and direct testimony. The evidence is unimportant as compared with the procedure. With Senator Gore presiding, Fulbright fumed that Laird was taking too much time. Given his time to question, Fulbright put on his case instead. Subjected to cross examination by every senator, Secretary Laird had no right of cross - examination in j return. Several of the senators impugned the integrity of both the Pentagon and its witnesses. They virtually charged, without proof, that the brass wanted war and that the witnesses were paid by contract. To cap it all, the Senate committee, operating as a trial court, virtually en- tered an order directing the President to settle the Vietnam war within a comparatively short time, on pain of receiving the same court martial afforded President Los Angele Johnson. Inciting Revolution GUEST CARTOON ' A i ii J: How to incite a revolution in the U.S. ; 1. Caution the little people about the evils an' ' threat of inflation. 2. Warn industry not to increase prices beyor,the 3 per cent level. ? 3. Caution labor not to strike for exorbitati wage:;. If either 2 or 3 fall to comply, react swifU; with pressure and threats.) 4. Legislate a tax Increase and disguise It a necessary to save a piece of the world for denioi racy. 5. Use the tax increase instead to raise salaric cf the power structure . . . president 100 per ceril congressmen 42 per cent, etc. Now be patieni. Industry asks for a 5 per cent maybe 10 per cent Increase in prices. Labor asc for a 5 per cent, maybe 10 per cent increase i wages. (Teachers may even dare ask for a l:tt! The net result is that the Senate committee can and does hail the Presidents cabinet before it, actually to put the President on trial before the country. It can and does apply such rules of evidence as would raise public protest if applied by the House Activities Committee. Coming closer . . . and closer! evening Bvlistln I IPtiliPisSjshJsJ more from the public). . . As teacher of history I used to have to use ih Dominican Republic or the Soviet Union as an m ample of this type of hypocrisy. ACE LOWE JS 6GS0 Village W 1 |