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Show ngrfkfrapw a cmmvmi uweug Hill 7969 DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH A's'- r " , - We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States ", i-- - T ? x- :' sniimanriffi ,7 7- - Your inner Power ", f.. As Having Been Divinely Inspired 22 A EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, APRIL ' 11, 1969 Why Closing Parks ' '' ' ri Is False Economy Unless the National Park Service modifies its closure order soon for the nations parks and monuments, Utah and the West could suffer a substantial economic blow from a drop in tourism. Adding to the problem of the closures is the fact they vary from one area to another. Some parks and monuments close Mondays and Tuesdays, some on other days of the week, and some even on weekends. And closures themselves vary only the visitors center is closed on specific days in some areas, while others close picnic and camping areas and other facilities. The resulting confusion could appreciably cut down tourist dollars from disgruntled tourists who now must have a program to tell which parks are open and when. It is true the situation is expected to be alleviated considerably as the tourist season builds toward a summer peak. The National Park Service, for instance, is just beginning to hire seasonal employes who maintain camp grounds and other park areas, thus allowing many parks and monuments to reweek. turn to a seven-da- y How widespread this will be apparently is not yet certain even on the highest National Park Service levels. The situation grows out of government-widpersonnel cutbacks designed to save money. But when it comes to closing national parks, such action looks like false economy. In the 13 Western states alone, computed on a conservative daily individual expenditure of $11, the national parks and monuments generate some $491 million income in a year. Aside from the economic significance, many other factors appear to have been overlooked in instituting the closure. For example, travel distances are so great and the need for facilities throughout the entire week are so constant during the travel season that it is not realistic to operate such areas on a basis. Furthermore, vacationers, most with limited time away from work, cannot arrange to arrive at every attraction they wish to see on the designated open days. Clearly, a whole new look needs to be taken at the decision to CIOS'! national parks two days a week. ek c V, 4 -- r - i :: r- V-- . t-'- - ' r. v.. ..vV s At . j ym i v v, - ' L j Vi )m 11 emergency kid was too young to get a license, but he was car crazy and seemed plenty capable. So he had been given permission to drive the pickup around the farm, Now of course tne capacity to deliver that much adrenalin had to be there in the glands. Nothing could have been actf-vate-d that wasnt there. The fact is that a person normally has plenty of latent staying strictly off the public road. But suddenly to his horror the father saw the truck overturn into a ditch. Racing to the spot, he saw there was water standing in the ditch and that the boy, pinned under the truck, was lying with his head partially submerged! Now this farmer was a small man. According to the newspaper account, he stood 5 feet 7 and weighed 155 lbs. But without an instants hesitation he jumped down into the ditch, put his hands under the truck, and lifted it just enough so that a farm hand, who came running up, could pull the unconscious boy out irom a under. The local doctor came at once, examined the boy, treated him for bruises, and pronounced him otherwise okay. Meanwhile the father started wondering: He had lifted that truck without stopping to consider if he could. Out of curiosity he tried again. He couldnt budge it After examining him the doctor said it was astounding. He said the physical organism did sometimes react to e by sending an enormous disthrough the body, charge was the only That extra power. giving offer. could he explanation farmer stood in front of his barn watching a light truck move rapidly son was across hh land. His The wheel at the A . Jpr Our Navy: The Neglected Arm physical power in reserve. But experience of this kind tell us something even more important Something happened to die farmer physically to produce tliat suige of supernormal strength. But it was mor than a physical reaction. Mental and spiritual forces were involved. His response, when he saw his son might die, motivated him to tlie one way of rescue with no thought but to get that truck off the boy. Such a crisis summons the latent powers in a person. If he rises to the challenge, it floods him with what you might call spiritual adrenalin, and if the situation calls for great physical strength, the mental state produces it. Any number of things can serve to activate these reserves of inner power. It doesnt have to be sudden danger or crisis. Realize that you have reserves of inner power. Let the challenge of your ambitions, of your aspirations, rouse your slumbering power into action. Dare to be what your best self knows you ought to be; dare to be a bigger humaii being than you ever were before. Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them. Have great dreams and dare ri live them. The more you venture to live greatly, the more you will find within you what it takes. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR five-day-we- For Fair Bargaining Common sense triumphed, however belatedly, this week with the announcement that the United Steel Workers Union has abandoned its effort to force the copper industry into Americans exhibit WASHINGTON curious ambivalence toward their Navy an odd combination of affection and fierce pride and listless indifference, neglect The paradoxes have left us, sad to say, with the poorest great fleet in the world. a With the exception of General McAu- liffes famous epithet at Bastogne, the almost all rocket phrases that light up our history military have come from naval warfare: We damn the torpedoes, we fire when ready, we have company-wid- e bargaining. When an agency au normally as the National Labor Relations Board rules that the company-wid- e bargaining demand constituted an unfair labor practice, the message should be unmistakably clear: The demand is bo thoroughly in the wrong that it cannot reasonably be defended. company-wid- e , Since bargaining is improper because it forces units within a firm into the same mold even though there are great differences among them, it follows that industry-wid- e bargaining also is out of line. Not only are there great differences between companies as there are within them, but industry-wid- e bargainingwould make it easier for a single strike to shut down an entire industry. Its already much too easy for that to happen, as Utahns well know from the 1967-6- 8 shutdown of Kennecott Copper Corp. and other copper firms across the nation. That strike was touched off by the company-wid- e bargaining demand on which the NLRB recently ruled. With the issue cf company-wid- e bargaining now apparently out of the way, the challenge facing labor and management is to make sure the copper industry doesnt stumble into another massive tieup over some other issue in the future. pro-lab- or Thanks, My. Marriott In contributing $1 million to the University of Utah and Its library, former Utahn J. Willard Marriott is leaving Utahns in his debt for generations to come. The library always has been the heart of any institution of higher education. But because of the explosion of knowledge" and the explosion of students, libraries are becoming more important than ever. With his act of generosity, Mr. Marriott is helping Utahns keep pace with a growing population, rising educational standards, and the need to expand intellectual horizons. At the same time, his gift which will be used to acquirs new reading materials and possibly modernize information reis a vote of confidence in the ability of the trieval systems of to achieve an even higher level of excelUtah University lence than it already has. Indeed, Mr. Marriotts gift itself should stimulate the university greatly. Bigger and better libraries tend to attract better faculty members, and better faculty members tend to attract outstanding students from all over the country. In short, Mr. Marriott is giving Utah not just better li- -' brary facilities but a better future, for which Utahns can never fully express their gratitude. Decency's In Demand When theatrical art is reduced to mere pornography on stage; when movies pander to the lowest public taste; when books wallow in gutter language and sensualism, and when courts protect all this in the name of freedom of speech, isnt it time for decency? Salt Lake area teenagers seem to think so. Student re resentatives from all 18 area high schools, with the help of an adult committee, are planning a D for Decency Week tentatively set May ,The students have some constructive ideas, including a g campaign to actors and actresses and the TV industry seeking higher moral standards for films and TV. Furthermore, the students are not merely aping the Florida decency rally that drew 35,000 teenagers. Their plans were announced a week before that event drew national attention. Its refreshing to know that decency is still in demand among teenagers. 18-2- letter-writin- 4. Mr. Kilpatrick only begun to fight More often than not, our great wars have been triggered by naval incidents. The sinking of the Lusitania ignited popular fervor for World War I. Pearl Harbor launched us into World War n. We might not be so deeply involved in the wretchedness of Vietnam if the Gulf of Tonkin incident had not occurred. The seizure of the Pueblo is another case in point. The old tub was valued at less than the price of a fighter plane. one dead, 82 captured The casualties were not a patch on one weeks figures from Vietnam. But this was an American ship, and the humiliation of her crew became a national humiliation. Call it romance, or sentiment, or tradi- tion, we Identify with the Navy in heartfelt ways not felt toward the other forces. JAMES J. KILPATRICK allowance of 88,000 petty officers. They were 11,400 short. what of the Soviet Union? At the last count from unclassified sources, the Russian Navy listed 1,575 ships in operation. Only two of these were more than 19 years old, and only 69 more than 15 years old. More than half the Soviet fleet has gone to sea in the past nine years. In 1966, the subcommittee reported, the Soviets had 7,000 students enrolled in schools for naval architects and marine' engineers; the United States had only 300. The Soviets have seven major shipbuilding yards, among them the largest single yard in existence. The helicopter carrier Moskva has a radar. The Soviets have the highest powered laser in the world. They have a new class of destroyers, a new class of cruisers, a host of new naval weapons systems. It is widely reported that it was the Soviet submarine service, with its superior detection system, that gave our own Navy a friendly tip on where the stricken Scorpion might be found. Why has this situation been permitted to develop? Perhaps an answer lies in n the notion that in a age, naval warfare itself is outmoded: Only the nuclear submarines matter. But this the power is not so. Seapower totally to haul men and materiel, the power to maneuver a great striking force remains a bulwak of national strength. The Soviets recognize this. They learn from history. All we seem to remember is the Maine. Meanwhile, Or do we? A couple of weeks ago, a House subcommittee brought forth e shocking report or. the status of naval ships. This was a fcllow-u- p on a similar report by the American Security Council, released by the subcommittee in December. These are cries of alarm. In a country that loves its Navy, the two reports should have produced a wave of wrath and indignation. They have evoked nothing more than a soft ho-hu- Consider the grim truths: Fifty-eigper cent of U.S. Naval combatant ships are 20 years old or older. The typical destroyer is 22 years old. The typical cruiser is 21. The living quarters provided for sailors on these vessels are appalling. If dogs were keiuieled in such cages, the humane societies would be howling. The poorest shanty in Alabama offers more room and greater privacy to its tenants. The ships are rusty, poorly-wirepatched up and worn out. ht under-powere- It is not that the Navy has failed to plead that old ships be converted and new ships put on the line. In the past four fiscal years, the Navy has asked for J10.7 billion for shipbuilding and conversion. It has been granted $6.7 billion. Partly as a consequence of this neglect, the rates of naval recruitment and reeniistment have declined. As of December 31, the Pacific fleet reported a shortage of 12,000 enlisted men. The senior enlisted grades, composed of career men, have an authorized highly-develope- d al push-butto- A Fond Farewell To California WASHINGTON As everyone who ART BUCHWALD reads the newspapers is aware, were supposed to lose California this year. to According an astrologers, eathquake of such will proportions take place this month that the entire state will be broken off from the North American continent and will float out to sea. Since this is now a nation that believes its astrologers before it believes its scientists, there is a certain amount of concern about the future of California, particularly since that is where Disneyland is located. I decided to find out if the Administration and federal government had any contingency plans for the loss of California, and the first place I went was the White House. A White House spokesman told met President Nixon would like me to make this perfectly clear that as President of the United States he would be very upset if California drifted off to sea. But at the same time he does not want to promise something he cannot deliver. Therefore, he has appointed a commission to study the. problem, and he hopes to have some recommendations to send to Congress at the end of the year. Eut, I said, California is supposed to break away by the end of April. "The President feels that the federal government should not get involved in something like an earthquake until local government and private enterprise have had a chance to solve the proolem. This would be a perfect pbee for the American capitalistic system to find a solution to the continuing spiraling of earthquakes in the United States. You dont solve the problem by federal government handouts or by encouraging people to think they have more to gain by having an earthquake than by not having one. the President have a statement to make about the California earthWill quake? The President may have something to say on it later, but he feels at this time that anything he said would be misinterpreted by those who are for the earthquake, as well as by those who are against it. I went over to the Defense Department to see if they were doing hnything about the earthquake picture. A Defense Department official said: We are naturally concerned about earthquakes in California, as many of our aircraft and missile factories are located out there. We are asking for a supplementary budget of $50 billion to relocate the factories in other states so our defense posture will not be affected. . We also have plans to develop a harbor and a naval base at Las Vegas, in case we lose California. The only radical change wed have to make is in our Vietnam propaganda. We have always put it to the American people that 'It is better to fight in Vietnam than on the shores of California. If the worst happens, well change that to read, Its better to fight in Vietnam than on the shores of Nevada. Secretary of the Interior Walter Hick-el- s man said, From a conservation point, it would probably be a pity to lose California, but it should not affect offshore oil drilling, providing the necessary precautions are taken. Except for Sens. George Murphy and Alan Cranston and several California congressmen, I did not find too much concern on Capitcl Hill over the impending disappearance of California. A Florida congressman said, My mail on it has been surprisingly light GUEST CARTOON 'No More Taxes' Hats off to the housewives of Utah who marched on the Capitol demanding a decrease in taxes. It is too bad we were not all informed. I am sure there would have been several more hundred in that march. I would like to know how Governor Rampton could make the comment that this is coming principally from housewives. I wonder who in this world has a better right to fight tax increase as well as the time change? Maybe he has never stopped to think who keeps our schools going and who suffers most from tax raises, etc. Mothers! I am sure that most housewives are familiar with the same words as they are handed what is left of the pay check. I am sorry, this is all that is left after my taxes, social security, etc., were taken out. Make it' go as far as you can. What a jokp. Then the familiar words as we scrape the bottom to pay the clerk, Dont forget the governor. I think it is about time housewives as well as all American citizens stand up and let our governor know that we are human the same as he is. Vfe have constitutional rights and it is time to fight for them. We are fed up, and I mean fed up. At last people are waking up to the fact that unless they stand up and fight, the day will soon be here when we will have no free agency at all, and we will be smothered with taxes and laws. --MRS. JUNE BUNDY St. George Trash Goes In Cans As a Boy Scout interested in campgrounds, parks, and the outdoors, I would like to register a complaint to the public about keeping these areas clean. In visiting and camping in Butterfield Canyon, I have found it filthy with cans, tinfoil, glass, arid other rubbish left by other campers. Trash calls were provided by the county but they were nearly empty and there was rubbish all over the ground. Even while I was working on a service project to clean it up, three men sat in their car drinking beer. When they drove away they left several calls in the area we had just cleaned. This is a disgrace. Cant we do something about it, or must we live with this trash left by other thoughtless people? -- BLAKE BECKSTROM 2820 W. 5400 South Halt Tax Spiral What this country needs is a new birth of free! freedom front excessive taxation. dom Social Security taxes have become very oppressive and they should be repealed entirely Or at least made voluntary. I think it is very unjust to force people to pay 9.6 per cent of their income to the government in hopes government will take cafe of them when they reach age 62 or 65. This is particularly burdensome on parents with many children where both the father and mother have to work to support the family and beth have 4.8 per cent deducted from their pay. Their employer pays another 4.8 per cent to the government for them that he could pay to them in wages if he weren.t forced to pay it to the government If both father and mother each had a $7,800 Income, this confiscation amounts to $1,497.60 a year. Then, on top of that, they pay income tax on half of that amount or the half that was deducted from their pay checks which would be $748.80 that would be taxed as income. -S-TEPHEN B. OSTLER Sunset s Bennett Rates High V As a student of political science, I was highly Interested to read recently In Stewart Alsops new political book, "The Center of the U.S. senators who are regarded by independent Washington I experts as being able. His list (on page 311) includes almost of the Senate and, although Sen. Moss is not included, Utah's own Sen. Wallace F. Bennett is near of the list. I believe Mr. Aisop's observations are useful Jo those of us who are quite far removed from tlje Washington scene. In ail the rhetoric and publicity that em- r.tes from the capital city, it is difficiflt to know just who is "able end who is not. d RICHARD LAWRENdc Qgdqji ' :3 two-thlr- tB-t- op fr-!t how much it is ' r how little it is when you're earning il, and when you're making out your income tax reportl" always amazes m Will Strt Journal n I I, 1 k) |