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Show 'Medic!!!!' DESERET NEWS LETTERS lllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIH SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH As Having Been Divinely Inspired FRIDAY, As horrible as wars ate and as much as we deplore them, there are preventable conditions which can and do exist in nations and individuals which are worse than war. To name only a few: 18, 196? APRIL Var Worse Than We Stand For The Constitution Of The United State: 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE TO THE EDITOR or to stand by idly and indiTo be a slave and helpless people terroinnocent see and fferently rized, brutalized and enslaved by others. 2. To be a corruptor and detiler of the minds 1. Congress Shows It Can Curb Secrecy and young people. 3. To be guilty ot murder or to cause death by drunken driving or to knowingly spread killing dis- and hearts of little children When congressional committees meet behind closed doors and deprive the voters of the right to know how well the public's servants are serving the publics interest, this page is piompt to complain vigorously. So its only fair that we speak up just as promptly and vigorously when encouraging progress is being made in opening the work of congressional committees to public scrutiny. Such progress is reported this week by Congressional Quarterly, which observes that during the first three months of 1969 congressional committees held just 37 per cent of their meetings in sessions closed to the press and public. Thats the best record since 1964, when only 32 per mt of the congressional committee meetings were held secretly, and a great improvement over last year, when the rate of closed meetings hit a high of 43 per cent. Many congressional committees hold closed meltings when they really dont have to. For example, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 allows congressional committees to close their doors to the public when marking up bills. But in 1967 the House Education and Labor Committee, to obtain a quorum after Republicans had stalled some bills by absensessions open to the pubteeism, started keeping the mark-ulic. The committee found that such open sessions created no real difficulties. Other committees should try it. Congress record on secret committee meetings would look even better if only a few key committees would hold more open sessions. That goes particularly for the House Appropriations Committee, which is holding all its meetings in secret even though it should be the last committee to keep its workings from the public since it handles the publics money, i The challenge to open more committee meetings to public scrutiny falls particularly heavily on the House of Representatives, where 47 per cent of the sessions have been secret compared to only 25 percent for the Senate. While committee work on national security and foreign affairs often needs to be kept confidential, this cant explain away the disparity. Finally, as commendable as is the reduction ir. secret committee meetings, Congress needs to work hard at reducing them even further. As James Madison observed, A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both." eases. 4. To be guilty of coward. publicans p No Decision By Default Despite the ruling by Third District Judge D. Frank Wilkins limiting the subpoena powers of the county auditor, the last word has yet to be said in the controversy over falt Lake County land purchases. The judges finding that the countys conflict of interest law is unclear and does not apply to the purchase of property near Cardiff in Big Cottonwood Canyon comes as a surprise. Last January the County Commission rescinded the purchase after Chairman Oscar Hanson Jr. received an opinion from the county attorneys office that the transaction violated the conflict of interest law. Certainly the conflict of interest provisions should apply not just to the commission itself and other county boards, as Judge Wilkins indicated they did, but also to all county employees. Otherwise, there will be a gaping loophole that will invite evasion of the law. Moreover, two other county land transactions have been railed into question but were not involved in the case before Judge Wilkins. To clear the air, any and all information on such county transactions should be submitted to the district court judges so they can decide whether or not the evidence warrants a grand jury investigation. Otherwise, rumor and innuendo may prevail and county officials can suffer unfairly. The decision on a grand jury is too important to go by default. pariah as far as Sen. Teddy Kennethe Reare concerned, and anything he does from now until 1972 is being viewed with fear and suspicion. is word The even out on him in Alaska. Two Eskimos were fishing in a hole in the ice miles 300 about north of Nome, when they saw a large crowd arriving at their village. "I wonder whats going on over there, Nikko said. "Its probably Sen. Kennedys Senate committee investigating the plight of the Eskimos in Alaska, Tula replied. "Lets stay away from that, Nikko said. "If we have our picture taken with Kennedy, well have every Republican in Congress on our backs. I guess youre right, but Id be curious to see Kennedy. He may not get up this way very soon again, Tula said. Please, Tula. You may want to run for village chief someday, and if you ART BUCHWALD shake hands with Kennedy, the Republicans will bring it up in the campaign. Besides, we still don't have our dinner. governor ticket. of Alaska Out of man's misery, sweat, blood and tears have come some of his finest achievements. Great and strong men have risen from the rubble to meet the challenges of their days. Throughout the ages man seems to have need of the struggles and the fires of adversity to bring out the finest in him. HINCKLEY -P- ARNELL 2558 So. 9th East on the Republican Tula said, "And maybe someday I could become secretary of the interior. Teacher Pay Hike The main idea of LaVor Chaffin's column on April 11 seemed to be that although Utah teachers are inadequately paid, there are other factors that offset this economic fact and make it both possible and desirable for teachers to provide their services at a lower cost in Utah than elsewhere. In my opinion, Mr. Chaffins assertions are only partially correct. It is true that Utah teachers are not adequately paid and that Utah is a good place to live and to teach. I disagree, however, with the inference that because Utah is such a good place to live, teachers (and others) can ignore the econominic facts and get by indefinitely on fund-raisin- g be thrown into modern civilization, but it would still be better than eating fish every night. "Not to mention getting away from these cold winters, Tula said. Nikko said, "You could even run for "Id rather have something to eat its all the same to you. tonight, if comes. "Tula, as your campaign manager, I beg you to throw back that fish." If Utah is such a good place to teach, is it not also a good place to perform the service of providing people with a daily newspaper? If it is, then was there really a need for the recent 20 per cent increase in subscription rates which has been imposed upon the people you serve? Did not the pertinent factors of geography, climate and culture (to quote Mr. Chaffin) offset this economic need of a pay increase for the News? "Not me, Nikko. Id rather eat than be President. Nikko shook his head. "No wonder we Eskimos cant get out of our rut. I think it is time we here in Utah faced the economic reality that individual financial affairs, just like business operations, must be maintained on a sound fiscal basis if the services being provided are to continue. Conflict Of Interest On Campus By SYDNEY J. HARRIS -L- Rightfully so, "conflict of interest is one of the most important factors in selecting members of the President's Cabinet, or other public offipolicy-makin- g cials. If a man has a substantial financial interest in an area that could be affected by his political authority, it is only prudence and good sense to ask him to divert himself of such interest while he occupies a public position. I was talking to a university student the other day, and he suggested that part of the disaffection of students comes from the same sort of conflict of interest by the faculty. He attends the business school at a large university, and was not himself involved in any demonstrations or protests, being of a conservative bent. But even he felt that the students have a good case to make out against many of their professors. Here is how he put it: "The heads of our departments, and many of our teachers, belong to us only Some of them make more part-timfront outside sources than they do from the university even though the school pays them up to $25,000 or $30,000 a year. These men are employed as consultants by business and industrial firms, and some of them even sit on the boards of directors of such firms. In cases I know of, they spend less than half their time on teaching or school w ork of any A Dream Takes Shape Bv NORMAN 2o-sto- g Calling Medicopfer Two years ago this page recommended the use of helicopters to help speed up ambulance service in more serious auto accidents and emergency cases. Now an assistant professor of surgery at Universiiy of Utahs College of Medicine, Dr. Andrew C. Ruoff, has cited the need for increasing use of helicopters and medical corps-meas a means of avoiding dangerous dashes to the hospital by auto ambulance. His point is well made. Not only arc auto ambulances delayed in trying to get to a crash scene, for instance, but those wiia dashes to the hospital are often dangerous. In Vietnam, helicopters are helping save a higher percentage of the wounded than in any previous war. Some Salt Lake City hospitals already are using helicopters on a limited basis. How about giving them a more intensity test by using them to trafeport more emergency casts? n WILSON e. kind. Sensitivity Training "Now, these men are hired to teach us about business and economics. They are supposed to be objective seekers after the truth, no matter where or how it hurts. But how can they be objective, when they are highly-pai-d part of the industrial complex, when they are members of the very team they are supposed to examine and analyze critically? This sort of condition is what gives g students their leverage. If the conflict of interest is bad in public office, it is bad in education. If our professors have a vested interest in any system, how can we believe they are telling it the way it is, rather than the way it pays them to tell it? There seems to be a misunderstanding in our midst as to what sensitivity training is ail about. Sensitivity training is a new but tried vital psychological technique for the improvement of man. Its basic aim is to foster better understanding on thp part of man of what he is, what makes him tick, and how he interrelates with other human beings. It helps man to Know not only how he comprehends himself, which is often based on subjective and slanted information, but also how he really appears to other people when he interacts with them. This is vital knowledge for all of us. As Robert Burns put it, Would the power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us. How many psychological misfits and disoriented human beings have been produced in our midst because we did not see ourselves as we are and how we appear to left-win- Never Give Up... Keep On Going y ARRY R. Farmington t The new general Church office building, on which construction will begin this summer, reflects the continued growth and strength of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints. It also constitutes a big step forward in beautifying and improving the downtown area. As such, it is an important step in helping to preserve the integrity and functionalism of the citys core area. Too often cities across the nation have seen their core areas decay. Another step in the downtown areas facelifting will be the new J. C. Penney regional computer center at Main and Broadway. The new Church office building also will gather under one roof many of its auxiliary offices now scattered throughout the city, thus promoting convenience and ease of communication for both Church workers and other members. which will be the tallest in the city The office building is also an integral part of downtown Salt Lake C'tys "Second Century Plan, which is slowly reaching fulfillment. Now lets all roll up our sleeves and go to work on the Secother projects needed to complete the forward-lookinond Century Plan. ' Much of the great literature of past ages has been associated with war and the life and death struggles of valiant combatants. "Hey, look. Isnt that Arni presenting Sen. Kennedy with a seal tusk paperweight? "I can't understand why the fish "Too bad. Hes just destroyed his poaren't biting today," Tula said. "Maybe litical career, Tula said. "Leave it to tiie TV cameras are scaring them Arni to be in the wrong place at the away. wrong time. hold a we dont "Wed better go over there and hold press "Hey, Tula, why conference and say Sen. Kennedy and his our press conference before the TV and tour scared all our fish? That could get newspaper people take off. you launched in politics. "Wait a minute. I think Ive got a Tula became excited. "Nikko, youre bite. Yes, I do have a bite. Look, Nikko, a genius. Id be on the Huntley-Brinkle-y its a big one. and Cronkite shows. I might even make Nikko shouted. "Throw it back, the cover of Life magazine. The Republi-can- s "Youll ruin the press conference. would invite me to address their "Are you crazy? This is my dinner. dinners. Theyd probably even have me ever to the White House "But what about your political with Sen. Dirksen. career? Culturally, it might ruin you to be taken out of your primitive habitat and a thief and a liar and a We must not overlook some gains which have resulted from wars. They have given birth to new and great nations (our own, for example). They have advanced civilizations with leaders to match them. They I ve saved individuals and nations from destruction and oppression by tyrants and mad leaders. They have brought fuitli some of our greatest scientific advancements. Many of our finest works cf art and music have been inspired by the heroic deeds of individuals and groups involved in wars. Kennedy And The Eskimos WASHINGTON dy has become a bing VINCENT TEALE CONFIDENT LIVING Often a plan that seems completely wrecked will still work out if you just keep hoping and, better still, keep trying! Unexpected obstacles recently gave me quite a demonstration of this. After a meeting in Holland, Mich., at hich city I stayed overnight, my next engagement was for the following night in Phoenix, Ariz.. and under normal Havel conditions it appeared to be no problem getting there. 1 was to take an w early plane from Grand Rapids to Chicago and a plane from Chicago to Phoenix and on this schedule, should be plenof It time. ty like an sepmod easy travel setup. But that morning at Holland you could hardly see the car parked right outside the motel room w That is how Dr. leale foggy it was. I called several airports and found them fogged in. No planes going out. this mechanical difficulty. I. forced my mind to take a positive view. At this point I came to a service station where, believe it or not, they had one of the best mechanics I have ever met. In a jiffy he had the engine half apart. He cleaned and scraped a lot of things and ended by putting in eight new spark plugs. Now, he said, "it will go. Gel ting back in the car, what do you know? It wouldn't start. The battery was dead. The man recharged the battery. However, he told me, "You can get to OHare Field, but dont turn it off on the way, no matter what! With new spark plugs and all, the car ran beautifully. When I pulled up at O'Hare Field, I had to turn the motor off to get my bag out cf the rear end, and then the car would not start again. The battery was really dead. So I simply turned the ailing vehicle over to an unappreciative policeman. In the airport there were thousands of people milling around, all trying to go some place, but not getting any place. What could I do? Well, I sat down and While I stood hesitating, suddenly out of the crowd walked an airline official who session. Hie peohad a positive-thinkinrecognized me and asked, Whats your ple in Phoenix had booked me eight months before. To call now and tell trouble?" I explained. He told me, "Our them I couldn't make it was the last planes are all grounded, but theres another line that has one plane going out. If thing to do. Now I could have sat there you can get on that one, youll make do can I and said, Well, there's nothing about it. I just can't get there." Had I your meeting. Lets practice positive admitted that, I'm sure I would not have '(linking. Wait here for me. He was gone a good half hour, then gotten there. But, instead, I definitely That plane is back and said. I came attitude. mental a positive practiced rented a car and set out for Chicago going out all right, but theres no space visualizing the fog as lifting by arrival on it. I'll tell you what. Well go down to the gate and we will hold the thought time. that there will be a cancellation." Well, After going about 60 of the drive to Chicago, the car started sputter- when the plane was just about to go, nty had a seat, ing and missing. The prospects of mv friend informed me that I travel program were not brightened by .svmeone had failed to show. I arrived in others? Phoenix 45 minutes before I was scheduled to speak. When everything seems to be going wrong, that is the time to piactice the positive mental attitude that you can still achieve your objective. If you start thinking that its hopeless, your state of mind will, I believe, actually attract further trouble to defeat you. Hold the thought that conditions will shift in your favor and get going. The glib idea of "circumstances beis too often used to yond our control rationalize a feeble giving up too soon. ' i don't believe in circumstances," said George Bernard Shaw. "The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cant find them, That is the attitude tht make them. w orks wonders in problems. GUEST CARTOON - , We must not make the mistake of confusing techniques used in some of the group sessions of sensitivitity training with sensitivity training as a whole. I personally do not agree with some of the techniques used, but one should not surmise that because one does not agree with a certain technique that those who advocate it are immoral or perverted in their intention. There are those individuals in any discipline who will ice scientific techniques for questionable practices, but then it becomes our duty to criticize the individual and not the scientific technique. -R- ABBI BERNARD FRANKEL 249 S. 4th East Defining Free Speech Amidst all the rabble-rousincampus-squallinand that has been going on for too long, one wonders why someone has not taken the trouble to tell all of these dissidents what freedom of speech and right to dissent meant when it was guaranteed by the and fearless men who placed their lives on the line and formed this grand old country. g protest-marchin- g d It meant simply and surely this: If you have something to say, say it, but go hire a hall to say it in. It did not mean that anyone who had a gripe could use a public thoroughfare or walkway and clutter it up with silly signs of protest. Had such a thing as this occurred, such dissidents wou'd have been bodily thrown off the streets by those men coming home from that famous Tea Party. -- MARTIN 614 g E. L. PECK South 4800 Answers Koreans The latest wanton murder of our servicemen by nation called North Korea must Tat little fifth-rat- e oi go unanswered. I am sure vou roalize that the .Ttehlo incident is still very painful to most of us. and I hope that our country will not be humiliated again. One pat on the back for both Congressman Burand Serator Moss for botlt demanding swift retaliation against this obstinate North Korea. ton e "Jump . . . slowly!" CKvland film Cmltr -F- I) ELIX E-- . JENSEN, 2060 Brewer c. |