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Show if iiiiiiihiiiiiiiii:::iiiiiiiiiiiii!ii!i!iiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiu!iiiiiiiiii;iimi!iimiiii!ii The Tightrope Walker DESERET NEWS LETTERS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii'iiiiiiuiiuiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiimuiiiuii We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States News And Violence As Having Been Divinely Inspired 6 A EDITORIAL PAGE WEDNESDAY MAY 21, In a recent column Sidney Harris told of a lee- lure where a man asked him Why do newspapers and othpr news media give so much publicity to such things as college riots w hen oniy a small mi- nority of the students are actually involved in i?69 Crime And The Courts: Untying Police Hands Is it an invasion of privacy to allow lawmen to bug the quarters of suspected organized crime racketeers and tap their telephones under a couits permission? Congress thinks not. It approved federal wiretapping and electronic surveillance in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. But President Johnson chose to restrict such surveillance to national security cases. The question is paramount right now because of Presi decision to tackle organized d dent Nixons crime in a big way. To do so, he reversed the Johnson decision and cleared the way for using some of the most important tools in the lawmens arsenal. To make it stick, however, President Nixon may need the Supreme Courts approval, since the act is almost certain to come up for a court decision. The court already has struck down a New York law permitting eavesdropvote in 1967. ping with a Congress, in writing the Safe Streets Act, drafted the legislation with the Courts standards of constitutionality in mind, and some experts think the law might withstand a court test without any change in justices. Since President Nixon is expected to nominate a new Chief Justice to replace Earl Warren in the near future, as well as a replacement for Abe Fortas, its likely that hell insure that the new justices opinions in the matter are parallel to those of the administration. No such delicate balance of privacy and wiretaps existed, of course, when the Constitution was written. In fact, the Fourth Amendment resulted from passions aroused by midnight intrusions of colonists homes by soldiers armed with general warrants which allowed them to rummage at will. The law should be updated to reflect the advent of modern electronic eavesdropping devices. Some provisions of the crime law are especially important to lawmen among them permission to intercept communications for 48 hours without a warrant in investigations of organized crime or national security cases. In most cases, however, police are required to obtain a a clear deference warrant before they can set taps or bugs to the constitutional right of privacy. Since the Supreme Court has already applied the rule of clear and present danger in dealing with subversive elements, perhaps the same rule might apply also to the mounting crime danger. Certainly the law cannot adequately cope with organized crime when its hands are hopelessly tied by court order. Only College Extremists Are Sick By ROSCOE and GEOFFREY The reactor, it was pointed out, is a significant tool in studies of solid state physics, nuclear physics, archaeology, metallurgy, chemistry, biology, ecology and medicine. Apparently such financing has not been forthcoming, because the AEC plans to close the facility before June 30. Senator Wallace Bennett, a member of the Joint tee on Atomic Energy, is seeking to retain the MTR and its highly specialized staff, and with good reason. As Senator Bennett points out, the MTR has 25 beam more than any other reactor holes, or research positions in the world.7 It still is capable of performing many important research roles. And once it is closed down, its staff will disperse to other jobs and any reactivation would be both expensive and Commit- New facts, just now available, put a wholly new light on student unrest and campus violence. They disprove the wide impression that American universities are a hotbed of discontent and rebellion. They dispute the appearance that large numbers of revolutionary students cannot wait to get their hands on American society to tear it apart. Not true. What is true is that todays college generation is not angry, is not mixed up, is not frustrated, is not lacking in a sense of values. The evidence of these healthy and unexpected findings comes from a survey based on intensive interviewing oi male college students on 96 campuses. It was done by Roper Research Associates for Standard Oil of New Jersey which commissioned it as a public service. It is a public service of immense value. The facts which emerge can help college administrators, nonvioient student leaders and government officials to begin to isolate the disruptive minority and to feel the prospects of succeeding are far better than many believed. Nothing could be more valuable than to be able to excharge the myths of pervasive rebellion for the facts of a Roper study. Many of us have thought that the picture was grossly distorted through too much publicity for the destructionist minority. Now there is demonstrable evi-d, Ef Tu, Douglas? In order to remove any public doubt surrounding the dignity of the U.S. Supreme Court, a full and public airing should be made of involvements with private interests by federal judges. Both Justice William O. Douglas and former Justice Abe Fortas of the U.S. Supreme Court have recently come under heavy criticism for relationships with foundations, causing Justice Fortas to resign and Congressmen to seek investigation of Justice Douglas outside interests. The American Bar Association's Ethics Committee, which has found that Justice Fortas violated the bars canon of ethics, also should take a close look at $500 a day fee paid Justice Douglas by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Although nothing disclosed thus far substantiates that a crime was actually committed in either case, the propriety of such action raises several questions. From the beginning of law, the prime concern, where bona fide justice existed, was that judges should be unswervingly honest and rigidly impartial. Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court should be no exception. In any cases of scandal like the present, they should be voluntarily anxious to clarify their position and clear the air. Anglo-Saxo- years ago, I was attacked Nearly from various quarters when I suggested violence in in a column that childrens TV programs wasn't nearly as harmful as the general effects of watching TV itself. I also did more than insinuate that parents pushed their kids toward televidesion as a pacifier and vice, and then took out their sense of guilt on the violent programming, which they claimed for the childrens 10 baby-sittin- g recalcitrance. Now a d study by a Los Angeles psychoanalyst tends to confirm that dour outlook of mine. This long-terchildren bestudy of 750 rtiddle-clas- s tween 8 and 12 in Pasadena indicates that regular TV watching turns children newly-publishe- Some think the curriculum is too rigid, not related to life, that the faculty is not interested in students and that students should have more voice in college affairs. But 88 per cent find their college O. Drummond . Drummond dence that most students, though seeking reforms in many directions, feel that violence is wrong, has gotten out of hand, and they want no part of it. Here are the main findings which reflect opinion at all types of U.S. colleges and universities. On societys four basic institutions, politics, judiciary, business, education! High majorities (74 per cent to 87 per cent) called all four basically sound. Similar high majorities think all four need improvement. Of all four, business is most approved (39 per cent as against 20 per cent for the judicial system) and least criticized (7 per cent as against 21 per cent for the judicial system). how On improvement can he achieved. Student appraisal of most U.S. educational, business and political leaders is 92 per cent to 95 per cent favorable. experience either very satisfactory or moderately satisfactory and only 2 per cent call it very unsatisfactory. On how they see their own future: By the large majority of 92 per cent, the students are optimistic about their personal future largely because of their and because they know what they want to do. Most students (73 per cent) take the draft in their stride. About 25 per cent want to avoid it legally, 2 per cent illegally if necessary. After college they put getting mentally stimulating jobs ahead of "getting to the top. In religious and nonsectarian colleges alike, 60 per cent of the students affirm their belief in God. And wheres the generation gap? of Roper reports that a good seniors and freshmen alike say they see with their parents on most eye-to-e- things. It is the disruptive extremists who are sick, not the whole college generation. JT. HARRIS receptors, and then their pent-uenergy accumulates until it explodes into violence or destructiveness. Thus, it is not the content of television programs that stimulates antisocial behavior, but the very medium itself, fantasies to chilwhich feeds ready-mad- e dren at the very same time when they should be working off and working out their fantasies through creative activiiy with their friends and family. The programming Itself is irrelevant, reports Dr. Lawrence J. Friedman, a senior faculty member of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute, who expanded the study into his book, "Psychoanalysis: Uses and Abuses. Namby-pamb- y and goody-goodkid shows can induce just as much violence in children Into passive p y serials, he affirms. any More than an hour a day of watching, his study disclosed, produces symptoms oi regression as well as rage. Three of blood-and-go- his patients, aged 7, 9 and 11, had and it took regressed into him a year to convince the parents that long hours In front of the TV were the but when they finally agreed cause to take the television away, the passivity disappeared and the g stopped More than 80 per cent of the students in the Pasadena study said they would rather do things with their parents than watch television. But if the parents dont want to bother, then TV "violence is an t for their own dereliction of easy bed-soilin- bed-soilin- cop-ou- duty. resign rather than the pet subject show to vicious ru- mors and unsubstantiated charges that have been circulating in Washington lor the past few days. First, I would like to explain that although I accepted a fee of ?20 a year for life (which would go to my basset) from the Kennedy Foundation, at no time did I use my office as judge to influence the awarding of blue ribbons to the Kennedy children. The money offered by the Kennedy Foundation had been given to me because of the work I had done in animal husbandry', and I believed that 1 could make a contribution to the foundation particularly in the area of canine-feiin- e relations. Having accepted the first check of months ago, I decided that I did not have the time to devote to the work and, therefore, I returned the fee to the $20. 11 foundation. That is all there was to the story. But after an article in Animal World alleging that the money had been paid to me because I could in some way be instrumental in helping the Kennedy children win prizes, I felt it incumbent to point out that one tiling had nothing to do with the otliei . It's true that i did speak to Mrs. Ethel Kennedy about her children getting ART BUCHWALD blue ribbons in the canine, bird and fish competitions, but at no time did I guarantee that any of her children would be treated as special cases. If they did win six blue ribbons, it was only because their pets deserved them. It was published in the Pet Home Journal that I also had conversations with Sen. Teddy Kennedy concerning the hamsters and turtles his children were entering in the contest. This is true. But here again I did nothing to justify Sen. Kennedys saying later that he "had one of the pet show judges in the bag. Sometime in April I received a call from Pat Lawford, who said she was sending her children down from New York fur the pet show, and since it was such a long trip she hoped the children would not go back empty-handeI said I also hoped that this would not be the case. A day later Mrs. Stephen Smith, another Kennedy sister, got in touch with me by mail and sent me some material relating to the pets her children w'ere entering. I naturally declined to read the material. The last person I heard from was Jackie Onassis, who offered me a free trip to Greece if I could arrange lor John-Joh- n to win a blue ribbon for his guppies. I declined the offer. The fact that thir series of events took place one night after another lias been interpreted by the public and the press as wrrngdr.iirg I den t believe I have been helped by Atty. Gen. Mitchell's office of animal corruption which has been leaking stories to Field and Stream that theres a lot more to the iceberg than meets tie eye. I leave my judgship regretfully, but I have to put the welfare of the pet show above my own personal feelings. It is my opinion that the public controversy relating to my association with the Kennedy Foundation, as well as the awarding of so many first prizes to Kennedys on Saturday, could only harm the pet show, which is held for a noble and charitable cause. Sincerely, Art Buchwald Dear Mr. Buchwald: I have received your letter of resignation and I accept it, effective as of its date. With sincere personal regards, Mrs. Rowland Evans, Hickory Hill Pet Show GUEST CARTOON ; Two years ago, we bought a large, new, mobile home. We had hoped to buy one or two acres of land to put it on and raise our five children on a nicp, large lot, where they could run and play and have a pet. Well, we have looked with no success, because mobile homes are not allowed in Salt Lake City or county. If I had all the money we spent for gas and tele- - ' phone calls lookii.g for a lot, we would be rich people. I have called people to inquire about acreage for sale, and people have said such rude things to me when I mentioned we owned a mobile home. We have been called construction trash, hogs, and names I cant mention, just because we live in a mobile home. We are a family of seven, and we are clean and respectable. Why can people tell us what kind of home to live in? --MRS. ROBERT FORSYTH 171 E. Hamilton Lane Remembers Warmth I would like to offer a few comments in regard the rude behavior that was brought to light by two patrons of the John Gary concert at Valley Music Hall Saturday evening, May 10. I, too, attended the concert and was most distressed with die late arrivals and the early departures of some of the patrons. However, this behavior involved only a small part of the very large audience, and I dont feel it is quite just to attach a stigma to the entire group, or to the city of Salt Lake, for that mattei, because of the rude ito conduct of as ARRY R. WILSON Farmington Mobile Home Troubles two-thir- For The Good Of The Pet Show As one of nine WASHINGTON judges at the Hickory Hill Pet Show whch was held last Saturday, I would like to explain why I have decided to -L- getting: By SYDNEY n In restoring public confidence in the high court, howevit er, may not only be necessary to publicly air the issues, but more fully enforce or amplify the present code of ethics governing the justices. But in any case, as Sir Francis Bacon observed, the seat of justice must be a hallowed place, preserved without scandal or corruption. Change without upheaval, is the predominant student mood. They take nc hopeless or helpless attitude toward improvement. They thmk individual efforts can bring needed change and they personally intend to work toward that end. On how they value education they are The Evils Of Too Much TV Watching g. Certainly if the facility is important enough to the nations universities, they should find some method of sharing and soon. Otherwise the financial burden of keeping it open there appears little reason to keep it open when the AEC could save $3 million a year by closing it down. THE DRUMMONDS DRUMMOND Retain The Reactor A year ago the Atomic Energy Commission figured it could keep the Materials Testing Keactor facility near Idaho Falls open for university research projects if some method could be found to finance about $800,000 of the yearly cost exclusive of actual research costs. Mr. Harris dismisses the question as "absurd and thoughtless. In my opinion Mr. Harris reaction is typical of die reluctance that many journalists and the news media in general have shown toward attempting to deal with this question. In a larger sense Mr. Harris attitude is also indicative of the unwillingness of journalists and of the mass media to listen to criticism or to attempt to use such questioning and criticism in a postive way. The npvs media play an important and powerful ' role in our society. Their proper role is to present information as accurately and as objectively possible to the people they serve. To distort or to present biased information is a misuse of this proper role. Yet there is evidence that such misuse has occured and continues to occur. In Violence: America in The Sixites , Arthur Schlesinger Jr! states that The mass media do not create vio- ler.ee. But they reinforce aggressive and destruc- . live impulses, and they may well teach the morality as well as the method of violence. Such a question, rather than being "absurd and . is exactly the question that news thoughtless, media should be concerned about answering both in their own interest and in the interest of those they serve. -- d 6-- 3 ! them? recently-announce- court-supervise- TO THE EDITOR a , -- ' ", ; few individuals. It was interesting to me to note that, having attended the Friday concert also, this impolite behavior did not occur at this performance. In fact, the concert began on time and no one left before 1 Mr. Gary concluded his performance and received a standing ovation. It is entirely possible that if the people who attended the Saturday concert had attended the Friday one instead, they would have left with a much different impression of Salt Lake ' and Salt Lakers. I am happy to hear that Mr. Gary has chosen only to remember the majority and the warm, sin- - ' cere reception they afforded him and wishes to return to perform for us again next year. --MRS. GLORIA F. BELL ' 955 Cheyenne St. 'Fulbright Menace There is grave danger that the President, in a excess of caution, will be persuaded to step onto the mantrap which Senator Fulbright and his wolf-senators on the Foreign Rela- pack of ultra-libertions Committee are preparing for him. The Fulbright scheme is to trick Nixon into taking the onus for ending the cold war a 6tep of American abjection which not even Kennedy or Johnson was willing to attempt. If Fulbright wins this gambit, the White House will have only itself to blame. An apparent objective in the Fulbright plan is to reverse American policy on Red China and admit it to the United Nations. Young Ted Kennedy has been selected to spearhead the China fight. An even more sinister development is the sud-den and mysterious upsurge of "make-a-deawith- Castro propaganda, which is surfacing in liberal circles. A rash of articles holding up Castro in a favorable light has broken out in recent weeks. The simultaneity of these articles indicator a shaping hand behind them. The Christian Science Monitor has led off the parade. Now the prestigious New York Times has featured a long "lets take another look at Catro, article in the front position in its . ; ' -- . ; l- Sunday Magazine. Unless Nixon quickly cracks do in upon attempt to dictate foreign policy, he will be the prisoner of his political enemies. 7 ! -- ts -G- ERTRUDE E. KELLER 216-4t- n ' , Ave. A Private Geyser? Recently we visited eastern Utah for our second time. However, we had a great disappointment and we cannot possibly see a logical reason icr it. On our first visit we visited a geyser called Crystal Geyser near Green River. It used to be much more beautiful than Old Faithful in Yellowstone which we have seen three times. As a highlight of our trip we planned to show this amazing sight to some friends, This time, however, we found it closed to the public and sealed partly over with metal. Upon asking why, we were told tne state would not let any signs be put up about it as it was pii- vateiy owr.ed. We and our friends wouid like to know first, how a geyser such as this can be owned? Second, how can a state not allow signs about such a fabulous geyser? MRS. C. J. HOLT Mesa, Ariz, . y ' |