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Show War Cost Pegged 9 iDlIioim I He pointed out that the history of past wars shows that the largest money costs of ,war come long after the fightin veterans beneing stops fits and in interest payments. 13 TIMES COST Veterans benefits for the n War cost $5.3 billion to 1967, or 13 times the original cost of the war, he said. The peak came 51, years after the war ended. World War 1 veterans benefits probably peaked three years ago, or 49 years' after that war ended. World War II veterans benefits will probably peak at the turn of this century and deveterans of the pendent VietrariPWar may be drawing benefits until the 21st Century. Clayton predicted. The professor was asked to testify as a result of his arti-cl- e Spanish-America- Vietnam: on Our which Mortgage, appears in the current issue of The Nation magazine. The Utah historian contends that America is grossly underestimating the cost of the war. INTEREST COSTS Next to veterans benefits, Clayton told the subcommittee, the interest costs on money borrowed to fight major wars is the most signifcost. These icant costs have probably ranged from 15 to 40 per cent of the original cost of the war itself, 200-Ye- long-rang- e he estimated. Clayton said his estimate of for the total cost $350 billion El ISCOUNT w IG C ENTE R .708 SOUTH UTAH'S 0IIIYVIG DEPT. STORE 100 HUMAN HAIR WIG UTAH HAND FINISHED ALL D1 Wednesday, June of the Vietnam war is a conservative figure and measures only the direet major monetary costs. He said it does not include inflationary costs owing to the war, the loss of services and earnings by the 33,000 men killed in the war to date, the cost of resentment abroad, the depletion of our natural resources, the postponement of critical domestic programs, the cost of arrested training ap.d education of youth, the cultural . cost of the suspended and progress of the nation nothing of the death and destruction to the South civilians in the war zone itself. TOGGLES THE MIND The estimated ultimate cost of the Vietnam War is so high it boggles the mind unless- placed in perspective, ayton said. Compared with other federal expenditures during the same period of time the war has been on (fisit has cost 10 cal 1960-70times more than Medicare and medical assistance, 14 times more than support for all levels of education, and 50 times more than was spent for housing and community development. Since World War II, major U.S. conflicts have tended to double in price, Clayton declared. Total federal expenditures, moreover, have tended to increase four or five times after each major war. In the case of Vietnam, he said, government expenditures to date have doubled. Unless we drastically reverse this trend and significantly reduce our current mil BLOCK NORTH OF SEARS CREDIT HUMAN HAIR CASCADES AY ALL COLORS WIGLETS Large end Beautiful $88 long Thick FALLS at D.W.C. 700 GUARANTEE ON ALL co?ol MERCHANDISE ts 13. lAY-ft-W- NOW ON DISPLAY Thick, Long, Truly Luxurious All Colors To Silver And Everything Sn Between subcommittee chairman, said they will hear from critics of the defense budget as w ell as those who believe the present rate of military spending must be maintained or increased. The hearings will contir through view-poin- STATE 12 Every Color From Black itary expenditures, war will soon be simply too expensive to contemplate and governto ments too cumbersome endure," he said. . Sen. William Prcxmire June - COST DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY W Cl HAS BEEN SELECTED BY MAJOR LA. FIRM TO LI. QUIDATE OVER $50,000 STOCK IN WIGS, FALLS AND THIS ENTIRE STOCK WILL BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF 109 WASHINGTON The ultimate cost of the Vietnam war, even with a major the end of this year and a total withdrawal next yea, will be about $350 billion, a University of Utah processor predicted today. Ur. James L. Clayton, associate professor of history, testifying before the congressional subcommittee on economy In government, said the greatest costs of the war are yet to iome. Pi r 22 OVER 300 WIGS TO SELECT FROM ALL COLORS While They last te 26" long These won't last RUSH this price $HOP AND SAVE AT DISCOUNT WIG CENTER Viet-nafe- ), (1960-196- Changes In Drug Laws Explained By JOSEPH LUNDSTR0M Deseret News Staff Writer Important changes in the laws regarding possession and use of narcotics were outlined today before the Governors e Citizens Com-mitte- on Drug Abuse. The charges were outlined by Committee-ma- n Dan Bushnell, Permitting granting Salt Lake attorney and member of the Lake contrasted with selling of narcotics. Broadening the definition of possession to include individual or joint use or possession, such as pot parties. Prohibiting druggists and practioners, as well as purchasers, from utilizing fraudulent or forged prescriptions. Making unlawful the dispensing of a prescription for hard narcotics to minors without parental consent. Salt Drug SteerAbuse ing Committee. Bushnell appeared before a subcommittee hearing testimony on laws regarding narcotics and drug abuse. The most important changes made by the 1969 Legislature in the Uniform Narcotics Act pertain to the establishment of minimum mandatory jail sentences and classifications of penalties, taking Into consideration the nature of the offenses, Bushnell said. The old laws treated all violations alike, leaving punishment to the broad discretion of the court. The new amendments tailor the punishment to the natrue of the offense, he added. The minimum mandatory sentence runs from 60 days in the county jail for a person under the influence of narcotics to a minimum of not less than five years for a person who is a pusher or induces minors to be pushers. In every category there is a stiffer penalty for second and third offenses. Marijuana is treated differently from the other hard narcotics, but even for marijuana minimum mandatory sentences are provided, according to Bushnell. In addition, other amendments strengthen the provisions of the existing laws and Implement penalty provisions. These include: as possession Defining im- munity to secure states evidence. Clarifying procedural and evidenciary requirements for convictions. Making unlawful the possession of narcotic parapher- nalia. Bushnell outlined also penalties now in effect for drug possession and selling, contrasting them with earlier state law and California and federal laws. 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