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Show 'What's he doing, resting up hr sit-in- s at college this fall?' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH ; i I Teach Youth Chastity We Stand For The Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired ; ; 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER We surely appreciate the editorial standards of the Deseret News and encourage you to continue 5, 196? upholding decency. y There is an article which appeared in the supplement. Parade, which I feel is of such vital importance that it needs to be brought to the attention of as many voters as possible. Sun-i?n- Whet Next Sn Vietnam The article, entitled "Youth Notes, points up the problem of rising illegitirtiacy rates among girls in our country, ages 15 to 19. It then points out that Mary Switzer, head of the Social and Rehabilitation Service in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, told a congressional committee that birth control information should be provided for school-ag- e girls, especially in the ghetto areas. Following Mo's Death? Because Ko Chi Minh didnt groom a successor, North Vietnam is virtually bound io become enmeshed in a power struggle over who becomes its new president. Until that power struggle is played out, the Paris peace talks can be expected to be even more slow and unproductive than they have been. Beyond that, the consequences of Hos death this week lie in the realm of pure guesswork, which explains why the interpretations and analyses of this event are so contradictory. Depending on which of various experts on Southeast Asian affairs is talking, one hears that Hos death will demoralize the North Vietnamese or that it will provide Hanois troops with a new rallying cry. One hears that without this master of guerrilla warfare or at Us helm, North Vietnam will ease off on its fighting that his death wont make much difference because he had little to do with the operation of the war for some time. t One hears, too, that the underlings competing to replace Hovill continue his policies and maintain a united front out of sheer necessity or that Hos death leaves North Vietnam fo disorganized and its leadership so divided that the Tree World has a chance to play off one faction against another. While a country ruled by an iron fist may go to war because of one man, its people dont shoulder heavy losses and put up with serious deprivations year after year for a man. and no cause dies Rather, they do so only for a cause just because one man dies. That goes whether the cause is good or bad, and whether the means for achieving it are honorable or ignoble. In the case of North Vietnam, the cause is national inbut in communisms usual dependence and reunification manner. bloody Since it. proceeds under the aegis of commvnism, North Vietnams brand of nationalism is false. Just ask the people of Czechoslovakia how easy it is for a country to be Communist and still be truly independent of Moscow or possibly Peking. There are those who think of Ho Chi Minh as the George Washington of his country because of his role in winning North Vietnams independence from France. If so, he was a the blood of George Washington with blood on his hands teachers, police chiefs, village chieftains, women and children slaughtered in an effort to terrorize South Vietnam into submission. Causes are tough; they cannot be killed with bayonets or bombs. They can be successfully combatted only with better ideas, effectively communicated. This is the lesson America should take to heart as it awaits for whatever the death of Ho Chi Minh may bring. Get Back To The Bull Moose! The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial was dedicated two years ago next month, but it wasnt until this past week that I stopped by. Now, with deference to the shrines that honor Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington, I am minded to nominate T.R.s enchanted island as the most pleasant them all. Few persons go there. It is likely that ten thousand Mr. Kilpatrick tourists visit the Washington Monument for every curious wanderer who crosses over the footbridge to Roosevelt Island. island in the Potomac, just The downstream from the Key Bridge that leads to Georgetown, commands little notice in local guidebooks. The place lends itself poorly to demonstrations, protests, and mores the pity! For and marches Teddy Roosevlet had something to say that todays young people badly need to hear. The National Park Service, which maintains the memorial, has left the island in its natural state. Nothing here is pruned, clipped, fenced or mowed. At the first turn in the path, the surrounding city disappears. A late summer sun dapples an honest forest; a chipmunk, tail high, runs across a rotten log. If it were not for the jetliners overhead, plunging toward National Airport, one might lose all sense of place and time. JAMES J. KILPATRICK T.R.a exhortations were effective today. J want to see you game, boys. 1 want to see you brave and manly, gentle and tender. Is there anything wrong with the old Rough Riders ideal? This was Teddy Roosevelt, on the Then the path curves, and the memorial itself comes Into view. It is a stage a broad stone terrace, state : set by Fellini formal pools, polished granite shafts, a Ours is a government of liberty by, bronze statue. This is tl. stuff that and under the law. through, dreams are made of. So the early explorA great democracy has got to be ers must have felt, when they found a progressive or it will soon cease to be perfect Mayan temple in a jungle. The or a democracy. in stone belong to an great quotations carved Order without liberty and liberty altogether different age. without order are equally destructive. This was Teddy Roosevelt, speaking If I must choose between righteousto youth: ness and peace, I choose righteousness. 1 want to see you game, boys. 1 want Roosevelt was soldier, politician, to see you brave and manly, and I also statesman, conservationist, founder of want to see you gentle and tender. the Forest Service. He was President of Be practical as well as generous In the United States at 42. He was fighter, of your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, reformer, hunter, innovator, winner but remember td keep your feet on the the Nobel peace prize. No public figure in our history ever surpassed his vitality, ground. his zest for living, the pure and unaffectCourage, hard work, ed joy he' found in life. and intelligent effort are all essential to Just past the memorial, the path successful life. turns again, and again the forest closes Alike for the Nation and the individhe A wanderer glances back: Nothing of ual, the one indispensable requisite is the polished stone remains only spider character. webs and creeping vines and fallen frees. Does anyone speak- - like that any So one recrosses the footbridge, and more? A commencement speaker who drives on to Georgetown. The sidewalks tried those homilies' upon an audience of of Wisconsin Avenue are filled with hippies, high school seniors would be hooted off bearded male creatures both effemithe stage. How square can you get? Rooand nate comball. was would a gross. Teddy Roosevelt has say, sevelt, they Yet every man who ever fathered a son been dead for 50 years. Heaven knows must wish in his deepest heart that we need his like today. long-haire- Faith . . . Use It Or Lose It Mobile Homes Where? By NORMAN VINCENT PEALE . Should a mobile home owner be excluded from locating on a permanent site if his home meets all the building, plumbing, and electrical codes? The question is raised because of this weeks charge by the chairman of the Salt Lake County Planning Commission that placement of mobile homes on individual lots among conventional homes causes a serious injustice to the (permanent) home owner by tending to lower property values. For the record, most of the approximately 100 such mobile homes located on individual lots in Salt Lake County were allowed from 1965 to 1967 before discovery of an ordinance forbidding such homes outside of licensed mobile home parks. The Board of Appeals of the Uniform Building Code was authorized in July to make exceptions to the building code for temporary periods. Since then it has received 17 applications for mobile home locations, and approved 10 of the 17. Of those anproved, seven were temporary residential permits for up to five years for persons building their own homes, none on less than two acres of ground. The other three were as temporary guard or construction site buildings. Mobile homes are becoming an important segment of the housing market, accounting for 90 per cent of housing sold under $15,000 last year. Nor are many mobile homes merely house trailers. Mobile home owners stay at least as long at one location as do owners of regular dwellings. With Mobile homes accounting for a fourth of all singlefamily dwellings, its clear they have an important role to play in providing adequate housing for an expanding population. But part of the appeal of mobile homes is their lower price, and a neighborhood's property values are undeniably lowered when a dwelling is built next door to those costing considerably more. While outdated building codes should be reviewed to make sure they reflect the improved quality of mobile homes, everyone benefits when a community is carefully planned. So when mobile home sites are selected, close consultation with city planners is essential. low-co- st low-co- st Olive K. Neilson Fortunately for humanity, that rare person comes along occasionally who has so much love it flows out to everyone the handicapped as well as the able. Such a person was Olive K. Neilson. The impact of her work was to change substantially peoples attitudes toward the mentally retarded and multiple handicapped child until now educators, legislators and doctors no longer refer to children as idiots, imbeciles, or morons. There is now at least hope that every child will have a chance to dpvpinp to his fullest potential. Pioneering is often a lonely road. Certainly it must have been so with mentally retarded children. But that one lonely Opportunity Center Mrs. Nei'son started in her own home in 1954 has grown to 14 day care training centers in Utah alone, as well as many along a similar pattern throughout the U.S. Her death this week at the home of a son in Victor, Montana, is a grievous loss to the cause of the handicapped child. But certainly the seeds she sowed have been bounteous beyond even her imagination. feeble-minde- d far-sight- t r The simplest incident in our lives very often can have important consequences. For example, I remember the summer camp I went to as a boy. I can still see the maintenance man at Camp Arthur in Ohio cursing over the pump that used to fill the swimming pool. The pump was, of course, needed to fill the pool with water. Those were the days betore all the elaborate equipment they now use. If the pump didnt work, that was it. Mr. Jackson, who was our maintenance man, had a theory that if the pump was used for 12 months of the year there wouldnt be any problem. However, since it was used only during the summer months, he had to work on it all the time to keep it going. Man cant use his talents a couple of months each year and then let them rust away for the rest of the time, for talents have a way of breaking down just like machinery. God gives each of us a special measure of skill and ability. But its up to us to uss them, and to use them constantly. Hippocrates, the Greek philosopher who wrote the famous oath still used by doctors throughout the world today, said, What is used flourishes. What is not used wastes away. Now, I dont think he had a camp pump in mind when he wrote that remark, but both Hippocrates and Mr. Jackson had the same idea in mind. Many of us have broken an arm or leg at some time in our lives. And weve had to put up with a cast for several weeks. A peculiar thing happens during that time. The broken limb sits idle and the muscles and tendons that help support it in action begin to weaken from inactivity. Once that cast is off, its a bit of a shock to realize that we have to begin all over again, to learn to exercise that limb and make it work, and to recondition those muscles and tendons so they once again work properly. Somehow, we come to expect this reaction in a physical condition. But has it ever occurred to you that the same thing can happen spiritually? Faith is as much a vital, working force as an arm or a log. If it isnt exercised daily it becomes weak and useless. And it takes a special effort to get it moving again. The human spirit can get just as rusty and clogged up as that swimming pool The article then quotes her as follows: Call it birth control or whatever you want to, but how can you hope to stop this cycle of illegitimacy unless you provide some sort of information and services to these young girls, particularly under age 16. That such a proposal could be promoted by one of our government departments, completely astounds me. There is absolutely no basis, scientific or otherwise, for frying such a theory on our youth. There are some solutions to these problems which do have a sound scientific basis, for any who would care to do some research. Isnt it a scientific fact that chastity results in healthier bodies, healthier minds, healthier offspring and more stable marriages? Isn't It also a scientific fact that unchastity spreads veneral disease, increases mental disturbances, and makes for more instability in marriage? The answer is to teach o.ir youth chastity by every means available. This is not bringing religion into politics or into schools. Chastity has as good a scientific basis as any other health measure. Surely, our government leaders are not so desperate as to throw all caution to the wind and try any scheme which comes along on our children. It seems so obvious that to follow Mrs. Switzers proposals will turn our youth of America into a generation of prostitutes and deviates that I marvel that we even need to discuss the issue. This is a good test on the alertness of us citizens. Are we going to sit back and let our tax money go for such damaging purposes or will there be a cry of indignation rise up to President Nixon and our congressional leaders with such intensity that such immoral thinking will be eeansed from that department? I am sure that we can do it if we will. -- DALE ' Israel On Trial While touring the courageous and struggling little nation of Israel recently, I was very much impressed by the spirit of the people, their patriotism and determination to forge a future, providing an assembly land for the Jewish home. are building industry and factories for security, also reclaiming every vestige of areas where soil can be accumulated and moisture can be conserved. Some of this Tound was last productive 2,000 years ago when their ancestors occupied these lands. They - view. The man behind the desk asked, How do you like the school? Great. Just great. Do you see any way we could improve it? Well, I only got here an hour ago, but Im sure there are many ways that the school could be improved." I like that, the man said. How do you get along with students? ART BUCHWALD This is a sacred little area, its back against the sea and its front completely surrounded by hostile nations whose populations are many times more numerous than Israelis and who have publicly pledged to sweep Israel into the sea. All of these nations are aided and abetted, armed and subsidized by Communist Russia. There is a possible chance that if outside pressures were removed, these tiny nations cloistered together in such a small area might renounce force and settle their difference at the council table where it could be demonstrated that with cooperation they could, with the help of modern science, produce a living for all of their people and live in peace. Unless something of this sort is providentially developed, Israels future is uncertain, but with divine guidance she cannot fail under any conditions. --S. pump. I see where some teacher groups have turned down $600 raises end insisted on $800. Well now, isnt that something? Look, if I wanted to do it, my mother and father wouldnt let me. They want I taught school for 38 years and am now retired. Recently my pension was raised $1 a month. Maybe we retired teachers should reject that $1 raise and demand $2. What could we do to enforce our demands? Of course we couldnt say, Give us the $2 or the schools wont open. But there is one thing we could do. We could refuse to die. Think what that would do to the future retirement fund? We would get that $2 quickly, or maybe $4. I really think the teachers through their organizations are getting superfluously obstreperous. piece. up. But we do have an opening in the Im sorry you feel that way, son. From your high school record, I thought you would make a very good president. I may not be smart enough to get into this place as a student, but I assure you Im not stupid enough to take a job as head of a university. Rorys son got up and walked out. Another student walked in. As the door slowly closed, Rorys son heard the man ask the student, How do you like the --L. school? school. As what? President of the university. You want me to be president of the university? Just fine, I guess. I mean, Ive alWhy not? Its a way of getting into the school. As acting president you would ways gotten along with them well. get first preference from the admissions No generation gap trouble then? office once there was an opening in the None that I know of. freshman class. Do you like meeting people? But why me? Rorys son asked. I suppose so. Im an extrovert at Weve been trying for a year to fill heart. the job. No one will take it. Then one of Do you like to entertain? the board of trustees suggested we take No, sir. I dont like to entertain at a freshman applicant for the university all. I keep my nose to the grindstone. and offer him the position. The incentive For the first time the man behind the would be that if he agreed to act as presdesk seemed disappointed. Thats too ident, he would eventually be admitted as a student. bad. I dont want to be a president, Of son reacted immediately. Rorys course, if you want me to entertain, Id Rorys son said. I want to go to college, but I dont want to go that badly." be glad to. I used to give parties at home all the time. The man behinc the desk was desperAre you any good at raising ate. It pays $50,000 a year. You get a car. money? I dont think so. I mean, I can alForget it, Rorys son said. ways get a sawbuck off my old man. You dont have to be in at any time I was talking about big money, the and you get the best seats at the football map said. gape. i GRANT YOUNG 121 Hillside Ave. Asking Too Much me to come back from college in one I can get up the tuition, if thats what you mean. I mean big, big money. Hey, what kind of school is this? Well," said the man behind the desk, I believe Id better level with you. We dont have an opening for our freshman class. Then what did you waste my time for? Rorys son asked angrily as he got eco-nom- ic T ley are fighting and dying now to hold and preserve a home for their posterity, gathering as foretold by Prophets of old, overcoming all obstacles in the belief that their Jehovah will fight their battles if they but do His will. An Opening At The University WASHINGTON My friend Rory has a boy 18 years old, who was turned down for admission by four colleges. On his fifth try he received a letter from a university asking him if he would come for an inter- S. ROBERTSON Spanish Fork T. THOMPSON Bountiful Flood Fund Unspent I, too, questioned the radio commercial run by the Republican Party, as did Louise Jorgenson, as reported in the letters to the editor for Aug. 28. But after checking a few facts I satisfied myself that the claim made in the advertisement was absolutely correct. Money for flood control was budgeted by the Democrats who preceded the current Republican-controlle- d county commission. But the money was never used for that purpose. It was, instead, induded in the Highway Department budget, which was supporting an patronage work d Where the action is! Rockford AVornirtg Star . force. The Republicans, on the other hand, have used the money for flood control. Regardless of what Louise Jorgenson seems to feel, we have had weather conditions which could have caused serious flooding had the work not been done to curb that project The claim was right, and the commissioners are to be commended for their work in getting that job done. I personally live in an area susceptible to flooding, and I am grateful that we escaped such disaster this year. ELEANOR OLSEN 2464 Wilson Aye. i |