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Show DESERET NEWS 'Waf a minute. Another ERMA OOMDECII little bird told m- e- Fat , SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH V7e Stand For The Constitution Of The United States Did you ever hear the story comedian Jackie Vernon tells about himself? He As Having Been Divinely Inspired 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE TUESDAY, OCTOBER Beat You Yet I II 28, 1969 was standing in the middle of Broadway shouting, Secondly, I was motivated by the fact that I was developing quirks. I seemed to be absolutely hostile toward women who were size nines or tens. I couldnt stand them. Once in the supermarket I deliberately clipped one with my cart and when she turned around (her scrawny neck waist hanging out), I said, and Ill beat you yet, New York! when some bum stole his suit- Economy Isn't Solely For The Other Fellow case. I feel this way every time I go on a diet. While I am Whenever the Pentagon has closed military bases on a wholesale basis across the country in the past, Utah ordinarily has been affected only slightly or not at all. Since Utah lacks the political pull of more populous states, this record speaks well of the essential nature of much of the military work being done here. ; But economy isnt always just for the other fellow, and Utahns canc complain when and if they have to take part in any appropriate military i These observations are prompted by the Defense Departments announcement Monday tnat 307 or more military bases in Jhe U.S. and abroad will be shut down or cut back for an eventual saving of about $609 million a year. ; As Utahns wait to find out from an official announcement scheduled Wednesday whether Utah is among the 42 states affected by the cutback, it should be recognized that sweeping economy moves are highly advisable in the military from time to time. If the U.S. has to maintain its present high level of preparedness or even increase it, our defense posture "till be by the elimination of fat in the military establishment, military bases. including But should the situation in Vietnam improve markedly, the U.S. would be able to cut back its military spending. Such shifts can disrupt the economy if they are made abruptly rather than gradually. Though the economic adjustments required by the closing of .some 307 military bases wont be easy, there are means for cushioning the impact. The Department of Defense is supposed to guarantee new job opportunities for career civilian employees dislocated by the closing of a military installation. In- communities affected by closing of government installations, the General Services Administration may ease the impact by arranging for use of the property by other federal agencies, by donating it for public purposes, or by selling it for industrial use. ' But a consistent theme of studies on areas hit by defense cuJ backs is the need for the local development of advance plans for community adjustment. As America prepares to adjust to the closing of some 307 military bases here and abroad, there is no substitute for local initiative and responsibility in meeting the challenge. on the phone ing everyone Im going to mere shadow, words turn to In the past I have dieted using the reward system. If I passed up a second helping of potatoes, I rewarded myself with a wedge of fudge cake. If I was strong and resisted two slieps of fresh bread, I rewarded myself with a bedtime snack. Sometim's I rewarded myself for getting up in the mornings (two cookies), brushing my teeth (one cup of gravy) or just being kind to my mother ( pound maple creams). This time I used a different approach. Motivation. I had two of them. First I was motivated by the fact that I would non-essenti- al !, Five months ago the Legislative Audit Committee re ported that expenditures for intercollegiate athletics at Utahs seven public colleges and universities have been exceeding revenues by more than $500,000 a year. This point should be kept in mind now that these schools are preparing proposed budgets for submission to the State Board of Higher Education, which will hold hearings on the budgets next month. A similar situation in Colorado has led a group of legislators to press for an official statement from the State General Assembly to the effect that the taxpayers should not have to subsidize intercollegiate athletics. As the Denver Post observed recently: Each institution in the state ought only to take part in the kind of intercollegiate program that can be financed by gate receipts, private contributions, and tuition waivers. If the receipts, contributions, and waivers arent enough to meet the costs, then the program ought to be curtailed to fit the available funds. But the state ought not to provide money for a program that cant support itself. The state will need every penny it can get to meet the more legitimate costs of higher education. If a more affluent state like Colorado cant afford to subsidize collegiate athletics, certainly Utah eant either. The Utah Legislature would do well to take a formal stand to that effect when it meets in January to pass on college budgets. . As the Deseret News reaches most of our readers today, theres still plenty of time to register to vote in the November 4 municipal elections in 214 Utah communities. With registration offices remaining open until 9 p.m. today, theres no excuse for not taking advantage of this last opportunity to become qualified to vote in deciding your communitys future. One civic organization has prepared a checklist which suggests that responsible citizens: 1. Know the issues in the election. 2. Look at the records of all the candidates. l . 3. Decide where you stahJ. 4. Mark up a sample ballot in advarce, where available. I,? I 5. Allow time to vote. Make a date with yourself at the and keep it. ' polls But before you can vote, you must be registered. If you havent taken care of this necessary chore vet do n: now! '1 V 1 Light Bulbs That Last When the consumer buys a light bulb, he ought to know much light it will give and how long it will last. I But there are widespread complaints that ; bulbs just dont live up to that description. Indeed, the stan-Jar- d tt bulb in 1910 would burn about 250 more hours Ihan a bulb of comparable wattage today. Moreover, some - Indnuf aeturers bulbs emit acknowledge that the long-lif- e le$S light than standard bulbs of the same wattage. j -Ij The Federal Trade Commission has been holding hearings pna proposed regulation that would require manufacturers to the life in hours on each bulb along with its lumens or . h.ow -- 100-wa- light output. When modern light bulbs dont burn as long as those of 50 years ago, manufacturers clearly need to be spurred to greater competition to prove their product. .- -J waist and my skirts began to hang long- er. I still have a long way to go, but already my attitude has begun to change. j The other day a size seven (couldn't you scream?) sat next to me on the bus and crossed her legs. I hated her for that. My first impulse was to hit her with my shopping bag. Instead, I got up and moved to another seat. You gotta admit. j ! j j Its a start. j lllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIHIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIlin A Real Easing Of World Tension ? This is Brandts special objective and he knows it can be achieved only if the Soviet Union is willing. Moscow has recently begun to show some signs that it would be willing and, if so, Brandt will certainly be responsive. But there is one important caveat, and on this point Chancellor Brandt is both alert and pragmatic. He has no intention of playing up to Moscow at the expense of Western European unity or at the expense of NATO, which he knows is essential to Gprman security. Brandt would welcome the Soviet proposal for a European security conference between the Warsaw Pact powers and the NATO countries to see if the confronting forces could be reduced. But only on the condition that the United States be a participant. If Moscow wants detente, as it says it does, this could be one way to begin. What will result from any or all of these initiatives is problematic. But we sense that something new is coming over the horizon. It is noteworthy that the prestigious Far Eastern Economic Review, published in Hong Kong, recently printed an article foreseeing what it thought may well turn out to be the most important international development since the end of World War II Washington and Moscow quietly working out what could be a general settlement of major problems of the Cold War, Vietnam, the Middle East, Europe and the arms race. but not incrediQuite a prediction THE DRUMMONDS By ROSCOE and GEOFFRY DRUMMOND WASHINGTON Beyond the clouds of Vietnam, something quiet exciting is go'ng on elsewhere in the world. Events of gieat moment are in the making and are mainly on the credit side. The way they are now almost imperceptibly taking shape, it is evident that the early 1970s may well see greatly reduced tensions between the Soviet Union and the U.S., more cordial ties between Eastern and Western Europe and progress toward stability in parts of Asia. We are not suggesting that utopia is just around the comer. It isnt. Whatever headway is made will be slow, often uncertain. But movement is in this direction and significant beginnings are becoming visible: 1 There is fresh evidence that two powerful and dynamic countries, Japan and West Germany, can be counted on to work with the U.S. to help stabilize two crucial areas of the world Europe and the Western Pacific. 2 The lacerating issue of Okinawas return to Japan is being resolved. President Nixon and Prime Minister Sato can be expected to make the announcement next month. And Japan will become less of a defense burden to the U.S. since the Sato government now has an 80 percent public backing for increasing its military strength. 3 The election of the Social Demo- - R. Drummond LETTERS TO THE EDITOR G. Drummond cratic leader Willy Brandt as chancellor of West Germany heralds a determined effort to end the outdated feuds between Germany and Poland, between Germany and the Soviet Union, between Germany and the Eastern European Communist regimes. Brandt has exactly the same to end the era of goal as Mr. Nixon confrontation and begin the era of negotiation. There are pitfalls but the main thing is that the new Brandt government makes it possible to try. Chancellor Brandts rise comes at a time when the younger generation of German voters, most of them born after World War n without any responsibility for Hitlers crimes, are free of want to see their country in world equal to its ecorole the a play nomic power and want to achieve practical reconciliation with all its neighbors including East Germany. ble. i Register, Then Vote I how be a Pull in those hips, honey I cut two things out of my daily intake; bread and desserts. The first ten in my neck. The pounds I shed were skirts till wouldn't go over the hip, but my scarfs hung loosely ove- the flab. next four The pounds began to make a difference as I felt thinner about my ask. cd Don't Subsidize Sports tell- Mrs. Bombeck my fat. For the last ten years I have gone on a diet every Monday of every week (except February when Monday falls on Leap Year and I postpone it four years). Every Sunday night I do a column about my plans, take an ad in the New York Times and set the alarm so I can ge an early start. By Tuesdays, I cant even remember Mondays. This time was different. Since the first of July, I have lost 14 pounds. There was no fanfare, no public announcements, just pure, simple starvation. How did I do it? I thought you would never g, either lose weight or face the winter with no clothes. My boots were the only apparel that fit. DR. BENJAMIN Defining The Word 'Insanity' By SIDNEY J. HARRIS In disclosing more about her family life and background last month, Stalins daughter declared that, in her opinion, her father v as not insane when he ordered the bloody political purges of the 1930s, although he may have become paranoid a decade later. I think of the world of the future if there is to be one will require a new definition of the word insane. Heretofore, we have looked upon insanity as a mental abberration; it seems to me that there is something called moral insanity as well. There is no doubt that Stalin was out of his mind in his last years, or that Hitler was a psychopath from the moment he entered the Munich beer-cellm the 1920s. But what of the men around them? What of the cool, plausible, efficient functionaries w ho did their dreadful bidding? In some ways, indeed, it is easier to forgive a lunatic like Hitler than a Goer-ina Goebbels, a Himmler, or an Eich-man- He was possessed by a demon burning in his brain; they had no such excuse for their coldly bestial behavior. Likewise, the men around Stalin who helped murder all the Old Bolsheviks were morally insane. Our current definition of lunacy is too narrow, too clinical, too conventional, to serve as a socially useful yardstick in judging the actions of public figures. True, we are all reservoirs of private wickedness, and it takes no Shadow to know what evil luiks in the hearts of men. But public wickedness on a mass scale is not just quantitatively larger; it is qualitatively different. To be unjust, to be cruel, even to kill for personal reasons, seems part of the defect we were born with; to kill thousands, and even millions, of people impersonally, simply . h a use they are kulaks or capitalists cr Poies or Jews, is a form ot moral insanity. FINE The Battle For Teachers - bers, the AFT has made a tremendous impact on the teaching profession. The federation represents the teachers in the nations leading cities, such as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Boston and Cleveland. It has adopted a militant policy, which paid off in New York City, where ihe teachers this fall won one of the most impressive salary scales found in the country. Because it lost out to the more aggressive union, the conservative National Education Association has been forced to change its policies. Only a few years ago it frowned on teacher strikes or boycotts. Now it accepts strips as a way of educational life. In many communities the union and the NEA are battling for leadership and the right to represent teachers in their local districts. The amazing string of victories for the union has caused the NEA to adopt militant policies to woo the angry teachers. A drive to NEW YORK (NANA) unite the nations two million public classroom teachers into one large superorganization gained impetus last week with the unprecedented merger of two local rival teacher groups. If the movement succeeds, it will make the teachers one of the most powerful forces ever found in American education. The nations first merger of a local National Education Association (NEA) unit and its rival teachers union has been approved in Flint, Mich. The United Teachers of Flint became a reality when the members of the Flint Education Association, which is an affiliate of the NEA, and the Flint Federation of Teachers, a local of the American Federation of Teachers (AFL-CIO- ) approved the merger and then joined in a unified meeting. The joining of the NEA, with its more than million members, and the arch-rivAmerican Federation of Teachers, with slightly less than 200,000 teachers, has been an impossible dream among educators who would like to confront school boards with a united front. Only a year ago, when the head of the teachers union proposed a merger, the more standoffish NEA almost laughed the suggestion out of court. Bennett Measures Up I remember that during last years senatorial campaign, we heard a lot of discussion concerning Senator Bennetts position in the Senate as to whether he should be Specifically, it was claimed that with his seniority and ability, he would be able to wield a great deal of power in dealing both with the Nixon Administration and with the Senate. Of course, one is always somewhat reluctant to accept political claims made during campaigns. Consequently, I have been particularly delighted to see Senator Bennetts activities measure up to his promises. One recent week certainly illustrates this. Senator Bennetts influence with the administration was seen in his ability (shared, I am sure, with Congressmen Burton and Lloyd) to get the Department of Interior moving on the tremendously important Kaiparowits Project, a project that had been delayed under the Democrats and the approval of which will mean hundreds of millions of dollars for Utah. Then, we saw Senator Bennett on the floor of the Senate managing his legislation to end the fool- ish registration of ammunition buyers. In his legislative battle, he took on Senator Kennedy and carvote. ried the day on a Utah can be grateful that it has a senator who delivers so well. j j j t j I 65-1- 5 --MIKE LYON University Village Does Cause Cancer Tell me why? Cranberries were taken off the market a few years ago because they had been sprayed with a chemical that could cause Diet drinks are now being taken off the cancer. market because cyclamate could cause cancer. Now tell me why tobacco is not also removed from the market when it has been proved beyond doubt that it does cause cancer? And tell me why liquor is not taken off the market when it is known that its use is definitely injurious to the li- quor consumer and that many traffic fatalities and serious injuries are directly related to liquor con- sumption? What is wrong with the powers that be d (shall I say) persecution? who allow such (Or should I have said prosecution?). one-side- -P- EARL 1461 E. . j i J I J j j j W. BROOKS Parkway Ave. Good Timing The other night on the TV newscast, a very interesting thing happened. Two news Items were presented, back to back that were very g. thought-provokin- One item showed Gov. Rampton at the grand opening of an old home that had been revamped and renovated to the tune of over $260,000. The other break- item showed Gov. Rampton eating a al-the allocated amount is fast, this apparently lowed to produce these meals to a certain segment of our society. I make no specific comment other than as they May I also say on television, Very interesting. say 1 admire their beautiful timing. --WILLIAM J. BULLOUG1I 2009 Nevada St. ? ; GUEST CARTOON Remove Sewer Tax j If you are a property owner, dont let the city officials threaten you on election day concerning the sewer-wate- r tax. They are trying to scare you into not voting for the sewer tax being removed. Dont kid yourself, they will do what they plea'-regardless of what is taken off or left on and this is just one more thing we will fight. I cant figure what this city is planning, but in my opinion they are running all the corporations out of Salt Lake with large corporation taxes, plus all he other taxes. Pretty soon we wont need the buses o- - anything else if we dont get busy and speak up and fight for what we believe in. Let them get all these taxes from ail the people and not just property owners. If we don't vote to have this sewer tax removed, they will just keep putting more and more on m r shoulders. Ot out and vo'e against it and do anything else that will help as. -- MRS. L. THOM S 728 Post St. Thus, the first signs of united action, bringing about a possible merger of the two rival groups, can be compared with the bringing together of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organization into a single unit The chances that the NEA and the American Federation of Teachers might get together at this time appeared to be as remote as the fabulous Mets becoming champions of the baseball world J j e i The threat of a united teachers front is causing concern among school board members and administrators, already plagued with strikes and demands for higher salaries. Although considerably smaller in terms of num g Are You Deaf? t I 1 t J t j J t 1 r |