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Show TJ 11 The Silent Minority r1 i 4 in, d.i, u.ll C li liVil L.i.ii I! is.ILlL.i'iiiLIi' .1 d " '' ' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS rj'ttf SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH p 'i jjj ii 'I' I'! ' h M.ji'i it L!' (,il Junk Car Problem iz. wit': a icuu.s: w:.o !...d e.zereu fnm t..e west or. H.ghvr.y 40. I re...-v- . hv rrirtf-tour.s's niske t..6 co"ir..6ni.s t..C c d. Garbdge and aatoT.rr '.e g;aearcs cot e.K.i cct tu? or 4j rd H 2' cf the s. St Geotge greere s.te cf automott'.e e:.r.e; with a junkyard as N:n by your touru-iOct. ... in piau:e the business sf r:or. of Suruiuay. Dt'9. V. e may have a,r a:.u wa'.er m..ution hut a.-- o ;.ae .r.d pollution, marked by jur.ked me one throughout The is a l.v-gz A::er Lake Valley tall-ur- 2 A vOMTAC EDiTCk.A. PAGE SOVEVSER 1C, )5i9 o Scve Seashore, s. Nixon Should Act Which problem ration. It has long been ta.-te- a iuin y ch vdoytd l.atio::-r- ! moic lmporta:.'. seaahou for all Ameticans. or .Ti)9-i- a(i,s of subdivided i".d estate for a few Cahfoi iiiai,' a ran.-tn.-n s. 3n now La .ng Ana in a:;-- at It. That n north ut S.m uiit'iM i). WluUvt r division is made at j't. Ileyis will afutt the o oi Utility of future generations to njoy the sea, sand, seencry. wildlife, run t forests and a feeling of tiar.quihty their Pt. Ileyes is also a Ust eas-- WluUu i happens here what Arneiicitns can t Xpert eisevvhete in lavement vs. j'arh" qu.slions undo- the Nixon Administration. Pt. Reyes was lecummendeu for national talk status mote than dO years ago by Conrad L. Wirth. then National Park Service director. Cited were the miles of Douglas fir forests, bird-ricbeaches, and miles of scenic paths. Wirth indicated the area was "woith more as a public par k than under a subdivision shovel." Pies. John F. Kennedy set Pt. Roves aside in 1952 as a l a'iunal the western counterpart of Cape Cod. Some land was purchased immediately for S20 million. A Mi million price tag was placed on the remainder, to be purchased when funds became available." No further m turn was taken. The delay was costly. The land now appraise.-- , at '''IS million. - 'One reason for the burgeoning cost, of course, is pi oxinntv re r'so a mason why vx'ensivc use of P.u' it c Fin to. todjuo ilicBcashoie cm be xrected. ' ; T ,' ; rl iurdi.;- - ale or.- -; Rc r.t'y s f.agmented and scattered that they cannot be administeied. according to I'HlJcr Secretary of Intuior RiresMI T, ain One iicopcrey nut ovwijer says jieople constantly wander over his land, is which and is which paik. private kacjving Many landowners would like to sed. But as one says, we arent certain whether the government wants to buy." The owner, who paid S22.000 taxes there last year, compared to $2,400 profits, cant be blamed for selling to a private real estate developer in the near future. Nor can the developers be expected to wait forever. Anv fuif'cr de'ays by the Nixon Administration would be and a public loss. an invitation to private development ' ultimate And any more extended delays before acquisition could cost the Arnei kail taxpayci s several moi c million dollars. is j i lii-- a problem in rural areas ar.d is r.ow hitting tie cities. Tz.e following Road to from an artuie in Newsweek, entitled JunksviTe. points t1 is cut ideally. "In New Yoik t.iPte were some HI N"J hu.ks left ; Ri-y- or. t'.e streets in Eitts. Simula! !y m C'uiazo. dt?'i be ho last year t Tizht vigdaike by t; e polkc car 73 HA) auos o:f me stipe's tie t ale rises annually by 4 UU) " In Utah, it has hern are abandoned each via:. s l t indi-cat- . - The Impact Of Nixon' s Speech sea.-Imr- Rots act now. The Pen Is Mightier much faster troop withdrawals. Moreovei . private criticism among Republican politicians is far more critical. One Republican senator from we- -t of the Mississippi turned down an invitation to go cti a closed circuit radio hookup with SCO students who were to question the senator in Washington immediately after Mr. Nixons speech. Convinced in advance that Mr. Nixon would not ofier any faster out of Vietnam. tfris Senator himself the target o: ar.grv student questioners with whom, he basically agiee-- . Unwilling to be put Mr. Nixon in the position cf oppo-m- g minutes after bis appeal tot uni'y. he c,e-- i lined ti.e invitation. That teaction cnioi.g moderate Republican doves w as typical, strongly mrii-- c ating that, in trying to enlarge the base of his supporters and buy time, the speech fell short. With a three-wee- k buildup. an Eastern Republican Senator told us, Mr. Nixons effort had only one immediate effect antagonize the students and guarantee a quarter of a million turnout in Washington Nov. 14. Furthermore, the Piesident's release of his "ivate exchange ef letters with Ho Chi Mmh did not have the desired eilect of depicting Mr. Nixon as a peace-- , ec krr and Ho as an intransigeart. What Ho Chi Minn, said m his Aug. 2.1 letter simply a reiteration of Hanoi's demand for unilateral ITS. withdrawal was less interesting than the fact the Nixon letter of July 15 had been an- - EVANS and By P.OLAXD RUFERT NOVAK WASHINGTON' At a p ivate huddle nil Congressional Republican leaders in il.e While House shortly befoie his speech hwl week on Vietnam, President Nixon was strongly urged to give tne (ioves something pielerably announcing a timetable of tioop withdtawais. Mr Nhvon rejoited ti.at aiiu he conscioiisly wa.h.ed to spin o:f v. rat he regards as a small nunoiity o! , r act.vi't-- - non; Ire great silent of An m liars. fie was unii g :n piiiiiv to: a Kjiaiizat!-icl opinion isolating :i,e ih er.!is and ti.nehv doonurg the exiiennst-leNov. 15 march on Wa'iung- v. i' .t!-- -- That this attempt would fail was clearlv signaled by the fact that one of his own Congressional leaders specifically asked the President to lay out a withdrawal timetable. Thus, instead of isolatt doves, the President has ing the unw ittingly wedded to them a great mass of Ameiicans tired of war and thereby far-ou- energized the Nov. 11 demonstration. What makes this ironic is Mr. Nixon's unannounced uiiu.il hilt fyi plans aceeieraed troop wiihdiawal-- . to cU.h'0'.o ! is TIip Pr6id?uLs inii)-h- c in is immediate the evident purpose reaction of Republican doves such as Sens. Jacob K. Javits of New York and Chuties K. Percy of Illinois. They made dear they aie not about to be silent but instead will reiterate their old positions Governor Rampton and other Utah officials have been urging students recently to write their legislators instead of demonstrating, and the point is well taken. But just as demonstrations backfire when they get cut of hand, so can a letter to your lawmaker produce the opposite effect from the one intended unless you know how to go at ail and answered without Hanoi's trying to get a propaganda boost out of the exchange. During all the Johnson war veats. the White House revet once got a confidential note front Ho Chi Minh. Thus the release of the letters also failed to isolate the war critics. If tiie central purpose of Mr. Nixons speech had been to impress Hanoi with U.S. inflexibility, the President's hard line would have had more meaning. But the speech was definitely not pioiected that wav. It was an appeal to Americans, not a warning to Ts jol'dial value to Mr. Ni.xon directly depends in his ieaumg of the silent majom; . Wnat happens now may be quite t. e opposite. Leadets of the November antiwar demonstration; dominated by far lett sympathizers with Hanoi are already promising a more massive .Tow than the Oct. 15 moratorium last month. DemoThey will be backed by anti-wa- r crats, who are now saying publicly what they have been feeling privately for months Johnson's war has become Nixon's war. An announcement of a third withdrawis al of troops, larger than the fitst an excellent possibility lietoie Christ"', If it happens, it louid tadically midae the anger and disappointment it T ' doves in reacting to the speech. Eur u..i I then, dip President tares a politic:'.! situation certainly no better, and probably good deal worse, than before he vent on televison. Consequently, his performance must be rated a tactical failure. swerej By SYDNEY J. HARRIS cOOUt it. First uf all. address the letter correctly, bond it to Hon- orable Joe Smith. House Office Building. Washington. D.C., 20515 (or if to a senator, the Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510). Identify the bill you're writing about. About 20.000 are introduced each year. If you dont know its number, give some description, such as "Truth in Lending." Write in time to do some good. Often a bill is out of committee or has already passed the House before a congressman leceives your helpful ideas. Don't bother writing any representatives or senatois but xuur own. Give your own views. A personal letter is more valuable than a signature on a petition. Give reasons for your position. Phrases like "I'm bitterly opposea don t Iioip muoii, muos oii sto gli to say. H R. 100 will put small dealers like me out of business. If vuu have specialized knowledge on some issue, by all means vnte. A congressman is a layman on most matters and is aivvav s glad to know what the experts think. i oisnuitive. Dont just say what's wrong with a bill. State what you think is the right way. And dont just write when youie mad. If your nun votes the way you like, send him a well dene occasionally. Dor. t thieaur. to campaign or vote against vour man if he doesn't do what you wan. Such romaiks rarely intimidate a i onscientnuis member. And dont bother calling him names. Don't, pretend to have vast influence. Don't become a constant "pen pal." Write often if you like, but be pertinent and brief. Dont demand that he take a public stand before he has all the facts. Vro vg one'-- ; ressman can be meaningless if done done it also can be a valuable part of the but wrong, piopmly legislative ptoetss. tine of the tit -- r things I lea mod when I began playing bridge seriously, with expert partners, was that if I never went biddown in doubled contracts. I wa-ding enough. For the benetit of this means that in order to get the most out of my hands. I had to take the risk cf substantial loss. This is a lesson whose importance extends far beyond the cardtable. and has still not been learned by most people Earlier warned that VAJHlNGTuN I he sttaiegy of the - now ilear to Nixon Administration Ii is to icr.demu the uitics and appeal to tiie peowho aren't ple anything. s.iy ir.g w e e k Piesiumt Nixon ome again asked support ftont the "Great Silent Maof Fellow jority Last i :i Hi Veil W. Pm Mis m.u y w..s m.tned last as is there GSMFA. or is a it a pohtna! iigment ot the Admu.ispations imagination? I deuded vur to the Natural Religious Relationships Committee of the Boy a new ua ii bciiiUng was inaugurated. bcouts uf With that ointment, she betame the first woman to s tve ;:i a nat ona $eoutmg m,- - -. f'e d States. Pre to re.t.g dot. riotheis or viously, women had been monibei s of the womens reserve which t tarns in Cub ScoutAnn-riia- . aj ..Jse a stux't u u j pk ul Arnei Arr.er nan Iioums ami tcpi-viT pn a Amen, an ia:s paiked i:i Mo unveways. 1 i 1 we: iZ i . c t a t; o vi ' I t Bug" tiie hu'band sani. t..at watching replays of last Sunday's professional football games. the vast, President you think us out of I believe " "Bowling I" bis wile said to me. Ask hint about bowling. Thats the only thing he knows anything about. Tiie furnace is on the fritz, but that doesnt stop hint from going out to bowl, while the rest ot us catch pneumonia. Mu-tcyou got the wrong house." r, Vietnam?'' The man Teh lied. Do you agree vwth Pre-nleNi.xon." I asked, that it is not u but Hanoi who refu-e- s to make pe.oe?" GUEST CARTOON The man granted but refused to take his eyes off his TV set. Sir. don't you have any opinion on tl.t' pi torN of the President to bung auout peate with honor to the most troubled snot in aii cf Southeast Asia?" io r o, ,'J it" i (.r:,s(.,, v. on'(- a..i.tys a'.tei. turn wore ea's ; k dit.r.o: ei. iiakcs w:t slaX""' I e mo. I : w- i "H.U 'o n o a no to I s; , : x.iteli " : v .... , re It has been bioug it u icy , ttenuon that dining the Johnson Administtatiun ki Unite'1. Nations chatter was entered into wind; set up economic sanctions against Rhodesia and which were promulgated by a presidential executive order on Jan. 5, 1967. The stated" purpose of the sanctions is that they are designed to lead the Ian Smith regime in Southern Rhodesia to agree to a peaceful, negotiated settlement with the United Kingdom The sanctions repoitedly called for a mandatory embargo by United Nations members of Rhodesias chief exports: tobacco, sugar, beef, copper, asbestos. pig iron and chtome ore. Such an embargo mainly affected L'.S. industries U'Wig Rho, lesion chreme o"e. In older to get the reeded ihtcme ore it would be inconsistent v ah our obl.gatlon under the ihciter to resume tuid" with Rhodesia. of our cnietitu However, becan-- e into t1 e agreement, the U.S. is buying a great deal o: its chrome ore from the Soviet Union, or at least a substantially larger amour.t than it would have had tiie agreement not been entered into. Furthermore, tiie U.S. is paying SIS a ton for t hromite from the Soviet Union as compared to the prevailing price of a few years ago in Southern Rhodesia of S31.35 a ton. Despite increased prices and possibly a small differential in grade, it seems quite inconsistent to me for the U.S. to use more American dollars to purchase from a country that is supplying upwards ot SO pet. of the military equipment used to kill Americans in Vietnam, rather than purchase, at a lower price, from a country tha' has rever been responsible for the death ot oiip U S. citizen. Besides the stated" purpose of tap sanctions there seems to be an unstated' argument over Southern Rhodesias internal racial policies. Not to say these policies are right, but it seems to be inconsistent to refuse trade on these grounds while we trade with Russia, which exercises similar racial policies against the Jews as was pointed out in Congress during a Jew mh high holy day season. LOWELL SORENSEN 5144 Holiaday Bivd. Study Marijuana At present, science has no coneluMve evident e a to the extent ot physical haim, if any. that is obtained from smoking marijuana. Psychologic ally. there is unsubstantiated evidence that use of marijuana wiii cause ihe io withdraw from the rear world, or to at least lay a passive intereit in it. But as in alcoholic- -, tne tendency to become an alcoholic is there lorg before the alcohol is introduced. In this case, those marijuana users who do drop out of society as such, or go on to ue the hard" narcotic, possessed the tendency to do so long before their involvement with marijuana. Marijuana becomes for them the vehicle of tneir escape without which they probably would have tourd some other mean- -. Tins problem, as any social problem. Las no easy or answers, or solutions. Tire real tragedy is that so many people have to turn to artificial means to find happiness, which in the final analysis also turns out to be artificial. But the fact remains, marijuana is here, and here to stay. We cannot cover up the problem, nor can this problem be solved within itsalf. The problem of marijuana is to all the artificial means we use for including alcohol, tranquilizers and pep" pills. In other words, we mu- -t create new standards that are inclusive of all drugs. Ho,v illogical to penalize someone with a prison term for smoking marijuana, while allowing and condoning someone cV t0 partake of a drug such as alcohol, which has been demonstrated to be far vorse and more dangerous to the individual and society. Tiie problem will nevei be solved if (leople continue to isolate it from all the other insecure and artificial components of society. Whm we do need is less fear and more knowledge bv .ill of us concerning the problem. Fear perpetuates ignorance and ignorance among users and of oil lsit.i marijuana is rampant, -- ides has deepened the scope of the problem, if if has not. in ftet, caused the problem MICHAEL HETTY 730 E. 3rd South pio-lorg- u-- er di-p- inter-reiate- d , .. I . ,f you Tour story (Oct. 31) ol the recapture of the two convicts from Utah State Pri-o- n after a chase through the East Bench area was exciting. It is disturbing, however, that the f.nel apprehension wa made inside the First E. ptist Church. Can it be that L tali (.iocs not respect toe aaciciil law of siinctuaiy. whereby civil authorities do not evade churches ;"!'I convents to nuke arrest-- ? I presume Judge Ritter will want to look into this apparent violation o tl e j oner- rights. a'.s tup high-spee- d eared nt t..e dm r. ii I s e want?" s, " I , G.. F We'd." l.e s'.!. Siiliieuy ias wi " ' V. o i' it? WT ! ii - i ' i Repeat after me bigger trucks are beHer." P- 1. i ' G t . non-u-ei- s No Sanctuary Monday?" I asued. S .o . ,.k la i i Strange U.S. Policies Su, are you g " of t. ' great mujuu-tsdent Arrr: .are to whom Pres.-cen- t Nixon addressed his remarks hut ' H t a i :u.d an .'-- a-- ot as.oe;.'. U'n'es targ smiled. re,;?" and i.eie." I sapped tv a houses and thin ti.e bell. A mail lame to the uoor a junk graveyards? It seems that when government try s to perform a ta-it becomes a problem. When pi .v ate business undertakes to accomplish a task it envisions it as an opportunity. The basic problem of constructing an automobile lias been sotvpd because men worked on it as an ooporiumty and not as a public problem. Actually disposing of eld automobiles is easic. than constructing new ones. Government is monopolizing the hsposal inuus-tiy- . It was once an opportunitv for private business, bu. it is a problem for politicians and a burden for you and I ' taxpayers. T ask you. who is going to take care of the 40 mil'in wrecks stacked across our nation? -V- INCENT WEEB (mi Chicago St., Apt. A - A (ommeii u.l cait.e on and the u an tamed slowly- to me Get the blazes out ef '( vik' tn.bei . i .e Great Saer.t IV. low A.nerk. to L . -. i.a-- I s.ad to pa:ii. . i no sia-- y myopia, tins resistance to broader goals and mote flexible techniques, is one of the principal reasons young people today aie turning away in large numbers from organizational jobs. Hang loose" is much mote man a happy hippy phrase, u s a basic maxim that could do a lot to shrink the generation gap. - re.-tint-ed Despite the l.uk if I'recciLrt. :t was a logic J. move. As a member of the Gi.nt.ro! Scouting Comm.ttee of The Chuich cf Jesus Chrst of Latter-daSaints, as well as ge rural 'reside-:- t of the Pnnuiy Assoiiatiou. M:s. Paimtv direits 40 per cent uf the Scouting in the Chu.ih ' For her fine work in Seoul .g. M:- Pa.n.ley was again , . s IfoCored the jest weekend v nre: presented with an j5otstar.d:ug Citizen Award dur: ig a womins luncheon in conjunction with Region 12 meetings i f the Boy Scouts of ty up the fast i.ou'e ..rd t 1 ing. short-sighte- ins remarks. Byrom Probably the wor-- t tiling Sir. I'm doing a survey of silent American majority Nixon is appealing to. What did of the President's plan to get " in the long run. This kind of ART BUCHWALD Americans." io find ear. U it: etii-cien- America's Great Silent Majority L,.oun me GSMFA. The Lady Scouier le Heie is how he explained this seemingly strange piece of executive advice: "Too many execurves are so afraid of error that they rigidify their organization with checks and couute checks, discourage innovation, and in the end. so strue-tui- e themselves that tney will miss the kind of offbeat opportunity that can send a company skyrocketing. "If you can nine to the end of the year and say that you havent made any mistakes, then I say. brother, that you just havent ti.ed evety thing you should have tried." in in decision-makinroles. business, where to be safe" is often to be sorry. It pleased me to read m a leceut issue of News Front" an extract trom a talk given by Fletcher L. Byrom, piesi-deof Koppers Co. in Pittsburgh, to the lntet national Marketing Consres-- . The theme of his talk was H.ir.g Loo'C," and he offered rune commnrai- - B-- ee-u- effiyou can do is to create a cient organization, because that kind cf perfection leads to rigidity." The formalized organization charts, lie observed shrewdly, "tell you more about what you cant do than what you can do." For too many decades, the cult of for its own sake has ruled our and institutional struc organizational even when such tures efficiency" and was nartow. .uents "for the man who will be my successor." The ninth, and last, commandment was Make sure you generate a number of mistakes " nt t IT ih-no- Executives , Too, Must Hang Loose' - . What is being dene about t..i' pioblem? In 7tCongress passed a Sulid Ya'te Disposal .Act. I: is my understanding that a move is in the process of trying to increase tie appicpri'.tion for this acivi-ty- . How long will this tske? V hat is Utah cloirg about its problem of abandcred automobiles and es h t CGI ) frC'-i- S -- iif -G- !. r ILBERT F. GOV. LIT 2" In Hubiucd Avc. r |