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Show I 'Agreed! The shape of the table's no problem.' 8 'pi i LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DESERET NEWS ,T !' SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Mil t! MOOA ED.TORAl FAGE ppr- t0 rp i.- e riown-tiea- u-- acre-fee- ing 3 Big Trends In National Politics Ey RQSCOE and GEOFFREY THE DRUMMONDS vare accomplish something. But when only a few citizens attend, budget hearings can be dominated by special interests not reflecting the community as a whole. And public officials can get the idpa that most citizens dont care what happens to tax rates or how their money is spent. Thats why budget hearings should be scheduled so they can readily be attended bv as many citizens as possible. But the hearing on Salt Lake Countys 1070 budget has been scheduled for Monday, December 15 at 10 a.m. when most of us have to be at work. the budget hearing should be held cn a Saturday or after normal working hours so enough citizens can attend to give the commissioners an accurate idea of how the people of Salt Lake County really feeL A Fine New Asset Despite the sad experience with acoustics at the Salt Palace, its quite possible to have a new sports arena with a sound sytem that works well. That was demonstrated the past weekend during the w ciit. UlllU pity ui Ltrfii'n LnaUlifui IiCW Spill l.S arid Events Center, w here the acoustics were so good that Special Bill Cosby was prompted to comment on it. performer As those responsible take some well deserved bows for this impressive center, let's also hope that University officials have fairly long memories. Long; enough, that is, to recall that only last week the Univeisity was the scene of a seminar at which the jwint was made that school faciht.es should serve the public around the clock and around the calendar. That should go for the new Sports and Special Events Center, too. For example, will the public be able to take advantage of the natatorium's three swimming pools at houis when they aren't being he.uv.v used by the students r. i! Events With the Sports and Utah has new an whose astt acquired potential should be important used to the fullest. Ce-te- g"'"g born part.es Wer 'cntiment )' moving in a Reivod the rrost . p p l" ;rrcp ove,lor-rcf tnr ;prent morning-afte- r appm-M- s eleetions. ls that many GOP earn! lees won a substantia' and mounting pen enrage of blark voters. 1 ri.recnen: publican n wei-co- p-- d political figure. a 3 The New Left is hading declining foree m the Democratic Party. Top voices of the Democratic political Hubert former Ykp r enter df They showed this in Virginia neru e-- i e o isr r nf rhe blark vote cat and, a cordmg to the Richmond News Leader, 7i,Jn of the predominantly black precincts in Richmond. They showed this in New Jersey t William Cahill polled where 28 of the black vote cast in Newark. They showed this in Philadelphia where Republican Di't. Atty. Arlen Specter won 31 of the vote in predominantly black distnts where the registration has Democratic and in Hartford been Gov.-Elec- 4--1 21. 30, We want to add a postscript to a recent column m w hich, though our notes taken at the time read to the contrary. National Democratic Chairman Hams feels we inaccurately stared his views on hnMir-XtXO- r(1J'nr,5,b,:k TO rrater what happens in Vietnam. -Unit I tned to say then and what I have consistently been tryirg to say, ' Sen. Hams writes us, :s that I feel the Democratic Party should help to create a climate which will enable the President to bring us out of the war and bring the without fear of recriminaboys home tion on the part of the opposition party. That's good. The test will come when the event takes shape. Poverty: Rural Versus Urban By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Walking downtown at night in a big city like Chicago, which is quite typical, rrVi 4 T tn f Iramstip fliffpronpo ho. qi tween poverty" in rural areas and in urban areas. They are poverty hardly the same thing at all. I spend my summers in a part which is officially classed as economically distressed meaning that the average income hovers somewhere under Si.wu a year. This is hard ar.d tight, but it is rot mean or cheap or ugly. Fovertv in the big city i mean and cheap and ugiy The downtown districts, despite their best (if belated) efforts, are losing their more affluent customers, and and Nr., been hired to erb more prosperous markets m the subur- b in Qppirta cPDPfS The sights ai-- rounds ard odors cf a dowrtowr. nighttime crowd are desnd tawdry. The peojue are lii- pressing of M clad. sullen or frantic, badly behaved, seeking for bargains that dont exist or plea.'Ures that turn cut to be expensive and joyless. In contrast, the poor people shopping m the county seat on summer rights are clean and ard proud cf their ability to make do on a meager income. Blit th.SS p60pls Hr? Hyinjr out Ar moving away, while the urban complexes are growing at a frightening rate of population. So that the very character of is changing radically year by poverty year: it can no longer be dean and dignified ard prideful, as it can in an agrarian economy; it can only be squalid and Kittpe rtr A rocontftjl d When we consider that nearly of all Arrencaps still live near or i which is defired by at the povertv-imthe Bureau of Labor Staritics as under S4.fXx a year for a famJy i, it becomes one-thir- easy to understand why the cities are in as well as why such fiscal trouble enrrs di5CTpr 2nd. onpr2l ness threaten the stability cf all urban governments. It is not poverty as such that this is an overbreeds crimes it is a simplified and outmoded view particular kind of urbanized poverty, where the sense of community has been lost, where the future seems nothing but a repetition of the past, where the values that sustained the farm famdy and the town family have been broken up by the rootlessness of Industrialized living. It is relatively easy, and sometimes t (.pop'r" tA Ka TVAAt it! flip twin try ; it is hard, and usually demoralizing, with so mrh to be poor m the city opulence at hand, and so lithe to cotam it witn. We must recognize this dJfer-enc- e before it is too late. Inspecting The Undercover Agents I is WASHINGTON the FBI had manv undercov er agerta rires-e- d as cttirirns ard mpies d.rmg las weeks - n il 7 j ' on r W r V know n dihruty me FBI hid m mki".--rgems lock au me" g T Fr'iav rror- - rnn Mr. Bui hwalj os git ored m i' e to foiiriva-- - he keep vi'ur k :n l.TC'.-- ' I me r - FiVpa-- shopped k, via- - S V-- -- rd .i -- s nf o- are you -- g I learaed at'en'.on at Ttem if vou Aom-.u- o- -e h' -; age- oomg - 51 n - rocj c Tag have to. sir? give pea rp button Do I and put on this G.ve it to me and . . . wait a m nue, McAi.ster. Did you take a bath this rrprn- r ne t I took a shower, sir." Hoover wa enragpd Yoj had spen'. ic orders not to bare for trrp days Thats all ngnt for you to sa;. sir. bu I was begirnrg to hav body odnr You That was idea MV. were supposed to rave body odor you woudot re SJ'fiei " T-.m Hoover said to hi asM-taore of the worst inspections Ive ever amended. The men mean well, Mr. Hoover Hoover suddenly stopped in front of ?n a gen Your hair" t- -e until your dungarees Hoover said. The next man Hoover stopped in front vs carrying a footbad banner which read Love America or Leave It." Hoover grabbed the banner. "No, Koli:ton. No panotm banners. of Tears welled in HoIIistoos eyes No one would have seen it. Hoover stomped out o' tne enuryard ard said to his assistar' Te 5 , too much. You m'pet tee res- - of trem Im " goir.g to the oxicers club r - i - - - u- - -- - ? ;.av.:-i- r D"-..tn Ga- -? in GUEST CARTOON nr nrv; rrnpc m department regulatm"s -- eo (f t .S - p 7 (J ?- i -- oi j, o V, . r? r - ' " A"" r 4 r -z s'op'eti a - 'ir- o' a -' rr'-r-. o .. e- - -- s vr-r- - fffre cry' Wraf are r,j ri'.,rg .n INt tr rr CCat? Hoover I don t wart my dungarees to get c.rt,-- . s.r " - I wa- - re A: 'em. to k"0 V r' sjf posed e to kro v r - r.-- an -- ere I Take rf ; : re- -, u erlrii a- - I- - - o- if: You r."( can I you ard all cf is omeh.rg do or this will happen again ard Wr.-.- t rb'--t i I who have set the p ; irt "Well, what d'ya know shark." l- - - ... a $ :e I 1"; p i a r -e -- ode ' ;J ..J c- o- e erert' The purveyors of surh : 1'n migt have a part in thi tragpdy and so do wp as citeric. Each time ve buv a ticket to a questionable movie, every time we buv a suggestive magazire, we encourage ard enhance the business. If we vou'd not attend these Tne answer me, vies, if e would not buy tne if up would not view the vulgar and x programs, the mark0 v ou'd soon vanish. It s as simple as that and as elective. --D. LaRELL JO"Sr)N. Cha.rman, Utah County Council for Better Movies and Literature, Sprirgville liter-a-ur- le p.r par .rI Sc : - r en b sorr e tr. i be for tasvk To cr Yi e, s- rp or r'-- t p j; m ong t allow q gta.n s; So ev Marine View -- I've read many articles Iren cf paper both pro and con on these peacp marches, hut haven't been able to express rpy thoughs m Writing. I 3'ked m;- h"'bard. hn i in the Mar.pe Corps, his opinion on the subject. The following is an excerpt from his !a- -t letter: You asked a while baik what I thought of the Moratorium. I feel exactly as an old officer of mine said one day to me back at ITR. Were here (the Marines) to insure that tnese people have the freedom to speak their minds. We're here to protect this right from the tyrannies of the Communist world. This we have sworn to do with our lives. And that is exactiv what I'll do. I want peace as badly as the next guy does. If the Moratorium works, all well and fire. If not well? They may be chicker to go out and f ght, that's tht'r bag I can't say I respect a man for lor my own actions. thi. i can or.ly That's why Im here and r.ot in Canada. -- MRS. DOUGLAS A. WYATT 995 S. State St. in your mved Harmon ir hitec u; draw spued p The ' ialancec su.ld.ng' tnin!: o Tange, 1 Moving an-w- was: !rv ert.g; Ld off i -e abx- - t.js. Tie Property Tax Load Who carries the tax load in Utah? What incentives are thpre to become a home owner or for a business corporation? The property owner must pay for most any of the improvements, for uce of the same according m Sic locality and He must get property a permit for any major improvements and up goes his taxes. Now. what of the nonprnperty ownrr? He can have the ue of those utilities, sen ues, comforts and benefits the same a- - the proper's cw-e- r. In other words, he can have all the comforts of home v. ih none of th such sc the Fewer drsv. bscks tax among others. Where is the faime'S in such a program of taxa- a T.e question L, how can ti.s all be partly justified for the property owner? The answer: If everyone were to pav a sales tax, which is more uniform for a. sufficient to son. pp of tho prope!.rriia'e manv other us erty owner it would help pav part cf the prcperty owners overload, such as the income taxea. --W. A. HANSEN S64 W. 3rd North t es iced. Re I v.i-- s gn of r're ciahze ii abuse ir Jose; 'he Chi! that ci Terorr Tne :e the regain. Azre due tor s co mn people Eoh rc kQ because I d s The Burden Of Genius H For age 't man h reiogruzed tne fact that people are al! d tfrent ard ate born with varying abilities and talents. Not too manv of u are endowed with the capacity to become skilled physicians. chemists, physiasts or masters in other h.ghly technical fields. The less fortunate of us would readily admit our fa.lure to fully utibzp the talents wp do have, and should offer no excuses or a!. his for this neglgen.ee. On the other hand, people with the greatest capacity would be the first to admit the reglect. Tnem finer mteilets, with better training and grea'pr imagination, gives them a and understanding of lifes problems and of us. m; stpr.es not common to the majo-it- v Needless to sax. where much is given, much is expected and those so forturatrly gifted should -r them, '"Ives amply rewarded by the gift consequently should he mod highly rrot.v to give generously of their talents and rr-.d- a- -d au rr'M'- - fr -P- ARNELL HINCKLEY 2553 S. 9th East !f 0 - tc, Let's Speak Up Now that morarr.um week is over, the President has called fog his plan of uniyretreat, the degenerates have broken some more windows and set snrre mere firpc a American prestige nas s.j ;ed to a re lew. rr "v the real sj. ie-- .t " tie iioor nr a minute? maj-irit; if i'P first wp ask the-- p que .rn'- W nv arp we .evolved m an under Bred w ir. agam-- t a country we don t even rerogr.ze l.ut most immitanf. without a p'an for miht .ry m tnrv UK are jo.OOO of the flower pf Arocri. .n vnilh srrewn across a courry la'f tie sie c.f ( e state of yitssouti, 'lOO.dtiO rommitted and Mt not a, owed to win? During World Aar 11. 50f) 080 An eri. .ttis i omplotely secured the l land of fKinawa m das. with the loss of 12 Odd against msurm mntable od Is m what is considered Ihe most biuo.i' of ine war. Also during World War II we i on nletelv devastated two of tv rrti't aggro-- ' ve and nerhmized military powers in d.p hi'tory rf the world simultaneously m 3 i ears and 9 mm d s Yt we have been figrtmg a L nofu' of ha'K'ip.rd toerigers for R end never, t evet, ir.. ,jrrd ba gon vet Could if ie inat tradi-- g iifh ( t't Ru'sia and the Soviet satellites wro in turn sUj pK North Vietnam and thp iet forg van over h5 Orient of the s.r.ews of war. is proiorging it .s roa's hetraval of American patriot'? Or the fart that we have' done except make an attempt to win it U ILL I AM E. NVYON J i You have a crow cut. Who told you to have a crew cu'? Ive always had a crew- - cn. T as L,.n.t . t ; ... u,! e...,a i By mastering their j hysieal handicaps. these two have those of us without such drawbacks that much can Ttccmplished with the light attitude and hard work. ard happe-irg- g ? - i a, l J e-- 1V. the Whats the rrerter, sir? Isnt -- M rre t'0 yard n. FBI s"rooi. Gj "3 e Mud Deparme-.- t ?rd have hem. r..rv 1. r. up You up Oop 1 Now in are filthy. -o and your krfi . m - , 0 'nr pr ed up a: wtre hen Hoove- - a -- rived. ' Snurh ' Hoover yoked You 11 rover p.'-- s as vor rol.rg ART BUCHWALD Iy 'i-- r : where Holn Linuofwi rify a-- - - G. Drummond crane Doves were imposing cn the party. Tne mot significant political fact of 13n9 is tnat the Xpgro vote proved such a boon to the Republican Party. It rouid be a sign of things to come. It shows tnat when the GGP offers Negroes an acceptable alternative, they are no longer wedded to the Democratic Party. rt Sen partx poliUcs. They are accomplishing new things. They a:e beginning to rescue the party from the mistake of the past 10 months budding a record cf opposition for its own sake to nearly everything President Nixon was askirg of Congress. And they p actirg to repair the image which the extreme Demo- - If'io. B. Dram mond i ht si Sen Kenrodv is r.ot r or.evirg public starding from toe miasma of !act July. The trend is the o'h.or way. ard it is showing it'cH uhe-- e it hurts the most polincally. In the first poll a 'ter the ari tho e who viewed him exrerre'.y dropped 15,. and n the latest Ho has poll they dropped another lost his greatest support first among Catholics but al-- o among young pioople and women voters. The continued decline m Kennedy's popularity bears on the rie of Humphrey and Muskie a ihe mo- -t favored leaders of he Democratic Party. Today, among both Democrats and independent5, it is Muskie Humphrey 24 and Kennedy 6. 2 A the ifif iert of Chappaq i dd.rk of Island re eeles .n line, the oppe-r- e what m'ght have been expe. ted is t g plaee. Ir - r.nr be ng fur gotten Te latest opinion poll stows mat Fen. Eiuard Kennedy is rontmuing io U.p voter support, partirularlv among ne very voting groups he would most need as a national ! v 'uco srrre---- 0 favr-rabl- ( The handicapped person, when he succeeds as he so often does, has somethirg extra go.rg for h.m, and that i? mental discipline. No person can com; "sate fur the iss f s.ght. limbs, or other facuMes w.thnut fm- -t nv.kmg im ho mind h w.'l triumph ove- - all odis W.rh that kud of .'P.r.t. he is a valuable em Live for those businessmen who make a practice of hirmg the hzndcapiH i Hence, the examples of Cao! K. Iioft.s and Edwin V. Raw ley. named Utah s TDnd.rapi t d Citizens of the Year'' week, are aU the m 'e B. i : :r.g that even severe hai dicaps can be t 'com- w.th the right kind of spirit. Miss I.oftis and Mr Raw r' rave sh v r. other thousands of handicapped Utahns that it can be do-- e 14. ss Loftis. paralvztd by polio at ago 10. : wntiy graduated cum i a tide from Un.veisity of L'tah despite the fact she is a cue !: Vgic. She ,s row a remedial rcad.ng soeciaLst fer the Fait Sher' p s'mts "dl't hr.e education unit, v. and wore1 j ... eh.. :en at the eircroo. s e- c The Will To Win firt -- -. me wea elert.on.s? P.pnv in il rongre-.-,on.- s Pep-ide- Even under the best of conditions its hard to get many taxpayers to attend a budget hearing. The budget is a highly complicated document thats hard for a layman to understand. Moreover, human nature being what it is, its easier to let off steam at the breakfast table over taxes and spending than it 13 to take the trouble to voice ones sentiments where they can Republican Mayor Amn Urlio doublpd her support from Negroes her V. WASHINGTON' 3 ..ear f -- or-. pe.Jirs ju- Edetind MU'-!- , e. Ferae M.ke Mansfield ard Leader Major. ty Nafioral Cha rman Fred DemoeraUc are becorr.irg com. rant m Karr.' Taxpayers, Speak Up c r 'iK :y 320. Ar" Wr.Rd ve do could I have done? at f T" rcrir i: whre DPU'MMONT) Lurrphrev. t'r j g v n v " and I vLh.o have aJowed our socitty to degenerate morally and provide excellent training of the sex criminal. Don t we condone the showing of manv filth.v, obcere movips in our commumt.es? Pomogr, phic literature is readily available. Ad dont we permit the same kind of o'f color Tv programs in cur honips? J Edgar Hoover has told us for years fat unmiial is a pornograpruc .Acia-turready evs-raddict. Continuous viewing ard reading of this type of f.lh is bcuhd to influence a certain percentage of the popji?T'on ar.d bring devastat- n R-- jrc-rf- It is vou - Mr. r r again. long-standin- me "n - h c 5rrp ror-e- do now? Tore us can and mut of the Following a hearing in Denver today, the Tntrnnr has a chart r to remedy a injustice to Utah and other states in the- Upier Colorado River Basin. It is an injustice that has cn.-- t the- -c states a total ef S14 5 million to Si. 5 iiiiliion ir. funds that could oth-r-i ha;; been used tr develop the water ic sources of Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Now Mexiro. This money ha? b ni lo.t 't au-standards adopted in 1062 that require the I'pper Ba.-.states to pay for revenue lost at Hoover Dam as a result of v. ithhold.ng CYiloiado River water to fill Lake Powell and other re?ervoirs. The case again?' these stands ds is documented by th Engineering Committee of the Coper Colorado River Commission, which argues pei suasiv e!y that the present reservoir filling criteria should be scrapped. As iong as theie are unmet, agricultural arl domestic water needs in tne Upper Basin, it is unjut to release water Ard it shou'd oe solely for power development illegal, sinee the Colorado River Compact makes w ater e fer agricultural and domestic purposes paramount. Since the Uj per Basin has to deliver 7 5 million t of water a year to the Lower Basin come what ma' the present criteria force the Upper Basin states to take all th risks during a drought. Moreover, theres simply no eouity in a situation that allows the Lower Basion to restrict water releases from Hoove r Dam to conserve water, then charge the Upper Basin for the power not generated because of the restriction. If Justice is to be served, the very least that should be done is to charge the Lower Basin Development Fund or some other downstream source, since much of the water held upstream eventually develops power in the Lower Basin. Better yet, as the Secretary of Interior formulates new operating standards for Upper and Lower Basin reservoirs. he should simply scrap the requirements that enable one part of the country to grow at the expense of another. LDSPrir-a-- ' W-- k. No Double Standard On Western Water v 6.rr rvez.c Mv deep p-- .1 What We Can Do Now LP.arI h rsc. t ras ca'v'pr h-- 'I I NOVEvSER 24, 196? , ' ' it r 14 A n .1 V i' .n. ' ' " rertKrg r-- I.I :r o |