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JIAM Phoenix, Friday, June 11, Wl The Arizona Republk Pa; 7 HE James Retton Laborers' strike, risking anarchy; to end dilemmas I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say (attributed to Voltaire) Civil Air Patrpl scored for bad management i n'linvinjr our Iruililioiial lies, we Iiavo maintained our freedom our freedom na CAP is badly managed, and he was unable to find anyone suitable to be the Arizona Wing Commander. He further stated that it was against CAP policy to contract for services (the CAP articles of incorporation allow only gifts or grants of funds). He also stated that the CAP did not need Arizona's money. The editorial stated that the Arizona Wing of the CAP flies perhaps more hours, missions, and searches than any other wing in the U.S; It is down the list in all categories. California outperforms South Mountain If there were a Man of the Hour, Month, and Year award, I believe it would go to David Goodson, principal at South Mountain High School.

As a principal dedicated to his position, Mr. Goodson is understanding, sympathetic, and yielding to the problems of all of the students, including the minority groups. He is also able to administer and enforce the policies and rules set by the school board and the interested citizens who support the schools. I believe that this man can be compared with T. G.

Barr, superintendent of Roosevelt School District, whose great accomplishments are too many to be listed. After the recent week of turmoil and Needs of living I read recently that Sen. Paul Fannin was going to introduce legislation which would provide Arizona with a national As an Arizona resident for the past 12 years, I was shocked at the senator's apparent ignorance of veterans' priority needs in his own state. Arizona has been promised increased hospital beds since 1966, but this has never come to pass. Our Vietnam veterans have a critical need for drug and mental hygiene clinics, but financing of these programs continues to prove Inadequate to the numbers in need.

The large number of war veterans In Arizona nearly a quarter of a million indicates the need for upwards of 300 Public support The Republic reported on June 6 that a young man, a former Eagle Scout, had been sentenced for failing to report for induction into the Army. In the same issue, a Gallup survey reported that fully 61 per cent of the American public believes our commitment of troops to Vietnam was a mistake. The survey further cited that only 28 per cent of the American people now support that commitment. An earlier survey, continues the report, showed that 73 per cent of the American public favors the McGovern Hatfield plan to end U.S. troop involvement in Vietnam by the end of this year.

Arizona, and it does so without any state funds. Only 29 states gave money to the CAP last year, some only token amounts. The Aeronautics Department is not penny-pinching. The board members would be only too glad to contract (as required by Arizona law) for search and rescue, providing there are assurances that the money will be properly spent. ROBERT J.

MacMULLIN, Board Member, Department of Aeronautics, Phoenix principal praised protests which disrupted all classroom activities, and negotiations failed, about 15 disrupters were expelled. Because of this action, a return of "peace and let's get back to school studies" attitude emerged. I also believe that the spokesmen and the 15 disrupters should be complimented on their method of negotiating their re-admittance in a proper and peaceful manner. As an interested father of a student at South Mountain High School, I am grateful to all the personnel at the school for their help, understanding, and guidance to the students who are destined to become the leaders and builders of our democracy. NORMAN L.

MARSH, Phoenix demand attention nursing care beds. However, Arizona has chosen not to accept federal funds to assist in building and maintaining a state soldiers' nursing home. Arizona would rather have the majority of veterans requiring nursing care provide it themselves. In too many instances, this choice financially ruins both the veteran and his family. I suggest that Senator Fannin reorder his priorities in terms of the living veteran and the problems encountered by his family.

We need more hospital beds, a more adequately funded outpatient, drug and mental health program, and a state soldiers nursing home much more than a graveyard. STEVEN R. BLECHNER, Phoenix urged to end war There is, of course, a tragic relationship between these two news items, for they point out to us that conscientious young men are being sent to jail for refusing to fight in a war that a majority of Americans do not support. Our congressmen cannot, of course, rely primarily upon George Gallup to guide them in making major policy decisions. This tragic lag between the wishes of the voters and the actions of Congressmen can only be abolished with a massive outpouring of support of measures to end this war.

MACK LAKE, Tempo is quickly punished by an alert antagonist. No luck, no mercy, only logic is the rule of this greatest of all games. It Is strange that in Communist counties, chess is so revered. In Mother Russia, millions play the most logical game of all under an illogical system. For many years, the Russians have dominated chess.

The current world champion is a Russian, as has been the case for many years. But we in American have a man who, after so many years, has an excellent chance of wresting the world championship from Russia: A tall, lanky American named Bobby Fischer. I hope that this irresistible person becomes the world champion of chess the most wonderful of games. RICHARD J. BROOKS, Phoenix a real Editor, Hie Arizona Republic: Your editorial on June 5, "Blow to the Civil Air Patrol," invites a rebuttal.

The editorial states that the decision not to renew a $50,000 contract with the CAP is an outstanding example of false economy. The award of the contract would have been an outstanding example of misuse of public funds trust. In the past, the money given to the Arizona CAP disappeared without any evidence that it was used for search and rescue. The editorial states that there is a new administration and it should be given a chance to prove itself. The new commander and his deputy were members of the old administration, and along with the old commander used CAP funds to purchase two airplanes in their own names.

Neither of these planes has ever been used on any search mission. The editorial states that all CAP members are volunteers. There are two paid members who are supposed to keep the records. These records are never seen by the rank and file members of the CAP. Several long-time CAP members have filed a grievance report to higher headquarters to get an airing of what can be politely called discrepancies in the use of funds.

The editorial states that the CAP management did not know accounting procedures. The commander is a CPA, and as such was most certainly well aware of proper accounting practices. Board members of the Aeronautics Department are all long time pilots and know the risks of air search. But for the paper to generate emotional feeling about the CAP by citing numbers killed, without also stating that four of those were as a result of improper aerobatic flight, is questionable journalism. As for the 12 L19s to be acquired from the Army, it should be a matter of safety policy that these airplanes are fly-able and FAA-certified before acceptance by the CAP.

The editorial states that the CAP won't have the funds to keep the L19s flying. The U.S. Air Force pays for all the gas and oil used on CAP searches, and each member in Arizona pays $4 an hour toward maintenance expense. Incidentally, these funds have never been accounted for to CAP members. The editorial states that no one else is equipped for air search in Arizona.

The Aeronautics Department feels that the Arizona CAP has not properly managed the funds it has had available in the past. Awarding the funds would not increase the search and rescue service; withholding the funds would not decrease the search and rescue services. Cited are several awards. Yet the chairman of the National Board of the Civil Air Patrol admitted that the Arizo- War on animals I read Frank Gianelli's June 5 column "Bullfighting matter of taste." It is surely very bad taste to delight in the spilling of innocent blood to satisfy the appetites of those who lust for blood and delight in blood baths. It is one thing to operate as a master-apologist for the continued existence of an antiquated, cruel, and obscene ritual.

It is definitely false to imply that Spain, Mexico, and other "bullfight" lands do not have hunting and other cruelties common wherever man delights in exploiting God's other children. I doubt whether the bull would select "a valiant death," and I rather doubt if the unfortunate victim "goes out fighting," since there Is no fight only an unholy butchery. Should these creatures who prance and twirl all dressed up in gaudy regalia trying to prove their manhood turn to one of the greatest of all men, Jesus, it is certain they might find what they seek. It does take a man to be truly humane in every respect. It takes a man to work for peace, and such work can start by stopping the constant war on the animals.

BETTY B. EILERS, Phoenix One big highway? Many of us are familiar with Long Valley, that very green, pine hemmed clearing along the Beeline Highway (State Route 87). It is a welcome relief for road-weary travelers. However, Long Valley Is no more. A young girl came into the Highway Department last week wishing to speak to the State Commissioner.

She was ushered from room to room by visibly amused officials. One official even asked her if she wanted to change the name of Long Valley to "Short Valley," but she was quite serious. Finally, nearing tears, she quietly walked from the building. Long Valley gone and only asphalt will replace it. Its cool serenity will be ruptured by speeds ing cars and carbon monoxide.

Now we can sit back and pretend there was nothing we could do. We can hear our children playing upon the hot cement outside. Will Arizona become one big highway? GAIL POISALL, Phoenix NEW YORK -New York City is supposed to have the power to overwhelm all its squabbling citizens. Like some great elemental force of nature, it seems as Derma- nent as its great rivers, polluted but irresistible. That is how it seems: steel drilled and cemented deep into granite, and soaring above the clouds.

i -r But the latest rash of strikes by the municipal workers, locking its bridges in mid-river, and threatening to drown it in gility of the modern city. a Ullbb uivi lug ujr KdiiHfi'e. iiiiiKrrsiTP. nnna mnra tha uKe tne mightiest of nations. New xorK rests on power which is highly vulnerable to guerrilla warfare.

Its en-ergy is not going to be stopped this time by a few angry bridge am in vhiiiii ui uk Prs gnn rnoiF torvKt- i huu uiu XI lgill anflfl lininn VnnMMM J.l! 0 viicu uiiiuii ijiii. mnir asuprrinn nr arbitrary power to force the city and the state to meet their demands at the expense of the people, raises questions about the rights and duties of public -service employes that have to be xiicie uie uuw uuoui miuion people working in the United States for federal, state, and local governments almost 18 per cent of the total work force. These are not only men who operate the bridges and collect the garbage, but policemen, firemen, and workers who 'HAtM I X. Ill ll supervise ine wnoie electrical power structure on which the great cities of America depend. Accordingly, if public service em; rtlmrae in 4Via AnMM1 l-L- 1 ivjrw in me icucicti, siaie, ana inurucr-Dal eovernments ran use (nroa tn a get the wages and pensions they want.

as the bridge and sanitation workers in -New York are now doing, the outlook for thl Pities will ho Avon mnra klnnlr lk it is today. It is easy to understand the demands vvu iiiui uicaiv umii oi ine siriKing municipal workers in New York, and even the desperation which makes them risk anarchy to deal with their economic problems. Outside of the very rich in New York, the rest are complaining that the cost of living, inn n(nM as.i.MMVtit miivj tuuaiiJll 13 stag" a or in ft 6V' 5 Not only the bridge technicians. and sanitation workers, but even the Success- rui management ana professional r. .1 ra ai in sciiuus economic irouDie, ana wouia probably strike if they could.

So organized labor is not alone. It organized in order to fight the arbitrary, power of the employers, but it is now using the oower of violence tn arhipw its own ends, and when this is done by DUblic service wnrltAre whn ponce. lire, ana power gates ot a great viiv. tan uaraivze ine wnn rnmmnni. ty.

i This is the real issue in the present, New York City strikes. If bridge work-. ers and sanitation workers can use force to compel the state and city to meet their demands, why not policemen, fire-, -men, teachers, electrical supervisors, and all other public service employes? Such is the reliance of vast cities like New York on electrical power, that 50 key electrical workers for Mayor John mytvaj, uunil Vile I Iglll IlldlinUieS, could paralyze every electrical circuit and stop every subway, elevator, air conditioner, and computer in There is a fundamental difference between wo'rking for a private concern and working for a city, state, or federal -agency. You don't have to take a public service job, but if you do, there is an obligation to render public service and this is what the municipal workers in New York are rejecting. They are Insisting on using the arbi- trary power their unions were established to oppose on the part of management.

In fact, the leaders of the present strikes in New York have gone so far that even this pro-labor city is up in arms against them, and so are the na-" tional labor leaders, though they art bolder in private than in public. Tough as this city is, powerful as it Is, it always wonders what would happen if all its public service employes, police, firemen, teachers, and all the rest, in- slsted on the right to strike and paralyze the city. Who then, would protect the rights and liberties of the majority? I iimtm i a i Observations By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Publicly, most people proclaim their belief in democracy; privately, the majority would prefer a "good that is, one who would run things to their advantage. The real tragedy Implicit In Mc Luhan's concept of modern world as a "global village" Is that we have Indeed compressed to small dimensions of a vll-' lage without at the same time having become neighborly; which is worse for world relations than If we still lived weeks or months apart from each other.

our freedom our. role unsuitable pre-trial detention, and no-knock police raids. The first allows a judge to deny bail to a defendant if he thinks (or rather guesses) he may commit another crime while awaiting trial. The second permits police forcibly to break into a citizen's home without knocking. Few criminologists believe either of these provisions will reduce crime, but the public is not aware of that.

Recently, the Justice Department has been concentrating on antiwar protesters of one kind or another. Although thousands of innocent bystanders were falsely arrested in the May Day war demonstrations in the capital, (with charges later dropped by court order), the attorney general urged police elsewhere to follow Washington's example. gMmitini mmrmuummrnimiimrf I Propaganda subsidized? Reprinted from The New Republic Institutions have their just claims, but is the claim to perpetuity one of them? Bureaucracy often thinks so: there are careers to further, nests to feather. That is the only plausible explanation for the administration's request that Congress keep alive Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, the allegedly private propaganda stations in West Germany wnicn heretofore have been financed through the Central Intelligence Agency. Apparently the CIA cover has worn so thin that the administration wants to peel it off altogether, subsidize the stations openly, and put them under the control of a nonprofit corporation, the directors of which would be appointed by the President.

The cost to taxpayers would be about what it is now, $40 million a year. Who needs it? That is what quizzical senators were trying to find out at hearings last week when they questioned the State Department's representative, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, Martin Hillenbrand. Surely not to encourage revolt In Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. What then? If the function of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty is to broadcast news and commentary world-wide that Is to the liking of the U.S. government, we have the Voice of America.

And if VOA broadcasts are not doing the job properly, why not remedy that? Mr. Hillenbrand was hard pressed. He preferred to discuss some of these questions in executive session. He did say that "in contrast to international radio whioh sr. Identified as government agencies, Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe are able to report and comment on the domestic affairs of other nations, much as would any commercial medium operating in a democracy." But, if these two stations are to be financed openly by the U.S.

government and operated by directors appointed by the President of the United States, would they not be "identified as government Game of chess 'lait resort of logic9 Clayton Fritchey Mitchell's dual WASHINGTON The press keeps reporting that Atty. Gen. John Mitchell is soon going to quit to run President i x-on's campaign for re election. but Mitchell himself keeps saying, "I have no intention of resigning." After all, why should he? He has continued to be Nixon's campaign manager ever since taking over the Department of Justice on Jan. 20, 1969.

So, having unabashedly combined this role with also being the head of Justice for well over two years, why shouldn't he keep right on being the administration's political general as well as its attorney general? With a presidential election coming up next year, the White House no doubt is becoming a little skittish over appearances, but it is rather late in the day for such sudden squeamishness. It isn't as if the inappropriateness of Mitchell filling both roles had gone unremarked, for over a year ago even a Republican publication, The Ripon Forum, was complaining that the "politicalization of the Justice Department that is taking place under Mitchell reaching into virtually every area of law enforcement is unparalleled in recent history." Since then it has become more blatant. Other attorneys general have also played politics once in a while but not so openly, not quite so crudely, not with so little regard for the sensibilities of those who like to look up to the attorney general as primarily the leader of the American bar. At the onset Mitchell properly defined his own role. "The Department of Justice," he said, "is a law-enforcement agency.

That's its primary role." He began a major speech last year, for instance, by saying, "This is a good time for some plain talk about the economy, the stock market, and the over-all strategy of this administration." That was covering a lot of ground for a mere law enforcer, but it was only the beginning. Soon the problem of school desegregation was subordinated to the politics of Mitchell's "Southern Strategy" of forging a permanent Republican majority, a strategy which also led the attorney general to recommend a white supremacist, Judge Harrold Carswell for the Supreme Court. Even in the area of law enforcement, however, Mitchell has often acted more like a campaign manager than the attorney general, for politics has permeated his speeches, his blasts at administration critics, his crackdowns on antiwar demonstrators, and his authoritarian efforts to abridge civil liberties by putting on a law-and-order show for the voters. The public can be grateful that on balance the courts so far have stood up to Nixon and Mitchell, despite scores of administration appointments to the federal Judiciary, including two to the Supreme Court. Much of the Southern strategy, for example, has been blunted because the highest court refused to allow any further retreat on civil rights and desegregation.

There Is also a good chance the courts will reject as unconstitutional Mitchell's crime legislation legalizing During this weird time of constant crises, when every public and private institution is threatened with bombings by nihilists, and the capital of our once great republic is unsafe for anyone under eight feet tall, it seems trivial to write of a game. The game is chess-one which most Americans have heard of, but never played. This is unfortunate, because chess is the last resort of logic in an insane world. Chance or unreason plays an important role in every activity of man. Our courts are a farce, wherein justice is only a word, killers are freed, and mercy means the more heinous the crime the more leniency must be given to the miscreant.

Mercy is a boon given to someone who doesn't deserve it. Justice is the reward or punishment to an individual. But in chess, a mere game, justice reigns supreme. An opponent's mistake 'Now ive'll have.