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nlFr "Now that fall has arrived, that's a necessity." DESERET NEWS SALT LAKE CUT, UTAH We Stand For the Constitution Of The United States As Having Been Divinely Inspired 18 A EDITORIAL PAGE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1970 A Reply From Norman Cousins JAMES J. KILPATRICK or a Presbyterian or an Elk or a lawyer or a newspaperman or a farmer. He lives on the only planet in our solar system that can sustain life. Human life on earth is new endangered by war and preparations for war, by the poisoning of air and water, by depletion of natural resources, by overcrowding, by consfic-tions on human freedom. These dangers are real.

These dangers transcend national boundaries. These are world dangers but we lack the world institutions to deal with them. "What I urged in my Washington talk was that we fix our attention on these dangers and their implications. I am opposed to anarchy in all its forms. I do not think that mankind will solve its present problems in a dominant condition of world anarchy Therefore, I have been urging the development of world institutions to meet world problems.

I do not believe that the individual nation is capable by itself of meeting such problems. I recognize the mammoth difficulty of getting enough nations to work together towards essential ends. But I believe that some nations can get moving in the right direction and that the procession will grow. "Advocacy of ideas creates basic energy. No one can say that this energy will not carry us as far as we have to go What counts are the things we are prepared to do to create a basic situation of safety, sanity, and freedom in our world and in our time.

And we can work for wlut we believe with a spirit of confidence that comes from knowing that any problem created by man is within the reach of man to solve. A couple of weeks ago I addressed an "open letter to vorman Cousins, editor of Saturday Review, following a provocative talk he had made before the Associationfor Education in Journalism. His theme was the urgent need, as he sees it, for the development of new inter-national institutions with power to halt the disintegration of planet and to shape a better world. Mr. Cousins is an old friend.

By generally accepted definitions of our day, he is a liberal, I a conservative. One trouble with his idealism, I said, is that liberals tend to start with a view of men and nations as they ought to be generous, peace-loving, tolerant and wise while we conservatives start with men and nations as they are, which is not that way at all. The column stirred up a gratifying mail, including a long and thoughtful letter from Mr. Cousins himself. He wrote me: I am not sure I know how to define liberalism.

In any event, here goes: the essence of the liberal philosophy is a belief in the perfectability of man. But the upgrading of the human condition is nothing that proceeds out of drift. It calls for the finest expression of the human spirit and the most strenuous exercise of the human intelligence. It must be nur- tured by hope and all the affirmative gifts and energies within human capability. It calls for the development of those conditions which foster and make human freedom possible.

"Now, having said this, it is also necessary to say that, urder certain circumstances and conditions, otherwise decent men can become knaves. Human spirit can turn sour. "Therefore, the question for all of us liberal or conservative is not whether man is basically good or evil, but how best to bring out the good and cope with the evil. "I am sure you agree that no men understood this problem more thoroughly than the remarkable group of young men who founded the United States. In setting up a government, the wanted to make it possible for good men to hold office, but they also wanted to make life as difficult as possible for bad men in office.

They felt that good men become bad when it is too easy for them to conceal their errors. Hence the emphasis on checks and balances. Hence the emphasis, too, on creating machinery that makes it possible for the voters periodically to get rid of the rascals. "What meaning does all this have in our own time? The entire world has now become a geographic unit. Man, as the lunar astronauts discovered, is a creature of the planet earth even before he is an American or a Russian or a Buddhist iminiiiiiiniiniiiiiimiiiiitiiiiinttntmniriiniitimiiiniHiiiiiinHUHiiiiiiintmiim LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Burton Acted Moss Didn Labor unions who favor Senator Frank E.

oss in this coming election are so ordered from the top officials who have said that he has and will represent them better than his opponent. His interest lies definitely in those who contribute lavishly to his campaign, but not in the rank-and-file membeis. Cipriano Jiminez is one ot his constiienis who was denied his pension after working 35 consecutive years in the Utah coal mines. He was forced out of his occupation by an explosion in 1958 at the Springfield Mines in Utah, where 300 miners lost their jobs. Being 52 years old at that time, he was not rehired.

At age 62 he applied for his pension, not knowing he could have applied at age 55 and received it. He received a denial stating he had not worked the last ten years of the past twenty. Mr. Jimenez is a lifetime Democrat and a full dues-paying member of the U.M.W.A. since the organization was created.

Mr. Jiminez has given up hope ever to receive a 1 pension from the U.M.W.A. He is my next-door -neighbor, and I offered to help this most unfortunate man by writing to our two senators and two representatives. Representative Laurence J. Burton showed the most interest and made some personal effort in our behalf.

He sent his file and material on hand to Mr. Nagle, chairman of the labor and public wel- 1 fare subcommittee, and urged him to give sympathetic attention to proposals which would guarantee individual rights of the rank-and-file members and prevent such rulings as thac one preventing Mr. Jiminez from receiving the pension he has earned. -FRED W. SCHWARZ CIPRIANO JIMINEZ 966 W.

2nd North Planning Time Needed Recently an article appeared in the paper criticizing the school teachers because they negotiated for a two-hour planning period on Friday after-noon-'. I wonder if the public realizes the demands that are being made on teachers to innovate, improve and adopt new teaching methods continually. I am willing to do anything and everything that will improve your childs education. One mother appeared before the school board and said, The teachers are so exhausted and sick of children by Friday they cant do justice to a planning period at that time. Lets be more logical Friday is the "wind-up day.

We test and evaluate our weeks work. In the peace and quiet of my room, I check papers, evalu- ate progress, decide on areas where reteaching is necessary, and write complete lesson plans for the next week. When do people think teachers can ac- i complish all this after school when they are ex- hausted because they have been on their feet since about 8 a.m.? How do you know, mother, that I am sick of children and too exhausted to do my planning? You do admit that I might be weary. What day will you give me an afternoon in which to do my planning? Teachers do not take the afternoon off, we work beyord the quitting time. Why dont you visit us and see? -NAME WITHHELD Teacher Tells Her Side I arrived home from school Tuesday at 6 p.m.

With about a half-hcur off for supper, I continued my school work until 11 p.m., then staggered into the bedroom. Just before retiring. I picked up the paper and chanced to read Mrs. Franzs charming letter about teachers. What schools if any has Mrs.

Franz been visiting? Ive never known an elementary teacher who hasnt had her share of lunch and outdoor supervision. A teacher must be blessed with good bladder because there is absolutely no chance for more than one trip to the lavatory a day. Mrs. Franz mentions she has no choice as to which teacher her child gets. Has she stopped to tnink that some poor teacher has no choice about getting her child? On top of that, the teacher would get the mother in the bargain.

Mrs. Franz might be amazed to see the number of boys and girls who receive love and attention when they get cuts and bruises. As for hugs, I never walk down the hall but what I see a teacher with her arm around a youngster. Most children '4 love and idolize their teacher, and all the teachers I know grow to love their students dearly. There are very few problem children, only problem par- Mrs.

Franz indicated that very few teachers im-i prove themselves and keep current during the sum-' 1 mer months. If thats true, who are all these peo-5 pie who are attending the countless workshops and classes that are being held? I have been amazed at the high percentage of teachers who have from one to three years extra schooling. This wi'd talk abodt good teachers and bad teachers makes me smile. Who is going to be the judge? Not Mrs. Franz, I hope! In my opinion there isnt a bad teacher in our school, but they are as different as night from day.

It is a good learning experience for children to adjust to differ- ent personalities. Most boys and girls do this very well if they dont hear negative talk at home. -NAME WITHHELD Editors Note: Names of the writers of the above letters were withheld at their request because of the danger of jeopardizing the teacher-parent and teacher-pupil relationships they must maintain. Flying Saucers And Civilization 4 By SYDNEY J. HARRIS Court Should Resolve Day Of Rest Issue The Utah Supreme Court almost cleared its calendar of all pending cases before its annual summer recpss a few weeks ago, and deserves high marks for its diligence and attention to duty.

But one piece of unfinished business needs its urgent attention when the court reconvenes Oct. 13. That is the Common Bay of Rest Act. The act was ruled unconstitutional "in its entirety by Third District Judge Leonard W. Elton.

His decision was delivered orally from the bench last May 12 and he gave no grounds. He died the following day. That decision was immediately appealed to the Utah Supreme Court by those favoring the act. Their brief was filed in July. But opponents have been satisfied to let the matter drift.

They have yet to file a brief and have been granted a continuance for doing so until Oct. 9. There are several compelling reasons the decision should be expedited. One is the coming holiday shopping season. Many businesses and their employes are awaiting a decision on the Common Day of Rest law that wall pemit them to enjoy Sundays with their families.

Then, too, if the court finds parts of the law in error, Corrections can be made in the 1971 Legislature. A delay by the court in hearing the case and reaching its verdict would mean corrections could not be made for another two years. The Supreme Court needs to fill in the gaps left in Judge Eltons decision by pointing out which portions of the law, If any are unconstitutional. So-called Sunday closing laws are so prevalent in the nation that it is inconceivable a Utah law modeled on those of other states would be wholly unconstitutional. Those who oppose the law obviously are in no hurry to have a decision.

They will stall, confuse, and muddle as long as they are allowed to do so. Obviously the issue need3 to be settled and soon. Don't 'Legalize' Crime There is a growing clamor in the U.S. to "solve crime by legalizing it. The "legalize pot drive has been going on for some time in an attempt to sweep away most of the restrictions against smoking or possessing marijuana.

And now, the Presidents Commission on Obscenity and Pornography, according to substantial news leaks, wants to legalize practically all forms of pornography for adults and even some forms for children. Anti-abortion laws are falling in many areas of the nation. Legal restrictions against prostitution, public drunkenness, gambling, and even homosexual acts between consenting adults are under attack. This, claims the Research Institute of America, is coming about because the U.S. may not be able to cope with increasing violent crime and still enforce laws against those guilty of "victimless crimes.

Courts are too crowded, police too undermanned to do both jobs, the argument runs. This is dangerous nonsense. Its like ignoring a snake bite until the venom proves fatal. Most hardened criminals didnt jump into serious crime all at once. Often they started out tampering with the law in less serious aspects gambling, drugs, pornography and other crimes.

Utah psychologist Dr. Victor Cline noted this week, for instance, that one of the pornography commissions own studies showed that of 476 reformatory inmates studied, 96 per cent of those who indicated they had been sexually promiscuous with seven or more partners conceded having had high exposure to pornography. The commission ignored this and other supporting data in its final report, due to be released next week. If the weak link in containing crime has been jammed court calendars, and overblurdened police, as Research Institute claims, the solution is not to narrow the definition of crime, but to seek more help. The failure to resist vice that leads to crime can only mean far greater problems in the future.

Face Up To Pollution The Senate has passed a bill that would require Detroit to build a virtually pollution-free car by 1975, but the auto industry says it cant be done. That tune sounds familiar. The tune sounds familiar because "It cant be done is the handiest, most overworked way to resist a difficult iob that unust be done. There is no denying that building an automobile that pours out almost no pollution will be a difficult, and costly, task. Planning for future production of an automobile is a matter of months, even years, and large investments.

The automakers suggest that the layoff of auto workers, should they not be able to meet the deadline five years from now, would be ruinous. The situation is not likely to come to that point. If all else fails, Congress can undo what it has done, Detroit can be given more time. But precisely because producing a new model car is so expensive, the industry may well stall on producing the pollution free auto, and avoid the expense involved, as long as possible. A legal deadline would do much to convince the industry that it must give immediate and whole-hearted attention to the problem.

Afterthoughts Until we can begin to agree on what we mean, we cannot possibly agree on what we want, even when we may want pretty much the same things. Most children are trained to try to be better than somebody else, which can cripple them as much as it can challenge them; few are taught that the only competition worth the candle is to try to be better than yourself of yesterday'. The first, and almost whole, task of a school is to stimulate curiosity; if it cannot do this, it cannot truly educate, it can only train, for an educated person remains curious his life long, while a merely trained one oniy performs rituals. I have been browsing through the new revised edition of Walter Sullivans book "We Are Not Alone, in which the science editor of the New York Times examines the search for intelligent life on other worlds." At the same time, I heard another man on a television interview discuss the "flying saucers that have been reported around the country for many years. He, too, is writing a book to document these cases.

Most speculation and science fiction on the subject is based on the theory that highly intelligent creatures, living in distant space, are either trying to communicate with us, or are actually investigating life on earth, with a view toward attacking or conquering us. I cannot believe this. If there are get from us but grief? They may study us, but only as we study bacteria. Civilization after civilization has toppled in the 10,000 years of history. Wars between people have become more ferocious and fatal as the art of weaponry has developed; and the future holds giim promise of chemical and bacteriological warfare even more sinister than the threat of the hydrogen bomb.

We have made tremendous advances in living conditions but they have been more than matched by cur ominous advances in dying conditions. Prejudice and passion, hate and rivalry, are more intense today than in the pastoral environment of Bihlical times People may be no worse, but we have increased by a millionfold our capacity to do worse. creatures intelligent enough to spy on us through vast galactic distances, then they must also be intelligent enough to let us alone after they learn what we are like. For the human race on earth, it seems plain to me, must rank quite low in the order of conscious intelligence. We seem to have just enough brains to make trouble for ourselves, and not enough to learn how to live together amicably.

Just enough brains to create a huge technology that could turn the earth into an Eden, and 'ot enough to prevent us from using this technology to blow ourselves up. Creatures from another planet, if they havp observed us for any lpngth of time, are more likely to be perplexed and disgusted with our irrational behavior than tempted to conquer us. What could they i The Perils Of Auto Insurance ART BUCHWALD through the folder. "Theyve been very na; ghty boys, very naughty indeed. "Did they steal any money? I asked.

"Worse! Theyve written too many policies this year that people have made claims on. Weve had to pay out $1,897 to Trembling and Trembling clients in the last 12 months. "But whats that go to do with my wife's insurance policy? She didnt get any of the money. "Ah, but since you are with Tiem- GUEST CARTOON WASHINGTON There has been a rash of automobile insurance cancellations lately by the major companies, and everyone is very nervous about it. The other day my wife was notified that her auto in-s ance policy as being canceled.

The notification gave no reason for the can-c 1 1 a tion, and since my wife had not been in an accident or had ever made a claim, she was perplexed. She asked me to get to the root of It and I took the next plane to visit our insurance company. The company is housed in a 56-story aluminum and tinted glass skyscraper on a 30-acre shopping plaza overlooking most of the state of Connecticut. I arrived on the 35th floor where one made inquiries concerning canceled insurance policies. After browsing through the company literature, which told how insurance was making America great, I was ushered into the office of Clyde Fea-therstone.

I gave Mr. Featherstone the cancellation notice and he clucked once or twice and then disappeared. He returned in a few moments with the folder. "What did lny wife do wrong? I demanded. "You wife didn't do anything wrong.

Her records are all up to snuff. Then why did you cancel her insurance? Because of Trembling and Trembling, her insurance agents. Trembling and Trembling? I said. "Yes, said Featherstone, going bling and Trembling you are now considered a bad risk. Their record is your record.

"Thats nonsense. I hardly know Trembling and Trembling, I protested. "I wouldn't recognize them if I saw them on the street. This is guilt by association. Featherstone smiled.

"You came to us through Trembling and Trembling you will leave with Trembling and Trembling. This company will not put up with people who make insurance claims against it. But thats what youre here for, I said. To pay people off when something happens. Thats a foul lie, said Featherstone, losing his smile.

Were here to build buildings and real estate developments, and finance ships and airplanes and ball parks. If we keep paying out claims, where would we get the money to construct this 56-story building with its beautiful shopping plaza and underground computer center? Do you realize, said Featherstone, "that every dollar we pay out in a claim is a dollar we have to take away from our advertising budget which tells the public what wonderful insurance people we are? "I appreciate all that, I said, "but surely you have to pay some claims in order to stey in the insurance business. "Thats what Trembling and Trembling thought," Featherstone said, as he tore up my wifes folder. I thanked Featherstone for his kindness and understanding. He got up to shake my hand.

If youre staying in town for dinner, we have a faTeat restaurant on the roof garden which is bringing us 15 per cent profit a year. Conference Notice The 140th Semi-Annual Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which all Church members are Invited will convene in the Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 2nd, 3rd v. and 4th, 1970, with general sessions each day at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The Ceneral Priesthood Meeting will be held i in the Tabernacle on Saturday, October 3rd, at 7 p.m.

Only those who hold the Priesthood are invited to attend this meeting. Fast meeting may be held on either the last Sunday in September or the second Sunday in Oc-tober, according to the determination of the indi vidual stakes. Fast day should not be observed -t on Sunday of quarterly conferences. It is understood that ward Sacrament meat-. ings will be held Sunday evening after the close of the Sunday afternoon general session of the -conference, where practicable.

A special meeting will be held for patriarchs appointed since the April conference, Saturday 1 afternoon, October 3rd, at 4:30 in the Church Office Building Auditorium. JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH HAROLD B. LEE N. ELDON TANNER The First Presidency "I may be a little short of funds." Tht (Portknd) Oregonian.