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Show January 22. 1971 THE UTAH INDEPENDENT Page 2 Moving Away From The Welfare State' The Independent Dedicated To The Constitution. Liberty, Morality, and Truth A n Editors Outlook An Open Letter to the Members of the Utah State Legislature With the legislature in session again the people of the state of Utah view you, as legislators, with some misgivings and some apprehension. Will you live up to their hopes or their fears? Time will tell. You were elected by a majority of your constituents because they had faith in you that you would protect their God-giverights and Constitutional freedoms. You have taken an oath to protect and defend the constitutions n of the state and the nation from all enemies foreign and . domestic and are now ready to go to work. May you always keep that oath of office before you as one of your during your term of office. paramount guide-post- s Your prime responsibility in this session will be to protect your fellow citizens from too much benevolence from an all powerful federal and state bureaucracy seeking greater control over our lives. You are the law makers. You have no obligation to approve and pass any laws that come to you from the governor. You need not, and probably must not, pass any legislation that comes to you from the Legislative Council. The wishes and recommendations of the Constitutional Studv Commission arc not an obligation O that you must approve. Education, labor, welfare and the other departments of state responsibility all have larger programs they want you to approve, but if any of them infringe upon the Constitutional freedoms of the individual in any degree, your responsibility is to turn them down to remember your oath of office and vour constituents who voted for vou with faith that vou would Review of the News Readers Outlook determination to create "a new culture and a new man." th: Government of Communist Salvador Allendc in Chile has ousted editors and replaced them with reliable Reds; has forced the resignation of executives of newspapers, TV. ; nd- radio stations; and, has insisted that Chiles mass media become a public utility. In its anti-Commun- ist - 0 0 0 0 0 do what is right. Each of you are individually responsible before us and God for the kind of session we shall have. We shall watch you carefully and your record will be judged according to vour works according to vour votes and not according to vour words. In these perilous and troublesome times, may you have the courage to do that which is right. m DERWINSKI BUCK-PASSIN- G Pasadena non-Russi- h. PAY? TREASON Review of the News Please send me four copies of the December 18, 1970, issue of the Utah Independent. I sincerely wish everr real American could read its pages. I especially feel everyone should read the Article written by W. Cleon Skousen. I am waiting for these four copies to arrive because I w'ant my children to read this issue. Alger Hiss, convicted of perjury in 1959, filed suit recently in conjunction with the American Civil Liberties Union to obtain a government annuity of sixty-on- e dollars a month. Hiss was revealed in sworn testimony to have engaged in espionage for the Soviet Union while he was employed in the State Department as director of the Office of Special Political Affairs. Yet, it now seems certain that the U.S. Government will award him a pension. STRENGTH IN ARMS The American Rifleman When a Lutheran church in Oregon sponsored 2K Latvian and Estonian immigrant refugees from Communism, one of them with a doctors degree and command of seven languages told NRA member Henry L. Bottemiller that only 5'; "of Russians arc Communists. "When I asked how 5' could control the rest, Bottemiller wrote, "my friends answered with a remark that I will never forget. He said: "THEY HAVE ALL OE THE GUNS." - III.), Congressman Edward J. Derwinski in a statement Affairs House Committee, ber of the Foreign on the floor of the House recently called for an end to the routine between Coast Guard authorities and the State Department in the incident of the Lithuanian seaman who sought asylum on the Coast Guard Cutter "Vigilant but was forcibly returned to his ship by the Communists with the acquiescence of the U.S. personnel. "It is my opinion that this incident gives the Soviet Un:on a tremendous propaganda weapon. Therefore, the culprits in this case, whether in the Coast Guard or the State Department, must be ascertained. Their participation should be reviewed in the light of regulations and orders now in effect and prompt action lodged against them, Derwinski said. The Illinois Congressman, who has contacted the White House and State Department on this subject, called for a strong reaffirmation of the United States policy of granting areas. political asylum to escapees from Communist-dominate- d "It is obvious from this incident that personnel in all departments and agencies that might, under any circumstances, be involved in a situation such as this be at all times aware of our national policy of granting political asylum to individuals or groups fleeing Communist tyranny, Derwinski emphasized. "This incident also dramatizes the oppressed life under which captives of Communism must live, the Congressman escapee, a Lithuanian seaman, pointed out. The would-b- e captive within the Soviet empire. typifies the Even though the handling was deplorable, further attention is properly being focused on conditions within the USSR that cause thousands of people to seek asylum in the free world each year, Derwinski noted. g" DOES Dear Sirs, ON ASYLUM INCIDENT .(Calif.) Truth Forum (R-4t- Buck-Passin- Logan, Utah January 9, 1971 Sincerely, Stella P. Kerr CALLS FOR END OF NEW CULTURE CHILE'S a mem- Furor Over The 'Live Ded-rf-r- Abortions in New SEN Committee mid-Decemb- er been born alive as a result of abortions in New York since the law an went into effect July 1. One of the infants, a girl who was pounds at birth, had two-and-a-ha- (Continued on Pigc3) Thf OF ADDRESS Independent Vc.'ol.t, amUruiK FORMS AND CORRESPONDENCE TO 6274 Salt Lake City. Utah 84106 TELEPHONE A wave of shock and revulsion greeted the disclosure in that 26 infants had d J CHANjE P.o. 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