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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand December 11, 1975 The Utah Independent Page 7 THE GOLD DOLLAR WHICH WILL IT BE? OSHA Ah, little gold dollar, republican name Let peace be thy motto, and freedom they fame; May all use thee kindly and not hide thy face Like misers and bankers in some lonely place. But gain thee by labor or calling thats just. And part with thee freely whenever they must; Let laborers adore thee as both kind and civil. Though bankers may make thee the root of all evil. among you.... Twas labor that caus'd thee to leave the gold mine Twas labor that made thee in splendor to shine, Twas labor that coind thee and fashiond the mold To shape thee so nicely, a dollar of gold. Since dollars and labor are nearly allied In payment for labor they should be applied; And all who will labor six days out of. seven. Gold dollars in payment should always be given. .oppression 4 Tis cheating of labor when misers do hold And store up so useless those dollars of gold; Tis knavery that bankers should keep them in bags. And substitute for thee a vile trash of rags; A bill made of paper, pure gold to alloy. To build up the rich and the poor to destroy. Unknown to our fathers who fought for our freedom. Forbid .it ye younger who now doth succeed them. Arise then ye freemen, use libertys hand And drive this vile paper from libertys land. And let the gold dollar be coin for the poor And circulate freely to every mans door. Awake up to freedom and be not controlld. Submit not to bankers to pocket your gold. Put down the whole system of legalized knaving And down with the brokers who now live by shaving. Now look about the country and see those that shirk To idle to labor, too lazy to work, Bank bills are their hobby, they live at their ease. And make a new issue whenever they please; They sport on the interst of bills they have lent. Whose capital value is not worth a cent. And cheating so common, the nicest inspector Is forced to keep by him a bank note detector. Then freemen, use wisdom; be free when you can. Drive all the small paper from liberty's land. Send back to the bankers all notes under tens. And draw back the specie to make your amends; And henceforth refusing this paper disgrace. Gold dollars and silver will soon take their place. Our country will stand on a footing more civil. And freemen rejoice at the downfall of evil. and unlawful abominations practised by our enemies, and sought by them to be INTRODUCED INTO OUR SOCIETY; and WE WILL NOT SUBMIT TO SUCH WICKED AND UNLAWFUL TREATMENT, WHETHER COMES FROM IT UNITED STATES OR UNITED HELL, for the terms are synonymous as the Government is now tell you AND I conducted. TELL OUR ENEMIES that we are here, and we intend to stay here. They have a job on hand, if they persist in their efforts to I deprive American citizens of their rights.... cannot estimate it (the cost) for the United States; for if they actually persist in their tyrannical course, before they get through I TH EY Wl LL WANT TO LET TH E dOB TO SUB- CONTRACTORS." President Brigham Young Journal of Discourses, Vol. 5, p. 331 Just recently, the National Ritle Association established a new group called the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, and gave it monumental task: Spearheading the defense of firearms rights for all a Americans. The Institute now is working hard at lobbying in the Congress, organizing grass-roostrength in the 50 states, building a legal defense system to fight in the courts against bad gun laws and unfair bureaucratic ts Free like Its host cancer. It feeds on the taxpayers. When the host dies, so does the cancer. is Bureaucracy men can vote themselves into slavery, but slaves cannot vote themselves free. -- J. Reese Hunter - Back To The Stone Age? In all Zambia, essential of naval Macias land, movie theaters, nursing homes and newspapers have been taken over by president Kenneth Kaunda. All doctors have been thrown out of Mozambique and all private hospitals and clinics have been closed by President Samora Machel. In Somalia, President naval-air-missi- base and N&uema of Equatorial Guineau is a station. le President Mobutu Ses Seko of Zaire has outlawed the teaching of all religion, ordered Christmas dropped, seized control of all massively believers EXPOSE YOUR FRIENDS - : to the independent: Assorted Back Issues : for ONLY $1.00 in God, and executing them and has driven 25 percent of the population 5 UTAH 12 arresting torturing out : sectors Mohamed Siad Barre has just allowed the Soviet Union to set up a giant privately-hel- all I of Angola, d firearms performing research on issues, and developing avenues of communication to get our message to the public. believe if guns are outlawed, murderers and thieves will have control of our lives and property. We will have no defenses. So please act now. -- Harlon B. Carter Executive Director I the and nations economy declared himself king for life. In Tanzania, president Julius Nyerere, who is now running for reelection as the sole candidate, has turned his country into an outpost for the Red Chinese (well over 50,000 are presently in Tanzania), ordered soldiers to drive farmers from their land at gunpoint and forced them to work on collective farms. President Francisco d enforcement, much-neede- the country. In total anarchy reigns, cannibalism is widely reported to be resurging and tribal warfare is dragging the country back to the Stone Age, where it was before the Portuguese arrived, in 1575. National Spotlight IJ.S. Rep. said Hansen (Idaho) George Friday two key bills passed the House of Representatives this week to relieve the business com- Washington "The time has arrived when we have either to be trodden under foot by our enemies and die, or to defend ourselves and our rights; AND WHICH WILL IT BE? Every man and woman feel their hearts fail them when they think of submitting to the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action MAY GOD GRANT YOU HIS GRACE To stand tall in the sunlight. To seek out the bright face of beauty. To reach for the dream, the star. To see the world through eyes of tenderness. To love with openheartedness. To speak the quiet word of comforting. To look up the mountain and not be afraid to climb To be aware of the needs of others To believe in the wonder of life, the miracle of creation, the rapture of love, the beauty of the universe, the dignity of the human being. DISMANTLING OF THE ABM AMENDED "...your prayers cannot prevail if there is disunion by E. Mason RESPA & of munities of nation the government harassment and red tape." Amendments to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) and to the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA) passed the House by large margins and were in response to a citizen outcry against the heavy hand of big government", Hansen said. Hansen, who is a long-tim- e opponent of OSHA, said: This bill's provisions authorize the Department of Labor to provide requesting employers with on-siconsultation under the OSHA program, giving priority to small te businesses hazardous and workplaces. Following a visit, the employer shall receive a written recommencontaining report dations for eliminating hazards. Information may not be transmitted to enforcement personnel and no citations or penalties will be imposed as a result of the visits unless a disclosed imminent danger is not remedied within a reasonable time." Hansen said that Heretofore, the Department of Labor has interpreted the OSHA law to preclude federal representatives entering an employers premises on other than enforcement visits ts which has resulted in massive com-plain- against government fines. arbitrary harassment and He said RESPA was designed to give relief to complaints that real estate forms were unnecessarily burdensome to realtors and creditors and that fear of penalties made lenders hesitant to discuss possible loan terms with clients. He said delays and complaints were also received from purchasers of real estate regarding delays, confusion and violation of privacy. Hansen said the paper work became particularly expensive as reported by a key official of the of Housing and Department Urban Development, who noted that RESPA had added seven feet to the 40 feet of reports already required for an FHA home loan. Hansen said the while these two bills fail to go anywhere near far enough to give proper relief to the businessman and the conit is sumer. nevertheless, a see sufficient heartening to number of Congressmen wake up to the damage that legislation of recent years has caused and actually do something about it." The OSHA and RESPA nightmares are typical of misdirected legislation passed by Congress and then administered by government agency people like an individual assigned to repair a watch using crowbars Faith was a living thing in our home. We said grace We singer and Soviet officials, the Moscow so-call- ed Treaty and agreement limited the U.S. and the Soviet Union to one ABM complex. The accords, however, did not specify the size and scope of the region to be covered by the ABM complex. This loophole was designed to accommodate the massive K ussian ABM complex which was constructed to defend Moscow and more than 900 of the Soviets largest ICBMs from both U.S. and Chinese missiles. UNDERSTANSECRET DING Another joker in the U.S. -- Soviet ABM agreement was a secret understanding, never made public, that this country would completely dismantle our ABM defense system over a period of three years. The Senate vote closing out the ABM system comes within this timetable. Senators the opposing amendment Kennedy Administration that Ford report officials set the stage for its passage by passing the word that the North Dakota ABM complex would be mothballed in 1976 after the Presidential election. This was one way of letting the lawmakers know that the Ford Administrations public opposition to the unilateral dismantling of the ABM was only for the record. The Administration strategy, carefully worked out by Secretary of State Kissinger, was to make the killing of the ABM defense system look like an act of Congress and not a secret deal worked out in adIt vance with the Russians. succeeded. The Pentagons opposition was left voiceless by the firing of Defense Secretary James Schlcsinger. OPEN TO BLACKMAIL The impact of the closing out of the et ABM defense on the overall strategic military balance is now being studied by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Their concern is that the shutdown could unbalance the defense capabilities between Russia and the U.S. in such a way to neutralize this countrys missile attack force. anti-AB- M U.S.-Sovi- Protection of our land-base- d retaliatory forces against a direct attack by the Soviet Union would be eliminated. This changed situation could provide the Russians with a new blackmail capability since a large part of their missile force would be protected by the Moscow ABM complex. The word of God strips away mans pretensions and the things hed like to believe about himself and shows him his own heart. John A. Stormer and sledgehammers," Hansen said. The OSHA bill now goes to the Senate while the RESPA bill goes to the President. before meals. Continued from page I Drafted by Secretary Kis- read the Bible around a Iamplit table. -- J. Edgar Hoover If I'm to be happy in living, I must not allow hope to be lost. Nor purpose grow dim from lack of desire, or failure will total the cost. If I'm to be happy in living, then 1 must find beauty in living. And the satisfaction 1 yearn to find will be found through self in the giving. Everett Wentworth Hill |