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Show Page 6 The Utah Independent June 30, 1977 The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand June 30, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 7 DEFEAT THE ANTI-AMERIC- GENOCIDE TREATY A Warnke Critics Were Right ! (Reprinted from Continued from page Ominous Virtually every person on earth belongs a to national, ethnical, racial or religious ihe Genocide treaty would subject group. an individual to prosecution and punishment for genocide if he intentionally destroys a singly member of one of the specified and all the Communist countries In the U.N. voted for the Genocide Convention In 1948; and all have ratified it. Yet, the Communists have more genocidal blood on their hands than the Nazis .ever had. To solidify their dictatorship in Russia, the Soviets exterminated millions. Mass ' groups. The Black Panthers, or other extremists, could charge the U.S. or any public official with genocide, either because harm) with a in Communist In The Genocide Convention does not protect economic and political groups. Communist governments do not murder people for national, ethnical, hut for racial, or religious reasons what they call political and economic crimes. Hence, the murders are not genocide, as defined in the. Genocide Convention. The upshot is that the U.N. treaty to outlaw genocide exempts Communist which actually do governments exterminate whole groups of people. That is why it is easy to see why Communist governments support the Convention. It In no way effects their bloody pogroms; but it could, if the U.S. becomes a party to it, give Com- -. munists and all other America-hatein foreign lands the color of international law for intervening in our domestic affairs. have jurisdiction... - ' r WORLD COURT COULD SUPERSEDE U.S. LAWS RED-CONTROLL- states: . IX of the Genocide Convention Disputes between the Contracting Parties relating to the interpretation, application of fulfillment of the present Convention.. .shall be submitted to. J. Ervin, hand- outs. Jr., declares that the Article would empower the International Court of Justice to review official acts of the President of the United States, of the and of all federal courts, and to determine that they had interpreted or applied the Genocide Convention incorrectly or had failed to fulfill its commandments; and the International Court of Justice could then order our courts and Congress and President to do what the International Court wants done. The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, is the judicial arm of the United Nations. All judges are nominated by governments which are members of the United Nations. There are no uniform U.N. qualifications for World Court not even a legal degree. The judges International Court consists of 15 judges. Nine of these make up a quorum, and the majority of a quorum (only 5) is enough article in the March 1973 issue of AMERICAN OPINION magazine, Dan Smoot pointed out that existing State and local laws are fully adequate to punish, in the United States, all acts of .violence contemplated by the Genocide Convention.. However, ratification of the Convention would give federal courts jurisdiction. This would virtually nullify State jurisdiction in most criminal cases involving murder, manslaughter, assault, rape, etc. Further,-i- t would overburden federal courts, to the point of disabling them, with cases which they have no constitutional authority to - handle. illustrate how the Genocide Convention is, suppose a Chicano, or any other person identified as belonging to one of the specified groups, is convicted of a crime and sentenced. All private persons and public officials who participated in his arrest, trial, and imprisonment could be accused under Provision (b) of Article II of the Genocide Convention for having caused, or helped serious cause, bodily or mental harm to a member of a national, ethnical, or religious group. for y which- - there the Soviet Union and is no Com- nations now and exercise total control over the United munist- pro-Commu- nist Nations, such control likewise extends to the International Court of Justice. The GenocideuCqnvention, if ratified by the U.S. Senate, would annul, with respect to genocide, the Connally Reservation which limited our submission to the jurisdiction of the World Court. That reservation provides that the U.S. would submit to the International Court only on issues TREATY WOULD NOT HALT MASS MURDERS IN THE U.S.S.R. the-treat- decision from appeal. Because racial, While the Genocide treaty is supposed to outlaw mass killing and other crimes on an ethnic basis, it would not outlaw mass, killing and other crimes committed by a totalitarian government on a political basis. When first introduced at the United applied to political Nations, as well as ethnical, racial and religious groups. But the Soviet Union refused to sign the pact until the word political was eliminated. It was, and the U.S.S.R. a that are international in scope, whereas domestic issues (as decided by the United States) would be resolved in U.S. courts. ' in AMERICAN OPINION magazine ominously predicted: If we ratified the Genocide Convention and took our pledge seriously, we would be duty bound to intervene militarily in the Middle East to punish Arabs and Jews for killing each other. We would be similarly embroiled in the internal and international tribal wars . of Africa... WHAT YOU CAN DO Because the 'Genocide treaty is being pushed by President Jimmy Carter, this highly dangerous Genocide treaty could be passed by the U.S. Senate unless the American people have the facts, and so notify their says: Genocide and the other acts enumerated in Article III shall not be considered as political crimes for the purpose of The usual defense against extradition.... extradition to a foreign country is that the charge is political and therefore The Genocide treaty thus prevents that from being used as a shield to protect American citizens unjustly charged. "Senator Ervin, a long-tim- e, vigorous opponent of the Genocide Convention, has stated that if ratified, it would make Amer- -. ican soldiers fighting under the flag of their country triable and punishable by even in courts of our foreign courts for killing and wounding warring enemy members of the military forces, of bur warring enemy. This is made indisputable, says Ervin, by Article I which provides that genocide is punishable under the Convention whether it is committed in time of peace or in time of war, and by the fact that it contains no provision exempting soldiers engaged in combat from the coverage of the provisions of the Convention. And, Senator Strom Thurmond pointed out during the war against Communist North Vietnam: Any of our soldiers in Viett&m might be tried at some unknown future date for actions taken in the lawful prosecution of the war against the Communists. There is no statute of limitations involved. Because the Genocide treaty makes the alleged crime' of genocide extraditable, every person charged with this vague crime on the flimsiest of grounds would be stripped A of such precious rights as the right to a speedy and open trial, the right not to be deprived of life and liberty without due process of law, the writ of habeas corpus and other guarantees that are uniquely found in the U.S. Constitution. Senators. Therefore, you are urged to BUY and DISTRIBUTE as many copies of this as you possibly can so as to pamphlet alert others. Send copies to your two Senators as well as local . ble. law-enforcem- However, Article IX of the Genocide treaty wipes out this safeguard and any . TREATY COULD SEND U.S. SOLDIERS TO WAR OVERSEAS According to Senator Ervin, the World Court could require the U.S. to go to war to prevent one nation from killing the nationals of another nation. Article I of the Genocide Convention The Contracting Parties (i.e., provides: nations ratifying the Convention) confirm that genocide... is a crime under international law which they undertake .to prevent and to punish. ent The latter group is one of the the Genocide Convention, as of. targets out in this pamphlet. pointed According to the U.S. Constitution, a treaty must receive an affirmative vote of of the members of the U.S. Senate present at the time. Therefore, with a full Senate sitting, a vote of 34 against could defeat this infamous, Constitution-destroyin- g Genocide treaty. You are also urged to send copies to officials. two-thir- ds friends,theneighbors,of your employees, newslocal your editor doctors, TV paper, stations, etc. Order TAX FAX No. from THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN, P.O. Box 636 Littleton, Colorado 80160 Prices: 8 . 20 . C6n-gre- ss, In an Article VII article aforementioned . the International Court' of Justice at the request of any of the parties to the dispute. Commenting on Article IX, Senator Sam welfare recipients and non-extradita- rs Article national, ethnical, racial, or part composing the enemy religious group forces. (The words In quotation marks are the definition of genocide in the treaty.) In this connection, Dan Smoot, in the Where would American citizens accused of genocide be tried? Article VI of the Genocide Convention says we would be tried by a tribunal of the state In the territory of which the act was committed, or by such international penal tribunal as may . to destroy, in whole or in the AMERICANS COULD BE TURNED OVER TO FOREIGN COURTS declared: ever-increasi- ng To not article entitled Surrender By in the April 21, 1971, issue of Treaty THE REVIEW OF THE NEWS, Dan Smoot particular and demanding genocide federal and State welfare of countries, but they are Connally Amendment is essentially genocidal. called a war Its intent is subjects the United States to the unreserved jurisdiction of the International. Court of Justice as to all matters involving the interpretation, application or fulfillment of the Genocide Convention. In an minate the Black Panthers. The policemen got a fair trial in Chicago and were exonerated. However, if the Genocide Convention is ratified, our law enforcement agencies may become reluctant to take any action against any person who belongs to any identifiable group which might retaliate with charges of genocide. Under the treaty, a man who made a speech attacking the Black Panthers could be charged with inflicting mental harm on the nations blacks. Individual criticism of Communist Cuba, the Soviet Union, Israel or the Arab states would be punishable. Article III of the Genocide treaty is so broad in its language that no overt act need occur for the crime of genocide to be committed. It reads: The following acts shall be punishable: (a) genocide; (b) conspiracy to commit genocide; (c) direct and public incitement to commit genocide; (d) attempt to commit genocide; (e) complicity in genocide. Refusing to. employ a person or dismissing him from employment or refusing to take a person in for membership in any organization (public or private) would be punishable under the provisions of mental harm. Note the phrase inflicting on a group conditions of life... in Article II of the could open the door to by rides. the punishable under the Genocide Convention. 1972, some Chicago policemen were falsely accused of trying to exter- crime. weekly, HUMAN EVENTS, quoted Eberhard Deutsch, a noted legal authority, as stating: This Article (IX) clearly over- political murders are standard practice . members of some minority group were killed by policemen in a gunfight or were subjected to intense questioning (mental in connection based 152 Single copy 350 50 - $4.00 250 - $15.00 100 - $7.50 1000 -- ' $50.00 : - $1.00 - $2.00 This pamphlet is published by THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN, a national Conservative newspaper founded in 1955. A sample copy of the newspaper will be sent to you on request. Copyright 1977 by THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN Phoebe Courtney, Managing Editor June 1977 bill to strip agribusiness corporations of their farm properties within five years has been introduced in Congress by Senator James Abourezk He claims that agricorporations will control 50 of food production by 1980, and 75 by 1985 unless Congress passes such legislation. His bill would require coiporations holding more than $3 million in non-farassets to sell their farm properties. (D.-S.D- .). m . Self-describ- (Emphasis added) whether or not it is Armed conflict ed Jimmy Carters fiscal 1978 budget will produce at least a $60 billion deficit. His $460 billion budget calls for much greater welfare expenditures. The only meaningful cuts are in defense. stingy . THE "BAD GUYS Its almost impossible to find an issue of the Communist paper, the. DAILY WORLD, that' doesnt badmouth the tral Intelligence Agency Federal Cen- and Bureau of Investi- gation. The pitch seldom changes. other understandings, The FBI and CIA agents are reservations, or interpretations which the Senate may the bad guys because they append to the Genocide Convention to make violate' human rights and demoit sound safe. cratic rights and trample freeThe April 9, 1977, issue of Washington- - dom so its said. Translated from Commun-es- e, this means that the FBI and CIA have managed to throw some effective blocks now and then against to Commtmists manipulate what is rights left of ..the free societies into a totalitarian system. Curiously enough, a great many folks who call themselves liberals hate the FBI and the CIA for the same reasons. Why? INDIANAPOLIS STAR Liberty is a thing of the to be free to spirit worship, to think, to hold opinions, and to speak free to without fear and challenge , wrong oppression with surety of justice. -- Herbert Hoover -- ALTOONA reports are coming (Pa.) MEN WORK OVERSEAS!! MIRROR) sile because it is so effective, despite the incredible fact the Soviet Cruise missile, according to our navy officials, has dominated the oceans for a from Washington that, with the appointment of Paul Warnke as head of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, that vital office is being Australia Europe Japan The South Pacific Far East South America Central America Now, the firmation hearings on his appointment by the President, replied positively that there was no truth in rumors he planned a purge of career officials and employes who know what it is news dispatches reas surprisingly him ported zations. -- Construction Sales TransporEngineering Oil Refining tation -- - Teaching Medical AirSecretarial Accounting Manufacturing month. craft, etc., etc., $800.00 to $5,000.00 per - most jobs overseas you will receive FREE HIGHER SALARIES and TRANSPORTATION. In WAGES. TRAVEL PAY. GENEROUS VACATION BONUS. FREE MEDICAL CARE. FREE MEALS more ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. NO U.S. INCOME TAX under the Government Foreign Resident Rule (civil service excluded). To allow anyone the opportunity to explore overseas employment we have published a complete set of Senator McGoverns radical foreign policy views that . brought him so much criticism from the American public and OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT importantly to his defeat. Yet, we now have the same man who devised Senator Mc- mation... which undoubtedly contributed firm, with Mr. Vance, In presenting President Carters positions. But, although (here was little or nothing in the news about it, we learn now that Mr. Warnke talked Secretary Vance into surrendering to an extent to the Russians. Mr. Warnke, it is reported now, brought about amajorU.S. concession to the Communists, an offer to the Russians to limit Cruise missiles to 600 kilometers, instead of the current limit of 2,500 kilometers. This pleased the Russians, who have been gravely concerned about, our Cruise missile, a weapon called by the Pentagon extremely effective and valuable in the American arsenal. Thus, according to this report, we are offering almost to nullify our own Cruise mis EMPLOYMENT of public school teachers and students, their personal- goal is not edu- - America's choice OVERSEAS! fluence at protecting the United States of America instead of weakening it. And, on the face of these FIRMS defenses, an inwhich should be aimed and ORGANIZATIONS employing aH types of Personnel in nearly every part of the Free World. Firms and organizations engaged in OVERSEAS - CONSTRUCTION MINING. Washington reports, weakening it seems to be the exact purpose of Mr. Warnke and his but preservation. Ac- - cording to a recent study by a Delinquency Subcom- of the Senate Judiciary Committee, involving. 757 school systems representing half of all public elementary and secondary pupils in the Action, more than How Employment on U.S. Government CHANT MARINES"! The other day,. Ethiopias ruling strongman threw out many of the American institutions and organizations, and as a matter of fact, at first ordered them out almost immediately. Later they were given a few hours to pack their belongings. Would you believe it, there- fore, if you were told that the official statistics show that the United States has poured some $620,000,000 of the taxpayers money (which means yours and ours and everyone elses in the United States) into that African country? This $620,000,000 spent on a wide range of aid programs, economic, educational, agricultural and military, has cer People do not emigrate from the Communist-rule- d Captive Nations, they escape GOVERN- ships "MER- Directory of U.S. Businesses operating AUSTRALIA that employ Americans. in List of U.S. DEFENSE CONTRACTORS with operations OVERSEAS THAT EMPLOY Americans! Information about TEMPORARY OVERSEAS! more than. 100,000 have vanda-cati- inte-Juven- Plus several EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION FORMS that you may send directly to the COMPANIES or ORGANIZATIONS that interest you the most! ile ee MAIL OUR ORDER FORM tainly been completely wasted. The rag-ta- g Marxist military dictators now in control j : ORDER FORM MAIL TO: Overseas Employment Guides ! 1727 SCOTT ROAD. SUITE j BURBANK. CA. C 91504 I am enclosing $10.00 cash, check or money order, i Please send me your complete set of OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT GUIDES immediately. of Ethiopia'have signed a secret ! 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This outrageous raises the again What kind of situation question, fools do we. have running our foreign policy that would permit American taxpayers' money to be thrown away in this fashion? MANCHESTER (N.H.) UNION LEADER Politics is the conduct of public affairs for private advantage. -- Ambrose Bierce ! CITY i i STATE ZIP 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE If you are dissatisfied with our Overseas Employment Guides, for any reason, simply return our Guides to us within 30 days and your S10.00 will be refunded to you immediately. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. Don't be deceived on the phony "human rights' issue HMMHi Revenge does us more harm than the injury itself. -- John Lubbock The greatest fault is to be conscious of none. Thomas Carlyle |