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Show The Paper That tyres To Take I A Stand PEOPLES November 6, 1975 The Utah Independent Page 3 wEW; BICENTENNIAL -- ; t i l ON COURSE! COMMISSION by Thomas O. Breitling The Salt Lake Tribune recently ran a series of articles which disincussed the revolutionary SALTER SAYS By Bob Salter Where do we go from here? Everything weve done seems to have failed. If we continue on our present course and at our present tempo, we can almost name the date of the expiration of our nation as we have known it. Many people have written about it. Many groups have studied it. There is no lack of knowledge as to what is happening and who is causing it to happen. When 1 started my battle against this evil force over 14 years ago, the average man in the street wouldn't believe it; but now, the same man in the street is pretty much aware of our situation. And yet. he does nothing. Why? Does he like it? Is he afraid? Or perhaps he is just lazy. Whatever it is, if he does not come to battle soon, it will be too late. As a matter of fact, it is too late to regain all of our liberties. There is simply no way to put back the freedoms weve lost. The Birch Society and many other groups have done a magnificent job in educating us, yet all the education in the world won't help us now. What good does it do to tell a man he is in chains after the fact? He is all tied up. So. w here do we go from here? It would take a pretty fantastic movement to change our direction or save our country. To have a movement you must first have a plan, then an organization, then a time table. We dont even have a leader, no one to follow'. So. where do wc go from here? Even if we all were aware of our awful situation and took normal political action, it would take years and many elections to make any real changes. And bear this in mind after youve cleaned house of your elected officials ypuve still got your appointed people your career bureaucrats to change. No. I sec no leader on the horizon. No real hope for change. All I see is more of the same. Plenty of people, yes even people like me, to tell us what is happening but no one to tell us what to do about it. I suspect that we are not mad enough yet not hungry enough yet. By the the time we are, the chains will be too tight. We are condemned to continue making the same mistakes over and over and over again. EXPOSE YOUR FRIENDS S to the j SUTAH independent: 7 12 Assorted Back Issues : E for ONLY $1.00 m i lima dividuals and organizations of the 1960s. and which indicated that the violence of the 60s is being by replaced revolutionary education in the 70s. One of the new organizations which is a product of the earlier period is Peoples Bicentennial Commission. Because 1 had seen two opposite of view expressed points concerning the commission, and because I identify with the view that opposes it, I decided to try to learn more about the commission from some of its members. EILEEN SLOAN My first interview was with Eileen Sloan, whose name I obtained from a staff writer with one of the Salt Lake City dailies. Eileen is an attractive young woman with red hair, blue eyes, and a very fair complexion. We met out front of the place where she works and talked in my pickup. She brought me a copy of an article from Newsweek by Howard Flieger. which is critical of Peoples Bicentennial Commission, the U.S. of the on a results poll taken by Hart Research economy Associates, and the Declaration of Economic Independence of Peoples Bicentennial Commission (PBC). PBC was founded by Jeremy who was acRifkin, a tive in New Left politics in the latter part of the 1960s. In the issue of September II, 1975 The Utah Independent published a lengthy article from The Mindszenty Report called The New' Redcoats Are Coming. If you did not read the article then, it is worth your time to do so now. But to return to Eileen Sloan; I learned from her that she is not communist. She wants to return to the first principles of America as stated in the original Constitution, except for the parts on slavery and the status of women. In addition, the PBC wants further debate on the question of ownership of private property, especially with respect to inheritance. She went on to say that PBC wants to do something about the following basic issues: 1. Corporate business structure must be more responsive to the with Capt. Joe H. Ferguson THE ARROGANCE OF THE DICTOCRATS Captain Joe . Ferguson TOM BREITLING able to get his phone number from Eileen Sloan. When 1 talked with Larry I asked if we could meet and Declaration of go over the Economic Independence and the five defining characteristics of a Democratic Economy". We met at the Central City Neighborhood Council. Larry is 35 years old and has served in the Marine Corps. While he was in the Marines at Camp Pendleton, California the Corps has a series of lectures for the men. The lectures suggested that Marines should not associate with the John Birch Society, the Communist Party, or Jehovahs Witnesses. Larry decided to check out the Birch Society in Orange County, California by reading some of the literature. From what he read he was attracted to the idea of supporting Barry Goldwater. He returned to Utah in time to help in the 1964 Goldwater effort and actively worked in the primary campaign of Ernest Wilkinson against Sherm Lloyd in that eventful year. Larry said, I was attracted to PBC for different reasons than my earlier attraction to the John Birch Society and Goldwater. We never did get through the five defining characteristics of a Democratic Economy nor the of Declaration Economic do not feel that Independence. Larry Pace would have answered my questions concerning these in the same way Jeremy Rifkin would have, or even the same way that Eileen Sloan would have. Neither Larry nor Eileen seems to have mastered the doctrine or ideology of the PBC. Larry said to me that he is not a socialist. He also seems to feel strongly that people should work, if they wish to receive something. He is in favor of food stamps for the poor and is convinced that President Ford will abolish the stamps or limit the use of them. In sum. Larry, like Eileen, is opposed to centralization of money and wealth in the hands of the super rich and in favor of a more of the equitable distribution products of labor. Larry believes he is an anarchist. I general public. 2. Individual freedoms to choose in a democratic society. 3. If we are going to keep having future generations w'e have to provide a world for them to be POPULISM, SOCIALISM, and on. The profit motive and ecology COMMUNISM have to be examined together and a The sixth of the articles in The decision made to give up some or the Salt Lake Tribune on all of profit for ecology. radicals said, Todays 4. Recognize that men and movement is still in disarray. It is women are part of humanity. Men a motley crew of socialists, comand women are both responsible munists. anarchists, and leftists of human beings and women now all kinds, arguing who has the have a great responsibility to speak correct line about social change. up against the evils of the When I returned home from patriarchal society. my interview with Larry Pace, 1 Eileen then revealed that PBC kept trying to put my finger on is intellectual and media oriented. what PBC really stands for. We are too busy for violence." she Finally, I believe I have put it said. together, and it seems to be a modern blend of Populism. LARRY PACE Socialism, and Communism. The In the Deseret News Forum ideas of Herzen and for September 30 there was a letter Russian the Chcrnyshcvsky, from Larrv Pace on PBC. 1 was V Conlinui'd on page DICTOCRATS PASSING MORE LAWS THAN CONGRESS Last year, according to one report, the Congress passed 404 laws. The Congress, of course, is the ONLY agency of the federal government legally empowered by the people through their Constitution to enact laws. But the regulatory agencies of the executive branch enacted 7,496 laws. These are called regulations, but they are not rules relating to the management of the various agencies themselves but are rules enforced upon the citizens of the this country with the force of law. Percentage-wis- e 404 laws enacted by the congress constitutes only slightly over 5 of the total laws, with the remaining 95 being bureaucrats. The result of this enacted by situation is that a huge fourth level of government, as these regulatory agencies are described by Congressman Steve Symms, comprise a huge bureaucracy which has raw, dictatorial powers over the people and yet the people have no power over them. This brings a very sobering thought to ones mind, What else is necessary for a dicun-elect- ed tatorship? THE ARROGANCE OF THE DICTOCRATS Americans are increasingly becoming aware of the flagrant arrogance of the bureaucrats of these regulatory agencies. Citizens are astounded as they are confronted with both the incompetence and the arrogance of the of such agencies as O.S.H.A., H.E.W., E.P.A. and, of course, the I.R.S. And, as one realizes the situation, why should these dictocrats be nice to the citizens? After all, the dictocrats were not elected by the citizens. So, regardless of how roughly they treat the citizens, the citizens cannot replace them at election time. Under this type of situation, it is natural for arrogant and g people to seek positions in these regulatory agencies in the first place, and natural for them after they get to become more arrogant and power-ma- d there. dic-tocra- ts power-seekin- LAWS CREATED BY REGULATORY AGENCIES UNCONSTITUTIONAL For the very reasons mentioned above, the framers of the Constitution delegated ALL legislative authority to the Congress, whose members are elected by the people The problems in our and responsible to them. government, our economy and our nation will never be resolved until we return to this principle that all lawmakers are to be elected by the people. tt. io nr jufeMMWrtwiwtM t ii I i t, When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. Independent Salt Lake Cityf Utah The Utah Independent is published by the Utah Independent each Tuesday at 57 East Oakland Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. 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