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Show ; Independent Dedicated To The Morality, and Truth Constitution, Liberty, OUTLOOK POLICY NOTICE We like hi receive Letters To The Editor. Frequently, however, these letters are much too long for us to use. For this reason, we are adopting the following policy: Letters To The Editor or should be typed (double-spacewritten legibly on one side ol an X'vsl I sheet of paper. 2. We will publish these letters regularly as space permits. We appreciate the tact that some subjects require more length. In such instances they should he submitted as News Articles and will he subject to our regular editorial policies and current Howard Kershner 1. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty Corinthians 3:17 NaiiMiskBaissihiimMmasiaMisBiaBiiiiiiiiiiisaaMSMtiR ARE SALT LAKE CITY ELECTIONS NONPARTISAN? by Thomas O. Breitling During the week prio r to March 8 a series of rumors started in Salt Lake City concerning the office of City Commissioner, Glen N. Greener and some of his employees. The rumor related to the fact that he had a husband and wife team working in his department, that the wife was going to nursing school while working for the Commissioner and that the husband was working in the maintenance department. The implication was that there was something improper in the fact that the husband and wife were both working there plus the implied aspect of a woman being paid for work that could not be performed because of her not being in the office. In addition to these rumors there was the further rumor that Democrat Chairman, John Klas had given $3,000 to Glen Greener for his campaign. 1 THE UTAH INDEPENDENT decided that an interview with Commissioner Greener was desirable and thus such an interview was conducted on March 18, 1975 in Commissioner Greeners office at the City and County Building. In reporting this interview THE UTA H INDEPENDENT will refrain from interpreting the straightforward questions and answers that make up the interview. However, certain background information must be given and is given in this article. It will be remembered that in a campaign when former city commissioner, James Barker was opposed by the present commissioner Glen Greener a scandal concerning a ghost employee came oul. This and other matters helped defeat Commissioner Barker and put Commissioner Greener in his place. The questions asked and the answers given are as follows: Question: Do you have a Jane Erickson working in your office? Answer: Yes. Did she get paid full time while she was taking Q: Continued on page 4 nursing training? I oraco The Utah's Largest and 57 I I Fastest-Growin- Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City Assorted copies older than 2 months 12 for $1.00 50 for $9.00 Foreign $15.00 per year Name each 25 for $5.00 USA $10.00 per year I Utah 84115 12 tor $2.75 Subscriptions: The , 25C I I in dependent Subscription Weekly g 100 for $17.50 UTAH INDEPENDENT 1 d) needs. News items Must Be Fully Documented. We want to print ONLY THE TRUTH! Many thanks. THE EDITOR cannot print your Sorry requests for funds. DISCRIMINATION DEAD IN UTAH? - we Editor.C March 7. 1975 the DESERET NEWS carried an article by staff writers Brad Stevens and Suzanne Dean entitled (and in large caps): DISCRIMINATION dead in UTAH? NOT quite. Well. 1 certainly hope not, and ' I hope it never does die out. For it ought to be crystal clear by now after the experience we have had in this nation since the passage of the civil rights laws of the 50s and 60s that discrimination has not been eliminated, nor can it be. Certian segments of our society have been prevented from discrimination through fear of fines and penalties and the people have been suppressed, but this hasn't stopped discrimination nor solved On (First) Address (Number And (C'WI Street) (Staw (Zip Code) ion so-call- ed It only means that other problems have been created any problems. and that discrimination is directed against the people. Nothing has been solved. Disci imination has become an added tool for the police power of the state which is and always has been the meanest Jand most contemptible discriminator ever known to man. I Always in the interest of the people. Man was very obviously, as an individual, intended to be a discriminating being through the power of personal choice wjiich he has. by nature, and once enjoyed in this nation. Discrimination was "said by the great Buddha to be the GREATEST ESSENTIAL a prime HUMAN VIRTUE. requisite to true progress and to the advancement of civilization. Discrimination arises from know ledge I and wisdom. A person who can discriminate nothing would be as a stone or as the sands on the seashore having no capacity for choice, no capacity to guide any of his own affairs. He would indeed he the most abject of slaves, being totally incapable of any selective control of his place in the universe. Two of the antonyms of discrimination are dullness and It is short-sightedne- (Last) (Middle) i KERSHNER'S COMMENTARY READERS bum " H The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Page 2 The Utah Independent April 3, 1975 The : ss. It has been wisely observed that. When dis- crimination is not allowed according to one's wisdom and conscience, both discrimination and conscience will atrophy in the Continued on page 3 A LOOK AT THE RECORD is heading the campaign for increased The AFL-CItaxation and regulation of the oil companies, eventually leading to nationalization. Those who propose this program are evidently not aware of the history of the industry. Do they know, for instance, that the tankwagon price of gasoline, aside from taxation, actually declined about 10 percent period from 1903 to 1968, although in the during the meantime wages for oil workers increased from 1600 to 2100 percent? The price of gasoline dropped because vast amounts of capital, under very able management, had been invested in continuous research and more efficient equipment. Do they know that 25 years ago it cost U to move a gallon of oil from Texas to New York? It also cost U to send a postcard over the same route. Today the cost of sending a postcard from Texas to New York is 8 while as recently as last year the cost of sending a gallon of oil remained only 1 1. Do they realize the urgent need for hundreds of billions of dollars to develop additional sources of energy? If so, why do they wish to take from the oil companies the resources that would, at least, enable them to make a beginning of the vast expenditures that would solve the present energy crisis. I am reminded of a remark made by Mr. Churchill in the House of Commons when the Labor Government transferred Mr. Shinwell, head of the nationalized coal industry in Britain, to the War Department. Mr. Churchill said he wished to congratulate the Labor Government on making this transfer for, said he, While Mr. Shinwell was Chairman of the Coal Board we got no coal and now, presumably, as he takes over the War Department we will get no war." The best way to make sure that the energy crisis becomes permanent, to the vast discomfort of the American people and to the slowing down of all industrial activity, is to go ahead with the program for taxation, regulation and nationalization of the petroleum industry. O 65-ye- ar i Living mil, 7980 Crticent Am. Buena Park. California 90890 Its No Joke YOUR Thats quite a bill, isnt it? Better take another look because this bills no joke. And it has a lot to do with your other bills and why its so hard to pay them. You see, a study by the National Taxpayers Union (based on official Treasury Department figures), reveals that U.S. taxpayers are now on the hook for at least $5 trillion. Your personal share is about $115,000. Thats up by a staggering $13,000 from last year. While youve been working to make ends meet, politicians have been wracking up debts and liabilities which youll have to pay. And that wont be easy. Taxes and inflation are already your single greatest expense, greater by far than what you spend on food, shelter, or any other necessity. Yet, as you can tell by studying the figures reproduced above, if things keep going the way they have been, your taxes may double again in the next five years. You may be squeezed for the rest of your life to pay the costs of government spending. No matter how prudent you are and how carefully you plan, you may never reap the benefits youre entitled to. Politicians have seen tp that. Theyve spent every cent of yours they could lay their hands on. And promised away $5 trillion more. -Taxpayers Liability Index |