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Show Ben Lomond Beacon, Feb. 2, 1978, Page 2 HUMAN RIGHTS AND Feulner HANSEN GLASS COMPANY Auto - Commercial Residential - STORM DOORS WINDOWS GLASS INSULATED INSTALLATION 563 coNeC' J. COREY STAHLE AND ESTIMATOR BUS. W. 100 N. BOUNTIFUL, UT 84010 SALES RES. 290-155- 5 human rights in the authv nan countries are known to the world because it is still possible to openly protest such what does it mean? In Poland, for example, what it really means is: (1) Soviet colonialism; (2) supremacy of the state; (3) abolition of pnvate property; (4) absence of political and intellectual freedom; and (5) the subordination of basic human rights, except for tne right to practice ones religion (which as columnist Bill Buckley put so eloquently, "the Soviet Union found it could no more control than it could, domestically, the consumption of vodka). One senses that human rights, as defined and earned out by the Carter Administration, has become a foreign policy of moral imperialism. This ought not to be, because human rights can function as a legitimate and even necessary corollary of American foreign policy. But to do so, it must rise above the current narrow and inadequate definition and reflect the broad current of philosophy that sustains Western civilization. Thus, the United Nations must not become the official guardian of human rights nor should egalitarian mandates or neosocialist visions of reconstructing society become equated with the fulfillment of human rights. Similarly, there needs to be more understanding of the distinction between totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. For example, totalitarian governments such as the Peoples Republic of China, Cuba, Vietnam and Mozambique repress all human rights and yet receive less censure than authoritarian governments that only curtail some civil liberties. One might point out, of course, that the violations of Finally the American press, which constantly report1 on the status of human rights around the globe, seems to base its definition of human rights on the U.S. Constitutions First Amendment rights of freedom of speech, press, assembly and religion. But the average peasant worker in an underdeveloped country is more concerned with the right to own property, to grow crops or raise animals of his own choosing, to sell the product of his labor, and to be able to travel, live and work where and when he wishes. These latter kinds of freedoms basically freedom to control ones own life, are profoundly more important to most people than the abstruse formulations of State Department officials, and the views of groups like the American Civil Liberties Union. r i MORAL IMPERIALISM By Ldwin "Our concept of human rights, said President Carter on arriving in Warsaw, is preserved in Poland. but But are they? Human rights is a beautiful phrase 292-550- 3 Summing up: Human rights has emerged as at best an ambiguous and inconsistently applied cliche, and at worst an ideological sledgehammer that on one hand antagonizes enemies and on the other hand alienates allies. More a foreign policy of moral imperialism. specifically (Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, Washington-base- a research organization.) d Send us letters to the editor SiifEc-ifnom- Do you care ? m jF&flT BEST OF THE WEST Sometimes I am appalled at the attitude that some people have about the local newspaper in the North Ogden, Pleasant View area. The general attitude, or so everyone says, is that they enjoy the paper and want it to continue to be in the North Ogden area. Iam tired of being ignored at the North Ogden City Council meetings, as if I was not a member of the press. I wish that the city would realize that the Beacon can give local issues much more coverage than any other newspaper. It can be treated as important news in a local weekly newspaper and given coverage on possibly the front page. Sometimes, I think my efforts are useless and would be better appreciated elsewhere. Sometimes the Utah people can be as cold as the weather. I enjoy working with the Beacon and would like to continue, but the paper is pot doing anyone any good unless people read the paper, subscribe to it and advertise in the paper. As citizens of North Ogden, if you really want a weekly newspaper in your area, you do something about it support Mazda GLC. it. Sue Ellen Sims Beacon Editor , t ('U PA M,1 s l1 S c in i i '1 D li It t4 ID i u i'. i ' n jsi JI n t ' It 'h t n it, , , , ft1' 1' Americas population conwith the latest tally a whopping 216 million. But did you know about one state thats growing at almost three times the national average? Its Utah and its growth reflects the fact that the state is on the threshold of a boom. 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The L nited States Chamber of Commerce has stated, "this bill denies the employers due process of law and strikes at the heart of the governments traditional neutrality in labor relations." Labor analyst for the New York Times. ATI. Ras- union noted. come have to organizers kin. rely on union shop con- tracts and other forms of push-buttounionism in which the employers deliver over the workers to the union" as prescribed in the National Labor Law Reform bill. The reason for this move to control the labor is clear: union force membership has declined in the by a cast and two years. labor a has organized defection problem that is n union-organizin- or other unionorganizing on the job; and for the first time, security guards at a business can be represented by the same union that represents other thus leaving employees to disrupt union activities at the national level. The AFL-CIfor example, lost over 1,300 local unions in recent months and is experiencing heavy losses at the state levels. second reason was uncovered after hours of testimony before the L .S. A Senate's ReHuman sources Committee hear- on ings National Organized Law-Reform- . labor business the half-milljo- n threatening is demanding wholesale revision of the law because few tenacious of a American companies who have fought unions over the years much to their frustrated dismay. As a result labor badlv wants to punish these companies as examples to any others who may be getting the same ideas. Tlie measure is loaded with imaginative to control the ways American workforce, and union officials are quick to admit that it needs to be with their total nationwide membership down to less than 20 percent of the workers. Some of the provisions in the bill include: quickie elections that dont give management a chance to tell their story before unionization has occurred; equal time to unions to talk to employees if employers address union issues during working hours; three-yea- r punitive actions which deny federal to employers contracts who violate the new Labor Reform Act; double backpay to any employee who is illegally discharged for g activities related to totally defenseless at strike time and giving an unfair edge to the union in bargaining. An impartial review of the National Labor Law Reform package will form an obvious conclusion that this bill is designed to make it easier for unions to organize the working ;opulation. Unions do, not deny this. They are now losing more than half of the organizing elections with our current labor laws. It is easy to see why labor wants to change the rules they feel they not survive otherwise. Just 1 shot of vaccine and IMMUNITY IS PERMANENT. 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