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Show July 23, 1970 THE UTAH INDEPENDENT Page 6 Henson S peaks at Boston Rally ( could win Roman citizenship simply by volunteering for service in the legions of Rome. But, with increasing affluence and opulence, the young men of Rome began avoiding This service, finding excuses to remain in the soft and sordid life of the city. They took to using cosmetics and wearing values. still talking about Rome.) The morals declined. It became unsafe to walk in the countryside or the city streets. Rioting was commonplace and sometimes whole sections of towns and cities were burned. And, all the time, the twin diseases of confiscatory taxation (Im and creeping inflation were waiting to deliver the death blow. Then finally, all these forces overcame the energy and ambition of the middle class. Rome fell. We are now approaching the East Minus West Equals Zero, in order tliat you might sec the documentation as to how we de- conference. inliberately established Russias dustrial and warmaking power. May I also commend to you the filmstrip, The Great Pretense-Ho- w me j middle-clas- s Hong Kong, Guam and other points. Some had traveled 3,000 miles to the worry about reports from home burners and of rioters, draft-car- d times more pther citizens-ma-ny numerous-wh- o seem oblivious to the threat to our freedom as they continue to enjoy their confort-abl- e complacency. They worry about those many complacent in high citizens at home-soplaces who talk some gullibly, others they fear deceptively-- of peaceful coexistence with the greatest, most destructive and insidious evil in the world. They know that as college campus riots spread, so does the Communists role in the disturbances. e Among the teachers and schol-ar- s was group called the Cynics whose number let their hair and beards grow, and who wore slovenly clothes, and professed indifference to worldly goods as they heaped scorn on what they called the Philippines, These are men who are ready to give their all in defense of freedom. These American servicemen hairdos and garbecame difficult, until it ments, the historians tell us, to tell the sexes apart. ' and particularly from our own government. May I commend to you the book by Werner Keller entitled, me Continued from Page 5) feminine-lik- and tears to many eyes. These men-a- ll American citizens-cato the Conference from Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, ELDER EZRA TAFT BENSON Mtmbir, Council of Twohro Church of Jomm Christ Saint of Lattor-da- y bombing missions, with the background of gunfire heard in the distance. After shaking hands with more then 800 of these battle-hardene- d, brave and patriotric men hard as nails physically-fill- ed with faith and right hand ached and my heart was filled with min gled feelings of gratitude and sadtestimony-m- y ness. And yet we have men-so- me in declare that o Communism is not the principle high places-wh- threat to the United States of America. People who make such statements are either uninformed, sadly naive, or else they are deliberately helping the Com- munist self-avowe- war-threaten- war-tor- ed dress--sometim- es y MOTOR HOLLADAYS d said: While Ostensibly Opposing It, a documentary filmstrip on how the free world finances communism. Now some people may feel tliat this has just been stupidity on our part and the mistakes of mortal men who really mean well but did not realize wliat they were doing. I agree that there lias been some stupidity on the part of some people-b- ut consistency has never been a hallmark of stupidity. I believe it was Forrestal who said tliat if it were just stupidity, then we would have made a few more mistakes on our ride now and is not consistent. Now sometimes we have appeared to take a step forward toward freedom, but it has inevitably been followed by two steps backward toward communism. Not only has this been true in our foisting communism onto other countries, but it also holds true regarding the increasing socialistic-comm- trends in unistic e greatest I thought of the more than evil in this world and the greatest threat to all we hold dear. 42,674 sons, brothers, and husNo, most of these servicemen-especia- lly bands who have given their lives not the officers-we- rc in this, the strangest war in our nations history. I made ride trips deceived. They would hope that end of our second century. by helicopter to visit others criti- their fellow citizens at home would get one thing straight at (Adapted from an address by cally wounded in hospitals-pa- rt Governor Ronald Reagan at of the more than 281 ,058 listed. I the very beginning. International Eisenhower College in New York, thought of the 1,400 reported Communism is the 1969.) missing or captured, and 8,000 enemy of every loyal American. more who have died from non- It has declared war against us and I recently returned from two combat causes, whose loved ones fully intends to win. The war in n and weeks in also mourn the loss caused by this which we are engaged is total. AlAsia. While there I held six strange war, the casualties of though its main battlefields are ServiceMormon which now exceed the total of the psychological, political, and meetings with men in Vietnam. In combat Korean War. ( Iitvhir of the economic, it also encompasses with guns stacked in Xpu's, July 1, 1970, revolution, violence, terror, and p. 12.) the comer of the Chapel-the- se limited military skirmishes. faithful Latter-daA few days later at an AsiaSaints, bearers of the Priesthood, strained to wide Servicemens Conference at And now I wish to reveal one of hear the Gospel messages above Mt. Fuji, Japan, I listened to testithe greatest tragedies of all time-a-nd the roar of helicopters and jet monies of faith and love of couna fact that an increasing numfrom fighters leaving or returning try that brought lumps to throats ber of us arc gradually coming to realize-a- nd that is this: The growth and increasing success of ELECTRIC communism around the world has been primarily the result of 3231 South State St. the support, yes, increasing supAll Electric Motors, Hand Tools port, which it has received from And Small Appliances Repaired right within the United Slates, Conspiracy-th- election. And so they did. But the tragedy is this: That communism is getting increasing help from this present administration. It was Thomas Jefferson who Communism to Finance then, because stupidity Communism change in the last Presidential Amer- ica. Said J. Reuben Clark: And do not think that all these usurpations, intimidations, and impositions are being done to us through inadvertence or mistakes; the whole course is deliberately planned and carried out; its purpose is to destroy the Consti-tutio- n and our Constitutional government; then to bring chaos, out of which the new Statism, with its slavery, is to arouse, with a cruel, relentless, selfish, ambitious crew in the saddle, riding hard with whip and spur, a red-shroud- period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematical plan of reducing us to slavery. (Thomas Jefferson, Workss , Vol. 1, p. 130, quoted in P.P.N.S., p. 145.) Do you think we could have defeated Hitler in World War II if we trained his pilots for him, built his steel mills, sent him billions in aid, traded with him, let his men run for office in our country, work in our defense plants, teach our children? Yet this is exactly what we have done for the communists, and our trade with them is on the increase in practically all the essentials that they need to kill our men in Vietnam. As J. Reuben Clark stated: I have wished to bring to- gether and to call to your attention a number of matters, the close relationship of which it is easy to miss, and to indicate to you that, so assembled, they make a pattern which cannot be accounted for except on the theory that some group of minds out a diabolical plan for the detraction of our liber- is working ties and freedom, our divinely inspired Constitution and the Government our fathers set up thereunder, and the wiping out of our constitutional guarantees and the free lives, the security, the happiness, and the blessings we have thereunder. (J. Reuben en-joy- ed Clark, Jr., January 24, 1945, quoted in P.P.N.S., p. 324.) ed band of night riders for despotism.... If we do not vigorously fight for our liberties, we shall go clear through to the end of the road and become another Russia, or worse.... (J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Church Sows, September 25, 1949, Quoted Sincle acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished in P.P.N.S., p. 328.) Of the objectives wliich the communists are presently pressing for, how many can you name where they are not presently succeeding in this country? the communist party line is for increased trade, peaceful coexistdisarmament ence, talks, reduction in military spending, etc. Are they succeeding? Even back in the FBI Annual east-we- Ah, hut some people say that the American people voted for a st (Continued on Page 7) Motor Rewinding Phones: Bus. 467-207- 1 Res. 262-521- 5 BEATRICE'S LEE J. H0LLADAY 4046 So. 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