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Show A CORNER ON EDUCATION BY ERMA CHRISTENSEN PAGE 9 A The Constitution, Vol. 6, No. 47 Independent V Liberty, Morality, and Truth November 20, 1975 25C Sal! Lake City. Utah 84115 BEWARE FEDERAL CHILD CONTROL! WHAT IS THE REAL On September 17, 1971, Congressman John R. Rarick declared: Congress or the bureaucrats were to come right out and proclaim that they were going to take Americas children away from parents and home and put them all under federal control, custody, and ownership, the parents ol America would rise up in protest and indignation, So, what is bad must be disguised to appear good or at least economically beneficial in order to be sold to an unsuspecting citizenry, Comprehensive child development financed by the federal government, which almost became law in this country in 1971, is once again being pushed in Congress. The radicals who rammed it through both the House and the Senate in 1971 only to have former President. Nixon veto it, are hoping that the public uproar it raised then has now died down. The 1975 bills, H.R. 2966 and S. 626, are virtually identical to the original Child Development Act of 1971. However, purportedly to stress family participation, the nam--- ! of the 1975 bill has been changed to PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED FEDERAL Child and Family Services Act. Efforts are being made to sell the . pansion of federally-controlle- d include youngsters from 'day-ca- program re 3 ex- schooling to to 5 years as a designed to help working mothers and to enable disadvantaged mothers to seek employment outside the home. However, THE PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORT of October 1975 points out that federal aid for child-car- e is already available to the needy from more than 50 other federal programs. Congressman John G. Schmitz on June 28, 1972, had this to say: The essential fact about this legislation, which needs to be stressed over and over again, is that it goes far befor yond simple custodial day-ca- re children whose mothers by absolute economic necessity must work. Many people still have the erroneous impression that this is just a day-cabill, mean custodial and by ,day-cathey care, supervising small children at play without trying to change or develop them, re re What, then, is tho real threat pre CENTERS ? DAY-CAR- E sented by the Child and Family Act of 1975? Services columnist James J. Kilpatrick on October 14, 1975, put it this way: For all its deceptive trimmings, this Syndicated bill proposes to make the government prime parent of millions of children. In the formative years of early childhood, under this massive program, the role of natural parents would become merely advisory, A legion of teachers, psychologists, and behavior specialists would shape the infant clay. As a matter of fact. Dr. Reginald Lourie, President of the Joint Commission on Mental Health of Children, in testimony before a Senate Committee, stated: There is serious thinking among child researchers that we cannot trust the family alone to prepare young peonot ple for this new kind of world but are they mly parents unnecessary, are too inept to rear their own child-- n n. An editorial in the July 12, 1972, quotes Lourie as having stated that the timing of appropriate NEWS INDIANAPOLIS C ontinued on page 6 Harrowing Nightmare hy John Patrick October 30. 1975 was a beautiful autumn day in Bountiful. Utah, a peaceful little town of 25.000 population. The sun was shining and the air was crisp and there was nothing that hinted of the biirre chain of cents that was about to unfold at the home of J. Brian Smith, a retired rancher, age 75. who lives with his wife, age 71, UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Socond CUt Posttgo Paid at 8aH Lakft Cftv. Uttft t'i u M cc V3 C to N to to to a: C" H-- l c- - to Q to w ca f Cx. 'sr CO a k ot tl3 M M V & til O KM4 M 5S W tli I at 335 East 1950 South, Bountiful. Utah. At approximately 11:00 A.M. Mr. Smith was approached at the door of his home by two men. one a constable from Salt Lake City. Utah by the name of Gordon Putnam and the other a Bountiful City police officer named Blaine Palmer. They informed Mr. Smith that they had a Bench Warrant issued by a Salt Lake City judge for the arrest of his daughter. Karma Grismore. wife of John F. Gris-mor- e. (The warrant itself was Illegal and in violation of Utah Statute inasmuch as there had never been a complaint filed prior to the issuance of the Warrent. In addition the Utah State Supreme Court declared parking tickets unconstitutional in 1952 in the case Nasfell vs. Ogden City. Also Mrs. Grismore had never been summoned to appear prior to the Bench Warrant being issued. In fact. Mrs. Grismore never parked the car on which the ticket had been placed; it just happened to be registered in her name.) Mr. Smith responded that Mrs. Grismore was not there. The officers then said that they had reason to believe that she was and demanded to search the house. Mr. Smith once again told them that she was not there and asked them to please leave the property. The officers told Mr. Smith that they thought he was lying at which time Mr. Smith stepped into his house and returned with a shotgun and ordered them off of his property. At no time did he point the gun at anyone, but merely indicated to the officers that they were not going to search his house inasmuch as they did not have a warrant to do so and that since they were armed he felt that he should be armed, too. In fact, he told them that he was not going to shoot anyone but that if they wanted to start something that he would be obliged to retaliate. Mr. Smith then went back into his house, closed the door and put calibre away his gun. a the officers shotgun. At this time radioed for help and within minutes Mr. Smiths house was surrounded by approximately 12 patrol cars from the Bountiful City Police. Dept., and the U tah State Highway Patrol. Approximately 20 police dressed in bullet proof vests and armed with shotguns, automatic weapons, tear gas and hand grenades then made Mr. Smith and his wife hostages inside their own home for over five hours. At approximately 1:45 P.M. Yvonne Henderson. Mr. Smiths daughter, arrived at the Smith residence with her eight children and was immediately removed from her car and her children told that they would be put in foster Mrs. It seems that homes. Henderson was mistaken for Karma Grismore for wl:om the arrest warrant was issued. Mrs. Henderson was handcuffed and taken into custody and later charged with interfering with police officers in the performance 4-- 10 of their duty. At approximately 3:10. P.M. Mr. Grismore. having heard of the incident on the radio arrived at the scene and was allowed by the police to enter the Smith home to talk with Mr. Smith, his father-in-laHe found Mr. and Mrs. Smith in their bedroom relaxing and in fairly good spirits. No gun was visible. Mr. Smith told Mr. Grismore what had happened, that he hadnt done anything wrong and that if they wanted to arrest him they would have to enter his home against his will to do so. Mr. Grismore then relayed this message to the police and assured them that there would be no resistance on the part of Mr. Smith if they telt they had to press the matter further. The po! ice then stormed the housi broke down the front and back w. doors, handcuffed Mr. Smith and carried him out on a stretcher. They took him to the South Davis Community Hospital for examination and then booked him into the Davis County Jail on the charge of aggravated assault. The complaint alleges, That at the time and place aforesaid, he (Mr. Smith) did intentionally cause bodily injury to another by using a deadly weapon or such means or force likely to produce death or serious bodily injury, ..." The facts surrounding this incident are incredible and a disgrace to all law enforcement officers in the State of Utah, but what is even more incredible were the false stories put out through the news media during the five hours that Mr. and Mis. Smith were being n A |