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Show AMERICANA TOM BREITLING ON THE UTAH ART CENTER PAGE 3 Dedicoted To The Constitution, Liberty. Morality, and Truth I 'ki(1r'kicicirk'k1rkitickic'k1rk'irklckjckJrirtt'irtrirk'k Vol. 6, No. 48 THE UNITED An Enemy Hath Done This by President Ezra Taft Benson No political opportunist would dare to speak out completely against the U.N. so long as public sentiment is so solidly for it. Yet the public, to a large extent, depends upon our leaders in Washington to speak forthrightly about the important issues of the day. So, we find ourselves on a kind of merry-go-rouwhere practically everyone is in favor of the U.N. because they have never heard anyone speak out against it, and no one will speak out against the U.N. because almost everyone endorses it. After many years of observing the U.N. in operation, after carefully researching the less The United Nations has been the recipient of so much lavish praise and favorable publicity, most of us have come to regard it as the embodiment of our own hopes for peace and a better future world. Who could have the audacity to speak out against this wonderful organization? Occasionally, of course, we hear what at first appears to be oppublicized aspects of this position to the U.N., but upon organization, and after a great deal closer examination, we find that of I reluctantly most of the talk is about how weak have been forced to the conclusion the U.N. is, how it has failed to do that the U. N. s potential for evil far this or do that, how it needs to be outweighs its potential for good. strengthened and given more Furthermore, the very nature of authority perhaps even a stan- the organization is such that this ding army so it could really ac- evil cannot be corrected without In other disbanding and starting all over complish something. is not op- from the bottom up. words, this criticism I wish with all my heart that is It all. merely a plea position at for us to support the U.N. even this were not true, but it is true, and the issue is far too important for more. nd soul-searchin- MAYOR-ELEC- T TYRANNY NATIONS--PLANNE- D From The Book When we resist...concen-tratio- n of power, we are resisting the powers of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of liberties. human (Woodrow Wilson, May 9, 1912; Great Quotations, p. 603) g, the future of mankind to allow sentimentality to cloud our vision. Its about time someone placed principle above popularity and came right out and spoke the truth. During my early of the U.N., one of the hardest things for me to do was to separate the dream of nations united from the reality of the United Nations. Like most Americans, to me the idea of a world united in peace and brotherhood was so appealing that it was extremely difficult to be objective about the organization that claimed it was the fulfillment of that dream. I so fervently wanted the U.N. to be what it said it was. I was far from receptive toanti-U.sentiment. This is, perhaps, the U.N.'s greatest protection the ease with which the dream can be confused with the reality.1 The first step, therefore, in accurately appraising the U.N. is to separate the two. We must distinguish in our thinking the vital difference between the idea of the United Nations, or a United Nations, or even some future UnitedNations between these and the existing United Nations. Unfortunately, they are not at all N. the same. With this as a starting frame of reference, then, w hat is there about the existing U.N. an organization of disunited nations that could lead me to such an unpopular conclusion? Let's look at the facts. Supporters of the U.N. often tell us how wonderful it is that all nations can come together under a single room and air their problems in open debate. The implication, of course, is that this procedure is a way of blowing off steam, a safety valve that somehow reduces the international tensions that otherwise might lead to war. How utterly absurd! Consider what would happen if every time a small spat arose between a husband and wife they called the entire neighborhood together and took turns airing their complaints in front of the whole group. Would there be much real chance of reconciliation? Instead of working out their problems together, the necessity of saving face, proving points and winning popular sympathy would likely drive them further apart. Not only that, by the time the issue was put to a vote, the neighbors would be forced into BYE BYE BREZHNEV TED WILSON TO HARVARD the Institute of Politics in the Ted Wilson of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Mayor-EleSalt Lake City left for Bos- School of Government told ton on Thursday, Nov. 20 to The Utah Independent that attend a Seminar at Harvard Wilson attended a Seminar Dan Small of on Transition of Leadership University. for New Mayors. Salt Lake City (TUI) ct Reprinted from According to an important The Washington drkl, daily. Informations, Leonoid Brezhnev has agreed to O server retire this coming February. The top level secret agreement was announced at the recent NATO meeting in Brussels. of Brezhnev's replacement as Secretary-Generthe Communist Party has also been decided by the powers-that-b- e in the Kremlin and presumably has also been approved bv the powers-that-b- e in Washington. However, the name of his successor was not revealed in Brussels. The Infonmtcioncs report, bvlined bv the paper's diplomatic correspondent in Western Europe, Americo Velez, has been suppressed bv the free press in the United States. It is possible that Brezhnev himself would be tbe one to designate his successor. But, on the other hand, his failing health, plus the recent setbacks on his policies on the various fronts (Bangladesh in Asia, Egypt in the Islamic world, Portugal in Europe and the difficult battle for grain due to structural deficiencies of Soviet agriculture and to Moscows commercial incompetence on the world markets) have persuaded the collective leadership of the premier Socialist power to select a new man for the visit to Washington which Brezhnev had been expected to make. Moscow is fully conscious of the fact Velez (juotes a Belgian Kremlinologist who in other instances had given him forecasts which events confirmed that the Soviets have no alternative to cooperation with the United States. But Soviet leaders find solace in the belief that thev enjov Ma- - al The seminar was UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 sponsored Kennedy Paid at Salt Uka Citv. Utah M cs - K m ta M p- r aUi tv 44 H Ci Q D cc M c O go aec h s op cn w jMKH o SJ o) W the School of (with Small said the weekend program is an intensive, heavy session of study and instruction. a b) o co- Government) by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, an affiliate of National League of Cities and of 1313 Center in Chicago. A reception at 5:30 PM on Nov. 20 initiated the seminar, which ended Monday, Nov. 24 at 3 PM. Second Class Posttg I November 27, 1975 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Readers of The Utah Independent are aware that U.S. Conference of Mayors is a part of Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR). AC1R has been described by columnist Jo Hindman as the UN CELL, which works for Metro, and Regional throughout States. Government the United Continued on page S taking sides. Suddenly their own ranks would be divided, and they would return to their own homes to continue a quarrel that, previously, wasn't even known to them. What starts out as an argument between two people now infects the entire neighborhood with bitterness and dissension. Exactly the same kind of thing happens daily as the U.N. diplomats stand in front of the General Assembly, shake their fingers at each other, hurl insults at teach other, and then ask all nations of the world to choose up sides. Far from being a procedure calculated to preserve peace, this kind of madness can only increase the likelihood of war. What is wrong with the traditional methods of maintaining contact between nations through the use of ambassadors, envoys The and a diplomatic corps? United States has such contacts in all the major capitals of the world. Quiet Why not use them? has been and diplomacy always still is far more conducive to real international than progress diplomacy on the stage. Continued on page 6 THE FED AUDIT-FIGHT- ING BIG MONEY Wright Patmans Weekly letter First Cong. Dist. of Texas From long experience, I know that when you take on all those strongly entrenched big money interests, you arc headed for the fight of your life. Even so. was deeply disappointed by the action of the House Rules Committee in attempting to block my Federal Reserve audit bill from going to the House Floor for an vote. Consider these shocking facts: the Federal Reserve handles $30 trillion a year in financial transactions; it collects over $6 billion a year in interest on the $94 billion in government bonds that it has 1 up-or-do- purchased with government money; it has a firm and grip on the jugular vein of the U.S. economy; it is able to raise interest rates to excessive and unbearable level::; it expands or contracts the money supply at will; and it is the only major Federal agency not subjected to regular independent audits by an arm of the Federal government the General Accounting Office. This is an horrendous scandal with tragic consequences for each and every American except, of course, those who profit from this grandaddy of 1 will s. continue to work all for approval of my audit bill. ever-tighteni- rip-off- ng |