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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand June 16, THE KOREAN NUCLEAR Your Man DILEMMA In Washington By By U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch Time For Food Stump Reform On April 14th Presi- stamps will be freely given to anyone who can qualify, at an increased cost to the American taxpayers of some $2 billion. Aside from being totally contrary to the President's request of April 14th, the action appears to completely eliminate the incentive for many families to become productive. During debate on the Farm Bill several Senators made an attempt to' limit widespread fraud in the Food Stamp program. Senator Carl Curtis asked for photoidentification of food stamp recipients, crosschecking for duplicate applications, and an income survey. These are steps required of most citizens to cash a personal check. A similar program cut the caseload in one Eastern and saved state by 11 the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars. Despite projected nationwide savings of approximately $90 million, the dent Jimmy Carter said, 7 will resist to the utmost of my ability excessive spending by the Congress in fiscal year 1978 , and I am going to oppose strongly any spending substitution for projects that might be and which non-vit- al might initiate permanent programs ,or expenditures that can't be controlled in the future. Can a President of than months stand-u- p to Congress? Congress is apparently determined to find out less six (R-Neb- with the recently passed Farm Bill. As it now stands the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 contains price supports for wheat and other food grains which far exceed what the President has said he will accept; but this is only part of his dilemma. The most expensive portion of the bill is the Food Stamp program. As authorized in Senates Farm the' Bill, of food stamps has been liberalized at a time when public opinion polls call for reform. Under the bills provisions permitting a family of four with an annual income of up to $10,610 to receive food stamps, half the population of the state of Utah would be eligible. The lawmakers went one step further by eliminating the purchase requirement for the stamps. Previously a family has been required to s()end 20 of its income to purchase food stamps, unless the family was at the bottom of the poverty scale. Now. however. Curtis delivery' . r.) proposal was Utahn who defeated. This Congress is obviously not interested in controlling food stamp fraud at the present time. A watched the Senate debate on the Farm Bill was overheard to say later, " Every good idea and every program or proposed change that seemed to have merit was refected. It looked to me like the sponsors of this bill had only one thing in mind . . . make the President back down." How the President will NADER ENDORSES VIOLENCE That friendly little champion of the consumers and the environmentalists. and non-violen- Ralph Nader, tells how to he not so friendly Washington: The security of the several hundred tactical nuclear weapons that the U.S. will have in an advance position in South Korea after the withdrawal of American ground forces has members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff deeply concerned. The possibility that these small atomic bombs and shells and their air and ground delivery systems might fall into the hands of the North Koreans is now being carefully studied by the Presidents military advisers and the National Security Council, the governments highest civilian policy making body. Military experts privately stress that the Presidents questionable decision to withdraw the remaining 35,000 U.S. ground forces means that this country will have to rely on South Korean military forces to protect these weapons in case the North Koreans carry out their long standing threat to invade the South. There also is the threat that the North Koreans, in a lightning attack, would surround and seize Seoul, the South Korean capital, and hold its 7,000,000 residents as hostages until the nuclear weapons were turned over to them, neutralized, or withdrawn. Seoul is located less than 30 miles from the demilitarized zone. American combat forces, including the 2nd infantry division, are now positioned in a strategic reserve to block any North Korean surprise blitz with the option to use nuclear weapons if the President believes that this is necessary to halt the North Korean advance. The withdrawal, phased decided on without advance consultation with U.S. military commanders in Korea, will wipe out this strategic reserve thus increasing the possibility of a North Korean attack as contended by Maj. General John K. Singlaub, President who the recently removed from his Korean command, for publicly warning of the dangerous consequences. The dark heart of the warning of General Singlaub, which has been generally overlooked, was that the North Koreans launched a of tanks, aircraft, major build-u- p and other rockets, artillery, military vehicles immediately after Carter, during the 1976 Presidential campaign, announced that he would withdraw American forces from Korea if elected. The t. The Village Voice, in an interview published in its April 4 issue, quotes Ralph Nader as follows: "What activists are trying to do is make new law based on that stretches tradition of the settled Anglo-Saxo- n back through Blackburn's commentaries. That is, if someone tries to break into your house you can retaliate lawfully. In is projective. But the case of a nuclear reactor, the what are you going to do, wait until radioactivity is all over the place? Shouldn't you destroy property before it destroys you? Here you are violating a minor law to get judgment on a more important one. the way they did in the civil rights movement when they sat at those lunch counters. Apparently, Ralph Nader sees nothing wrong with using force and breaking the law to try to inflict the will of a small minority on the majority and to interfere with the welfare of the majority. Manchester Union Leader self-defen- se self-defen- se tough, blunt, no-nonse- nse General noted that the when new North Korean build-u- p coupled with the proposed pullout of American ground forces would upset the balance of military power in Korea and give the North Koreans a definite edge in all around fire power. PREPARING FOR WAR What isnt generally known is that the North Koreans in recent years have made extensive preparations He knew not what to say, and so he swore. George to make their military and industrial capability invulnerable to nuclear Paul Scott G. Byron 1977 The Utah attack by PRO-LIF- E putting everything underground. Military' supplies and food for more than a yea rare now stored in deep underground installations. All major industrial installations, including aircraft and tank production facilities, are underground. In sharp contrast, the South Koreans have built most of their defense and industrial capability above ground and concentrated on supporting a military force of 500,000 and increasing the standard of living of its people. The presence of U.S. military forces in Korea, including the nuclear strike force, has until now served as a strong deterrent against any North Korean attack. With this U.S. deterrent available the South Koreans felt there was no need to make vast expenditures to put their industrial and defense facilities underground. THE NEW .ELEMENT, The concern of General Singlaub and his military superiors in Korea is that the new security problem created by the withdrawal of U.S. ground forces will lead to the withdrawal of the tactical nuclear weapons and the adoption of a "no first use policy. In private conversations with the Chinese Communist leaders before he joined the Carter Cabinet, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance indicated that he was against the first use of nuclear weapons. Should Vances view become official U.S. policy, then the use of tactical nuclear weapons in case of a North Korean attack would be out of the question, and could greatly endanger the defense of South Korea. The danger of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons falling into the hands of the North Koreans keep some Japanese officials up nights because of the threat this would be to their security. over President Anxiety Carters Korean policy has brought both public and private pleas from Japan's ambassador in the U.S. and its foreign minister that nothing be done to upset the military balance in Korea. In their worst dreamsi Japan's conservative rulers see South Korea going the way of South Vietnam if American troops are pulled out. They have no desire to face a united Korea ruled by North Korean President kirn II Sung. This is why the House Armed Service Committee, in its investigation of the President's removal of General Singlaub from his - Independent Page 3 By Connie At. Pratt "If you're not part of the solution, the bumper sticker says, youre part of the problem! Many pro-lif- e people want to do something besides just talk about the anti-lif- e trend, but they Ill simply don't know what. offering hclp...by occasionally suggestions. If you check off even one item on the list, youll truly be part of the solution. 1) Write President Jimmy Carter, The White House, Washington, D.C. (Hes been been recently outspoken outspoken recently about human rights, yet he wrote the forward for Women in Need, joining the authors to plea for unrestricted had a direct abortion. ..and personal involvement in securing the Democratic abortion plank.) 2) Write Honorable Gunn McKay, House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515. (He claims hes working with BYU Law Professors to word an ap- Life Human propriate yet numerous versions have already been introduced. How many ways can one say: All human beings, including the preborn from fertilization, have a right to life?) 3) Contact your County Chairman about helping with the petition signature drive: Salt Lake Amendment, (359-5172- Davis ); Weber (393-2447- 4) Call ); and Utah ); 533-435- (295-5408- 5 (374-0696- ). to register for 5 feminist meeting the June and potentially anti-lif- e workshops on: the ERA, Health, Young Women, and Child Development (one topic includes Title XX funds, used to pay for abortions). 5) Write Senators Jake Garn and Orrin Hatch. Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20510, supporting S. 784. Write Congressmen Gunn McKay and David Marriott, House Office Building, Washington, D.C., 20515, supporting HR 45 18. These bills would curb medical-schodiscrimination against pro-lif- e applicants. 6) Phone Mary Petterson, to insist the next issue of the Weber County Directory of Community Information includes Abortion Alternatives, listing to and Utah Right Life. Birthright (If you live outside Weber, check directories from vour libraries for similar exclusions.. .particularly if they list Abortion Information, as the Weber County one did!) Pick out one (or more!) and Korean command, should doit now. Together we can lick the determine whether the withdrawal anti-lif- e problem! of American ground forces will endanger U.S. tactical weapons in Korea. FACTS OF LIFE: Not some sort The question could be one of of vegetating mass, the unborn the most explosive that congress largely controls the pregnancy, will consider during 1977. The is- while his mother is merely a passive sue must be faced because the fate carrier. of both South Korea and Japan ride on the decisions that the President is now making. The issue is too important to be left to the politicians. The price ponsibility. of greatness is res- 24-2- ol 399-841- 6, STOP ABORTION Winston Churchill I'M TOO YOUNG TO DIE! |
