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Show Rige 4 THE UTAH INDETOIDENT November 27, 1970 Cornelius J. Gallagher s Subcommittee of the House Government CONGRESSMAN JOIKIW O. VUU U Zb stock reportedly stated, regarding her children: I have an obligation under the law to see that they get an education. I had no alternative. At the time the story was written, Mr. and Mrs. Gracey did not even know where their three youngest school aged children had been taken. A society which simultaneously, by court decision, compels the hiring of nudists as policemen and takes children away from their parents for not attending classes in which abortion is discussed, is a society well on the road to insanity. Some will say these are mere isolated instances, and so they are now. That is why they are Congressman still newsworthy. But the patJohn G. Schmitz tern of madness they reveal is and infectious. This is An ancient Greek proverb hire the departments top appli- spreading moral bankruptcy; it said: Those whom the gods cant because of his membership worse than is a total perversion of common would destroy, they first make in a nudist colony violated the and common sense. mad. There are times when it Glen Bumie mans constitutional decency For several years I have been seems that todays America is right of free association. of the dangers of the bent on proving its truth anew. The other story, appearing in warning drive by our governOn the same day recently, the Buffalo, New York, Evening continuing ment school systems which is October 21, two news stories ap.Yeas, and also reporting the acthe proper name to give to what tion of a judge, began as follows: peared in Eastern papers. One, call public schools Six of Mrs. Cecilia Graceysnine we usually an Associated Press dispatch to change and dominate the from Baltimore, reported that a children have been taken from her and placed in foster homes children who attend them, Federal judge had just ruled that them thereby from the Baltimore Citv Police De-- because she refused to send estranging their parents. The current pracpartment could not refuse to put them to a school for sex teachtice of administering amphetaPublic school authorities a nudist on the police force, ing. in Oswego County, New York, mines and related powerful ordering that he be hired within children in many have admitted that abortion was drugs to young seven days. schools, which was Federal Judge Edward S. discussed in a class which Mrs. government the subject of a special hearing Gracevs children were required Northrop was said to have de29 by Congressman clared that the decision not to to attend. Judge Donald Com- - September d The Giving Of Thanks little food and an epidemic of sicknesses, they lost more than half of their numbers. Once only six members were well enough to care for the others. Dead bodies had to be buried at night to prevent the Indians from knowing how weak their colonv had be-come. In 2J4 years the Jamestown Colonv had dwindled from 500 d By Ogden Kraut 1970 will be a ! paradox to that one of 1621 The Pilgrims who came to America made no small sacrifice Thanksgiving to gain passage. They had to ob- tain ship fare, tools for building homes and farms, and food for a year all with the knowledge that they would live in a wilderness country among hostile savages. And what was the reason for such sacrifices? To escape from the tyrannies of excessive government and religious persecution! They landed with gratitude and Christbegan their first house on mas Day, but work was stopped by the heavy snows of a blizzard. Their first winter was tragic. With d to only 60. For many years there was a New England custom of placing five kernels of corn at each plate, in memory of that first winter when food was so scarce that five kernels of com was all that could be doled out. A friend in England wrote a letter to the remaining members of the colony: Let it not be grievi-ou- s to you that you have been instruments to break the ice for others; the honor shall be yours till the worlds end. Those Pilgrims inspired the Puritans they then inspired others to make the journey to America. The sacrifice, the struggles and the love of freedom grew Continued on Page 8 Operations Committee, is further alarming evidence of this trend. Testimony presented at that hearing revealed the extent of the pressure put on parents who try to resist, or decline to consent to the drugging of their children at school. To quote the testimony of Mrs. Daniel II. Youngs of Indiana (formerly of Little Rock, Arkansas): The next few months the pressure was extreme. We received almost daily notes from the childrens teachers and calls from the school. We were told our children had completely quit trying and were failing every' subject. We knew what they were trying to accomplish by this, because we knewr parents in the neighborhood that submitted their children to the program because they couldnt take the pressure. Believe me, it wasnt a pretty sight to see little chil. ' drens personalities changed with the use of drugs.... My husband and I had no one to turn to. We knew that the school officials would do nothing. At this point we felt we had two alternatives: leave Arkansas or stay and fight. We chose to stavd and fight. We knew there were hundreds of children e on drugs and someone, would listen and help us put a stop to this program. We some-w'her- were wrong! Mrs. Youngs listed no less than fifteen officials and other persons to whom she appealed for help. None could or would do anything to protect her children. But to take a child away from his home and his parents altogether, and place him in another home without his parents consent or even knowledge because of a dispute over his schooling, is utterly unforgivable. This sort of thing is characteristic of the Soviet Union and Red China, but so far as I know, this is the first time it has happened in the United States. In other cases children have been forcibly returned to government schools, or their parents have been fined or briefly jailed for withdrawing them from school, but never before to my knowledge has a child been legally removed from his home for this reason. And this case involves not just one child, but six Tliat is why the case of the Gracey family deserves nationwide attention. If the reported facts are false, this should be established without delay. If they are true, they constitute the clearest proof so far of the full extent of the nightmare which our government school system is rapidly becoming, and of the crying need for action at every level of government to call a halt to such monsterous abuses of power. Show Your Appreciation Support Our Advertizers |