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Show Page THE UTAH INDEPENDENT 4 January 22, 1971 Guaranteed Annual Income By Congressman John G. Schmitz by W. Cleon Skousen On August 8, 1969, President Nixon first unveiled to the American people his welfare reform or family assistance plan, the main feature of which was a guaranteed annual in- Reprinted from Law and Order Magazine the first time come for all included in been this had ever major Federal legislation. Carried on the crest of a wave of rhetoric about how it would simplify welfare paperwork and compel deadbeats to work, the Administration's welfare bill passed the House last year. But in a rare reversal of the usual pattern of Congressional action today, the more liberal Senate defeated this measure which would normally have been to their liking, after the more conservative House had approved it. one The defeat of this bill the few for solid victories of the beleagured taxpayer in the session of Congress just completed was due to belated but vigorous efforts by groups such as the American This became the war-ol tin Students for a Democratic Sociotv (SDS) as earlv as 1966 when thov issued au official declaration lv Mark Kleiinan entitled, llinh School Reform: Towards a Stud nil m Conservative Union and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, and particularly to the dedicated and untiring research and committee work of Movement. This came out ol SDS just .is John Edgar Hoover was announcing on February 10, 1966: One of the most militant organizations now engaged in activities protesting U.S. foreign policy is a student youth group called Students for a Democratic Society. Communists are actively promoting and participating in the activities ol this organization which is as a group of liberals and radicals. Ten days earlier, February 1. 1966. J. Edgar Hoover had raised urgent storm signals in connection with the mounting climate ol violence and nihilism spreading among the youth. Said lie: The unvarnished truth is that the communist conspiracy is seizing this insurrectionary climate to captivate the thinking ol rebellious-minde- d youth and coax them into the communist movement itself or at least agitate them into Senator John Williams of Delaware, now most unfortunately retired, by his own choice. However, Prisident Nixon has indicated his intention to have a similar bill reintroduced early in the new session of Congress. It is very much to be hoped that he will give heed to better advice than he received in drawing up his earlier self-describ- family assistance plan. To quote from the excellent sum mar)'- of that plan prepared - (Continued on Page 5) I I I ! serv ing the communist cause. As it turned out, the real villains in the potpouri ol violence which subsequently erupted was not onh the Communists (who operated openly and brazenly) but the socialists, liberals, left wing intellectuals g and politicians in both political parties who used the.ir good offices of respectability to open doors for the Communists. They opened the doors ol high schools and colleges to them. Thov treated them sun- pathetically in press, radio and TV. They introduced them to the treasuries of the major foundations. Almost before people realized what was happening ideas and revolutionary vioa rash lence broke out on college campuses, followed very quickly by similar incidents in many junior and senior left-win- tax-exem- pt high schools. Here 1971 is I in comfort! . Cleon Skousen A A A A A A A ArAArAArAA A A A AAAAA AA I I I I I I Every day can seem like a holiday when you enjoy it j W. I I I Rock-A-Loung- er Time for a good reading program. We have all of Adele Davis books. You can begin by reading Lets Have Healthy Children. A noteworthy and valuable book for all young couples on the verge of parenthood. It is a must. I I I I I I I I I I We I I How to Live in a Poisoned World I I I I I I I I I The whole family will scramble for the with comfort of a Berkline mechanism. You've never wonderful do-aknown a chair to be so wonderful. See it now. Rock-A-Loung- have other good selections The Healing Powers ol Herbs Informative reading Both by May Bethel. I I er ll Sugar House 1050 East 21st South I I I I I I I BEATRICE'S SELECTED VALLEY FOODS 3530 South Redwood Road Salt Lake City, Utah 84119 I I Provo I I 1134 North 5th West I J Phone 299-304- 1 if. if. |