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Show Page 6 UTAH INDEPENDENT May 14. 1971 n Th BEN FRANKLIN The President is hobbled in his task of leading the American people to consensus and concerted action by the restrictions ol power imposed on him by a constitutional system designed lor an ISth century of agrarian society far removed from the centers world power. (Of course, restricting the President so he could not become a dictator was the whole idea. But Senator Fulbright seemed to see great virtue in the possibilities of the President as a Benevolent dictator.) Continuing on the same theme, he said: He (the President) alone, among elected officials can rise alove parochialism and private pressures. He alone, in his role as teacher and moral leader, can hope to overcome the excesses and inadequacies of a PUBLIC. opinion that is all too often ignorant of the needs, the dangers, and the opportunities in our for- Cleon Skousen by Reprinted from Law and Order Magazine W. By Ogden Kraut The life story of Benjamin Franklin reads like fiction. It seems highly improbable that so eign relations. (The role of kings used to he defended on precisely these same grounds but historv has demonstrated that individuals, whether kings or presidents, make more mistakes acting on their own than an aggregate much genius and wisdom could be wrapped up within one human being. The long list of his achievements in the fields of science, public service, political office, and business, rendered him the highest honors while he lived and immortalized his name since his death. Thomas Jefferson said that he was the greatest man and ornament of the age and and another writer wrote that Franklin concerned country; himself with such different matters as statesmanship and soapmaking, cabbage-growin- g, and and the rise of book-printin- g tides and the fall of empires. Ben Franklin wasbom January 17, 1706, as the 15th child and had 14 older asters which may Viavebeen a contributing factor to his humorous wit and homespun philosophy. Although he obtained only two years of schooling, he became one of the best educated men of his time. At the age of twelve he became an apprentice printer, and at twenty-fou- he owned his own r newspaper called the Penn- Who would dare to attack the Constitution? t. A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION the immediate reaction oi most people when tlu first learn that there is an extremely campaign aioot to abolish the United States Constitution. Actually, the whole1 idea has been 'Restating for a long time. Sxniptoms of it have been popping up in the speeches of certain Senators, certain State Department oilicials. certain White House aids, and in g the press lor several years. It also has been the regular diet for many students ol political science who base been attending some ol the major This is high-powere- well-finance- d. d lelt-win- J. WILLIAM SENATOR FULBRIGHT an example ol what has been going on. here is the way Senator J. William Fulbright launched his attack on the Constitution during a speech helore the students and facultv at Stanford University in 1961 : As It was shortly alter this that some speech writer for President Kennedy slipped a passage into a speech delivered August 2S. 1962. indicating that the Constitution was not an "Automatic light to the future because "the ( institution was written lor an entire!) diilereut period in our nation's historx. By 19fio. Walter Lippmann was hammering on this theme that Constitutional processes were prosing unworkable because a lot of important legislation presented h the White House had been turned down by the Democratic Congress. He failed to point out that most ol this legislation xvas an exact duplicate of socialist programs in Furope which had proven disastrous. Members of the Democratic Party who con- trolled Congress had rejected their President's proposals exactly as the. founding fathers had hoped they Sod Your Lawn No Mud! No Dust! No .Waiting! "Beautiful lawn In One Day" a Carpet! Sod is Cut 1" Thick X I 8" 6' Long. One Square Yard In A Roll Bank Financing Available Rolls out like Wide compe- titors. His newspaper was the first to carry a drawn cartoon, but it was his publishing of Poor Richards Almanac that became his most profitable enterprise, selling 10,000 copies annually. These sage sayings became world renown and are still quoted today, some of which are: 'Little strokes fell great oaks; Hes a fool that makes his doctor God helps those who his heir; help themselves; and He that falls in love with himself will have of informed citizens acting in unison.) Senator former Rhodes Scholar, continued: "It is imperatixe that we break out of the intellectual confines ol cherished and traditional hclieis and open our mind to the possibility that Basic Changes in Onr System may In essential to meet the requirements ol the 2llth ceiiturv. Ful-brigh- sylvania Gazette. He won an early success in business; his formula work a for success was simple little harder than the If 0 X 255-718- 5 Blue Grass Turf Farms, Inc. FAMILY . . . fun & dining! 9600 South 2700 West - Riverton featuring . PIZZA SANDWICHES SALAD ENJOY 2 URGE FlREPUCES & UVE MUSIC 250 SO. 3RD EAST PH. 355-17- 29 no rivals. As a public servant he made major contributions which improved city, state, national and international conditions. Franklin offered to clear up the postal mess in Philadelphia and was made the City Postmaster. His efforts improved the system so much that he was promoted to be Deputy Postmaster of all the Colonies. 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