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Show The UTAH INDEPENDENT February 18, 1972 Reendeirs My yftUoofc Political Continued from Page 2 mands to view the public records have been unduly burdensom on the city and the taxpayers. They Creed not mentioned the amount have of tax funds West Jordan has spent in court costs and legal procedures to keep from showing Jacobson the records. By Mark E. Anderson Mayor Egbert in bis letter that we published Jan. 24 listed 25 requests that Jacobson bad made Mark E. Anderson over the last few years. (Emphasis added.) We do not believe A friend approached me the other day and said that these requests spread over a few he had been reading my comments in the Utah Independyears are.unreasonable. Jacobson ent. He said, I can tell what you are against but I dont claims that many of these reknow what you are for. So I thought I would write a quests for public records were yet political creed. Essentially I am FOR individual freedom never complied with. rights which includes respect for the same for others, and I am AGAINST the use of force. The only justifiable use of force by government or individuals is that force necessary to protect or preserve God-give- n rights and freedom. In order to preserve individual freedom I AM FOR solving all social and economic problems BY VOLUNTARY. MEANS. YOU CANNOT HAVE COMPULSORY MEANS AND REMAIN FREE. . . . . when we to exercise control or dominion or compulundertake sion upon the souls of men in any degree of unrighteousness; behold the heavens withdraw themselves; the spirit of the Lord is grieved and Tax Misuse too, applauded the I, Bounti- ful City Councils decision to deny a license to the Planned Parenthood Association of Utah. However 1 disagreed with an earlier decision of which we should also be aware. It seems the Viewmont High School is organizing a band and is raising money to buy 95 uniforms at $130 each. The school board appropriated five sevenths of the total amount and part of the remainder has been raised g through community projects by the student band members. Then a Mr. James Brague, who I believe is the band leader, approached the city councils of the several cities in the Viewmont District, and requested a contribution to the project. This same evening of the fund-raisin- - Continued On Page 9 God-give- n .... A Political Creed recognize that every person is a child of God, endowed with certain unalienable rights, amongwhich are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 2. 1 recognize that the ONLY PROPER USE OF FORCE by government or individuals is to protect each person in the peaceful enjoyment of his rights and free- dom. recognize that mans natural right to defend life, liberty, family and property necessarily entails his RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS. 4. 1 recognize that a police force and court system are an extension of mans natural right to defend himself but 3. 1 the Are you Im against continuously propounded by and empty-heade- d friends, enemies and neutrals who cant imagine anything being wrong as long as beezness is good. Im for learning from the mistakes of others, since I cant possibly live long enough to make them all myself. For old age, because Im against the alternative. For understanding life backward and living it forward. For doing what is right and world opinion. disregarding For winning the war in North Vietnam as soon as possible by whatever means are necessary. For sending our full-belli- ed Seventh Fleet to North Vietnam to blockade all ports and to sink any ships, including British, which try to deliver supplies to our enemy. Britain sells to the Viet Cong, Cuba and Red China and anybody else with money. Britain will do anything for money. For blockading Cuba and Geneva Disarmament Conference. For ending the Civil Rights Urban Act; renticare; Renewal; sandwich coins; Fair Trade laws; double taxation of corporate dividends; federal price and wage controls; postal subsidies; TOM ANDERSON everything? What are you so upset about? Have you ever had it so good? What are you These questions are for? 3 must be locally financed and controlled to remain effective in favor of the people. 5. 1 recognize that the Founders of the Constitution were inspired of God; that they specifically limited the use of force by the national government to that of protecting individual rights and freedom. 6. 1 recognize that Communism is the greatest embodiment of the IMPROPER USE OF FORCE in the world therefore, the greatest threat to the rights, peace, today freedom and property of man. 7. 1 recognize that since Communists seldom represent their own people, to help them is to strengthen their hold over the enslaved people; and if we are to increase freedom on earth, free men must not give aid, trade or credit to Communists for the sake of making a profit. 8. 1 recognize that a free people must become and remain militarily strong in order to defend their rights and freedom against tyrannical aggression. 9. 1 recognize that everyone is accountable before God to care for the poor, the sick, the fatherless to share with those less fortunate; however, no individual, group, majority, nor government is justified in USING FORCE TO COMPEL OTHERS TO SHARE OR CARE. 10. 1 recognize that the right of free speech, press, privacy, trial by jury, due process, etc., are essential in - God-give- n preserving rights. recognize that it is as essential that education be free from Government domination as that religious belief be free thus education must be locally financed and 1 1 . 1 - preferably voluntarily. controlled recognize that to must not spend more than must not be used except for ment; that no tax shall be prevent inflation Government it takes in; that public funds the proper function of governdiscriminatory against honest effort and incentive as is the Marxian graduated tax; that a medium of exchange must have intrinsic value or represent intrinsic values. 12. 1 1. 1 STRAIGHT TALK Why Page ; ' i so-call- ed taxes; withholding in the White skinny-dippin- Upset helping Cubans anti-Commun- - ist and other Latin Americans return to Cuba and destroy the Castro regime and the Russians and the missile bases pointed at us. For reasserting and maintaining the Monroe Doctrine. For retaining our ownership and control of the Panama Canal, by force if necessary. For retaining the Connally Reservation, restricting the jurisdiction of the World Court. of For a treason to determine where ends and treason For begins. getting out of the United Nations (the Utt bill, H.R. 164) and getting into a council of free nations, as One-Worldis- m suggested by Herbert Hoover. For peaceful of the UN. It will non-exiwhen and if we quit paying its bills. For restoring to Congress the exclusive right to make treaties, tariffs and war. non-existen- st For unilateral ending disarmament and for restoring our capacity to defend ourselves g House pool; the Department of Urban Affairs; Metro; federal housing; Medicare; the Federal Reserve System; the Department of Health, Education and Welfare; federal aid to state and local governments. For Urban Renewal for every city where the people who own the downtown real estate and get practically all the benefits will pay for all the costs. Save the downtown. - who, what, when, family where, why and how much; and public disclosure of their For resto ring the sovereignty of our states, which is our strongest bulwark against Communism. For less government control of people and more people control of government. For keeping government small, honest and poor. For publishing periodically the salaries and expense accounts of public employees. For public disclosure by all Supreme Court and federal judges at age 72, or after 20 years on the bench, whichever comes governments intended. police putting an end toall our before police brutality get maimed. For the poor sweet little female salmon who lays 10,000 eggs a year and on Mothers Day doesnt get even one lousy card. For a study to determine why automation never causes unemployment among government workers. Society dictatorships. For making crime ar term. For a federal law making it illegal to name any federal facility, coin, stamp, etc. after any person until hes been dead 25 years.For renaming the four-ye- boycotting all to it a . American flag. For the House Committee . Activities. For on local our police. supporting - For reapportionment of the Supreme Court limiting the selection of judges to men who have served at least ten years on Circuit Courts of Appeal. Thus,, wed get judges instead of politicians. For vote of requiring a two-thirCongress for confirmation. For ds scholarships.. Why not name them after who the Un-Americ- an scholarships Taxpayers federal desecrate ar Fulbright other and a ar - For For limiting all future Supreme' Court appointees to a nine-yeterm, so eventually there can be a turnover each year, one on and one off. For. limiting the Presidency and United States Senators to one six-yeterm and Representatives to one For Constitution first . constitutional amendment the as of retirement mandatory income tax statements. For returning all control of education to state and local governments. For U.S. withdrawal from enemies. non-discriminat- For making radio and TV networks that are still fighting Nazism and Fascism give equal time to fighting The Great Decentralization and dispersal of city populations should be the goal. For returning all public welfare to state and local otherwise) and investments of themselves and immediate imaginable w Why? of combination God-give- newsdealers and stores which sell filthy magazines and books. For that short but golden age between the time boys stop asking where they came from and start refusing to tell where theyre going. public officials of all sources of income (for campaigns and against any n In summary, I am FOR rights, government and the of freedom, rights right to keep and protection bear arms, an independent local police force, the Constitution, a strong America, helping the unfortunate volunrights of man, education contarily, the common-latrolled by parents, religious freedom, a balanced budget, taxes, and proper use of public funds, currency backed by gold or silver. I am AGAINST Communism, Nazism, Facism, and Socialism because I am against the use of force except to protect individual rights and freedom. pays for them? For the- Dirk.sen - Amendment restoring Bible reading and prayer to public schools. For treating union criminals civil rights criminals and and office-holdin- criminals g like other criminals. .For an upward reach for our nation toward more spiritual values and morality, starting at the Presidential level. -American Copyright 1972, The Way Features above editorial was published in 1966. Since then, (The one item crusade FOR" this in has been The White House pool has been covered over and is now a press room. Thus brainwashing supplants Tom skinny dipping. accomplished: - Anderson) |