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Show June 23, 1972 1, MARK E. Conti nu ad from Pago 2 ANDERSON and there is no position they can hold that will allow them to Candidate for United States Congress Second District, Utah wield greater power and influence than that of wife and mother. You are right, Phyllis Schlafly: womens proper role is dictated by the fact that God made us this way. He is the One who decreed that we should have the babies, and, like you, I rejoice in His way. I only suggest Legal Plunder that you examine with greater care the things you consider as progress for women, lest you find yourself encouraging women away from the God-give- n way. May suggest the following as a guideline. (In case you are not familiar with it, it may be found in the Book of Mormon, Moroni I Wherefore, take heed my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil. For behold, my brethren, it to judge, that ye may know good from evil; and the way to judge is as plain, that ye may know with a perfect knowledge, as the daylight is from the dark night. For behold, the Spirit of Christ is given to every man, that he may know good from evil; wherefore, 1 show unto you the way to judge; for everything which inviteth to do good, and to persuade to believe in Christ, is sent forth by the power and gift of Christ; wherefore ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of God. .... is given you . thing persuadeth men to do evil, and believe not in Christ, and deny him, and serve not God, then ye may know with a perfect knowledge it is of the devil. Yours Respectfully, Mrs. Marilyn A.G. Miller Idaho Falls, Idaho Pro- - Government can commit legal plunder by taking from those who work and giving to those who do not or will not work. And why shouldnt it be? If you individually take $100 from your neighbor and give it to another, it is called stealing. Is it any less wrong if a group of one hundred persons vote to adopt the proposition? Do a thousand men acting in concert make a wrong act right? Sir Bastiat said in his book, The Law: When a portion of wealth is transferred from the person who owns it without his consent and without compensation, and whether by force or by fraud to anyone who does not own it, then I saw that property is violated; that an How is legal plunder to act of plunder is committed be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them and gives to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen cannot do without committing a crime. A year ago this month the House of Representatives passed a Federal Welfare Bill which included the Family Assistance Program, better known as the guaranteed annual wage. Both Utah Congressmen voted for the bill. Congressman Louis J. Wyman of New Hampshire cautioned Congress on June 29, 1971 that the FAP is a Tojan horse for a guaranteed annual income for all citizens whether employed or not. At issue is whether or not the world owes one a living. Proponents of the FAP are basing their support largely on hope it will help the confusion and duplication in Welfare. There has been no detailed study, no test, no pilot program. When brought - 7:14-17- .) (But whatsoever , JOE H. FERGUSON Candidate for United States Congress First District, Utah Dear Editor: During the past month or so, a rather remarkable publication has been appearing regularly in my mailbox. I say remarkable because, in spite of the fact it is titled The Utah Independent, it is quite obviously (to the discerning mind, at least), slanted yet in is aimed it paradoxically, subject choice and approach to appeal to members of the LDS at, ' church.. I assume our name made the distribution Hit because it appeared on some membership list. Yet strangely enough, I find the publication unappealing and in fact nauseating. Not, mind you, because I am a Republican (I consider myself small world, Independent the isnt it?), but because paper obvious so and done is so poorly in its intent. In fact, I would go so far as to say that when I am faced with a ballot next fall, I will be sorely tempted to withhold my vote from the The This federal welfare Guaranteed Annual Wage scheme promoted by some politicians called the. guaranteed annual wage is not a guarantee of a wage. It is a guarantee for robbery, bureaucracy, and servitude of the people to the liberty-sellin- g vote-buyin- g, : government. It is a cheme for implementing more government control over our lives and destroying our individual liberty, for converting our constitutional republic into a socialistic totalitarian state. How can a person maintain his individual freedom to manage his own affairs when his income is confiscated by the he cant. And the government? The answer is politicians promoting this scheme know it. The guaranteed annual wage scheme is unconstitutional. Its implementation would be another step toward the totai destruction of our constitutional form of government. The Constitution imposes restrictions upon government, and grants it only certain - candidates mentioned favorably in your paper simply on the principle of my objection to what you are attempting to do in your newsprint outrage. dont suppose By the way can get away with planting you letters to the editor to promote and justify your causes. Phoniness shows. Do credit your readers with a little perception and intelligence. Disgustedly, Mr. & Mrs. Ewald W. Leverkus Salt Lake City giveaway, like other unconstitutional programs, will compound our problems, not solve them. Already 50 of the time spent by welfare department personnel is used to fill out federal forms, reports a Chicago-base- d consulting firm. Layer upon layer of government reports in Ohio cost $721 million in 1970 more than the entire Utah budget for one year. The files of the federal government in Washington D.C. would fill twelve Empire State - Buildings. . But before voting, everyone a guaranteed income, before increasing social security benefits by an automatic cost of living scale, before authorizing the president to wage-pric- e controls, you can be sure that impose Congress took care of itself. Yes, they voted enormous salary increases for themselves. The legislative branch in Washington now costs us $396 million which is up from $150 million in 1967. Is it any wonder that we have inflation? Having corrupted themselves, is it any wonder that our representatives will commit legal plunder, give away other peoples money, and violate their oath of c' office? At a time when we honor our fathers, how I wish that we would honor the father of our country and heed his counsel. George Washington warned us in his second farewell address, If the distribution of authority (by the Constitution to Congress) be in any particular wrong, let it be changed by amendment as the Constitution prescribes. But let there be no change by usurpation. For though in one instance, it may be the instrument for good, it (usurpation) is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed. practices are not included in legally authorized practices of the federal government. The Tenth Article of the Constitution states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States , are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. This means that the federal government has no legal authority to implement any such scheme'. The Constitution never allowed the federal government to legally enter into such practices, nor has it beeramended to do so. Implementing this scheme would be destructive of not only our constitutional form of government but to the character and moral fiber of the people. As a presidential candidate, Mr. Richard Nixon stated this very powers. On Course Democrat? pro-Democr- Page 3 before the House for consideration the. question was allowed but a few minutes debate. Yet this bill, HR-which passed the House so quickly has within it the potential to destroy our private economy as we know it, according to Archie Davis, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Davy Crockett would not have voted for such a bill. He opposed and defeated a bill in his day which proposed a grant of $10,000 to a widow. He reminded Congress that they simply did not have authority under the Constitution to use the peoples tax dollars for charity. Has the Constitution changed? No. Has it been amended to allow taxes for charity? No. Congress has simply usurped the authority and betrayed their oath of office -their covenant, the Constitution, with the people. MARKS MESSAGE decode its The . UTAH INDEPENDENT Welfare-stat- e clearly: One of the reasons that I do a ... income tax not accept is guaranteed annual income or a negative because of my conviction that doing so, first, would not end poverty, and second it would have a very detrimental effect on the productive capacity of the American people . . . . I am against any system, which ... would destroy or reduce that incentive, that and that pride. That is determination, that why I take a dim view of these programs. I agree with this statement by Mr. Nixon. Also, the concept violates moral principles. If it is wrong for one person to take from another, it is equally wrong for him to use the force of government to take from him. It is action. merely a form of stealing disguised by quasi-legAnd if it is morally wrong, it cannot be politically right. That is why I am unalterably opposed to the guaranteed annual wage scheme. self-respe-ct al Campaign Report: Many thanks to ihc Hue people in Uintah and Duchesne counties for the fine conventions. Special thanks to the following members of our team: Garth and Javann Nuttall, Gene and Karen Stewart, and Henry Mansfield in Vernal; and Byron Gilbert, Renee Miller, Clarence Woodward, and Gary Joslin in Roosevelt. Also thanks to Mrs. Barbara Barton and Joanie in Manti, and Letha Parsons and Gwen Ogden in Richfield. , |