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Show AMERICANA WESTERN Girls Must Register For Draft If E. R. A. Ratified See P . 7 frA A A ft ft ft ftftft ftftnftft ftftftftTftftftftftftftftftftftftrftftftAftftftftaftftftftftftftrftft; The ftr Dndepne it Dedicated To The Constitution, liberty, Morality, and irk ft ft beehive Ti ftft ftftftft -ft ft ftftftftftft-ftrftrftft-ft-frftftftftftftftftftftftf-t - Volume 4 Number 3 - 250 Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 irirtririritir irk it -- January 18, 1973 ' o justice in the court of Judge Willis Ritter. They further asked the Appeals Court to enjoin Judge Ritter from sitting in judgment on these cases and to order a mistrial where a verdict has already been rendered. Rude A telegram to the Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver was sent The full Monday, January telegram reads as follows: Prompted by an unbelievable display of judicial tyranny in Judge Willis W. Ritters court, many Utah citizens have sent an appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Following Judge Ritters actions involving three tax cases, they accused him of prejudice and asked the Appeals Court for redress for the miscarriage of We beseech the Appeals Court persons now before him: Jean Marshall Lawana Smith LeRoy Try on and to order a mistrial where verdict has already been issued for the following reasons: Judge Ritter Declines to hear any to 5 insinuated Repeatedly 15. for the Tenth Circuit to enjoin Judge Willis W. Ritter from sitting in judgment of the following three cause obviously prejudiced and rude, without cause; Belittles defendant Lawana Smith for consulting with her lawyer during court proceedings; Telegram To Appeals Court Mrs. Jean Marshall without everyone in the courtroom Refused change of venue to Jean Marshall, against whom he is Lawana Smith arguments on the legality of statutes and their constitutionality to determine legality to determine if law was broken; Denies all motions as a matter of course; Misquotes the United States Constitution; Insults, belittles, and harasses defending lawyer; conspiracy on the part of each of the three defendants in each of the 3 separate cases to each jury during each jury selection without the word to refer to using alleged LeRoy Tryon such possible organizations, and without any proof that any such deliberation. organization exists or has existed; The following citizens observed Obviously prejudiced the jury these happenings, ask that the by statements which left no doubt to anyone in the courtroom that Court of Appeals review the court the Judge considered the defendant transcripts regarding these three which had the same effect cases from the beginning, and ask guilty for redress for the miscarriage of as a directed verdict; Typed his decision of Guilty justice in the court of Judge Willis on the jury form prior to handing it Ritter. to the jury before the jury went into Continued On Page 4 Monroe Woman Discusses Equal Rights Amendment Liberation movement. What is the Womens Liberation Movement? Reed Bension and Robert Lee in an article. The Fight For America Begins At Home in referring to the goals set up in The Communist Womens Manifesto, said, Liberation movements were promoted to create sexual hostility and antagonism within families, and encourage women to abandon their maternal responsibilities. Cleon Skousen in his book The Naked Communist listed forty-fiv- e current Communist goals, of which two of them are, Create the in is The legislature now sessions impression that violence and One of the least understood bills to insurrection are legitimate aspects be introduced and voted upon is of the American tradition; that the Equal Rights Amendment. The students and special interest Equal Rights Amendment was groups should rise up and use born out of the Womens United Force to solve economic. political, or social problems and Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. A New York Times News Service article of September 26, the 1972; frankly described ultimate objectives of the Womens liberation movement in these words: To give women full participation in society, they say, it necessary to overthrow the structures on which the system is based. The first things to go would be the political institutions that perpetuate the system, such as institutional marriage, which they for enslaves women assert, economic reasons." True, there are women who have is Continued On Page 5 Second Class Postage Paid at Salt Lake City, Utah The UTAH INDEPENDENT 2459 Major Street, Salt Lake City Utah 84115 Cl James Smith Sentenced By Judge James Brian Smith allegedly James start this type of action originally?" Brian Smith was sentenced after His answer was, It was my belief, in the first place, that man should being convicted of willfully be deprived of life, liberty, or supplying false and fraudulent" not information to the Internal property without due process of Revenue Service. Judge Aldon law. And the 7th Amendment says Anderson sentenced him to 45 days that when the amount in On December 19, 1972, in jail and a S250 fine and any taxes which may be owing for 1971, if any are still outstanding. Withholding A War Measure Smith is one of many w ho are trying to test the legality of James B. The withholding tax was begun during World War II as an emergency the withholding tax. O 05 O M many f a. bJ Q tax-protest- ors 05 Ctl CC U ? provisions of the amendments thereto. J Anderson claimed ten withholding exemptions. measure" so the government would have immediate tax money with w hich to conduct the war. As with other emergency measures, this one is still in effect 30 years later. feel Todays modern the withholding of tax money prior to the time it is due is unconstitutional and violates co , Reason For Fighting IRS Mr. Smith was asked by the Vltih Independent. Why did you controversey exceeds $25 the right to a trial by jury shall not be infringed, which actually happens in the cases involving the Internal Revenue Service. ' Most people, like me. have had a certain amount returned which means they have been stealing money from me which wasn't theirs and w hich they did not pay interest on. Furthermore, they denied me my right to a trial by jury to prove that actually owed them anything. That was my interest in this, and when I went into it I knew that there had never been an 1 attempt to establish the constitutionality of it." Government Can Falsify? During the course of the trial, Mr. Smith made a motion that the prosecuting attorney provide a False, precise definition of Continued On Page 12 |