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Show Pag 10 The UTAH The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Independenclent October 4, 1973 The Elusive Ethic Study Commission addition to ambiguity, government and its leaders...." Section however. 2(2) forbids any' Having thus far shaken the subsequent proposal leading to readers with his cry of doom, Mr. possible adoption of a different Gardner expands his scope: plan.. .being initiated until at least six years shall have elapsed after State governments are mostly the date of the election at which feeble. City government is archaic. such plan was adopted." This The Congress of the United States means, if voters do elect to try one is in grave need of overhaul. The of the new optional forms of parties are virtually useless as we are instruments of the popular will.' county government, locked-i- n, without apparently recourse for six years. Thus, our Such statements are reminiscent legislature, in 1973, voted away the of many similar remarks heard at people's and the legislature's right meetings of the study commission. 10 to redress a wrong after it has been REPRESENTATIVE consolidation a until GOVERNMENT committed, I must grant the possibility that period of six years has passed. Is such legislation constitutional? my understanding of government may be 8 CIVIL representative AMERICAN different from that of drafters, LIBERTIES UNION sponsors, and implemented of The American Civil Liberties Senate Bill 184. It is possible that Union (ACLU) was organized on they understand representation as January 12, 1920 as a it is understood by Elisabeth Mann reorganization of the National Borgese. In her Introduction to A Civil Liberties Bureau. FOR THE Early CONSTITUTION F. leaders of the ACLU were Harry WORLD published by the Center F. Louis Budenz, Ward, chairman; for Democratic Institutions, Mrs. life in later who director publicity Borgese discusses the possible was an active difficulties that might be Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, member encountered in trying to effect of the National Committee, and representative government William Z. Foster, member of throughout the world, and she ACLU's National Committee and solves the problem as follows: former general secretary of the Communist Party, U.S.A. All of The solution to this problem the above were communists. proposed by the PRELIMINARY Foster wrote TOWARD A DRAFT safeguards the equal SOVIET AMERICA Chapter 5 participation of all citizens in the of which is entitled The United exercise of popular sovereignty Soiet States of America". through the right to vote. But the is A article of principle of representation NEWSWEEK December 27. 1971 said that the detached from the principle of the ACLU ... plans a major expansion equality of the electoral vote. Who or w hat is represented at the end of of its congressional lobbying.... And in an article in THE NEW the process? Not the nation, not YORK TIMES of February 13. even the region, but the world. 1972 was found; In some parts of the country, ACLU affiliates do get It appears that everyone gets the involved in local or regional right to vote, but no one represents Yet. even though the voters. politics." NEWSWEEK and THE NEW 11 MODEL LAWS YORK TIMES both say ACLU engages in politics, it is One of the most fascinating and (All above information was abstracted from CHRISTIAN least known features of the model CRUSADE WEEKLY for law for a community council, city-counNovember 26. 1972.) consolidated government is Article 5 on Powers 9 COMMON CAUSE and Duties. If the community T he Church League ot American council form of government is has prepared a book on Common adopted by v oters, it automatically Cause, which is the source of consolidates Salt Lake City and information that follows. County and puts all police and Common Cause was founded by money power of every part of the John Gardner, former Secretary of county, including Murray. Midvale. Sandy and any other Health. Education, and Welfare. Its solicitation incorporated communities in the membership In anti-communi- st; tax-exem- pt. ty mailings and full page consolidated advertisements in America's major newspapers and magazines arc cleverly designed to bring out important emotions in the reader. The ads and the mailings, over and over, point out shortcomings in our society. I he language of the ads and of the mailings is so designed as to cause doubt first, to reinforce that doubt and then to turn the doubt into a feeling of helplessness and with it comes a distrust of the mechanism of our city-coun- ty the MONEY All Kinds & Sizes collective of civil power government make the act moral? Can collectivism change immorality into morality1? F: But these are established Lots of people are programs. taking part in them. And your taxes are already being used for them whether you like it or not. R: Youre certainly right there. 9 484-462- 1 I certainly am coerced into giving up some of my hard-earnwealth, I which sorely need, to send other people's kids to college. But at least I can stop the spread of coercion at that point. No one as yet has forced me to accept the goodies" that have been forcefully collected from other citizens. While I'm forced to submit to being robbed, at least I can refrain from taking part in the crime. ed .... or even socialists who can successfully they are too unpopular. The real advance tyrannical precedents work toward ultimate bureaucratic control is done by innocent zealots of an entirely different hue The most effective way peaceful totalitarianism can be achieved in the United States is through complete government control of the common everyday acts of all people and I do not mean by putting field of peacetime everybody on the government payroll. What and comactivity concerns nearly everybody? Business, trade, It is not communists merce - .... Today, a series of administrative court decisions are being quietly built up in the world of commerce which may provide future life. precedents for tyranny in any phase of a mans Even though administrative courts invade fundamental rights of citizens in a manner no real court would tolerate, when real courts are called upon to review such actions, they merely shrug their judicial shoulders and look the other way . . . . Embracing The Communist System the same kind of Actually, we are evolving in the United States Communist-controlle- d countries, especjurisprudence that exists in are solidifying their conially during the period when Communists relatrol. At that stage, in particular, Communist governments are crimes of violence and tively tolerant with individuals who commit moral depravity; but they brutally punish economic and political offenses. It is not common criminals who are sent to slave camps in Siberia, but persons accused of disobeying the economic and political commands of the Communist state. our Similarly, in the United States, as government controls fashion economy into the likeness of Communism, businessmen who violate the economic commands of regulatory agencies are considered more dangerous than criminals. Our courts and other branches of government are becoming so permissive about crime and so concerned about the rights of criminals that the rights of society to be protected are sometimes ignored; but businessmen accused of economic offenses are punished without due process of law. Lowell Mason makes this point, and illustrates it by telling of a deputy fire marshal in Ohio who sentenced a man to jail after holding a secret inquisitorial proceeding. The defendant was not even allowed to have his own attorney present. The Supreme Court upheld the sentence because the trial was not a criminal trial but an administrative investigation of incidents damaging to the econo-my- . The federal regulatory agencies impose a tremendous burden on the commerce of this nation which means that they help to keep consumer prices high. They do not effectively protect the consuming public or workers against anything. Their effect on our constitutional has been calamion liberty, our most priceless heritage system tous. They cannot be properly controlled or reformed. They should all of them, from the oldest dealing with transporbe abolished tation (Interstate Commerce Commission), to the newest dealing with the environment (Environmental Protection Agency). If this is to be done, you must help. - - - Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. If you think that to grow a beard is to acquire wisdom, a goat is a complete Plato. Goldoni .. f f ffrf Lucian r (f Silver and Gold receive what it must have from that government. Most disbursements will be made directly from the consolidated government, similar to federal payments within the States. COINS Any Quantity MONARCH !; COIN CORPORATION 211 East 3900 South Phone Salt Lake City, Utah 4 262-587- Home Storage Foods Costs Too High??? c SALARTAUJOMOBILE personaTroper MORTGAGE CONTRACT COMPLETE LINE OF BUILDING; & HARDWARE NEEDS j 3182 South Main (801)484-446; Salt Lake City n Only instead of my programs. holding a gun to your head, a policeman does it. If you dont pay your taxes, a tax man calls on you. And if you give him a hard time, he summons a police officer. F: I recognize the truth of what you say, but I dont get your point. R: My point is an ethical one. The issue is simply this: if it is immoral for me as an individual to coerce money from you to help educate my children, how can the same act performed through the 2nd Paneling . government-aid-to-educatio- 0DQ90(!M!l on ; Budapest money right now, arent you? Friend: Thats right. R: Well, seeing how hard it is to save money these days, how much could you spare each month to help pay for my daughters college education? Would you be willing to voluntarily contribute $10 a month? F: No, under the circumstances, I don't see how I could. R: Since I need the money, w ould it be moral for me to hold a gun to your head and force you to contribute $10 a month? F: No, it wouldnt. R: What if 1 only took one dollar a month from you. F: That would still be robbery. R. But that, in effect, is exactly what takes place through all government must still turn overall tax assessing and collecting to consolidated government and will LUMBER it is much less the gibbet or the stake of medieval times, but of Katyn Forest or spectacular than the modern Eastern tyrannies Rose: You have children of your own who will be in college in a few years, don't you? And I suppose you're doing your best to save consolidated STRINGHAM LUMBER CO. SAVE Continued from page 7 government. 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