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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand September 29, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 7 NADA & MARRIOTT IMPORTANT LETTER Continued from page not speculation; negotiations to establish the Soviet presence in Panama have already occurred. Yet the Carter Administration has pressed ahead with its efforts to give away this investment worth between six and seven billion dollars which all but dominates shipments by sea between our coasts and control of which is absolutely vital to our national security. How can this be? How can a President who claims to advocate human rights justify giving away billions of dollars worth of American assets to a tinpot Marxist dictator who came to power by military coup and continues to rule only by terror and intimidation; who is already working openly with the Soviets and the bosses of their satellites in Cuba, Libya; and Peru; and, who has made this multibillion-dolla- r deal with a New York banker known to represent operators to whom the dictator is up to his neck in hock? Let us press for a showdown on the Panama Canal treaties in both the House and Senate. It is time to identify Americas enemies in the Congress vote will clearly something a do and give the people of this country a chance to retire them at the next election. For, make no mistake, this issue is one about which Americans feel very strongly. They know it is our Canal and they do not mean to let the Soviets have it. Politicians who miss that point will do so at the cost of overwhelming electoral defeat. pro-trea- ty The Soviets Grab For Our Canal by John Rees first appeared in the August Of The 02178) and is reprinted by permission of the publisher. 31, 1977 issue of The Review News (Belmont. Massachusetts OVER SEVENTY Pamper the body, prod the soul: Accept limitations but play the role Withdraw from the front but stay in the fight: Avoid isolation: keep in sight. Beware except to a reminiscing child : lo torgctting proper names be reconciled Despise not solitude: let no one condone. Cultivate interests security indeed, to our nations very survival in the future. Before I give you a few of the significant details about this treaty, let me tell you about the Council for Security (CIS). First of all, if it werent for CIS, I probably wouldnt be writing you today. And for that opportunity. Im extremely grateful History will record the fact that this was our last, our only chance, to defeat a treaty which literally promotes national disaster for America. CIS began working diligently one year ago this month (I was there helping them) to be in the position it is today: Americas foremost organization working against United States ratification of the giveaway of the Panama Canal Zone. But Jimmy Carter moved in even more swiftly than we had all anticipated with his treaty proposal. Its no exaggeration to say that the Council urgently needs your help on the eve of this historic vote to adequately carry this fight. Your dollars will provide the means to reach the maximum number of people. (CIS PANAMA CANAL DEFENSE CAMPAIGN, 919 - 18th St., N.W., Suite 800, Washington, D.C. 20036) For each and every single freedom loving American surrender of the Canal would be a disaster.... As a matter of fact, if you'll help us defeat this Panama Canal treaty now, it could be the principal issue in the 1978 congressional election, where the people can really express themselves at the Inter-Americ- an White cMe ha v e national America's But the issue at stake here is more than those Congressmen who may. under pressure from the y m en a reputation for truthfulness because they can't think fast enough. Guide, Audohon, l. House, FINDERS. KFFPFRS is ever lost. The other person takes those you miss. Herald, Decatur 1 1. used car is something thats not always what its jacked up lo be. Times, l.os Angeles A ignore their constituents wishes. The issue is national survival. CIS has carefully documented the facts. They point in one direction. (I) The Canal Zone is the exclusive property of the United States, according to a treaty signed freely by the State of Panama in 1903. We paid more for that territory than for all other U.S. property put together. Furthermore, we paid for it four times: once to Panama, once to the French, once to the neighboring state of Colombia and finally to individual property owners. But we did more than just purchase property. We purchased . No opportunity enough concerned Americans like you wrote to their Congressmen or sent in postcards. Now this treaty to give away our Panama Canal is a threat to polls. enjoyed alone. Refrain from loquacity: Be crisp and concise as a And regard self-pitcardinal vice. So me because The National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) has 1 personal letters, because that would be even more effective. But its up to you to convince them that the American people wont tolerate a Panama Canal giveaway. And send a copy to your Congressman so he gets the message, too. Earlier this year, the Common Situs picketing bill being pushed by the Czars of organized labor was defeated EFFORTS sovereign rights to that property. And that means that no government on earth can interfere, with our use of American territory. (2) The ruler of Panama, General Omar Torrijos, is a Marxist. His government is comprised of Marxists. He is allied to Fidel Castro. He is in sympathy with the Soviet Union's goal of forced communization of our entire hemisphere. Torrijos is an unstable, unpredictable tyrant who has outlawed all political parties in Panama except the Communist Party. He will not tolerate opposition. Several weeks ago, an exiled Panamanian Colonel, now living in Miami, narrowly missed being blown apart in his car. According to a friend of the colonel, the bomb was a message to us about our opposition to the government and Is Torrijos to be their actions. trusted with our Canal? (3) The Canal is not outdated and outmoded, as surrender advocates claim. In the past 30 months, some 750 U.S. Navy ships used the Canal on affairs directly related to our national security. Only a handful of our very largest U.S. ships cannot use the This shortcut-passag- e Canal. between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans literally doubles the strength and effectiveness of our wrote President Carter: Lrm Dan lauded Congressman Panama Marriott of for his. role in Canal. ..would contribute to theen passing the high altitude emissions circkment of the U.S. hv hostile portion of the Clean Air Act naval forces, and threaten our Amendments of 1977. In a the (R-Uta- ability to survive. That is the informed opinion of Americas top military com- manders. men who know best the value of the Panama Canal Zone, can speak freely, because they have all retired. So they arent going to face presidential pressure. But the United States Senate is going to face enormous pressure, All the power of the Presidency. A nationally televised presidential address. Carefully coordinated press conferences receiving front page headlines. Full time lobbyists reminding each Senator that he risks Presidential wrath if he doesnt vote for this disastrous treaty- - h) memorandum to all Utah Auto Dealers, NADA Director Jerry ayes praised the Congressman for his meritorious efforts in suspending the high altitude emis-The- y sions regulations through the model year 1980. The amendment paSsedthe House, was retained in Conference Committee .with members of the House and Senate, and was eventually signed into law. The memo commended Marriott for helping spearhead the effort in the House. Hayes sajd, MMarriott was instrumental in pointing out to Congressmen the 0f extcnt being problems experienced by dealers as a result of the high altitude regulation. In Marriott's words on the floor of the House, the regulation would have created numerous problems for high altitude car buyers and fran-An- d chised dealers; it seeks to apply a curc where no illness has been detected. ..and it cannot begin to accomplish its goal of improving ajr quality in those areas where a probiem does exist." The NADA executive called Marriotts efforts an aggressive response to bureaucratic tenden-Panacjes t0 establish regulations without giving due consideration t0 aj parties who will be affected by it.. ..Thanks to Marriott and others, business should be getting back to normal while a more reasonable approach can be formulated with respect to the problem of high altitude auto emis- sions. In the Senate, George McGovern, Fidel Castro s close friend, is spearheading the liberal and detente crowds final push. to cap it off. the government of Panama is paying hundreds of thousands of dollars to Public Affairs Analysts," a U.S. consultant firm to run a fancy, Madison Avenue style P.R. cam- paign for the treaty. My friend,, you are the very last hope of America to defend our Canal Zone. Without your help, the demands of Omar Navy. Torrijos, Fidel Castro and the And it saves us billions of Soviet Union will be met. Our dollars. most strategic possession will be if the Canal lst- Furthermore, were in the hands of General TorriPlease do your part to stop a Marxist almost would have this treaty to surrender our jos, control over the Panama Canal Zone We will following nations of the Western losc our Canal without our help, Hemisphere: Nicaragua (77 There isnt time for delay please this of nations trade goes act now. percent is better t0 Iook the Canal), Ecuador through Sincerely. ahead and PrePare than t0 Hon. George Hansen (50), Peru (80) and Chile look back and desPair- Member of Congress (80). Finally, the U.S. itself has a commercial stake: 70 of all big Canal Zone traffic is to or from Dean Clarence Manion U.S. ports. Give me liberty or give liberty or give me death. life-and-de- Human Rights in Asia me death. (4) Treaty advocates claim the U.S. can't defend the Canal. They say the U.S. must transfer our territory to Torrijos, or risk violence and instability in the Zone. They quote General Torrijos himself: We are prepared to follow the Ho Chi Minh route if That means terror, necessary. guerrila operations, and sabotage in a national liberation war.... Im sure your instinctive reaction to that is the same as mine. Since when has the United States of America groveled at the feet of dictator who any small-tim- e threatens us in this manner who makes demands, who is trying to blackmail us? The Panama Canal was indeed defensible in all previous war situations: World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Cuba mis-si- lc crisis. But the most telling argument of all against this treaty, as far as I am concerned, arc the words of four former Chiefs of Naval Operations (the highest post in the U.S. Navv), who bk Who said when and why? The time was May 23. MIS . The embattled in Massachusetts farmers had already fired the shot heard round the world at the Battle of I exington. But Virginia was still holding hack and without Virginia the American Revolution would have died aborning. Its House of Burgesses was to vote down a resolution to form an about anti-Britis- h Today, we think of that, state militia when Patrick Henry sprang to his feet with a speech loaded with fire and eloquence. Fifty years ago every American schoolboy could recite its ringing peroration: Ihe war has already begun. Our brothers are already in the field. Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to he purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God. I know not what course others may. take but as for me. give me Henrys passionate liberty or death alternative merely as an eloquent figure of speech . But go now to the where Patrick Henrys alternative South China seas being activiated thousands of is by anti-Com-imini- st refugees in small boats frantically hopefully heading from the Communist and away hell that has taken over Cambodia, Laos and South Viet Nam. Occasionally , some of these desperate people are picked up by passing ships and carried to Hong Kong or some other one of the few ports where they are permitted to go ashore. But. tor uncounted thousands, death is the alternative to the chains and slavery that they seek to escape. These are refugees from the first war that we have lost since Henry spoke to the House of Burgesses. ma |
