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Show 2 Th Pag UTAH Independent October mm The 11, The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand 1973 Independent Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, COMMENTS ON THE READERS SALT LAKE TRIBUNE fiUJLQQK Thank You The Editor: ARTICLE PUBLISHED wouldnt believe the and distribution of number I have received at the inquiries University of Plano as a result of You Morality, and Truth OCTOBER 7 AND Free men can vote themselves into slavery, but slaves cannot vote themselves free." KERSHNER-ROW- WRITTEN BY ROBERT S. HALLIDAY AND CLARK LOBB COMMENTARY E People from your newspaper. of Florida to the State Washington and Massachusetts and states in between have mentioned The Utah Independent when requesting a copy of my article on gold. Obviously, you have not only a widespread readership, but also a high quality one. For persons such as reporters who merely report what they are told or what they think they see, the proposed merger is nothing more than a community ellort to improve or modernize Salt Lake County government. But such a naive outlook is unworthy ot the Fourth Estate and is completely unlike the reportorial thoroughness that went into the press investigations ot Watergate. There is no need to dwell on the inaccuracy in the Tribune article's third paragraph relerring to the commission holding two public hearings, when they have had weekly public meetings for the past 3 weeks. Rather, it is more important that we look at ramitications which will affect the future of Salt Lake County's incorporated communities and government of, by and for the people. of paragraph 6. the article In the first city-coun- ty Howard Kershner Edward Rowe SUBSIDIZING OUR ENEMY When our government decided to sell wheat to a very desperate Soviet Union, why didnt we exact some concessions, such as: Stop sending weapons to Hanoi that enable the North Vietnamese to continue their aggression; take their fishing vessels out of our territorial waters; tear down 1 sub-paragra- ph the Berlin Wall. - Merger of government of Salt Lake City and present wheat? Why did the American consumer have to subsidize the Russian government to purchase this wheat? The direct c6st to the American people in higher meat and meat-base- d products resulting from higher grain prices is estimated to be about $1.25 billion. Why was this enormous Food Stamp Program extended to the Russian people at the cost of our taxpayers? Soviet economists writing for underground Russian papers have estimated that the Soviet Union spends 40 to 50 percent of its gross national product on defense. Robert G. Kaiser, writing in the Washington Post, set the Soviet defense budget at 80 billion rubles (about $88 billion) in 1969. It has been rising since then. If we had compelled the USSR to pay for the grain at world market prices, we could have forced a reduction in Russias defense budget. By subsidizing the purchase of grain, the Soviet was enabled to continue its defense expenditures while levying upon American consumers the task of keeping the Russian people from starving. Our action in this matter levied a part of the expense of the expanding Russian war machine on the American unincorporated areas of Salt Lake County, all other cities and towns in the county retaining the option, by vote of their residents, TO REMAIN AUTONOMOUS OR TO DISINCORPORATE AND HAVE THEIR SERVICES MANAGED y It is mara i i Subscription Weekly Utahs Largest and 2459 Major Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Fastest-Growin- I I Assorted copies older than 2 20 I I months for $1.00 Subscriptions: $6 per year $8 foreign g i i 25t: each 5 for $1.00 12 for $2.00 25 for $3.75 i 50 for $6.50 i 100 for $10.00 UTAH INDEPENDENT 1 identification, records Y AN AREA-WID- E BASIS WITHIN JURISDICTION, (emphasis added) 11-1- Name ITS All of the above is taken verbatim from Model Plan No. 4, Community Council Form With a County To complete the picture of total take-ovby it is necessary to repeat the paragraph which immediately follows the above: The manner and extent to which the governmental services and functions listed in subsection (g), above, are provided shall bedetermined by the Council Executive. er City-Count- y, Address ineyard of freedom. With best wishes. (City-Count- Continued on pagr Sincere!), lorn Rose American Enterprise Publications Plano. Texas The Fed Dear Editor: and investigation, and jail facilities; 5. Health and hospital services; 6. Refuse and garbage disposal; 7. Water procurement, treatment, storage, wholesale distribution to continuing municipalities, and retail distribution in unincorporated areas; 8. I runk line and interceptor sanitary sewers; 9. Sewage treatment and disposal; 10. Transportation, including mass transit, airports and arterial highways; 11. Major park planning, development and maintenance; 12. Traffic engineering; 13. Welfare administration; 14. PROPERTY TAX ASSESSING, EQUALIZATION, AND COLLECTION; 15. Building, plumbing, electrical, and housing code and enforcement; inspection 16. Flood control and water conservation; 17. Environmental pollution control; 18. ELECTIONS; 19. Recording deeds and other legal documents; 20. ANY OTHER AUTHORIZED SERVICE OR FUNCTION WHICH THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE SHOULD BE PROVIDED ON CITY-COUNT- The an arrangement, let me wish you good fortune as you labor in the Y true that incorporated cities and tow ns may remain 3. Civil Defense; 4. Police protection, criminal If that Independent CITY-COUNT- autonomous, but consolidation of Salt Lake City and County w ill take aw ay so many of the essential functions of such autonomous cities and tow ns that they might as well join the consolidation. For example, if consolidation takes place the following functions will be forcibly removed from the autonomous cities and towns and placed within the jurisdiction of the consolidation: 1. Planning, zoning and subdivision regulation; 2. Economic promotion and development; means reducing expenditures for further military aggression, thats all on the right side of the ledger. I The THE NEW (emphasis added) BY GOVERNMENT people. We say, let the Russian people feed themselves. inquiries says: wasnt the sale made at the world market for Why numerous The stimulate me to write to 1) find more about your publication (Can you send me a sample copy?), and 2) inquire again about the possibility of your becoming a regular subscriber to my weekly column (samples enclosed). What rate do you pay for column material? My subscribers range from S3. 50 to S7.50 per column. Would this be of interest? Whether or not we can strike up 7 y) Congressman John B. Conlan of Ariona has introduced a bill long It is House Joint overdue. a proposed Resolution 332 Constitutional to amendment prohibit Congress from spending more on Federal programs in any given year than the Federal government will receive in total tax I his will end our revenues. is inllation. which due solely and basically to government spending over and above tax revenues. I his hill would also require government repayment of the national debt over a period of ten years, which would save all of us billions of dollars in taxes now being paid out in interest. Here is our chance of a lifetime- it's w hat has been needed for years. Write today to Mr. Peter W. Rodino. Jr., Chairman of the House committee. Judiciarv House Otlicc Building, Washington, I). C. 20515 Sincerely. C. C. Moseley, President Cirand Central Industrial Centre (ilendale, California It Shall Not Be Dear Editor: When Lord Byron said, You have deeply ventured; But all must do so who would greatly win," he did not know of the predicament in which American so tsoon would find herself. But how truc were his words, and how wclFthcy fit the occasion in the Fall of1973 in the United States of Amcrical We who have so deeply vcntufcd.fr cause of future freedom and a humane civilization arc cojnmittcd to a strugle which we fahGgrcatly win." And so will bMmTDiojis of other Americans living 6lnlly at present in a fools paradisejassoon as they rccognic the. menace of terror, torture, and enslavement Continued on page 3 |