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Show I t , 4 A < \ BULL ON THE TRACKV TRACKWhatever TRACK TRACKWhatever - - \V V \ Whatever Vatever atever its faults might be The TheTImes TheTimes TheTimes TImes Independent , has never been guilty of ofpartIsanship ofpartisanship ofpartisanship partIsanship So " ve "e e we believe beheve our readers readers'wIII readersmull readerswill 'wIII wIII mull ' know that Americanism Amerlcamsm not partIsan partIsanshIp partisanship partisanship shIp , impels us to re publish pubhch ; the follov.mg follovmg following follov.mge followingeditorial followingeditorial . e editorial < htorlal from Monday s Salt Lake TrIbune Tribunewhich , whIch we unreservedly andholehealtedly and \holehealtedly holehealtedly nholeheaitedly nholeheaitedlyendorse \ ' ftholeheaitedlyendorse ftholeheaitedlyendorseRepresentative , holehealtedlyendorse endorse endorseRepresentative Representative Abe Mm MUl Murdocks dock docks s explanation ot of othis ofhis ofhis his attitude andote and \ tote \ote ote rote on the question of deportlng deporting deportlngHarry deportingHarry deportingHarry Harry Bridges is neither logical nor convincing Ina In Ina Ina a two column interview transmitted by The Salt SaltLake Saltlake SaltLake Lake Tribunes Tribune s Washington Washmgton correspondent corre.pandent correpandent ! . Mr MrMurdock MrMurdock MrMurdock Murdock cites the constitution constItutlon and takes refuge In Inthe inthe mthe the bill bJJl of rights He must have foun found 1 < the tile shelte shelterovercrowded " overcrowded E\ery E ery Every \ uncaught of unconvicted unconvlcted alIcn alien alIcnagitator alienagitator alienagitator agitator is making it his permanent headquarterstwld headquarters headquartersI I 'iold iold twld Mold ' no brief for Harry Bridges says Mr MrMurdock MrMurdock MrMurdock Murdock ' ' "Let Let 'Let " us admit that he is an undesIrable undesIrableaIlen undesirablealien undesirablealien aIlen alien Let us admit that it is for the best Interests interestsof of the United Umted States to get nd rid of him Can w \ weafford e eafford eafford afford even to accomplish this purpose to sacrifice sacrificeand sacrificeand sacrificeand and disregard the constitution const1tution ? In quoting quotl11g the fundamental law of the land Mr MrMurdock MrMurdock MrMurdock Murdock O\C1looked O C1looked overlooked \ o\w o w \ . looked one very . important l.IY1portant lIY1portant pomt point pomtPrOVISIO'lS pointProvisions pointProvisions PrOVISIO'lS PrOVISIOlS Provisions ' of this same constitution in . which .hlch hlch aliens aliensseek aliensseek aliensseek seek sanctuary sane.tuary sanetuary . weie wele were welentten \ written \\ntten ntten pnd I'nd Ind end ' adopted for citizens citizensof citizensof citizensof of tms tars republic for their guidance legulatlon legulation regulation and andprotection andprotection protection rotectlon It \ was as never intended for the govern government government governnient ment o ' toieignera fOlelgner foreigners " neither thoseho those who \\ho ho \ lemain lemam remam in their own homelands nor those \ who ho slip sIlp into the theAmellcall theAmerican theAmeilcan Amellcall American homestead by subterfuge or assigrun asslgnm-nt asslgnm nt asslgnmont - nt foxthe . the obvious obvlouq purp purpase purpose se of abusing hospitality hospita1ty ! and andw andvv andw w vv ecking ecklng the roof that shelteis sheltels shelters themSmce themSince them themSince Since Smce no soldier in time of peace shall shell be beqUrtered bequartered bequirtered qU\rtered qU rtered quartered " \ in any house ho\lSe ho lSe \ without the consent ot of : the theoner theowner theowner o\\ner o ner owner \ nor in time of ' \ war 'l\ar 'l l ar but in a manner pre presCrIbed prescribed proscnbed sCrIbed by law it would "ould ould " seem reasonable to makethe make makethe makethe the homeland a ai as safe from desecration and dangeras dangrrlIS dangrr danger lIS as the home within the homesteadE homesteadEvery homestead homesteadEery E\ E E\ery E ery Eery Every \ ery agitator e\ e e\ery e ery eery every \ ery dlstUi distuiber disturber ber of the pP'lce pPlce peace pP'lceevery peaceevery priceevery ' every Imported obstacle to preparedness in this hour hourof hourof hourof of emergency is an enemy soldier in disgll1sc-a disgll1sc a disguise-a disguise disgll1scascout disguiseascout disguise - ascout scout or a s spy sp } for some potential foe of the govern government government government ment If our own soldiers whose lives Ilves are offerings offeringsfor offeringsfor offeringsfor for defense of the nation cannot be quartered In inour inour I Imil mil our ' houses how can tl'e tle tre the ' meaning of the constitution constitutionbe be construed to permit masked eneirles enewles enemies of our ourchenshed ourcherished ourcherished chenshed cherished Ideals and institutions to remain remaJn therein ? Every argument presented by Rf'presentatIve RfpresentatIve Representative Rf'presentatIveMUJdock RepresentativeMurdock RepresentativeMuldock ' MUJdock Murdock has been repeated time and again agam by byHarry byHarry I IHarry Harry Bridges Bndges and all other alien agitators agltators who whohave " , whohave ho hohave have been apprehended He lays ) particular j'lrtlcular jlrtlcular pirtrcular ' stress stresson stresson stresson on the paragraph In sectlo section " ! 9 article 1 of af the thefederal thefederal thefederal federal contstitution contstltutlon contstftution In which bills of attainder attamder arc arcI arcforbidden arcforbidden arcforbidden arcforbiddenAttainder I | forbidden forbiddenAttainder Attainder is an extinction of civil rights for forcertain forcertain forcertain certain capital offenses In common law it Involved Involveda a forfeiture of the estate and the corruption of ofblood ofblood ofblood blood rendeung rendenng rendering the attained person incapable of ofInheriting ofinheriting ofinheriting Inheriting or transmitting transmIttmg real property by descent descentTo descentTo descentTo To Toha \ flha \\ha ha wha * > extent this would affect Ham Harl1 Harry Bridges is . not known That Itould it \ would \\ould ould nd rid the republic of an anundesirable anundesirable anundesirable undesirable citizen cltl1en : is the consensus of opinion Thatit That ThatIt Thatit It would deprive him of suffrage Is absurd as he is isan isan isan an alienlthout alien \ without \\lthout lthout franchiseMen franchiseMen franchise franchiseMen Men ' \ who 'l\ho 'l l ho forget the substance subst2nce ; in defending defendmg the thefOlmula theformula thefoimula fOlmula formula who would 'l\ould 'l l ould ' \ try to protect the country from frommarauding frommarauding frommarauding marauding foices fOlces forces by waving wavmg the constitution In Intheir intheir intheir their faces whoould who \ would \\ould ould let the ship of state smk sink smkwhIle sinkwhile sinkwhile whIle trying to rescue Its logbook from the v \ , aves ayes avesare ayesare avesare are morn more mor " ' theoretical than practical practicalIf practicalIt It"Ie If It we \"Ie "Ie Ie \ " can cant t save the nation from open or orlruIdIOU orrnsrdrou orir&idiouo oriridiouo lruIdIOU rnsrdrou : , & foes the constitution constltutlOn ' \ will 'l\1lJ 'l l 1lJ not be of or much muchuse muchuse muchuse use to sun sure sunhors sunhorsRepresentative h iv ors orsRepresentative orsRepresentative Representative M\ M Mirdock Mrdock Murdock \ rdock is to be commended commendedfor for the courage displaced dlspIed displayed " , } in 111 . voting .otmg otmg rotmg his convictIons convictIonsBut convictionsBut convictionsBut But it was 'l\as 'l l as ' \ the kind kmd of pluck demonstrated demcnstrated by b ; the thebuJI thebull thebull buJI bull th th't tht ' t st'od stod st"od " ' ' ' on a lailway railway track in fn front of an anapproaching anapproaching anapproaching approaching tI trahiThai tiain trahi tiainTha aln alnTha Tha"Ias Thaiwas Thai Tha * > \ " was \"Ias "Ias Ias the trageds traged tragedy of a buH-thls buH thls bull-this bull this bull - this may prove provea a tragic traglc termination termmation of Mr Murdock s pOliticalcareer politicalcareer political career |