Show I By T l the People eo pe Jl J 0 Or I l' l h by Politicians t JI o. o ul u- u l B By RA RAYMOND Yi PITCAIRN National Chairman L- L Sentinels of lJ the he U Republic During recent weeks America has heard a swelling volume volum of protest against interference by numerous political Boards Bur Bureaus aus and Commissions Commissions Commissions Com Com- missions with the lives and affairs of citizens The protest c comes mes from various sources from merchants in communities communities com communities com com- both large and small from many growers and consumers of our food products from increasing numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of men and women In the professions professions professions pro pro- and in business What is the explanation One answer might be that such interference can seriously affect the citizens citizen's means of earning e. a liveli llvell- hood But many keen leen observers of the current American scene suggest est a deeper and more fundamental motive The protests they believe reflect a surge of res resentment against usurpation usurpation usurpation pation by political Jobholders of powers which American citizens are arc convinced belong only to officials chosen by the people They represent in other words a spreading antagonism to Bureaucracy Bureaucracy Bureaucracy Bureau Bureau- cracy which after expanding swiftly during several decades has achieved an unprecedented growth and power during the past few years When one considers the many powers now assumed by the hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of or Boards Bureaus and Commissions Commissions Commissions Com Com- missions which crowd the office buildings of or Washington the protests protests protests pro pro- pro pro- tests seem more than Justified That such usurpation of or authority constitutes constitutes an abridgment of the political power of the people is equally ob obvious ob- ob Under our om Cons Constitution the people delegate to Congress not Congress not to appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed Bureaus Bureaus the the rl right ht to o make malic our laws Jaws Under it itc We c delegate to the Executive live tive Branch of or Government not Government not to appointed the Bureaucrats Bureaucrats Bureaucrat the the power to enforce those laws When these powers are usurped by jobholders In whose selection vie we have no choice and over whose ac activities activities activities ac- ac uc SC exercise no control then Government by the People be becomes becomes be- be comes ames an empty phrase nu In its place we get Government by Bureaucrats which Bureaucrats which means not only waste of the p peoples people's oples ople's money in unnecessary unnecessary un un- necessary public payrolls and public expenditures but a frank surrender f the peoples people's right to govern them- them 1 s. s |