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Show United we stand Unite! There is unity In strength. An American revolutionary patriot said, "Gentlemen, "Gen-tlemen, we must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Various elements in American society today, the great labor unions, industrial combines, ethnic and minority groups, and all segments of the society have found it necessary to band themselves together for a common effort, with the result that these j organizations have been able to influence i government officials, departments and agencies with the result that these minority groups are granted favors and privileges not available to the silent majority, even though it is the silent majority, the wage earner, the small businessman, the farmer, the rancher and other unorganized groups are stuck with the bill. As a consequence, government is not conducted in accord with the precepts that government must be impartial, rather, government gov-ernment is conducted in accord with the desires of the special interest groups. And 1 here in the West, we can see the dire re sults of government favoring special interest inter-est groups such as the Sierra Club, the Friends of the Earth, and other environment environ-ment protection interested groups who are more interested in the aesthetical qualities of a blue sky, clean air, clean streams and an appealing landscape. These are the people to blame for the rash of rules and regulations regu-lations that have come into existance, promulgated prom-ulgated by the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Land Management, the Forest Service and other government agencies and supported by an uninformed segment of the Congress. 1 None of the people that would force these rules and regulations on us are residents resi-dents of the areas they seek to have brought under iron -fisted government control. They are not familiar with the economic prob lems of the eleven western states, In fact, they do not give a damn if they make it impossible for a prospector to find a new ore body, or for the miner to develop that ore body into a producing mine that provides pro-vides the payrolls in a community and pays taxes to support state and local governments. govern-ments. They are not concerned that the stockman stock-man may be forced to quit, simply because of increased grazing fees that he cannot afford to pay, thereby depriving the nation of an important commodity, food in the form of beef, mutton, wool, leather, etc. So, the environmentalists, the government govern-ment agencies, and even individual government govern-ment officials, both elected and appointed, have forced us to unite in opposition to the oppression being forced on the users of the public lands in the western states. An Individual's scream of protest is not heard. A small organization is completely ignored. So, it is necessary that we preach the religion of unity, form ourselves Into an organization dedicated to retention of existing laws, repeal of the 1976 Organic Act and demand a common sense management manage-ment of the public lands. Such an organization is PLUC (Public Land Users Coalition) which is forming thousands of small diverse groups Into a huge coalition to fight for private and individual indi-vidual rights to public lands. They promise to halt the spreading bureaucracy, and the dictatorial powers exhibited in recent years by "Executive Orders", and bureaucratic regulations printed in the Federal Register. There is room for everybody, in every walk of life. Do not allow environmentalists and bureaucrats to steal your constitutional freedoms, and hinder your pursuit of happiness. hap-piness. Join now, write: PLUC, Box 368, Milford, Utah 84751. Annual fee is $12.00. |