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Show V Looking Ahead . by Dr. Core S. &nton PRESIDENT NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM Saarcy, Arkoiuoi their own rights to "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" as well as to recover those rights which have been forfeited. seems no There question but that right to work restrictions set up by Congress do seriously limit s. and curtail individual free-'dom- CAN THE WORKINGMAN REMAIN FREE? The free should have no place for the limits the Whatever has happened compulsion that of doing way to the 14(b) dispute (right voluntary things. to work) by now in the This controversy thereSenate, where a heavy ma- fore suggests the larger jority of more than 2 to 1 problem that faces our age. generally gets what LBJ The concepts of modern society wants, the fate of the right to work principle can provide a good test of the state of the nation in its maturity of thought and action. If right to work goes out, something essential is lost. Some two dozen senators are preparing, as this goes to press, to face the logrol-lers. remains some hope that the Senate will not fall victim to the White House lobbyists or to the threats of union bosses. Those Senators showing strength of principle will merit the regard of every citizen. Some of the most reprehensible political has been undertaken by LBJ's team with HHH doing some of the hatchet work. Legislators from farm states were made to understand that if they wanted a good farm bill, they could vote for the unions. This technique is no way to pass laws that are sensible, beneficial, or right, much less acceptable to the "consensus." Way of Compulsion President Johnson, who in 1948 vowed never to vote for repeal of the essential There eye-balli- of the provisions Act, finds himself Taft-Hartl- ey president "of all the people." He apparently misreads the consensus on this one, for he is cracking the whip for t hrough his assistants. The American people, however, have no love for coercion and compulsion, even when it is recommended by organized labor, whose general objectives have found almost approval. Eliminating the right to join or not join unions erodes the basic and essential freedoms that all enjoy. Congressman Ashbrook of Ohio drew an interesting analogy when the House was swooshing the repealer bill through back in the summer. The compulsion that labor's bigwigs want, he said, was like the idea of the Berlin Wall that forces everyone behind it to enjoy whatever is there for them. People should have the right, as he says, to make choices to be in or out, on whatever moral repeal or other grounds It is they choose. certainly a compliment to the people of the nation that, ouside union headquarters, the demand for repeal is almost nil. The Economic Angle Actually, it is very evident what the union officials want: more money in union treasuries. If dues in unions average $4 a month and initiations $10, that's a kitty increase of almost $30 millions if 500,000 average unaffiliated workers are forced into unions. Special assessments on these workers could bring in other millions to labor's treasury, some of it for political purposes. With federal protection comes power. With power comes security, prestige, wealth. What is sought, therefore, is power but at the expense of freedom and liberty. Columnist David Lawrence has recently cited the perceptive, even prophetic, essays written more than a century ago by Herbert Spencer, the English philosopher. Spencer outlined the basic requirements of a free society, showing how accumulations of depower in politics tend to Men of men liberty. prive can become slaves by electing despots for themselves, he said, even when they sub- coercive stitute trade-unio- ns f or kings, for the individual is then subservient in his dependence for fear of having work denied to him. The New Despotism Lawrence draws some interesting parallels with our own situation, in which power is being requested, increasingly, so that a new despotism continually challenges our people to keep Statism that underlie doctrines are all founded on the idea that ist Bam am people as individuals have no rights of their own which the State, or some agency of it, must respect. In a period in which so much has been said about securing civil rights, eliminating discriminatory poll taxes, and insur ing various kinds of human rights it would seem that our leaders in Congress would all join the senators who appear willing to stand for principle. two-doz- en GIVE FAMILY PARTY Hosting a family party at their home in Tremonton recently were Mr. and Mrs. Aton Barfuss. The party was in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Arvel Powers of Hooper who are moving to Idaho in the near future. Attending the party were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barfuss, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Barfuss, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Barfuss, Mr. and Mrs. Men Barfuss and Mr. and Mrs. Willis Christcnsen, all of Tremonton. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Barfuss of Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Whitaker of Brigham City, and the Powers. GUESTS AT STOCKING HOME Out of town guests calling at the Neldon Stocking home in Garland Sunday and attending testimonial for the farewell their son. Von K., that evening were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Allen. Mrs. Hugh Malad: Mr. and Mr. and Heath. Clearfield; Mrs. Raoul Westesen, Bancroft. Ida.: Mrs. Leo Parnes and Blackfoot, daughter. Valere. Ida., and Mrs. Bertha Andrus of -- Draper. It's an entertaining habit, and if we play it right it gets us more of the comforts and conveniences of modern living. e Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Summers of Tremonton were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Leavitt at Cornish. That afternoon the two couples visited with their sister, Eulalie course, the first principle of successful hunting is ... do it where the fattest game is . . .even if it's on your own doorstep. Being away off somewhere else doesn't make a rabbit . . . nor a dollar. . . any bigger. Of Taggart. who recently returned from a four month vacation at Enid, Okla. Mrs. Taggart, who is 80 years old. made her trip by plane and reports she most enjoyed it. with their Visiting recently parents. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Brown in Tremonton, were That's why Hunting Bargains at home pays off best. Because that is where the biggest bargains are . . . even if we do get lured off to other fields sometimes by the siren calls Dc La Judy and Harmon Grange. Judy and her husband, who have in the past lx?en living in Virginia, are now residing at Alamagorodo, N. Mex. While in this area they were feted at a dinner at the home of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Summers. In Salt Lake City r- - OF US are always on the trail of M OST better values . . . more for our money. of Several college friends Von from the U.S.U. also called at their home. They were Barry Evans. Burk Bodily, Bill Bertolio. Jana Croft, and Caro-leClyde, all of Logan. thoroughly c of Monday visiting with friends was Mrs. Jess Garfield of Tremonton. Garfield Mrs. That evening met Mr. and Mrs. Bob Arbon and family at the Salt Lake airport and they then accompanied her to their home in Brigham City. The Arbons had iK'en in l.os Angeles. Calif., for three weeks on their vacation. big-cit- y are the Biggest Bargains in our own home stores and service establishments? Why It's fundamental economics: PARENTS dollar spent at home gets you the same goods at about the same prices ... but in addition it also helps to support the growth of A school Savings Stamp Program teaches early thrift... and citizenship! 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