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Show I jKD(n) Son Times, December 1 9, 1 Ben Lomond Beacon, December 20, 1 979, Page 4 979, Page 4 Clearfield Courier, December Letters to the editor. Editor: Once upon a time a long time ago, the city fathers of Clearfield were in need of a white elephant. They searched the realm far and wide for one, but one could not be found so they decided to build one, after all it would pay for itself, but it didn't. After some years it fell into ill repair. Now taxes would have to be imposed on the realm to support the white elephant, but no one wanted higher taxes. A study was proposed and an ingenious plan was devised. Within the realm was a school where many of the foolish and ignorant whiled away their time. Why not place pin ball - A youth without a goal is like a flag without a pole. Young people need a sense of quest in their lives the feeling of working, seeking and moving toward some objective. If Bill ran ten laps on the school track Tuesday, somehow he knows he can do fourteen next week. If Susan mastered that waltz for her piano teacher, surely she can do the sonata. Once an objective is firmly established, a young person will generally achieve it. But how do young people conceive, adopt and excitedly pursue worthwhile goals? Too often, its a haphazard thing. A youngster will ardently voice the desire to become an engineer, then drop the idea when he learns hell have to take tough math classes. g Genuine requires more than a passing whim. FROMTHEHERITAGEFOUNDATjON7ASHINGTON1DiC . U.N. TREATY COVENANTS IGNORE PROPERTY RIGHTS By A. Calder Mackay On October 5, 1977, President Carter signed the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. Neither of these covenants includes ownership of private property as a human right. ' These two covenants are based on the United Nations a DeclaUniversal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 ration that President Truman refused to sign until Article 17 was included affirming the right to private ownership of property. Article 17 states: Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. Since 1948, the communist nations have insisted on the exclusion of Article 17 from treaties representing this Universal Declaration; and year after year, Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, and Ford insisted on its inclusion. In breaking this stalemate, Mr. Carter effectively surrendered to the communist ambition to eliminate any recognition of private property as a human right in international law. Fortunately, Mr. Carters action is not irreversible. The Senate must ratify these Treaty Covenants before they become binding, (liiey were submitted for ratification in February 1978.) There are two compelling reasons for the Senates refusal of ratification. In the first place, as the U.N. Treaty Covenants contravene Amendments V and XFV of the U.S. Constitution, which provide that no person shall be deprived of property without due process of law, Mr. Carter's action is open to challenge. It would be an impossible legal contradiction to uphold the human right of private ownership of property with one hand of the law and reject it with the other. As the Constitution gives Treaties equal status as Supreme Law of the Land, the Senate must reject the U.N. Treaties as inconsistent with the Constitution. In the second place, the two U.N. Covenants pose a potential threat to all Americans who own property abroad. The U.N. currently sanctions the confiscation and nationalization of private property declared necessary or desirable by any member government. If the U.S. Senate ratifies the two U.NvTreaty Covenants, every American business abroad will be vulnerable to the expropriation of its property without compensation.'As the U.N. would provide no legal recourse, the U.S. government would have to be willing to use force, including armed force, to gain compensation for its citizens. That, I dare say, is unlikely. The right of individuals to own private property is not a cultural phenomenon specific to the American people. Ownership of private property is a universal human right as it allows each individual, regardless of race or religion, to exercise his or her inalienable rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The fact that communist nations do not recognize private property as a human right only underscores the hypocrisy of their humanitarian claims. It is to be hoped that the Senate will refuse to ratify the U.N. Treaty Covenants and in so doing uphold our Constitution and Bill of Rights as symbols of hope for the oppressed peoples of the world. (Guest columnist A. Calder Mackay is a Los Angeles attorney, who has been practicing law for 62 years. The opinions expressed here are his own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Heritage Foundation, which is responsible for distribution of this column.) It demands thorough consideration of this question: Is it really worth the time and effort? If so, the might then ask if the objective is really achievable. (A student who has just broken an arm might think of a more goal than competing for the school chin-uchampionship). Once the young person has decided that the quest is wor-thwhile, and that he or she will go for it, planning and ' preparation is essential. If a kid decides to get an A in geometry, that youngster may have to plan on setting aside a couple of hours each evening for study, and then do it. Reaching a goal is largely a matter of commitment. Parents can assist by helping their children to set : goals, and r, goal-sette- do-ab- p NO MONEY PAY TILL m JANUARY 15th, 1980 IJ-- iT IT W? . then by encouraging them to keep working toward success. With New Years Day coming, parents and their children iwould do well to sit down together and draw up a list of goals 'for the coming year. Its a beautiful tradition. Bamboo, actually a giant of the grass family, grows 100 or more feet tall in the tropics. Don't miss this rare opportunity for you. your friend, or daughter, or mother to enjoy Sophisticated Lady's exclusive fitness program for the cost of one membership. Offer expires December 22 nd Salon Kaysville 394-948- . 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