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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand rvi March 14, 1974 The Utah Independent Page 3 KERSHNER'S COMMENTARY M ON COURSE WEIRD SILENCE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. by Jo Hindman . with The . only possible way for millions of alarmed Americans to ' express their wishes to their elected representatives in government is by mail. But meaningful communication has all but ceased between citizens and Congress although tons of mail is delivered each day. Too many U.S. Senators and Congressmen return stock replies, Til keep your views in mind, then vote contrariwise. OtheV answers display ignorance with no intention of verifying complaints or finding out whats wrong. Because fellow constituents have a right to know, citizens are sharing their experiences in newspaper s, quoting from and telling about the short shrift they are getting from Washington, D.C. Additionally, there are officials who dont reply at all. According to George Rains, Box 2370 Port Angeles, Washington, 98362, a constituent of U.S. Senator Henry M. Jackson,- the Senator has consistently ignored Rains letter of July 2, 1973, written in also Rains long longhand; distance phone calls direct to D.C. Jacksons Washington, . self-induc- . Capt. Joe H. Ferguson Howard Kershner NIXON BREAKS THE LAW, The number of local, state and federal civilian employees has now reached the astonishing total of 13.6 million, according to Prof. Richard Rosenboom of the Harvard Business School, and based on data released by the U. S. Census Bureau. At the present rate of expansion, there will be 16.7 million of these civilian bureaucrats by 1980. Every five or six of us working people must support one of these bureaucrats. Some of them, paper-pushin- g of course, are essential and do useful work, but the number is surely excessive and is growing too rapidly. The salaries of bureau and department heads are based, at least in part, upon the number of people working in the bureau or department. This offers a special reward for the bureau head who finds ways of proving that he needs additional workers. In 1950, state and local affairs were carried on by 4 million employees. Six years later, there were 6 million. And 12 years after that 1972 the number had risen to v 10.8 million. Another new and very disturbing factor in the bureaucratic orbit is the fact that these employees, on the whole, are receiving more compensation than their counterparts in the private sector of our economy. This is a reversal of the practice of somewhat lower salary payments to municipal, state and federal workers. The duties are not so exacting, vacations' are longer, retirement and sick leave provisions more favorable and the working pace a little more relaxed. Moreover, job security was much greater. For these reasons many preferred to work for some unit of government than to take their chances in the business world. .. . Even more distressing is the fact that the total payroll; for our bureaucrats is increasing much faster than the numbers, plus the increase in the cost of living. For state and local employees alone, it has risen from $30 billion in 1962 to $85 billion in 1972, an increase of about 185 percent in ten years. Statism grows! .' . non-productiv- letters-to-editor- - fundamental principles law is that, when acting outside his scope of authority authorized by the Constitution, every government official and agent is responsible for his own acts. When acting outside his constitutional authority, his actions do not represent the government but are strictly private acts. But, as has happened all too often, President Nixon pays little attention to such matters. e, e him. Senator Jackson is silent on that, too. (Copyright by Jo Hindman 1974)' All government without the consent of the governed, is the very definition of slavery. -- Jonathan Swift basic LAWYER AT TAXPAYERS President Nixon has engaged a. private attorney. Professor Charles Wright of the University of Texas, to defend him in the Watergate case. And who is paying the bill? Richard Nixon? Dont be ridiculous we are paying it, fellow tax slaves!! Not only the lawyers fees but his expenses from Texas. And they will probably be astronomical. DOES AUTHORIZE ' CONSTITUTION BURGLARIZING? Now, this all brings to mind the question of why should the taxpayers pay for Nixons crimes? Just because he is the president, does this give him the authority to commit any and all crimes and have the citizens be responsible?. Absolutely not! Small wonder that even the Republicans are now pushing for impeachment. And if it occurs, there will probably be very few tears shed in Nixons behalf. CONCESSIONS : ; the NIXON HIRES EXPENSE . an act f gross bribery? Our national debt is over four hundred fifty billion dollars. How do you propose to pay.it off? With continual deficit spending?.. Is it your proposal to have the Federal Reserve Bank run off another billion dollars of phony printing press money to put into circulation to add further to inflation in our country? Federal Reserve notes are nothing buUiotes of credit backed by nothing, M r . Rains summed it up. Our government is full of fraud, deceit, bribery and harassment; 50 per cent of the illness in our United States today is directly attributable have homesites to the worst pollution-wrecreational individuals and harassment of development and other land use business by our own policies. Mr. Jackson, on the face of your proposal, does it not reflect 'government'... States should be left -- .ntnn to manage their affairs, as W M i EX POS E YOUR1 . I individuals should be left alone to rr a r-- rw honestly manage theirs. Rains remarks in the newspaper were comprehensively complete. To save the Senator frpm writers (cramp. Rains offers to pay the cost for ONLY $1.00 4 0f air time to debate the issues with of One . proof-of-deliver- IM TOO. YOUNG TO DIE! GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE long-establish- Employees sounded puzzled, knew nothing of Rains office. STOP ABORTION ' , WE PAY THE FINE ed letter .although he has the U.S. y Postal Service signed receipt. Rains said. Then Rains published his letter in a newspaper. He paid to have it printed as a full page advertisement in the January 15, 1974, issue of: The Daily News in Port Angeles on the Olympic peninsula, state of Washington. In it. Rains expressed disgust with the way things are collapsing in the nation due to bureaucratic mismanagement. He identified the problems. He. asked Jackson a number of questions, requested the answers. Senator Jackson is notorious for having introduced the Senate version of the controversial Land Use Control Bill S 268, passed by the Senate. The companion Land Use Control Bill H.R. 10294 is pending, in the House of Representatives, at this writing, First, Rains wrote to the Senator, lets take your federal National Land Use policy. You propose to offer all of our states over one billion dollars if they will accept this policy under federal guidelines. You say this is to fight fraud and abuses associated with i THE GROWTH OF STATISM and SMILES The timid civilized world has found nothing with which to oppose the onslaught of a sudden revival of barbarity, other than concessions and smiles. The spirit of Munich is a sickness of the will of successful people, it is the daily condition of those who have given themselves . up to the thirst after prosperity at any price. Such people .'. .elect passivity and retreat . ,, just as so not to step over the threshhold of hardship today .. .(They think) tommorrow . . .will be all right. The price of cowardice will always be evil. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn SMALL BUSINESS . Horns of a Dilemma The familiar chant of inter- national communism was, and is Workers of the world,, unite, you have only your chains to Are You Getting Started on Your Food lose. Those that heeded this siren call indeed found that they lost their chains, only to come under strict supervision by Storage Program? Not Dont Put it off Any Longer We know wheat and have the best available'. We also have the unique Bosch Bread Mixer, the Magic Mill, both hand and electric stone grinders and yogurt makers. We also handle sprouters and storage If state police. . Thus, it would be one of the weirdest paradoxes of this century if the American worker, who through uniting in unions and thus forcing up pirices, should be the biggest benefactor of the communist system. containers. CLINTONS WHEAT SHOP 529 So. 500 West . Bountiful 295-340- 5 As is well known at the pres ent time there is a great drive in' Washington to open up an even freer trade with the communist countries. The A well known trade publica- tion recently quoted an eastern U.S.. clothing manufacturer who has contracted for production in Czechoslovakia saying It's easier to do business with labor that's both lowtpaid, and well disciplined. ' Salt Lake City, Utah . The key phrase there is well disciplined which is perhaps a more indirect way of saying that you can get more, out of slave labor. From another quarter there are predictions that in two years the United States will be but flooded with well made clothing from China. low-pric- ed The Utah Independent is published by the Utah Independent each Tuesday at 2459 Major Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115. Yearly subscription rate is $ s.oo per year by surface mail in the United States, $12.00 foreign. Second Class Postage Paid at Salt Lake City Send change of address forms and correspondence to 2459 Major, Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Utahs Largest and Fastest- - Growing Subscription Weekly |