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Show i The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand What is behind this drive to disarm law-abidin- g citizens ? William I.. Shirer in his book THE RISE AM) FALL OF THE THIRD REICH wrote: "On June 16, 1 936 for the first lime in German history a unified police was established for the whole of the Reich previously the police had been organized separately by each of the A NATIONAL POLICE FORCE WOULD PRIVATELY-OWNE- ALLOW D NO GUNS states and Himmler was put in charge as Chief of the German Police....The Tliird Reich, as is inevitable in the development ofall totalitarian had dictatorships, become a police state." A national police force with unlimited powers is one of the most important characteristics of a totalitarian dictatorship. Such a could not exist dictatorship without total control of the police. BREAKING MORALE POLICE OF DOWN THE THE LOCAL Phoebe Courtney copyright 1974 The plot against local control of the police has been in the making for some time. In a talk during February of A UPI dispatch of June 29. 1962 before the American Bar As1972 reported that when Assistant sociation. J. Edgar Hoover stated: "The Communists have long Treasury Secretary Eugene T. Ros-sid- es testified on that date against recognized the irreconcilability of Congressman Emanuel Celler's bill law and their ultimate aims of to ban the sale of all handguns to violent revolution. They cannot existence.. .of private citizens, Rossidcs said that tolerate. ..the relaw law would such a enforcement independent And force. agencies. quire a national police from the he take would said, Testifying before the Senate that, States the responsibility of en- Internal Security Subcommittee forcing laws that should remain in on June 13, 1961 Lyman B. their jurisdiction. Kirkpatrick. Jr.. Inspector General ENon the staff of the Central In the FBI'S LAW FORCEMENT BULLETIN of Intelligence Agency, had this to February 1968 J. Edgar Hoover say: "Our police are among the declared: "A merica has no place for, nor foremost guardians offreedom and does it need, a national police thus a major target of the Comforce. It should he abundantly munists. The better the (police) clear by now that.. .effective law en- force, the greater its efficiency, the forcement is basically a local res- higher its competence in preserving the peace, the more vital it isfor the ponsibility. Communists to destroy it.... "In the great area of "Vie Communist technique reserved for States, counties and cities, the en- has been directed primarily toward forcement of the laws is not only discrediting the police in the eyes of the people. " their duty hut also their right. In an article in the July 1966 "Ijaw-ahidin- g citizens and local officials should vigorously issue of THE READER'S oppose concerted attacks against DIGEST. Fred E. Inbau.a profeslaw enforcement and the devious sor of law at Northwestern moves to negate local authority University and a member of the and replace it with federal police Chicago Crime Commission, charged: power." far-reachi- ng Continued from page "Known Communists and their symnathizers have engaged in police-baitin- g and 'brutality' smear operations in such diverse areas as the Philadelphia and Harlem riots of 1964. the Waits riot of 1 965 and the wave of demonstrations. "The FBI considers the tactic so insidious tluit it has issued special instructions to its agents explaining that the Communist aims are 'to arouse the passions of the people against law enforcement; to mislead the public, to smear, discredit and weaken law enforcement everywhere; and to and reduce divide, confuse seriously the strength of the opposition to Communism'." Senator Strom Thurmond, on October 13, 1969 declared: "Too often when a policeman attempts to do his duty, he is met with the cry of 'police brutality'. This phrase originated as a Communist and radical slogan intended to turn the tables on the policeman. Instead of focusing attention on the criminal, it focuses on the man who is trying to stop the criminal. " Not only have local police officers from been prevented operating at their maximum effectiveness in the war against crime by criminal-coddlin- g decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court, but they have been under attack from another direction the establishment of civilian "police review boards". The purpose of such review boards is to destroy the morale of police officers, breed contempt for law enforcement and. in general, promote defiance of authority. The mere existence of a police review board implies that there is "police brutality" against which the public must be protected. If the actions of police officers are to be constantly reviewed by a group of amateurs with large representation for politics ," the very thing they claim to want to do away with. "Why did they leave Murray and Midvaje and the other incorporated communities out asked. services may well be a result of a favorable vote on this proposal," he concluded. Mil. KUTULAS "Because they were afraid those people would never go for it." "Why did they leave us with the eight elected officials we have now, hut th of with all option doing away but one of those at a later time?" was the query. "Same aiiswfci " 'He said that ilu: pov.v-- c given to the mayor served to make it possible for him to become as powerful as Mayor Richard Daley was in Chicago. "That could be a real danger," the youthful official warned. He agreed that county government could be made better but argued that this county enjoys one of the lowest tax structures in the nation and yet provides excellent services such as fire, police, mental health and others that are being copied by other counties in other states. "I fear increased taxes and a decrease in the quality of Saying that police-watche- rs law enforcement and reformers have no place in our society. Hoover then charged: "Their altruistic mou things are a front and a sham for they have already prejudged law enforcement as an enemy to their nihilistic cause. Tlieir real objective is to intimidate and harass police." The late FBI director then concluded: "Our system of government provides adequate and proper safeguards for remedial action against indiscretions ofpolicemen. Certainly we do not need to resort to sidewalk kangaroo courts made up of militants and malcontents who cannot even discipline themselves." self-styl- ed minority groups, it is not difficult to imagine the breakdown of morale which I their grand plan?" he of THE FORD FOUNDATION AND GUN CONFISCATION results. If police officers feel that any action they take in an emergency Addressing the annual Police Medal of Honor luncheon at the situation dealing with criminals Denver Hilton Hotel on April 16. (particularly if they arc blacks) is 974 former New York Police going to be scrutinized by a Commissioner Patrick V. Murphy politically-appointe- d civilian stated: police review board, fewer arrests "The time has come for us to will take place with the resultant disarm the individual citizen. " breaking down of the maintenance" would "restrict Murphy of effective law and order. handgun ownership to The June 1970 edition of the officials, the military, FBI LA W ENFORCEMENT private security guards and "very BULLETIN carried an article by J. few others". Edgar Hoover in which he harshly He further said that criticized the concept of civilian sportsmen who prefer pistols to police review boards. long guns should relinquish custody of the weapons when they're not in use for hunting. Murphy also stated that NOTE DISCOUNTS FOR QUANTITY ORDERS THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN domestic manufacture, assembly 1 copy.. .$1.75 25 copies.. .$21. 00 P.O. Box 636 and sale of handguns not suitable 5 copies.. 5.00 100 copies... 78.00 Littleton, Colorado 80120 for sporting use should be banned 10 copies.. 9. 50 totally. Control" of Control Means "Gun Who is this man. and why arc Please send me People .copies Phoebe (192 his views noteworthy? pages, paperback, indexed) by Courtney Patrick V. Murphy heads the or send check enclosed. money order) .is (Please Police Foundation in Washington Payment of $ which was created in 1970 by the Mrs. Ford Foundation with a five-yeMr appropriation of S30 million. The Miss tax-fre- e Ford Foundation could well afford this outlay inasmuch as Street its assets are in excess of S3 billion. a In favoring consolidation the com- "step-at-a-time- ," missioner said that there are several agencies within the' city and county that could benefit from mergers, such as the jail and the health departments did. "The atmosphere must be right for a consolidation, rather than forcing a total merger," he said. He explained that efforts are now being made toward consolidation of solid waste disposal units in the city and county, and that will "result in better efficiency and possible savings," he explained. In explaining the other side of the coin he called attention to the highway departments of the city and county. Salt Lake County has 1,800 miles of road and a facility in Midvale that is just meeting the needs. Salt Lake City has 600 miles of streets to service and a facility that is meeting those needs. Neither facility could be expanded to meet the needs of both so the options would be to operate both or to purchase property, a costly endeavor, and build a new one, also costly. "Thus, what would consolidation achieve?" he asked. "Absolutely nothing or an increase in cost, depending on how it was handled." He expressed, fear that the new government could be faced with huge deficits and also fear that some of the important elected officials would cease to be elected officials because "the study commission left the back door open on that issue." 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