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Show I I The Paper That Dares To Take Page 2 The Utah Independent March 13, 1975 H POLICY NOTICE We like to reecho Free men can vote themselves into slavery, but slaves cannot vote themselves free. .1. Reese Hunter miiiiiiaMMMaiiMiMaiMaaaaMMiamiiaiiiafaaoaiicie EDUCATION SUCCEEDS AGAIN!!! FORWARD TO IMPROVEMENT Never has such a comprehensive effort to socialize the governments of Salt Lake City and County been made as was made in the proposed and defeated Charter, balloted on Tuesday in a separate election. The voters had plenty of time to make up their minds. They were bombarded with ed itorials, articles and news reports overw helmingly in favor of the merger. The two daily papers, the radio and TVs, the League of Women Voters, the Governor, two U.S. senators, all but one member of the committee and many other prestigious individuals. In opposition to the merger was THE UTA H INDEPENDENT, Tom Breitling, Bob Salter, Erma Christensen, many constitutuionalists and the good common sense of the voters. When the City and County merged their health department, the result was to be a savings of money and better health service. Instead, they called for a 2 mill levy increase and now they want more. Increased size does not. necessarily mean a less expensive operation. In the field of public service it always costs more to merge. The Founding Fathers of this great country and this great state understood government. That to properly serve the people and keep the peace it must be kept within the bounds set by the constitution. Metropolitan and regional governments are not an American form of government, but are an old world form of control over the City-Coun- ty people. This is not the first time we have voted down metropolitan government. Lets hope it is the last. The people of Utah know better than the politicians the kind of government they want. Prudence would indicate that this expensive repeat programming of socialized government is not wanted. Thos e state senators and representatives who continually sponsor such legislation should be held accountable at the next election. The people of the State, City and County want good government not socialism. The twelve different options offered for improving local government would all end up with one powerful central covernment exercising power and dominion over the people. Thousands of dollars have been spent to find out and CONTINUED IN COLUMNS 4&5 ! l mm The Utah's Largest and 57 I I older than for Sl.Ofl 50 for S9.00 Foreign $15.00 per year 100 for SI 7.50 UTAH INDEPENDENT 1 (First) (Last) (Middle) Address (Number And Street) L.: each 25 for S5.00 USA $10.00 per year Name Utah 84115 12 for $2.75 Subscriptions: The . 25C months 12 Independent Salt Lake Citv Oakland Avenue (C.ty (Stav) etters lo with he Capt. Joe H. Ferguson CITIZEN ACTION DOES IT AGAIN ) or should he txped (double-space- d written legibly on one side ol an Captain Joe H. Ferguson publish these letters regularly :is sp:iee permits. We appreciate the act that some subjects require more length. In such instances they should be submitted as News Articles and will be subject to our regular editorial policies and current 2. Wo w ill VOTERS REJECT (Zip Codei MERGER CITY-COUNT- Y I In the voting this past Tuesday, Salt Lake County voters rejected the proposed merger by a ma jority of over three to two. The latest returns show that 44,751 voted against the proposed merger compared to only 28.264 for. According to County Clerk Sterling Evans, one district had 900 votes cast and only 76 were for the merger. This proves what results can come when a few citizens go to work in an area providing other citizens with reliable information regarding a particular issue. City-Coun- ty needs. News items Must Be hilly Documented. We want to print Many ONLY I MF I RIM II! thanks. 77: EDITOR cannot print your Sorn requests for funds. CANCEROUS GROWTH - wc LAND USE, E.R.A. and MERGER The Land Use Bill, the Equal Rights Amendment and this merger were three very critical issues facing the citizens of Utah this year. Due to untiring efforts of various dedicated citizens and groups, all three of these schemes were defeated. In each case, tea ms of workers donated money, time and effort in order to get information out to a sufficient number of citizens to get the job done. It is very probable that if these workers had not done so, these three pieces of very undesirable legislation would have passed. so-call- ed City-Coun- ty Dear Editor: The most dastardly plot ever the American againstis the the and Constitution people 10 Regional or Metro Governments. To say this is a threat to our way of life is putting it mildly. To know it is working for the you have but to watch the papers, which record cities and counties consolidating in many states from Florida to Alaska. The most terrifying thing about this cancerous growth is its genealog- y- from the International Ranker to the Bildcrbcrgers to the CFR to 1313 Chicago to the Santa Barbara Think Tank, who divided the U.S. into 10 Regions w ith a new Constitution, and on to Richard Nixon who implemented the program with funds and personnel devised - so-call- ed ts" in 1968. Two of the worst features of this traitorous sedition Use and subjugation of law en- forcement authority on the state, county and city levels. In Douglass County. Oregon where live, the elected sherilf ran and was elected County Commissioner. After being sworn in as commissioner he voted to appoint a sheriff to replace himself. Now the State Patrol, the Sheriffs Office and local City Police are as one. under the regional olficc in Seattle. 1 he duly elected sheriff is supposed tnbethe supreme law of the land answerable to no one but the are--La- people who elected him. 1 his un- constitutional procedure gives us an appointed sherilf. beholden only to the former sherilf for his position. Verne Killian Da vs Creek. Oregon CALIFORNIA LAWYER AND I 111 IRS Dear Editor: Palo Alto. Calif. Attorney at law John Knkus talked to a capacity ciowd on the necessity lor American citizens to light tor their Constitutional Rights in eases harrassmeut and intimidation by the Internal Revenue Service Asa loniiding member ol oundution. ill,. Viiimi.il Justice Continued on page 3 1 UTAH INDEPENDENT LEADS WAY minimum modestv but surely maximum pride, we at THE UTAH INDEPENDENT can accurately state that, of all the newspapers in the state. THE UTAH INDEPENDENT undoubtedly provided the most accurate and detailed information on these three mentioned issues than did any other newspaper in the state. In fact, it might be true that the U.I. provided more than did all the others combined. At any rate, there is little doubt that the U.I. did play a decisive part in providing Utah citizens with vital information on these vital issues. With perhaps CORRESPONDENT BREITLING LEADS FIGHT AGAINST MERGER nd 1 Subscription Weekly g Assorted copies 2 I I Fastest-Growin- l Editor. ITequenth. however. Ihese letters n re much too Ions: lor us to use. For this reason, we are ulopting the follow ini policy: I. letters Eo 1 he Editor I Morality, and Truth ON COURSEi OUTLOOK Dedicated To Constitution, Liberty, Stand READERS Independent The A In any account of the above Merger plan, it would be most unfair to omit the part played by UTAH INDEPENDENT writer Thomas O. Breitling. City-Coun- ty Mr. Breitling not only provided the readers of THE UTAH INDEPENDENT with vital information in his column, but led the way in organizing citizens in defeating this measure at the polls. So -- a vote of thanks is very much in order for Tom Breitling. EDUCATION SUCCEEDS AGAIN whats wrong with the city and county publicize government. Now lets publicize what is good and great about the city and county governments. Then let us take the good and proceed to build upon it the kind ol will that government protect everyones rights to enjoy the tii cat freedoms we have been blessed with. With our diligent devotion to our responsibilities anil the blessings of the Lord, our children and our children children shall grow up in freedom. The Emblem Of America Willll CioJ in jilt (hi oyster. He guaranteed him absolute eeonumu and sou.il see unt He built the oyster a a she!! to protect him house, ,r"!:i ins enemies. When tumors . the oster simple opens his shell and lood rushes . m. 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