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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Page 10 The Utah Independent April 17, 1975 The Scott Report AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE - BLUE BELL KNOLL FARM P.O. BOX 277 FREDERICK. PENNSYLVANIA 19435 by Paul Scott Washington: South Korean of stir up student unrest against the ficials are greatly disturbed by the government of President Park. failure of the U.S. to give military Since the South Korean students support to South Vietnam and were born after the end of the Cambodia in their greatest hour of Korean war they are easy targets for the Communists since they need. Their concern is that the Ford have no first hand knowledge of Administration has lost its will to North Korean terror. What doesnt help the South oppose communism in Asia and will be reluctant to respond to an Korean government is the way attack by North Korea because of U.S. Ambassador Richard L. the growing restrictions placed on Sncider and his Embassy staff continue to play down recent North its foreign policy by Congress. While the U.S. still has 38,000 Korean violations of the 1953 troops in South Korea, cease-fir- e agreement. SERIOUS VIOLATIONS government officials there see the possibility of an indecisive and The violations are considered serious by the South Koreans. President acCongressional-tie- d include the digging ting too slowly to save Seoul, their They national capital and a city of more of tunnels by the North Koreans than 5.000.000. in the case of a under the demilitarized zone, probing naval actions in South surprise North Korean attack. The North Koreans now have Korean waters, and flights by the capability fora lightningattack North Korean aircraft over South against Seoul, which lies less than Korean territory. All of these violations are 50 miles below the demilitarized zone separating North and South looked on by South Korean officials as part of a well planned Korea. The warning of the South campaign of testing their countrys Koreans is that the fall of South defenses in preparation for a future Vietnam and Cambodia to the all out offensive against Seoul. Communists could clear the way High officials in the Park for such an attack late in 1975 or government are convinced that South Korea is the next target of early in 1976 when the U.S. is inthe Communists since the Korean volved in a Presidential election. The reasoning behind this peninsula already has been conwarning is that a Communist sidered by Moscow and Peking as takeover in South Vietnam will the gateway for the takeover of permit the transfer of massive Japan. As in the tragic case of South stockpiles of weapons from North Vietnam. South Korean diplomats Vietnam to North Korea. South Korean officials stress here stress that the U.S. has fallen behind in its commitment to that it was the Korean cease-fir- e agreement in 1953 that permitted modernize their military forces. President Ford Moscow and Peking to shift the Although visited South Korea flow of their weapons from North when he Korea to North Vietnam so Hanoi during his 1974 trip to Russia and could go on to the offensive against Japan promised to seek additional French forces. military aid. his Administration Since the government of has done little to convince that the President Park Chung Hee sent Congress in South modernization program should be 50,000 troops to fight Vietnam until the Paris peace acfully funded. In sharp contrast to this delay cord ended its involvement. South Korean officials are convinced the of U.S. arms for the South North Vietnamese will now do Koreans, the Russians in recent everything possible to help the months have furnished the North Koreans with hundreds of millions North Koreans. THE NEW DANGER The of dollars worth of their most ground-to-groun- d aircraft. North Koreans have massed more modern missiles, tanks, and long-rang- e than 50 FROGS, ground to ground missiles near the demilitarized zone artillery pieces. are some of the reasons There These Seoul. within the range of are an estimated 100.000 why South Korean officials have motorized troops that are within 6 their misgivings about the latest assurances from the Ford Adhours of the South Korean capital. It has long been the fear of ministration regarding the U.S. Korean South military and commitment to defend South Korea in event of another war intelligence officials that the North Koreans would use this large force there. near Seoul to launch a blitz, attack across the DMZ to capture the Defense Secretary Sote. its 5.000.000 capital and hold James Schle singer plans to go to residents hostage. Seoul this summer to review Fifth column red agents are military needs of the South known to be in Seoul attempting to Koreans. 5-y- THE PRICE THEY PAID Have you ever wondered what happened to those men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the Revolutionary Army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or the hardships of the Revolutionary War, were lawyers and jurists. Eleven What kind of men were they? Twenty-fou- r were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags. Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and hit family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton. At the Battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis, had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire, which was done. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt. Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his grist mill were laid waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home after the war to find his wife dead, his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates. Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were rabble-rousin- g n ruffians. There were men of means not wild-eyeand education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of the Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." d, soft-spoke- Thev gave us an independent America. A Can we keep it? A Well With Welfare Getting numerous checks are Welfare many a way of life for becoming increasing numbers of the American people. And Big Brother has plans to put one in every four Americans on welfare in due time. checks Meanwhile, help Linda Taylor of Chicago to pay bills on her 1974 welfare Cadillac, Lincoln, and Chevrolet station wagon, and on the four buildings she claims to own on the South Side. Investigating authorities found that Miss Taylor has aliases, disguises, and several addresses where she receives welfare checks and Food Stamps. She has three Social Security cards, uses 25 different telephone numbers, and owns stocks and bonds in a variety of names. Authorities learned about this welfare recipient when she walked into a police station early in August, 1974 to report a $14,000 robbery of her apartment which authorities believe never happened. -- The Review Of The News WVWWW |