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Show Page 4 The Utah Independent The Paper That uares May 29, 1975 national What now its the fault of the resolve". irony American people that the poor people of Vietnam are being overrun by Communist butchers. True, Americans did grow weary of sacrificing their sons and tax dollars in a war which one administration after another clearly never intended to win. We never stopped Communism (and it was planned that way) but we did do irreparable harm to a country (Vietnam) and its people. Over the years we have watched as nations have fallen one by one while Communist nations are courted zealously by our political leaders. This ought to liberal tell even a fuzzy-mindsomething is morally wrong. Sir Robert Thompson, a British guerrilla war expert and authority on the fighting in Southeast Asia, declares that the world is about to witness a global U.S. retreat from the side of its allies. It's been the greatest retreat since Napoleon retreated before Moscow. The Americans are now retreating before Moscow, and we are about to see the strategic surrender of the United States." He also predicts that South Vietnam will soon collapse and fall under the domination of the Communists. How much longer will the American people allow themselves to be gulled and propagandized by political leaders devoid of prinMust we also trod the ciple? tortuous path of the other anticommunist nations? anti-Commun- ist ed J. Reese Sacramento. CA. 958022 PROJECT: SAFER CALIFORNIA?!? the projected Proclamation but he also said he was against gun controls, yet he signed the most restrictive gun legislation ever enacted in the State of Calif. It was almost impossible for him to be ignorant of the Proclamation for some of his appointees were part and parcel of PROJECT: SAFER CALIFORNIA which is what the conference was all about. I have before me Governor laudatory Reagans Anthony Palumbo, Executive Director of the Office of Criminal Justice AND Director of Planning PROJECT: SAFER CALIF ORNIA. The Governor also appointed a Select Committee on Law Problems Enforcement whose report entitled CONTROLLING CRIME IN CALIFORNIA was submitted by the Governor the the state legislature for action the on 100 recommendations listed in the report. I resent Mrs. Brantingham's when Mrs. Smith statement finally allowed him ( Reagan) to get in a word and he was pretty angry at her accusations and her refusal I to let him be heard. emphatically say that is not true, for the Governor came swinging into the room, sat on a large desk and started a long monologue about how he was opposed to regional government and gun controls. Since it was apparent t hat he was going to use up the brief fifteen minutes allotted to us but which was extended to thirty minutes. Mrs. Smith stood up. pardoned herself as the lady she is. and asked if she could read her statement. He did allow her to do so. If he were angry and 1 say if. it was not because Mrs. Smith refused to let him speak or that she accused him of anything. He was probably angry because the Pert and Flow charts had exposed him. Due to Mr. Reagan's carefully Dear Editor: contrived As a member of the delegation led by Mrs. Bernadine Smith who was also the spokesman that met with Governor Reagan on Dec. 3, 1974, 1 wish to take exception to a apparently, public Mrs. image, Brantingham believes that he is a conservative. She states in her letter that the California Council defeated any move to include California in the LEA A Conference which Mrs. letter written by Elaine Smith did not attend. I am not Brantingham that was published in sure what that statement means, the April issue of the but for the record, Mrs. Smith did INDEPENDENT. attend the California Council on Since Mrs. Brantingham was Criminal Justice meeting which not even present with the convened on the afternoon of Dec. delegation in the Governor's office, 4 following the adjournment at how can she make such accusations noon of the Governors assertions from and Conference, for she sat next to me. information that she received We were handed an agenda for the second hand? which showed that Item 2 mis-leadi- For ng your information. Governor Reagan was scheduled to issue a Proclamation last Dec. 31 which would have declared the standards at the developed Governors Conference as being the operational standards for the Criminal Justice System of the State of California. They were to have been ratified by the Calif. Council on Criminal Justice that met the afternoon of Dec. 4 following the Continued from page 2 Enclosed is a copy ol a story of the delegation and CALIF SAFER PROJECT: ORNIA written by K. Maureen Heaton, a member of said delegation, and a copy of a column written for the Sacramento Union by another delegate, as well as a copy of the agenda. Unless we do something to stop it, w'e shall see the complete militarization of law enforcement under unified command. meeting was to be Standards and Goals Review. Standards in eighteen categories were to be presented for CCCJ review. RATIFICATION and deferral. chaired the abbreviated meeting long enough to call the roll and if memory serves me correctly, to approve the Synopsis of the Nov. 21st meeting. He then waved the agenda and not declared that it was operative. He then announced close of the Governors that the standards would be sent to Conference. the 21 LEA A regions for action, Ihe Pert and Mow charts whereupon the meeting was from the Office of Criminal .Justice adjourned. Planning Standards and Goals It is my considered opinion clearly indicate the dates of the and otliers. that the delegation was conference and the Gubernatorial instrumental in postponing the Proclamation scheduled for Dec. Dee. 31 Reagan Proclamation, 31. It is true that the Governor thereby placing the responsibility denied knowing anything about on newly elected Governor Brown. Evclle Younger Sincerely, (Mrs.) Frances Taber F.1 Monte, California 91732 CONSERVATIVE Editor: This is my response to the letter by Elaine Brantingham in the May issue of The Woman Constitutionalist re: Californias conservative ex-Go- v. Ronald Reagan. (Mrs. Branginghams letter was also sent to the UTAH INDEPENDENT.) Mrs. Brantingham is evidently unaware that UROC. (United Republicans of Calif.), Americans for Constitutional Justice. Inc., J.B.S., and many more and organizations individuals, including members of have been checking beyond the Reagan charm and conservative rhetoric and find he is not w hat he claims to be and are doing their utmost to expose the real Reagan. I congratulate ALL of them. As Rus Walton so aptly put it, This Republic does not need another Citizen Cain". It is quite evident that Mrs. Brantingham has not done her homework so will do a little on Reagan. Los Angeles Times, Aug. 3, 1966: Ronald Reagan. Pro-Americ- a, re-pl- ay Republican nominee a in a Federalists, one-wor- ld organization. ...Of course, that was before he proclaimed himself a But it seems his conservative. philosophy hasn't changed very much because on April 19, 1975 Reagan spoke to a group of internationalists called the Pilgrims Society, in London. (The Pilgrims are one of the lesser kmnvn an one-wor- ld organizations.) As for Regional Government, which Mrs. Brantingham seems to abhor, she may be surprised to learn that her friend. Reagan, was the man behind the program that formed California into nine and is on the commission of ACIR from which regional government stems.... Where did Ronald Reagan run as soon as his term as Governor ended?.?? Why. to the Rockefeller Commission, of course! That, in itself, should tell you something. The truth on Reagan is easily available, and it is time people took the time and effort to check out the As for Jo Hindman. facts. Bernadine Smith and the hundreds of others who are trying to expose Reagan; Mrs. Brantingham and friends. I think you should give them all a medal of valor and Reagan a sw ift kick in the pants!!!! sub-regio- ns i axe A Stand t Mrs. Ellen M. Roberts Lancaster. California 93534 ANOTHER ANSWER Gubernatorial Proclamation to further disarm us in 1974? Just because he SAID he would not?? Public outcry threw the timetable off but it is still in the works. Where would the power to do so come? Why, from executive orders, of course. Governors, as well as Presidents, use these to do their dirty work. In his inaugural address. Reagan also said. We arc going to squeeze and cut and trim until we reduce the cost of government. That is the rhetoric, here is the action: He not only doubled the unpaid debt of former Gov. Brown but ended up with an I8rr increase in the operating budget of his own office! During his eight years in office. Reagan more than DOUBLED the cost of government. State taxes now take twice what they took when he went into office... AN I) HE HAS HIE NERVE 10 CALL HIMSELF A CONSERVATIVE!!! Dear Editor: Some readers may remember the long slippery letter by a Mrs. a Brantingham concerning Governor's announcement that was never issued (See UI 4; 17 75.) Sliding between gun control and law enforcement topics generally, the letter presumptuously claimed to correct one of my copyrighted articles. My article stands as written. In between the Brantingham godblesses for the Editor, ingratiatingly placed fore and aft. her letter naively related an amazing turncoat action in w hich a political delegate completely reversed her position to attack an invited co-work- sympathy goes out now to certain conscientious and unselfish women laboring to improve because up to the time of the Brantingham epistle the had .been organization making a achieve to strides good comeback. As I read the Brantingham letter, it became apparent that it was built on hearsay, whereas its victim -- Mrs. Bernardinc Smith's research findings rests on substantial of underpinnings personal first hand involvement. I started to compile a bibliography of publications, true facts, and studies which might be of help to in Mrs. Brantingham the the methods, understanding and the complex systems, forces set by up strategy being desirous of imposing on local governments the mandates of a regional nationally-directe- d structure, the federal My Pro-Americ- LEAA (Law Enforcement Assistance Administration). Mrs. Branginghams But affection for the stagestruck former governor ruled out the thought of a bibliography. Her obbligato of praise throughout her letter plainly sought to keep alive political publicity for the politician until he could become a candidate for the presidency. She took upon herself to explain his subjective intent in the proclamation matter, overlooking the fact that the State of California accepted S56.759.633.00 federal LEAA funds (Federal Aid to States. Fiscal Year 1974. U.S. Treasury Dept.). More than any one of the other 49 states and as ( 5 to 20 much as the fifteen-twent- y or more) states which accepted assistance ranging from SI -- million to S9.000.000. After taking the hogs share of LEAA assistance for California, the governor really didn't need to make a proclamation that the I.F.AA system, barring reversals, is a coming thing in California. It was not deep concern over the future of our Nation's local police and independent elected Sheriffs that caused Mrs. Brantingham to write her letter. Rather, she is fearful that her idol wont be elected to the U.S. Presidency in 1976. Jo Hindman MetroNews Powell Butte. Oregon 97753 Mrs. er. Bernardinc Smith, who refused to turn tail when facing the California Governor Reagan, on that occasion. Mrs. Brantingham who had not attended the confrontation but described it minutely, ended up joining the thespian governors forces who want the former to play a real life role as the next U.S. President. The woman further confided that she also happens to be President of a unit. It is common knowledge among longtime members of that the womens organization was once almost destroyed by militant infiltrators, described to me as Republicans who attempted to exploit as an instrument ol the Republican Part. actor-turned-gover- Pro-Ameri- ca Pro-Ameri- a. 1 Constitutionally yours. for Governor, promised Tues. to resist any effort that would take from the American citizen his right to ow n and possess firearms. He also said he would oppose any law requiring registration of firearms". That is what he SAID but this is what he did: On July 28. 1975 Gov. Reagan signed into law the Mulford Gun Control Act, the FIRST such move toward firearms (control) the State of California has ever seen to abridge the rights of citizens under the Second Amendment. 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