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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand July 10, 1975 The Utah Independent Page 5 Independence, Not Interdependence by John F. McManus Belmont, Massachusetts One hundred and ninety-nin- e years ago, our founding fathers told King George that they had tolerated enough of his brand of oppression. Declaring themselves free of British rule, and later backing up their resolve with muscle and blood, the Americans of 1776 wrote a new and marvelous chapter in the history of mankind. Self-Evide- nt Everyone The precious heritage sealed for us at great cost in the early days of our independence finds fewer and fewer defenders and is understood by a mere handful cl our citizens. Only a few years ago, former Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy each chose the Fourth of July to call for a new declaration of interdependence. That theme, carried along by Presidents Johnson and Nixon, was recently echoed once more by President Ford. Addressing a commencement audience at the University of Pennsylvania in May, he stated that the time had come to write a declaration of interdependence, among ourselves and all people." Then, on May 27, at a conference of nations in Paris, Secretary of State Kissinger called for the same interdependence as a means to solve the contrived energy crisis. The calls for interdependence come from many quarters. Yet important questions remain unanswered. With whom or what are we to be interdependent? Are we to sacrifice the Declan rations recognition of rights to the godless United Nations? Might present leaders of the United States suggest interdependence with Communist tyrannies or Socialist dictatorships? Must we abandon our precious heritage in order to satisfy energy needs which could easily be met but for government interference? Truths The most elementary premise of their Declaration of Independence from slavery and destruth that all potism is the men . . . are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights. In other words, self-evide- nt . there is a God and man's basic rights come from Him, and no one else. It clearly follows that if such rights as life, liberty, and property cannot be granted by government, then government cannojt take them away. A more solid foundation for freedom would be impossible to find. The Declaration called attention to another truth: That to Becure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men,' deriving their just powers from the consent of the Governed. Speaking plainly, this means that government is the servant of the governed, not their master; that government owes its very existence to the men who created it; and that governments function is to safen guard and protect the rights of individuals. Strange, as it may seem to many who will read these lines today, these basic principles of Americanism had never previously formed the foundation of a nation. Our nation this union of independent and sovereign states was and self-evide- THE INDEPENDENT DIGEST Congressman! traditional government watchers are turned off by evasive answers or because such letters have no effect on future policy??? Having been on both sides ofthefense: a letter writer and Representative the activist letter writers are fewer in number because few believe they count. The heretofore missing link to Patriot action to influence policy is direction toward a common goal. The Center for Federal Pojicy Review, 1509 6th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 has seen a measurable cause and effect relationship develop between policy makers letter writers on HR 3510, the Federal Land Use Regulations Act. Letter writers are and encouraged, gone back to work they have seen the tide turn to our advantage. The missing link has been concentration upon a limited objective and utilize: bill number; 2 the name of the Committee (or subcommittee); 3 list of activist co-ordina- ted 1 1 constituents in each Committee members Congressional District; 4 a guesstimate of who is for, or against, as well as the undecided; and 5 putting this information into letters to the editor and letters from the constituents of each of these key Congressmen... God-give- nt self-destructi- ng The Communist takeover of Portugal appears nearly complete. The ruling military junta last week broke its word and turned a Socialist newspaper over to the Communist party, leaving Lisbon Without a single independent source of news. Also taken over was a Lisbon radio station operated by the Catholic Church. When Catholic loyalists sought to protect their cardinal's palace, they were stoned by a Communist mob. Security officials report that the Marxist demonstrators are paid with funds supplied by Moscow. No!" to the consequences of interdependence. Let us rather reaffirm our Declaration of Independence and pull away from the errors, crimes, and deficiencies of other governments. Let America chart her own course in the future as she has done in the past, rea course that has earned the spect and admiration of everyone. The leaders of this great nation seem determined to sacrifice our magnificent Declaration on an unholy altar. If they are not stopped, interdependence will indeed be our lot. But it can only be interdependence with serfdom and We offer a resounding is unique. well-deserv- How Fares The Declaration? Such concepts, as are found in the. Declaration do not fare well in todays America, however. Ravenous big government is steadily devouring individual rights, and the very crimes of King' George springing now from within our nation have returned like an ancient plague. ed Human Events tyranny. Copyright 1975 by The John Birch Society Features I.R.S. VERBAL GYMNASTICS Continued from page 1 in in turn, should do the same; everything is completely set out you. less will be therefore there because you would be able to writing possibility of . any misunderstanding taking place. Yesterday my wife and my brothers family received a series of phone calls from the Seattle office asking fpr copies of returns. Why dont your people get these copies from Ogden where said returns have been filed? Why should we spend our time and money doing the things which you are paid for? Shouldn't (by the 13th amendment and nor shall private property be taken for public use. without just 5th amendment) compensation there be (I.) the agreement to 'volunteer the records and (2.) the offer to pay for them? Without any consideration, why should a citizen cooperate with your requests? Please advise us. If you avoid answering the prove any mailings which your offices would make without any doubt whatsoever. (We regret that this is an era when we cannot trust each other, but this is what happens when that great moral check on the graspers for power the U.S. Constitution is ignored.) Let me quote from a letter dated June 6. 1975 which I received from Don Bonker. Member of Congress, 3rd Washington Your case District, as follows: appears to be working its way. through the administrative hearing process. If you wish to pursue such issues-- as the authority to enact the IRS code. I suspect that you will have to take your case to the Isnt it strange that courts. found no man-center- ed judges, Mr. Bonker. as well as Mr. Ford. Mr. Jackson. Mr. Magnuson. Mr. Alexander, etc., should be most anxious to eliminate any laws which are on the books which are not pursuant to the Constitution. These named individuals, as well as yourself, are aware that it is possible that all law within the U.S. Code may not be part of the supreme law of the land (sec my letter of May 16, 1975: therefore arc they (and you) fraudeulently collecting paychecks from the Re-reAmerican people? amendment 14, section 3, U.S. follow IRS instructions and send all reports to this office. The caller from your office told my wife that there had been several letters written to us which we did not answer. We do not believe this statement by your employee (since Watergate, it has become increasingly evident that many governmental employees must he liars), but may we suggest that all communications by the IRS to ourselves should be sent by certified mail with a return receipt requested. This is how we handle our mailings to the IRS (because we cant trust your operation) and Constitution. ad P.S. Does the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Hurtado V. Calif, and the Court's comments on arbitrary power explain . Tens of thousands of Christian Vietnamese refugees flow through this military sanctuary with an average of 600 arriving each day and that many being processed out to their new homes every 24 hours. This historic exodus began after word spread that two native bishops and dozens of priests and nuns had been shot on sight by the invading North Vietnamese. As the slaughter began, the Vietnamese bishops let each priest make the decision whether to stay or lgad his flock to freedom. The flight included young and old, most seeking a haven to worship according to the dictates of their own conscience. contrary statement in the Constitution, as set forth in the 9th amendment to the U.S. Constitution. We solicit your counsel to prove that we are in If you supply such error. information, we will reassess our position and tell you what our final decision in this quest for information will be. We thank you for your attention' to our requests for information, and we hope that you agree that this should be a nation of laws, rather than a dictatorship. and Very' truly yours. government personnel, all sworn to uphold and to support the U.S. Stanley J. Trohimovich Constitution, do not desire to look Aberdeen. Washington at the supreme law of the land (Art. cc: to various officials and media Congressmen, in the preceding paragraph, you are hereby notified that you can request all of the material which we have given to the IRS from your Ogden offices. We VI. Sec. 2. U.S. Const.). questions You are aware that Congress, under the Vth Article of the U.S. Constitution, does not have the sole power to amend the U.S. Constitution; therefore we still have the rights retained by ourselves as sovereign citizens, having how . Center for Federal Policy Review Ex. Dir. Nelson A. Pryor Not Interdependence, But Independence God-give- Oh, write a letter to your says: But how many ever do??? Is it because this controversy now invoKes the years of 1972 and 1973? Remember Mr. Mason, added these years of his own volition and then he eliminated these two years and now they seem to be back again, did not follow any procedures for due process oflaw"tothe knowledge of the writer in this regard. Please the explain what application enclosed explanation of statutory vs. pseudo dollars has in the preparation of income tax returns? From The Scott Report Camp Pendleton, Calif. June P. D.C. Congressman Washington, Larry McDonald, 7th District. Georgia today criticized the approach of defense critic Les Aspin to weapons development. It is difficult to maintain a strong national defense when critics complain that weapons with a wide range of capabilities are too costly and then also complain when the capability of the weapon is reduced to save money, Said McDonald. This is a dog in the manger approach McDonald stressed. Mr. Aspin simply cannot have it both ways. Earlier this month Rep. Aspin criticized an Air Force decision to cut the supersonic mission of the bomber altogether. Effective National Defense Requires Strong Weapons Development NEWS from Congressman Larry McDonald When a group of parents in Montgomery County, Maryland circulated a handbill recently protesting books on the public school reading list that included Eldridge Cleaver's Soul on Ice and Wardell Pomeroy's Girls and Sex the editor of The Montgomery Journal described the protest as garbage. But when the protesters challenged the editor to carry in his newspaper verbatim selections from the books he pleaded that it would be the complained-o- f height of irresponsibility to print such material in a family newspaper. If. this isnt a howler, it will do, as Damon Runyon used to say, until one comes along. Textbooks Aren't Sacred by Jenkin Lloyd Jones Continued on page 7 . |