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Show Page 4 WHAT FEDERAL CONTROLS??? Federal Programs seem to be on the increase. And just as. drop by drop, water wears down a rock, these programs are wearing down the sovereignty of the States. The infringed rights of the States can be clearly seen through one law passed in 19S6. Dean Clarence Manion had warned us about the Interstate Highway Act. Public Law 7, but an election year, and high unemployment, 84-62- caused The Paper That Dares To Take The Utah Independent August 28, 1975 President Dwight Eisenhower to "twist a few elbows'" to get the federal aid program going. By March 31. 1975 S57.2 billion dollars had been spent on the program, with another S33 billion anticipated. States have lost their power to regulate their outdoor "billboard" Under regulations advertising. issued in the Federal Register of Oct. 10 and Dec. 13 of 1974. and for Jan. 31. and March 11. 1975, States would lose l(Kc of their allotted federal highway money without full compliance. The four States that have not complied with the regulations, and the amount of money they stand to lose are: Missouri (S I 1 .880.553); Oklahoma (S6.I76.249); Tennessee (S8.92-5.105- ); and Georgia (S13.510.271). And the right for Georgia to regulate its own billboards is enumerated in its State Constitution! Twelve other States may also be in danger of losing federal highway money. The penalty provision has not yet been invoked but Washington wheels are turning in that direction. States have lost their pow er to regulate cyclist headgear. A letter to the State Governors on August 31. 1972 informed them that their State had to require all cyclists to wear helmets. This was confirmed in the Traffic Safety Sewsletter of January 1973. Three States have not complied w ith the regulations. They are: Utah (which requires helmets for highways marked 30 mph or above); California (which has never had a law): and Illinois (which had a law in full compliance with Federal Regulations, but was declared unconstitutional by the State Supreme Court in 250 N.E. 2d 149 People vs. Fries 1969. Their Governors have been sent letters of (available from the Center for Federal Policy Reiew 1509 16th St.. N.W.". Washington. D.C. 20036). The Federal Register of June 13 notified those States that the penalty procedure was being cranked up. For instance. Utah could lose S400.000 dollars plus its entire S5 million in federal highway funds, according to the Salt Lake City (L'tah) Deseret Sews of June 19.1975, States have lost their powerto regulate their speed limits. Again, under threat of losing their Federal Highway funds, sovereignty is being lost. States had to validate their upper speed limit of 55 mph and enforcement, by July 9. 1975. according to the Federal Register of June 9. 1975. or suffer the penalty cf losing their entire Idaho. allotment. highway non-complian- ce f to the Nation. LIBERTY LINES Commonwealth or Common Sense? ROBERT M. BARTELL By WASHINGTON, D.C. (Liberty Lobby News Service)-Recent- ly, I had the opporto testify before the tunity Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee on the proposed admission of the Marianas Islands into the United States as a commonwealth. ern As background, the North- Marianas Islands are a part of Micronesia, a series of more than 2,000 islands forming three major archipelagoes in the Western Pacific Ocean. These Islands have been governed under a U.S. trusteeship since World War II. If one is to believe the chief sponsor of the bill, Rep. the Phillip Burton Islands have steadfastly commonwealth or sought statehood status with the U.S. for 20 years. Strangely, the natives of Micronesia rejected commonwealth status offered by this government as late as 1970. Then suddenly in 1975, (D-Calif- .). about 75 percent of the citizens voted to become a commonwealth. A U.S. commonwealth or territory shares in the national aspirations and benefits of the governing country, but its residents do not have to pay federal income taxes. All assessed taxes revert back to the local governing authority although the sovereign nation, in this case the U.S.. picks up the defense tab and the cost of various government assistance programs. I told the Committee it was not proper for the delegates of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam or the Northern Marianas to have voting delegates in the House of Representatives because thev do not contribute taxes economy of our Continued from page 2 delefact called "non-voting- " I the to out gates, pointed Senators that under Rule XII of the House, the delegates do indeed have a committee We could very easily have reduced expenditures durto balance the budget, ing the Eisenhower years enough of if we did not choose to do that, we could have taxed ourselves a little more to pay in full and even to make vote, and they can debate on the floor of the House. I added the fact that they have all the privileges of a regular member of the House, except for voting on the floor. Many of the sponsors of the bill say these committee votes are unimportant. The truth is that a committee vote is of vital importance for it is in committee where the decision is made to reject or forward bills for consideration by the entire House. Three votes on the floor of the House are not nearly so important as three votes in committee. This is simply because there are 435 members of the House and perhaps 30 members on a a beginning on reducing our debts. To fail to do so shows a degree of irresponsibility that one might expect in small children but certainly not in mature men and women. around the table Suppose a group of us are sittine considering the budget of the government for which we are responsible. We know that the income will not quite meet the outgo. If we are intelligent and responsible, we will reduce the outgo or tax a little more heavily to balance the budget. We know that next year the budget is likely to be larger and that in addition we will have to pay interest on the deficit that we are incurring this year plus something for amortization. If we refuse to face that fact and act intelligently because we don't dare to risk our jobs by reporting to the citizens that we are going to tax them a little more heavily but elect rather to increase the debt, we are placing our own selfish interest above the welfare of the community. That's actually what we have been doing for many years. The bill to make the Northern Marianas a commonwealth also would award more than SI 17 million to the 14,335 citizens inhabiting the Islands . . . which averages about $8,200 per citizen. Not bad, if you don't have to pay federal income taxes. Fearing the loss of military bases in the South Pacific, the administration and the Pentagon have pushed for the admission of the Marianas. None of this is mentioned, Let us learn that "The wages of sin is death" slow death to the dollar through depreciating purchasing power, slow death to business through taxation lingering death to morals because people gradually lose hope in the future, and deteriorating national defense because of insufficient funds and ever mounting costs due to inflation. Answer: ever-increasi- ng Economics Department XORTHWOOD INSTITUTE however. What is stressed is the keen desire of the people of the Marianas to become American citizens. Thus to oppose their admission is Law Of The Land The general misconception is that any statute passed by legislators bearing the appearance of law constitutes the law of the band. The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land, and anv statute, to be valid, must be in agreement. It is impossible for both the Constitution and a law violating it to be valid. One must prevail. This is succinctly stated as follows: "The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment, and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it. An unconstitutional law, in legal contempta-tion- , is as inoperative as if it had never been passed. Such a statute leaves the question that it purports to settle just as it would be had the staute not been enacted. "Such an unconstitutional law is void, the general principles follow that it imposes no duties, confers no rights, creates no office, bestows no power or authority on anyone, affords no protection, and justifies no acts performed under it. . . "A void act cannot be legally consistent with a valid one. An unconstitutional law cannot operate to supersede any existing valid law. Indeed, insofar as a statute runs counter to the fundamental law of the land, it is .superseded thereby. "Xo one is bound to obev an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." -- Sixteenth AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE unpatriotic. At a time in our national history when our national treasury, our national effort, and our policy should be aimed at domestic tranquility it seems illogical to commit ourselves even deeper so many miles from our ... shores. Reader's comments are welcome. Please pass along any points of view to: Liberty Lobbv, 300 Independence Dept. D.C. Axe., S.E.. Washington, 20003. 5, S.50 FOR TAXES. S.5 FOR PROFITS The people attacking increasing government spending and taxing make sense to me, while those attacking profits do not; if only because nearly 50 cents on each dollar I spend goes for taxes and only about 5 cents goes for profits. But there are many more reasons. On top of that, taxes are high and rising because government is so wasteful in its spending, while profits come in large part from the elimination of wastes and ineffeciencies. Besides, government uses laxes to pay people for not working, while it is profits that enable businesses to hire people and pay them for working. While taxes profit and enrich people who haven't earned them, half of all profits are taken from those who earned them by taxation. THIS ONE WILL KILL YOU Detente between the Soviet Union and the United States of America reminds me of the "brotherly love' between fair; and Abel. determine where, when, or how the operating of a motor vehicle in Colorado will or can be a crime, according to the Chicago Tribune of 7 15. Another Judge in the Denver area has also reportedly made a similar decision. There is plenty of free cheese in a mouse trap! But some people can't see the mousetrap for the cheese. If enough people recycle these long range consequences of a "wonderful law" in letters to the Louisiana. Nebraska, and editor, radio call-i- n programs, and their Congressman, perhaps then Colorado are in No speedy decision is expected more and more people will begin to from the bureaucrats on this non- see the mousetrap before they see Stand THE DEBT CEILING responding to a statement that they are in When 8-1- A OMNI PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN The cioud that thunders much. rains iittle. Hindustan Proverb August, 1975 Things are never so bad that they won't get worse when government moves in to correct them. BUEHNER J. Kesner Kahn Premium Quality Silver and Gold PATIO STONES COINS non-complian- compliance. Interestingly enough. the cheese. State Judge Fred C. Calhoun of Sehun A. Pry or. Exec. Dir. Montrose. Colorado, has ruled that neither the Congress nor the Center for Federal Policy Review Washington. D.C. 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