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Show 4 Lrjnn UJS5 n,y UN1VL VsSTbi:! ...u.iWnA 0CT22 ILi, BUDGET CEILING PAGE 10 TRIALS OivLuii Lit. The Independent Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth Vol. 7, No. 43 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 tataar Why October 21, 1976 ll llV HERE ARE THE FACTS If America is to survive, maintain its standard of living, and prosper, it must "They have made a devil of nuclear power, and to fight it they distort facts, invent a whole mythology, and with the aid of a sympathetic national media attempt to panic Americans into outlawing have energy. Yet a small, vocal, heavily financed group of Leftwing malcontents is working night and day to block the ' development of the only safe, clean, and economical their only present hope for keeping the country economically healthy . In the June 7 issue of BARRONS, Edith process for producing energy nuclear These power. ecological rere formers also resist oil, coal and other, gasification energy options. Their leader, Ralph Nader, has said he would rather see the people go back to- candles than have their lamps lighted by electricity from nuclear generation. The opponents of nuclear power boast of the support they receive from the scientific community. However, for the most pan, such scientists are recruited from the ranks of entomologists, anthropologists, biologists, neurologists, chemists and others not experienced in the nuclear field but rather have embraced political causes for which to crusade. In his column of August 11, 1976, Ralph de T oledano had .this to say about the environmentalists: well-heel- ed Efron, author of "The News Twisters," charged that network television news had "functioned like a part-tipress agent for those who are seeking to destroy nuclear power in this country." And then Miss Efron continued: "With a few exceptions, in the past four months from February to June the three television networks have not given people even the minimal information that the scientists off-sho- me - anti-nucle- naturally recoil in terror. To combat the myths and lies about nuclear energy promoted by the Naderites, and assorted enemies of American industry. pro-nucl- ear are struggling fo provide ... The effect of this virtual news blackout should be obvious. A citizen who hears and sees, night after night, virtually unchallenged televised "news reports" concerning what might happen (but could not) from a nuclear reactor explosion, will . ar t a American Security Council Address Dr. Petr Beckmann, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of ' Colorado, in the spring of 1976 published highly informative, thoroughly documented book entitled "The Health Hazards of NOT & Going Nuclear." In his book. Dr. Beckmann discusses the support for nuclear power by scientists: "The 33 outstanding scientists a statement in support of nuclear energy in February 1975 were all directly connected with, and highly experienced in the field...The six Nobel Prize winners among them have had practical experience with nuclear power, and some of them , like Hans Bethe and Eugene Wigner, are among the original developers of nuclear reactors. who-signe- The Golem Press, Box 1342, Boulder, Colo, 80302, Price: $5,95, softbound, $10,95, hardbound. Continued from page 4 POLITICAL INVESTIGATION By J. William Middendorf II Secretary of the Navy By Hon. t It is indeed a pleasure for me to join you for the American Security Councils 28th series of defense and security sessions. In my opinion, there is nothing more important to this country than its defense and security the UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah S4115 Pddct Cs!l IcSa Cfty, Utah of which has been important: more than Vh times the Washington: The unbridled 1 demanding more attention lately. number of submarines (335 to 6), authority of the special True, this country is at peace 30 more major combatants (230 prosecutors office in the Justice seriousness 1 today, but only in the most peripheral way. There is a Soviet naval threat immensely more powerful than anything this country has confronted in its 200 years of existence, (emphasis added) Let me begin by giving you the facts as they are known to me, after which I will comment on present Soviet philosophy as put forth by Fleet Admiral Gorshkov in a recent book of his. During the past 10 years, the Soviet Union has built about 2.5 times as many submarines as the U.S. (about 130 to 53). Looking at nuclear powered subs we find that during the past 10 years they built about twice the number we have (about 93 to 53). In this total of 93 there are 1 7 Delta class submarines missile with the 4,200 mile SS-Ncapable of hitting every city in this countiy from its own home waters in the Barents Sea. Briefly looking at spending time trends, during the 1965-7- 5 frame the Soviets spent 70 more than the U.S. for procurement of naval ships and boats; in fact.they more for ship spent 90 last year alone than procurement did the U.S. In assessing the naval balance between ourselves and the Russians, we must compare total naval forces to include ballistic missile submarines, major surface combatants, combatants below 1,000 tons, support ships and attack submarines. The following ratios are -- -8 to U en t- -- t- H or. cc OQ 3 5 Q 3 tu o aK ft CC H --i CO U3 O H CO J M H 03 s w OS p o 3 W K to V3 Paul Scott Department and how his vast power is currently being used to affect the 1976 Presidential election is causing deep concern among Republican lawmakers. These congressional supporters of President Fonk are literally burned up over the way stories of unannounced investigative actions by Special Prosecutor Charles Ruff has created a dark cloud over the GOP Presidential nominee and his running-mate, Senator Robert Dole, of Kansas. At the hear t of the problem is the special prosecutors strangely timed probe of the handling of campaign contributions received in the early 1970s by President Ford and Senator Dole for their and other congressional races. Although this area of campaign contributions to the two men has been fully reviewed in the past by Congressional committees and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Ruff reopened the investigations shortly after the Republican National Convention nominated President Ford and Senator Dole as the 1976 GOP ticket. The unprecedented hunting st has expedition since involved the special prosecutors use of the facilities of the FBI and a federal grand jury and his vast authority to subpoena documents surveillance ocean and witnesses. What is disturbing to these Continued on page 7 to 169), and among those below 1 ,000 tons, amphibious and other support ships 1,500 to 180. How have we as a nation responded to this unprecedented naval build-u- p by a potential adversary? Over the last six years the United States Navy has almost been cut in half to 474 ships (less than before Pearl Harbor) from nearly 1,000. During that period the Soviet Navy has produced ships such that their overall capabilities has grown by leaps and bounds. In summary, we have not been saying that the Soviet Navy is increasing in numbers. The Soviet Navy is and has been decreasing in The growing Soviet numbers. threat results from large and steady increases in their capability for example: 1 : Their surface ships are increasing in size, range, and sophistication. 2. There are growing numbers of nuclear powered attack submarines, some of which have antiship cruise missiles as well as torpedoes. 3. Soviet wBadgern aircraft are being replaced by the new 5,000 Backfire mile supersonic bombers, posing a major threat to U.S. naval forces from Soviet land bases. 4. The Soviets have the finest world-wid- e . mid-Augu- GOP lawmakers headed by Senator Strom Thurmond (S.C.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is that the actions of the special prosecutor in the midst of the Presidential campaign can only be harmful to the Republican ticket. Because of this d probe. Attorney General Edward H. Levi, who appointed Ruff to the special prosecutor's position a year ago, has been privately asked by the lawmakere to explain the latters partisan approach. The legislators want to know why the Presidents and Senator Dole's handling of campaign contributions in the early 1970s have been singled out for at this time and similar cases Democratic involving members of Congress have not. Since most of the allegations have been thoroughly probed in the past and the three year statute of limitations having run out on any campaign law violations of that period, the GOP lawmakers have expressed their suspicions to Levi that the new probe can only be politically motivated. One of the lawmakers has raised the question of whether the investigation is tied into the publication of former White House Aide John Deans new book and his sensational charges against the President. THE DEAN ASSAULT Dean, whose testimony before the Senate Watergate Committee in one-side- Continued on pijt 7 |