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Show LajjvlJ Ludwig von Mises on My Job 0, Page If IIP " S, , Dndependentf Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth Vof. 7, No. 50 December 9, 25C Salt Lake Cityf Utah 84115 1976 T r. cz TARGETING U.J h -- 111 OH THE FBI AND CIA A DIFFERING VIEWPOINT CO LU By Paul Scott In their probe of Kings sassination, for example, the Washington: The congres- House Committee is seeking all insional investigation of the as- formation involving the FBIs sassinations of Dr. Martin Luther surveillance of King during his civil King and the late President rights protest actions, including his Kennedy appears to be taking an fatal visit to Memphis, Tenn., in 1968 when he was gunned down by intriguing turn. House probers are showing James Earl Ray, the convicted asmore interest in probing the FBI sassin. and CIAs handling of the original Significantly, the subpoenas assassination inquiries than in run- were requested by Delegate Walter ning down a number of unchecked Fauntroy, (D. D.C.) named late in leaders which might shed new light November as chairman of the Subon the killings. committee handling the probe of Kings assassination despite his past close association with the slain The first subpoenas issued by civil rights leader. In private conversations with the special House Committee headed by Representative Thomas staff members Delegate Fauntroy N. Downing (D. Va.) are designed has indicated that he wants his to obtain still confidential records panel to determine the full extent and reports involving these agen- of this FBI surveillance and its cies investigations of the two as- purposes and whether the CIA in watching King during sassinations including their files on his overseas travels. It was during both King and Kennedy. was-involve- THE FEDERAL this period that Fauntroy was closely associated with King during the civil rights demonstrations as- d throughout the country. While.De legate Fauntroys request appears designed to embarrass the two security agencies, the publication of the findings of the FBI surveillance could shed some new light on Kings activities since they document his associations with two high ranking secret members of the U.S. Communist Party. Since both of these communists are still alive and their whereabouts known to the FBI, Fauntroys intentions in obtaining these files should become clearer once it becomes known whether he . plans to question the pair on their relationship with King. THE KENNEDY INVESThe other SubTIGATION committee of the Special' Assassination probe headed by Continued on page 9 -- 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Pddct toHriaCttw, Util rj w m i o: - r: m tO M - CU W J X N Ph H fife CO aos o fr M H dl)D 5o --1 DC til rn Scn Thank you, Mr. Chairman.' I appreciate very much the opportunity of being allowed to speak in behalf of a differing opinion than those who have preceded me. Since I have not been formally introduced, may I first tell you that I am a fellow rancher from Osage County, and a member of both the Oklahoma and Osage Cattlemens Association. My wife and I are both graduates of the University of Oklahoma. For the past 8 years, we have been conducting a performance testing crossbreeding cow-caoperation on our ranch. And we have utilized the K-Counter in order to obtain a living carcass evaluation of our produce. I mention this, in order that you might know that I, too. Believe in lf 40 system. am also the State Director of a legally incorporated state is dedicated to that organization the preservation of our free enterprise system and private It is property rights. wholeheartedly opposed to the concept of governmental control of Continued ni page. 5 I The result of Naders campaign was Before Ralph Nader and his radical activists became involved in environmental obstructionism (as detailed in earlier chapters in this book) they were spearheading the consumer ists campaign. The purpose of this campaign was to push through Congress a bill which would give consumerism a permanent power base within the government. Dumitru Danielopol, a correspondent for the Copley News Service, observed in August of 1971: The consumerist considers business his enemy. He advocates more controls, more bureaucracy, restricted initiative. He doesnt say so, but every action points to eventual government takeover." Addressing the House of Representatives on August 4, 1971, Congressman John G. Schmitz stated: The public has a right to be cautious about Mr. Naders motives. If, in the name c- E- - - to choose- - for yourself. Lose that right and you become a ward of the state. AND "CONSUMERISM' UTAH INDEPENDENT- progress for our beef industry through research and experimental data. I am also no neophyte to the political spectrum, in- that I have served as a national delegate for one of our major political parties representing the State of I have served as Oklahoma. Chairman of my local precinct for many years, and am past Chairman of our County organization. I mention this, in order that you might know that I am also quite familiar with the infighting and power politics of our political RALPH NADER AND CONSUMERISM THE FEDERAL REGULATORS Courtney Cal Steinberger at Cattlemens Association Convert tion Oklahoma City By ecology and consumerism, Nader wishes chiefly to insure governmental control over .the private sector, then there is true of cause for alarm." Taken at face value, the term sumerism is an insult to the American people. Its advocates, with their monumental conceits, maintain that they not you know what is best for you, your family, your children, and your community. As Melvin Munn in the LIFE LINE Newsletter of May 15, 1974, put it: Consumerism robs you of the basic right con- the emergence of a bill to establish a federal Consumer Protection Agency , the wording of which bill he helped to draft. Terming the Consumer Protection Agency plan a wolf in sheeps clothing, E an editorial in the CHATTANOOGA PRESS of September 20, 1974, charged: NEWS-FRE- f In the good name of protecting consumers from shoddy and tricky products and deals, it would establish a bureaucratic czar presiding over a costly and dictatorial hounding of the American free-enterpri- se system." In the final analysis, the American people are the best judge of products they want to buy. If a product is faulty in concept and design, and if customers are being exploited, sooner or later consumers will correct the situation. Thus, the system will regulate itself without taxing citizens to create federal agencies that will cost the consumer morethan faulty merchandise would have cost him in the first place. free-enterpr- ise The REVIEW OF THE NEWS of January 15, 1975, quoted Congressman Clarence J. Brown concerning the bill to establish a Consumer Protection Agency: I have the uneasy feeling that the great majority of consumers have absolutely no idea of what is being proposed under that bill, and would be dismayed if they were completely ap- . prised of its intricate provisions.... Many of the consumers I have talked with about this bill' have somewhere gotten the impression that the CPA Continued on page 6 w |