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Show CO fie 0A, (UjirniPMM. The i Dndependenf Dedicated-T- o The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Vol. 8, No. 17 Pollution League, the alilance organized a series of rallies and demonstrations, including one on August 22, 1976 which attracted more than 1,000 protestors. The alliance includes some fifteen power and Government Washington: security officials are keeping a close watch on the violent-pron- e preparations for the first mass demonstration in 1977 at a site ofa ecology groups including proposed nuclear power plant. ar Concerned Citizens of Seabrook, Organized by an power group called the Qamshell the Granite State Alliance, the Alliance (CA), the mass protest Alternative Energy Coalition of will zero in on a nuclear power the North Shore, Brattleboro plant located near Seabrook, NH, Political Action, the Portsmouth and will take place on April 30. Peoples Energy Commission and Objective of the alliance is to Nuclear Objectors for a Pure Enoccupy and seize the plant site and vironment of Montague, Ma. force an end to construction work Several of these groups have in there. Another goal is to obtain their ranks a number of radical and national TV coverage to launch far-le- ft protestors of the 1960s and 1970s. to their coming campaign disrupt early nuclear One of the leaders of the nations and shutdown the alliance is Sam Lovejoy, of the power industry. To accomplish these objec- Nuclear Objectors for a Pure Entives, the alliance is calling for mas- vironment, who has been involved action against sive civil disobedience during their in past violent-pron- e sites. nuclear as an power protest. Formed in July 1976 antiAccording to a memorandum outgrowth of the Seacoast anti-nucle- ar anti-nucle- THE PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY REPORT UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Second Claes Postage Pddat Pelt LeSa CHy, Utah -- 3 C Cl P r) Cf, ? i -i i .:3 o - . . l-- H J M '3 .3 a ui o : m ..l : i i rr being circulated among officials security government Lovejoy worked to forge antinuclear power alliances with activist groups such as the War Resisters League, Women Strike for Peace, and Ralph Naders Critical Mass." The memorandum notes that in mid-197- 6 in an article published in Grass Roots, the newspaper of the Peoples Party, he (Lovejoy) described how he suggested sabotage of a nuclear power plants electrical transmission lines to the Project Survival group in San L.uis Obispo. Ca. WIDE NATION CAM- Government security PAIGN officials stress that the coming attack against the Seabrook atomic power site is just the first of a series being planned by militant groups throughout the U.S. Other acts of April 28, 1977 Are These Four Programs Worth SI 55 Billion? NUCLEAR POWER TAKEOVER PLANNED By Paul Scott S' Taking just four programs currently pending before Congress, its easy to see how quickly the Federal debt grows. National Health Insurance Humphrey-llawkin- s Full Employment & Balanced Growth Act Family Assistance Plan Child & Family Services $100 billion $34 billion . . . $11 billion .$ 10 billion The total cost to the taxpayer for these four programs of the or well over one-thir- d alone is $155 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 1977. Inflation hedges: Lets Talk Silver And Gold (380 East Green St., Suite 200, Pasadena, Ca. 91101, $46 a year): Although this letter is primarily about silver and gold, there are 12 other inflation hedges: silver, gold, commodities, natural resource stocks, fire insurance stocks, money itself (if borrowed), real estate (not income), collectors items, education, dehydrated food, and business, ammunition. These aye not listed in any order of importance. Also not all are suitable at this time for purchase. inflation-benefitte- d civil disobedience are being planned ( Continued on Page 5) 1977 SUGGESTED STATE LEGISLATION For years the Council of State Governments has had a virtual monopoly on the business of drafting model legislation to be submitted in state legislatures. It is refreshing to note that the American Legislative Exchange Council has just issued a resentative Louis (Woody) Jenkins of the Louisiana Legislature. Senator Donald E. Lukens of the Ohio Legislature is the Chairman of ALEC. Fiscal Responsibility booklet of suggested legislation which contains a score of innovative proposals for the consideration of state legislatures. Passage of even some of this suggested legislation would make our states and communities much better places in which to live. The American Legislative Exchange Council is committed to curbing the excessive growth and power ot government, especially at the Federal and state levels. ALEC believes, like Thomas Jefferson, that the best form of government is that which is closest to the people namely, township, village, city, and county government. ALEC is also committed to making government more efficient, more accountable to the people, and more fiscally responsible. Members of ALEC are Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, who are dedicated to preserving our individual freedoms, basic American values and institutions, private property rights, our productive free enterprise system, and getting back to limited representative government. They are state legislators and members of Congress who have affiliated with ALEC to share ideas and legislative proposals in all areas of public policy with emphasis on strengthening grassroots government as the alternative to centralized government in Washington. This newsletter describes some of the 22 suggested pieces of state legislation developed by ALEC members and presented in a new booklet called 1977 Suggested State Legislation. The booklet contains an actual draft of each proposed bill, ready to be submitted to your legislature. The booklet is available at $6.50 each from American Legislative Exchange Council, GOO Reims vl vania Avenue, S.E., Washington, - D.C. 20003. For the1 production of this useful booklet, commendations are due to the editors: Representative Donna Carlson of the Arizona Legislature and Rep taxpayers should welcome the proposed legislation that would require every bill affecting the spending of state funds to have attached to it a reliable dollar estimate of both the immediate and the e All long-rang- costs. The suggested legislation requires a reliable estimate of the extent to which any legislative instrument may aflect tlu state treasury. It prohibits any committee of the legislature from holding hearings on any legislative instrument until a fiscal note on that instrument has been prepared by the legislative fiscal officer. I he fiscal note contains an estimate in dollars of e the immediate and costs of the measure, as well as a listing of any revenue it will produce or savings it will bring about. The cost is itemized in the fiscal note to reflect the capital expenditures and operating costs, including personnel, material, and supplies needed to implement the act. long-rang- Public Pension Plans Calling attention to the impending financial crisis in the Federal Social Security program, another suggested bill is designed to protect public pension plans. It would require that every bill proposing a change in any retirement system funded by tax money shall have attached to it a reliable estimate of its financial and actuarial effect. A recent study in 43 U.S. cities by the accounting firm of Coopers and L brand and the University of Michigan School of Business Administration has disclosed that 15 major cities do not maintain or report to s the public and accurate unfunded liability figures, including pension debt. Other nationwide studies show that waste, mis- bond-buyer- Continucd on page 6 |