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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand July 7, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 5 VI COUNTY-CIT- U frontier. Once Americans have made the Russians richer than the Americans, they need not cooperate any longer . . . theyl be independent. Rockefeller says, let the Reds try to outsmart him if they can. Besides, in 50 Rich years, anything can happen. He doesnt really care, beGet Richer his sense of the world cause By Robert M. Bartell is not bilateral, but trilateral. WASHINGTON, D.C. (LibAlthough the Third World erty Lobby News Service) is poor and miserable, they The Washington "Star wish to be treated as equals, came up with an absolute and here is Rockefellers gem of an article recently, key. He holds out to them relating to detente, the Third riches and status. He may World and the Rockefellers. even humble himself a bit Novak Michael pictures to make everyone feel good. David Rockefeller sitting in He must speak out about his office contemplating the human rights and humane next 50 yearA . . wondering purposes. The more Christ-lik-e how to get richer, when the the approach, the more U.S. has run out of new believable its appeal to frontiers. and interdecooperation Ah, but the Soviet Union pendence. has not. How about be"In the future, says coming the Soviet Unions Novak, "the only way to chief developer for the larbecome super-ricmay be gest market in the world? to be the lamb world, The Third World is there down the lying among ready and waiting for exbeasts, converting swords pertise and technology. to ploughshares. The new Obviously, in order to do tool of capitalism goes by this, tensions must be rethe name of well, Ins name laxed. Also, the world would cannot be revealed, but his have to learn the meaning initials are J.C. of interdependence. Novaks article is the first Novaks article goes on time, to my knowledge, that Marx was wrong about that the establishment press capitalism. He believed that has bothered to look behind capitalism demands war in the thick curtains of secrecy order to survive. In fact, that surround the activities capitalism needs underof the multinational and indeveloped markets. It is ternational conglomerates. socialism that needs wars If, as Novak postulates, the of liberation, revolution have Jimmy and struggle. Armed conCarter in their pocket, ana flicts form the meat, glorious it appears they do, what is chapters in the history of to prevent Carter from doing socialism. After the wars, just exactly what his predeverything goes downhill. ecessors in office did . . . Socialism cannot cope with using the functions of govpeace. ernment to further the cause So, says Novak, David of profits for the big boys? Rockefeller recognizes an advance Obviously, that his problem is to perCIA in a counof men guard suade his government, and try where significant Amerihis fellow capitalists, that it can investments are to be is better to cooperate with made only makes sense. the Reds than to prepare And, after all, it worked pretconstantly for war. well for Nelson Rockefeller ty Let's say they buy it. for many years. So do the communists. The next time someone They think theyll outsmart tells you foreign policy is the Americans, that theyll made in the White House ask get them to build up their him whos been visiting their from Wall Street. industrial capacity, technical sophistication and Reader'a com menla are welcome. pans along any poinU of view to the efficient recapturing of Please Liberty Lobby, Dept. 624, 300 Indepenresources from their rich dence Ave., S.E., Washington, D.C. 20003 Y BARGAINING BY OBJECTIVES BLACKMAIL IN COURTHOUSE? By Professor Copyright Jo Hindman 1977 lawyer names runs across its letterhead. More names are listed in the later. As a plaintiff pro se I am doing margin. Three lawyers assertedly legal work in E. E Hindman et ux are assigned to the case. Crook v. J. Stahancvk etall.. Civ. 76-9county's district attorney and his in federal U.S. District Court, , deputy work on it also as local Oregon. Pro se means for self-- et legmen. We two citizens face this ux signifies wife". We plaintiffs have no lawyer array, all alone. Hie deputy D.A. lay in wait helping us because we cannot afford one. We are suing three (3) for me at the door as I left. He Crook county board of ridiculted our case as being unfit to equalization members as persons" be in court. He accused me of under the Fourteenth Amendment grandstanding, added coldly, I and laws pursuant; also the asses-s- o think you are enjoying every and the appraiser. We allege minute of it." Until one has gone through deprivation of civil and constitutional rights because the the humiliations, the- - slings and board (administrative) has not darts aimed at pro se litigants, one given us a lawful hearing with a has not felt the venomous fury of a matching Order; also an allegedly certain type of lawyers and their disillegal appraisal list of sales data tricks and traps. So far, this tasteful experience in court has was used concerning the discriminatory assessment of our cost me dearly in worry, sleepless y . nights, illness, uncounted hours farmland. in libraries poring over law On June 2, 1977 we suffered three hours of angry deposition books in case preparation, and questioning spiked by profanity being reprehended for my alleged released by one of the defense shortcomings. The defense erred in serving us lawyers. He grunted an apology with suhpeonas duces tecum which regretting his misfire. us to appear with all Waiting until the court commanded the records we had gathered on the reporter had closed and packed his . machine, the interrogating lawyer case. The ploy is used by stupid or turned to threaten me in words to lazy or unprincipled officers of the this effect: I warn you, Mrs. courts" (lawyers) who are short on Hindman, we are playing this for defense material. We appealed to the magistrate keeps. And we are going to ask for for aprotective order and he moved attorney fees and costs." in our favor. It turned out that the stack of legal Riffling a subpoenas were too broad in (heir documents he went on to boast that attempt to seize upon the products his firm's fees had already climbed of our lonely toil. I drove 700 miles to S 10,000 on the case and ' in two separate roundtrips to probably would top SI 5,000 all of Portland to file and then to argue which will be billed to me unless the motion. we drop the case. Which otherwise I wouldn't exchange even one he thinks we will surely, lose. of my American rights for a million itsin-surandollars. Yet the lawyer has tried to The county had gone to agent for legal help to frighten me by threat (or is it represent the five defendants. It extortion and blackmail?) that I'll lose the case and be forced to was the insurance company, I am told, which chose a private legal pay $15,000, the price the lawyer firm in Portland that specializes in quoted as his firm's legal fee to government" cases. A string of represent our opponents. It may cost me SI 5,000 if I write a follow-u- p on this column, - 03 . . of-stud- of-th- ... chapters. DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WITH OFFICIALS Prior to learning about Dr. Richardsons book, and following the study of Salt Lake Countys of funding special services, I had concluded that the Legislature should not be asked to write the single perfect, coercive law which would apply equally to every county in Utah. Rather, the solution to countycities problems should be obtained by elected ofproblems ficials in negotiations and put into written contract form. I had talked with one State Senator, one County Commissioner, and one City Commissioner and got agreement from all on this idea. Now the idea can be put into practice with the tools provided by Richardson. . . h, . GRACE HAMILTON 1 . negotiation, part three on contract administration, and part four on resolution of conflict. The appendix provides simulation exercises and negotiation games. Each of the major parts of the book is divided into several arms-lengt- h churches. According to U.S. News the and World Report . backers of the ERA are trying to get organized labor to help them force the ERA on unwilling states. If the then successful, groups will help Big Labor repeal Right To Work laws. Desperate losers end up grabbing at straws. If the proponents cannot win by persuasion after five years, then they should pro-ER- A . one-worlde- simply give up the battle. amendment. A field coordinator ERA for Indiana has been convicted for contributing to the deliquency of minors. He Was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $500. He was found guilty of hiring eight high school students in Fort Wayne. Indiana to forge signatures of persons listed 'in telephone directories to petitions supporting passage . of the ERA. At least 1000 were signatures forged. ( Indianapolis Star May 11, rs the legislation null and void. Such, tactics are proving to the American people that Equal Rights for women is not the issue. Its just more of the same Big Government ruling our lives. There is a big push on to cut Big Brother down to4 size, so who needs Big Sister to take his place? The only state to ratify ERA in 1977 was Indiana, by only one vote. After the dust settled and the shouts of joy quieted down, the ugly truth began to emerge. It seems the proponents played dirty pool during the to the pass fight of the Methodist Church spokesmen Had to qualify its decision since Georgia was already set for his churchs convention and it was .too late to change. Such political meddling is one reason a large number of people have stopped certain to donations One Florida , Collective Bargaining By Objectives is divided into four major parts and an appendix. Part One is onr background, part two is on AN AMERICANIST VIEWPOINT more no Senator . in conventions Florida! Naturally, threats of this type fell on deaf ears. Now we learn that some of the churches have served notice on the states, which have refused to ratify the FRA, that they will not hold conventions in any state until they do ratify it. C. FOUR MAJOR SECTIONS - - a Reed the governments. ce threatening Breitling problems which develop. He agreed that this would be a proper application of his system, and gave me a copy of the book for review and possible recommendations to ch were poor losers; Betty Friedan appeared op TV O. Richardson of the University of Utah College of Business has written a book, recently published by Prentice hall, entitled Collective Bargaining By Objectives. I suggested to Dr. Richardson that the approach outlined in his book might be fruitfully used by elected officials of Salt Lake County and its cities' governments to solve the apparently never-endin- g . Wonder when the gals who promote the equal rights amendment will wise up to a few basic facts of : American life? Fact Blackmail is not a popular anything. way to win Indeed, such tactics turn off the very ones who might be undecided on an issue. After Florida the Legislature turned down the ERA, the proponents showed the entire' country that they Thomas A merican Way Features . 1 977 Under ). it Great God. I ask Thee for no meaner pelf That . that I may not disappoint mysplf. -- Henry Thoreau the circumstance;; appear that the would Indiana Legislature-shoul- declare-- d., Readers conwientsm and are welcome. questions Please write us at The American KVzv Features , P.O. Box 990, Pigedn Forge, Tennessee 37863. should The question never be who Is right, but i ,i what is right - |