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Show WESTERN AMZSHCANA THE CONSERVATIVE W $;gA s Wg ra h Esa INDEX r m Independent 3C Dedicated-T- Vo1- - o The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth 8 No. 31 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 August 4, 1977 Conflict and Unity Among file Rulers Part 4 of Who Really Rules America The sharpening class struggle, the growing scramble for overseas investments and the shakier position of all monopolies is reflected at the top by a growing struggle between and even inside the main monopoly circles. The two most powerful circles, the Rockefeller and Morgan groups, have shoved and jockeyed one another for better position even as individual sought monopolies better positions within the groups. While these groups have struggled with one another, they have united with each other against the workers they exploited, the oppressed nations they jointly plundered, the against the workers and others who threaten them is primary today, so the struggle is often quiet and behind the scenes, but firerce nevertheless. Since World War II, the struggle between the Rockefeller and Morgan groups may be characterized as follows: The Rockefeller group managed to seize or break up three key Morgan monopolies, but the Morgan banks managed to hold their position by bringing together the financial resources of some diverse but banks powerful with the two Morgan banks in the socialist countries and center. In the nineteen-thirtie- s the who revolutionaries opposed circle directly controlled them, the smaller capitalists and Morgan one-third over financial of all the electric rival imperialists and This unity of the power in the country through their groups. Rockefeller and Morgan banks control of two public utility anti-Rockefel- ler By Thomas 0. Breitling Few discoveries are more irritating than those which pedigree of ideas. expose the Lord Acton UTAH INDEPENDENT 57 Oakland Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Stcond Claw Poataga PM at Salt r-- .. I aha City, Utah Clayne Ricks, Director of Planning for Salt Lake County government, is the father of the city of Bonneville. While I may not have intruded upon the exact moment of conception. I was aware of it a few days later. At that time I thought that Bonneville would consist of all of urban unincorporated Salt Lake County, except the proposed Draper and incorporations, but Clayne explained that he wanted to include all of the county Hunter-Grang- er not now incorporated into cities. Just consider that for a minute. All of the western slope of the Wasatch and all of the eastern slope of the Oquirrh Mountains are parts of the new proposed new city. Included, of course is the Canyon mine of Kennccott and all of its reduction Bingham - 'i -- J l3 M C! .. .. 3 : I -- i ! nfrj o : m i H :: Dry farming, plant operations. farm land, and range irrigated lands are all included. GENERAL LAW APPLIES If the city of Bonneville ever comes into being, Salt Lake County and the State of Utah will have created the worst monster in the Great Basin States. The idea of a city of Bonneville is part of the softening-u- p process for a unaffected, the New Deal broke Service Corp., and the and up the United Corporation Philadelphia group got Electric Bond and Share into Philadelphia Electric. The state Tennessee Valley smaller companies, which then capitalist between Authority became indebted to the were Thus the Rockefeller, Morgan and other Rockefeller banks. used the group groups. Electric Bond and Share Rockefeller in force redivision a Government to Rockefeller was taken over by Manufacturer's of the Morgan utility empire. with alliance The U.S. Steel Corporation, Hanover Trust; in some of its constituent companies, such as which produces 40 of the nation's the output, was personally founded by Middle South Utilities, Morgan group retained an in- J.P. Morgan at the turn of the cenfluence; in others, such as the tury. For years it was the jewel in Texas Utilities, the Rockefeller the Morgan empire. During the nineteen-fiftie- s, the shift that ocgroup took over entirely. The Morgan banks kept the curred in the Morgan circle, biggest successor companies to the especially the merger of the former United Corporation still con- Morgan First National Bank into in ' Alabama, the Rockefeller City National, trolling power Georgia, Ohio, West Virginia, shifted predominant influence in Pennsylvania and upstate New U.S. Steel from the Morgan to the Continued on page 11 York, but the Prudential Insurance companies: the United Corporation and Electric Bond and Share. Almost all the main gas and electric companies in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Texas and the South were held by these two holding companies. The reverses Morgan suffered in the Depression holding made him Co. took over New Jerseys Public re-divid- fair game for Rockefeller and his other rivals who had greater influence in the New Deal. Rockefeller and his allies cynically whipped up public opinion against monopolies and then pushed through legislation like the Tennessee Valley and Public Utilities the Authority Act break to Holding Company up the Morgan empire. Taking care to see that Rockefeller's own utility Con Edison, w'as monopoly, government for Salt Lake County. That is, as the Salt Lake Tribune made clear on July 20, Bonneville City Idea Important, But Only As Holding Action. (OrasGallivans Ghosts might have said it: "Today the County, Tomorrow the State.) But why must it be a holding action? Because any city in the State must be operated under general State law, and under general State law the general fund mill levy of a city is applied equally to all areas of the city. In plain terms, that means your mountain cabin if it happens t o be on private land must carry the same general levy as commercial property in the valley. Farm land, through the green belt law can be valued for assessment at a lower level, but the levy charged for general fund remains the same for all. And, then, what about equal services for all residents of the city? To avoid the most gross case of unjust property taxation, services in all municipal-typ- e Bonneville will have to be provided by special service districts; that is, by the multiplication of special-purpoLet me governments. If further. Bonneville explain needs $83 per capita for general government, as Salt Lake City spent in 1976, then general taxes to produce this amount could be placed on all people and businesses in Bonneville, over and above the ed public works, and parks and recreation arc not equally provided to all, it appears likely that these services would have to be provided, to those who do receive them, by Such districts special districts. would be formed under general law, and not home rule law. non-home-r- se County taxes METRO Urban County form of government. for general But, if public safety. METRO HOME RULE LESS CONTROLLABLE Metrocrats always ultimately seek a Metro form of government. This is so, because Metro have almost unlimited power of discretion and governments Planner making all these plans for your life, just dont be too quick to fault him. Remember, that under laws passed by Utah's Legislature and signed into law by Utah's Governor, each county may have a county planner. And if there is a planner, he has to have something to plan. It just happens that all of his planning involves privately owned as well as government owned property. That is. he makes plans around your property and mine. Go back to your Sunday, July 17. 1977 Salt Ijake Tribune and see how the county planner has planned all of our land for us in the Master Plan. This plan is called the Master Plan because it wants precedence over all other plans, public or private, just likeol mas-sa- " used to take precedence over everyone on the plantation, both slave and free. The only problem for Salt Lake County's Master Plan is the existence of nine incorporated cities in the County, and these, The formation of it takes place by a if Bonneville, vote of the people, will hold the unincorporated county at its present size in area, and with all the present peoples and businesses. But the process of change" requires that Bonneville be replaced by what Metrocrats would call a superior, more unified form of government, i.e. a Metro form. The Metro form chosen will be the Urban County Form. This being general purpose one had unqualified approval from governments, do not have to be Commission Chairman William E. slaves to de massa. taxation. Dunn during the years 1973 THE FIGHT NEVER OVER through 1975. Presumably he still likes it today. And just in case the idea catches on. Gayne Ricks has The fight for freedom never draft tentative a ends, until you arc willing to give already prepared charter of the Urban County Form up the fight and give up your for Salt Lake County. freedom. Will you volunteer? DON'T FAULT COUNTY PLANNER In case you resent the County Telephone The Utah Independent and leave your name, address, and phone number. We will get in touch with you. Call 466-191- 3. |