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Show September 15, 1977 The Utah Independent Page The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand East Meets West THE SCOTT REPORT THE TREATYS HIDDEN MEANING By Washington: The Carter Paul Scott ad- ministrations high powered campaign to win congressional and cording to Helms warning to his colleagues. Helms notes that the election public backing for the new Panama victory of Manleys government Canal Treaty goes a lot further, last December was made possible, than obtaining support for the in part, by the direct support of turnover of that strategic waterway Cubas secret service, the Direccion to the Panamanian dictatorship of General de Intelligent (DGI), Omar Torrijos. which provided money and camIf ratified by the senate, the paign workers. will financial the mark and treaty U.S. Significantly, political underwriting of a Marxist intelligence sources report that government in the western hemisFidel Castros grand foreign policy is which on the of verge phere design for Latin America calls for a economic and financial collapse. Marxist axis running across the That is the frank warning that Caribbean from Guyana to one Jamaica to Havana. Senator Jesse Helms ), of the 'senates leading opponents This is one of the reasons why is of the new treaty, circulating opponents of the Panama Canal Senate his among colleagues and Treaty led by Senator Helms sees House members. the coming congressional battle as In urging the mobilization of a landmark test of whether the U.S. public opinion against the treaty. opposes or adopts a policy supSenator Helms warns that its ap- porting Castros plan. Should the Panama Canal proval will mean the endorsement of a new foreign policy featuring Treaty be ratified by the Senate, collaboration and ac- the Helms group sees President commodation with Cartef moving quickly to lift the in without U.S. embargo against Cuba and esprecedent governments our history. tablishing full diplomatic relations To support his contention. with the Castro government. Helms notes that the Carter aduPresident Carter will take apministration in addition to proval of the T reaty as a green light Panamas bankrupt to lift the embargo against Cuba bolstering regime with credits and massive and this will mean that the U.S. has loans is increasing aid to the adopted a policy of financing and Jamaica government of supporting Castros operations to and is preparing to lift the U.S. em- establish Marxist governments in both Africa and Latin America, bargo against Communist Cuba. In all three cases, the Marxist states Helms. The conservative lawmaker governments are in deep serious financial trouble and the new points out that the Carter adCarter policy appears designed to ministration already is helping to use U.S. taxpayers money to bail protect the Castro regime by them out before their economic turning over advance information problems cause serious political on activities of Cuban exiles unrest and result in their ouster. against the Castro government. The Panamanian dictatorship The THE BIG BAIL OUT of Omar Torrijos has handled its views of Senator Helms are supcountry's finances so badly that at ported by Frank Manson, counpresent the regime is spending 40 cilor for Foreign Affairs of the percent of its annual budget on American Legion, who has made a $2.7 billion in debt service. thorough study of Panamas finan-cial Without the immediate international debt. in the new In getting the American help, as proposed its Panama Treaty and supporting Legion to go on record against the agreements, the Torrijos Treaty, Manson charged that the government would within a year be Panama Canal T reaty is a financial bail-ou- t" unable to meet its interest for Soviet and American on the growing banking interests. payments international debt, according to a Noting Panamas huge multiconfidential study being circulated billion dollar debt, Manson stressed that under present conby the Helms group. To help Torrijos solve his ditions there is no way Panama can financial and economic problems, pay off its international debts. the U.S. has agreed to increase With the new Treaty they will be ' present payments from Canal able to solve their financial revenues from $2.3 million a year problems to the benefits of the international banksers. to as much as $70 million. In addition to this windfall, A large share of that debt is another $3S0 million in military owed to the Narodny Bank, Mosand economic aid will be supplied cow, which is planning to establish to Panama while the Canal is being a major branch of this bank in turned over to the Torrijos Panama. Other holders of the debt include London Branch of the government. THE JAMAICAN STORY Chase Manhattan Bank of New Under the emerging Carter York and Citicorp International of London and New York. policy of aiding loans aid and With public polls showing U.S. governments, during the coming year are to be more people against the Treaty than for it, the public reaction to doubled to the government of Jamaican Prime the airing of this "financial angle and its link to the Carter adMinister Michael Manley. (R-NC- middle of During , the pro-Maix- pro-Cast- ist ro With the exception of Panama, no other government in the Caribbean or Latin American area is slated to receive this kind of an increase in foreign aid, ac ministration's policy of "collaboration with totalitarianism of the Left" could well determine the outcome of the congressional battle. ON COURSE the Century, one of the smallest things in the universe became the greatest as a topic of world concern. The importance of the atom grew in reverse ratio to its tiny magnitude. Men and atom-siz- e in the women concept of the universe -are capable of releasing Bv Capt. Joe individual influence that they may reach no one knows how far. Scientists have explained that atomic for uses energy destructive and creative released by is chain By our thinking we and by our labors reaction. - Americans must exert constructive influence in move we make, for every this mean s united advancement The American Way. . -- The American Way Classified ad in Indiana weekly: For Sale: One set of golf clubs. Used only by a little old college professor who never drove over ISO yards. f the liberty to know, to think, to believe, Give me and to utter freely, according to conscience, above all other liberties. -- John Milton If something good can come out of the drought it is that perhaps we have become more water conscious. In this, the second driest state in the nation, it makes little sense to waste water. Conserve water, its a matter of do or dry. H. Ferguson CARTERS SELLOUT By Captain Joe H. Ferguson - pro-Marx- ist pro-Marx- ist 11 THE PANAMA SELLOUT This past week, James Carter made history as he joined with Panamanian dictator Omar Torrijos in signing the proposed Panama Canal Treaty. History is in the making, but the ending to this attempt to sell us out has not been written. It has not yet occurred. Carter's action was only the first step. Now, the treaty must be approved not only by the U.S. Senate but, because it involves the disposal of U.S. property, by the U.S. House of Representatives also. It is very possible that either of these two bodies of elected representatives can stop the proposed giveaway. If this possibility becomes reality, it will be only because of tremendous and effective pressure put upon the Congress by the citizens of America. Since polls have indicated that 78 of Americans are opposed to the Canal giveaway, the possibility of stopping the giveaway could be considered very good. If no ground swell of public action develops, however, the sellout of the Canal will come to pass. All of the pressure from the top, i.e., the Carter administration, is being used against the congress to support the giveaway. i WHAT CARTER IS ASKING In any treaty, one could assume that there is give and take on both sides in order to reach an agreement. In this case, however. Carter is taking everything from the American people and giving it to dictator Torrijos. In seeking congressional approval of the treaty, Carter is asking not only the congressmen but the American people to accept and approve something they have not had the opportunity to read and study. Why would he attempt to obtain approval without the people knowing the content of the treaty? The answer is rather obvious if the American people have time to study the wording of the treaty, they will almost certainly demand that the congress refuse to ratify it. And that is why it is so important that We, the People, begin our campaign right now not only to gain support for defeating the treaty, but to delay the vote on it until the support is solidly in favor of its defeat. Let's get busy. ; oven thebe the communists are busy building nuclear POWER PLANTS MR FAST, CHEAP AND O.EAK EnIEQGV BEUlHD THE ICON CUOTAiN ... AND OVtW MEBE THEYfeE BUSY PICKETING OUR POWER |