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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand September 29, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 5 OPPOSES IWY TACTICS DiWashington strict Congressman Larry McDonald .) chaired a congressional panel to hear women opposed to the practices of International Womens Year leaders. The panel is sponsored by Sen. Jesse Helms (R-Nin the form of ad hoc congressional hearings as a forum for the dissen- ting views. Women participated from all of the country, including and decried the fact that federal money is being used to sup- port liberal feminist causes. Stories were told of wrongdoing to ostracize conservative womens groups, voting irregularities, and uneven treatment of resolutions offered by liberal and conservative women. find it inexcusable that the federal government is spending 55 million of taxpayers money for the advancement of issues that are not in accordance with the majority of American women, such as passage the Equal Rights Amendment. federally subsidized and supervised child care, legalization of pros- titution, lesbianism and other radical feminist goals," said McDonald. This is a flagrant misuse of federal money for lobbying purposes." he stated. I f the conference cannot conform to an evenhanded policy. I would insist that their federal monies be rescinded." McDonald concluded. between forbidding marriage the same of sex be would persons Copvright Jo Hindman 1977 (D-Ga- C) 1 He took her Hand in his and gazed proudly at the engagement ring he had placed on her finger only three days before. your friends admire it? he asked Did tenderly. They did more than that, she replied coldly, two of them recognized it. EITHER WAY The trouble with living up is that so often you have to live it down. Rochet, Hawthorne, ,ev. it BIBLE POWER v. UNION VIOLENCE Rla Coleman and Howard Hopkins, both nearing retirement age, were threatened with loss of their livelihood to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Kirkland received an out-of-co- urt settlement in 1976, a 516-5.0check from an AFL-CI- O at General Dynamics if they failed to meet conditions of employment as fated by the International sociation of Machinists (IAM). 00 union and its local. The union violence list is endless and space here is limited. The legal defense Foundation Mrs. Coleman had dropped seeks victory . now for Mrs. her union membership without in- - Coleman and Mr. Hopkins. ' cident in the early 1960s; Mr. Hop- - Neither will sign for union ' kins his in 1967. Both, being membership or pay token dues. members of the Seventh Day Some pacts Adventist Church, explained that permit agency shops" that allow withdrawal was based on religious employees to work if they pay the reasons. equivalent of dues. 1972 Mrs. Coleman doesnt want the 18, ButonSetpember amicable arrangement ceased. A her money to finance union notice was posted that all em- violence. Why pay someone to ployees would be required to join perform evil acts you wouldnt do. the I AM or pay token dues or lose yourself? Shereasons that it is impossible to submit to the principles tie,r J08-o- f Reportedly, the church of Christ and to those of organized teaches its members to abstain labor at the same time. rom joining labor unions or to Hopkins, wryly remembering his name youthful pro-unisupport them financially because. in the contrary to the Bible ethic of love, calling against labor unions often use violent past, now regrets the unchristian attitude, (when) the pastor laid methods to enforce their views. The contention is supported the issues before the congregation by ample public record of union in his sermons on Bible prinviolence: ciples...! really understood," Hopkins added. In Pennsylvania, a former asThe case. Kimbell (Coleman) sociate of the J. Leon Altemose construction firm said that union and Hopkins v. General Dynamics hoodlums threatened to put his v. I.A.M., heard in federal district own daughter (age 2) into a burlap court at Fort Worth (Tex.) bag and smash her against a wall. 411 74 unfortunately resulted in a Joe Hooper. 26 and father of ruling favorable to compulsory two, was shot and killed Jan. 15. unionism. 1976 in Lake Charles (La.) while How did this lawsuit develop his out in state filling employment papers Texas, a at Jupiter Chemical Company. where unions cannot dictate to non-uniGoons linked with an AFL-CI- O job holders? Answer: branch, warring against rival The employment site lies in a American Federation of Unions federal enclave, a Texas area (AFU) an independent, under U.S. federal jurisdiction. murderously rammed a forklift A stunning reversal in 1976 through Jupiters office, a temporary trailer, and young Hooper (533 F 2d 163 (1976) ) by the 5th died from gunfire in the armylike circuit federal U.S. Court of Appeal (New Orleans) has sent the attack. back to the trial In Florida. Samuel Kirkland, case (74-315a backhoe operator was beaten to court to determine if the union and without the employer a pulp" and permanently crippled can, cause he wasnt union". With hardship" respect the religious legal help from the National Right tenets of the two employees. dic-are- as ia, labor-manageme- non-strike- rs . right-to-wo- 1) It Sen. Jake Garn nt on on I rk l 1 I A J (R-U- T) THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT Certainly one of the most controversial battles facing the nation today is the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). In order for the ERA to become law. it must receive ratification from at least 38 states. I personally the oppose Equal Rights and will take this to explain my op- - op- portunity position. The ERA is overly broad and vague. The proposed amendment for example, would prohibit the from making any dis- This tinctions based on sex. w'ould enforced be by prohibition the strongest possible ent nt intrusiveness and governments Constitutional language precedent. Forinstance, if military through regulations, many of conscription were ever reinstituted, which dealwith sex discrimination. be are already very evident. The would Congress Constitutionally unable to make Department of Health, Education statutory distinctions between men and Welfare (HEW) has issued and women, and both sexes would edicts to prohibit daddydaughter have to be drafted into combat dances and boys choirs. It would be an error to give the Federal duty under the same regulations, We can only guess at many of government additional authority the ERAs effects. If the United under ERA. States Constitution is amended to Although oppose I provide that equality of ratification of ERA, have shall not be denied or ported and will continue to support abridged.. .on account of sex the specific statutory remedies for ramifications in the area of privacy specific discriminatory practices in and other areas of relations employment, credit, housing, education and areas. It is my otehr farbetween the sexes will be 1 sup-rights- ... ranging, and no one knows just Vew that freedom, equality, and responsibility for all Americans, how far. of sex, can best be served It has been opined by legal regardless means other than the Equal scholars that laws regulating by Amendment. homosexual behavior would be Rights drastically affected by ratification. If the ERA were ratified, laws fk declared unconstitutional under the same legal theories that struck down laws forbidding marriages between persons of different races. This effect is somewhat sure, but it is not what is apparently intended by many ERA advocates. It is another offshoot of the vague language and its possible consequences. ERA has the potential of creating specific results which are not favored by many Americans and have very little to do with sexual equality. Many ERA proponents hold that ratification of the amendment would enshrine abortion as a Constitutional right. This conclusion can be disputed, but it is firmly held by many ERA supporters. I certainly do not want to see abortion-on-deman- d given possible Constitutional sanction by this amendment and 1 am sure I amnotalone in this belief. But, the results that follow ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment may include abortion and other specific matters which will be widely posed. Section 2 of the proposed Amendment empowers Congress to enforce, by appropriate legislation the provisions of Section 1. Icanen-governmevision a new set of Federal laws and regulations designed to regulate the affairs of a free people, The effects of the Federal WE BUY SILVER COINS TOP MARKET PRICES CARTER SOLUTION: MAKE ILLEGAL LEGAL A Phone Tin hard working people of the United Slates apparently come last in President Carters hook, and I he illegal immigrants come first. Doesn't this stupid President realize when he proposes to legalize immigrants that he is directly striking at the right of Americans to have those jobs? Right now. the number of illegal immigrants in the United States almost equals the number of unemployed in the United States. Why. at a time when we are having trouble making ends meet with our national budget, and when we have all this unemployment, he should propose to legalize thousands of immigrants who illegally entered this country is a question which cannot be answered by any logical person. is The only way we can explain this latest Carter boo-bo- o to assume that his solution for all things that are wrong is to make the wrong legal instead of trying tit correct that wrong. lie wants to minimize the penalties fm marijuana rather than trying to dry up the marijuana scourge. Now. instead of doing the hard job of catching the illegal immigrants and returning them to their own countries, he wants to simply make all the illegal ones legal by passing regulations and laws accordingly. This the first time, to th" best of this newspaper's knowledge, that we have ever had a President of the United States whose solution for wrong is to call it right . regardless of the fact that it is still wrong. Probably il President Carter had his way, he would rewrite the Ten Commandments on the basis of maybe all the way through instead of Thou shall not. This legalization of illegal immigrants, coming on top of President Carter's refusal to protect the American workmen who are suffering from the foreign dumping of television sets, textiles, shoes, and other products from abroad, is just the latest insult against the American worker. Carter and the. Rockefeller group which apparently controls him seem to be much more interested in the g of foreign nations and foreigners than they are in what's good for U.S. citizens. In the type of upside down world that President Carter is creating in this country, it's going to be pretty hard for any sensible, normal American to keep his footing. Let's hope we can do it for at least three more years. Manchester I In ion 7. coder & A Trading 227 West 600 South Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 (801)531-645- 7 is O PROFITABLE ADVERTISING is our business. 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