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Show The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand October 13, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 11 BIG SISTER THE LEAGUE OF WOMAN VOTERS Continued From Page 8 Scandinavian correspondent for the London Observer. Huntford tells the story of the Socialist horror that is modem Sweden whose government vigorously supported the Vietcong which was killing your husbands and sons. Does this sound familiar to you, . . . The Swedes have a ladies?: ipants are ta ht that once a deci. sion has been made fh ur(hcr diseuaion is necessariiy at end and that, whatever their feelings might be, it is their duty to submit to the will of the group. But, as the horror of controversy as something study circle is designed to give inefficient and vaguely ceived opinions the appearance of immoral. They require for peace of conclusions personally achieved, so is mind, not confrontation, but consen- - the individual persuaded to accept sus. Consensus guides everything: the will of the group as his own. Even private conversation, intellectual life if a person begins by opposing a and the running of the State . . . . majority opinion, he will purge him-leading citizen told Huntford this: self of previous objections and adopt A We Swedes genuinely believe in consensus. Once a matter has been . . that opinion as his own as soon as it has been formally established . . . hammered out round the conference Why must everyone be encouraged to on go table, we think its wrong to participate? Huntford explains All are elsewhere. per- that The study circle enables critics you fighting mitted to do is to discuss the best to make their voices heard, so that, means of putting decisions into instead of joining the opposition, practice. I admit that this does not they can function inside the Labour favour personality. It must repress movement the individual in order to preserve the What it all boils down to of course But must consensus. then, you agree is brainwashing, a word introduced that individuality is not well devel- - into our language by the great among the Swedes . . . . eign correspondent Edward Hunter. the Bildningsforbund), AssoSwedish Workers' Education ciation: The ABF works with the so- called studv-circl. . . The word circle1 has been construed literally. Classes are arranged in a circle, be- cause it symbolizes equality and com- tarnas e. If thie circle leader then does his work correctly, guiding discussions in the proper manner, he can persuade his listeners that they have all come to the required conclusions of their own volition, although they may in fact only be accepting what they have been told. By so doing, the ex- perience of the ABF reveals, they acquire deep conviction and a desire impart their convictions to others, They are infused with an evangelistic spirit . . . . Roland Huntford explains that sef-sacrifi- person Nancy Thompson, she was traveling, and would be traveling always, into eternity; which might not be so bad ex- ce d Army sergeant, whose Communist torturer told him this: You know what discussion is; you have it in your own country. Of course it isn't peo-t- o pie's discussion yet. but you can help . All we ask is that make it so you read and study this, and that you volun- do s willingly, and con Reprints of this copyrighted article are available at the following prices: One to 99 copies, four for one dollar; 100-4copies, twenty cents each; 500-9copies, eighteen cents each; 1,000 or more copies, fifteen cents each. Order from American Opinion, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178. 99 ... of AMERICAN OPINION, 395 Concord Avenue, Belmont, Massachusetts 02178 and is reprinted by permission of the publisher. they put away in savings is not the same dollar in terms of its value when they take it out or when it is coming in a WHY IS YOUR BUDGET SO HARD TO BALANCE? causes inflation? Dr. Lawrence P. McDonald, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, discussed this topic on a recent Manion Forum broadcast. Here is what he said: Today many families on a fixed income and many who are on Social Security or a pension plan arc suddenly realizing that the What plannings of a lifetime are insufficient to keep them going on a modest standard of living. They are scratching their simply heads and saying, how can this be? The answer is that the 99 The Big Sister by Alan St ang first appeared in the June 1 977 plan or a Social Security paycheck. There is a steady erosion in the value of the dollar. Meat is The becoming higher-pricesame is true of gasoline and of clothing and virtually pension and harder to do. Putting food on the table is difficult enough. Getting a roof over your familys head is even worse. The family trying to live on an average income can afford no extras, and sometimes not all of the necessities. relations ,t MARILYN MANION And that is getting harder public se.f-betray- al. dollar Nothing nags so hard and so persistently on the average American's mind as does inflation. Yes, he is concerned about Soviet weaponry, the sellout of the Panama Canal, and the saga of Bert Lances financial dealings. But each day the man on the street has to make his own ends meet. men, for being white, for being polfor being Americans; We luters are supposed to feel guilty for every1' problem ever imagined. Always, everywhere, the reason is the same: to brainwash us into acquiescence while our country is destroyed. It is important to note that your reporter assiduously tried to arrange an interview to discuss all this with L.W.V. President Ruth C. Clusen, in the hope that we could come to consensus. She refused. According to cept that Ruth will probably return. No one else at headquarters would see tion of the essential goodness in peo- your reporter either. Which raises the obvious question of what the League ple, so that they would seek to compensate for their of Women Voters has to hide. Could it be the incredibly revealing evifeelings of guilt . . . And that is exactly what is being dence at which we have just taken a done to the ladies in the League of look? Something is seriously wrong if In his world famous book, Brain-suc- h Women Voters. Now you know how the League cannot withstand exacamination by the press. washing, Mr. Hunter quotes a victim and why so many intelligent and In fact, there are happy signs of of the Chinese Communist variety tive women have been persuaded to of this technique named Sam Dean: attack our country's traditions and an awakening to the truth by thouThe communist tactic, when they to press for radical legislation. In sands of the fine women who sinLeague after League across the coun. .. cerely joined the League to do good. ant a certain action taken 1S not o try, they are being assaulted by an In recent years, the League liked to a ne 50 by onethey "?ake avalanche of guilt say guilt for their boast of one hundred sixty thousand alernat,ve lmPoss,blehomes, their automobiles, their bank members. But it now appears that mo'f '.cry l hey put you in a position where vou accounts and charge cards; guilt for League headquarters is claiming only bave n? ,h" Possibili,' bu't0 do as being wives and mothers; guilt for one hundred forty thousand, which is e osoan , Meanlives. traditional a drop cf about thirteen percent. 'Vs leading quiet neersaj tbe ,s not, Are the members; of the League of while, the totalitarian flunkies at the That;. hey 1 have way. hey say you top, the august Lucy Bensons, are Women Voters waking up to the game t0 act voluntar,ly and op .ing out cf it? Apparently they busily parlaying their public service are. D B Another such victim was a young into important government jobs, ex for-ope- Swedish consensus is achieved by organizations as A.B.F. ( Arbe - actly like their male counterparts. Indeed, the same thing is now being attempted on all Americans. We are supposed to feel guilty for being tarily to your own conclusions Remember L.W.V.s loaded questions: Questioning was rarely ordinary questioning. The correct term for it would be suggestive interrogation, with the desired answers imAnd plied in the wording . . . does to take have not brainwashing . The Reds place in a dungeon: fit their most diabolical pressures into familiar settings. They make their meetings frequently look and sound like a student huddle or a parlor discussion back home Finally, and most important, is brainwashings purpose: The Reds had found that the easiest way to subdue any group of people was to give its members a guilt complex and then to lead them oh from selfAll denunciation to that was required to put this across was a sufficiently heartless exploita- d. everything that we buy, from postage stamps on up. The situation is that meat is not more valuable. Gasoline more valuable. The is not difficulty is that the dollar is becoming less valuable. Well, what has happened? The economic crisis that we face is actually a Constitutional crisis or a government explosion because we no longer remain within the restraints of a limited government as spelled out by our - Constitution. We have had an explosion in government activities. Not only has the government strangled growth, but the cost of government has simply expanded beyond our ability to pay the cost. This means that year after year, at the Federal level, we have growing deficits. We are spending more money than we are taking in. To service that deficit or to live within that deficit, p is about a process six-ste- involving the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. What happens is that the government creates new money either by going into the capital markets and borrowing oror by by bookkeeping entry turning on the printing presses and simply printing more money. This artificial increase in the money supply means rising prices. The culprit, of course, is the Federal government which spends more than it takes in. Then it increases the money supply which decreases the value of the dollar in your wallet or your savings account. This monetary problem that we are facing on a growingbasis is threatening a slide back into double digit inflation. Of course, once you go into triple digit constantly inflation inflation - - runaway you rapidly move into the destruction of the whole monetary system and the wiping out of the middle class, which is the stable element ol society. This, historically leads to political radicalism. That is one of th-- . major dangers that we face by believing that we can spend ourselves into prosperity. We can no more do that than a drunk man can drink himself sober. -- American Way Features Readers comments and questions are welcome. us at "The Please write American Way Features," P. O. Box 990, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 37863. 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