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Show Page 6 The Utah Independent December 15, 1977 WHERE WERE YOU? JAG, Inc. Oelwein, Iowa 50662 prescribed (insert-departmen- by the been while organizations in which member is currently carrying on a (instead of doing it all in one Act, the rules campaign against froiTthe' Congressman, under hrat home folks, can only complain to hew about hsa, but nothing more than complain? Friends, I am glad that you are awake (finally) and complaining, but I respectfully submit that you are concerned only with small- potatoes. You are trying to cut off one of the very small branches of this strangling vine of governmen- tal control that destroys individual American Physicians and freedom and threatens our very Surgeons (AAPS) fought against existence by its parasitic nature, Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) for action by the Health Systems Agencies (HSA) which would, if enforced as proposed, close down most or all of the nation's small town hospitals, in- eluding Oelwein's. Welcome to 1977, friends. I glad to see that you are protes- ting bureaucratic injustice and stupidity. But, where were you in 1974, when our Association of iVZlZ so-call- ed bu,yousjouldb!cop.pingtt,,h' destroy problem, collectivism. It all goes back to the false claim that a worker can legitimately be forced to share the fruits of his labor with others. If you accept that basic premise, and accept the idea that' the majority can do whatever it wants to do so long as it maintains a majority, then you have no cause to plain when the majority" (through elected and appointed rulers) chooses to follow an action detrimental to you. If you accept the basic idea of collectivism, then corn-design- ed Power" is the name of the good quality medicine and be wasteful and in- - game. Control is what the expensive, 196bureaucrats want most of all. Sub- nationary? where were you in and ,heir ,00ls- When they start saying tion of the Liberty Amendment, they want to give" you something, which would stop government beware, because what they will Lwa uXfre0UXmSOH Bidy interference in private business, really give you is more regulations, give each worker his full paycheck, more taxes, and less freedom. an the Whewere vouhfi944 when called national health insuranceS" John T. Flynn published his book, that many collectivists are pushing As We Go Marching", explaining now, under the guise of giving" in detail how fascism and die- - the people something for tatorship had grown in Italy and nothing". AAPS is actively con- and how we were ducting a nation-wid- e Germany public following the same path to federal relations campaign against collec- control of all activities (including tivist plans to destroy the practice small town hospitals), while at the of private medicine by national same time fighting World War II in health insurance (NHI), and we the name of freedom"? where welcome your support of our ef-were you in 1933. when Hitler forts in this regard. the Act" If pushed Enabling your favorite program is through the Reichstag, thus giving genuinely worthwhile, then it will the Cabinet (headed by Hitler) be supported by others voluntarily, complete, legal" control in and you have no need for the use of Geroiany? (See stoiv in November force. Conversely, if you need to 1977 issue of The Freeman , use force, then your Droaram is not available upon request, Foun- - worthwhile. dation for Economic Education, 30 Force breeds force in S. Broadway, Irvington-on-Huretaliation, leading to enmity and son NY-- ) hate, which culminates in fights Where have you been the past and war. Voluntary cooperation 40 years, while Congress has been breeds helpfulness and love and passing thousands of laws giving charity, eliminating force and power to the Executive Branch, hatred, leading to peace. Rejoice in with laws that set broad policy but peace. .Repudiate the use of force omit details, with expressions such as an agency of social action. as: In accordance with regulations d- Government is the only agency that can take a useful commodity like paper, slap some ink on it and make it totally worthless. -- December 15, 1977 The Utah Independent Page 7 TREATIES EXCLUDE BASIC RIGHT nanieX of the tablished the HSAs? youin 1973, when aaps filed suit against Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSRO), showing they w?uld interfere with good quality medical care? Where were you in 1972 when AAPS fought against congressional ap- proval of PSRO? Where were you in 1971, when AAPS was warning formation of outfits against more to get money for doctors from the bankrupt federal Foun- the treasury dations for Medical Care? Where were you in 1965, when AAPS The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Secretaryof tal' foe-lS- rj One The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand Ludwig vonMises , Cont.nued from page 1 Torrijos brother. Murphy argued that it was more important to expose Panamas role in the flow of heroin into the U.S. and made the facts of the from Mexico, warrant public anyway. In an October address at Bretton Woods, N.H., belonSS to the Panamanian Communist Party Robert C. Hill, who just resigned as U.S. Am(PCP) and is Panamas Ambassador to Spain. Gerardo Gonzales Vernaza (Vice President of bassador to Argentina, expressed his strong opthe Republic) is an active member of the PCP of position to the Panama Canal giveaway. Ambassador Hill had over 20 years of service in whjch he was formcrlv)f trcimrer and cmrevor Roberto Diaz Herrera (Lt. Col. in National the government and served as our Ambassador to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico and Argentina. Guard and COUSin to Omar) has been a caitl-acarrying member of the Marxist Party since his The Ambassador said he has made several trips to Panama, and it would be folly to give up control teens Manuel, Antonio Noriega (head, of G-- has ,been of the canal. Contrary to what the Carter Ada Marxist since his Student days and is actively ministration would have us believe, the Ambassador said, the Latin Americans around Paninvolved in Castros infiltration in Panama. ama actually support the U.S. presence there and Marcelino Jaen (Omars brother-in-la- w and a he warned that two months after the treaty was i lawyer) belongs to the Central Committee of the m 2) Communist Party. Ruben Dario Herrera (economist) is member of the PCP, one of their most influential ideologists, and responsible for the Party's economic policies. Eligio Salas (Dean of Panama University) belonged to the Communist Party from his start in politics. Roland Murgas, (member of the Legislative Committee) is an ideologist for the Partys Political Committee, Adolfo Ahumada, (Minister of Labor and per- sonal advisor to Omar Torrijos) is a formal men)er f in Communist Party and informally the Canal Treaty negotiations, participated Renato Pereira, mayor of Puerto Armuelles (on Pacific side of Isthmus), is a Communist Party , memDer- - On October 3, 1977 President Carter met privately with Attorney General Griffin Bell to discuss documented reports that relatives of Pan- amanian. dictator Omar Torrijos have been in- , , , YOlved in narcotics Smuggling into the United States. Attorney General Bell told President Carter about a sealed indictment handed up in 1972 in New York against Torrijos brother, for narcotics trafficking, Moises, . . w MOlSeS IS director of information who TomjOS, . n Panamas treaty office, faces arrest if he comes I" file United States. He did not show up for the Panama Canal treaty signing in Washington on ntpmhpr 7 IQ77 ' . Sources in Washington say that the subject of narcotics trafficking may be one of the reasons the Carter Administration has been working so hard to shut off a probe by two Senate committees into National Security Agency electronic eavesdrop- Omar Torrijos. A U.S. Army Sergeant P,nB reportedly turned over transcripts of the elcc- tronic eavesdropping to dictator Torrijos in 1974, Washington sources involved in the investigation of the Panamanian narcotics trafficking for several years say that the Administration fears the transcripts contain conversations by Torrijos himself about the heroin traffic and such disclosures would be a major embarrassment in the Administrations efforts to win Senate approvalbf the new treaty. ), a bitter Congressman John M. Murphy opponent of the canal treaty, has been tangling with the State Department since the early 1970s in an effort to expose the Torrijos involvement in the heroin trade. Sources state that the State Department tried to persuade Congressman Murphy not to disclose the sealed bench warrant against (D-NY- signed the canal could forcibly be taken by another power. In a recent release. Congressman George Hansen of Idaho, another strong opponent of the giveaway of the canal and zone, warned that the issue is one of national survival. He pointed out the following facts, carefully documented by the Council for Security: Inter-Americ- an (1) The Canal Zone is the exclusive property of the United States, according to a treaty signed freely by the State of Panama in 1903. We paid more for that territory than for all other U.S. property put together. Furthermore, we paid for it lour times: once to Panama, once to the French, once to the neighboring state of Colombia and finally to individual property owners. But we did more than just purchase property. We purchased sovereign rights to that property. And that means that no government on earth can interfere with our use of American territory. (2) The ruler of Panama, General Omar Torrijos, is a Marxist. His government is comprised of Marxists. He is allied to Fidel Castro. He is in sympathy with the Soviet Unions goal of forced Communization of our entire hemisphere. Torrijos is an unstable, unpredictable tyrant who has outlawed all political parties in Panama except the Communist Party. He will not tolerate opposition. Several weeks ago, an exiled Panamanian colonel, now living in Miami, narrowly missed being blown apart in his car. According to a friend of the colonel, the bomb was a message to us about our opposition to the government and their actions. Is Torrijos to be trusted with our canal? (3) The Canal is not outdated and outmoded, as surrender advocates claim. In the past 30 months, some 750 U.S. Navy ships used the Canal on affairs directly related to our national security. Only a handful of our very largest U.S. ships cannot use the Canal. This shortcut-passag- e between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans literally doubles the strength and effectiveness of our Navy: And it saves us billions of dollars. Furthermore, if the canal were in the hands of General Torrijos, a Marxist would have almost control over the following nations of the Western Hemisphere: Nicaragua (77 of this nation's trade goes through the Canal), Ecuador (50), Peru (80) and Chile (80). Finally the U.S. itself has a big commercial stake: 70 of all Canal Zone traffic is to or from U.S. ports. (4) Treaty advocates claim the U.S. cant defend the Canal. They say the U.S. must transfer our territory to Torrijos, or risk violence and instability in the Zone. They quote General Torrijos life-and-de- ath himself: we are prepared to follow the Ho Chi President, minced no words -- they hated our form Minh route if necessary. That means terror, of government. They hated both our religion and guerrilla operations, and sabotage in the national freedom. They preferred the red flag to an liberation war. . . . American flag and they favored a dictatorial, Rep. Hansen then said: Since when has the tyrannical government with a world capital at United States of America groveled at the feet of Moscow. There has been absolutely no change in dictator who threatens us in this their plans and objectives. The Communist any small-tim- e manner - who makes demands, who is trying to hierarchy hates the U.S. for our freedoms and blackmail us? human rights, the religion of our people and above The Panama Canal was indeed defensible in all all, because we are the only powerful nation with a previous war situations: World War II, Korea, limited arsenal of nuclear weapons and submarines that prevents them from Communizing Vietnam and the Cuba missile crisis. But the most telling argument of all against this the entire world. They have only one God and his is Lenin who told them they must treaty, as far as I am concerned, are the words of name the world and in doing so, if they four former Chiefs of Naval Operations (the. of the people and one highest post attainable in the U.S. Navy), who exterminated quarter remained Communist, that would solve wrote President Carter: Loss of the Panama Canal. ...would contribute the problem. This is the reason why they have built up an to the encirclement of the U.S. by hostile naval enormous arsenal of huge nuclear weapons and forces, and threaten our ability to survive. That is the informed opinion of Americas top have a superiority over us of 2 or 3 to I in almost military commanders, men who know best the every category of nuclear weapons. That is the value of the Panama Canal Zone. They can speak reason that they are going deeply underground to the Russian people whenever they get ready freely because they have all retired. So they arent protect to attack us. They know as well as we do that we going to face Presidential pressure. One of the best informed Americans on the have no quarrel with the Russian people and have no desire for additional territory and will not turn subject of the Communist Conspiracy is the on the nuclear button unless attacked. On the Honorable Hamilton Fish, who testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on other hand, the Communists at Moscow who October 13, 1977. His extremely important killed 30 million of their own people, and Solzhenitsyn places it at 60, would not hesitate, testimony was given no publicity by the major whenever it is to their advantage, to dcstrov media who were present to hear the following between 100 and 130 million Americans in one speech: night. The whole world would then go Communist (Quote) I am honored to appear before this within ten days time. distinguished committee of the United States It is simply playing Russian roulette by trying to Senate in opposition to the surrender and maintain that the Soviets, and I don't mean the giveaway of the American canal in Panama to the Communists of France or Italy, have changed Communist existing government there. their tactics or strategy. They are our enemies, and I served for almost 25 years on the Foreign they are preparing to destroy the United States Affairs Committee of the House and for apwhom they regard, together with the Chinese, as proximately 10 years was its ranking Republican their bitterest enemy. . member and was ranking Republican member of The veteran organizations, the American Legion the Rules Committee for 4 or 5 years. I was also chairman of the first Congressional committee to and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, organizations composed of Democrats, investigate Communist activities, policies, prinRepublicans and Independents, have taken a very ciples and ideologies back in 1930 and believe I outspoken stand against the surrender of the know as much about the aims and purposes of the American canal. Why? Because it is against our Communists as anyone in the United States today. own security and strengthens the power of the I have written several books on the subject. Communists. I take the position openly and 1 am convinced that the Communist tyrannical without any apologies to anyone, because this is a is Moscow the at most monstrous government free country and I believe in the rights of all people form of government that has existed anywhere to that freedom that does not exist in the Soviet since Lenin seized power by force and violence in Union, to say to this distinguished Senate comRussia 60 years ago. mittee that to turn over the canal to the The surrender and giveaway of the American Communist government of Panama is aiding and canal in Panama to the Communist government of our enemies and verges on treason . If it that nation is just the same as giving it to abetting was in time of war it would be treason. Furtheris it time the Cuba or the Soviet Union and more, I believe politically that 75 to 90 percent of American people knew the truth of this aspect of the American people are unalterably opposed to this infamous blackmail treaty. If adopted it this surrender to the Communists. If the treaty is would be a day of infamy, playing directly into the adopted, Watergate would be a mere mosquito hands of the Communist dictators at Moscow. bite. If elected public officials, supposed to repreFor years the leading Communists at Moscow sent their people back home, defy them and have been endeavoring to encircle and surround surrender this canal, built by Theodore Roosevelt take-ovthe United States. The by the Comand the American people 68 years ago, and run munist party and government in Panama would be efficiently ever since, to the Communists, that is the greatest victory the Soviet Union has achieved their privilege. since our surrender to them at Yalta. Our comThere is probably not a single state that in any mittee back in 1930 did not persecute any liberals referendum would support this blackmail treaty, or radicals, as its main purpose was merely to find aiding and abetting our enemies. No wonder that out the definite policies, principles and objectives the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign of Communism at home and abroad. Those who Wars and at least of the members of the for candidates Communist the testified, such as Continued on page 1 Reprint: The Indianapolis Star The two United Nations treaties that President Carter signed publicly at the U.N. on October 5, 1977 are worse, far worse, than the two Panama Canal treaties he already signed. The Panama Canal treaties can gut us from without; the U.N. treaties can gut us from within. Why? The United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the United Nations Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural both signed by President Rights Carter and subject now to ratification by the U.S. Senate com-muni- ze specifically exclude private property as a human right. Both U.N. treaties exclude our right to three-quarte- rs non-partis- own private property individually or in association with others. Both U.N. human rights treaties permit government seizure of property without any kind of compensation. Human The U.N. Rights Treaties are in violation of our Constitution, lt specifically our protects property rights. The Fifth Amendment states: ...nor shall any person.. .be deprived of .life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor shall pirvate property be taken for public use without just compenso-call- so-call- ed sation. an 9 er two-thir- ds 1 ' The Fourteenth Amendment states: ...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. As finally drafted in 1 966, the United Nations covenants signed by President Carter authorize the expropriation or nationalization of any private property considered as necessary or desirable" by any member-stat- e of the United Nations. This amounts to U.N. sanction of the right of theft of property, a fact that has repeatedly been pointed out by U.S. delegates to the U.N. by all administrations previous to the Carter administration since 1948, when the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. After that event in 1948, the United Nations continually tried to codify the Universal Declaration. From the very first discussions, the Soviet Union and its satellites strenuously objected to Article 17 of the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights which stated: Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property." That is the fundamental U.N. Human Right approved by President Harry Truman when he endorsed the U.N. Universal Declaration. That is the essential human right the right to own which has private property made our country great. That is the prime right all Americans enjoy. Without it, all our other rights would be without significance. ls some Repeatedly, in our State Department have tried to get away with the assertion that the two United ultra-libera- Nations Covenants which President Carter signed are not treaties." The reason they allege Continued on page 9 |