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Show THE UTAH INDEPENDENT April 9, 1970 Page 8 Did we gain or lose by making instant insanity drugs the Did we gain or lose by making the sexy sixties tlu decade of the topless, bottomless waitresses and the shows. production of extravaganza nude hard-cor- e pornogDid we gain or lose by making raphy a new American right? Did we gain or lose by eliminating prayers and Bible reading from the schools? n Did we gain or lose by shifting from ethics to the new morality ethics? Did we gain or lose by allowing colleges and universities to become theaters of political and social upheaval? Did we gain or lose hv letting the culmovie complex coagulate into a powerful tool of d tural erosion and serve as a massive channel of propaganda slanted toward the downgrading of traditional American institutions? Did we gain or lose by allowing minorities to trample the rights of majorities in the name of numerous good in-thin- g? Judiac-Ghristia- radio-press-- W. Cleon Skousen -- T astig-matize- The causes? Police Profession Did we win or lose hv taking such a concerned ind compassionate view' of criminal activity that became an institutionalized way of life in the nations capital and many of our larger cities? in a Ttt 11 THE BITTER FRUIT Time of Cultural Crisis Reprinted from Law and Order Magazine by W. Cleon Skousen OF AN EVIL TREE The answers to some of the questions will be debated for a long time, hut the answers to many of them have already become tragically evident. Some setthings are indisputable and represent a serious back to the American way of life. First, and foremost, is the obvious fact that the American society has maneuvered itself into a state of not only standard-cultural crisis. Crime has white-colla- r crime brand professional crime, but suburin as well. Violence has become almost routine ban citv life. Mohocracy. which the media has tried to make respectable by calling it militancy has become the means of first resort in solving serious social issues. Scandals involving corruption on the local, state and federal levels of public service have been on the Morality among youth has turned in the direction of ancient hedonism. Venereal disease rates have risen. Family life has felt the shattering gap. Cerimpact of a feverishly agitated generation tain circles of intellectual sophistry have openly adopted the tenets of Dr. Broeh Chisholm w ho claims our mental health can he dramatically improved by doing aw'ay with all standards of right and wrong. Confidence in the police has held up fairly well although law enforcement has been under continuous, vicious assault. Confidence in the courts has deteriorated. Confidence in governmental processes is at a low' ebb. Many churches have ceased to he the stabilizing community influence they once were. Many parents have become alarmed to discover their children being indoctrinated with concepts and behavioral patterns which violate the most rudimentary principles of successful education in the past. All of these have contributed one way or another to the present cultural crisis. And what has this to do with the police? The answ'er is, everything. sky-rocket- ed "Has everybody gone crazy? This expostulation spilled out of a Negro policeman during the Watts riots in 1965. He faced a cluster of the mob and shouted, How do you get justice burning down your own neighborhood? To himself, he muttered. Crazv, man, crazy. As this writer stood watch- ing the spectacle he wondered the same thing. Perhaps Crazy, man, craz.v, could be the epitaph for the passing of the sick sixties. It was an epic of revolutionary emasculation of many of the most basic concepts of law, order, justice, decency and due process Many people tolerated the revolution on the grounds that the system needed improving, as all systems do. but where the train got off the track was in the mishwhich was supposed to mash of a new value-systemake our country a better, safer, happier and a more permissive place to live. What the innovators came up with was a combination of hedonism, anarchism and personal profligacy partaking of the same spirit as that which has destroyed nearly two dozen previous m civilizations. TIME FOR SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS Now that we have had a full decade to examine the philosophical fantasia of these erroneously named new ideas, what is the score? It is time we stopped long enough to ask a few basic questions. For example: Did we gain or lose with the filthy speech movement? Did we gain or lose with the deliberate polarization of the races in the name of civil rights? up-swin- g. . HOW THE AMERICAN CULTURAL CRISIS HAS AFFECTED THE POLICE PROFESSION Police work is the most enjoyable in a culture where there is respect for law and order. When this collapses, the police constitute the first line of defense and therefore suffer the greatest number of casualties, loth figuratively and literally. This is where the American police find themselves today. Actually, compared to England, Canada, Australia or Scandinavia, police w'ork in the United States has never been quite as pleasant a task as it should have been. But the profession was making tremendous strides lifting itself by the bootstraps when this latest cultural disintegration swept in like a hurricane to put the police in direct confrontation with the most inflammatory forces of insurgency among our own citizens. Not only from criminals spearheading a new wave of rampages, hut from bands of ordinary citizens out to violate the peace and order of the community in the name of some good cause. During this past decade hundreds of policemen have been killed and many thousands left the profession in sheer disgust. Now, the task is to clear awrav the debris and mobilize the hardcore remnants into a force of professional metal which can help our society regain its footing and recapture the lost ground. To do this, the police constitute a most important part of the task force. WHAT CAN BE EXPECTED NEXT? Every police officer in the country should he aware that if certain segments of our society have their wav. the crazy Sixties will be followed by the savage Seventies. Anyone listening to available tapes of the recent conventions of the 300 Far Left revolutionary groups, will realize that these people are talking about tne total collapse of the American political and social structure by 1973. This is the same year the Soviet Union hopes to have its SS-- 9 monster missiles in full deployment with a boasted capacity to annihilate the United States if it does not come to terms. Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird has already warned the Congress that this is no bluff and that he estimates n with the Soviet military could come the earlier than his original estimate of 1974-5- . Of one may hear a few' snide sophisticates chuckle in amusement that anyone should feel concerned with these reports, but these are the same ostrich mentalities who ridiculed J. Edgar Hoovers warnings in the early Sixties that the country was in for a period of serious civil disturbances. revolutionaries have The Communist-dominate- d demonstrated to their complete satisfaction that the American people are extremely vulnerable, both physiassault on the cally and psychologically, to an all-ohome front. And an all-oassault is being planned. Even if these militant anarchists are completely unrealistic in their determination to make a shambles of the country by 1973, the fact remains that they are in a position to make the preservation of law and order far more difficult in the Seventies than it was in the Sixties. show-dow- ut ut WHY THE REVOLUTIONARY NIHILISTS ARE JUBILANT cult Actually, the have a lot more going for them than many people realize. They itemized an inventory of their strength during their recent convention in Oakland. California, and it was enough to make anv law enforcement officer take a long, sober look toward the future. First of all, thev have identified their revolution with enough genuine and badly needed reforms to give them a facade of respectability and generate a climate of tolerance for their fanatical extremism. Secondly, for reasons no one has yet been able to fully explain, they have been getting fabulous amounts of money from some of the biggest foundations in the country. Even the Federal Government (through the OEO) has been found pouring funds into their rackets and paying the salaries of some of their most fanatical leaders. Thirdly, the colleges and universities of the country have allowed them to set up student sanctuaries to use as fortresses for the fomenting of revolutionary activities in the name of academic freedom and student dissent. Fourthly, in some of the most influential centers of learning these militant forces have captured the symv pathy and support of so many radically-oriente- d members, that thcv have virtuallv paralvzcd anv attempt by college and university administrators to discipline student revolutionaries found to he engaging in mohocratic activities. subversion and Fifthly, the laws against peace-tim- e shooting-looting-buming-bombi- ng tax-exem- pt KEITH BELNAP INSURANCE COUNSELOR PHONES: Office 9 299-141- Res. 295-175- 4 0 "Your Insurance Is No Better Than The Knowledge Of Your Agent." 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