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Show May BEN FRANKLIN lie life was just beginning. He was Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff deplores the fact that most' Americans arrange their lives the way they wish, rather than the way he wishes. Specifically, Mr. Ribicoff thinks it is horrendous that white middle-clas- s families have left the cities to settle in the suburbs. He points out that one of metropolitan result of this mass exodus is the inner-city schools with predominantly black education i.e., enrollments, and suburban schools whose pupils are mostly tions for American independence. He drafted a constitution which he called the Articles of . white. Ribicoff does not believe' that anybody has the right to segregate himself from anybody else, at least as far as public education is concerned. And so he proposed a preposterous amendment to the Senate desegregation bill. His proposal would have required all schools in a metropolitan area to desegregate according to a system of quotas within twelve years. By metropolitan area is meant the city and its outlying suburbs; the quota would require each school to have at least half the percentage of minority students in the entire area. Thus if 20 per cent of the students in the area were in the black, 10 per cent of the students in each school separate school systems of the suburbs as well as the city would have to be black. The Senate rejected the proposal and went about the business of passing the desegregation bill proper, allocating $1.4 billion to stir up the melting pot and perhaps accelerate the Confederation and Perpetual Union for the United Colonies of North America, which Jefferson heartily approved. When the situation had ripened for a declara- tion of independence to be drawn up, Franklin was appointed on the committee of five to make the draft. During this crisis America needed the allied assistance of the French for the necessary strength so Franklin was appointed as Minister to France. It has been said of him that this was the most important mission of his life, and one author wrote: Editfoirs utfloolk Continued from page 2 1. As of April 10, 1971, the detention camps of Parthenion, on the island of Leros, and of Skala, Owpos are dismantled and definitely closed. 2. As of the same date, 234 communists, who had been exiled to various parts of the country, are released. 3. 50 hard core and dangerous communists will be transferred to various parts of the country, in accordance with decisions duly reached by the competent Commissions of Public Safety. It should be noted that these Commissions were set up by law in 1924. According to the latest amendment of this law, the Commissions are shared by the Head of each District Civil Authority and they include a (career) judge. These 50 communists will be confined to certain His wisdom and with, his tact towns where they will be living freely. 4. 27 former officers and politicians, who had been and courtesy, to noblemen and commoners, won him national confined to various towns, where they were living freely, popularity. Franklin won the will, as of next week, have this confinement totally lifted. needed alliance with France, and 5. Following application of these measures, by which the tide of the Revolution was all detention camps are closing down and 270 communists turning to American freedom. are released, only persons duly tried and convicted by the He was the only man who courts for participation in subversive movements and for docuall of four the key signed other acts directed against public security, 300 in aU, will ments in American history: the be serving prison terms. Declaration of Independence, the Also included in the Congressional Record of Treaty of Alliance with France, the Treaty of Peace with Great April 27lh was the text of another release from the Royal Greek Embassy Press and Information Service (dated April Britain, and the American Constitution. 17th) announcing a drastic reduction of the application of After the struggle through war, martial law in Greece. Franklin now proved himself the greatest ambassador the New World has ever sent to the Old. Ilis wisdom and tolerance , his humane sympathies , his endearing rationalism , personifying all the ideas cherished in the age of enlightment , opened every door to him. lie was the most successful interpreter of the New World to the Old and of the Old World to the New. He was the first and most illustrious citizen in tile Atlantic civilization. . t victory, blood and treaties, the formation of the American Constitution stood in jeopardy. Bitter contention and debate arose among the representatives of the states, and Washington despaired of ever seeing a settlement made. Again Franklin became the ameliorating factor to bring about a settlement. He arose before the assembly and said: In this ' situation of this Assembly , groping as it were in the dark to find political truth , and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings? Continued on page 12 It is clear that the present Pro-Wester- n, Government of Greece is, at great risk, attempting to restore constitutional liberties to all of its citizens disloyal as well as loyal. As Congressman John Rarick (D. Louisiana) asserted on April 27th, Such action should have made headline news, but it received little publicity, possibly because it would deny to the Reds and Greek haters an excuse to continue their propaganda assaults against these dedicated people of peace and goodanti-Communi- st will. That the Deseret News editorialist would participate in those propaganda assaults is unfortunate indeed. anti-Gree- k ITEM: From an April 13, 1971 Deseret News editorial entitled, Slit In The Curtain?: of an American table tennis team to Red as far as America is China represents the first real slit The visit concerned t-- Page 3 orunt IN THE SENATE RIB-TICKLI- NG immediately appointed to the Continental Congress and named Postmaster General for the Colonies. Although he loathed war he organized a defense for Philadelphia and made prepara- UTAH INDEPENDENT Manion By Marilyn Continued from page 2 to win the Revolution; yPlanion 28, 1971 in the Bamboo Curtain. It is the first lime flight from the cities. Ribicoff vent his fury on a most unusual Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York, who votH target against the amendment. Ribicoff accused Javits of being guilty of hyprocrisy for being unwilling to accept desegregation for his state, though he is willing to shove it down the throats of the Senators from Mississippi. Turning to face Mr. Javits, he added insult to injury, saying: I dont think you have the guts to face your liberal constituents who have moved to the suburbs to avoid sending their children to school with blacks. Javits opposed the amendment because he knew its passage might place the whole bill in danger of death. Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP felt the same way, and so he too was the target of Ribicoffs anger. The Connecticut Senator told stand reporters that Mitchell had taken the so as not to offend Northern Liberals who were NAACP anti-amendm- ent contributors. Ribicoffs proposal was a brazen attempt at social engineering and government meddling. But we suspect that one purpose of his essay was to unveil the motives of those unwilling to practice what they preach. One can disagree with both the final bill and the amendment, and still chuckle at the truth contained in the Senators attack upon his colleague from New York. Right on, Gentlemen. Lets you and him fight! ordinary Americans have been allowed to visit the worids most populous nation since the Communists completed the takeover of China more than 20 years ago. CORRECTION: Ordinary Americans? To the contrary, the American team consisted largely of pliable propas brutal regime. The top Amergandists for Mao ican player on the tour, John Tannehill, asserted on April is certainly the greatest moral 12, 1971: Mao Tse-tunand intellectual leader in the world today. . . . His philosophy is beautiful. (The Review of the News, April 21, 1971, P. 13) At the end of the tour. Tannehill elated, Id in much prefer the Chinese system if it could be set-uAmerica. Id like to go back to America and teach Maos philosophy. ( Washington Star, April 17, 1971. p. Al.) Another team member said of the murderer Mao Hes like Jesus Christ, and still another was found wearing a Mao button. (Washington Star, April 17, 1971, p. Al.) Tsc-tung- g p ... Tse-tun- g: Graham Steenhoven, head of the American delegation, as brilliant i described Red Chinese Premier Chou and intelligent and a good host, and declared, I was delighted with him. (Washington Star, April 18, 1971, P. A3.) Chou, of course, has been a trusted top associate of Maos for forty years. George Buben, another American team member, said the government they have is good for the people. . . . The people seemed to be happy. (Washington Star, April 18, 1971, P. A3.) And Mrs. Enroll Resch exclaimed, all of us feel very sorry to leave Red China. In fact, I cried when I left. (The Review of the News, April 28, 1971, P. 5.) Earlier, Mrs. Resch had put forth her s worth by viewing the Great Wall of China and remarking: If this had been in the United States it would have been a great tourist attraction and it would be mutilated and cheapened by discarded paper and garbage. (Washington Post, April 13, 1971, P. Al.) What about the Communist regime glorified by these American pinko pong players? As pointed out in the Bulletin of The John Birch Society for May, 1971 : murderer of more is the Mao human beings than any other man in history. These murders have been continuous throughout the forty five years of his public career. The combination of their number and their vicious cruelty, just in Hupeh Province in 19311932 along, was described by tthe London Morning Post as without equal in any age or people, barbarous as they may have been. But that was only peanuts to his later accomplishments. The American Federation of Labor, following thorough and careful study of the first two years after Mfer ' established his rule over the mainland of China, announce En-la- anti-Americ- an two-cent- Tse-tun- g cold-bloode- d -- Continued on page 4 a |