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Show WESTERN The y AMEgpS 4s & Independent . 3 Number Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 3 y ' HS t fEHIVE S X&S it c )edicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, ancTruth Volume . P 259 January 24, 1972 Vy lb New Ecimmiic Dictatorship By Reed Benson and Robert Lee It has been alleged that most Americans support the Administrations program of wage and price controls. If that is the case, it is primarily because most Americans have allowed themselves to be misled by Administra- tion propaganda into believing the controls will somehow curb inflation and reduce the cost of living. Actually, even the Nixon Administration itself (prior to implementation of the New Economic Dictatorship on August fifteenth) acknowledged that wage and price controls do not stop inflation, but instead lead to rationing and the creation of more problems than they solve. As early as April 27, 1969, solve it that way at all. needed. Secretary Shultz replied: No, sir, I certainly dont. Mr. Duke wanted to know why, since we had used controls during the Korean War, and the Vietnam War had already gone on longer than the war in Korea. Mr. Shultz responded: During the Korean War, the wage and price controls didn't work very well In fact, some analysts subsequently looking at those concluded that the amount of wage increases, for example, was probably a little higher as a result of the controls than with out them. for I think it is a mistake asked if that people often fall into, saying, Here is a problem. Lets have controls. That'll solve the problem. Then they think they have solved it, but later analysis shows that you dont necessarily wage-pric-e was then guidelines should be revived as an alternative to controls, and he answered: They didn t work either, and I dont think there is any point in embarking on things that just have a very poor track record. They have been tried, not only in this country but in other countries, and they havent I think we should be realistic about our approach to proplems like inflation and other problems and when something has been tried and found wanting, not to continue to act as though it is a solution to the problem. worked. In He went on to observe: instance, Secretary of Labor George P. Shultz appeared on N.B.C.s Meet The Press and was asked by N.B.C. correspondent Paul Duke if he thought we were approaching the time when wage and price controls might be Secretary Shultz . . . the Treasury mid-197- 0, Department issued a release entitled, Inflation And The Cost Of Living: Some Questions And Answers. It was entered into the Congressional Record on June 8, 1970, by Senate Minority Continued on Page 6 President Nixon said on June 17, 1970: Now, here is what 1 will not do. I will not take this nation down the road of wage and price controls, however politically expedient that may seem. . . . They rob every American of a very important part of his freedom." WEST JORDAN Mayor Replies to Utah Independent Mayor Bruce Egbert of West Jordan, Utah, last week sent the Utah Independent a copy of a letter he recently sent to a Mrs. in the Legislative Council Office of the state of Utah. The letter is a reply to the charges of Mr. Willis L. Jacobson charges printed in the December 3 issue of the Utah Indepen- Kirkwood John F. Grismore off Bountiful has motioned for a preliminary hearing in the criminal charges brought against him by the IRS. Grismore Ruling Tomorrow Judge Aldon J. Anderson will rule on January 25th at a 10 A.M. court session in the Ogden Federal Building concerning John F. Grismores motion for a prelim- inary hearing. Grismore was indicted December 8th by an Ogden Grand Jury. He is charged attempting to interfere with administration of internal revenue laws, and with forcible rescue of seized property. After Grismore was indicted, with he filed a formal motion for a preliminary hearing. The remainder of this article is the text of Grismores motion : Comes now John F. Grismore defendant above named, in bis own natural person and moves the Court to grant defendants request for a Preliminary Hearing. Motion for Preliminary Hearing is based on the following grounds. Continued on Page 5 . older records are stored away in cardborard boxes and it takes a lot of time to locate specific items that Jacobson requests. Concerning the annual auditing of city records, Mayor Egbert indicated that the city spends between four and five thousand dollars each year for the audit by Elmer Fox & Co., and he has a dent. letter from the state that Mr. Jacobsons access to the public records of West Jordan has been restricted by a court of law as a result of a legal battle between Jacobson and the city of West Jordan. In a telephone conversation with the Utah Independent on January 11, Mayor Egbert said that the city has nothing to hide and the records are available for anyone to examine, but he went on to say that the city would have to hire a person full time just to satisfy Jacobsons demands for looking at various records. Egbert says that if Jacobson wants to pay the costs, he ,is welcome to examine all the records. The costs would include the time spent by city employees, plus the copies made of the records. The mayor said that, considering the number of records that Jacobson wants to see, the costs are prohibitive to the city. He also stated that the commends the city for the fine audit made last year. Mayor Egbert says in his letter, We did not decree that Mr. Jacobson pay $2,500.00 as he states in the article. That was determined by the auditor (Elmer Fox & Co.) and the Courts. In actuality, Mayor Egbert was mistaken in the above statement since the Utah Independent did not report that either the Mayor or the city of West Jordan decreed that Jacobson would have to pay $2,500. The Utah Independent correctly reported the facts as follows: Continued On Page 4 1972 Utah Election Calendar Filing: April 15 May 10 until 5:00 P.M. Mass Meetings: May 15 County and State Party Conventions: June (Dates have not been set) Voter Registration: August 1f 12, 22 October 14, 17, 31 Primary Election: September 12 General Election: November 7 4 i i ; Second Class Postage Paid The UTAH INDEPENDENT P.O. Box 6274 Salt Lake City, Utah 84106 i Serials Order Department University of Utah Libraries Cl S..lt Lake City, Utah at Salt Lake City, Utah C411T. A |