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Show 1 WESTERN AMERICANA PHONE AND WRITE YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY. ir Itev it it it it it The it it it it Dndependent Dedicated To The Constitution, Liberty, Morality, and Truth ititidtititititiiititititititititirititititirititirititiritiricirirititiritiiitititititititit VOLUME 4 NO. 4 25C Salt Lake City, Utah 84115 Utelh) GCn INUARY T loglhiffs 7 hostility frtfth the$ters The vdttig w&Wl as iojlpws: FOR: Benptt, Bernard Blactt G., January 24, 1973 -- The Utah House of Representatives dealt a ANDERSON ATKIN BACKMAN BARLOW BENNETT BERNARD BERRETT. BLACK. staggering blow to the Equal Rights Amendment today by overwhelmingly defeating its ratification by 51 to 20 with 4 not voting. A constitutional majority would have required 38 votes in order to send the measure to the Senate for consideration. As it now stands, the E'.R.A. is dead in Utah. The Equal Rights Amendment was high on Governor Rampton's agenda for passage during this session. He reportedly tried to bring the Democrats into line with his thinking but 'not all of them were willing to go along. They were receiving too many letters and so-call- -- . C. BLACK. G. BUCKNER BUCKWAY BULLEN CANNON CARLING CHILD COCKAYNE DAVIS DENNIS ed Bujiknelp Bullen, Carjfing, Cockayne, Gardner, Jack, Johnson, Mitchell, Nemelka, Newman, Reese, Rencher, Starr, AGAINST: Woodmansee. Anderson, Atkin, Backman, Barlow, Berrett, Black, C., Buckway, Cannon, Child,- Davis, Dennis, Durrant, Ellispn, Gygi, - Halverson, Hansen, D., Hansen, J., Hansen, W., Harmer, Harvey, Hilton, Hoffman, Holt, Irvine, Jones, Judd, Kerr, Knowlton, Leavitt, ELLISON FISHER GARDNER Equal Rights Amendment Controversy Gets Hearing Turner, Washburn, Utah Constitution A Sacred Document inspiration, there was standing room only in the State Office ' Building Auditorium. People had come from all over the state to voice their opinions. Chairman of the committee. Representative Elmo Turner, did a benefit Reba V szenby scrupulously saw to it that both sides had a fair hearing. Even though there was visible strain on both sides of the question the audience was generally though boisterous. EQUAL RIGHS AMENDMENT CONTROVERSEY JOE FERGUSON GETS MAKES CHANGES HEARING Because of the explosive nature One of the speakers against the The UTAH INDEPENDENT 2459 Major Street, Salt Lake City Utah 84115 ed - Second Class Postage PaM at Salt Lake City, Utah . of man; and that he holds men accountable for their acts in relation to them, both ' in making laws and administering them, for the good-an- d safety ofsociety. (Declaration of Belief D & C 134, vs. 1) Only after the 1 3 British colonies declared themselves to be commendable job as he Mrs. documents that what God has sanctioned, man had better not put asunder. "We .believe that governments were instituted of God for the m well-behav- sacred were framed by the hands of wise men whom God raised up for this specific purpose; they better learn -- 1 Weston, Wilcox, Wilkinson, and Howard Nielson, Speaker oi tile House. NOT VOTING: Dmitrich Fisher, Hokanson, and Sowards. of the Equal Rights Amendment the Utah House Committee on State, Fe'deral and Military Affairs called for a public hearing on the matter which was held Friday, January 19th. In spite of the heavy snow-stor- Marriott, Lindsay, Matheson, Nielsen, Orton, Pace, Parratt, Peterson, C., Peterson, F., Peterson, G., Phelps, Rawson, Redd, Silliman, Stephens, Strong, constituents back home. The was pressure from the grass-roo- ts one of the greatest outpouring of local expression ever witnessed by most legislators. It was too much for the proponents as they were literally drowned in a sea of DURRANT White, Urie, Taylor, telephone calls from irate DMITRICH 25, 1973 Mrs. Sonia Winegar ERA, Toe Ferguson (who was also independent states in 1776 did it become possible for the formation of their Joseph (Jody) Elder Union, a national government that a recent Republican candidate for 'could function successfully under a Congress from the 1st Federal Constitution. The Federal District, nearly UTAH CONSTITUTION Congressional A Constitution, written in 1787, defeating the winning candidate. SACRED DOCUMENT became effective March 4, 1789, Bob Wolthuis) created quite a stir and provided an umbrella for the with charges that the proponents of states in the form of a strong the Equal Rights Amendment Legislators and governmental from the Governor's Committee on officials are being mislead when national government, with ' protective powers delegated solely The Status of Women had used they are told that powers were by the soverign states which state money to print a brochure' reserved to state legislatures by the formed that Union. favorable to ratification of the national Constitution, and that After the1 Declaration of Amendment. He also charged state constitutions, cincluding Independence and until final there was a meeting at the Ramada Utah's, were . not 'sacred Inn which was funded by federal documents. If adoption of the Federal they believe this Constitution, and only after much and state money which paid for the propaganda, they better get with days meals and activities, baby- the scriptures and history books; conflict, bloodshed and debate, constitutions of various states were sitting, and transportation. they are advised to research about written by the most intelligent, This question was not how and why governments were satisfactorily answered at that time formed on tis North American experienced and inspired statesmen of the time, many of but later on, Norma Bozeman of continent, this land of Zion which whom became the Communications Workers of delegates to the God has decreed to be choice above America and a member of the national Constitutional all other lands. They better learn Convention. 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