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Show Friday, May 5, 1961 SOUTH SALT LAKE HERALD Page 2 Double Think Causes Teen-Ag- e Editorial Loose Definition of Anarchy 0 A Regretable Hearing This meeting has done a great disservice to Mr. George Momburger. Councilman Paul C. Moore made the above statement during the hearing held in the Councils chambers last Saturday morning. We fully agree with Mr. Moores statement. About three weeks ago the South Salt Lake Marshal, Henry Dipo, accepted a resignation from Mr. Momburger. Some of the residents of the city were disturbed and took action, in the form of a petition, to have Mr. Momburger as Deputy Marshal. A public hearing was set for last Saturday to hear the complaints of the petitioners. All members of the city council; Justice of the Peace, George H. Searle; Marshal Henry Dipo; showed great consideration for the reputation of Mr. Momburger. A letter of recommendation had been presented to the former deputy. The letter generously described Mr. Momburger as capable and honest, as he undoubtedly is. We admire the local citizens for their efforts in behalf of Mr. Momburger and vigorously support their right of petition. However, we must back the City Councils unanimous vote of confidence in supporting Mr. the Marshals decision not to re-insta- ted re-inst- ate Momburger. is the law, and we quote below, that the man who can appoint can dismiss without cause. It The same authorities who have the power of appointment have the power of removal. Taylor v. Gunderson Utah Code 107 U. 437, 154, P. 2d 653, 655 - We cannot afford to have mob rule. If the citizens of South Salt Lake feel that a great injustice has been done, let them elect Mr. Momburgei to a city office at the next city elections. We take the same position in the Granite School District, where we support the Granite petitioners, but at the same time feel that their answer lies at the polls where they may elect a School Board who will put into effect their ' plan. The opening quote of this editorial called attention to a great disservice to Mr. Momburger. This is accurate because information was made public at that meeting concerning Mr. Momburger which was an invasion of Mr. Momburgers privacy. But, because Mr. Momburger permitted his friends to push for his he then held his actions up for cross examination and this was done. . This hearing did the exact opposite of what the petitioners had hoped to accomplish. This we regret. Had the city council not upheld Marshal Dlpos decision, we would have vigorously championed the marshals decision even against the council. Our reason is simple. Ours is supposed to be a society of law and not men. We champion the position of the law, when it is formed through paths outlined by the Constitution of the United States. We resist bureaucratic fiats. Mr. George Momburger is a highly respected, scrupulously honest citizen. He is, indeed, a fine addition to the community. We hope to see Mr. Momburger in some other form of public service to his community. There are many jobs that each one of us can not do as we should. It, in some instances, is merely a matter of aptitude. Stolen Goods Want to do something about high taxes? You as an individual can do something. Refuse to accept stolen goods. But you dont, you say. Well come along with us for a moment or two and we will show you how to help Iowa: taxes by not accepting stolen goods. To lower taxes you must refuse any service from your government You must accept no special privilege, where there is an alternative. Some of the more sturdy characters will be able to accept nothing from their government even with no alternative. We have in mind a few people we know who will not accept social security even tho they are over sixty-fiv- e. If you will realize that these benefits you would receive from government were taken from others by force, hence are stolen, you might find it easier to refuse them. You must.be like a bank and consider all government handouts as counterfeit and refuse to give them your sanction by approval or use. Step number two would be to not permit, as a basic principle, any verbal currency of the giveaway or take-awby government to occur in your presence without objecting. You cannot stop your goods (money) from ay being stolen (taken by force) from you without being jailed but you can, not accept goods (money) stolen from others by force. You might think that if you create a committee to investigate high taxes and get them lowered you are accomplishing a positive action. You are not. You are just creating more government. Where will the money come from to pay for the Investigation. It will be stolen goods." This applies to school districts. If you refuse to send your children to government schools (Federal Aid) you are refusing to have your children accept stolen goods. But how can you pay for private education? Your ability to pay has already been determined by property taxes. There is yet to be a day when a private concern cannot do the same job as government both better and cheaper. Not only will it be cheaper but only the people sending children to school will have to pay for the education of their children. If you want to pay for sunken orchestra pits and swimming pools, large parking lots arid fancy architectural design then you will pay more for that particular school. It will probably boil down to the schools most sought, will be the schools which graduate the best educated students at a price that most people can pay. ... We have noticed that the as the first to formulate of philosophic archism." critics of those who wish freedom with less, if not minimum government, are pointing out that such people are asking for the-doctrine- s an- Another anarchist was the Russian Prince Peter Alexei-vic- h Kropotkin (1842-192who advocated that all governments must be overthrown by peaceful means or any other. Michael Kaunin (1814-187was the Big Daddy of anarchism. He advocated that people who held political office should be assassinated. Here is where the thrown bomb enters the picture which even today is the caricature of anarchy. Cartoons have appeared which show the radical in a crouch carrying a smoking, anarchy. 1) The 1956 Websters New Col- legiate dictionary, published by G. and C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass., defines anarchy thusly: 6) anarchy 1. The state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of confusion or disorder." This in no way is an actual definition but does describe what exists under anarchy. bomb. anarchy by university students and some of our learned Anarchy can be traced back as Zeno in ancient It was Zeno, who-no- t only took the plucked featherless chicken from a sack and cried . . . behold man! but also fought for a property- friends. less society. as far Grece. We have been concerned over the loose use of the term There is a man, who has been accused of supporting anarchy, who has published a pamphlet of nine pages describing the origin of the term anarchy. (Anarchy, by Robert LeFevre, printed by THE FREEDOM SCHOOL, P. O. Box 165, Colorado Spring, Library of Congress Number: alog Col-ra- Anarchists use violence as a means of establishing a so- ciety without property. Their aim is to do away with the ownership of property. Those individuals who seek freedom for man envisage the private ownership of property as the basic promise for freedom. do They may seek less and less government because government seeks to destroy the private ownership of property. We recommend a purusal of this highly edited work concerning the definition of anarchy as written by Mr. Robert LeFevre. JDL Cat- 0.) Mr. LeFevre is also editor of a large daily paper in Colorado Springs. In his pamphlet Mr. LeFevre points out that William Godwin of England published in 1739, Inquiry Concerning Political Justice. It was Godwins thesis that governments are instruments of eternal bickering and war. He was describing a government where almost all property was held by people favored by the 'THERES NO SUBSTITUTE FOR MONEY IN THE (VALLEY STATE) BANK I DAILY government. The common man owned little other than the shirt on their back. INTEREST ON YOUR SAVINGS I Godwin saw the ownership of property was the cure, the abolition of government, his recommendation. He did not eschew violence. Pierre Joseph Proudhon of Bexacon, France, (1809-186- 5) was against the private ownership of property. He is credited FIRST. OP cs iAa the individual, under Go J', awr, certain unalienable rights. wi th SOUTH SALT LAKE HERALD S d 5 A onFrida Subscription Rates Anywhere In UUh, 01 the Port Office in Salt Lab 3 1879- - Published week! Mrch By Mall It, $S . Payable In AHv.nre Single Copy, 10 cents Publisher-Edito- Vol. 24 Published Weekly at PRINTERS INC. 2185 South 9th East IN r . . . 32 J IT. Dohn Lewis No. 18 |