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THE RIDGERUNNER
Financial Statement
Dear Editor:
After reading Mr. How
ard’s article, I am thorough
ly convinced of two things,
(1) There is an outlet for
sophomoric humor in West
ern North Carolina and (2)
My article was totally mis
read.
Mr. Howard proves once
again that an undisciplined
mind can only fall back, on
rampant, inane egoism.
ROBERT W. BELL
TO THE EDITOR:
The current debate over
Cambodia is remiss in one
important area: that of the
draft. If there were no com
pulsory draft, how long
could we continue to be the
world’s policeman? Not for
too — long! The military
machine woiuld come to a
grinding halt if there was
not a continuous supply of
manpower to feed it! To
stop the stupid war in
Southeast Asia, which for
all practical purposes is an
Indo China War, the draft
must be knocked out.
The essential argument
against the draft, from a
libertarian point or-view, is
that the state has no right
to require compulsory serv
ice from any one. If we ac
cept the essence of the mili
tary-state — that of com
pulsory service, what re
mains of the values and the
ideas of THE FREE MAN?
Do we exist to serve the
state — now a MILITARY-
WELFARE STATE — or
does mrx'' exist for his own
sake and "'Merty? We should
start to ad^ less ourselves to
these essential and philoso-
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phical questions.
Individual liberty in this
country is now in danger
from two institutions: the
Military and the Welfare-
State. The Welfare State
State with its parasitic bu
reaucracy and stagnating
centralization is strangling
us with red tape and bu
reaucracy and invasion of
individual privacy; the Mil
iary State is killing off our
young people, creating in
flationary pressures and
economic dislocations, and
turning our Republic into a
modern day Prussia. Only
Congress, according to the
Constitution, has the right
to declare war. The Military
State is grinding our Con
stitution below its boots, in
to the ground, covered with
blood of Americans who
have died to keep this coun
try free. Do we now lose
our freedom and individual
liberty to a new Prussian
State? Have we come this
far in nearly two hundred
years for this?
Let the Congress concern
itself with enacting a law
IMMEDIATELY to end the
draft and go to an all vol
unteer army NOW! The
draft is enforced slavery.
The state has no business
telling a citizen he must
serve in the armed forces
for little or no pay. Some of
the same ageing Congress
men who are opposed to
to giving young people the
vote are for keeping a sys
tem of enforced servitude. I
personally find these Con
gressmen offensive; they
should be retired from pub
lic life, for they have out
lived any constructive value
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To compound the offense
they are kept in power by
a system as liberal as fued-
alism: THE SENIORITY
SYSTEM. Reform is long
over due in the legislative
branch of our government.
Three things to be done
NOW: END THE DRAFT—
END THE SENIORITY SYS
TEM—GIVE THE VOTE TO
YOUNG PEOPLE WHOSE
RIGHTS ARE NOT BEING
^PROTECTED. Let them
vote, for the ballot is the
best protection of rights
and individual interests in
this country. Maybe a cer
tain Congressman from
South Carolina who speaks
for the Industrial-Military
Complex wouldn’t be in
Congress after November if
young people had the vote.
Rivers, Colmer, Mills,
Passman, Dorn, Celler, and
the rest must go.
LANE EDWARD COOK
Keeping in mind that stu
dents like to know where
their money is going, THE
RIDGERUNNER’S staff has
compiled its complete fi
nancial statement for the
year. Not included are the
last two issues of the paper
for this term.
TERM ONE: carried over
from last year’s account
was a total of $873.37. The
student allotment (at .75
cents per student) totaled
$544.50. The cost for four
issues was $290.14, $341.21,
$393.69 and $466.84 — a
grand total of $1491.88. Ad
vertisements brought i n
$721.25.
■ TERM TWO: student al
lotment,$532.50. Cost for
four issues, $321.39, $258.52,
$283.62 and $214.19 — to
taling $1077.72. Advertise
ments, $1024.75.
TERM THREE: student
allotment, $492.75. Cost for
three papers, $211.05, $136.-
64, and $171.70 — totaling
$519.39 (drastic reduction in
cost due to intense efforts of
the staff). Advertisements,
$528.00.
TERM FOUR: student al
lotment, $473.25. Cost of
two of the four issues, $172,-
96 and $257.96 — totaling
$430.92. Advertisements for
two of four issues, $297.00.
OVERALL YEAR’S
STATEMENT: total sludenl
funds, $2916.3/. Total cost
for 13 of 15 issues, S3519.19.
Total funds from advertise
ments for 13 of 15 issues,
$5487.91.
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