A Review of the

Proposed Constitutional Model for the Newstates of America

By Col. Curtis B. Dall

Opening Comments

This document was "hatched" in the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions in Santa Barbara, California, under the direction of Rexford Tugwell, working with scores of collaborators for about ten years. It is largely the distillation of a book written by him, entitled, "The Emerging Constitution," published in 1974 by Harper and Row, for a small, select group of readers. It contains twelve Articles and is offered as a substitute for our time-honored, magnificent Constitution. Tugwell's document would foist upon unalerted Americans a new, deceitfully worded "Constitution" tooled up for a Police State under a Dictator! Rex Tugwell, I can readily recall, was a well-known, Far-Out Liberal of the New Deal Era, a friend of Nelson Rockefeller who, reportedly, is also much interested in the promotion of this subversive new "Constitutional Model" with its varied overtones for a Dictatorship.

Just why should any group of Americans take it upon themselves to gratuitously present to the American people a NEW Constitution to replace the one which as served the country so outstandingly over the years? Why attempt to tear down and overthrow our form of government by setting up, in its place, a Soviet-type, Godless Dictatorship, depriving the Individual American of Free Enterprise and personal Liberty? Evidently, it is because a few super-rich men, devoid of loyalty to country, expect, along with some of their Satellite Corporations, to profit greatly by assisting in the development of a One-World, Socialist State which they expect to control.

Their subversive planning will ultimately fail, once loyal Americans understand their monstrous plan.

I have read Dr. Peter Beter's very penetrating, brilliant analysis of this proposed new Constitution, which he wrote as an aroused lawyer. This review of mine will represent the point of view of an aroused layman, emphasizing certain "key points" for those who are unsuspecting, and, therefore, unalerted--those who find it hard to believe that a few wealthy, politically- perverted-minded individuals, and their well-kept stooges, would stoop so low as to stick a knife in the back of their fellow- Americans and attempt to destroy the fruits of 200 years of struggle and great achievement here. A struggle for the advancement and well-being of Free Men, in our enlightened, Constitutional Republic.

This abortive "New Constitution" pretends to follow the language of our own Constitution. Lying just beneath some sweet- sounding, misleading words, however, are potential Subversion, Malfeasance, and perhaps, Treason. Tugwell, the individual, and all sponsors of this Plan should be tried by the Courts and punished for their adjudged crimes against their country and their fellow-citizens, and the charters of all sponsoring and contributing Foundations voided. For those who, with intent, have arrogantly attempted to turn back the clock and aim to plunge us all into miserable servitude, just what punishment is adequate?

These comments are made to provide a preface for my review, which follows:

Preamble

Note. "We, the people, do establish the Newstates of America, herein provided to be ours--" Well, what would we have then? What, in contrast to that which we have now? Today, we have a noble document, far, far removed from a "concensus for Collectivism"--a dangerous phrase which we occasionally hear from Internationally-influenced speakers in their efforts to further the aims of the super-rich Corporate Socialists. The emphasis in the Preamble, and throughout, is to favor BIG Government and down-grade The People. This is the complete reverse of our own Constitution.

Rights and Responsibilities

Article 1.

"A" Rights.

Section 1. Note the "exception." Who is to define "the emergency?"

Section 2. Another "exception." Also note the word, "Privileged."

Section 3. This is vague, but carefully phrased.

Section 5. "The Court of Rights and Responsibilities" can decide whether or not you have been guilty of "discrimination"-- This is harassment.

Section 6. What determines "eligibility?"

Section 8. "The practice of religion shall be privileged"-- a very dangerous statement. This could deny our present Constitutional Right to the "free exercise thereof."

Section 10. Note "National Sharing Fund"--Quite a "gimmick."

Section 11. Who is to define the "appropriate tests of eligibility" for education?

Section 12. In referring to "compensation," the word, "just," is flagrantly omitted. A serious and ominous omission.

Section 15. Who is to declare the "emergency?"

Article 1

"B" Responsibilities.

Section 1. "A corresponding responsibility" is vague, and could be quite dangerous.

[missing text] is a command.

Section 6. "Fairness to all"--sounds nice, but very vague.

Section 8. Citizens shall be deprived of their arms. This is the age-old "gag" of all tyrants, their favorite technique, to first deprive all law-abiding citizens of their means of protection from assault.

Section 11. Aimed to "muzzle" Retired Officers of the Armed Forces. Why.

Article II.

"The Newstates"

Section 1. "There shall be Newstates"--This is very subversive, inflammatory and communistic. Note "The Boundary Commission" and its extensive proposed powers "to decide." This is complete Regimentation.

Section 2. NO.

Section 3. NO. Too much "planning" (to submerge the individual.)

Section 4. Note "electoral Overseer."

Section 11. So-called "States Rights" are subject to "Emergency" rulings by the Governors, with the approval of the Senate of the Newstates of America, so all States' Rights hang on a very slender thread. Hence, they are down-graded.

Section 12. Suggests a Police State.

Section 13. Again, "The Boundary Commission" appears, with firm control over the "Newstates."

Section 15. Looks very much like a Police State set up. A club over the "Newstates" wielded by the "Watchkeeper."

Article III.

The Electoral Branch

Section 1. This is something new for greater control over the people.

Section 4. Note, "Recognition by the Overseer."

Section 5-8. "The Overseer shall promulgate rules for party conduct..."

Section 11. "Expenses of the Electoral Branch" to be met by an added 1% to the net taxable income of taxpayers...for disposition by the Overseer." Sounds, again, like a Police State.

Article IV.

The Planning Branch

Section 1. "There shall be a Planning Branch to formulate and administer plans and to prepare budgets..." Evidently, the individual is not expected to do any planning on his own account. His "day" is supposed to be over.

Section 2. "National Planning Board of 15 members appointed by the President for terms of one to 15 years...the president shall appoint a Chairman to serve for 15 years." Quite an important appointment.

Section 5. "...(these plans) to represent national intentions tempered by the appraisal of possibilities." This is intentionally vague; a form of "Soviet-type" Regimentation, pointing to a loss of Freedom for the Individual. "National life," is a reference to a "Super State."

Section 8. More Regimentation.

Section 9. "There shall be submissions..." This is to control, or actually kill Free Enterprise: the destruction of personal liberty.

Section 10. "Violations...shall be at the risk of the venturer, and there shall be no recourse..." This is a pure Police State set-up..

Section 14. This is intended to be far-reaching and is very dangerous. It is a well-concealed "Give-Away" to help promote "International Agencies." It amounts to a "Blank Check" for Foreign Aid.

Article V.

The Presidency.

Chancellor of Financial Affairs... Here is great power, not spelled out, but a sort of "Blank Check." Emphasis is on foreign nations, but no reference as to how we can improve our present bankers' system of privileged thievery of national assets. No mention at all. Very dangerous and quite unacceptable, to even contemplate.

Chancelor of Military Affairs...very dangerous: "emergency" appears, again.

Section 10. "Treaties or agreements with other nations, negotiated under the President's authority, shall be in effect unless objected to by a majority of the senate within ninety days." Too much power in the hands of the President. He is to be the strong man.

Section 11. This means complete control--so necessary for a Dictator.

Section 13. "There shall be a Public Custodian, appointed by the President, who shall have charge of properties belonging to the government...building, construction and rentals..." (and may have other duties). The familiar "blank check" treatment, again.

Section 14. There "Shall be an Intendant" to supervise Offices for Intelligence and Investigation also "an Office of Emergency Organization." The "Intendant will also "charter non- profit Corporations or Foundations" for useful public purposes" ... "exempt from taxation." Useful to whom? Why exempt from taxation? Firm Regimentation.

Section 15. "The Intendant shall ... be a counselor for the coordination of scientific and cultural experiments and for studies within the government and elsewhere." Note that word, "elsewhere."

Article VI.

The Legislative Branch.

"A" The Senate

Section 1. Note "if they so desire"...Who are "they?" All hand picked from a top group around the President.

Section 2. Retirement can be voluntary. Life membership.

Section 3. "...elect as presiding officer a Convener" "for two years"

Section 4. A quorum will be 60% or more.

Section 6. "The Senate may ask advice from the Principal Justice concerning the constitutionality of measures before it."

Section 8. "In time of present or prospective danger caused by cataclysm, by attack, or by insurrection, the Senate may declare a national emergency" "and may authorize the President to take appropriate action. If the Senate be dispersed, and no quorum available, the President may proclaim the emergency..." When the Senate is dispersed would be a good time for the President to declare an "emergency."

Section 10. Note the word, "abroad." This is more veiled international meddling in other nations' affairs to further the financial interests of the wealthy International Political Capitalists and their large industrial satellites.

Section 11. "The Senate shall elect, or may remove, a National Watchkeeper (who)...shall gather and organize information concerning the...competence and integrity of governmental agencies and their personnel, as well as their continued usefulness...and suggest the need for new and expanded services...The Convener shall present the Watchkeeper's findings to the Senate." Very fancy!

Article VI.

The legislative Branch.

"B" The House of Representatives.

Section 1. "The House of Representatives shall be the original law-making body of the Newstates of America."

Section 2. "It shall be a duty to implement the provisions of this constitution..."

Section 5. Very wide-sweeping and vague, but all-encompassing.

Section 8. This is also very "fancy" and far-reaching. What is "world order" and who determines it? Here again, the benefit is for a wealthy few who are to be groomed to be our appointed World Policemen. The people are to bear the great expense of this treasonous policy aimed at the destruction of the freedom- loving people of this country.

Section 10. This is clearly meddling in other nations' affairs so that some Super Capitalists can thereby extract a profit. This is sheer, self-serving socialist nonsense on an international level to help the international-type Rockefeller- Group-controlled corporations.

Section 11. Vague, of course, and dangerous. Who defines "adequate" and "equal?"

Section 13. Notice how quietly the word, "archives," appears? Yes, keep the public in the dark. Police State technique. We want none of it.

Section 15. "To conserve natural resources by purchase...or by regulation.

Section 16. This is very dangerous and could readily become confiscatory in character.

Section 18. What is "adequate?"

Section 19. "To provide for the maintenance of armed forces." This most important matter is covered in only eight words. No mention of "adequate" armed forces. No indication as to what way the forces are to be organized and developed. This is a deliberate, crafty, "brush-off" for hidden, deceitful reasons.

Article VII

The Regulatory Branch

Section 3. Note that the "Big Boys" will be immune on account of size. This is the planned "apparatus" of a Dictator. Does the "guiding hand" of Rex Tugwell's friend, Nelson Rockefeller show here?

Section 7. It will be necessary to "play ball" with "The Regulator."

Section 8. A labyrinth of Rules.

Section 9. What about the interest of the citizens, which appears to be deliberately over-looked?

Section 10. This means FOOD--and don't forget that very effective "tool," called "Rationing."

Section 11. More and More Rules.

Section 12. Still more Rules!

Article VIII.

The Judicial Branch

Section 1. Quite a galaxy of Courts on the National level. Pity an abused citizen--he could readily become a "non- person," as in Soviet jargon.

Section 14. "The Supreme Court may decide:

Article IX

General Provisions

Section 1. Apparently the Congress will define the qualifications of Citizenship. Mr. Tugwell has wandered much too far.

Section 2. Here, again, the emphasis is in Government, not the Individual.

Section 3. "The President may negotiate for the acquisition of areas outside..." What say the People?

Section 4. This is indeed fancy Dictator stuff.

Section 5. They must be afraid of the people's reaction to insist on a "blank check" to say what-ever they desire to say, true or otherwise.

Section 7. This the mark of Big, central government.

Article X

Governmental Arrangements

Section 2. These are the "top dogs" in a Centralized Socialist State set-up, far removed and different from what we now have.

Section 6. Who is "protecting" the People from them?

Article XI

Amendments

Section 1. It is admitted here, by "Tugwell and Company," that there may be "deficiencies" in this constitution, but any unfavorable "interpretations" of it are precluded. A Dictator will, naturally, institute all "changes."

Section 2. Twenty-five years, in this case, would be a very long time. The People--not the "Judicial Council" should suggest new amendments. This is a slick, deceitful section, made to "read good" but to enhance so-called "managerial competence"--a tricky phrase. Also, it is a slap at our own Constitution, in referring to the word "interpretation." I wonder, why do we need a New Constitution and New Amendments to correct "deficiencies?" If our own Constitution needs any trimming, let the People reflect their considered views concerning it--and not, as in Tugwell's "monstrocity," have a Tyrannical, Godless Dictatorship foisted upon us to further establish and enrich the One World Corporate Socialists.

Article XII

Transition

Section 1. Referendum, in itself, if conducted honestly, is a reasonable procedure, but it can readily become the "tool" of deceitful sponsors for their self-serving purposes.

Section 4. "The President"--so-called, to hide a more frank title.

Section 5. Note the words, "adjustments" and "disputes." We know that our forebears gave much time and great thought to this identical matter between 1778 and 1789. Could it be that the observations provided by Mr. Tugwell and his numerous colleagues in the mis-named "Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions" does not go back that far?

Section 6. Here "the cart" is deliberately placed before "the horse"--meaning that Freedom and Liberty should properly start with the People. Be alerted, Fellow Citizens.

Section 7. This is a very dangerous situation which could occur in the area of so-called "Transition" because it could be deliberately "bogged down." An aspiring Dictator could create a chaotic situation in this country which would play directly into his hand. Ponder this.

Section 8. Here we go again. Hurry, hurry, hurry--to fool the people.

Section 10. This is a clear picture of "Strong-Arm" Dictatorial methods. Comply--or else!

Section 11. In this the President is given a free hand to delete appropriate parts of this Article by mere proclamation. Just what does "appropriate" mean? Who determines this?

Historically, this whole Tugwell promotion is not new at all. It points to the oldest kind of government in the world's history--One Man Rule--but on a world-wide scale. Informed sources have stated that talented scholars, who look for avenues of power, are often "acquired" by the sons of billionaires to show them how their immense wealth can be directed so that they can rule the world. In this instance, let's give Rex Tugwell due credit.

This program has been made possible by deliberate and successful attacks made on our time-honored Constitution by Dictator-minded "One Worlders" to confuse bemused citizens and purported "Representatives" on Capitol Hill and in our various State Governments. Many feel that the most appropriate and effective way to confront Tugwell and the leading collaborators of this proposed subversive "Constitution" would be via the scaffold.

It is high time to "clean house" and reset our belabored Ship of State on a sound, constructive course. Let the "chips" fall where they may.

CONCLUDING COMMENTS

I have said before, this subversive "New Constitution" is not new at all. History's pages portray the oldest form of government known to man as "One Man Rule."

The main thrust of Tugwell's deceitful document makes one realize that a few, ruthless, misguided men of great wealth have lost all social and civic balance due to their possessing a vast call upon real wealth, through the medium of exchange called "money." They should be hauled before the courts and punished for subversion, possible malfeasance, and even treason.

Fellow Citizens, if your American Citizenship, and thus, your sovereignty, is not worth defending, at all costs--as something of great value; a shining heritage handed down to you by the bold efforts of your enlightened ancestors--then you and I, with our families, will continue our rapid descent on the internationalist-constructed toboggan slide to obscurity. We have been unsuspectingly placed on this slippery slide by cunning One-World-Order Forces.

Today, in our Nation's Bi-Centennial Year, you and I should ponder this deeply. I say it is high time to "clean house," in and out of government; to clean out, by all legal means, the subversive elements of One-World-Order ideology, brought here from abroad; the, build anew. We can do it, and we must. However, to survive as Free Men, as the masters of our individual destiny, we should adhere, strictly, to the Articles of our matchless Constitution. Let's get started.

Although many Americans have been brainwashed via the intensive down-grading mis-education program foisted upon us by a few wealthy Corporate Socialists to alter our form of government for their profit, by control of monetary policies, vast raw materials, and even peoples' lives, we must boldly confront this sinister threat and ACT. Repulse this secretive, well-financed wave of Subversion before it becomes too late to act.

I recall that my Father-in-Law, Franklin Roosevelt, once stated, "Nothing happens in Politics by chance. If it happens, it was planned that way." Hence, looking closely at this Tugwell Constitution "Thing," it did not just "happen" overnight. Far from it. What individuals secretly planned and financed it for their Dictatorial Objectives? Dare we ignore such a subversive ideological onslaught coming from a non-elected, self-appointed group? Certainly not. Are we to listen, abjectly, to the honeyed words of "Front Man" Tugwell, the leading "Monday morning Quarter-Back" on "The Center's" team for civic planning, as we observe his efforts to pick purported "holes" in our revered Constitution? Certainly not.

We must draw the battle lines, today. In so doing, let us recall that, in San Antonio, during the historic battle of the Alamo, Colonel Travis lay on a pallet, severely wounded, after days of sustained attack by vastly superior enemy forces. Drawing a line with his saber on the dirt floor of the Alamo, he said to his small force of heroic defenders, gathered about him, "All those who wish to stay with me and continue to fight, step this side of the line. Those who wish to depart, may do so now. Texas history proudly states that all of the Alamo's defenders stepped to Col. Travis' side of the line--to fight for Liberty.

Americans can take great pride in recalling that famous war cry, "Remember the Alamo!" They can also say, referring to Greek history, "Thermopylae had its messenger of defeat; the Alamo had none." Let us keep that faith. Let us confront and put to route these Misguided Imposters.

Today, every American should "step this side of the line" to defend and restore their splendid heritage now being eroded by subversive Parasites and International Financiers. Fellow Citizens, "Remember the Alamo! Step this side of the Line!"

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