The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-28

law in California and nullified the California tatute long years of judicial decision with respect to the disability of aliens to own land It held that a Japanese alien may own land because the United Nations Charter states in general terms there shall be no distinction any longer between the races of the world.
 This decision leaves Russia or Communist China free to furnish their nationals with funds to buy strategic property up and down Pacific coast wherever they can find a willing seller Much than this it means that right to selfgovernment and to determine for ourselves what kind of law wish to live under be nulfed whenever the President and two-thrds of the Senate approve treaty on a particular subject And this doctrine applies to our freedom of speech and of press as well as to our other basic rights.
 The American concept of freedom of press and speech repudated in paragraph article II of the proposed LIN International Covenant Human Rights: jr aF.t
 "The right to seek, receive and impart in- formation and ideas carries with it special B
 duties and responsibilities and may therefore be subject to certain penalties liabilities and restrictions but these shall be such only provided by law and necessary for the protection of national security public order, safety health morals or of the rights free- doms or regulations of others" National security public order, safety, health and morals constitute the whole galnut ot human actyl- ties and relationships. Under this language any administration with majority in Congress could provide by law such restriction of speech and press as it asserted was necessary
 But that is not all. Under Article of the pro- posed Covenant, lin the of state of emergency officially proclaimed by the authorities State may take measures derogating from its obligations" to preserve freedom of press and speech We'll, we have lived in state of Frequently delared emergencies during the last twenty years All banks were closed by decree of President In the same way by declaring state of emergeiicy as provided in the proposed Covenant, President could close all newspapers in the United States. Under ethis technique, political speeches practically barred from the air in Cuba this year, and MT. Nehru in India has indicated his government may exercise the prerogative of imposing ban publications antago nistic to his government
 Intended to reassure Americans is this trick pro- vision in paragraph 3, article IS of the proposed Covenant:
 4"Nothing in this Covenant may be inter- preted as limiting derogating from any of
 the rights and freedoms which may be guar
 anteed under the laws of any Contracting | s State" -9,
 This so-called saving clause" is in ineffective language. Our rights to freedom of speech, press religion and assembly, not guaranteed" by any laws of the United States The Bill of Rights does not grant them; they rights reserved to the kpeople of the United States. Since the people ex- pressly these rights and did not grant their control to any agency of government, our governing officials have constitutional power to take them away, but they attempting to do this through treaty law" under the loophole Article VI of t- Constitution.