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THE CAROLINIAN
WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1959
Editorial Viewpoint
The CAROLINIAN’S
“Behold a sower went forth to sow.”—The
Scriptures.
This statement is a well-known quotation
taken from one of our Lord’s parables. All of us
would do well to school ourselves In their language
and learn the four elements of their power.
First of all, the parables are marvelously
condensed. Get a copy of the Bible and read the
first chapter of Genesis; you will be surprised to
find that the whole story of the creation of the
world can be told in 600 words. The parables of
Jesus Christ are likewise condensed.
When Jesus wanted a new disciple, He said
simply, “Follow me.” When He wished to ex
plain the deepest philosophic mystery the
personality and character of God He said, “A
king made a banquet and invited many guests.
God is that king and you are the guests: the
Kingdom of Heaven is happiness—a banquet to be
enjoyed.”
Jesus hated prosy dullness. He praised the
Centurion who was anxious not to waste it is time:
the only prayer which he publicly commended
was uttered by a poor publican who merely cried
out, “God, be merciful to me a sinne» ' A seven
word prayer, and Jesus called it i good one.
Second, the language of Jesus was marvel
ously simple—a second great . i'i The>i is
hardly a sentence in his to ching which a child
cannot understand. His illu. 'rations were all
drawn from the commonest experiences of ilfe:
“a sower went forth to sow”; “a certain man had
two sons"; “a man built ins house upon the
sands”; “the kingdom of heaven is like a grain
of mustard seed.”
Thirdly, sincerity glistened like sunshine
through every sentence Jesus uttered; sincerity is
the third essential It was the way Jesus looked
at men, and the life He led among them that
gave His words transforming power. What He
said and what He was were one and the same
Lawrence Thompson Lightner
Last week’s profile in pictures of the late
Lawrence Thompson Lightner is a factual tes
timony to a man who endeavored himself to
the people of Raleigh and North Carolina.
While his passing from these mundane shores
is regrettable, we know that in a comparative
short span of life Lawrence T. Lightner had a
great part in bringing sunshine and happiness
into each life he touched.
In hundreds of ways, he practiced the gol
den Rule. He is credited with giving a family
the entire funeral without charge, buying gro
ceries for needy families, and during big snows
transporting people in his automobile when
buses and most modes of transportation were
at a standstill, or cabs hard to get.
Onr profile in last week’s issue pictures
Lawrence as a fellow who tried to find out
which way you were going so he could have
the pleasure of taking you ther# No greater
tribute can be paid him than the words: “Hr
Filth And Finery Glamorised
The high school and colk ge student;, as well
as people who are literary inclined, recall that
the Elizabethan Age was one of finery and
gorgeous pageantry. There were elaborate and
astonishingly expensive masques under the di
rection of the Master of the Revels. Thousands
thronged the banks of the Thames to witness
the brilliant water festivals. Poets visited inns
and raised their mugs of aU in rhythmic
songs; Star actors and favored players wore
the livery of the royal household. In fact, glit
ter seemed to be everywhere.
Editorial comments accompanying the an
thologies of English literature call attention
to Brawling London with *dark, narrow streets
where filth and poverty flourished aria cut
throats and thieves plied their trade. The life
of the commoners in rural areas was harsh and
crude.
Literature students sire impr.essrd with the
finery of the Elizabethan court, ladies in
princely splendor, gallant courtiers, silk and
satin costumes, and highly seasoned and rich
foods. In short, students picture the royal so
ciety as one of pomp and excitement.
We have often wondered why we don’t have
enough students who have the spirit of re
search, and who want to find out how the
Elizabethan in the upper class really lived.
Nation Still Short Os Teachers
The nation continues to face a severe short
age of teachers despite slight rise in teaching
ranks this year, says the National Education'
Association recently.
The shortage, according to the NEA, is par
ticularly acute in elementary schools, where
only three states expect the demand for teach
ers to be met in the next three years. Only six
states said they expect to have teachers for
their nigh schools.
Presently, there are 1,219,929 classroom tea
chers in the United States, This represents an
increase of 4.4 per cent over last year. The
average teacher’s salary went up by 4.5 per
cent to an average of $4,775,
The nation’s total school population has
grown, by one million this year for a total of
34,641,627. Os these, 24,340,919 were, in ele-
The Pearsall Plan—What Next?
Readers who have followed the “Desegrega
tion of Schools Story” are familiar with the
Little Rock incident. Virginia massive resis
tance technique, and the North Carolina Pear
sall Plan?
Little Rock has almost reached its Rubicon,
and the Virginia massive resistance plan has
come to a dead end. Will the Pearsall Plan be
next?
The Pearsall Advisory Committee on Edu
cation, headed by Thomas j. Pearsall of
Rocky Mount, proposed recommendation;; de
signed to guarantee that no child should be
“forced to attend a school of mixed races
against the wishes of his parents or himself.”
Termed “safety valve’’ legislation, the Pear
sall Plan was enacted into law by the special
WORDS OF WORSHIP
thing. Nobody could stand at His side for even a
minute without being persuaded that here was
a man who loved people and considered even the
humblest of them worthy of the best He had to
give.
No man was ever big enough to build an en -
during success cn the basis of Insincerity; but
many comparatively small men, like Peter, the
Hermit or Billy Sunday, fired with conviction,
have been able to create and sustain a very con
siderable influence.
Last, Jesus knew the necessity for repetition
and practiced it. One of tire sons of President
Garfield was traveling with him through Ohio,
when the President was addressing county fairs.
At the close of the day he asked his boy what he
thought of his speeches. Although embarrassed,
the boy said hat he thought his father repeated
himself too often.
The President laughed, but reassured his son
that it takes constant repitition to land every
person in an audience.
It has been said that “repetition is reputa
tion." No important truth can be impressed upon
the minds of any number of people by being said
once. The thoughts which Jesus gave the world
were revolutionary, but. they were few in nuin
be, . “God is your Father " He said, “caring more
for the welfare of every one of you than any hu
man father can possibly care for his children. His
Kingdom is happiness! His rule is love."
This is what He had to teach, but He knew
the necessity of driving it home from every pos
sible angle. So in one of his stories, God is the
Shepherd searching the wilds for one wandering
sheep; in another, the Father Is welcoming home
a prodigal boy; in another, a King forgives his
debtors large amounts and expects them to be
forgiving in return. Many stories, many adver
tisements, but the same big Idea.
made himself belong to everybody no matter
what it cost him.”
Associating himself right after he graduated
from North Carolina College with the Light
ner Funeral Home which has been in its pre
sent spot for eighteen years, he lived to see it
rise to an institution which had for its purpose
the offering of superb funeral services for
which people could afford to pay.
Affiable and easily approachable, Lawrence
was often found at various places of business
where he kept people laughing with his won
derful sense of humor. This in itself was a
tonic for the spirits of men,
Mr. Lightner devoted most of his time to Ills
business, but found time to engage in civic and
fraternal and social activities. He was friend
of the church, member of charitable organiza
tions, and supporter of Jack and Jill and simi
lar clubs.
Words cannot adequately eulogize a man
who belonged to everybody.
Just a little ihvestigative reading would re
veal startling information.
Most of the people didn’t bathe, and they
highly perfumed themselves to conceal body
odors. At the theatres, men and women used
snuff out of habit and to make it possible for
them to sit beside people who had offensive
body odors.
Since dry cleaning was unknown at the time,
the silk and satin worn by the dandies were
dirty and greasy. The men, for example
sprinkled powder on their greasy sleeve-cuffs;
but this did not remove the odor in the clothes.
Women wore several petticoats and sprayed
themselves with costly perfumes to rid them
selves of offensive smells.
Toothpaste and ix>wders as we know them
today were practically unknown, and offensive
breath was concealed through sniffs of snuff,
or by “dipping” the delicacy.
Sometimes at the Bohemian-type parties,
and under the influence of intoxicants, men
often relieved themselves in the banquet room.
Rut the Elizabethans were not shocked, since
it was the life they were accustomed with.
Teachers avoid these realities, and they have
good reasons. After all, is it not better for ad
olescents to remember the court society in all
of its finery and pomp than to recall its baser
nature?
mentary schools and 10.300,708 in high
schools.
While this is true for white teachers, actual
ly there is no shortage of Negro teachers. In
fact, there is a sizeable surplus for the segre
gated school systems of the South.
We hope that this surplus of teachers will
consider going to other parts of the country
to help relieve the shortage of teachers. Op
portunities for employment exists elsewhere
for competent and experienced elementary,
high school, and college teachers.
Unemployed teachers should consider tea
ching assignments overseas with the Army
where there is a need for 1.300 additional tea
chers next year Mr. E. L. Joyner, stationed at
Fort Bragg, is director of teacher recruitment
in the two Carolinas
session of the General Assembly in the summer
of 1956 and later ratified by the people The
plan provided for transfers, tuition grants, and
local option elections for closing specific
schools under 'intolerable conditions.” The
meaning of the term “intolerable conditions"
is obvious.
The proponents of segregation feel that they
have now a “fool-proof” devise which has so
far freed North Carolina of court-ordered in
tegration and tragic school dosings like those
in two Southern states. The decision of Judge
Edwin Stanley last fall in the Holt Case served
to substaniate this belief.
While the Pearsall Plan has provided the
best means discovered thu3 far for handling
school desegregation, it is not invulnerable.
Its collapse may be sooner than wt think.
Twin Symbols Os Hate.
The Cause Os World Unrest
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SENTENCE SERMONS
“THE FRAMING BUSINESS”
1. Just a lew years ago, the
above phrase would have
meant exactly what is implies,
but. man’s quick changes and
thinking, attaches another
meaning in disguise.
2. Time, in its fast-moving
stream, has brought to light
the many sinful things toward
which the majority of men
seem to lean.
3. Tracing back in the anals
of history and marking well
his feeble steps, he hasn't leap
ed too high toward things mor
al. but drifted to pretty low
depths.
4. In fact, because his spirit
ual sights never reached* too
high a level, his evil passions
more frequently ruled and per
formed destructive works of
the devil
5. But thanks be to God,
there were some noble giants
who would not. bow to Baal,
and these were the ones the
false-pretenders tried over and
anon to assail.
6. Yes, this dastardly prac
tice started pretty far back be
fore it had a name, but today
it would be called just what it
truly ws, when Potiphar's
What Other Editors Say
,() TIME TO TAMPER WITH
SCHOOL PLAN
The Daily News hopes that
Governor Hodges is correct in
his belief that the approaching
General Assembly will not
temper with the state's laws
for dealing with problems creat
ed by the U. S. Supreme
Court’s desegregation edicts.
The Pearsall Plan, including
the pupil assignment act, has
so far proved successful and
effective in maintaining North
Carolina schools within the law;
and with a minimum of dis
ruption. No school in North
Carolina has ben closed—and
we_ pray that none will be—or
i?. ' under court order to inte
grate.
The North Carolina plan was
carefully thought out and pre
sented to the Legislature in
special session so as not to get
entangled in politics, emotion
alism and the many other is
sues and currents which deep
ly affect the state's life and
welfare. The troublesome issue
was insulated, handled strict
ly on its own, and the schools
and the state will be better
served if that insulation is
continued through the 1959
General Assembly Should it
flare into legislative debate and
feeling, the consequences arc
incalculable.
North Carolina's plan should
be strengthened In the public
mind by two current develop
ments. Virginia’s “massive re
sistance” has been knocked out
by both federal and state
courts. Nnie of its schools, af
fecting thousands of children,
remain closed while leaders try
to find their way out of the
corner into which they fenced
themselves. Recourse to the
previously rejected Gray Plan,
resembling our own program, is
among the outlets being studi
ed and even recommended by
the Richmond Times-Dispatch
in the light of the double-bar
reled decision In the Norfolk
school closing case.
The other development is U.
a. Attorney General William
Rogers’, acceptance of North
Carolina’s and Alabama’s pupil
placement plans as complying
with the Sunrcme Court’s in
tegration decision. North Caro
lina's stature has also been un
proved by the U. S. District
Court and the Fourth Circuit
BY REV. FRANK CLARENCE LOWERY For ANP
wife, dear innocent Joseph,
tried to “frame”.
7. Some mean individuals
then, as now, who can’t get
what their evil passions crave,
will “frame” a righteous cha
racter, though it spells ruin
and an early grave,
6. Right here in one of our
cities a short time ago, a fine
young ministerial character
whom anybody would be fort
unate to know, was “framed”
by a couple, a most ungodly
husband and wife, to get mon
ey and wain their divorcement,
even if it meant the young
minister’s life.
9. •phis unbelievable trick of
extortion and diabolical ar
rangement was consummated,
according to the Press, and left,
this young man stripped of his
honors and exposed to worry
and distress.
10. But a few wefcs ago, a
friend of mine in Woodlawn,
Chicago, a Joseph R. Smith,
could not stand any longer his
community’s downward drift,
of being invaded by prostitutes
and ravaged by dope peddlers
, . . so he set out single-handed
to be one of God's righteous
defenders.
Court of Appeals, Refuse! of
the highest court to review the
case at point is tantamount to
approval. Thus the test of the
Tar Heel program, as the at
torney general reminds, lies in
its fair and honest, administra
tion “without any discrimina
tion on account of race,”
Under these circumstances
North Carolina would indeed
be shortsighted and foolish not
to let well enough alone or to
reopen a Pandora’s box which
might release who knows what.
-—Greensboro Daily News
ALMOND’S STOP-GAP
PROPOSALS FOR
VIRGINIA
Governor Almond's message
to the special and hastily con
vened session of the Virginia
General Assembly Indicates a
course considerably less than
“massive resistance” to school
desegregation. News reports
suggest a tacit acceptance, on
his part, of the inevitablity of
a decree of desegregation in
Virginia schools, which will
probably come next week in
Arlington and possibly in Nor
folk and Charlottesville also.
Particularly significant is
Governor Almond's rejection of
the use of his police powers to
close schools which are con
fronted with orders to desegre
gate. These "cannot be assert
ed to thwart or override the de •
cree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, state or federal ”
In taking this position, the Vir
ginia governor rejects what
had been one of the pillars of
t-he “massive resistance” struc
ture.
Evidently the course Virginia
will take, if the legislature fol
lows the recommendations of
the governor, will be to estab
lish a policy which will enable
a child who docs not wish to at
tend a desegregated public
school to get an education in
a segregated private .school.
This would lie accomplished
through provision of tuition
payments to such pupils, which
could be used in private, non
sectarian schools,
New legislation to make
these grants possible is requir
ed, since the Virginia Supreme
Court held the former tuition
payment plans unconstitution
al. Governor Almond is asking
for a revision of this plan de
signed to meet tire court’s ob
jection to the one it held un
1. These law-breakers of Sa
tan must have laughed with
Goliath’s glee when faced by
this men shepherd ooy, tiding
to set Woodlawn free; even the
responsible police captain must
must have taken It as a huge
joke, until Smith's reinforce
ments brought on his displace
ment, and his slingshot at last
did work.
12. O' they tried to "frame’ 1 '
him «. . that's Satan’s old trick,
when he sees he ts licked . . .
but pay him tio attention, for
this Is what he would have you
do; here, listen to Joshua who
always came safely through . . „
Joshua 23:10 —“One of you
shall chase a thousand; for the
Lord your God, He it Is that
f righto ill for you, as He hath
promised you.”
13. Finally, do not forget De
lilah, the ‘ master framer” who
could not boast of being a lion
tamer, but did possess a mag
lap that proved to be Samson’s
fatal trap; she has some de
scendants in the world today
who too Can talk and lull you
away ... if you want to keep
your hair and especially your
sight, you better flee from her
now and escape this sad plight.
constitutional.
Another feature of the gub
ernatorial plan consists of
stop-gap proposals. It was has
tily prepared, following pres
sures to call a special session of
the legislature in the wake of
decisions of the Virginia Su
preme Court and the special
federal court which threw out
the bulk of the "massive resis
tance” program. For ail the
talk. Virginia and Governor Al
mond have been caught unpre
pared for the realities of the
school problem.
That unprepardness is the re
sult of total, though mistaken,
commitment to "massive re
sistance.” Virginia would be in
a much better situation if its
General Assembly two years a
go had adopted the more mod
erate Gray Commission recom
mendations.
—Durham Morning Herald
IN THIS
OUR DAT
BY DK. C. A. CHICK, SK.
THE PLIGHT OF NEGRO
RURAL CHURCHES
When a public speaker, or a
teacher, or .. writer begins to
repeat himself, he either has
"run out” of something to say
or write, or he feels that some
thing he has said or written in
the past is worth repeating.
This writer has not exactly
run out of something to say.
However, he is repeating him
self in tills column. But an ar
ticle that is not worth repeat
ing was hardiy worth writing
the first time.
Again and again, tills writer
has endeavored through this
column to point out the plight
of our rural churches. This la
no ne-ws to anyone who has in
terested himself In the econom -
ic, soical, cultural and spirit
ual problems of rural people.
Due largely to mechanized
fanning, more and more people
JUST FOR FUN
unding my way
(Continued!
Last week Z talked about
some past experiences at John
son C. Smith University where
I, was carried through the
breaking-in-process. But we
didn’t finish.
I enrolled in a class in gen
eral biology taught by Profes
sor V/. S. Peyton who also
trained the glee club. Prof.
Peyton played the violin.
We started the course by
making drawings of the frog
followed by disections. The in
structor intended for us to
draw out frogs from the actual
specimen, but I drew mine
from a plate in the textbook.
When Professor Peyton laid
his eyes upon my piece of art
ireally, I can draw well), he
knew it came from the book be
cause my frog specimen had
two crooked hind legs all out of
proportion. The head of my
frog also lacked symetry, but
my drawing was almost per
fect.
When I admitted I drew the
frog from the textbook. Prof.
Peyton remarked: "That's not
what I want, MR,. QREENH!”
From then on the boys called
me, MR.. GREEN! I deserved
an “A” in that course, but the
Prof, said it couldn’t be done.
At least, he hadn’t let any
freshman do it.
LITTLE GEORGE BROWN:
Last week, I remarked that Lit
tle George was the best teacher
of history I ever had—and I
still say so after taking a course
in American history in the
graduate school.
Little George was also my
English teacher in "Freshman
Composition,” Boy, did lie
frighten those freshmen by
slinging around those “F’s.”
I remember the first question
that he asked rue. “Boulware,
what are the four forms of
discourse?" I remembered three
of them on the spur of the
moment from my high school
instruction, but wondered a
bout the fourth. So 1 answered:
"Narration, description, exposi
tion and . , , ,” Little George
took “argument” right out of
my mouth. Had he waited ten
seconds longer, he would have
found out that I really didn’t
VtiatV' tllSt tuTC TICXt WOTd
should be “argument.”
Gordon B. Hancock s
BETWEEN the LINES
LOSING THE VISION
When one looks out upon the
domestic scene, our notion
seems secure, but it Is quite
different when one looks out
upon the world scene of inter
national affairs. Things are not
breaking finely for our nation
at present.
In a previous release we tried
to set forth the dangerous posi
tion into which our country
had been maneuvered by Rus
sia, in that all of our national
programs are geared to what
Russia is doing. This writer re
gards it as exceedingly unfort
unate. that we must get our
cues from Russia, This gives
the impression tliat, in inter
national. affairs, Russia Is
carry the ball and this is a
course and consumatlon not
especially relished by this na
tion’s patriot, of whom there
are millions.
A recent deliverance by Adlai
Stevenson in the Associated
are moving from rural areas
to urban centers. They have to
do so. With more and more,
machinery being used on
farms, fewer and fewer people
are needed to cultivate our
farms. Thus the only logical
thing for people to do is to
move to urban centers hoping
to find job opportunities.
As a result of the foregoing,
many of our rural regions have
become very sparsely populat
ed. And. thus, in many cases it
has become very difficult for
some rural areas to financially
support any type of commun
ity organization, including a
church. I believe the authori
ties on church matters say that
it takes about a thousand mem
bers for a church, to put on an
effective social and spiritual
program and adequately sup
port a minister. Many of our
rural churches have as few as
fifty members, and a rural
church with two-hundred or
or more members is as scarce
as the "proverbial hen’s teeth."
When it dawned upon school
authorities chat the rural areas
were becoming more and more
depopulated they solved the
problem by combining to one
and two-teacher schools in a
given area into one central
school. By so doing, they made
the educational program of the
schools more efficient and ef
fective. Again and again this
writer has advised that many
of our rural churches of the
same denomination within one
to five-miles radius of each
other to consolidate, thus en
abling the enlarged church to
have an effective religious and
social program. Anyone familar
with our rural churches know
that the rural people, by and
large, do not have any pastoral
services. They simply have
preaching on Sundays. In
many cases, their so-called
pastor lives at too far a dis
tance to even come back to
bury the dead.
I am convinced that, our rur
al churches will have to do one
or two things: either those of
the same denomination within
a reasonable distance to each
other will have to consolidate
or they will have to go along as
BY MARCUS H. BOULWARE
So Prof, rang out: “100 for
you today, Boulware!” I beam
ed with pride because several
fellows earned zeros ahead of
me. Readers, I had it made
from that day on in Little
George’s class. (You know, they
say that the first impression is
a lasting one.) For two semes
ters, I was exempted from the
final examination In Freshman
English Composition,
DINING HALL: At supper
time, tea was a beverage that
was frequently served. If I re
call, the tea had in it SALT
PETER. The ingredient v,
designed to curb baser in- <
stlncts.
NO SKITS: Just read a new
article of man floating high
above the Fond Du Lac ski
jumping slope with a classic
pose and no shils.
You see, his sklis came off
as he made his jump. Then as
he sailed through the air skii
less, the man surveyed his pre
dicament.
“I figured the only thing to
do was to come in like baseball
player sliding into second,” the
man said.
He wound
from his takeoff point, and
not. especially embor rased.
The man slid in to prevent
breaking a leg and didn’t feel
any hurt at all. Cornyard
wants to know whether or not
he is burning somewhere else.
Os course not!
KISS—HOW LONG? Guess
you’ve been reading about, the
raid on the Big Yellow at East
Carolina State College in
Greenville where college offi
cials and the law raided an ,
unchaperoned student party.
At a student mass meeting,
in answer to a question on how
long a kiss should Vie, Presi
dent J. D. Messick exhibited a
wonderful sense of humor.
President tried to explain the
difference between a proper
good-night kiss and the other
kind (clinging kiss that causes
temperatures to rise and on
lookers to start talking).
Cornyard has sided with the
students, for he says the pro
per kiss is just a smack and
doesn’t have any UMP!
OLD HUBBY: Just read that
a husband is a fellow' who ex
pects his wife to be perfect and
to understand why he Isn't.
they are with their religion
programs almost at a zero U »
and their young people grown.
Press ©oncesming impresslo:
made upon him on his reccr
trip to Russia, is somewhat di
quieting. Said Stevenson: *
“Russia has become avu ,
powerhouse of purposeful cne:
gy while the United State
struggles with internal aimless
ness and fuss. The Soviets be
lieve in their truth as men of
the Western world once believ
ed in theirs. They, not we, are
firing the shots that are heard
round the world—and also the
satelliets that orbit above it.
“Soviets show a world-wide
eoneorn which is largely lack
ing among the men of the
West. The. whole human race is
their horizon. Their brother
hood is materialistic, oollecti
vistic, atheistic, and we dislike
it. But it embraces everybody,
and it ts tire framework which
take missionaries of their new
order to the ends of the earth.
"The fact that their faith is
In many V'ays an evil perversion
of the great propositions that
once made the blood course in
our Western veins, does not al~ r
ter the fact that their tempo
is dynamic and ours Is sluggish
—even I think, to ourselves.
"I can say with all emphasis
that I command that we have
no corresponding commitment
to our fellowmen. For hun
dreds of years we have preach
ed the Christian promise of
brotherhood, but today, when
vanishing space and scientific
revolution have returned our
planet into a single neighbor
hood, the ideal means nothing
in terms of concern or convic
tion, policy or action.”
If the foregoing by Steven
son, one of the great minds and
spirits of our generation, is not,
a general and specific indict
ment of our current congres
sional machinations then what
is it? He calls Russia program
and economy “dynamic” and
ours “sluggish” and this is an
other way of acknowledging
that world leadership is pass
ing or has passed to Russia.
Russia, Is boasting of her
space leadership and her sci
entific leadership. About the
most we can boast of is our a
- bomb stockpiles, our high
standard, of living and segrega
tion ideals But atom bombs
cannot save a nation that has
lost the vision.
There was a time when this
young nation felt democracy
and nations of the earth look
ed up to us.
Today American democracy
is fast becoming a byword
hurled In dersison by passers
by. The current movement to
eternalize segregation does not
help matters, but complicates
them. When an American pa
triot of Stevenson’s ability re
turns from a visit to Russia
with the observation that Rus
sia’s economy is dynamic and
ours sluggish, he easily might
have been announcing that be
cause the United States has
lost the vision we may as well
face the ugly fact that unless
there Is a speedy regeneration
of our national spirit we are
hopelessly lost in our competi
tion wUth Russia and its 3bm
munism.