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WASHINGTON—There is still a
great dteal oif abase of the McCarran-
Walter Immigration Law which the
last Congress passed over President
Truman’s veto. Most of the critics of
the law have apparently never read
it—certainly they haven't studied it—
for they continually criticize the very
features which have been in the previ*
ous immigration laws for about 30
years.
The McCarran-Walter Act really is
not new in principle. For four years
the Congress worked on this law, in
corporating into it the tried and test
ed features which had governed our
immigration policies since the 1920’5.
When I hear anyone severely criti
cising the law in abusive language, I
begin to wonder about their real rea
sons. Certainly no loyal American
ought »to object to the more careful
screening of aliens coming into this
country, as is provided for in the law.
We have had entirely too many Com
munists coming in, in one guise or
another.
We must not forget that the main
objective of Communists is to help
break down the American institutions
as we have had them from the time
our government was founded.
There are specific groups wishing
to take over America. They are,
therefore, anxious to get into this
country more of their own kind. We
must continue to meet that challenge
with laws that are effective.
Much has been said about the im
pediments placed in the way of French
seamen who refused to say whether
or not they were Communists. They
were not permitted to put their feet
on American soil as a result of their
refusal to answer the questions.
The question should be raised with
every good American: iWhy should
Communists be allowed Ito land in
America, regardless of who they are?
In contrast with that group of French
seamen were the English seamen who
were allowed to come ashore from
the liner Queen Mary in about an
hour’s time. The difference was that
the Englishmen were willing to com
ply with the American law, while
those of apparent Communist lean
ings aboard the ship, Liberte, were
unwilling to do so.
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advocating control of qur live* by
the United Nations to force our in
dividual states to allow foreigners to
practice their professions without
■meeting state restrictions'
This has been a rather hot subject,
and one in which the lawyers, doctors
and other professional men are very
much interested. At the moment it
appears to me that probably these
groups of professional men need not
worry too much about the immediate
* future.
* But again, it is necessary for Ameri.
' cans to be on -the lookout for any
P attempted inroads upon, established
. American principles and practices.
We cannot trust the authorities of
other nations to run America. To
' do so would be disastrous to Ameri
j can freedom and liberty.
A BUSY SEASON
■ Washington in the Spring is very
> beautiful. It is also very busy.
We have twice as many visitors in
■ the Spring months as during all tihe
' rest of the year combined. Part of
that is due to the many, many school
children who come up. I am glad to
note that more and more schools are
sending iclasses to Washington fori
a tour each year. I don’t believe!
one could ever get an accurate idea|
of the immensity of the federal gov
ernment until he sees part of it with
his own eyes.
I left Washington for a few days
just before Easter because I knew it
would be my last real chance until
Summer—if then. The Senate had
before ’t <hily two matters of any
consequence—and there was no ques
tion about the outcome in either case.
You really have to pay for the time
you’re away from the office. When
I returned the mail accumulation was
staggering. Perhaps you would like
to know about some of the mail 1 re
ceived. In addition to the routine '
correspondence, I counted up the in
vitations extended me.
'Fourteen clubs, associations or oth
er groups invited me to speak in
North Carolina during April. There
were nine commencement invitations
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I was invited to eleven banquets
i to be held here in a five-day period.
The Anpy wanted me to go on a
three-day expense-paid tour, all the
way to Texas, of one of its phases of
\ activity. ,That one' I quickly declined.
There w«re notices of sixteen Sen
ate committee meetings coming up,
| each* of which will consume at least an
beer’s time. i
Much as 1 enjoy attending tihe din
ners and 'luncheons and other purely
social events, it’s a physical impossi
bility .to do so. If I tried to accept
more than a very small percentage of
the invitations, there would be no
time left for the Senate. And that,
after all, is why I’m here.
Weekly Devotional]
Column
By James Mackenzie
What is the difference between our
I common, garden-variety church mem
fber in Edenton, and our local brand
of sinner? Frankly, I fail to see any.
'They enjoy the same sins, go to the
same movies, play bridge together,
smoke the same brand of cigarettes, :
dip the same brand of snuff, are seen
at the same dances, use the same foul
language. Oh yes, there is one small
difference: the former attends church »
every Sunday, and endures an hour
of piety.
The trouble with Christianity, or
perhaps I should say "churchianity,”
is that it has become too doggone re- ■
spec table. Jesus skid, “Take up thy
cross and follow me.” (But we live
in an age of progress. We feel that
if on Sunday we mouth the right 1
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phrases and go through the it&it rit
i ual, (Qod will be grateful enough to
wink at the inconsistent lives foe Hve
> throughout the week. And of us is it
written: '* • -
A Christian is a man who feels
Repentance on a Sunday;
For what he (did on Saturday,
And is going to' do on Monday.
1 Jesus said, "Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall en
ter into the kingdom of Heaven, but
1 he that doeth the will of my (Fath
er ... ” (Matthew 7: 21). There is
no such animal as the “worldly iChris
tion.” “Love not the world,” says the
Bible, “neither the things diet cue in
the world. If any man love the world,
the love of the (Father is not in Mm”'
(I John 2: 15). And dare I say it
here, God is sick and fond of our
“playing church.” He is surely fed
up with folk who smugly conform to
the outward, accepted forms of piety,
who are in all points of doctrine cor
rect, but whose lives are abominable,
blasphemous heresies, who pray on
their knees on Sundays, and prey on
their neighbors through the week.
Men and women hold positions of re
sponsibility in many of our churches
who would not have been allowed to
join them a few decades ago. I mean
worldly men and 'women, unsaved men
and women, men and women who are
not only kidding themselves into a
false hope of heaven, but who, sadly,
are making the Church Os Jesus Christ
a reproach and a laughingstock among
the heathen. Unable to changexth®
world, we have allowed the world to
change us. 'Practices which would
have caused our puritan forebearers
to throw up their hands in holy hor
ror, have become part and parcel of
our everyday program. Dancing, bin
go, card parties, beer-drinking, world
liness, all testify only too eloquently
to the tragic decay and inner corrup
tion of what passes 'today fior Protest
- ant Christianity; mute evidence Hist
> we have trodden underfoot the Son
b of God and cosbM tile blood of the
t covenant an unholy .tiling (Hebrews
10: 29). •- *
i (People who never read the (Bible,
who never open it, should be able
to r«ad the Word of God in the testi
mony of our lives, and bear it in the
t testimony of our words. To this end,
- let us rededicate ourselves to the
t cause of Christ, absolving to present
- our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 4c
i ceptable unto God (Romans 12: 1).
- Only thus may we'ever hope io. earn
i His benediction, “Well done, thou good
i and faithful servant.” '
- Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
’.Look full in His wonderful face;
■ 'And the things of earth will grow
strangely dim,
■ In the light of (His glory and grace.
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IFHA MEETING
By Fay Taylor
1 Friday of last week the Edenton
Chapter of the FHA was held in the
Ederiton ‘ Junior-Senior High .'School
Library. AMThe meeting was opened by
the president, Margaret Parrish, by
using the FHA opening ceremony.
The devotional whs read by Vivian
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Officers were nominated for next
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meetinp. *. •
The meeting 'was closed by using
FHA dosing ceremony. _
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