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Senator Sam J. Ervin Says Religious Group Sets Convention
WASHINGTON—The Sen
ate has been working to
weld together a Defense
Department appropriation
bill that has two conflict
ing objectives—to maintain
national security on a re
duced budget.
I have strong feelings in
support of these objectives,
and particularly at a time
when it is necessary to
trim the federal budget
whenever this is in the
national interest. Like mil
lions of other Americans,
I regret that we are faced
with the largest military
appropriation bill in Am
erican history. The $71.8
billion Senate version of
the defense appropriations
requirements for fiscal 1969
imposes burdens upon all
Americans. It requires
taxes and it has an infla
tionary effect to some de
gree on any expenditure of
this amount has. At least
$27 billion on this budget
request goes to fund an un
popular war that has di
vided our country.
Why is it then that Con
gress cannot pare down
such a monumental re
quest?
In part, it has already
trimmed the budget from
$77.1 billion by $5.2 billion
to the Senate version. This
having been done, the na
tion is faced with the fact
that the funds are going to
support an army with a
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strength of about 1,500,000,
a Navy with a strength of
about 794,000, a Marine
Corps with a strength of
about 306,000, and an Air
Force with a strength of
about 868,000. These mili
tary personnel and the
weapons that they will use
are needed to maintain our
commitments and our free
dom in a perilous world.
Chairman Richard Rus
sell of the Senate Armed
Services Committee and
Defense Department Ap
propriations Subcommittee,
one of the most knowledge
able men on this subject,
told the Senate recently
that one of the nroblems
is that “we are fighting a
war on terms dictated,
more or less, by the enemy.
And we are doing that wil
lingly, because we are not
compelled to do so. We do
it through choice and ap
parently in fear of world
opinion.” I might add
that while we hope that
the war we are engaged in
in South Vietnam can be
honorably concluded soon,
we are faced with the fact
that it exists and that it
imposes money obligations.
The senator from Georgia
went on to say that “costs
of sophisticated weapons
that we employ today are
far more costly than those
of only a few years ago.”
The B-17 bomber of World
War II cost $218,000 while
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today the FB-111 bomber i
costs $7,000,000. The M-l i
rifle of World War II cost !
s3l while the M-16 rifle of ,
today costs $l5O. The ma- ;
chinegun of 1946 cost $64
while today the M-60 ma- j
chinegun costs $579. Air- j
craft carriers have spiral- ■
ed upward in cost. The :
Forrestal carrier of the Ko- ,
rean War cost s*9o million.
Today the newest John F.
Kennedy carrier is costing
$277 million.
Chairman Russell warn
ed that actually we have
trimmed defense costs
more than is generally
known, because we have
used our stockpiled weap- .
ons and materials. He
told the Senate: “We can
not continue to support a
war, be capable of honor
in g ou r commitments
abroad, and maintain an
adequate defense posture
without substantially in
creasing the size of our de
fense budget in the near
future.”
What all this means is
that some hard defense de
cisions will have to be
made shortly. We will
have to replace outmoded
ships. We must modern
ize our Air Force. We
must look at our world
wide commitments and face
the fact that there is little
or no indication that Rus
sia is decreasing its mili
tary capability. The truth
is that once more a
Czechoslovakian situation
has caused us to under
stand that communism does
not intend to let up. The
world is seething with tur
moil. We must remain
militarily strong to pro
tect ourselves. The hard
fact is that we have seri
ous budget problems and
the judgments we make
are at best a balance be
tween these two conflicts.
This is not new, but the
price of liberty if we want
it.
LOCAL FLAVOR
HATTIESBURG, Miss.—
The Dixie Darlings, elite
dance and drill team at the
University of Southern
Mississippi, known to many
thousands of half-time
show football games, num
ber 65 this year, including
four alternates. Miss San
fra Lynn Ange of Eden
ton, N. C., is among the
precision drill squad.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Sheriff Earl Goodwin re
ported Monday that tax
collection during Septem
ber amounted to $1,350.12.
This was $1,181.88 in taxes
for 1961-1967 and an addi
tional $168.24 in penalties.
Knowledge comes, but
wisdom lingers.
—Tennyson.
Another Savings Account
has just been opened at...
RALEIGH North Caro
lina has been chosen as the
site of the convention of
Jehovah’s Witnesses sched
uled for October 25-27 by
the Watchtower Bible and
Tract Society of New York.
A Watchtower official,
W. B. Johnson, who super
vises the work of Je
hovah’s Witnesses in East
ern North Carolina, has in
vited members of the local
congregation to attend.
M. E. Beltrami, resident
presiding minister, said
that most members were
planning to attend as a
family because those that
have attended similar con
ventions have found them
ideally suited for family
groups, helping all in the
family see their responsi
bility of making their faith
live by sharing Bible
knowledge with others.
“With entire families sit
ting side by side listening
and, many times, taking
part in such conventions,
it is not surprising that
children as well as adults
are able to give doorstep
sermons from the Bible ex
plaining their faith,” said
Beltrami. “Such worship
binds the family together
and is vital to successfully
meeting the problems that
are dividing many homes
today.”
The program, arranged
to emphasize the theme
“Sharing Fully In Preach
ing the Good News,” will
consist of 12 hours of in
struction in the form of
lectures, discussions, for.
urns and dramatizations of
Bible study and teaching
techniques.
Main speaker for the
event will be Joseph Saia,
district director, who will
deliver a free public
lecture Sunday entitled
“God’s Way Is Love.”
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spring, to Thee,
Path, motive, guide, orig
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—Dr. Johnson.
HOSPITAL AUXILIARY
The Chowan Hospital £•
Auxiliary will meet at 10 £
A. M. Monday at the hos- *
pitaL All members are en
couraged to attend.
NIXON’S
THE ONE
1968