PAGE FOUR-B Senator Sam Ervin Says: WASHINGTON After a seven-week debate on U. S. Southeast Asia policies, the Senate has passed far-reach ing amendments to the For eign Military Sales Act These amendments include the re peal of the 1964 Gulf of Ton kin Resolution and the adop tion of the Cooper-Church Amendment. While the Senate actions on this bill are still subject to House approval, if that ap proval occurs it could present us with a constitutional quan dary which is without prece dent in our nation’s history. I say this because it was a most surprising development that the President sought to defeat the Cooper - Church Amendment which merely undertakes to put limits upon his power to wage war in Cambodia and Laos, and then later appeared to sanction the proposal to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which would not only take away his power to act in Cam bodia and Laos, but also take away his power to act in South Vietnam. 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Offers five cutting heights. Wide sports tires. lA/rWtnflTf . Non-scalp mowing. Tilts up for stor- » rOOnOf age and cleaning. All this at a consid- ifOOCIOm erabfy lower price than many other a w_ r-z — “big name” makes. MdChlDO MB HOBBS IMPLEMENT CO., INC Guy C. Hobbs, Mgr. EdesUon, N. C. “YOUR JOHN DEERE DEALER" With Us Service Is A Profession Not A Sideline mand American forces there. In my judgment, the United States has no power apart from the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to be engaged in armed aggressive attacks in Southeast Asia. When the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed, it was, as I contended on the floor of the Senate some time ago, tantamount to a declaration of war. That resolution expressly states that the President may use the Armed Forces of the United States to resist ag gression from North Vietnam. It was under that power that the SEA TO Treaty obligation was accepted by the United States. It was under that power that the United States undertook to wage war in Southeast Asia. It was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution which gave the President the power as Commander in Chief to invade the sanctu aries in Cambodia. I do not know what the position of our boys in South east Asia will be if we repeal the Gulf of Tonkin: Resolu tion, because the President of the United States has no pow er whatsoever to act as Com mander in Chief in that part of the world with the excep tion of withdrawing the troops THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1979. if this repeal carries. I there fore opposed repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution at this time because I believe such action would make ob scure the powers of the President as Commander in Chief in Southeast Asia end his powers as such to protect the lives of our men in South Vietnam. I see no good in making these powers obscure. Moreover, I voted against the Cooper - Church Amend ment because I think it would be tragic for our boys in South Vietnam to be inform ed that it is the sense of the Senate that the enemy can occupy sanetuaries in Cam bodia and issue forth from those sanctuaries into South Vietnam to kill and maim them, and that they cannot enter those sanctuaries even to save themselves from de struction unless Congress passes another law on the subject. There can be no doubt of the fact that our involvement in Vietnam is one of the most tragic experiences that this country has ever had. But unfortunately, the Senate’s efforts to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and its subsequent adoption of the Cooper - Church Amendment only gives assurance to our enemies that it is not neces sary for them to attempt to negotiate a settlement be cause we will abandon the field to them very soon. 1 have favored the Presi dent’s program that we should try to negotiate a set tlement at Paris, or on failure thereof that we should train the South Vietnamese so that they can defend their own land or have a reasonable hope of so doing while we gradually withdraw our forces from South Vietnam. But, ; n my .judgment, Congressional adoption of the amendments mentioned above would cast a cloud of doubt about the authority of the President to take appropriate steps to se cure an honorable end to our involvement in Southeast Asia. CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sin cere thanks to my many friendg who remembered me in prayer and for the flow ers, cards and any other act of kindness shown me while I was a patient in the hos pital and since my return I home. p IRVIN C. LONG. Make Going To Church A Habi CREATION, GOO'S HANDIWORK International Sunday School Lesson for July 12 Memory Selection: “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”—Psalm 24:1. Lesson Text: Genesis 1-2; Isaiah 4.-12, 21-28. Just as our Memory Verse states, God created the world, and all that inhabits it It, and we, are all a part of His eternal purpose. We have our roles to play, and how we play them will either add or subtract from that purpose. For mankind is God’s highest creation. We were created in His image; we were given a brain with which to reason, a Soul to guide us throughout our existence. We were given the gift of choice. God’s gifts to man are many. The gift of sight, with which to observe His handiwork, the beauties which He has wrought; the gift of sound, with which we can appreciate a bird’s silver notes, the cadences of a dearly loved voice; the gift of touch, with which to appreci ate the softness of a newly opened petal, the smoothness of a baby’s trusting hand—so many gr/ts which we take, too often, for granted. We cannot fail to be impressed—if we will but take a moment to pause from our headlong flight through day after day —by the orderly progress of the Universe. The passing of the seasons, the flow of the tides in the ocean, regu lated and controlled by something beyond our ken—these are wonders in the midst of which God has chosen to place mankind. And just as a tree unfolds, flowers and comes to fruition within its own particular cycle, so is man, within the framework of the universe, intended to come to his flowering. Just as the trees did not grow, nor the herbs appear until the rains came and sparked the life that lay dormant within the seed, did man evolve to complete entity until the advent of God within him. Until the advent of Christ bought for him with the spilling of His blood forgiveness of sins and the promise of life ever lasting. For it is within our faith that we grow to fulfillment of the best that is in us. It is within our faith that we come to at least some under standing of that of which we are capable. It is through striving to walk in the footsteps of Christ that we learn the meaning of true pati ence and humility, of forgiveness of wrongs which are done unto us. Through Him we can attain a strength of which we never dreamed we were capable. Just as God provided abundantly for man’s physical needs, so He provided abundantly for his spiritual needs. The tree of life and the tree of knowledge are symbolic of man’s moral and spiritual nature. Every life needs a sense of direction. To the truly devout Christian, God is the direction in which man must traveL And that way is clearly defined within the pages of the Bihle, It is not always an easy path to follow, for man is, by Continued on Page 12 BELK TYLER Your Happy Shopping Store W. E. SMITH GENERAL MERCHANDISE “Rocky Hock" PHONE 221-4031 EDENTON M. G. BROWN CO., INC Lumber Millwork Building Material Reputation Built on Satisfied Customers PHONE 482-2135 EDENTON This Space Sponsored By a Friend of the Churches In Chowan County EDENTON TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT COMPANY YOUR FORD TRACTOR DEALER Agent* Tor Evinrude Outboards U. S. 17 SOUTH— EDENTON, N. C. BRIDGE-TURN ESSO SERVICENTER “ Your Frienaiy ESSO Deafer" ESSO PRODUCTS ATLAS TIRES AND BATTERIES Western Gas k Fuel Oil Service 313 a BROAD ST. V,f fMI Ph. 482-3123 - Edenton Huge gears turn ponderously meshing with others which turn still others, and power is bom, energy released. # Today more and more gears and gadgets make living more and more luxurious. There are machines to do almost everything. Appliances entertain us, teach us, train us. and CRDGEIS One thing remains individual. There's no "dial-a-matic" gadget for God, no pushbutton gimmick. Man's search for meaning in his life is still his own responsibility. , When man only dreamed of flying and the fastest way to travel was by horseback, God's Church was the source of all goodness and joy. It's no different today. In a world where man races for the stars, the Church remains the well-spring of truth. Attend your church. Find faith and the good life. K American Bible Society Sunday Matthew 2:19-2) # Monday Luke 1:5-25 e Tuesday Luke 1:26-)t • Wednesday Luke 1:)9- 56 e T hursday Luke 1:W»S0 e Friday John 5:1-15 • Saturday John ):16-)6 Copyright 1970 Keister Advertising Service, Inc.. 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