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We Are All Human
To persons, who have readied a
ripe old age, and look back they are
aware of deep changes in thought pat
trans and individual and social behavi
our. Sixty years ago we were without
many of the material things which are,
or seem to be, necessities for the pres
ent generation. But while material
thmgc have increased, we do not pos
sess itqday the simplicities and the
peace which folks of sixty or seventy
yean ago knew.
Qn«> at the striking changes is the
status and behaviour of women. They
have attained the status of equality
which they sought, but we are not sure
that they have accepted the responsi
bility which goes with it Extravagance
and styles in dress have blasted
all the old standards of morality and
propriety, and lend themselves to ex
aggeration of sex devoid of the sacred
lnxpi and dignity of womanhood. What
Again, the Congress refuses to place
a ban on flllifoustering. We, perhaps, are
in the minority, but we have never
been ahle to reconcile this undemocratic
process with democracy. Every
man should have the right to express
himself, and this right every member
of that body, but this right should have
some reasonable limitations. A small
group of men, or as often happens,
one man, can tie up the whole Congress
with idle talk, while the real business
of the Congress is neglected. If we are
to have a majority government let us
have majority government.
This applies also the method of
Religion In The
THINK NOT THAT I AM COME TO
SEND PEACE UPON THE EARTH:
I CAME NOT TO SEND PEACE, BUT
A SWORD." Math. 10-34.
This seems to be a strange state
ment to come from the lips of a man
whose birth was heralded as the com
ing of one who should bring peace
to the world, and who in the day of
His ministry and teachings promised
peace to those who "Left all and fol
lowed Him."
; TTiis saying follows what He has had
to say about His claim to compete
authority over those who follow Him.
TheV must love him above all else—
wealth, power, even above parents. He
must be first. And this is the Gospel
which the Apostles must preach, and in
preaching it they will incur the wrath
of many.
It would seem that in view of the
pure life which Jesus lived, His teach
ings so full of truth, and a ministry
of love which healed the sick, gave com
fort to the sorrowing, and had such gen
uine concern for all men with forgiveness
and help to the sinful, would be ac
cepted by all who came into contact
with Him. But it did not have that
effect. Jesus knew what was in man,
and He knew how many would react
towards His demands for a life in com
plete surrender to Him. And the re-
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women in movies and TV. programs have
done to womanhood is the tragedy of
the preaent era.
Scientific achievements have given
us the highest productivity and plenteo
usness in any period of world history,
but much of It has been enlisted in the
implements of warfare, and thus edu
cation, welfare, and human improvement
generally, have suffered.
As we come to political campaigns,
each party notes failures of the other,
and promises to correct them if elect
ed, is the same old human nature, and
their promises fall short. Changes, of
course, sometimes do help in main
taining balances But any party is go
ing to find aelf-interest, self-importance,
pride and prejudice bobbing up at every
turn, and the state and national interest
suffers; and, of course, the individual
suffers, as he reaps the harvest of his
self-interest sowings.
Fillib uster*
electing a President The Electoral Col
lege has never made sense to us. Hie
Electorial College, or provisions for
Congress of State legislatures to elect,
can well override the majority. It hap
pened in 1824 when the House elected
John Quincy Adams, although Andrew
Jackson received a majority of votes
in the general election. Recently, these
provisions led to the election of Maddox
as Governor of Georgia, while his op
ponent got a majority of the votes. We
are in agreement with the Commission
on Electorial College reform in its rec
ommendation for election reform. In a
Democracy the majority should rule.
Here And Now
action was as He said it would be. That
is life as we know it from history and
experience. Let a good man rise up,
who in blameless living and demands
for Truth in all of human relationships
and affairs, and instead of meeting uni
versal acceptance, he will meet opposi
tion. Politicians know this and that is
why they seek to avoid real commit
ment to high principles, and win of
fice by preaching expediencies. Abra
ham Lincoln is generally regarded as
the greatest man of His generation. He
has received world-wide reconition; yet
he was bitterly assailed and persecuted,
by north and south, and finally met
death at the hands of a man whose
heart was set on fire with hatred. Wood
row Wilson, completely dedicated to
the principles of Democracy, was perse
cuted and, in effect, killed by those who
fought against the idea of world brother
hood which Ues at the heart of the
Christian Gospel. Let a good man appear
among men, and demand high thinking
and high living, and that man will see
hurt and tribulation - a sword will
be lifted against him.
You often hear people talk about the
speed of sound and just how fast it is.
What about how fast Christmas always
conies.
Easy credit u one of the world's
best intelligence tests.
Self-confidence is still one of the best
brands on the market.
Sure sign erf advancing age: when
lunch is followed by an intense desire to
take a brief nap
Weekends come and weekends go,
but the wrecks continue to pile up.
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The man, or woman, who learns to
laugh, at himself or herself, even pri
vately, is soaking some progress.
Many people wait throughout their
whole lives for the chance to be good
in their own fashion. —Friedrich Nitzche.
The trouble with most reformers is
that they cannot support any proposal
except their own.
A patriot is a man who does not
complain about the taxes he expects to
pay on the profit he would like to make.
WASHINGTON
by
Congressman
James Broyhill
THE 90TH BEGINS
This is the first in the se
ries of news columns report
ing from Washington about
the important issues the Cong
ress will consider during the
next two years. It is my
hope that the columns will
contribute to an understand
ing of how the people's busi
ness is being conducted in
the Nation's Capital.
At the beginning of a Cong
ress every two years, there
are a number of administra
tive details and housekeeping
decisions that must be made
before the business of legis
lating can begin. Of course,
the first act of a new Cong
ress is the swearing into office
of the 435 Congressmen who
have been elected to office,
including 72 who were elect
ed for the first time. This
event, which is usually a ce
remonial one, had special sig
nificance this year. The most
widely publicized event of the
day involved the vote by the
House of Representatives to
ask New York representative
Adam Clayton Powell to step
aside pending an investigati
on by a special committee to
investigate various charges a
gainst him. The special com
mittee will report back late
is February and the question
of the seating Mr. Powell will
be debated again. Earlier, the
caucus of the Democratic
members of the House had
voted by secret ballot to deny
Congressman Powell his posi
tion as Chairman of the pow
erful Education and Labor
Committee which he had held
for more than six years.
After a recess of several
hours, President Johnson pre
sented his State of the Union
address to a joint session of
the Congress. This message,
seen and heard on radio and
television by millions of Am
ericans offered a brief glimpse
of the legislative program the
President will request. It con
tained a long list of propos
als for changes in existing
programs and for new prog
rams that will require he
approval of the Congress. On
the whole, the President of
ten seemed to be apologetic
about both the conception and
the administration of many of
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his "Great Society" programs
that the Congress enacted
during the past two years.
With all the additional
spending for increased mili
tary costs in Viet Nam and
for vast new programs at
home, a much larger budget
could be expected. That was
confirmed last week as spend
ing plans of $169 billion were
submitted to the Congress.
Much of the debate in the
Congress during the coming
months will concern the in
crease in spending of nearly
sl4 billion and the more than
$8 billion of additional defi
cit that is being predicted
for the national debt by July
of '6B. Even these figures
include the President's new
6 per cent tax increase which
the President has asked the
Congress to approve.
During the last ten days,
the House of Representatives
has been busily engaged in
naming members to its legis
lative committees. It is the
committee system in the Con
gress that is the heart of the
law-making process and until
the committees are organized
and can begin to function, the
flow of legislation cannot be
gin. It probably will not be
until the middle of February
before the large debates on
major issues can start. At
that time, we will see what
the composition of the new
Congress means in terms of
philisophy and the type of
laws that will be written dur
ing the next two years.
It is already clear enough
that with the defeat of the
so-called "twenty-one day
rule" we already have a
strong indication that the 90th
Congress will be much more
independent-minded than the
89th Congress was. This
means that the closer balance
of the two political parties
in the Congress will assure
more careful consideration of
new legislative programs and
of the spending bills which
the Congress will pass. It is
predicted that the White
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This Week's
60 SECOND SERMON
By
Fred Dodge
TEXT: "Ambition can creep as well as soar."—Burfce.
An ambitious garage owner worked many schemes to
become successful. At the age of 43, he died suddenly. At the
Pearly Gates, he gave his age. St. Peter, remarking it was
unusual to call one so young, checked his files and turned
to the garage man.
"I'm afraid you're wrong about your age. You're much
older. According to the working hours you charged your cus
tomers, you're at least 127."
It is well to be ambitions, yet "ambition can creep as
well as soar." Even those with tiering ambition may IWI
and destroy themselves if they employ Inferior methods. A
historical example Is that of Aaron Burr. Be was brilliant, a
college graduate at seventeen. Revolutionary Colonel at
twenty-one, a United States Senator and Vice President at
forty-four. When Alexander Hamilton criticised Us power am
bitions. Burr killed him in a dueL Finished politically, BUTT
plotted to form an empire in the Southwest. He was tried for
treason, acquitted, but died broken and unloved. Ambition
consumed all his restraint all honor, aU virtue.
We cannot always attain oar ambitions, yet we come
closer by keeping our alms high and maintaintng honorable
standards in the methods we use. Well sleep better, tee.
House will exercise consider
ably less influence than it
has enjoyed on Capitol Hill
since January 1965. We will
surely see a test being made
of the President's "guns and
butter policy." The Congress
did not decide last year whe
ther it felt that there should
be belt-tightening at home to
support the war effort in
Viet Nam. This decision is
overdue and it is likely that
the 90th Congress will face
the issue more 9quarely than
has been the case on Capitol
Hill in the past.
MYSTERIES OF THE
HUMAN MIND
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about people's behavior, you'll
want to read the regular psy
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tions in everyday situations.
Don't miss it. . one of the
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