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ESTABLISHED 1936 EDWARD A. YUZIUK - EDITOR G PUBLEHEF. CAROLYN R. YUZIUK - ASSOCIATE EDITOR ARCHIE BALLEW - PHOTOGRAPHER G PRESSMAN JERRY McGUIRE - ADVERTISING MANAGER MISS PATSY BRIGGS - OFFICE MANAGER PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY YANCEY PUBLISHING COMPANY SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT BURNS VILLE.N.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1969 NUMBER SIXTY-SEVEN SUBSCRIPTION RATES $3.00/YEAR OUT OF COUNTY $5.00/YEAR SINATOR SAM ERVIN ☆ SAYS « WASHINGTON- This year's lengthy Congressional ses sion resulted from many causes, some of which originated from a change in Administrations, and some of which lie within the province of the Congress. When Congress convened on January 3rd, the departing Johnson Administration was still in power. That Adminis tration submitted the Budget, the Economic, and State of the Union Messages. It was recognized in Congress, how ever, that in fairness to the incoming Nixon Administra - tion that action on the budget should be delayed until the new President could submit his spending requests. This approach was a practical one, too, since any appropria - tions would be administered by the new Cabinet members and agency officials. Thus, it was not until the end of April that the new Adrriiistration gave its views on money bills. As a consequence, the House Appropriations Com mittee got a much later start than usual on appropriations legislation, and this, in the final analysis, contributed to the long session. There were other factors. The month-long Senate de bate over the deployment of the ABM system, the extend ed Senate consideration of Judge Clement Haynsworth' s nomination to the Supreme Court, and the difficulty in undertaking a massive tax revision in one session wee time consuming and influenced the course of the Congressional calendar. In each of these instances, Congress asserted to some degree its independence of the Executive Branch of the Government. I had very strong opinions in support of deployment of the ABM system to protect our missile sites against enemy attack, and in support of the confirm ation of Judge Haynsworth to the Supreme Court. I am pleased that the Congress supported the President on the ABM issue, and regret that the Senate rejected the con - firmation of Judge Haynesworth. Even though these factors contributed much to the length of the 1969 session, much of the Congressional de lay rose from the fact that the appropriations process is a time-consuming ordeal. Initially, Congress considered appropriations and revenues for a program in the same bill Until Appropriations Committees were established in the House (1865) and the Senate (1867), one committee in each body handled both revenue and spending legislation Later the House and the Senate dispersed the powers of Appropriations Committees among other committees, and while this diminished the power of the Appropriations Com mittee, it resulted in a division of responsibility in the control of fiscal policy by the Congress. Currently, under Congressional custom the House most consider and pass an appropriation bill before it comes to the Senate for action. This year, the Defense and the Foreign Aid appropriations bills did not receive House passage until December. It seems to me that there shouH be some agreement between the House and the Senate whereby the Senate could initiate appropriation bills with out having to wait on the House to conclude its original action upon them. From past experience, I recognize that this House - asserted perogative may be very diffi - cult to change. Another suggestion which is worthy of consideration is that advocated by Senator Magnuson. He suggests that Congress modify the budget calendar to begin the fiscal year on January Ist instead of July Ist. This would give Congress more time to consider fiscal matters, and woiii Place budgetary matters on a more realistic basis. <'l Y eVVrV'V S/r t * \■'/>*/**///S////J/Sy* *. l \ \Y y V v yyy —yanif’ ——#—* str'SLiglit By Tom Anderson THE HOPE OF THE WORLD He was bom in an obscure town, grew up in a tiny village, worked in a carpenter shop, was an itinerant preacher. He slept in bor rowed beds. He died on a borrowed cross, and He was buried in a borrowed tomb. He never made a business, professional or “social” suc cess. He never went to school, owned a house, held an office, had a family. He never traveled Cmore than two hundred miles from the place where He was born. Yet, the world’s calendar is dated backward and forward from'His birth. The only thing He ever wrote was a sentence in the sand. Yet more books, songs, and potems have been written about Him than about all the other men who ever lived. And His teach ings have influenced the world more than any one else’s who ever lived. He is the most masculine, compelling, fascinating and perfect Soul in history. He was so gentle that little children climbed on His knee, and so strong that powerful men ran from the temple when He accused them of making it a den of thieves. Officers sent to ar rest Him returned emptyhanded, saying: “Never man sp>ake like this man.” The night before His execution, His Roman captors took turns lashing His back with a whip made of leather straps weighted with pieces of metal. They plucked out His beard and made His face an unrecognizable bloody pulp. “His visage was so marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men.” (Isaiah iIIIP B J)l Twenty-five years ago I sat on a mountain top overlooking a valley town of 20,000 people called Cassino in southern Italy. On the moun tain across the valley from where I sat was the Abbey of Mt. Cassino, a monastery built and formally occupied solely by monks. Now both the town and the abbey were oc cupied by the German army. The abbey was a towering fortress and the town in the valley below was literally a gateway to the march northward ordered by the American and Brit ish generals. The natives and the monks knew full well the war was on and that the competing armies would clash there. As the town was gradually shelled to destruction, many of the natives left, many were killed. Some of those who left went carrying their belongings on their backs to find safety; others left the town southward to spy for the German Army. Some of the spies were caught; others never were. The monks refused to leave their abbey, although it was occupied and heavily armed by the Germans; in fact they offered refuge to many citizens of the town, telling them the Allies would never shell this house of God and that even if they did the shells could never penetrate to the several basement floors of the stone structure. As the winter dragged on, the battle stale mated and the little town and all its businesses were reduced to rubble. In one battle I watched seven L). S. Sherman tanks start to the railroad depot near the center of town, and one-by-one all seven were blasted to destruction by anti tank weapons fire directed from the abbey on the opposite hill, and our men fleeing the burn ing tanks were shot. On another day I watched an American division of infantry virtually wiped out as it charged the guns of the Ger mans across a field and a river south of the town and the abbey. And on still another oc casion I watched a company of Allied soldiers cut io bits by automatic weapons fire at the foot of the abbey wall after being lured there by a white flag of surrender. Some days we Add Subtraction To The US Dictionary When most of us overspend or make a mistake, we are the ones who pay the consequent*. Not governments--they just pass everything on to us. For ixntance there are 151 BILL KENNEDY; By Bill Kennedy ANOTHER WAR, ANOTHER MASSACRE different taxes on a loaf of bread, 150 on a woman's hat, 600 on a house, even 100 on an egg. When, oh, whan are the lawmakers going to learn that 52:14). They knelt before Him in mock hom age and then arose to spit in His face. About eight a.m. they took Him to Calvary, stripped off His clothing and set Him astride a wooden peg which ju*ted from the upright pole of a cross. Then they nailed Him to that cross, between two thieves. Many victims of cruci fixion became raving madmen before they expired, and often their tongues were cut out to stop their screams and curses. But as this silent Victim looked down upon His jeering tormentors, He said: “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” Beavers today build dams exactly like beavers built dams before Christ. Man lives differently from what he did because of modem inven tions. But inventions can’t change man’s nature, which is the same as it was in ancient Jerusa lem, ancient Rome, ancient Greece and in all recorded history. As all Christians know, man is born a sinner, continues a sinner and is saved only because Jesus died on the cross for the sins of those who believe. Who are Christians? Only those who have surrendered their wills and hearts to Christ. Not in the United Nations, not in do-good ing, not in full bellies, not in missiles, armies, treaties or power pacts —but in the character of man lies the only hope for peace in the world. And the only hope for the character of man lies in Christianity.—American Way Features watched Red Cross-marked ambulances, sup posedly carrying wounded soldiers, unload weapons and ammunition at the abbey doors. Finally, the decision was made to bomb the abbey; I expect the decision was made in Washington. The monks and the townspeople were notified, given two days warning to clear the area. But most of them decided to stay. On the day of the bombing I was on my mountain seat, watching through a 30-power scope (captured, not U. S. issue). I was there along with several other artillery observers; my job was to direct the fire of Wo battalions of the Army’s heaviest guns. The shells were set with delayed fuse for deep penetration and we had worked for hours “zeroing” them in on the abbey. We were to open fire as soon as the Air Force bombers made their initial passes. By the time the bombers were gone and our guns opened fire many people in the abbey were having second thoughts and started try ing to leave. Watching through the powerful scope only a few hundred yards away I could see the people run, could easily tell the soldiers from the monks and civilians, the women and children from the men. And as volley after volley of the heavy shells exploded deep inside the building and around the grounds I watched bodies big and little fly through the air, and some seemed to disintegrate before my eyes. We continued to fire through the day, for the mission now was to destroy the target. Oh it was a massacre, no doubt about it, according to the definition in my dictionary. And I will admit that I have had nightmares about the slaughter of innocents that took place from time to time ever since. But we had a general, one of America’s greatest of all time, in that war who said “war is hell” and he con vinced his army that it had to be fought like hell. Somehow it just never occurred to me that one day all of us who took part would be court-martialed for it. . . . Not until now it didn’t!—American Way Features government need not be all addition and multiplication... there is such a thing as sub - traction, too, and unless there is subtraction inflation can get out of hand?
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