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On Gun Control And Other Items \JOHN J. SYNOi THREE ITEMS: The firse: The gun-control hys teria. Those who control our govern ment do not believe in personal liberty, that 4, the right to do as one pleases so long as there is no infringement on another’s rights. Instead, the Liberals base their philosophy on -force: They would make you do what they think best since, to hear them tell it, they know what is best for you. And since a little of. that sort of thing doesn’t work (any more than a lot of it will work), as time goes by they must continue to tighten the screws in a futile effort to make it work — more laws, more taxes, more this, more that. Under this system, inevitably, there will come a time when even the most bo vine of characters will resist fur ther restraint. We have about reached that point, now. The Liberal Estab lishment, during the past 14 years, has rubbed race noses to a degree that is no longer toler able to either race. So, folks are arming themselves a little more than somewhat. And the next thing on the docket is pop, pop, pop. To avoid that, The Establish ment would, first, register all weapons and then, at the first pop, confiscate them. After that the overlords would be able to do anything they please and you would be helpless, a la Russia, a la China. Registration of weapons isn’t the answer, of course; we have never needed that. The answer lies in a return to self determi nation. But to the Liberals, self determination is a fate worse than death. . There is another reason for creating the sin of owning a gun: Manifestly, integration is not working, anywhere. And soon people everywhere will be searching for the reason why — the reason “who”, would be a better way to put it — why in tegration has failed. To avoid that finger, they have cooked up this guilt-by-ownership busi ness. Gun owners are to be made the new villians. It is the same sort of thing a magician does when he pulls a rabbit out of his hat — they would mis direct your attention. ITEM TWO: Our public schools, as many of our colleges, are all a-twitter over courses they are preparing on Negro history. That is sad, you know it. Ne gro history is mostly a blank. Much is made over George W. Carver as a Negro ’‘scientist.” So far as I can learn, G. W. Carv er’s principal contribution to sci ence is peanut butter. Not bad, I admit — I love peanut butter. But it is not the same sbrt of scientific creation I would equate with steam propulsion or the electric light bulb. To-do, also, is made otter the Negro who was “the first man to reach the North Pole1’ — I forget his name. But let it be known, that fellow had about as much to do SMITH AT ABERDEEN Private George-Smith, Jr., son of Mrs. Dorothy M. Smith, Route 2, LaGrange, completed ‘ an automotive June 14 at the Arm Center «»»<t School Proving Ground, Mt with discovering the North Pole as had the huskies who pulled his sled. He was Admiral Peary’s servant, is what he was, who had been sent ahead with the baggage. White folks used to do that all the time. I would suggest — unless our scholars are concocting another hoax —- they let well enough alone. Until the Negro was exposed to the White man, the Negro’s system of agriculture consisted of digging a hole with a stick and dropping therein a seed. His system of cartage was the hum an head. He had never invented i so elementary a thing as a wheel and had never domesticated an animal. That’s history? ♦ * * ITEM THREE: The grandson of Coal-Oil Johnny, Nelson Rockefeller, indubitably is the stupidest politician of this cen tury. Twice, now, his millions have brought him within grasp ing range of the Republican nomination and twice he has blown it. Here is how he does it: Recently, this aging Lothario urged a condave of governors to support his presidential candi dacy because, as he put it, he had “coat-tail power.” That is, as( the Republican nominee he would pull, a victory “weak” Re publican candidates for lesser office. Well, sir! This is the man who, during his tenure as governor, has seen both houses of the New York legislature turn from Republican to Democratic and the State’s congressional delegation follow the same fal low route. Some “coat-tail pow er”, his. * * * AND A POSTSCRIPT: On June 27, in the little town of Colum bia, Maryland, George Wallace drew a crowd of 7,500 people who braved a frightening thund erstorm to attend the open-air meeting. You think something ain’t cooking? WHAT IS THE ANSWER? by Henry E. Garrett, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Psychology, Columbia University Past President, American Psychological Association » m -4 . I .• J Q: Dr. Garett, I thought the uproar created over the death of Martin L. King was maudlin and overdone. Do you agree? A: I most certaily do. The be havior of many public figures over King’s funeral was a good illustration of mass hysteria. One expected the Negroes to act emotionally; King was their champion (or so they thought) and Negroes are an emotional and childlike people. No sand person, to be sure, can feel anything but sorrow when a man is struck down in a coward ly and cruel fashion. But the federal bureaucracy reacted out of all proportion to the event. After all, 30 people were killed in recent riots and we hear no expressions of sorrow from of ficialdom. President Johnson’s order to lower the flags to half mast was an ill-considered, in appropriate and overly emotion al act as King held no govern ment nor military office. King was neither hero nor martyr. His “non - violent” marches and demonstrations al ways seemed to lead to riots and the loss of life and property. The head of the FBI denominat ed King as a notorious liar, and his overly pious appeals always had a touch of phoniness about them. At the time of his death, King was in contempt of a court injunction forbidding ano ther march in Memphis. He called the injunction “illegal” and “unconstitutional.” Always laws were wrong and should be broken if King opposed them. His teachings led directly to civil disobedience and anarchy. To regret King’s death is one thing; to elevate him to martyr dom is quite anotner. Other Editors Say MOUNT OLIVE TRIBUNE f Honesty Is Best Policy Drew Pearson, in his national ly-syndicated column, recently revealed some startling things about the late Martin Luther King which he claims were dis covered and documented by fed eral agencies under orders of then-Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Up to his death, Sen ator Kennedy neither directly denied nor admitted that Pear son’s claims wero true, but cloaked all answers to questions about the matter in ambiguity. Perhaps the late Senator felt the wise thing for him to do in the midst of his Presidential as pirations was not to become in volved in destruction of the Saintly image of a recently de parted person such as King, however, false the image may be. Mr. Pearson stated that evi dence is on secret federal tile showing the late Dr. King as guilty of prolonged adultery, at least one instance of drunken ness at a New York party,- and of his speeches. These things indicate that many charges made. eed, have a writing some by Dr. King’s worst critics ac tually were true: The American people, espec ially black, have a right to have the air cleared about a figure so controversial as the late Martin Luther King. They have a right not to be the butt of behind the-hand jokes for having boost ed a man to a saintly pedestal, while undisputed word floats around that he was something worse Than an ordinary sinner. The truth here might hurt, but not nearly so bad or so long as a false image snickered at in ternationally. And besides, it might be a beneficial lesson to all of us, both would-be leaders and would-be followers, for ages to come. Tired of receiving “’begging” letters, an irate businessman prepared a form letter for re ply: “Gentlemen: “Please remote my name from your succour Hat” v food news & cues from famous test kitchens On* Cooky, Thro* Great Dress-Ups US ! This chewy oatmeal cooky is a three-base hit with back-to schoolers. Start with a basic batter, then take your choice of extras. Try dotting the cookies with chocolate candy pieces, with raisins and nuts, or dress them with almond extract and coco nut. — Or divide the batter and bake a selection. It’s a great 3-in-l idea to clip and save for the long school year. CANDY DOT OATMEAL DROPS Makes Zz cup shortening, soft 1 cup sugar I 1 teaspoon vaniila ; cups sifted all-purpose 1 tt^ij/oon soda 5 dozen 1’teaspoon salt Zz cup milk 1 cup rolled oats (quick or old fashioned, un cooked) 1 cup multicolored candy coated milk rho--'-, o pieces Heat oven to moderate (350°F.). Beat shortening, sugar, egg and vanilla together until creamy. Sift together flour, soda and"salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with milk. Stir in oats and candy. Drop by teaspoonf"i= c:-..o ungreassd cooky sheets. Bake in pre-heated oven (35C 1’.). 12 to 15 minutes. .Raisin-Nut Drops: Omit candy in above recipe. Sift 1 teaspoon r.nnamon and Ze teaspoon cloves together with dry ingredients. 2. r in Zz cup raisins and Zz cup chopped nutmeats with oats. C( conv.t-AIniond Drops: Omit candy in above recipe. Substitute /i teaspoon almond extract for vanilla. Stir in % cup flaked or shredded coconut with oats. Other Editors Say INTERIOR DEPARTMENT RECREATION ASSOCIATION NEWS 'We Are Tired. . . I Editor's Note: If you've wond ered from time to time whether the citizens who work in this vast Federal bureaucracy in Washington are as seemingly oblivious to what's happening to America as their leaders in the Johnson-Humphrey Administra tion, you may be as pleasantly surprised as we were by the following editorial which was printed the other day in the Interior Department Recreation Association News, a publication for employees of that depart ment. We couldn't have sum med up the problem facing this Nation better ourselves nor sug gested a better solution. This is a time of discontent. A time of not remembering what we are grateful for — but what we are ungrateful for. A time of sick humor, sick standards, sick people. The abnormal has been accepted as the norm. Old fashioned are responsibility, patriotism, loyalty, tolerance, love of fellow men. Indeed, even decent reserve in life to family and- one’s private and public conduct has been forgotten. We are negative. We are ugly. We are unclean. Our religious sanctuaries have been used for psychedelic org ies. Our public streets for mur der, terror and destruction. Our college campuses, institutes of learning, used for the mindless roars of reactionaries. Our law ful way of life set aside and criminals exhalted during riots and “marches.” Our country and ourselves ridiculed and hat ed for giving away that which we have earned by the sweat of our brow, which we go without to give to others. Our Constitu tion and ideals twisted for use to permit crime, pornography and hate to excel. We adre tired in this land of abundance of food prices be yond reach; that we must teach our children fear for their safe ty; that we must censor our family’s literature, television and films and protectively audit education; that we must strive constantly to improve our stu dies, vocations and personal property only to lose it to in creased taxes and living costs; and that we must condone the conduct of those unwilling and uncooperative to share and work in an environment that half the world would be envious to have, much less tcke. We are tired of working toward our future and our chil dren’s future against those who think only of today and of self, laying waste to this great na tion, its resources, its ideals. We are tired of labels — “neurotic” if you differentiate between right and wrong — “dogmatic” for idealism or religious concept — “rights” as a license for in tellectual and physical terrorism to subvert constitutional law. The malignancy in the world and in our Nation today comes not from God being dead, but from mankind’s slow death from suffocation in the conditions he alone has created. Humanity spitting upon itself and choking on it. Man so passive to his environment—- is- he already dead? Without law and its ob servance, society destroys it self. Without responsibility to himself and his world, man is destroyed. Axe we so without soul, dignity or integrity that this is no longer “One nation, under God, with liberty and jus tice for all.” We alone must vindicate the great wrong we are doing to our selves. Unified, we must use our initiative and ingenuity to vali date the trust of our forebears in our Nation. Regain our self respect and, hopefully, our world trust, by swinging the pendulum in the other direction — the right direction.
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