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WORLD ALMANAC
FACTS
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Around the turn of the
century, if you longed to
play the piano but were
blessed with a tin ear and
10 thumbs, the player piano
offered such an easy solu
tion that a slogan ran:
“Even Pop Can Play the
Pia no 1 a.’’ The World
Almanac notes that spec
ially perforated cardboard
rolls, pumped through the
piano, mechanically de
pressed the right key to re
produce unerringly the
music of the. masters.
Copyright © 1968,
Newspaper Enterprise Assn.
Almanac
For
Today
By United Press International
Today is Saturday, Dec. 28,
the 363rd day of 1968 with 3 to
follow.
Tlie moon is between its first
quarter and full stage.
The morning stars are Mars
and Jupiter.
The evening stars are Saturn
and Venus.
On this day in history:
In 1869 members of the
Knights of Labor observed the
first Labor Day in American
History.
Also in 1869 chewing gum was
patented by William Semple of
Mount Vernon, Ohio.
In 1941 Congress officially
recognized the “Pledge of
Allegiance” to the flag.
In 1966 Red China touched off
its fifth atomic device.
Thought For Today
A thought for the day: John
Tyndall said: “It is as fatal as
it is cowardly to blink facts
because they are not to our
taste.”
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Mr. Nixon’s
Cabinet
We like the way Mr. Nixon is starting out. Particularly,
we like the manner in which he introduced his cabinet to
the nation. There was talk in the Kennedy days of that
President’s “charisma”. Since a new day in politics seems
to have dawned, we won’t use that word to describe Mr.
Nixon or his cabinet. Another comes readily to mind,
though.
It is “class” — first class. From where we sit, it looks
as if the nation is about to travel first class for awhile. We
certainly hope so, and it certainly is time that we do so.
Following are editorials from several Georgia newspapers
on the new cabinet.
WAYCROSS JOURNAL HERALD
President-elect Nixon was impressive in his presentation
of his cabinet.
For the first time in history the American people got a
look at the key men of a new administration and heard
their boss tell why he selected them.
The cabinet appointees sat with their wives during the
ceremony and the ladies heard the President-elect say
that they would also be invited to the briefing on cabinet
duties to be held the following day.
Political observers say there were few surprises when
the cabinet list became official. Most of the information
had already leaked out.
In a few cases, the appointees are second or third
choices of Nixon but the caliber of the group is high.
It has been noted that the lineup includes three business
men, three governors, two lawyers, two educators, a lieute
nant governor and one congressman.
Some have expressed surprise that Nixon, despite earlier
indications, named no Democrats to the cabinet and no
Negroes. Although his administrative staff is loaded with
young men, none of the cabinet members is younger than
43.
Reports are that Nixon sought at least two Democrats,
Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Sen. Henry M.
Jackson, for high posts in his government but that they
both declined.
Some had expected a cabinet post would be offered to
Sen. Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts, a Republican
and the first Negro to serve in the U. S. Senate.
There is no way to tell, of course, who will emerge as
the strong members of the cabinet. It is predictable that
there will be some changes in the Nixon team before his
four-year term is over.
But, from a public relations standpoint, the President
elect did a good job in announcing his lineup and his Re
publican administration appears to be clicking on all cy
linders as it prepares to take over the reins in January.
THOMASTON TIMES
. . . The president-elect has gone out to seek highly
qualified individuals and persuaded them to give of their
time and talent to the government.
We are particularly delighted that Southerners are being
included in important positions in the administration.
Mr. Nixon has a wonderful opportunity to make this
country one of its greatest presidents and we believe the
start is indicative of the direction he will take.
THE MARIETTA DAILY JOURNAL
The distinguishing characteristic of the newly-announced
Nixon Cabinet is the absence of strong distinguishing char
acteristics.
This should not be considered a detriment to the Cabi
net. In fact, it may turn out to be one of its strongest assets.
The fact that almost all of the President-elect’s appointees
come to their posts without having been prejudged by the
nation or the world can permit them greater latitude to
deal with the complex problems that confront each of
them.
Each of the men has proven his ability to deal with tough
problems. Each has established his competence in the busi
ness world, or in politics, or in education. As Nixon pointed
out, several have impressive backgrounds in several fields.
But none of the men comes to the Cabinet with a strong
image or philosophical bearing as a “hard-liner” or “soft
liner.” None has an easy predictable approach or a closed
mind on the challenges he will confront. And none is such
a dominant personality that he will be unable to fit into a
Nixon team.
These characteristics of the Cabinet will make it easier
for the top administrative leaders to bring to Washington
the new look Nixon has promised. Searching, imaginative
approaches not necessarily wedded to old ideas are pro
mised. Nixon insists that the Cabinet members will not be
“yes” men, but it seems probable that they also will not
emerge as independent forces to the extent that John Foster
Dulles did in the Eisenhower Cabinet or that Robert Mc-
Namara did in the Kennedy and Johnson Cabinets, for ex
ample. This will enable Nixon to be the dominant person
ality in foreign and defense policy and perhaps in domestic
policy as well. The latter field, however, is not Nixon's
forte, and his close friend and advisor Robert Finch at
Health, Education and Welfare, or George Romney at
Housing and Urban Development may come to the front
as the strong leader of Nixon’s domestic policy.
For the key post of Secretary of State, Nixon has chosen
a man without extensive experience in foreign affairs. How
ever, William Rogers has served ably as attorney general
and assistant attorney general and has sufficient intellect,
experience in government and knowledge of foreign affairs
to step into this sensitive position.
Secretary of Defense-designate Melvin Laird does not
have the business background of most men previously tap
ped to direct the Pentagon. But he has valuable experience
and knowledge of military affairs through the Congress, a
vital asset which most of his predecessors have not poss
essed. He seems tough enough to operate the nation’s giant
defense mechanism and yet knowledgeable enough of Cap
itol Hill to deal effectively with congressional appropria-
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liver the godly out of tempta
tions, and to reserve the unjust
unto the day of judgment to be
punished (II Peter 2:9)
PRAYER: We thank Thee, O
God, for Christian homes. We
pray Thee to abide with us, for
we are Thy temples. We pray
that every home in the world
may become Thy dwelling. In
the name of Christ we pray. A
men.
BRUCE BIOSSAT
The Pipe-Dream Liberals
On Outside, Looking In
By BRUCE BIOSSAT
NEA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NEA)
It really has not been a very good year for the doctri
naire (as opposed to pragmatic) liberals in this country.
Right now they are busy telling President-elect Richard
Nixon that he might have had a good cabinet if he had
filled it with the kind of men they would pick if they were
president.
At the outset of 1968 they were angry with Sen. Eugene
McCarthy of Minnesota because, after a month as a de
clared candidate for the White House, he had not stirred
their blood.
Later, after he showed well in the New Hampshire pri
mary, they hailed his “quiet style,” and praised his cour
age at entering the event—forgetting that a week before
he did it he had said flatly he would not and that it was
not necessary to a believable campaign.
Today some of these same liberals have virtually dropped
McCarthy.
The doctrinaires’ change of heart should come as no
surprise to McCarthy. They had a much longer romance
with Vice President Humphrey, culminating in their in
sistence that President Johnson put him on his 1964 ticket.
But it ended once he got the job.
By some mysterious mental gyration, they imagined
Humphrey would be their man at court instead of the
President’s man. When he played loyal aide and spokes
man all the way, they were furious. Only near the end of
his 1968 campaign did some briefly relent.
Earlier, they had found more than enough anger left
over to lavish on the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy of New
York for “not having the courage” to take on President
Johnson. Kennedy, too, had briefly won their favor when
he urged a nuclear nonproliferation treaty, opposed the
Vietnam war, acted on black neighborhood’projects.
But Kennedy, like Humphrey, became the doctrinaire
liberals’ “enemy” in 1968 as they elevated McCarthy to
hero-symbol and made no attempt to examine his quite
visible shortcomings.
They saw the whole campaign through—from McCarthy’s
entry until Nixon’s election and aftermath—with eyes
clouded by emotion and minds hardly half at work. So
where are they now?
They seem to have learned little. They still prefer dra
matic posturing to real action, clever language to workable
proposals, the improvable assertion to the solid substance
of effective argument.
Pompous and continuously self-congratulatory in their
celebration of humanity in the mass, they often express
or endorse hatred of individuals and approve devices of
revenge and punishment.
The doctrinaire liberals are the great overpromisers of
the century, spinning fanciful dreams of a problem-free
world and detesting the practical men who settle on plans
that might really work. Probably 1969 will make them no
happier than 1968.
tions and military affairs committees.
Response to the Cabinet has been good, indicating that
none will enter his job with a handicap of public or official
disfavor. What they do from there will be up to them.
Certainly the potential is there for strong, effective leader
ship.
THOMASVILLE TIMES - ENTERPRISE
President-elect Richard Nixon has announced the names
of those who will serve as Cabinet Members, Taken as a
whole the Cabinet will be men classified as conservatives,
moderately conservative or at least moderately liberal.
Nixon has now given the American public a preview of
what to expect insofar as the men who will make up the
Cabinet, and what their political leanings are.
The new cabinet members are somewhat in contrast
with those of the Johnson Cabinet, and the nation may ex
pect actions and decisions leaning more to the right than
to the left.
In recent years the liberals and ultra-liberals have reign
ed supremely and the impact of their political philosophy
has been evident in the changes that have taken place in the
lives of the people.
The liberal philosophy has resulted in bringing the nation
to the brink of financial disaster, and the largest national
debt in the history of this or any other nation.
Mr. Nixon faces the formidable task of trying to reverse
the trend of radical liberalism and at the same time main
tain a balance with conservatism as the chief goal in politic
al thinking, because he will need the unified support of all
the people... .
Sat and Sun., Dec. 28-29, 1968 Griffin Daily Newa
“Quotes’’
By United Press International
SAN DIEGO, Calif.—Adm.
Thomas H. Moorer, chief of
naval operations, revealing that
the Navy had analyzed North
Korea’s evidence against the
crewmen of the USS Pueblo as
fake:
“So long as the crew was held
captive, we could not make this
analysis public without risking
grave harm to the men and
jeopardizing negotiations for
their release.’’
SEABROOK, Tex. — Valerie
Anders, wife of Appolo 8
astronaut William A. Anders,
describing her household rou
tine:
“I'm listening to the ‘squawk
box,’ watching them on televi
sion and cleaning up this
mess.”
JERUSALEM, Israel—lsraeli
Transport Minister Moshe Car
mel, commenting on the attack
by two Arab terrorists on an
Israeli airliner in Athens:
“We will not tolerate a
situation wherein Israeli people
or objectives will be at the
mercy of attacks by terrorists
without exposing (Arab objec
tives to similar hazards, com
pelling (the Arabs to) assume
full responsibility for their
deeds.”
★
WASHINGTON—Rep. Morris
K. Udall, D-Ariz., announcing to
his fellow congressmen that he
was challenging Sen. John W.
McCormack for the speakership
of the House:
“I would welcome your
suggestions, advice, criticisms,
or expressions of support. It’s
lonely out here in orbit. Say
something.”
CHICAGO—Ernest Maack, a
13-year-old flagbearer, recalling
the scene when a North Central
Airlines Convair prop-jet
crashed into the hanger where
his drum-and-bugle corps was
practicing:
“All of a sudden there was a
spark and the whole place was
on fire.”
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Inner Peace
I try to be a Christian, but I'm
afraid I have miserably failed.
I have a terrible fear of God
and what will happen to me, but
I love God, and do my best. I
think about the cross and won
der why Christ died. How can I
know my sins are forgiven and
have inner peace? J.T.
You are one of perhaps thou
sands of people who are trying
to find peace with God by hum
an effort. This can only produce
fear, for no person can live per
fectly and please God through
sheer human effort. You see, the
New Testament teaches that it
is not what we do for God that
brings peace, but the acceptan
ce of what He has done for us.
You say you wonder why Christ
had to die. Because God lov
ed the world (and this includes
you) Christ became our substi
tute, and died in our stead. The
Bible says, “And walk in love,
as Christ also hath loved us, that
He might redeem us from all
iniquity, and purify unto Him
self a peculiar people, zealous
of good works.” (Heb. 9:26)
You are filled with fear becau
se you have tried to “redeem”
yourself by good works. In Ti
tus 3:5 we read: “Not by works
of righteousness which we have
done, but according to His mer
cy He saved us. . You must
forget your own inadequacy to
save yourself, and throw your
self upon the finished work of
Christ, and claim what God has
promised you through Him. Then
you can sing, “Blessed Assur
ance, Jesus is Mine.” Just stop
trying and trust. Christ promis
ed to forgive you, so believe it
and receive it.
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