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ON THE FOURTH OF JULY— American Independence
Day—traditionally, there is much flag-waving, camaraderie,
and patriotism displayed. But some Americans, I think, may
have forgotten what lies behind all this. Behind the ritual is
the spirit of true patriotism—“love and devotion to country,”
as Webster puts it.
In these troubled times of great dissension among our people,
prophets of doom stalk the news media, the schools, and, yes,
even the nation’s capital. To be sure, there are grave dangers
ahead.
But we have come through unstable times before. We will
probably go through others.
We urgently need to restore our faith in ourselves as a
nation. The best way is to reexamine the benefits derived from
being a citizen of a country such as ours.
* * *
OUR GREATEST ASSET is a guarantee of individual rights.
This guarantee is the foundation of the freedom American
citizens enjoy. But freedom comes only with responsibility.
Waving a flag does no more a service to America than owning
a Bible does for one’s faith.
The greatest patriots America has are those who are atten
tive to her needs. A true patriot informs himself as much as
he can. He thinks about what he sees. And then he makes his
voice heard.
This is the great beauty of our political system—a man
doesn’t have to seize control of the government, or even run
for office, to make his voice heard. We have, built into our
system, the means by which all can make their wishes known.
Those who love America most speak out to make their
opinion heard. They want their leaders to hear criticisms as
well as praise. They peacefully effect change in our national
policies by using reason and rational action. In no other coun
try in history has this been possible for so many people, and to
such an extent.
As we reflect on American Independence, let us resolve to
be more than residents of the United States. Let us determine
to fulfill the responsibility of good citizenship.
Without the advice of the people as well as their support,
our government will founder faster than a cat at sea. If we
lay claim to being American with our flags, let us honor that
right through intelligent and responsible participation in the
political processes.
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Today is Saturday, July 8, the
190th day of 1972, with 176 to
follow.
The moon is approaching its
new phase.
The morning stars are Venus
and Satum.
The evening stars are Mer
cury, Mars and Jupiter.
Those born on this date are
under the sign of Cancer.
American industrialist John
D. Rockefeller was born July 8,
1839.
On this day in history:
In 1835 the Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia cracked while
being rung during the funeral
of U.S. Chief Justice John
Marshall.
In 1950 Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur was appointed United
Nations commander in Korea.
In 1951 Paris celebrated its
2,000th anniversary.
In 1969 withdrawal of U.S.
troops from Vietnam began as
800 infantrymen arrived at
McChord Air Force Base in
Washington state.
A thought for the day:
American naturalist John Bur
roughs said, “Life is a struggle,
but not a warfare.”
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BOTH ENDS’
THOUGHTS
He who obeys a command
will meet no harm, and the
mind of a wise man will
know the time and way. For
every matter has its time
and way, although man’s
trouble lies heavy upon him.
—Eccl. 8:5, 6.
* * *
Great minds have pur
poses others have wishes.
Little minds are tamed and
subdued by misfortunes; but
great minds rise above
them. — Washington Irving,
novelist.
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Editorials
From other newspapers
The Democratic Threat
The Democrats have always
been better at the art of politics
than the Republicans and we say
that in the pleasant shadow of our
first Republican vote and on the
eve of our most probable second
Republican vote.
Democrats didn’t have a
prayer of getting near the White
House six months ago and now
it’s our prayer that they won’t
make it.
In the past few weeks, the
Democrats have created a
turmoil within the party ranks
that has focused enough attention
Violence and disorder have been
rampant in this country. Our crime rate
has been rising faster than the growth of
population. Guns have been employed
openly and viciously as a means of
solving some of our political differences
and racial animosities.
Something must be done about the
situation. There must be a return to self
discipline, public discipline, and
respect for law and order.
But how can the trend be reversed?
Many would begin with the outlawing
of guns—a direct violation of the U. S.
Constitution’s clause giving every citizen
the right to bear arms for protective
reasons.
Others would seek to achieve results by
open permissiveness—allowing people to
do as they please. This would include
sleeping in the park, taking over
property which doesn’t belong to the
crowd, allowing the promiscuous use of
drugs, and ignoring nudity and por-
One Step Toward Service
The Daily Sun — Warner Robins
Houston County is one step nearer having its own ambulance
service.
The county commissioners have agreed that responsibility
for providing the service should be placed on the shoulders of
the hospital authority.
This is one job nobody really wants. But it must be done.
Time is of the essence, too.
Funeral homes in the county said they will not provide
ambulance service after midnight December 1,1972.
The county’s ambulance service must be in operation by that
time.
This newspaper has been contacted by representatives of the
funeral homes to clarify one point. It has been reported that
the funeral homes were discontinuing “emergency”
ambulance service.
It was pointed out to this newspaper that they are
discontinuing ALL ambulance service.
We are glad that the county commissioners rejected the idea
of contracting this work out to a private firm. It is unlikely, on
the basis of experience of other hospitals that have tried it, that
such an arrangement would prove satisfactory.
Any way you look at it, this is going to be a costly venture...
but it is an absolutely necessary one!
The Supreme Court surprised some
recently in ruling that a religious
denomination in Pennsylvania was not
required to conform to state law in the
matter of compulsory schooling. The
religious group has for generations con
sidered an eighth-grade education suf
ficient.
Generally speaking, parents are
required to send their children to high
school. But the high court took into con
sideration long tradition and custom. It
obviously respected religious conviction.
‘How can I prove
that God exists?’
I am 18 years old and would like you to
tell me how to prove to someone that God
really exists. My friends who don’t believe
say, “Prove God and I will accept him.” I
would like to know how to do this. M. W.
An old saying goes: “He that is con
vinced against his will is of the same
opinion still.” Actually, no one can prove
by rationalization that there is a God. But,
neither can an atheist prove there is no
God.
But there are several things you can say
that may make your doubting friends
think. Ask them: “Have you been every
place in this universe?” They will answer
that they have not. Then you say, “Then
how do you know there isn’t a God some
place you haven’t been?” Then ask them if
The Thomaston Times
Respect For Law
The Moultrie Observer
Mandatory School?
2tnuriciio Sinus-Kccorfoer
on that party to make the
Democratic Convention of in
terest and prime concern to all
Americans.
Now the Republicans, who felt
that President Nixon was a shoo
in for a second term, are ad
mitting there is a race to be run.
Mind you, we don’t like what
the Democrats have done or what
the Democratic Party has turned
into.
But we are enough of a realist
to know that the Democrats have
come from an under-dog role to a
threat that cannot be ignored.
nography.
You cannot, however, cure a serious
illness—or a cycle of violence—with
apathy, ignoring of the cancer which
causes it, or the violation of any amend
ment of the Constitution to help assuage
another.
The gun problem, and most of the other
forms of violence, can be cured with
effective enforcement of the laws—the
disciplinary guidelines for our American
society. Arrest the violaters and take
them to trial, let it be known there will be
no compromise between the law and the
violater, and insist that the law both be
respected and obeyed.
Our Constitution guarantees, as
Senator Talmadge of Georgia has said
repeatedly, the right of speech and
assembly, but it also guarantees the
right to bear arms—and it guarantees
the right of property. So if we teach
anything—and uphold it, let it be law and
order.
Without attempting to reargue this case,
now settled, the decision does raise in
triguing questions. Can other groups or
denominations claim like prerogatives? If
not, why not? Are parents with con
scientious objections to schooling beyond a
certain grade to be allowed to circumvent
school attendance laws?
Contrary to claims, the decision is not
likely to cause immediate chaos or mass
dropouts. But it may well produce
litigation in the years ahead, as do most
exemptions from public law.
MY
ANSWER
they know everything. They will answer
that they do not, and then you say that
there may be a God in the category in their
ignorance.
It is interesting how some people believe
with little effort, and others seem in
capable of believing. The Bible says,
“Many are called, but few are chosen.”
Perhaps the “unchosen” are those who
cannot bring themselves to believe, and
the “chosen” are those who are able to
appropriate faith.
The Lord has elected that faith
(believing) is the prime requirement for
being in His family. “But without faith it is
impossible to please God: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is, and
that he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6.
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It is now known that a group of Hanoi’s top strategists
forecast in advance their belief as to where and how their
invasion of the South would bog down.
These ranking North Vietnamese military-political men
wrote down their analysis last December, four months
before the drive across the Demilitarized Zone.
Yet Hanoi went ahead with the invasion.
These planners said they were going into battle dread
fully unprepared. They believed Saigon and other cities
were ripe for uprisings. They were certain such uprisings
were essential for the success of the invasion. They pre
dicted these uprisings would not occur because adequate
preparation had not been made. That is, they calculated
that the local people, though dissatisfied, had not been
properly motivated for action to support the “Revolution.”
The Hanoi strategists anticipated that when the invasion
came the South Vietnamese army would pull back to
defend South Vietnam, giving up land and cities to pre
serve mobility and not sacrifice the cream of the South’s
military forces in the first flush of invasion.
To counter this, the Hanoi planners said, it was essen
tial that Communist agents diligently penetrate South
Vietnam’s forces from within. The Saigon government
troops would be demoralized before fighting began and
therefore would not be able to stand up to the invaders.
But in their pre-battle analysis these Communist stra
tegists said that the task of enemy troop proselyting had
been handled “very superficially.”
Further, the Hanoi analysts predicted success if, and
only if, the Communist guerrillas in the South, by exten
sive coordinated small rural actions, could force the Sai
gon government to defend large scattered areas and thus
spread the South Vietnamese forces so thin Hanoi’s troops
would be able to drive through the weakened defense
lines.
They noted also that Hanoi’s armies would require
strong and efficient direct screening and intelligence sup
port from the southern Communist guerrilla forces.
But they complained the development of village and dis
trict armed units had been very slow. They said party
committees had chosen to ignore this problem. And the
reported recruitment of secret guerrillas was “totally in
adequate.”
Next, these North Vietnamese strategists said it was
essential the underground party chapters be strong and
well-organized for civil functions, able quickly to take
over administrative and police operations in occupied
territory to free Hanoi's troops for rapid military ad
vances, and to pacify the rear areas. But in their pre
invasion analysis they reported that recruitment had been
slow and the task of strengthening party chapters had not
been accomplished.
Finally, the Hanoi planners said success would depend
on efficient communication and close coordination But
they noted the dissemination of party directives had been
inadequate and superficial. Therefore, their implementa
tion had been “hampered” and party members had “ex
hibited a lack of determination.”
It could hardly be argued that Hanoi believed these
weaknesses would be corrected in the four months before
the invasion, for these experienced guerrilla strategists
most certainly knew that weaknesses of the scale de
scribed in their analysis could not be corrected in less
than one to five years.
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TIMELY QUOTES
We see several progres
sive elements working
among the Democrats, and
we will do everything possi
ble to create a peaceful at
mosphere where they can
work unhindered.
—J es f Nightbyrd, spokes
man for the Yippies at
Miami Beach.
Their (Democratic presi
dential candidates’) broadly
publicized notion that we
can simply pack up and pull
out (of Vietnam) with a
claim that we have done “all
that could be expected”
harkens back to the unusual
ethical proposition advanced
by Pilate, who thought he
could cleanse his conscience
by washing his hands.
—Noel Koch, White House
staff assistant and speech
writer.
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RAY CROMUY
Hanoi Strategists
Foresaw Bogdown
By RAY CROMLEY
Nepotism and corruption
in Vietnam will never be
eliminated, but today I
would guess only about one
rural official in 10 is cor
rupt. When we were start
ing here, about 90 per cent
were corrupt.
— American psychological
warfare expert, on the
success of “pacification”
in Vietnam.
I do not believe it right
for one group to impose its
vision of morality on an en
tire society. Neither is it just
or practical for the state to
attempt to dictate the inner
most personal beliefs and
conduct of its citizens.
—New York Gov. Nelson
Rockefeller, vetoing a bill
that would have repealed
the state’s permissive
abortion law.
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