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City of Covington
Lieutenant Governor's
Race Begins to Jell
We spent the weekend in Savannah
attending the Georgia Press Association
meeting. It was one of the largest in recent
vears.
Politics were under discussion as na
turally would be the case this time of the
year. There seems to be a difference of
opinion regarding the governor's race as
few had really made up their mind just
who they thought would win.
We talked with many editors and they
seem to be of the opinion that it would be
the first of August before any concrete
alignment would be made in regard to the
Governor's race.
Fred Hand and Marvin Griffin both
made their appearance at the meeting but
the rest of the candidates did not visit
the Press Association.
The Lieutenant Governor's race, how
ever, seems to have more concrete backing
at this stage of the game. Two of the
candidate.s for Lieutenant Governor at
tended the Press Association meeting. They
were Bill Dean of Conyers and Ernest
Vandiver.
The opinion among editors was that
the race for Lieutenant Governor had
narrowed down to two candidates. These
two candidates were Bill Dean of Conyers
and John Grier, a former Ed River’s stal
wart.
Bill Dean with his son. Bill Dean Jr.,
made a very favorable impression with
the editors and we feel very much en
couraged over the attitude of the editors
regarding Bill’s race for Lt. Governor.
The dyed in the wool Thompson boys
seem to favor John Grier. But quite a few
of them after meeting Bill Dean seem
not so sure whether they will support Bill
or Grier.
The records of the two men are avail
able to all who care to investigate.
John Grier's political record is well
known and it seems to us that if anyone
who will take the trouble to compare the
record. Bill Dean would show up to better
advantage. There are two months yet to
campaign and as the campaign progresses,
lines will be more and more closely drawn.
We do not hesitate to state that we
believe Bill Dean is the best candidate
and we are confident that his friends will
rally behind him and he will be the next
Lieutenant Governor of the State.
Dewey's Tax Dodge
Must Be Stopped
Governor Dewey, in demanding that
Congress license the New York State
Power Authority to build and operate a
proposed tax-free hydroelectric power pro
ject at Niagara Falls, may be setting a far
ina ching precedent.
The Governor’s principal reason for
seeking Niagara as a public power project
is to give users of this electricity a tax
subsidy, such as is enjoyed by customers
of all government-owned electric projects.
If Governor Dewey is so concerned over
this inequality of tax treatment, as be
tween consumers of public power and
those who purchase power from private
companies, why doesn’t he ask Congress
tp remove the taxes on all electric power
in New York?
And if New York State should avoid
its fair share of taxes, why shouldn’t
governors of other states demand the same
rights for their constituents?
Why should Governor Dewey single
out hydro power for this discrimination;
why not power generated by coal, oil, na
tural gas or other minerals’
But wouldn't he have been more astute
had he asked Congress to eliminate all
discrimination and special privilege by
equalizing taxes on electric power among
all consumers?
The House of Representatives took just
this stand in passing, by a vote of 262 to
120. the Miller-Capehart bill, which autho
rizes construction and operation of the Ni
agar aproject by five New York electric
companies, who would collect $23,000,000
annually in new tax revenues for federal,
state and local governments.
The Senate Public Works Committee,
however, has taken an opposite view, by
reporting out. a bill which authorizes the
Federal Power Commission to decide who
should operate Niagara. Under the law.
FPC is required to give preference to pub
lic bodies — in this case the New York
State Power Authority.
Certainly, one American citizen is no
better than another; nor should Congress
grant the great Empire State privileges
not accorded all other states. It’s a trite
phrase, but — What's sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander.
Let every other governor, and every
fOw Adv*rti«r» Ato Assured Os Remits)
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' MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
I Associate Editor
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person who believes that all Americans
should be treated alike, advise their sena
tors immediately that if they persist in
granting this special tax privilege to a
comparative handful of New Yorkers at
Gov. Dewey’s demand, they had better
start revising the entire tax structure to
eliminate taxes on electric power for all
U. S. citizens.
This tax dodge must be Mopped in its
tracks!
Provide Sinews tor Those
Who Stay on the Job
Perhaps, by the time you read this,
Congress in its rush to get home will have
passed the authorization bill for President
Eisenhower's $3,470,608,000 foreign aid pro
gram. Six hours after the President’s spe
cial message, in which he described it as
“one of our most effective, most practical,
least costly methods of achieving our in
ternational objectives in this age of peril”,
reached Congress, the House Foreign Af
fairs Committee was ready to send it to
the floor. They had, of course, lopped off
a piddling seven millions, ant! ”oted down
two motions regarding Southeast Asia.
The first, by Rep. Marguerite Stitt Church,
(Rep) of Illinois would hold up the bill
until the Administration announced a
Southeast Asian policy, and the second, by
Rep. Burr P. Harrison, (Dem) of Virginia,
sought to shut off $800,000,000 in direct
military aid to Southeast Asia.
Either or both of these motions would
seem to make sense, except for the Presi
dent's point that both the money and the
authority to adjust its use to meet “rapidly
changing conditions” are essential. When
Congress plans to knock off and go home
for five months during “the gigantic strug
gle now threatening the world”, the least
it can do is provide the sinews for those
who must stay on the job.
To Begin With Hope
Fifty years ago could be considered
just a brief moment or two in that chasm
of time that stretches from the present
back to Creation.
But in 50 years, there has been an
almost complete evolution in Georgia, in
this country and in the world, concerning
an enemy of mankind as old as history.
It was fifty years ago that the National
Tuberculosis Association was founded. This
inaugurated a partnership of men of
science and the public which has wrought
“a medical miracle.”
Tuberculosis has not been conquered.
We are still far from that happy day. The
cost of this disease in the United States
alone is estimated more than $600,000,000
a year. In Georgia there are now more
than 10,000 known cases. In the past sev
eral years in our state, new cases have
been discovered at a constant and high
rate. Georgia had 467 deaths from tubercu
losis in 1952. A more shocking fact is that
in 1954. between three and five million
people will die of TB throughout the
world.
Fifty years ago the brilliant young man
or woman who developed “consumption”
had no hope to live out a promising life.
Today, each victim has well-founded hope
on his side from the beginning of his ill
ness. That is the, “almost complete” evo
lution?
From certain death — to bright future.
The energies of housewives, bankers, edu
cators, and plain citizens, coupled with “the
skills and visions of scientists and physi
cians have blazed the trail between these
two remote outlooks. Medical and techni
cal discoveries have been thrust into battle
by men and women dedicated to ridding
humanity of this scourge.
Fifty years of progress is not enough.
Not when this disease can be prevented and
cured. Not when the knowledge of science
could be used to eradicate it forever.
Tuberculosis associations in Georgia
and all over the nation plan to keep right
on working to see that the battle is won.
The fact is that there is no drug which
will cure TB quickly and easily. There is
no “shot in the arm” which will immunize
against it. But the X-ray will find it early,
so it can be treated successfully. Hospitals
can be enlarged and improved to take care
of the victims. Services to patients and
their families can be provided to enable
more victims to take better advantage of
hospital care.
Much needs to be done. The evolution
will not be complete until the future holds
a shining promise of freedom from this
disease.
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Jesus. Our Example and Lord
Background Scripture: Luke 2:40-
52.
Memory Selection: Jesus in
creased in wisdom and stature,
i and in favor with God and man.
Luke 2:52.
We begin our study of “Growth
} in Christian Living” by looking
! first at the perfect example after
} which our lives should be model
ed.
It may appear singular that
j we should look to Jesus the child
I and the adolescent in the study
of humanity’s perfect example
i Why should we not consider Jes
us in his mature years? Because
what Christ became in his mature
; years was the result of the way
he had grown in childhood and
; youth.
It needs to be impressed upon
' us as Sunday school teachers and
preachers that the child is at the
} center of the Christian scheme of
things. Train a child well, and the
| result will be an adult of satis
. factory character.
We shall see emerging in the
} development of this child Jesus
the characteristics which made
Christ the perfect example for
humanity.
Equally important, we shall
' laern that a like pattern followed
, the lives of modern children and
mature adults will bring about a
result consistent with Christian
standards.
The Child
“And the child grew, and wax
eu strong, filled with wisdom: and
! and the grace of God was upon
I him.”
A young child has no other re-i
| sponsibility than to grow, and
this growth is involuntary. It can;
neither be accelerated nor dimi
nished by an act of the will. R’he
child eats, increases its height,!
weight, and size, learns to co-j
ordinate its muscles and to adapt}
itself to its surroundings, particu
} larly to the members of its house
} hold. All this took place in the
| life of the child Jesus. This most
[ unusual child who ever appeared
on the face of the earth was in
I mayn respects like any other child.
There was no make-believe
; about the incarnation. When God
| came town upon the earth and j
| assumed human flesh, He as-}
sumed it without qualifications.!
“The child grew, . . .” that is, I
l physically. This was as it should
be. He “waxed strong.” How we }
’ wish we might banish from our |
minds the weak and sometimes}
(effeminate portraiture of Jesus to I
! which many medieval artists re-}
(sorted. Jesus was a strong child,
} a strong adolescent, a strong and
| courageous man.
This growing Jesus was “filled
with wisdom.” This means some
-1 thing more than being filled with
1 information.
Information consists of facts;
wisrom involves the advantageous
use of facts.
Most important of all in the life
|of this child was the fact that
} “the grace of God was upon him.”
Do you covet great things for
! your child? Pray that the grace
; of God may be upon him. The
heaveny factor was that this child
} was especially beloved of the
j Heavenly Father. But there was
i another reason why the grace of
God was upon him, and this in
volves an earthly factor which we
are now to consider.
A Godly Home
The earthly or mundane reason
why the grace of God wasupon
this child Jesus was because he
grew up in a godly home.
The home of Joseph and Mary
was not, according to modern
standards, a privileged home. It
had no wealth, no apportunities
for higheP education, none of the
cultural advantages upon which
modern educators lay such great
stress. But after brushing aside
all of the folderol which clusters
about many of our modern as
sumptions, we get down in this
Nazareth home to bare funda
mentals which are essential. To be
sure their home was, so far as ap
pointments went probably not any
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better nor any worse (han thou
sands of other homes in that sec
tion of the world. But there was a
celestial light in this home. It was
the light of God’s continual pre
sence brooding in the minds and
in the midst of the members of
that household. Such a presence
makes a privileged home indeed.
Wealth, beautiful house furnish
ings, expensive schools and sum
mer camps fine educationaj pos
sibilities for cultural advantages—
I these are excellent as far as they
go, but it is amazing how shock
ingly they fall short of the Chris
। tain goal.
We are told, first of all, that
Joseph and Mary went every year
to Jerusalem (involving a round
trip of almost 200 miles) to at
tend the Passover. In so doing
they were implicitly obeying the
law of God, although it was not
necessary for women to make this
journey. They either had to ride
on a donkey or walk. But Mary—
according to our record—went
up with her husband “every
year.”
Piety of that sort would reflect.
} itself in the lives of the children}
of that household and would give
them vast opportunities for spirit
ual growth.
Jesus was now twelve years
old. He was no longer a child. He
was an adolescent. He was join
ing church. He was coming to his
“Barmitzvah”—the ceremony by
which he became Bar, son; mitz
vah, commandment—that is, a
son of the commandment. He now
j took his place with the men of
! Isdael. Spiritualy, he was now
regarded as a mature member of
I that spiritual economy.
We hope for all our children
that when they join the church,
the experience may make a pro
found differene in their lives,
i Sometimes it does, sometimes it j
i does not. In the case of Jesus, I
. coming to Barmitzvah made a
profound and tumultuous change
in him; so much so in fact that he'
appeared to have been unaware
of the fact that his parents had
left Jersualem. He remained be
hind, not to wander aimlessly
about the city, seeing the sights,
but to go to the temple and there
learn truths about which he had
often pondered.
i Naturally when his parents dis
: covered that he was not in the
caravan, they were frightened;
“and they sought for him among
their kinsfolk and acquaintance:
} and when they found him not,
they returned to Jerusalem, seek
ing for him.”
Bewildered Parents
We think that twentieth-cen-:
tury parents are more bewildered’
by the actions of their children
than any other generation of
parents that have ever lived.
Parents have always been thus I
bewildered; the parents of Jesus
were particularly so.
Joseph and Mary failed to rate
highly enough this remarkable
hild of theirs. They thought he
would be wandering about the
streets. For a whole day they
must have sought him in the
market place and in the fair. It
was not until the third day that
they went to the temple; and they
probably went, not with any ex
pectation of finding the boy there
but to pray that God would give
them guidance as to where they}
might find him. Imagine their
amazement as “they found him
in the temple, sitting in the midst
of the teachers, both hearing
them, and asking them questions.” (
Note first the boy. He was list
ening to the teachers and asking (
them questions. He was not try
ing to tell them. But in the con
versation that ensued, the boy
made such remarkable answers
that the teachers were amazed
And when Joseph and Mary
came upon the scene, they were
“astonished.” Thy father and I
sought thee sorrowing,” cried
Mary. Then it was the boy’s turn
to be astonished. “How is it that
ye sought me? Knew ye not that
I must be in my Father’s house?
The King James Version says,
“about my Father's business?” and
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WASHINGTON
WEDNESDAY — State de
partment officials are highly
gratified with reports fnom New
Delhi that the Indian govern
ment and people are more ।
friendly toward the United
States than they have been in
several years. Several factors
contribute to the change, ac
cording to the reports, with Sec
retary of State John Foster Dul
les given credit in both a posi
tive and negative way for some!
of them.
On the negative side is Dul
les’ return from the Geneva
conference after less than a
week’s attendance. For some
typically inscrutable reason, his
personality is not pleasant to the
Indian delegates there. They are
reported to like Under-secre
tary Walter Bedel! Smith much
more. On the positive side is the
secretary’s recent statement of
the conditions which would have
to be met before the United
■ States would intervene in Indo-
China.
• ♦ • •
Two of these conditions coin
j cide exactly with the Indian
I view: That the United * States |
should not intervene unless it is
for the purpose of defending j
“liberty and independence” ra-'
ther than colonialism; and un
less the United Nations gives its I
moral sanction to the move.
However, even before these '
statements were made, India
and Premier Nehru had felt
more warmly to the United
States. Nehru attended a con
ference of southeast Asia prime 1
ministers in Ceylon several
I weeks ago at which the Pakis
tani, Burmese and Ceylonese
prime ministers in particular
emphasized the dangers of Com
munism to their homelands and
the need for strong ties with the
United States. These arguments,
j according to the reports, shook
Nehru’s well-known neutralism
| considerably.
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CAMPAIGNING FROM
STRENGTH — Three former
secretaries of agriculture are ex
pected to join the campaign this 1
autumn to win farm votes for
another translation is “in the
things of my Father?”
This was the child’s cheif in
terest, and this was to be his in
terest and passion through life.
What do we have here? We have
an adolescent boy facing life.
Here is the perfect human ex
ample. We wish that every ado
lescent boy or girl born into this
} world would face life as this Boy
faced it. He had a profound re
. ligious experience in the begin
ning of his adolescence. He fol
lowed the gleam—so much so that
he seemed to have forgotten that
his parents would expect him to
} gather with the caravan at acer-l
i tain time and place, ready to go}
(home Joseph and Mary were to
be commended. They tried to put
the responsibility upon a growing
child: only they did not realize
(that One higher than themselves
had priority on the life of this
Boy—that the Heavenly Father
had put upon this adolescent a re-
I sponsibility greater than even
(Joseph and Mary could under
; stand.
Joseph and Mary “understood
not the saying which he (Jesus)
( spake unto them.” The word
“understood” is significant in the
I Greek. It means “brought togeth
er.” They could not collect their
thoughts on the strange actions
| and strange words of their child.
To them these things did not make
sense.
What they failed to see was
tha this boy responding to his
environment— the glorious envir-i
onment they had created for him.
He had been brought up in a
godly home, and he was behaving
according to teir nurture. What
he said, in substance, was: You
brought me up to put God first
and I am doing that. You should
have come straight to the temple
to find me; you must have known
that was where I woud be.
“Train up a child in the way
he should go.”
Democrats seeking election and
re-election to Congress. The
three are Senator Clinton An
derson of New Mexico, Charles
F. Brannan of Colorado and
Claude Wickard of Indiana.
Since Agriculture Secretary
Ezra Taft Benson and his poli
cies are considered politically
vulnerable, the Democratic high
command is expected to use
these three former federal farm
leaders to woo the farm vote.
Anderson will be seeking re
election in his home state, and}
Brannan may possibly enter the
senatorial race in Colorado for
the seat being vacated by his
friend and fellow Democrat,
Senator Edwin Johnson.
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MORAL FROM MARTIN—
House Speaker Joseph W. Mar- j
tin, Jr. (R). Massachusetts, has a
favorite true story with a mo”a!}
he tells young congressmen to
stress the importance of fence
mending in their home districts
when Congress is not in session.
Martin recalls a veteran mem
ber frgm the midwest who had
won election after election with j
no difficulty and had risen in |
seniority to chairmanship of the'
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