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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
From Textile Net Exporter
To Net Importer is Recent
Transformation in U.S.
President Kennedy wants to trade in
the Trade Agreement Act (built in 1934 and
overhauled periodically) for a new model
with greater power for cutting U. S. tariffs.
This proposal, which we are told would
enable American manufacturers to com
pete in the highly protected European Com
mon Market, necessarily poses a problem
for those domestic industries already scarr
ed by import injuries.
Take the nation’s cotton textile manufac
turers for instance. U. S. tariff cuts in rec
ent years have already transformed the
U. S. from a net exporter to a net importer
of textiles. And. to complicate the situation
for them, U.S. govt, policies enable off-shore
textile makers to buy their chief raw ma
terial — cotton — at a cost of $42-50 a bale
less than American spinners must pay.
Here then we find a combination of
government policies creating a situation
that beclouds the future for the two million
Americans engaged in the manufacture of
thread, cloth, and apparel.
Refreshingly, the Administration has
taken note of the flood of cotton textile
imports — yarn, fabrics, and garments —
that has inundated the American market
and has set in motion a procedure which
could result in corrective action.
In keeping with provisions of the farm
law by which Congress preserved the
American market for American cotton
growers, the Tariff Commission is investi
gating the feasibility of placing an import
fee on the cotton content of texties.
The fee under consideration would sim
ply equal the amount of the cotton cost
advantage held by overseas textile makers
as a result of U. S. government policy —
812 cents a pound.
Should such action eventually be taken,
it would ease the cotton textile industry’s
burden, but it still would not make im
ports and domestic goods competitive. And
if, as the Administration is urging, tariffs
are slashed still further, the Government
would be taking away with one hand the_
solution it would be offering with the
other.
We cannot afford to remain silent while
our public servants apply slop-gap poultices
to foreign trade dislocations that require
sterner measures.
Deal with Those You
Know and Trust at Home
The nation’s physicians and medical so
cieties, reputable manufacturers of phar
maceuticals. Government officials concern
ed with public health — all are in general
agreement that protecting the citizen from
himself is as tough a job as fending off
his enemies — foreign, domestic, bacterial
and viral.
The medicine men — in modern garb
— are still at it- The "electrical belt” of
other days has gone electronic. Its vaunted
virtues have been transferred to a cost
ly cabinet with flashing lights. "Cure-all”
claims can still be found But they are more
easily swallowed nowadays if a nostrum
is billed as a mysterious hormone deriva
tive or is vaguely associated with uranium.
And certainly nothing has appealed more
to th* conscienceless operators than the in
nocent, essential and little-understood vita
min. These operators are peddling the
"cure-all” vitamin products which are often
loaded with such worthless ingredients as
alfalfa, seaweed or most any filler that’s
handy. Even worse, their activities are un
determining nublic confidence in reputable
orand-name vitamin products which, for
vears. have provided vast benefits to mil
lions of people.
But. while our public health officials
and such ranking public servants as Sec
retary of Health. Education and Welfare
Ribicoff and Postmaster General Day wring
their hands and seek more laws to pro
tect the gullible against this piracy, we
would like to suggest a simpler cure —
and one that could take effect immediately.
All anvone has to do to protect himself
against this colossal quackery is to patron
ize his reliable .local merchants who will
orovide him with reliable, nationallv-adver
l:sed brand-name products. We can think
>f no better guardian of the public weal
than the responsible ousiness man whose
fame and fortune are firmly based on what
his fellow-townsmen thing of him. And it
stands equally to reason that the brand
name manufacturer he endorses — especi
ally in the case of medicinal products con
trols and maintains constant research to
develop new' and better formulations.
More than ever before, we need the guid
ance of the locrl merchant todov — end
i । »h<> , a o f medicines, more than any
’• e e^e.
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FFA'ers Pay Tribute to
Washington This Week
In tribute to the “Father of His Coun
try,” Future Farmers of America observe
the week of George Washington’s birthday,
as National FFA Week.
Most of us lose sight of the fact that
George Washington was one of America’s
first scientific farmers, who practiced land
conservation, improving livestock, import
ing trees and shrubs from various parts
of the world; was the first to raise mules
in America; and one of the first to plant
pecan trees. He never lost his love of the
land, with which FFA members also seem
to be imbued.
This week, Feb. 17-24, is being nationally
observed by some 350,000 FFA members
and leaders, 17,794 of whom are members
of Georgia’s 240 chapters; and some even
in Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
Newton County is privileged to be the
site of the State FFA and FHA Camp,
where some 2,500 FFA’ers convene each
summer for their convention, and further
training in their program of leadership and
citizenship, in addition to agriculture. Head
ed by Director Ira Dickerson, this camp is
regarded by Agriculture Department of
Education leaders as perhaps the finest
FFA Camp in the nation.
“Earning while he learns” is not an idle
slogan, according to Vocational Agriculture
teacher who directs the Newton County
High FFA Chapter of 62 members — 20
"Green Hands,” and 42 “Chapter Farmers.”
To qualify as a bona fide member, an FFA
’er must actually earn a minimum of SSO
on a specific project. He must also be able
to lead a 15 minute group discussion; know
the Constitution; and the full scope of the
organization's program.
In short, he is trained in “Learning to
do; Doing to learn; Earning to live; Living
to serve,” which is the FFA motto.
We consider it a privilege to congratu
late local and national members and lead
ers of FFA. whose training and goals are
characteristic of the American Wav of life
as laid down by the Father of Our Country.
Small Farmer Finding it
Toughter and Tougher
Each year thousands of farmers pack
their families and belongings into a pick-up
truck and leave the land to seek a living
elsewhere. Attesting to this exodus, are the
thousands of abandoned farm houses lin
ing rural roads.
Ironically, these families are not the
victims of poverty, but of plenty. The
small farmer is finding it tougher and
tougher to make his farm pay. While, on
the other hand, the farmer who operates a
large farm using the latest equipment and
scientific methods has discovered that his
profits are soaring.
When the farmer moves out. the rural
community suffers. Towns, for the lack of
business, dry up and die. This is a real
American tragedy. There are no easy an
swers to this problem. But the first step is
to alert the American people about the
farm problem. What better way than a na
tional television program?
“The Land”, latest of the “Westinghouse
Presents” series of television “specials”, in
vestigates the farm situation on Tuesday,
March 13th over the NBC-TV network.
The parade of situation comedies, cow
boy programs, and cops-and-robbers shows,
which make up the bulk of material on TV,
reinforces Commissioner Newton M. Mi
now’s assertion that television is “a vast
wasteland”. It is indeed reassuring to the
thoughtful television viewer to see that
sponsors like Westinghouse refuse to follow
’ the herd. Their series of eighteen television
"specials” consists of public affairs pro
grams. original dramas and musical revues
“Our government based on the Consti
tution of the United States must be pre
served. We ore the envy of every Nation
in the World, and the Nation most desir
able to be conquered since we are in this
w other form of government can
j present this way of life nor the onportun
' ities guaranteed by our Constitution.” —
Anaheim, Calif. Bulletin.
“We have been a nation blessed. We
must have won favor in His eyes, other
wise we would not have prospered as we
have. We should proclaim to the world that
we are Americans —a free people, proud
of our heritage, and that we are prepared
to defend it.” — Gilespie. 111. News.
“A labor union is negotiating for a 20-
: hour work week, and it is wondered if the
20 hours will include time traveling to and
from wo: ;. coffee bre iks, lunch period, and
i liberal mte’ vals for goofing off.” — Alamo
lexas, New s.
MABEL SESSIONS DENNIS
Associate Editor
MARY SESSIONS MALLARD
Associate Editor
Entered at the Post Office
at Covington, Georgia, as
mail matter of the Second
Class.
THE COVINGTON NEWS
Directorate of Special Warfare Established
A Directorate of Spacial War
fare has been established in the
Office of the Deputy Chief for
Military Operations in line with
the expanding role of Army Spe
cial Warfare in the cold war.
Heading the new Directorate is
Col. William H. Kinard, Jr, a
1936 Weat Point graduate. As
Director of Special Warfare, Col.
Kinard is responsible for formu
lation and development of Army
policies, plans and programs in
the field of unconventional war
fare, psychological operations and
paramilitary activities.
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U. S. Army contribute! to the wcority of the free World by deploying approximately 40% of it* total foKO* tat over
mo* areas considered vital to ear defense and that of our Allies.
SOUR WEEKLY LESSON FOR
unday School
The Clean Life
Bible Material: Exodus 20:14;
Matthew 5:27-30; Mark 2:14 -
23.
Devotional Reading: 2 Corin
thians 6:14-18; Memory Selec
tion: Keep your heart with all
vigilance; for from it flow the
springs of life. Proverbs 4:23.
Intermediate - Senior Topic:
The Clean Life.
Young Peonle - Adult Topic:
The Clean Life.
Two weeks ago our lesson
dealt with Christian family liv
ing. It enjoined children to re
verence their parents and by so
doing indicated the center of au
thority in the home. Our lesson
last week dealt with respect for
human life. It was based on the
commandment, “Thou shalt not
kill.” The theme, therefore, was
the value and dignity of hu
man life and the necessity of
ordering our social life and con
trolling our behavior with these
values in mind.
We turn in our study today
to an examination of the su
preme value of man’s inner life.
The body is important. It must
be treated with respect. The
destruction of the body through
violence constitutes the in ost
serious of all crimes. Our Lord
held very much the same po
sition with reference to the
sanctity of the body that h i s
contemporaries did. No one
would have found cause to dis
agree with him. But Jesus in
sisted that behind every act is
a motive and that motive is of
primary importance in arriving
at an estimate as to whether an
act is good or bad. If one is
generous in order to call forth
praise, his generosity is worth
less. Likewise, if people live
the pure life only because they
fear scandal or reprisal or be
cause they lack the opportunity
to be immoral, then their
“purity’’ has very little moral
value.
Our lesson this week is ac
cordingly one of the very great
est in significance because it
deals not only with acts b u t
with the motives behind these
' acts. Jesus drove his opponents
! to homicidal violence because he
I challenged their authority and
| insisted on boring into the very
| center of every problem he con-
I fronted.
; We proceed with our study
of these passages of Scripture
i ii. order to ascertain what our
j Lord believed about purity of
■ life, cleanness of living.
Establish and maintain the
i source of authority in the home
। — “Honour thy father and
i thy mother . . . ’’
Guard the body from vio
lence and outrage— “Thou shalt
not kill" (Exodus 20:13).
Guard the soul from cotrup
(tion — “Thou shalt not commit
adultery" (Exodus 20:14).
The Jews were very severe
with those among their num
ber who committed adultery.
: The law provided that both the
adulterer and the adulteress
should surely be put to death
(Lev. 20:10). Our Lord on one
1 occasion came upon a group of
scribes and Pharisees prepared
ito stone a woman “taken in
adultery, in the very act” (John
8:4). There was nothing un
usual about their procedure.
The universal judgment of our
Lord’s day was that anyone w'ho
committed adultery was worthy
of death. Our Lord’s words as
he confronted the woman and
her accusers had to do with
their fitness to judge the guilt
of the prisoner. Were their
Col. Kinard, who has been as
sociated with Special Warfare
activities for most of the last 17
years, stated: “During the past
year, Army Special Warfare cap
abilities have been greatly in
creased. A new Special Forces
Group and an additional Psycho
logical Warfare Battalion have
recently been activated. Another
step now underway is to augment
Special Forces groups with highly
qualified medical, civil affairs, en
gineer, intelligence and psycho
logical warfare personnel.
“The Army will thus have a
unit capable of providing a broad
| hearts so pure that any one of
. them would dare step forward
. i and cast the first stone?
The word “adultery” is relat
. ed to the verb “to adulterate,”
. which means “to corrupt, de
-1 base, or make impure by an ad
-5 mixture of a foreign or baser
substance.” Adultery, therefore,
. is the debasement of a factor in
life essentially noble in essence.
Many people have the mistak
en notion that sex is unclean,
j This, of course, is not true.
. Family life is built on sex, and
. the love which draws men and
- women together in lifelong de
. votion is based upon sex.
1 It is the misuse of this holy
r function which is evil. God uses
? sex to the accomplishment of
t magnificent and divine ends. It
s is the sin and selfishness of hu
. man beings which degrade sex
f and employ it to the destruction
r of the soul.
a “Ye have heard that it was
said by them of old time, Thou
■ shalt not commit adultery: and
. I say unto you, That whoso
ever looketh on a woman to lust
t after her hath committed adul
e tery with her already in h i s
i heart.”
t Note here our Lord’s capacity
I for penetrating to the very cen
ter of every question he con
e fronted. Os course adultery was
s and is wrong. Every decent per
e son of his day and every de
cent person today would admit
- this without question. Our Lord
s never once questioned the
f soundness of this attitude.
g But in this statement we per
i ceive two things: first, the bold
s assertion that he had the right
i to carry the moral law which
- God had revealed to Moses to
e greater heights than Moses had
y ever even dreamed of. Moses
- said one thing, declared our
y Lord in substance, but I say un
r to you something far more im
-1 portant than even that declar
ed by the great Moses.
Here then is one of the many
- New Testament passages which
t justify us in declaring that Je
t sus Christ is our Lord. He did
e not hesitate to set himself up as
s such. He was greater than Mos
e es and he said so without quali
i fication.
y The second thing we observe
- in this passage of scripture is
the theme of motive which is
y so basic to the study of our
e lesson today. Jesus declared that
r because a man abstained from
f adultery did not necessarily
mean that he was a person of
e : clean life. He might abstain be
e ' cause he lacked the opportunity
1 to indulge. He might be held
back by fear. At least it w a s
-1 undoubtedly true in the case of
11 a multitude of people that they ,
' performed in their imagination !
- j acts which they would not dare, i
t i for a number of reasons, to per-
। form in overt act. And Jesus
e i was bold to assert that a life
-I of evil phantasy constituted
• | adultery precisely as did a lite
5 ; of lascivious practices.
s' No wonder he enraged his.
1 ■ opponents. They looked upon
? ] themselves as being moral in
-1 j dividuals of most commendable
i | integrity. Jesus insisted that
i they were not pure but only
i respectable, and that their re
- spectability was only a variety
-of hypocrisy by which they
r attempted to cover the true na
> tvje of an evil life.
’ Then Jesus went on to speak
s: of the difficulty involved in the
1 living of a truly clean life. He
t declared very frankly that
t purity of heart was an achieve
r | ment which men gained at the |
(Largest Cov.rag* Any Weekly In Th. Statsi Thursday, February 22, 19W
ierponse to the challenges of the
cold war. From this anit, spe
cially tailored teams can be fur
nished upon request to provide a
wide range of adviee and assist
ance to the indigenous armies of
underdeveloped nation* faced with
communist or communist-inspired
insurgency or subversion. ..Al
though the cold war role of Spe
cial Force* is understandably get
ting the greatest current atten
tion, the important part that they
have to play in the event of limit
ed or general war is not being
neglected.”
cost of much effort and sacri
fice. To deny and spurn the ad
vances of evil could become
— and very often did become —
as painful as the plucking out
of the eye or the cutting off of
the right hand. Yet, said Jesus
with appalling seriousness, the
achievement is worth what it
costs, for without this achieve
ment the kingdom of heaven
cannot be attained. “Blessed are
the pure in heart: for they shall
see God” (Matt. 5:8).
Forecasts for
The Year 2002
The average family’s annual
income, in terms of today’s pur
chasing power, will increase to
about $15,000 by 2002. Victory
over the common cold will then
be history. About 35 million
Americans — one out of every
ten — will live in California.
Population of San Francisco,
Chicago and Detroit areas will
have doubled and that of Met
ropolitan New York will have
risen 150 percent to about 25
million.
These are some of the fore
casts of Robert O'Brien in
“Forty Years from Now,” an
article in the fortieth anniver
sary February issue of Reader’s
Digest. He predicts the United
States will be more industri
alized, more urbanized than
ever.
If the trend toward shorter
working hours continues, the
average worker will put in a
28-hour week. He’ll take three -
day week-ends, four - week va
cations with pay. Machines will
maintain the nation’s produc
tivity. There will be millions
more youngsters to educate,
millions more workers to em
ploy, millions more oldsters to
support and assimilate.
Telephones will have aston
ishing Tom Swift features, with
picture screens to show who’s
at the other end of the line.
You won’t dial numbers, just
sav them aloud, and the phone
will do all the rest. Communi
cations satellites of all shapes,
sizes ad nationalities will cir
cle the earth. Low - altitude
satellites will pick up radio
messages and deliver them
minutes later as they pass an
other part of the world.
Orbiting the earth will be
large, manned space stations’
research centers, weather sta
tions, orbital maintenance
shops, space terminals for deep
space voyages to the moon and
the planets. Trucks may be mu
seum pieces: supplies and
freight may cross the nation
through pneumatic pipelines.l
with e'ectronic sensing devices |
to guide shipments through the!
"vstem.
My Neighbors
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“I'm sorry to have to tell
you, but you’re only as sound
as a dollar.”
Robert F. Kennedy
New Emerging Force
By LEO S. MALLARD
Bobby Kennedy’s four week world tour that is taking
him to eleven foreign countries is having a profound empact
on the peoples of the world. Not only as President Kennedy s
brother, but as a major power in U. S. Government, Robert
Kennedy is emerging fast.
Accompanied by his wife
Ethel, Kennedy’s visit to Japan
unveiled him as an emerging
force in U. S. foreign affairs.
His youthful energies were ex
plosive; his capacity for listen
ing, looking, learning was en
orm us; his charm was electric.
Back home in the United
States some commentators have
begun to talk of the possibility
of him leaving the Justice De
partment in the near future in
order to assume the position erf
Ambassador - at • Large. Thus
far this is only Washington
gossip.
Wherever he went in Japan,
Bob Kennedy made it plain
that he spoke for the President
of the United States. Speaking
Japanese he addressed the
crowd meeting him on his ar
rival: “My Brother, who is the
President, wishes me to convey
to you all his very best re
gards.”
The opinions of the nation
have changed about Robert
Kennedy since he was appoint
ed Attorney General by h i s
brother. Many lawyers were
shocked and Democrats groaned
at the “kid brother” liability.
Republicans turned it into a po
litical battle cry. Today it is a
measure of Bobby Kennedy’s
energy, toughness, brains and
increasing mature judgement
that the bar generally rates
him a good Attorney General,
and politicians of both parties
rank him among the strongest
Navy Announces
Special Program
Kenneth Frith, OMI, USN
local Navy recruiter announced
today that the Navy is contin
ually seeking qualified High
School graduates for the Elec
tronics Field. Those who can
qualify will be guaranteed a
school upon completion of their
recruit training.
Highly technical Navy Elec
tronic Schools prepare Navy
men to operate and care for
more than 3700 different types
of Electronics equipment used
HERMAN TALMADGE
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OVERLOOKED IN all the
oratory about the need for new
trade legislation is the fact that
the course proposed for the
United States is exactly oppo
site to that taken by the Euro
pean Common Market which
caused all the furor in the first
place.
The ECM was established by
France, West Germany, Italy,
the Nether
lands, Belgium
and Luxem
bourg to pro
tect their in
dustrial and
agricultural
economies
from outside
comp e t i -
tion. The way it will work is
that the member nations will
promote trade with each other
by lowering tariff barriers
among themselves and raising
them against all outsiders. In
that way they will be able to
keep out cheaper or better for
eign goods which disrupt their
markets and threaten the jobs
of their factory workers and
farmers. It amounts to nothing
more or less than the same kind
of protection which my like
minded colleagues and I have
been seeking for years now for
the American Textile Industry
and other businesses which are
losing their domestic markets
to low-wage imports.
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INASMUCH AS the Common
Market countries are principal
markets for American industrial
and farm products, this new
commercial arrangement poses
a tremendous economic problem
for the United State-. It will
becom* particular! acute if
G Britain and the European |
countries known as the Outer
'’even either join or enter some |
(mt or fnmed a< gvctrr.imnt
and ablest members of t h »
Kennedy Cabinet.
Republican Richard Nixon
has even given Robert Kennedy
a surprising plug: “In looking
at Robert Kennedy, you have
here a man who, except for the
lack of experience, which he is
now gaining, has many of the
qualifications that would make
him a very effective leader in
the field of foreign policy. He's
tough - minded, he's quick, he’s
intelligent. He is one who has
a tremendous will to win.”
Kennedy left Tokyo at t h e
week’s end. Ahead lay Formosa,
then Hong Kong. The Attorney
General would spend six days
in Indonesia, where rioting
students last broke the windows
of the U. S. embassy. Beyond
that was Thailand, whose gov
ernment is nervous about Com-,
munist inroads in nearby Laos
and Viet Nam, expects to hear
reassuring words from the
President’s brother. After that
would come visits to Rome,
Berlin, Bonn, The Hague and
Paris — and finally the return
to Washington.
President Kennedy, even
while encouraging Bobby’s glo
bal interests, is blunt about
saying that he has no intention
of moving his brother out of
the Justice Department: e
likes Bobby right where h° is,
and hopes to keep him there
for the next seven years. Only
time will tell.
every day aboard Navy ships
and bases.
Mr. Frith furthur stated that
there is no limit to how far
these technicians may advance
during a Navy career. Each
Navy man sets his own stand
ards in this open technical field.
For further information about
this and other special fields
visit your Navy Recruiter on
the Square, Decatur, Ga. or call
Dr. 8-5126.
All compensation for person
al services must be reported in
gross income on Federal income
tax returns.
effective arrangement with th*
ECM.
This situation more than jus
tifies President Kennedy’s re
quest for authority to negotiat*
comprehensive and mutually
beneficial trade agreements with
groups of nations which hav*
entered into commercial com
pacts like the European Com
mon Market agreement. It is
mor* difficult, however, to make
out • case for giving the Chief
Executive power to cut further
our already-negligible tariffs on
competing goods produced in
undeveloped nations which ha\a
wage scales one-tenth of our
own. Such amounts to swim
ming against the tide set in
motion in the opposite direction
by the European Common Mar
ket.
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FREE TR \DE is one of those
high-flown terms which sound
very good untii the implications
of them are i eamined. Perhana
if we lived in a worldwide
Utopia in whic' all men en
joyed the same high standard of
living and there were no such
things as greedy “have-not” ra
tions and unprincipled Com i
nist slave states, trade barri s
could be torn down.
But until that unlikely day
comes, the American people
have the right to look to their
representatives in Congress to
exercise their constitutional au
thority to protect them and their
jobs from the ravages of unfair
foreign competition. The United
States will court its own de
struction if it attempts to allow
the backward nations of the
world to achieve their aspira
tions at the expense of its own
economy.