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THE COVINGTON NEWS
BELMONT DENNIS
Editor And Publisher
LEO S. MALLARD
Assistant to Publisher
OFFICIAL ORGAN Oh
NEWTON COUNTY
AND THE
CITY OF COVINGTON
Girl Scouts Truly Help
Train America's Citizens
In a time when the earth has been orbit
ed and the atom smashed, it becomes a
problem to keep up with the changing
needs and the new knowledge of our young
people. Yet unless they are guided and edu
cated in the important qualities that make
fine citizens, they can well lose sight of the
meaning and importance of living the good
life, even in so frightening an age.
Girl Scouts of the U. S. A. is dedicated to
the belief that by teaching young girls how
to be happy, resourceful individuals today
they are helping train America’s citizens
for tomorrow.
The Girl Scout who lives in the age of
the atom promises on her honor to do her
duty to God and her country. She chooses
to serve, in her home, her hometown, and
she is learning to become a useful citizen
in her country and in the world.
Last year, Girl Scouts in the U. S. A.
gave a total of some seventy million hours
of service in home, community and to the
nation.. . and to many international friend
ship projects in our fifty states and Puer
to Rico.
In Newton County our 296 registered
Girl Scouts from seven to seventeen have
given many hours to important community
projects.
Many men and women in our country
serve in Girl Scouting. These dedicated men
and women help make the fine Girl Scout
program a reality for Girl Scouts in our
community.
In a time when the earth has been orbit
ed and the atom smashed, Girl Scouts still
cling to the old fashioned, but still impor
tant virtues of service and concern for our
fellows.
By giving generously to this year’s Girl
Scout Fund Drive in Newton you will be
helping our girls become good Scouts to
day, and better citizens tomorrow.
Agriculture Looks
At Transportation
No group in this country has had more
—o: more bitter — experience with top-to
bottom government regulation than the far
mers. So a joint statement concerning the
transportation muddle made by 12 of the
principal farm groups — including the
American Farm Bureau Federation, the
National Farmers Union, and the National
Grange — carries unusual weight.
Here it is: “Experience has demonstrat
ed that food, fiber, and horticultural pro
ducts from the farms, and fishery products
from the wharves of the nation, cannot be
distributed to the consumers in the cities,
towns and rural areas throughout the
country economically and efficiently under
a system of federal control. . . Less regula
tion of railroads and not more regulation
of motor and water carriers . . .will pro
mote a stronger national transportation
system and be in the best interest of ship
per and the public generally.”
This, in essence and principle, is the
view taken by the President and top mem
bers of the executive and legislative
branches of government, along with legions
of state and local officials. It is the view
taken by multitudes of business, labor,
shipper and consumer organizations of
every kind. It is the view taken by the
overwhelming majority of the nation's
newspapers.
Who, then, opposes it? The answer is
that the only significant opposition comes
from carriers, and related groups, which
want special privileges — and don’t want
to have to compete for traffic on a fair and
equitable competitive basis. This minority
is blocking legislation which is clearly in
the interest of the economy and the na
tional security — and of every consumer
in the country.
From the New York Times: “On the
basis of preliminary figures for the 1963
fiscal budget, the Kennedy Administration
is patting itself on the back for holding the
deficit to $6.2 billion, well below the SB.B
billion deficit it estimated last January. It
conveniently forgets that when the budget
was first drawn up there were hopes for a
small surplus. It does not mention that the
record of the last three years shows a cum
ulative deficit of over sl6 billion, with still
more red ink in store for the current fiscal
year. In short, the Administration has not
yet got the budget under control.”
ALAMO, TEX, NEWS: “The govern
ment has eased up on its loans — some
businesses were operating on a shoe string.
<\ow they can borrow a pair of shoes and
*alk into bankruptcy in style.”
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The Christian Ethic
More than two centuries before the Dec
laration of Independence, John Calvin was
preparing Christianity for the forthcoming
Industrial Revolution. Out of his teachings,
which spread to much of the world of his
time, came what is known as the Chris
tian Ethic.
Its principles can be simply summarized:
Men with capital must put it to productive
use. Men with inventive ability must invent.
Men with managerial ability must use their
talent. Employers must pay an honest day’s
wage. Employees must do an honest day’s
work. Employers and employees must co
operate in producing products of honest
value and honest prices.
A further requirement of the Christian
Ethic is that government encourage and
help, but not unduly interfere with, the
economic life of the people.
The passage of centuries has in no way
dimmed the validity of these principles. And
most of us, surely, will agree that the need
for their application is as changeless as the
seasons. Yet how many of us honestly and
resolutely follow them? How many of the
bitter problems and controversies of the
present are the result of their violation?
How many of our laws, policies and prac
tices — on the part of both government
and nongovernmental entities — go straight
against their grain?
This whole weary world needs a re
affirmation of the Christian Ethic.
Knowledge Moves on Wings
The drama and excitement that have
come in this age of international jet travel
have been given well earned credit. The
world has shrunk unimaginably. We can
be almost anywhere in a matter of hours,
traveling at 600 miles an hour in perfect
comfort.
This is a boon to the world traveler,
whether he goes for business reasons, to
study, or for pleasure and curiosity. He can
do in days what took weeks and months
not so long ago. And far-sighted men have
been talking of a far more important aspect.
Peoples who know and understand each
other are not peoples who will want war
and international upheavals. The basis of
the great “people-to-people” movement is
to encourage more Americans to go abroad,
and more citizens of other lands to come
here, and to meet each other. The goals
are world peace, world friendship, and a
better life for all.
Just the other day one aspect of this
made the news. Hugh Mulligan, of the AP,
reported that the Cardinals who have flown
into Rome to elect a successor to the late
Pope John XXIII “know more about each
other and more about the world than card
inals at any other conclave in church his
tory.” In other days, when world travel
was slow and arduous, they knew each
other slightly or not at all. But super-swift
travel is changing all that. They have, in
many instances, met and measured each
other at meetings the world around, as at
the Ecumenical Council which was the
crowning moment of Pope John’s great
reign. They are far better equipped to
choose the best possible successor for the
heavy tasks, affecting all humanity, that
Don't Leave Death Trap
A short time ago “Don’t Leave A Death
Trap” week was observed throughout Ore
gon. That observance, and application of
the lessons that were then widely publi
cized. should be made a part of every day
of every week of every year.
The death trap in this case is a valuable
and almost universally used appliance —
the home refrigerator. Old ones are dis
carded, and left in places accessible to
children. They are air tight and sound
proof. The fascinated child who gets inside
and closes the door will suffocate in a mat
ter of minutes.
Figures tell the tragic story. Over a per
iod of years 246 children have met a ter
rible and needless death in this manner.
And last year was the worst of all, with 35
thus killed.
A memorable slogan reads: “Don’t Let
Another Child Become A ‘Statistic’!” Those
who are fighting this menace urge that if
you see an abandoned refrigerator, call the
police department, the sheriff’s office, or a
member of the Refrigeration Service En
gineers Society. The help of everyone is
needed.
CUERO, TEX., RECORD: “Accidental
death, as a result of swallowing poison, is
increasing each year. You may not realize
it, but more than 600.000 children — each
year — swallow some kind of poison. This
should make every parent think twice and
carry out a routine check of bathroom cab
inets, kitchen, etc.”
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
SOUR WEEKLY ,OLESSON FOR
UNDAY OCHOOL
God in History
Bible Material: Genesis ST
SO.
Devotional Reading: Psalms
47; Memory Selection: We
know that in everything God
works for good with those who
love him, who are called ac
cording to his purpose. Romans
8:28.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
Is There a Reason?
Young People-Adult Topic:
What Is God Doing?
This is the last of three less
ons on the spectacular career of
Joseph.
We have already reminded
ourselves that the story of
Joseph and his brethren is a
literary classic. It is one of the
most moving stories ever re
corded. It is a success story that
causes m'any other success stor
ies to pale into insignificance.
The son of a Hebrew chieftain
who dwelt in the deserts of
Palestine is inducted into slav
ery through the villainy of his
brothers, taken to Egypt, temp
ted to sin, raised at last through
the interpretation of a dream
to sit at the right hand of
Pharaoh, king of Egypt.
As long as the world lasts
and men read the Bible, child
ren and adults alike will listen
with eagerness to the adven
tures of Joseph.
He was typical of those un
told thousands of Jews who
since his day have manifested
astounding talent and assumed
positions of leadership in many
fields. It was through this
Joseph that the primitive Heb
rews were brought in contact
with an advanced civilization
and prepared for a mighty ser
vice under God.
Let us review briefly the
circumstances which brought
Joseph to his place of power in
Egypt.
Joseph, son of Jacob’s old
age, was beloved by his father
more than all his brethren. This
naturally caused him to be
looked upon with hostility by
his brothers. Furthermore, the
youngster was anything but
discreet in his behavior. He
was not only brilliant, but
aware of his brilliance to such
an extent that he could not
resist boasting. He dreamed a
dream of sheaves in a field, and
behold his sheaf was above
those of his brothers and the
sheaves of his brothers bowed
down and did obeisance to this
insufferable youngster. It is
only natural that when his old
er brothers had a chance to in
jure him they eagerly em
braced the opportunity. They
laid violent hands on the boy
on a day when he brought them
food, sold him to passing trad
ers, and reported to their grief
stricken father that his favorite
son had been torn to pieces by
“an evil beast.” And Jacob
“rent his clothes, and put sack
cloth upon his loins, and j
mourned for his son many,
days” (Genesis 37:34).
And then, of course, misfor
tune gave way to good fortune.
Joseph in Egypt was tried
further by temptation and his;
character strengthened as he ’
resisted. At last he interpreted i
Emergency on the Interstate!
If you ever have car trouble on a turnpike or interstate
highway, here’s what to do:
1. Get the car off the roadway, onto the right shoulder.
2. Tie a white cloth to the window or door on the driver’s
side.
3. Raise the hood.
4. If it’s dark, turn on the parking lights and the interior
lights.
5. Set out warning devices if you have them — flares, re
flectors, etc.
6. Wait in the car for help. Don't walk, stand beside the
car, or hitchhike.
This procedure is accepted as standard practice in all 50
states.
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a dream which had mystified
the king of Egypt and his coun
sellors. Because of the dream
and the advice he gave the
king, he was raised to a posi
tion of power next to that of
the throne.
• Our lesson today deals with
Joseph as an old man. Joseph’s
; brethren had, through a series
o f terrifying circumstances,
been brought into the power of
the brother they had so griev
ously injured. He had disclosed
himself to them at last and had
received them with open arms.
Furthermore, the old father of
the twelve, Jacob the patriarch,
came to end his days with his
distinguished son and the other
members of his family in
Egypt.
Then Jacob died. The hearts
of the guilty brethren were
held in the clutch of a consum
ing fear lest Joseph, now free
to vent his anger upon them,
would proceed to do so. Verses
15-18 give us the account of
, Joseph’s complete forgiveness
of his brethren.
The Bible is the account of
God’s dealing with men and the
basic pattern of it all is that
God, well justified in punish
, ing man for his sins and wick
ednesses, forbears to do so and
instead forgives iniquity freely.
In Jesus Christ we find that
Figure through whom this for
giveness is mediated to men.
1 Joseph’s answer to his breth
ren as they prostrated them
selves before him seeking for
giveness was indicative of his
noble nature. He wept when his
terrified brothers stood before
him pleading for mercy. “And
Joseph said unto then";, Fear
not: for am I in the place of
God? But as for you, ye
thought evil against me; but
God meant it unto good . . .”
“Vengeance is mine; I will
repay, saith the Lord.” Thus
Paul wrote in his Epistle to the
Romans (12:19), adapting a
settlement found in Deutero
; nomy 32:35.
We need to pause a moment
i at this point to remind oursel
: ves that here is one of the basic
! patterns of biblical teaching.
: God could destroy us if he
i wished to do so and he could
: act in this manner in full just
i ice. for we have erred and
I strayed from his ways like lost
! sheep, following too much the
: devices and desires of our own
I hearts. The human mind is in
; capable of understanding fully
; the evil significance of sin. We
look upon it as this wrong act
or that. It is, however, rebellion
on the part of creatures living
on an insignificant planet
against that Power which holds
the stars in their courses. We.
with supreme impudence and
evil, dare to set our will against
the will of the Most High.
Vengeance would be in order
and, according to earthly
standards, justified under these
circumstances. But God does
not revenge himself upon us.
We think and do evil against
Him. but God brings it to pass
that this sin of ours is taken up
in his loving hands, forgiven,
j and made part of a divine plan
which lead£ on to further for-
I giveness.
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National
Outlook
Jobs for the Unskilled
The national unemployment
problem is concentrated to a
high degree among the un
skilled, inexperienced and un
trained members of our labor
force. Two recent develop
ments in the field of federal
legislation have a bearing on
the prospects of these people
for finding jobs.
The first is the increase in
the statutory minimum wage
to $1.25 an hour. This is the
final step in the increases
scheduled by legislation oassed
in 1961. It can’t help but have
some effect in reducing job op
portunities for workers at the
low end of the wage scale. You
don’t encourage employers to
hire people by making it more
expensive for them to do so.
Whether the job-destroying
effect will be great or small is
difficult to predict in advance,
and will even be difficult to
assess after the fact since so
many other things are always
happening to affect employ
ment.
In any case this is a step
in the wrong direction. And if
past history is any guide we
may expect that it will be
taken as a signal to begin
the campaign for the next in
crease in the minimum wage.
Another significant event is
the passage by the Senate of
an amendment to the Man
power Development and Train
ing Act of 1962. The Act set up
a program for retraining work
ing people so as to qualify
them for available jobs. As
originally conceived this was to
become a joint federal-state
program in 1964, with the
states paying half the cost. The
amendment would relieve the
states of this burden and
finance the program through
June 1965 wholly with federal
funds.
The reason such an amend
ment is being proposed is that
the states have shown little
inclination to go along with
the 50-50 deal. Only 3 states
out of the 50 have appropri
ated the necessary funds for
participating in 1964. Two in
terpretations can be put on
this development: either the
states are not convinced of
value of the program, or else
they believe that by dragging
their feet they can force the
federal government to pay
the whole bill. On either in
terpretation, there does not
seem to be a good case for
doubling federal expenditures
on this program to keep it
alive.
One of the grounds on
which Senator Clark of Penn-
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Dial Introduced
By Bell TeL Lab
A Bell Labs designed dial
in-hand telephone set is now
undergoing a product trial with
nearly 200 Michigan families.
The trim new set features a
“space saving” dial located
halfway between the mouth
piece and the receiver. The dial
is smaller in size than the con
ventional dial and has a dial
light which outlines letters and
numbers when the handset is
lifted from its base.
The dial-in-hand Set tele
phone was designed and deve
loped at Bell Telephone La
boratories and the trial models
manufactured by the Western
Electric Company.
Both the Bell System and
Brady Denton. Jr. have chang
ed considerably since the two
first met officially back in
1951. Then Brady, a six-year
old waist-high tyke, shared
with his family a tribute from
the Bell System as the com
pany’s one-millionth share
owner.
Now considerably more mat
ure and standing over six feet
tall, Brady returned to New
York for a second visit with the
Bell System. It, too, had chang
ed.
The number of shareowners,
he also found, had since more
than doubled to well over two
million.
It was he had discovered,
still the Bell System, but it had
changed — almost as much as
he had.
About the only thing that has
remained the same is stock
certificate No. 1,000.000 for
seven shares of A. T. & T.. still
held by the Denton family in
a bank in Saginaw. Michigan.
But in away, the stock certi
ficate for seven shares has also
changed. Purchased in 1951 for
a little over SI,OOO for seven
shares, it is today worth over
$2,500.
BIRMINGHAM'S
SHAMEFUL
EXPERIENCE!
ly LEO S. MALLARD
Children often pay for the sins of their parents — white
and colored. Four little Negro girls are dead in Birmingham
and two Negro boys have been gunned down by police and
white citizens. Hate has brought shame to that city.
Across the nation, and especial
ly in the South, honorable white
and colored citizens are shocked.
Yes, it happened in America! It
is a disgrace and it is certainly a
blight on our nation and a tre
mendous propoganda tool in the
hands of the Communists.
Bombing is terrible — even in
war. The bombing of the Sixteenth
Street Baptist Church during Sun
day School is an atrocity.
Racial tension has mounted in
Birmingham over many months
and on Sunday morning the re
lease of this tension claimed the
lives of four little girls not even
old enough to understand what in
tegration means.
One Negro boy was shot in the
back while fleeing police and a
13-year-old Negro boy was shot
off of his bicycle by irate white
citizens. Both boys died in the
hospital.
Last Sunday's Baptist Sunday
School lesson was “The Love That
Forgives”. Sunday morning's vio
sylvania, a chief proponent of
the amendment, explained
away the inaction of the states
is a curious one. According to
the Senator the states are
suffering from “. . . limitations
on their taxing power, as a
result of the taxes which have
been stolen or preempted by
the Federal Government.” By
this theory, the federal govern
ment ought to assume an in
creased expenditure burden be
cause its excessive fiscal needs
have impaired the ability of the
states to pay their proper
share. It is easy to see where
this kind of logic would lead.
The creation of new jobs
for those presently unemploy
ed will depend on the expan
sion of business enterprises.
Given sufficient incentive and
the necessary capital, business
will expand production, hire
people, and if necessary, train
them in the required skills.
New government spending pro
grams. by reducing the pros
pect for thoroughgoing tax
rate reform, will impede the
job-creating process.
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THE BIG CUT of more than
a billion dollars in the foreign
aid bill in the House of Repre
sentatives was brought about by
a number of factors which seem
to indicate that the public would
support an even greater reduc
tion.
Chief among these were the
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many,” repor
by Genera
Clay on oui
foreign aic
program
which callee
attention to its
dubious rp.
suits: the need to reduce federal
spending and correct the balance
of payments deficit; and the in
creasing demand that foreign
nations do more to help them
selves and that other prosperous
countries pay their share in as
sisting underdeveloped peoples.
All of this adds up to the fact
that the public is getting tired
of the multi-billion dollar bur
den of foreign aid, and this dis
satisfaction will continue to
mount until the people are shown
that all the waste has been
trimmed from the program and
that it is producing real results.
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THE ORIGINAL foreign aid
request was for $4.9 billion, but '
this was reduced by the Admin- '
istration to $4.5 billion after '
tne Clay report. The House, be- i
fore sending the bill to the Sen- '
ate, put a $3.5 billion ceiling on ,
foreign aid spending for next
year, or about $1 billion less J
than the amount requested. f
The bill is now pending in the i
Senate Foreign Relations Com- s
mittee, which so far has ap- t
proved tentative cuts of only
$302 million. After a House and
Senate compromise, it has been /
estimated that the 1964 foreign ' ‘
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lent expression of hate will not be
forgotten nor forgiven for a long
time to come. Unknowingly, the
young Negro girls were martyr
ed. The shocking experience has
awakened the nation to the evils
that can come from interacial
hate.
Alabama’s Governor Wallace
has been a stubborn influence in
thwarting peaceful efforts to ac
cept and make changes that are
inevitable if the white and color-.
' ed people are to live and prosper
in our nation. His actions and the
actions of others like him have
', helped arouse the trouble-makers
’ I who are responsible for these
horrible events. Thank God Geor
! - gia has had able leadership to
help pave the way for a more
peaceful existence of the people
of both races in our state.
What has happened in Alabama
cannot and should not be excused,
i but at the same time neither race
I should judge the other by the ir
। responsible and atrocious actions
of a few of the hotheads whether
they be white or black.
Let us condemn the actions ot
wrong men — black and white —
■ and work diligently to better the
conditions that exist in the states
and nation that we must all live
in during our short span of years.
May the Negroes not judge
every white man by the actions of
the “trash” responsible in Birm
ingham. May the white people
not judge the Negro by the action
of the Augusta born Negro rapist
murderer who committed a terri
ble crime against a white woman
in New York on Monday, Septem
ber 17, 1963.
Both white and colored races
have rabble among them that con
tinuously stir the fire of hate and
cause difficult situations which
confront the sincere citizens of
both races as they try to relieve
their mutual problems. Wrongs by
both white and colored w’ill con
tinue through this changing per
iod of our American history. We
must not loose sight of our goal
of peace and harmony with dig
nity as colored and white leaders
work toward its attainment.
aid appropriation will amount
to $3.8 or $3.9 billion, or approx
imately the same as that pro
vided for 1963.
This would represent a eut of
about 15 per cent from the Ad
ministration’s revised request,
which would be less than cuts
in several previous years and
less than the average reduction
for all the years since the Mar
shall Plan was enacted in 1948.
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IN SPITE OF relatively size
able cuts in appropriations by
the Congress, there has been
enough money to go around in
the various foreign aid pro
grams. Waste and indiscriminate
spending has been documented
repeatedly and it has been shown
that foreign aid money does not
always win friends for the Unit
ed States or keep nations out
of the Communist bloc..
Also, there has always been
unexpended foreign aid funds
of several billion dollars at the
end of the fiscal year. It was $7
billion at the end of fiscal 1963,
and though most of these funds
had been committed for expendi
ture, there are many millions of
dollars which have not been ob
ligated or reserved for specific
projects.
Such balances have been at
least S2OO million in almost
every year, and according to the
Agency for International Devel
opment, the unobligated balance
at the end of fiscal 1963 was
$515 million.
It would seem to me that our
foreign aid program could stand
further reductions without dras
tically curtailing any economic
or military aid projects which
are necessary to our national
security or worthwhile from an
humanitarian standpoint.