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Return To First Principles
Not long ago, Mayor John V. Lindsay of New
York urged scrapping of the present welfare
system. In its place, Mr. Lindsay recom
mends a system ". . .which rewards families
who work and encourages them to work.” He
warns that the present system encourages wel
fare recipients to avoid employment.
Thus, it is recognized that the all-important
factor — incentive, is as essential to a success
ful welfare system as it is in any other human
The recent tragic death of a young woman in
the automobile accident involving Senator Ed
ward Kennedy is just one more development
in the rapid decline in the prestige of the Ken
nedy name and image. It was just seven years
ago that President John F. Kennedy was in
White House; Robert was in firm control at
the Justice Department as Attorney General;
and young Ted was the junior senator from
In those seven years two of the brothers have
been assassinated by deranged leftists, the pre
sident’s widow has made an unpopular second
marriage and books continue to appear that cut
away at the image so carefully built over the
years.
The latest Kennedy incident will not be easy
to forget. Too many important questions remain
unanswered and the Massachusetts senator has
stated flatly that he will allow them to remain
so. This attitude has simplified congressional
opposition to attempts in the Capitol to subsidize
a memorial to the late Senator Robert Kennedy.
Plans call for an impressive granite wall
and reflecting pool in Arlington Cemetery, cost-
Tn a humorous vein, columnist Mike Royko
asks, "What’ll Uncle Sam do when taxes reach
100 per cent?” His rhetorical question, though
facetious, has a hard grain of seriousness con
sidering the spending philosophy that the nation
has lived with for several decades. The idea has
been that government helps people by raising
their taxes. So why shouldn’t taxes eventually
reach the 100 per cent level? Theoretically,
the government could then give away more than
ever before, and people would receive the ulti
mate in help. . , „
The point Mr. Royko makes is that after taxes
reach 100 per cent, how does the government then
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endeavor. Incentive — the profit motive —is
what makes industries, as well as individuals
progress. Where there is no incentive or profit,
there is failure. Those who criticize profits
are advocates of failure. The incentive of pro
fit is as important to business and to American
workers as it is to a successful welfare sys
tem. Mayor Lindsay’s idea of rewarding families
who work is but a return to a first principle of
human existence —a principle too often derided
by vote seekers and militants of every stripe.
ing over $600,000. The Kennedy family would
contribute $420,000 and the taxpayers would sup
ply the balance of about $258,000. President
Johnson attempted to finance a larger share of
the cost ($431,000) by including the figure in his
budget request as an unspecified contingency, but
the Nixon economists ferreted out the expense
and removed it in an economy move.
The memorial to the late Robert Taft, which is
located near the U. S. Capitol building, cost a
million dollars, but not a penny of this was go
vernment subsidized. The structure was paid
for with voluntary contributions by people who
admired the senator.
Opponents of the Kennedy memorial have
grounds other than fiscal for their opposition to
the memorial. Arlington Cemetery with its rows
and rows of simple white headstones is in danger
of being filled. Even now there are restrictions
as to who may be interred on its slopes. One
wonders why so many acres should be dedicated
to one man at the expense of others. Are men
who gave equal devotion to the cause of freedom
to be turned away from Arlington? Why not a
privately financed memorial elsewhere?
continue to help people after they are flat broke.
Mr. Royko quotes hypothetical economists of the
future who suggest ways out of the dilemma.
These mythical economists believe we could sell
off or pawn the Air Force or the Navy at a good
price. Another of Mr. Royko’s imaginary eco
nomists believes our government could help run
some other countries —do a little moonlighting
on the side. To the question, “Do you think any
body would hire us?”, this economist answered,
"Are you kidding? With our experience?” Not
hing is too fanciful in a nation that sets no limit
on taxation to help people.
OUR WEEKLY LESSON
FOR
Sunday School
GOD GIVES THE
PROMISED LAND
Devotional Reading: Deute
ronomy 9:1-5.
Memory Selection: Surely the
land on which your foot has trod
den shall be an inheritance for
you and your children for ever,
because you have wholly followed
the LORD my God. Joshua 14:9.
Intermediate-Senior Topic:
God Gives the Promised Land.
Young People-Adult Topic; God
Gives the Promised Land.
In our last lesson we saw the
tragic consequences of failure to
trust in God. Now forty years
of training and discipline in the
wilderness had come to an end.
We note how the history of Is
rael seemed to move In forty
year cycles. First Moses was
trained for forty years by the best
teachers of Egypt, which was at
that time the leader of the world
in science and civilization. Then
Moses had to flee and was forty
years with Jethro in the region
of Sinai while he tended sheep
and learned the lesson of meek
ness. Then came the burning bush
and the call to deliver the people
from slavery In Egypt. Now Mos
es has been the leader for forty
years in the wilderness, which
saw the passing of a generation.
The timid generation that was
lacking in faith and trust was now
gone. In the picturesque langu
age of Scripture, their carcasses
had fallen in the wilderness. Now
the second generation, hardened
by training and discipline, made
up a people ready to adventure
and to dare.
The conquest of Canaan by Jos
hua was only one of a long series
of invasions of the country. This
Invasion was the fulfillment of
God’s promise to Abraham and the
patriarchs that He would give
them a land where they could
develop and keep the foundations
of faith in Jehovah and receive
his revelation to pass on to pos
terity.
Even the great leader Moses
was not to enter the Promis
ed Land. We may note, however,
that more than a thousand years
later Moses was there in the Pro
mised Land with Christ on the
Mount of Transfiguration. But
God’s work does not depend up
on any one person, not even the
greatest.
God’s people must always ad
vance. They must never stop with
broken hearts to mourn for a past
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leader. God will provide a man
and give his commission to press
on.
m the crisis of Hebrew his
tory after the passing of Moses
the call came to Moses’ minister,
Joshua. The meaning of minis
ter is "servant,” and while Jos
hua had been the minister of Mos
es he had also been his under
study and was now willing to as
sume command under a divine
commission.
Now with this new leader anew
task confronts both leader and
people. The hour has struck. This
was "D” dayj if D may stand
for decision. At a critical jun
cture in the development of the
nation they are to "cross the
Rubicon” and go on to conquer the
land. The very opposition they
were to meet would serve to con
solidate the twelve tribes and
make them actually one nation.
The foundation of this union was
to be the Law of God (see Josh.
1:8).
"Now after the death of Mos
es.” Then Jehovah speaks to Jos
hua and says, "Moses my ser
vant is dead, arise and go over
this Jordan.”
Moses at his passing was one
hundred and twenty years of age.
Now just at the moment when
his leadership seemed most nec
essary he was taken away.
He was called by the Lord to
go up to the top of Pisgah which
Is the highest peak of Mount
Nebo. This eminence is eight
miles east of the mouth of the
Jordan where it flows into the
Dead Sea.
The great leader could look
over the extent of Canaan, but
at this time he could not enter.
The people were not even to know
the place of his grave, and per
haps for a very good reason.
If the grave of Moses had been
a shrine people would visit it
and feel that their sins were for
given, and they could then do as
they pleased. God did not want
his people to count such a pil
grimage as the highest effort of
good works or the way to salva
tion, so:
And no man knoweth that sepul
chre
And no man saw it e’er
For the angel of God upturned
the sod
And laid the dead man there.
National Commitment
Urged To End Hunger
DETROIT, Mich.—Assistant Se
cretary of Agriculture Richard
Lyng called on the nation’s sc
hool food service leaders to join
president Nixon In a national
commitment to eliminate pover
ty-caused hunger and malnutri
tion In the Uhlted States.
New advances in food techno -
logy and the prospect of increas
ed funds for public feeding pro
grams makes it possible to
achieve the goal of putting an
end to hunger in America "for
all time,” Lyng told the Ameri
can School Food Service Asso
ciation meeting here.
"We have the legislative
framework we need—we also ex
pect to have the money it takes
to do the job,” the Assistant
Secretary said.
Citing the food preparation
techniques used to feed the Apollo
11 astronauts, Lyng said: "We
can and must perform some of
these space-age food prepara
tion marvels right here on earth
for American school children.
"For the immediate future, our
greatest attention must be direc
ted to these schools that are old,
poorly equipped and exist in low
income and often crowded areas
with no cafeteria, no kitchen and
no space to build them.”
He urged delegates to concen
trate their "nutritional, techno
logical and management know
how” on development of larger
scale food commissiarles or fac
tories, that could provide attrac
tive meals on a high-speed basis.
He said one eastern city used
such a system in 11 school kit
chens to service 50 other sur
rounding schools. The school dis
trict officials say It’s possible
they will save as much as $6.7
million over a five year period
in space, equipment and labor
while providing better meals that
a dually sell themselves to the
students.
Lyng said the same Innovation,
technology and cooperative effort
that went Into the moon shot
must be used "to reach out for
the hungry and malnourished in
this country.”
Lyng reviewed proposals to eli
minate hunger which are now
pending before the Congress. He
stated that others were still in
the planning and development st -
age.
"But we are pushing as hard
as we can to get into the action
phase,” he said. "Three steps
already have been taken,” he
said.
One is the announced forma
tion of a Food and Nutrition Ser
vice within the U. S. Department
of Agriculture—an agency which
would place a much higher priori
ty on all aspects of human nut
rition than heretofore. USDA’s
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Lt. Gov. Smith ?
Urges More
Rehabilitation
JEKYLL ISLAND—Lieutenant:
Governor George T. Smith str- :
ongly urged the expansion of the :
State’s vocational rehabilitation •
program as a long-range eco-:
nomy measure.
Speaking at the Vocational Re
habilitation Staff Training Con
ference at Jekyll Island, Lt. Gov.
Smith used State statistics to back
up his recommendation.
He cited the results of a 7-
year joint pilot project conducted
by Vocational Rehabilitation to
gether with the Department of
Family and Children Services.
Some 312 welfare clients with
physical and/or mental handicaps
complicated by cultural depriva
tion were selected to participate
in the pilot project, and then tr
ained and placed in jobs.
According to Smith, seven ye
ars ago, their annual Income from
welfare was $349,000. After re
habilitation, their annual income
from welfare was reduced to
$57,000 per year. . .and their
annual earnings from their jobs
was $642,000. per year.
The total cost of rehabilitation
services to them was $147,000.
Smith said that one government
projection study estimated that
every person who Is rehabilit
ated and placed In a job will
return to the State in taxes about
35 times the cost of the initial
services he required.
"But think of the dividends
derived in human values. . .
which are more Important than
the money,” Smith said.
“Self-respect. . .pride of ac
complishment. . .the privilege
of becoming a first-class citi
zen instead of a tax burden. . .
the right to be a whole man,
or woman, despite any physical
handicaps. . .these are the gifts
you have given 312 persons who
were formerly dependent upon
welfare,” he added.
The lieutenant governor estim
ated that there are some 400,-
000 handicapped Georgians, but
budget limitations permit Rehab
to help about 12% - or 48,000
during the last fiscal year.
He urged the department to
publicize their successes and th
eir future goals so as to get pub
lic support, which would result
in necessary funds, to expand
their program.
He commended the staff for
the national recognition they have
received for their performance
and innovation. . .that they have
"dared to try something new...
and march in where ‘angels fear
to tread’. . .with the results
that you have become the angels
to thousands of handicapped Ge
orgians. . .”
food assistance programs hax
been administered by the Con
sumer and Marketing Service.
The President’s announcement
of a White House Conference on
Hunger and Malnutrition to be
held this December is another
step. Lyng indicated that the
White House Conference would
draw on the thinking, the advice,
and counsel of over 2,000 au
thorities working in both the pri
vate and public sectors on the
problems of hunger and malnut
rition.
The third step is the Presi
dent’s package of proposals to
Congress. These proposals would
begin the legislative changes to
revamp USDA’s food stemp pro
gram so that It could assist
more low-income people. The
proposals would also provide for
adequately nutritious diets and
utilize the whole range of food
programs to help all malnourish
ed Americans who need help, es
pecially the young.
Throughout his comments As
sistant secretary Lyng stressed
that cooperation among local, st
ate and federal governments along
with the efforts and support of
business, industry, farmers, la
bor and all other Americans is
essential to continued successes
in effectively reducing hunger and
malnutrition.
eh
"The only thing that makes
a woman glad to put on an old
dress is if she still can.”
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President Nixon’s appointment
Monday of Federal Judge Cle
ment F. Haynsworth, Jr. of Gr
eenville, S. C. to the Supreme
Court of the United States Is one
of the most responsible appoint
ments made to this body in many
years.
Haynsworth is a 56 year-old
Democrat from five generations
of distinguished South Carolina
lawyers who considers himself
as a mlddle-of-the road jurist
rather than a liberal or a con
servative.
Already this appointment fa
ces a fight before the Senate
Judicalry Committee because
Haynsworth is considered a "st
rict Constitutionalist” rather
than liberal interpreter of the
Constitution.
Haynsworth was appointed
to fill the vacancy created when
Abe Fortas resigned last May
during an uproar over his ac
cepting fees from a family fo
undation of imprisoned financier
Louis E. Wolfson.
It has been brought out that
his appointment would leave the
bench without a Jewish justice
for the first time in many years.
Most of the people of this country
agree with President Nixon how
ever, that he does not believe
nor consider there to be a Jew
ish seat or a Catholic seat or
a Negro seat on the court.
Haynsworth is one of the most
just men that could have been
appointed to this seat of "jus
tice” on the high court. It is
high time that again just men
are considered for such appoint
ments.
Liberal pioneers of interpret
ation on the Supreme Court have
fouled up justice in this nation
almost to the point of disaster
during the past few years. One
"just” justice can’t change ev
erything, but at least it’s a start
in the right direction.
The outcry of Civil Rights
leaders against Haynsworth is
unfounded. After all, he upheld
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a lower court decision releasing
black militant H. Rap Brown to
the custody of his lawyer, but
also refused to remove rest
rictions on Brown’s movement
while under bond.
He once ordered the North
Carolina Dental Society to admit
a Negro practloner to member
ship. In two Virginia school de
segregation cases, he ruled in
favor of a so-called freedom of
choice plan to assign pupils to
schools.
He wrote the majority opinion
in a 3-2 decision which held that
state criminal cases involving
civil rights workers could not
go to federal court without a
trial first in a state court. The
decision was upheld by the Sup
reme Court.
In other cases, Haynsworth
ruled that the burden of proving
lack of discrimination rests with
school boards, not those Negroes
bringing suit; that teacher as
signments cannot be made on the
basis of race, and that a Negro
doctor who met all qualificat
ions could not be denied mem
bership on the staff of an all
white hospital.
You can’t get much more mid
dle of the road than Justice
Haynsworth’s record and It Is a
good indication that this is the
plateau that the American people
are looking for in the future.
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