The Humble Echo (Humble, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1968 Page: 2 of 6
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PAGE TWO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1968
Published every Thursday at Humble, Texas, by the Humble Publishing
Co. Entered as second class matter July 18, 1942, at the U.S. Post Office*
in Humble, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1870.
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Phone 446-3733 P.O. Drawer E 77338 John Pundt, Editor
Myths And Facts About Guns
In an article in The American Rifle-
man on gun registration, the principal
claims of registration proponents are
presented and commented upon.
The first claim is that registration
would reduce crime by making it more
difficult for undesirables to obtain wea-
pons. In answer to that The Rifleman
comments, “It is pretty obvious that
-criminals would not throng police sta-
tions to register their firearms.” A
second claim is that registration would
assist in solving crimes by making it
possible to trace the firearms used.
On this, The Rifleman notes, “Since the
firearms were stolen in the first place,
tracing records of a gun used in a crime
could only lead to the location of the
theft, not to the user of the gun.”
A third claim, that registration would
aid in the apprehension of criminals by
making it possible to arrest persons
found in possession of unregistered guns,
raises a basic question of police power.
Only under exceptional circumstances do
police have the authority to stop persons
on the street and “frisk” them, or to
search homes without a warrant. A fourth
claim is that registration would keep guns
out of the hands'of minors, mental in-
competents, drug addicts and habitual
drunkards. The fallacy of this claim is
again that no law can in itself prevent
an irresponsible person obtaining a gun
through theft.
A final claim is that registration would
reduce the number of firearms possessed
by individuals. As The Rifleman points
out, “This, unfortunately, is only too
true. A national registration law would
discourage firearms ownership —by the
law-abiding citizens, not by the crim-
inal.” President-elect Nixon has point-
ed to the surest way of discouraging
criminal use of firearms. In addition
to the federal government, he believes
the 50 states should consider action to
impose a heavy mandatory prison sen-
tence on anyone who uses a firearm in
the commission of a crime.
A Dose Of Healthy Justice
Events often have a way of dem-
onstrating a fact more impressively
than the most closely-reasoned argu-
ment, Books have been written on the
virtues of the free market and the
mechanism by which it automatically
adjusts prices to conform with exist-
ing conditions. But, no argument or
book can speak with the force of a
simple news report citing facts.
Several months ago, steel prices were
increased. Massive government efforts
to roll back the increase were only part-
ially successful. Time and again the
march of inflation and the laws of
supply and demand have shown the pun-
iness of artificial controls. News re-
ports, however, reveal how, without
headlines or threats, the free market
works its will on prices. To meet
foreign competition, a major steel com-
pany has .announced a 22 per cent price
cut on hot-rolled sheet steel, one of
the most important of the steel indust-
ry’s products. Other steel makers are
going along with the price reduction.
As The Wall Street Journal com-
ments: “Economic ‘justice,’ as ren-
dered by the marketplace, can be mighty
harsh. It’s still a good deal more
healthy for the economy that justice
as seen by the government’s would-be
price controllers.”
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“GOOP LUCK.SON"
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By Tom Anderson
COMPROMISE-THE EVIL WAY
The whole world dates its calendar back-
ward and forward from His birth. Yet He
never went to school, held an office, owned a
home, had a family, or made a business or
social success. The only thing He ever wrote
was a sentence in the sand. He never travelled
more than 200 miles from the place where He
was born—yet He was and is not only the dom-
inant personality of all time but the only per-
fect man who ever lived.
He was born in a borrowed “bed,” crucified
on a borrowed cross, and buried in a borrowed
tomb. While He was dying, His executioners
gambled for the only property of any value He
had on earth—the garments from His back.
While He was still a young man, the tide of
public opinion turned against this “extremist.”
And so did His friends. He was turned over
to His enemies, who put Him through the
mockery of a trial. Pontius Pilate, a “moder-
ate” who was unwilling to take a stand himself,
let the mob vote in the “democratic” way on
His guilt.
No one can be a good Christian without
being an ‘‘extremist.” Christians have always
been extremists, and never more so than today.
Today, according to the American neo-dicta-
torship we live under, a Christian who refuses
to hire a non-Christian is subject to heavy
fine and imprisonment (under the so-called
“Civil Rights” Act).
Jesus Christ was not a “moderate.” He was
an “extremist.” The “modernists” amongst us
today proclaim that there is no black and
white; that sin is imaginary, non-existent; that
we are to be “moderate” and “tolerant” in all
things, including evil. James Russell Lowell
said: “They enslave their children’s children
who make compromise with sin.” The majority
which crucified Christ was composed of “mod-
erates.”
We cannot oppose evil by compromising
with evil. We cannot go forth into all the
world and spread the gospel of Jesus Christ
if we deny Jesus Christ in the United Nations,
in our schools and in our daily lives.
A great actor was asked to entertain at a
large dinner party one evening. A ripple of
excitement ran through the crowd of prominent
and important guests as he rose to speak. He
chose to recite the 23rd Psalm, which he did
eloquently. He finished the dramtic recitation
in a thunder of applause, and the audience gave
him a standing ovation.
The next speaker was an elderly white-haired
man, bowed and worn by long years of patient
labor as a missionary. “I, too, would like to
recite the Shepherd’s Psalm,” he said quietly.
Then, turning his face upward a little, and
closing his eyes, he began . . . When he was
through, there was not a sound. No word. No
applause. And there was not a dry eye in the
room.
Afterward, a man said to the great actor:
“I don’t understand. You both said the same
thing. Your presentation was perfect in ever}
way. Yet, when he spoke in his halting im
perfect manner, people were moved too deeply
for words. What made the difference?”
“The answer is simple,” replied the actor.
“I know the 23rd Psalm; I know it well. But
he knows the Shepherd!”
Many of us say we know the Shepherd, but
few of us act like it.
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By Marilyn Manion
THE MAJORITY—WHO CARES ABOUT THEIk kIGHTS?
“They defy authority, yet when punitive
"tion is threatened they holler for amnesty,
hey want to be martyrs without martyrdom.”
The man who spoke those words was de-
:ribing the 1964 “Free Speech Movemept” at
erkeley. Ironically, he also depicted the
tuation which is plaguing him today. He is
amuel I. Hayakawa, currently the acting Presi-
ent of San Francisco State College.
Hardly a day goes by without more head-
nes about the riots at S.F. State. Riots which
re depriving thousands and thousands of stu-
ents from their education. Riots instigated
y radical militants who, last fall, issued a list
f “non-negotiable” ultimatums. Among their
emands: That all Negroes who apply to the
:hool be automatically admitted; that a black
;udies program be organized headed by a
Jegro professor personally selected by the
lack Students Union (B.S.U.).
When the demands were not immediately
let, Black Panther George Mason Murray, a
art-time English instructor, suggested to Negro
:udents that they carry guns to class. For this
lflammatory action, he was suspended—and
re B.S.U., aided and abetted by the Students
ar a Democratic Society, began to riot. A new
emand was issued by the militants: That Mur-
ay be reinstated. Terror reigned on campus,
he rioters invaded classrooms to try and shut
ae school down. And the college president
nally gave in and closed the doors.
Asian Tour
BY U.S. SEN/ TOR RALPH YARBOROUGH
This week I shall xeport on my 12-day tour to
trouble spots in Southeast Asia. I went there as a
memeber of the Military Appropriations Subcommit-
tee of the Senate Appropriations Committee. This
trip included an extensive inspection of United States
activities in South Vietnam. I visited from Rach Gia
on the Gulf of Thailand in the extreme southern part
of South Vietnam up to the Demilitarized Zone that
separates North and South Vietnam. In fact, I flew
in a helicopter with General Cushman, commander of
the First Corps Area, to a point .where we could
look past a river and into North Vietnam.
There is no question in my mind about the ef-
ficiency of the men we have in Vietnam today. We
have over 500,000 fighting men there, and I think
that man for man they’re better trained and have
higher morale than any previous American expe-
ditionary fighting force overseas.
Although the United States is trying to bring about
a peace through negotiations, the war goes on. Our
men in Vietnam want the war to end; yet they face
their daily duties and dangers with high spirit and
great courage. Tens of thousands of American men
have been killed in Vietnam, and over a hundred
thousand wounded; and casualties continue. But morale
is high in the rice paddies of the Delta, as well as
in the Marine bunkers just south of the Demilitarized
Zone.
I spent half a day with the 25th Infantry Division
headquartered at Cu Chi, and another half day with
the 1st Infantry Division at Lai Khe. There I went
to outlying fire support bases where our men are
working in the hills and jungles, providing defensive
support for our operations and watching infiltration
routes. This is to the west of Saigon, in the route
between Saigon and the Cambodian border, where the
Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese move at night.
Men face danger daily in these outpost camps,
I also visited with the Navy forces on the rivers
of the Delta region, the Saigon River and the Mekong
River, which are tied together by a great system of
canals built by the French when they ruled Vietnam.
This is called the Riverine Fleet, with thousands
of men and hundreds of boats. These men, called the
“River Rats,” make their headquarters on these
boats. These American Navy men keep a constant
vigil over the rivers and canals, inspecting the sam-
pans and guarding against the shipment of rockets
and artillery, arms and supplies to be used against
the cities and against our forces. I boarded the Navy
vessels and went on trips with some.
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CHURCH
CALENDAR
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At this writing, classes have resumed, under
the acting presidency of Mr. Hayakawa. He
seems determined to buck the lawless pressures
from the B.S.U., and keep the school open
for the great majority of students, who want
no part of the protest.
At Pembroke, a Rhode Island women’s col-
lege, most of the school’s 35 Negroes staged
a walkout, announcing that they would “cease
to be a part” of the school until it enrolled
more Negroes. This protest was mild com-
pared to that at Minnesota’s St. Cloud State
College, where 25 Negro students threatened
to imprison the college president in his office
unless he met their demands. In Wisconsin,
at Oskosh State University, 100 students tore
up the administration building to the tune of
several thousand dollars in damages. Their
demands: a Negro student union and more
Afro-American courses.
Mr. Hayakawa has put it in a nutshell once
again. He condemns:
“. . . the intellectually slovenly habit, now
popular among whites as well as blacks, of
denouncing as racist those who oppose or are
critical of any Negro tactic or demand. We
have a standing obligation to the 17,500 or
more students—white, black, yellow, red and
brown—who are not on strike and have every
right to expect continuation of their educa-
tion.”
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St. James Presbyterian Church, Old Courthouse, Rev.
B.ili-Loe^sin, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Church 11 a.m.
a.m.
First Baptist Church, 400 Main St., Everett S.
Martin Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Church
10:55 a.m., Evening Services 7:30 p.m., Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Lakeland Baptist Church, Isaacks and Old Hum-
ble Road, Owen Dry Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Church 10:50 a.m., Church 7:50 p.m., Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Church of Christ, 621 Herman St., Herbert Thornton
Minister, Sunday School 10 a.m., Church 10:50 a.m.,
Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.,
Bible class 9:30 a.m.
Methodist Church, 800 Main St., Bill Turner Pastor,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Church 11 a.m., Evening
Worship 7 p.m.
Evangel Church, 119 S„ Houston Ave., Irby E,
Slaughter Pastor, Sunday School i0 a.m., Churcl
11 a.m.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church. 400 S. Houston Ave,
Father William Steele, Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m.,
11:15 a.m.,,, Evening Mass 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
-lass 7:30 p.m.
First Assembly of God Church, 410 Granberry
St., G.L. Johnson Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Church 11 a.m., Childrens Church 6 p.m., Young
Peoples Church 6 p.m., Evangelistic Service 7 p.m.
Forest Cove Baptist Chapel, 1711 Hamblen Road,
Thomas F. Henderson Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Sunday morning worship 11 a.m., Sunday evening
worship 7 p.m.
Episcopal Church rT the Good Shepherd, 702 Atascc
cita Road, Father Douglas W. Hutchings, Church 9 a.m.,
Church School follows worship service.
First Assembly of God, Porter, Texas on FM Road
1314, O.L. Davidson, Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Church 11 a.m., Young People 6 p.m,, Evangelistic
Service 7 p.m.
Holy Comforter Lumeran Church, 7630 N. Belt Dr.,
Rev. George Brookover, Church 10:30 a.m Church
School 9:15 a.m.
The United Pentecostal Church, 217 S. Ave, G.,
Rev. Dewey Nix, Sunday School 10 a.m., Church 11
a.m.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Westfield, Texas,
E.R. Rathgeber Pastor, Sunday School 9 a.m., Church
10 a.m.
Lakeview Park Baptist Mission, 4 1/2 mi. west on
FM 1960, / Joe Silvio Pastor, Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Church 11 a.m*
First Baptist Church, Eastex Oaks, 7534 N. BeP
Dr., Edward J. May Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Church 11 a.m., Training Union 6 p.m,, Evening
Worship 7 p.m.
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