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•—---------THE LEONARD GRAPHIC, Friday, February 7,1958
Sweetheart
Banpet Feb. 10
At Baptist Church
Recently 107 votes were cast
by the Young People of the First
Baptist Church for a King and
Queen for the annual Sweet-
heart Banquet. The banquet
will be held -at the church on
the night of Monday, February
10.
The banquet has always been
well attended and marks one of
the highlights for the church
year. A team from E. T. C. will
entertain this year. The elect-
ed King and Queen will be an-
nounced at the banquet and
crowned at that tirpe.
The banquet is sponsored by
the church at no cost to the In-
termediate and Young People
Each member in these depart-
ments has the privilege of in-
viting one guest. Mrs. Homer
Evans is chairman of the menu
committee. The Pastor and the
Minister of Music are making
arrangements for the program.
THIS WEEK
—In Washington
With
Clinton Davidson
If you listen to
the debate in Con-
gress this week you
can hear what sounds
remarkably like an
echo of speeches made some 33 years
ago in those same House and Senate
chambers.
The issue is the same: How im-
portant to our defense is air power?
The central figure of the debate in
1925 was the well-remembered Brig.-
Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell, an
early and earnest advocate of air
power.
Mitchell was being courtmartialed
by the Army for criticizing the
military brass for failure to build up
our almost non-existent air force.
Congress was divided over whether.
Mitchell was a crackpot or a genius.
The question, again, is how im-
portant is the airplane to our defense?
Has it, or will it soon, become
antiquated by guided missiles? Those
are questions this session of Congress
must attempt to answer.
Who will make the important
decision? Two small groups of
experts, the Senate and House
sub-committees for Air Force appro-
priations, have major responsibility
for supplying the answers. The
conclusions they reach can deter-
mine the success or failure of our
defense against aggression.
Hearings on President Eisen-
hower’s budget request for Air Force
funds, including both missiles and
planes, will be begun by the com-
mittees within the next few weeks.
Thia and a later column will be
intended to give you a behind-the-
scenes look at how those committees
think and function.
First, the Senate sub-committee.
Both Chairman Dennis Chavez, a
New Mexico Democrat, and ranking
minority member Leveritt Salton-
stall, a Massachusetts Republican,
are men of unusual vision and ability.
Sen. Chavez fought for more
money for our defense all last year,
bucking the “economy” tide that
was running strongly. That he was
right is now indicated by President
Eisenhower’s request for a supple-
mental defense appropriation foi
the remainder of this fiscal year.
The New Mexico Senator has
combined ability and 35 years of
seniority to rise to the head of one
of the most important and powerful
committees in Congress. Replying
to charges that Congress had cut
military funds too drastically, he
told us:
“My figures show Congress has
not been reluctant to provide the
money to assure this country’s
safety. We are going to keep right
on providing every cent needed tc
maintain our position as a world
power.”
Two years ago Sen. Chavez, with
what now proves to have beer
remarkable foresight, fought success-
fully to include a billion dollars
more in the Air Force budget than
the Administration had asked for or
wanted. As much or more than any
other man in Congress he has helped
to build a strong U. S. air force.
Sen. Saltonstall came to the
Senate in 1944 and has twice been
re-elected. As a former chairman of
the Armed Services Committee, he
has a thorough knowledge of our
military strength and requirements.
“The front line of our defense is
SAC (Strategic Air Command) with
the B-52, and in the months ahead,
we hope, with the B-58. These are the
weapons of today and todays defense
must be built around them,” Sen
Saltonstall said.
Firemen Will Meet
Friday Night
There will be a regular meet-
ing of the Leonard Volunteer
Fire Department at 7 p. m. Fri.
day night.
All members are urged to at-
tend.
Bank Closed
February 12
The Leonard National Bank
will be closed Wednesday, Feb-
ruary 12, 1958, in observance of
Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.
METHODIST CHURCH
CALENDAR
Rev. H. W. Longfellow, Pastor
11:00 a m. _-Morning Worship
C. K. McClendon. Supt.
10:00 a. m.------Sunday School
6:15 p. m. Methodist Youth
Fellowship
7:30 p. m.____Evening Worship
2:30 p. m. Monday __W. S. C. S.
First Tuesday----Official Board
Meeting
Second Wednesday __________________
S. S. Workers Conference
Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Brister, Jr.,
have bought the Mrs. E. N. Bailey
home.
Mrs. Leo V. Ryan of Dallas
spent last week end with her
mother, Mrs. Louis Kaiser, who
is ill at her home here.
T. IL School To Be
Held At First
Baptist Church
Some of the Baptist pastors in
this area met recently to plan a
joint Training Union study
course. The school will be held
February 17-21 at the First Bap-
tist Church of Leonard.
The following churches will
participate: East Shady Grove,
Antioch, Bailey, Trenton, Leon-
ard, Valley Creek, Indian Creek
and Randolph.
Rev. Mac Turner of Bailey is
chairman of the planning com-
mittee. Courses will be offered
for Sunday School or Trainng
Union credit. A wide range of
subjects will be taught. Keep
your date book open for this im-
portant week.
VALLEY CREEK
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Jerry Lemon, pastor
Sunday School ________________10 a. m.
Morning Worship _________11 -a. m.
Bible Study ___________________6:30 p. m.
Evening Worship 7:15 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry West re-
turned to their home at Garland,
Tuesday.
Those visiting in the home of
Mrs. Mae Fowler Sunday were
Mrs. Opal Taylor and girls, Louie
Nell, Brenda and Sue of Bonham,
Mr. and Mrs. Heard Stephens
and boys of Rockwall.
As this is written, whether or
not Congress is able to force out
in the open the so-called Gaither
Report is a moot question.
♦ ♦ ♦
In line with the policy of the
past few years of seeking to keep
the public in ignorance, this re-
port, purporting to show horren-
dous facts con-
cerning the
lack of a U. S.
defense plan,
was classified
secret.
♦ * *
Yet, before
Congress ever
reassembled,
enough of this
report had
leaked out to
C. W. Harder
indicate it would be used as a
spearhead to get billions more
dollars voted for defense.
♦ ♦ ♦
Senator Lyndon Johnson of
Texas has held the report should
be made public,
♦ ♦ ♦
Yet, release of report may be
as big a fizzle as first U. S. at-
tempt to sputnik .For as conserv-
ative Wall Street Journal recently
intimated, from advance leaks of
the Gaither Report there appears
nothing startling in its contents.
♦ ♦ *
The report makes great store
of the fact that the Russian
industrial capacity is making
greater gains than the expansion
of American industry.
♦ ♦ *
Obviously, with an industrial
plant at a very low stage of de-
velopment compared to U. S.
standards, if Russia in increas-
ing at all, it is increasing at a
greater rate of increase.
* * *
Thus, the Gaither Report will
probably fall into one of two
categories. Either it will develop
that it is purely and simply a
massive propaganda effort to get
more foreign aid appropriations,
more government spending, or it
may come up with some hidden
facts to show that the U. S. de-
fenses are quite inadequate.
♦ ♦ ♦
If the latter turns out to be
the case, then it can be expected
that Congress will launch some
very stern inquiries to try to de-
termine just what has happened
to the many, many billions voted
for defense purposes over the
past ten years.
♦ ♦ ♦
And in view of the fact that
Washington bureacrats kept this
report secret for so long, the
reverberations could be big.
♦ ♦ ♦
And likewise, by the same to-
ken, if it is found that these same
bureaucrats made a big produc-
tion out of this report in an at-
tempt to “cry wolf” to scare
more and more funds out of
Congress, they are not going to
look too good, either.
♦ ♦ ♦
In other words, these bureau-
crats have backed themselves
into a tight corner and no matter
which way the events turn, they
are not going to look good.
♦ ♦ ♦
And there is an ever growing
public opinion that is casting a
skeptical eye at these repeated
governmental attempts to keep
secrets from the people.
♦ * *
It was just such “goings-on”
carried out in secrecy that re-
sulted in Pearl Harbor.
♦ * ♦
In addition, there is a strong
desire in Congress to find out just
what value, if any, has been re-
ceived from the many billions
poured into foreign aid.
♦ ♦ *
While there is no truth in the
rumor that foreign aid bureau-
crats want to give out free beer
on Sundays in Tasmania to pre-
vent the natives there from ac-
quiring a tas‘*5 for Russian vod-
ka and thn<; attaining commu-
nist leanings, there are grave sus-
picions billions have heen spent
with no more valid reasoning.
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