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I HL TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1976
PAGE FOUR
Pear Editor:
VW enjoy your paper very
much. I especially enjoy your
mother's poems. I am won-
dering if you have had her
poems in book form, and if
so. where can I gc» one of
those?
I feel sure you do not
remembet me when we lived
near vou in Happy You had
a wonderful mother and she
was verv brilliant, and it
shows in her beautiful
|HH ins.
An old friend.
MRS IESTERDILLON.sk
>to Bv rncs Drive
Sail Antonio. Texas
Poor Editor:
We appreciate very much
your editorial "Hour of Deci-
sion” which was fortunately
reprinted in our local paper.
The Floyd County Hesper-
ian. We. too. are concerned
about the harm done by
weather modification in this
area. Therefore, we would
support financiallv any or-
ganized eTort to stop the
program.
We live in northeast Floyd
Counts’, thirty one miles due
east of Plains lew. the target
area. Our normal yearly rain-
fall is approximately 20 inch-
es. In 1975. ws received a
total of 6 inches. In 1976. to
this date rainfall has been 5
inches. This would indicate a
severe drought situation
which is abnormal because
areas near hc.’c have receiv-
ed their normal amounts. As
a result the natural ground
cover is severely damaged;
wildlife not to mention cattle
face winter without forage.
Crops have also suffered.
Our dryland neighbors, to
the east are plowing up their
cotton—there is nothing to
harvest.
There, however, have
been attempts to stop weath-
er modification. A few years
ago. a group. Fanners and
Ranchers for Natural Weath-
er made an effort. Accord-
ingly, a petition with over
500 signatures was delivered
to the Texas Water Board in
Austin, apparently it was
ignored. Moreover, a straw
vote was taken in several
counties in this area, includ-
ing Hale County, in each
county the Weather Modifi-
cation Program was voted
down by a wide margin.
Evidently there is a need for
a concerted effort throughout
this area. Moreover, the
support cf the media is
necessary. Mr. Baggarlv. we
greatly appreciate your in-
terest and concern. There are
many individuals who are
opposed to the program,
however, their opposition
has been ignored.
Sincerely,
W.K and JUNE WARE
Route 0
Lockncv, Texas
Pear Editor:
I have written to Dear
Editor once before, land
made quite a few enemies
doing so) but 1 just have to
voice my opinion once more.
I think the whole American
Government has gone NUTS!
And I'm not talking about the
Eisenhower. Kennedy. John-
son. Nixon, or Ford Admin-
istrations What in the world
do we need with a Carter
Administration??
From the very beginning
of Carter's campaign he has
stressed a very. very, re-
ligious nature. In fact that's
all I can sec that his whole
campaign is based on. except
of course we must not miss
the fact that he's Democrat,
and an old old country boy,
who's not afraid of hard
w ork!!!
Well, in the October 14th
Editorial, vou criticized Pres-
ident Ford for going to
church!!! A Baptist Church
at that.
Who arc we to say or judge
that Carter is a Christian,
and Ford is just trv ing to gain
votes by going to church!!
As I can recall from the
Bible that, (hat is a no.
no......What are the Ameri-
can people trying to make
Jinimv Carter, a God here on
earth? Well. I think we'd
better think twice, because
we have onlv one Heavenly
•
Falhcr But of course we can
alw ays sav that if Carter gets
into a bind he can always
turn to his sister (the laith
healer) and ask lor help. And
mav I ask vou people, what's
the matter with Methodists.
Church of Christ. Catholics.
Assemblv of God. or Episco-
palians???
What gives Jimmy Carter
the advantage on being the
better candidate for Presi-
dent. over Ford? Is it be-
cause he's Baptist (I'm Bap-
tist also) or is it because he'
a Democrat??
Of course this country is
tired of the Republican Par-
tv . And all because of Nixon!
That's what it all boils down
to isn't it? So here's the
solution. Put a Democrat.
Baptist in the White House
and instantly all our prob-
lems disappear. Baloney!!!!!
God never promised us a
trouble-free world. There is
not one man or woman on
this earth that can put all the
unemployed back to work,
stop starvation, stop killing,
make us all rich, and keep us
at peace.....
THINK ABOUT IT!!!!
Is it Christianity to call
people liars. Ford's whole
administration a mess, and
give an interview in the
Playboy Magazine??
But of course we can
excuse Jimmy Carter be-
cause he's a Baptist, attends
church regularly, is a dea-
con. and is just trying to be
honest Phoecy!!
But if Ford makes a mis-
take. well it's terrible, no
excuses for him. Of course
Carter isn't in office vet. and
hasn't made any major de-
cisions. Just a lot of pro-
mises.
Well. I think Ford is a good
man. a Christian man. and
he’s done a darn good job of
trying to pull this country
back together, after the big
mess it was in. But we
American people are never
satisfied, it's always greener
on the other side of the
pasture....
We American people don't
want much. We just want big
fine homes, a new car every
year, plus one for each child,
plenty of money in the bank,
and every luxury that man
can provide. When it doesn't
work out. complaints, com-
plaints!! We don't want
much, we want it all. and
when we have it all. we want
more!!
All I can say is that each
and every one of us had
better take a good look at the
good things we do have, and
thank God. And not for what
Jimmy Carter has promised
to give us.
Have you ever thought
that Mr. Carter knew before
he started his campaign that
the American people were
looking for some religion in
the White House?
Let's just not base our
votes on Jimmy Carter, the
Baptist, or Jimmy Carter the
Democrat!
Please quit trying to make
him into a God. instead of
just a man created bv God.
GAIL FLOW
516 N. E. 2nd
1 ulia. Texas
Pear Editor:
As an ardent hunter and
conservationist, and native of
Amarillo. 1 was appalled and
disgusted at the short sight-
edness. insensitivity, and ig-
norance displayed by some of
the Randall County Commis-
sioners recently concerning
the subject of federal funds
for the restoration of Buffalo
Lake.
One of the great tragedies
which has befallen this area
in recent years is the death of
Buffalo Lake. Buffalo Lake
has been for years one of the
great and vital waterfowl
refuges on the North Ameri-
can Continent Without Buf-
falo Lake, the tens of thou-
sands of waterfowl which
visit this key area in the
central flywav each year are
forced to either bypass this
area or remain without ade-
quate water spots. Anyone
hunting waterfowl in recent
years in the general vicinity
of Buffalo Lake who has a
love for waterfowl has been
choked with emotion while
observing ducks and geese
vainly searching for water
resting spots.
I suspect the chief culprits
concerning the death of Buf-
falo Lake are the feed lots
outside of Hereford, which
have somehow managed to
cut off the flow of water to
Buffalo Lake via the Tierra
Blanca Creek without public
indignation. z>s the locals
will recall. Buffalo Lake in its
last days was having serious
pollution problems. The
source of pullution was
traced largely to the run off
from those Hereford feed
lots.
It is incredible that respon-
sible and concerned individ-
uals in this area ha /e allowed
the Hereford feed lots to cut
off the primary source of
water of a vital national
refuge.
Additionally, there is a
strong indication that cloud
seeding in co inties south of
Buffalo Laki has seriously
reduced the rainfall at and
near the lake, so that run off
water is at an all-time low .
Those Randall County
Commissioners against the
federal funds for restoration
of Buffalo Lake argue that
such funds represent free
and irresponsible spending
by the federal government,
and Randall County Com-
missioners should set an
example bv refusing such
funds. Firstly, it is inane to
refuse money that Las as its
source our taxpaying pocket-
books on the grounds that
the federal government is the
ultimate disperser of such
money. Secondly, the restor-
ation of Buffalo Lake is an
extremely worthwhile en-
deavor and investment; and
by helping to preserve one of
our great natural resources,
waterfowl, we should receive
many returns in the future,
both material and spiritual.
The first step is to accept
the federal funds for the
restoration of Buffalo Lake
should they becon.e available
and make good use of them.
The next step is to make
available to Buffalo Lake its
natural sources of watf :.
Very truly vours,
RONALD E. WALKER. JR
1012 Barfield Bldg.
Amarillo. Texas
Pear Editor:
Just what is going on in
this good old USA at the
present time? A great hub-
bub is being made over
Jimmy Carter giving Playboy
an interview. Throughout the
populated states of the north
and east Carter war being
pictured as a "born again
Baptist” who was so straight
lacea and narrow minded
he would force his unbending
ways on all the people of this
nation. Certainly none of this
Republican controlled news
media, such as we have in
the Panhandle and South
Plains, would give him space
to refute this false and
misleading propaganda, so
Playboy with 40 million read-
ers was an opportunity to
give people an opportunity to
see this man's moral and
religious beliefs and to set
some of this fuzzy thinking
propaganda in proper per-
spective.
I call your attention to the
fact that Nelson Rockefeller,
the Republican Vice Presi-
dent. was profiled in a Play-
boy interview in October
1975 and the devout young
Catholic Jerry Brown, gover-
nor of California, was inter-
viewed in Playboy in April
197fc. Nobody considered this
a sacreligious act. Then why
are these Republicans so
concerned about Mr. Carter?
Some religious people con-
sider a man, or woman, who
divorce their mate and marry
anothi r living in adultery. 1
call your attention to Nelson
Rockefeller, who has a living
wife, and is married again.
Jerry Ford married an ex
model and dancer who had a
living husband. Robert Dole
has recently divorced his
w ife and married a Washing-
ton secretary . Well. I will not
mention Ronald Reagan, and
others. Are we setting a
double standard here?
Jimmy Carter is living with
the only wife he ever had.
and is an humble Christian
man without a blemrv on his
character.
This past week an ordin-
ance was passed, or first
reading given, by the City
Council of Lubbock, forcing
all pornography magazines
to be wrapped while on
display or being carried on
streets. Not too manv days
ago the Lubbock Avalanche-
Journal placed on display a
printed, lewd, obscene, storv
told by Earl Butz. dipicting
the sex life of 2 Negro
allegedly. This was given
news coverage throughout
this part of the country.
People by the hundreds came
for miles around to read this
pornography. Even David
Brinkley gave it coverage in
the NBC news.
Can Jimmy Carter or any
other national candidate sur-
vive this vicious onslaught
being carried out by the
Republican controlled news
media? If the Democratic
party were to nominate Jesus
Christ for the Candidate, he
would at once be branded a
bleeding heart liberal. You
had better wake up. people.
Mr. Ford under the guise
that he is getting govern-
ment out of .siness is
actually transferring govern-
ment to big business, and he
is the puppet w ho carries out
oig business' biddings. The
word "government” means
to be governed. It means
rules and regulations.
The rich and powerful are
taking over this government,
and the rules they lay down
for common people to live
with are going to be pretty
severe.
PAUL LEWIS
4615 42nd St
Lubbock. Texas
Pear Editor:
As you are aware "Safe-
guard Against Crime" is the
1976-77 major emphasis for
Kiwanis International. The
Tulia Major Emphasis Com-
mittee consists of Ralph
Bates. R B. Dawson. Julius
Hansen. T. A. Hayhurst. Roy
Holtzclaw. Jack Sturmar and
myself. We are encouraged
and enthusiastic about the
wide tnge of projects avail-
able which can be offered in
the area of crime prevention.
As community leaders, every
member of the Tulia Kiw anis
Club plans to "lead the way"
in the reduction of crime
through lawful responsible
action.
Action presently under
consideration is as follows:
Neighborhood Watch mater-
ials made available outline
how to organize a block and
gives other crime prevention
tips. The idea is to get
neighbors, who are more
Ekely than police patrols to
detect when something is
amiss, to watch out for each
other, their property and
homes. A women’s crusade
can be organized to mobilize
the segment of the popu-
lation that is home during the
day in crime prevention pro-
grams and more personal
involvement. How to protect
your family and home from
burglaries - gives tips on
security awareness, also the
do's and don'ts of out of town
travel prepara'ions. Oper
atlon Identification encour-
ages citizens to mark all
major possessions in home
and business using electric
engravers. A window sign
then informs "would be”
thieves that all items can be
traced and are difficult to
sell. Engravers are available
from the Tulia Police Depart
rnent REACT EMERGEN-
CY TEAMS ■ the increased
use of C. B radios and
transmitters in personal and
business vehicles has been
observed. We laud the ef-
forts of the local REACT
program, its membership
and their beneficial involve-
ment in our community. Also
encouraged is the citizen
band radio operators to in-
volve tbemstlves in this
worthwhile organization. The
use of C. B.s in crime
prevention, accident assis-
tance and notification is
strongly encouraged. Senior
Citzens-senior citizens face
more severe crime pressures
than younger people, it is
proposed that seniors help
themselves fight crime.
Seniors should be informed
of ways to protect themselves
against burglaries, bad
checks, and a lack of crime
safety standards in their
dwellings through meetings
and inspections. Media Re-
ports all community crime
prevention programs ulti-
mately rest in public accept-
ance and confidence in law-
enforcement and the judicial
system. It is our p~' vn to
encourage and eni..nce a
regular media (newspaper
and radio) program to inter-
view and introduce local law
enforcement personalities,
and outline basic ideas, pro-
grams and related articles in
line with crime prevention
efforts. We note that articles
of this nature have appeared
in the Herald and applaud
vour personal involvement.
KTUE has done its share
with the "News anti Views"
program. Tulia Police De-
partment Crime Prevention
Officer - Sgt. Lupe Chavez
will be giving a crime pre-
vention lecture and tips to all
civic clubs, schools and other
interested organizations. He
is available now and arrange-
ments can be made by calling
City Hall at 995-3547 for
Chavez or myself.
These and other programs
have been successful in
strengthening awareness of
crime situations in many
other communities, but any
success may not be immedi-
ately apparent in crime sta-
tistics. In fact, in most cases
citizen awareness and in-
volvement actually seems to
increase the "crime rate"
because more crimes are
reported to authorities. From
their introduction and use in
other communities, these
programs have succeeded at
teaching participants how to
cope with a problem that
none of us like, but which
worries us all. Solving crimes
and identifying criminals is
important and it is hoped
through the programs out-
lined here and with others to
come that we can assist,
encourage and lead the way
as Kiwanians to return crime
prevention to place of prom-
inence. Let us as a commun-
ity unite to encourage pre-
vention of crimes rather than
trying to cure a problem after
it occurs, because crime pre-
vention is even more vital as
far as potential victims are
concerned.
In conclusion then, leading
the way in safeguarding our
neighborhoods and commun-
ity against crime is our
primary goal In the perform-
ance and achievement of
these goals we hope to lead
the wav by: living our faith
daily; building a better com-
munity for a bettet world;
uniting with youth organi-
zations to motivate respons-
ible citizenship; emphasizing
family unity to strengthen
respect for life and property;
and sharing opportunities for
service to others.
Sincerely,
JOHN W BOLAND
Director and Major Empha-
sis Chairman
Tulia Kiwanis Club
Tulia. Texas
Pear Editor:
(COPY)
Weather Modification Affairs
Coordinator
Texas Water Development
Board
P. O. Box 13087
Austin. Texas 78711
I am writing in reference to
a notice published in the
Tulia Herald concerning in-
tent to engage in weather
modification. It is my pur-
pose in writing to inform you
of scicrtific reports made by
the unbiased educational
community with regards to
the fact that clcud seeding
can have a negative effect on
rainfall Please read carefully
at least the abstract of the
enclosed scientific publica-
tion. Project Whitctop was
carried out by scientists of
the llnivcrsity of Chicago in
cooperation with the Univer-
sity of Missouri over a 60
mile radius in South-central
Missouri and North-central
Arkansas. These experts
claim that during the 5 hours
following seeding, toe effect
was to decrease rainfall b'
42n;..
There is an additional rea-
son to take extreme care in
allowing cloud seeding. I
quote again from the book
Weather and Climate Modif-
ication page 85 "Significant
quantities of seeding mater-
ial were present in target
area precipitation, in timing
and location agreement with
calculated occurrence of
seeding effect." The point
here is the cloud seeding
metals (Silver and Lead) will
be eaten by cattle, then by
humans which could produce
a long term effect. This has
recently become an import-
ant concern in the Soviet
Union's cloud seeding pro-
gram; shouldn't it also be
your concern? You arc of
course aware of (he new law
under consideration by the
Federal government making
chemicals to be proven safe
before they are introduced to
the public. The same should
be required of cloud seeders
when Silver and Lead arc
known to be harmful on
consumption bv humans.
I believe you should give
long consideration before let-
ting money be the prime
concern on whether the
weather modification is al-
lowed or w hethcr long effects
on the jvojiulation is more
important
Hail destroys crops. Poi-
soning destroys people.
Sincerclv.
DR W B CONWAY
6340 Calle Marie
Tucson. Arizona
Pear Editor:
It does not take a Jeanne
Dixon to predict the outcome
of the November 2 election.
During the Dole-Mondale de-
bate. Senator Dole either
willingly gave away or reluc-
tantly conceded the votes of
the Bunnies, the Blacks, the
Small Businessmen, the
Jews, the League of Women
Voters. Labor, the Roosevelt
fans, the Senior Citizens and
the Slavic peoples.
The balance of the voters
in the U.S. can at best be
only a minority group.
Sincerely.
MRS BOB SHFFFY
305 Arthur
Tulia. Texas
Ramsey Rossi. . .
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ern Auto Store and Wright
Chevrolet-Olds.
Others missing only two
games were Helen Laughter.
4213 Gars Lane. Amarillo.
Western Auto; Monty Mai
com. 2216. WT Station.
Canyon. First National Bank;
Timm Bliss. 311 Comanche
Trail. Western Auto; Don
Elliott. Box 1083, Dimmitt.
Young and Ellis; Kenneth
Millsap. 7|4 N Crosby . Earl
Cosbv Motor Co.; Ranee
Malconi. 222 N. W nth.
Gale’s Texaco; Donna Mai
com. 222 N. W 6th, Reeves
Insurance; J. Brett Foster.
Route S. Prairie Cattle and
Grain; Jack Dnskill. 303 N.
E. 6th. Reeves Insurance; E.
N. Howell. 44 Travis Road:
Jack Ewing. 1015 N W. 9th.
Western Auto; O. H. Rahlfs.
Box 486. Happy. First Natio-
nal Bank. Billy Hackleman.
1003 Maple. Dimmitt.
Wright Chevrolet-Olds; Boyd
Yeung. Route Tulia. Silver
to 1. Tuba Co-Op Gin; Mrs.
A. L. Tanner. 1035 N. W
9th. Gale's Texaco; Betty
Stephens. Route F. Silver-
ton. Tu’ a Co-Op Gin; Jane
Allison. 52 Fannin Drive.
Wright Cevrolet-Olds; Bertie
Walters. 301 N. Crosbv
Reeves Insurance.
•
0—What help will the VA
give my surv ivors in bury ing
me?
A—If you had wartime
service. VA will pay S250
toward your funeral expense,
plus $150 toward burial plot
or interment cost. If your
death is due to service-con-
nected causes. VA will pav
up to $800 toward funeral
and burial costs.
The hard-hitting editorials of
N. M. Beggarly
The Tezas
Country
Editor
A rraivraotx look at^V
National politics compiled
by Eugene W. Jones.
A collection of political edi-
torials by H. M. Bafparly. a
writer whose political opin-
ions are read and respected
far beyond the area of his
paper simmediate circulation.
This collection of his editor-
ials spans the years 1952
through 1964 and provides
hard.hitimp comme Wary on
n„!ional political events and
personalities during tba
tenure of Presidents Trumaa,
Eisenhower, Kennedy and
Johnson. HM
At your bookstore
TKtWOtlDNIUSIUKCnarutT
— V.
VL (OMMM
By H. M. BAGGARLY
(Continued From Page One)
support 1 BJ because he was “too conserva-
tive." and many conservatives wno wouldn't
support him because he was "too liberal."
It's the same way with Carter.
It is said that Carter is weakest among
tin liberal Democrats who are supporting
I ugcnc McCarthy because Carter is "too
conservative." And just last nigh' 'n the TV
m w s we heard that a major group couldn't
supjHirt Carter because "he's more liberal
than McGovern."
We have alw ays insisted that w hen both
extremes disown you because you are too
close to the other side, it's pretty good
e\ idencc that you are somewhere near
center.
In our own situation, the extreme
liberals won't touch us with a ten-foot pole.
Manv have canceled their subscriptions after
they subscribed because of our reputation as
a "liberal" and were disappointed. And of
course our "conservative" enemies are well
known!
EXPRESSION USUALLY overtakes us in
an election year We are not particularly
depressed about Tulia because despite the
false and one-sided propaganda of the
opposition, coming into the community from
1 he -V.tsidc, at least Tulians have an
o|iportunitv to hear the other side of the
story. They are not totally politically
illiterate in Swisher.
But while this is true in Tulia. 99 out of
100 other communities hear only one
side—the Republican side. And that is w hat
depresses us. We can visit these communi-
ties and people will quote the morning paper
to us. almost word for word. When we give
them the other side, they arc dumbfounded!
■ (JOKING OVER THE Amarillo Globe-
Times one afternoon last week, we read
all kinds of things. We shut off Ronald
Reagan on TV because we were so disgusted
with his half truths which he was telling the
poor brain washed of Amarillo.
For instance, he was saying that what
makes the difference in the two parties is the
parts platform! He told this lie despite the
lact that Rockefeller had just told the people
ol New York, and rightlv so. that President
Ford fell no compulsion to support the GOP
platform, that no modcrate could support the
GOP platform.
And wc had just explained how a party
platform is nothing more than a few goodies
promised each special interest group as a
price for its support—and these goodies
were never heard from again unless they are
dragged out during the campaign to reas-
sure the special interest groups.
But what about those political illiterates
in Amarillo who never heard Rockefeller and
who never read jjajKTs like The Tulia
Herald?
^|N ANOTHER PAGE, an Amarillo pastor
wvijs opposing Carter, saving that wc
don't need more "socialism”. The Republi
cans arc presently subsidizing the barge
industrv with millions of dollars—yet only
the Democrats arc tagged with the “social-
ist" 1harge!
But what really set us off was the
statement in San Angelo of Ray Hutchison.
Republican state chairman, who denounced
one of Carter's economic advisers. Lawrence
Klein, who 30 years ago publicly claimed to
be a communist lor a short time.
Hutchison said. "I don't want a man as
President whose chief economic adviser is
ojH’nlv a lormcr member ot the communist
party of this country and I don't think the
people do cither.”
In view of the facts, if anybody besides
Hutchison feels that way. they are bigger
fools than we believe them to be.
VHE WARE FAMILY of Amarillo, long
" associated with the Amarillo National
Bank, are not exactly pinkos.
Richard Ware, a vice president of the
hank, savs that Klein. Carter's economic
adviser, is of such eminence that it would be
logic?l for political leaders to seek his
advice.
Ware said he had not known before last
Wednesday of the past communist affiliation
of Klein, a professor at the University of
Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business.
The Amarillo bank executive, who
graduated in I9T) from the school, said
Klein was to economics "roughly what
Michael DeBakcy and Denton Cooley would
he to heart surgery.”
Klein told the Associated Press he has
also done consulting work for the admini-
stration of President Gerald Ford.
Klein said he was a m-'mber of the
C ommunist Party for a brief peiiod in 1946
but withdrew. His membership, he said, was
no secret and had been recorded in Forbes
Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.
"I never had any classes with him."
said Ware, "but he was the most prominent
faculty member. Wharton was the first
business school in the country. It. Harvard
and Stanford are considered the top bus.ness
schools in the nation.
"Klein invented the econometric mrdcl
which uses mathematics and computers to
forecast economic trends. He is also current-
ly president of the American Economists
Association." Ware said.
^^HE BANKER SAID the econometric
■ niodei is devised bv computer after 86
economic factors arc considered. Similar
systems have been set up by Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Chase Manhat-
tan Bank.
Ware said econometric models had
been composed Uy Klein for foreign coun-
tries. This enabled government officials to
try to figure out what effects economic
actions in other countries, such as devalua-
tion of the British pound, could have on the
American economy.
"He's one of the top half dozen
economists in the country." said Ware.
OILMAN BEINGS have two things in
■■common. Due to circumstances of the
moment, they often go off on tangents,
particularly in their younger years, and (2)
they tend to return to sanity just as quickly
as they left.
During the Great Depression, there
were thousands of college age students who
proclaimed themselves communists! Bitter
at the society which seemd to have no place
for them, they decided that our system
would no longer work, so they embraced, at
least in name, something new. Sometimes
thev were sincere in embracing a new
ideology. Sometimes they merely wanted to
shink their family and friends.
Later, during the McCarthy period,
many of these people, now living normal
lives as patriotic citizens, were harassed by
MvLarthv. Nixon and others because "it has
been discovered that so and so was once a
Communist!" And some of them were
kicked out of good positions they held.
We've had students here in Tulia High
School who decided they were Communists
or athiests. In no time at all they settled
dow n and are now good, healthy minded
citizens.
DINT NUMBER TWO IS that when
people ehange. as a result of conviction,
they become more steadfast in their new
views than persons who have held the same
views all their life.
The Protestant who turns Catholic often
becomes a stronger Catholic than lifetime
Catholics—Gwyn Vaughn, for example.
Would you believe that we and Doug
Gardner used to be in the same Sunday
School class at the Prcsbvtcrian church?
The Democrat who turns Republican
becomes a more radical Republican than
lilclong Republicans.
So it is wiih the gangster turned
preacher.
If a person changes religions or political
jiartics. the change usually is real. So if
Klein embraced communism, for about
a year thirty years ago. and for thirty years
has lived a consistent anti communist life,
who but a fool would question his sincerity?
Yes. Mr. Hutchison, wc would much
prefer Lawrence Klein as the President's
economic adviser than any Republican
economist wc know! Would Carter have
made such a decision if he didn't know what
he was doing?
■UIIAT IS A COMMUNIST anyway?
■W How would you go about becoming
one if vou wanted to embrace the faith?
Sinyilv deciding to call yourself one
doesn't get the job done.
Countries wc call communistic arc
nothing more than dictatorships where a
leader and sonic ol his cronies, perhaps,
si izc power, lake over the army, and
proclaim themselves heads of state. But
merely becoming a dictator has nothing to do
with communism Kings have been dictat-
ors. Hitler, a fascist, was ? dictator. So was
Mussolini But these were not communists.
The citizens of Russia mav be termed
communists, but that doesn't mean all who
call themselves communists arc necessarily
communists. Thcv go along w ith the system
because they have no other choice.
The dictionary says a communist is one
who believes the government should own all
means of jiroduction. transportation, and
marketing, the government should own
iverv thing with no private ownership.
I GFK HISS SAID the other night at
Lubbock that he had never seen a
communist Wc have never seen a bonafide
voniniunist except perhaps in France, but
when we questioned him he wanted the
opposite of communism. Instead of the
government owning everything, he wanted
to own more himself than he did at the
moment!
It all bods down to this—people who
own too little, they think, want more. They
don't like to see 10 percent of the people
owning 90 per cent of the wealth, as is true
in much of the world, while 90 percent
‘trugglc to get by with 10 percent of the
wealth.
When the masses have too litiie and
their government is insensitive to their
problems, then it is that the people seek
ANY ideology that promises them a little bit
more than they presently have, even if it is
two cups of rice a day instead of only one.
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