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PAG* 4
V HI TUIIA, (Swisher C•un»y) HIIAID
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 1 J, 1964
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By K M. BAGGARLY
(( onlinued from page 1)
responsibility of the individual to prove his inno-
cent-* in a conflict with the state If a citizen is
picked up by a cop and shoved around, dealt in-
dignities, deprived of his constitutional rights, the
( ourt i mild philosophize that it is the responsibility
nf the citizen to prove the misconduct of the state
Give the star*, not the iwdMdual, the benefit of
the doubt
Or it could philosophize that in a public school
dominated by Catholics in a Catholic community, it
isn't going to hurt' a Protestant minority to go
through a few Catholic religious exercises and recite
a few hail Marys.”
^^R THE COURT ARIGHT philosophize differently
It might reason that in borderline- cases — and
thi s*- are the only kind that ever come to the Su-
preme Court — the accuser must provide the proof,
that the burden of proof rests on tbe Mil instead
of on the individual
It might reason that to protect the privacy and
intimacy of religion, it is best to respect the right
of the individual. It is best to leave all decisions
invoicing the spiritual life of an individual to the
individual and to his parents Even though the
state might have nothing but the noblest of inten-
tions in enforcing religious exercises upon a student
still someday the shoe might be on the other foot
and it is best for the state to adopt a hands off
policy towards the individual and his God
pOTH THESE PHILOSOPHIES might have mer-
D its and demerits Certainly the issues are
not black and white or they would never have come
before the Supreme Court for a decision
\ Supreme Court might adopt either philoso-
l»hy and act completely within the law
Hut had the present Court acted differently,
had it txx-n inclined to snatch this and that right
from the individual and give it to the state, had
the trend tx-on towards more states rights and fewer
individual rights, we wonder what the reaction
vould have been
We wuwAir if the pretesters. . . and there
weuM have been miMtum. . . .might net haw*
all the pretesting the test IS gear*.
A FRUSTRATING PR OB LEAD for all writers Ls
AA the use of words To express oneself accur-
ately, thoughts must be clothed with words This
presents the necessity for having words with clear-
cut and generally understood meanings
Yet. this we do not have Even many of our key
words mean different things to different peopk*
1 hose most troublesome to political writers are
••liberal.” ••conservative." radical." "Patriot.”
•left winger", right winger," intellectual” and
"socialism ”
Dictionary definitions are meaningless. There's
no school which teaches their meaning
mjAAHEN AAAN CONSIDERS his religious heritage,
ww he finds a tune when Catholic, Protestant
and Jew respected the authority of the Scriptures
used by their faiths
Cathodes and Protestants adopted creeds which
contained what they held to contain fundamentals
of the faith
As Protestantism tended to become sectarian. „
the mator branches differed on minor doctrines and
fuiTri' of worship, yet most held to what they con-
sidered the essential doctrines, without which a
church had no right to consider itself a part of the
true church
Those churches which accepted the Scriptures
as inerrant and their supreme authority were call-
ed orthodox or fundamental.
\ "fundamentalist" was one who belonged to
such a church, nothing more, nothing less He
simply accepted the "fundamentals ' of the Chrtst-
tan taitn
UT SOMETHING MAPPCNEO. The time came
when heresy entered the church and there
were those who departed from some of the funda-
mentals of the faith
Almost immediately this became a major issue
and all major groups were divided over the issue,
at least in spirit
Those who remained orthodox, who adhered to
the- fundamentals of the faith, bore the logical
label of "fundamentalisT "
vHE DIVISION M Christendom remains to this
I day However, the use of certain words has
changed
Today, "fundamentalist ’ is no longer a word
to describe the orthodox . it is a word stolen by
the religious nuts of the day including Billy Hargis.
Carl McTntire and other religious reprobates whom
millions of orthodox Christians wouldn't touch with
a 10 • foot pole
As a result. Christians just as orthodox, just as
"Bible - believing" as those of any generation,
loathe the label fundamentalist” and would be- the
first to reject it They do so not because of any
difference with the- dictionary meaning of the word
but because of the image that the word has ac-
quired during the past half century, thanks to the
Carl Mclntircs, the Billy Hargises, the Gerald L K.
Smiths
Political conservatives, in many instances, have
done almost as much harm to the expression re -
ligMKis conservatism " A person in many instances
dares not call himself a "religious conservative"
lest he be confused with a • political conservative."
ma#HBN OUR COUNTRY was established and up
ww until the late 1950s all good \mertcans
thought of themselves as patriot' They wen- glad
of the opportunity to display Old Glory, to stand
at attention when they played the Star Spangled
Banner
Patriotic songs reminiscent of all our ware
were perennially popular
Patriotic declamations and essays brought
forth the best in our youth
B'
B
minority group, some of which were more-
deserving of a psychiatrist than of censure, decided
to re - write the dictionary l ike modern - day
fundamentalists, they stole many of itur most re-
spectable words and symbols and appropriated
them to their exclusive use’
These people who viewed President Eisenhow-
er a' one of our more dangerous Communists re -
wrote our hi'tonc and traditional political creed'
Some of them began stock - piling gun' and ammu-
nition to use against the United Nations if not the
l S government’
And they did this in the name of patriotism'
In thi' area, they considered former Congro-
man Walter Rogers "soft on Communism They
termed pa'tore of the Firet Presbyterian and First
Christian churches in \manllo. a' well a' the pub-
lisher of The Tulia Herald. Communists
In \labama. they had a textbook thrown out of
the public schools because it contained a picture
showing "Henry Cabot l.odge shaking hands with
the ambassador of Nigeria — a nigger!"
tAfORST OF ALL, thc-e nuts stole the word
ww -patriot" to describe themselves! They stole
the .American flag for their trademark flying it in
tlieir front yard- and wearing it on their lapels
Like the fundamentalists, they have brought
some of our dearest words, phrases and symbol'
into disrepute
No longer can one wear a tiny \mencan flag in
his lapel without being confused with a member
of the John Birch So* lety
No longer can we sit back and entoy the once
thrilling Battle Hymn of the Republic without being
reminded of how -omc John Birch declaimer has
prostituted the song
No longer can we buy a book with a patriotic
sounding title without wondering if it isn’t a subtle
attempt to call Democrats traitore and Commun-
ists.
■ ROW NAVE MINORITY groups, small but Jcdi
^B eated. been able to perpetrate such fraud'
upon the \mencan people1
It’s the same old story
We've sat back in our easy chair' and per -
mitted them to get away with it without pro-
test1
The pseudo patriots have sold the* American
public a bill of good' as have the pseudo
fundamentalists
Using the algebraic formula, they’ve bought
radio time and newspaper space to tell U' that the
John Birch Society i' anti - Communist So. if you
can t identify with the JBS. then you must be a
Communist!
This sounds logical to the type of peopk- who
listen to Paul Harvey or Lifeline It sounds less
logical to thO'e who remember that Adolf Hitler
was also an anti - Communist.
£0. . -IF YOU FLEASt, dont call us a JBS
9 patriot \nd don t call U' a fundamentalist
We refuse to wear tags created by Robert Wt-l-h
or Billy Hargis or Carl McTntire. rather than
by Webster
Dear Editor
I have heard so much about
your book The Texas Country
Editor" and as a dedicated (and
at times, frustrated) Democrat in
D.dla' County, 1 would love for
you to autograph it to my hus-
band Don Shaddt-n. for Chiistmas.
Thank you so much,
CAROL SHADDEN
7J9 N. W Uth
(.land Praric, Texas
•
Dear Editor
Some of my Democratic friends
t .nd would you believe there are
a few in Dallas County") have
been -inging the praises of your
I»ook which is I understand a
compilation of your editorials
Would you. therefore, send me- a
copy ot it lor my hU'band. James
1 would appro late it if you would
autograph the in id*- cover to him
1 am enclosing a check for M >0
in payment It was a real surprise
to find there is a lone- voice in
the West Texas area for the Dem-
ix i itu print ipl>'
\.r> truly yours.
HONDA Vl.t i liio
2.11U Ingle-ide Drive
(,iand I’ralne. Texas
Dear Editor
I hank you for Ihc line publicity
c a guv* the Swisher County 4-H
Vhievement banquet in the Tulia
Herald W< have heard many
complimentary remarks about the
till, cm-'iagt
We are proud "t our 4 II mem
H r- end their .n complishments
The recognition that you and
Mi. lo-.uu have £i\en them by
publishing their stories and pic-
tures and by attending the banquet
means a lot to them, and we are
also grateful for your support
Sincerely yours,
LEILA PETTY
Tulia, Texas
Dear Editor
Enclosed is an example- of the
crack - pot letters such a' you and
I receive 1 thought your readers
would like to see it so you arc-
authorized to publish it if vc»u see
fit
It is not my polic y to brag atxiut
my patriotism, but since Mr Um
Asbum questions it your reader'
might be interested in the fact that
all of the male members of the
Lockhart family (five- in numtceri
wlwttHfN tn -erve in World War
II Ime-ediately after Pearl
Harbor I volunteered but was re
jeetc-d In-cause of hay - fever and
dental defects I re applied, 'ign
ed waivers for the directs and
served thus- years in the With Eva-
cuation Hospital (combat) with Dr
Neblett and Dr Sester of ( an
yon I concealed two disqualify-
ing defects \t age 34 I left a
young wife and three children .nd
when 1 returned home we wen-
flat broke
Now, if the RE AI 5’' W m
X'burn" can rake- together about
$4.U0ti a month — which i' what
it takes to pull this train — I
shure wud like to visit ruwia I
would not can- to go to china yet
But I wud like to do all I could
to make friend with russians s()
thc-v wont throw bombs on my
c.rand kick’
Kind regard'.
W E I ih'KH \KT. M D
Alpine Texas
Mr Ixxkhart, Mpine, Texas
Dear sir:
from readings if you actually
write them there letter' to tulia
nespa|>er. it look' like- you like
the communists and I guess ><mj
like these long haired, bearded nig
gers on the- school grounds and
i think you ought to move to ni'-ia
and live there and get -nit of thi-
good amc-nc an c ountry
I was down there at alpine the-
fall and I a-ked filling datum m.m
who you wu' and he said you wu/
a dextor and people didnot like
you at all
1 will make up money to help
you move to russia or china What
you so sav now
WM \SBCRN.
Tokvio, tex
•
Dear Editor
My M, Hour Con It Bo?
That on*- boy lies rotting from
malnutrition and torture- in a |un
gle prison <-amp in North \ let
nam
\nd another Ixiy spits and tram
pies on the flag of hts country on
the steps of a university of learn
mg
Th at -me )>oy lies sighlh-ss m a
l’ s Naval hospital from Com-
munist inflicted face wounds.
And another boy u>e> a Com
muni't flag to drape hmwlf in
defiance of the laws of his coun-
try.
That one man of medicine lx
gins his thirtieth straight hour
standing over an operating table
in pur-uit of life for man serving
hi- country
\nd anotfu-r man of modi- in*-
implore- crowds of voting men to
refuse In serve th'-ir country
That on*- Negro holds the fac-e of
hi' dead whut- buddy in his arms
and cries pitifully in a dirty mud
hole in Vietnam
And another Negro screams with
hate against hts white brother on
the streets of countless American
cities
That one boy lies in a coffin
beneath the ground tx-c .ium- he be-
lieved in duty to country
And anothet boy lies on a dingy
cot giv ing blood to the enemies
of his country
That one m.in of God shields a
wounded boy from ,.n enemy bay-
onet with his Icody and die-'
Ano another man of God um '
hi' doth as a shield to preac ii
hate, dissension and lawlessness
My God, how .an it be ’
— S. Sgt. Richard W Fapka
Aero Scout Company
123rd Avn Bn
Tn Bn Prepared
Lord, touch my life. Lord cleanse-
mv soul.
Lord list my name on Heaven's
scroll.
May each thing I sav. each thing
I do.
Be what thou Lord, would want
me to
Each place I go throughout the
day,
1 need you land to guide the
way.
And late at night, in peaceful
sleep
1 pray that you will watch ..nd
keep
ThU' when deaths angel beck-
ons to me
I shall be ready to come dwell
with Th*t-
SGT CAR!. W MNHGKRIM
171't Tran' Dct
Alt) 94291
Serving in \ietn.im
Dear Editor
To a casual observer it would
appear that th • \I fi. Black hand,
i o',. Nostra <>r c rtn • v ate
i' overlooking an opiiortunity to
work a gold m v in tf-> (.olden
Spread arc V - a i
Hot Spring', \rk etc he-.•• !---n
claimed by GovemriK-ni \gencu-s
to be more c.r lc-• cc-nlrom-d by
ganster' for many years \bout
twenty years ih< v c m- into
\manlio You cc.^ l hardly walk
into a restaurant or tear without
w-eing more Number cards than
mc-nu' 'taring > i in the t c •
Then the law era- ked down and
the cards dixupp* cn-d \lsi slot
mach.nc-' Syndicate presumably
wiped nut with out a trace. We
r> .c«l that the Mafia ha- in re-
c- nt year.' been investing their
uniaxed billion' made by 'tnuggling
narcotic s. prostitution. gambling,
hi • jacking, murckf and *4h*r pro-
fitable- enterprise-' :n legal bU'in.-s',
es 'U>.h a' banks, loan nunpanu--,
grocery chain- department 'ton--,
etc Still th<re h,. hc-*-n no con-
crete eVkl-n- . that 1 • hav tuu- :
ed the- v:i't ar-a Or have 'hey ‘ Ml
tho '-idct.-n boom in <-u’tlc- feed-
ing. processing n-.t pa-kina with
the reduction in in -.me tax rates
for same, surely would be an in-
due-m-n* to organize their own
eompanie-' ind porch -< a rontroll
l n g in't-rc-'t in old c tahli'hed
firms an-l cover th- I Tain with
feed-lots, and packing house Our
• Right to Work" law tv-re would
give them an added adv.,ntAge
over th- -Id e ' . t ed (irn- ba k
I t wnh the :r h;. rg..ni/. d
employe. - If th- . c -n buy up
enough 'tcm k n 'em- of our mn-t
reputable bank- and < h inge them
into sky-seraper', al-aig with rai'-
ing ih*- nter.-'t rat* m vigori -i '
they will practically own or con
trol thi' area
Late repor:' from Florida are
that the Mafia is baling in aver-
age of 7‘> non pounds of l»-.-f cattle
[»-r week from ranchers ..rul ru'h-
mg them to the |mc> k.ng hoU'i-
(Their packing house of course)
If they had the 'am- -••! up in
thi- ar- a wh..- - .ni- th. . del n I
own they could 'b d from the ind-
pendent rancher- Who could a'k
U* a me*-r set-up than th.it1
\nother though: that might tx-
added at 'h' tirr- the fjc- that
a couple o* o ye.it' ago vanou'
Government \ -er-a • rai-c-d a hue
and cry alx>ut fe.-det' of cattle,
hogs, turkeys, chickens, ct. . add
ing female- sex - hormonc-s to then-
fattening fiMHl Claim- d the y e aid
take a runty. .'itni jxiund degu-,
feed him plenty of hormone, and
presto' Smih he w.i' a LHNi pound
steer
But they also claimed that ia•
pie who ate the meat were apt to
develop cancer and vanou- oth. r
deadly di'c-.i'c*' and th. y . . n
going to take legal action " I
all turn' that Us the additive
in their feed
Suddenly we h- aril i iv
Imhii such Governmc-nl ii.t- rf- n n- .-
or regulation of priv .-e bu t.-
So we can pre-ume that all feed
er- (whe-thc-r Mafia or n--i .in-
still U'ing them t'nii'-s|iiently w.
m- at - e dc-rs had '» ”- r h ve - ,r
cancer checkup quite n.u..aly
M G SOOTEK
J4l>4 Sprue* Street
\manllo Tc \.i'
I’ s PersoaaJ to the Ed
If you should !m ..trad ol V
retaliation for pul-!i'h:i 1;
throw it in the wastebasket
Dear Editor
I want to take thi' rr- an- to
express my sin-vr- - - 11«-p •
the- voters of our District for th-
confidence they h..v* .-pc• - I u
m-- by re-*T*vting me ’ - r:-
term .i' y--ur State R. p: • . ta-
1 am ckx-ply grateful I edg
ta n-nc-w my >-f:ort' to lx tel
all the citizens of our ar- a
I am sun- many of y--u ret ill
the saving thai Harry l'ruman h -1
alxiut the tHii k -top t-,. le P
saving certainly typifies the re
'H<n'ibiliti**s m-mt* rs --f ;he 1 -
lature will have during the -m
mg two years of th*- 61 't T. v.i'
I.*-gislatur>- It certainly w i I lo-
om- of the most complex -l a -
in recent year' ix-< -j-e -f p-o
bl*-m' such a' law enforcement
education, our o'.-t- ,t-l - --t t
structure, and the- future of c-ur
vital water rc-'-’-.ib -
The- crime problem *--t • •-* •
thi' state. .*' w* II as th- n..ti«.-
bxiiy is more in’en'.- than
anviime in ir h ■
upward trend and the velum-
sen-xi' (Tim*- certainlv |»»ini- c-.it
the n>-*-d for all pos'ibk 'i:p(»»rt
and assistance for our law etd.-r. -
mint proles --n \ ex :.r. '
tistic' compiled hv ih- FBI dur:r.
the ftrd 'ix nv^th- of 194s in-
was a 21% incrc-aNe in s.-i oc,s
criiTH-s commiu- d in th<- l nited
State-' Obviously, the duty rests
on eac h of u- to do our share in
curbing th-- alarming increase in
crime \s vour legislator. 1 lx- -
lieve that the most effective ilis
tcTrent to the rising crime rail
i mv .-pi onng and providing
legislation that will equip law en-
forcement officers with tixils suf-
ficient to handle the modern crim
tnal Many of our presemt laws
ere etc c.-iied w.th leu* much Nn-
ic-nc-v in nu-d for the criminal
The statewide water plan, com-
pletely revised, should lx forth-
coming shortly As soon as it i>
released I would certainly ap -
pre. i.ite he aring from you on this
matter It "f course-, will be of
prime interest to our area
c.overn-.r • Elect Pits*on Smith
has annouu-cd appointmenl.s of
tiiic-c- of hn staff member' Jerry
Hall form- rly of the I ubtxxk -
Avalanche Jouiti.iL will lx- his
Press Man: Jim Oliver of the
Leg slat iv i Budget Board will serve
a' the Govern-ii Budget Director.
..nd H .rol-1 Dudley, the former
Wichita falls Chamber of Com •
windshield Things you can prove in that -omettnr efficiently and the n
practice always had a strong a|v you could tell <cthc r hc-.v but not
|n il to me Remember in VMM before Whi t m 1 t.-lkm.- .-Ixcui ’
Alien vve 'till had a few iron men simply thi'
,, h,.,. ,. . III. Ill- n . ho I- |» <1 'he l! Veti-
to go with the iron 'hip' it w,. , .
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By Troy & Harold
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tuspens-on. belted wide-ovals, more Giandk
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"Texas Is Ford Country: See the new
Fords at your Ford dealer."
JCW* mKERSON FORD. INC
Tulia, Texas
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