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THE “SPECTATOR’S” COLUMN
A war of words is the order of
the day. Senator Goldwater re
marked that one could not be +oo
extreme in doing good, or standing
up for principle, or something of
that sort. It was a remark that
most people can endorse, at least
in theory or principle, though most
of us fall short in performance. It
was a remark that at once set Mr.
Rockefeller aflame and he broke
out with sharp criticism. Mr.
Goldwater used the word Extrem
ism, I think, and the word has an
unfavorable sound and connota
tion, but at bottom it was a lofty
principle of conduct that Mr.
Goldwater was commending.
A man in high position must be
careful not to excite the critics.
Even if he should look solemn and
piously proclaim that one and one
make two some captious critic of
the philosophic school of Econom
ists mught declare that one and
one are not infallible and might
prove dangerous.
Even so careful and precise a
linguist as the late President Wil
son once spoke with oratorical fer
vor declaring that the United
states should have the greatest
navy in the world. That offended
our British friends and President
Wilson, to ease the strain changed
the wording so as to read that
the United States should have the
‘most adequate navy,” w'hich. I
think doesn’t tell what he meant
or what we can understand. So
let Mr. Goldwater watch his step
and his tongue, his pen and his
typewriter and declare only those
homely truths in the common lan
guage of the streets, so as not to
upset Mr. Rockefeller again.
Someone raised the question as
to the service rendered to human
ity by thinkers, philosophers, you
know.
“The reading public may con
clude that contemporary Ameri
can philosophers have written
themselves right out of the human
race and into some dusty universe
where nothing human counts any
more.
But the way philosophers put in
their time concerns many profes
sionals in the field too. They are
disturbed, they say, to see their
colleagues caring so little whether
they address the average man on
matters of import to him. In the
words of one of philosophy’s most
astute critics and notable practic-
ioners, they regret ‘philosophy has
become so institutionalized as to
serve the profession, but not
those whom the profession was
supposed to serve.’
The philosopher tries to exam
ine problems as an invitation for
others to continue the inquiry on
their own, Dr. Kaufmann says.
‘He doesn’t want disciples, or
sheep. He wants thinkers.’
Dr. Kaufmann believes that the
philosopher’s work is never done.
He sees the philosopher as a key
figure in the educational process
of raising up independent men,
and of liberating men from their
servitude to illusions, fantasies,
propaganda, gullibility. If in pur
suing this task the philosopher
disturbs people, Dr. Kaufmann
says, that cannot be helped: ‘Phil
osophy is always academic or up
setting. There is no middle ground.
Many men have a philosophy of
life, whether they recognize it or
not. But the scholastic philosopher
and the Academic Economist are
generally discounted and disre
garded by the common run of men.
As to my brethren of the Eco
nomist persuasion, let us hear
from some of the thinkers of to
day:
“How much longer can Amer
icans continue to pile up personal
debts without overextending them
selves and the economy?
This query is vital to the econ
omy because much of the current
business expansion has been bought
with consumer loans. Most econo
mists discount any immediate dan
ger from excessive borrowing. The
basic economy is far too strong,
they say. What’s more, current
loan delinquencies are ‘very low’,
indicating the ceiling on loans is
far off.
Yet a minority among econo
mists fear that continued on-the-
cuff spending may soon trip a
trap door to depression. One eco
nomist predicts the ‘credit bub
ble’ will pop within a year or so,
and the economic collapse to fol
low might be worse than 1929.’
What worries these men are sta
tistics like those showing that
from the average income of $6,-
720 last year, an average of $1,-
397—or 21 per cent—was pledged
in advance toward repayment of
instalment debts and mortgages.
And, year after year, debts grow
faster than income. In 1951, Am-
(Continued on page 6)
FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS . By C. D. Smith
Eighteen-Year-Old Doubts About Going Steady
THE WEEK’S LETTER: “I
have a girl friend. She is nice.
She is sixteen and I am eighteen.
What do you think about this? Is
she old enough to date or go
steady? Which do you think is
best? She likes to dance and to
skate. How many dates a week
should you have—and how should
you treat and care for her at
sixteen? I would like all the facts
on dating.”
OUR REPLY: A girl who is six
teen should have some dates.
Most teenage girls prefer to date
boys who are one or two years
older.
This writer does not believe it
any more advisable to go steady
at sixteen than to start at thirteen
or fourteen. Chapter after chap
ter, and book after book could be
compiled in listing the reasons
why teenagers should not go
steady too soon.
How many dates a week should
you have? This is another ques
tion about going steady. How
many raindrops does it take to
make a shower? Our recommen
dation regarding frequency of dat
ing is simple: don’t overdo it. A
boy of eighteen should not be dat
ing every night, whether he dates
the same girl, or a different girl
each night. Some teenagers be
come so wrapped up in dating or
going steady that there isn’t room
in their thoughts for anything
else.
This is serious. At eighteen, a
boy should have pretty much of
an idea about what he hopes to
do with his life. He should be
looking to the future and, through
activities at school, church, or on
a full or part-time job, he should
be working toward the day when
he will be in a position to offer
some girl the chance to go steady
for life.
How do you treat a girl of
sixteen? You treat her the same
as if she were fifteen, eighteen or
twenty. Treat her with respect,
with courtesy and with kindness.
These are considerations due any
“lady” and have nothing to do
with age.
If you have a teenage problem you
want to discuss, or an observation to
make, address your letter to FOR
AND ABOUT TEENAGERS. NATION
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Me Hoard is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in iky heart*
—Deuteronomy 30:14
&
The Apostle Paul preached sal
vation through faith. To the Ho*
mans, he said, in effect, “The
•word of faith is preached to you
and salvation is near • •. accept
and be saved.’*
This is still the message of
Christianity: believe and be
saved. The Christian believes in
the purpose and the example of
the life and death of Jesus Christ.
’Those who pattern their lives
according to the beliefs of Chris
tianity invariably find in true
faith the strength to meet the
challenges of everyday life.
Read your BIBLE daily
and
GO TO CHURCH
SUNDAY
MANION FORUM
The time has come for all Americans to take a long-, hard
look at what has happened to the United States Supreme
Court.
You may be sure that upon the outcome of the twentieth
century showdown between Communism and civilization de
pends the fate of the future of human free society.
The conclusions will be determined by the strength or
weakness of a single nation—the United States of America.
This determination requires that we make a choice between
the form of government conceived by those who captured
our freedom from Great Britain in the American Revolution
and another form of government, a centralization, advocated
by the Left Dealers.
The choice faced by an informed public is not complex, but
the need for a decision is imperative because, whether this
Nation is to be governed by the rule of law, under the Cons
titution, or the rule of man, unfettered by restraint, consti
tutes the most vital and urgent problem of our time.
For more than a century the Congress and the Supreme
Court maintained profound respect for the people of America,
for the rights of the states and for the Constitution. For
a century and a half the people entertained profound respect
for the Supreme Court and the Congress. Neither premise
is now tenable.
The whole structure of our government is founded upon
the Federal Constitution, and without a Constitution and
without obedience to it by the citizens, by public officials and
the judiciary, we cannot hope for the liberties incident to a
Republic.
We should all note with apprehension the encroachment of
the Supreme Court upon the clear intent of the Constitution
because such encroachment imperils the future of the Na
tion and the whole concept of democracy.
The Supreme Court, not subject to election by the people
nor to their will, appointed for life, has tortured the plain
language of the Constitution and, to that extent, has destroy-
edthe rule of law and substituted, in its stead, the rule of
man.
The integrity of the Federal Constitution represents the
difference between a free governmnt elected by the people
and government by nine appointed judges. To make it
shockingly plain, our Republic has, in a major degree, been
converted to a collectivisic sort of principality over which we,
as citizens, have lost control.
If the liberties and thefreedoms guaranteed by the Con
stitution are sacrificed, and our domestic tranquility is torn
by dissension, unrest and suspicion, the strength which has
saved this nation in the past will be sapped of its vitality.
SENATOR
■ STRO
HURMOND
Reports
PEOPLE
Ob Preserving Order
THE AMERICAN people
should look with a deep sense
of dismay at the new crime
statistics recently released by
the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation, but these figures should
not evoke too much surprise.
INFORMATION made public
by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoov
er shows that serious crime in
the United States increased by
10 per cent in 1963. This may
not seem to be too significant by
itself. When considered, how
ever, with a total jump of 40
per cent in the past 5 years,
these crime statistics begin to
reach alarming proportions.
MR. HOOVER estimates that
the cost of crime in monetary
values for 1963 was at least $27
billion, not to mention the loss of
life, the maiming and wounding
of individuals,, and the attend
ant heartache and sorrow.
ANY NUMBER of reasons
could be cited for the soaring
crime statistics. Mr. Hoover him
self pointed to one of the pri
mary causes when he warned in
his report than “many impas
sioned and articulate pleas are
being made today on behalf of
the offender tending to ignore
the victim and obscuring the
right of free society to equal
protection under the law.** This
barb waa aimed at the so-called
humanists and the U. S. Su
preme Court who have with
their pronouncements and propa
ganda served to shackle law en
forcement in this country.
WHAT RESULTS can we ex
pect when (1) the Supreme
Court continues to put criminal
rights above the rights of so
ciety; (2) national leaders, and
even some church leaders, n-
courage civil disobedience which
leads to riots; (3) acknowledge
ment of God and moral princi
ples is banished from the class
rooms; (4) the concept of indi
vidual responsibility is eroded
away with preachments of col
lectivism and share the wealth;
and (5) more and more citizens
turn their backs on victims of
crime for fear of becoming in
volved ?
EVEN Y\ HILE the FBI statis
tics were being released, the
nation was being rocked with a
devastating wave of race riots
in New York State. The New
York riots, unlike disturbances
in the South, were generated by
home-bred agitators. This vio
lence reflected deep-seated hate
whipped up by agitators who
have seen their previous street
demonstrations received approv
ingly by national leaders, and
then crowned with success by
passage of the so-called civil
rights legislation.
AS REGRETTABLE as this
rioting has been, it has at least
pointed up the key role which
communists and communist in
fluences have played in promot
ing racial strife thronghont
America. What the communists
are seeking out of all this, be
sides promoting domestic dis
cord, is a political and economic
revolution which would supplant
democracy and capitalism with
dictatorship and socialism.
MANY OF THE leaders of
the Negro movements are like
wise seeking a revolution, which
will bring about radical social,
political, and economic changes.
Their statements emphasize that
they consider the “civil rights'*
and “anti-poverty" legislation to
be only starters, although they
do embody radical new concepts
for America. The cry is now be
ing raised in leftist news pro
grams and publications to try to
settle all grievances by meeting
these socialistic demands with °
new welfare and spending pro
grams, as the Congress did in
passing the “civil rights" bill.
THERE IS, of course, no pat
solution to the problems which
have been created by permitting
these acts of civil disobedience
to go so far. Certainly, large
doses of federal money to put
out the fires of passion and hate
now existing would only whet
the appetite for more and more,
and speed attainment of ihe
communist goal.
CONCERNED Americans,
however, are not without some
means to remedy these problems
in part. The Congress could at
least investigate the communist
influence in these civil rights
movements and publicize the
findings. Our national leaders
could disassociate themselves
from radical leaders of these
movements and urge their re
placement with more responsible
leaders. Law enforcement at the
local level in all areas of crim
inal activities, including rioting,
could be given the full support
of all Americans, so that law
and order might be preserved
and anarchy averted. And, to
aid with the over-all problem of
crime, the Congress could ini
tiate actions to undo Supreme
Court decisions which coddle
both communists and criminals.
Sincerely,
LETTERS TO ifcn
THE EDITORlei
To The Editor,
The Newberry Sun,
A few days ago it was my good
fortune to receive a copy of a
letter written to members of Ebe-
nezer Lutheran Church, Columbia,
by the pastor, Rev. Robert L.
Hock. The letter was written in
response to a number of questions
concerning the worn and the
make-up of The National Council
of the Churches of Christ in The
U.S.A. Because his letter contains
many items of interest and concern
not only to Lutherans, I have re
quested and secured Pastor Hock’s
permission to share with your
readers pertinent portions of his
letter, including some information
compiled by The Rev. A. K. Hew
itt Sr., pastor of Reformation
Lutheran Church in Columbia.
H. A. McCullough, Jr.,
Pastor of Lutheran Church
of The Redeemer, Newberry
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL
COUNCIL OF CHURCHES?
“It is an agency through which
Protestant and Orthodox Churches
in The United States express their
common faith in Jesus Christ as
Divine Lord and Saviour, and co
operate to focus the light of that
faith an all phases of American
life. Thirty-one different church
communions work through this
agency to provide a wide variety
of services and programs, some 70
in number. These include such im
portant work as: The Division of
Christian Education (which pro
duced, for example, the Revised
Standard Bible); the Division of
Christian Life and Work; the Di
vision of Home Missions (which
helps face the problems of rural
and urban congregations, ministry
to migrants and Indians, -*tc.); the
Division of Foreign Missions (co
ordinating the work of 66 mission
boards of 37 denominations, in
cluding medical work and a fine
literacy program in 65 countries);
the Church World News Service
Program (through which 35 de
nominations work together to
provide world-wide aid to the
needy in the form of food and
clothing and medicines); the Cen
tral Department of Evangelism;
United Church Women (which
sponsors World Day of Prayer,
World Community Day, May Fel
lowship Day); the United Church
Men; the Broadcasting and Film
Commission (which produces a
great wealth of radio, TV, and
movie productions); and the Bu
reau of Research and Survey.”
WHO BELONGS TO TFE NA
TIONAL COUNCIL OF
CHURCHES ?
Thirty-one different Protestant
and Orthodox Churches co-operate
through this agency, including:
The American Baptist Convention;
the Church of The Brethren; The
Methodist Church; the Presbyter
ian Church, USA; the Disciples of
Christ; the Presbyterian Church,
U.S. (Southern); the Protestant
Episcopal Church; the Reformed
Church; the United Church of
Christ; the Lutheran Church in
America. (Actually, the only ma
jor denomination represented lo
cally that does not participate is
the Southern Baptist Convention.)
The denominations co-operating in
the Council have a total member
ship of over 40,000,000 members.
There are 960 local and state
councils of Churches, and more
than 2,000 ministerial associations
which work with the Council at
the community level.
WHAT THE COUNCIL IS NOT
Some have claimed thot the
Council is too liberal in its the
ology. Actually, the Council has
no theology of its own, and its
own Constitution forbids the Coun
cil to determine any theological
matters. Others have claimed that
the Council is a super-Church, but
this is incorrect, for the Council
is only an agency of the various
denominations belonging to it, or
rather, working through it.
HOW IS THE COUNCIL’S WORK
FINANCED?
The Councdl’s funds come from
the following sources: 61 percent
is contributed by the denomina
tions working through it; 12 per
cent comes from gifts made by
individuals, corporations ond foun
dations; 26 percent comes from the
gross sales of Council materials
(such as films; books of Friend
ship Press, etc.); 1 percent comes
from investments.
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