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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, October 10,1968—PAGE 6
In observance of Fire Prevention Week,
prevention demonstrations were held at
Boundary and Speers street schools. Par
ticipating were, from left, Art Goldner,
inspector, Jim King, inspector, and Capt.
Bill Prophet of the Charlotte Fire Depart
ment; Gordon Leslie, Exchange Club pro
gram chairman; Capt. William Smith and
Engineer Earl Dominick of the Newberry
Fire Department. (Sunphoto by Steve
Armfield.)
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Dr. George S. Benson
President
NATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
Searcy, Arkansas
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FORGIVING AND FORGETTING
The tragic second murdering
of Czechoslovakia by Soviet
Communism will be forgiven
and forgotten within two years
— if the incredible histories of
U. S. diplomacy and U. S.
public opinion run true to
form. The American govern
ment and the American people
will again have encouraged an
evil force to expand and in
tensify its war to enslave man
kind. We are caught up in that
war now. We are shocked
momentarily at the nature of
the aggressor, by his latest
deeds in Czechoslovakia; but
before long we shall be invit
ing him in to dinner. At least,
this is how we have treated
Soviet Communism for 35
years.
We need to look at our past
behavior.
When the ruthless Com-
muhists, with U. S. aid, swept
down across China and seized
that shattered nation in Sept
ember 1949, there followed one
of history’s bloodiest genocides
— the wanton slaying of an
estimated 30,000,000 human be
ings whose only crime was
that they held in their minds
an understanding of the price
less value of freedom, and in
their souls, an unconquerable
faith. These people, unlike the
largely ignorant peasantry,
represented to the Communists
a threat to their total control
of 600,000,000 Chinese, a threat
to their* plans to conquer the
world. So they were systemati
cally exterminated.
Kennedy: “Disaster in China"
In the midst of the China
carnage, Congressman John F.
Kennedy (later to become our
35th President) said: "We
have learned of the disasters
befalling China and the United
States. Our policy in China
has reaped the whirlwind. The
continued insistence that aid
would not be forthcoming un
less a coalition government
with the Communists was
formed, was a crippling blow
to the national government. So
concerned were our diplomats
and their advisers, the Latti-
mores and the Fairbanks, with
the imperfections of the diplo
matic system in China after
20 years of war, and the tales
of corruption in high places,
that they lost sight of our
tremendous stake in a non-
Communist China. . . What our
young men had saved (with
their lives) our diplomats and
our President have frittered
away."
These are strong words.
They seem strange, in the
atmosphere of 1968 America,
coming from a Kennedy. They
are not strange when we recall
the genocide in China and as
sess the reality today of a Red
China armed with H-bombs.
But JFK Forgot
Significantly and tragically.
President Kennedy was later
to make deals with Soviet
Communists as costly, i n
terms of national security and
moral stature, as the loss of
China and its 30,000,000 mur
dered citizens. And his brother,
the late Robert F. Kennedy,
was to throw his great influ
ence behind a policy requiring
a deal with Soviet Commu
nism’s No. 1 genocidist, Ho
Chi Minh, in Southeast Asia,
a deal promising a fate for
South Vietnam, some protest
ing voices cried, such as
President Kennedy so pas
sionately abhorred for China.
Because the bloody-handed
Soviet invaders of Czechoslo
vakia-1968 already are being
refurbished again to look like
Good rather than Evil, one
further bit of older history
must be cited — lest we for
get today (instead of tomor
row) the unchanging nature
of the Godless brutes, our
short memory of its deeds, and
the fate of its human prey.
With the horrible deeds of
Josef Stalin staining world his
tory — an estimated 30,000,000
put to death and 28,000,000
committed to torture and
starvation in slave labor
camps — the United States,
incredibly, recognized Soviet
Russia as worthy of member
ship in the world family of de
cent nations!
"Gifts" For The Tyrant
President Roosevelt had for
given and forgotten the first
of the modern-day genocides.
Until his death, he continued a
policy of wooing Stalin with
U. S. "gifts" indispensable to
the swift expansion of World
Communism.
In 1945, at Yalta, Roosevelt
made costly concessions to
Stalin and then privately told
a journalist friend: "I have
just a hunch that Stalin doesn’t
want anything but security for
his country, and I think that
if I give him everything I pos
sibly can and ask for nothing
from him in return, he won’t
try to annex anything and will
work for a world democracy
and peace.” What a fateful
blunder in judgement that
proved to be! And how terribly
costly to the free world. Mr.
Roosevelt had 1 forgiven the
deeds and forgotten the nature
of the Communist scheme to
conquer tne wond. And so had
the majority of our citizenry.
Our foreign policy was ap
proved at the polls. The Com
munists proceeded — to spread
their tyranny over nearly half
of the world’s population.
FAMILY INSTRUCTIONS-
Gather your family together. . for
a short explanation or the vital
nighttime fire escape procedures.
POINT 1 Always sleep with bedroom or hall door closed.
It can keep out fire long enough to allow escape through
your emergency escape route (usually a window).
Point 2 Agree on a way everyone can sound a family
fire alarm. Keep in mind hat fire may clock hallway,
preventing you from reaching other bedrooms. You can
pound on walls, holler, use a whistle, stnkea pan. etc.
Extra minutes for escape may be provided oy reliable
automatic fire warning equipment. For booklet entitled
"Household Fire Warning Systems” (50c), write to National Fire
Protection Association, 60 Batterymarch St., Boston. Mass. 02110
POINT 3 Don't waste time getting dressed or gathering
valuables. Precious seconds can count in a fire!
POINT 4 Test doors before opening. Intense heat and
deadly smoke may be on the other side . . . ready to strike
you down in just a couple of breaths.
!i^*> HOW TO "TEST" A DOOR:
I Are door panels hot? Is smoke
leaking in around edges?
you suspect fire on other side,
DON'T OPEN THE DOOR But. if you
think it's safe — open it cautiously
HOW TO "OPEN" A DOOR
Brace shoulder against door.
Keep head to one side. Open
door si'ghtly . . . ready to
slam it if any heat and
smoke rush m.
POINT 5 Have an outside meeting place . . to quickly
check if everyone is safe. Once out — STAY OUT'
Conducting your FIRE ESCAPE
Your home fire drill should not be scary.
Make it a game for young children. In an
emergency, they will follow directions instead of j ^
pitifully hiding under a bed or in a closet. To be more realistic,
pick a time when it’s dark — if possible
ALL SET? DRILL BEGINS . . .
1) Everyone is in his or her bedroom — doors closed
2) Sound the ALARM (possibly give a child the practice)
3) Everyone swings into action. Out of bed to the door
Carefully test door before opening it
FIRST DRILL: Escape through normal exit (hall or stairway)
SECOND DRILL: Imagine doors are hot — hall is blocked by fire!
Now, everyone must test his emergency escape exit. Depending
on age and capability, you need not actually go out on roof
BUT, be sure everyone can open windows and screens easily,
position an emergency escape ladder quickly, etc.
4) Everyone gather at outside meeting spot All accounted for?
5) Be prepared to carry out any duty assignments
• Notify Fire Department (know procedure).
• Have special help tor infants, elderly. 3rd floor occupants.--
such as raising an outside ladder that is kept nearby.
Special Note: If caught in smoke and heat . . KEEP LOW. Heat rises, so air
is better closer to the floor. Take short breaths. Cover face with cloth.
tf in a desperate night fire emergency,
your family will NOT get a second chance. Everyone must
act quickly, correctly... and AUTOMATICALLY. They will if
you give them that chance. It’s your duty and responsibility.
POINT 6 Notify F ire Department quickly, soon as everyone is
out. House phone may be out of reach or wires burned.
Plan to use a neighbor’s phone (or street alarm box).
Speak slowly, plainly. Say, "My name is I want to
report a fire at ’’ Then wait to answer questions.
DOIT! Once and for all... use this Planning Kit to:
• Figure your nighttime Home Fire Escape FLOOR PLAN.
• Then explain the 6 vital points of ESCAPE PROCEDUft£
to your family, and conduct your FIRE DRILL.
Equip your family for fire survival.
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