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PAGE FOUR THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1968
Published every Thursday at Humble, Texas, by the Humble Publishing
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A Share Of The American Dream
Most people would probably agree
that the answer to the problem of pov-
erty lies in only one direction, which is
providing employment at a living wage
with opportunity for advancement for
every person who has the physical and
mental capacity to hold a job. Such em-
ployment will be found only as the re-
sources of investor-owned business and
industry can be put to work to create it.
This is the job now being tackled by
the National Alliance of Businessmen,
which has set out in a unique partner-
ship with government to turn the hard-
core unemployed into productive workers
within business and industry. Under the
chairmanship of Henry Ford II, the pro-
gram has been organized nationwide
under eight regional committees made
up of some of the top executive talent in
the country. Efforts are focused on the
ghettos of the nation’s 50 largest cities.
Business firms and industrial plants in
each area are being contacted by rep-
resentatives of NAB donated by partici-
pating companies. They are asked to join
the program guarnateeing employment
in each case for a specified number of
jobs for hard-core unemployed.
Companies undertaking the NAB pro-
gram quickly find what the word “hard
core” means. Commenting on his own
company’s experience, Virgil E. Boyd,
president of Chrysler Corporation,
states that it does not mean “...the un-
employed, but the unemployable—those
who are unable to fill out even a simple
job application. And it goes much deeper
than that. For example, some of these
people signed on for job training—with
an ‘X’ of course—but failed to show up.
And many of those who did report were
very late. As we registered those who
did report, we found that many of them
had nasocial-security number, had never
been counted in a census, or registered
to vote, or belonged to any organization
of any kind. Inmost of the accepted
senses, they really didn’t even exist.”
Many of these people must be shown
how to take a bus to their place of em-
ployment or transportation must be pro-
vided for them. Obviously NAB or any
business effort that hopes to make a dent
in helping the hard-core individual find
himself, must be prepared to supply
thorough-going counseling and training
every step of the way. Without this the
unemployable hard core will quickly get
lost and remain just what he was—un-
employable. Firms contracting to start a
training and unemployment program
under NAB can apploy to the Depart-
ment of Labor for compensation reim-
bursing them for all or part of the ex-
pense involved. The goal is to create
100.000 permanent jobs this year and
500.000 by 1971. It is reported that
pledges of permanent jobs under the NAB
program now number more than 133,000.
This is immensely encouraging, but the
solid figures of numbers of people in
training and employed won’t be in for
sometime. Part-time summer job offers
have run considerably below the hoped
for 200,000 mark.
The U.S. business system has the
jobs and is probably better prepared
than any other segment of our society
to meet the immense social and econo,ic
to meet the immense social and
economic challenge that it has now
shouldered. Upon a broad front and at
the highest level, there is serious com-
mitment and deep concern within the
business community to bring a fair
share of the American dream within
reach of every person with the capacity
to grasp it.
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By Tom Anderson
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY
This is the third and final installment of
what you can do to protect yourself, your
loved ones, and your country from the coming
revolution in the streets. The enemy is or-
ganized. The enemy is no longer merely “over
there” somewhere. The enemy is now here
inside the gates! The showdown is upon us.
Get ready! You can do it! Like this:
“During the riots, stay off the streets except
for neighborhood patrol (don’t go sightseeing).
Don’t expose yourself at windows and doors.
Don’t use the telephone except for dire emer-
gency. Don’t use firearms for anything except
the direct protection of your own personal
property. This is important, for the Warren
Court decrees that if any person uses a gun
(doesn’t apply to rioters of course—only to
decent American citizens) even to defend ob-
jects which belong to him, he will be pro-
secuted. Also one cannot 'hamper’ a civil
rioter. Nevertheless, you have every right to
protect your family and property, so be pre-
pared to do so; just use common sense and
be sure you are inside your own property
and that there is a ‘positive threat to life and
limb’ before you act.
“Be wary of fake conelrad notices by revolu-
tionaries who may have captured the radio and
TV stations and want to lure you out in the
open to be captured or shot down. Be alert—
and don’t panic. Enough individual Americans
—just like you—working almost independently
—may save your area, your city, or even our
nation, from the subversive and Communist
elements that are seeking to destroy it, and
the ‘liberal’ dupes who unthinkingly are help-
ing them. The worst danger is thinking ‘the
other fellow’ is going to save you, while he’s
thinking you are going to save him. No one
can save you but yourself—so get busy! Thou-
sands of well-defended neighborhoods, both
urban and rural, could stop the riots and show
the politicians we won’t tolerate any more
destruction!”
Thus concludes the conclusions and recom-
mendations of the “Official Anti-Riot Instruc-
tions of the American Civilian Defense Com-
mittee.” Fantastic? Certainly, but consider
this: Suppose someone had told you five years
ago that what has already happened in our
country would happen in five years? Wouldn’t
you have said that was fantastic? Would you
have believed that in 1968 nobody—including
the President—can walk the streets of any
American city in safety? Would you have
believed that our churches could have become
so undermined by apostasy, immorality, agnos-
ticism and atheism—at the top?
Would you have believed that movies would
have depicted not only copulation but perver-
sions? That the press could print indescribable
obscenities—with the blessings of the Supreme
Court? That the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court could be a man whose loyalty to the
U.S.A. was questionable?
Would you have believed that Communists,
here and abroad, would have become respect-
able? That we would be on the verge of sur-
rendering, again (as we did in Korea) to a
fourth-class power? And I do believe that we
will give in to practically all Communist de-
mands in Vietnam and bring about “peace
in our time.” After which the coalition govern-
ment will be taken over by the Communists.
And our 26,000 men will have died in vain.
Would you have believed five years ago that
we would now be facing possible bankruptcy,
civil war and dictatorship?
Well, it has happened, and it’s going to get
worse. It’s up to us! So what are you going
to do about it?
IT'S THE GOVERNMENT’S BUSINESS-AIN'T IT?
I have had a nice long chat with the young
man who is in charge of our local War on
Poverty program and it has been instructive.
I found out neither of us knew exactly what
it was all about. (Admittedly, I know less than
he does, but my roommate assures me I know
less than anybody about everything.) The
trouble with the bash-on-poverty is that it is
in such a hell of a hurry to spend so much
money, nobody has been able to keep up.
We get money for which no projects have been
authorized and the other day our congressman
(he’s back from wherever) sent us a wire
that VIDA was getting 70,000.
We asked the young man in charge of
poverty what VIDA was. Rather, we tried to
ask him. He was “out” when our man called.
But another reporter, who did find him, quoted
him as saying VIDA means “Variously In-
dependently Decided something”—he couldn’t
remember what the A stood for.
But another fellow, up in Laredo, Tex.,
where they specialize in poverty, too, said he
understood VIDA meant Voice In Democratic
Action. He said VIDA was for the purpose of
paying poor people to picket things, and that
in Laredo they were getting pretty good at
it. (The pickets down in our part of the coun-
try are still pretty inexpert. One of them
was picketing the county courthouse the other
day because the county was going to take
over the poverty program and dump the young
man in charge. A reporter asked the lady, in
Spanish, what the sign said. She replied she
didn’t know because she couldn’t read. Maybe
VIDA will teach her.)
Well, I didn’t start out to discuss the war on
poverty as she is being fought in our little
bailiwick but only to remark, as I did to the
young man in charge, that this orgasm of
spending is a symptom of the political season.
We are right on top of electing a new president,
and this new guy is going to have to eradicate
poverty, but along different lines. Surely the
fellow who wins, regardless of his party, is
going to be four-square against being poor, but
he can’t very well say, “Gosh, I can’t think of
a thing to do about poverty except what the fel-
low before me has been doing.” That would
brand him as a hopeless nincompoop.
So, he’ll have to cancel out the present
program and start something different. That
means the Johnson War on Poverty has got to
be phased out between now and the first of the
year, and the administration seems to be stuck
with an embarrassing pile of money to get rid
of.
I think I told you we had a day care center
with three employees for every child. They
closed it. The mayor of the town was pretty
sore at us for putting it in the paper. If the
government wants to spend $15,000 per child
for day care (excluding lunch), that’s the
government’s business, ain’t it? You some kind
of agitator or something that don’t like the
American system of government?
I had dinner with the bishop (R.C.) the
other night and I ventured that if he and
the young poverty fighter and I are successful
in our efforts to rub out crime, sin and poverty,
what kind of work can we get into? I don’t
think he is much worried that’ll happen. I
haven’t seen him looking at the Help Wanted
ads.
Me neither.
WASHINGTON COMMENTS
Guns For Who?
BY U.S. SENATOR JOHN TOWER
Texans have been sending me a record volume
of mail in recent weeks sharing with me their views
on guns and gun control. If you have written me
and have not yet received a reply, I hope you will
be patient. The volume of mail has overwhelmed
my office’s capacity to reply promptly.
In any event, I have already told you on this pro-
gram and in many speeches around the state that
While I am in agreement with the need for mailing
restrictions on all sorts of firearms, I am not in
favor of federal licensing or registration of guns.
There is, however, another very important area
of federal concern. And, that is the need for prompt
action to disarm not law-abiding citizens but criminals.
Your letters tell me in no uncertain terms of your
own concern about this need.
It is clear that none of the present gun-control
bills gets to the heart of this problem of reducing
the criminal use of guns. I have, therefore, joined
in sponsoring a bill which directly attacks the gun
all of us are most worried about—the gun in the
hands of the criminal.
My bill would make it an additional, punishable
crime to use any firearm in the commission of any
felony that breaks the law.
This is not a complicated proposal. It is so simple
I think any criminal or prospective criminal can
understand it. It provides a mandatory jail sentence
as punishment for any federal crime committed with
a firearm. The length of this jail sentence would de-
pend on the seriousness of the crime and upon miti-
gating circumstances which the courts would con-
sider—but it could run up to life imprisonment.
Let’s take a look at the reasons such a new law
is needed.
In the year 1966 in our country 6500 murders
were committed with firearms. 100,000 Americans
were victims of rape or assault or robbery com-
mitted by criminals with guns. 55 policemen died in
the line of duty of gunshot wounds.
It is clear that for the peace and security of the
rest of our nation, the criminal must be disarmed.
Control of mail sales of guns will help keep guns
from criminals, but not much. Licensing and regis-
tration of guns are strict and well enforced in such
states as New York, but that has not kept guns from
criminals.
These laws have operated to disarm law-abiding
citizens. Yet, businessmen, cab drivers, bus drivers,
housewives who are unarmed because they obey the
gun laws are easy prey of armed criminals who evade
the laws.
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Humble Presbyterian Church, Old Courthouse, Rev.
gill Loessin, Sunday School 9:30 a.m., Church 11 a.m.
a.m.
First Baptist Church, 400 Main St., Everett S.
Martin Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m,, Church
10:55 a.m., Livening Services 7:30 p.m., Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Lakeland Baptist Church, Isaacks and Old Hum-
ble Road, Owen Dry Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Church 10:50 a.m., Church 7:50 p.m., Wednesday
7:30 p.m.
Church of Christ, 621 Herman St., Herbert Thornton
Minister, Sunday School 10 a.m., Church 10:50 a.m.,
Evening Worship 6 p.m., Wednesday 7:30 p.m.,
Bible class 9:30 a.m.
Methodist Church, 800 Main St., Bill Turner Pastor,
Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Church 11 a.m., Evening
Worship 7 p.m.
Evangel Church, 119 S. Houston Ave., Irby E.
Slaughter Pastor, Sunday School 10 a.m., Church
11 a.m.
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 400 S. Houston Ave.,
Father George Swilley, Sunday Mass 8:30 a.m.,
10:30 a.m., Evening Mass 6:30 p.m., Wednesday
v-lass 7:30 p.m.
First Assembly of God Church, 410 Granberry
St., G.L. Johnson Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Church 11 a.m., Childrens Church 6 p.m., Young
Peoples Church 6 p.m., Evangelistic Service 7 p.m.
Forest Cove Baptist Chapel, 1711 Hamblen Road,
Thomas F. Henderson Pastor, Sunday School 9:45 a.m.,
Sunday morning worship 11 a.m., Sunday evening
worship 7 p.m.
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 702 Atasce
cita Road, Father Douglas w . Hutchings, Church <) a.m.,!
Church School follows worship service.
First Assembly of God, Porter, Texas on FM RoaJ
1314, B.B. Follis, Pastor. Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Church 11 a.m., Young People 6 p.m., Evangelistic
Service 7 p.m.
Holy Comforter Lutheran Church, 7630 N. Bolt Dr.,
Rev. George Brookover, Church 11 a.m,, Church School
9:30 a.m.
The United Pentecostal Church, 217 S. Ave. G.,
Rev. Dewey Nix, Sunday School 10 a.m., Church 11
a.m.
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Westfield, Texas,
E.R. Rathgeber Pastor, Sunday School 9 a.m., Church
10 a.m.
Lakeview Park Baptist Mission, 4 1/2 mi, west on
FM 1960, A oe Silvio Pastor, Sunday School 10 a.m.,
Church 11 a.m.
First Baptist Church, Eastex Oaks, 7534 N. Belt
Dr., Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Church 11 a.m., Training
Union 6 p.m., Evening Worship 7 p.m.
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