The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947 Page: 2 of 8
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APRIL 17, 1947
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AMERICANS TOO GENTLE WITH RUSSIA
A local man thinks America is too gentle with the Russians.
We put up too much with their whims. Instead of our trying to
^Snd something to please the Russians we should be telling them
what they should do. If we continue to fool around as we have
ken, giving in to them and permitting them to block the progress
•f the United Nations with their trivial objections, they are going
to get the idea that they art running the show. The fact is we
. should be running the show and we should let them know that we
intend to run it from now on out. We have let other nations run
tilings in the past and it has cost us two wars. It’s time for this
oountry to wake up. If we are going to be periodically called in to
straighten up things and finance a world war caused by some one
rise’s greed and blundering we might as well run the show from
the beginning. I’d like to see this country quit its silly pussyfoot-
ing and stand on its feet and fight before the war comes, instead
•f waiting until the storm breaks. I think if we did there would
be no storm
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PUBLIC ENTITLED TO KNOW HOW MONEY IS SPENT
- There is a growing sentiment against secrecy in welfare pay-
ments. The secrecy is resented by taxpayers who believe they
have a right to know where and how the money taken from them
in taxes is spent. The taxpayer has no option, jge must pay his
taxes or his property is taken away from him by the government
and sold for taxes. When the taxpayer asks how his money, earn-
ed through sweat and toil and self-denial is spent, he is told that it
is none of his business. A lot of people ate beginning to think that
this policy is not in harmony with their concept of the democratic
form of government. This is the pattern of the dictator. If a
taxpayers money can be secretly spent in the matter of welfare it
ean be secretly spent in other categories. Those who object to this
aystem claim that since the secrecy plan was inaugurated relief
tolls have grown by leaps and bounds and that many on relief rolls
are receiving more than many of the taxpayers from whom the
money is taken.
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And 1 heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Be-
hold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell
( with them, and they shall be His people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God.—Revelation 21:3. ,
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L. C. KIRGAN
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By PRANK DIXON
It seams to me that in view of the
danger of Communism In this coun-
try and the sudden interest being
taken to remove those with Com-
munistic inclinations from our gov-
ernment that some program of edu-
cation should be set up to the end
that the people of this country might
know what Communism is and what
it proposes to do, and how it pro-
poses to do it.
I have read widely of all sorts of
publications including newspapers,
magazines and the comments of
columnists. In addition I have listen-
ed to hours of broadcasts over the
radio, and, while I have heard a lot
about the danger and the undesir-
ability of Communism I have never
read or heard a line about what.it is,
what it proposes to do, and how it
proposes to do it
I believe that the campaign against
Communism in this country would
make more progress if people were
informed as to what it is. I do not
believe that a presentation of the
facts is going to serve to increase the
interest in or the membership of the
Conttnunist party. I think, it far
better that the people should get the
facts about this ideology of govern-
ment that is seeking to intrude it-
self into our national life from a re-
liable source than that they get their
information from an unrealiable pro-
motor who is more interested in
securing members to his party than
he is in getting the truth to the peo-
ple.
I think that that l's always the
danger when it comes to these false
doctrines of government. The pro-
moters of them are going: to trim
their sails to the occasion, the time,
and the place and the person. They
are going to make appear attractive
an ideology of government that is
not attractive and which if the whole
truth were known would not be at all
acceptable to them.
It is reported that there are at the
preserft time 74,000 Communists in
this country. Not a great number,
but it should be remembered that
most of these are trained key work-
ers and are worth a thousand rank
and file members when it comes to
securing acceptance and support of
the party. Many of these occupy
positions in the government and in
our key industries. Their presence
there is. not by accident, but by de-
sign. They are there for a definite
purpose.
Because of the fact that not many
know the tenets of the Communistic
party few people realize their pres-
ence. There are perhaps many people
working side by side with dangerous
Communists who are not aware of
their neighbor’s allegience to the
Ccommunistic party. If these people
were informed on the Communist
theory of government they would
know them for Communists. Since
they are not familiar they are not
aware of their danger or the purpose
of their approaches.
Two Minute Sermon
By THOMAS HAST WELL
WHEN WEEDS GET INTO THE
HEART: One day recently I went to
purchase some gTass.seed with which
to reseed my lawn. I told the seed
store proprietor that I would like to
have pure seed, that Is, seed In which
there was no seeds of obnoxious
weeds. Re replied that while every
effort was made by seed houses to
furnish seed that was wholly free
from weeds it was not always pos-
it is fortunate for this country
that at the present mAhient employ-
ment is at the peak and wages are at
high levels. This condition tends to'
remove much of the lure that a new
form of government might hold if
there was considerable unemployment
ahd unrest. In such an atmosphere
Communism wquld thrive, fjuch a
condition would be the warm air and
the sunshine that would nurture the
growth vf the undesirable ideology.
If a period of hard times should
come along these 74,000 Communists
would get busy to trade upon the
dissatisfaction of the people. I feel
there is a greater danger when peo-
ple are unemployed than there is
when times are normal, employment
is good and dissatisfied persons are
not seeking a change.
Let the people know what real
Comfmunism is and they will be com-
petent judges on matters of democ-
racy and any force that seeks to un-
dermine and destroy it.
Bible and in spite of the frequent and
repeated cleanings by the seed mill a
few undesirable seeds would get by.
The only why one can do, he said, is
to get the best seed possible and then
after it comes up go over the lawn
and weed out the undesirable plants.
It occurred to me that life is a lot
like that. No matter how hard we
try to keep the undesirable things
out of It a. few are going to slip by
our vigilance and the first thing we
know we have a new crop of wrong
thoughts and impulses growing in the
garden of the heart. As with the
person who desires a clean lawn
there is only one thing to do and
that is to remove the undesirable
things as quickly as they are dis-
covered, pull them up by the roots and
cart them away. Keeping a _ life
clean ljke keeping a lawn clean is not
done by one effort. It is only ac-
complished by many continuous and
untiring efforts.
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 17, 1947, newspaper, April 17, 1947; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1119544/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.