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CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, munSDAY, OCT. 13, I960.
THE CLAUDE NEWS
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The inevitable
Evangelist Billy Graham, speak-
ing to a Spanish-American audi-
ence last week at Madison Square
Garden, said: "All the leaders of
the world are meeting here in
New York. There has never been
anything like it. It almost re-
minds me of what the Book of
Revelations says—that at the end
of the world there will be a
gathering of the kings of the
earth. This is certainly a gather-
ing of kings. How are we to know
that the Book of Revelations pro-
phesies will not come true soon?"
This gathering of the kings of
the earth reminds me of Psalms
2:2-5:
"The kings of the earth set
themselves, and the rulers take
counsel together, against the Lord,
and against his anonited, saying.
Let us break their bands asun-
der, and cast away their cords
from us. He that sitteth in the
heavens shall laugh: the Lord
shall have them in derision."
In Ezekiel 13:10-11 we read:
"Because, even because they
have seduced my people, saying.
Peace: and there was no peace:
and one build up a wall, and, lo,
others daubed it with untempered
morter: Say unto them which
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daub it with untempered morter,
that it shall fall." Untempered
morter is actually "whitewash"
and plenty h&s been dabbed on
the "effectiveness" of the UN.
The die is cast and world e-
vents are grinding on to an un-
stoppable destiny. This is clearly
pointed out in the Apocrypha,
II Esdras 4:
"By measure hath he measured
the times, and by number hath
he numbered the times; and he
doth not move nor stir them, un-
til the said measure be fulfilled.
Then answered I and said, O
Lord that bearest rule, even we
all are full of impiety. And for
our sakes peradventure it is that
the floors of the righteous are
not filled, because of the sins of
them that dwell upon the earth.
So he answered me, and said, Go
thy way to a woman with child,
and ask of her when she hath
fulfilled her nine months, if her
womb may keep the birth any
longer within her. Then said I,
No, Lord, that can she not. And
he said unto me, In the grave
the chambers of souls are like the
womb of a woman. For like as a
woman that travaileth maketh
haste to escape the necessity of
the travail: even so do these
places haste to deliver those
things."
In Luke 21:36 the Christian is
shown the way out:
"Watch ye therefore, and pray
always that ye may be accounted
worthy to escape all these things
that shall come to pass, and to
stand before the Son of man."
A real problem
How can we have government
by and for all people when the
politicians are constantly voting
special government for minority
groups. This inequality by special
legislation soon upsets the balan-
ce of government far all, tilting
it in favor and placing power in
the hands of the few. Hitler
worked the same system but in
reverse order, i.e. special legisla-
tion against special minorities.
Either way it comes out the
same, a strong dictorial govern-
ment and all lose.
Texas Democratic whitewash
Former President Harry S.
Truman said in Waco Tuesday,
it doesn't matter what's in the
Texas Democratc platform—the
national platform is the one the
presidential ticket is running on.
"The national platform is 100
percent all right," he said. "That
is the one that counts."
How gullible can Texans be? It
might .pay them to heed the
words of The Wetumpka (Ala.)
Herald. They say:
". . A Solid South—against the
Democratic radical ticket—would
do more than anything else to
regain our former position or res-
pect and influence in the party of
our fathers."
Is there hope?
Holmes Alexander, in his na-
tional syndicated column, said in
part this week:
Should Kennedy be defeated,
many of his methods, and ideas
must be expected to tumble with
him. It will conceivably be a long
time before the Democrats permit
an ambitious young adventurer to
run almost unchallenged through
the state primaries. We know now
that virtually anybody except Hu-
bert Humphrey could have stop-
ped Kennedy in West Virginia.
Also, if Kennedy loses, it's very
unlikely that the Democrats will
ever again rule out the Southern
states as the legitimate seedbed
of presidential timber. Southern
Republicanism, flowing from a
Kennedy defeat, would eliminate
one of the reasons why Demo-
crats take the Old Confederacy
for granted. Manifestly superior
men—like Byrd, Russell, Thur-
mond, Smathers, Talmadge, Byrn-
es, Shivers—have been passed over
by the Northern wing of the par-
ty. Why nominate a Southerner
to head the ticket, since the
South was already in the bag?
Well, the worse Kennedy is beat-
en below the Potomac, the more
chance a top-flight Southern
statesman will have for the De-
mocratic nomination in 1964.
You can't whip 'em
Deskins Wells, editor of The
Wellington Leader, said last week
in his "Deck's Didactics":
Tuesday I started parking my
car in the driveway for fear
that somebody might run into it
while parked on the street. Later
I was sitting in the kitchen read-
ing when I heard a loug bang
and smiled with satisfaction
knowing my car was safe in the
driveway. But it turned out that
my wife was late for a PTA
meeting, went out and got in her
car, revved up the engine, jerked
the gear and whomp—nearly
knocked my little number out in
the street. Guess I better start
taking my chance on the street
parking.
Texas text books
A friend told me the other
day the open hearing to select
textbooks for Texas schools was
a wonderful, democratic approach
that gives the citizen a chance to
to take part in the selection. I
agreed until I read this little
news item concerning a group of
citizens who critized a number of
books on the list to be selected.
The news item states:
"Dr. R. L. Williams of Corpus
Christi, a member of the com-
mittees, said the protests against
the books were not considered by
the committee. He said the names
of all persons criticized as being
subversives were checked with the
Department of Public Safety, and
were not found to be members of
a Communist organization."
The committee seems slightly
naive. They sit up a hearing
then refuse to consider the pro-
tests, then project the idea sub-
versive writers must be card
carrying communists before they
are considered dangerous to our
way of life. There are plenty
of red floaters who are cardless
and heedless of anything Ameri-
can and their strange philosophy
creeps into every stream of print
in our country.
Perhaps the committee should
re-word its particulars and say,
"We will consider certain kinds
of criticism from certain people
only."
The sword of liberalism
The Southern Baptist are now
under the most scurrilous attack
of the century. The pseudo-radi-
cal writers are having a field-
day in scourging these "sinful"
Baptists of their "Catholic at-
titude." But you have to look un-
der the liberal's self-righteous
chameleon cloak to discover their
true intent and purpose. It is
simpler than you think. The
Southern Baptist are a funda-
mental, conservative lot, and the
one thing that makes an ultra-
pseudo liberal see "red" is a con-
servative of any hue.
If religion was on the other
foot, i.e. if Nixon were Catholic
and Kennedy Protestant, the
Catholic Church would now be
under the most vicious attack of
the century because Kennedy is
their cult leader. Religion has
nothing to do with it, other than
to be used as a whip across the
face of anyone who dares sug-
soo CLAUDE on next
'SMALL BUSINESS"
B y C. WIISONHAR 0 fi R .
In these days when so much
editorial opinion is reflected in
canned editorials printed simul-
taneously in all the metropoli-
tan dailies of any given pub-
lishing chain, it is refreshing
to see the attention gn'en to
the last bastion of free and
independent newspapering in
America, the pgi-:
weekly newf
paper.
>(: * *
Oi:( in the
vast state of
M o n t a n a
earlier this
year Publish-
e r Walter
Lai son of the
Missoula
Times rin a C. W. Harder
series of editorials calling at-
tention to the fact that as long
as Congress is making noises
about overhauling the tax sys-
tem next session, it would be
well to consider relieving every
businessman from his enforcer!
and unwelcome role as tax col-
lector for the federal, state and
local governments,
+ * *
. Since letting loose this pro-
vocative series. Missoula, Mon-
tana, has heard from the Direc-
tor of the Budget, and Treasury
Department, and will undoubt-
edly hear from various and
sundry other bureaus.
* * *
The official protestation is to
the effect that while the gov-
ernment recognizes there is
perhaps some unfairness in
forcing employers into tho role
as slave labor to serve without
pay as tax collectors, anything
else would make it diflicult to
collect taxes.
* * *
Publisher Larson also be-
lieves that every employee
should get his or her full pay
I down to the last cent to get
the feel of the money, and also
get the feel of it going out to
pay various taxes.
* # *
As a matter of fact, every
bureaucrat defends constantly
climbing taxes with the flat
statement that people are de-
manding more and more ser-
vices from government, ft is
never specified what people are
demanding what.
* * *
But if tneir often repeated
contentions are true, and there
is an area of doubt hero, Pub-
lisher Larson's plan could do
a great deal to curtail tins pur-
ported demand for more ser-
vices. Thus, if every employee
knew that any demand made
for more services would mean
more out from his pay check,
it would be surprising how little
peopk' actually want of so
callea government services.
* * *"
Those who deal with orga-
nized labor say that labor never
discusses what the actual rate
of pay is before taxes. The is-
sue is all on what the take
home, spendable pay shall he.
* * *
Recently, Congress made
quite a furor over hidden inter-
est in installment purchases.
* H<
Thus, it is perhaps high time
that the public also became
aware of the tax take, both
hidden and unhidden.
♦ ♦ ★
But there is something pain-
ful about handing over cash
that is in hand.
* * *
Under the present system of
the employer serving as a tax
collector, su.h painful thuugl.i
is removed from employee con-
sideration.
* * * '
His is a refreshing idea.
* * *
And it is not by a < id' .'t thai
it originates i;i th" lust ■ >:; ti
of free editorial t!...i: i a.;.,
expression in America
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. The Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1960, newspaper, October 13, 1960; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353710/m1/4/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.