Diario las Américas., 1958-03-02

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The other day, a Florida Con-
gresham made a speech in the
House. AS speeches go, 1t didn't
cause much of a stir. 1t didn't
make national headlines. Neither
did Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
at the time he made it, We think
that the remarks of Congressman
Billy Matthews are so timely that
we recommend them to you. Space
does not permit printing the en-
tire speech = a copy might be
obtained by writing directly to his
office, but in part he said:
II am going to suggest seven
muSts for the survival Of our ma
ton and not a single one of them
will cost any money. . The first
must that l would suggest is this:
vs. must realize that money can
not solve all Of our problems. l
have been somewhat fearful since
we began the present session of
Congress to note a feeling that l
think is too general that all we
have to do now to win this fight
for survival. . is just to spend
more money. -.
"The second must I want to sug-
gest if we expect to survive is
the fact that: The words our re-
sponsibilities' must assume equal
status in our thinking as do the
words our rights
1.-THE third must Is: We must
eyaluate properly the statement
all men are created equal In dis
cussing how to evaluate these ia
nous words of Thomas Jefferson,
Matthews pointed out that many
orators today are saying that all
men are equal" He then explained
that he believed in equal opportun-
ity for everyone, but that in the
field of education, the bright stu
dent should not be held back in
school by the students of lesser
ability.
"The fourth must that is essen
tial," Matthews continued, IF we
are to survive is: We must be
honest with ourselves and the
rest of the world. =.
"The fifth must is the fact that:
We must solve our fiscal pro
blems. 1.-The interest on our ma
tional debt is closely approximate
ing So billion a year. If the peo'
pie of the sovereign states did
not have to pour this vast amount
of money into the Federal coferS
think, if you please, now many
schools they could build. the new
hospitals. new public buildings
in every county in the union.
Snow, a sixth must is: We must
preserve our form of government"
He spoke of the founding OF oul
country and the aims of those
who wrote the constitution. He
continued, "The philosophy that
the states are incapable of solving
their problems to me is one of the
most dangerous PHILOSOPHERS preva
velent in America today :. We
find the Supreme Court in many
decisions taking away from the
states certain responsibilities and
privileges which should belong to
the states. . We must realize that
our form of government is diff
ferent. . and we must have. . "a
clear division of powers as among
the executive, legislative and ju
dicial and we must never fail tC
realize that this is a sovereign ma
ton composed of sovereign states
The only powers given to the ma
ton are those powers that the
states, themselves, delegated to the
Federal government.
"The Seventh must is that: Each
of us must sacrifice. Plato said that
when the citizens of a republic had
rather serve the republic with their
money than with themselves, the
republic is not far from its fall,
We need to have in America to-
day more than ever before a sense
of service to the people Of this
nation.
These seven musts will chal'
lenge each Of US to do our part. .
in the race for survival that con
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