Milford chronicle., 1959-07-10
Concluding The Address
Given At Commencement
By Oliver Caldwell

The people or the USSR are
crazy about sports. They like to
watch, but they also like to partici-
pate They are determined to be
the best in the world in all sports,
and have made a pretty fair start.
Every morning the people are
aroused by sitting-up exercises on
television and radio. One over
weight American visitor was fire.
quently reminded that if he exer-
cised properly every day he would
look less like a wandering balloon.
People in school are expected to
play as hard as they study. They
are taught to keep fit all through
out their lives. Perhaps because
they are taught that their bodies
are the only habitations they ever
will know, they take good care
of them, and have an almost re-
ligious feeling about physical fit
ness.
When Ruusia won the last Olym-
pic games the American people
met a challenge which you, the
American class of 1859, cannot ig-
more.
E. Finally, the Glass of 1859 in
the USSR has been taught that
it is competing with you to create
a better world. Soviet youth are
reminded that at least half of all
mankind is perpetually hungry,
and have no chance to go to
school. They are taught that all
people are created equal, unless
they suffered deformities at birth,
or are otherwise abnormal They
are taught that they, have a mis-
sion, which is to win the world for
communism.
In order to support this idea
history has been rewritten. To an
American, it is infuriating to see
the way the events in this coun-
try are distorted to support COM
munist ideas. AS matter of fact,
communism becomes the only truth,
and every thing which disagrees
with the communist prophets is
labeled a lie.
Because half of the world is hun
CRY, poor and often desperate, the
idea of communist revolution is
tempting to people who want a
shortcut to a better life. If we
don't want an overwhelming ma
jority of the world to become COM
munist in another generation we
are going. to have to. prove that
evolution is better than revolu-
ton. You, and the rest of the class
of 1859 in America will have to
help the less fortunate half of
mankind to build for itself a bet
ter life. If you do not help, the
Soviet class of 1859 will be ready
and trained to lead them through
a revolution to communism.
Communist education is Great
ing a very powerful force. Since
there are now about S70,000,000
people living in the ,USSR and So
Wet China, compared to LIS, 000, 900
in the United States, it is only a
matter, of time until the trained
man-and-woman power of the
United States is badly outnumber-
ed by trained men and women in
the communist countries. This may
become a very serious thing and
this fact must be remembered. in
all of our. plans for the future.
However, we Americans, and par
ticularly you of the Glass of 1859
have certain clear advantages,
some of which follow: q
A. Religion should be the strong
right arm of democracy. Religion
gives people an inner strength
which helps them to endure 1t
gives life meaning. It established
moral and ethical standards which
endure from generation to gener-
alton.
Communism opposes religion,
yet in spite of communism religion
still lives in the. USSR. Because
of the continuing war between
communism and religion, a COM
munist society always has a split
personality, always is at war with
itself. Man is basically a religious
being, and history proves that
death cannot prevail against faith.
But if a religious people betrays
its religion it is deeply weakened.
When visiting American in the
Soviet Union year ago argued
that a man should be Christian be-
cause he needs the guidance OF
Christian principles, his Commun-
list host replied:
That is very poor reason to
be a Christian. Everyone knows
that the only use Christians make
of their principles is to betray
them.