The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1961-06-08

and the world. l have committed by whole
life to this fight"
This Tremendous Wave
General Carpenter of France, servant of
his country in many campaigns and former
COmmande-in-Chief of the Central Euro
pean Ground Forces of NATO, who flew to
Brazil to join this force, spoke to a vast
audience in Rio de Janeiro. From the heart
OF the best men," he said, must come this
tremendous wave Of Moral Re-Armament
which will win over Communism. In this
theological war we must confront Commu-
nlsm with another theology that theology
is MIRA. 1t is because l am convinced Of
that that l am here to conduct a war.
we need tactics, strategy and means.
Some people think that strategy can come
from a meeting of men who are response
bic in the political field, but l do not be-
lleve 1t. | have read in the newspapers for
the last ten years accounts of men who
meet IN Washington, Paris and other great
countries. But it is from all free men who
fight for Moral Re-Armament that the
answer will come"
Workers and military find unity in this
adeology. Damasio Cardoso, militant dock
ers' leader of Rio, told all his fellow-work-
ers and their families, Il pray to God that
what happened in my family will happen
to every family in the docks. We are either
Tor God or against God. The choice for all
OF us IS MIRA or Communism"
The Catholic priest in the docks, who
before Cardoso's change could not enter the
quarter where six hundred lockers and
their families lived, added, by their fruits
We shall know them. MIRA is a tree. You
can see its fruit. Moral Re-Armament has
become a much more powerful weapon than
any military weapons of Russia or North
America. The most powerful weapon is alb
solute honesty, purity, unselfishness and love
| want to declare here that in me MIRA has
a friend, admirer and fellow worker"
That gifted artist Louis Byles from
Jamaica, ninety miles from Cuba, speaks Tor
many in Latin America and the Caribbean
when he says, I'VE have very little time left"
He starred in that film The Growing Ex-
perlence as the man who plays the part of
a convinced Communist captured by the fire
OF a superior theology. He has just shown
this film ITO the leadership of his Island. Said
one OF the government officials. "This is not
a film. 1t is God. We must get this out i'm
Heaiately to Jamaica. 1t is exactly what we
need
The Real Issue In Africa
e It will take brave men to free unite and
save the continent of Africa Philip yhnd1s
VINO represents 800, 600 Africans in Johannes
Durg and was a founder of the Gold Miners
Union, says, There is great bitterness in
our country. South Africa is being used to
divide East from West on the basis of colour,
but the real issue is not colour but charac-
ter. It is not only the white men who have
to change in South Africa. We have to change
TOO We need it, an l wish everybody to know
that ~
Vundla chose the ideology that brought
UNITY and rejected division. His choice al
most COST him his life at the hands Of ex-
tremlsts' but his steadfastness has won him
the respect of friend and foe alike.
In kenya, threatened again bv blood
sneo and chaos, the Branch Secretary of
one African party faced the choice between
TWO ideologles. He said, Il had an airDlanc
ticket TO the Communist conference Of Arr
can ieaoers. Instead l came to the Moral
ne-Ar1nament Assembly. l did not know
There We're such people committed to erad;-
cdte nate, fear and s~elfishness. Our leaders
went 10 the other conference with 4 calabash
i1ieo with the waters of freedom. The Com
inunlSts punctured it, and our freedom IS
pouring out. MIRA will seal the holes So true
ireeoom can be maintained. / must bring
tne light OF this answer to our country in
darkness"
q woman former Mau Mau leader, de
tanned for eight year, said, "Here nv hatred
OF the white man has ended, we women
played q big part in leading our nation in
inc wrong direction, Now we nust play the
FULLEST part in rebuilding the country Cali
ING her children to stand beside her; she said
TO each in turn, forgive me. have been
Iuil OF hate and have led you into hatred
Another Mau Mau District Secretary said,
Bitterness has been the disease IN our land.
From my heart and home it spread like fire