Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-06-29

gion to be anything other
than a belief in a Supreme
Being. The preSe word
Greed" which is finding its
way into Federal and State
statutes is not mentioned by
either the First Amendment
to the Federal Constitution,
nor in the State Constitution
of the States of the Founding
Fa hers. Incidentally the
opinions and the statutes of
one State. Virginia, were not
binding, nor necessarily in
dorsed, by the thirteen origi-
nal, nor the 81 later States.
1t is surprising to note the
Courts repetitive invocation
of a deified jefferson who
said: THE judiciary Of the
United States is the subtle
corps of sappers and miners,
constantly working under
ground to undermine the
foundations of our confed-
Grated fabric. They are con-
STRUNG our Constitution from
a coordination of a general
and special government to a
general and supreme one
alone. Having found
from experience that i'm
parchment is an impractical
thing, a mere Scarecrow, they
consider themselves secure
for life; they skulk from re-
Sponsibility and public opinion
-. A judiciary independent
of a king or executive alone
is a good thing; but indie
pendence of the will Of the
nation is a solecism at least
in a republican government" "
(See Democracy by Thomas
Jefferson. S. K. Padover, PIP.
97-98).
One wonders, also, whether
the Court Endorses Jefferson's
sentiments expressed in his
letter to Peasants in 1921,
in which he proposed that
the Justices of the Supreme
Court be commissioned for a
term Of six years (similar to
the Senate) and reappointed
by the President with the ap-
proval of both the Senate
and the House of Representa-
tiveS? Paul A. Fisher.
Please accept our heartfelt
thanks for your editorial g.
And Forbid Them Not" It
expresses with such clarity
and logic the shock and
distress we feel at the in
credible decision of the ST.
preme Court on the use Of
prayer in the public schools.
May o. Skartvedt,
EnOch w. Skartyedt,
Again The Evening Star
proves itself to be of top
caliber by its And Forbid
Them Not" editorial, con-
corning the Supreme Courts
grave error of banning school
prayer. This editorial in my
opinion says enough to con-
vince any sane man or wom-
an that without the pillar of
prayer undergirding our pub
lie school children, our Nation
must soon die.
The Bible quotations in
your editorial were most apt.
and bring to mind another
statement our Master made,
st. Luke 1872: 1T were better
for him that a milestone were
hanged about his neck, and
he cast into the sea, than
that he should offend one of
these little ones"
In these greatest crises in
world history, why should the
most powerful, most ad-
vanced, most depended-upon
nation on earth pull out from
under our youths feet. the
Christian heritage upon
which the United States was
built, to bring destruction
not only upon ourselves. but
slavery, of the most abject
kind to all Christianity! How
willfully blind some law
makers let themselves bel
Miriam E. Teaff.
y
In the opening paragraph
of your editorial, And
Forbid Them Not" you seem
to be raising the very spectel
of a doctrinal trend that the
Supreme Court in their his
toric ruling hopes to avoid
What may seem innocent
: recitation of noble sentiment
to one person. by the very
act of subtle exclusion, might
be offensive to another, of 6
more sensitive nature. If thi!
: be the reasoning of a mature
adult given to logical think.
ing, how much greater will bt
: the impression on a youne
: child whose introduction tt
: religion as a way of life il