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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-03
Church Women Meet

The members of Lew of Zion
Church, Jennings, met December
9th in the home of Mrs. Donald
Hetrick with an attendance of six.
Mrs. Herman c. Meyers, leader,
presented the theme, Peace Our
Responsibility" The topic con-
sidered attitudes and methods of
Jesus and explored the practical
application of these in our day for
Christian working for reconcilia-
ton
Mrs. Stewart Stahl presided. De-
cision was made to hold the meet
ings one half hour earlier lat 200
p. M during the winter months.
A nominating committee, consist
ing of three members, Nora Stahl,
Viola Meyers and Freda Handwerk,
was appointed to select nominees
for officers.
Greetings and a special thank
offering gift were received from
Pastor and Mrs. c. H. Rune,
former parsonage family
AS a quarterly project, the group
made Viola Meyers, Lucretia Stan
ton and Dorothy Burow, life MEM
bers of United Lutheran Church
Women.
A brief fellowship period fol-
lowed with an exchange of gifts
and refreshments being served by
the hostess.
The group will meet in the home
of Mrs. Ernest Handwerk in Janu-
airy, at which time she will present
the topic, The Post Christian
Era" Officers for the ensuing year
will be elected.
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money each year than is collected
by the personal income tax!
BY removing those activities,
tax reduction is automatic. Section
four provides that, after three
years, (after spending cuts have
been made) Congress shall
not levy taxes on personal incomes,
estates, and or gifts" End the big
spending and you no longer need
the income tax.
The government can still handle
the post office, the highways and
national defense with the revenues
received from other taxes-corpo-
rate, excise, etc.
More information can be OBJ
tanned from the National Commit
tee for Economic Freedom, 6413
Franklin Ave, Los Angeles %,
California-a research organiZa-
ton.
The benefits from such a pro-
posal are enormous. 1t will put an
end to wasteful spending once and
for all-While balancing the budg-
ct and ending initiation. And it
will mean an increase in your take
home pay equal to the amount you
now pay in income taxes!
The states of Wyoming, Texas,
Nevada, Louisiana, Georgia and
South Carolina have already APP
proved the Liberty amendment.
Over thirty more states will con-
slider it this year The time for
action is now-the opportunity to
defeat socialism has never been
greater. Letters of support to
Congressman and State Legislators
should be weekly duty until the
Liberty amendment is the law of
the land!
American Way Features, Inc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-03
The Liberty Amendment

AS long as every special-inter-
est group can pressure Congress
to receive handouts, it will be i'm
possible to honestly cut taxes
Since politicians have no inclina-
ton to cut out vote-buying
schemes, tax reform is just myth
designed to placate the poor
taxpayer.
The proposed Liberty Amend
ment" is tax-reduction program
that makes plenty of sense because
it begins where it should-by cut
ting government spending. Section
one of the amendment says:
"The Government of the United
States shall not engage in any bust
ness, professional, commercial, fl
nancial, or industrial enterprise
except as specified in the Con-
stitution". (Our emphasis.
What could be controversial
about that? 1t is simply prohibiting
the government from engaging in
any activity that the Constitution
does not authorize. Isn't that what
the founding fathers intended?
Isn't that the principle that gave
our citizens unprecedented pros
perity and freedom for this ma
tons first 140 years?
Yet by eliminating all economic
functions not specified in the Con-
stitution, we can actually cut the
cost of government in half. This
would put foreign aid back on a
personal, voluntary basis; and do
away with socialized electricity,
pork barrel" bills, and the many
other unjust subsidies that have
developed during the past so years.
The amendment provides for a
three-year liquidation of all bust
ness-type activities that are not
constitutionally authorized. These
programs will be restored to state
jurisdiction and private enterprise
{ and they undoubtedly will be
operated far more efficiently.
The magnitude of the federal
violations of the Constitution can
be visualized by realizing that the
losses to the taxpayers on these
programs are actually larger each
year than the total revenue from
the personal income tax.
Can you imagine? Activities that
have nothing to do with authorized
functions of government lose more
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-03
Welfare Explosion

THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1862.
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Continued from Page One)
Legislators to eliminate the slot
machines as objectionable to a
vast majority of the people of this
state, in his opening address to
the Legislature.
Tawes also called on the law
makers for legislation to require
periodic inspection of motor We
hicles, bolster the state college
program to provide better educa-
ton for more students and outlaw
racial discrimination in places of
public accommodation.
Tawes will submit his budget to
the General Assembly in three
weeks. However, he told the as
sembly that Maryland has never
enjoyed an era of greater pros
perity" and that his spending pro-
gram can be balanced without any
raises in taxes.
High on the governors list of
recommended legislation is the
Curlett Commission report which
calls for establishing a three-part
system of higher education: the
University of Maryland as a nu-
cleus, the four year state colleges
combined under a single board of
trustees, and continued develop
ment of community colleges.
Gov. Tawes was declared duly
elected" to a second term Wednes-
day by the House and Senate
meeting in joint session shortly
after his state of the state address.
A campaign was being waged on
the SidelineS of the Maryland
Legislature for state treasurer. 1t
is the one state post filled by
votes of the legislature. Hooper
S. Miles was treasurer for "a years
but is relinquishing the position.
The vote will be taken by secret
ballot.
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GTlznfSUiEEq NeEUS

ton, Somerset, Pa; and Mr.. and
Mrs. Markle Stanton, Cumberland.
The Mars Hill Homemakers club
me at the home of Misses Ida and
Beulah Engle for its Christmas
party. Sixteen members and three
children we're present A gift was
presented to Miss Ida Engle, past
president. Gifts we're exchanged
and refreshments served. Mrs. Don
aid Hetrick presented a demonstra-
ton on ideas for Christmas.
The GrantSVille All Boys club
met for the annual Christmas party
in the home of Gary Hetrick.
Thirteen members answered roll
call. Richard Bowser, president,
presided. Gifts were exchanged.
A gift was given to Harold Lough-
ley, new All club leader. A gift
from the Liberty Trust company
was presented to the club. Refresh
ments we're served.
Mary Bittinger returned home
from Memorial hospital, Cumber-
land.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Davis at
tended the Catherman's Christmas
ball, at the Fort Cumberland ball
room. Mrs. Davis is a student at
Catherman's Business school, in
Cumberland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Sisler and
daughter, Akron, o., spent Christ
mas with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Davis.
William Stanton, West Friend
ship; Mr.. and Mrs. David Jerrett,
Ferndale; and Stewart Stanton, U.
of Md, spent Christmas with Mr..
and Mrs. Guy Stanton.
William Bucket, U. of Md, spent
Christmas with his father, Blair
Bucket.
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Earl Warren correctly pointed out,
all conduct was dictated by Law
really by the ruling despot. He
might have added that this is also
the case in communist societies.
But then as we grew more civilized
there arose that which the Justice
called the law beyond the law"
Actually, of course, these are the
concepts based in our Christian
Judaic heritage in the moral,
ethical and spiritual beliefs and
traditions that distinguish Western
civilization and its inhabitants from
primitive and savage societies.
They comprise code of conduct
outside the laws and regulations of
political bodies and give us stand
ards of loyalty, friendship, hon
eSty, kindness and charity, all of
which were unknown to primitive
man.
Justice Warren admitted that
law cannot operate without ethics,
but that statutes cannot govern all
personal conduct, which is GER
tainly true if men are to remain
free. However, he sees break
down in our ethical standards or at
least in areas where we no long
er seem able to distinguish between
right and wrong. So he would like
to see established this new profess
sion of his in which a sort of
elite of ethical guidance experts
would instruct the rest of us dumb
boobs in what is right and what is
wrong.
Court VS. Responsible Liberty
A good argument can be made
for the contention that there has
been a breakdown, or a watering
down. of our ethical standards. JUS
IlCG w dllCll dloO JIloI tllC
moral and ethical concepts he fears
we are losing have been transmit
ted from generation to generation
in the family, in the school, in the
great religious traditions and phil
osophy of the world" They GER
tainly have, and so long as they
continue to be so transmitted we
don't need any professional guild
ance directors to spell them out for
us. But how can they go on being
transmitted when the Court which
Justice Warren heads will not al
low a simple, non-denominational
prayer to be recited in our schools?
Did not the Warren Court add
greatly to the ethical breakdown
when it arrogated to itself legisla-
tive powers it does not possess and
attempted by law" to force upon
all of us it own notions of non
discrimination? Was not the Court,
entirely aside from its unconstitu
tional act, performing in the same
manner as the primitive dictators
whom the Justice decries when
it told us how and in what way
and with whom our children
should attend school?
Again, the greatest modern enc
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1963-01-03
Managed News

The government misled the peo-
pie during the Cuban crisis, and
Arthur Sylvester, assistant secre-
tary of defense for public affairs,
says a policy of managed" news
will be continued because "informa-
ton is power"
At least in this case the admins
tration is being factual His state
ment is candid, unabashed and ar
rogant.
Under a policy of generated"
news, who can know if mistakes
have been made, or are being made,
whether news to which the public
is entitled is being withheld, and
if it is being withheld to stifle dis
sent. Dissent must be based on
knowledge or belief of errors of
judgment and commission. Who
can know?
That information is power has
been known to every dictator since
civilization began. 1t has been a
part of their ''weaponry" too.
The Communists know this.
Here are excerpts from a recent
guide for Soviet journalists:
News must be organized, else
it is news of mere events and
happen-stance-news must not
merely throw light on this or that
fact of event-it must pursue a
definite porpose-news is agita-
ton via facts. In selecting the
news topic, the writer of the story
must proceed above all from the
realization that not all the facts,
and not just any event, should be
reported in the press"
This is managed" news carried
to its full purpose, the corruption
of the people.-Courier-News, Elgin
Ill.
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Legislative leaders from 81 states
were set to meet in Florida to plan
strategy for drive by states to
curb further loss of powers to fed
eral government.
Dr. Arthur o. Lovejoy, one of
worlds outstanding philosophers,
died in Baltimore at 80 on Dec. 30
A trend toward big farms with
demise of small ones was sharpest
in Great Plains wheat country.
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my of our ethical concepts is the
communist conspiracy, which has
no such standards of its own as we
understand them and which is
sworn to eradicate from the world
civilized mans belief in a Supreme
Being and those moral preceptS of
God and His Son which we use as
our ethical guides, no matter how
much and how often we fail in hon
oring them. Yet there came before
Justice Warren's Court SO cases
involving this communist conspir-
acy and according to a compilation
by Senator Eastland, Justice War
rem cast his vote in favor of the
communist position in Sc of those
80 cases.
Judge Not
If it has not become unconstitu-
tional for a Supreme Court JUS
tice to refer to the greatest guide
to moral, ethical and spiritual con-
duct, perhaps Justice Warren
should glance at Chapter 7, Verse
3 of the Book of Matthew; And
why beholdest thou the mote that
is in my brothers eye, but consid-
crest not the beam that is in
thine own eye?"
Editors Note: Resale NJ Gordon
is Editor of AIl-American Books,
AlI-American Book Digest and
Americas Future.)
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Mrs. j. U. Stanton celebrated
her Seth birthday on Christmas
day with a family dinner. Present
were Gen. and Mrs. William H.
Powell, Alexandria, Va; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Stanton, Huntington,
w. Va; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Stan
ton and daughter and Mrs. Rich
ter. Gainesville: Mrs. Pearl Stan
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The American Way
WE NEED NO ETHICAL ELITE
By Rosale M, Gordon

Not long ago the Chief Justice
of the U. S. Supreme Court came
up with what was hailed in some
quarters as a great new philosophi-
cal concept but which, on closer
examination, really had a rather
hollow sound. He would like to see
new profession established -
counselors in ethics, body Of eX-
perts to tell us what is right and
what is wrong in those fields and
relationships not covered by law.
Contrast Pure And Simple
In primitive times, as Justice
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pointed out above, relief eXpendi-
lures are now ten times greater
than when these words we're ut
tered
Christian Economics.
Evening star., 1963-01-15
Strikes and the State of the Union

most economical use of its
resources and facilities" But
he did not really delve into
this highly controversial field
beyond stating that new
transportation facilities are
needed and that the stock
pile Of goods, including farm
products, must be reduced. In
that phrase, most econorn-
ical use" Of American re-
sources and facilities, Is
rooted the present-day diff
ficulties Of the whole eco
nomic system.
The President did include
in his address one sentence
referring with disapproval to
the growing pressures" by
labor leaders for q 36-hour
week. But the reason for the
omission Of any reference to
labor management difficult
ties throughout the country
Is not apparent unless 1t be
that the subject is q highly
controversial one and could
cost the President votes in
1864.
The labor unions them
selves are the biggest single
organized group Of voters in
the country today and con-
tributed not only energy but
money to help the President
win his election in 1860. Mr..
Kennedy not long ago at
tackled businessmen for try
ing to raise their prices. Yet
he has never taken q positive
stand with reference to the
extreme demands of labor
union leaders evidenced. for
instance, In the big strikes
in New York City and other
parts of the country.
AS long as one economic
group can control the Amer
lean system by fixing costs
of production, which inevita-
bly, affect prices, there will
not be a free-market system
in the United States, and the
law Of supply and demand
will not operate effectively to
bring prosperity. The Gov
ernment will find itself COM
PEELED to intervene as be-
tween labor and management
II 1t really wants to stop re-
cessions. But such interven-
ton will compound the evils
of the present day system
unless it is impartial, OBJ
jective and fair as between
the rival forces.
Copyright, 1862
Evening star., 1963-01-15
Presidents Message Is Criticized
For Not Mentioning Labor Problem

think that. by giving his sup
port to a project for the
reduction of taxes, he would
be winning applause in the
country. To promise q tax cut
and to achieve one are, how
ever, two different things.
The voters will get little
comfort out of a tax cut II
economic uncertainty pre-
walls and If Government
spending continues as indi-
Gated. with the prospect Of 4
record-breaking deficit in the
United States Treasury next
year.
Oddly enough, Mr.. Kennedy
seemed preoccupied with the
idea that the Nation at pres
ent may not be taking its
problems seriously. He said:
I'm short, both at home and
abroad, there may now be q
temptation to relax" One
wonders whether the country
is, after all, really In q re-
laxed mood and Is indifferent
to the dangers both at home
and abroad.
AS for the young people out
Of work, Mr.. Kennedy seems
to be despairing Of ways to
find productive Jobs for them.
He appears to be reverting
to one of the ideas Of New
Deal days. when the Civilian
Conservation Corps was Or
ganized to take care of many
Of the younger persons who
were unemployed. The Presi-
dent thinks that the Peace
Corps can do something Of
the same job. He spoke Of
the million young Americans
who are out Of school and
out Of work and suggests that
a domestic Peace Corps Of
some kind would serve "our
own community needs: in
mental hospitals, on Indian
reservations, in centers for
the aged or for young delin-
quentS, in schools for the
illiterate or the handicapped"
He said all this might enable
these young men to serve the
cause Of domestic tranquil
lity."
The President had q head
ing on one section Of his
message which read: I'VE
need to strengthen our Ma
ton by making the best and
Evening star., 1963-01-15
DORIS FLEESON
New Maturity and Confidence Found
In Presidents Report to Congress

President Kennedy talked
sense TO the American Con-
gress with respect to the
state Of the Union. A slight
ly dazed Congress, insure of
what it might be asked to do,
played safe by reserving most
Of its applause for the bright
er spots on the scene abroad.
From his first sentence, the
President showed the new
maturity and confidence
bred by two hard years, q
present success in Cuba and
his high status in all the
indexes Of public opinion.
Short, plain words replaced
the old glittering rhetoric.
The sophomore buoyancy Of
the early days has disap-
peared.
Perhaps the razor edge Of
his approach had been
sharpened by the news that
Just before he spoke, the
Kennedy Democrats Of the
House had elected their own
choices for the vitality impor-
tant vacancies on the Ways
and Means Committee. This
was a triumph which will be
felt now and in the future so
long as the seniority system
prevails.
1t is difficult for the
American President to speak
Evening star., 1963-01-15
ERIC SEVAREID

1t would require a candle
larger than any realist dares
light in this naughty world
to produce a reflection from
the newly minted coin, Ammo
Domini 1868, bright enough
TO blind the wicked, but a
dull glow Of hope is percep-
tible just the same.
Perhaps the glow will new
er truly sparkle as long as
the seven-league stride Of
this armaments race is not
broken, yet both sides Of the
coin give off a new light.
On the one side are the new
problems of the Communist
camp, now so fragmentized
and quarrelsome that Mos
COW fairly surely has been
forced into an extended pc
nod Of reticence for recon-
sideration Of It's strategies Of
indirect aggression which
have failed in so many
places.
The light OF hope from the
other side Of the coin-out.
side-is a reflection of new
confidence in Washington,
but also, so 1t seems to me,
new understanding of how
the major power is histori-
cally obliged to behave, not
only towards the common
enemy but towards the COM
monality Of friends and
allies.
At the risk of appearing
extensively SNUG, I must say
that the comments by the
President in Florida, con-
corning his decision to strike
out more boldly as the allied
leader, came as both relief
and justification for some
OF us who have long been
pleading for precisely this
posture.
There are. after all, a few
axioms that can be firmly
fixed even to the shifting
swamp Of international con-
duct. Two of them would 20
about as follows:
/. 1t is not possible for
any alliance to follow a line
of conduct that is alien to
the policy Of the major power
within the alliance. which
policy must necessarily serve
Evening star., 1963-01-15

separated by their own polit-
ical and social ideologies.
They agreed, however. to Mr..
Reuther's terms. and the re-
suits Of his 10 days with
them were described by
United States Ambassador
Edwin o. Reischauer, and
others in our Government
and that Of Japan. as i'm
portant and possessing an
excellent potential.
Having heard that Japan
ese Communists had tried to
give Mr.. Reuther a bad time,
l went To ask about his ex-
periences.
THE Com mics picked
Kyoto. the historic old cap
ital and temple city. as the
place where they hoped 10
create q demonstration.
When our group got off the
train we were met by about
80 Communists. They had
signs such as you see here.
saying go home. and so on.
Some Of them gathered close
around me on the pretext OF
asking questions. Others
crowded In and pretty soon
/ was getting some pretty
hard jabs in my ribs and
back from their elbows. They
we're hoping I would lose my
temper and strike back so
that a fight could start and
spread.
I'VE moved on through
with them following us. still
crowding and jostling us. We
we're going 10 q nearby town
and taxicabs from there had
been engaged 10 meet US. But
regulations prevented them
from picking up In front OF
the station; so we had TO
walk about so yards TO q
parking lot where they
waited. When I GOT into the
cab two big fellows tried 10
Evening star., 1963-01-15

as President and party lead
er without markedly partisan
passages. Mr.. Kennedy
achieved even that as he set
forth the goals he will pursue
in the next two years. They
are largely familiar and had
been forecast from Palm
Beach.
But by limiting their num-
Der and to a degree ranking
them in the order Of their
Importance he gave them
new clarity and immediacy.
During the last two years
Congress complained that
the White House sent 1t d
tumble Of bright ideas Of de-
cidedly mixed merit and
practical importance. Appar-
emily these complaints have
been taken to heart.
In a sense the Kennedy
message Of 1868 Is the cam
paign blueprint for 1864. It
will be highly acceptable
outside the South; in fact 1t
generally embraces the ideas
and arguments which were
heard in the successful Dem
ocratic campaigns Of last fall.
The South, confronted with
q better organized. more ag-
gressive Republican Party,
has its own decisions to
make, State by State. Some
years Of confusion and much
trial and error are In pros
Evening star., 1963-01-15
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

JFK urges q $lO-binon tax cut White House
'63 slogan: From the man who has everything
something for everybody.
Russia says It's found q mistake In Newton's law
Of gravity Several Soviet astronauts who went up
never came down.
Senator symington urges a National Academy Of
Foreign Affairs. College yell: Budapest and Beirut,
Baghdad and Bangkok. II we can't beat Navy, we'll
crush Slippery Rock.
On the network TV program. Jacqueline Kennedy
looks right at home In the White HouSe-and II it
weren't for Middleburg Palm Beach, HyanniS and Italy
she would be.
It's rumored the printers refuse to end the New
York newspaper strike until Noise Tshombe stages one
Of his surrenders In town they can spell
The logic Of the New Frontiers tax cut is simple:
The more money have left after taxes. the more
chance the Government has of borrowing of 1t to
pay It's bills.