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Asks Authority For Crackdown On Labor Goons By LYI-K <*. WWION I ailed press lalematlaaal WASHINGTON* 'UPI* — Snlidty built mtn the eivU rights bill now moving slowly toward consider ncrackdown »n Tht* I* contain*’** in ■ wfcK h would amend the L’S I ■! crate with respect tn squad* •** arsanlst*. The Jnendment would • felony for • *° < TT’ . *lstr lin<* in Hniht from t prosecution • .. ~ . hambine conviction on chargrs <>i w "aST written originally in the

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> -4|_ ij.. j iiiil k 'ffrmrw ekemed to tow? brc« tvtwniwd tor tieiMllWew! t* Rrw«dr«rd The Kiwnhowrr »<lnimutr»tlo« w*t ct-Mitml with Ihttl nuftow hmlt <* '*» r bill'* »r«pr tn <b« Himm* Judiciary Committee, however Rrp <1 Carlton toeer . OTrtii i moved that the amend menl be broadened tn extend Ui the bombini or burning of any r?cnrd*vo» in the committee, but a %<>!<*<* I r*n 'rr'wrll a« MKithern I>mocrat* were h>r It A* now written, the amendment would punish flight to avoid giving testimony in bombing or arson rate* equally with flight to avoid prmccuuon for tuaaing the bomb or n-tting the fire Tn<penalty would be a fine of not more than SS.MO or Imprisonment for not more than five year*. The amendment would have no effect however, unless local law at the place of the bomb or

the flight nenwa state line’ f’oo* ,„-n an wet if Ute ImWibtWg ** Prwaeerrtlea in Federal Cwnrt Communities which have J >w * aaainst such art* should become rrlaltvely free of bombings and arson If the pending bill is enacted The brass knuckle in the protaxed legislation most likely to m’think* twice before hurling e«plosivrs or setting ftrwa is thia: of’JiX. iX-oi bill's authors were carcrui P r tret local communities against a point of view which the Supreme Court has cspressed from time to time The amendment stipulate* that it l» not the intent of Congress to deprive any stale, tcrrlmev or local community of jurisdirtton over any offense of this nature. If any state, territory or local community were willing to accept bombing and arson as the modern

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American way, a bomber or arsonin would be relatively safe so long as he did not run away and cnxa a shite Unr in the proceaa i <Jtoee wsnstoa a stole line, how- i ever, the bomber or arsonist would be a fugitive from the FBI . „ I AH. • CIO President George Meany and other top labor lead ers have contended that there is ■ planty of local law against labor violence by eaptoslves and fire and that nb federal legislation was needed nt. even desirable. I The amendment now pending would not supersade al! of that local law. It would backstop It with US. power. Decatur Agent Is Awarded Plaque Mr nn<j Mrs ISdwnrd J Hornich, Decatur, were guests of All American Life A Casualty Co. in Palm Beach. Fla . Jan. 31 to Fab 4. Hornick, who earned hi* membership in the All-American club, received a plaque at the awards dinner honoring 1959 leaders.

Girl Scout Leaders To Attend Workthdp The Umbvrloat Girl Scout cdun- , ill announcsM • viaual aid wswh- * shop to be held at tire scout office. February t. I p m The course will |be repeated February 19 al 1 30 ,P”i. Instruction will be given in the use of the slide projector, movie projector and other forms of visual aid This equipment Is available to any trained Girl Scout adult Arrangements for Its use should be made through the Girl Scout office Leaders participating in any form of training are especially urged to attend this workshop Those planning to attend the .•oursc should make reservations through the Girl Scout office as I roon as possible. The first night airplane fligh. made by Charles A Lindbergh L. 1923. began from the banks of l-ak- ' Chicot about seven mile* from Lake Village in southeast Arkansas The take-off point !* r.ow marked by the Lindbergh Memorial Monument.

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Baptists Have Over 90,000 U.S. Churches By LOUIS CASSELS United Press International America has more than 90,000 Baptist churches. Their . combined I membership is close to 21 million persons. If all of these Baptists belonged to the same denomination, it would be the nation’s largest Protestant body by a wide margin. , . ~ , But Baptists are notoriously independent people. They put great store in ’religious freedom, and insist on every man’s right to read and interpret the Bible for himself. When they get iitfo a doctrinal dispute — over slavery, Sabbath observance or anything else that seems importent — they tend to resolve it by splitting into separate denominations. The fragmentation of the Baptist family began soon after Roger Williams founded America’s first Baptist churches in Rhode Island in 1639. It has gone forward ever I since, unchecked by any merger movement of the kind that has begun to pull together America’s Methodists, Lutherans and Presbyterians. 27 Separate Denominations

Today, America’s Baptists are ' divided along racial, geographic and doctrinal lines into 27 separate denominations. Os the four largest bodies, which together account for 90 per cent of the nation’s Baptists, two are predominantly white and two predominantly Negro in membership. The former aif the Southern Baptist Convention and the American * formerly Northern) Baptist Convention. They were once united, but split apart in 1845 over the slavery issue. Neither is accurately described today by its name. The Southern Baptist Convention long ago outgrew the regional boundaries implied by its name, and its membership of 9 million now includes hundreds of congegations in northern and I western states. The American Baptist Convention, on the other hand, has yet to achieve the national scope implied by its name; I its membership of 1,600,000 is largely concentrated in the North. Reunion Appears Distant ; Prospects of a reunion between these two bodies seem quite distant at present. They do not see eye to eye on racial segregation, which many Southern Baptists approve and most Northern Baptists vigorously condemn. They also are far apart on-the question of cooperating with other religious 1 bodies. The American Baptists are active supporters of the National and World Councils of Churches;, Southern Baptists have remained aloof from the ecumenical movement. The two big Negro denominations are the National Baptist Convention of the U.S.A. Inc., with about 5 million members, and the National Baptist Convention of America, with 2,70.000 members. They also were once united, but split apart in 1916 in a dispute over election of national officers. i * Despite their many divisions, Baptists'share, as a common heritage, a number of distinctive beliefs and practices which identify them as members of the same religious family. They are united, for example, in their insistence that a person lean be properly baptized only by total immersion of the body in water—the same method, they believe, that was followed when Jesus was baptized in the River Jordan.

Reject Infant Baptism They all reject Infant baptisms, and reserve the rite of baptism for those— usually age 13 or older -who are judged capable of making a mature, personal ‘ decision for Christ." All Baptists revere the Bible as the "one authoritative source of religious truth and salvation. Most of them subscribe to a fundamentalist interpretation of the Scriptures, regarding both the Old and New Testaments as the "verbally-inspired, inerrant word of God.” Every local Baptist congregation is an autonomous body, which makes its own decisions by majority vote of the members, and which does not have to take orders from any higher ecclesiastical organization.

the better way Bishop Marshall R. Reed has said: “In the world you will have, trouble but be courageous. Trouble is real. It will not be explained |, awav by wishful thinking but it can be met with a spirit of courage that enables one to go through it victoriously. Life-cannot be lived on easy terms. Thomas Carlyle always insisted that life’s ultimate question is: ‘Will you be a hero pr a coward’’ The coward suggests that you nin away from life because it is so difficult, but the ( hero always insists you cannot escape life, you have to stand up to it and master it. Such courage does not just happen. No one can say he will go now nad be courafeous. Courage that endures is born out of profound faith. There is a difference between being courageous and being bold. One may be courageous in the defense of- his [ position which is an admirable quality in life, but when he is bold he takes the offensive and presses the conflict for righteousness. I

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Violence Returns To Packers Strike OMAHA <UPI> — Violence, re- ( turned to the bitter Wilson ft Co. meatpacking strike Friday when hundreds of nails were strewn across streets near the Wilson plant here. The nails punctured more than 20 tires on police cars. Officials sent a truck with a magnet attachment to sweep up the tacks, but it also bogged down with a flat tire.

<The incident occurred shortly before the striking United Packinghouse Workers of America announced a mass meeting Sunday of all AFL-CIO workers in the Omaha area. The UPWA local said the unionists would lay plans “to further assist the striking members at the Wilson & Co. plant " No arrests were made in the nail-scattering, the latest incident in the widespread violence which has marked the 98-day strike at seven Wilson plants across the nation. At Albert Lea. Minn.. District Judge John Cahil dismissed contempt of court charges against 48 | persons for lack of evidence, but ordered '2l others, all UPWA , members, to stand trial on involving picket line violence. | Picket line riots Dec. 9-10 led Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman to impose martial law on Albert I Lea and send in national guard troops to keep order on the strike-torn town. Twelve of the 21 changed their pleas from innocent to guilty. ! Among those still pleading innoi cent were Ed Hyland, vice president of the UPWA’s Local 6. and Orrin Bye ; another union officer.