Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 59, Number 170, Decatur, Adams County, 21 July 1961 — Page 8

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Foreign Aid Moral Duty Os An lericans

By LOUIS CASSELS United Preu International Members of Congress receive bushels of mail each week from Americans who say they’re tired of having their tax dollars spent on foreign aid programs. The letter-writers, many of whom are church members, argue that the United States is not getting an adequate “return" on its aid investment. And they evidently feel that national self-inter-est is the only criterion to be applied in determining whether this country should continue helping to raise living standards in other pads, of the world. Whether aid programs are vital to U.S. security, as President Kennedy contends, is a political question on which religious leaders have no special competence to pronounce judgment. But whether there are motivations for aiding other countries which transcend self-interest is a moral question on which church leaders feel they have a clear obligation to speak. Pope Gives Views Pope John XXIII gave his views on the subject, in unusually forthright language,'ln an important new papal encyclical issued by the Vatican last week. He called attention to the sharp contrast between the high living standards of “economically advanced" nations and the “extreme poverty” which exists in underdeveloped countries. Because all human beings are "members of the same family,” the Pope said, nations “enjoying abudnace of material goods" have

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a plain moral duty to aid countries “whose citizens suffer from want, misery and hunger, and who lack even the elementary rights of the human person.” The Pope made it quite clear that he was not speaking in vague generalities about an obligation of human sympathy which could be discharged by token gifts through channels of private tharity. He was giving the specific commendation of the church to largescale government programs of the type which the United States has carried on since World War 11. Protestants Gave Same Counsel The moral guidance which the Pope offered to Catholics is substantially the same as that which major Protestant communions have tried to communicate to their members. In a statement adopted unanimously last year by representatives of its 34 constituent denominations, the National Council of Churches said: “Improvements of the standards of life of our fellow men is a privilege which the United States shares, not a benefit it confers. Moral principles even more than concern for our own national welfare impel an abiding interest in our neighbors on this crowded planet.” The National Lutheran Council has urged Lutheran churches across the nation to “point out to church members that economic and technical aid to less-devel-oped countries is essentially a demand of justice, and in harmony

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with the Christian faith.” Not a New Idea These Catholic and Protestant statements do not represent any new formulation of Christian doctrine. They are simply modern applications of the great commandment to which Jesus gave new formulation of Christian doctrine. They are simply modern applications of the great commandment to which Jesus gave first place in all of his teaching.” “Love thy neighbor as thyself." The founder of Christianity anticipated that men would try to tame his words, by taking a narrow provincial view of who are their neighbors, or by treating love as an ephemeral “attitude” not connected with such materialistic matters as living standards? He left no room for either dodge. In the parable of the Good Samaritan, He made it clear that our neighbor is any human being, of any nationality, who is in need of help which we are able to supply. In the same parable, as well as in many others, He taught that love is expressed through concrete acts of service — feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, ministering to the sick. Is it really so hard to figure out what he would say if He were appearing now as a witness before Congress, to give His views on a foreign aid bill which would use less than one per cent of the national income of the richest nation on earth to relieve some of the hardships of human beings who had the bad luck to be born in economically-backward countries? . — Mount Vernon Mon Is Electrocuted Thursday EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPl>—Delbert Emmons, 31, Mount Vernon, was electrocutf?d near here Thursday when a guy wire attached to fueling equipment on which he was working struck a high-voltage power line. Soviet Jamming Os Broadcasts Boosted LONDON (UPD — Soviet jamming of British broadcasts to Russia has been increased to its most intensive level since the blowup over the summit meeting in May, 1960, the British Broadcasting Corp, said today.

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Congolese Deputies Await Parliament' LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo tUPI) — More than 200 Congolese deputies were inside Lovanium University today waiting for parliament to be called into session. They were sealed off from the outside world by electrified barbed-wire fences and guarded by United Nations troops. Army chief Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu’s announcement that the army and gendarmerie of Katanga Province will be united with the national Congolese army brightened prospects for the reconvening of parliament. But the Katanga and Leopoldville governments remained at odds and it was not known if Katanga President Moise Tshombe would send his parliamentary deputies. More deputies, including some supporters of Antoine Gizenga’s leftist regime in Stanleyville, were expected to arrive here later in the day. But there still was no indication when parliament Actually would meet. It has a total of 271 members. JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES Kingdom Hall Corner Ninth and Monroe Sunday 3:00 p.m.; “Faith Healing—ls It Os God?” is the subject of a Bible lecture to be delivered by H. Vitz, a Watchtower representative from Fort Wayne. 'Hie public is cordially invited. Sunday 4:15 p.m.: Watchtower Bible study and discussion of the subject “Manifesting Christian Manners.” One of the scripture texts to be discussed is 2 Corinthians 6:3-6: “In no way are we giving any cause for stumbling, that our ministry might not be found fault with; but in every way we recommend ourselves . s, by longsuffering, by kindness, by holy spirit, by love free from hypocrisy.” Tuesday 8:00 p.m.: Bible study using the study aid, “You May Survive Armageddon into God’s New World." Friday 7:30 p. m.: Theocratic Ministry School followed by the Kingdom Ministry service meeting. If you hrvc something to sell or trade — use Democrat wain ads — they get BIG results.

Four Persons Killed In Indiana Traffic By United Preaa International Indiana’s 1961 highway toll, which slowed over the weekend and early this week, began climbing again Thursday with four deaths in two accidents to bring the figure for the year to at least 521. Three members of a Babe Ruth League baseball team were killed and their coach and another player critically injured when their car went out of control at high speed near Pendleton. The vehicle, driven by William Frank Barbee, 20, Lapel, hit a bridge on Indiana 132 and catapulted into a creek. Killed instantly in the crash were Dennis McKay, 15, and Norman Simpson, 14, both Lapel. McKay’s younger brother, Ronnie, 14, died a few hours later in St. John’s Hospital, Anderson. Barbee and Billy Frick, 13, Lapel, were reported in critical condition at the same hospital. Neal Edward Gillam, 6 months, Flora, was killed in a two-car collision on a rural Carroll County road about one mile north of Burlington. The child’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gillam, and his 18-month-old brother, Christopher, were injured seriously and were taken to a Kokomo hospital. The driver of the second car, Mrs. Flora Henry, 69, Kokomo, was reported in good condition at a Logansport hospital. State Police said evidence indicated both cars were over the center line of the road when they collided at the crest of a hill. Trade in a good town — Decatur, trade — use the Democrat Want Ads! They get Big results.

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Food Riots, Crop Failures In Cuba

EDITOR’S NOTE: The writer of the following dispatch spent the past 10 yean in Cuba, where he witnessed the fall of Fulgencio Batista and the rise of Fidel Castro. Here he tells how he traveled throughout Cuba for two weeks before his departure and witnessed food riots and crop failures plaguing the Castro regime. By REEVE WARING United Press International KINGSTON, Jamaica (UPD— Food riots, transportation breakdowns and crop failures are plaguing Fidel Castro’s “planned economy.” After spending 10 years in Cuba, mostly reporting from the interior, I decided to take a final look at Castro’s “dream” island. For two weeks prior to my departure, I traveled from one end of the island to the other, In Santiago, I witnessed dockside rioting as the populace, which had gone six consecutive days without meat of any sort, protested the shipment of 200 heifers and 400 swine to Russia aboard a Soviet ship. Housewives Protest Shortages Pots and pans dangled from balconies and barred windows as Cuban housewives silently protested the absence of essential foodstuffs on the shelves of stores and public markets. Castro’s planning did not include the “calculated risk” of the weather. Traveling on a train from Havana to Santiago, one sees entire fields of onions, tomatoes, and beans destroyed by the

rains which have lashed the island. The corn crop failed this year because of the unsuitable imported seed. INRA (the National Institute for Agricultural Reform), for the second year in a row, confiscated all hybrro corn seed and ground it up for feed for livestock. Castro’s technique is to blame it all on “imperialist Yankees” he says are trying to starve Cubans onto their knees and destroy the revolution. But the man on the street takes this with a grain of salt—when he can find salt. Trucks Sit On Docks Thousands of trucks sent by Czechoslovakia in exchange for Cuban sugar and tobacco can be seen on the docks of Havana. At the International Airport tractors still in their crates await expert hands to put them together. As July 26th approaches, the Cuban people expect Castro to proclaim a “socialist republic of the Cuban people” and a new constitution marking the eighth anniversary of what he considers the start of his revolution. Castro fears that some uprising, major disturbance or invasion may occur on The eve of the 26th of July celebration. < Under Soviet-t rained career Communist Maj. Ramiro Valdes, former intelligence chief, mass detentions of Cubans “for investigation” have been resumed. If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want Ads! They get Big results.

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Publisher Speaks At Awards Dinner BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (UPI) — Richard H. Blacklidge, publisher of the Kokomo Tribune, will speak at an awards dinner tonight at the Indiana University High School Journalism Institute. The dinner will end two weeks of training for 155 high school newspaper editors and business managers, and the ehd of a summer training period for 22 high school teachers. The last of three two-week sessions will open Monday for 240 yearbook editors and business managers, If you have something to sell or trade — use the Democrat Want Ads! They get Big results.

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