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Flight o' Time
Medford and Jackson County
History trcm the files of Tha
Mall Trlbuna 10, 20, 30, 40
and 50 years ago.
10 YEARS AGO
July 2. 1952 (Wednesday)
From -'Local and Personal"
column: "July 9 Is the dead
line for members af Laetyeugs
and Cdbtie! tt tuan in their
books of tioleots on Hie nr
tlewood tabie artel trip to eon
vention." 20 YEARS AG
July 2, 1942 (ThuMdej)
Sheriff Syd I. Brown an
nounces that all mcchanictrt
gambling devices (slot ma
chines and pinball machines)
operating for anything otier
thnn amusement will be ban
ned in Jacltson county start
ing July 13.
From Arthur Perry's "Ye
Smudftc Pot" column: "An
autohVinn fooling kid, 15, wis
lKsicfoRedi br.ltchesless by the
lxked; owrilT of the vehlele
who snatched them off in
his honest wrath. The bo
sped home afoot nigh unto
nnkedness, creating a reslden
tinl district furer. This may
be a radical solution to a so
cial and nuisance problem."
30 YEARS AGO
July 2, 1932 (Saturday)
Two Medford 17-year-olds
are halted at Dead Indian
springs as they start on an
extended camping trip wJfrh
two race horses and a plow
horse reportedly stolen fri
the Medford Riding. acirdVm;.
40 YEARS. AG.0
Ju.l.v. 2, 192'2MSunda.)'
'i;hlrty-tlYr.cle-per cerft op-Ate
sSnWlfr,;' on. ejve- pe'Mfi'o.n to'n
tlfp rI-B,H of tHJe sl'ieiil-f awe
tWbwn out BHt ftfe. p.oi-IWtin
ff ewJ'f JVS 45' b'e1 shp.r o.f fisc
ntiHuVd' 1,sW rOwr&rss U.
IeVst. ?K0-Jnjuii.
fte ... i. Owses- tcmatbt a
Asilrtieart rs InjwsMral wre. a,
dcft.'WMse sax- FMTfttaaK.4i
cawsis tkvk rte;i-v Ve e,o-t-
n norVh 4 rrVcstaavsl tel.'
Pacifia hHl.,'.
So YEARS AG
July 2. 1912 (Tumdlsy)
The judfie of the cilAilt
court disallows a mnllon urg
ing the dismissal of a tem
porary injunction restraining
construction of a new bridge
across Bear creek.
A. J. Edwards, "driving an
excellent race.'' wins the 60
mile free-for-all auto race In
one hour and 18 minutes.
fVhal's Your I.Q.?
Nina or ten correct Is superior;
seven or eight is aacellenf; fiva at
sis Is good.
1. Is apiculture the growing
of apples, keeping of bees,
growing of avocadocs, or
training of apes?
2. Where was the Boer War
fought?
3. Is Scotland North or East
of the Irish Sea?
4. Is bamboo a tree, shrub,
or grass?
5. Of the persona eligible
to vole in the U. S., are there
more women than men?
6. Does a cream separator
work on the principal of cen
trifugal force or screening?
7. In what town was Shake
speare born?
8. What Is the name for a
deep, wide ditch that often
surrounded a medieval cas
tle? 9. Susam B. Anthony was a
pioneer In what movement?
10. In dry measure, are
Ihere four, six, or eight pecks
In one bushel?
Answers: 1. Keeping of
bees. 2. South Africa. 3.
North. 4. Grass. 5. Yes. 8. Cen
trifugal force. 7. Stratford on
Avon, England. 8. Moat. 9.
Woman's suffrage. 10, Four,
fft' NEWSPAPER
Vj'ASSOCIATION
MONDAY. JULY 2. 1962
Toward Religious Freedom
The Supreme Court decision last Monday that
the daily recital of an official prayer in public
schools is unconstitutional has started editorial
typewriters (as it has this one) clicking across
the land.
It was a landmark decision, easily the most
significant to more people since the school deseg
regation opinion tnat it handed down several
years ago.
And we would expect the emotional reaction
to it to rival if not surpass the hue and ciy that
was raised following that earlier decision which
gave legal sanction and impetus to the whole
integration movement.
TI7E ARE sure, too, that with certain groups in
the country this is going to seem yet another
instance in which the court has grossly exceeded
its vested authority.
As before, there have been congressional out
cries, designed mainly for home consumption,
that this or that ought to be amended so as to
cut the court down to size.
Doubtless this will be construed as another de
cision reflecting the "liberal" tendencies of the
judicial body, which have been under such heavy
attack in recent months by groups calling, at the
very least,, for the impeachment of Chief Justice
Earl Warren.
But the nation is deeply fortunate that the
court, in full knowledge and awareness of the
violent reaction its ruling would cause, hl the
high courage, and, the
sophical and political principles upon whick this
nation was rounded, to go gheid jnd thi
right decision anyway.
"THE ruling is les YulKrkk to trv iWV
rousws Mid ftf-Ttfo?s vfcs viAl trew4
that it violates the Coivitie'iiQ. Anyon wfco
makes thai sUitcss,tt w kwlly m wad of re
fresher course in Arrrei'kan hiuiorj, for tli (Jw
cfefoH coiiwklies lwrfG-etly viU tk origin! iiwrit
ared intent of tha msn who (ta&aati w4 jopUe-
tfeat rewitrsahle ftocunwnt.
Trwy wre cutly awae of cU,jjr wh-wewt
i a stJttG-enfwced stte-Mpp).i,el ltlijiow.
Several pf the signers, ixiKkulsdy tho- frown tbe
New England states, had grarw!pjvnt who had
seme ( this country in th fir.s. pUt t Mtjsst
wJkj.!3 swrjifH'ession in England.
TWO of tbt men montly elewcly :Nwidtw( with
tlun .M.il,i,v llm fAncJiliyuu. -- J L. Bill
irrc; h I AMig kjl liic vuiim.iLLataixn cunt irw icjkn ui
Kifihts-, J-ames Wadiso d Thoas effefuow,
h-a4 struggied for ye;ws to insure th e&wifkto
s?C'va4-i(-)W of chuvcVi apxl grltota. TVsey were 1-
wwst sigk-iiaJi(leclly resixnwilsic ior Virginia'
Statute for Religious Liberty, and mivt vQ&mmw
its adoption as among the major .Khreve-nwmi-s ef
then- Irves. Jefferson even directed that k-s jxuiev
age be cwnsaerated on h toHBsto4se.
There c-a be no questkw tkat th K'K?! vh
hopefully sjet their na-nes t tke BiH t9f Kigb-te
M-ite-M-wew t-9 guarantee taww tfeK trnw sbm
be veHuNtts toWatioM i tkin ewHtwt.
m WAS V tkat iwt-ewt tte the CcMrt
iWeseel ki feiiM-&li.K. &w fcs i U 1 rwlinift.
jMst-iwf EStwfe, w-te WFiniri? t-Wj i.a,)K'fty c;nMo,
kA4 tJurt "W winr iU ixb!tc school syte-m to
&e9mfH& ietrn;
K-iite of Iw lork h ad()ttfd a praetice wholly
iaaftwsirt wkh tW pstablisihmsnt claum (of
Hw Tmi. Am-endnwnt)."
Tkt vbiMr wis dourly iol.t.l, B!ck wrote,
We'-na(js prayer was "composed by govern
tmiH cxfiriftla i put of a govt rnmental program
to furtWr religious lt'licfs."
Justive Bla.'k correctly anticipated that the
courts ruling would be misunderstood and at
tacked. He wroti:
"It is neither sacrilegious nor antireligous to
to sa that each separate government in this coun
try should stay out of the business of writing or
sanctioning official prayers and leave that purely
religious function to the people themselves and
to those the people choo.- to look to for re
ligious guidance."
THAT it was such an innocuous, non-denominational
prayer, seemingly incapable of con
flicting with the beliefs of any Christian regard
less of his church affiliation, has perhaps becloud
ed the central issue for some. It read :
"Almighty Coil, we acknowledge our liependenic
up Thee, and we beg Thy blessing upon us. our parents,
our teachers and our country.''
Seems harmless, doesn't it? And on the face
of it, doubtless tho great majority of Americans
would have no objection to having their chil
dren repeat it.
DUT that is not the point.
l'.nroaenmonts on trooiloms usually begin in
such an innocent, insipid
w,.,,.t it-. l,K t
wiinwii iii'V.ii KKt lUUtll UHI l.l.-n'lltUilV tlllVl
ill-founded.
It is no strain on tho imagination to speculate
how over a period of time this 122-word prayer,
if it had been allowed to stain, by a loss vigilant
court, might have boon, by the' skillful use of
pious pressure, expanded and amended over a
I period of time until suddenly a positive threat
to religious freedom might exist. G.H.R
(Kditor's note: A sampling of editorial opin
ion on the Supreme Court's school-grayer ruling
appears elsewlie on thjff pa today.)
dedication to the philo
thsf Regents' Prayer, th
way that anv negative
,.,ll'.. .,.,l.l'. 1:
"Leaving Religion To Private Initiative
Is Un-American!"
Editors Eye Court's
Decision on Prayer
Following are selected
quotations from newspaper
editorials regarding the recent
Supreme Court decision ban
ning an "official" prayer in a
public school:
"Beally, now. There are
Psffcty of places and times to
pray without doing It in
.won!. P r a f 1 n g , e were
ksuflM, was something person
al, so.swthiftg that Ivr-I to
le sro-ne i puMie or toft-ate. a
crowd." - S"-ssewa7et CswiiaV
". . . Tl question rire
tu Court ;w constitutional,
not rvligioiw. J'w all Vat tint
Kecister-Guaral thinhs tlw i
tcrjawXiathn wiai unraecatf r
ilj iwrren, it Is sir balief
UtM following tl court in
VMe matter is 4niiM.,r.a
tlvsa it woulal W to foil o-
tlx court's princijrtil critics."
- IaaiJsi :iM:s-eawsk
". . . Every man ha the
constitutional risht 1 Irnltava
aM w otit-Af iw ht s e e 9 tit
wlllwut uncliw influence or
i!!wA:s'csiHa fraei tlrt fto1
at or from any o(Sir ist--s
or Rrouwt of pers . . ."
-Cax Ssv
. . Tile cowrt was )tcfi4-4k-k
a,- ta
Wo keW socresl Ih AxwrKn
K!c, m-imI nicJ lwl keen so
esH.sideresI since kig fcw-Jiioe
tW (tawdry Weaw.w a rxtthsi
TWvs is tue )n-ie-ii.e t-hot en-es-y
pTM-j kg a riuV4 to
sfcra V ftft-Jlifs( tyilfe.
mi4: aty etvis fro ttw
uwr'(n-K.Mt ony Its s
rs. T1. forludisj the right
f. to txirip, if tW perasii
iaanlvsss aSJI'ws;. Thesl
rislUt protect no many minor
ities as to so.'ftivt H m;e
Tmt' - BsW-V-seta.
"Tlie Suprme Court
dw iit bar pruyer as such
in t!a public schoiils. It does
n't forbid the mention of God
ill the, clfe.sroom. It merely
says that no slate government
or any ote)or branch of gov
ernment can 'direct' the say
ing of any prayer. In fact, it
bars 'official' prayers. It sees
no objection to voluntary
prayers, but does ban any re
ligious 'exercise'." -David
Lawrence In Oregon Journal.
". . . The doctrine of separ
ation of church and slate isn't
INAUSPICIOUS DEBUT
Bnyonne. N.J. -UTIi- Francis
J. Fltzpatrick may have start
ed his new term as mayor on
the wrong foot. At his Inau
gural Sunday Fitpatrick said
rising expenses probably
would mean an increase in :
taxes. I
Try and Sfop Me
By BENNETT CERF
V DISTINGUISHED professor at Yule rented a new apart
ment in New Haven and the moving man had to lug
fourteen cases of books up five flights of stair. When the
task was completed he
mopped his brow and
asked testily, "Hey, Prof,
why didn't you read all
these books beure you
moved?"
Mrs. Philip Long: tells
About the ilctt-nnmoJ etYmt
miule by 11 minister to rai.so
'nila for n' ehan.ieiter
ln his country clnttvh. A
ilcHivn--rtchi'jtt self-nuulo
1 man m th tmy conmninity
; obJ?ctei i.vifnvii!ly to
this frtvolou.i ' 'stiinin-.tci inc
of iysouivos." "W!io ntv.ts
A CheUliJi'.!iT"" he I'mntU-l-
e.t, "Kirst. no one can spell it to
j fifty It. And third, what we really
7-1
A luice wonuin. wearing a violently rod dress, with green shoes
''..t iMiir.ce gl,vts. lumbered Into a clothes itr.gner's bolte and
aVevt w1..,! new ensrinKe he wnlUt rc-onunend.
-Mj.Utne." rep'.-.r I tl.e expert, recoiling. "When tie ere
ate.l lle buttetlly n.l rtie humming bud. He gave them bnlh.tnt
coloring Hut when He tuu.le the elephant He made it guy."
C I Beunelt Carl. Dialrlfcutei by Kina realurea Sjndkate
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
unfriendly to religion. It
doesn't forbid the training of
children in faith and morals.
It seeks to make certain that
such training can be provid
ed by parents and by religious
groups without the interven
tion of government which, as
has happened many times in
ahe past, is usually followed
by the imposition of a partic
ular moral code and speel
fiea) religious cread . . .
"Tha Sun-Times believes
the court has correctly inter
prets'! t h e Constitution in
this inrta.ncc. Thraaf religiou
leavlcvf of various faiths trho
disigrsv ill, -saw believe, ul
timitely con-aa to thr same
co-wluiow. Tor tlw court's
ciswo hs clows! a breach in
tlw wall of wparitlrsa. of
chve1i ari state. Thit aepar
atiwti is the btst jsuirantr
that- hsva that tKy aid thtir
follB-mw-s ill always b? per
mitted to vorAia Go ac
cwdinj to !! iict.il of
tk-rir own conscisnsa." - C1saV
ss r StwAaa
"Tl itupaie Ccxirt's aia
cj."ia ... Is an act c5 liHwra
t. Jl Vwa whoel chiUrtm
from what was in effect a
fc,re4 pta'ticiiKiUsa by rote in
n act erf worskip whick eiijiht
IW iSlTklM.I, wftollT TOI
wM&rj as.M fav&ut . . . Am?
iwo.st m-jswtom ot all, ft-
Ivraw, it foote relUicat trtrn an
eKwntialrr miwhwrous M
iKf!CwJ,-Wy )T.W'.BS sarrt asf
jWf-s;Uair swrt . . .
. "A lweseribaa! prays, kssw
ever nnTM.xrminatiawiI it
may he, is a form of enforc
ed orthodoxy and is therefore
an inesrapabic caemy to reli
gious liberty. Let children
speak to the teachers appoint
ee to instruct them in the
forms and language prescrib-
ert for their education. But let
there speak to God In the
forms and language prescrib
ed by their individual con
sciences." - Washington (D.C.)
Post.
"... It is a good decision
clearly within the framework
of prior court decisions in this
field that have been good for
the church and good for the
state.
"Our country has attracted
tho most heterogeneous popu
lation on earth. Our beliefs
in the field of religion are
more varied than in any coun
try. There are some 114 mil
lion participants in 270 differ
ent religious bodies. To those
for whom religion is import
ant, a non-sectarian prayer
can only be a watered-down
recitation that offends few
but has no relevance
Portland Reporter
oid?r it. Stvon.J. no one can
neM is more lilit."
Foreign News: Algerian Take-Over In
Difficulty; Kennedy-De Gaulle; Berlin
By PHIL NEWSOM
UPI Foreign News Analyst
Notes from the foreign
.tews cables:
Algerian Takeover
The nationalist exile gov
ernment's takeover in Al
geria may be
less smooth
than orlginal
1 y expected.
There already
is a serious
split between
the National
ist leaders in
Tunis, with
M o h ammed
Ben Bella
leading a "hard line" revolt
against Premier Ben Youssef
Ben Khedda and the "mod
erates." Now that the inde
pendence referendum is out
of the way, it also is not cer
tain how things will go inside
Algeria Itself. It is not cer
tain just how far the exile
leaders will find they can
control the mass of Moslems
when they return to Algeria
after seven years of absence.
Kennedy-De Gaulle
There still is diplomatic
talk of a Kennedy-De Gaulle
meeting later this year. How
ever, the French made it
clear to Secretary of State
Dean Rusk during his recent
visit that De Gaulle is in no
hurry for it.
Internal problems and the
common market are likely te
fsaftaf
E? Sytkray J. Rwii
tc- Field Enterprises Inc.
iv SFOCKIrEIT
One major reason for both
trie relative and the absolute
sarovth of crime in America
during the last few decades is
rarely considered by any of
the critics of
tjrrh the notice de-
o n A la
forcing agen-
l i cies
Just as we
expect the
srhnrl cvelpm
J to take over
man,, nt tho
tairiaa Jobs that we,
for our children, so in the
sa.j ay do we expect the
police system to take over
R-isny of the jobs ttiat we, as
citizens, should be doing for
our community.
In their new book, "Man,
Cim and Society," the au
thors point out in conclusion
that "the time ami energies of
the police, which should be
rearvesi for law-enforcement
artivities, become hopelessly
caught up in a wider variety
cf activities which are not,
strictly speaking, of a police
nature.
aaaceaat survey eVata show
rat "while police may be
easjaHaesl la tke iraaaection of
buildings, services aval util
ities, aleaaslsm-iee at parades,
oaeratien of Isoys' clubs,
traffic control including
giving drivers' tests in
specting motor vehicles,
lecturing on safety at
schools, and so on), conduct
ing lost-and-found depart
ments, etc., less than one
half of the allotted man
power hours available in a
police department may be
devoted exclusively to law
enforcement activities."
In one Mid-western city
of 100.000, the authors
found, it was estimated by
the Chief of Police that as
much as 50 per cent ol the
time and energy of his de
partment was devoted to
the performance of activ
ities unrelated to law en
forcement. A few American cities,
for instance, have begun to
hire Meter Maids to check
parking violations at me
ters; but in most communi
ties the police are used for
this trivial task. Some forc
es still use policemen as
secretaries and stenogra
phers, as ushers and glori
fied floor-walkers, as window-dressing
and "image
making" for public occas
ions. Many, if not most, of the
functions arrogated to the po
lice department "properly be
lone to society as a whole, ts
pecial'v such am-ncic.-, as the
family, ti school, the church.
and variou.-- 'characicr-build-
ins' institutions," the authors
remark.
By our default, a- citizens,
and by the abdication of our
traditional r e s p o n s i
bilitios. we not only expect
too m u c h oi the police de
partment - we also, quite dan
gerously, invest too much
power in it.
Given the dubious quality
of men who are attrae'ra to
police work in merica: giv
en t h e ir.aeienuacies of re
rruitinc. and training; given
ihe low pH.v scale and expos
ure to dan :er: given the mi
litie.il interference and pub-
'" "VMhy - t;,0M:
II is surprising that the crime
figures are not even higher I
than their present rate.
Strictly
keep the French president
preoccupied for some time,
although he probably will
visit West Germany toward
the end ot this year or early
next year.
Berlin Talks
It now looks almost a cer
Washington Report
By William
(ci United Festur Syndicate
COMMUNICATION NEEDED
Washington There is one
and only one - constant
and certain factor in an other-
'W-WWi. r -wise I a s t
changing and
highly fluid
national polit
ical and econ
omic situation.
This it that
the gulf be
tween the
Kennedy Ad
m I n Lstration
mii ana tne dusi
ness community is widening
rather than narrowing.
The efforts of President
Kennedy personally to reas
sure business are snowing no
signs of reaj success. The at
tempts of many business lead
ers to ease matters on their
sitte by privataly urging a
less skeatieal attitutie toward
the Presiaient among their
own associates are likewise
having little visible effect.
The conclusion of this ob
server, therefore, is that no
matter how great may be the
issues as between business
men and the President, an
even greater factor of diffi
culty lies in the lack of a
truly effective channel of
communication between them
and him.
rVF course, there are various
" official devices through
which business is supposed to
talk to the President and he
to business through formal
advisory councils and so on.
But the fact is that nearly
all of the talking now going
on in this way is more a mat
ter of public relations than
of down-to-earth and purpose
ful conversation.
Those who might be called
the working business people
the actual managers of
plants and mills and trans
portation feel that their
points of view are nowhere
getting through to the Presi
dent. Rightly or wrongly, they
are not merely doubtful of
the practical capacity of some
of "the men around the Presi
dent." They are also convinc
ed, again rightly or wrongly,
that these "men around the
President" are not in any
event prepared to listen to
them with sympathy or un
derstanding. THHIS is the central present
-- problem and it cannot
be solved by public addresses
by the President or by the
adoption of resolutions in
business conventions. Nearly
everybody would agree that a
progressive estrangement be
tween the government and
business is to no sensible per
son's gain and poses a ihrgat
to an American economy
which every sensible person
wants to see go up and not
down.
This being the case, what
is to be done? To this column
ist, it seems that the first ne
cessity is to find a meant
through which the President
personally can learn what is
really troubling business and
through which men down in
the active cockpit of business
life can learn at first hand
what they can expect and not
expect form the President.
This sort of thing will nev
er be done through formal
meetings at which both sides
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tainty that the Western for
eign ministers will hold Ber
lin talks with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko in
Geneva In the second half of
this month. There will be no
formal negotiations. But the
ministers will have informal
exploratory talks on the lines
S. White
speak in large generalities
and issue statements to the
press to score points against
each other. It can only be
done in privacy, where nei
ther side feels any necessity
to go out to justify itself to
the country.
WHY cannot the President
invite one or two business
people at a time to a purely
private lunch or dinner, both
sides forgetting all about the
formality and publicity and
talking cold turkey in the ad
vance assurance that it all Is
off the record and that the ex
change of information, and
not propaganda, is the sole
purpose?
It would be naive In tho
extreme to suggest that such
exchanges would make busi
ness simply wild about the
President and vice versa. But
it seems a perfectly reason
able forecast that they could
clear away some misunder
standings and at least leave
each side fully aware of just
where the other really stood
and why. Even this much
would be a gain.
For while major differenc
es are going to persist be
tween the President and busi
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A Plea
To the Editor: Failure is a
quality we hate to admit is
part of our life, personality,
but we'd rather tell others of
our success than failure.
Since my parents died, it
seems that failure has been a
prominent chapter in my life.
Most of my relatives think I
am a hopeless case, so I stay
away from them and grad
ually cease to keep in touch.
Strangers have their own
friends, so I'm a sort of third
party. That doesn't mean I
don't have friends or can't
make any. In a place you're
not well acquainted with,
people generally judge you
by your actions rather than
words.
So I put this in writing as
a sort of last-ditch stand. If
the Salvation Army can raise
money for their benefits, I
should be assured of a steady
job in this area. If I go broke
here, I can go to Camp White
as a veteran. But I've been
there twice and last worked
at Sawtelle Center, Los An
geles. That was over two
months ago and I'm anxious
to get to work.
I can prove to anyone who
knows me I'm reliable and
don't drink, so why can't
some employer hire me as a
general office clerk which
I'm qualified? A classified ad
in this paper failed with any
results, but this article must
not.
Franklin H. Oakes
14 South Bartlett st.
Medford.
of their consultations ln Ge
neva last March. Disarma
ment also will be discussed in
a new effort to get nuclear
test ban talks going again.
Unless the ministers find
some "gimmick over Berlin,
informed believe the "probe"
may collapse.
Border Guards
Communist border guards
are expected to become more
wary over shooting into West
Berlin territory and setting
off gunfights with West Ber.
lin police. The strongly-worded
protest by the three West
ern allies to Moscow over
border clashes along tha
Communist-built Berlin wall
and the proposal for a meet
ing of the four commandants
in Berlin is belL-ved to hava
brought Kremlin orders to
East German Red boss Walter
Ulbricht to keep his anti-refugee
bullets on his side of tha
wall.
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
Asked at his news confer
ence last week what he thinks
of the Supreme Court's decis
ion that public school pray
ers violate the U.S. Consti
tution, President Kennedy re
plied: "The Supreme Court has
made its judgment, and a
good many peopls ob-riously
will disagree with it. Other
will agree with But I think
it is important for us, if w
are going to maintain our
constitutional principle, thai
we support the Suprema
Court decisions even when wa
may not agree with them.
"In addition, we have In
this case a very easy remedy,
and that is to PRAY OUR
SELVES, and I would think
it would be a welcome re
minder to every American
family that we can pray a
good deal more at home and
attend our churches with a
good deal more fidelity, and
we can make the true mean
ing of prayer much more im
portant to the lives of all of
our children. That power is
very much open to us.
"I would hope that as a
result of this decision all Am
erican parents will intensify
their efforts at home and tha
rest of us will support tha
Constitution and the respon
sibility of the Supreme Court
in interpreting it, which is
theirs, and given to them by
the Supreme Court by tha
Constitution."
PIRST
- In order to clear our think
ing Let's take a look at tha
clause of the Constitution up
on which the Supreme Court'3
decision was based. It is Ar
ticle 1 of the ten original
amendments which are
generally known as the Bill
of Rights. It reads:
"Congress shall make no
law respecting an ESTAB
LISHMENT of religion, or
prohibiting the FREE EXER
cise thereof; or abridging the
freedom of speech or of tha
press: or the right of the peo
ple peaceable to assemble and
to petition the Government
for a redress of grievances."
T'HAT is the clause of our
- national Constitution upon
which the Supreme Court bas
ed its recent decision.
Note, please, that it does
not forbid the PRACTICE of
religion or the free exercise
of religion by individuals or
by congregations or by sects.
It prohibits only the estab
lishment of a STATE religion
by which all the people must
be governed in their thinking
and to which they must all
adhere.
It DOES NOT, as the Presi
dent pointed out at his news
conference last week, prohibit
private prayer. It prohibits
no parent from praying each
morning that his child may
throughout the school day con
duct himself or herself in
such manner as to gain tha
utmost in the way of learn
ing, sound moral conduct and
good citizenship.
It prohibits no child from
bowing its head and offering
a little prayer that during
the day it may so conduct it
self as to gain the most from
the day's work. It prohibits
no parent or no child from
attending any church or ad
hering to any faith.
That's the k.nn si;d ihe
short of the First Amendment
to the U. S. Constitution.
J)RESIDEXT Kennedy's com
ment on the Supreme
Court decision is wise, sound
and tolerant. If those of us
w-ho call ourselves conserva
tives have any comment to
make on what he had to say
to his news conference ques
tioner, it would go something
i like this:
We wish his views on pub
lic tinance and public spend
in? were at sound and wise
as his views on the First
Amendment to the U.S.
Con-
stituton.
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