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THURSDAY. JULY 11. 1963
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Religion in America
Many of Isaiah's Sermons Cou
. i . hit i cAmyi
Be Used in Present Day
By LOUIS CASSELS
UPI Corretpondent
During a recent Senate de
bate on housing legislation,
Sen. Clifford P. Chase (R
N.J.) pleaded for new controls
over "urban sprawl" which
leaves no open space between
developments.
' To bolster his argument, he
read from the Bible a warn
ing voice 2,700 years ago by
the prophet Isaiah:
"Woe to those wJio join
hou to house,
"Who add field to field,
"Until there is no more
room ..."
That Isaiah is still being
quoted In legislative assem
blies, after 27 centuries, will
come as no surprise to any
one who is familiar with the
Old Testament book which
bears his name.
Isaiah was one of the great
est of the Hebrew prophets.
He spoke passionately about
the problens of his own time
and place. But his generation
had much in common with
our own, and many of his
sermons might have been
preached to an American con
gregation of the year 1983.
Isaiah poured out his mes
sage to the children of Israel
for a period of about 40 years,
beginning around 740 B.C.
This was a time when the
kingdom of Judah was under
constant threat of attack by
a ruthless aggressor, the As
syrian empire.
People Were Faithful
It was a time when people
were very punctilious about
keeping up the external ap
pearances of religious devo
tion. They kept all of the
feasts and were faithful In
their attendance at solemn as
semblies. Beneath this superficial
piety, however, Isaiah saw a
spreading moral rot.
There were grave social In
justices in the land. But the
people who controlled the
power structures of society
were not doing very much to
correct them. In fact, some
were trying to perpetuate op
pressions. Although the nation was
enjoying economic prosperity,
there were vast numbers of
poor people who did not share
in it, The well-fed weren't
concerned about them; they
were solely Interested in Pil
ing UJ IUAUWI.O
themselves.
To escape from anxiety
about the International situa
tion, or out of boredom, many
of the "best" people had be
gun to drink heavily, and to
4-H UEY1S
Smart Cookies
The regular meeting of the
Smart Cookies 4-H club was
called to order recently at
the home of Mrs. W. R.
Florey by Kayrn Ricks, club
president.
There were six members
present and a visitor, Jeannlc
West.
Shuree Davis led the club
In the pledge of allegiance and
Myrna Young led in the 4-H
pledge. Following, it was an
nounced that the slumber
party had been changed to
July 30.
The next meeting will be
held at the home of Mrs.
Florey, July 22.
Alice Menger,
Reporter
Central Point Porklet
The Central Point Porktcs
4-H club meeting was called
to order by Traccy Legler,
president, at the home of
George Johns, June 10.
Mr. Johnson commented on
the lamb show June 22 and
23. Mr. Johnson gave a quiz
on the pork cuts of a hog
. Following that, Don Hentog
mowed a film on hog judging
- The next meeting will be
held at the Legler home.
Chris Johns,
Reporter
engage in promiscuous sexual
adventures.
It was to this people that
Isaiah spoke. And he made
clear that the warnings were
not his own, but the words
of the Lord.
Contempt For Lip Service
Isaiah saidvGod had only
contempt for a people who
"honor me with their lips,
while their hearts are far
from me."
"Hear the word of the
Lord," he cried.
"Bring me no more vain
offerings; your incense is an
abomination to me.
Your solemn assemblies
and your appointed feats, my
soul hates; they have become
a burden to me.
"Even though you make
many prayers, I will not listen
while your nanas are full of
blood.
"But wash yourselves;
make yourselves clean; re
move the evil of your doings
from before my eyes;
"Cease to do evil, learn
to do good;
"Seek Justice, correct op
pression, defend the father
less, support the widow."
Again and again, Isaiah
stressed that just treatment
of all men was not merely an
incidental aspect of religion,
but the heart and core of it.
And he said that God was an
gry at every wrong inflicted
upon the weak or disadvant
age members of society.
Speaks of the Weak
"What Co you mean by
crushing my people.
"By grinding the faces of
the poor? says the Lord God
of Hosts."
He also spoke unequivocal
ly about the rising rate of
alcoholism, the vain and pro
vocative feminine display, and
other symptoms of moral de
cadence which he saw in a
materialistic and self-centered
society.
"Woe to those who rise
early in the morning that
they may run after strong
drink;
"Who tarry late into the
evening, until wine inflames
them."
And in another place he
pronounced a woe upon "the
daughters of Zion who are
haughty and walk with out
stretched necks, glancing
wantonly with their eyes, min
cing along as they go."
Hear the word of the
Lord," Isaiah cried to the rul
ers snd people or nis day.
"The Lord of Hosts says
. . . I will turn my hand
against you,
"And will smelt away your
dross as with lye
"And remove all of your
alloy . . .
"Zion shall be redeemed
by justice
"And those in her who re
pent, by righteousness.
"But rebels and sinners
shall be destroyed together,
"And those who forsake the
Lord shall be consumed
Try these on your Bar-B-Cue
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By WARREN DUFFEE
United Press International
Washington - HOT - Fili
bustering is as old as parlia
mentary debate itself but the
"state of the art," as the mili
tary would say, may reach a
new high in skilled perform
ance in the U. S. Senate this
summer.
A filibusterer in a legislative
body is one who delays action
by talking to consume time or
by dilatory tactics or other
artifices.
The expected debate over
President Kennedy's civil
rights program could spawn
such a talkathon and it could
rt of
be the toughest in the Senate's
history.
No Senator really wants a
filibuster, with its sleepless
nights, bad digestion, boring
days and the strain of con
stant friction.
But one now appears in
evitable. And a well-knit band
of experienced Southerners
under Sen. Richard B. Ruseel,
(D-Ga.) is ready for it.
This is nothing new. They
stay ready, year in and year
out, ever on guard against
racial bills. As a result, their
teamwork and technique this
time may be the most effec
tive since Julius Caesar in
Irenes
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THURSDAY, JULY 11. 1963
son
The Senaie voted cloture
for the iirst time in 27 years
last year in curbing a talka
thon bv "economic liberals"
the Roman Senate became one
of history's first recorded fili
busterers. Southerners Win
The Southern bloc has won j against President Kennedy's
every all-out filibuster against I space satellite communica
major civil rights measures t llc,,,s bill. But civil rights was
since Civil War reconstruction j not involved,
days. In fact, Russell's season-' The record shows that clo
ed forces have staved off j mre has bec-n invoked five
every major effort to weaken times since the rule was ad-
the Senate's cloture rule for i opted while 32 tries have fail-
Heocn
limiting debate since it was
adopted in 1917.
The so-called Rag rule is
the Gibraltar of the Southern
defenses. Il requires a two- j
thirds majority of all Sena-1
tors voting to limit debate, i
cd. And it never has been im
posed on a civil rights fili
buster. Liberals backing the Pres
ident's civil" rights proposals
well know thev must clear the
battle. They hope for more
support than ever this year
against the backdrop of na
tionwide racial unrest. But
they also know the odds and
the long record of past fail
ures are against them.
Give Origin
The word filibuster is de
rived from "Filibusteros."
These were West Indian pi
rates who scourged the south
ern seas in small craft called
"filibotes." Hence, use of the
term for tactics by minorities
that opposing majorities re
garded as piratical.
British Darliamenta r i a n s
Eugene Man Dies
In Highway Crash
' Yrcka, Calif. - mm - Mills
Barton Marsh, 73, Eugene,
was killed when his car col
lided headon with a pickup
truck on U.S. Highway 99 23
miles south of here Tuesday
William Howard Perry, 24
Montague, Calif., driver of the
pickup truck, suffered facial
cuts and bruises.
The California Highway Pa
trol said Marsh apparently
. lost control of his car while
coming out of a curve and his
southbound car skidded across
the highway Into the norlh
bound lane, striking Perry's
pickup truck. Both vehicles
wer demolished.
Stewart Holbrook
In Portland Hospital
Portland-fliPD -Oregon writ
r and historian Stewart Hoi
brook was in Good Samaritan
Hospital here today for obser
vation.
Holbrook entered the bos
pltal Monday. He was to be
there for about week.
He said, however, he plans
to make an annual trip to
New Hampshire In early Eu-
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ew a
cloture hurdle to win their I were old hands at filibuster-
battle-seasoned military unit. , "duty" lor 24 hours at a
Their success lies in organi- j stretch, dividing itself into
zation, planning, discipline, j three two-man units. Each of
thorough preparation, dedi-1 the latter holds forth for
A 7
ing by the early 17th century
and the French in the early
19th century developed "clo
ture," or a limit on debate
when enough lawmakers had cated determination and ex-1 eight hours, splitting the time
had enough
Senate historians say Amer
ican filibusters of a sort even
occurred in the Continental
Congress as far back as 1789.
By the mid-1850's they were
well established practice.
Most of them succeeded.
Russell's Dixieland band in
cludes 18 Southern Demo
crats and Sen. John G. Tow
er (R-Tcxas). They operate
with the skill, stamina and
teamwork of a well-drilled,
pert knowledge of every nook i with one man speaking and
and hook in the Senate's rules
and operating precedents. j
Russell's troops are or- j
gnnized into three squads of ,
six senators, each under a '
team captain, with the vetcr-;
an Georgia Democrat direct-j
ing overall strategy,
Teams Operate
"look-
the other serving as his
out" and helper.
Thus, each southerner
"works" only every third day
and can get well rested in the
meantime.
The around-the-clock scs-
i sions also give the southern
! forces one of their most elfcc-
If around-the-clock sessions , tive weapons - the quorum
are called in an effort to call - for harassing their foes,
crack a civil rights filibuster. This is a device to round up
each southern team stays on ! missing members.
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Under the rules, any sena
tor can demand the presence
of a majority (51) senators at
the end of any speech or other
item of "business," however
minor. But the civil rights
supporters have to provide
the majorities - perhaps three
or four time? without warning
between midnight and dawn.
The southerners can - and do
- stay away except for the
two on watch.
Thus the physical burden
is more on the majority than
t h c filibustering minority.
Senators often have to catch
naps as they can in their
oftices, in the cloakrooms, or
in improvised bunk rooms
near the senate chamber.
The strain begins to tell
after two or three nights, but
seldom on the well rested
filibuster forces.
Six Nights Long
The Senate's last continuous
civil rights talkathon lasted
from Feb. 29 to March 8 in
I960 over a House-passed bill.
It included six all night ses
sions, with the Senate at one
stretch remaining in con
tinuous cession from Monday
morning until Saturday eve
ning. The senators took a truce
recess over Sunday but re
turned Monday morning and
stayed continuously until late
Tuesday. A cloture motion
failed two days later and the i
Senate continued to debate
civil rights off and on into
April.
Other filibusters down the
years have lasted as long as
two months but not in con
tinuous session.
Sen. Strom Thurmond (D
S.C.) is the Senate's current
filibuster champion. He held
forth continuously for 24
hours and 18 minutes in 1957
against a compromise civil
rights bill but was aided by
interruptions totaling an hour
and 18 minutes.
Thurmond wrestled the title
from Sen. Wayne L. Morse
(D-Ore.), who spoke for 22
hours and 26 minutes in 1953
against a Tidclancls Oil Bill,
with no breaks except oc
casional questions from other
members.
But some old timers rale a
1949 effort by Sen. Allen J.
Eilender, tD-La.) as the all
time iron man performance.
Eilender spoke for 12 hours
and 19 minutes with no inter
ruptions or breaks of any
kind. He was opposing a
change in the cloture rule.
U.S. Airman
DeiedsloCuba
. Miami -(UPD- Havana Radio
reported Tuesday night that
a Cuban-born U.S. airman,
reported mirsing on a flight
from Miami to Pensacola, has
defected to the Communist
Island. .
The news broadcast identi
fied the pilot as Roberto I?a-
mm Michelena.
Ramos, 26, an airman sta
tioned at Tyndall Air Force
Base near Pensacola, was re
ported missing Monday after
he vanished on the scheduled
flight.
In Washington the Defense
Department confirmed that
Ramos was "miFslng."
"The pilot, Eoherto Ramos
Michelena, has deserted the
United States Air Force and
has relumed to our country,"
the Havana radio broadcast
said.
The broadcast said Ramos,
flying a T34 training plane
owned h" the Tyndall AFB
Aero Club, landed in Cuba
Monday.
The airman's wife, Gloria,
20, said she did not under
stand why Ramos defected.
She said Ramos had been in
the Air Force for six years
and was "happy wilh his
work."
Rnmoi, on a week end pass
from the base, was to fly the
T34 to Homestead Air Force
Base just south of Miami to
pick up a friend, then return
home. The search began when
he failed to show up at Homestead.
Plywood
Passes A!l Tests
Portland -(UPD- The nation's
first Southern Pine plywood
made on a large-scale produc
tion basis has passed labora
tory and field tests with fly
ing colors. Georgia - Pacific
Corp. said here Wednesday.
The pine sheathing, de
scribed by G-P as "inter
changeable with Douglas fir
plywood" is to go on the mar
ket, early next year.
The pine plywood is to be
processed at a new G-P mill
now under construction, in
Fordyce, Ark.
Pine timber suitable for
plywood manufacture is
"plentiful on G c o r g i a - Pa
cific's Arkansas timberlands,"
a company spokesman said.
Southern Pine plywood
could be competitive with-
Douglas fir in southern and
midwest markets. Douglas fir
has long been fl leader in
construction because of its
strength and adaptability lor
plywood.