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—Lancaster F«rm.ng. Saturday. May 13. 1967
From Where We Stand...
Change The State Constitution?
At the pnmury election next Tucs
div pn-Ljblv the most far-reaching
chmce>> \oters will make will be on the
nme-pomt Constitutional question
The first question is: do «e want
a Constitutional convention to stud>
and rewrite articles and sections of the
State Constitution?
II approved by the voters, the 150
com.cntion delegates who will later be
elected Ircm the 50 senatorial districts.
Wixl be charged with rewriting four sec
tions ol the Constitution the articles
on tudicirtiy. local government, reappor
lionment and taxation-finance They
will be specifically prohibited from
changing the Constitution s uniformity
clause which me courts have held bars
a state graduated tax of any kind
Proponent' of changing the Consti
tu'ion have tried for voter approval six
times since 1892 And six times the bid
for change was rejected at the polls
although n onlv lost bv 39 600 votes in
1963
The approach this time 15 on a bi
paitisan basis with former go\errors
Scranton and Leader heading the Com
xmttee for 9 Yes Votes
And this time proponents of
change aie net tr\mg to push a complete
rewriting v.mch would hate to oe ac
cep*ed or rejected by the voters as a
package
Now they hate selected certain
specific articles and sections for revision
After these are rewritten, each must be
prt'ented in the 1968 primary for :n
-dxwdual approval or rejection
So. there is no question involved
here that anything is going to be "put
over on the people through a Constitu
tional contention. There is also no ques
tion but that several of the articles pro
posed for revision should be revised We
see no reason why the amendment ma
chinery presently existing m the Con
stitution couldn’t have been used to up
date the document. But. aside from the
added cost of a convention, we can see
no danger inherent in such a limited
com ention
So much for the first question
Theie will be eight other questions on
the ballet which you should accept or re
ject according to your individual views
These are presented as amendments to
the Constitution and. if approsed by the
voters v ill become law
Items referring to having the legis-
S'\ . i the<-e webs aie usually laig- Teai mg the nest out by hand Now Is The Time ..
Vxli6Q er and moie numeiou& than the at night is anothei way to con
p np - s P ue^s explains tiol the pests toss the entne "* ax Smith, Lancaster County Agent
* OIT J. Tent cateipiliais teed on tent into a small pail of keio
T . cheny and apple tiee leaves sene 01 gasoline Remove the To Keep Spiay Records
inSeCIS 1 01 d f ew weeks the tents nest at night because the cater- Financial tarm lecoids aie essential in
a iow lai"ei as the insect * x ets pillai s leave the tent dining modeln agiicultuie and moie faimeis aie ic-
Lnlike the Aiabs, tent catei | dt , ei dn d ] on „ e , On a waim the davtime to feed on leaves co §mzmg then importance and value How
pillais and tall webv/oims won’t d m May llaey deseit their Old-timeis thought the best "'f ( ! hke to cal attention to keeping
lust ‘lold then tents and si tieeS lents and dll Two and- way to contiol the tentmakeis phed to bo C U°h'vestock amf'/u 1 wlni
lently steal away fhese tent d hali lnth biowrnsh catei pil- was burning them with a ball the many kinds cf spiav materials used we
makeis aie unattiactive nuis- j ars W]t j, while stupes dovn ot flaming lags soaked in kero cannot depend upon memoiy to suppoit what
ances that will soon be notice- t heir back ciawl aiound the sene This injuies the tree and was done Special iccoid ionns aie available
able in loiks ol wild cheny tount iy S ide Occasionalh thev could very easily end in a horn out Extension Office foi both livestock
01 apple tiee blanches climb into houses, annovmg fi antic call to the fne depail- an d ciops We uigo all faimeis to keep ie
'lhe lenl cateipillai is olten tidy homemakeis Most ol ment about an out-of-control coids of applications made in icspect to dale,
conlu-,ed with the tall web them, foilunatcly foi the fi>’ e So spiay with insecticide mdteild h and amount pei acie
woim accoiding to Dr Dale homemakei find some daik instead Biav advises n f,? Sil^
Bias chan man ol the depa.t- puitected place to change f.o.n WI J! n S ? taking place with
ment ol entomology and ap caterpillais to then lestmg • DHIA m- if m 1 ' ° , ntc , 1 "i heal ( , hdV dQo) but the important
plied ecology at the Lmveidty stage oi pupae (Continued fiom Pa«e 1) w I ? llCe <„ i W dp ' ‘"i 111 " 1 lo pelmjl som e of the
ol Delavaie Desp.te its name In June smdll ,eddish biown Ronks R 1 That heid'of 322 mav „iake ood use ITwmfef n° es f dpe betm ’ e
the fall wcbwoim is around moths tome out flom the sul . registered and g.adc Ilolstems glams b/ mak.n" them mfo ! " l ° Ul6 Sll ° Feed ad ‘
fiom la e spnng until fall, so f u , veJlow cocoons and fh lo averaged 1762 pounds of milk silage In most cases moie feed ri,tlves Wlli help increase feed
ofbyea^^owtnei 1 the wd< ? cbeily 01 dppie tiees and 67 pounds of bulteifat nutrients pei aeie will be hai ' dlue of all k mds of grass
then nerts the , EdCb °,.- n the i , er^ d L ‘ S lavs be ‘ Second high cow honois vested thiough silage than bv Slla « e
lem catei pillai seldom includes niff "m th/mpi ,S, " ent , t 0 d ‘egisteied Holstein pei mitting the giam lo upen _
leaves in its tent while the m the othci complcte.v owned b\ John C Giofl Quai- Both bailey and wheat should
fall wcbwoim spins Us nest "iidling the twigs The eggs do ijville R 2 with a recoid of be ensiled when m the blos
uoi.nd n .nv leaves not hdUb unt)l next yeal in 19 487 pounds of milk and 828 som stage
aiound many leaves late Ma.ch o. eai ly \pnl of fat In 305 days To Wilt Hay-Crop Silage
vciv 1 * hmv °?nd W nak** 1 Vell'ow ,T° tontlo£ ,} olh tent catei Runnel up toi high herd foi Ihe fust cutting ol alfalfa
wiih black snots aftei winlei pi d,s and fd!l vebwoims the month was I Ebv Hostel- 01 clover is to be made into
m-l in cocooL unde tiash on sp,ayol dust the tents with a i e i of Gap R 1 His held of Slld §e it is ve.v unpoilant
thf mound or undef tiee baik smdll dmoun£ o£ DDT lead 25 4 .egisteiod and grade Hoi- that it be willed uthei than
the motlav e"«s on leaves d 'u Senat f °’ Calba,%] £Sevin) stems aveiaged 1716 pounds dnectly cut into silage The
,n thesn mf Vhefii ,l"eneia when the lenls a,e sUH small ol milk and 66 pounds of fat ' Vllted silage will be moie pal
in me spun* me nu -enma you donM . need t 0 spiay the atable, have higher iced value
lion makes its webs and eeds who]e tlee , ust covc ., the tenl Most of us accumulate birth- and do le « s damage lo the silo
Oi a mon e sr-ron fc en and blanches close lo it the dajs much taster than bank The amount of wilting will
datum woiks in late summe, entomologist said balances vary down to less than 50%
lature sit in continuous two-year .ses
sions permitting the governor and It.
gu\ernor to succeed themselves lor one
term, reducing the residency require
ments for voting, and repeal of article
seventeen of the Constitution (referring
to canal and railroad regulations!
with these, we have no argument. The
articles are obsolete and probably do
impede progress
Question 6-A, however, asks >our
permission to streamline the process
for amending the Constitution “in the
e\ent of a major emergency. But. the
term “emergency is too loosely defin
ed in the question. Passage of this
amendment could be dangerous with
out more specific definition of the term
emergency. A “no" sote on question
C-A would throw it back to the con
sention (if one is held) for further
clarification.
Question 8-A asks for a S5OO-million
bond issue to wage war on pollution and
to create a land and water conservation
and reclamation furd.
Wmle we're 100 percent for con
servation and reclamation of our natural
resources v. e don't want to see any more
Class I and Class II farmland taken out
of product.on through the Projest 70 land
acquis.tier, program We realize that,
mere and more we will have to share
our tatr countryside with city folks and
■ourts's Such land sharing will be in
~ of parks and other public lands
iirte to see greater discretion
tne
‘•'O - -,-~w
Bu:
V» r Q
-n purchasing land certainly
mere 5 plently of land in Pennsylvania
"hat would be suitable for little else
Purcnases should be limited to such land,
and productive farms must be allowed to
remain in farms
usea
Someday we're going to need all
the "good'’ farms to feed the people
who today require the parks.
So. our answer on question 8-A 9
Yes, but with reservations If it is ap
proved, our legislators will have to carry
the ball and press for farsighted use of
the land acquisition funds. But the good
outweighs the bad in this question, we
think
What you. the voters, will think
and do with these constitutional ques
tions remains to be seen. Some updating
of our Constitution is unquestionably
needed While a convention may not be
the best possible way, it does appear to
be the best way so far offered since the
Constitution was written in 1873.
Of God or Man?
Lewon for May 14, 1967
lacbf rmund Scrtpfvr# / tj ' 1
D*v*(i»nal If \ <i ji'n
Let’s assume that your pastor
is involved in the drive to secure
equal opportunities in employ
ment and housing for N’egroes
in your community. Let’s assume
further that he has refused to heed
official warnings to cease tin
activity and is
imprisoned. Fi
nally, assume
that he has es
caped fiom pri
son and has re
sumed his activ
ities in this cause.
What reaction
would there be
from you and
Rev. Althouse jour church to
such a pastor 7 Is this not ci\ il
disooedience >
'ihdt is what we call it today.
In the day of Peter and John it
may have been called somc'hing
else, but it was really the same
thing. These men believed that
'heir obedience to God made it
impossible to obey civil authori
ties in a particular situation In
this case, you will remember, it
all started when Peter and lohn
healed a man bv the Beautiful
Gate and then witnessed to the
power of >esus Dragged before
me Council, the two discipleswere
warned not to heal, preacn, or
teach anv more m the name of
lesus
Impossible To Obey
Peter and John, however, did
not stop their public witness
They continued and, because they
continued and thus defied the
ruling of the Council, thej were,
thrown into jail for their mil
disobedience. Furthermore, bj
die help of God, they escaped
from jail and resumed the very
work they had been forbidden
to do.
There is really a parallel here,
isn’t there? Peter and John got
into trouble with the civil authori
ties when, in response to God’s
guidance, they helped a man who
was the victim of a physical disa
bility. Some Christiana today;
have gotten fcjtjj troubla
civil mithoi Itie* when, inrenpooM
to whut they believed to be Cod’s
guidance, they have liel(>ed men
who are the victim* of preju
dice and Injustice. In both cases
I here Is civil disobedience, an at
tempt to "obey Cod rather than
men.” (Ac is /> 29 KSVj
Perspective of Time
Strange, isn’t it*'Today we re
member Peter and John as great
heroes of the I.nth because they
obeyed Cod rather than men. Yet*,
at the same tune, we look down
our noses at those who would
seek to do the same thing today.
Why is it that civil disobedience
appears so much more holy in
the First (enlury than in'the
Twentieth?
I nless we want to reject muds
of the New Testament, we Chris
tians can hardly say that civil
disobedience is never justifiable.
Jesus himself paiticipated in civil
disobedience when he strode into
the temple, overturned the taoles
of the money changers, and
drove them out That wasn't even
a passive act.
Ah yc>, wc say, but Jesus and
Peter and John were doing the
will of (,od. Yet, isn’t this also
the motive of those engaged in
controversial issues of conscience
toda>'' '1 rue, we argue, but sup
pose we don’t agree that tins is
the will of God? Then what?
God Always Prevails
'i here's the rub, isn’t it° How
do you respond to someone who
believes he is doing God’s will,,
when you don't agree or aren’t
sure'' '1 his was the same problem/
that confronted the leaders of
.Jerusalem Peter and John be
lieved that they were doing the
will of God. but the men of the
Council were certain that tney
were not Then it was that wise-
Gamaliel reminded the Council
tnat if something is of God*
nothing will defeat it in the long
run; if it is not of God, nothing
we do will make it ultimately suc
ceed God always prevails' So*,
let us see whether this is of God;
or of man.
There are bound to be issues,
over which Christians will not
agree concermng the will of God.
Let us respect the Christian con
science of one another and follow
our own convictions, co \.dent
that in God’s own time his will l
prevails.
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