Aid for the World's Underdeveloped Lands EDITORIALS --- These are the days when we hear repeatedly that “all men are created equal.” Thomas Jefferson said it in the Declaration of Independence and Ab- raham Lincoln, almost 100 years lat- er, said it in his Gettysburg Address. And now, 100 years again, the cry in the streets is that “all men are created equal.” The Declaration says, that all “are created equal, endowed by their cre- ator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happi- ness.” What is actually being said is that all are created with equal rights to life .and liberty and with an opportu- pity to pursue happiness. Watch! There is no granting of happiness. H You Would Write - - ‘Would you like to write to your state or federal representatives in Har- xisburg or Waghington? Here are their addresses: FEDERAL Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Sen- ate Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20515. Sen. ‘Richar@a S. Schweiker, Room 4317, Senate Office Building, Washington D. C. 20515. Rep. Edwin D. Eshleman, 416 Cannon House Office Bldg., Washington, D. C 20515.. STATE Senator Richard A. Snyder, Box 21, State Senate, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120. Sen. Clarence F. Manbeck, Freder- jcksburg R1, Pa. 17026. Rep. Harry H. Gring, Reinholds, Pa. 17569. Rep. Sherman L. Hill, 201 Manor Av., ‘Millersville 17551. Rep. Jack B. Horner , 23-A S. Market St., Elizabethtown 17022. Rep. Marvin E. Miiler, 501 Valley Rd. Lancaster 17601. Rep. Harvey C. Nitrauer, 125 South Street, Myerstown, Pa., 17067. Rep. John C. Pittenger, N. West End Ave. Lancaster 17603. Or, Call the Mayor - MAYOR Henry R. Zervhey Call 653-2289 The implication is “Find it if you can!” But, as a practical matter, all men are not created equal except in the sight of God, in his infinite love and mercy. Men are not born equal physically or mentally and no distortion of phil- osophy or theology can change the fact. Recently Vice President Agnew was reported to have an 1.Q. of 135. That's pretty good. But, it is not equal to the man who is rated 140, 150 or even more on the same scale. The man who claims 120 has a good head on his shoulders and has a right to expect to succeed in good competition. And, many men with much lower 1.Q.’s may well expect to reach high goals. But, they are not all created equal in their native capacities to think, or to do creative work. One man can outrun and out- jump another. One man is born with the gift of articulation. His brot¥er may be as slow of speech as Moses. Both may succeed brilliantly, but they are not equally gifted. One man may have a capacity for compassion which his neighbor can not understand or match. Another may have a quality of courage which his son can not inherit, while a mo- ther may have a strength of charact- er which her daughter is unable to emulate despite her best efforts. One man may stand tall and un- moveable, a veritable piller against which the winds of adversity screech with fury. His father may have been riddled by the inability to stand square and firm when the hard for- tunes of life swirled around his head. No. men are .not created equal. But, every man is equally endow- ed by the creator with a right to make his personal and individual stance for life, liberty and happiness. And, every man should feel that he has the help, support and encourage- ment of every other man in his seek- ing of a good life, of a secure liberty and of a satisfactory happiness. But, no where does there appear a guarantee that everv man is exactly equal with his neighbor. He is, however, life, 5 granted equal right for bert 0 and the pursuit of happiness. nese po Last Line This Week ... Smile at people. It takes 72 mus- cles to frown and only 14 to smile. The Mount Joy BULLETIN | MOUNT JOY, PENNA. 17552 Published Weekly on Wednesdays Except Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week (50 Issues Per Year) 11 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT /JOY, PENNA, 17552 In the heart of fabulous Lancaster County Richard A. Rainbolt Editor and Publisher Subscription Rate—$3.00 per year by mail $3.50 Outside Lancaster County Advertising Rates upon request. Entered at the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1970 WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman 16th District—Pennsylvania Last year a bruising fight took place in Congress over the ABM issue. After a bat- tle royal, the House and Sen- ate decided that deployment of an anti-ballistic missile system was in the national interest and that the building of that system should be be- gun immediately. But, the decision was a close one, and now, after a year of anti- ABM sloganeering, the op- ponents of the program are again ready to attack this newest sector of the national defense. Of course, those who op- pose the ABM claim that their position could not jeop- ardize the security of our nation. Their reasoning is that a defense missile system is not needed, will not work, and in fact, is a waste of money. The evidence of need based upon the rapid Russian and Red Chinese expansion of offensive missiles doesn't sway the opinion of these opponents. The assurance of experts that the ABM is workable does not satisfy the opposition. The argument that failure to build an ABM could result in a cost meas- ured in American lives is considered ridiculous bysome of those who would like to spend the money for other things. At the base of the anti- ABM arguments are some cherished world policy as- sumptions. Perhaps an ex- amination of these assump- tions is in order before we accept some .of the other points made against defen- sive missiles. Columnist Jos- eph Alsop recently did an excellent job of digesting the theories into three basic ob- servations. The first theory, or illustra- ion if you will, is that a_lib- eralization process is under- way in Communist countries which eliminates them as a threat to the United States. Some little evidence is avail- able to support this conten- tion. But, the invasion of Czechoslovakia, the increased suppression of dissent in the Soviet Union and other simi- lar contrary evidence should make us wary of complete- ly accepting this argument and letting down our guard. The second theory is based upon the reasoning that the other side will never do what vou would never do. It is the sort of reasoning that produced a Pearl Harbor, but, neverthe less, continues to be a prominent part of some people’s thinking on foreign policy. In other words we are supposed te accept the idea that because we would never launch a nuclear attack against Russia or Chi- na, they would never launch a nuclear attack against us. Given the evidence of a heavy buildup of nuclear weapons behind the Iron Cur- tain during the last several months, I think we must raise some serious questions about the validity of such a contention. - The third observation of- fered as world-policy . fact by ABM opponents is that complex political processes can be measured by scienti- fic analysis. This leads them to the conclusion that we really do not have to be very concerned about an arms balance in the world. All we have to do is calculate the amount of power needed to assure destruction of our en- emies and then keep our of- fensive capabilities at that level. But, there are certain fallacies in this theory too. For example, if Russia and/- or China could claim arms superiority, could we really expert them to refrain from using that position to threat- (Turn to page 3), COMEDY AND DONT SET “FOOT IN MY HOUSE AGAIN! CORNER 1% - -
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