PTI RT TT AR Ww r—— Fh Make Room for This Guy vy J — - p . aa = EDITORIALS --- Weeks and months ago it was pre- dicted thatthe My Lai incident would shake the nation! And, it has! ik As-it appears now, My Lai may be- come a landmark in the public exam- ination of war, the military and the way this country addresses itself to world conditions which are only mar- ginal to our own security. While the fate of Lieutenant Calley is a concern of the people; the young man who has been the storm center of a long and probing trial is only the symbol of what the entire case repre- sents. Those who sit in the Pentagon, those who work in the state depart- ment; those who walk the halls of the capitol and those who inhabit the White House all are under the micro- scope — as well they should be, along with the rest of society. This incident has made doves out of hawks, it has made conscientious objectors out of moderates and has provoked: questions which need an- swering. No one has answered satisfactorily the philesophic question about the difference between: 1.—Dropping of an atomic bomb up- on a Japanese city inhabited by thous- ands of women, children and old men, and If You Would Write -.- Would you like te write to your state or federal representatives in Har- risburg or Washington? Here are their addresses: FEDEHAL Sen. Hugh D. Scott, Room 260, Sen- ate Office Building, Washington, D. C. 20515. Sen. Richard 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. Rep. Jack B. Horner , 23-A S. Market St., Elizabethtown 17022. Or, Call the Mayor - MAYOR Henry R. Zerphey ~ Call 653-2289 2.—Shooting a few women, child- ren and old men in a tiny, unknown village in Vietnam. War is war—or at least it always has been — and most of the things which happen during times of war are too revolting to discuss. So it was at My Lai. What this country should learn from what has grown from a dot on the map to a blot on history, is that we need to turn our attention to with- drawing our fighting men from Viet- nam as quickly as possible. And, fast- er than has been done in the past few months. Let this country take a critical look at its military, its involvements and its recent inclinations to police the entire world. Let this country reevaluate its priorities, using the life of a young William Calley as a lamp of better understanding of the wants, needs and human values as now being expressed by the American ww people. APPRECIATION All human beings have failings, all human beings have needs and temp- tations and stresses. Men and women who live together through long years get to know one another’s failings; but they also come to know what is worthy of respect and admiration in those they live with, and in them- selves. If at the end one can say, “This man used to the limit the pow- ers that God granted him; he was worthy of love and respect and of the sacrices of many people, made in ord- er that he might achieve what he deemed to be his task,” then that life has been lived well and there are no regrets. —Eleanor Roosevelt WHAT AN IDEAL CAN DO A strong ideal can capture an im- agination and control a life. Just one clear picture planted in the mind and heart of youth is all it takes to change an apathetic man to acts of consecration that kindle strife or call for peace, depending on the kind of passioned truth the picture makes. —Wi illiam K. Webb THE WAYS To everv man there openth, A Way, and Ways, and a Way. And the High Soul climbs the High Way, and the Low Soul gropes the Low, and in between on the misty flats, the rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth a High Way and a Low. And every man, decideth the way his soul shall go. —John Oxenham The Mount Joy ULL TIN 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, APRIL 7, 1971 WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman 16th District—Pennsylvania Americans, in general, are tired of thes complexity of big government. They are tired of the waste that is so much a part of the bureau- cratic jungle. They are tired of the costs which mount be- cause of ineffectiveness and unresponsiveness, They are tired of the miles and miles of red tape in which govern- ment has become snarled, and in which it has entangled mil- lions of citizens. The only way that any kind of order can be brought out of the bureaucratic chaos is through a wholesale reorg- anization of the Federal Gov- ernment. President Nixon's recent message to Congress outlining his reorganization plan provides a welcome opportunity for us to begin to unravel the maze in Wash- ington. Just a look at the record will convince nearly anyone that governmental reorganiz- ation is a must. In the past 20 years the number of Cab- inet departments has increas- ed from 9 to 12; the number of major indepwendent agen- cies has increased from 27 to 41; the number of Federal employees has increased from 2.1 million to 2.7 million; the Federal budget has in- creased from $42 billion to more than $200 billion; and the number of Federal pro- grams has jumped more than tenfold to about 1,400. Now we have an historic orportunity to mold 20 years of growth to a workable ad- ministrative structure. The thrust of the Preésident’s plan is to organize the Federal Government by function.. In- stead of serving certain. de- fined constituencies, the de- partments of the Executive Branch would be responsible for broad goals that affect all constituencies. Seven existing Departments —Agriculture, Labor, Com- merce, HEW, HUD, Transpor- tation and Interior — would be merged into four new de- partments: Human Resources, Community Development, Na- tural Resources and Econom- ic Affairs. Other present de- partments would remain as is. It is hoped and believed that the nine departments that would result from the reorg- anization would eliminate much overlapping and clear away much confusion. A thorough examination of the reorganization plan is a priority job for this Congress. There is a need to move for- ward to revitalize govern- ment before there is a com- plete loss of faith in its abili- ty to function effectively. But, in moving forward, Congress must not accept re- organization without raising some questions about the Ad- ministration’s plan. We must question, for example, wheth- er or not the constituencies (Turn to page 3) No person sholl operate or install or conduct, at any place in the borough of Mount Joy, any circus or carnival without first having obtained a ‘permit therefor. COMEDY CORNER at NT A 208, . “The hostesses on Traps-Arabia are much prettier than the ones on the Constantinople rug lines! ’
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