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-t 4 SECTION A THE MUNCIE STAR. SUNDAY. JULY 9. 1S72 Meanwhile, Down at the Pier- The MuNciE Star Wktrc tic iynrit of the I Is, Tb'rc It 11 CoriHllii'iiix Bishop Sheen Writes Sinning Triggers Wars Published Every Morning by MUNCIE NEWSPAPERS, INC. i at High and Jackson Streets, Muncie, Ind.

Sin and suffering are the two great evils in the world. Sin is mortal, suffering is physical, and the latter is a result of the former. What happens to nature in the form of will in c. murFiii i. r.win johs o.

if aus. t.tum HrH rlH mtlcT juries Act Cacmfc Mc a. lfl. earthquakes and Hoods or typhoons and to the body of man as pain is ultimately an echo or repercussion and ffect of what has already ha pruned in the moral universe. When the big wheel in a machine is out of commis-ion, all the small wheels awry.

As man eliminates sin, he eliminates suffering. i supremacy to politics, the stabilizing influence of society is tost, and with it come civil strife and discord and war. Sorokin advanced the theory that as civilization, in the modern sense of the term, progresses, there is an increase of war. There have always been more wars than peace. From 1496 B.C.

to A.D. 1861 there were only 227 years of peace and 3,130 years of war for every year of peace. WITHIN THE last three centuries, there have been 286 wars in Europe. From 1500 B.C. to A.D.

1860, there were 8,000 treaties of peace that were supposed to remain in force forever, but the average length of these trea-tis was two years. It is likely that there was never a single year when the world did not have a war at least in one country or the other. Two analyses have revealed that since the year 1100, England has spent half of its history fighting wars; France neanly half, and Russia three quarters. The false prophets of the last century who predicted an evolution of man into a god, and the necessary progress of humanity to a point where there would be no war or disease were wrong, and we are now living in a century of war. This is not a very sweet pill for our civilized world to swallow.

It behooves humanity to admit there is an evil tendency in man, and that this tendency when uncontrolled by morality and grace, will devolve more rapidly than it will evolve. It is our views of man that have been wrong. By denying the possibility of sin and guilt, we have denied the very existence of perversity within us which makes war. Not all men will submit to the leaven in the mass of the thorough self-discipline, but those few who will, will be the leaven in the mass of the world. It is not our politics and our economics that have to be changed first; it is man.

It is the wars within that have to be stopped. Eugene O'Neill, in discussing the impor? tance of changing our inner morals, observed: "If the human voice is so stupid that in two thousand years it hasn't brains enough to appreciate that the secret of happiness is contained in one simple sentence which you'd think any school kid could understand and apply, then it's time we dumped it down the nearest drain and let the nats have a chance. That simple sen-tence is: 'For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his As man loves Cod, he ceases to hate his fellow man and, therefore, engages ki fewer wars. It could very well be that there is not enough war not war of nation against nation, or race against race, but a war against our errant impulses. A man who is not at war against the selfishness, lust, dishonesty in himself will necessarily be at war with another.

His conscience troubles him as he has to justify it by blaming others and then quarreling with them. EVERY WORLD war is a turbulent ocean made up of the confluent streams of millions of little wars inside the minds and hearts of unhappy people. War is the final logic of self-will. War is not necessary, but it does become an inseparable ailment of any world that abandons the supremacy of the spirit Nietzsche, after proclaiming the death of God in the 19th Century, prophesized that the 20th Century would be a century of wars. There is a possible connection between the importance given to politics and the fre-.

quency of wars. In any era of history where politics is the major interest, war is the major consequence. This does not mean that one ought to subscribe to the dictum of von Clausewitz that war is the prosecution of politics by other means. It does mean, however, that since politics stresses expediency and pragmatism on a great scale, dedication to truth and morality are minimized. SINCE THE latter are essential for peace, war becomes a greater possibility.

When the people are interested in the raising of a family, the cultivation of virtues and the salvation of their soujs, they act as a balance wheel against the power-motive of politics. But when both the state and the people give At VNWn Public Letter Box Reader! of the Murine Star are nv rlted to send their opinlona on jue tiona of public Interest for use In the Public Letter Bnx. Writ on one side of the paper and please be brief. The writer's name and addresa nut accompany each letter but will ba withheld required. James J.

Kilpatrick End of the Trail Foreign Aid Fraud P. G. B. The senators who voted to discontinue the foreign aid program are to be congratulated. There is no provision in the Constitution authorizing any unit of the federal government to levy taxes and give the money so collected to any foreign government.

Half of the $400 billion national debt is the result of deficit spending by Congress. The rest comes from these unconstitutional gifts to foreign nations. This program in over 20 years has made a very few "friends" for America. The interest required to carry this enormous indebtedness is about $20 billion a year, derived from, federal taxes. There is nothing, in my opinion, that justifies this unprecedented financial boondoggle.

In itself this situation contributes heavily to the runaway inflation which is working a genuine hardship on millions of Americans. WASHINGTON For politician and 'political writer alike, this weekend brings a point of termination. The road that began last March in New Hampshire now runs to the sea at Miami. We have reached. the trail's end.

It is a road, in my own views we ought not to travel are fo our diffrrtnt yiftg in accordance grot, that God host given Romans 12.6a 1 i' Mr. Nixon and the Beanstalk Should public funds tax money be used to support a fourth national television network? President Nixon does not think so. That is why Jie vetoed a bill which would have provided $65 jnillion in fiscal 1973 and $90 million in fiscal 1974 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which serves more than 200 educational TV stations. CPB has carried many programs of a level of quality appreciably above much of that carried by major networks. The commercial networks, still heavily addicted ratings, continue to favor broadcasting trash over somewhat better material that too seldom manages to squeeze onto the airwaves.

A fair amount of competition based upon a concept that not all viewers are entertained by present programming might help matters. It does not necessarily follow that the answer is. a fourth network, financed by the government. is what CPB has become. CPB moreover has in common with the com-mercial networks a highly dangerous feature.

Far much control over the content of programs that have cumulative, significant influence! over millions of minds is concentrated in the hands of a few men. Another serious drawback of overcentralized 'control is the concentration of opportunities for talent in a few hands in the biggest metropolitan centers. This results in the closed corporation system, beneficial only to a tiny elite minority of content and staleness of format, approach and personalities so much of the same shopworn stars doing old tricks on the commercial networks. CPB originally was intended to promote diversity and creativity at the grass-roots level by spreading the money around so as to let local stations get in on the act with cultural and educational shows of their, own. But although its federal appropriations have increased sevenfold in the last three years, according to Mr.

Nixon, only 13 per cent in 1972 has gone to local stations. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting should abandon its schemes of power and empire and return to the pursuit of its original goals! before it. is given any more public money. Mr. Nixon was right in chopping down this beanstalk and bringing down the would-be giant along with it It Isn't Over Yet While the advocates of abolition of the death penalty have been rejoicing over the action of the Supreme Court, the issue is far from being laid to rest.

The court's -ruling is not really a final decision, in the opinion of many, including Chief Justice Warren Burger. He declared that the court's majority ruling left state legislatures "free to carve out limited exceptions tfo a general abolition of the death penalty." First to step toward that breach is the state of Pennsylvania. Less than a week after the high court action the district attorney of Philadelphia, Arlen Specter, asked the Pennsylvania Legislature to approve the death penalty in eight types of murder. Included wonld be the slaying of a murder done for hire, murder of a kidnap victim, murder done by 'an assassin who lies in wait or stalks his victim murder committed by a parolee previously convicted of first-degree murder, murder committed in prison by a convict serving a life, sentence, murder committed during any arson, rape, robbery or burglary where the defendant previously was convicted of any of those crimes, and murder resulting from the. hijack of an airplane, train, bus or other commercial vehicle.

The district attorney's request did not ask the death penalty for fihe most common form of murder, that resulting from fights, arguments, "moments of passion," etc. The likelihood! is that other, similar proposals will be brought before the legislatures of the 39 states, including Indiana, where the death penalty has. not been abolished by legislative action. There may yet be hope of salvaging a deterrent against the most vicious formsiof murder. again.

The present svstem of iM presidential primaries con- jJ itins sume gooa ieaiures, dui it offers much less good than ill. By 1976 a better system must be found. This year saw the Democratic candidates struggle through 23 primary elections. Three Minutes let's do it right be professional. And this we do at Aquarius House.

Also, I would basically agree that the world doesn't owe us a living, and that some of those visiting Our House feel that the world does. However, many of our visitors are employed, particularly our live-in staff (on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for the grand sum of $100 per month maximum). Of the unemployed, most are high school students, and many can't find jobs. Of those who feel the world owes a living, let's hope that those who can will eventually change. I would also agree with WLT that more of our tax monies should go to those who really need it, young, old, and in-between.

One method I would propose is that we raise our taxes and try to take advantage of federal matching funds. WLT, you sound like our kind of people. You are concerned about people, and you raise some good issues. Please visit us at Aquarius House. In the Wrong Country MRS.

KENNETH McDOWELL After Angela Davis was declared "not guilty" by the California jury, she said that she was staying here 'to fight for all oppressed people. She can surely see, as she is a very intelligent person, that she is working in the wrong country. The Communist countries are where the people are not allowed freedom to come and go as they wish and have no voice in their government. Why doesn't she go to one of these prison countries and try to free some of those poor, oppressed people. She could help millions of people there, while there is only a handful here of her kind yet Jo be freed.

a Day Accord O. H. The Star earned the inexpressible gratitude of its readers with the editorial that quoted the' official Soviet judgment on the action by President Nixon in signing the summit documents. The embassy in Washington said: "The fact that the largest Western power (the United States) has come out in support of these principles is regarded by us as a victory of the realistic approach to Soviet-American relations on the part of the U.S. leaders." It was a distinct service to readers to be told that the principles subscribed to by President Nixon are Lenin's principles of 'peaceful coexistence through "normal interstate relations based on the principles of sovereignty, equality, non-interference in internal affairs and mutual advantage." Now that we and the Russians are co-joined as brothers in acceptance of these principles can we count on brotherhood in practice with no Communist interference in our internal affairs? If 'these admirable principles are of long standing, why did it take President Nixon eight years as Vice President and three years as President to discover them? Was it to make a political spectacular of co-signing with the Russians in election year? And as part of "accords that amount to unilateral disarmament by the United States" (Human Events, June 10)? We can believe it was a victory for the Soviets but wait to see if it was a victory for Americans.

Some Good Issues EDWIN DUCKWORTH, Ph.D., President. Aquarius House. 1616 Meridian Anderson Reference to WLT's letter concerning Aquarius House (June 29th). Since I do not know to which of the Aquarius articles the author referred, I cannot comment. However, I can amplify some, areas noted in the remainder of the author's letter.

First of all, I believe the author Is perfectly correct in noting that professionals should be involved In Aquarius, and this we have in abundance. In addition to a house staff who are professionals in dealing with drugs and telephone counseling, we also have working with us a physician, a psychiatrist, and thirty-three (33) psychologists. Also we are training a group of parapro-fessionals. And, these are only those who work at Aquarius! You should see our board and other available professional resourses! WLT, we certainly agree with you. If we are to do something, in Jacksonville on a balmy night in March, when George Wallace turned up at a TV station to be interviewed by four regional newsmen.

The governor is the best base-running shortstop in politics; he gloves everything that comes his way, and he can hook -slide around a question with consummate skill. No one ever lays a tag on him. THIS PARTICULAR night saw all the usual questions neatly fielded. Then a reporter asked Wallace how he would deal with the Allende government in Chile. After the broadcast, Mrs.

Wallace permitted herself a small sigh of relief and pleasure. "I liked to died," she confided, "when that man asked George about Chile. I thought, what does George know about Chile? But you saw, didn't you?" Her wifely pride bubbled over. "He knew ALL about Chile." THE SAME KIND of story could be told of the others Hubert Humphrey in the snows of Milwaukee, Henry Jackson doggedly appealing to barefoot collegians, McGovern at his best in California. It has been a long trail typewriters and telephones, planes in the night, tears and laughter, violent shock.

We ought not, I say, to travel this particular Barnum Bailey route again, but if the primary campaign of '72 proves to be the last such parade, it provided an unforgettable show. Inflation Edinburgh Scotsman Considerable significance attaches to the upcoming meeting of the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress. Both sides must be aware of the need for action to check inflation. Many people may be apprehensive about the outcome of the meeting and fear that it would lead only to further time-consuming discussion of which we have had far too much already. 1 Surely the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress should realize that such an outcome simply will not do.

The establishment of a voluntary conciliation and arbitration body could provide an additional valuable safeguard against national stoppages in important industries. Sexist Inflation Wall Street Journal Women's Lib may have a special reason to fight inflation. Yale economist Henry Wallich recently suggested with tongue in cheek that inflation is a "sexist phenomenon." His reasoning: It makes the housewife, trying to cope with higher prices, look bad. Advocates of the system insist that it benefits both the voter and the candidate. The voter -has a chance to observe the contenders under conditions of stress, and to judge how they stand up under fire.

The candidate, for his part, has a road-show chance to try out his company before taking the play to Broadway. BOTH POINTS are valid. In retrospect, it seems evident that Edmund Muskie's campaign was doomed long before he denounced the Wallace voters in Florida shed those famous tears in New Hampshire, but the emotional outbursts were fatal. If he could not keep his cool under so little heat, what would he do in the White House? As for campaign organization, we saw in the McGovern operation the benefits of staff experience. His top people got the fumbles out of their system in Florida; thereafter they played like Cowboys.

Nobody else was in the same league. Yet the drawbacks far outweigh the advantages. Any primary system is bound to be physically exhausting; but the helter-skelter scheme that now obtains is needlessly exhausting. Campaigns are bound to cost money; they ought not to cost a fortune: At the very least, the very least, party primaries should be just that-4hey should produce a nominee who is the first choice, of his own party, but crossover voting makes a travesty of this objective. A system of five regional primaries, advocated by Oregon's Sen.

Robert Packwood, offers a better solution. His plan would preserve the role of the States; it would retain the ultimate party conventions: It would eliminate wasteful travel, and it would provide abundant time, over a five-month period, to examine the candidates' minds as well as their stamina. Meanwhile, we are stuck with what we have; and the trail has had its memorable moments. One of the highlights for me came Some farmers who "liked having large geese around" saved a strain of giant Canada geese without realizing it. Since the 1930s, bird books have listed the giant gray-and-white Canada goose as extinct.

Drainage of marshlands for farming was blamed for the loss. But 20 of the honkers have been discovered alive and well on a North Dakota farm, kept as pets. The birds supplied eggs for conservation agencies to establish new populations in the upper midwest. "The farmers, who just enjoyed having 'large geese' around, had inadvertently saved the bird," explained a wildlife expert. Happy accidents can prevent harm to people as well as to threatened species of wildlife.

But God, in His wisdom, has chosen that man ordinarily use intelligence and decision-making power to protect life. Think, pray and plan over your priorities, and you're more likely to make provision for a future in which life is honored by all. "The Lord looked upon the earth, and filled it with His good things; with all kinds of living beings He covered its surface." (Sirach 16:29,30) Help us, Father, to maintain a healthy sense of balance in our lives. Reprint A. T.

T. Your recent editorial, "Not May Lai An Loc," which told of a Communist massacre should be reprinted on the front page of The Star. The Communists have already infiltrated our churches and schools. Reprinting this editorial might help to set some of our antiwar demonstrators (and pliable type readers) straight. Art Buclmald The Scenario for the Democratic Convention WASHINGTON Everyone has his own scenario for this week's Democratic National Convention.

The way things have been going with the one scenario has as much validity as the next This the one that I have written I and if it comes true, remem- f- I ber. vou read it here. T. iL- iL I il is inc iuunn uay 01 uie 1 convention and the Demo- Campers by Thousands Ever see 11,000 camper vehicles, occupied by 60,000 camping entihusiasts, in one place? It probably has seemed so on many a summer weekend visit to a popular camping park. But the real thing will be found at Camp Atterbury if the anticipated turnout materializes for the annual convention, now gathering and running through next week, of the National Campers and Hikers Assn.

The convention! is obviously a huge affair, and this one has been 'almost three years in planning and preparation. We congratulate the Hoosier members who have been responsible for getting the convention to Indiana and preparing ior it. Tens of thousands of outdoors-lovers from all parts of the country will get a look at Indiana's countryside and some of its. towns. Doubtless many will come up to see Indianapolis.

We hope they -like what they see, and have a wonderful time. i all-night session, the convention was hopelessly deadlocked. The state delegations caucused right on the floor, trying to get people, to change their minds. But it was impossible. On NBC, John Chancellor and David Brink-ley became short-tempered and refused to talk to each Howard K.

Smith and Harry Reasoner on ABC were speaking to each other, and on CBS, Walter Cronkite wasn't talking to himself. IT WAS OBVIOUS to everyone in and out of the convention hall that a compromise had to be found one who had. not already been nominated. But who? The Democratic Party leaders call a recess behind the podium. They argue and thrash it out for several hours.

The only man whose name is proposed as com; promise candidate is a very famous, but con-, figure on the American scene. He has announced many times that he is not a candidate for the presidency or the vice-presidency, and has said underv no conditions would he accept a draft. Yet, the leaders argue he is the one person who can save the party. This young man, whose name has been associated with' a very embarrassing incident is a household word now. Because of the deadlock at the convention, he is the only one who can possibly beat Nixon in November.

A THE COMPROMISE CANDIDATE is hot at the convention. He has purposely stayed away so that people would believe he was not interested in the nomination. O'Brien puts in a call to him. Everyone? in turn, gets on the phone and tells him he has to be the candidate. The compromise can-didate speaks to George McGovern, Humphrey, Muskie and Wallace.

They urge him to run. The candidate finally agres to a draft and says he will take' the next plane to Miami. And that's how Bobby Fischer, the U.S. chess champion, became the Democratic presidential nominee for 1972. crats have been unable to decide on a presidential leave the floor for fear that someone will grab his seat When someone tries to speak he is hooted down by the opposition faction.

Larry O'Brien, the chairman of the party, has the podium ringed with the National Guard so no one can grab the microphone. The nomination speeches have not been heard, but the candidates have been nominated McGovern, Humphrey, Wallace, Chis-holm, Jackson and Muskie. There have been demonstrations for the candidates in the hall because everyone is afraid if he gets up and marches they won't let him back in his section again. ON THE FIRST ballot McGovern picked up 1,234 votes, well shy of the 1,509 he needed. The rest were split between the other candidates with the uncommitted refusing to vote for anyone.

The second and third ballot found no one budging. By- the tenth ballot of Wednesday's candidate. The fight to seatL delegations has taken up three days and those people' who were ruled ineligible have refused to give up their seats to those who were officially designated as delegates to the convention. were officially designated as delegates to the convention. ALMOST EVERY state' delegation has two people sitting in every chair.

No one dares.