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October-November 1974Vol. XXXIX No.9

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ARTICLESAn In-depth Look at the Soul of RussiaWhile the Delegates ,Argue . . . ThePopulation Bomb Ticks AwayCyprus: Mediterranean Powder KegItaly -Inflation Puts Democracy to

the TestThal'lksgiving Day -What Does It Meanto You?"The Family That Drinks Together . . ."And Now - Assisting the Arab World inthe Move Toward World Peace

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I N THE LAST three or four years Ihave frequently, on this page,told you of personal meetingswith heads of state around the world- kings , emperors , president s,others high in governments and inhigher education.

But WHY?At first, I did not know, myself. I

did not in itia te these meetings. Invitations seemed to come coincidentally. And the favor I was given inthe eyes of the se government leaders was even more astonishing. Allmy life, from age 19, I have come inpersonal contact with importantmen - executives of major businesscorporat ions an d banks, at first, Although I found those men cordial,there was no special warmth an dfavor, such as I began to experiencein meeting the se heads of sta te. Ididn 't . understand it myself.

I did know that they were tremen dously concerned about their ownproblems of governmen t and aboutaccelera ting evils in this world . Allmy life I had felt concerned aboutthe social evils an d the unhappystate of the lives of most of thisworld's billions. And I knew I hadlearned what few seem to know

Personal from

WHY I TALK WITHHEADS OF STATE ABOUTWORLD EVILS AND WORLD PEACE


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major role in the Soviet world viewof things - as, of course, it does forarch-rival United States, the selfproclaimed champion of the free,capitalist world.Despite the warmer atmosphereof detente and the new tradition ofannual summitry, the ideologicalgulf between East and West remainsf undamentally as wide as ever. Thefact is, no two social and economicsystems could be furth er poles apart(by their very natures competitiveand mutually exclusive) than communi sm and capitalism. To speak ofa "convergence" .between communism and capitalism, as some thinkers in the West have dreamed of, is,to be blunt, sheer folly. In the firstplace, Soviet leaders, not to speak ofthe vast majority of Russian andother Soviet people s themselves,have no desire to see their systemfundamentally changed, or evenpartially diluted with "alien" ideas.*Improvements within the system areexpected , of course, but not achange of the system.Marxist-Leninist ideals are as sacrosanct within the Soviet Union as

George Washington, the Constitution and the Bill of Righ ts arewithin the United States. For a So

The most fund amental need of allis obviously that of national defense. It becomes quickly obvious toa visitor from the West that eversince the grea t holocaust of WorldWar II, Soviet authorities have determined to do everything in theirpower to prevent a recurrence ofsuch manifold suffering - and toprotect their homeland against realand imagined threat s arising in anyarea . The Soviet Union not onlymaintains the world's largest uniformed army but also supports itwith an intri cate substructure ofmilitary and civil defense training.Youngsters play organized wargames as subteen-agers in the nationwide Young Pioneers (similar tothe Boy Scouts) organization. Military preparedness continues in theYoung Communists (Komsomol).Adul ts are expected to participate incivil defen se classes, with specialemphasis on defense against massscale annihilation weapons.Even in their entertainment theSoviet people of tod ay are notallowed to forget the trials of thepast. Most of the movie houses stillfeature new films about what wouldseem to be a very overworked subject - the battles to defend the

near ly al ways d ecorat ed wi thwreaths of flowers, continually resupplied by the bouquets discardedfrom wedding parties - a rathercharming Soviet tradition.One particular memorial will always stand out in my memory. It islocated on the outskirts of Leningrad, near the sprawling housingdevelopments so characteristic ofthe newer parts of the city. It is thePiskarevsky Memorial Cemetery, final resting place of from 500,000 to800,000 Leningraders (no one reallyknows the exact figure), all of themvictims of the 2lh-year siege thrownup around that grea t city by theinvading Nazi army in September1941. Most of the victims perishedfrom starvation and enemy shellingduring the terrible winter of 1941-42after the German noose around thecity was drawn tight.Few Americans realize that asmany people ultimately died inLeningrad alone - nearly a millionand a half - as the United Stateshas lost in all the wars throughoutits history.

Generations of MournersWe visited the Piskarevsky Memorial around noontime on May 8,


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(Continued from page 4)children were giving memorized recita tions in honor of the dead many of whom were undoubtedlyth ei r grandmothers and grandfathers.

At the opposite end of the agespectrum, clusters of elderly widows,babushkas, sa t on sto ne benchesth roughout the park, some weeping,others again silently contemplatingthe calamity that stru ck down beloved husbands, sons, brothers andot her loved ones.

As I walk ed around the Piska-

Caught inARussianBear HugIt has often been sa id that , in our

age of technology, the people of theworld are becoming more alike. A

revsky grounds, my mind conditioned by the somber Russian musicplaying over loudspeakers spacedthroughout the area, I tried to comprehend that enormity of the eventsthat had produced such a monument to man's inhumanity. But Ifound I could no more grasp thetotality of Piskarevsky than I couldthe remains of the Dachau concentration camp ju st outside Munich,West Germany, which I had seen ona blustery autumn day two and onehalf years earlier.

Both scenes are equally mind-

that it would be a terrific opportunity for us to take some pictures ofthe weddi ng recept ion .

boggling. Perhaps George Kennan ,former U. S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, expressed my own feelings be st when he wrote , aftervisiting Piskarevsky ju st shortly before we did :

"Here in these mounds is a silentreproach that goes beyond the passions of the war itself and applies tothe weakness and follies of mankindas a whole, so that a ttempts to relateit to the wickedness of one politicalregime or the virtues of another appear only as trivial manifestations ofpoor taste."

first Americans heh a d eve r m et.Amids t the smalltalk there was anabundance of food,vo dka, d a n c in ga nd laugh te r a llaround.

As the eveningproceeded , a verydisting uished. elderly Russian gen

tl em an ca me over to my chairand introduced himself in Russian.He wore a gia nt cluster of medals on


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ELDERLYWIDOWS - babushkas- congregate on bench in Kiev,third largest ci ty in the Sovie t Union.The last war left a gene ration ofSoviet women bereft of their husbands.

..Help Me Find MyMother"

Piskarevsky is not the only linkthat today's Leningraders have withtheir recent tragic past.Quite often , our chief Intouristguide informed us, personal ads appear in the local newspaper, the Leningradskaya Pravda, to this effect:"My name is . . . . Please help mefind my mother and father. At theage of three I was evacuated bytruck from the city with other children over the Lake Ladoga ice roadin December 1941. I desperatelywan t to find out if my parents survived the siege and are st ill alive.My mother was slight of build , hada birthmark . . . ."Occasionally such pleas for helpare successful. The resulting reunions are deservedly given frontpage billing in the newspaper.Hist or i an s such as AlexanderWerth (Russia at War: 1941-1945)and Harrison Salisbury (900 Days:The Siege of Leningrad) have viv

Soviet Union as the Lebensraum extended living space - of the exalted Third Reich. This area wasalso to be a vast raw materials storehouse for the Nazi war machine. Leningrad, citadel of the BolshevismHitler hated so much , was first to bestrangled to death , then razed to theground.Concerning the Russians, Ukrai

Historians know that Hitler'sgreatest gamble was his attempt toknock out the Soviet Union in afour-month blitzkrieg before "finishing off" a desperate Great Britainwhich he had left literally hangingon the ropes.The invasion of Russia by theNazis and the ir allies revolut ionizedthe war - and rescued the Western


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"The spirit of genuine pat no ticdevotion and self-sacrifice shown bythe Russian people during thoseyears has few parallels in hum anhistory." (Introduction to Russia atWar, by Alexander Werth.)

"We Want Peace"Life has never been easy in Rus

sia, even under condi tions of peace.And the absence of peace onlymakes things terrifyingly worse.Perhaps this is why the Russianpeople, almost to a man , tell visitingAmericans virtually the same story:"We want peace. We don 't wantwar. We hope you want peace too.We must never have war betweenour two peoples. "Of course, they truly believe theirgovernment would never be so foolish as to precipitate a nuclear "ex

change" (as the war theoreticians socoldly phrase it) - but they're not sosure of " imperialist" intentions.Since my trip , I have thoughtaga in and aga in on the truly un for

tunate state of affairs Americansand Soviets find themselves lockedinto today - a situation replete withdanger and continually fed by mutual mistrust and susp icion.In the most recent summit confer

in such fruitless, stalemated warfare.Along with many other Americans I have stood on the monumentwhich stretches across the sunkenhulk of the U.S.S. Arizona in PearlHarbor, Hawaii, which yet ' todayimprisons a crew of 1,100 victims ina perpetual watery grave .

One is forced to think: What ifthe world's leaders are not successful in instilling upon the minds oftheir populations, especia lly theyoung, the horrors of war? Certainlyone would think they have a bet terchance to do so today. The last global conflict was mankind's worst todate , with "monuments" such asPiskarevsky and Dach au constantlywith us to do the rem inding. Theseare not mere sta t ues in publicsquares immortalizing single heroesand martyrs of history. They are testimonies to genocide.The fact is, a future world war

would this time not involve a seriesof long sieges of cities or massiveland and sea battles. Instead mankind would experience the indescriba ble horror of weap on s soawesome they can wipe out wholecities and regions with one blast.Can today's leaders and the leaders

Swords Into PlowsharesIn the Ukrainian capital of Kiev,

we visited the "Park of EternalGlo ry to the Soldiers of the GreatPatriotic War." In the center of thepark is an obelisk ded icated toKiev's unknown soldier - a monument very simila r in style to theWashin gton Monument.The obelisk is impressive - espe

cially when seen on Victory Daywith hundreds of thou sands fromKiev and the surrounding environspouring through the park. Nevertheless, another monument in thepark was more memorable. It was astatue erect ed to the 'honor of General Vatutin, who led the Sovietforces in their recapture of Kiev in1943. Lyudm ila , our Ukraini an Intourist guide, pointed out that thesculptor of the statue, Evge nivVuchetich, was the same artist whoproduced the famous "swords intoplowshares" statue in front of theUnit ed Na tion's General Assemblybuilding in New York. I thought itwas really rather remarkable thatthe work depicting a wonderfulprophecy out of a book of the Hebrew Bible had been commissionedto an artist representing an officially


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Oil Price War -No Solution on theHorizon

When the Arab oil embargo waslifted last March, the crisis, instead ofbeing over, shifted into the realm ofinternational finance.A Imost overnight the internationaloil bill has jumped from $25 billion to$100 billion. As a result, the twelvemember nations of the Organizationof Petroleum Exporting Countriesare likely to register a trade surplusof about $70 billion fo r 1974 as opposed to only $5 billion last year.Their major, customers, on the otherhand, the industrialized nations of thenon-Communist world, could slumpinto a massive deficit of $40 billionthis y ear - after having enjoyed acombined trade surplus of$12 billionfo r 1973.No nations are more seriously affected by the oil price crisis than themembers of Europe's Common Market. Plain Truth correspondent FrankSchnee files this report:Dusseldorf:Large ly because of the skyrocketing price in the cost of impor

ening financial chaos. It is fearedthat the oil producing states, by suddenly switching their astronomicalreserves from one currency to another, could touch off an international monetary crisis.David Rockefeller, chairman ofChase Manhattan Bank, recentlycalled the prob lem one of "globalmagnitude and urgency." He hasbeen on a tour of the world's financial centers to find government helpwith the prob lem.

When asked if he foresaw an immediate solution to the mountingcrisis, Mr. Rockefeller said: "As forme personally having a solution, Iam afra id I have to answer you, No,I don't!"Huge balance of payments deficits in the oil-buying nations arefueling inflation, which was alreadythreatening to go out of control before the new quadrupled oil prices.There is some fear now that somenations will start protectionist mea-

French ReevaluateDefense Posture

There are changes in the wind fo rthe French defense policy . The implications for Western Europe and the

sures (as Italy a lready has) to conserve foreign exchange for oilpurchases. This could have a drasticstifling effect on world t rade.

The world's financial markets arealready admitting to a precariouss ituation, as is witnessed by recentdevelopments. The banking systemwas dealt a severe blow when theFranklin National Bank of NewYork almost colla psed, and the Hers ta tt Bank of Cologne actually did.Since then, several smaller banks inGermany and one in Austr ia haveclosed their doors. Dozens of otherbanks are known to be having greatdifficulties in staying solvent.

One Swiss banker stunned Europeans recently when he suggestedthat a country like Italy or Britainmay have no alternative out of theliquidity problem except to call amoratorium on payments of theirdebts for a year. If this should happen , a panic-motivated run onbanks could result.Gaulle pulled French forces out ofNATO and demanded that theheadquarters of both NATO andSHAPE (Supreme Headquarters ofthe Allied Powers in Europe), located in Paris since the early days ofthe all iance, leave France.


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moving toward arms standard-ization, and the French would liketo capture a big share of that market. Figures vary, but one sourcesays sales could run as high as $3.5billion over the next few years.Third, renewed French cooperation in the military sphere wouldcomplement President Valery Giscard d'Estaing's new political initiative o f r el au nc hi ng th e n eardormant move toward West Euro- .pean political union. The close personal relationship between Giscardan d West German Chancellor Helmu t Schmidt is viewed as a positivesign in this direction. As reported ina recent issue of L 'Express:"An aide of the President sumsup the current state of thought: 'Theessence of this affair is political.'You can 't cooperate with Germanyan d at the same time mistrust her.You can't desire to build Europeand lean toward neutral nationalism."L 'Express continues: "Mr. Giscard d'Estaing has concluded thatthe theory of a 'national sanctuary'no longer holds up. France is not

Switzerland. Its destiny cannot beisolated from the destiny of theother countries of Western Eu

though Giscard appears to be in favor of French forces participating inthe defense of Europe, France'seventual reinsertion into the framework ofNATO is very unlikely . Giscard will probably propose thecreation of some type of cooperativeorganization to coordinate European defense policy, possibly acouncil of defense ministers. And, inaddition, possibly some type of European Armament Agency to oversee the s t a n d a r d i z a t i o n andpurchase of arms .In light of these new moves, onetrend is increasingly evident. Eco-, nomic pressures might bring aboutpreviously unacceptable politicalproposals - even an all-Europeannuclear defense force.

Inflation SoarsWorldwideInflation and its corroding social

effects are by no means limited toWestern Europe, the United States,or those perennial inflation cham-pions, the nations of Latin America.Now it is striking home in Australiaas well. Dennis Luker and Don Abra-ham report from on the scene.

power of the Australian dollar. Retail prices are rising at an almostunprecedented rate, making lifeparticularly difficult for those onfixed incomes,Some ofAustralia's largest building and construction companies arefinding their financial solvencythreatened by a credit squeeze.Labor union militancy has greatlyincreased, reflecting the genuineconcern many union leaders arefeeling over the hardships their

members are experiencing. Strikesare becoming more numerous andprotracted.Further compounding the problem is that Australia, a major trading nation, must pay continuallyinflated prices for its needed imports .To make matters worse, there areindications that the government isdeeply divided on how to handle theproblem.

Meanwhile , A us tra li an s h av ebeen given a sobering warning byone of Australia's leading academics. Professor R. I. Downing, economics professor at MelbourneUniversity and chairman of theAustralian Broadcasting Commission, has stated: "Unless income re


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BANNER-CARRYINGNationalists march out of Stir ling, Sco t land for a rallyat Bannockburn, three m iles away.

in 16 dollars just to have the.same purchasing power, in terms oftoday's 40 dollar?A recent U. S. Chamber of Commerce report illustra ted the bigheadaches ahead.- $7,200 in wages will have torise to $18,000 .- $3,000 cars will cost $7,500.- $25,000 homes - $62,500.- $4 ,000 college tuit ion$10,000.$300 television sets, $750.- $125 suit of clothes, $312.- $30 pa ir of shoes , $75.At the same rate of inflation, afamily's weekly budget will have torise as follows:- Housing, from $56 to $140;clothing and laundry, from $25 to$62; and transportation, from $20 to$50.Not much to look forward to, isit?

Rising Tide ofSeparatism ThreatensUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom, bereft of em -

pire and assailed by pressing eco-

In Scotland, the prodigious discoveries of off-shore oil have addedmomentum to the nationalist thrust.Dreams of an independent nationflowing with oil and whiskey areproving an irresistible lure to increasing numbers of Scots. "PoorBritish or Rich Scots?" is the cry ofthe Scottish Nationalist Party as thegovernment in London sinks furtherand furt her into an economic mo

"Celtic fringe" at the next election- doubling or maybe even triplingtheir present representation. Mainlyas a result of the growing nationalistpressure, the mainline Conservativeand Labour Parties have eased theirpas t s tands against more home ruleand have set about dangling the carrots of limited self-government before the Scotti sh and Welshelectorates. Such a concept, how


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WHILE THE DELEGATES ARGUE ...

THE POPUlADON BOMB TICKS AWAYby Chris Carpente r and Ray Kosanke


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ploiting" the developing nationsan d slow down their own mass-consumption economies. Delegatesfrom underpopula ted developingcountries such as Zambia wonderedwhy they should be lumped in thesame category as the densely populated developingnations such as India.There was a lot o f name-calling.Even a hardened core of women'slibbers had their say. To their wayof thinking, unless the status o fwomen can be "upgraded" worldwide, the female half of the humanrace has no choicebut to livesimplyashomemakers and baby "breeders."The accusers, even though sometimes voicing legitimate complaints,always appeared right in their owneyes. All in all, the politics of population tended to overshadow the actual facts an d statistics gathered bythe world's leading demographers.Nearly Four BillionWorld population is now in theregion of 3.8 billion (3.8 thousandmillion). Such a figure may be quitemeaningless to most of us.Population increase, on the otherhand, is easier to grasp. In 1850,

there were a billion people on earth.The figure doubled by 1929, when

According to Malthus: "Thepower of population is indefinitelygreater than the power in the ear thto provide subsistence for men. Population, when unchecked, increasesin a geometrical ratio. Subsistenceincreases only in an arithmeticalratio."Here in Bucharest, some delegates took strong exception to theMalthusian doctrine, so widely accepted in the West. Not withoutsome logic, Huang Shu-tse, China'sdeputy minister of health, assertedthat "the world 's population hasmore than trebled since that of Malthus' time, but there has been amuch greater increase in the material wealth of society."But with world population nowincreasing faster than ever before ,will the production an d processingof food an d other raw materials beable to increase at the same rate?Confirmed Malthusian demographers say, "N o way." They havesome rather alarming statistics toback up their call for populationcontrol.Post-War SurgeAt the end of World War II, the

birth rate in W es te rn c ou n tr ie ssurged sharply upward. This was

more than a decade in many lessdeveloped countries. The decline inthe death rate in these nations wasmost apparent in babies, childrenan d young adults. Consequently,the high proportion of young peoplehas now become the most criticalissue of the population puzzle in thedeveloping countries. In most of theThird World , over 40 percent of thepopulation is under 15 years of age,compared with 30 percent in NorthAmerica and only 25 percent in Europe. The reproductive potential ofthese young people is vast. So vastthat, as they in turn procreate,man-kind will face the prospect of a menacing future.During 1974, 74 million peoplewill be born in excess of those whowill die. This is equivalent to creating another France or another WestGermany. Every second there aretwo a dd it io na l m ou th s to feed.Every day there are 200,000 morebirths than deaths, 6 million moreevery month. It is no wonder thenthat numerous 'expe rts fea r th eworld is hurtling rapidly to a crisispoint.Thi rd Wor ld FearsOne persistent hurdle the popu


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necessity. Young wome n trying topractice birth control are discouraged by members of the older generation. Social factor s such as thesemake birth control programs appearat times about as real istic as Canut e's attempts to keep back thewaves.What About Food?Here in Bucharest, not nearlyenough att ent ion was paid to equat

ing populat ion with avai lable andpotential food supplies. Perhaps thede legates chose to leave this to theU.N. sponsored World Food Con ference to be held this November inRome.Neve rtheless, perhaps the mostfrightening aspect of the presentpopulation dilemma is that, whilepopu lation con tinues to burgeon;food production is lagging behind.The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organiza tion has been warning recen tly of the th reat of massivestarvation "later this yea r or in yea rsto come."Lester Brown, a top American agricultural economist, told an audience here: " I feel food is onlygoing to become scarcer. The era ofcheap food is gone."

very greatest personal and politicalwill on the part of all nations will berequired to grapple with it. Onlyglobal cooperation on a scale neverbefore seen in history - meaning anabout face cha nge in man 's mindand basic intentions - can possiblyavert global catastrophe. Such aun ited approach and common willis ju st not in evidence. And if thepolitical hassling at Bucharest is anyindication, it never will be.N ations and ind ividuals will continue to pursue their own selfish andshort-sighted policies. Histo ry willcontinue to be strewn with tokensolutions and strings of meaninglessand ineffectual platitudes.Of themselves, men and nationsdivided politically, morally, and religiously cannot arrive at a unit ed"plan for action," a term much used

(a nd un ach ieved ) a t Bucharest.They cannot overturn millennia ofsuperstition, religious custom, andmutually exclusive political ideologies and repl ace such with trueand lasting values.Needed - Righteous AuthorityOnly a world government with anall-powerful righteous judge at thehead could make the fundamental

mattocks and their spears into pruning-knives; nat ion sha ll not liftsword against nation nor ever againbe trained for war , and each manshall dwell und er his own vine, under his own fig-tree, und isturbed.For the Lord of Hosts himself hasspoken" (Micah 4:1-4, The NewEnglish Bible).Her e is portrayed a coming,world-ruling kingdom with power toenforce peace among the nations.Mankind will no longer be dividedaga inst itself - but be unit ed in acommon philosophy of "love towardneighbor ." Not ice also that everyman will have his own vine and figtree, indicating suffic ient sustenancefo r each family. There is obviouslyno popul ation or food problem inthis future setting.Th e pro phet Isa iah also spoke of

a coming time when the people ofJerusalem - indeed all mankind will have sufficient food. The population explosion and food shortageswill be things of the past. "The Lordwill give you ra in for the seed yousow, and as the produce of your soilhe will give you heavy crops of cornin plenty. When that day comes thecattle shall graze in broad pastures;the oxen and asses that work your


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Ominous events are fore shadowed by the recent violent upheaval in Cyprus. Ithas long-range implicationsfor the United States andWestern Europe.by Roderick C. Meredith

How It Began - This Time

F EAR AND hatred now rule Cyprus. The Greek and Turkishcommunities on this embattled isle have virtually sworn thatneith er will ever live under theother's authority again.

In Turkish-occupied Famagusta ,the island's foremost tourist city,row upon row of homes and villasstand empty. An eerie silence stalksthe stree ts. Thousands of Greek Cypriot residen ts have fled in terrorfr om th e app roaching Turk ishtroops - doubly apprehensive because of the legend of Turkishfierceness in battl e.Homes, farms, and jobs of the displaced Greek Cypriots are gone .Most of their clothi ng and personalpossessions were left behind in thei rhasty retreat. Businesses were oftenloo t ed of their ex pe nsive inventories.


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rect control of the island in orde r tobring about the long dreamed ofgoal of Enosis - un ion of Cypruswith Greece.Events seemed to go their way atfirst as the Greek Cypriots took overmany key installations and installeda new president , Nikos Sam pson.But then rumblings began of military moves by Turkey to intervenedirectly in the Cyprus situation. Despite pleas in various world quart erscalling for a negotiated settlemen t, afull-scale Turk ish invasion was soonund er way. The Turks had come,they said, to protect the rights of theTurk ish-Cyp riot minority whi chcomprises only one fifth of the island 's popul ation. Turkish forcessystema tically destroyed Gr eek installations on the island - poundingin to subm issio n the outgunnedGreek Cypriots with arms and mortars. At present, the Turks cont rolmore than a third of the island'sterr itory and over sixty percent of itsnatural resou rces. This, of course, isfar out of proportion to the nativeTurkish popula tion of Cyprus.The Greek Cypriot leader, Mr.Clerides, has publicly procla imedthat , unless the Turks pull backfrom much of the former Greek ter

events - two NATO "a llies" heavilysupplied with arms from Americaand other NATO countr ies, boththr eatening each other with fullscale war!Yet. these two nations have beenof paramount importance to NATOand to Western control of the Mediterran ean . Each contributed proportionately more military punch to thealliance than any other Europeanmember. And, despite a successionof governments, G reece had consta ntly remained a strong NA TOally for some twenty-two yea rs.Even before the Cyprus tragedy,

Greece was ra pidly modernizing itsmilitary arsenal. It had recently ordered a squadron of F-4 fighterbombers from the United States,and in formed sources in Athens saythat another squadron is "in thepipeline." From France the Greeksare buying forty Mirage je t fightersin a $240 million arms deal designed to balance their arms purchases an d end the ir dependence onAmerica for arms support.G re ece's co n tr i bu t i o n we n tbeyon d her own arms capabilit ies.Th e cities of Athens and Thessaloniki have been key ports used byNATO vessels in the eastern Med i

for thei r wives and children in thehome-porting procedure.Greece therefore seemed destined to take on additional stra tegic importance as a valuable friend anda lly of NAT O and th e UnitedSta tes.Yet , in a moment, a ll of this mayhave gone down the drain. TheUnited States ambassador to Cyprus, Roger Davies, was killed byGreek Cypr iot extremists in an attack ' on the U. S. embassy in Nicosia. There are growing signs ofanti-Americanism in Greece itself.If the loss of Greece to NATO becomes permanent, the allian ce couldsuffer a crippling blow.Future Middle East CrisesIn the event of a fu ture MiddleEast war or wars, control of the

Mediterran ean could prove to be ofutmost strategic importance. Shouldthere occur a major East-West superpow er co nfro nta ti o n in th eM iddle Ea s t - o n ly narrowlyavoided in the 1973 flareup - continued access to NATO bases onGreece as well as Cyprus itself,where the British have "sovereignrights," would be critically important.


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Challenging th is view, the Turkish Energy & Natu ral ResourcesMinister , Fahit Kayra. rec entlystated: "A continental shelf is acountry's natural extension to thesea. Oil wells that are in this naturalextension definitely belong to thatcountry. In this piece of land whichbelongs to Turkey, the Council ofMinisters has every right to issue oilprospecting licenses to the Turkishpetroleum companies."

Pronouncements in G reek papershave made it clear that " if Turkeyattemps to violate Greek sovereignrights in the Aegea n even by aninch, she would meet the decisivere act ion of th e Greek ArmedForces."A Volat ile Area

Every ind icat ion is that duringthe immediate weeks and monthsah ead , the eas te rn Med iterraneanarea will remain highly explosive.

Fear and hat red do rule on Cypru s today. No. formula for settlingthe dispute will likely sa tisfy all parties involved. Greece and Turkey even apart from Cyprus - have acenturies-old history of strife. TheAegean oil crisis could provide thespark that would ignite another war

been evident: In such conflicts asthe Cyprus war, the United Statescannot satisfy all sides even if itwants to.Dip lomacy FailsIn a world filled with hatred andviolence. a world where truth and

ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS, now61 , le d Cyprus to i ndependencefrom Britain in 1960. He servedas the republic 's president fromtha t time unti l last July whenCypriot t roops encouraged byGreek army officers overthrewthe government of the island.

and-grab raid , and people who donot want to be grabbed will have totake their pre caut ions."The Plain Truth has for over fortyyea rs pointed out the need for inter

vention by a higher power if man isever to have enduring peace.When you hear the out-pourings

of hate and bitterness that follow11 and accompany such seemingly in

~ soluble problems as the civil war inNo rthe rn Ireland , the Middle Eastconflict, and the Cyp rus tragedy. itis well to stop and medi tate on the

Q; words of the creator of all hum an'" ity: " 'Their mouth is full of curses

and bitt erness.' 'Their feet are swiftto shed blood , in their paths are ruinand misery, and the way of peacethey do not know.' 'There is no fearof God before their eyes' " (RSY).These verses, taken from the third

chapter of Romans in the New Testament , ought to teach - indeed,some day will teach a chastened andhumbled mankind - that we cannothave true peac e and happ iness bygoing to war to achi eve selfish national objectives. God alone knowsand reveals the way to peace - away which is based on surrender tohis rule of love and outgoing concern for all mankind .


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Poised on the brink of nationalbankruptcy, economic chaosand political anarchy, Italy iss ick . Her disease is inflation ,and th e months ahead are critical indeed.by Ray Kosanke

POUR YEARS ago when Ant oniostarted school, the corn oil hismother used in her dailycooking cost 500 lira pe r liter.equivalent to abo ut 82 a quart.Today the same liter costs 1.600 lira- $2.64. The gasoline Antonio'sfather puts into his small Fiat nowcosts him the equivalent of over$1.85 per U. S. gallon .Many average workers in Italy.like Antonio's father, are spendingapproxima tely 80% of the ir incomesmerely to feed and clothe thei r fam ilies. Th ese are very difficult timesindeed for the Italian working class.

Acco rding to Italy's Central Sta tistical Institute, consumer prices increased 19.3% during the twelvemonth period ending in July . Theincrease for July alone was 2.4%which, if continued for the nexttwelve months. would mean an annual rate of 28.8%.Economists, in an effort to est imate a "danger rate for democracy ," have concluded that 20% isapproximately the limit. Beyondthis point. inflat ion becomes analarm ing poli tical threat because itsimply imposes too great a strain onthe steady but deliberate give-andtake nature of the democratic process. Var ious sectors of the economy, instead of working together asin normal times, become rivals. eachdemand ing greater mate rial prosperity for themselves at the expenseof other groups.

The End of a MiracleThe economic "miracle" that Antonio's parents and grandparentsenjoyed in Italy afte r World War IIwas based on two majo r factors: alarge base of low-cost labor withinItaly and the availa bility of low costraw materials such as crude oil andiron ore from abroad. (Ita ly mustimport 99% of its oil - the basis for

national market, begin ning the nowgrievous balance of payments problem.At the same time, according toeconomic ana lysts, growing industries. which should have been ableto retrain workers from failing industries. were swamped by a largemigration of workers from thefarms. Throughout the decade ofthe 1960's, some 200.000 people ayear left their farmlands primarilyin Italy's impoverished south andmoved to the industrial north. Butmechanization of farming. whichhad allowed the same sort of migration in Britain. Ge rm an y and theUnited States during the previoushundred years. did not keep pacewith the fligh t of farm labor. As aresult. Italy became a net importerof food . Meat imports are now second only to pet roleum in Italy'sdeepening bal ance of payments gap- now running at the asto nishingra te of one billion dollars a month .

A Sys tem Fal ling ApartA day of reckoning has been onthe hor izon for several yea rs. butnow the spiraling price of oil in the

wake of th e oil emba rgo has hastened its coming .Many observers in Italy point to


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filters; doctors find it impossible tooperate; hospital administrators arerefusing to accept patients; contractors ' have stopped supplyinghospitals becau se hospitals do notpay them.Distrust of government. which

was carried ove r after the war. hasgrown rather than abated. Politicians were sucked into the vortex ofpolitical power. They enjoyed theprestige and position but were unable to roo t out and heal the basicproblems of the nation .Italy has already had 36 governments since the war. each averaging

less than 10 mon ths . Yet each government is formed bas ically of thesame men. but in different cabinetpositions. In stead of being thesource of bold initi ative or solid action to solve some of the agonizingwoes facing the nation. the gove rnment has become less and less credible to the people. For Antonio'sfather and man y of his countrymen.there have been too many chargesof graft and corrupti on . of Swissbank accounts and huge payoffsfrom oil companies to gove rnmentleaders.And meanwhile, gove rnmentalservices worsen. When Antonio fi

nally managed a laboriously written

There is a danger of Fascist subversio n. I sense in recent months afeeling of genera lized di sco nten t. . . . It' s very difficult to livein Italy right now. Te lephone s don'twork, the trains don't work, privilege remains - there appears to beno way out. Children die and hospi ta ls are not built, but the politica lparties continue to be paid. . . .People may soon get fed up, if itco ntinues to cut into their breadbasket too long. Thi s would be terrible because it would be the end ofthe country.Giovann i Agnelli, the chairman

of Fiat and one of the lead ing industrialists in Italy. stated: " Ita ly isproducing 100 and spend ing 120;we are living beyond our mean s andthat leads to bankruptcy."Wr iting in Vision. Europe's lead

ing business magazine . Livio Magnani put it even more pointedly:I ta lians are now living far beyondtheir means . . . [they ] have cont inued to squander their resou rces andcompanies have cont inued to runinto debt up to their necks - tosuch a point that the moneta ry authorities in turn have had to run upforeig n debts:

What ' s Ahead fo r Italy?

of the entire Mediterranean regionis deteri orating. Italy cannot esca pethe pressures.For Antonio 's Italy. the near fu

ture portends maj or changes. Fiatchairman Agnelli, speaking of bothIta ly and the West. sta ted : "M ajortransformations of our socie ty ar eunavoidable because the alternativeis. quite simply. world chaos."Whil e tank-filled streets and

black-shirted Fascists are not necessa rily on the age nda . Italy will certainl y suffe r furth er unrest ingove rnment. As one observer men tioned: "We 'r e either headed toward [coalit ion] government withthe communists - which is the laststraw in trying to use the parliament ary system to make it work or we' re headed into the unknown ."Wherever that "unknown" lead s.the rest of Europ e cou ld be dragged

along in its wake - for th ree majorreasons: ( I) incr easing European interd ependence on the Arab world .Mideast oil pressures have spurred atrem endous European investmenton the southern shore of the Mediterranean . Italy's boot provides Europe a needed geog raphical toeholdin the region. To protect her invest


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THE GARNER TED ARMSTRONG BROADCAST

DAILY RADIO LOGU.S. STATIONSEastern Time

ALLENTOWN - WSAN . 1470 kc.. 8:30p.m. Mon .-Sat .. 9:00 a.m. Sun.ATLANTA - WRNG. 680 kc .. 6:00 a.m.Mon.-Sat.ATLANTA - WGUN. 1010 kc.. I I :00 a.m.Mon.-Sat.. 4:00 p.m. Sun .BALTIMORE - WBAL. 1090 kc.. 8:30 a.m .Sun.BOSTON - WRKO . 680 kc.. 6:30 a.m.Sun.. 98.5 RM . WRORcFM. 6:30 a.m.Sun .BUFFALO - WWOL. 1120 kc.. 12:30 p.m.Mon.-Sat. , 10:00 a.m. Sun .CHATTANOOGA - WDEF. 1370 kc.. 7:30p.m. Mon .-Sun.SPRINGFIELD - WACE. 730 kc.. 12 noondaily.CINCINNATI - WCKY . 1530 kc.. 5:05a.m. daily, 12:05 a.m. Mon.. I :05 a.m.Tues.-Sun.CINCINNATI - WLW. 700 kc.. 7:00 a.m.& 11:00 p.m . Sun.CLEVELAND - WWWE. 1100 kc.. 11:15p.m. Mon .-F ri., I I :30 p.m. Sat.. 11:00p.m. Sun .DETROIT - WDEE. 1500 kc.. 11:30 p.m.

Mon .-Sun .FLINT - WKMF . 1470 kc.. 7:00 p.m. daily.GREENVILLE - WNCT. 1070 kc.. 12 noon

PHILADELPHIA - WRCP . 1540 kc.. 12noon, Mon .-Sat .. 10:30 a.m. Sun .PITTSBURGH - WPIT. 730 kc .. 12 noon .Mon.-Sat.. 11:00 a.m. Sun.RALEIGH - WPTF. 680 kc.. I : 15 p.m.Morr-Sat ., 9:30 a.m . Sun .RICHMOND - WRVA. 1140 kc .. 10:00

p.m. daily.ROANOKE - WFIR. 960 kc.. 7:00 p.m.daily.ROCHESTER - WH AM . 1180 kc.. 11:30p.m. Mon-Fri., 10:30 a.m. Sun.SOUTH BEND - WSBT. 96 0 kc. 9:00p.m. daily.TALLAHASSEE - WMEN. 1330 kc.. 1:00p.m. Mon.-Sat. , 10:30 a.m. Sun.TAMPA - WFLA. 970 kc.. 10:00 a.m. Sun.TAMPA - WINQ. 1010 kc.. 12: 15 p.m.daily.TOLEDO - WSPD . 1370 kc.. 10:00 p.m.Mon.-Sun.WHEELING - WWVA. 1170 kc.. 5:00 a.m.Mon .-Fri .. 8:30 a.m. Sun.-Fri .. 10:30a.m . & 11:30 p.m. Sun .

Central TimeBIRMINGHAM - WYDE. 850 kc .. 7:00

p.m. Mon.-Sat.. 6:30 p.m . Sun .DALLAS - KRLD . 1080 kc.. 5:00 a.m. &I I :00 p.m. daily.

PEORIA - WMBD . 1470 kc.. 10:30 p.m .Mon .-Sun.ST. LOUIS - WIL . 1430 kc., I I :30 p.m .Mon.-Sat.ST. PAUL - KRSI. 950 kc.. 8:00 p.m.daily.SAN ANTONIO - WOAI. 1200 kc.. 5:00a.m . Mon.-Sat .. 10:05 p.m. Sun .SHREVEPORT - KRMD . 1340 kc.. 10:00p.m. Mon.-Sun.TULSA - KRMG . 740 kc.. 10:00 a.m. Sun.WATERLOO - . KXEL. 1540 kc.. 8:30 p.m.Mon .-Sat .. 8.00 p.m. Sun .. 105.7 FM.11:30 a.m. Sun .

Mountain TimeALBUQUERQUE - KOB . 770 kc.. 9:30

a.m. Sun .. 11:00 p.m . Mon .-Sat.BILLINGS - KBMY. 1240 kc.. 6:30 p.m.daily.BOISE - KIDO . 630 kc.. 7:05 p.m. daily.CASPER - KTWO . 103 kc.. 6:05 p.m. &10:05 p.m. daily.DENVER - KOA. 850 kc.. 10:30 p.m.Mon .-Sat.. 7:00 p.m. Sun.FLAGSTAFF - KCLS . 600 kc.. 12:30 p.m .daily.KALISPELL - KOFI. 1180 kc.. 6:30 p.m.daily.SALT LAKE CITY - KSL . 1160 kc.. 5:06a.m. & I I :06 p.m. Mon .-Sat .. 5:30 a.m.


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CANADIAN STATIONSAtlantic Time

BAIE-VERTE - CKIM, 1240 ke.. 6 :00 p.m.daily.CAMBELLTON - CKNB, 950 ke.. 9:30p.m. Mon .-Sat.. 10:00 p.m. Sun.FREDERICTON - CFNB , 550 ke.. 10:05p.m. daily.GANDER - CKGA, 730 ke.. 6:00 p.m.daily.GRAND FALLS - CKCM, 620 ke.. 6:00p.m. daily.HALIFAX - CJCH, 920 ke.. 10:25 p.m.Mou-Sat., 10:00 p.m. Sun.MARYSTOWN - CHCM, 560 ke.. 6:00p.m. da ily.NEWCASTLE - CFAN, 790 ke.. 9:30 p.m.daily.ST. J OHN'S - CFBC, 932 ke.. 8:30 p.m .daily.ST. J OHN'S - VOCM , 590 ke.. 6:00 p.m .dai ly.SYDNEY - CJCB , 1270 ke.. 6:00 p.m.daily.YARMOUTH - CJLS, 1340 ke.. 7:00 p.m.Mou-Sat ., 4:30 p.m. Sun .

Eastern TimeBLIND RIVER - CJNR , 730 kc., 6:30 p.m.daily.CORNWALL - CJSS , 1220 kc., 10:30p.m. Mon.-Su n.ELLIOlT LAKE - CKNR, 1340 ke.. 6:30p.m. daily.KINGSTON - CKWS, 960 ke.. 10:30 p.m.Mon.-F ri.. II : 10 p.m. Sat ., 10:05 p.m .

Sun .KIRKLAND LAKE - CJKL , 560 ke.. 9:00p.m. da ily.LEAMINGTON - CHYR, 710 ke.. 5:30a.m. & 6:30 p.m. daily.

THUNDER BAY - CKPR-FM, 94.3 me..8:30 p.m . daily.TIMMINS - CKGB, 680 ke.. 9:30 p.m.Morr-Sat ., 9:00 p.m. Sun .TORONTO - CKPC , 1380 ke.. 6:30 p.m.

daily.Central Time

DAUPH IN - CKDM , 730 ke.. 6:30 p.m.daily.DRYDEN - CKDR, 900 ke.. 7:30 p.m.Mon.-Fri .KENORA - CJRL, 1220 ke .. 7:30 p.m.Mon .-Fr i.PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - CFRY, 920 ke..6:30 p.m. daily.PRINCE ALBERT - CKBI, 900 ke.. 7:30p.m. Mon.-Fri.. 8:00 p.m. Sat ., 2:00 p.m.

Sun .REGINA - CKRM, 980 ke.. 8:30 p.m.dail y.SASKATOON - CFQC, 600 ke.. 8:30 p.m.daily.SW IFT CURRENT - CKWS , 1400 ke..6:30 p.m. daily.YORKTON - CJGX, 940 ke.. 6:30 p.m.daily.

Mountain TimeCALGARY - CFCN, 1060 ke.. 10:15 p.m.Sun .-Fri .. 8:30 p.m. Sat.CAMROSE - CFCW , 790 ke.. 8:30 p.m.Mou-Sat ., 2:30 p.m. Sun.DAWSON CREEK - CJDC, 1350 ke.. 8:00p.m . da ily.PEACE RIVER - CKYL, 610 ke..'6:00 a.m.Mon .-Sat., 7:30 p.m. Sun.RED DEER - CKRD, 850 ke.. 6:30 p.m .daily.


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THE GARNER TED ARMSTRONG TELECASTWEEKLY TV LOG

U.S. STATIONSEastern Time

AKRON - Channel 23 , WAKR-TV . 5:30p.m. Sun.ALBANY - Channe l 10 , WT EN-TV. 2:30p.m. Sat.BUFFALO - Channel 2 , WGR -TV . 10:30a.m. Sun.CHARLESTO N - Channe l 2, WCBD-TV .12:30 p.m. Sun.GREENVILLE - Channel 9, WNCT-TV .10:30 p.m. Sun.INDIANAPOLIS - Channe l 4 , WTTVTV . 12:30 p.m . Sat.

JO HNSON CITY - Channe l 11 , WJHLTV. 10:30 p.m. Sun .

LANSING - Channel 10 , WILX -TV .10:00 a.m. Sun.NEW YORK - Channe l 9, WOR-TV.10:00 p.m. Sun .PHILADELPHIA - Channel 17 , WPHLTV . u .oo p.m . Sun.

PLATTSBURG - Channel 5 . WPTZ-TV.5:30 p.m. Sat.PORTLAND - Channel 8 , WMTW-TV .I I :30 a.m. Sun.PORTSMOUTH - Channel 10 . WAVY TV . I :00 p.m. Sun.

PROVIDENCE - Channel 12 , WPRI -TV.2:30 p.m . Sat.SOUTH BEND - Channel 22 , WSBT -T V.4:00 p.m . Sat.WASHINGTON, D.C. - Channel 7.WMAL-TV. 12:30 p.m. Sun.WILKES-BARRE - Channel 28 , WB RETV , 12:00 p.m. Sun.

PEORIA - Channe l 19 . WRAU -TV .10:30 a.rn. Sun.ST . LOUIS - Channel 11 , KPLR-TV ,9:00 p.m. Sun.SAN ANTONIO - Channe l 12 , KSAT-TV , 6:30 p.m. Sat.

SPRINGFIELD - Channel 27 , KMTC. TV . 10:00 p.m . Sun.SPRINGFIELD - Channe l 2 0, WICS-TV ,1:00 p.m . Sat.WICHITA - Channel 3, KARD-TV ,I I :00 a.m, Sun.

Mountain TimeBI LLINGS - Channel 8, K ULR-TV , 5:30p.m. Sat.DENVER - Channel 4, KOA-TV, 11:30a.m . Sat.GARDEN CITY .; Channel 11: 'KGLDTV. I I :00 a.m. Sun .

PHOEN IX - Channe l 12, KTAR-TV ,3:00 p.m. Sat.SA LT LAKE CITY - Channel 5 , KSL-TV.1:00 p.m. Sat.TUCSON - Channel 9 , KGUN-TV , 1:00p.m. Sun.

Pacific TimeANCHORAGE - Channel 13 , KIMO-TV .6:30 p.m . Wed,BAKERSFIELD - Cha nnel 23 , KERO TV . 4:30 p.m. Sun.

FRESNO - Channel 24 , KM J-TV, 10:00a.m , Sun.

SYDNEY - Channel 4 , CJCB-TV, 2:30p.m. Sun.Eastern Time

BARRIE - Chan ne l 3 , CKVR -TV , 9:00a.m. Sun.HAMILTON - Channel 11 , CHCH -TV.8:00 a.m. Sun.KINGSTON - Channel 11 , CKWS-TV ,12:00 p.m. Sat.M ONTREAL - Channel 12 , CFCF-TV .5:30 p.m . Sun.NORTH BAY - Channe l 4 , CHN B-TV .5:30 p.m . Sun .PEMBROKE - Channel 5 , CHOV-TV, 12noon Sun.

PETERSBOROUGH - Ch anne l 12 ,CHEX-TV , 12 noon Sat.QUEBEC CITY - Cha nne l 5 , CK M I 1:00p.m, Sun.SAULT STE. MAR IE - Channe l 2, CJIC TV . 9:30 a.m . Sat.

SUDBURY - Channel 9 . CK NC -TV .1:00 p.m. Sun.THUNDER BAY - Channel 4 . CHFD TV, 5:00 p.m. Sun .

TI MMI NS - Channel 6 , CFCL -TV. 5:30p.m. Sun .Central Time

BRANDON - Channel 5 , CKX-TV. 4:00p.m. Sun.PRINCE AL BERT - Channel 5 , CK BITV , 5:30 p.m. Sun .REGINA - Channe l 2, CKCK -TV, 12:00p.m. Sun.


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ThanksgivingDay


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native foods - fruits and vegetables,wild turkeys, pumpkins and such constituted the fare of the firstthanksgiving day and became thetraditional food for that day .In succeeding years , thanksgivingfestivals became very popular inNew England. The colonists cele

brated thanksgiving days in recognition of such happy events as goodharvests and victories over Indians.President Washington issued thefirst presidential thanksgiving proclamation in honor of the new constitution in 1789.During the 19th century, an increasing number of states observedthe day annually, each appointingits own date.As America grew, there was evermore to be thankful for. In the yearsthat passed since John Winthrop'sprophetic sermon, America hadtruly become a "Citty upon a Hill ."As the Civil War ended, the down trodden masses of the world lookedexpectantly to America as the newland of hope and opportunity. Immigrants from many lands arrivedon American shores to try to catchthe American dream."We find ourselves," AbrahamLincoln said, "in the peaceful pos

upon th e overruling power ofGod . . . and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the HolyScriptures and proven by all history,that those nations only are blessedwhose God is the Lord . . . . We havebeen the recipients of the choicestblessing of heaven. We have beenpreserved, these man y years , inpeace and prosperity. We havegrown in numbers , wealth andpower as no other nation ever hasgrown; BUT WE HAVE FORGOTTENGOD! We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us inpeace, and multiplied and enrichedand strengthened us; and we havevainly imagined, in the deceitfulnessof our hearts, that all these blessingswere produced by some superiorwisdom and virtue of our own."President Lincoln saw a nation

drunk with success not due to itsown efforts. He saw a nation takingall the credit and glory to itself. Thisgreat president called upon the nation for a day of fasting and prayerto confess this national sin beforeGod .

Later that same year, on October3, Lincoln proclaimed the lastThursday of November as Thanksgiving Day - a day to give thanks to

What happened - and what iscontinuing to happen?Today America has no nationalgoal. We have recklessly squandered much of our fabulous wealth

and polluted much of our beautifulland.Greed, selfishness and ingratitudecharacterize many segments of so

ciety. Other nations are no longer asimpressed with America and theway Americans do things as theyused to be.Historians are now speculating

whether the bicentennial of theUnited States will find the nation sogripped with debili tating internaland external problems that it will nolonger be the world's number onepower.What does all this mean - and

what does it have to do withThanksgiving?Just this: Our materialistic way oflife has stripped the value andmeaning from the simple state ofbeing thankful.Nothing more typifies the national condition of spiritual unconcern and neglect than the near totallack of publicity and regard for theSenate resolution setting aside April30, 1974 as a national day of humili


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every American ought to reflect,with heartfelt concern, on our national shortcomings as well as onour God-given national blessings.

How to Make ThanksgivingMeaningful

There is nothing wrong with goodfood, family reunions and footballgames on Thanksgiving Day. But alltoo many use these activitieswrongly and forget the purpose forthe holiday. While millions elsewhere in the world join the army ofthe starving, most Americans willeat far more food than necessary.Few, however, will stop to give. God heartfelt thanks for this food even on Thanksgiving Day .As we observe Thanksgiving Daythis year, we need to stop and soberly reflect on why we have somuch , why we are losing it so fast,and where we are headed. Why areAmerica's (or the world's) economicand social problems so seeminglywithout solution? Why does America get blamed for so many of theworld's problems? (Our free book,The United States and British Com-monwealth in Prophecy, will help answer these questions. Send yourrequest to the office nearest you.)


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"The familythat drinkstogether..."by Gary Alexander


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k IMPORTANT Federal report.1'""'\. sent to the U. S. Congress. last July 10 warns that a person who drinks more than threeounces of whiskey (the standard"double"), a half bottle of wine, orfour glasses of beer daily runsnearly a 2112 times greater risk ofmouth cancer than an abstainer, orabout the same cancer risk as a person who smokes 40 cigarettes eachday. And if the heavy drinker addedthese three ounces of whiskey to atwo-pack-a-day cigarette habit, therisk of developing cancer of themouth or throat multiplied to 15times that of an abstainer.

The re po rt c on sid er ed threeounces of whiskey (or about IY2ounces of absolute alcohol) as the"upper limit of moderation."

Bad News and Good NewsSo much for the bad news. Theother side of the report titled "Alcohol and Health" advised: "There isno evidence that the moderate useof alcohol is harmful to health." Infact, according to Dr. Morri s E.Chafetz, director of the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, "Moderate drinkers, as astatistical group, live longer than

gusto than they could handle. They,like most other alcoholics, remainedrespectably employed until the end.Their "Skid Row" was only betweentheir ears. These hidden alcoholics(which comprise 95 to 97 percent ofall alcoholics) endured a life-longbattle between edgy abstinence andhorrible hangovers before collapsing on their carpet floor with thesame finality as a Skid Row drunkcollapsing in the gutter.Anyone looking at the twistedlives of such alcoholics must conclude that alcohol, the substance ofand by itself, is surely an evil thing.It is not alcohol, however, that iswrong , but the wrong use of it. Alcohol is a chemical compound, composed of a fixed and orderly set ofatoms which form a molecule ofethyl alcohol (or ethanol) .Instead of recognizing the benefits and dangers of this neutralspirit, recent history is replete withthe controversy between the "alcohol-is-evil" temperance movement(which advocates abstension ratherthan temperance) and the "alcohol

is-the-center-of-my-life" philosophyof an alcohol-dependent minority. -

The "dry" and "wet" controversy,formerly waged within state and na

This is because the areas of restraint, judgment, and inhibition arethe first regions of the brain to beaffected . Therefore, while thetongue and body are loosed to sayand do things tha t the brain wouldotherwise prohibit, the brain'smemory, motor functions, and logical function are not immediatelyimpaired. In small quantities, th is"social lubrication" can be therapeutic, but in many cases, drinkersdon't stop imbibing when stimulated.Larger amounts of alcohol serveas a depressant to the more objective centers of the brain (memory,

motor, and logical functions) .Shakespeare expressed this dualityby saying alcohol "provokes the desir e bu t takes away the performance."A more scientific explanation ofShakespeare 's couplet was revealedrecently in a thorough study ofyoung college men . Various groupswere given one, two, or three ounces

of absolute a lcohol (in cocktailform), then they were tested on theirability to solve problems of symbolic logic.Those who consumed one ounceof alcohol (equivalent to about two


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the manner most of us drink water.Workmen often imbibe wine all daylong, without serious social censureor visible side effects. The hiddentoll is quite serious , however , as theFrench lead the world in deaths dueto cirrhosis of the liver (328 deathsper million people per year), andhave the highest alcoholic rate inthe world - 9.4 percent.Meanwhile, across the Alps, thesecond-highest wine (and total alcohol) consumers in the world, theItalians, drink an average of I IIlitres of wine per person per year,yet amazingly they have the lowestalcoholism rate in th e Wester nworld, 0.4 percent. Why is there thisvast gap in alcoholism between thetwo largest alcohol consuming nations?Although virtually all Italians

drink alcohol , very few of themdrink outside the home. Four out offive (80 percent) drink only at mealtime and among family members.Drunkenness is frowned upon bychurch an d family in Italy, whereasoverdrinking is more socially acceptable (even considered "masculine") in France.The main influence on Italianmoderation is the powerful family

the national average, which reflectsthe heavy drinking pattern in Ireland. Other ethnic groups drink asoften, but avoid imbibing alcohol inany appreciable quantities. In somestates , the majority abstain totally.Fo r instance, a Bible Belt state , suchas Alabama , consumes just on efourth of the alcohol (per capita)that Western states such as Nevadaand California consume.

Family PatternTh e key to alcohol education inAmerica - as in Italy and France is the example o f the family. Mostalcoholics are the children of alcoholics, while the children of parentswho drink in moderation have onlya 2 percent chance o f becoming alcoholics.If the parents are strict abstainers,

however, their children's chances ofalcoholism lie somewhere between 2an d 25 percent. If the children ofabstainers don 't themselves abstain,they tend to drink secretly , furtively ,rebelliously, and more intemperately than children who are taughtthe right example of moderation.Abstainers have a hard time resisting a drink in such a heavily drinking society, unless they are armed

(like the children of Italians andJews) would likely never drink toexcess outside the home. Th e example of the Jewish Americans supports this approach.

The Jewish ExampleJewish Americans have the highest percentage of drinkers in theUnited States, but the lowest percentage of alcoholism. In New YorkCity, there are more Jews than inthe nat ion of Israel , yet they comprise less than one percent of thatcity's alcoholics.Drinking is almost universa lamong the Jews, star ting ceremo nially , for males, on the eighth day

o f life (circumcision) when wine istouched to the ba by's lips. The habito f d ri nk in g c on ti nu es on eve ryweekly Sabbath, the holy days, weddings, funerals , and numerous othersocia l and ceremonial occasions.Moderate drinking is virtually man-datory. -This formula has all but eliminated alcoholism from among theOrthodox Jewish population. Wheredid the Jews develop their "winning

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(Continued from page 1)eluded science, religion, educationand governments - answers to theseemingly unanswerable?

What I knew was something undiscovered by science, somethingoutside the field of technology, overlooked by religion, unt aught byeducation.Yes, it would seem one shouldretort with that age-old cliche, "Justwho do you th ink you are?' Theyshould ask, "Do you set yourselfabove science, religion, educa tion?"

And I answer, "No , indeed !" Ihave just been willing to BE LIEVE theSOURCE of knowledge and truth. Itwas all there for any and everyoneto know, IFTHEY WOULD ONLYHAVEBELIEV ED!Well how did it come about?Back in 1926 I was cha llenged! I

was challenged on the theory ofevolution and on a biblical question.I wasn't religious. I knew virtuallynothing of the Bible. I had no interest in it. I did have an in terest in

and the woman he had just createdin what they needed to know. It portrayed him revealing basic knowledge - knowledge undiscoverableand unobtainable, except by revelation from the SOURCE. But the firsthumans didn 't believe! After all,they had on ly thei r Maker's wordfor it! The serpent suggested theirMaker was not a reliable source ofknowledge."You sha ll not surely die ," helied , contradicting the Creator's positive statement. When Eve observedthat the forbidden fruit was goodfor food, pleasant to the sense ofsight, and intellectually challenging,intellectual cur iosity seized her , andshe decided to make the first "scientific" experiment.Th e scientific method is observation , experimentation, arid reason,but rejection of revelation. She disbelieved, disobeyed, seized the forbidden fruit , a n d induced he rhusband to join the experiment.They took to themselves productionof the knowledge of wha t is goodand wha t is evil.Result of that experiment: They

died! And their posterity have beendisbelieving, disobeying, relying onthemselves for the production of

was the very same personage wholater became Jesus Christ. And themessage Jesus brought was the identical teaching he had imparted tothe first humans. And after threeand a hal f years of Christ's teaching,there were only 120 disciples (Acts1:15).These grew and even multipliedfor a while. But then the great persecution se t in (Acts 8: 1). And soon

ensued the " lost century" in the history of the church. When the curtainlifts, about a century later, we behold a church called "Christian,"teaching doctrines which are mostlythe very antithesis of Christ's teaching - and his gospel, the Kingdomof God, no longer being proclaimed.Into this world have sprouted up

many religions. But the "missing dimension" in knowledge has appeared in none . Th at original andbasic essential knowledge is stillMISSING .Science has not discovered it. Religions have overlooked it. Education has not taught it.And wha t is that missing basic

knowledge?It is the knowledge of WHAT manis, WHY man is, WHERE man is go

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It all made sense to me . So I decided in early 1927 that I wouldmake a "sci en tific experimen t ." Iwould put this knowledge into practice . I would make it my WAY OFLIFE.I founded three colleges. in Pasadena, California, in Texas and inEngland . These colleges taught the" missing dimension ." They int roduced that WAY as the campusWAY OF LIFE.

Impractical theory? Altruistic, un-

workable pla titudes? Ask visitors toou r campuses!

Forty-seven years of living thatway myself and twenty-seven yearsof students l iving by THAT WAY oncampus have proved that it does result in PEACE . HAPPINESS , beauty ofphysical environment and BEAUTYin human character.

Yes, harassed and troubled headsof state do show interest in what isCAUSING all their troubles. Many oftheir top aides show interest. And

often these personal meetings leadto public ap pearances before largeaudiences. who come to hear whathas not been proclaimed for 1812centuries - what is outside the fieldsof science or traditional religion.I'm aware that the world doesn'tbelieve it. But. in our time , theworld is going to be compelled toenjoy PEACE. universal prosperity.happiness. and abundant wellbeing! Humanity won't bring itabout. It will be done to humanity!

AFTER a delay of seven years,~ King Hussein of Jordan andI enjoyed ou r first personal

meeting. It was - at least so itseemed to me - just as if we hadbeen l ife-long friends who had notseen each other for seven very, verylong years .

I had read His Majesty's autobiography , and it seemed as if I hadalways known him. When hel earned that I am now working onthe final four or five chapters of thesecond (and final) volume of myown autobiography, he asked if hemight not have the very first auto-graphed copy.I spent a wonderful week in Jor

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new Ambassador Aud itorium inPasadena, conducted by MaestroCarlo Giulini last April 7, 8, and 9.While in Jord an , I spent about ahalf day at the University of Jordan,with its aggressive and forward looking president.There was a reception and dinnerin my honor on the garden groundsof the brother of the ambassador,with many leading people there , including Prince Mohammed, brotherof His Majesty, and the princess.There also was a large banquetin my honor, hosted by the Ministerof Information, Mr. Adnan AbuOden.I had a very enjoyable and profitable meeting with the prime minister. A program of cooperationbetween Ambassador College andthe Jordanian government was germinated, which I hope will lead tocooperation with many other governments in the Arab world.King Hussein is now planning toinstall a two-million watt radio station at Amman, and I ascertainedthat time will be available to us onthis possibly unprecedented superpowered station.Incidentally, my meeting withKing Hussein was televised on Am

Culture" Is It Wrong To Be A Cultured Individual?" is a magn ificent article. I advised mywife to read it. She did. and la ter read itslowly to our children, and they were alsovery impressed and listened intently. I jus tre-read it. It is marvelous how clearly andsimply the author instructs on the right pathbetween two deplorable extremes.

Ernest S"Athol , MaineI have read your article entitled "I s ItWrong to Be a Cultured Individual?" and Ioffer the following comments: Although Ibelieve I understand the ar ticle and comprehend what you are trying to state, thearticle seems to leave the wrongimpression.Genera llyspeaking. the article leaves onethe impression that you equate the possession of good quality material commoditieswith the word "culture." Strictly speaking,contrary to what your whole article seemedto strongly imply, the mere possession ofquality goods or a college educat ion doesnot make one cultured. Furthermore, somewould con tend that there are many peoplewho wear cheap clothes, drive cheap usedau tos and live in cheap houses and are still"cultured." On the other hand . Americanswho have a college education, wear goodclothes, own expensive cameras and live in$25,000 to $80,000 homes often, very, veryoften, impress foreigners as bein g crude ,crass. vulgar individuals . . . . In Mexicosuch persons (as I've described) are said tobe " educated but uncul tured." Furthermore, Mexicans strongly contend many oftheir compatriots are poor bu t "cultured."

Europe: Catastrophe and RevivalI practically "devour" your literature. Iam anxiously waiting for more of the serieson Europ e. I had no id ea the Germans hadso much to do with the "Ho ly" Romanempire, or that it was so riddled with sin.The more one reads history, the more onewonders how God can tolerate us.

Mrs. L.,Dumas, TexasWe read your ar ticle "The German Empire in the Dark Ages" with great interest.We come from The Ne therlands and Spain,and we had for some time the wish to knowmor e about the beginning - historical geography - of all the nations of present dayEurope.We just recently starte d to receive yourmagazine the Plain Truth and several booklets and we are very impressed and thankfulfor it. We praise you and all the othercollaborators for this outstanding work.

Frank and Maria V.,Littleton, Colorado

AbortionFo r the doctor s and nurses who findabortions repugnant, the simple solutionwould seem to be not to take par t in them.No one is forcing anyone to do anythingagainst his conscience unlike the effect ananti-abortion Law would have on thosewho hold pro-abortion beliefs.I do agree with the doctor that for humanlife to have valu e we must have standardsof conduct . . . . In my opinion human life


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let ters - Continuedin the human interest. But one subject Ifind even more so. Abo rtion. In your August1974 issue. you printed an a rticle on" Abo rt io n. Progr ess o r Murder?" byGo rdon Mui r. M.D. Being a girl. I canunderstand where there may bc circumstances in which a woman may fee l sheshould have an abortion. But I can't unde rstand how women can actually go throughwith something so distasteful and immoral!I was actually shocked by the numbers Dr.Muir stated of abortions that have takenplace! Yet. wha t I found even more unbe lievable was how teen-agers are havingabortions in increasing numbers.In my opinion. abortion is murder. Thepermissive socie ty is getting so permissivethat it is disgusting and from your magaz ineI can see it is not only here. but all over theworld . Is old- fashioned decency and thepurposes God intended for marri age reallygone out of dat e? Bobb ie P..

Duff. Tennessee

General Commen tsI'm a liberated woman. I would alsolike to read mor e about woman 's rights inyour wonderful magazine. My whole familyalso reads it. I am a former drug user andI'm really down on anyone using them .

Suzanne S.,Long Beach, CaliforniaJust these few lines to thank you for thewonderful gift you have given me. the PlainTruth .At the present I am a convict at Soled adState Prison in California and your articlesbring the news in to me. Plus your magazine brings me hope of a bett er world out

that were more aggressive than myself. Iborrowed a copy of The Missing Dimensionin Sex from a friend and tha t book was j ustwhat I needed!!! It led me away from theways that were tempting me and focusedmy interest where it should be - on Go d! Irealized that I could not truly love those ofthe other sex without having a love of Godfirst. Thank you so much for lending dir ection to my life, and I am confident you willdo the same for our friend in Malta.Rusty T.,Seattle. WashingtonI enjoy your magazine. Truth nowadaysis as hard to find as a gold mine. and yourideas are exciting to read - they make youthink. Today that 's one thing people haveseemingly forgotten. They eat the soup butdon 't taste the vegetables. Keep putting themeat in the soup now and then.James S.,Hemingway, South CarolinaI have been in receipt of the Plain Truthfor some 3 years and have received from itonly dismal news about man. his environment. his politics and his belief in Godaside from your view of God . . . .I prefer to wait unt il God does come and

hear it firsthand what we are supposed toknow concerning him and our worship ofhim.We all basically agree that we don 't getthe truth about man from history and thecurrent news releases so how can we expectthis "word of God" to be so accurate afterhundreds of translations. views and opinions have undermined it?I still will enjoy reading the Plain Truthas I will any magazine that deals with theissues at hand. but far be it for me to condemn any man for not accepting wha t hasnot been proven to be the plain truth.When a man can do this. he will in fact be


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Garner Ted Armstrong

Our A s s o cia te Editor-in-Chief,Garner Te d Armstrong, receiveshundreds o f letters each week inresponse to his broadcas ts onra dio an d television and hi s art icles in th e Plain Truth and GoodNe w s m a ga z in es . B e ginn in g thisiss ue, Mr. A r m s t r o n g g i v e ss o m e personal no -holds-barredanswers to s o m e o f th e m o s toften asked ques tions wh ich herece ives.

QUESTION: How would you definethe overall purpose of your radio and

Every broadcast 1 do fits into thebroad spectrum of either a witness(i.e., the proof God exists, the fact ofthe resurrection, the "biblical misconceptions" programs, doctrinalprograms, subjects such as baptism,repentance, the real Jesus, salvation,and the millennium) or a warning(i.e., the dozens of trends and conditions which sharply indicate that thegreat tribulation is just ahead of usnow; the population explosion, pollu t ion, the global arm s race,drought, famine, massive diseaseepidemics, socio-economic problemssuch as race , crime, the economy,physical health, the high cost ofdying, drug usage, divorce, andmany others).When I work with our televisionand radio team to prepare a wholeseries of telecasts, I always insistupon fitting in somewhere directlythe dual "witness and warning" picture. Thus, even though I may be

directly lead to events which couldcause World War III.Even though I may do severalprograms on economic considerations, they will always be done inthe light of Bible prophecy, withstrong warnings concerning the impending calamities, just as God 'sWord predicts.I am diligently striving to fulfillthe commands of God giventhrough Isaiah ("Cry aloud, sparenot , lift up thy voice like a trumpet,and shew my people their tran sgression, and the house of Jacobtheir sins" - Isaiah 58: I).I am trying to combine the warning of an Elijah to the prophets ofBaal , the warnings of Ezekiel to hisbeloved peopl e of Israel, the warnings of Jer emiah to the people ofJud ah .I am striving to fulfill the frightening and sobering commission ofbeing a "watchman" for the mil

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