The White Falcon - 23.09.1961, Síða 2

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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, September 23, 1961
THE WHITE FALCON
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK
The WHITE FALCON’S mission — To inform and
entertain all hands; to serve as a positive factor in pro-
moting the efficiency, welfare and contentment of per-
sonnel.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM R. MEYER, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Station, Keflavik
COMMANDER F. G. VESSEL, USN
Executive Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. T. SMITH, USN
Service Information Officer & Officer-in-Charge
STAFF
Ralph M. Tuttle, SSgt., USAF
Editor
D. R. Vanden Brink, SN, USN
Assistant Editor
The WHITE FALCON is published weekly on Saturdays in
accordance with NAVEXOS P-35, revised June 1958, for free dis-
tribution to personnel of Naval Station Keflavik, Keflavik Inter-
national Airport, Iceland. It is printed commercially by the Isa-
foldarprentsmidja h.f., Reykjavik, Iceland, from appropriated funds.
Opinions and statements made in articles published here are those
of the authors and are not to be construed as official views of the
U.S. Government, Department of Defense or the Navy Department.
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Red Star On The Home Front
(This is the fourth in a series of articles dealing with
the cold, hard facts behind Communism, its doctrines
and threats to the free peoples of the world. These are
provocative articles and should provide the reader much
food for thought. Ed.)
“It is absolutely necessary for every Communist
Party to systematically combine legal with illegal
work and legal with illegal organization. Sabotage,
assassination, and armed revolt are justified, if
they will help to replace the existing government
with a Communist government.”
— LENIN
This organization, working both in the open and
underground, is a new type of enemy of the United States
Government and the American people. This enemy can
be expected to fight without morals, without honor, and
without human decency, using every opportunity to strike
during unguarded moments. It is known that the Com-
munist Party already considers itself at war and is actively
engaged in subverting Western Democracies by all means
possible. Comunist leaders have often declared that the
Communist Party, USA, has no connection with the Soviet
Union but is, instead, a legal political party, organized
and run from within the United States. The arrests and
convictions of Communist leaders however, and the testi-
mony of government agents serve to contradict this claim
and establish a definite link between the Party and
Moscow.
From the military standpoint, it is not considered
that the Soviet Union and her satellite countries are in
the advanced stages of preparation for a major war, with
the United States as her only logical opponent. It is there-
fore mandatory that the Communist Party, USA, like-
wise be considered an enemy with the intention of dis-
rupting and overthrowing the government of the United
States by all means possible. Proof of this ominous fact
lies in the professed aim of the Communist Party, both
in the United States and in foreign countries. For example,
as early as January 1936, the editor of the Daily Worker
the principal Communist news organ at that time, printed
the following statement:
“If the imperialists unite in their murder march
on the Soviet Union, we must be prepared to wage
a relentless struggle, using every weapon at our
command for the defense of the Soviet Union.”
To Wreck
A Career
A man’s word is as good as his
signature and a man’s mettle is
as good as his word. The man
who commits himself by signature
to obligation he can’t fulfill, or
has no intention of trying to, has
no place in the service; if he’s an
incorrigible in this respect he’s
likely to wind up in another kind
of uniform.
Right now the services are ask-
ing Congress for stiffer legisla-
tion so they can crack down on
the bad apples who cash bad
checks. The House Armed Servic-
es Committee heard from the Air
Force JAG, Maj. Gen. Albert M.
Kuhfeld, that “just too many bad
checks” is a service problem. And
nothing he added, “gets the ser-
vices into quicker disrepute in a
community than a rash of bad
checks.”
Ideally, it should not be a
service headache at all, but a
certain number of deadbeats,
grifters and chiselers are bound
to get in and make trouble for
the great majority of honorable,
conscientious career people. For,
as Gen. Kuhfeld told the com-
mittee, when they bring dis-
repute to their uniform they are
hurting others besides them-
selves. Any serviceman who has
had difficulty cashing a perfect-
ly good check in a strange town
can vouch for that.
Bad-check offenses at present
are prosecuted under the UCMJ
articles covering larceny, unbe-
coming conduct or discreditable
conduct. But beause of technicali-
ties involved in their use, says
Gen. Kuhfeld, “offenders go un-
punished.” The' new law the ser-
vices want would convict an of-
fender once it was clearly estab-
lished that he wrote a bad check
intending to defraud or deceive.
Obviously this would not be
applicable to the financially har-
assed individual who is likely to
overdraw his account toward the
end of the month. He is a ser-
vice problem too, but any ex-
perienced commander can dif-
ferentiate between the man who’s
weak and irresponsible in money
matters and the criminal type
who knows the checks are worth-
less.
The former offender can, of
course, flounder and trip himself
right out of the service if his
checks bounce often enough. The
latter would get no-nonsense pun-
ishment under the law the services
want. One is weak and perhaps
deserving of pity; the other de-
serves having the book thrown at
him. Both can ask themselves
when it’s too late: Was it worth it?
— o —
“What did Whistler say when
he saw his mother scrubbing the
floor?”
“Mother, you’re off your rock-
er.”
The Chaplain A Corner
By Chaplain, Cmdr. Warren L. Wolf, USN, Staff Chaplain
‘The Face With A Smile’
There is a story of mid-century vintage which concerns
a nagging woman. It was her perpetual practice for years.
The family became accustomed to her whining voice
and sour face. Then one day she attended one of those
“inspirational lectures” which was titled, “The Face With
A Smile.” The speaker talked for a half-hour on the
winning qualities of the smiling habit.
The lady went home much impressed. She spent several
harrowing hours reviewing her short comings and decided
to reform.
As a first step, she practiced smiling before a mirror.
When the family came to the dining room, she greeted
them with a smile. The effect on this household bordered
on the miraculous and a happy integrated family was born.
The simple moral of this yarn is applicable to both
men and women as they go about their daily living. The
results can be amazing.
A fitting epilouge to “The Face With A Smile” is
found in Proverbs 17:22 which reads, “A Merry Heart
Doeth Good Like a Medicine but a downcast spirit dries
up the bones.”

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PROTESTANT
SUNDAY
Episcopal Services ... Chapel .......... 9 a.m.
Adult Bible Class .... Bldg. S-626 .... 9:45 a.m.
Sunday School — Primary .... Chapel Annex.....10. a.m.
Sunday School — Jr & Sr .... Chapel.....10 a.m.
Worship .............. Chapel .......... 11 a.m.
Christian Science .... Chapel Annex .... 12 noon
Lutheran Sevice (3rd Sunday) .... Chapel .... 2 p.m.
Evening Vesper Service .... Chapel .... 7 p.m.
Fellowship Meeting .... Chapel Annex .... 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Senior Choir Rehearsal .... Chapel .... 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Junior Choir Rehearsal .... Chapel Annex .... 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
Senior Choir Rehearsal .... Chapel .... 4 p.m.
PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS
Chaplain, Cmdr. Warren L. Wolf, USN and Chaplain, Capt.
Luther M. Neilson, USAF.
CATHOLIC
SUNDAY
Low Mass ..... Chapel ....... 8 a.m.
High Mass ....Chapel ........ 12:15 p.m.
Dialogue Mass.... Chapel.....4:30 p.m.
Religious Education (children) .... Hut-314 .... 11 a.m.
Holy Name Society Communion (2nd Sunday) .. Chapel 8 a.m.
MONDAY—SATURDAY
Low Mass ..... Chapel....12 noon
Holy Name Society meeting (1st Wednesday) .... “C” Club
7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
Adult Choir Rehearsal.. Chapel .... 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Novena.....Chapel......7 p.m.
Have You
Submitted
a
Suggestion
Adult Religious Education by appointment. Confessions heard
one-half hour before each Mass and on Saturday from 7 to 8:30
p.m. Baptisms and Weddings by appointment.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
Chaplain, Capt. John H. Greeley, USAF.
JEWISH
First Friday Sabbath Service .... Chapel Annex .... 7 p.m.
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