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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, October 13, 1962
An American Writer
On a Russian Stamp
WHEN Nikita Khrushchev and other big Soviet brass
aren’t making bogey-man noises and threatening the
destruction of the U.S. skyline, they busy themselves in
all sorts of weird and wonderful ways.
Such as announcing that a forthcoming Russian stamp
will honor the American short story writer, 0. Henry,
who was born 100 years ago.
And, to top that, the stamp will carry the likeness
of the author—his real name was William Sidney
Porter—against the New York City skyline. How
paradoxical can you get?
Why 0. Henry His stories with their contrived trick
endings have gone out of fashion today—at least in his
own country. But the Russians eat them up, along with
the books of Jack London who is also a bit of an antique
at home.
It could just be, in 0. Henry’s case, that some Soviet
bureaucrat decided the writer was a neat case of capitalist
injustice. Porter, as is well known, was a bank clerk who
was convicted of embezzlement and served three years in
prison. There he took up writing, using the name of one
of his guards as a pen name. His biography says there
was some doubt as to his actual guilt.
Well, anyway it’s good to see the Russians honor-
ing the man who immortalized New York as “Baghdad-
on-the-Subway”—especially with that skyline thrown
in. If memory serves, Mr. Khrushchev didn’t think
much of our largest city the last time he dropped in
for some shoewaving at the U.N. Maybe O. Henry
changed his mind.
If the Soviet philatelist bosses really want to play hands-
across-the-sea, why not a stamp honoring Robert Frost?
Our 88-year-old Poet Laureate was over there recently and
among the poems he read was his famous one that begins:
“Something there is that doesn’t love a wall .... ”
Or don’t the Communists like to be reminded about
walls nowadays?
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PROTESTANT
SUNDAY: Worship Service ..................................... chapel u a m
Sunday ochool ..................................... High School 9:30 a.m.
Adult Bible Class .................................. Hlgh school 9:45 a.m.
Evening Vesper Service ................................ chapei 7 p.m.
Fellowship ................................... Chapel Annex 7 p.m.
Episcopal Service ...................................... Chapel 9 a.m.
Latter Day Saints ............................... Chapel Annex 10:30 a.m.
Christian Science ............................... Chapel Annex 12 noon.
Church of Christ ................................ Chapel Annex 3 p.m.
MONDAY: Bible Study Group ....................... Chapel Annex 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY: Senior Choir Rehearsal ........................... Chapel 6:30 p.m.
SATURDAY: Youth Choir Rehearsal ............................. Chapel 3 p.m.
Senior Choir Rehearsal ,................................ Chapel 3:30 p.m.
PROTESTANT CHAPLAINS
Chaplain W. D. Powell. LCDR, USN — Chaplain W. C. Hitchens. LCDR, USN.
Chaplan L. C. M. Vosseler, CDR, USN — Chaplain H. W Holland, LCDR, USN
CATHOLIC
SUNDAY: Recited Mass .............................. Main Chapel
8 i
Religious Education (Children) High School Bldg.
Holy Name Society Communion (2nd Sunday)
11 1
8 1
a.m.
Sung Mass ............................................ Main Chapel 12:15 p.m
a.m.
: a.m.
TUESDAY-SATURDAY Recited Mass ....................... Eucharist Chapel 11:45 a.m.
p.m
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6:30 1
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Tuesday ............................................... Acolyte Classes
Thursday ..................................... Choir Rehearsal (Chapel)
Saturday ............................... Confessions (Eucharist Chapel)
BAPTISM WEDDINGS, HOME BLESSINGS. ADULT RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION BY
POINTMENT — CALL. EXT. 4111.
CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
Chaplain, Joseph F. Zemites. Lt., USN
JEWISH
Sabbath Service Friday .................... Chapel Annex
7.30 p.m.
O WiM
Club
By Gloria Warner
An enjoyable occasion awaits
members of the OWC. On our
regular luncheon date, Wednesday
October 17, they will be the guests
of wives of the Embassy person-
nel.
Special buses will transport
those who wish to attend this af-
fair, to and from Reykjavik.
10:15 is the scheduled time
of departure from the Officers
Club. Upon arrival in Reykjavik,
participants will attend a coffee
in the home of Mrs. Penfield,
wife of the American Ambassador.
After coffee, members will be
divided into groups and will have
lunch at the different homes of
the Embassy wives. This is an
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$MiAtance
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By Capt Robert E. Moore, USAF
API Staff Judge Advocate
REMEMBER THE RULES
Being in Iceland we should,
from time to time, renew our
acquaintance with certain unusual
features of Icelandic laws, Mili-
tary Regulations and Policies. By
being consciously aware of what
is expected of us, we shall be
better equipped to render greater
service to ourselves ,our country,
and our world.
Currency Regulations: The
standard currency in your deal-
ings with Icelanders in kronur,
which may be purchased at the
American Express Bank, the only
authorized exchange agent on the
Agreed Area. Purchasing kronur
from ony other source is illegal.
The present exchange rate is
42.80 kronur per dollar. Dollars
are used in all transactions with
Defense Force Personnel or Act-
ivities, but kronur are used in all
other transactions, including taxis
and local purchases.
Uniform Regulations: The class
A uniform is worn at all times
off base, except when on an aut-
horized recreation pass for fish-
ing, hunting, picknicking, or oth-
er recretional in which case ap-
propriate civilian attire may be
worn. You may also wear ap-
propriate civilian attire on the
Agreed Area when not on duty.
(See IDF INST. 1050.3A)
Curfew: All Defense Force
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A Primer
On Communism
(Twenty-third of a series of
questions and answers from A
Primer on Communism by George
W. Cronyn, edited by Howard
Oiseth. Reprinted by AFPS with
the publisher’s permission).
QUESTION—Is it true that
the Communists are try-
ing to build up a proletarian
state?
ANSWER — The Communists
claim that their main purpose is
to build up a classless society.
Marx and Engels in 1848 said:
“The first step in the revolution
of the working class is to raise
the proletariat to the position of
ruling class, to win the position of
democracy.” But Stalin declared
in 1936: “There is no longer a
capitalist class (in the USSR)
which could exploit the working
class .... This being the case,
can our working class be called
the proletariat? Clearly it can-
not.”
Nevertheless, Communist speak-
ers and propagandists still talk
of the “dictatorship of the pro-
letariat” in Communist states. In
effect, they are talking about
the dictatorship of the Com-
munist Party.
The benefits, if any, in a Com-
munist society today are enjoyed
not by the “proletariat” but by
such privileged classes as the
bureaucrats or Communist offi-
cials who control and manage the
state, the upper-level intelligent^
sia, and the military officer caste.
The class structure is as rigid as
it was in Zsarist days.
"Their Big Trick Comes Nov. 6"
INSPECTION
Inspections are very revealing activities in the life of
any unit. Impartial experienced observers assess the pro-
ductive and efficiency of the organization. As a result of
our recent inspections, many are celebrating the well-earned
well dones which they were awarded.
Long years of experience has indicated the value of
regular inspections in the military. Mere conformity to the
status quo does not indicate necessarily that a unit is
operating at maximum efficiency.
Likewise in the spiritual realm, status quo conformity
may be limiting the greater contribution of the individual
and thereby his greatest fulfillment. Many persons are
tempted to put their religious lives “on the shelf” while
in the military since the environment and personalities are
different. An inspection of that basic area reveals that
instead of maintaining a level attained, ground gained in
the past is lost through neglect.
As a newcomer I am impressed favorably with the
diversified religious program being conducted here. Further
inspection in our religious life reflects that many of us
are “shortchanging” ourselves in failing to avail ourselves
if means which would result in greater satisfaction as
well as efficiency and productivity. The writer of wisdom
knew that inspections were important when he wrote in
Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way that seems right to a
man; but the end therof is the way of death”.
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UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK
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CAPTAIN STANLEY E. ELLISON, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
COMMANDER F. G. VESSELL, USN
Executive Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER R. C. POWERS, USNR
Service Information Officer & Officer-in-Charge
STAFF
Editor: David J. HoweU, JOSN,
Mike L. Cramp, JOSN, Reporter
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