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WHITE FALCON
Saturday, March 23, 1963
THE WHITE FALCON
UNITED STATES NAVAL STATION KEFLAVIK
WHITE FALCON’S mission — To Inform and entertain all hands;
to serve as a positive factoi In promoting the efficiency, welfare and con-
tentment of personnel.
CAPTAIN STANLEY E. ELLISON, USN
Commanding Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
COMMANDER ROBERT O. BOE
Executive Officer, Naval Station Keflavik
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ELMER R. HILL
Service Information Officer & Offlcer-in-Charge
STAFF
Editor: Mike Crump, JOSN
Managing Editor: Craig Maurer, AN
Photographer: Monte C. Rankin, PH3
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Opinions and statements made In articles published here are those of the authors
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Defense or the Navy Department
The Constitution
Every man is endowed with a character and personality
that makes him different from every other man. As indi-
viduals striving to express their individuality, men have
learned over countless years to abstract, to reflect, to ana-
lyze, to communicate with one another, to think. Through
these achievements they have acquired the capacity to
establish and enjoy the cultural treasures of art and science,
of drama and literature, of music and mathematics—to
love and be loved.
Mankind’s oldest and most persistent dilemma is that
of finding the proper place for the control of human affairs
between the polar values of absolute Order and absolute
Freedom. The need for freedom is perhaps as old as man
himself. The need for order extends back to the time when
the family was the sole and exclusive political unit on the
earth.
Into our Declaration of Independence Thomas Jefferson
wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among them
are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. Thus, we
assert our conviction of the Divine source on a set of
absolute spiritual values, and with it we express a con-
viction that these values must not be subverted by any
man or any government composed of men for any reason
whatsoever.
These basic rights and values are repeated and
expanded in our Constitution and certain of its ac-
companying amendments. This document, recognizing the
danger of concentrated authority, safeguards those values
even further by diffusing the power of those in whose
hands it is entrusted. The structure of our government is
ample proof of the very real concern our founding fathers
had over the possibility of a tyranny by the majority. “The
greatest good to the greatest number” is ethically sound
only insofar as it is consonant with the “least harm to
the least number”. A government of the people, in addition
to its functions of expressing the will of the majority, has
a duty to protect legitimate interests of the minority.
It is of the utmost importance that Americans have a
clear understanding not only of the substance and content
of their Constitution, but of the political philosophy upon
which it is constructed and the system of values which
give it purpose. It is only from the knowledge and apprecia-
tion of the deep roots of their vital heritage of political
freedom that the people of a society are able to derive the
wisdom needed to safeguard it for those who come after
them. This is an abiding responsibility incubment upon
every individual who would preserve his freedom under
just and impartial law. It is of such magnitude and im-
portance that the Armed Forces of our country have under-
taken, as a matter of prime importance in their personnel
policies, a concentrated character-guidance program found-
ed on the classic concepts of the dignity of man, of the
society of truth, of government by law, and, of faith in
a benevolent God.
(Continued on Page 6.)
A Primer
On Communism
(Forty-sixth of a series of ques-
tions and answers from A Primer
on Communism by George W.
Cronyn, edited by Howard Oiseth.
Reprinted by AFPS with the pub-
lisher’s permission.)
QUESTION — The Communists
assert that everyone is equal under
communism, and that there are
neither rich nor poor. Are these
statements true?
ANSWER — According to the
Soviet Constitution of 1936, there
is equality of status for all citi-
zens, but in practice this is not
the case, either in Soviet Russia
or any other Communist country.
Class distinctions due to the
social-economic strata in the So-
viet state are sharply defined. The
range of income, for example, as
between the highest paid member
of Communist society and the
average worker or peasant is at
least as great as in any society
under private enterprise.
During the 1920’s the Soviet
leaders tried to put into practice
the principles of “equalitarian-
ism.” Officials and workmen,
skilled as well as unskilled, re-
ceived the same wages. It was
soon evident, however, that the
wage and salary structure lacked
incentives to production, and in
1931 Stalin denounced “wage
equalization” and called for new
wage scales that would check
labor turnover and provide in-
centives for increased production.
Since the 1930’s there has been
an ever-widening gap between the
highest and lowest paid workers,
and between their incomes and
that of the bureaucracy.
In addition to income levels,
there are great differences in the
social benefits and privileges en-
joyed by the principal groups or
classes in Communist society.
There are probably few people
who have as many hobbies as
MSgt. Roy E. Samuel of the 738th
Radar Squadron, Olathe AFS,
Kansas. He has no less than four
to fill his spare moments.
A veteran of 16 years service,
Sergeant Samuel’s hobbies are
model ship building, stamp col-
lecting, furniture making and the
construction of small scale model
railroads.
A native of Warrensburg, Mo.,
he first became interested in
woodworking 20 years ago and
designed and constructed most
of the furniture he now owns.
His woodworking experience
came in handy about 15 years
ago when he took up ship build-
ing on a small scale, making
replicas of famous vessels. One
of his best pieces is a 36-inch
model of the sailing ship “Sea
Witch” that he built in seven
months during his spare time.
He values it at about $250.
Most of his spare moments, how-
ever, are devoted to his stamp
collection ,which he started 22
years ago, and which he now
values at more than $5,000. And,
if all his outside activities are not
enough to keep him busy, he also
expends his enthusiasm on roller-
skating. In fact, he has already
won many medals for dancing on
roller skates.
Before the time of Christ the stately dogwood tree
proudly reached toward heaven. Its trunk stood as straight
as a sentinel. Because of this the dogwood tree was chosen
as the timber from which the cross of Christ was fashioned.
So great the tree’s shame that it grew twisted in agony
and gnarled with disgrace, never again to be strong and
tall. Its true grain was stained by Christ’s blood.
On Easter morning the tree caught the radiance of New
Life. Its lowly branches burst forth in an array of soft
white splendor. Four delicate petals in each bloom formed
a cross—each edged with brown nail prints. A crown of
thorns formed the center of each bloom.
The legend is told in a poem by Bell Chapman on this
wise —
“Henceforth the tree shall be slender,
And twisted its branches all,
But the shaping of every blossom
Shall the form of a cross recall.
At the edge of each tender petal
Shall the prints of the nails appear.
And a thorny cross in the center
Make the sign and its meaning clear.”
And down through the years the dogwood has reminded
man of Christ and the first Easter. So now when the spring-
time flowering brings the dogwood again to view, we re-
member its woodland beauty, may our hearts keep the
legend too. And recall in that bloom the symbol of a sacrifice
made complete, and eternal life triumphant, holding death
in a sure defeat.
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