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WHITE FALCON
Friday, June 11, 1965
EDITORIAL
Our Government Serves Us
A government either can be a servant of the people, or
their master.
Our government, set up under a definitive yet flexible
Constitution, is designed primarily to serve us, not to
rule us.
These were the patriots who proclaimed, in the De-
claration of Independence, the self-evident truths that “all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these
are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. ... ”
They weren’t against government, as such. Their dedi-
cation to the freedom and dignity of man blended with the
political wisdom that said:
“... .to secure these rights, governments are instituted
among men.... ”
And here they inserted the bone, the muscle, the blood,
the breath of life, into the concept of the govern-
ment they envisioned that would thereafter give hope to
freedom-longing people everywhere:
The Founding Fathers built upon this foundation our
constitutional government designed to serve the people.
Under it, Americans have the right to the services of
government as a protector and referee.
But we retain the freedom from arbitrary government
regulation and control.
Over the years, countless laws have sprouted out of the
main trunk and limbs of our constitutional government.
Some have served their purpose and been lopped off.
Others have lingered beyond their days of usefulness and
withered. Some may be considered necessary, but burden-
some. Others, worthless: perhaps unwise.
It is part of the genius of the Founding Fathers that
they could design an instrument in the Constitution to
accommodate the changing role we demand of our servant,
This is part of its strength and its durability.
And underneath it all, let none forget, still is the voice,
the will, the grip on th reins of “We, the people of the
United States....”
It is we who grant legislative powers to Congress.
It is we who vest executive powers in a president.
It is we who clothe our courts with judicial powers.
And lest these three arms of our government overreach
their functions as servants of the people, let us remember
that legislators and executives are subject to the ballot
box or the machinery of impeachment: that judges serve
on “good behavior.”
We may be benign, even indulgent masters. But let us
no be submissive, for Americans are, and were intended
to be, the masters of their political and economic fates
under a government that serves... .not rules.” (AFPS)
Teacher Tests
For Awareness
Do you read with your eyes or
with your brain?
One teacher decided to find out.
He told his class that he was go-
ind to hand out some papers about
their physical well being. Each
student was requested to read the
paper and then sign it. Out of
a class of 42 students, 31 signed
the paper.
After the papers were collected
the teacher read one of them.
The paper was a contract stipu-
lating that the individual who
signed the paper agreed to have
his head amputated.
Thirty-one of the forty-two
students had read with their eyes
rather than with their brains.
In terms of signing contracts,
promissory notes, and other docu-
ments the moral remains: read
with your brains before you sign.
Hail & Bless
Personnel who have arrived
(Hail) and left (Bless) U.S.
Naval Station, Keflavik, Ice-
land for duty as of June 11.
are as follows:
HAIL
Breeding, M. T., ADRAN
Webb, K. E., ADRAN
Javero, N. B., TA
Charpentier, A. O., ATRAN
Sweetman, D. C., CM1
Sigmon, J. W., AK1
Rickard, G. B., AEAN
Mullen, R. A., AEAN
Wilson, J. A., AOAA
Siegfried, C. S., ARCS
Hedges, J. A., AN
Polizzatto, T. A., CN
Fulmer, H. W., Jr., ADRAN
Fellows, A. W., CMH2
Cobon, T., A2C
Ellis, D., SSgt .
Harris, S., A2C
Kempka, N., TSgt.
McFadden, C., MSgt.
Smith, R., A2C
Kozuch, F., TSgt.
Shadduck, D., A3C
BLESS
Hockenbrock, J. W., PN3
Shipp, L. C., AN
Burchett, R., AN
Beaman, R. M., L. Cpl.
Martinez, M. J., L. Cpl.
Dees, M. J., L. CpL.
Deaver, G. K., PFC
Qualls, B. H., AK1
(Poillucci, A. V., AE1.
(Continued on page 8.)
THE WHITE FALCON
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T.D. Streeter, J03, Acting Editor
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W. Keener, A1C, AFI News Editor
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Dept.
Chaplain J
Corner
Chaplain R. E. Blade
Let us pray: 0 God, our Father, declaring the truth and
giving life to men, forgive us when we act like the devil,
loving the lie ,and hating our brother. Create in us a new
heart that we might live Thy life and love Thy truth. Amen.
Read through John 8:39-47.
Is Abraham Your Father?
The question raised and discussed in this paragraph is
that of the paternity of the people of Jerusalem. Jesus has
acknowledged their physical descent from Abraham. But
their true father, says Jesus, is the devil. The reason for
this is that they do not act like Abraham, in faith toward
God and his emissaries (See Genesis 18). Rather, they act
like the devil, who “was a murderer from the beginning
and has nothing to do with the truth.” For the third time
(7:19,-8:37, 40) Jesus says to his hearers, “you will kill
me.” Their attitude and actions reflect the nature of their
true father. The people have murder in their hearts and
hatred of the truth. They seek to kill him who was “the
way, the truth and the life.”
Is God your Father?
Here is the contrast of the two fathers: Abraham and
the devil. If we live for truth and righteousness, and honor
the Prince of life, we are Abraham’s faithful seed, and truly
God is our Father. But if we entertain hatred, lies and
murder in our hearts, we are children of the devil, and
will seek to be rid of the haunting voice of Jesus in our
conscience.
Who Is Your Father?
Who is your father? Whom do you follow? Whom do
you act like? Do you find lies easier to speak than truth?
Do you find it easier to hate than to love? “He who is of
God hears the words of God.” Whom are you listening
to today?
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