The White Falcon - 22.09.1967, Side 2

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WHITE FALCON
Friday, September 22, 1967
EDITORIAL
Constitution Week, Sept. 17-24
ON Sept. 17, 1787, this nation’s founding fathers signed
into law the United States Constitution, giving the
Republic an effective plan for self-government which as-
sured all U. S. citizens the rights of equality, justice and
liberty under the law.
Today, 180 years later, President Johnson has proclai-
med Sept. 17 as "Citizenship Day” and the week of Sept.
17—24 as “Constitution Week” to commemorate this funda-
mental piece of legislation upon which rests the bulwark of
U. S. government and law.
In a Presidential Proclamation, the President urged
American citizens everywhere to conduct “meaningful cere-
monies and observances” so that they “may have a better
understanding of the Constitution and of rights and respon-
sibilities of United States citizenship.”
Members of the Armed Forces, who are sworn to uphold
and defend the Constitution, are asked to join with their
fellow citizens in pledging themselves “anew to the ser-
vice of their country and to the support and defense of the
Constitution.”
“Our citizens,” the President stated, “should be ever
mindful of the oppressive conditions and injustices which
led to the drafting and signing of the Constitution, and of
the sufferings and sacrifices which have made it a viable,
effective charter of liberty down through the years.
“Our citizens—naturalized or native-born—must also
seek to refresh and improve their knowledge of how our
government operates under the Constitution and how they
can participate in it.
“Only in this way can they assume the full responsibili-
ties of citizenship and make our government more truly of,
by, and for the people.”
LEADERSHIP ESSAY
This is another in a series of articles on leadership submitted by
a student who attended the U. S. Navy Fleet Training Center's one-
week Leadership School at San Diego, Calif. — Editor.
Who Are The Leaders
As we analyze our world today, we can’t understand the violence
and hate that fourishes there; but is it the world or the billions of
individuals and their profound effect on those that they come in con-
tact with that makes the world a good or bad place to live.
This same individual, regardless of race or religion, wealth or
power, is affecting his subordinates as well as his superiors, is
this the same man that professes he is a good American, but in
realty is he?
This same individual talks every day about the threat of Commu-
nism, but this is the same individual that enters a voting booth with
no knowledge of the candidates or issues, or worse yet, can’t be
bothered with voting at all.
This is the man that complains about poverty and slums but also
the man that doesn’t have the money to contribute to worthwhile
charity drives.
This is the same man that teaches his children that God created
all men equal and then sells his home when a Negro family moves in
next door.
This person wants a stop put to Communism, drug addiction, and
alcoholism but have his children ever had any moral training or have
they ever gone to church? Well no, there are too many other things
to do on Sundays.
We could go on and on and some would say this man is un-Ameri-
can, but if asked he would consider himself a fine example of
American ideals.
We learn that we can expect no more from our subordinates than
we exemplify in ourselves, but consequently, we can expect no more
from a nation than the individuals that inhabit it. Here we find that
it is each person’s responsibility and duty to improve himself, to
go out then with this improvement and help others to improve them-
selves mentally, emotionally and morally. Only then can he expect to
see the ideals of equality and freedom for all in his fellow man, in
his community, in his country and then and only then in his world.
RM3 J. P. Garrett
USS Aludra (AF55)
THE WHITE FALCON
U. S. Naval Station
Keflavik Iceland
Commanding Officer
Capt. Ralph W. Hart, Jr., USN
Executive Officer
Cdr Russell W. Sims, Jr., USN
Editor
JOl George Cates, USN
Reporters
J03 Paul Jespersen, USN
YN3 Dominic Sandoli, USN
A1C Bruce Weidner, USAF
The White Falcon is published
weekly on Friday in accordance
with NAVEXOS P-35, revised
December 1965, for free distribu-
tion to personnel of Naval Station
Keflavik. It is printed commerci-
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Reykjavik, Iceland, from non-
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. Govt., Dept, of De-
fense or the Navy Dept.
Worship Services
Time and Place
Catholic Mass
8:15 a.m.—Polar Club.
12:15 p.m.—Main Chapel.
5 p.m.—Main Chapel.
Protestant
9:15 a.m.—Sunday School for
ages three to adult—Elemen-
tary School.
10:45 a.m.—Divine Worship—
Main Chapel.
7 p.m.—Evening Service—Main
Chapel.
Nursery is provided from 9 a.m.
until the conclusion of 12:15 Mass.

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Chaplain J
Cornet
by Chaplain Louis O’Hare
God's Love
Have you ever been informed in a nice polite and courteous way
that you are a total and abysmal failure. If it is done facetiously, of
course, it’s humorous with maybe the sting of a little truth in it. But
when it’s stated with all sincerity and goodwill in a statement that is
made calmly and without rancor then it makes an overwhelming
impact.
This happened to me recently and it was done by a friend so I see
the light and will try to correct the situation right now. First of all
this was the crushing statement, “Father, you preach a God of Sacri-
fice and law but never the God of love.” What can I say? To me they
are the same wonderful God but I have not been getting the point
across. Anyway, for whoever it may edify I do belive it was the same
God who let His Son die on a cross, who forgives sinners “seventy
times seven times.”
It was the same Son who said, “This is your hour and the power of
darkness.” Who later said, “Father forgive them for they know not
what they are doing.”
I know I may not be saying this in a very warm emotional way but
sometimes the strongest love isn’t too warm as when a man gives his
life for a buddy on the battlefield. There is nothing tender about being
torn apart, but there is undeniable proof of something. God’s love
for us is tender and sweet when he calls us His sheep. But there is
something hard, maybe, but magnificent in the statement, “God so
loved that He gave His only Son and the Son so loved us that He
gave His life that we might be saved.” Because God Himself uses
strong categories like a death-sacrifice of His Son to outline the di-
mensions of His love for us, I’ve gotten into the habit of using the
same categories.
These categories may be too strong and hard for the modern man —
but I do agree that at all costs I must get the idea across. Maybe God
wasn’t thinking of us moderns. He should have said it differently?
Would you write in your suggestions of how to better get this point
across to our age?
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PRIDE in motion
Doing their
by Domonic Sandoli
BUTTONS, SCOPES AND LEV-
ERS—is what Petty Officer Second
Class Stephen C. Jackers of the
Coast Guard Loran Monitoring
Station Keflavik must deal with
each day. Jackers, a native of At-
lanta, Ga. has now been in Iceland
for eight months.
CHURCH BULLETIN—A weekly
chore for Seaman Thomas V. An-
near who’s home town is Liberty-
ville, Ill. He has been in Iceland a
few months and is assigned to the
Chaplains Office on the Naval Sta-
tion.
part
HAY, THIS IS MINE!—Says Sea-
man Daniel H. Taylor, as he goes
about his task of sorting the mail.
Taylor’s hometown is Big Springs,
Texas and has been at his job
here since last February.