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TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1951
MILESTONE---OR HEADSTONE
Just 175 Years Ago .
/COMRADE, I don’t want to detain you in
^ your work, but I would have a few
words with you» You may never hear these
words. The state will probably see that you
don’t, for if you did hear them you might not
remain content with your present lot.
These words concern something that took
place 175 years ago in a land of which you’ve
heard very little—at least very little truth.
And they’re about the doings of farmers and
merchants and other little men who had the
strength of conviction that makes great men
from small ones.
The farmers weren’t farmers of the col
lective farm type. Nor did the merchants
and laborers in that country at that day have
a quota to meet in what they did. They were
sturdy men with a distaste for men and gov
ernments that hampered their freedoms and
certain rights they thought due them.
But perhaps the word freedom is strange
to you. Maybe our tale will explain what it
means.
It was July 4, 1776, on the continent of
North America when 56 men affixed their
names to a document concerning precepts
that no men had dared to uphold until that
time. These men represented all types of oc
cupations. Among them were lawyers, farm
ers, college presidents, iron makers, editors,
merchants, doctors, musicians, soldiers, jur
ists and brewers.
In this document these men appealed to
the “Supreme Judge of the world’’ their
right to overthrow the government that then
denied them this thing they called freedom.
They were revolutionists, pure and simple.
But, unlike most revolutionists, they present
ed a long list of just reasons for their revolt.
And they also presented their idea for a
government they thought would give them
the freedom they sought.
This concept of government said that cer
tain indisputable facts must be recognized
in the setting up of any government. The
first of these facts was that all men were
created equal.
Next, said this document, the Power that
created these men gave them certain rights
that no government could deprive them of.
Among these rights were listed “Life, Lib
erty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”
Government’s only aim, continued the
document, was to secure for those whom it
governed these rights.
Their next idea was the most revoluntion-
ary of all. It had been voiced before as a
theory but, until then, no one had dared to
practice it. All government, said these men,
derived its just power from those whom it
governed.
Others in the world sneered at this fool
ishness. How could an ordinary man know
enough about government to control it ? Be
sides, what right had farmers and brewers
and musicians to think that they could run
a government?
The men continued their theory of gov
ernment. The citizens should be given the
right to alter or to abolish any form of gov
ernment that did not provide these things
of which they talked. And, they continued,
the people could then set up a new govern
ment, organized in such a way that they
could be assured it would provide the safety
and happiness they sought.
Observers would have been quick to point
out the dangerous results that could occur
from open advocation of such revolt had
not the men been quick to qualify this last
point of their idea of government. “Pru
dence,” they said, should be exercised in such
actions to insure that no such major changes
were made for “light and transient causes.”
After thus outlining their ideas of gov
ernment and listing the grievances that led
them to revolt, these men addressed ,their
former mother country with the warning,
“We must . . . hold (you), as we hold the
rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace
Friends.”
The document closed with these words:
“And for the support of this Declaration,
with a firm reliance on the protection of Di
vine Providence, we mutually pledge to each
other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred
Honor.”
Leipper Speaks Store Owner Wins Contest Prize
11 1 G. E. Madele
At Lions Club
Madeley, owner
of the trade. The check for the prize
tion, won a prize of $250
national drug store contest re-
Dr. p. F. Leipper, head of '“‘ie'contest, sponsored by
the Oceanography Depart- Kesson an d Robbins Inc. and a
ment, was guest speaker at group of manufacturers and whole-
t h e College Station Lion’s salers, was a feature Of a mer-
Club meeting yesterday in the c a h S” n f e ?. rosl ' !lm rallcl 0n
M 1 C ’ T . , ..mt + ' It consisted of advertisements in
Dr. Leipper spoke on facts ^ife magazine to get consumers
About the Oceans.” to buy “nationally preferred pro-
Explaming many of the oddities ducts „ at local drug s t. ore s.
of the oceans, the oceanographer
said it would take 4000 years for
the oceans to evaporate if the nor
mal sources of water supply were
cut off. And after the oceans were
dried up, it would take the rivers
of the world 12,000 years to refill
them.
“Much about the history of the
earth is available at the bottom
of the seas,” he said. “There is
nothing to obstruct the particles
that have settled to the bottom
and many things can be found by
digging at the ocean bottom that
can not be found elsewhere. ”
Dr. Leipper said that 50 percent
of the earth’s plants and animals
grow in the sea, but only one per
cent of our food comes from there.
Madeley Pharmacy in College Sta- money was presented to him by R.
- ^ „ h, Dutton, sales representative m
the Bryan district of the Houston
division of McKesson and Rob-
y[ c _ bins, Inc.
PALACE
Bryan Z'SS79
Madeley’s award was for a let
ter on how the promotion benefited
his store and the retail drug
LAST DAY
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Tokyo, July 3'
today asked the Communists to
meet Thursday and lay plans for a
Korean cease-fire conference.
that pledged their support, too for the nation pr!?me lS^
being born—The United States of America, accepted the Red proposal for
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Settlers in that sparsely populated coun
try received the document with wild cheers
Skeptics have watched with amazement
in the 175 years since the drafting of that
document. The ideas therein set forth, they
swore again and again, could not be put into
practice. This American Declaration of Inde
pendence, they said, was a typical dream of
youth.
Perhaps it was a dream. But with it
came the youthful vigor to make that dream
come true. Each man, finding that he was
no better nor any worse than his fellow man,
took it as a challenge to himself to see that
this dream came true.
That young upstart of a nation got off to
a somewhat blustering start. And it had its
growing pains. But, within slightly over a
century, it had found from its trials and tri
bulations the maturity and wisdom demanded
of great nations.
Born of the idea that each man was an
individual free to think and act and work
as he pleased, this natio^n unleashed that
most wonderful of all human characteristics
—individual initiative. The energy and gen-
ious of the common man had never been un
fettered before. Now it came forth to lead
the world to a new era.
And today, Comrade, these United States
still preserve the ideals which prompted
those men of 1776. But, what is more, its
citizens still retain that youthful spirit and
vigor—that unshakeable faith in a greater
and better tomorrow.
I guess, my friend, that I have kept you
too long now. You must not get behind in the
common toil. Your government would never
allow that.
Before I go, however, I would like to
leave you one thought to pass on to those
men in your government who might ques
tion the principals I’ve told you about.
Only 56 names appeared on that docu
ment, Comrade, but there are 140,000,000
people that have its principles held close to
their hearts. And, like their forefathers,
they, too, pledge for its support their lives,
dieir fortunes and their sacred honor.
July 10 armistice meeting in the
ancient Korean capital of Kaesong
—earlier if possible.
He also proposed a preliminary
meeting Thursday* to arrange de
tails for that conference.
Ridgway agreed to the time and
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place proposed by Red Chinese and
North Korean commanders. But
he urged faster action in ending
the 53-weeks-old Korean war to
save lives.
Meeting Delay
“Delay in initiating the meet
ings and in reaching agreement,”
he said, “will prolong the fighting
and increase the losses.”
There was no break in the fight
ing. U. N. planes and tanks ham
mered at Communists on the war-
fronts Tuesday as opposing com
manders continued the slow ex
change of radio messages.
Ridgway’s latest message
brought a feeling of relief to U. S.
Eighth Army Headquarters, AP
correspondent Nate Polowetzky re
ported, and a feeling that the
shooting would come to and end.
However, news dispatches from
Moscow and Washington suggested
not too much should be expected
in the immediate future from armi
stice moves.
Ridgway selected the earliest
date mentioned by Red comman
ders—Premier Kim II Sung of
North Korea and Gen, Peng Teh-
Huai of China. In reply to Ridg
way’s original message they had
proposed meeting between July 10
and 15.
Picked July 10
The allied commander picked Ju
ly 10. He said his representatives
were ready to meet earlier if the
Communists would agree.
The U. N. commander’s suggest
ed preparatory meeting would lay
the ground work for the cease fire
talk. Ridgway proposed sending
three officers by helicopter or jeep
—depending on the weather—to
meet with three Communist officers
in preliminary sessions. None
would be higher rank than colonel.
Only three people, apparently
civilians, were spotted today by ob
servers who flew over the proposed
meeting place—Kaesong. The rub
ble-strewn city is in Red-held ter
ritory, three miles south of Par
allel 38 and 35 miles northwest of
Seoul. It was chosen by Red com
manders.
Three Far Eastern radio stations
began broadcasting Ridgway’s
message at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday
(11:30 p.m. Monday EST.) That
was exactly 39% hours after Kim
and Peng had answered the orig
inal U. N. armistice suggestion.
Ridgway’s Message
Ridgway’s message read:
“I have received your reply to
my message of 30 June.
“I am prepared for my repre
sentatives to meet yours at Kae
song on July 10, or at an earlier
date if your representatives com
plete their preparations before
that date.
“Since agreement on armistice
terms has to precede cessation of
hostilities, delay in initiating the
meetings and in reaching agree
ment will prolong the fighting and
increase the losses.
“To insure efficient arrange
ment of the many details connected
Officers Selected
By Vocational Ind.
•The Allies that not to exceed three of my
liaison officers have a preliminary
meeting with an equal number of
yours in Kaesong on 5 July, or as
soon thereafter as practicable.
“If you concur, my liaison offi
cers, the senior of whom will not
he above the rank of colonel, will
depart Kimpo Airfield southwest
of Seoul by helicopter at 2300 on
4 July (9 a.m. July 5 Tokyoi time
or 6 p.m. E.S.T. July 4) or at the
same hour on the day agreed-upon
for this meeting, proceeding di
rect to Kaesong.
Bad Weather
“In the event of bad weather,
these officers will proceed in a
convoy of three unarmed one-quar
ter ton trucks, commonly known
with the first meeting, I propose
as jeeps, along the main road from
Seoul to Kaesong. Each vehicle
will bear a large white flag. The
convoy will cross the Imjin River
on the Seoul-Kaesong road about
2300 hours GMT, 4 July (0900, 5
July, Tokyo time), or at the same
hour on the day agreed upon for
this meeting.
“The convoy bearing your liai
son officers to and from the meet
ing will be granted immunity from
attack by my forces, providing you
advise me of its route and sched
ule, and the manner by which my
forces may identify it.
“Your reply is requested.
“M. B. Ridgway
“General, United States Army
“Commander-in-Chief
“United Nations Command.”
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