LET'S NOT DEFAULT ON THE ALLIANCE

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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD- APPENDIX September 18
The program does not deserve such treat-
ment. Slow and fumbling in getting off the
ground, it is now beginning to show achieve-
ments. Almost every Latin American State
has already or is in the process of over-
hauling its tax structure. Land reforms are
moving ahead. Roads, schools, hospitals,
sewage nets are being built. Small business-
men. are receiving Alliance loansfor expan-
sion. At the same time, other fortuitous
signs of Latin American advancement are ap-
pearing-the regional economic integration
movements and the slowly rising prices of
major commodities,
Of course there is - disappointment and
grumbling-over the slowness of reform on
the one hand,. and the slowness of money on
the other-but on the balance it is widely
accepted that the program is providing a real
stimulus to progress. The United States
must remember that the $1 billion a year
promised by Washington is not the Alliance
for Progress, but only a small part of it. Its
chief importance is to provide a catalyst
which will set off a much larger and purely
Latin American reaction. By trimming its
commitment, Washington at a very mini-
mum will do irreparable harm to a burgeon-
ing Alliance spirit that only now is begin-
ning to take hold.
The call on Alliance funds will be greater
in the coming year than ever before. Peru
and Argentina will be back in the program
with their return to democratic rule. Major
commitments to Chile and Colombia must be
continued. If the dust settles in Brazil,
new projects will rise again there. After
setting rigidly high standards for develop-
ment aid, Washington is hardly in a. posi-
tion to default once its demands have been
met.
The $350 million authorization for AID,
which still would face the menace of the ap-
propriations bills to follow, cannot stand.
Nor can a simple halving of differences be-
tween the Senate and House estimates. At
the very least, we submit, $100 million must
be restored to the AID request. If this is not
achieved, the United States will- have re-
neged on the Alliance for Progress,
More Than Forgiveness
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
OF
HON. M. G. (GENE) SNYDER
OF -KENTUCKY
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 18, 1 963
Mr. SNYDER. Mr. Speaker, under
leave to extend my remarks I call the
attention of my colleagues to the follow-
ing sermon "More Than Forgiveness" as
delivered by the Reverend Robert G.
Eppler, minister of the Second Presby-
terian Church in -Louisville, Ky.:
"MORE THAN FORGIVENESS" .SERMON DE-
LIVERED JULY 21, 1963, BY REV. ROBERT G.
EPPLER
FOREWORD
This sermon, which mounts an all-out
attack against liberalism and its hand-
maiden-the institutional or organized
church-requires a. foreword of explanation.
It is a carefully prepared examination of
the fantastic folly that often masquerades,
beneath a .mantle of respectability, as good
government and- devout churchmanship in
our Nation today..
Because of the frightening events- which
are unfolding in such bewilderingly swift
fashion throughout Europe, Asia, - South
America, and the United States, the cleavage
that has long existed between the left and
the right is no longer merely an .ideological
difference of opinion. The conflict that
looms ahead carries with it, for the con-
cerned Christian conservative, the potential
dimensions of a struggle to the death, if
that be required.
It is our conviction that. the Christian
faith, -as "once and for all delivered to the
saints," faces the most grave threat to its
long and glorious history. The.danger we
face is both internal and external and at
its core is the unerringly clever work of
Satan. In such perilous times we may ill
afford an organized or institutional church,
that merely pays lipservice to the Biblical,
guidelines that represent her most solemn
responsibility. This, then, is a plea for
Christian believers to return to the church -
of the Scriptures, the church of which
Jesus Christ is the head and Saviour. Final-
ly, it is a plea for Christians to return to the
basic task and sacred commission of. the
church: to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus
Christ to a weary and sin-sick world.
MORE THAN FORGIVENESS
Text: "God Master, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?" Luke 18:18
Yesterday: afternoon the sun, which nor-
mally shines bright and clear at this time
of the day, was in three quarter eclipse.
Another object, the moon, had placed itself
between earth and our source of life-giving
heat, the sun. The result was a gradual
blackening of the skies until the land lay in
semidarkness.
This is a precise description of what is
happening to Christian, faith and witness
throughout the 'United States today. An-
other object, a satanic power, has placed it-
self between us and our source of life, the
sovereign God. The result has been a grad-
ual blackening of our skies, until the land
lies in moral and spiriutal darkness. Like
the sun yesterday, this Nation is today in
partial eclipse. It is our intention to ex-
amine issues and reasons that have brought
us to this tragic, state, and discover what
may yet be done to avert complete disaster.
One of the greatest dangers that faces the
Christian community today, is the failure of
our ministers to realistically preach God's
message of eternal life. A ministry that is
solely preoccupied with the affairs of this
life, that overwhelmingly concerns itself
with the welfare and creature comforts of
this world, is a direct betrayal of Biblical
truth and representsthe extreme prostitu-
tion of the life and work of our Lord Jesus
Christ. We rightly label this apostasy "The
Social Gospel," and recognize it as the illegit-
imate child of that bleak and austere cult
known as liberalism.
It is high time that the liberal establish-
ment of this country be called to a stern
accounting of its more than 30 years of
leadership. It is time for religious, govern-
mental, business, and labor leaders of the
left, to tell the truth about their profligate
handling of the public trust, which has long
been their evident responsibility. It is time
for decent, God-fearing people to call a halt
to the madness that constitutes much of
the spiritual, political, and economic fabric
of the liberal left. Nothing less.than our
continuing existence in this life, and per-
haps the life beyond, depends upon such
action. ,
The gospel of Luke tells of a rich ruler
who inquired of Jesus, "What shall I do to
inherit eternal life?" Note that he asked
about life eternal, or more precisely, life
beyond this one._ In directing this inquiry
to Jesus the rich ruler showed an apparent
wisdom beyond his years, although there is
evidence to suggest the question was posed
in disdain. It is interesting to conjecture
as to whether he genuinely understood that
our Lord could offer him more than forgive-
ness, important as that surely was.
The. rich ruler inquired about eternal life
and in response Jesus . indicated that he
should not commit adultery, kill, steal, or
bear false witness. In addition he should
honor his father and his mother. The rich
ruler's reply was quick and confident; he
had. kept all these things since his youth.
We can visualize Jesus standing before this
man and reading his innermost thoughts.
With a smile He said, "Sell all that thou hast
* * * and follow me." It was at this vital
point that the rich ruler faltered and fell by
the wayside.. The price was too high for him
to pay. Luke writes, "And when he heard
this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very
rich." -
Christ's lesson is clear. Those who have
given up their home and possessions for the
kingdom will find greater spiritual riches,
both now and in the life to come. The rich
ruler inquired about life eternal, when in
reality his hopes, plans and ambitions were
rooted in the affairs of this world. As such
he deluded himself; and characterizes the
"liberal" prototype of our age.
Before we examine some examples of the
Liberal's retreat from reason within the
church, let it be freely acknowledged that
the Christian conservative falls under God's
-judgment, as do all men. He is not exempt.
Let it be freely acknowledged that this coun-
try also falls under the same judgment. God
has it within His power and Biblical au-
thority to subjugate this Nation to his omni-
potent will, for Jesus Christ is Sovereign over
all nations. To maintain otherwise, is pre-
sumptuous.
For illustration we pose a hypothetical sit-
uation, but one that is not without truth
and irony, however. What would transpire
were the rich ruled to appear before today's
church leaders and inquire, "What must I do
to inherit eternal life?" The dialogue, a fa-
vorite expression among leftwing intellec-
tuals, might develop something like this:
Rich ruler: "Good Master, what must I do
to inherit eternal life?"
The church: "My brother do not fret, unity
is close at. hand. Soon we shall all be one
great ecumenical brotherhood, under the
benevolent, omniscient direction of the
Lord's handiwork, the National Council of
Churches."
Rich ruler: "But how may I inherit eternal
life?"
The church: "Rich ruler. The church
seeks equal opportunities for all. We are
laboring night and day influencing social
legislation throughout the Nation. For your
information, the National Council of
Churches, which speaks 'for 40 million Prot.
estant', consistently concerns itself with
the vital 'religious' issues of our day. Among
other things:
"We have insisted on drastic change in 1m-
migration laws, designed to protect us from
undesirable aliens. Is not every man our
brother?
"We have sought to repeal the Connally
reservation, and opposed the Bricker amend-
ment, both of which were designed to protect
the Nation from the blandishments of world
government.
"We are engaged in a relentless struggle
against right-to-work laws, or any laws that
seek to regulate unions."
Rich ruler: "But my soul. What must I
do to be-"
The church: "Brother, the church is busy
for you: Some of our strongest efforts and
much of your money, have been spent in the
following -Christian enterprises:
"Passing overtures in our denominational
assemblies, commending the abolishment of
Bible reading and prayer in public schools.
"Circulating petitions by the hundreds of
thousands, protesting the imprisonment of
convicted spies and traitors.
"Supporting civil liberty for antisocial be-
havior and political conspiracy.
"Seeking to abolish capital punishment.
"Urging immediate recognition of Red
China and admitting her to the United Na-
tions.
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At this same time. a f .: . musical so-
ciety was organized which is the oldest musi-
cal society in the United States, this being
the old Stoughton Musical Society. Many
people from Avon have participated In the
activities of this musical roc'ety from the
beginning.
In the Civil War period, Thomas Cosgrove
is listed as a Congressional Medal of Honor
winner, from the records at Washington.
D.C. He was the first and only citizen of
the town to have won this honor.
During the period 1830-70, Negroes, es-
caping from the South, found refuge In
the swamps-of Avon, where they established
a colony, which lasted for 40 years.
In the early days, most of the Inhabitants
were farmers or hunters, until the making
of shoes became the livelihood of the fami-
lies, at sometimes all members of the family
working on this project. May's Corner, at
South and West Main Streets, and the Little-
field homes on East Mr in Street near East
Spring Street, were the first to make shoes
in the home.
The first shoe factories built were the.
Tucker, Littlefield, Peach, and Foster fac-
tortes. Also built was a large tannery, later
followed by the manufacture of rubber soles.
moccasins, welts, shanks, and cutting dies.
There has been little Increase in Indus-
trialdevelopment during the past few years.
with the town being, basically a residential
community, and a bedroom town for com-
muters to Boston and other communities.
At the present time the town has an active
industrial and developme-t commission,
making every effort to secure business and
industry for the town.
Transportation facilities have always been
good in Avon, from the horsecar period, when
Avon was the first commun!ty to be pro-
vided horsecar service from Brockton.
Forty-five trucking firms cervice Avon, with
one-half hours bus service from Avon to
Boston. Avon Is easily accessible to Logan
Airport and other important points, with
travel time from Avon to downtown Boston
being only 18 minutes by car when the
Amvet's Highway (Fall River Expressway)
is completed and becomes a part of Route 128
and the Southeast Highway, now under con-
struction. Route 28, from New Hampshire
to Cape Cod, runs through Avon.
With the opening of the Amvet's Highway.
many fine Industrial sites will be made avail-
able and will open excellent potential for
industrial development that will change the
town somewhat, but also will help materially
in the broadening of the tax base, and bring-
ing about a better balarc^d economy for the
town.
Avon has been well favored regarding
parks, as in the not-to-distant past High-
land Park, now a residential area, was con-
sidered to be one of the most beautiful street
railway parks in New England, with scores
of gardeners being employed to keep up the
landscape and the property in general. The
first electric fountain in New England was
constructed at this park. It also Included a
large zoo, open-air vaudeville shows, and a
regulation ball park, where the New England
League played for many years, with such
ballplayers as Lajole, Young. Hooper, and
Parent all played, as well as Burns. the third-
base coach for the Red Sox, made his debut.
Avon also has a considerable part of the
beautiful D. W. Field Parkway within its
boundaries, with this park being beautifully
landscaped and equipped with brooks,
streams, and lakes, with picnic facilities being
available for all, with hundreds of ducks for
children to feed, and ponds stocked with fish
for the pleasure of both young and old fisher-
men. This park is the attraction of thou-
sands from Boston and many other parts of
eastern Massachusetts.
When you think of Avon, think of a town
where livability is our most precious asset,
come and rapidly become a most impo
part of our town.
EXTENSION OF REMARKS
or
HON. JOHN S. MONAGAN
OF CONNECTICUT
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Wednesday, September 18, 1963
Mr. MONAGAN. Mr. Speaker, sober
second thought has emphasized the ir-
respotlsibility of the wholesale, across-
the-board slashes which were made in
the foreign aid bill through Republican
leadership and almost unanimous Re-
publican action.
I made it clear during the discussion
of the Foreign Assistance Act that I
made no claim that the foreign aid pro-
gram was perfect in operation and execu-
tion. I have always conceded that there
were broad areas in which improvement
was necessary to maintain the required
public and congressional support.
On the other hand, I believe that cer-
tain parts of the program are essential
to our national security and that we
must necessarily bear with some waste
and mismanagement in these sections
where experimentation and Improvisa-
tion are necessary, from the very nature
of the shifting problems.
One area where the wholesale slash
was most regrettable was in the authori-
zation for the Alliance for Progress. No
one can maintain that the future of
Latin America is not intimately tied with
the security of the United States; yet,
the reduction in funds for AID for the
Alliance amounted to $150 million.
This reduction would force a 30 percent
across-the-board cutback In the entire
Latin program.
While the Alliance program has been
slow in starting and was introduced with
exaggerated claims, nevertheless, the
fact remains that some solid advances
are being made and it would be tragic
not to give the administrators the bene-
fit of the doubt in this area for a reason-
able time to come.
Incidentally, it is a strange commen-
tary that those who are most vigorous
in their criticism of Castro and most
apprehensive about the danger of his
influence spreading in Latin America are
in the forefront of those who would deny
funds to the Alliance for Progress which
seeks to stimulate the private economic
growth which would make Castro-like
revolutions improbable.
Along the line of these general
thoughts, I should like to share with my
colleagues an editorial which appeared
in the Vision letter of August 27, 1963.
The Vision letter is a normally temperate
and informed commentary on Latin
American affairs and the reasonable yet
admonitory tone of this editorial is one
that should be heeded:
DBFAULTINO on TnE ALLIANCE
The annual numbers game over foreign
aid is now going on in Washington. Tice
House trims, the Senate reluctantly re-
stores, the President pleads, and a last-min-
widely recognized that a major departure
from this tribal ritual is in the works. For
a variety of reasons-concern over the bal-
ance of payments deficit, sloppy parliamen-
tary tactics on the part of the administra-
tion, and the civil rights struggle prominent
among them-the cuts are going unusually
deep. The final compromise figure will be
probably well below what Presidents of both
parties have called in the past the Irreducible
minimum.
At Issue here is not the foreign aid bill
or the sweeping arguments for and against it,
but a straight question on hemisphere re-
lations: Is the United States about to de-
fault on the promises of the Alliance for
Progress?
The question is raised because last week's
House vote reducing the foreign aid author-
ization bill to $3.5 billion, included-a slash
In AID funds for the Alliance--from a re-
quested $500 million to $350 million. At
least some of the money, it can be assumed,
will be restored. But, whether this will be
enough to continue the program even at its
present inadequate level is seriously In doubt.
And to give a rdugh idea of what an appro-
priation of $350 million would mean to the
Alliance in simple financial terms, AID
sources reveal that it will force a 30 percent
across-the-board cutback in Its entire pro-
gram. It Is Impossible to believe at this
critical juncture In Alliance history that
this is the Congress aim.
Foreign aid, for good and bad reasons, has
a poor reputation with the majority of the
American people. From an arm of foreign
political and economic policy, it has come to
be seen as an international pork barrel. To
judge whether or not this Is true in the spe-
cific case of the Alliance for Progress, a few
basic facts need to be reexamined.
The Alliance to intended to be a coopera-
tive venture between the world's richest and
most powerful Nation and its struggling.
semideveloped neighbors. The demands it
makes on the Latin American side are Im-
mense. These countries are expected to
forge, virtually overnight, a sweeping pop-
ular revolution that alters the very fabric of
their national societies, while at the same
time squeezing out a level of capital Invest-
ment In the public sector of at least $8 bil-
lion a year.
The United States, in hopes of achieving
a peaceful and profitable trading partner
and to dike its hemisphere walls against
predatory communistic incursion, has prom-
ised a general level of governmental aid of
$1 billion a year with private Investment,
funds from International agencies, and aid
from other developed nations, raising the to-
tal to $2 billion a year.
The lion's share of the burden, and prop-
erly so, falls upon the Latin American States.
As much as their freedom and prosperity is
In our Interest. It is doubly so in their own.
Nonetheless, the fuel that makes the Al-
liance run is U.S. support.
In the first 2 years Washington either
met or came close to meeting its $1 bil-
lion obligation, depending on how the figures
are juggled. This year, food for peace, the
Exlmbank, the social progress trust fund.
and smaller sources are expected to make
up about half the total, with AID provid-
Ing the other half. Thus, the $500 million
asked by AID was not an Inflated request
designed for later opmpromise, but close
to bedrock needs for meeting our Alliance
promises. The $150 million cut, which can-
not possibly be made up from other sources,
would clearly put us way below the $1 billion
mark.
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