Paul Harvey Politically Speaking Sins In His Name tus of church-relate- d organiBy PAUL HARVEY zations and cast an ugly shadA year ago I worried in ow over all. Some resented the suggesprint about whether same g prof e s sional tion. At least one church-relate- d chur chmen foundation apparently might not be made no effort to clean house. Now it is on the carpet coninviting an a t i o n fronted with potentially emwhich could barrassing questions from the Internal Revenue Service, the thems elves Justice Department, the Post and besmirch Office, the Securities and Exreligion per change Commission and Calise. fornia's attorney general. I meant that The Baptist Foundation of admonition to America Inc., has no formal ' be a helpful warning. Had affiliation with any major its cothough group, .the critic been a vindictive Baptist the founder and president, have he Nader, might Ralph is Sherron Rev. T. Jackson, presented evidence which a churchBaptist respected would jeopardize the tax sta man and live of its nine trustees are ministers. The BFA was founded in 1966 as a nonprofit organization intending to build hospitals for children, retirement centers ' for the aged and other such facilities. It was to be no less than a monument to faith in God and to freedom and courage of the human spirit ins tant Installation It has built no hospitals, no Every Size In Stock high-livin- discredit tax-exemp-t, Satisfaction acretirement centers and to Street Wall the cording Journal figures in two bizarre stock deals, has been Guaranteed HANSEN GLASS AND PAINT Ph. dealing with men with criminal records and apparently is responsible for substantial losses for individuals and in-- Preston 852-10- 67 FINEST WEDDING GIFTS For Only stitutions throughout the United States. NO. 20 VOL IX AUGUST 27, 1970 Lewiston, Utah The Baptist Foundation of America Inc., shortly after its founding, had assets totaling more than $20 million, is presently headquartered in an impressive suite of offices in Los Angeles and turns to the public a benevolent face. But it has issued countless millions of dollars worth of promissory notes in exchange for property and services, most of which notes are now in default. The Journal's researchers were unable to determine whether the BFA was more victimizer or victimized, whether the foundation consummated good deals with bad dealers. But the foundation lists among its assets thousands of acres of land in Tennessee, y and tax assessor down cant find any of it. In the rank of our nations major denominations are thousands of selfless, conscientious church officials and clergy who need no defense for themselves and their activities. They do deserve to be defended against some professional churchmen, usug ally not clergy, whose is not what the widows ON TO WASHINGTON Members of the Washington Or Bust Clifb gather mite was meant to pay for. around lamb and a off for help to finance the which are a bicycle they raffling : Church-owneproperty in trip they plan to take to Washington, DC next year. The rafle is being held in conthe United States has been The Citizen Photo junction with the fair. valued at $44.5 billion for the Catholic Church, $28 billion RETURNS FROM TRIP for Protestants, $7 billion far Oxford-CIiftonWa- rd Mr. and Mrs. Bill Auger Jewish congregations. and family and her mother, billion Each year $5.5 goes Mrs. Howard Hall, spent SatYou dates. into the collection and Sunday in ' Salt urday cant funnel such sums CLIFTON through human hands without The Oxford urday they returned home and Lake City at toe home of their some margin for hanky-pank- Clifton ward Primary was re- toe Becksteads returned to daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Miorganized Sunday evening. their home in Tacoma, Wash. chael Olsen and family. SunReleased were Raelene W. d Mr. and Mrs. Paul day morning, they went to But religion is not so sacroSears, president, Lorraine F. and children Mr. and toe airport to get a son, Tony sanct as it once was and Povey and Afton O. Ralphs. and Mrs. Charles Bailey drove church administrative expen- Sustained were Wanda O. to Pocatello Wednesday to Auger, who had spent the foun- Cox, president, with Lorraine visit their sons and brothers, past week and a half in Los ses and church-relate- d dations are presently ex- Povey and Elda Winward as Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bailey Angeles, Calif. His vacation counselors. Speakers in sac- and Dennis Bailey. was spent at toe home of Mrs. tremely vulnerable to the rament meeting were the. new Henderson Augers sister and family, toe Mrs. Marguerite possibility of an expose which seminary teacher, Justo Fru-tos- went with her daughter, Mrs. Keith Remingtons. and Kay Reeder. could drastically curtail the Ruel Keller of Preston, to Mr. and 'Mrs. Arthur Sant Salt Lake City Wednesday effectiveness of religion with visited Sunday in Smithfield and spent the day. an already suspicious Mrs. Edith Henderson has with their son, Mr. and Mrs David Sant and baby. returned to her home after Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Taylor spending toe past few months have their two grandsons in California with Mr. and spending toe week with them. Mrs. Zan Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Merwin MarThey are toe sons of their daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Paul tin are enjoying a visit from Sfeck. their grandson, who is spendMr. and Mrs. Charles Bail- ing toe week with them. He ey drove to Salt Lake City is toe son of Mr. and Mrs. Friday morning to join Mr. LaVere Martin of Sunset, Ut. and Mrs. Paul Beckstead and Paul, Charles and Alan, and RICHMOND BRIEFS IS A bridal shower was given Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bailey and baby. After dinner they in honor of Judy Doane with drove to Liberty Park where Rosemary White and Maurthey met Mr. and Mrs. Ralph een Andersen as hostesses. Bailey and children, Honda, Those attending were ThelHoward, Barbara, Bryan and ma Doane, Billie Lu Bagley, Nora Bair, Phyllis, and Mr. and Mrs. Faye Griffiths, Eldon Bailey and children, Violet Bair, Mary Jane Bair, REG. $42.95 Jane Ann, Charlene and Teri Bagley, Cheryl Bagley, Kara. The Charles Baileys Dindy Griffiths, Adeline Done, and toe Becksteads spent toe Detta Mayne, Rosemary night with toe Ralph Baileys. White, Maurene Anderson, After seeing their grandson Delores Jensen and Jean Paul in the mission home Sat that-awa- high-livin- 4-- H d Reorganizes Primary $2.01 y. Tins YOUR PLACES Beck-stea- NAME ON A GIFT LEST. Phone 852-080- 4 MERRILL JEWELRY PRESTON, IDAHO By JOHN CORLETT Statesman Political Editor There were no statewide shifts in political philosophy noted in the reorganization of county Republican central committees last week. There was just a chance tlvat Gov. Don Samuelsons convincing victory in the Aug. 4 primary election could have led to a greater growth of conservatism and a strengthening of the right wing in toe party. But this didn't prove to be so. The split in toe Bannock County GOP Central Committee docs show additional strength of the right wing in that group. And toe Kootenai County Republican Committee moved farther to toe right with toe election of Gary Ingram as chairman. Ingram is an conservative Young Republican. On toe other side, however, moderates were put in control of the GOP committees in Bonneville and Nez Perce extra counties. Canyon county conservatives retained control of that committee and an extra conservative was elected chairman of toe Ada County GOP Central Committee, although as it turned out toe fight for toatt office hinged primarily on personalities rather than philosophy. It will take more than moderate victories in Nez Perce and Bonneville counties to move the full GOP State Central Committee from its right wing posture. There were no shakeups in the county Democratic central committees, but the Ada county committee continued to work away at elimination of toe old guard. The Democratic ' party in Idaho still lacks toe force of an effective organization at the state level, althoui some strides have been made in The party this direction. cannot expect to build an effective organization until it wins control of the governorship and toe legislature. The Ada County Republican Central Committee elected Robert L. Watson as chairman over Mrs. Clyde (Peggy) Bunting. Mrs. Bunting worked diligently for toe election and no one was more surprised than she when Watson won. Women committee members were Watsons chief backers. Although he entered toe race late, these supporters brought him toe victory. In effect, therefore, the battle was woman against woman. There are more extra conservatives than center is ts and moderates on toe Ada County GOP Committee, and although philosophy was not strictly an issue, Watsons kind of conservatism benefited him. The Ada County Democratic Central Committee kept as chairman, Howard Humphand rey, a moderate-libera- l, defeated Emmett Bennett, a remnant from toe old committee, as state committee-man- . ' Bennett, hardly old enough to really be old guard, was replaced by Ray Brandt, a A tireBoise businessman. less worker for toe party, Mrs. Violet Harms, was named state committeewoman and a third new face, Mrs. Adelbert Bowman, was named vice chairman. 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