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Show tgm (2 SmpcS OVeS EDITORIAL PAGE The Pendulum Swings nations now have been honest enough about abortion to admit that it is a bad thing. Both these nations are trying to recover and get back to normal population growth. Japan cnly recently reported its regrets over the bad law on abortion which now is of the nation. threatening the Now comes little Bulgaria, deeply concerned about the future, taking major steps to persuade its citizens to begin having children again. The population growth there, as reported Associated Press, is only one eighth of the by one percent, and the frightened leaders of government, seeing that the trend could destroy the nation, are now fighting back. TO PERSUADE families to have more children, the government allows cash payments for births, and is making great concessions to mothers who are willing to bear at least three. I wo well-bein- g three children Into as a gift from the the the with government, largest portion of that Any family which brings world will receive $515 amount, $303, being paid on the birth of the third child. The family will also be given monthly allowances of $49 if they have three children, which is the same as the average minimum wage paid to workers in that country. Again the largest allowance, $21, is granted after the birth of the third child. WORKING MOTHERS having a third child get leave from work for eight months with full pay plus partial pay for an additional six months. A mother may stay away from her job for three years to care for her children, without losing any pension rights or her salary level. When will American family planners learn the facts? MISSION EXPERIENCES A Tribute to Behavior MAINTAINING proper standards of dress and deportment on the part of the youth of the church constantly builds interest in the great cause we represent. Following the recent tour of the BYU dancers in Europe, an editor for Viltis Magazine (Vol. 32 No. 4) commenting on many European dance tours, wrote as follows: Of course, all folk dance groups who go to Europe, be they BYU, Duquesne University, Rose Chiazzas kids, the ethnic and groups, when they travel and perform they do a proud job representing the USA. Their good behavior and friendliness is a trademark of the non-ethn- folk ic dancer. However, the fact that the BYU member neither drinks nor smokes, that they are clean shaven, neatly combed and dressed, left a deep impression upon the-- Europeans and Israelis. THEY STOOD out in the public. Those who saw them praised them and loved them. American tourists couldnt believe that so fine a group could be produced by the U.S. Czech Saints Loved One woman in Athens practically wept with pride seeing this friendly and unassuming group. She said that many Europeans consider American tourists an obnoxious lot Ive heard practically the same remark in Spain. One example struck home while in Israel. All the visiting groups consisted of grand young people. Yet . . . in the Village where a number of nationalities were housed, the male populain tion raised Holy Hellaluiah till of the wee hours the morning. orgies OUR TROUPE stayed in their rooms. I couldnt contain myself and exclaimed: Indeed, there is a VAST difference between the Mormons and the Gentiles! The Mormons are the best ambassadors for the USA and for their church. oft-drun- k Throughout the entire trip the group lived their religion. They themselves prepared and conducted the Sunday Communion and Testimonials and often, before appearances held prayers seeking Divine blessings, or at an end of a tour expressing their gratitude to God for His guidance. Coffee and Your Heart A number of publications have carried re- sults of a recent additional study on the relationship of heart trouble and coffee drinking. The following is from Science News Letter (104:4): A heart attack is an acute oostruction of the blood supply to the heart. Late last year, Hershel Jick and his colleagues at Boston University Medical Center reported that 276 patients, who had had acute heart attacks, had drink more coffee than 1,104 control patients v. ftfl other diseases (SN : 1673, p. 10), 4 They now have more findings, reported in 1 5 16 - CHURCH WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 2, 1974 the July 12 New England Journal of Medicine, lo strengthen the hnk between coffee drinking and heart attacks. This time they surveyed 12,759 hospitalized patients, including 440 who had had acute heart attacks. Again they found a strong correlation between coffee drinking and heart attacks. If people drank one to five cups of coffee a risk of having a heart attack was 60 their day, percent higher than those who drank4 none." If they drank six or more cups a day, the risks were 120 percent higher than those who drank At a testimony meeting of California missionaries in President David O. McKay told of his travels in the European missions in June and July. As he spoke, tears ran down his face as he testified that the Czech members were loved by God, and the day would return when missionaries would be permitted again in that Communist-controllenation. 1952, d Many of the missionaries wept also, as they listened to the fervent testimony of the church president, that despite the slavery of communism, the Czech saints were reported to be standing firm in their faith. Nearly 22 years have passed, and the Czechoslovak Mission has not been reopened because of the Communist rulers. The first missionaries to Czechoslovakia were Elders Paul E. B. Hammer and Thomas Biesinger, called by the president of the Swiss and German Mission in 1883. They labored at Prague and Vienna wuh limited success. Elder Biesinger was arrested and imprisoned and finally banished. However, when he was 84 years of age, in 1928, he made a second attempt ai proselyting, this time with permission of the government authorities. The following year, Elder John A. Widtsoe of the Council of the Twelve, then serving as president of the European missions, formally created the Czechoslovak Mission. He was assisted by Pres Hyrum W. Valentine of the German-AustriaMission and Pres. Fred Tadje of the Swiss and German Mission. Elder Arthur Gaeth, one of the elders laboring in the German-AustriaMission, was appointed president, and his assistants were Alvin G. Carlson, Charles Josie, Jo-seph I. Hart, Willis A. Hayward and Wallace F. Toronto. At the t'me there v.ere seven members in Czpchoslo vakia, three in Prague, two in Cercany, one in Zmaimo, and one in Carlsbad. Elder Widtsoe made contact with government offi- cials and was given permission to present two radio lec-tures m the Czech language. Later, additional broadcasts were made in German and English as well as Czech. With the beginning of World War II, missionaries were withdrawn from Czechoslovakia. They returned after the war but were there only briefly before the Com-mimists seized control and expelled them. Proselyting in Czechoslovakia bas been denied from then until the pres- en ' (Anoflnr in a writs) .I n n S I I ( 1 I I I I 1 J |