| Show til Carol Russells Russell's Winning Speech p Miss Carol Russell a senior In Morgan High School k recently won first place in the State of Utah in the American Legions Legion's oratorical contest She will advance to a state four contest very soon Miss Russell is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Laddie Laddle Russell formerly of Kamas Kamos Her lIer oration is well welt worth reading Tho The greatest single problem which eh faces our nation today and tho key to most of our other problems is how to meet the aggressive power of the Communist bloc bloe Although Communism has existed for a II long period of time it has never been so important that tho the American people take a good look at the situation and it is imperative that we wo do not underestimate its power In the minutes which follow I wish to explain to you 1 how the tho Communists are arc trying to destroy y us by destroying our spiritual heritage 2 how Communists are able to keep nations nation's in shackles through fear 3 and most important how we can oppose their forces The law of God is the dynamo which converts tho the power of human freedom for human good If Americans will not be ruled by God she shall certainly be e ruled by tyrants and there is no tyranny more more devastating than Communism Therefore it is vital that we employ our spiritual heritage in our lives in our fight in maintaining o our r blessed right to self government in our constant nt struggle against those who are determined to control our minds our activities and our beliefs It is vital because this is our hope and our weapon Before Before Defore Be De- fore they can destroy us they must first destroy the spiritual ideals and moral values which our system em If we are to bo be e free then let us never become lax in our devotion to integrity truth honesty unselfishness through making material values the tho goals of living If we wo do we are inviting the destruction of our way of life from the inside The atheist aim of the Communist oppressor is to destroy Jus' Jus us us' us by hr destroying our spiritual heritage and it is a greater weapon by far than all the tho rockets missiles airplanes ships ot or or atomic devices which wo we might possess I think that the story of the tho great wall of China is suggestive suggestive suggestive sug sug- for our times It was built to defend the country from 1 foreign invasion and it stretches for one thousand five hundred miles It is a structure yet it never stopped a single invader I Even ven before the advent of modern weapons it never halted a serious invasion The fhe reason f 1 Very simple Someone Some Some- ono one inside tho the wall opened the gate and let tho the invader through Someone inside tho the wall could always bo be bought so the he wall was breached from the inside not from outside We Wo may build economic military political walls with which to defend our nation but we accomplish little if we suffer from a deficit or devotion to those spiritual values and moral ideals inside the walls I What happens when Russia does take over a country f fIt I It crushes the tho heart of the people It forces them to abandon those principles which the they have havo held dear It eradicates those institutions in which they expressed their faith in God We Wo have seen it again and again We Vo saw it in tho the of Bishop Frances X Xavier vier I Ford We Wo saw it in tho the persecution of the Catholic Bishop of Wo We saw it in Yugoslavia and in Hungary where I Cardinal Cardin ll is at present safe only through the good offices of the American government I Fear I This is b the tho device used by a handful of Communists to keep an entire nation under control We Ve have have- watched Soviet Russia ruin the tho beautiful culture which was once Eastern Europe Cleave it apart shackle it intimidate it and enslave it under fear Only a little remains in comparative freedom om and within the tho territory of that little the Communist party is still hacking awa away in hopes that soon I Ithe the of Moscow will envelop all I In Russia those who dare speak out in protest against 1 their government are persecuted severely Such is the case caso with the tho authors of the tho two books which have come from Communist East Fast Europe They have made mado a profound sion ision on the Western estern world because of the tho courage of they who dared defy their governments for the sake of those truths troths Ono One of these O human testaments is U Doctor Zhivago in which showed his deep love for the tho Russian people as as I deep as his scorn for their rulers The other a political treatise The New Class in which Djilas stated that Communist revolutionaries end up oppress oppress' oppressing ing lug those hoso very people which they claim to serve Djilas was sent to prison died last May Jar after a storm of Soviet t abuse There are very few left in Russia RUMia because be cause of ot the deep fear instilled within the Russian people 1 Another very good example may be found 90 miles mil from the shores of our country in Cu Cuba a. a The kere 1 dictator Castro murders those who dare opp oppose him until there are few lift left today who dare Then he directs attention away from this mass murder and instills within the hearts of those J ii pJ a fear tear of ot American attack The d da dater w er on our doorstep is ia one Cne of the tho greatest S t problems problems lems our new administration and our nation today But Dut as all I stated previously most of our problems stem stein from tram this one source J tho ruthless ideology which promises that Communism will someday ay rule tb the v l b 1 rattles life his milt 8 makes make Ills ii threats a d does his is b best to throw fear tear into all 1111 th the who vho d do not Leo dee ee his version Of f the tho truth But nut how really important is it that you and aud I T concern ourselves with all aU this this' Well WeB it happens to have this significance cnn cance o The only alternative is Communism in which the people pc are not tho the government and tho the government itself is not derived powers ordained of God GOlt Tho The Communist t government government government govern govern- ment S says ys it is God I needn't add that if it Christian Americans do tIo not Mt ako any great interest in our politics in our government that the Communists certainly certainty do This is why we should d deem em it necessary to choose our government lea leaders ers carefully This is the tho first way way to fight figh Communism and strengthen our standing Our government stands unparalleled by any because our government is by the lleo people le We Wo may choose our own civic officers So let us do what we are aro called to do and take deep interest in our governing governing govern govern- ing body down to tho the most minute position Tho The number two method for tor fighting Communism is Education Since the tho Red lied high command is consciously at war it constantly prepares tho the necessary experts in the Ule use uso of political psychological economics and revolutionary education Those planning and fighting the Communist war are J Meanwhile are wo we doing enough to train t technicians and fighters for tho the free freo world It is important that we educate tho the masses for what use uso are noble idealistic and intelligent leaders if there those to follow them who are arc also noble idealistic and intelli gent Last an and most important of all is tho fact the tho Communists I will strike at tho the heart of our spiritual heritage to destroy us from within Wo We V c may build a great wall of atomic protection around us but it is tho time weakness inside the wall eating at the tho heart of our common life lifo which constitutes our major peril Our hope is in high devotion to God In conclusion I wish to quote President Kennedy CI The Tho The world is very different now fo for man holds in his mortal hands tho the power to abolish all forms of human life And yet tho the same beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe globe the tho belief that rights of man come not from tho the generosity ity of the state but from the hand of God Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price bear any burden meet any hardship hardship hardship hard hard- ship support any friend frien any foe to assure the survival and the su success cess of liberty I have shown you how the Communists are trying to destroy us by destroying our spiritual heritage I have shown you how the Communists are ara masters of and experts with fear And most important of all I hope I have inspired belief that we as individual Americans must be aware of these dangers do our part by teaching those who follow us the true values of living and through maintaining our national nation l belief in in God and by so doing assuring the survival and the success success- of liberty |
