CAPTAIN J. IV. ROBERTS, USN
Commanding Officer
CDR R. L. STRAUB, USN
Executive Officer
THE
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BLIMP LEADIMG THE BLIMP
A man in a small town used to call the
local telephone operator every morning
at about the same hour to ask for the
correct time. Finally one day the op
erator got up courage to ask him why he
did it. "It’s like this," the man re
plied, "I want to be very careful to get
the exact time, because I am the one who
blows the town whistle." "My goodness,"
the operator managed to gasp, "I always
set our clock by your whistle!"
Increasing millions are going around
in a circle confused because tney have
no absolute standards on which to base
their values, and they depend on others
who also are groping.
(Continued next column)
It is a case of the blind leading the
blind. As a writer pointed out in a
recent issue of The American Bar Assoc
iation Journal, unless men return to the
concept of the natural law established
by God Himself, we cannot hope for peace.
But what is natural law? St. Thomas
Aquinas' says that the natural law is the
participat?an in the eternal law by ra
tional cr:aturns. In other words, the
natural law is the law imposed on man by
God to fulfill man’s obligations as a
creature of God.
The difficulty today is that some deny
the natural law and as a consequence set
themselves up as their own lawmakers.
Because this is not in keeping with man's j
nature, his nature rebels and be becomes "
frustrated.
Therefore, in order to attain relative
happiness in this world and to achieve
peace of mind and soul, we must recognize
the- fact that the natural law is the law
of God for us. Submission of our will to
His is a must. Only by doing this can we •
hope to escape falling into the pit of
the "blind leading the blind."
Chaplain MORRIS
SMOKEY
3EZ
"Jury riggers usually end up facing a
board of investigation* {
A jury rigger is a person who? replaces
a 20'amp fuse with a 30 amp; uses a pipe
wrench on a fire hydrant; uses masking
or scotch tape on electrical wires; nails
fire doors shut; wires electric circuits
up direct with no seitches; removes covers
from electric outlets for better access;
cuts the grounding prong off electric
plugs; temporarily stores hazardous mat
erials in damgerous places.
This type person is a jury rigger and
as Smokey Soz, a jury rigger usually ends
up facing a board of investigation.
Play it safe and do as Smokey Sez,
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