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I "914 ren Teese gs a EXTENSION, OF REMARKS _ HON. FRANK J. BECKER , Or NEW YoRK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, July 2, 196¢ Mr. BECKER. _, Mr. Speaker, I am in- serting herewith the above-entitled ar- ticle written by a great-grandmother, . Mrs. Phil Regan, in Palm Springs, Calif. I believe this is a wonderful expression by a very good lady, and there is Uttle _ Goubt of the truth and wisdom of her ‘statement. , : I commend the reading of this article toall Members: - Woman or Amernica, ron Gon's Sake, AWAKE ' The torch is passed to the women of Amer- toaf It is our moral responsibility to restore Bible reading and prayer in our schools. Many wonderful things have been twisted into instruments of destruction. In amend- zoent 1 of the Constitution, what law has ’ been broken by Bible Feading and prayer in schools? There ts no doubt that the U.S. Supreme Court is comprised of fine men who acted upon the letter of the law when they ruled 8 to 1 on cases from Maryland and Pennsylvania that State laws providing for & religious exerclse or prayer recital are un- constitutional under the doctrine of T separa~ tion of church and state. What Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson said in 1948 still stands: - “One can hardly respect a system of edu- cation which would leave the student wholly ignorant of tho curyents of religious thought that move the world society * * * for a part in which ho is being prepared.” Ono persistent atheistic woman never Stopped untill she had reached the Supreme Court and through the technicality of the interpretation of the letter of the law suc- ceeded in banning Bible reading and prayers in our schools while we women—mothers, grandmothers, and gfeat-grandmothers (the _ ‘Writer is in the latter category) —looked on, cara it oon ar netbes ie : wien ; Seagreaniot _ schools? PROCEEDINGS AND > DEBATES OF THE 88% c CONGRESS, ‘SECOND SESSION ” by. Mrs. Phil Regan ‘too lethargic to prevent this audacious wom- an who was speaking for her own child, What has happened to the women in this country to take this lying down? We are paying taxes for all children to enjoy an American education. Who is financing her? Who are the un- seen insidious forces behind her atheistic move? Are we going to let one godless woman succeed without setting out to re- verse this decision? Do you realize what wnoensr Pen Mf we take God out of our A LESSON FaoM THE Nazis ” During the postwar trials of Nazis in Ger- many in 1946, a former high official of the Third Relch confessed that he had taken part in the coldblooded murders of 2% mil- ion persons by Nazis. One American inves- tigator, astounded by the casual] manner in which the defendant admitted these atroce itles, asked: “Do you believe in God?" “Most emphatically not,” the Pubrer's dis- ciple replied. In countries the world over where God has been deliberately rejected by atheistic rulers, the value of human life is soon belittied. We of this generation have no excuse not to learn from a terrible experiment which has taken place in our own times. This know-it-all claims, “Religious people are weak.” Under the Hitler regime kindness was considered weakness; brutality became & virtue, Those who would enslave man concentrate _ first on schools as the most effective place to deform and debase impressionable minds. Thus they quickly eliminate all teaching thet reminds the human being that he is made in God's image and that his rights come from his Creator. The edicts of the Supreme Court shall pass. The laws of God shall nevor pasa, No child over became a delinquent or a traitor by applying. the inspired words of the Bible and prayer to his dally living. Milton said: “There are no songs com- parable to songs of Zion; no orations equal to those of the prophets; and no politics like those which the Scriptures teach.” - : Horace Greeley said: “It is impossible to mentally or socially enslave a Bible reading : op people. The principles of the Bible are the groundwork of human freedom.”. . ' Francis Bacon sald: “They that deny God destroy man's nobility; for clearly man is Kin to the beasts by his body and if he is not kin to God by his spirit; he is # base and ignoble creature.” Young said: “A foe to God was never a true friend of man.” Uniecs & man's spirit be tree, he is imprisoned. This amendment haz interfered and pre- vented our freedom of spiritual speech.; For. | When we pray we speak to God and when God answers, He speaks to us, His children op earth—biack, white, yellow, Jew, Protes- tant, Catholic—through the Bible. ; Nothing in the Constitution prohib: ts Bible reading and prayer in our schools. Why change and play into the hands of atheistic Communists. The Supreme Court has gone beyond its power in amending @ the Constitution. Article I: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof: or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the. press o¢ of the right of the people.” Sete Women, why not take a popular vote? | The atheistic aim is clear. Without God the consciousness of man is lowered. With this accomplished, man will be unable to dis« cern evil if i¢ has a legal dress. Without God tn our schools, we shall perish. ce etn The Old Testament teaches wisdom. The : New Testament teaches love and peace. Com-: = bine these three, they equal power for good, All of our Presidents from George Wash-. ington up to and including Lyndon B. John-~ son were consistent in recognizing the de. pendence of this Nation on God. This is - clearly revealed in the inaugural address of each President. Every President invoked _ God's help and recognized dependences of. this Nation on God. These are excerpts from . three of their inaugural addresses: = Abraham Lincoln: “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in - the right as God gives us to see the right.” Dwight D. Eisenhower: “This is the work’. that awaits us all, to be done with bravery, with charity, and with prayer to Almighty