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June, 1969 Th e PLAIN TRUTH

In This Issue:What our ReadersSay Inside Front CoverPersonal f rom the Editor . . . . .

Hend" fSon- Ambau adorColt"9"

Short Questions 17TV Lag 18

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OUR COVERHer Majesty Queen Elizabeth speaksat 20th anniversary of the signatu reof the statute of the Cou ncil ofEurope . Left to right: RL Hon. SirGeoffrey de Freitas (President ofConsultive Assembly of the Councilof Europe), Herr Willy Brandt(Cha irman of the Commi ttee ofMinisters of the Council of Europe),Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, Rt.Hon. Harold Wi lson (P rime Minister of Great Bri ta in), His RoyalH ighness Duke of Edinburgh.

Advance News ReportsCome Alive Today 4B

And Now - a New EuropeAfter Oe Gaulle 2

What You Should KnowAbout Birth Oefects 41

Story of Man . . _. . . . . . . . . . 35

Why Disastrous FloodsHit Northern U. S.

Japan Speaks Outto the West 7

Radio Log _ 14

Oceans FuJI of Evidence . . .that Evolution is inover its Head . . . . . . . . . . . 20

What's Behindthe Pill-Popping Mania? . . . 9

readers, or from our radio listeners ortelevision viewers, as possible .

Th is reminds me that many havewr itten expressing their reaction to thePersonal on the subject of the humanmind, and the difference between humanmind and animal brain . In it I statedthat , if a sufficient number of subscriberswanted it, I would t ry to write muchmore fully on that sub ject. There hasbeen quite a demand for it. Most of thecomments written to me about it expressed enthusiastic approval, and therequest that I con tinue the subject indepth . A very small minority expresseddisagreement or disapproval.I do not have time to continue that in

this month's "Personal." I want to makeit a full art icle anyway - more probablyit will requi re a series of articles. andthen be published as a booklet. It mighteven go to book length .I must tell you frankly, that I realize

the tru th on that subject is not going tobe readily accepted by all. I do not wantto create enemies. And a few of ourreaders possibly will disagree. Some mayeven write in ang rily, "Cancel my subscription !"And , even though you cannot pay for

your own subscripti on, I do not wantto lose subscribers. On the other hand,I have never compromised with TRUTH .When I know it is truth, I write it orspeak it fearl essly and PLAIN LY, regardless of consequences.But V::'HY - yes, WHY shou ld anyreader become angry and cancel his

subscription, simply because he did notfind h imself in full agreement with somearticle? Why miss out on all the otherfine articles ?I f you read in The P LA IN TRUTH only

what you al ready know, believe, andag ree with, what is the good - otherthan entertainment?And WHY do different peop le believe

so many different things, anyway? WHY{Continued 0 1/ page 46)

Yesterday at 4 :00 p.m. in Pasadena,we had the dedication ceremony of thenew Ha ll of Administration. It provides the new main ent rance to thePasadena campus of Ambassador College. Some three thousand came for theceremony. T here were brief speeches bythe acting mayor of Pasadena. the Chairman of the Board of the contractingcorporation who built it, the architect,and myself, with Garner Ted ArmstrongMaster of Ceremonies.

The imposing new four-story edificewas something of a breathtaking experience for most of those who cameinside after the ceremony. Two largelight wells, ascend ing from the groundfloor to their sculptured ceiling, withbalconies on all four sides of. each lightwell on all above-ground floors, presenta sensation of spaciousness as one looksup for the first time.As I sat down to write, I picked up

a weekly "Comments" from P LAINTRUTH subscribers , which I broughtalong from Pasadena. I always try toread as many of the comments from our

I T IS 4 :15 in the afternoon . I haveuntil 5:45 to write this month'sPersonal talk with our fast-growingfam ily of readers. At 6 this evening weare having the unveiling and dedi cationceremony of a giant new bronze birdsculpture and fountain at the head ofthe main ent rance of AmbassadorCollege, Texas campus.Th is large bronze bird sculpture is

the work of the world-famous Londonsculptor, David Wynne. Mr. Wynne ishere to oversee the erection of the fivegiant swans, shown taking off in Righ tfrom the 150foot- long pool. A jet ofwater soars from some 75 feet in frontof the bron ze swans, cascading downover the backs of the five birds . Underthe action of the water jet , the birdsgive the imp ression of being actuallyin motion.


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And Now-Afte

Europe will never be the same again. DGaulle's charismatic influence over Franand the world is gone . Who will fill the voin France and Europe now that Francefa ther-figure is no longer at the helm?

by Raymond F. McNairParis. FranceN o ONE saw large crowds, riots or signs of mass hystein Paris on the day President de Gaulle resigned.Vivacious Parisians, this once, awaitingGaulle's departure at the Elysee Palace, were calm, orderly,they waved farewell to their leader. President de Gaulle htold the French people they would have to follow his leadship or reap "chaos" - "me or chaos." They wanted neith

The French are, in fact, rather pleased with themselthat they did not panic when De Gau lle stepped down. Franfor once remained calm, was not undu ly shaken.

Frenchmen, of course, have mixed emotions towardGaulle's departure from the political scene. They are borelieved and apprehemive - concerned about a future withtheir towering father-figure to guide them.

Perplexing QuestionsWhat future is there for a De Gaulle-less France?What will happen to Franco-American relations ? W

there be a thaw - perhaps a honeymoon! - in futWashington-Paris relations? Will France now co-operate mclosely with her Western allies-especially in NATO ?

\X'ill the French franc have to be devalued in the nfuture? How long before an economically powerful WGermany picks up the reins of Common Market leadersfrom an unstable, vacillating France?

Will France soften her attitude toward Israel and liftban on arms shipments to that country? W ill she now delithe fifty Mystere supersonic jets which Israel has already pfor, but which De Gaulle refused to deliver ?

After De Gaulle's resignation, the whole world waited

Henderson - Ambassador CollegeW ILLY BRANDT, West German Foreig n Ministerspeaks at ceremony celebrating 20th anniversary ofthe signature which brought into being the Coun cil ofEurope .


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EUROPEe Gaullesee who would be the next elected

President of France - who, if anyone,could rule tha t unst able country. DeGaulle cast such a long shadow overFrance, Europe and the world for solong that any new French President mustappear like a dwarf by comparison.Frenchmen, as well as non-Frenchmen,fear that political and economic instabilit), may again return to France- asit was in the pre-De Gaulle days.

The burning question in the mindsof Britons is this: "W ill De Gaulle'sdepa rture from the French politicalscene now enable Britain to get her toein the door of the Common Market ?"

Why De Gaulle Stepped DownMany have asked: "Just what was it

that brought about the departure ofPresident de Gaulle?"

Frenchmen, it will be remembered,became fed up with sacrificing endlesslyin order to build De Gaulle's threefold dream: (1 ) French military power( her f orce de frappe) , (2 ) massivego ld hoardings and (3 ) intern ationalgrandeur.

So . . . in May, 1968, all Franceerupted in a paroxysm of riots andstrikes which brought France to a grinding halt. This widespread resistance togovernment policies brought De Gaullevirtually down on his knees as he desper ately attempted to prevent totalchaos and imminent civil war frombreaking out in France. Only the armystood in the way of a leftist take-over.

De Gaulle was forced to give in tothe ten million strikers who urgentlydemanded higher wages. De Gaulleinstructed his Prime Minister, M. Pornpidou, to promise disgruntled Frenchmen a 35 percent increase in thenational minimum wage.

At that time we reported in ThePLAIN TRUTH from Paris : "But thiswage increase will have a very seriousand crippling long-term effect on theFrench economy."

Even at that time, it was plain to seewhat was happening to France. DeGaulle was in a dilemma. I f he didn'tgive in to the strikers' demands andgrant a big wage increase, all Francewould soon be paralyzed - bankruptedby the effects of crippling strikes. DeGaulle's Fifth Republic would havecrashed under the weight of a full-scalebloody revolution. Nobody in France, itseemed, really wanted that to happen.

But if De Gaull e gave in to thedemands of the workers and grantedthe strikers their wage increases, itwould be just a matter of time untilthe French economy would be in thedoldrums - and that is just exactlywhat has now happened !

Th e French franc has been underpressure ever since the riot-strik e crisisin May, 1968 forced De Gau lle'shand. It still looks as though a devaluation of the French franc is inevitable.Few seriously doubt this. The onlyquestion s revolve around just how soonand by how much will the franc bedevalued. (And stubborn German refUIal to revalue the deetscbe markisn't helping the tottering French franc,either !)

There are important reasons why DeGaulle stepped down from his pinnacleof political power in France. Francewas tired of following De Gaulletoward the ever-elusive goal of international pride and prestige. Frenchmenwere weary of supporting De Gaulle'svery costly f orce de frappe - his inde pendent nuclear striking force through tax increases.

Hentler$on _ Ambouodor C o l l eWALTER HALLSTEIN, Presidentof the European Movement andformer President of the EuropeanEconomic Community, specks atmeeting of European -Atlan ticGroup, on May 6, 196 9.

De Gaulle's magic charm was beginning to wear very thin. The averageFrenchman was more concerned abouta better livin g standard than he wasabout French grendenr or how manyhundreds of millions' worth of gold theFrench government had hoarded away- or with De Gaulle's pet proj ect an independent nuclear deterrent.

So . . . all France spoke out . De Gaullehesitated, then gave in to the demandsof his people - knowing full well that


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tain their iron grip over all EasteEurope. Russia'S invasion and militaoccupation of Czechoslovakia shatteronce and for all De Gaulle's dream ofEurope "from the Atlantic to tUrals."So, many in France just becam

fed up with De Gaulle - fed up wihis economic and political policies. Evmany Frenchmen were annoyed to stheir President insulting the restEurope, America, Canada, Israelanyone who opposed him.In spite of De Gaulle's attitude tward just about everyone who dagreed with him, one fact is generalag reed upon. Everyone - friend anfoe alike - respected De Gaulle for hunshakable convictions. No one thoughe was a weakling.But it is now d ear that West Ge

many is the real economic powerhouin Western Europe. West Germany alhas the most powerful conventionmilitary force in NATO.Even before De Gaulle's resignatio

it appeared that French envy and cocern over Germany's rising power wbeginning to colour thei r attitude tward Britain in her bid to enter tCommon Market. Hence De Gautendered to Britain a feeler in whichproposed close Anglo-French co-opertion to counterbalance rising Germeconomic and political dominance ovCommon Market member nations.But it was too late !

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Britain - Srill Knocking onthe Door!

Since De Gaulle passed from tFrench political scene, some Britons fethey now have a good chance of gettiinto the Common Market. But, thdon' t realize just how many obstacthere are in the way.In May, I was invited to attend t20th anniversary of the signing of t

treaty which brought into being tCouncil oj Europe - an organizatiformed for the express purpose of ftering technological, polit ical, socieconomic and other types of co-opetion between member nations.The Council of Europe now has

members (there were only 10 foundimembers) and includes Britain. WeGermany, France, Italy, Scandinav

couldn't immediately change the courseof that great nation.It will take time to alter the course ofFrance as set by De Gaulle. But France

is bound to alter her course - is certainto begin veering away - though someform of Gaullism will undoubtedly continue to guide the destiny of Francefor several years to come.

Rise of \Vest Germany!W ithin the last year France hasstumbled from crisis to crisis. Her

reserves have slipped from about$6,100,000,000 to $3,800,000,000. Theriots and strikes which nearly paralyzed France in 1968 forced the government to grant wage increases whichFrance could ill afford. This has putsuch strain on the franc that deralna-tion is almost certain as a therapeuticmeasure to restore the health of theFrench economy.Furthermore the Gaullist theory thatthe Soviet Union was willing to playball with any nation who would be nice- this theory was shattered by theSoviet military occupation of impotentCzechoslovakia. Even De Gaulle apparently finally awakened to the facts oflife - awakened to realize that RussianCommunists were determined to main-

this meant the death-knell to hischer ished hopes of restoring france toher place of Big Power status and resultant prestige.Nobody yet really seems to know

why De Gaulle forced the issue bythrusting upon the French nation a referendum, thereby bringing about hisdefeat and humiliating rejection by thevoters. Had De Gaulle been misled wrongly thinking the polls showed hewould once again win ? Had he misread the Frenchman's mind towardhimself and his policies? Or, was heled, compulsively, to reassure himselfthat the French nation was solidly behind him?Wh atever the reasons, De Gaulle

gambled and lost ! So he gracefullyretreated to Eire (Southern Ireland ) tovacation until after French elections puta successor in the Elysee Palace whichhe had occupied for nearly eleven longyears!Regardless of who might have succeeded De Gaulle, it is clear that Gaul

list policies ioosld not and conld not bechanged overnight. De Gaulle hadsteered the French ship of state in adefinite direction for over a decade.Whoever becomes President of France

Henderson _ Ambossodor CollegeELYSEE PALACE - Through the arched pal ace entrance De Gaulle departedfrom his office a s Presid en t of France - ushering in a new era in Europeanpoliti cs.


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June, 1969 The PLAIN TRUTH 5

BEFORE THE RESIGNATION - Former French President Charles de Gau lle talks with the Chancellor ofWest Germany, Kurt Kiesinger (right) . Pompidou lex-

A"' boJSodor College Phototreme left) looks on . Mee ting occurred at SchaumburgPal a ce in Bonn, Ge rmany, befo re De Gaulle steppeddow n.

Greece and other European countries.Th is special 20th anniversary meet

ing was held at the Banqueting Housein London, near No. 10 DowningStreet. It was attended by Her MajestyQueen Elizabeth II and His RoyalHighness, Prince Philip, West Germany's Foreign Minister, Willy Brandt,Britain's Prime Minister Harold Wilson, numerous British M.P's., and foreign ministers of the member nations.Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II gave

the welcoming address. She spoke repeatedly of "European unity" andalluded to the British desire to promoteEntopean IInity by joining the Common Market.

The British Prime Minister laterspoke, and continually referred to European unit}'. He made no bones aboutthe British Government's avowed policyof seeking full membe rship in the Common Market."The policy of Her Majesty's Gov

ernment remains firmly based on ourapplication for [nll membership of theEuropean Communities. Our determination to join the Communities did notweaken in the face of the delay inopening negotiations on our application, over eightee n month s ago," saidMr. Wil son.Me. W illy Brandt also spoke at this

anniversary meeting, and he, too, had

European unity on his mind. Therewas st ill, he said, "no European PeaceSystem" which could guarantee Europe'speace and safety.While in Britain, Mr. Willy Brandt

appeared on B.B.C. television to answer a number of questions relative toBritain's improved chances of joiningthe Common Market - now that DeGaulle is no longer at the helm inFrance.

When asked if West Germany would"veto British entry" into the CommonMarket, he replied : "No ! No !"Me. Brandt was then asked: "W hat

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6prediction, that Britain might becomea member of the European Community ?"

Briti sh Entry - Far Away -I f At All!

Brandt's answer : "Had one starteddiscussions in '67, as I think one shouldhave done, it would have taken twoand a half (years) to negotiate. Andthen one would have had a period oftwo or three years as a kind of interimperiod. period of adjustment, beforefull membersh ip would have takenplace."Th at's almost half a decade.Later, the West German Foreign

Minister stated the possibility existedthat it might take a little less thanthree and a half years for Britain tobecome a full member - from the datewhen she again would begin negotiations toward full membership.At the Brussels meetings in 1967

when Britain' s second application tojoin the Common Market was considered and vetoed by France - Me.Brandt told me it was, he felt, only amatter of time until Britain would beadmitted into full membership in theCommon Market.

Me. Duncan Sandys, former Conservative Minister of Defence and, atpresent, the Presiden t of the BritishCouncil of the European Movement,also recently told me that he believedDe Gaulle's removal from the Presidency in France would pave the wayfor eventual Brit ish entry into theCommon Market. Mr . Sandys, sonin-law of the late Sir Winston ChurchilI, is an influential British M.P.It is quite clear from official Govern

ment statements that Britain is againfully determined to begin negotiationstoward entering the Common Market- in the near futur e. But there areimportant reasons why Britain cosldnot be admitted unlil 1972 or 1973- even if she began negotiations tomorrow - and if she weren't againblocked by France or some other memberof the EEC!European Unity Now to Speed UpFor many years now, Th e PLA IN

TRUTH has been saying De GauIIe was

The PLAIN TRUTHthe one person preventing the formation of a ful l-fledged league of European States. De Gaulle's dream of a"Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals"is dead.But a new idea of Europe is soon to

emerge.Th e PLAIN TRUTH magazine and

The WORLD TOMORROWbroadcast havereported for many years that this newEurope will be dominated by W eJlGermany - not by Prance.'

It should surely be plain for all tosee that Germany is now the Giant ofEurope - economically. militarily (sofar as conventional weapons are concerned) and il1d/lstrial/y. She is evengeared to produce nile/ear weapons if she only slightly altered the course ofher present energies in the nuclear field .Germany's Finance Minister, HerrStrauss, has said that West Germany

cannot remain "a political dwarf" whileshe is "an economic giant." Remember,also, that the West Germans have steadfastly refused to sign the NuclearNon-proliferation T reaty. Why? Mr.Strauss says that to sign this treatywould, for the Germans, be "a Versailles of cosmic proportions."

In France - Instability !But where does France go fromhere ?One thing is certain. France is not

going to be able to push her CommonMarket partners around - as in thepast. This is especially true of theFranco-German relationship from nowon. The West Germans know they arenow seated firmly in the economicsaddle of Europe. Th ey do not intendto let France, Britain, the U. S. oranyone dictate to them how they aregoing to manage their economic affairs!Th ey ask ; "Why should we Germanshave to pay for the economic folly ofother nations - even if they are ourallies?" "Why should we sacrifice whileothers fritter away their economic advantages in paralyzing strikes, industrial mismanagement, pleasure-spending sprees - and live totally beyondtheir means?". Many can now see the handwritingon the wall of France. Political instability and economic disaster lie dead

June, 19ahead - unless someone can take hof the French helm of state andFrench mind and change courseimmediately!We need to remember that, befo

De Gaulle's presidency in FranFrench governments usually lasted ona matter of months - 26 successgovernments rose - then fell -tween 1945 and 1958 ! WhenGaulle assumed power in 1958, orand stability were established in tunstable count ry. Now that he is gopolitical and economic instabilagain stalk that nation.In the ensuing economic chaos a

instability, West Germany will be suto benefit - economically and polcally. Th e nations of Europe willforced to accept West Germany asprimary bulwark of strength and sbility.The United-States-of-Europe mo

ment will soon gain momentum, nthat De Gaulle is gone. Germany wpiay the dominant roie in th is moment] Britain will fall further behGermany. For economic reasons,will probab ly never attain full membship in the Common Market.But if she should finally gain par

membership in the EEC, she wNOT long continue as a membRather , she will later become an enomic and military target of a powful union of European States - aso will the United States!Regardless of whoever is at the he

of France's government from nowyou will see more chaos and instabilShe will stumble from one crisisanother - playing a subordinate rto Germany! This is absolutely certaYou will not have long to wait.

Watch France.' Also, walch We stGermany.' World-shaking eventsunfolding right now before your veyes. Th ese important events were fotold in advance news reports in yBible thousands of years ago. Thlvill come to pass exactly as predict

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JAPAN SPEAKS OUTTO THE WEST- But Are We Listening?

The old view of the Orient - a land of hungry litt le yellowmen ea ting a bowl of rice - is finished. The West has beenbrought face to face with a new giant - the rising influenceof the Far East in world affairs. Here's why Japan speaks outfor Asia - and why the West needs to listen!

by Ernest L. Martin

Japanese characters symbolizing "theeme rging to power of the Orient."

Tokyo, JapanT HE OR IENT is coming alive! Surging through the hearts of peoplesin East Asia is the fervent beliefthat the destiny of the human raceresides with them .Wh erever you go - Japan, Hong

Kong, the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam- there is the strange feeling that eitherworld suicide or world peace is to befound in the Orient.Why Asians Look to t he FutureAnd there is reason for this con

vietion . Th ere are some 700 milli onChinese who are daily taught that theinevitable domination of the world byChinese-style Communism is simply amatter of time.And Japan ? Here is a nation that lay

prostrate in total defeat a mere 25 yearsago. Today Japan is an economic giantof the Orient, and indeed of the wholeworld. Japan has the highest grossnationa l product, next to the UnitedStates, in the world. Th e production ofsteel, cars and ships, among many otherindustries, has increased 1,400% in thelast 9 years. While most Western countries are levying more and more taxeson their people, Japan recently grantedher citizens a tax cut of over$400,000,000. Japan is moving ahead,fast.Hong Kong is having its greatest

boom. Even Vietnam, with the billions

of dollars being poured into the countryby the Un ited States, is prospering inspite of the war.And on the political scene, Burma's

U TI;ant speaks out plainly for all theworld to hear : if East and West can'tput the ir houses in order in another tenyears, civilization is finished!Political Importance of the Orien tWhy does the East suddenly appear

to have political power far beyond itsreal economic and military capacity?Look at Vietnam. That "unwinnable"

war is dra ining the strength of theworld's mightiest power. Yet Vietnamis not much bigger than the State ofNevad a. Curiously, world attention onthe Vietnam war is giving the Viet namese peop le a feeling of internationalimportance -r-r a feeling that worlddestiny may after all be in their handsThen there is the Korean situation.

Here in Japan, President N ixon's decision not to retaliate against No rth Koreafnr the downing of the EC 121 reconnaissance plane was regarded as probably necessary. But Or ientals took itas a sign of weakness on the part ofthe United States. A fourth-rate Asianpower , as North Korea is, getting awaywith outright warlike acts makes theNo rth Koreans feel many times moreimportant than they really are. But thet ruth is, that pseudo-importance becomes


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8a reality when decisive action by theU. S. is not forthcoming.

Now look at East Asia's numbe r-onepower: Japan. Its dominance in theOrient is no accident. It must be admitted that hard work and a proper useof the intellect has helped to get Japanto its current position of power. (Thefact that the U. S. has provided, up tonow, a nuclear umbrella over Japan andhas released the nation from hugemilit ary burdens, also aided rccovcry. )

Th ere IS an exuberance and anop timism among Japanese everywhere.On the streets of Tokyo the commonsight is to see g roups of men andwomen, boys and girls , talking, laugh ing- seemingly enjoying life. Th e peopledisplay an energy an d vitality that isnot seen anywhere else in the Or ien t, orin most places of the world . You couldhard ly believe that these people weredefeated a generation ago in WorldWar II. The sprawling city of Tokyo isfull of cars, beautiful department stores,neon light s. I f any city could be seen atnight from the moon, Tokyo must surelybe the brightest. In short, Japan couldvie with almost any country On earthand come up with high marks for itsindustry, prosperity and level of culture.

J apanese Speak OurThere is no doubt that Japan is a

key nation in the East. As an example

Th e PLAIN TRUTHof Japan's newfound place in worldimportance, one Japanese organizationstrongly emphasizes this new role : theSob Gakkai. This is the new Buddhistlay fratemity that has had a phenomenalrise to prominence in the past few years.\Xl hile many Japanese speak with disdainabout the new organization and itsphil osophies, it has to be admitted thatthe Sob Gakkai is beginning to speakthe mind of contemporary Japan, especially its youth. After all, an organ ization which had a mere few thousandadherents immediately after the last warand can now place some 20 millionmen, women and chi ldren on its rollsmust be of some consequence. Thegrowth phenomena of the Sob Gakkaicannot be taken as accidenta l and nonrepresentative of current Japaneseth inking.According to the phi losophy uf theSob Gakkai, Japan and the Japanesepeop le have been ordained by the powerof the Buddhistic spirit to bring peaceand civilization to the enti re world. Th eleaders of the movement arc intelligent,youthful , dynamic and neat, conservativedressers. They emphasize clean living,useful lives, and family-togethern ess.Th e basis of their belief is centered inthe teachings of a 13th century JapaneseBuddhist. To them, true Buddhi sm, notChristianity or any other Western religion, will bring peace to the world . It

June , 1969is Japan, they insist, which is destineto bring that peace.

The Sob Gakkai believe that thJapanese nation will finally adhere tthe new Buddhism . From Japan thehope to reach out with their teachingto absorb Korea, China , then all oSoutheast Asia - traditional Buddhihomel ands. The form of governmenthese nations take (a t least in name)not terribly import ant so long as thprinciples of Nichiren Shoshu Buddhismbe taught and believed.The fact that main land China is now

a communistic state makes little difference at the present time because thtemperament of the Chinese and Sou theast Asian peoples has not changed ovethousands of years. The Sob Gakkabel ieve these peopl es are Or ientals aheart and their communism is stronglinfluen ced by native Chinese wa}s among which Buddhism plays a parTh ey firmly believe that the timecoming when Japan, China and Southeast Asia will be unite d in bringi npeace to the world . One of their chiedesires is to bring to India thei r formof Buddhism - bec ause the orig inaBuddha came from that country. WitIndia, the Sob Gakkai believe a springboard for bringi ng peace to the worlwill have been created.Wh ether the aspirations of the Sok

(C ontinued 0 11 page 19)JAPAN'S SUPER TECHNOLOGY - Below, Jc pon 's Super Expre ss provides the fa ste st train service in the world - reach ing speeds of 125 milespe r hou r. Righ t, Japanese Yamaha motorcycle s on display in Manila,Philippines. Japan Bureau of Slaljilici Cbet a ....

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WHY are young people turning on with drugs? What's behindthe modern adult pill-popping mania? How can YOU safe-guard YOUR CHILDREN from the dangers of DRUGS?by Leslie A. McCullough ond the Ambo ssodor Co llege Reseo rch Stoff

SOM E ten million individua ls takepcp pills . Twice that many takebarbiturates or sleeping pills.Another three mi llion down tranquilizers. Why ?

T his is the startling estimate of JohnCashman, author of the book, The LSDStory.

Again we ask, why? What has gonewrong with Society ?

Dangerous DrugsAccording to Cashman, "The thou

sand drug manufactur ers who handleamphetamines [p ep pills} and barbitu rates [s leeping pills} crank out tbirteenbillion doses a year, enough 10 IliPplyet1er)' man , u'oman and child in tbis

cOllulry tritb twen/y-jo",. doses of sleepillg pills and thirtY-fi" e doses of pep-lippl l ls"

W ho takes them ? Let ' Cashmananswer: "At least half of these pills ,capsules and tablets ultimately find theirway into the black market every year. . . At least two mill ion persons useamp hetamine s, barb itur ates and tranquilizers annually without ever seeing adoctor or hand ling a prescription. Theyunderwrite a S250,OOO,000-ayear blackmark et traffic in the d rugs" (page 106,emphasis ours).

Abuse of the amphetamines andbarbiturates is the most astonishingaspect of the drug scene. T hei r abuse is

f1SlOg far faster than other potendrugs. And, in mdllJ respects, they arthe MOST dangefOlis drugs!

Barbiturates themse lves account foa steady thr ee thousand death s a yeain the United States. T he amp hetamines are no less dangerous . FormeFood and Drug Commissioner GeorgP. Larrick declared that the use othese two types of dr ugs has "contr ibuted to the rising toll of deaths oour highways, juvenile delinquencviolent and bizarre crimes, suicides, another antisocial behavi or" ( ibid, P107) .

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THE DRUG PROBLEM- Books an d pamphlets on al l forms of d rug abusehighlight skyrocketing problem.Angeles have shot upward by 5,876percent - or almost SIX T Y TIMES !Th is is a far more alarming rise thanthe increases in heroin and marijuana,alarming enough by themselves.

The abuse of pep pills and sleepingpill s has international impl ications.Black markets flourish in such placesas Japan, Sweden, England, and Canada, as well as the United States.

Some people use both - amphetamines to "get going" in the morning,and barbiturates to "slow down" thus compounding their dangerouseffect!Although heroin addiction is con

sidered the lowest a person can go indope depravity, the fact is barbiturateaddiction is WORSE and harder toescape when a person is "hooked."Addicts coming off barbiturates tend tohave convulsions, suffer brain damage,damage tu reflexes and muscular coordination. And there is an alarmingtendency toward violence.

\'(Ihy Pill Gulpers ?Never in all history have so many

people gulped pills to wake up, or to goto sleep; to relax, or to stay awake; to

gain weight , or to lose weigh t; to avoidconception, or to help it along.James L. Goddard, former Commis

sioner of the FDA, put the problembluntly: "More and more of us are becoming dependent on drugs, hiding from,the realities of life - or using them justfor thrills. Drug abuse cannot be connected only with narcotics users. Thealarming rise in the abuse of stimulant, depressant and hallucinogenicdrugs cuts across all strata of society."We are fast becoming a DRUG

DEPENDENT CULTU RE, Nati onw ide, authorities estimate that HALF TH E pop u-LATION - or 100 milli on Americans use drugs, including excessive alcohol,amphetamines, barbiturates and tranquilizers ! And this figure excludes LSDand marijuana. America's drug cult involves people from all walks of life.Most people who abuse drugs today

do so to reliev e anxiety. And sincesociety, today, is "pill oriented," thefirst thing people th ink of when they"hurt" is to take a pill !Housewives, trying to lose we ight,

sometimes ge t hooked on amphetamines.Many middle-income people havedrinking problems, and use pills to

help the hangover. The trouble is, the"cure" is worse than the orig inalproblem. A dangerous cycle begins,and many become hooked,Some drug abusers over 65 years of

age take pills to blun t the fear of oldage. Many addicted to pills don't evenrealize it themselves. Some make therounds of several different doctors to filltheir needs with prescription drugs,Of ten a drug problem initially beginsby taking medication for a disease. Theprescribed drugs begin to fill an emotional or psychological need. Thepatient forms a dependence on them,The drugs make them "feel good."They make life easier to cope with, fora while.Kids are certainly not the only ones

affected by the abuse of drugs. Frankly,when you analyze the problem , you seethat one MAJOR CAUSE of drug abuseamong the young is the EXAM PLE SETIW PARENTS!Oh, of course there are certain differ

ences - but young people actuallyreceive the pdltem of dmg abuse fromtheir pill-popping, amphetamine-gulping, barbiturate-swallowing PARENTS !The very FIRST IN TRODUCTION most

children get to drugs is the homemedicine cabinet. "Medicine cabinetroulette" is a drug game played withgrowing frequency by young childrenlooking for kicks and fun. flight athome they often begin using mom'sweight pills, diet pills, or dad's tranquilizers, on the sly. Said Ray Bellingerof the Florida State Bureau of Narcotics : "This is a MAJOR SUPPLY ofdrugs for kids. The majority of thosefound in high school s come from thefamily medicine cabinet."

Bellinger warned that young peoplesometimes drink up to a quart a dayof cough syrup just to get a drop ofcodeine.

Enter - Big Business !Martin Gross, in his revealing, docu

mented book The Doctors, asserted,"There is no doubt that America iscurrently involved in a massive, pro-miSCI/Ol1I ADDICTION to the concept ofmedication . Having oversold itself onthe miracles of pharmacology, it ishypnotically ingesting as much chemical matter as gracious physicians [ who,


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June, 1969natura lly. do not pay the exorbitantbill] will prescribe. The dfllg bingecosts the U. S. alone four billion, threehund red million dolla rs a year for782,000,353 drugstore prescript ions[four for every person, not includi ngdrugs received in the hospital ] and anadditional one billion eight hundredmillion dollars sold over the counter inmore diluted fo rm" (The Doctors,p. 486).Big business, indeed !W ith Madison Avenue advertising

techniques, d rug companies today bombard the public with drug adver tisements, from aspirins to seltzers, fromcough medicines to sleep inducers. Television drug ads are as common as dailysunshine - in fact, even more commonin some cases.

There are so many brand-name drugson the mark et , today, that docto rsthemselves cannot keep up with thenew ones!The drug business is so enormously

lucrative, that as early as 1950 theund erworld moved in and began pushing counterfeit drugs , During fiscal 196 5Americans spent an average of $21 per

Th e PLAIN TRUTHcapita for medication. NO\v we spendover $30 yearly per person .

A Pill fo r Every ProblemThere are pills of every description,

pi lls of every color, pills of all d ifferentsizes. Th ere are instant-acting pills,delayed-action pills, candy-coated pillsand chocolate-covered pills.But desp ite millions of tranqu ilizers,people on the whole arc not more

tranquil, today. Despite billions ofbarbiturates, there is no proof peoplearc resting better or staying calmer.Despite billions of amphetamines, people are not more active, more alert, moreenergetic.It's all a big hoax. But millions arc

duped, deceived vict ims swallowing ;1pill any time they feel sick, have aheadache, or want to go to sleep.Millions, at the slightest sign of discomfort, gu lp pills."Relief is just an instant away,"

blare the ads. \X'hen tranquilizers firsthit the market, they rose fast on thepopu larity list. Forty mill ion prescriptions were ground out annually andover FIFTY MILLION Americans foundsolace by belting five bill ion tranquil-

izers a year (Johnson, The Pill Cspiracy, p. 22).Millions have become dependent

these innocuous-soundi ng pills. Mlions fecI they cannot function propwithout a chemical curtain betwthem and reality. Before they realizethey find themselves hopelessly depdent on the chemical - virtuHOOK ED!

WHY Do Young PeopleTurn to D rugs ?

Escapism is a primary reason mlions are tu rn ing to drugs. The psures of the modern world , the fea"The Bomb," and the desire toone's kicks while there is still tiinfluences many youths to try drAnother basic cause is simply cur

ity. A desire to find out what it's lA large number "turn on" forreason alone.And of course, the lust for

kicks, th rills, and pleasures -desire for self-gratification - camany more multiple thousands tomarijuana, dangerous drugs, or hacinogenic drugs.Anoth er cause for increasing d

Gent ry _ Ambassador CollegDANGEROUS DRUGS - Disp lay set up by Na rcotics Division of los Ange les Police Department. Useof ba rbiturates a nd amphet amine s (stimula nts) is cur rentl y one of the biggest pro blems in d rug ab use.


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12abuse is simply REBELLION. Youth ingeneral appea r to be alienated against"the Establishmen t," the war in Vietnam, the military, and everything thattheir parents rep resent. They are d isgusted with the " rat race" and "keeping up with the j oncscs." There forethey rebel - turn away - and seeknew solution s, new ideas, new pleasures, new values. Drugs excite them,and make them feel they arc gettingaway with something .Anoth er prime cause, of course, we

have already menti oned - the pill.popping of their elders ! Onepill is no worse than another, theyreason. Besides, many teachers, psychologis ts, and peers tell these youngkids th at marijuana isn't harmful anddrugs won't hurt them.A large num ber of young people

turn to drugs because in their crowd" it is the thing to do." Th ey arcinfluenced by othe r kids their age, theso-called " IN " group. They see friendstaking drugs, and don 't sec anyimmed iate harmful effects. So, perhapson a dare, they try them.Many youngsters arc basically con

formists, although they would neveradmit it. They conform to their OU'Jlcrowd , however - not to their parents'crowd.A few seek an inn er " religious"experience through drugs. T hey want to

explore their inner being, expand th eirmind, and obtain self-introspection bydrugs. T he so-called "mind-expanding"drugs, accord ing to their advocates andmissionaries, such as Timothy Leary,are said to bring about a t rue religiON ]experience and help a person to knowh imself, and God . T his has led thousands astray into the path of drugabuse, somet imes resulting in psycbosesand paranoia, but never in true spiritualrelig iou s awarenessBoredom is another major reason

millions try drugs. T hey have no dr iving PURPOSE in life which thrillsthem, mo tivat es them, inspi res them .They feel flat, dull, bored, jaded,ted ious. They seek excitement, fun ,g lamour - and thi nk drugs are theanswer.

Drugs, however, do N OT give purposeto life. Th ey confuse it, d istort it,

l"be PLAIN TRUTHscramb le it up. I f you wan t to knowthe PURPOSE of life, and \X 'H Y youwere bo rn, write for our free bookleton this subject. lI'/ hJ IFere Y ou Born?How Can You Spot a D rug User ?I f you are a parent, you may wonder

if your ch ild ren arc taki ng drugs. Isthere a way you can tell ?There are actually few signs by

which a person can be certa in of recognizing d rug addiction. Even if thesesig ns are present, they do not necessari ly constitute proof posit ive.N evertheless, here are certain keys

to be aware of, in Ca se yOlI have reasonto be suspicious:

1. Hypodermic ma rks, sores. scabs,scar-tissue, or marked disco lorations,where the add ict m.:lY "shoot" the d rug.111e individual, feel ing guilty, may attempt to hide them from view. Th ismay be accomp lished by wearing longsleeved clothi ng consistently.2. D rowsiness and yawning; general

apat hy.3. D iscolored whi tes of eyes ; watery

eyes ( don' t confuse symptoms withcommon cold !).4. \Xh ile under the influence, poo r

reaction to light by pupils of eyes.Either contracted or dilated pupils,dep endi ng on the type of drug.5_ Antisocial or abnormal ideas; lessened moral sense. Marked disregardfor othe r persons .6. Restlessness, abnormal body move

ments. .Minor facia l or body spasms.7. Stomach sensit ive to food intake.

Either gr eatly increased appeti te or toolittle desire for food,s . Extensive usc or knowledge of

narcot ics slang.9, Evidence of withdrawal symp

toms : uneasiness, irri tability, yawn ing,mucus runn ing from nose, seve re aches ,stomach cramps, vomi ting, diarrhea,muscular spasms, cons tant twi tching.

10. Any marked and sudden( deterio ration) in general bear ing andatt itude, such as lack of persona l hygiene, unkempt hair, lack of concernabout studies in schoo l, genera l indifference and unccmmunicativencss.

11 . \Y/rang associations, secretive,

June, 1969suspicious- looking fr iends and "buddies."

I f you are a pa rent and want toprotect your child ren fro m the nefariousevils of drug abuse, then you need tobe alert at all times. You need to havean active INTEREST in your children.I f you have a warm, loving , affectionate HOME LIF E, with fami ly activitiesand family UN ITY, there is much lessneed to worry or be anxi ous.But if YOU are a pi ll-popper, don 't

be too surprised if junior becomes a"p ill-head" as well ! The old adage,like fa ther, like son . is all too true!You paren ts shou ld KNO\X' where

your child ren arc at all times, day andnight. You need to KNO\X always withwhom they are associating. Be awareof their inte rests, their grades 111school. Keep up the ties of family togetherness, conversation, and communication. T hese are stro ng safeguardsagainst drug abuse. A litt le parentalchecking up will do no ha rm.Also, you should fr ankly disCIISJ the

subject of increasing drug abuse withyour children, especially if th ey arealready teen-agers. Don 't let them findout about these things at school, onthe street, or fr om other youths. I f theydo, you can be sure the info rmationthey receive will be da ngerously warpedand fu ll of error ! Th ere is far toomuch mytho logy and too many lies incirculation concerni ng d rugs and theirsupposed "good" qualities. You can besure that your children wiIl not get the"st raight scoop" from some localhipp ie, some "pot head" or "acidhead ."Educate your children IN ADVANC E,

so they wi ll kn ow, and KNOW THEYKNO\,\', and be well aware of thedangers of d rug abuse! Prevention isthe real (lire. It is the only 100 percenteffective antidote to dope !

Build a H appy HomeI f you want to protec t your children

from turn ing to pot, and popp ing pills,you need to take stock of YOUR homelife. What does it offer? Is life justone long boring routine without greatinterests or family project s ?You CAN have an abundan t, inter

esting , HAPPY home if you want to.But if you don' t, don 't be too sur -


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June, 1969prised if your children begin lookingelsewhere for kicks, fun, entertainment .In the affluent society, with many

boasting backyard swinuning pools andbarbecues, two cars to a family - itwould seem strange that children become bored with it all and want something N EW. Yet, they do ! Why ?Because they lack the right kind ofscintillating CHALLENGE . The right

kind of INTEREST.Ask yourself : Is you.) really a HAPPY

home, with family LOVE, unity, andunderstanding?

A happy, warm, secure, loving homeis the BEST way to safeguard yourchildren's future - the best way tokeep your young ones away from thetemptations they may encounter amongfriends at school. But if your home is abroken, shattered, divided home, filledwith arguments, hostility, hatreds, rebellion, insults, antagonisms, feuds,then don't count on being able to helpyour chi ldren keep away from drugs.It may seem to them to be the onlyway of ESCAPE!Do YOU SPEND TiME TEACHING

THEM, showing them the dangers oftaking pot, LSD, or any of the otherdrugs?Above all, ~ ' H A T KIND OF EXAMPLE

do you set? Are you a pill-gulperyourself? Do you booze it up withalcohol, take diet pills, sleeping pills,or perk-up pills ? Don't think yourchildren won't notice it, and emulateyou il l their OU'lI Wi lY - by abusingdrugs!

SEARCH YOUR SELF. Examine yourhorne life, your activities, your environ ment, education, and your own personalEXAMPLE!If you find out your child has

already been taking drugs, you shouldnot blow up in anger and rage. Itwould do no good.In such a case, you should investigate

your own example, your home life, seewhere you can improve. You should sitdown and have a sincere, frank father son talk, letting him know that youwill NOT condone or permit what hehas been doing. But you wiIl help himand stand by him all you can. Withlove, compassion, and concern, you

Th , PLAIN TRUTHshould strive to help him conquer theproblem by helping him to recapturetrue, worthwhile, solid, good values inlife.The best answer to the chemical

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Alas ka & Hawa iiKFQD - Anchorage, .Alaska - 750 kc.,7:30 p.m. daily.KFRB - Fairbanks - 900 kc., 6 p.m .dai ly.KND I -Ilonolulu , Hawa ii - 1270 kc.,6 a.m., 6 p.m. daily.KTR G - Honolul u, Hawaii - 990 kc.,5:30 p.m. Mo n-Sa t., 12 noo n Sun.

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6 a.m . Mon.-Sal.CJEM - EdmundstDl1, N. n. - 570 kc.,7:30 p.m. da il y.CFMB - Mon treal, Que. - J.1 IO ke.6: 30 a.m. 1 ( ) n 1:30 p.m. Sun.CKOY - Ouawa , Ont o- 1310 kc., 5:30a.m. " lon.-Sat.CJET - Smith Falls. Ont . - 630 kc ,7:30 p.m . Mon.-Sat ., 10:30 a.m. Sun.CKWS - Kingston, Onto - 960 kc.,8:30 p.m. Mon .-Fri ., )(J p.m. Sat.CHEX - Peterborough , Om . - 980 kc.,8:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri ., 10:30 p.m . Sat .CKLB -Oshawa , - l . ~ 5 0 kc.. 9 :05p.m . l\hlll .-Sat., 10:30 p.m. Sun.

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tooth and nail against having my truwonderful upbringing exploded by reaing one or two articles from Th e PL AITRUTH I beg you to publish these fewords as I am sure that there arevery many peop le like me, especiallyBritai n who almost, cert ainly suconsciously, don 't want to know thtruth ! Th ank you. Believe me, it htaken a long t ime for the truthpenetrate my environment."

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yourself and blame others fo r yourwoes. A speedy tria l won't keep youfrom committ ing another crime at thefirst opportunity. Hij acking a plane toCuba would solve nothing . You r expeciences so far are enough to provethat each new crime adds new pr oblemsand woes.The only real answer is a genuine

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tion 9: 13.21.) ( For thefull explanatioread the free booklet The BookRevelation Unveiled at Last.}At a later time, from this sam

quarter of the world, will proceed inthe Middle East a vast horde of EaEuropean and Asian peoples (Ezek38 and 39) . The germ of this worrole is already in the minds of Orienpeoples.People in the Western world fe

that the Orient is still a backwaterimportance in settling internationaffairs. The time is soon coming whthis opinion will have to change drascally. The Orient is already A'X'AKENIto its newfound prominence, andwon't be long until all the East is fliAWAKE !.' Keep your eyes on tOrient - history in the next two dades is to be made in that part of tworld !

[Contineed from page 8)Gakkai ate the channel which historywill follow is being argued. But the factis that in Japan exists a growing beliefthat the Japanese people soon have aworld role to play. And, a league ofAsian peoples under Japanese leadership is not as far-fetched as it may atfirst appear.

Advance News for AsiaPeople may not realize it. But advance

news reports reveal a great con federationof Asian peoples - with an army of200 million. These advance news reportspinpoint this league as located northand east of the River Euphrates. Itspower will be felt in Europe andPalestine. (You can read of it in thenews forecast of that greatest of all newsreporters - Jesus Christ - in Revela-

JAPAN SPEAKS OUT

5. ;. , 0 Preu flop JMortin _ Ambauo dor Coll8g8 ' inJetl

THE "NEW" BUDDHISM-Inset photo shows theold Great Buddha in the historicalcity of Kamakura, Japan . Accord-ing to the Sako Gakkai, a Bud -dhist lay frate rnity, the Japanesepeople have been ordained bythe Buddhistic spirit to bringpeace and civilization to theentire world. Large photo showspa rt of their twenty million ad-herents during a 1968 festival inOlympic Sta dium.

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by Ga rner Ted Armst rong

that evolution is inover its head!Oceans of evidence inundate evolutionarclaims in a rising tide of unanswerable questions! The vast seas of our planet simplCANNOT BE EXPLAINED by empty evolutionary theories! Read, in this article, how evolutionists' guesses have been lost at sea

EVIDENCE ...F

I PU LLED as close to the brink of the barren ridge asdared, set the hand brake on the pickup and, grabbinmy binoculars, stepped out. Glassing the lightly coloreclay slopes for Colorado's famed mule deer, I was standinon a wind-swept ledge of rock along a dirt trail in westerColorado. I was not far above the Vermillion river, only a femiles from Utah.

After satisfying myself there were no deer in the immediate vicinity, I took time out again , as I had each timI had stopped on this same ridge previously, to stoop anexamine the exposed layers of crumbling rock around mGleaming brightly were thousands of small, spiraling, agatlike "rocks." But they weren't just ordinary rocks. They wefossils - a whole mountain-top of them - a type of fosssea snail called "Pyramidell acea" in scientific terminology.

And here they were - on a mount ain high in Colorad- a bar ren, dry part of a beautiful state; an area of stuntejuniper and cedars, of aspen and sage, of mahoganies anpines. W hen you' re hunting in northwestern Colorado, alonthe rim of desolate mountains , your mind is about as fremoved from the oceans of the world as possible. Yet hewas proof positive the ocean had once covered this part othe United States - that teeming forms of life had flourishehere thousands of years ago - that where I was standinhad once been the site of a catastrophe of sufficient dimensionto dislodge these millions of littl e shelled animals, andthe laws of nature dictate, carefully sort them accordingsize and weight as waves had once lashed this same are

Over the years the giant forces of earthquakes, faulting othe earth's crust in huge upthrusts and overfolds, and thravages of thousands of years of wind , rain and sun - th

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June, 1969timeless forces of erosion - had contrived to leave a solid layer of fossilshere - in northwestern Colorado.But what was the ocean doing here?Did Life Evolve from the Seas?Almost every amateur geologist has

had a similar experience. Every continent abounds with evidence it was oncetotally covered with the seas. Allgeologists admit this to be fact, thoughmost deny the oceans covered the continents by design - in a sudden catastrophe such as tha t described in Genesis6 and 7.Actually, would geologists admit what

their eyes should plainly tell them, therehave been two such gigantic, worldwidecatastrophes in the history of the earth'scrust. The first is described in Genesisthe Ist chapter - and the second only afew chapters and an indeterminate number of thousands of years later.Today, the oceans of the world still

cover 70 some percent of the total crustof the earth. Today, as then, they teemwith life - from tiny micro-organisms tothe largest of all creatures - the hugewhales that can outweigh an elephantby 30 times.Evolutionists differ wildly in their

theories about life's origins - but apreponderant number of them still stickpretty closely to the idea that all lifebegan in the seas. Remember your high .school geology or biology book? Nearlyall of them used the same illustrations- or of a similar nature. They showedfetid back-water marshes along steamingoceans literally crawling with variouslife forms. Giant dinosaurs stood munching seaweed from sleek, bulging, dripping jowls; pterodactyls swung lazilyoverhead; strange ferns and palms stoodsilhouetted against ancient skies.The story has it that a sort of prime

val "soup" of various chemicals contrived to "strike a spark of life" whichsomehow "learned" to multiply itselfendlessly.From that quick summary of our hum

blest origins, it's only a matter of illustrated textbooks and carefully alignedfossils to "demonstrate" to the boredstudent (who is not really dealing with

The PLAIN TRUTHany specific issues at that age beyondgetting grades sufficient to escape theeducational process) that evolution sureenough occurred.Worms, snails, fish, amphibians,

birds; back to amphibians, to air-breathing fish - the story cont inues to ploddutifully through millions of years ofsupposed evolution, carefully knitted together by thousands of expressions like"perhaps," "possibly," "it may seemlikely," and "we suppose" and "scientistsmay safely assume."At the end of it all stands man. The

naked ape. The hairless animal. Theculprit of the present evolutionary pointin time, who will, according to the morecynical of evolutionary seers, soon takehis place as a curious fossil form forsome yet futur e, higher form of life toponder, as "it" (for lack of a betterterm) may find itself "hunting" orwhatever it may be doing - on a barrenledge of rock high and dry on some yetfutu re continent.

W hat'S Fair's Fair!For a long time, now - The PLAIN

TRUTH magazine has been runni ngarticles covering practically every extreme of the evolutionary tale; showinghow evolution IS NOT true ; that itCANNOT be proved - and that it isantisupernaturalistic bias and pseudointellectual snobbery in the extreme tocling to such theories IN SPITE of oceansfull of evidence to the contrary.Recently, I received a note from a

leading evolutionist who threatened mewith checking into the fairness doctrineof the FCC to find out whether I couldbe allowed to continue talking againstthe theory on the radio. I f I had notalready run into several other suchpeople, I would have been incredulous.Evolution has been given more than

"equal time"! Practically every subjectyou ever studied was as full of evolutionas those rocks in Colorado were fullof fossils. Mathematics, biology, zoology,paleontology, geology, physiology andanatomy, psychology (especially!) -youname it - was permeated with evolutionary thought. The whole approach

21was deliberately sidestepping somethingt ier)1 important."Is there a GOD ?"The text never asked. And, while

most students, having been given atleast a smattering of some religiousbelief or another by parents, wouldhave vaguely wondered from time totime how to reconcile the ideas ofreligion with what the textbooks sa id -it probably never got much of an airingin class.And the textbook authors seemed

perfectly satisfied. They didn't mentionit, either.Evolutionary theories have been given

far more than "equal time" in EVERYpossible means of public communication, and shockingly, to a greater andgreater degree even from the pulpits ofchurches. A large percentage of S0 4called Christian ministers BELIEVE INEVOLUTION.It's time you saw the whole picture

It's time you faced plain truthssimple facts.

It is not "unfair" for laymen to asksimple questions of evolutionary"science" ( falsely so-called ) . After allif our logical minds are the end resulof a PROCESS called evolution, then thaproduct of a process should be able tocomprehend the process, wouldn't youthink ?

Nothing Lives or Diesunto Itself

For many, many months now, we havebeen showing the shattered shardsbroken remnants, bits and pieces of apurely fabricated patchwork of guesseand irrelevant analog ies called evolution. Continually, it has been pointedout how it is utterly IMPOSSIBLEfor creature after creature to haveGRADUALLY EVO LVED. We have shownhow each creature, with his ownpeculiar habits, would have to have beendoing exactly as _he is doing NOW and doing it from the MOMENT of hifirst instant of existence!Why is this important?Evolution is dealt a death blow if i

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22EXISTS for the very purpose of contributing to, directly aiding, supporting andprovi ding for, the existe nce of anothercreature. In other words, if it can beDEMONSTRATED there are living thingswhich exist SOLELY for the ex istence ofOTHER living things - then evolut ion isdemolished . Each HAD to come intoexistence SUDDEN LY - at the PRECISEINSTANT as did the other.But FAR beyond this serious challengeto the empty theories is the fact thatnot only do certain CREATURES existfor the specific survival of othercreatures- bu t that the enti re pano ramaof LIVING THINGS - ALL LIFE - fitsinto the same pat tern .

There is nothing whi ch could moregraph ically illust rate this than the oceansof the world .Th ere is a mysterious pyramid of li fe

in the oceans - a "chain of life" or a"web of life" that is amazingly cornplex, and harmonious. It involves thevery smallest of living creatures, andthe largest - at both ends of the chai n.

Th is article will show you how theoceans, with their vast, almost lim itlesshorizons of heaving waves, and theirbillio ns of bill ions of living creaturesand plants , are in actua lity somewhatlike a sing le, living, moving organ ism- a tota lly un ited, comp lex, interdependent system of life - each partutte rly dependent on each other part toremain alive!

And in this article, you will see revealed yet another stunn ing, fata l blowto evolution!Once, the seas covered all the world .

There is not a con tinent where scars ofancient sea activity are not sti ll visible .Many of the materials in our finest buildings are remnants of ancient ocean life- from the fine travertines and marbl esto g li ttering moth er of pearl. Some ofthe most outstand ing features togeography are the result of oceanactivity - like the world-famed "whitecliffs of Dover," which is proof of ahuge cataclysm which bur ied billions ofshell fish suddenly.

Our oceans are absolutely vital to ourown lives; not only from the obviousdepend ence of many nations for theirp rincipa l food supplies, but from more

Tbe PLAIN TRUTHsubt le causes. W ithout them, the worldwould not have its weat her patterns,Some ecologists estimate up to 70 percent of our oxygen is produced by tinydiatoms in the seas. The seas have beenused since mankind first trod the earthas the receptacle for man 's wastes.W ithout the oceans, the world would

be a barren, desolate, uninhabitableplanet - as foreboding and bleak alandscape as the moon .N ot only are the oceans an absolutely

vital requi site for li fe on land, andthe re fo re an intricate part of a totalworldwide balance, but the seas themselves arc like a separate "livingorganism," made up of "deserts" wherelittl e life is found , and tangled junglesof kelp or seaweed abounding with life ."Rivers," or ocean currents , Aow

th roug h winding paths in all the world 'soceans. These flowing cur rents directlycontrol climates in much of the ear th,and formed the invis ible rivers uponwhich many ancient human familiesmigrated (as has only recently beenproved ) .Withou t these Rowing curre nts,

Britain would be inhospitable for mostlife, and the extreme northwesternUnited States wou ld be far more fr igid.Seventy percent of earth's surface is

covered by ocean water - and yet, on ly5% of the ocean floor has been investigated .

It is estimated that ) / 6 of the totalamount of living matt er on earth liveswithin the upper, sunlit part of theoceans.

The Fantastic Web of Lifein the Seas

No t only do the oceans directlyregu late climates, temperatures and rainfall over much of the earth - but th elittle-known, int erlocking, interdependen t WEB of life in the seas is indi spensable to life everywhe re !

The great majorit y of all oceanic lifeis not the fish we know. It's not eventhe tiny crustaceans or othe r life wemight see at the beach on a Sundayafte rnoon.A fu ll 99% of all ocean life is micro

scopic - seldom even seen by humans!Th is 990/0 of all ocean life - called

June, 196plankton, collectively - lives within thupper 100 feet of the ocean surface. Thiprodigious amount of plant and animagrowth makes up the very base of tbfood chain of the sea or what is callethe "pyramid of life." Plan kton is alscalled "grass of the sea."Plankton is a collective term includ

ing all ocean organisms, both plant ananimal, which drift about at the mercof ocean currents . Plankton includeanythin g from microscopic plants ananimals, all the way up to 2-inch kriof the Ant arctic seas, wh ich form thdiet of the great blue whale.At the very bottom of th is ch ain o

life in the sea are the bill ions upouncoun tab le bill ions of microscopform s of life which form the ma instaof food for the tini est of fishes.As the organis ms get smalle r, the

appea r in enormonsl v greater IIl1111berFor example, d iatoms - the micro

scopic plants which are food for largeanimal plank ton - make up 6/10 oall plan ktonic life in the oceans.

I f 99% of all life in the oceansplankton , and 6 / to of this planktontiny , microscopic diatoms, then ditoms must appear in the oceans 1prod igious numbers!

And that' s exactly the case.W ith the righ t amou nt of sun lighand nutrien ts from the seawater, dia

toms will beg in growing and dividinat the rate of AT LEAST once per dayI f condit ions permit, one diatom aloncould multiply into the ballpark figurof 200 billion cells by the end ofmonth!Unbe lievable?

Copious CopepodsAlmost. But we begin to see th

need for enormous num bers of thesdiatoms when we understand thepurpose.Small ocean animals called copepod

may eat as many as 120,000 diatomevery day. These copepods in turn aeaten by larg er fish in huge numberFor example, in the belly of one hering were found 60,000 copepods !But just how do the tiny, micro

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There are two main factors whicontrol the growth of life in the ocean1) Amount of sunlight available fphotosynthesis, and 2) amountnutrients within the seawater itself .one or both of these factors are notproper balance, then planktonic life wdwindle and die. And if the planktdies, the larger plankton feeders museek other areas for food, or die.Ultimate ly, all the ocean is dcpe

dent on plankton . And plant plankt(p rimarily diatoms ) are dependentthe two above - sunlight and nutrienIn tropical waters, we find that su

light is available for long per ioduring the year.

Why then do we find much lquantity of plankton here than in tcold waters of the Ant arctic?Th e answer lies in the ocean c

rents which do 110 t bring the tropthe great amounts of nutrients. Butthe Antarctic we find that just the oppsite is true. Th e cold waters there arich in nut rients, with enosgb sunligduring the daylight hours, that tAntarctic seas are literally teeming w

(Tex t continued 0 11 page 26 photos 01/ pages 24 and 25 )

Antarctic - Hub of Life

selves and into food for other livithings. Just as land animals grazeearth -bound plants, and in turn becommeals for the flesh eaters, so marilife pyramids on the one-cell


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To the r ight. one of Ihe 155 species o f bro fulids. They run a full gamut of tremendousva riat ion in color, sho pe and size . The bro tulids exist in a gre a t var iety of hab itats - fromthe gr ea lest ocean de pths to fre shwater coves. Below, her mit cro b "rests" on 0 rock - framedby a tubeworm fan . The hermit cro b pro tects its sof t tail by hiding it in Ihe co il of anabandoned shell. This is another exam ple of on intricat e relationship.

W. I Is lb . lowl, Gent,y fr; g" " AmbouodOl' College . Photo 01 rig'" cou,'.r, of Ste inhart Aquar ium.

Below, 0 ye llow tong , one of the fa milyof Surgeo n fish es , dubbed with this n omebecau se the y po sse ss sharp " knives" justin trent of Ihe to il. The hinged blade consuddenly ope n like 0 switchbla de . This isonly one of Ihe mony protective devicesfish hove been e ndowe d with by a CreotorGod . Above, one of the mod unusua l fisholiv e - th e shrimpfish. Some res earche rshave see n th is fish swimming a long thebo tto m of underwote r coves -with theirheed s po inted downword .

Gentry _ A.mbonCldor Coll e ge .Top photo courte JI' ofSteinhort A.quorium .


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Right. a camouflaged stonefish. Ca n youse e his ey e, moulh and body line? On theocean floor this deadly fish so clo sely re-sembles a small rod , it is virt ua lly in-visib le a s it lie s holf bur ied in Ihe sa nd .Left, a co nvict fish swimming ha rmlesslyamong th e tentacles of a po isonous tect tcanemone for its own protection . Two moreinterrelated handiworks of God 's creation .

Gerttry - AmaauCldor Cof/_ge,PhaloJ Court e sy of Ste inhgr1 Aquariu m.

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26life. sometimes referred to as a thinsoup or broth.Furthermore, the Antarctic has just

the right balance of sun light and nutrients to produce enough food for thelargest of all mammals - and animals,for that matter - the great blue whale.The nutr ients needed by diatoms and

other plant plankton to synthesizesugars and starches are found in decay.ing matter wh ich constantly settles to theocean floor. Here, miles below the surface, bacteria decompose thi s dead matter as it descends like snow into thedepths. The waters there arc very coldand dark. Very li ttle life can possiblylive at these depths, because very littleor no sunlight at all can reach theseareas.

However , as warmer waters on thesurface are rapi dly dep leted of theirsupply of nutrients, somehow the coldwater from below must br ing their richnutrients to the surface, or diatoms cannot synthesize food, to be eaten by otherplankton, to be eaten by larger fish, etc.

Importance of Ocean CurrentsHere is where ocean currents come

into play.By a complicated process which man

still does not completely understand,currents from the ocean mid -depths flowsouth toward the Antarctic seas. At thesame time mrface cur rents from theAntarctic and a milch deeper cold current from melting ice are flowingNORTH . The resulting current flowingsouthwa rd is sandwiched between theupper and lower nor thbound currents.It brin gs a constant supply of richnutrient waters f rom the north!Here in these waters diatoms flourish,

synthesizing the foodstuff on wh ichlarger plankton live. Fisheries arc usually most productive where these coldwater "pastures" occur.An amazing, comp lex chain of events

occurs. And an imbalance of these eventswould wreak havoc on An tarctic life,even if just one l ink in the chain weredropped out !N ow we can see the reason why the

tropics do not enjoy such a rich abun dance of plankton . Th ere we find no

The PLAIN TRUTHconstant upswelling of nutrient-richwaters

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