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PASTOR GENERAL'S REPORT, AUGUST 27, 1982
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than hanging onto the caboose where a sudden jolt could fling us
off.
N.P. (San Diego, CA)
Nearing the Goal
This world is now in the final seconds of the last quarter of the
ball game. We have carried the ball 99 and one-half yards. The
touchdown is only inches away! We must see it through!!
J.P. (Bladensburg, MD)
Mr. Waterhouse's Job
Mr. Waterhouse is like a needle sewing a thread of UNITY between
all congregations of this worldwide Work of God.
Mr. & Mrs. I.S. (Hagerstown, MD)
Like Pioneers
Our calling reminds me of the heroes this country bore during its
beginnings--men like Franklin, Jefferson, Adams, etc., who were
loyal heroes to an idea of freedom. They were fighting for ideas
and against men. We are fighting for truth and against spiritual
wickedness in high places. We also are pioneers.
ON THE WORLD SCENE
J.R. (Albuquerque, NM)
--Richard Rice, Mail Processing Center
THE "POISONED PIPELINE": HOW IT IMPERILS AMERICA'S FUTURE SECURITY
Mark down Wednesday, August 25, 1982 on your calendars as a major milestone
along the path of declining relations between the United States and the na
tions of Western Europe. On that date the U.S. government took two actions
that are certain to heighten political and economic tensions between the
two halves of the Atlantic Alliance.
First of all, the U.S. Commerce Department ruled that 13 firms in six Euro
pean countries received improper subsidies on steel exports to the United
States. The finding, if upheld in October by the U.S. International Trade
Commission, will lead to import penalties against the European firms to
offset the subsidies, which have been found to range from one percent of
the value of steel shipments to over 20%. European Common Market officials
have said that adoption of countervailing duties on steel exports could set
off a trade war between the continent and the United States extending far
beyond the steel industry.
Secondly, President Reagan announced that he would impose sanctions against
the French subsidiary of a Texas firm as part of his effort to block con
struction of the Soviet Union's natural gas pipeline to Western Europe.
The decision to move against Dresser France, a subsidiary of Dresser Indus
tries Inc., of Dallas, means that the French subsidiary will not be able to
receive goods shipped by Dresser or any other U.S. firm. Mr. Reagan's deci
sion to "blacklist" Dresser France, however, did not prevent the shipment
of the first three compressors which sailed from the French port of Le Havre
aboard a Soviet freighter the following day. The French socialist govern
ment of President Francois Mitterrand ordered the shipment to proceed.