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Garner Ted Armstrong
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EVER SINCE
the Great De–
pression and World War
II have governments of
the world been in such disar–
ray.
Just since the Yom Kippur
War, the governments of Britain,
West Germany, France, Japan,
Israel, ltaly, Canada, Denmark,
and finally, the United States
have either toppled, been re–
placed through death of the man
in office, or been shaken to their
roots by socio-economic and po–
litical problems.
The present staggering cost of
energy, dwindling sources for
raw materials, and the sky–
rocketing prices of Arab oil have
pushed many economies, al–
ready troubled by interna! infla–
tionary problems, over the brink
into staggering trade deficits (up
to $1 billion a month in both
Britain and Italy!). We see cur–
rencies wobbling, stock markets
surging violently up and down,
skidding growth rates and de–
clines in standards of living.
While no one in the immedi–
ate aftermath of listening to
President Gerald Ford's heart–
felt , straightforward, and encour–
aging words upon taking the
helm of the most important
human office on the earth could
disagree with much of what he
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said, it nevertheless must be–
come perfectly clear that there
are forces and trends already in
motion in the world and in the
United States which may be so
huge as to defy solution, despite
the fine intentions and most ear–
nest resolves ofPresident Ford.
Initially, I ha<J-.to brood a little
over the system which could, for
whatever reasons, catapult a
man into the highest office
in
the
United States who was not
clearly the people's choice. In
retrospect, I believe this may be
a good thing.
If he had been the "people 's
choice," it would have meant the
"party's choice. "
Anyone who even remains
partially familiar with the day's
political news fully knows there
were severa! Republican hope–
fuls who could have wished with
all their being that President
Nixon might have struggled to
the bitter end, somehow manag–
ing to survive Watergate until
the 1976 elections, when they
would have had opportunity.
On the Democratic side,
it
is
equally obvious the Democrats
felt they would be a virtual shoo-
KS
OUT!
in for 1976 simply because of a
public desire for change.
Now all this has changed, and
all 'bets are off at least temporar–
ily for either party.
It remains to be seen
in
the
months ahead whether or not the
man originally selected by Presi–
dent Nixon as the "man least
likely to antagonize" is, for those
and other very obvious reasons,
a
better
choice for President at
this time of crisis for the United
States and the world than if he
had been a clear choice of either
party!
At a time when governments
are toppling like tenpins, where
social and economic crises ri p
nations to their foundation s,
where war has again erupted in
the eastern Mediterranean, the
United States of America needs
the deepest kind of soul-search–
ing and most assuredly needs the
healing of deep spiritual and
moral wounds!
How well will America do in
the months and the years ahead?
Perhaps the answer to that
question is directly proportional
to the response
YOU
and al! of
the other millions of Americans
gave and will give to the request
of President Ford.
Remember? He asked you to
pray
for him in the awesome re–
sponsibilities he now faces.
Perhaps you, yourself, can an–
swer the question , " What's
ahead for America now?" by
your answer to President Ford' s
request.
Did you pray for him?
O
PLAIN TRUTH September 1974