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...required as a qualification for any office of profit or trust in this State, other than a declaration of belief in the existence of God." But according to the opinion written by Justice Hugo Black, no government, either state or federal, "can constitutionally force a person 'to profess a belief or disbelief in any religion.' " Nor can either government "impose requirements which aid all religions as against nonbelievers, and neither can aid those religions based on a belief in the existence of God as against those religions founded on different beliefs...
Perhaps because Portugal has been a colonial power for so long,* most modern Portuguese profess to see no distinction between the homeland and the Overseas Provinces, which are no longer referred to as colonies. Vivid in the memories of adult Portuguese are grade school wall maps on which Portugal (roughly the size of Indiana) was always accompanied by its mammoth possessions. Superimposed on the map of Europe, they extended clear across Spain and France. The message of the maps: "Portugal is not a small country." Last week events on two continents hastened the day when Portugal will in fact...
Unmoved by all this, Kenya's biggest African party, the K.A.N.U., led by James Gichuru and Tom Mboya, vowed to sabotage the new constitution until Kenyatta gets his freedom. Both Gichuru and Mboya now refer to Kenyatta as "our national leader," openly profess their intention of installing him as Kenya's first African prime minister. In part, this deference to Jomo is dictated by fear of the almost godlike status which 30 years of nationalist struggle has won Kenyatta among Kenya's black masses...
...alternative would represent a substantial concession on the part of Catholics. Nevertheless, we think this is a concession Catholics may be called upon to make. If it is necessary for the passage of the bill, it should, with whatever difficulty, be made. Then, not only Catholics, but all who profess real interest in education and the general welfare should turn serious attention to the legitimate claims of Catholics. For the education of the large minority of children in parochial schools must be seen for what it is ... a national concern...
...least idea what "gradual and relentless authoritarianism" is, but in any case it has far more the air of a conservative slogan than of a clear, analytic position. In other words, Advance's categorizations won't do; the magazine is fat with the standard phraseology of the men they profess to reject. It is not so harsh as that of the National Review, but it is all here: "reckless spending," "aggrandisement of federal power," and even "Big government." And there is also an original Dowling carton: "Labor Leaders" and "Liberal Experimenters" and "Spenders" sit grinning in a horseless cart while...