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By FATHER
JOSEPH L.
ZILIAK
Associate Publisher
Call you believe whars going on in the Soviet
Union these days? There are elements that seem
very similar to activities in our country some 200
years ago.
A group of us made a motorcoach tour
through New England in the past two weeks. On
the way back home we stopped for a few hours in
Philadelphia. It was enough time to view an ex-
cellent film at the visitors {;enter, walk around
Freedom Hall, see the Liberty Bell, have hmch
and visit the grave site of Benjamin Franklin.
After our War of Independence that followed
our declaration of 1776, we struggled with form-
ing a new union of flee peoples. Our federal sys-
tem was only finalized with the signing of the
Constitution in 1789.
The shared wisdom of representatives from
the 13 states called for a union that recognized
levels of jurisdiction proper to the individual
states and the central government. There were to
be areas where rights were to be upheld by the
various states, and concerns that were to be the
rightful jurisdiction of the federal government.
States, for instance, were empowered to look
to their own self protection and police activity. At
the same time, a national military force was to see
September 6, 1991
Momentous days: Watching
Soviet republics break free
to the security of the country at large.
Currency was to be uniform throughout. As
they worked through all the details of daily liv-
ing, those early political leaders discovered that
certain commercial ventures would more natural-
ly fall under national control, while others were
to be the province of states or other more local
government bodies.
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, as
we have known it, seems to be no more. Events
are moving so rapidly over there these days that it
is almost presumptuous to make any definite
statements. Even so, it does appear that the Soviet
Union of the past 74 years will no longer exist.
What will develop? Many are trying to pre-
dict that very thing. I see the struggle among the
various republics to break free from the Soviet
Union to be in a similar situation to our ancestors
of 200 years ago. I hope they are able to stay at the
task long enough and with enough patience to
work out a proper solution.
If each of the 15 Soviet Republics insists on
going alone down the pathways of history, each
will discover very quickly how impoverished and
weak they are. They will simply have to establish
contractual understandings with neighboring
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countries to provide those resources that they do
not possess.
What more than likely will happen is that the
republics will insist on declaring themselves to be
independent and free. But then, in the harsh light
of day, will re-unite themselves for mutual protec-
tion and sharing of resources. And then a new
union of states will emerge.
The leadership will be freely elected. The
rights of the citizens will be respected. They will
probably draw up a Bill of Rights so that all will
have equal protection under law. The listing of
rights will establish that all should enjoy freedom
from fear, freedom of speech; freedom of worship
and freedom from want.
A new constitution will be duly established
and ratified by the states. A free and separate
city/state will be created to serve as the center of
national government.
We pray that the Spirit of God be with our
brothers and sisters in the Soviet Union during
these momentous days. But to achieve this new
union, the old rancoring cultural and religious
hostilities will have to be put aside. Recognizing
the greater good of a unified country must take
precedence over individual rights to self rule.
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Andrew J. and Dorothy (Stratman) Koressel of Evansville will
celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a Mass of
Thanksgiving Sept. 14 at Corpus Christi Church, Evansville.
A reception will follow in Resurrection Church cafeteria. The
couple was married Sept. 18, 1941, at St. Joseph Church,
Evansville. They are the parents of six children: JoAnn
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del and Jenny Gaul, all of Evansville. They have 15 grand-
children and two great-grandchildren. He was self-employed
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