Braiding the Lash; L. Stearns

BRAIDING THE LASH tg otewiJ SfearnJ \VHEN A WORTH-WHILE TASK is to be performed, there are individuals who can and those who cannot; those who will and those who will not. The task is performed to the extent that there are those who both can and will. When government is permitted jurisdiction over the task, a third distinction is created: those who may and those who may not. Under these circumstances the best that can be hoped for is that those who may, includes all who can and will. Since this is rarely the case, the end result is usually the creation of another category; those who must! Mr. Stearns is a freelance writer from Missouri. 282 LET OWN THE THE PEOPLE AIRWAVES HI urge you to put the people's airwaves to the service of the people and the cause of freedom. You must help pre pare a generation for great decisions. You must help a great nation fulfill its future. Do this~ and I pledge you our help.n NEWTON F. MINOW, Chairman of the Federal Communica tions Commission, in dosing his memorable "vast wasteland"