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The Immortal Talent of Martin Luther King

On Jan. 19, the nation celebrated Dr. Martin Luther King Day, in commemoration of the civil rights leader, who was slain on April 4, 1968. In the company of civil rights heroine Amelia Boynton Robinson, who was a key collaborator of Dr. King, and a founder of the Alabama civil rights struggle, Lyndon LaRouche keynoted the Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast on Jan. 19, sponsored by the Talladega County (Alabama) Democratic Conference. City Councilman Rev. Horace Patterson introduced the first speaker, Mrs. Robinson, the vice chairman of the Schiller Institute, who in turn introduced LaRouche.

Patterson: Before I present this gifted lady, I want to emphasize that she has been a civil rights activist ... [which] involves some tiring, tiresome work. You get tired; and when you get tired, strength is often zapped, because you not only have to deal with ignorance, you have to deal with stupidity. You can fix ignorance with knowledge. But it's hard to fix stupidity. It's hard to fix stupidity. And so often, in the arena of civil rights, you have to sometimes even fight with the people you're trying to help. And this, of course, makes this lady so unique.

It is also a thankless task, from time to time. Many times, those who give of themselves, find themselves unappreciated. She was one of those people who made it possible for Dr. Martin Luther King to do the kinds of things he did. Many people who were there, understand. When it was time to register folk to vote, many times, many of us would go into their homes, and it was the first time they had ever registered to vote: And you have to promise—, you'd say, "I'll take of care of the baby, if you'll go down and register. I'll wash your clothes." I'm serious! "I'll cut your grass. I'll do anything, if you will go down, and vote." And so often, the people who did these kinds of things were never fully appreciated. Dr. King understood it, and therefore he mentioned it, when he received his Nobel Prize.

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January 26 - February 2, 1787

Oliver Evans Brings the New Nation Into the Machine Age

A patent from the new state of Delaware was granted on January 30, 1787, to 32-year-old Oliver Evans, a former wheelwright with a deep interest in scientific experimentation. The patent was for elements of what would become a completely automated flour mill, presaging the automated production processes of modern factories. Because the Federal patent system did not yet exist, Evans also patented his designs with the states of Maryland and New Hampshire, where his application also included a description of "a steam-carriage, so constructed as to move by the power of steam and the pressure of the atmosphere, for the purpose of conveying burdens without the aid of animal force."

As Evans improved his automation process, he realized that the technical books he had eagerly devoured were inadequate and, in some cases, just plain wrong. He determined to write a technical handbook for the young mechanics of the nation, and painstakingly conducted experiments so that his introductory Principles of Mechanics and Hydraulics would correspond to what actually happened in practice. Despite the many people, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who took out subscriptions to help fund the work, Evans had to borrow $1,000 from John Nicholson, the Comptroller General of Pennsylvania, to have the expensive illustrative plates printed. The Young Mill-Wright and Miller's Guide, published in 1795, went into 15 editions, was translated into French, and was not superceded until the time of the Civil War.

In 1801, Evans set out to build a steam carriage. His work led him to believe that the nation was in more immediate need of, and probably more receptive to, steam power for manufacturing. When he proposed to the Lancaster Turnpike Company that they commission him to build a large steam wagon to carry flour on the new road, from the agricultural interior of Pennsylvania, to Philadelphia, he was turned down. He resolved to lay aside the carriage project "for a time of more leisure," and concentrated instead, on developing a high-pressure steam engine which could out-perform the low-pressure engines of Newcomen and Watt. Evans eliminated the condenser, so his engine was much smaller than a low-pressure engine of equal power, and consequently, much easier to build and transport to its workplace.

By February 1803, Evans's first engine was at work in his Philadelphia store, powering a screw mill which pulverized plaster of Paris. He also set it up to saw marble, which he knew would attract the attention of his customers, who would then learn more about the advantages of steam engines. Evans wrote that "the driving of twelve saws in heavy frames, sawing at the rate of a hundred feet of marble in twelve hours, made a great show, and excited much attention." Visitors asked him if the engine might power a sawmill for wood, or if it could grind grain, or power a steamboat. Although he always answered, "Yes," he wrote that he "found they still doubted."

But Evans kept returning to the idea of a self-propelled vehicle. Finally, in the summer of 1805, the Philadelphia Board of Health commissioned him to build a dredger which could clean docks and rid the Schuylkill River of sandbars and other obstacles. Evans designed a steam dredger on wheels which became a boat in the water. It was 30 feet long, 12 feet broad, and weighed 17 tons. He drove it through the streets of Philadelphia, exhibited it to the populace, and then floated it in the river, where it successfully completed its mission.

During the years 1806-1812, Evans built and organized the Mars Works, a full-scale complex of engineering shops, in which he constructed his engines, boilers, and heavy machinery. The works included a pattern shop, iron foundry, blacksmith shop, and a steam-engine manufactory, and then Evans added a line of iron gears used to drive machinery. By 1811, the Mars Works employed 35 mechanics, and, during the War of 1812, it produced cast-iron cannon for the U.S. Navy.

Because of the needs of the rapidly-growing Ohio Valley, Evans also organized the Pittsburgh Steam Engine Company, which not only manufactured high-pressure steam engines, but added a brass foundry and produced anvils and even anchors for Ohio River ships. By 1814, Evans had manufactured steam engines that were grinding grain, sawing lumber, drawing wire, rolling and slitting iron, grinding lead, spinning cotton, manufacturing cloth, and powering boats. In the process of perfecting his manufacturing techniques, Evans also developed designs for artificial refrigeration, steam radiators, gas lighting, self-oiling shaft bearings, and a long list of other improvements which would be brought to fruition by others.

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Feature:

On Southern Tour, LaRouche Speaks To 'The Forgotten Man'
by Nancy Spannaus
While the 'other' Democratic Presidential candidates frenetically sought votes in Iowa and New Hampshire the week of Jan. 19-23, Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche accepted invitations to tour the Deep South, to address what he called 'my constituency.'

The Immortal Talent Of Martin Luther King
by Lyndon LaRouche

Keynote speech given at the Jan. 19 Martin Luther King Prayer Breakfast on Jan. 19, sponsored by the Talladega County (Alabama) Democratic Conference.

Sci-Tech:

Expose The Myths About The Apollo Program
by Marsha Freeman

President Bush has announced a program to return to the Moon and head for Mars. But unless the lessons of Kennedy's Apollo program are learned, there is little chance of success.

Economics:

On Dollar Crash: LaRouche Against Greenspan in Berlin
by Our Special Correspondent

Can Argentina v. Vulture Funds Bring System Down?
by Cynthia R. Rush

The Fed and its allies are panicked over Argentina's current brawl with creditors holding bonds on which the country defaulted in 2001—many of them the notorious 'vulture funds.'

Alaska: Gas Pipeline or Bering Straits Crossing?
by Paul Gallagher

Austrian Social Dems Reject Neo-Liberalism
by Alexander Hartmann

Book review of Wirtschaft für die Menschen — Alternativen zum Neo-liberalismus im Zeitalter der Globalisierung (Economy for Human Beings — Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism in the Age of Globalization) edited by Michael Häupl.

International:

Shades of 1920: Occupiers Now See the Real Iraqi Resistance
by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach

Up to a million people demonstrated in Baghdad against the Paul Bremer plan for 'transfer' of power—and, contrary to Western media reports, these were not just 'the Shi'ites,' or 'followers of Saddam Hussein,' but Iraqis of all ethnic, religious, and political groupings.

Czar Alexander II and Vladimir Putin
by Michael Liebig

The Czar was no genius in statecraft, but a reformer who made Russia's recovery possible after the Crimean War.

Bush Agenda Slammed At Monterrey Summit
by Valerie Rush

The Geneva Peace Accord and 'Nathan the Wise'
by Our Special Correspondent

Report from a Frederich Ebert Stiftung-sponsored panel presented by top Israeli and Palestinian organizers and backers of the Geneva Accord which took place in Berlin on Jan. 15th.

Sharon Named in Bribery Indictment
by Dean Andromidas

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could soon become the first sitting prime minister of Israel indicted for bribery. On Jan. 21, real estate contractor and top Likud Party money-bags, David Appel, was indicted for bribing Sharon.

Israeli Officers See No Threat From Syria
by Michelle Steinberg

Well-placed Israeli sources in Israel and New York have told EIR that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz, Sharon's top henchman in the drive for a 'Greater Israel' war with Lebanon and Syria, deliberately provoked the Jan. 19 incident in which one Israeli soldier was killed and another wounded.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization Comes of Age
by Mary Burdman

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a message to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) meeting in Bejing on Jan. 15, underlined the ambitious role that the high-level group can play in Eurasian cooperation.

India Seeks More Nuclear And Military Cooperation
by Ramtanu Maitra

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov and his Indian counterpart, George Fernandes, signed a $1.5 billion deal in New Delhi on Jan. 20, whereby the refurbished Russian aircraft-carrier Admiral Gorshkov would be delivered to India by 2008.

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National:

Electronic Voting is a Threat to the Constitution
by Edward Spannaus

Democratic presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche has emphasized the threat to the fundamental constitutional right of the citizen to vote, and to the right to a fair election, which is posed by the introduction of new computerized vote-counting systems—systems which are easily rigged, and which render it impossible to verify the vote count.

Congressman Moots Cheney impeachment
by Jeffrey Steinberg

On the eve of the Iowa Democratic caucuses, Rep. Jerry Costello(D-Ill.) stunned voters at a Gephardt rally by mooting there could soon be impeachment hearings against Vice President Cheney, stemming from the Congressional probe of Halliburton sweetheart contracts in Iraq.

Where They Stand: Threat of Police-State, Rule by 'Emergency' Decree
The 4th in a series of documentary comparisons of the views of 2004 Democratic Presidential contenders.

Cover-up Continues 0n 1967 Mideast War
by William Jones

The documents recently released that concerned the outbreak of the Arab-Israeli Six-Day War in 1967, were made the focus of much closer examination by a gathering of scholars during a two-day conference at the State Department on Jan. 12-13, undoubtedly with the intent of helping bring the languishing Middle East 'Road Map' back to center stage.

Schwarzenegger Hangover Sickens California Dems
by Harley Schlanger

During the campaign to recall Gov. Gray Davis (D), which culminated in the election of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger as Governor of California, Democratic Presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche warned at a Burbank town meeting on Sept. 11, 2003 that the election of Schwarzenegger would have devastating consequences for the state.

Would Today's Edison and Einstein Be on Ritalin?
by Donald Phau

Today, millions of children under 18 years of age are being prescribed the behavior-controlling drugs Prozac and Ritalin. But an announcement in December 2003 by the British equivalent of the U.S. Federal Drug Administration (FDA) called or a partial ban on this mass drugging of youths.

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