Ligonier Banner., Volume 81, Number 18, Ligonier, Noble County, 1 May 1947 — Page 2

A Page ofOpinion: .~ The Ligonier Banner

This is our view: Indiana To Observe Boys And Girls Week - “World security and peace depend, to a large extent, on how well we prepare our boys and girls today to take their place as world citizens tomorrow,” said Governor Ralph F. Gates today in proclaiming April 26, to May 3 as Boys and Girls Week in Indiana. “Therefore, I call* upon the businessmen, civic organizations, churches, schools, youth clubs, and citizens at large to cooperate with their Boys and Girls Week Committees in carrying on this worthy program.” This observance marks the 27th annual nationwide celebration of Boys and Girls Week. “The objects of the week,” declared Governor Gates, “are to call the attention of the public to the potentialities- and problems of youth so that -more adults may become interested in youth-serving organizations; to give impetus to year-round programs of character building activities for the general welfare of boys and girls; and to emphasize the importance of physical, mental, and spiritual development of youth.” Sponsors of the observance are some fifty -national organizations, including the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, YMCA, YWCA, and Kiwanis, Lions, and Rotary clubs.

For High School Students Only

‘To High School Juniors and Seniors this is the most exciting time of the year with all the excitement of the proms and graduations.

In a little while the Seniors will be looking for permanent jobs and the other students will be looking for temgorary jobs during the summer vacajon. -

To most of the students a Social Security card is just something else to get before going to work. If you have a card and aren’t using it, put it in a safe place, if you've had a ca:d and have lost it, apply for a duplicate.

Once an account number has been issued a special account is set up for that individual in which all his wages are recorded. More than one account number would mean that the individual had his wages recorded in several accounts and if something should happen and a claim were filed some of the wages might be overlooked in the search of records and loss of benefits would result.

Your card identifies your account, and separates it from the millions of others. If you work for a short time for two businesses covered by the Act then as most of you are doing now, return to school your account still remains in force. If you obtain some kind of a holiday job, any temporary Jjob, or if you go to work again during your next vacation you still use the same card. When that final great day comes and you graduate your number still serves to identify your account when you start on your life’s work.

It’s Really True

The month of May was regarded as unlucky for marriages by the ancient Romans because at this time the festival of the unhappy dead was celebratedd

It hag been scientifically recorded that the common octopus 1n captivity will devour its own arms, even if it 1s amply supplied withits normal amount of food. Fishes, which for merly had a reputation for being mute, are really vocal. They grunt, toot, chirp, click, rattle, hum and drum, The first authentic example of a pianned city is the Egyptian city ot Kahun. It was built as a housing project for the men who worked on the Illahun pyramid. :

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MUSINGS OF . AN EDITOR " by Calhoun C'art‘wright |

This week I should like to turn my column over to the. reprinting of an advertisement in a recent issue of the New York Times. It was sponsored by the United Jewish Appeal, and in my humble opinion is food for thought. “Everyone wants to join the human race—all who are trekking from outraged Europe to the far-off Land of Promise between the Jordan and the Middle Sea; all who are staying on in the Continent, who are not swelling the queues before the American Consulates, but are sticking it out on the old sod; all souls everywhere who are awakening to the rights of citizens of" the Twentieth Century. These are standing up' straight and making the claims of men in India, and in Egypt,. and in Indonesia, and in the islands of the sea under the (foreign) U. S. flag. Do you suppose that no lessons have been taught, through all these years or recently, by the American motion picture; by the standards of living of the American troops; by the missions of American orthodoxy; by the education of national leaders at Oxford and Johns Hopkins and the Sorbonne ? r “A revolt is rising against the role of the ‘subject people,” black, brown and yellow. A break is due now and forever with the tradition of subservience before the pukka sahib with his. swagger stick; the Western gunboat disgorging landing parties of Marines: the customs houses. seized; the extra-terri-torial courts maintained. Everyone wants to join the human race. And no national leader need labor very long today to arouse violence against the presumption of a white man’s flag staining the skies above the homeland of a colored man. ' .

“Peoples around the world are awakening, and no one can put them to sleep again. Three world-wide demands express their intention now to achieve the self-respect of any people’s command over its own resources and its national myth. These are the demands: I. SUSTENANCE. 11. EMPLOYMENT — Varied, continuous, fairly compensated. 111. NATIONAL TRADITION. “The peace of the nations begins with the peace of the nation. The peace of the nations begins in the peace-of-heart, the self-respect, of each citizen. We can forecast for hope for the World Commonwealth when each man feels that he has joined the human race.”

The President’s Conference on Fire Prevention, which will meet May 6-8 in Washington, D. C., has a series of specific objections.

It will study building construction, operation and protection, with a view to finding means of eliminating present dangers. 7

- It will consider the wide field of fire prevention education, with particular emphasis on" instructional aides for schools.and colleges. :

It will analyze the adequacy of firefighting facilities and personnel, and make recommendations for needed improvement. " ;

It will explore the broad question of laws and law enforcement as they relate to fire\prevention and fire safety. It will recommend 3 plan for obtaining organized, aggressive public support of fire prevention activity in all its phases.

It will establish a program for continuous research with respect to fire, which will provide information on which laws and regulations can be based. The .Conference will mark the start of the most intensive drive against the fire menace ever undertaken. President Truman-called it to meet a grave and immediate emergency. And it ean do its job only if it receives the widest possible public support. ,

THOUGHTS FOR THE WEEK: To say nothing of its holiness or authority, the Bible contains more specimens of genius and taste than any other volume in existence.—Landor. : L (i I know the Bible is inspired because it finds me at greater depths of my being than an ~yqth_er bopk.—-—Coleridge. : ‘ 7 5 BB e The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it—Mon-

hinales S ATEARaTTATE]A) s Y 2 gorge £ ‘ « MEBH b 0 D LIS SRR \l"?‘,’ Oy JY R T e WARNING OF DEPRESSION WASHINGTON. — Those who sat in on President Truman’s highly secret meeting with the cabinet and the ecouncil of economic advisers considered it one of the most important sessions in history of the Truman administration—or of any administration, for - :that » matter. Never before had a President and his cabinet come together with the nation’s outstanding economists to chart the economic future of the couniry before, not after, trouble starts. . Inside fact is that the three-man council of economic advisers gave the cabinet a gloomy report éen the economic outlook of the nation. The President had invited the council to. familiarize his cabinet members with the national price crisis, and they pulled no puncges. Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, chairman of the council, did most of the talking. s

“If something isn't done and done soon, we’re riding for a fall,”” he declared bluntly. : Here are the high points of what he told the all-importapt closed cabinet meeting: ' 1. Prices have increased about 70 per cent on all commodities since last July 1. Food- . stuffs have gone up about 80 per .cent, raw materials about 55 per cent on an average. 2. In some fields, wholesalers and retailers are pricing themselves out of the market. The demand for certain goods — clothing, women’s apparel and shoes—has dropped to the danger point. Even in lines recently .scarce, such as radios, refrigerators and higher-priced automobiles, Nourse reported, demand is going way down. 3. While prices have increased, consumers’ wages have dropped. This disturbed Nourse greatly. Secretary of the Interior Krug and Secretary of Commerce Harriman backed him up regarding this. . The figures used by Nourse for his conclusions show that wages dropped about five and one-half billion dollars between the flrst quarter of 1945 and the last quarter of 1946. ; However, while wages dropped in 1945, profits soared. During 1943 net cotporate profits were 9 billion dollars. In 1946, with wages dropping, profits climbed&té 12 billion. However, that was ogly part of'thé story. ‘During the tlaBt quarter “of 1946, profits were mounting at the rate of $14,900,000,000 for the year, and during the first quarter of this year they increased at “an even higher rate. : During this same period wages were tumbling from a 1945 high of 111 billion to 106 billion in 1946—and still going down in 1947. That was why Mr. Truman made his statement that if prices don’t come .down, wages must go up. -4, Nourse pointed out that industry had asked for a chance to make free enterprise work without price controls, and that with OPA gone, prices would find their natural level. This level, Dr. Nourse said, was a new high in history and hardly

natural, f e Perhaps the meost important part of Nourse’s candid eabinet talk was about the future of American economy. Nourse reported that he did not consider a recession necessary, although it was becoming more and more likely because of high prices. Other significant points were developed indicating that ‘‘famine exists in the midst of plenty.” Recent federal reserve statistics, for instance, reveal that 10 per cent of American families have more than 60 per cent of the savings, that the top 30 per cent of the nation’s families have 80 per cent 'of the savings and that the bottom 70 per cent have only 20 per cent, . This lower 70 per cent is the backbone of industry’s postwar market/ As its savings diminish, the chances for prosperity diminish. b * % 8 TRUMAN ON STUMP @ White House advisers now are convinced that the President should make a series of public appearances west of the Mississippi river next summer. Truman, himself, has agreed to the plan. Soon after congress adjourns, therefore, he will hit the trail—probably by train rather than by plane —and touch every state in the northwest before he’s through. This important political decision is the result of a candid survey of Democratic prospects now being completed by close political advisers. While pleased with Truman’s current national popularity, they are not so certain about how many 'voters are .actually pro-Truman. They wonder how many of those ~way Truman is bandling himself, private that Truman's prospects in potent states as New York, New AR SR W e Mlasiabippl,

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Dear Editor: : The fact that the name “Players” was used in the ‘“good old days” by some professional play acting organizations has undoubtedly caused most of the misunderstanding as to the total aims and objectives of ‘l'ne Ligomer Players, which subject matter was aired in the opinions column oi last Week’s Banner. ' . .1 believe it will help to clarify this matter to quote from the ByLaws of The Ligonier Players as follows: “Article 11. The purpose ot this association shall be: - a. To promote, including financing, a community plan of recreation for the peopfe of Ligonier Community with primary emphasis on recreational facilities for all youth of school are or younger; b. To provide such recreational facilities, including organization and supervision, . for -school are youth or younger, with adult participation only incidental in carry-

Rev. James W. Finigan 0.M.1L. All the costly buildings we. erect in this land; all the equipment we provide for the education of our youth will constitute a sorry investment if we exclude God and the teachings of Christ from the Curriculum. God is the basis of the Moral Law, and the only foundation of enduring character. An education which sharpens the intellect but leaves the character and the ~will untouched may make a clever criminal but it can scarcely be expected to make an upright and noble citizen. : Lo

In spite of the lessons this country has had—that morality cannot be legislated, more stringent laws are being advocated daily as the solution for the juvenile delinquency of our times. Cooperation of - legislators, police and courts is, of course, necessary for the apprehending and punishing: of criminals; but to be effective;, a erime-prevention program must go deeper. Enacting 'Ja law has never made an individual or a nation lawful, What is needed is a program of education which will impréss upon young people a respect for God and Neighbor, the smabibyof “human life, the- ‘high claims of the virtues of Justice and Morality, and the necessity {for lawful authority. There ean be 1o basis for moral teaching apart :!romWhatis required

ing out the program. In other words, I'he Ligomer Players’ prime objective is to provide free summer recreation tor all the boys and girls of our community. To do this requires money. One means of securing ‘this money lis by giving home talent entertainments for which - admission is charged and the entire proceeds is to go into the recreation fund. One such entertainment is now being prepared tfor presentation May 16th, and others wiil follow.,

No person in this association will receive any compensation lor services rendered in administrating the program or acting 1n plays. All moneies received will be used to pay for recreational directors, equipment for the playground' and incidental necessary expenses. v The Ligonier Players, in undertaking to provide such - urgently I.eeded recreational program to be available to all our youth without any charge to them, deserves the tndivided support of the community. The matter of further publicity will be given proper attention at the next meeting of the executive committee and I feel confident that a program will be worked out that will clarify the aims and objectives of our association to the satisfaction of all. Very truly yours, ~ Charles V. Wisner, President - The Ligonier Players .

life should be preserved, -not why wars should be fought; why each has a right to possessions; why Truth should be preferred to falsehood. We need a prOgrdm which teaches. the value of Right Living, and gives the Moral Principles that warrant cthat life. This program of moral, ethical and religious training is an education program whiech will save many -broken lives. It is the only remedy which will stem the rushing waters of the youthful “stream of -life” into the already overflowing stream of crime. What does it avail-if history makes one wise; poetry makes one imagina-

tive; ~mathematics makes one keen; literature makes one versatile; and philosophy makes him subtle, if he has not religion to make him moral ? : Britain found . that out! The London Times stirred /national and international interest when it wrote, “A country professediy Christian has a system of nationat education which g;k)ws,f_ the citizens of the future to have a purely heathen upbringing. 1 am' certain that most boys come to the University with a much clearer information on the pagan gods of old, than on the infinitely more important and historical _figures of the Christian Story. The notion is mischievous,-because 1t

(T TN e T hll‘tfl.} O LTS D New York ... It was the 125th session 6f the Security Council, and there wasn’t an empty seat in the chamber. People were lining the -walls and the crowd

in the corridor outside was gretty thick. ive thousand requests for admission had to be turned down. Andrei A. Gromyko, Deputy Foreign Minister of the U.S.S.R.

. TR e B i iong FECL ST e B B T TR o T TR G N PR TR R USSR SR e HEROT MR Eleanor Mitchel |

: and delegate to the Security Council, was due to make his country’s reply to President Truman’s Greek-Turkish aid speech—also to Sen. Austin’s report to the Council on why the U. S. had taken such a step. Mr. Gromyko spoke in English, which is quite unusual for he almost always speaks in his native tongue. By now you have read or heard what he had to say and of Sen. Austin’s subsequent resolution introduced that afternoon calling for a ‘“subsidiary commission” to remain in Greece (some of the UN representatives presently in that country as a Commission investigating the Albanian - Yugoslavian-Bulgarian ‘v. Greek border dispute to stay -on to watch the scene while the Commission’s report is being drafted in Geneva) and of Mr. Gromyko’s unwillingness to pass on the resolution at that time. West Point cadets occupied six rows and the press gallery was filled to capacity. Sen. Austin chatted with some of the dullblue uniformed young men before the session began, and two of them had their picture taken being greeted by Mr. Gromyko. Anne O’Hare McCormick, distinguished woman journalist, was there, and so was Mrs. Austin, in a natty, modish navy and white spring)onnet. She and friends sat -in the SecretaryGeneral’s section just behind the representatives of Greece and Bulgaria and Yugoslavia who

were later invited to sit at the Council table -during the discussion. (Nobody knows what happened to the Albanian representative—this is the second time he’s been “lost.”) @ It’s understandable that so much interest was evidenced in the meeting. It’s a complex situation—this Greek-Turkish-aid picture—and one that has brought about much extreme thinking as well as an effort at middle-of-the-Toad or moderate thought. It's a cinch that we shouldn’'t go off the deep end at such a critical time but rather use what sane, sensible sense we can muster. ¢ I noticed that there were many teen-agers in the audience too. Two of them sat down near me in -the middle of the meeting, when®a couple of seats were vacated. Clad in slacks and lumber jackets, they were beaming with anticipation and sighing with relief that they had finally got in. And on the Long Island train coming back to New York, 1 surreptitiously listened to a conversation behind me carried on between another teen-ager and his father. The boy was piying his parent with many penetrating questions about the international meeting he had just witnessed, and the father was carefully explaining the procedure. I also met a man and woman from Canada who were paying their first visit to UN. They had found it most stimulating and in-

teresting, they said. ALSO . . . Saks Fifth Avenue, fashionable shopping center, has an International Shopping Service which is available for UN people to use in selecting and purchasing merchandise, both for their own consumption and for shipment to other countries. They have interpreters who can translate in five languages, and fill requests of all sorts. One that they found a little difficult was the European gentleman’s which asked for fur-lined underwear . . ®There’s a sewing circle out in Oklahoma that certainly isn’t wasting its time. Calling themselves the World Affairs Mending Club, they have joined the People’s Section for the United Nations so they can help “mend” world affairs as well as their domestic darning . . . The special session of the General Assembly, tentatively set for the middle of May, may consider the Greek question as well as the Palestine problem . . . A typical touch of U.S. at UN: the ice cream man (with Eskimo pies) and his white truck outside UN headquarters waiting to dispense this typical American delight. to all comers. Spring smiles at UN. , . . The International Court of Justice %ets its first case. The Security ouncil has referred.the dispute between Albania and Britain to the Court, which meets at The Hague. This case>is based on damage to British vessels which hit mines in Albanian waters and resulted in the death of 44 English satlors. L ;

the teaching of religion is merely a kind of optional supplement. The truth is that religion must form the very basis of any education worthy of the name.” “Religion is not something which one IMBIBES from the air. If one is to know it,-he must be taught it; and thus will consequently Cont’d. on Page 5 =