Ligonier Banner., Volume 81, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 26 June 1947 — Page 2

A Page of Opinion: = : Che Ligonier Banner

This is our view: What Will You Be Doing? What are you going to be doing the day after the Fourth of July? Will you be planning to attend a funeral, or will you be the one for whom the bell tolls? It’s not a pleasant thought, but it is a very real possibility. Col. Robert Rossow, superintendent of Indiana State Police, points out that a common failing of us Americans is to try to cram our holiday fun into too short a time. Tragedy is, too often, the result. Each July 4 several men, women and children are killed in traffic accidents. Others are victims of boating, swimming and flying mishaps. Still others are injured or die in homemade fireworks blasts or of over-exertion. It seems that people at play can find a variety of ways in which to do themselves harm. : Let’s stop kidding ourselves that Independence day accidents cannot be prevented, or that each year the loss of life and injury is inevitable. Use “common sense, extra care and courtesy.” Prevent needless tragedy. Let’s have fun this holiday, but let’s have it safely.

' Stand Up To Life 1. There nevei was a time in history when humanity did not have to face crises. 2. There is no place in this world where you can go and be free of troubles. 3. Stop believing as you wish; start believing as you must. : 4. Life requires continuous rethinking and resolving of problems. To believe there are final conclusions is to be always frustrated when you can’t find them. ; 5. Accept life as a series of projects. Take one at a time. Give everything you’ve got to it—win or lose. 6. Remember that it is not so much what circumstances do to you, it’s what you are as the result of circumstances. 7. Give up the notion that God is a Great Substitute. Remember that God doesn’t work when He is expected to do the job alone. 8. Marvel at how nature has endowed all its creatures with every last bit of equipment necessary for them to face life-on their levels. Remember that nature has endowed you with full equipment, also. ~ Put these tested thoughts to work. They may help you to stand up to life, no longer pretending, but with courage and confidence. : —Arthur W. Olsen.

" International Friendship Gardens To Open The summer program of music and drama at International Friendship Gardens, Michigan City, Indiana, promises to be of unusual merit and interest. The grand opening concert will be given Saturday evening, July 12, by the huge band and chorus of the CarnegieIllinois Steel Co. of Gary. This will mark the third season for the appearance of this famous group of music makers. On the following Saturday, July 19, the ‘Alice Stephens Singers and Hugo Kolberg, violinist, will be heard in concert. Then all day Saturday, July 26, will be held the seventh annual Friendship Gardens Music Festival the winners in which will be sent to the Chicagoland Festival to be held at Soldiers Field, Chicago, on August 16. In the Michigan City festival contestants from hundreds of communities in northern Indiana and southern Michigan will participate. : The summer events at International Friendship Gardens are taking rank with similar enterprises throughout the U.S.A. such as the St.. Louis Municipal Opera, Chicago’s Ravinia, the Boston Esplanade. Series, Theater of the Red Rockg,, Denver, Hollywood Bowl Symphonies Under the Stars and Philadelphia’s Robinhood Dell. None of these are staged in a more beautiful setting than the series of Friendship Gardens where 100 acres of wondrously landscaped gardens enthrall visitors with their beauty and fragrance.

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MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR o Calhoun Cartwright

During the month of June, the fourteenth to be exact, America celebrates Flag Day. It is a day dedicated to the memory of all that is American. It is a day set aside that men- may reflect the glory of their heritage. It is a day, when the blending of the red, white and blue brings more forcefully to our attention the events of the past, and their bearing on the land we can, because of that past, call home.

Patriotic speeches fill the air. Some sing the glory of our heroed warriors; some recall the history of our flag; others point with pride to the unconquerable spirit of the men who made America a safe, God fearing land in which to live. It is not within the limits of my thinking or feelings to pause on Flag Day, and pay respect only to those whose heroic acts on the field of battle brought them fame, and a place in our history, for beside each hero, whose voice was heard for the charge to victory, plodded the unsung, unnamed hero, whose musket rang . .. whose body dropped from the enemy musket over the hill. : But out of the mist, which veils the struggle for freedom in this land of ours, comes the clarion call of men whose contribution shall be felt for years to come. Men, whom history books scan with a passing glance in their quest

for the excitement of military recording. ' It is these men, whose memory fills me with awe, when I pause to reflect the meaning of Flag Day . . . the meaning of America and its people’s struggle for freedom. It is the phenomenon of greatness out of lowliness that makes America great, and gives hope to future generations. It is just that phenomenon that places America at the head of the parade, and makes us proud to be Americans. That list of great Americans, who rose to the peaks from lowly beginning, fills many pages in the recordings of time, and I leave to your curiosity, your study and edification the thrilling story of these men of destiny. In such a discourse I can choose but few, and write but little. What I write is but an inkling of the phenomenon I have mentioned. My recollections go back to a man named Franklin . . . Benjamin Franklin was not a quaker, nor a backwoods philosopher, for by 1776 he had lived thirty years among the scientists, merchants, politicians and men of fashion. Franklin represented the arrival of the plain man in the events of history, for the son of a tallow-chandler talked, and not subserviently, with kings. The poor boy who had walked the streets of Philadel-

phia with a great loaf of -bread under each arm, met aristocratic statesmen and beat them at their own game. The observer of ordinary things made an honored place for himself among the Men of Science. Franklin once said himself, “Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune-® that seldom happen, as by little advantages that occur every day.” Benjamin Franklin left much for posterity. Much of his great philosophy has seaped into our better living. He is one of the Flag Day memories that makes America a proud nation to behold. In the year 1864 a child was born in southern Missouri the son of slaves on Mose Carver’s plantation. When the child was but a month old his father was sold on the auction block. At six months his Mother was dead. He was raised in poverty. He began:a life of making something out of nothing. He had started without even freedom.

He had earned his own food, his own clothing, even his own name. When the South took his advice, the advice of one of the world’s great agricultural chemists, and raised more peanuts than ball game and circus crowds could use he went to work and found three hundred different commercial products that could be made from peanuts. He once told a group of students, “I take a handful of peanuts and look at them, and I say to my Creator, ‘Why did you make the peanut?’ Then I try to find out why by taking the peanut apart. I _Separate the water, the fats, the oils, the gum and so on. There! I have the parts of the peanut all spread out before me. Then I merely try different combinations of the parts under different conditions of ~ Continued on page 7

o m , HININRION ib l ] ' ] ;|i" § ~ | 'r : D ! h | ) 2 i &ey W L Ule Summer in Washington _ WASHINGTON.-It's summer in Washington and the air is heavy with politics. Congress chugs along faster as the humidity settles over the Potomac. Congressmen want to get home and do some pulsechecking. Reports filtering in-from across the nation disturb them. There's dissatisfaction about housing, foreign policy, taxes and schoolteachers’ salaries. The PAC, which was considered stone-cold-dead half a year ago, recently has won some impressive victories. . . . Then there’s Harold Stassen and Henry Wallace drawing crowds so big they have to call out police reserves to hold them back. GENERAL MARSHALL’S HEADACHES—GeneraI Marshall, one of America’'s top soldiers, put his lifelong prestige on the line when he walked into the state department, Right now the score is about three to one against Marshall—though the odds were stacked against him before he entered the game. . . . Truth is, Marshall i{s a tired man. . . .

Worn and weary after many years of publi¢c service, Marshall is attempting to prop up the state department with old friends from the war department. But there’s a big difference between war and peace. . « « Two countries worry Marshall most—ltaly and France. Both may fall into Russia’s hands unless the U. S. comes through with a largescale economic-aid program. . . . But Marshall already has told congress he won’t ask for anything until next year. It might cost twice as much to do it then, however.

KOWTOWING TO BUSINESS — Secretary of Commerce Averell Harriman, alse has headaches. One of his aides, Robert Weidenhammer; prepared a long study of the steel industry indicating need for expansion of steel-producing facilities. Harriman tried to get a copy, was told there were none available, since all reprints had been sent to the steel industry for comments.

. . . Not since the Hoover administration has the government kowtowed like that to big business..

"MINOR MYSTERIES — Why did the war department install telephones in the washrooms of the new state department building? . . . What happened to Ohio Congressman Clarénce Brown’s threat to open each session of the 80th congress ‘‘with a prayer and close with a probe?’’ 1 .

LOWER PRICES — President’s council of economic advisers continues to be worried about the approaching economic storm. There are plenty of storm warnings, especially the slowdown on residential and non-residential construction. . . .

Truman seems to be keeping his fingers crossed, hoping things will come out all right. .. . Congressional slash of appropriations for farmsupport program convinces economic advisers that farmers face trouble around harvest time. . . . Economic council’s toughest opponent is Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder who opposes ‘‘too much planning.” s & With the GOPsters ,

Quiet but significant is the drive behind-the-scenes in GOP circles to block Gov. Tom Dewey at the next Republican convention. The anti-Dewey coalition is almost unorganized and spontaneous, but it's growing. The man doing most to cut into Dewey's chances is Harold Stassen, Minnesota’s shrewd ex-governor, the only man with guts enough to campaign openly. The Stassen strategy is based on this: while he has no hope of buttoning up enough candidates to win on the first ballot himself, he feels that if he can deadlock the convention for several ballots, he has a chance to bring home the bacon, :

Therefore, Stassen forces are concentrating -on winning “‘second choice’” support. This has been done by quietly encouraging numerous ‘“favorite son’ candidates, . Stassenites estimate that Dewey will fall at least 100 votes short of the 547 delegates needed on the first ballot. ¢ :

Presidential hopefuls are convinced that if Dewey fails on the first ballot, his strength will drop consistently thereafter, leaving the field wide open. Right now, according to inside GOPsters, the following delegations will come to Philadelphia with favorite-son candidates: : : California—Warren, 53 votes, Ohio—Taft, 53 votes. Indiana—Halleck, 29 votes, Musachusetts—suynstall,‘ 35 votes. ; : Pennsylvania — ‘rtgn, 13 votes, i . Nlindis—Governor Green, 59 votes., ~ New York—Dewey, 97 votes. - Oregon—Morse, 15 votes. Minnesota—Stassen, 25 votes. The Taft forces informally claim 165 southern votes, plus Nebraska’s 15 and Ohio’s 58 on the first ballot, All this adds up to a red-hot siege of backstage finagling next fall and winter by -mpublfemf hopefuls, also to a red-hot Republican convention next summer in Philadelphia.

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I SNORE Now when I lay me down to sleep In hammock, bed, or floor, I never have to count my sheep-% But others do—l snore.

To those who seem to love me best I am a constant bore, For, when I lay me down to rest, Persistently I snore.

“WILT THOU BE MADE : WHOLE?” by Rev. I. C. Windoffer Jesus is asking this question of you today; ‘“Wilt thou be made whole ?”” The first man who heard this wonderful question was waiting patiently by the pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem to be miraculously healed. He had been beside this pool for thirty-eight years, but too infirm to be the first one in the water after the Angel troubled it and so he had never been healed. Many good people to day realize their need of being made one with themselves. Along with broken nations, broken homes and pieces of bodies we have blasted ambitions, faded hopes and dreams and broken hearts. Many people never expect to be what they once had planned and dreamed of being and have given up hope of making very much of themselves for God. They have then attached themselves to some movement, program or “ism” that promises much but somehow never really satisfies the deep longing of their soul. Friend, if you know you are sick and needy, Jesus is asking you now, “Wilt thou be made whole?” The words of this question tell you what you must do to gain salvation for your soul. Jesus must first have your will; you must be willing. Not that you sit back in a passive attitude, as if to say, “I.am ready to be saved, Lord, just any time you can come and heal my soul.” Jesus has already come and He is asking you now, “Wilt thou . . . ?” You must will to be made whole; do all in your power to be healed of your sin-sickness. Repent, confess your sins and believe in Jesus. Do it with all your will, . Then you must see that you are the one needing Christ. “Not my brother, nor my sister, but it’s me,

| Uncle Sam Says I i R S eT T - R

By Ed Dodd

I never need the alarm eclock To get me up at four;

I'm sure to wake up on the dot— I never fail to snore.

I fear some think I'll NEVER wake,

Since I sleep to the core, - But mever fear—make no mistake, I’ll wake up with a snore.

I suppose it’s not the way : To treat those I adore, But, whether it be right or wrong, I really have to snore.

And when I take that last long

sleep, - I’ll Old Saint Pete implore: “Pray do not sound the trump for me, I'll wake me with a snore.” —E. C. Geeding

O Lord, standing in the need of pe#yer.” Many pray for others when they should be praying for themselves. No one else can finally bring you to God. It.is you and you alone who will bring your own soul to Christ for healing. The middle word be only tells us that being is more important than doing. You must be a Christian, you can never make yourself one. When Jesus told us of the lily, He was trying to tell us that the lily out-shown Solomon, not because it tried so hard but because that was its very nature. You must let Jesus into your heart to transform your very nature then you need not fret about what you will do, because you already are a Christian. The last two words are on Jesus side of the agreement. He will then begin His making whole. He who created this universe whole and holy can and will recreate any heart and soul who will come to Him for salvation. Christ will not only forgive your sins and regenerate your soul to new life but He will then, at your consent, give you His Holy Spirit to purify and make you holy and fill your heart with perfect love. : “Would you live for Jesus and be always pure and good? Would you walk with Him within the narrow road? : Would you have Him bear your burden, carry all your load? Let Him have His way with thee. His power can make you what you ought to be; e His blood «can cleanse your heart and make you free; it His love can fill your soul, and you will see 'Twas best for Him to have His way with thee. : Next week: ; Rev. Hfirry A. P. Homer

'gu:w can W *hdt once or twice a year every month. What farmer —even the wheat men and women of Kansas and the Dakotas who at this moment are reaping the greatest harvest in history—would not prize a han;efigt every month., The harvest-“a-mofith plan has popular name-— the Bond-a-Month Plan. Begin today sowing financial seeds. For ~every $18.75 you plant during a month in the form ‘&f a United States Savings Bond will sprout 10 years later, S e : : U. S. Treasury Department

W\ N T | ifillit ,’T.) N T 7 . N = New York . . . En route to Lake Success, we speculated as to whether Mr. Gromyko would use English when he spoke before the special meeting of the UN Atomic

Energy Commission which he had requested to hear the Soviet proposals for moving along on the all-important question of international control ot the atom. We speculated right —

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he read from his prepared text in English soon after Chairman Hosgson of AuStralia opened the meeting. Mr. Gromyko, surrounded in the delegates’ lounge before the meeting started by photographers, newsmen, was in distinct contrast to his usual taciturn self. He was ioking, smiling and gracious in a ight grey suit—he usually wears. somber black. The atmosphere was good and hopeful and as the session got under way with the Russian’s face expressively fol-

lowing the words he read, the chamber was filled with quiet ex--Bectqtlon and attentive interest. utside of the sound of his voice and occasional whirrings of the picture-taking machines, there wasn’t a whisper. I glanced around and saw some spectators - —an almost full house—-sittin%lon the edges of their seats while others relaxed heads in hands in comglete concentration. This was. ‘the first meeting of the Commis_sion in three months (althoughi committees have been at work),| and everybody knew how important it was that steps toward agreement between the Soviet’ point of view and that of the U.S.! view be taken. There were, of course, varied| reactions to Mr. Gromyko’s pro-| posals. The delegates, around the crescent - table, were cautious in expressing decided opinions so soon without further study of the document. Captain Alvaro Alberto who comes from Brazil and who looks like Mayor O’Dwyer, said the “hour of agreement is draw-.

ing closer.” Senator —or rather —Ambassador Warren Austin, in a press conference immediately afterwards, said it “wasn’t too optimistic. but was encouraging.” He and Frederick ii. Osborn, U. S. delegate to the €@ommission, were surrounded by about fifty newspapermen, Mrs. FDR—who happened by-—and me. Mr. Osborn, who held the rank of general and was in charge of Army orientation work auring the war, is just about the tallest man I ever saw. He, by the way, sat in the head U.S. position at the Con aission table, with Ambassador Austin behind him, even though the laiter is the top U.S. man in UN. Briefly, Mr. Gromyko reiterated his country’s acceptance of international inspection of atomic resources and activities, and indicated acceptance of many basic principles of the U.S. proposal. He maintained the position that the Security Council should handle punishment of violators of control of atomic energy, with which the U.S. does not agree because of the veto power in the Council. He also made it clear that he wishes atomic weapons to be outlawed before an international control body under UN is set up. The U. S, in line with the Baruch report, wants the weapons outlawed after the control is in the hands of an international bodfi. - ‘ The Soviet proi(;:als were referred to the working committee of the Atomic Energy Commission for consideration. This means that a representative of each of the 12 nations on the Commission will deliberate over and discuss the proposals carefully in private sessions, looking toward agreement. ALSO . .. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chairman of the UN Human fi‘;fiht’ Commission, said 'recently that by contmuin{r to 'work together for years, the U.S. ‘and the U.S.S.R. can eventually make an international bill of rights possible. . . . The Commission to Study the Organization of Peace, made up of some of the leading thinkers in the country iilicludllfi Sumner Welles, has ‘published a full regci)rt on meth‘ods and ways to achieve security through the UN. It is known as ithe Palisades Conference Rel;:ort because a meeting on it was held at the home of the Thomas W. Lamonts in Palisades, N. Y.

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