Ligonier Banner., Volume 81, Number 38, Ligonier, Noble County, 18 September 1947 — Page 2

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This is our view: What The United Nations Charter Says This week in the Chicago Sun was published an editorial that should be read by everyone man, woman and child in America. We shall start the ball rolling by reprinting it for our Ligonier readers: -

«gupport for the United Nations, said Secretary of State Marshall in New York Sunday, “is the cornerstone of our foreign policy.” He properly added that the U.N. will succeed or fall “gecording to the conduct of the members themselves and their willingness to act in accordance with the charter.” A recent poll showed that one out of three Americans still does not know what the United Nations is and what it does. As the General Assembly convenes for its second session today, it behooves us all to remember what the U.N. stands for. “We the peoples of the United Nations,” says the charter, are determined : __To save succeeding generations “from

the scourge of war.” —To reaffirm faith “in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.” —To establish conditions under which justice and respect for treaties can be maintained.

__To promote “social progress and betger standards of life in larger freeom.” :

In order to advance those ends, says the charter, “we the peoples of the United Nations” resolve: —“To practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good

neighbors.” __“To unite our strength to maintain international peace and security.” —To insure “that armed force shall not be used save in the common interest.” —“To employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.”

Such were the broad objectives of the 49 nations which signed the charter at San Francisco in June of 1945. In signing, each nation undertook to observe certain principles. They agreed to take “effective collective action” for the prevention or removal of threats to the peace; for the suppression of acts of aggression; for the settlement of disputes which might lead to a breach of the peace. They agreed to develop friendly relations among nations, to respect every nation’s “equal rights,” to respect the pfinciple of “self-determination of peoples.” They agreed to achieve international co-operation in solving economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems; in promoting respect for human rights and “fundamental freedoms” for all — “without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.” And they established the U.N. as a center “for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.”

Further outlining the responsibilities of members, the charter bound them singly and collectively: —To observe the ‘“sovereign equality” of all. —To fulfill charter obligations in good faith. —To settle their disputes by peaceful means, in such-a way as not to en- ~ danger peace, security or justice. —To refrain from the “threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state,” and refrain from the threat or use of force “in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.” , —To give the U.N. “every assistance in Continued on Page 9 .

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MUSINGS OF AN EDITOR M . Calhoun Cartwright

I took my first vacation since coming to Ligonier, and skipped to Chicago over the week-end. Like all vacations I was more tired upon my return than when I left, but it was great fun, and I have just reminded myself to do it again sometime. To begin with, we crowded about four days of activity into a day and a half which included a selfguided tour through Marshall Fields, seeing ‘“The Swing Mikado” and “Born Yesterday”, and watching the Cubs get beaten by the Boston Braves in a 1 to 0 thriller. Sandwiched in between were some extra special meals the best of which was eaten at “Shangrila”, deservinig in every detail of the name con-

cocted by novelist James Hilton. I can’t even tell what they called the things we ate, but suffice it to say it was “out of this world”, speaking in the venacular of our best high school students. The fact that a friend insisted on grabbing the check didn’t, I am pleased to say, detract one bit from the savoriness of *the gourment delights set before us. In some future musings I am going to tell about that particular meal for I am a lover of good and unusual food, and perhaps within the confines of our circulation limits are a few souls who are also afflicted. ‘ :

The theatre is occupying my thinking for the moment, and muse 1 will on that subject. To review either of the plays I saw would not be useful, but being an enthusiast of the thespian art I was as usual thrilled with the opportunity I had. Both productions ,were excellent, and well worth the time and money. The things that concerns me most is the simple fact that in America we have no theatre with the exception of Chicago and New York, the art which has contributed so greatly to the social and cultural life of the world’s history is vanishing unless, and I say unless in capital letters, the community theatre catches on. In the larger cities, the size of Fort Wayne and upward, Civic theatres have been thriving for

several years, but the smaller towns “have missed a bet (in my opinion) by not developing a theatre group within the framework of their own community. This in a measure is the aim of

The Ligonier Players, and the job of finding audience support seems accomplished. It still remains to develop a nucleus of a production group which will continue on . . . growing with each presentation.

This community theatre of which I am speaking should never attempt to become a replica of the Broadway stage for at best it can only be a poor imitation, but it can be a.theatre of expression within the limits of its ability, and its contribution to the entire locality can and will be immeasurably felt.

Acting, directing, scenic design or any of the myriad skills that go to making up the theatre are not the expression of extroverts. They are skills which dig deeply into the spirit_ua‘l and material thinking of the participants, and the individual’s reward is measured in a satisfaction hard to explain. But the difficulty has always been that too much of the mystic has thrown around it, and many people who feel the desire to participate are laboring under the false impression that some_special talent is needed.

Then too, there is, unfortunately, a certain amount of people who consider the work of the stage a place for the showoff, and they discourage the honest desire in some of the more timid souls. It has been my experience that showoffs lack thinking ability, and believe you me I have found few people engaged in any phase of theatrics that did not possess an ability to think. We, in Ligonier, can build this com-

munity theatre. We can build it to a place where outside recognition is. pos“sible. But greater than recognition will come the inner satisfaction of creative work, the opportunity of utilizing our leisure moments in a constructive manner. In my humble opinion it is an objective worthy of the effort. : Soon there is to be a feneral'meeting of the members and donors of The - Players group. They will be concerned with the recreational program at hand, but also they will be concerned with this theatre group. Those who have the desire to see this idea materialize should be there and offer their helping hand.

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WASHINGTON.—This is a story about a remarkable government lending agency. Instead of losing money, it has made a great deal of it—los million dollars to be exact.

The phenomenon is the Federal Farm Mortgage corporation, created in 1934. by the New Deal when Henry Wallace was secretary of agriculture. The man chiefly responsible for the success of FFMC is a professor. He is Dr. William I. Myers, dean of Cornell university’s agricultural school, and the first head of the agency.

The FFMC bill was introduced in congress as an emergency measure to bolster the depres-sion-racked farm economy. It was frankly admitted the corporation probably would lose a great deal of money. But it was held the measure was necessary to halt the flood of foreclosures and bankruptcies then engulfing farmers. .

To raise the corporation’s capital, Dr. Myers embarked on a bold gamble. He bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of 4 per cent interest Federal Land bank bonds with government-guaranteed 3 and 3% per cent FFMC bonds. The profit in the interest was designed to offset the risk involved in lending to mortgage-loaded farmers. In the 13 years of its operations, FFMC has loaned a total of $1,200,000,000. The severe drouth year of 1936 was the peak, with - 837 million dollars in outstanding loans.

The war saved the corporatigh. More than 250,000 farmers paid off their mortgages in full. In the past six years, FFMC has collected 500 million dollars in repayments. . The corporation is starting to liquidate. This will take time as there is still 135 million dollars in outstanding loans. Corporation officials are hoping debtor farmers will pay up while agriculture is still prosperous. i 8 e Test Ballot Political chiefs of both parties have their eyes glued on what happens in Cleveland, Ohio, September 30. The big, Midwestern industrial metropolis holds a mayoralty primary that day that may be a significant portent of the 1948 voting trend.

Both parties have strong candidates, The Democrats, popular Mayor Thomas Burke, who won re-elec-tion in 1945 by a big majority; the Republicans, Eliot Ness, who gained fame a decade ago as an anti-graft crusading safety director. Ohio went Republican both in the 1944 presidential election and in the 1946 state election. . However, Cuyahoga county, in which Cleveland is located, has a preponderant labor constituency. Also, it is the héhviest populated county and has a leng independent balloting record. So what happens in the BurkeNess mayoralty battle is of great moment to the GOP and Democrats. That's why they are not only watching it closely, but quietly putting a lot of money into the fight. : ¢ & = Farm Bureau Fight Allan Kline, able, popular head of the lowa Farm Bureau federation, has a tough nut on his hands in his campaign for presidency of the National Farm Bureau organization, o

Sentiment is strong among Midwest FBFs, which are backing Kline, for modification of the organization’s stand for government support for high farm prices. But Southern FBFs, dominated by cotton growers, are vigorously against any change in policy. Southern spokesmen is aged Ed O’Neal, national FBF president for many years. He is a Democrat and the Midwesterners, largely Republican, want to replace him. But, on a showdown, the Southern FBFs could outvote the Midwest, S To avoid a scrap that could cost him the presidency, Kline is faced with the difficult problems of working out a compromise agreeable to both powerful groups. Dl * s s : Economy Proves Costly

A shocking instance of the pennywise and pound-foolish economy of the recent session of congress is shown in the tragic toll taken by forest fires in Alaska this summer. .The Alaska fire control service asked for a renewal of its $170,000 annual appropriation. But the house refused to grant the money. The house appropriations - committee urged this refusal on the ground that the expenditure was unneces‘aty' i - f : : G ¢ The more liberal senate eased the blow a little by voting a few thousand dollars to maintain a meager skeleton crew—which has proved practically helpless in the current disaster. = = .

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Poetry Begins At Home

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US We, the people of the U.S.A., are hard to please in every way. When it’s summer we gripe because of the heat, } In winter we rave about the' ice, snow and sleet. i ' If it’s money we lack, we long for

.gold, ’ . While the rich man is seeking for power untold.

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i S T ey S N § Byl I, B e e e ] - B ERRAY G s 8 R B %&x %f‘?fi% ' ;l"”“ M International Uniform ‘gl %@@s fnmaeadl Sunday School Lesson ’63;,‘}6: s @%@%M@‘W P R ‘*"g"v o %’é SCRIPTURE: Ecclesiastes. DEVOTIONAL READING: Ecclesiastes 5:1-7. X - - Worthy Objectives " Lesson for September 28, 1947 ! I ‘HE Book of Ecclesiastes, written by Solomon, B. C. 977, is profitable in the faet that it discloses the findings of a very remarkable man

on life. Solomon tells us that he had fried every tempting offer of the world, but found it vanity. ‘‘Vanity of vanities, all is vanity,”” he declares. Solomon is often referred to as the wisest of men. He does not make this claim, nor would I suggest it. As a matter of fact,

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Solomon was a very unwise man in many of the manifestations of his life. He had every advantage, but vielded to selfish pursuits of pleas: ure when he might have been serving his day and generation by the will of God. Why de I point to Solomon as an unwise man? From his own testimony—*l gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly; I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much griéf; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” . i e e an Excellent Advice EVEN sO, Solomon was ready, by the time he wrote Ecclesiastes, to give some excellent advice. He -had discovered that pomp and cere‘mony are meaningless—that they turn at last to ashes.

For example, ‘“He (God) hath made everything beautiful in its time,” chapter 3, verse 11, Solomon had dealt in the artificial, .He had worn the most costly robes, lived in the finest palaces, had gardens set up to please any Ppassing whim, N . But now that he has come to see the vanity of men, he can at-last open his eyes to_the beauty which God creates. And now he has become a wise man, indeed. There is beauty everywhere if only we have gyes tomee . o 0 o

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many are poor, - But the worth while things are at

- every man’s door. The friend-ship and faith of our fellowman If we are doing all the good that

We. can ‘Will bring us more riches, than all the world’s gold, The love of our meighbors, friends a thousand-fold. . :

Doing to others as you would have them do unto you, Giving, not taking all our lives thru, : Seeing the good in the worst of us, Ignoring the bad in the best of us, Never stooping to gossip, nor others faults see, If this was our motto, what a Continued on Page 9

Words of Wisdom - THE next section of Sunday’s lesson brings us to one of Solomon’s greatest confessions. He says, chapter 3, verse 14: “I .know. that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever; nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.” = . We do well to remember that God is, and that he is good, and that he is sovereign. “This is our Father’s world,”” wrote Maltbie Babcock. Here is a truth for today. In our dismay over the atomic bomb, we are about to forget that God intended for man to discover atomic energy, and he expected man to have enough moral stamina to use this discovery for his good and God’s glory, Which brings us to the heart of the Preacher’s message, chapter 12, verse 13: ‘Let us hear the conclusion ;g&me whole matter; fear God, and 4«eep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man.” - ® % % Seeking the Best in Life SOLOMON, by his own testimony, missed much of the finer things of life; but he admonishes the reader to profit by his mistake and seehb the best in life. For example, in chapter 2, verse 24, Solomon says: ‘“There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his.soul enjoy good in his labour,” Every boy and girl in the world - knows the joy of homest work, at least I hope so. Have you grown a beautiful Aower? A vegetable garden? Cut a cord of fire wood? Then you know that work is one of the essential ways of seeking the best in life. :

- Then Solomon comes to the first eight verses of the last chapter—a golden section for memory. It is one of the first passages of Seripture I ever learned. I trust every young person reading this eolumn will commit that passage to memory, if you have not already done so. * 3 % ’ Testing Life’s Philosophies SOLOMON concludes his confessions with this probing declaration: “For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it-be good, or whether 'it be evil,” ; What is he saying? He is reminding us that whatever may be our philosophy of life, such philosophy, together with our commitments thereto, will be tested out under the white light of God’s ultimate truth. My conclusion is that I desire but’ one thing—to find and follow the will - of God, which is always right and always best. Ly S e of Relipions Bdocetion ob beball of 40 Protestant _denominations. Released by

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TIME. supposed to be endless, also can work in & hurry. It can make or break you fn a week or a month, Or even in aa.day. In the course of a year it can turn everything upside down. Especially in baseball. :

This thought happened along as we looked over the records of

1946 and 1947, as the roulette wheel of fate kept spinning. For one example, a year ago Mickey Vernon of the Senators led both big leagues with a .353 batting average. It was reported that Larry MacPhail had

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offered $150,000 for Vernon’s contract, as at that time the Yankees had no hard-hitting first baseman in sight. ) ’ : Vernon is now around 40th place among American league hitters, not including over 50 hitters in the N. L., which would leave Mickey in a spot close to the 90th mark. A year ago, there were wordy arguments as to whether Bob Feller of Cleveland or Hal Newhouser of Detroit was the greater pitcher. Bob Feller is now in about 20th place among the winners and Hal Newhouser’s ranking is in 42nd. ; A year ago, Dave Ferriss was on his way to winning 25 games. At this writing, Dave occupies the 26th spot on the pitching side. A year ago, Howie Pollet and Murry Dickson were the two Cardinal stars, close to the top. Pollet was a 20-game winner. Currently, Dickson has been in the 45th slot and Pollet down as low as 50th place, among those who throw a basebaH for a living, ,

These are just a few of many examples to show what the Old Doc with the sharp scythe can slip you, when he feels in the mood. He can lift you up—and he can also yank you down at- even greater speed. He doesn’t seem to care. They Go Up and Down Old Doc Time is a temperamental mug. He doesn’t bother about names or reputations. He lets nature take its course. I interviewed him once, and this is all he had to say: “As this old world goes roun’ and roun’, Some go up — and some go down.” This can happen in baseball more than any game I know. Up and down —down and dp. A year ago Vernon hit above .353 and George McQuinn was around .225. Now with Vernon at .273, McQuinn has been close to .300 most of the year. A combined shift of som’e 150 points. Even more. But there are always a few who hang on, looking the Old Doc in the eye.

One of these is Ted Williams of the Red Sox. There seems to be a_vague idea around that Ted has taken a dip this season. I'd like to take the same brand of dip. ‘They have built up a defense against Williams that was supposed to wreck him. He may not be the annihilator of other seasons, but he is still up there challenging for the home-run title in the A. L., the batting leadership and the runs-batted-in-honors. I would say that in an off year for so many stars, Ted Williams is doing a great job. Other Old Timers So is Joe DiMaggio, in spite of numerous ailments. Joe DiMaggio is still the top artist in baseball. A few of those who starred last season are still delivering. One of these is Kiner of the Pirates, who led the National League in the home-run roundup a year ago, and is likely to lead it again. Johnny Mize, always a power hitter, is still shooting his salvos. So is Hank Greenberg. .

But so far, 1947 has been featured by stars unknown a year ago. One is Ewell Blackwell of the Reds, with a 20-game season in his pocket. Blackwell has been rated far above Feller and Newhouser with a weaker ball club. The fall and lanky one, the human No. 1 iron, has been the pitcher of the year.

Another leading star is Harry Walker of the Phillies. Eddie Dyer, one of baseball’s«smartest, traded him to the Phillies in exchange for Ron Northey. At which point Harry Walker, Dixie Walker’s brother, promptly took charge of the batting mark in both leagues. Working with a tail-end ball club, Walker has been one of the season’s star performers. So has Blackwell. You heard few rumors about Blackwell and Harry Walker a year ago. But they have driven the stars of 1946 into the gravel ditch. * % Young Yankee Stars The team feature of the year has been the number of winning performers George Weiss of the Yankee farm system has rushed to Yankee help. 'This list includes Yogi Berra, Frank Shea, Allie Clark, Vic Rashi and a few others who have carried the Yankees along. . ~ With almost no advance build-up, far better than that of the Dodgers, rated, last spring, as the best. -