Ligonier Banner., Volume 82, Number 24, Ligonier, Noble County, 17 June 1948 — Page 2

A Page of Opinion: ~ Ohe Ligonier Banner

Vol. 82

This is our view: Aboiit To Embark From all indications, America is about to embark on a military career in earnest. By the time this editorial reaches you, Congress will undoubtedly pass the peacetime draft. Too few voices have ‘been raised in opposition, in spite of the reluctance on the part of the politicians to “stick their necks out” and give it the vote of “aye.” To you who disagree with this stand, and there are many, may I suggest this column be clipped for future “I told you so’s”, as we see it a menace to our American tradition, and nothing that has been said has thus far changed that opinion. i I am appalled at the silence of our clergy, in whose hands have been placed the moral teaching in this country. I wonder how they reconcile that silence with the fearlessness and philosophy of Christ? . ; I see in the passing of a peacetime draft, the beginning of a military hierarchy ... a program fought for and won by the generals and admirals, who want to maintain their place in the sun. I see the draft as a false means of bolstering our economy, wherein a portion of our plows must be made into the sword. And let no man say that such a plan is preparation for a war to come, for we have “long past learned that those trained yesterday must be retrained tomorrow if a modern war is to be won. "I know from where I speak when I say that one of the best things learned ~ (aside from actual battle) in the Army or Navy is the ability to shirk responsibilities, to “get by” with the least effort, to seek base pleasures. Take your youth and place them, in their formative years, in such an invironment, and be prepared for the period of &e-education that will be forced upon you. - You, who have growing Sons, forget those ambitions for their college training, their gentile outlook. They may or may not be fulfilled. : * You, who must have a steady flow of ~ voung labor to keep the wheels of your " industry turning, decide that training ‘will be niore costly and more difficult. - When. heavy taxes continue to be forced upon you, when the military has more to say about the machinery of your government than you want comes .to _pass, remember how silently you stood when the peacetime draft was passed. Look back in your history books, and “find out what made this country great and you’ll discover that unregimented training played a major role. , + Look ahead to a war of the future and - determine for yourself if two years’ military training will prepare a man to escape the wrath of an atom bomb. Popular or no, I want my stand in the records. I want to see America grow in the spirit of the past. I want to see a free people continue to be free. I want to see our youth have the freedom of their heritage. I want to see the Christian ideal ever present before their eyes. _ If anyone thinks military training does this for our youth, let them enlist and find out for themselves. I believe we should have an Army, but that Army should be comprised of “volunteers; men who, in the American - way, have chosen that profession, not men who are roped by the force of an indisputable hierachy into fields of endeavor against the will of their own decision. No nation has been able to muster their people so quickly with such spirit as these United States when a crisis is at hand. I stand strong in favor of that tradition. ‘ e e - Times of general calamity and confusion have ever been productive of the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt from the darkest - storm.—Colton. R

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Thursday, June 17, 1948

Next to pouring over the seed catalogs in February and ordering in March, I suppose the garden period I love best is when the plants first peek thru the ground looking up at you with a half smile and half wink.

Right at this particular moment that is the stage my garden finds itself, and what few moments I have to spare, I enjoy viewing the spectacle no end. I rather marvel at my own stick-to-a-tiveness when it comes to gardening for every year seems to follow the pattern of the past, which is generally something like this: I work hard preparing the ground, planting the seeds and getting rid of the first crop of weeds. Then my ardor wanes, and I find the cultivation harder and harder. Finally the weeds take over, and I end up buying my vegetables at the nearest grocer. But discouragement or no each spring finds my enthusiasm, at its highest peak, and the process repeats itself with each succeeding season. : This year I have devised a plan, which may lick the experience of the past. First, and most important, I duped an unsuspecting soul into partnership. I made sure he had a hoe, loved to work, and had the stamina to follow thru with good intentions. Secondly, I planted only one-third the area that is generally my lot, and between the two I hope to get a crop. | _ Right now everything looks up, but the unplanted plot is a sight to behold. Weeds of every hue and description are springing up in gay profusion. Some of ‘them I'm sure are of a hybrid variety for nothing phases them. - -~ Each evening as 1 look at their progress, I wonder why some scientific person doesn’t find a use for them. Why couldn’t a Dr. Carver discover the secret of their worth and turn them into dyes, fuel. corn remedys or cold vaccines? Or why couldn’t some whopper-dooper sales promotion expert find a way to sell them at a price exceeding the vegetable market? Frankly, I've seen delicate flowers growing from weeds that, dolled up with the proper promotion, would out price the orchids. Call them the “Giasticutis bud.” Surround them with a little green, a pretty ribbon and a sparkling pin. Encase them in boxed cellophane and re‘quire them to be kept at all times in a container of not more or less than sixty degree fahrenheit, and five deollars a bud would be a cinch. No kidding, we Americans are like that, and I'm not so sure that’s all bad. e But .actuflly, it wouldn’t ‘be hokus pokus at all for common things are not necessarily unbeautiful. It is because they are common that we cannot see. their beauty. I remember back when Lake Erie Sturgeon was only good for icinglass, and caught in the fishennaq’s net were thrown on the shore to rot in. the sun. Then came the day when sturgon were scarse, and with their scarsity came the great demand. Now a bite of Lake Erie sturgeon is more eostly than squab under glass, and probably a bit better. But if they’re good today, they were good then, but none thought so at the time. L e e ey Tt’s like I say about weeds. Perhal_)s they’re really good. Perhaps there is more vitamin Q'in one acre of mixed weeds than any commodity known, but they’re too durn common. What we've got to do is make them scarse.. Make them hard to find...hard to get. Look who’s talking. Me, who whithers at the sight of a hoe. It's not a bad thuoght though, is it? T

In this garden of mine is a bed of luscious strawberries, which through my own neeclect, is much smaller than in raat years. Nonetheless; there are plenty of berries, and while T am picking emoneh earh evenina to feed the family, I furnish food to the finest battalion of mosquitoes in Liconier. They must be well organized with sentries and all, for when T first start-my job nary a biter is in sicht. But soon, and perhaps at the call of their lookout, they come down upon me in droves, and at that exact moment. T find T have enouch berries picked to make three, not too large, Bhotteakes, = '+ @ -

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Old-Age Pensions - : AT A SECRET POWWOW with . congressional Democratic leaders President Truman was told there was little chance of congress approving any of his. preposals to increase old-age pensions.’ However, the leaders advised that the people were entitled to a frank report on how old-age insurance benefits—on which millions of Americans depend for retirement security—have lagged behind higher wages and living costs. That was why Truman decided to send his message to congress anyway. . Michigan’s aggressive representative, John Dingell, an original champion of the social security law, summed it up bluntly: ‘“‘Unless pensions are increased in ratio to higher wages,. higher taxes and higher living costs, counties that have sold their poorhouses for the aged will have to re-establish mem.ll % Dingell said it would be ‘“actuarially sound” te increase pensions because of increased revenues from payroll taxes. He added: “Sixty million people are employed now, more than we ever dreamed of when we changed the law in 1939. ~We thought then that we wouldn’t have that many employed until 1980.” “I want to cover as many people . as practically possible,” commented the President. . Biggest problem, observed Federal Security Admihistrator Oscar Ewing, is providing protection for casual workers, such as domestic servants and farmhands. . “‘We might try the stamp system they use in England,” suggested . Ewing. . *I doubt that it would work here,”’ remarked Mr. Truman. ‘lt's a nuisance to employers, difficult to administer and such casual employees frequently build up less credits for- contributory pensions than they could get in an old-age assistance dole.” :

No. 24

White House Visitors THE PRESIDENT HAS BRESORTED to new strategy in handling White House callers. For some time, Washington observers were amazed gt the number of visitors President Truman saw daily. But now the calling list has tapered-off. The -official - list . released every morning shows. only a_ handful of visitors. - What most people don’t know, however, is that there are five separate entrances to the White ‘House, and in recent weeks Mr.. Truman has been fooling the - press. While regular White House correspondents wait in the lobby of the executive offices watching for presidential visitors, various private callers slip in other - doors. Sometimes as many as 25 will: flow . into. Mr. Truman’s office -unnoticed. They come in through various side doors, some- - ‘times even the distant east wing, and then are spirited around the back through the rose garden and in to the President. 0 Some old senatorial friends also drop around to see Mr. Truman at breakfast. Others come in after breakfast, but before the press arrives. Ed Flynn has been in twice lately, umnoticed. © Former Judge Sam Rosenman is again a White House regular using the east gate, as is George Allen, the old court jester. ;» v ‘Another new favorite Truman rendezvous is -the presidential yacht, the Williamsburg, where he * holds stag poker parties with old buddies, sometimes sleeping on board and walking back to the White House early in the morning before most people go to work. : i LS

Westorn Water Shortage THE STORY OF A MODERN 'RUSH to California, more significant than the ‘49 gold rush, was ~ laid before President Truman the other day with a warning that the state soon will not have enough " water to go. around. ] " Calling at the White House, . Congressmen Dick Welch, Re- . Democrat, both of San Francisco, grating to the West at the rate of 1,000 newcomers a fay. : ' This tremendous influx has cost ~.- California millions of barrels of precious water from her dangerously dwindling reservoirs. 5 Yet 73,770,000 acre-feet of fresh water from' San Joaquin and Sacramento .rivers empty 'into San - Francisco bay each year; The congressmen urged the President per- * sonally to look into this problem on his trip to California and recom- . mend what can be done to save the ‘water. For . Mr. Truman pulled out' maps of ~ the bay region which he already had been studying, and asgured the- - water in that aven,” fo agreed,

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% Veterans Information %

World War II veterans who failed to apply for mustering out pay prior to February 3, 1946, may now make application for it any time before February 3, 1950. The extension of the deadline is pro—vided for under Public Law 539 recently enacted into Law.

This Act provides $lOO for veterans with domestic service of less than 60 days and $2OO for 60 days or more. If the veteran had foreign service he is entitled to $3OO.

Indiana Veterans’ Affairs officer F. D. Uhl, Noble County, will as—sist any veteran in filing for his mustering out pay or with any other veteran’s problem.- His office is located at Ligonier City Hail on Frilays. ' _

RELIGION FOR THE MODERN WORLD

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SCRIPTURRE: BHzekiel 34:11-16, 22-31; Daniel 7:13-14; Zechariah 3:8-10; 6:12-13; 9:9-10; 12:10; 13:1; John 10:14, uDEVO’I‘.IONAL READING: Luke 1:46-

The Hope For The Messiah Lesson for June 20, 1948

THE hope for the Messiah first -revealed to Adam in Genesis 3:15, and , repeated to Abraham, Moses, David .and Isaiah, was now

proclaimed through Ezekiel, Daniel and Zechariah. Here we have the hope of preservation, the hope of peace, the hope of security, the hope of usefulness, the hope of deliverance, the hope of dominion, the hope of service, the hope of sovereignty, the hope of redemption and the

hope of purification. 7 ‘e & @ ‘A PROMISE FROM GOD : : THIS is no fancied scheme of L man. It is God’s clear promise. ‘““Therefore will I save my flock, and I will set up one Shepherd over _ them, and.he shall feed them-. . . ~and I the Lord have spoken it.” God goes on to promise them ‘peace by ridding them of danger, and security through his blessing upon the land. ‘There shall be showers of blessing.” -~ 4Bs 9 : - LOOKING FOR A BETTER WAY LONG had the people looked for 8 better way. Now God would provide that better way. It would be vouched safe unto them through the Good Shepherd. He knows the way, ‘he holds the key. The wistful hearts of the people _ must have been lifted up as Ezekiel and Zechariah shouted their prophe‘cies of the coming Messiah. Many of these very passages have been used for the anthems which our choirs sing today. Well may every Christian employ them to tell of that better way in the midst of this _ troubled, changing world about us. - DANIEL'S DREAM OF = .

NEXT WEEK: ANOTHER BIBLE LESSON

Plans for a series of state wide conferences, designed to inform Indiana veterans and. officers of state service organizations of veteran’s state and federal benefits, were announced today by the Veterans Administration here. The conferences will be spon—sored by the VA, the American Legion, the State Department of Veterans Affairs, the Disabled American Veterans, the Red Cross and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The topic for the first round of meetings, scheduled to open at S. Bend Monday evening, June 21st, will be “Death Claims Filed by the Dependents of a Decedsed Veter—an.,” William N. Birnbaum and Milton Nelson, both of the VA’s Chicago Office, will lead the dis—cussion. A 30 minute question and answer period will follow.

l’l"l-lE‘passage in Daniel is resonant with hope. “I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven.” This dream of Daniel was a vision of the Messiah, bringing dominion, glory and a kingdom —a kingdom for all people, nations and languages. It is the universal hopes of the ages, brought nearer through this inspired vision of the prophet. “For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.” - . - This vision of the coming Messiah set every bell ringing in the heait of -humanity. . * 3 @» SAVIOUR AND KING FOREVER ALL THE promises are embodied in these passages—Jesus the Saviour, Jesus the King, Jesus the Sanctifier. Here was hope for the Jews, and for all mankind. It was proclaimed through Jewish prophets, and Jesus was born of a Jewish mother. Favored, indeed, was that race. And although there be many who have rejected the Messiah, he fulfills the deepest meaning of evevry man’s hope. 7 '

With Charles Wesley we sing: Hail, thon long-expected Jesus, - Borm to set thy people free; ; From owr sins and fears release us, Let ws find our ress in thee. Born thy people o deliver, Born & child, and ‘yet a King, : Born to reign in ws forever, : : Now thy gracious kingdom bring. :* s s I o B Ty kot Chent Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features.) T ; Christian Generosity On occasions a collection is taken in a tavern designed to relieve some man’s distress. For any such genez\‘osity let us be thankful. But let us also remember that that sort of thing is done only occasionally in a liquor joint and it is the regular habit in a church.—Roy L. Smith. ~ No Grim Struggle To become a musician you don't grit your teeth for a grim struggle. The basic fact for successful living is that life is eager to serve you. Approach it, then, in faith. “Fear not, little flock, it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the king.

A FEW decades ago I asked Christy Mathewson to name the best pitcher he ever faced. ‘‘That’s easy,’”’” Matty answered. ‘His name is Charles Kid Nichols of Boston. Nichols isn’t a good pitcher. He is a great one.” I recalled this talk when the mail brought a letter from Ty Cobb at Menlo Park, Calif. “I-think everyone has overlooked one of the greatest pitchers of all time,” Cobb writes. ‘His name is Kid Nichols. Here are just a few of his records from 1890 to 1906: - “l. Won three consecutive games on three consecutive days, all pitched in different cities. “2. Won 20 or more games for 10 consecutive years. He won 360 and lost 202. “3. Won 28 or more games for eight consecutive seasons. “4, Best three consecutive years of pitching percentage. “5, Only pitcher of note to average 24 wins per year at present distances.” Cobb also extends his admiration to Eddie Plank and Ed Walsh. “T'd take Ed Walsh as my first choice of all pitchers for a five-year period,” he told me once. ‘‘He literally pitched his arm off in 1908 when he worked in 66 games, winning 40 and saving 12 others. Imagine being responsible for 52 victories?” “I’'s hard to outrank Eddie Plank,”” Cobb said in his recent letter. ‘‘Plank worked in 620 games, won 324 and lost 190. He was a fine pitcher—smart and always packed with control. He wasn’t as fast as Grove, but he was a tough man to beat.” One can be reminded again of the great pitchers Connie Mack brought along from Waddell, Bender and Plank to Coombs, Grove, Earnshaw, Rommel and others — not overlooking Pennock and Bullet Joe Bush. What manager ever dug up such left-handers as Eddie Plank, Lefty Grove, Herb Pennock and Rube Waddell, four of the greatest pitchers the venerated pastime has ever seen on display? : And today, the eminent Mr. MecGillicuddy, aged 85, believes he has another staff just about as good as he had in those far off years.

Mack’s Ups and Downs " No one in baseball has. ever known as many ups and downs, as many: booms and dips, as many ascents and descents, as Connie Mack has known since he came to the American league in 1901. Connie finished fourth his first year and then promptly won his first pennant in 1902, his second start. He won again in 1905, and two years later began breaking up or dismantling his winning squad for the first time. He kept Bender and Plank, but got rid of Harry Davis, Lave and Monte Cross, plus a few others. In place of these he picked up Eddie Collins from Columbia, Stuffy MecInnis from New England, Jack Barry from Holy Cross and “Home Run” Baker from a Maryland hamot - Connie finished second in 1909, missing the flag by a brief eyelash. By 1910 he had his greatest team—a team good enough to win the pennant four times from 1910 through 1914. The Red Sox with Smokey Joe Wood burning up the league won in 1912, The debacle of 1914, when the Braves won in four straight, sent Connie back to work dispersing another flock of star athletes. String of Losses : Connie had broken up another club. It took him a long time to get back.. He finished last in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921. At that time he appeared to have an endless lease on the cellar. Connie began fo surge back in 1925, when he finished second. He was then 63 years old. But it was not until 1929 that he overhauled the Yankees and ruléd the uplands for three years through 1932.

It was around 1933 that Mack began dismantling another club. He unloaded a freight car full of athletes on Tom Yawkey, the list including Robert Moses Grove and most of his stars. This didn’t help the Red Sox any, but it wrecked the Athletics. They finished last again eight more years through 1945 when their case looked to be hopeless. . Connie has finished last 15 or 16 times and next to last on many more occasions. He also finished_ first nine times. : : . He came up with a pretty fair ball club last season in his 84th year. At least they finished fifth” Then came the big surprise this season as the Mackmen, carried along by superior pitching and some timely hitting, moved out in ‘October is a long hike off. But so than either the Yankees or Red Sox ‘who were picked earlier to handle all the pace setting. PR el eN R