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This is our view: : What Goes On Here! . Jack Benny, the radio comedian, is moving over from the National Broadcasting Company’s network to the Columbia Broadcasting System’s network. Benny will receive, it is said, $4,000,000 from CBS ,but by some loophole in the income tax law this won’t be classed as salary but as a capital gain. The important difference is that Benny will have to pay only 25 per cent of this $4,000,000 to the government, instead oi 77 per cent which would have to be paid if the income were classified as salary or income from an investment or from any business. The $4,000,000 is to be classified with the $l,OOO profit a man makes when he buys a house for $5,000 and sells it for $6,000. Not long ago it was announced that a similar deal had been made by Gen. Eisenhower with the treasury, whereby a huge sum he is to receive from the publishers for his book on the war, will be classified as a capital gain and taxed as such at a much lower rate than other authors have to pay on their profits. Undoubtedly these two gentlemen are within the law, for taking advantage of any loophole they can find, the tax rates being what they are. But the average citizen is going to find it awfully hard to see why his income from business, investment, or as salary is any different from that which Mr. Benny and Gen. Eisenhower are receiving, which is also the direct result of their own personal efforts. ] —Goshen News-Democrat

Ease Up In A Freeze Up Arrival of the most dangerous driving season of the year with snow, ice and rain combihing with longer hours of darkness has compelled local and state safety agencies to launch a concerted drive to cut winter highway tragedies. Joined in the special Decémber campaign are the Indiana Inter-Industry Highway Safety Committee, the Automobile Dealer’s Association of Indiana, the local units of those organizations, and local safety councils, co-operating with local and state police. Using the slogans “Don’t Let Death Take Your Holiday” and “Ease Up in a Freeze Up” the sponsors urge motorists to have their cars put in safe condition, to drive more cautiously, to use chains in slippery weather, and to be alert for pedestrians. : People on foot are cautioned to be wary, since it is harder for motorists to see them in darkness. Even after they are seen, it takes 3 to 10 times as far to stop a car on ice and snow as on dry pavement. Chains cut stopping distances and reduce skidding. The sponsors, point out that the traffic death rate jumps as much as 53 per cent in winter months. Bad lights, wipers, tires, brakes and exhaust systems contribute to the increase. _T-——O—____ Farm Belt Swung Election It was the farm belt which elected President Truman and caused the defeat; of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, according to W. H. Lawrence of the New York Times. The Times has been busy since November 2 trying to ascertain just what caused the upset of the pre-election predictions. Lawrence thinks he has the answer. : Lawrence says Truman had been expected to receive a large vote in the industrial areas which have been for the Democratic cané‘dates since 1932. Then he adds: “But the fact was that his vote was less than might have been anticipated in the factory belt and larger than any poll taker or expert forecast in the farm belt.” : The big surprise was the strength of the President in the agricultural areas.

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Thursday, December 2, 1948

I “MUSINGS OF “OAMNE EDILLIR. by : I Calbkoun Cartwriz_ght_ .

Monday, I saw Lawrence Olivier’s asterful interpretation of “Hamlet”, ;}d although the movies do not create the illusion for me that is created upon the spoken stage, I sat enthralled for two and one-half hours. Since a boy, I have thrilled to the writing of the Bard on Avon. I saw Robert Mantel play “Hamlet” when I was thirteen years old, and came home convinced I would become a Shakespearian actor. That I never accomplished that ambition can probably be attributed to the fact I lacked that rare combination of brains, voice and poise so necessary to becoming an interpreter of the greatest dramatist of all times. But my lack of these qualities never dampened my ardor to enjoy Shakespeare both as an aucLigpce participant and as a reader. I am not sure that I have ever understood too fully the entire impact of his writing, or that I will ever be able to attain that degree of understanding. T know he was a phenomena that comes but rarely in the stream of world history, and his writing was exciting theatre. It has always seemed to me a crime upon human enjoyment that our schools have been the instrument of depriving people generally the pleasure of his plays. Students universally learned to hate Shakespeare because of bungling English teachers, and for that I, for one, shall never forgive them.

Few people realize how much Shakespeare is spoken in our daily living . . . what axioms we quote . . . what bits of wisdom guide our daily. paths. Few people know the excitement of his drama. Though he lived and wrote years ago, his characters are as real and true to type today is if they hgd been created today. ‘ Watching “Hamlet”, tragic as it is, one sees the counterpart in everything around us . .. life in all its bitterness, -hopefulness, comedy, tragedy, mystery, peacefulness, turmoil, anxiety and bewilderment. And what great consumation of abject thinking is wrapped within the soliloquy that Hamlet reads in his hour of despair. If men be seeking answers, let them read Shakespeare. If men be seeking escape, pleasure, excitement, suspense, let them see Shakespeare. Let them if they would, but alas, their teachers made it boredom, complex, high-brow, a thing from whicn to stay away. Their theatres made it expensive. The . customers, through their snooty approach, made it distasteful. And yet Shakespeare, with his itinerant players, showed his wares on barren stage or high topped green for a pittance. No one needed wear their latest finery, nor sit in repose and understand each underlying meaning of the spoken lines. They needed only to enjoy. We make complexity of the simple in our history, .and I shudder to think what Shakespeare would say if he saw .what had happened to the efforts of “a lifetime. I have often wondered what Christ would say of the pomp and ceremony that evolved from the simplicity of his preaching. Shakespeare preached the lessons of fidelity . . . probably the only compensating factor in our living. What a lesson worth learning! ; —_ “Life is like a drdma. We enter into the auditorium after the play has started. We leave before the play ends. We see a bare fragment of the play, and we try to fathom the plot from the fragment we see. Fathom it if you can. Make your best guess. Add it to the guesses of others. But don’t let the failure to guess correctly overwhelm or frustrate. ' j v “It has been a long time since the beginning of man’s history. If man does not bungle the plot; it looks as if there will be a long production period for more history. In the meantime—LlVE! Take your life in stride. Be aware of the Godliness within your own soul. And be yzillilrllg to be a part of the mystery of it all.” e L N ... | —Arthur W. Olsen . There is nothing capricious in nature; and the implanting of a desire indicates that its gratification is in the constitution of the creature that feels it.—Em-

YL > e, \/ & a LPhillips Letters for Special Delivery Honorable Harry Truman Washington, D..C. ; . The glow of having your mitt raised as the surprise winner in a knockdown and dragout fight is probably beginning to fade now, but I'll bet few Americans have ever felt better. You surprised a ot of folks. You now stand out in the picture as a sort of wonderman when only a short time ago %o many people were wondering if you would quite do. You must have set a new record for up-your-sleeve laughter in the last couple of days. What have you got that John L. Sullivan, Man o’ War and Dempsey didn’t have? - : ° e The gag, ‘“Who told that piano player he was a President,” is dead. You came through like Sousa’s band. And march music lingers on, How your mom would have loved it! - B e - To even your severest critics you were a good egg and a top notch American citizen. . You were a pretty perfect composite of the fellows most of us like to have on our list of friends and buddies. You come close to being the typical American, the genuine, clean living, " dependable guy we all warm up to at the Kiwanis club luncheons, the Elks outing, the church social, the businessmen’s lunch, the old home week celebration and the class reunion. Disliking you was a tough trick anywhere anytime. : . S To those poll takers it seemed just a case of miscasting, but they forgot that a lot of very big performers have suffered from that erroneous impression without losing public regard and affection. You were in there pitching in one of the toughest spots in world history. ‘ - , There were plenty of Presidents of the United States who wouldn’t have come so close to the plate as you in similar conditions. You had the added disadvantage of following in the footsteps of a great actor, a spellbinding orator who had been on the job so long he had come to be regarded as part of the act. You were in the same tough spot as the performer who gets on the bill immediately after the performing lions. : ~.— But you . never claimed ‘to have all the answers, you at no time posed as the world’s master magician and there was never a suggestion of the dictator about you. You were in the American tradition of the humble public servant. You gave us a respite from ballyhoo and medicing show routine. You had ' respect for the other fellow’s opinions, as a rule. And on the whole you kept your patience and seemed always to be in there trying heart and soul.

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. I have a hunch you will now go on to be one of the most popular ~ Presidents in the history of America, that you will be flabbergasted by the warmth of the country’s feeling for you for years to come and that what you have been through is going to make you a better and happier President of the glorious U. S. A. Lots of luck, ; » e ELMER. :'s & @ o Election Agony ' -NOTICE: Will the persons who witnessed collision in which wellknown corn specialist was caught between a truck, a locomotive, a jet plane and an atom bomb while trying to cross street in a droshky and carrying a bucket of borscht, please get in touch with under--signed who doesn’t mind the bandages, but would like clue to recovery of his pants.—H. Wallace. Lo ; FOR SALE: First offer gets it; my entire set of mirrors, crystal balls, maps, astrologers’ charts, etc. Owner bas no further use for mn:.--Drm Pearson. WANTED: Deep hole under an - old wall remote from people who ' give wrong answers. One well stocked with canned- crow meat preferred.—Messrs. Roper, Crossley and Gallup. : . _-._- AT LIBERTY: For radio, carnival, fairs, midway end medicine shows; - 2‘400 bot sax :uomwbal; %at woifb kf#cr: een playin over U. §. wit lace .&an:w aend Congress of Caﬁ ous People; willing to go any place bus seem to s‘o‘n flca; ready to work except for lack of wardrobe lost in burricane~Glenn Taylor. ; ot i EARL: Rush copy of song “California, Here We Go!” Think we were playing the - other version. Heigh ho and W&!.—-T. Do 3 { ‘WARNING: Mr, Gallup. Leave $100,000," all your tfools and all - alibis in hollow tree as per map ‘being mailed. I ain't fooling. This . ALL Poll takers attetition! You're ‘muts. Why wasn't I told.—W. W.

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Dear Editor: ' On behalf of the Indiana Sheriffs Association, we wish to thank the Ligonier Banner for its splendid cooperation as we]l as that of the people who voted for and made possible the passage of the constitutional amendment extending the terms of Indiana Sheriffs to four years. : The Sheriffs Association, composed of all sheriffs in the state on a non-partisan basis, has been advocating this amendment for several years as a means of strengthening all sheriffs’ offices and keeping this time-honored of-

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Story of Revolution Lesson for December 5, 1948

THE MOST important history in the world is in one small book. The most important movement, the most revolutionary, the one that is

destined to change the world more than any other, is the Christian church. The story of how it began is in the book of Acts. No other book in or out of the New Testament tells the story: The history of the beginnings of the one and only

international, interracial, worldwide movement that sets out to aim at nothing less than a complete transformation of mankind, the Revolution from Within, the Christian Church. ‘ &* * . What the Church Is THERE are hundreds of churches -4 today and they do not all agree. But every church, whatever its name or peculiarities, aims to stay on the course marked out by-the Christian . church. when it was ‘one and undivided, the church of the Apostles. We look back to the story in Acts to see what the true church Is.. In the very beginning, the church was not the place where the Christians met for worship. It was not the officers. The Apostles themselves were not the church. The church was not " a thing at all; & was people. In Acts these people are seldom called Christians and never called churchmen or . church-members. They are given more meaningful names. They are called ‘‘disciples,” that is, learners, students. They are called “believers.” They are called “brothers’’ for their life was like that of a family. They are called the people of ‘‘the Way,”’—travelers together to the same destination. The church, in short, is a fellowship, the Family of the Friends of - et e i o S%. & =

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fice abreast of other law enforcement agencies. All the many students and close observers of government who were consulted concéi'ning this movement were agreed that the four-year term would be an important step forward. : : Again may we.express our great appreciation. : Sincerely, . Charles %‘laase - Sheriff of Noble County Clifton Small, - Secretary-Treasurer Indiana Sheriffs Assn. .

How the Church Began THE infant church was like all human babies; it began small and poor. No bystander would have expected it to live; but it had life in its heart. Two forces set that church on its way. Oge was the- - of Christ. The people who were in it, or rather the people who were the church, took their orders from Christ. It was because of him that they went out to bear witness to him to the ‘“uttermost parts of the earth.” Then the people were filled with the Holy Spirit; they were guided constantly by the Spirit. The book of Acts has often been. called the “Acts of the Holy Spirit” rather than of the Apostles. ; * & = Leaders ' GOD never does for people what they can do for themselves. So guidance of the Spirit was never a substitute for human leadership. A true church is not a mob: It acts, as the New Testament church did, in an ‘orderly fashion. One of the church’s first problems was that of finding leaders. The history in Acts is largely- the history of certain leaders—John, Peter, Paul. But these were not alone. Not even the Apostles tried to run the chufch like a dictatorship. ‘The people themselves chose the officers who were ordained by the Apostles. ; g 4 *=& - : What the Church-Does . - FIVE things the Apostolic church did, and these mark any true church today. They ‘‘continued in the Apostles’ teachings;” “the beginningsof all our church schoolsand Sundey schools is in that brief ‘phrase. They formed a fellowship; the church then was not a list of names of people who cared little for one another; it was a frue family. 5 They observed the sacraments; they and their house- - 'holds were baptized, and they continued “in the breaking of the bread.” Baptism and ‘the = Lord’s Supper have always ~ been observed in some form in - in which only the minister prays ~ . is a feeble affair, '= ¢ e o Above all, they were “witnesses.” . That is to say, they told the story _ of Jesus—his life, his teachings, his death, his resurrection. Jesus lives! - Jesus is Lordl So the Apostles preached, from Jerusalem to ‘Rome and far beyond. But their preaching. would have been mere - shouting in the wind, if Christ had not lived again in thousands of everyday Christians,. . . ¢ ~ g( gil 3::‘;5;‘%352:&5?::%%’% s |R e |

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TI-lE'mos't serious matter that will . confront football’s rule-makers at their next meeting will be unlimited substitution, where changes are often made in groups of 11 at a crack. ; It is this highly diseased arrangement which permits squads, rich in

material, to - use separate teams for attack and defense. It is murder for the smaller colleges and those that have no such material to call on. Imagine 292 substitutions in the- Cornell-Colum-bia game. Here is a rule that is hated by

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; most of the coaches —that is despised by the public—that is highly unpopular with all real football players who happen to like both sides of the game—offense and defense. Michigan and Army might- be exceptions. : -t~ Under its protecting banmer, fine football players can leave college without ever having made a tackle, broken up a block, covered a hostile fumble or intercepted a pass. Most of ‘the better football coaches are dead against it, which means that some definite changes will be made this winter as said coaches are backed up by public opinion, It would be exactly the same if a baseball team had a fielding outfit and, in addition, had a batting order that included none of the defensive players. There are more than a few who 'can hit but who can’t field. There are still more who can fleld but who can’t hit. To be a real ballplayer you have to do both. This isn’t true in football. As Earl Greasy Neale puts it—‘“The real football player can give you from 50 to 60 minutes. If he can’t, then he isn't a real football player.” Here is another side, presented by one of the best football minds in the game: “In regard to free substitutions, there is -a difference between using free substitutions—using from 30 to 50 players in a game —and employing offensive and defensive teams. “When you watch Michigan you always know who is on the field. There are two solid units, one for offense and one for defense. Each is a well-drilled . team, with perfectly co-ordinat-ed units. By resting one or the other, the coach always has a fairly fresh eleven in the field. ““They are specialists—but where don’t you find specialists ‘todzg. TlLere are specialists in dentistry, medicine, architecture, advertising ‘and manufacturing. : “Crisler with his two-team idea has produced the most interesting football ever seen at Michigan. His offense is the finest and most inter- - esting in football. Try to buy a seat for any Michigan game at Ann Ar--hor.”* The only answer is there are two sides.to every question, the same as a plank. * & = Dealing in Nostalgia BOTH the Yankees and the Giants, whatever they might do in the way of new material, have taken on a strong nostalgic turn. The Yankees keep the able Crosetti and then send for Bill Dickey, one of the real Yankees of all time. The Giants send a hurry call to Frankie Frisch and Freddie Fitz-simmons-to bring the past into the . present and future. “ Both these moves are popular with the fans at large. Frisch and Dickey are among baseball’s immortals. They were part of the grandeur that was the Giants and part of the glory that was the Yan--kees. ; ) "

But, ‘Herman' Hickman said when told of the famous stars from the past who once wore the Blue: “I know—but I can’t ‘use Tem today.” _ Neither Leo Durocher nor Casey Stengel can win a pénnant with the material that finished out the cam- ' paign of 1948. Durocher needs battery help and infield help, The Yankees need better catching, better pitching and infield rebuilding. - Cleveland will be even stronger than a year ago. So will the Red . © Sox who, in some fashion, will come up with a pitcher or two so badly . needed last season. : It is difficult to believe that even Billy Southworth can repeat with . that collection of ballplayers he had last year, unless the entire National league remains second-class. " . The mighty Casey has put the - blast on the Dodgers, but they still have enough good baliplayers to win a pennant if properly ~ handled in the front office, or if Burt Shotton is let alone. : should find the Cubs, Phillies and - Reds much improved it properly di- _ same is tr “QW B o 3 last season was an outfleld headed by Joe DiMagglo. geen ks e T SRR RR i ee e