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This is our view: , How Much Is Religious Freedom Worth? Ask the Pilgrims, who braved the ocean and the wilderness and death to secure it. , Ask the people -of the thirteen original states who refused to ratify the Constitution until it was guaranteed in an added Bill of Rights. ' Ask the soldiers who fought in both World Wars that it might be established everywhere as one of four freedoms essential to man. Ask the framers of the United Nations Charter who placed it high in the Declaration of Human Rights. _ Ask the millions of people in other lands who even now struggle and suffer to wrest it from their rulers. Then ask yourself: : Is religious freedom worth enough to you so that you guard it by using it? Are you among the Americans who worship regularly . . . each in his own church and according to his own conscience . . . yet all united by a common faith in the brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of God? - Much depends upon your answer, for in this common faith our nation was founded and upon it all our freedoms rest. If enough of us should let it rust away, all' that we mean by America would crumble with it. —American Heritage Council.

A Victory For Principle ~ Fifty million dollars is a lot of money to turn down for principle, but last week saw just that thing happening, which was “refreshing. Jefferson Military College, founded in 1802, is a preparatory academy about five miles from Natchez, Miss. Among its famous graduates was Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. At present, it has about eighty students. Last week Jefferson was offered a gift of land and oil and mineral rights worth $50,000,000. The offer came from Judge George W. Armstrong, a Texan who now lives in Mississippi. Judge Armstrong, 82, supported the States Rights ticket in the last election after campaigning for the nomination of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He is the author of some anti-Jewish and antiNegro pamphlets published by the Judge Armstrong Foundation of Fort Worth, Texas, and distributed by Gerald L. K. Smith, to whom Judge Armstrong gives financial support. ; In his .offer to Jefferson College, Judge Armstrong listed certain conditions for acceptance of the gift. He stipulated: (1) That the school’ exclude any faculty member of students “who has Communistic leanings or who is of African or Asiatic origin”; (2) That the school reduce its board of trustees from twelve members to five and allow him to pick three. In a press interview, Judge Armstrong’s son said the school would “teach ** * the Constitution, Christianity and the superiority of the Anglo-Saxon and LatinAmerican races.” The first indications were that Jefferson College would accept Judge Armstrong’s gift and his conditions. Then, on Thursday, after the offer had had considerable publicity, three Jefferson trustees said the school had no desire to change its charter and that “students of all denominations may and shall be admitted to equal advantages of a liberal education.” ~ —_— Nothing is free about .freedom—we all have to work for. it. ; . Things don’t just happen, somebody makes them happen. : ~ What you are when no one is looking is what you are. : Temper is one thing that improves the longer you keep it. @ e e . Some folks get so mad at their officials they threaten to vote. ?

- * L . Ligonier Banner ' Established in 1867 Published every Thursday by the Banner Printing Company at 124 South Cavin St. » - Telephone: one-three oo CALHOUN CARTWRIGHT, Editor and Publisher Entered uncoad;claﬁmﬂdaﬂho postoffice at Ligonier, Indiana under the act of March 3, 1879.

ESTABLISHED 1867

Thursday, November 3, 1949

/ BRIEFIES AGAIN: The kids this year were pretty well behaved during the Halloween period, and are to be congratulated. Of course, they soaped a few windows and, I understand, dumped a few garbage cans,-but no serious damage was done and that is good. Frankly, I don‘t know about the rest of the men in the community but when I look back to my own childhood, I couldn’t be too critical of Halloween pranks today. The trick or treat habit is swell and the parade and party is another grand idea. Perhaps the combination of the two keeps down the other, more irritating Halloween customs. | ‘

I’'m sort of sore at the kids thougih for not “trick or treating” at our door Saturday night. Expecting them, I went home early and fried up more doughnuts than our household had ever seen. Then, no takers. Maybe they knew what they were in for and purposely stayed away. Kids aren’t so dumb.

While on the subject of children, 1 never seem to be thankful enough for the institution of the family, and its great contribution to the world’s good. Its the parents who see that children go to Sunday School, study their lessons, look to the future. Where does a parent exist that doesn’t hope for their children a betfer break than they experienced? The super state might be more disciplinary, might teach them faster, might make them more ‘“robotish,” but it takes the family to teack them ethics; give them confidence and: loving care; advise them unselfishly; sacrifice for their good. It takes the family to hold high the light when all others have passed them by. It takes the family to see the good beside the bad, and fight with #ary to bring that good to the front in the face of adverSity. ¢ This week I received a gift from my father which took weeks of painstaking work to complete. My thanks was all the compensation he received or expected. What other institution could produce that love and loyslty?

- One of the most touching sights in Ligonier is the daily visit downtown of a grandfather and a grandson. They have great fun together, love to be in each others company and have a common bond I cannot deseribe. May and December, what beauty they can have together! ey

Where once Ligonier had a dearth of eating places, today the choice is quite well spread. Sunday dinner can now be had at the Gill Hotel or at The Spinning Wheel. Both places with good cooks and pleasant service. Two places where “Mother’s Day” can be observed every Sunday. : .

There is an old hymn that starts “Count your blessings one by one.” Whenever 1 feel downtrodden, discouraged or begin feeling sorry for myself, I sing that hymn (to myself), Try it sometime. The number of blessings we each have are quite numerous. We just don’t take the time to count them.

The Girl and Boy Scouts had the time. of their young lives Saturday night learning to square dance at the party given them by the Eagles and their auxiliary. : e 1 Joe Leavy, head teacher, reports over forty youhgsters participated and become “better pupils than the oldsters.” i L . Our orchid goes to the Eagles who gave up their Saturday night to show - the scouts of the' community a good time. AL e Drive safely on: the highways . 1t might be your own life you save. = Make tolerance a part of your life, not just a matter of conversation, Remember that once you have spoken Have you ever noticed how some fellow is always doing something that

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e e e %”i ax {Jé : SRS & R T L s 2R o W T R W Y\, "«;":%6>’ N g v e ] ﬁfféﬂ%” . i ‘ BARBARA GIBSON the broadcast, asked for recordings. Like Lily, Barbara is a coloratura soprano. Unlike her, she's a young American girl—likes to swim and ski, makes her own clothes. Walter Magill, producer of ‘“The Telephone Hour,” was at CBS the day she auditioned, heard executives raving about her voice; after hearing her sing he gave her her big chance.

Robert Montgomery prefers that Jwe think of him now not as. an actor, but as a radio commentator, (ABC Thursday nights) a role for which he is well equipped. He has traveled widely, has never been afraid to speak out for his beliefs. As president of the Screen Actors Guild he fought labor racketeering. He will cover current trends in the news, and report on books and films. ;

Before designing °*Mortimer Snerd,” CBS’ Edgar Bergen spent months in research on phrenology. A British psychologist suggests that persons learn to hypnotize themselvcs. What’s he trying to do, put himself and the ad writers out of business? That’s like beauty shop operators advocating Toni. : We notice, though, that he didn’t tell us how to put ourselves under the spell of Mesmer. He just waved the suggestion in front of our eyes. Maybe by studying it long enough we can knock ourselves out, as " subjects on the stage become dazed by staring at a dangling watch or flickering candle. ; We’d prefer a flickering hemline. : . N X A oo 3 ;. - ",\\7:'/ @ 2 ‘ ’ ==ADOES . ’ T n \“}\. ' l ; P : . By HELEN HALE _ 4 e TWO GLASSES which have stuck together can easily be separated without breaking the glasses it you will fill the inner glass with cold water and run hot water over the outer glass. When you need kindling in an emergency, roll several sheets of " newspaper together and tie a knot in them. X If the fat in a broiling pan catches fire, turn off the flame or the heat immediately. Throw salt on the fire until the fat stops burning. Never use water. : Soft hairbrushes may be stiffened if they are dipped in a mixture of equal parts of water and milk, Dry the brushes before an open fire. ' : Separate stamps which have stuck together by placing a thin

RECIPE OF THE WEEK Fluffy Potato Pancakes (Serves 4) . 2 cups grated potatoes 4 eggs, separated ; % teaspoon baking powder: ~ 1 teaspoon salt . 1 tablespoon flour ° To prepare potatoes, pare and soak in cold water for 12 hours. Grate and drain thoroughly. Add egg yolks, salt, baking powder and flour. Beat well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites. Drop by spoonfuls onto a well-greased skillet which has been heated. Brown on both sides. Serve with. applesauce. ; 7

sheet of. paper over. the- stamps and running’a warm iron over them. Glass decanters are easily cleaned by placing crushed egg shells in them with strong soap suds. Shake well, then rinse. o If your thimble is too large to stay on finger, wet finger before inserting into the thimble. : When suede shoes become scuffed in spots, rub gently with an emery board to help bring up the nap of the suede. Brush with a - stiffbristled brush. . ..~ L Some stains ' can 'beé removed from marble if you apply salt which has been moistened with lemon juice. Let the salt remain on the stain for an hour, | = Patent leather shoes can be cleaned with vaseline felly and a soft flannel cloth. This treatment also prevents the leather from racking. wet S e G

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FOR THE FIRST TIME in a “"decade, the house has voted an advance in social security extending coverage to approximately 11 million more workers and almost doubling the benefits. The final voteonthemeasurewasasgto 14, which is a record and a definite answer to the so-called “welfare state’ critics. House membership which is directly responsible to the people is possibly closer to the grass roots thinking than those who have raised the issue of *‘statism’ and “welfare state.” - Although the measure has ‘been passed by only the house, it is most important, since it sets the bill up for consideration by the senate, as is, at the second session of this congress which convenes next January. What the house bill does is raise benefits from 50 to 150 per cent; or: an average of about 70 per cent. For those already retired, the average primary payment goes up from $26 a month to $44. The bill credits veterans with military service time from 1940 to 1947 and lifts the payroll base from $3,000 a year to $3,600, raising payroll tax on both worker and employer to 132 per cent in 1950, 2 per cent in 1952, 2% per cent in 1960, 3 per cent 'in 1965 .and 3 .Iffper cent in 1970. : A >

Old age Payment . for those . who retire after this year is, doubled with a boftom pay- - ment of $25 ‘(it’s now $10). Top - family’ payment will inerease to 3150 (now $B5). ‘Totally and " permanentiy disabled weorkers would be .paid the .same bene- ' fits they would draw if. old - ~encugh to retire, . : The new coverage reaches. four and one-half millon self-employed, four million--who -work for states and cities, 600,000 in non-profit work and a million house servants. Agricultural processing workers off thesfarm are included in the biil. In the meantime, as the congress inched toward adjournment, this house-passed measure was pointed to by administration leaders as a victory for President Truman, The White House issued a summary of accomplishments of the 81st congress in whieh these m~~rilwna jvara listed as . carrying out the President’s pledges: : G

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I—Revision of the armed forces unification act; 2—Extension of the European recovery ‘program<* for another year; 3—Extension of the reciprocal trade agreement act without restrictions which the 80th congress attached; 4—Ratification of the North Atlantic treaty; 5— Ratification of the international wheat agreement; 6—Approval of the military assistance program to help non-Communist nations build up their arms; 7—Approval of slum clearance and low cost federal housing; B—Extension of the federal rent -control aci.; 9—Revision of the commodity credit ‘corporation’s charter to allow it to provide storage space for crops held up-under price support loans; 10— Grant to Mr. Truman of authority to reshuifle the executive branch of the. government. e - Some of these measures were advocated by Republicans as well as Democrats, but it must l be admitted they were a part ~ of the president’s program. Where the “Fair Deal” program bogged down mest was in the * ‘civil righits section including a federal FEPC, anti-poll tax Administration measures which are marked “pending” include universal military training, a national health program with health insurance,. the St. Lawrence seaway project, establishment of a Columbia Valley authority, creation of a department of public welfare and tax revision. Other measures, such -as repeal of oleo taxes and federal .- aid to education, bave passed one - house of congress and are ready for the second session. - :

Most outstanding faflure of the administration ;was at- ' tempted ‘repeal ‘of the TaftHartley act and the cold turndown ‘of the ‘Brannan agricultural program. So confused and split is the farm bloc in congress, however, anything may happen in the second session, with 1950 an election year. ~ The steel and coal strikes are causing worry to administration leaders. However, with the President committed to an all-out production program and .a national inc¢ome of $300,000,000,0000 in the foreseeable future, he will not permit these strikes to plunge the nation into a crippling industrial tie-up,

| &’ D . &“n"uREV. ROBERT H. HARPER The Propbet Preaches Socsat Righteousness (Temperance) ; Lesson for November 6: Isaiab 5: 1-12 Memory Sdcctiy; Isaiab 5:20 UNDER THE FIGURE of a vineyard, to which every care had been given, the prophet sings of the moral condition of Judah and predicts the ruin to come upon the nation. . When the vineyard brought forth wild grapes, the owner ceased his care and it went to waste, : )5 After gaining the people’s attention, Isaiah applied the story of the vineyard to the life of Judah. The nation was going to waste. The forming of vast estates at the expense of the common people would bring disaster to the greedy owners. The mighty would be humbled. Social injustice would bring ruin to those who perpetrated it. A terrible sin of the time was indulgence in strong drink. The condition of Judah may remind us of the condition in our own country. The roadhouses, night clubs, cocktail lounges, and liquor stores are filled with men and women who are like unto those in Judah who tarried late into the night till wine inflamed them. An ominous feature of the present situation is the indifference of the majority of our people toward that situation in our counry. The most of Christian men and women seem little concerned about the alarming growth of drinking and Arunkenness in the land. Rouse you, Christian people: open your eyes and see how vice is threatening the heritage from your fathers, while there yet is time to save many of our people from the grasp of greed and drunkenness,

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From Mrs. 8. A. Cramer of Drumright, Okla.: “I remember when Coxy’s army went through our town s£n route to Washington. I saw them.” ’ : Wyroma Mrs. Charles F. Hirst of ~ Secoftdale, Pa.: “I remember . when we carried a horse chestnut in our pocket to keep rheumatism away. (In your part of the country, Mr. Friendly, L believe the oldtimers carried buckeyes in those Gays to keep Old Man Misery away. Am I right?)” Frem Mrs, Oscar Tost of Revrolds- . ville, Pa.: “I rememr’ . farmers would hitch th . " horse teams to bobsleds . . them to my father’s groc. .. hitch them to hitching posts in the front, blanketing them well with - hand-made bed quilts (which would be worth a lot of money today). The men would gather around the big, pot-bellied c¢oal stove, within

2 : 5? Q\T"?o.‘% A \ il =W/ Akl P S S et | easy reach of the cracker barrel, buy a plug of Spearhead tobacco, then spend the day chewing the tobacco, squirting the juice at a sawdust-filled box on the floor near the stove, eating crackers and exchanging views on politics, and the price of corn and ‘taters.’” From Mrs. John Chapman of Morgantown, W. Va.: “I remem.ber sleeping in a ‘trundle bed’ thatmy mother pulled out from under her bed.” ; From Mrs. Fred Huber of Los Angeles: “I remember the smart clop-clop of ‘horses hooves as they drew dairy wagons on early-morn-ing milk routes . . . when black sateen bloomers and long ribbed underwear ‘constituted a great part 'of the undergarments of the young miss [ . . when women gvgre.l_inx-r erie:called “Peddy Bears.’ ™ '-, ~ YContributions for this column should be addressed to. Mr. Friendly, Box 340, Frankfort, Ky.’ :

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