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Armistice Day—And A Fitting Message
On November 11, the 30th Armistice Day will be ob
served. During the days before and after this Armistice
Day of 1947, America will be experiencing events which
it has never before experienced—the burial of many of
the 300,000 men who lost their lives in World War II. In
the homecoming of these men and in observance of Arm
istice Day, we find one great address delivered 84 years
ago, that is more fitting than anyone could write today.
This masterpiece was written as a tribute to honor men
who gave their lives in another war, but its content is age
less, and can be used at any time when we g r o p e for
words to express our gratitude to heroes.
You have probably already guessed the speech from
our description. It is Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, a two
minute speech which went by virtually unnoticed at the
time of its deliverance but years later became recognized
as one of the classic utterances of all times.
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, then, is our 1947 Arm
istice Day message to you, and we trust it will also be an
appropriate message to those of you who are finding war
time grief intensified and revived by the reburial of loved
ones lost in World War II.
“FOUR SCORE and SEVEN YEARS AGO OUR
FATHERS BROUGHT FORTH ON THIS CONTINENT
A NEW NATION CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND DEDI
CATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE
CREATED EQUAL. NOW WE ARE ENGAGED IN A
GREAT CIVIL WAR TESTING WHETHER THAT NA
TION, OR ANY NATION SO CONCEIVED AND SO
DEDICATED, CAN LONG ENDURE. WE ARE MET ON
A BATTLEFIELD OF THAT WAR. WE HAVE COME
TO DEDICATE A PORTION OF THAT FIELD AS A
FINAL RESTING-PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HERE
GAVE THEIR LIVES THAT THAT NATION MIGHT
LIVE. IT IS ALTOGETHER FITTING AND PROPER
THAT WE SHOULD DO THIS. BUT, IN A LARGER
SENSE, WE CANNOT DEDICATE, WE CANNOT CON
SECRATE, WE CANNOT HALLOW THIS GROUND.
BRAVE MEN, LIVING AND DEAD, WHO STRUGGLED
HERE HAVE CONSECRATED IT FAR ABOVE OUR
POOR POWER TO ADD OR DETRACT. THE WORLD
WILL LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT
WE SAY HERE, BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT
THEY DID HERE. IT IS FOR US THE LIVING RATHER
TO BE DEDICATED HERE TO THE UNFINISHED
WORK WHICH THEY WHO FOUGHT HERE HAVE
THUS FAR SO NOBLY ADVANCED. IT IS RATHER
FOR US TO BE HERE: DEDICATED TO THE GREAT
TASK REMAINING BEFORE US—THAT FROM THESE
HONOURED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED DEVOTION
TO THAT CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE THE LAST
FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION — THAT WE HERE
HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT
HAVE DIED IN VAIN, THAT THIS NATION UNDER
GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM. AND
THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEO
PLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM
THE EARTH.”
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What Are Home Runs Worth?
Many of you will recall the year when a famous ball
player hung up a record of 60 home runs. Marvelous indi
vidual accomplishment, but here is another side to that
record: >
During that same season, these home runs won exact
ly FOUR GAMES out of about 150 which were played.
It was the other eight men—THE TEAM PLUS THE
STAR—that really won the championship.
So it must be in any organization—it is TEAMWORK
that counts—not individual brilliancy. The star fullback
never gets very far without a strong line and a lot of help
by his teammates.
There are a thousand parallels to this situation, but
every one gets back to the same fundamental principle—
it is the TEAMWORK that counts. As a whole business
prospers, so does the individual. If it falters, the individ
ual will gain little.
Peace Is More Than A Word
The word peace has been printed billions of times,
tered in billions of prayers, spoken millions of times ov
the radio and voiced thousands of times by every nie •
ber of the human race in all the languages of earth. A
still we have wars.
It is high time to consider that peace is more j,
word. It is more than a spot of ink on a piece of papei")
a sound on our lips.
Peace is everything that makes life worth living.
Peace is God on both sides of the table in a conference'
Peace is goodwill in action.
Peace is world-wide neighborliness.
Peace is cooperation and teamwork; it is pulling
people instead of pushing them around.
Peace is sanity and common sense in human relations
Peace is open-mindedness. It is willingness to
well as to talk. It is looking at both sides of a situat
objectively.
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Peace is patience. It means keeping our tempers.
ing above petty irritations, taking the long-look. It ^
keeping our shirts on and giving time a chance to
its magic. -j.
Peace is having the courage and humility to adm
mistakes and take the blame when we are wrong.
Peace is international courtesy. It is good sportsman
ship in world affairs.
Peace is tact, and tact has been defined as the abil'
to pull the stinger out of the bee without getting stung'
Peace is vision. It is being big enough to give up
individual advantages for the universal advantage oi
warless world. _ ,
Peace is using the Golden Rule as a measuring sw
in solving world problems.
Peace is the open-hand instead of the clinched '
It is tolerance and understanding toward men of ev
class, creed and color. . ,i.g
Peace is a mighty faith. It is a radiant belief m
potential goodness and greatness of men. It is a dynan'
confidence that war can be abolished forever. , jg
Peace is a thing of the heart as well as the head.
warmth, a magnetism, that reaches out and draws peoP
together in a common purpose. . . g
Peace is top-level thinking, feeling, acting. It is
high above tanks, planes and atom bombs as a way
settling disputes.
Peace is a way of living!!
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What Competition Means To Business
America is one of the few remaining countries
world where genuine free enterprise still exists. j,
socialistic and communistic theories are dominating
ness in many countries. In these countries, competition
snuffed out as all business comes under the control oi
state. In killing competition, the lifeline of business is ^
Let’s think for a minute what competition means
us in our purchases. When we go shopping, our aim
get the best possible merchandise at the lowest yt
That is competition. If the seller of one item is badly
of line with his prices, we need only to pass on to anot
merchant to make our purchase. j..
Large businesses operate in much the same ma.i?
The company which manufactures the best automobu®
a fair price will sell its product. When both price ^
quality are in a questionable position, customers may
come scarce. _
So you can see why businesses constantly giv® jji
most consideration to the control of quality and
their planning and operations. It’s simple but
times we have a tendency to underestimate the import^,j.g,
of these tw'o factors because they are mentioned so j
quently in all business. If an industry does not keep j{
never-ending vigil on quality and cost of productioP'^gt
cannot hope to survive the keen competition it must m
in the American system of free enterprise.
The
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