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NOTES AND COMMENTS
The future belongs to the man who,
puts the “I can^’ in American. j
* j
The United States it seems would
prefer to send supplies to Europe*
now than to rush troops abroad
later. j
* * * I
Maybe this war will teach the!
democratic nations of the world to I
cooperate in times of peace in order;
to prevent times of war. I
AMERICA—GOD BLESS HER!
I count myself the richest soul on earth
To call America “land of my birth.”
No wealth of kings, no great dictator’s power
Could tempt me t6 exchange one single hour
Of glorious freedom in a land of peace
Where life holds more than prayers for war to cease.
Where man can worship God his chosen way
Without the dread of banishment each day.
Where man can speak the dictates of his heart
Without the fear of being set apart
For ridicule, or chained in some foul place
Where innocence and guilt both share disgrace.
Thir land of ours where youth can laugh and play
Without the threat of war to mar each day.
Where crops can flourish and the flowers grow.
In place of blood-stained soil and graves a’row.
A wondrous land where man can carve his niche,
Be it among the lowly or the rich.
Where leaders with the good of all in view
Unite to plan with wisdom what to do
To keep us free from war and tyranny.
So that a peaceful future we may see.
Is this not wealth? Why, money, power, fame
Could never shake my faith in freedom’s name.
I thank God with each breath, where’er I roam,
That I can call America “My Home”!
—Elizabeth Sutton Gray.
II
CONFIDENCE PRESCRIBED
FOR THE “WAR JITTERS’
New York, June 13. — “A large
dose of confidence is the best preven- i
tive medicine for war jitters,” Dr. 1
Morris Fishbein secretary of the ^
American Medical Association, pre-;
! scribed today.
I Dr. Fishbein said: I
I “People who worry too much about j
I the war spend sleepless nights, getj
headaches and lose their appetites, j
They must switch their mental think-1
ing from worry to confidence. |
“They must believe in their gov-j
emment, believe that it is doing thej
right thing and believe that it can
not fail.
“Above all, they must keep busy.
Work for the Red Cross is a good
outlet. There is a lot to be done and a
person should have no difficulty in
finding a spot where his or her ser
vices can he used.
“The busy man or woman has no
time for jitters. Work and confidence
combined make a splendid antidote.”
Dr. Fishbein is editor of the AMA
Journal and a recognized authority
on health questions.
Despite all that has happened, the
French army maintains its reputa
tion as a fighting machine.
STOP THE FOUR COLUMNS
! President Vargar of Brazil is right
tin sajring that the world is marching
j toward a future different from all
Just because the world is convul-iwe have known. But he is wrong in
Bed in war, there is no reason for the | his apparent assumption that free
people of Marion to forget the ne-1 government is outmodeled and that
cessity for making some improve- j the" future belongs to force and na-
jnents in conditions here. jtionalism. Plainly democracy must
* * * I adjust itself to new conditions, must
No American patriot will stir up j make itself more effective, in the ec-
ill-feeling between the component j and social lives of peoples, j acquiescent about all things.
A CALL FOR MORAL COURAGE
We need that moral courage that
comes from knowing that God is in
the midst of us and that w^e can do
all things through Him that strength-
eneth us. This moral courage, I de
voutly pray, will not have to express ]
itself in battle and in war. More|
than in armaments we should trust!
to it to change the attitude abroad
that we are decadent and passively
SIX MILLION
More than 6,000,000 farmers, op
erating 82, per cent of the crop land
in the United States are participating
in the 1940 AAA program, announ
ces the Agricultural Adjustment Ad
ministration.
It is easy to tell other people
what to do; that’s why there are so
many experts in the world.
parts of our population at this time. | But there is nothing new in the doc-
It is better that a few minor evils be | trine that “vigorous peoples, fit for
tolerated for a^ few years longer. ! „^ust follow the route of their
I aspirations.”
The presidential
begin officially when
are nominated and
campaign will
the
the
candidates
people of
this country will enjoy the privilege
of freedom
executive.
in fleeting their chief
! There is nothing new in barbar
ism, despotism, and paganism. In
deed they are so antiquated that na-
:tions in which Christianity and en-
. lightenment have been really estab-
|lished have outgrown them. Only
i where governments do not dare to let
their citizens know or speak the truth
is it possible to keep dictatorship
and aggression going even tempora
rily. Recrudescences of despotism
fight against an unquenchable, over-j sponsibility, so unready
i whelming love of liberty. Senor up to what it feels
CHURCHES FACE THE FACTS
The attitude of the churches of the
XJnlted States toward the present
world situation is remarkable for
understanding the grave complica
tions involved.
The peace-at-any-price pacifist!
gete httle hearing today. The too-country; modern | which invites the ruthless agressor
oy- o- g t ro er is ou 0 a invention is fast rendering the world I to come and take the world.
Christians have seemed in recent!
years more like disunited and anx
ious souls gathered in the upper
room before the feast of Pentecost
than the products of that event.
We to whom has been passed this
mission to claim the world for Christ
the King, have been instead huddled |
into the upper rooms of our own'
refuge, wondering who is really to
be King, the ruler upon earth.
And for some decades we have
advertised an attitude that is so un
certain, so cautious, so incapable of
action, so evasive * of its re-
to stand
is just,
Vargas cannot tolerate violence and: that we have created a vacuum
Throughout the nation ministers of
every faith are sensing the ultimate
issues involved in the European war.;
It is encouraging, especially
those who
too small a place to tolerate the in-| The do-nothing attitude never in-
his
reign
of i quires how ‘ costly it may be to do j
j nothing and how much more danger-1
The fact that the head of thejous inactivity frequently is. This
0 serve e sprea o , largest nation in Latin America can | present habit of thought is manifest |
peace sentiment during recent years.
come out at this crisis with such a ^ in every department of our life. Ul-
The matter has been stated c^^jly j of totalitarianism ought to jtimately on this earth peace depends
j be a warning to every lover of free 1 on justice, and justice must be
I government. This could not have i preserved by sacrifice,
happened before Nazi and
by the governing board of the Chris
tian Science Church, which says:
“That nation which ignores its du-
ty and fails promptly and properly |
to e en its r^ ts invi es ® [display of power has encooragred ev-
and disaster. The war is termed an ^
attack of paganism upon C/hristian,
culture and complacent neutrality'
undemocratic
in the world.
, - . There are people even in the Uni-
denounced for preventing the taking.
of such measures as are humanly;
necessary in society’s emergency.’
Fascist I If we hope to have peace because
vfe are unwilling to sacrifice for jus
tice, we are wrong indeed, because
ultimately injustice grown aggres
sive and on the march has to be
stopped, and the only method that
humanity has found is war.
Democracy was founded by men
FOOD FOR THE WAR REFUGEES
The people of the United States,
as Secretary Wallace says, “have
been\hocked by the untold misery
and suffering of Europe’s war refu
gees, the great majority of whom
are women and children.”
For this reason they will approve
the plan that has been w^orked out
by the Department of Agriculture
by which the American Red Cross
will buy surplus farm food supplies
at about one-half of the market cost.
As we understand it, the payments
to the Red Cross will come from
government funds already appropri
ated to increase the distribution of
surplus farm commodities. The pay
ments will constitute an export sub-
Mdy.
military successes of brutalitarian
ism—^have begun to say, “Well, thej who had the conviction that there is
Nazis have got something. Perhaps I truth and that there is good and
democracy isn’t so efficient. Maybe] evil; . . . and in so far, and it is
we’d better not offend these fellows; j now very far, as the democracies
it might be wise to come to terms j have fallen into disbelief and un-
with them.” Some elements of the'faith, they are in a desper-
human mind will decide that wrong jately dangerous muddle
is supported by enough force. about everything that matters most
Fifth Columns are of little dan-
j ger unless backed by the four col
umns of force. But if regimes dedi
cated to force continue to triumph,
Fifth Columns will spring up every
where. Stop the four and the fifth
will disintegrate. That means that
calmly but vigorously, nations which
have made some progress toward
rule by reason must defend themsel
ves with democratically controlled
controlled force—and do it in time, j Church, Boston.
—Christian Science Monitor. 1
ELECTRICITY REACHING THE
FARM
More than six hundred rural elec
tric systems have been financed by
the Federal Rural Electrification
Administration since 1935 and, as a
result, one farm family in four now
enjoys new opportunities and incen
tives for life and work on the farm.
When the REA undertook to carry
line electric power to the farmers of
the United States, only one in ten
Jjad central station service. The ad-
-vantages and conveniences which
eome to farmers as a result of elec
tricity are too well known to need re
statement here. The progress which
lias b«en made is worth noting, but
•we should not overlook the fact, ev
en now, three out of four farm fam-
Jies do 'tot have the opportunity to
enjoy electricity.
to themselves and their children.
The virtues that come of a sound
mind are the peaceful fruitage thatj
blooms on the far side of courageous j
character. If we say, “I like the
peaceful fruits but I am afraid of
the more daring aspects of the spir
it,” we fool ourselves.
For the peace of God cannot dwell
in the cowardly. — Rev. Dr. Arthur
Lee Kinsolving, Rector of Trinity
GOLD COMES FROM EUROPE |
The Federal Reserve Bank of|
New York, with the largest gold i
vault in the world, outside that at|
Fort Knox, Kentucky, is receiving'
vast amounts of gold from France
and England. |
One day last week, nearly $300,-1
000,000 in gold was received by thei
bank most of it being British and;
FVench Government treasure. In,
addition, Holland and Belgium, who ^
saved most of their gold from the
Nazi invaders, have much gold in
storage here. Together, the Low;
Countries had more than a billion!
dollars in gold, and they managed
to get a good part of it out of the'
country before the Germans seized j
everything. j
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North Carolina law officers, accepting the help of
the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors
Committee, have established a worthy record of
weeding oHt the minority of objectionable beer
dealers.
This program of industrial cooperation in law ob
servance is continuing—^without “fuss or feathers.*’
Quietly, earnestly, the North Carolina Beer Indus
try 18 carrying out its “clean up or close up” pledge.
The dealers who will not be fair to their industry
and their state are becoming fewer and fewer. We
know, and so do they, that the job is being done.
The public can help by patronizing only legally
operated places where beer and ale are sold—and
by reporting any objectionable conditions to . . .
Brewers and North Carolina
Beer Distributors Committee
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