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NATIONAL €DITORIAL
association
Nazis Face Sentences
After a trial which lasted ten months, the
International Military Tribunal has an
nounced its decision on the Nazi leaders and
organizations which have been charged with
war crimes.
There is no doubt of the brutality, deprav
ity and criminality of the course pursued
by Nazi Germany. The only question was
whether the defendants participated in the
program in a gree that makes them per
sonally culpable and, if so, whether there
is legal basis for their punishment.*
The deliberate policy of the Na^j regime
■was to disregard the rights, legal arj,d
moral, of the people in occupied <fflas. Ih
side Germany, there was, apparently, no
law of God or man which was respected by
the proponents of the Nazi doctrine. Inhu
manity was commonly practiced and prop
erty rights were intentionally violated. Both
succumbed to the might-makes-right doc
trine.
The callous practices of the Nazi regime,
both in the years of peace and during the
course of the war, were on an equal with
the worst that has been recorded in history.
As Winston Churchill remarked, they were
without parallel since the days of the Mon
gol invasion and were without equal in the
annals of modem times.
Stalin On A “New War”
The declaration of Prime Minister Joseph
Stalin of Russia that he does not believe “in
a real danger of a ‘new war’” is interesting
mainly because of the explanation that he
gives for the existence of such a belief.
Stalin says that the “noise” of war is rais
ed mainly by military, political scouts who
need it to frighten naive politicians, to make
difficult reduction of military budgets in
their country and to check demobilization
of troops for the prevention of unemploy
ment. ...
If the reasoning of the Soviet leader is
correct, one would find the United States
and Great Britain maintaining their armed
services on something of a war-time basis
instead of demobilizing so rapidly as to
threaten the complete collapse of essential
defense forces.
The western democracies have already re
duced their fighting forces and are continu
ing the process. By contrast, the Soviet
Union maintains the Red Army in tremend
ous numbers and Stalin and other Russian
leaders constantly talk about the danger of
capitalistic aggression aga’>r, Russia and
urge the Red Army to bo p . " red at all
<pf
times. r
If one is to credit t'.c Sr i t loader with
sincerity in his expi ’r - ->f th« talk about
a new war, it is only logical to assume that
the reasons which he t. vach talk
in other countries are, in fact, justification
for the policy now ^i.uwed by the
Soviet Union.
We sometimes wonder why the home
plays so much better and still man
to lose the game.
V
The Commerce Department reports that
manufacturers’ inventories in August reach
eri* newmark of $18,000,000,OOOt^f
The increase in August was about half
of that in July which leads to the conclu
sion that manufacturers have expanded
shipments. The increased inventory for the
month, however, also indicates that there is
some tendency to withhold goods from cir
culation.
There has developed a widespread prac
tice, on the part of manufacturers and
others, to hold goods for an expected in
crease in price, in brief, the business men
are speculating on the market rather than
producing goods at current prices for a fair
profit. Like all speculators, they may make
an unexpected gain but, in the event of
economic trouble, they may take an unex
pected loss. *' -IlflH
Your Social Security
Social security in the United States takes
in a vast number of workers. Many of
these workers are at a loss as to when to do
what, in order to get maximum benefits
provided under the law.
information put out by the Social Secur
ity Administration so that older workers,
veterans and those who have lost cards can
keep themselves informed on proper pro
cedure, is sometimes overlooked. Here is
the latest data on your benefits, if you have
a social security card.
There are two main times for action, it ]
you become 65, you should contact a field ]
office of the S. S. Administration. It will j
probably be to your advantage to file your
claim for old-age and survivors’ insurance
even though you plan to continue working.
If you do not file at 65 and then become ill,
the benefit will not be as high as it would
if you had filed promptly at 65.
The second time you should take immedi
ate action is when a worker in your family
dies. A member of the deceased worker’s
family should immediately contact the So
cial Security Administration and file a claim
for the deceased’s insurance. Certain proofs
should be presented to the administration—
proof of marriage, proof of age, proof of
death, and proof of paternity as to children
—each should have a birth certificate.
Veterans who are returning to jobs, or
with new jobs, who have lost their security
numjaers, can apply to the nearest social
security field office for a ftupficate. Any vet
eran with a new job and no number can ob
tain one by mail, but the administration-pre
fers that the employee call in person at the
nearest field office. Forms for mailing are
available at most Post Offices.
American Youth Fortunate
American boys and girls—in the United
States particularly—have a social growth
and development more wholesome than that
offered the youth of any other nation. They
have opportunities for clean development in
a wholesome environment that is not pos
sible anywhere else in the world.
The normal life of the High Schoolers in
our country, with the large metropolitan
cities offering some unfortunate exceptions,
includes school affairs, sports, dances, dates,
the drug store, the movies, football trips,
house parties, and other group activities in
general. While all may not be just as it
should be and some mistakes are made, the
average conduct of our young people is
amazingly good compared with those of
European countries.
Of course, the Europeans have had wars
and they have lived under adverse circum
stances in the past few years, but the
.Ehuwpean way is different in peace or war
time. It is inferior. It is far more involv
ed than the average American boy or girl’s
life becomes at the agp of sixteen.
In the first place, me Europeans have no
counterpart to the drug stores of the Amer
icans. Young boys and girls must go to a
neighborhood pub for their drinks and there
is no cola nr crush to order. It’s usually a
mild or a bitter.
Until the young Englishman becomes old
enough to take his mild beer, he has practi
cally nowhere to go. He doesn’t have a
chance to get a milk shake, a soda, a cone
or hot-dog. Only in Londan are the English
just beginning to catch up.
France and Italy are as bad. Spain and
the other Latin nations also'drag behind in
providing their youth with the modem,
wholesome environment offered in the Un
ited States.
Of course, there is much room for im
provement in some things here but, as far
as the rest of the world is concerned. Amer
icans are far ahead in giving American
youth the chance to begin life with an edu
cation to fit them for life in this complex
— " .r;;r""rrr'
A THOUG HT FOB THE
before God
presses itsel.
met. At Janet
this: "To visit tJ
and widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself unspotted
from the world," Angels may
be fitted for "a religion of ef
fortless adoration," out man is
designed for a religion of ac
tion as well as adoration. "Not
Mi contemplation” someone
has written, "but in activity
lies true hope not in rapture
but in reality lies true life; not
in the realm of ideas but
among tangible things is
man’s sanctification wrought.”
Weekly—
CHURCH
COLUMN
Pestors ere Urottea to take
of this column for sermons,
rhurch notices, etc. Matt sermons
ana eomrumtions to Church Column
Kditor, core ft this newspaper.
The new president of the Re
public of Hungary, the Hon. Zol
tan Tildy, is also an ordained
Presbyterian minister. For 12
years prior to his election he was
pastor of the Hungarian Reform
ed congregation at Szeghalom.
The Presbyterian church in the
USA is planning to send emer
gency relief to Hungary through
his associates.
During the six-year period of
World War II, the American
Bible Society printed and dis
tributed more than 14,500*000
copies of the Scriptures, in more
than forty tongues. Of this total,
about 9,000,000 books went to
members of the United States
armed forces through. chaplains.
Three million copies, in twenty
three languages, went to people
wno were or had been prisoners
and residents in the “occupied
countries.” At the peak of pro
duction the Society’s presses
were turning out 10,000 copies
daily.
Sponsored by Jewish education
al, religious and civic bodies
from all parts of the ynited
States, there is in the process
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ligions. Dr. Einstein, approving
the project, says it ‘‘will attract
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