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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE
I uesday next, all of us will pause from our usual la
bors to observe the birth of One whose teachings have
been our way of life for almost twenty centuries. Too
By D E W E Y
many will fail to grasp the full significance of the day
Again C hristm as is w ith us,
and
again we feel the urge th a t
Too many will celebrate the feast of Bacchus, thinking
it is more blessed to give than
little of the original meaning of the event.
to receive. W ere th a t feeling but
spread out over the year, were
I his year isn t a great deal different than so many v e only able to feel a little more
down through the ages—we have war today. Wars have kin d ly to o u r fe llo w man, w hat
| a difference it w ould make in
been with humanity about half of the time, since the jo u i A m erican w ay of life.
Revelations 0/ the rottenness
very beginning. Yet, with all the intelligence the human
among the high governm ent o f
rate professes, there seems to be little wisdom gained ficials does not help one to feel
from any of the past experiences—all because the spirit a lit t le more K indly tow ard our
fe llo w vian. Was impressed by
of (bristm as has come to I k * the spirit of Bacchus.
w hat C ecil Rrown, w orld tra v
eler and radio com m entator, had
Great would be the lot of the world if all the war to say about th a t when he com
energies and costs would I k * devoted strictly to those pleted his around-th e-w orld trip
a week ago.
efforts which would better mankind. Think what misery His w ords were v itro lic , he
could I k - averted if war machines were turned into im did not p u ll any punches in his
te llin g the people of this co u n try
plements of industry to those down trodden peoples of v hat he though t of the present
governm ent officials, who are so
so many backward countries.
g re a tly responsible fo r the w o rld
In your observance of Christinas, medidate on the conditions today. Brow n empha-
rized that a ll the w o rld distrusts
lot of the world if all of us would but “live” just half the U nited States, and th a t it is
the spirit of Christmas—its original intention.
no wonder, now w ith a ll this ex
posed
governm ent corruption.
'I he Pilot force, including those who act as “eyes” to
Come next f a ll there must be
furnish the news items, wishes that your Christmas be a change of o fficials, if this na
the merriest ever, but at the same time wants you to tion is to survive. C e rta in ly one
cannot be so partisan to say th a t
think seriously upon the future, if wc must survive.
things w ill w o rk out under the
It would ta{e more than
a blizzard to stop us from
sending you these wishes
for a Merry Christmas
and loads of Y uletide fun.
B R O O K IN G S
M ARKET
piesent regime. There must be
a new lis t of o fficia ls in the en-
t i i f govem m ent. There must be
a house-cleaning of the dead wood
nfuch is d riftin g about on the
, esc nt scene.
Going back to C hristm as again,
How m any o f us are re a lly im
bued w ith the actual meaning of
the event? How m any of us a re !
v. tilin g to see ourselves as other
people m ig h t ? How m any of us
<>i\ w illing to adm it our w eak
nesses o r fa u lts ? When these are
«answered in the affirm ative, it is
lik e ly th a t there is hope.
This area should, by now', bc\
aw are th a t there m ust be some
i.n ity among everyone in the t i-
fin ifjz . There must come about a
new and deeper understanding of
tht problem s o f the oth e r man.
There must be g re a te r ethics in
I usinrss practices, and there is
only one u u y to accomplish this
by undtp standing. W hat are
you going to d o t
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It is rem arkable how complete
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Noted, too, t h a t many local
teopie art aw are of the fa c t, as
there is g re a te r "shopping a t
home 1 th is year, fro m my obser
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