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THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON
Thursday, May 27, 1937
OLD DICTIONARY TO
AID BIBLE CLARITY
Document of 10th Century
Never Before Published.
New Haven, Conn.—Controversies
1 that have arisen over incongruous
translations in the English revised
version of the Bible probably may
be solved through the use of the
Washington.—The nation is contin­ ades of service to his government. oldest comprehensive dictionapr of
uing to witness labor disturbances
I happened to have had the privi­ the Bible, which has been published
of an exceedingly lege of close contact with Mr. Bald­ I by the Yale University Press.
M ore Labor serious character. win when he headed his country’s
The dictionary, written in the
Troubles
Many p e r s o n s debt refunding commission to the Tenth century and since then ex­
thought when the United States more than f i f t e e n tant only in manuscript form, has
big sit-down strikes in the automo­ years ago. From that association I been edited by Dr. Solomon L.
bile industry were settled without learned to respect his mental capa­ i Skoss, professor of Arabic in
serious bloodshed that we were on city and his ability to foresee com­ Dropsie college, Philadelphia. The
the way out of labor trouble in this ing events. When he says, therefore, dictionary was written in Arabic
country. The feeling in this regard that labor and capital must be hon­ I but in Hebrew characters and is
had some confirmation when the est with each other, I cannot help based on manuscripts which f o r
great United States Steel corpora­ feeling that Mr. Baldwin foresees eight centuries lay forgotten in the
tion reached an agreement by which the possibility of bloody clashes and basement of a Jerusalem synagogue.
John L. Lewis and his faction of unsound results in the offing, con­ With it several disputed passages of
organized labor was recognized as ditions that will flow from the abuse the Bible have been clarified.
the sole bargaining agency on wages of power.
It was written by David ben
for the greatest single unit of steel.
Mr. Baldwin told the house of j Abraham al-Fasi, one of the Ka-
Unhappily, those circumstances commons that: “ You will find in our I raites, a Jewish sect which origi­
were not indicative of an end. They modern civilization, that just as nated in Mesopotamia in the
did not presage peace between labor war has changed from being a Eighth century and which denied
and employers. The conflict is con­ struggle b e t w e e n professional the validity of the traditional teach­
tinuing and, I believe, holds the armies with civilians comparatively ings of the Talmud and later Rab­
elements of much more danger than uninterested in it, so the weapons binic literature.
we have yet experienced. Because of industrial warfare have changed
Accepted Old Testament.
of the conditions that are now ap­ from arms that affected compara­
The last parade of the Grand Army of the Republic at the close of their convention in Washington, D. C.».
The Karaites, accepting the Old as the
parent and those which happen to tively small localized business into
aged veterans of the Civil war marched through the streets as they did more than seventy years ago.
Testament
as
the
sole
authority,
de­
lie ahead, the recent speech by Ed­ weapons that affected directly those
voted
their
entire
attention
to
a
ward McGrady, Assistant Secretary who have no concern whatever with
of Labor, becomes both interesting the issue except perhaps natural thorough study of the Scriptures, its
“Angel of Mons” Story
exegesis and philology.
and significant. Mr. McGrady, it will sympathy with their own class.”
J
DECORATING
Made Plenty Realistic
Al-Fasi’s
dictionary
enjoyed
such
be remembered, made a speech at
The British prime minister added
Atlantic City, New Jersey, in which that, under such circumstances, popularity and authority among the
'T 'H E legend of the miraculous in-
he said boldly to the members of the “the one thing we must pray for, generations of scholars that fol­ ^H ER O ES’ GRAVES
tervention of angelic bowmen
By Emmet Glazner
garment workers union that if labor not only in our statesmen, but also lowed him that it was known simply
under the patron saint of England,
,. ...4 Io - Indianapolis
.. . . . News
....
and capital both are to survive, in trade union leaders and masters, as “The Book.” In various Euro­
St. George, during the British re­
treat from Mons in August, 1914,
there must be a sincere effort on is wisdom.” It seems to me that pean libraries today are to be found
was invented by the English author,
the part of each group to under­ Mr. Baldwin’s admonition can be ut­ in manuscript form three different
Arthur Machen. He wrote a story
stand the problems of the other. He tered from high places in our Ameri­ abridgements made during the
called “The Bowmen” which ap­
reduced the differences between can government with a value just as Eleventh century.
peared in the Daily News of London
employer and employee to the sim­ important as he gave to his words.
An old and torn manuscript of
on September 29, 1914. This was an
ple formula, namely, that represent­ The fact that Assistant Secretary al-Fasi’s work was found in 1830
entirely fictitious account of how,
atives of each side, if they expect to McGrady has been the only public in an underground chamber of the
during the days when the British
do justice by their own people, official to speak so frankly and so Karaite synagogue in Jerusalem.
were hard pressed by the enemy, an
must sit down at a table and talk honestly is comforting, but it is to The manuscripts, together with sev­
English soldier happened to utter
things over honestly.
be deplored that he alone has eral fragments of the various ver­
the motto (in Latin): “May St.
sions, are now in the state public
Now, the Assistant Secretary’s in­ spoken.
George be a present help to the
library in Leningrad.
• • •
terest in labor cannot be questioned.
English.”
He is a former official of organized
Dr. Skoss in 1932 was investigat­
Since there are ominous signs in
Immediately after he had spoken,
labor. During his term as Assistant a class struggle that unfortunately ing manuscripts in the library on a
he saw “beyond the trench, a long
K
OW N but to God.”
Secretary he has been exceedingly
, .
has been promoted grant awarded by the American
line of shapes, with a shining about
active and earnest in his attempts
N othing
in this country, it Council of Learned Societies when
Engraved in marble deep.
them. They were like men who drew
Within a noble lad—
to solve labor problems and bring
Doing
seems to me the he discovered the last half of one of
the
bow, and with another shout,
A soldier boy asleep.
about industrial peace. His efforts
attention of t h e the partly destroyed Leningrad frag­
Borne in tender arms
their cloud of arrows went singing
at conciliation Cover the range from people ought to be directed some­ ments.
From lands across the deep, i
and tingling through the air toward
the bitter maritime strike on the what more to conditions in congress.
A study of the Hebrew-Arabic dic­
And given honored couch
the
German
hosts.”
In the last long sleep.
west coast to the more or less in­ Some months ago I wrote in these tionary has been made by students
This story was immediately taken
Angels sent by God,
consequential sit-down strike of a columns my fear that the current of the Old Testament and verses
up
as
an
authentic
record,
states
a
As in that other day,
hundred employees in a hotel here session of congress was going to which have required elaborate in­
Await but the command
writer
in
the
Detroit
News.
Soldiers
in Washington.
To roll the stone away.
leave a rather dull record for hav­ terpretations to explain their incon­
back from the trenches told of it as
So, it seems thoroughly fair to as­ ing done nothing. Thus far, my fears gruity have been shown to be in­
eyewitnesses.
correctly translated.
sume that any advice given by Mr. have been justified to the fullest.
McGrady must include absolute
Exodus Chapter Cited.
Congress went into session in the
justice for the workers.
As an example, Dr. Charles C.
first week of January. To date,
Nation Pays Tribute to
Mr. McGrady believes that the therefore, it has been in session five Torrey, Sterling professor of Se­
IN THE DAYS
irresponsible practices which lead months. Its record of accomplish­ mitics, Emeritus, of Yale, cites
War Dead in Arlington
employers to treat labor representa­ ments includes passage of four ap­ the customary version of the story
OF
1861
A
RLINGTON
National Cemetery
tives as agitators are due to ig­ propriation bills, providing money of the golden calf in Exodus, chap­
* * just across the Potomac iron*
norance. On the other hand, you for federal government depart­ ter 32, versd 4. The revised version
the Lincoln Memorial is the scene
cannot help reading between t h e ments; the Guffey-Vinson little NRA presented the story that when the
each Memorial day of elaborate but
wives,
sons
and
daughters
brought
lines of his recent speech an in­ coal law and the cash and carry
solemn ceremonies honoring Amer­
ference at least that he regards neutrality law. I do not see how the golden earrings, Aaron “re­
ica’s hero dead. These ceremonies
some labor representatives as quite anybody can be enthusiastic about ceived it at their hand, and
are held in the magnificent Memo­
as irresponsible as some em­ those accomplishments. Passage of fashioned it with a graving tool,
rial Amphitheater provided through
ployers. His view in this regard is appropriation bills is mere routine and made it a molten calf.”
loved ones of brave boys
the efforts of the Grand Army of
Aaron’s transformation of the of Above,
indicated by the stress, the em­ usually because in most cases they
all wars, placing flowers upon
the Republic as a fitting memorial
phasis, which he laid upon the im­ involve no controversial question at golden earrings into a golden calf their
graves. Below, Boy Scout,
to our soldier dead and a suitable
portance of discipline among union all. Passage of the neutrality act by means of a graving tool has marking
grave of a soldier.
assembly place for the thousands in
members together with his assertion likewise was an action about which been difficult to understand. Dr.
attendance at the services on Dec­
Torrey
points
out
that
the
al-Fasi
that labor must recognize the sancti­ there could be little dispute even
Stone Lions War Gift.
oration day.
ty of its contract with the em­ though there may have been plenty dictionary takes the corresponding
Two stone lions from the ancient
Usually attended by the President
ployers just as much as the em­ of grounds for disagreement over Hebrew expression “heret” to mean Menin
Gate have been placed at
of the United States, other high gov­
ployers must recognize the validity the type of law enacted. That leaves, “ a mold into which molten gold and Canberra,
Australia,
the
gift
of
ernment officials and foreign diplo­
of their contract with labor.
therefore, only the Guffey-Vinson silver are poured" and the whole Ypres, France, to the Australian
mats, Arlington Decoration day
Mr. McGrady pointed out what coal bill over which there could passage becomes clear: Aaron cast War Memorial museum. Through
services are to the nation what the
losses result from shut downs or have been much delay in house the earrings into a mold and made the historic gate during the World
local observances are to each com­
strikes and declared that the effi­ or senate debate. All of this makes a golden calf.
war marched the armies of the
munity throughout the land, ob­
ciency in production, whch the coun­ the picture look even worse for con­
According to Dr. Skoss, the au­ British empire, France, the United
serves a writer in Pathfinder Mag­
try has a right to expect from in­ gressional leadership.
thor of the dictionary was born in States and Belgium, fighting in the
azine.
dustry, cannot be achieved unless
There is talk already about ad­ Fez, Morocco, as his surname al- battles of Ypres.
labor and capital wor k together.
journment of congress as soon as Fasi (the Fezite) indicates. How­
For the benefit of those who have
Further, the Assistant Secretary hot weather strikes Washington— ever, he must have lived for some
never visited Arlington cemetery
observed that "responsible labor and the temperatures can get very length of time in Jerusalem, where
and its magnificent Memorial Am­
NAME DUE TO CLOTHES
leadership” must place efficiency high and unpleasant. While this un­ he most likely wrote his dictionary. |
phitheater a short description of
HE term “butternut” was ap­
and elimination of waste and loss dercurrent of talk is not yet in an
Dr. Skoss’ editions are based on
the circular white marble structure
plied to soldiers of the Con­
among its objectives if organized la­ important volume, it emphasizes the all the known manuscripts and
will be interesting. The open-air
federate army because many of
bor is to achieve a worthwhile goal. fact that there is a growing body fragments and all its versions.
structure covers an area of 34,000
In
the
North,
in
1861,
masculine
their
homespun
uniforms
were
• • .
of legislators who see no possibility
attire developed a strong trend in square feet. In the amphitheater
dyed light brown from the shell
Mr. McGrady’s exposition of his of accomplishing anything worth­ U. S. Army Get» a Fourth
the direction depicted above. Draw­ are seats of marble for 5,000 peo­
of the nut.
Conception of relations between em- while in the current session.
ple. Several thousand more can find
ing by Felix O. C. Darley.
16-Ton Flying Fortress
seats and standing room around the
„
ployer and em-
But what are the reasons? Having
See Ray
ployee comes a s gone rather thoroughly into this situ­
sides. On the stage there is room
Washington, D. C.—A fourth army
for several hundred more.
of H ope
something of a ray ation, I think there are two factors bomber of the YB-17 type, popularly
of hope to the to be considered. One is the lack of known as a flying fortress, has been
The eastern facade of the amphi­
great masses of American citizens capacity of the leadership among turned over to the army at Langley
theater overlooks the Potomac af­
who are neither employers of labor both Democrats and Republicans field. Three of this type of giant
fording an excellent view of the
nor members of labor unions. I have and the other is traceable to the bombers are now at Langley field
Lincoln Memorial, the Washington
said in these columns before and White House. President Roosevelt and another is at Wright field at
Monument, the new government
I repeat that the tragedy of con­ for four years has told congress Dayton, Ohio. Nine more are being
buildings, the Capitol and the city of
flict between employer and em­ what to do and to that extent has built by Boeing to be turned over
Washington. Just across the road­
ployee, organized capital versus or­ destroyed the initiative of the legisla­ to the army within the year. The
way from the eastern stairway is
ganized labor, lies in the fact that tors as a body and now that some aircraft company is also building
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
there are millions of people in the members want to reassert the the largest army bomber in the
role of innocent bystanders. They power of congress, the President’s world for the army. The new plane,
Civil War Men of Note
are the individuals who suffer most. organized spokesmen appear not to which shortly will undergo its test,
is to be four tons larger than the 16
It is inevitable that they must suffer know what to do.
The Twenty-first regiment of the
ton flying fortress.
• • •
because in a nation whose com­
O. V. I., recruited in northern
merce and industry is as complex
Ohio at the outset of the Civil
It may ’ e said that the immediate
as ours, every time capital or labor cause of .he failure of congressional It Takes an Engineer
war, was noted for the men
abuses the powers entrusted into its
among its ranks who rose to
j
z-
leadership to get
to Get Dog Out of Drain
hands, those who are not members
distinguished heights. Of its re­
Lear crship much of the legis-
of either group pay a penalty which
cruits, Stanley Matthews became
Oxford, Ohio.—Miami University I
Fa '.lt
1 a t i v e program
is not possible of measurement.
associate justice of the United
out of the way in ' officials, unable to locate the source
This characteristic of life obtains five months Is the controversy re­ of howls issuing from all openings
States Supreme court and Ruther­
ford B. Hayes and William McKin­
not alone in the United States. It sulting from Mr. Roosevelt’s pro­ of the drains beneath new concrete
exists in every civilized country to posal to add six justices of his own tennis courts, called in the en- I
ley became presidents.
the extent that that country is in­ choosing to the United States Su- | gineering faculty. J. Paul Albert,
dustrialized.
preme court. That statement, in my who planned the courts, used blue­
There is no better evidence of opinion, is only partially true. There prints to figure out a hypothetical
A GOLD STAR MOTHER
the truth of the statements I have are many senators and representa­ location, walked to a spot 50 yards
’ | 'HE Gold Star Mothers’ asso-
just made than an incident which tives, otherwise loyal to the Presi­ from the drain entrance and said:
1 ciation defines a Gold Star
occurred a few days ago in the dent, who now feel that the court “ Dig here.” Rescuers dug and lib­
mother as one whose son was
house of commons in London. Stan­ re-organization plan cannot be put erated a fat beagle hound, which
killed overseas during the World
ley Baldwin, prime minister of Eng­ through. But those spokesmen thus stretched, wagged its tail, and trot­
war or who was killed on the sea
ted
off.
land, and one of the most powerful far have not advised the President
while serving in the war.
men among foreign statesmen today, frankly of their views and in con- !
called attention to "a dark cloud” sequence the court bill is still in '
Squirrel Panhandlers
which he saw on the economic hori­ the way. To that extent, then, the
Ashtabula, Ohio.—Most persistent
Fate of Millions Still Unknown
zon of time.
legislative leadership has lacked panhandlers in town are a family
Mr. Baldwin was speaking to his courage and Mr. Roosevelt has re­ of three squirrels housed in a tree
Of the 16,000,000 soldiers and sail­
colleagues in the house of commons mained adamant, which possibly in a city park. They are so fearless
ors who died or disappeared as a
Civil war veteran and the drum he "beat” to aid his comrades to result of the World war, the fate of
something in the nature of a valedic­ charges him with some responsibib that they often come to the door­
steps on nearby buildings to beg “keep step" as they marched to the bloody battles. With him are mem­ more than 7,000,000 is still unknown,
tory because he is soon to retire ty In the legislative stalemate.
bers of the Sons of Veteran« with their stands of colors.
from public office after three dec­
food.
asserts a writer in Collier's Weekly.
• Western Newspaper Union.
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