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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur Perry.
Naval experts criticize the
captain of the Nazi pocket bat
tleship, Graf Spee, for in glori
ously scuttling his ship, Instead
of going forth to battle he
had less chance of winning than
combination tallow-legged cat
and Chinaman. One wrote, the
latter course would have made
him a hero, immortalized in
song and story, and mayhap, like
one American sea-fighter, have a
prominent whiskey named after
him. As matters stand, the Ger
man skipper is no hero, but can
qualify as a naval expert, as
much alive as his critics.
Tha Secret Service reports
there is less counterfeit money
In the country than ten years
ago. There is also less genuine
money, many report.
.
"Want to Trade: s pasaenger car,
worth $400 caah, will carry your
load over the rocky mountain!. Want
team, wagon and small type Jersey
eow.W. 8. Wllburn, Calico Rock."
(Calico (Ark.) Progress.) A wander
er dccldea to roost.
The Older Girls are admir
ing the sturdy battling of the
Finns, also their minister to
America, Hjalmar Procope. Pho
tos reveal the diplomat as bet
ter looking than any of the he
beauties of the screen,
.
TRY IT SOME TIME
(Emmett (Ida.) Messenger)
"Oeorge Jonea of Coulee, Wash
ington, la a lucky man. He es
caped death the other day be
cause he was standing close to
fifteen sticks of dynamite when
they exploded. He waa only
two feet away and all he got was
a little dirt In his eyes. His es
cape la explained by the fact
that he waa In the 'center of the
concussion' where waves from the
blast did not develop full force."
There is still plenty of what
Is called "mild flu", until you
get it.
"Want unencumbered elderly
woman for housework. Room,
board and small wage. No smok
er." (Coos Bay Times) Taking
no chances of cigarette ashes in
the pie crust.
...
It is quite evident somebody
In Europe is lying about the re
sults of battles in the European
war lone. There has been noth
ing like it since the deluge of
11th hour canards, at the tall
end of a red-hot primary elec
tion campaign.
A nr. Of mittp. thnU'.f1 nn nn
the Main Stem yesterday. They
used to be the proper caper for
orcnarciists and 2nd loots.
...
SO THINK WE ALL
"And thla evening m p.ii ,ui
that there la a great deal of good
will in the world. Of course Its dis
play doesn't make the headllnea with
any great consistency, but doesn't
necessarily prove there la no good
will. It Just proves possibly that
all newspapers have desk men who
carry blue pencils and frowns In
their working kits, it's the same
thin with the place of money In
everyday affairs. Because one can t
think of anything more Important
than ready cash and lota of It.
doesn't mean there isn't thousands
of things In the world more to be
desired. There la. of course. We re
lolng to make It a point to think of
"me of them some time." i Harold
Hanynea in the Astoria Astorlan
Budet.) Death To Taxes
Olympia, Wash .4 Thanks
to State Liquor Board funds, a
prosperous water system and
pinball machine license fees, the
town of Ridgcficld, near Van
couver, Wash., will not ask Its
citizens for one penny of taxes
next year. Ritlgefield's 600 citi
zens were asr-d on 8 mill
basis this year; 7 mill in 1B38
r m fga
"Spurlos Versenkt"
IF THE press dispatches are true, the longer this
war goes on the less we believe them, then,
The suicide of Captain Hans Langdorff is not
surprising. As a loyal Nazi, he could only follow the
orders of the "All-Highest", Der Reichfeuhrer, who
(again crediting the Berlin dispatches) ordered that
the Graf Spee be blown up, and the officers and crew
saved.
We don't doubt now that Captain Langsdorff
would have preferred to have gone down, or up
with his ship. That would have been in accord, not
only with naval tradition but no doubt with his own
inclination and sense of the fitness of things.
DUT in war orders are orders, and his first consider-
ation was not what he would LIKE to do, but
what his dutv to his country and his supreme Com
mander DEMANDED.
So, he followed out those orders.
No doubt sending his ship to the bottom was like
sending his family and his personal honor there also,
but there was no other way.
And with his officers and crew safely off, his
responsibility did not end, until they were secure in
some neutral port.
With THAT done, however, Captain Langsdorff
had discharged his full duty, and was a free agent
again, to face the consequences of his defeat or if he
preferred take "the easier way".
He chose the latter.
We fail to find anything particularly inspiring
or commendable in the career of Captair.-IIansLa-ngs-dorff
of the Graf Spee as thus outlined. But assuming
the report from Berlin regarding Hitlers orders, is
correct, the tragic climax, to a tragic story, does make
sense.
Was the Graf Spee Fatally Hurt?
DUT again if press reports from abroad can be re
1J lied upon, the flight of the Graf Soee to Mon
tevideo does NOT make
An Argentine naval
of the naval battle, for example, maintains the Ger
man pocket battleship, had victory m her grasp, when
she quit cold and beat it
According to his story, the Exeter had been put
out of commission entirely, the ship that had caused
the most damage to the Spee, while the other two
cruisers were hurt and no match at all, for the super
ior armament of their opponent.
Why then did the Graf Spee retreat, when by
sticking to its post perhaps another ten minutes, it
might have won one of the most outstanding naval
victories of modern times?
IF THIS diagnosis of the situation is correct, or
even half correct, then the retirement of the
pocket battleship under her own power and at un
impaired speed ! does not make sense, except under
the assumption that Captain Langsdorff was either
an arrant coward, or criminally incompetent. (In
which case of course his suicide would be even more
understandable).
But its hard to believe
convincing evidence than
ters, we doubt it any trustworthy authorities will ac
cept it
PERHAPS Captain Langsdorff left a letter that can
rlf J.lifnK, nln H, ,1 ll
VICIUUICIJ tJCfll tip IUC HISICIV UI1V.C ctllU 1UI UI.
But barring that, it is our belief something like
this is the explanation: while Uruguayan engineers
pronounced the Graf Spee able to go to sea at the
zero hour, they said nothing about its ability to
FIGHT.
The most probable explanation therefore is that
the Graf Spee's guns were out of commission or the
fire control towers shot off, which would brine;
about the same result In short the ship could navi
gate, but it COULDN'T fight
Such an explanation at least does make SENSE,
both for the Graf Spee's sudden retirement from the
fray, and her refusal to come out fighting last Sun
day night and trust to her speed and darkness to
make her escape.
No other explanations, to date, have.
"Donald Duck" Is Right
FRANKLIN Waltman, high-priced publicity direc
tor for the Republican National Committee is im-
i proving.
for a long time, his efforts struck this column
as decidedly strained and ineffective, rather like
hunting humming birds with a sawed-off shot gun.
But in his last installment we note he calls Secre
tary Ickes "Donald Duck". As the term carries no
quotes we can only conclude the title is original with
Mr. Waltman, in which case he deserves a specially
nice Christmas present from Brother "D.A.M." Ham
ilton. For while this 'column has never lost its admira
tion for Secretary Ickes' picturesque vocabulary and
rugged honesty, it has of late, become very much
j bored by his constant scolding and, particularly his
disposition to allow no Republican head to show
above the second basement without feeling he must
whang it with a verbal brickbat
The general spectacle has reminded us very
much of some popular figure always in a more or
less raucous dither, but we never could figure out
I just which and what.
But now we know,- it's as clear as daylight! It
jwas that pestiferous common scold "Donald Duck"!
sense.
expert, and alleged witness
that, and barring more
this Argentine expert of-
Personal Health Service
By William
81 tued tetters pertaining to personal Health aod b(lene, not to disrate
dlacnotla or treatment, will b mattered by Dr. Brady If a stamped self
addressed entelope la enclosed Letters should be brief and written In ink
Owing to the large number ol letters rerelred only a few can be answered.
No reply can be made to queiiea not conforming to Instruction. Address
Dr. William Brady. 263 El Cam 1 no. Beverly Hills, Calif.
OBSTACLE TO
Dental practitioners have long
used the term prophylaxis in a
restricted sense, referring to the
important feature in the preser
vation or con
s' e r v ation of
the teeth, that
is, periodic in
i p e c tion, re
m o v a 1 of
stains or tar
tar deposits,
scaling and
p o 1 ishing of
the teeth to
prevent caries
or decay from
getting a start
in any minute
fissure or crevice in the enamel,
and also attention to the con
dition of the gums for the pre
vention of pyorrhea. All of
which is absolutely indispens
able if you want to keep your
teeth and who but a dimwit
doesn't? yet it is well to re
member that prophylaxis has a
wider meaning than that. It
is the art of guarding against,
preserving from or preventing
disease. Anything t hat con
tributes to the prevention of
disease is a prophylactic rem
edy, precaution or measure, for
instance adding vitamin D to
the regular diet in infancy,
childhood or youth to prevent
rickets or keeping the skin be
tween the toes dry to prevent
ring worm (epidermophytosis,
foot itch.)
We explained the other day
how nasal allergy impedes prog
ress in the prevention of three
fourths of the illness physicians
attend respiratory infections.
The increasing number of indi
viduals who are allergic but do
not understand the nature of
their trouble and hence ascribe
their reactions to fancied ex
posure to cold or wet tends to
confuse the uninitiated and raise
doubt in regard to the ques
tion of exposure to cold and
wet.
I reckon that having explain
ed as clearly as I can the nature
of nasal allergy and the charac
teristically sudden beginning
and cessation of the stuffiness
sneezing and watering at the
nose, a reaction which inevit
ably occurs not long after some
real or imagined exposure to
draft or change of temperature,
there is nothing more I can do
about it.
Although I hope I may be
wrong, it seems to me that the
allergic state, tendency or hy
persensitivity is steadily increas
ing in frequency among the gen
eral population. I hope this is
only an apparent increase, due
to the fact that the nature of
the trouble is more generally
recognized today, where as for
merly it passed as "cold" or
"catarrh," or in cases of al
lergic asthma as "nervousness"
or "neurosis." But the convic
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Released by Tha North
American Newspaper
Alliance. Inc.
Washington, Dec. 20. The
Graf Spee Incident has ended
in a burst of pure dramatics,
but its consequences are yet
to come. Provision was care
fully made at the recent Pan
ama conference to meet just
such problems as arose when
the German commerce raider
limped Into Montevideo harbor.
High American authorities arc
confident the incident has In
creased the determination of the
entire hemisphere to make the
Panama conference fully effec
tive. In the first place, the con
ference established an Inter
American neutrality committee,
to serve as a clearing house
for the hemisphere on all thorny
questions. Unfortunately, the
committee had not yet con
vened when the Germans de
manded refuge of the Uru
guayans until the shattered Spee
could be repaired. The best
that could be done was for all
the other nations in the new
hemisphere front to signify
their approval and support when
the Uruguayan government al
lowed the Spee 72 hours to lick
Its wounds.
The committee will be in full
session at Rio about the New
Year, however. It is expected
here that henceforth no more
Brady, H D.
PROPHYLAXIS
tion grows that there is an ac
tual increase in prevalence of
allergic sensitivity, irritability
or weakness among the general
population in this country due
to deficiencies in our modern
refined diet, especially shertage
of calcium and vitamin D.
Insufficient daily intake of
other mineral elements .and
other vitamins may be concern
ed in the causation of this al
lergic hypersensitivity, but as
yet our knowledge of the sub
ject is incomplete and we are
therefore unable to be more
specific.
As pointed out In other talks,
physiologists maintain that epi
nephrin (adrenalin), which is
the accepted and proved sov
ereign remedy for the relief of
the more distressing manifesta
tions of allergy, acts by liber
ating potassium from the tis
sues, and ceases to give relief
when the tissues have become
depleted of potassium. Of course
that's where the potassium
chloride treatment of allergic
attacks fits in to complement,
supplement or perhaps replace
the use of adrenalin.
(Please save this talk to be
continued another day.)
QUESTIONS ,M ANSWERS.
1'otassluin for Allergy.
Want to thank you tor the great
relief I have had from hay fever of
twenty years standing never found
any relief until I took potassium
chloride, the soluble ten-grain tab
leta you recommended, and for the
first time waa able to sleep and eat
In comparative comfort thla last sea
son. The remedy Is easy to take
(almost tasteless In a large glass of
water), and I felt relief after the
second dose. Mrs. B. H.
Answer Besides hay fever, several
other obstinate aliments due to al
lergy (hypersensitivity to some pro
tein which aeta Into the Mnmt un
digested), respond to potassium
cnionae, notably attacks of apas
modlc asthma, mleralne. phronip
slnua trouble, recurring hives, an
gioneurotic edema (giant hives),
chronic eczema, and certain cases
of hvperesthetlc rhtnltu n, mM.in
stuffiness and watering at the nose
irum undetermined cause. The
medicine does not Ciii-p nnhlna
merely brings relief, having an ef
fect similar to that of adrenalin.
Instructions for its use are given In
monograph on Allergy for copy send
stamped envelope bearing your ad
dress. Snlinra Season Nmv On.
Have found cocoa butter unsatis
factory for dry, scaly akin. Would
appreciate list of foods to aupply
skin oil. Mrs. O. R. M.
Answer Avoid soap and water.
Cleanse skin with oil. Humidify at
mosphere excessively rtrlnrt nut Ho
artificial heating. Send twentj'-flve
cent coin and one cent stamped en
velope bearing your address, for
booklet "Save Tour Skin."
(Protected by John P. DUIe Co.)
E'l. Note: rersnns wishing to
coniniunlrate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct to Dr.
William Brady, M. D 265 El
Camplno, Beverly Hills, Calif.
and 24 hours In neutral ports
will be allowed to belligerent
warships. Besides this decisive
rule, committee action is also
anticipated in support of the
Uruguayans, whom the Ger
mans are now bitterly blaming
for the Spee's end.
Thus, the hemispheric foreign pol
icy, shaped and reinforced at the
successive conferences of Buenos
Aires. Lima and Panama, la becom
ing tangible and Influential. Thla
extraordinary spectacle, of the na
tlona of two continents peacefully
cooperating In the common Interest,
la one which does solid credit to the
foresight and leadership of the presi
dent, his secretary of state. Cordell
Hull, and Undersecretary Sumner
Welles. In Welles' fertile mind the
notion of a hemispheric foreign
poncy waa nrst conceived; to the
president and to Welles' chief must
go much of the honor of the exe
cution. It will be recalled that the Buenos
Aires conference In 163a was the
occasion of the first tentative an
nouncement of hemispheric unity.
At Lima, by the shrewd negotiation
of Hull, this announcement waa
strengthened to a unanimous decla
ration against outside encroachment.
The declaration of Lima Included
a clause looking to lnter-Amerlcan
consultation In time of danger. On
the basis of this clause, the Panama
conference waa called as soon as war
broke out, and resulted In the still
stronger declaration of Panama.
Besides the lnter-Amerlcan neu
trality committee which will sit at
Rio. and the lnter-Amerlcan eco
nomic committee now anting In
I Washington. Panama also produced
the so-called "security eone.'' or
o.-miie oeif oi water arouna tne
hemisphere, off which the conferring
powers warned all belligerents. This
rone was an Idea of the president
and Wellee. At the time It waa very
badly explained.
Although the rdmlnlatratlon never
proposed to patrol more than our
own territorial waters, the impression
cot abroad that the navy had been
obligated to keep watch over the
coast of all South America. Fearing
repercussions In the flfiht to revise
the neutrality act. Secretary HuU
publlclv pUyed down the security
one. M.sxins It seem a p'an In
h!ch desire bad outrun capacity of
execution.
But the security gone la remem
bered by lu originators. If not by
the public. The Graf Spee was de
coyed to Its fate when It attacked
the French merchantman, Formosa,
off the Uruguayan coast. This was
the second of two clear Instances
In which the security zone warning
waa Ignored. The first occurred when
the British freighter Stonegate waa
sunk farther to the north, probably
also by the Spee.
These violations are now to be
the subject of consultation among
the powers which conferred at Pan
ama. The move to consult waa
spontaneous throughout the Amer
icas. Our atata department no longer
had to take the lead. Out of the
consultations. It Is expected, will
come a final warning to Germany.
The Germans will be threatened
with Immediate Internment of all
German warships or armed mer
chantmen putting Into American
porta. Other powers will be made
to understand that the same treat
ment awaits them, If they too Ignore
the security gone.
In times like these, there Is some
thing pretty stirring In common ac
tion, efficiently planned and wisely
executed by many natlona. The
administrations hemispheric pro
gram, until recently the butt of
ill-informed ridicule, might better
serve aa the text for a lecture on
sensible International dealing.
At the
National Capitol
With
John W. Kelly
(Continued from Pao One )
dustries generally, without one
agricultural product being bene
fitted. Secretary Hull wrote to Mc
nary that exports to Canada,
France and Britain are actually
large, not withstanding the cur
rency question, but neglected
to mention that the bulk of these
exports consist of war mater
ials, such as airplanes, airplane
engines, bombers and materials
they can purchase nowhere else
except in the United States,
while the allies are acquiring
their other supplies from their
colonies and the commonwealths
of the empire.
DIDN-T. Hull wrote, he place a
quota on Importation of furs
from Canada to protect the Amer
ican fur farmers? Wasn't that a
genuine modification?
Being prepared Is a brief which
win show the state department what
the depreciated currency of Canada
Is doing to the Pacific northwest
lumber situation. The grange and
other groups are also assembling
data and Senator McNary Is collect
ing statistics from the departments
of commerce and agriculture. He may
demonstrate that some of the cur
rent exports (cotton and tobacco)
are being subsidized by the Amer
ican taxpayers.
t
SECRETARY of the senate, Ed Hal
sey (personal guardian of every
togaman), has received word from
Washington's Homer Bone that the
latter will not be on hand when
the session opena January 3. Sena
tor Bone Is uncertain when he will
occupy his desk In the chamber.
Last summer Bone slipped on a
scatter rug. austalned a fracture to
his hip and haa been s hospital case
since then. The senator Is wearing
a mechanical contraption but It Is
a handicap to locomotion and sitting
In comfort. Spring may come before
the senator Is back on the Job.
RUMOR circulated among new
dealers la that Washington's
Schwellenbach will accept appoint
ment as federal district Judge in his
state, where there la a vacancy.
Schwellenbach can have the Job (for
life) If he wants It. This would
leave Washington state with one
senator Schwellenbach'a term ex
pires In January, 1M1 with the
vacancy to be filled by Governor
Clarence Martin. Speculation In the
L .tlonal capital la that Steve Chad
wlck la a possible appointee. Chad
wlck waa defeated by Bone for the
senate In 1933, then dropped out
of state politics and became national
commander of the American Legion.
(Chadwtcka grandfather was secre
tary of state and governor of Ore
gon.) JUST to keep the record straight:
That article In Time, news mag
azine, about Charles Llnza McNary.
of Salem. Ore., having breakfast with
President Roosevelt "sometime thrice
a week" where he la "constantly
counseled with." Just Isn't correct.
It haa been many a long day since
the Oregon senator had breakfast at
the White House and he called but
once (Time was correct saying he
used the side entrance) for a private
confab since the adjournment of
congress last August, and that was
when Mr. Roosevelt discussed some
thing more Important than politics.
Lesson In Manners
Paris. Tenn. OP) Worship
ers at First Presbyterian church
were astounded at a group of
young people who cracked
jokes, audibly, munched peanuts
and otherwise had a rousing
good time during service. It
wasn't lack of manners though.
The goober-eaters and Joke
crackers were Just doing their
part in a "clinic in worship."
Theirs was "the wrong way of
worship." Another group show
ed "the right way."
Untied Down
Nevada. Mo. i.-P Meet the
man whrt Hrwn't hliv hil
wife's place fs in the kitchen,
j He's Just been sued for divorce.
his wife alleging he made her
travel with him on his "freight i
I train bumming excursion." j
SCENIC AND BUSY
History of River Recalled
By Germans' Attempt To
Bottle Up Its Mouth.
Washington, D. C (Spl.)
Germany's attempt to close the
mouth of the Thames river with
mines and sunken ships would,
if effective, close to shipping
one of the world's busiest rivers.
For London is the second larg
est port in the world, annually
receiving shipments from nearly
30,000 vessels.
"About 160 miles long, the
Thames at its mouth is more
than five miles wide," says a
bulletin from headquarters of
the National Geographic society.
"It is about 750 feet wide at
London.
"Daily, 500 vessels pass
through the mouth of the
Thames. The port of London
receives and ships over its 1,700
wharves goods valued in excess
of $3,500,000,000 a year. It has
700 acres of enclosed dock water
and five miles of quays. The
docks extend 25 miles below
the city. In the era of the sail,
even without dredging, the
largest sea-going vessels could
sail directly up the Thames to
the London wharves.
"For centuries, the Thames
with its many tributaries has
furnished power for English
mills and industry. Huge ham
mers weighing two, three and
four hundred pounds were pow
ered by water, as were the great
metal cutters and the roaring
bellows behind blast furnaces
and forges.
"Liquid History"
"Aside from its economic im
portance to London and Eng
land, the river's popular appeal
is in its scenery and history.
It has been said that 'The
Thames is liquid history.' Up
and down the valley the tides
of war have ebbed and flowed,
as various forces advanced and
retired, Britons and Romans,
Saxons and Danes, Cavaliers
and Roundheads.
"It also has been called the
stream of pleasure, where Lon
don holiday throngs witness
boat races and join boating and
fishing parties. Its banks lure
bicyclists, hikers and painters.
When roads were fewer in Eng
land, the river was a great
thoroughfare. Many old river
side taverns still extend hospi
tality to wayfarers.
Venetian Avenue)
"It was once a Venetian ave
nue of London itself, affording
easy passage to Southward, to
Shakespeare's Globe and other
theaters on its banks. Stairs led
from the ends of streets to boat
landings.
"More than 3,000 boatmen
with at least 2,000 craft were
the taxis of a coachless London
in the days of Good Queen Bess,
when members of the house of
lords and house of commons
were rowed to Westminster and
the parliament, or just about
town.
"Great parades of barges
once passed up and down the
Thames. Castles along the shore
and the Tower of London had
their water gates: and the man
sions of the nobility had flower
gardens extending to the river
bank."
FEDERATED RULE
Swarthmore, Pa. (U.R) The
Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom has a
plan which it believes will pro
vide "a permanent solution" to
the problem of war.
The league's proposal em
bodies a conference of neutral
nations, a call for an immediate
truce in present conflicts and
the eventual establishment of a
federated world government.
Neutral nations would partic
ipate in a continuous confer
ence and would offer their
"good offices" for mediation of
warring powers, according to
the plan.
William I. Hull of Swarth
more college, noted pacifist and
peace worker, whose death No
vember 14 ended a career of
life-long devotion to the cause
of peace, constructed the peace
proposal.
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CHRISTMAS
SEALS
woTtcr
A YOU HO
naA.osis t
They Inform the public cencernine
tuberculoiia through talks, leaflets,
motion pictures and every means
f communication.
Flight 0' Time
Medford nd iacssoo County
History from the flies ol the
Mall Trlbpne 10 and to years
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TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
December 20, 1929.
(It was Thursday.)
Pacific highway near Eugene
under water, as flood threaten!
Willamette valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Vilas are
the parents of twins born in a
Portland hospital last Tuesday.
Christmas mail arrives at
postoff ice, and clerks work over
time. Colder weather predicted for
city and valley coming week.
Radio beacon to be installed
at airport at once.
Dr. George F. Dean is named
president of the Fruitgrowers
league.
Mayor Pipes issues letter urg
ing parents to instruct children
to obey the curfew law.
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY
December 20, 1919.
(It was Saturday.)
Oil tanker J. A. Chanslor
strikes a reef near Bandon, Ore.,
and 47 aboard perish.
Victor Berger, Socialist can
didate for congress from Wis
consin, is re-elected.
House passes bill calling for
deportation of all aliens belong
ing to an anarchistic organiz
ation. Chinook wind blows over
valley and melts snow, before
citizens can obey Mayor Gates'
warning to shovel walks. ,
Due to the heating system
being out of commission, there
will be no services at the Epis
copal church tomorrow.
Communications
Wants "A Night of Light"
To the editor:
Mr. MacFadden, publisher of
Liberty Magazine, has sent the
following telegram to the presi
dent, the governor of every
state and to the mayors of all
the important cities throughout
the country:
As America's answer to the
blackout threatening the
world a blackout of freedom
as well as light will you
proclaim Christmas eve a
"Night of Light," calling on
citizens to keep every room
of every home and building
fully lighted with blinds wide
open from dusk to midnight?
I believe this symbolic action
making this night brighter
thaD any we have ever ex
perienced would dramatically
contrast America's freedom to
the darkness which enshrouds
not only Europe's cities but
her democratic institutions
and would recharge our de
termination to keep America
beyond the reach of foreign
"isms." As an American citi
zen, I am sending this sug
gestion to you, Mr. President,
also to every governor, to
many mayors. I believe that
citizens will spontaneously
respond and that America's
"Night of Light" will be big
ger, more significant news
in nations where news can
still be circulated than any
blackout.
Won't you and your family
join in this demonstration of our
freedom? Whether you can
floodlight a factory, house,
apartment or light but a single
lamp, will you light your lights
on Christmas eve?
And will you do one thing
more: Will you go outside and
see the lights your fellow citi
zens have lighted? And as you
stand there, will you think
what all the lights you see this
Christmas eve are signalling:
America is not blacked out.
It remains the land of liberty
and light. The lamps are going
on all over America: We will
not see them dimmed in our
lifetime.
Will you light them Christ
mas eve?
Joseph M. Dooher,
Pacific Coast Manager of
Liberty, 1659 Russ Bldg.,
San Francisco.
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wearing car muffs, despite de
lightful weather. "How come?"
queried the host. "So I won't
have to listen to all (he lli.s vou
are going to tell about kililng
that elk." said the guest.
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