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FRIDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1960
Pope Calls on Catholics
To Fight 'Diabolical
Conspiracy Against Truth'
Vatican City - IUPD - Pope John XXIII, 79, called on
the world's Roman Catholics tonight to fight what he called
a "diabolical conspiracy against truth" being carried out
through all forms of art and mass communications media.
in face of the open or covert treason of this Christian
Ideal, our heart cannot restrain its anguish and our voice
hakes," the Pope said in a sad but confident Christmas
message to the world.
The pontiff's 5,500-word address was broadcast around
the globe by the powerful Vatican Radio and by a link-up
of national stations in other countries.
It was devoted for the most part to the theme of "truth"
-divine revelation and doctrine as preached by the Roman
Catholic Church.
Against this truth, the Pope said, a current of modern
thought is raising an "antidecalogue"-the opposite of God's
Ten Commandments - encouraging man to kill, to commit
adultery, to steal and to bear false witness.
Pope John did not at any point refer specifically to Com
munism, and his remarks seemed to be of a general nature
rather than aimed at any one group.
Despite his stern warning, the Pope made it clear he was
; confident of the final outcome of the struggle between
"truth" and its "travesty." .
Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Milwaukee, Wis. Rep. Henry S. Reuss, (D-Wis.), on the
election of a sponsor for the telecast of the presidential
Inauguration:
"If we are going to have a commercial sponsor for this
milestone in this history of democracy, I submit that beer is
as appropriate a product at any.
Norfolk, Va. The wife of John Richart, on learning that
her husband had decided to remain alone aboard the broken
tanker Pine Ridge:
"I didn't think he would do it. He's a good man."
New York Gen. Douglas MacArthur, on why he chose
to answer forme? President Truman's allegation that Mac
Arthur wanted to use the atom bomb in the Korean conflict:
"I do to only to prevent a complete prevarication oi hit'
tory designed to cover up Mr. Truman's past failures."
San Quentin, Calif. Gov. Edmund G. Brown's press sec
retary, on the accidental sending of a Christmas card signed
by the governor to a young killer sentenced to die in the
gas chamber:
"It's a tragic mistake."
Living Cost Again
Hits Record High
Washington -(UPtt- The cost
of living edged up slightly in
' November to another record
: high, the government reported
; today. It marked the ninth
! time this year that record
levels were set.
Price increases for some
; foods, movie admissions, and
hospitalization insurance
pushed up the Labor Depart
: ment's consumer price index
: by one-tenth of 1 per cent, the
. report showed.
, . The November index read
: Ing of 127.4 was up 1.4 per
; cent from a year earlier. It
I was the ninth time in 11
'. months this year the index has
. gone up. Once it declined and
". once it held steady.
1 Some Declines
Although the over-all move
! ment was up, there were No
" vember price declines for sev
; erai items. These included
'. clothing, new houses, medi
; cine and some fresh foods.
The department said that
! on the basis of the November
index, 225,000 workers would
get wage increases. Their pay
rate is tied to the index by
cost-of-living clauses in their
contracts.
Most of the workers, chief
ly employees in meatpacking
and aircraft and missile manu
facturing, are to get wage in
creases of two cents an hour
About 10,000 scattered
metal workers will get three
cents more. Other employees
in aircraft and other lines will
get a one-cent increase.
Eight Cent Boost
Another 25,000 employees
of retail foodstores in Los An
geles county who are repre
sented by the Retail Clerks
International Union are sched'
uled to get a pay boost of
eight cents an hour. This is
their first living cost adjust
ment in two years, the depart
ment said.
A cut in the average fac
tory work week trimmed the
weekly take-home pay of the
average factory worker with
8
Small Worlds
Around Us
By Lynn M. Watkint
Mankind's Inventions
Important - But None
Equals Miracles of Nature
When you sat down to
breakfast this morning did
you wonder or consider just
where that food came from?
The eggs you ate, the toast,
the cereal, even the coffee
you drank, all came from
mother earth. The bacon,
crisp or limp, depending on
your individual preference,
was produced by the chem
istry of a living creature that
ate materials which grow in
the soil. The breakfast food,
the coffee beans, the cream
you poured in your coffee,
the sugar that sweetened it,
the fruit juice, the jelly or
preserves you spread on your
toast, all came from that one
place. Not from the grocery
store, the dairy, the mill -
those places were merely dis
tributing points but from
the earth itself.
Provident Nature
Could you honestly sit at
linen-covered table in
fashionable restaurant and
treat your taste-buds to the
delicious, tingling delight of
a T-bone steak without mar
veling at the foresight of a
provident Nature that made
all these things possible?
There are those uninform
ed and unthinking individuals
who vehemently and stupidly
maintain that . Nature plays
no part in their lives. That
the birds and bees, the flow
ers and the plants, the soil
and the sun, are only non
essential things having no ac
tual bearing on business, prof
its, or commerce.
For the Birds'
"Nature," says the stupid
man, is for the birds. He
may add, "My business is real
estate, manufacturing, com
merce; banking (or any num
ber of other things) all con
cerned with business. I have
no time for the birds and
bees routine. I make automo
biles, aspirin tablets, ma
chines that lighten house
work, or simplify living it
self. Nature is for the crack
pots, and the time-wasters."
Sure, machines that spin
yard to keep us warm, cars
to carry us from place to
place, guided missiles to ex
plore, outer space all are im
portant to some degree, but
not a single one of them sus
tains the human machine.
They all assist in making life
easier, but there is not a
miracle in the lot.
All mankind's inventions
combined can hardly equal
in importance, a blade of
grass, an ear of corn, an apple
or an orange. The combined
knowledge an .inventive geni
us of all the people on this
earth cannot make a loaf of
bread without the grain that
grew from the good earth.
Neither can they make a bean,
an apple or a cabbage. Man,
and all his inventiveness has
never made a single article
that he, or a monkey or a
mouse can eat - and we stu
pidly say "Nature has no
meaning for me."
(Released by The Register
and Tribune Syndicate, 1960
Talents of Messenger Service
Taxed at Christmas Holidays
By HENRY J. BECHTOLD
' UPI Financial Editor
New York (UPD - Messenger
services are continually ful
filling unusual requests for
their customers but their tal
ents are really taxed around
the Christmas
holidays.
Mercury
Service Sys
tems, Inc., has
had a fair
share of these
orders, and
proudly notes
that it accom-
Henry BechtoK plished them
a".
Several business firms each
year ask Mercury to deliver
business gifts with the mes
sengers garbed in Santa Claus
suits. In an out-of-season
switch, one firm last year had
the Mercury messenger
dressed in a rabbit costume to
promote his upcoming line of
clothes for Easter.
A national magazine once
asked ' Mercury to deliver
Christmas gifts to advertising
agency space buyers with
messengers outfitted in space
suits.
Probably the most unusual
order came from a wealthy
dowager who requested a
Mercury messenger dressed as
Santa Claus to walk her two
beribboned pomeranians down
Fifth avenue in New York to
give them "a touch of the
Christmas spirit."
Of course this is only the
lighter side of a very profit
able business that started 22
years ago as a one man oper
ation. The one man was An
ton J. Roper, president of
Mercury.
Largest in World
Mercury is one of 90 mes
senger services in New York
City but Roper said it is the
largest in the world, it now
has 300 foot messengers; af
filiates throughout this and
other countries: operates a
Heet of small trucxs for "im
mediate trucking;" is the of
ficial ground carrier with
radio-equipped trucks for
freight in New York; and
operates a helicopter-ground
delivery service in coordina
tion with New York Airways.
The company grossed about
$1.5 million this year, 7 per
cent ahead of 1959, but Roper
said this was one of the smal
lest year-to-year increases on
the company s books. It us
ually runs about 12 per cent,
and he blamed the slowdown
in the economy for the dip.
He explained that an adjust
ment or recession period that
the business world has been
going through brings about
much cost-cutting in most
firms, and messenger service
sometimes is included in these
cuts.
Early Upturn Seen
However, the Mercury exec
utive looks for the messenger
business to start rolling again
in February or March, much
earlier than the experts ex
pect the economy to get back
on the uptrack. He said that
by then the new administra
tion should have given some
indications of what it plans
to do for the economy, help
ing the indecision now en
veloping businessmen.
Roper said his firm's suc
cess lias been made from the
following ingredients: Ener
gy, imagination, patience, in
dustriousncss, and a pleasing
personality. But, he noted
that these ingredients do not
spell success unless opportuni
ties are sought to put them to
work.
Mercury has a staff of a
dozen men who continually
call on businessmen to show
them how they can save mon
ey by hiring messenger serv
ice. Looking ahead, Roper said
his firm is continually seek
ing acquisitions because there
will come a day when acceier
ated expansion will be neces
sary to meet increased de
mand, "and Mercury wants
to be prepared."
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habits " of Lake Michigan
perch and came up with the
prediction that it would be
a mild winter. Newsmen de
cided to ask him Thursday to
explain the - sub-zero cold
wave which gripped the area
in the wake of a deep snow
fall. tThey were told he al
ready had left for a cruise in
the Caribbean.
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