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If anyone is going to lay a cornerstone in 1950, I would suggest
he seal up the following items for the benefit of the folks in 2050.
dullish read
1. A COPY of The Congressional Record. It
I'. will
..." make
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ing, I grant you, but it will prove that our legislators could get up on their
hind legs and sound off on anything from the price of asparagus to the
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plight of the Zuni Indians. And if what’s happening in Europe or Asia is
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the shape of things to come, it will undoubtedly interest our descendants to
knew that there once was a time when a legally elected representative
could shoot off his face without being shot an hour later.
2. A 820 GOLD PIECE. At the
rate we’re going, by 2050 a pound Communist could paint as he
of butter may be
pleased.
worth more than
Have you heard of the new owner of the valuable dog who felt he a pound of print
10. A COVER of TI.ME magazine
—the one with the picture of Mark
should have only the best?
ed money, and
III, the electronic computing ma
The story is told that first of all an architect was called In to design there’i no telling
chine developed at Harvard. Also
the best dog house In all of the world. Automatic doors, steam heat, deep how much the
Advertising 45c column inch. Political Advertising 75c Inch.
Let The Young People Speak
upholstery were all in the order of the day. Long and last the project was
completed and then It was discovered. After the dog house was built the
master discovered the dog refused to use it.
While such a story may seem humorous about a dog it would take on
a decided serious not«- If the subject were young jH-ople.
Perhaps it should serve as some type of reminder if we wish to design
a youth program, recreation hall or what ever, to call in some expert con
sultation. Namely, the young folk for which the thing Is being designed.
Perhaps we should change our position from standing behind the young
people and stand beside them. Their wisdom and judgment may come as a
surprise to some.
Point Of No Return
On every I num-oceanic flight there is a mark oil the flight chart called
"point of no return”.
It is that point in flight when fuel limitation will not allow the ship to
return to land but demands that the flight continue to its destination.
When mechanical difficulties threaten or other flight hazards arise the
pilots must turn buck toward their buse before they reach this |x>lnt of no
return. To determine this point Is simply a mathematical calibration.
.It is more difficult to make such u fixation in world affairs but of no
less importance. If there has ever been a need to find a pathway to world
peace it is now.
When our national secretary of defense announeed this week of power-
ful new weapons that will stand us in good stead with any would-be ag
gressor such re-asaurance Is hardly of lasting quality. Who will be naive
enough to believe that an armament race will lead to peace, or that some
magic weapon will make us victorious in event of another conflict. Should
we not know by now the unaccountable cost in human life and suffering.
Will death leave us with such shortened memories?
It Is a question of how far we may travel on our present course before
it is loo late to turn back. No one will suggest isolationism, but se<-ds of
aggression can never reap it harvest of peace. Peace will be obtained with
| mwc efforts.
Surely a reasonable observation of our world chart would indicate our
nearness to that “point of no return". At any cost peace is worth the price.
Some Words of Abe Lincoln (1864) To the 1950 Republicans
"The world has never had a good
definition of the word liberty, and the
American people, just now, are much
in want of one. We all declare for
liberty; but In using the same word
we do not all mean the same thing.
With some the word liberty may
mean for each man to do as he
pleases with himself and the product
of his labor; while with others the
same word may mean for some men
to do as they please with other men,
and the product of other men’s labor.
Here are two, not only different, but
incompatible things, called by the
same name, liberty. And it follows
that each of the things is. by the re
spective parties, called by two dif-
lucky finder may
be able to buy
with 20 bucks
worth of the yel
low stuff.
3. A PAYCHECK,
Billy Rose
complete with stub
showing all tax deduction It's my
hunch that it will amaze the folks
of the future to realize that back in
1950 a guy did have a few bucks
left after the government was
through with him.
4. A COPY of the New York
classified telephone directory to
show how enterprising 8,000,000 peo
ple used to be when their enter
prise was really free and frolic
some.
3. A G-string and a length of
cord used in a lynching—two ex
amples of what the 20th Century
was capable of doing when given
enough rope.
6. A PHONOGRAPH record of
“Mule Train,” with Frankie Laine’s
whip alongside it. The song won't
make much sense, but I’ll bet a
cup of uranium it’ll whistle better
than the Concertos to Collectivist
Agrarianism which future Shostako
viches will compose.
7. A COPY of James Thurber’s
“Is Sex Necessary?” to show the
kinds of questions we are asking
ourselves. And a copy of the Kinsey
Report to show the kinds of answers
we are getting.
8. A TOY BALLOON filled with
hydrogen to prove that this destruc
tive gas was once used in the pub
lic interest.
9. A PRINT by Picasso. This cul
tural left-over may amuse our 21st
century friends, and if it doesn’t it
will at least teach them that there
once were countries where even a
the accompanying article suggest
ing, on the basis of Prof. Norbert
Wiener’s new science of cybernet
ics, that the world may eventually
be ruled by this machine’s off
spring, since the machine’s brains
are getting larger and larger while
man's brains are getting smaller
and smaller. It will probably
startle the cellar-dwellers of 2050 to
learn that there was a time when
people were only thinking of the
machines taking over.
11. A SNAPSHOT of the immi-
gration buildings on Ellis Island
Generations hence, people may be
curious to know what the island
was used for, because by then it will
probably be a launching platform
for robot missiles, and similar
knick-knacks. Next to the snapshot,
an 8-by-10 glossy of the new U. N
building on First avenue, wrapped
in a copy of the song hit, “But
Can Dream, Can’t I?”
12. An architect’s model ol a
toting booth. And with it, instruc
tions on bow you can pull a lever
and vote a straight ticket, or flip
off any candidate you don't like
and flip on the one you favor for a
particular office.
I’d take it kindly if the man lay
ing the cornerstone were to make
certain that the curtain is on the
model — that bit of cloth which
makes it possible for one to vote
without a cop peeking over his
shoulder. This little curtain, I sus
pect, is darn near the most import
ant piece of equipment we have in
1950, and judging from what’s hap
pening to it elsewhere in the world,
it may be as rare as the dodo by
the time another cybernetic cen
tury rolls around.
ferent and incompatible names -lib
erty and tyranny.
"The shepard drives the wolf from
the sheep's throat, for which the sheep
thanks the shepard as his liberator,
while the wolf denounces him for the
same act, as the destroyer of liberty,
especially as the sheep was a black
one. Plainly the sheep and the wolf
are not agreed upon a definition of
the word liberty; and precisely the
same difference prevails today among
us human creatures, even in the
North, and all professing to love
liberty."
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About 400 parents and friends
tended the Play Parade of the North
west given by the 8th grade at the
Detroit school auditorium Saturday
night, April 22. The Pagaent was
directed by Mrs. John Ray.
The story of the settling of the west
was told by folk songs and choral
poetry. Characters included Indians,
pioneers,
prospectors,
gamblers,
tramps, Paul Bunyan and the James
brothers. The pioneers were called
onto the stage by an old wagon train
horn and the call of ’Himber” brought
on the loggers.
The story was brought up to date
by modern fishermen, 4-H boys and
girls and the Kitchen Kadettes.
About 90 children took part, dressed
in appropriate costumes.
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From where I sit... ¿y Joe Marsh
His Punch
is His Signature
Was on the train up to Central
City th« other day and when the
conductor came around, I asked
him why their ticket punches make
such odd-shaped holes in the ticket.
“Every conductor in the country
has a different design for his
punch,” he tells me. "Some even
show up a fellow’s preferences.
Now take mine. The hole it makes
looks like a beer goblet.”
Sure enough! Then he went on
to say that the punch is just like
the conductor's signature. Makes it
easy to trace tickets ... to check up
If something happens.
From where I sit, even though
your ticket is punched differently
from mine, it still gets you where
you’re going. Just like people with
their opinions. You might like cof
fee, another person, tea—and I’ll
settle for a temperate glass of
beer. But what does it matter, so
long as we respect the right of the
other to have tastes and opinions?
We’re all trying to go in the same
direction — towards a friendlier,
more pleasant world for all of us.
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[ditor’s Letter Box:
Letter to the Editor:
Dear Editor: I have been following
your editorials rather closely, agree
ing with some and disagreeing with
others.
I shall be honest in saying that I
felt for some time that your view
point on unionization was not com
plete. However, if confession is good
for the soul this should be of some
value to me. After some investiga
tion on my part I fail to see any
real reason why the Gates and De
troit school boards do not call for
an election to determine the senti-
ments of the people.
If the people down at ttili City
have voted for it and if we would
also vote for it then nothing should
stop us from having that new school.
Maybe you could say something In
your paper to encourage such an elec
tion in Gates and Detroit. At least
as one taxpayer. I should favor such
a move Mr Shepherd.
Friday Ö-Saturday Specials
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Play Parade Pagent
Draws Detroit Crowd
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DON PETER8ON, Publisher
TOM COURTNEY JR , Editor
Recently the Republican party has,
for the first time, begun to produce
prolifically. Within a year the script
writers for that party have produced
one slogan after another, all on the
general assumption that the Amer
ican people will be swept into the
GOP parade if that party can produce
a catchy slogan.
After the “Welfare State" shib
boleth boomeranged a few months
back, the copy boys came up with
the current bromide "Liberty Against
Socialism". Back in April 1864, the
first Republican President, the only
liberal Republican President in his
tory, had the following to say about
“liberty" in a speech at Baltimore:
April 87, 1950
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Rev. E. F. Lee will be the speaker
at the 11 am service at the Free
Methodist church this Sunday, L. O.
Gould, pastor announced.
The communion of the Lord s Sup
per will be observed at the close of
the senice. The regular monthly
business meeting of the W. M S. will
be held at the parsonage Tuesday,
May 2. All members are urged to be
present and friends are invited
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