The Cedarville Herald, Volume 72, Numbers 1-26

'SSsmrm The Cedarville Herald A Republican Newspaper Published Every Friday by THURMAN MILLER. JR. Entered as second class mattes October 31, 1887 at the Postof­ fice at Cedarville, Ohio, under A ct o f Congress o f March 1879. Member—National Editorial As­ sociation; Ohio Newspaper Asso­ ciation; Miami Valley Press As­ sociation. Editorial 4-H CLUB WEEK This is 4-H Club Week in Ohio, by proclamation o f the govern­ or. The count shows over 60,0UU members o f the practical, busi­ ness-like, heart-and-soul youth­ fu l organization. No single idea has produced a more salutory effect on farming and rural life, and on the country in general, than the 4-H Club movement. In Greene 4-H is considered second to no group in effectiveness m molding character and in pract­ ical training. Congratulatons, 4-H Club members, on the success you are making. We all share in the honor that is yours this week. ALWAYS FIND OUT Every town should have a cen­ tral information bureau to pro­ tect citizens against fake ped- dlars. There should he some au­ thority whom everybody could call—and always—before doing business with any unknown per­ son. Cities have what they call Better Business bureaus to serve the public this way. Many towns credentials before soliciting either sales or service in a com­ munity. Our town should have a rigid rule like that, and every­ body should support it. LOWER TAXES Taxes, inevitable and eternal, hut a free country’s way of do­ ing business fir itself, are lower in Greene county. We think it is remarkable that rising costs and higher wages everywhere the budget commission could whittle some of the sharp corners o ff the tax burden on the people. Next thing is getting them paid by the March 31 deadline. SHE SCOLDED HIM We knew it! Before the papers came out, telling that Mrs. Tru­ man had scolded the president for saying naughty words about the columnist we could hear her saying, “ Why, Harry! What did you mean saying that! I'm a- shamed of you!” So were the rest o f us, Bess. CAR OF TOMORROW The manufacturers’ greatest treat Fox all of us men folk Would be for every car’s back­ seat An automatic cbokel PROMOTION It is announced that Methodists over the world have established a new chur'ch of that denomination at the rate o f one a day for four years. Methodists from the days o f the Wesleys have Veen promot­ ers as well as worshipers. They set the world, especitlly America, a fine example of the one big el­ ement in life—growth. A NEW STAMP A proposed new postage stamp will commemorate P. T. Barn- urn, the circus man, who said “ a sucker is born every minute.” It must; be remembered that Barn- urn belonged to the horse-and- buggy age and with jet propul­ sion and birthrate o f suckers has kept pace with other things. A lot of folks besides Barnum he used in the background o f the stamp very fittingly. OUR SORROW IS DEEP Harold Ickes has dropped his newspaper column and will de­ vote his time to writing his mem­ oirs. Not being privleged to read that guy’s newspaper col­ umn is a real saerafice, hut we will make a noble effort to hear up under the grief until his mem­ oirs come out,when we hope we are too busy reading ad proof to know about it. AT LEAST ONE ACT The president should give the 81st congress credit fo r at least one act that he approves—it raised his salary. CRADLE-TO-GRAVE In adding some twenty mil­ lion more folks to the list of gov­ ernment beneficiaries the pres­ ident is heading directly to­ wards cradle-to-the-grave dole •system, as un-Amercan as it is impossible. March tried to come in like a lion, but January and February had tamed him until he was right . gentle. When a miscreant or a traitor says he is sorry fo r what he has done he means he is sorry that' he got caught at it. . , 3% as. m m a I- 8CRIPTCKE: Mark 5; 8:31-44; Luke 7:18^23: 19:1-10. DEVOTIONAL READING: Matthew 25:3446. i God's Signature Lesson for March 13, 1949 CHURCHILL AGAIN They say that President Tru­ man and Britain’s Churchill will discuss problems when they get together in Boston. Want to bet who does the best job o f talking. THIS MAKES SENSE The Hoover- commission to sug­ gest reorganization o f the gov­ ernment says that the govern­ ment’s financial policy should be in perfect harmony with the country’s business policy. What! No hollerin’ against Wall Street and the money barons} l GOING TO THE COUNTRY The president threatens to “ go to the country” with his problem o f making .the 81st congress do what he wants it to do. Why not let Drew Pearson handle it. He could (S)ound (O)ut (B)usiness! FUNNY, ISN’T IT? The more labor studies the Taft-Hartley law the more it finds it contains the previsions it insists on1having in a labor law. It’s a case o f having been told what to think. I N A STRANGE city you may sud­ denly need to he identified. Some suspicious clerk wants to know if your signature is genuine. Jt is a fair challenge, fer too many liars are in circulation. Je­ sus himself had to f u r n i s h identifi­ cation. Na less a person than his old friend J o h n the: Baptizer had grown j uneasy. A r e you ] the One we are I looking for,” he in- u r> Foreman quired, “ or shall we look for some one else?” Jesus' answer to John was not to discuss the theology cf the Incarnation, or anything of that sort. He just went about his usual day’ s work. In the course of that day he cured a good many sick people, and preached to some very poor people. “Now go back," he said, “ go back and tell John what you have seen and heard." What those men saw that day was what Jesus at another time called the “ finger of God,” the genuine divine signature. Jesus wrote no book, no let­ ters even; he wrote in action, and his acts were the handwrit­ ing of God. It is important to see where Jesus underscored that writing. It is true, his heal­ ings were what we call mira­ cles. But Jesus did not even mention that feature. What he asked John to notice was simply this: the blind see, the lame walk; lepers are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and (as a climax!) the poor hear good news. The signature of God, in short, is not sheer power; it is using what power one has, to help people in trouble. That was the sort of per­ son^Jesus was. , „ * *- * Not By Bread Alone T HE EXPRESSION, “needy peo­ ple,” nowadays suggests people who haven’ t enough to eat or wear. Jesus helped such persons; but he knew well that men’s needs go be­ yond well-cared-for bodies. There was the poor man from the grave yard, -for example,—he was happy enough. He didn’ t want clothes, and he was strong enough to steal all the food he could eat. All he wanted, in fact, was to be let alone. But Jesus knew that what he need­ ed above all was a sane mind, a mind no longer run over and tramp­ led by a regiment of devils. When Jesus got through with him he was clothed; but that was not the best part of it. He was in his right mind. So God’ s signature is not only written in a sound body, it is in the sound mind. Again, at Jer­ icho when Jesus invited himself to dinner with that pint-sized tycoon, Zacchaeus, Jesus did not go just for the meal. He went because he knew that Zacchaeus needed some­ thing. We do know that after dinner Zacchaeus was a changed man. He was going to give hack every dishonest penny, with Interest; and since he coaid not locate every one he had cheated, he was going to: give away half of. his holdings for the benefit of the poor. What Jericho needed was a new administration, an honest one; they needed slum clearance; and Zac­ chaeus was going to give it to them. But first of all Zacchaeus had need­ ed a new heart—and Jesus gave him that. Again it was the gen- uine^ignature cf God. * * » We Too A LL AROUND us is a troubled world. Some men, seeing it, infer there is no God. Others con­ clude that if there is one, he must be bad or weak. The truth is that the signature of God is not to be found in the evil and the confusion of the world. It is to be seen wher­ ever freedom is standing against slavery, wherever truth is pushing back ignorance, where diseased bod­ ies are being healed, where sanity replaces madness. More people would believe in God if they could see more of the handwriting of God. Do you want to help? We cannot always do things as simply as Jesus ,dyL Curing the diseased is not for a simple mat­ ter of sayingf Be well. ^ Christian woman, distressed by what she had learned of the plight of the insane in her backward state, was asking the head of the State hospital (him­ self a church officer), “ What can we Christians do?” "Get behind the legislature,” he said. ,(Copyright by the International Coun­ cil ol Religious Education on behalf of 40 Protestant denominations. Released by WNU Features.) CLARENCE J. BROWN Write* With a Buckeye In Congress % Last week the Truman Admin­ istration for the first time offi­ cially recognized the decline in business activity, which has been apparent to many observers for the last two or, three, months* when .the-Federal .Reserve, Bank issued ..orders ;easni>g installment credit. Under the.,new o r d e r , which had gone forth to all Fed­ eral Reserve Banks, in an at­ tempt to stimulate business activ­ ity, those who wish to make pur­ chases on the installment plan can now obtajn 21 months credit! Previously, under famous Regu­ lation W, on ,a purchase o f over one thousand dollars credit could be obtained, fo r only 18 months, and fo r only 15 months on pur- shases o f under one thousand dol­ lars. The new order also reduces from 20 per cent to 15 per cent the down payment which must be made on purihases o f less than one thousand dollars, President Truman’s entire leg­ islative program is running into the President's recent campaign difficulties in the Democratic- controlled 81st Congress. During promises were m a d e that the Taft-Hartley Act Would be re­ pealed and the old Wagner Act substituted therefor within thirty days after Congress met. In the Senate the Committee on Labor has concluded it’s public hearings, but there seems little likelihood it will report any labor legisla­ tion before April pr May. On the House side the Committee on La­ bor and Education, which haa been considered pro-labor, de­ feated 16 to 9 a motion to report a bill to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act. It now appears probable the 81st Congress will not repeal many—if any—o f the important provisions o f the Taft-Hartley Act. While the labor law may be given a new name, any changes in it will probably be only minor ones. As this column is written the filibuster being conducted in the Senate by Southern legislators opposed to the President’s Civil Rights Program, still continues with, the final result very much in doubt. While Civil Rights leg­ islation is the direct cause pf the filibuster, other issues, such as the hundred and fifty year old right o f unlimited debate in the Senate, are also involved. As a i-esult a number o f the Members who actually favor the President’s Civil Rights Program may vote against the Administration’s at­ tempt to end the filibuster. As the debate goes on both the Presi­ dent and the Southern group be­ come determined, tempers flare higher and higher, and the split in the Democratic Party grows wider and wider. The old perennial legislative fight between oleomargarine in­ terests and the dairy farmers of the nation again has the center o f the stage in “the House Com­ mittee on AeviciUtu»^Ii#36*gewe the House passed legTslation^to repeal all taxes and restriction^ on the manufacture and sale of oleomargarine, hut the Senate failed to act. This year the dairy interests are not opposing elimi­ nation of the tax.on oleo but are centering their efforts on pre­ venting the sale o f oleomargarine that is colored yellow in imita­ tion of butter. The dairy farmers insist that such a prohibition is necessary to protect the public tion and use o f oleomargarine in against the illegal sale, substitu- on its own merits on the market a butter substitute, should stand place o f butter, and that oleo, as under its natural color or under some other color different from butter. There is a great deal p f criti-. cism o f the 5th Semi-annual" Re­ port of the Atomic Energy Com­ mission—a 213 page document re­ leased last week. The report is illustrated with many photo­ graphs and charts which give in­ formation of, the utmost value to any enemy air force which might be interested in bombing our a- tomic energy plants. Eeven Presi­ dent Truman is reported as hav­ ing “blown his top” oyer the mak­ ing public of this information which has been guarded so close­ ly as a national secret in the past. The giant U. S, Air Forces bomber which circled the earth last week in a little over 96 hours has caused a great deal of dis­ cussion here in Washington. It proves beyond question that mod­ ern bombers can now reach ,any spot on earth in 48 hours or less. And incidently, it should be re­ membered that what our bombers can now do, those o f other nations will be able to do within a very short time. James V. Forrestal, the last hold-over frpm the Roosevelt Ad­ ministration to be servjng in the Truman Cabinet, resigned as Sec­ retary o f National Defense last week, effective March 31st. For­ restal came to Washington in 1940 as an administrative assis­ tant to President Roosevelt, was later named Undersecretary of the Navy, and in 1944 was ap­ pointed Secretary of the Navy to succeed Colonel Frank Knox, who died in office. Since the Armed Services were unified and the Na­ tional Defense establishment cre­ ated in 1947, Mr. Forrestal has served as Secretary o f Defense. He will be succeeded by Louis Johnson o f Clarksburg, West Vir­ ginia, who for a while was Under­ secretary o f War during one o f the Roosevelt Administrations. In 1948 he was the chief money- raiser fo r the Truman campaign. !Lpst- week the Republican Pol- icj^ Committee o f the House un­ animously Voted f o push for pass­ age o f the bill by Republican Floor Leader Martin o f Massa­ chusetts to repeal war-#me ex­ cise taxes. I f enacted, the measure will eliminate some excise taxes entirely and reduce others to pre­ war rates. Taxes on telephone, telegraph, and transformation services, cosmetics, luggage, fura and inany other items would be materially- reduced or abolishc The annual tax saving to the m' lfc under the provisions o f J Martin Bill would total e i g hundred trillion dollars. Ohio turkey, growers^met annual convention in Columb last week.; * FarmOutlookBright ForComing5Years U. S, Economists Show Optimism in Forecasts , Hi spite o f some recent declines- L° in farm priced, agricultural fecoa- r<l * omists of the U. S. department | ( { ' I l agriculture took an optimistic'point’ of view at their recent outlook qpn-, ference In Washington, D. Q. Lt the past, these economists have, confined their .estimates of the out-’ look tith e coming 12 months. This' time they tried' to look five years -? ahead. And, ;they decided - that"' ~ things look fair]y good for the 'farm-!1 c r ’for that long. Cf, course, they made two basic, assumptions that some people Still are a little doubtful about^tbat a ) stable peace will be established, and, - ,* . ,« • «... . J' ’ . , <1« that there will serious TEe- CeHarville, "O'. HeralU Lowell Fress Writes from the au ium it saagaaEagj^ B i We in the House have passed ten unimportant acts or amend­ ments to existing laws which are now in the senate for considerat­ ion. The anticipated “fuss” over authorizating a Calendar Com­ mittee which a great many of us expected to break on the assump­ tion' that Cuyahoga and Hamil­ ton counties could fight for mem­ bership on this very important committee, failed to materialize, and this failure caused the Rules Committee to become the Calen­ dar Committee. The first result o f this action has been the post­ ponement o f the FEPC bill, de­ ferring it from this week until some future time as the Rules Committee decides. Our work has been mostly in* committee hearings, this week. H. B. 274, which concerns class­ ification of ethical— insurance business practices and which was opposed in particular by General Motors agencies, resulted in the recommendation fo r passage by this committee by unanimous vote which, was a surprise vote con­ sidering the. controversial nature America’ s economic boom con­ tinues as baying power outpaces prices. pression. If time should prove them wrong about one of the two, the’ effect may be drastic. • And they’ ’ hasten to-point out that these are" assumptions, not predictions. They then go on to point, out that the population will increase be -. tween one and two million persons . a year until 1952; that industrial,; output per worker will increase,,; ° f the legislation, and that^yields per acre;, and pev.^ • The Taxation. Committee' held .unit yMtaMMjPspio Tuesd&ynand'Wednes- increase. * : ’ > -day .mornings considering the High Mcomes for industrial v/ork-.{ sSix^ bills proposing- legislation ers will mean a steady-market for j foodstuffs and clothing. High yield ’ per worker might mean more stable prices for industrial goods.‘ Higher yields per acre and per an- Imal unit will mean more economi-' cal production for the farmer. 1 AIL In all, this shapes up to just about the kind of five-year period that the farmers themselves would like to enjoy. High production at fair prices, means a break for pro­ ducers and consumers — a square deal for both. answer given by one group, and that solution raises the question of where to begin and where to stop. A percentage of our people appear to be willing to accept public housing, which may be necessary in certain districts, and cities as a protection to other self-sustaining residential dis­ tricts, but there surely is a grave danger of stifling the true American spirit o f ambition to better one’s present condition. The problem is acute. The oppon­ ents of this legislation will he heal’d on Tuesday aud Wednesday of next week. The Senate passed one of the far-reaching proposals when it approved the hill creating a De­ partment of Natural Resources, which is susposed to coordinate and mold them into one unit with an over-all director. The Senate also' furnished the other surprise of the week when it failed to muster sufficient vote to pass the initiated proposal for the factory coloring of yellow oleomargarine. It is expected that fo r the elimination of blighted areas and general rehabilitation of slum areas. The consideration of this subject at once runs into the problem o f what to do with the human beings in these areas. Naturally, public housing is the Battle Against Aftosa A NAME THAT STANDS FOR GOOD FURNITURE BUDGET PLAN AVAILABLE CERTIFIED C L I N T O N Best for Ohio. Resists diseases that attack other varieties. Marvelous yields and rug­ ged straw that stands w ell for combining, tow only Certified seed and be sure. We llso offer AJAX and COLUMBIA OATS. • • • CERTIFIED LADING CLOVER • • • CLOVER — ALFALFA ‘ Italy seed o f proper origin and high qual­ ity assure heavy yields o f hay. Our selec­ tions have consistently produced more. Legume seed is scarce. Play safe. 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Fichter was injured seriously in an automobile .accident two weeks ago; ' SMALL SCHOOL WINS For the first time in history the small rural high school nam­ ed Whiteoak won the Highland county basketball Glass B tour­ nament,- nosing out all o f the county’s top-flight teams. HOMESTEAD SELLS The Hott farm, southeast of Hillsboro, sold recently. It had been the possession of one family for over 150 years. LEAVES LARGE ESTATE The estate of the late Carey J, Ware, .Chillicothe funeral direc­ tor, is appraised at nearly $300,- 000. NURSES STAY ON The hospital staff of nurses in the Circleville hospital struct for higher wages, but were per­ suaded to remain at their posts by the chamber of commerce OVER-SPOOKED Two Washington G. H. school boys—Bill Morris and Fred Cold- iron—volunteered fo r mesmeri- zation at a dinner, and the next day slept through all their classes. 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