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Show 1 WE, THE PEOPLE Human nature is a thing that is hard to understand for it has so many attributes or virtues. There are such characteristics char-acteristics as love, honesty, truthfulness, patriotism, hate, envy, selfishness. These with many others have a bearing upon the actions of the human being and at times one or more may contribute to the conduct of the individual. We have been talking and reading about the needs of the various var-ious agencies in the "all-out" war effort ; and the way we have entered into the spirit of it at times would indicate that we are looking to the future when our Town -selfish desires can be set aside and our efforts go into the serving serv-ing of humanity as a whole rather than a family unit, a state or nation ; yes even with the hope that color, creed and nationality win De treated on uie muk ouauuaiu tice and need as our own. We have agreed to go without many luxuries; we have agreed to sacrifice, not only the necessities in life that tend to make life more attractive, but real necessities which no doubt will undermine the morale and perhaps the health of the individual. By the actions of some men, however during the last day preceding the gas rationing we are inclined to think the willingness to deprivS'burselves for the good of humanity, hu-manity, as is expessed by many, does not ring with the deep sincerity that our outspoken words would denote for we are told that many cans and jars were taken to the filling stations and they with the tanks were filled. "We believe in sacrificing for the other fellow but not us" is the thought that must have entered the minds of those gas purchasers, or, "It is alright to ration gas after I get enough to allow me a few extra hundred miles of travel for I must go to the canyon fishing next spring or I just have to go to Salt Lake City for a social gathering." We venture to say that if we were told the air pumps would be out of order for a few days the motorist would go to the service station and blow up his tires so tight for fear of a need of it before the pumps were in order again that most of the tires would be blown out. We are wondering if the storing of the extra gasoline will meet with the fire hazard precautions and if it does not we would suggest that the surplus be confiscated. Come on folks, let us be sincere in our helping the war effort and forget our selfish selves. |