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Show r V 1 We stand for and promote Tf-y- JC "S A. an economic system that VTTj - . V 7tf war, poverty and inequal- - T 111 HI ( 7(1 yT) fill W I V V ' 11 V ity; that promotes the good j l V" A1 MU OVOVVA A feg Nk T VY vA)'A)MW of all and makes for true VI I'J y Fi and real Brotherhood. "rl ? XaM BtmMMH, A Liberal American Weekly C. N. Lund, Editor . Entered an Second Class Matter at the Post Office at Salt Lake City, Utah. Underthe Act of Congress of March 3. 1879. " ' ' Devoted to the j idea that Economic Salvation must come through Spiritual Development L VHIN 9' C"t Address217 David Keith I Bldg. Sugarhouse, Salt Lake City, Utah, Friday, March 17, 1944. Subscription, $1.50 to $5.00 a year Contributions Welcome. Personal Paragraphs :j Of Interest Friend E. L. Wassen of Woods Cross, Davft county, was in Saturday with a t ank offering. He and his good wife are letting along splendidly and by hard work and intelli gent planning they are forging ahead. Good luck to them. !' !' Neighbor J. H. Keate called in Saturday and reported that, he had been in close touch with with the pale boatman who carries souls to the other shore He was very sick for a month or so with pneumonia and other troubles. But he fought it off and at 85 is stiH determined to fight on until he accomplishes the work he has laid out which would be a great service to Htate and nation and would do a world of good for young and old. i A baby boy was born to Mrs. J Ford Stevenson Sunday at L D. S, hospital. One more grand child for Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Lund, Mrs. Oscar Chriitensen of m Ephraim was in the city last week to say goodby to her son , l Walton who went a'way to the i army. Another son, Dean, will ' into the navy.on March 16. We are very glad to see our Friend, Major Fisher Harris once more in civilian work, having again been appointed attorney for the Metropolitan ; Water District. He is a veteran of World war I and has served for two years in important po-- , sitions in the present war Wei- - come co the home front, Mr ' i Harris, where men like your-- j self are sorely needed. i i t Our good Friend A, W. Par--' ret has been confined to his 4 home for a month or so with j illness. Better get well, broth-- , j er and carry on the work. r EarlE. Olsen of the U. S. Army and Miss Derene Stott will be united in marriage on Friday, March 24, in the Salt Lake Temple. A reception will be tendered them that evening at the home cf the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Olsen Friend Orson S. Thomson Ti writes: Dear Brother Lund: The enclosed will add just a l'ttlo more oil to the wheels of '$ Pr"Kressive Opinion." He bows that presses need oil be- - sjj ause he was in the business for It many years. 0(1 We want to hire a Brfuncer, lot to oust people but to bring them in and keep 'em coming. Political Items x -- . . ; . ; Gov. John W. Bricker Goy. Bricker of Ohio is oat for the G.O.P. nomination but he won't quite do leans to the reactionaries. He stands on a platform of ' economy which has been the platform of every eandidate since Adam ran for father of the race and means exactly nothing. He won't do. The Monkey World, Hearing of the War Said: "Thankful We Didn't Descend From Man.'' If all the massed billions that the warring countries are spending for munitions and conflict were turned for use to the avenues of peace what a world might be made. Every-where could be built millions of new and better homes for the poor. They could build thousands of new and better schools common, high, colleges and universities and equip them as schools have never before been equipped. They might fill the cities with more and better hospitals. They might equip every home with the modern things that the rich have. They could secure for each family an inheritance of land and a home. They could beautify mother earth everywhere. They could build great and beautiful temples for religion and for education. They could ribbon their countries with trans-continental highways and cover the seas and the air with great passenger ships for travel and study. Through peace they could establish brotherhood which would make such a civiliza-tion as even the Gods might envy. Some Timely Editorials SOCIAL SECURITY, MADE INTO LAW BY MAN, SANCTIONED BY THE MASTER As for us we go all out for all forms of social securitv for the laborers, the aged, the widow and orphan, the disabled, the sick, the blind, the poor. We believe that the social secur-ity laws made by the government are the fine flowering of the spirit of Jesus into the politics of these times. It is the law. It is the constitution working out among men its general wel-fare clause. To strike it down, as reactionaries are trying to do, would belike striking down any other part of the consti-tution or any other law. It is no more right to deny the forms of assistance named above than it would be to cut off all the salaries of all the officials. When we take note of how pleased and happy are thou-sands of poor people over the assistance given them it makes our heart rejoice and we feel that we know that it has the Mas-ter's benediction. On the other hand when we ' see the cold materialism that is out to destroy all social security it deeply grieves us and causes us to feel that such is not the spirit of true and undefiled religion. If you believe in the things you read here, come forward and help us publish them. We need contributions and have nothing else to depend on. "Don ts" That Worry Us Here are some dont's that strike right home to a weekly paper: Don't offend the Rep-ublicans. Don't cross the Dem-ocrats. Don't say anything to hurt the Progressives Don't hit churchmen's reactionary political ideas. Don't be fair to the polygamist8. Don't favor the administration, and don't spare. the government. Don't, fai, to make politics out of the war. Don't dunn those wi.o owe you. Don't ever forget that big business men are the real gods and that the banks and utilities are the only begot-- i ten sons. Don t miud being damned if you do and damned if you don't. Don't reflect on any public officials, even those who are in jail nor those who ought to be, and for heaven's sake don't ever again expose the earryings on at stag parties Don't defend Social Security and don't plead for the poor. Don't have any vision, and don't try to spiritualize brute materialism Don't talk of God. Don't fail to smile and laugh and be optimistic when a 'friend" stoops so low as to stop his paper without paying for it. And don 't mourn or kick when you have to live on the crusts that are about the only rewar for those who dare to stand for tfuth;" This 'is but" a prelude to what we have been through in just one short week. Men may fail to see some items in a daily, but all our cards are on the front page face up and seen by everyone. Nuff sed. We have just read of a friend who for years has thrived on a breakfast of grated rarrots mixed with uncooked oatmeal. We think we have a rnoro tasty one. Neighbor George Man-warin- g brought in a lot of good apples and we mix them with hope and prayer and eat them three times a day. The Utah State Old Age Pen-sio-group meets Thursday 2 . o TOWNSND CLUB MEETti Th local Townsend Club No. 1, meets next Tsu day night at 7:30. Baha'i Program The Salt Lake City Baha'i Assembly announces a new series of programs entitled "Conversations on the Priricip les for a New World Order" to be held each Thursday at 8 pm, in the Hogle Foundation, Room 506, Scott Building. The sub-ject Thursday evening will be "The 'F-qu-a ity Between Men and Women." speakers will be.Mrs. Theodore Hatch. Bruce Johnson, Vernon Larsen. The public is cordially in vited. No charge. Ad v WHISKEY AND BIBLES You just can't discourage some people who believe strong-ly in "initiative and free enterprise," old style. After the OPA fined the Park & Tilford Corporation, whisky distillers, $250,-033.2- 9 for jacking up the price of highly diluted spirits to a new ceiling of their own, the whisky crowd adopted a new one. They now charge the regular ceiling price on whisky, BUT they name as one of the conditions of sale and delivery the purchase from them of Bibles at $16.50 per doze. The dispatch of February 15th does not advise us how much whisky goes with a dozen Bibles or how much the Bibles cost them per dozen, but we are safe in assuming that the profit on the Bible sales compensate for the loss on the spirits. Yes, we live and learn. This is the old brand of "initiative and free enterprise" as practiced by the whisky trust, but thanks to the OPA it back-fire- d. Geo. E. Manwaring. ' ROME WILL GO THE WAY OF BERLIN ROMANISM AND FALSE SYSTEMS ARE PASSING It is our firm belief that Rome will go the way of Berlin. We also believe that Romanism and all false systems, are on the way down and out. And we base this belief on the prophetic word. The "great whore of all the earth," spoken of in Reve-lation, does not mean any one church; it means the world sys-tem of commercialism, Babylon, within which lie all the false systems of politics and religion now on earth. And these must go or else all the prophets have falsified. After the Lord said that the consummation He had decreed should make a full end of all nations, He began His work with Russia. That was the first modern national empire to be destroyed. At best the old Russia was the devil's masterpiece on this earth, and it was destroyed root and branch. Under His decree many other nations, or systems, are passing out, and the present debacle will not be permanently stayed until the consum-mation decreed has been carried out, believe it or not. r "A?. 1 ' j r v-- rtrjTSiirii. eZ, Aw'; v. r ; I Over the top in Italy! One more ridge, one more mile on the road to Berlin. As in victorious military s, people on the home front must sacrifice to provide all the sinews of war. One of these is the regular purchase of War Bonds. j U. S. Treasury Department n Ja- &s$gwmww .... :' v:;J:" huh-,- ; 'Ww;twriJ' " ..::::-:- .y.-- ' tir Kt&uvxt&e&Sto&z iw. Mmrwff3 z$ fc ..W , T t .t TH PSFITCHEg. ' I fMJ fs? .' ts'i- jj jJ y .... :ywl.rT. , , y. ' " ' Pi . ':; V '.; ' f - ' i: ' : 1j L l ki i L'u La lii'Mii liilJuuluiil THE RAILZHABS ARE WE FSCKT&&E OF DEFENSE LISTEN TO "YOUR AMERICA" ON YOUR FAVORITE N C. STATION EVERY SATURDAY 3 P.M. 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THERE MUST BE COLLECTIVE EFFORT FREEDOM TO EXPLOIT WILL NOT DO IT According to Dorothy Thompson the proposals made by Chambers of Commerce and manufacturers' associations are like the last war proposals which broke down and caused de-- . pression, . "Unless we accept the proposal that much of our huge production must be distributed collectively, then I predict that we simply will not be able to keep our vast production functioning at anything like the present level. There are areas in this country where families are living in worse houses than you will find anywhere in Europe outside the most re-mote Balkans. There are thousands of schools which are unhygienic and positively shocking. Farmers are still driving to market over dirt roads that are all but impassable in winter and spring. Vast areas are without hospitals, and thousands of babies are born every year without a doctor's presence at the mother's confinement. If we don't do differently after the war we will go through the same old cycle again." HOW THEY LOVE SERVICE MEN THEY PROVED IT IN COLORADO You bet, they love the service men. In Denver a staid old capitalist defeated a very able, wounded and decorated Pacific flier who had gone, right into hell to help defeat the enemy and save America from the barbarian hordes. No thanks nor appreciate for the hero who, for $50 a month put his life on the line while the man who defeated him was liv-ing in luxury and piling up wealth. You bet, they love the service men love them enough to keep them out of office and to exploit them to perfection. WE COULD NOT HAVE THE HEART TO FORECLOSE MORTGAGES TO MAKE MONEY A number of farmers have applied to the federal court to forestall foreclosure of mortgages on their property. We sincerely hope that the desired relief will be granted. There should be a way and we know there is, thanks to New Deal legislation. We could not have the heart to make money by foreclosing on homes or farms where fathers, mothers' and children have toiled and struggled a life time to build up homes and property. A good gvernment should not let such a thing happen to any of its citizens. It should see to it that interest was made so low, and installments so small that none could fail to meet them. Those who profit by inflation or deflation are waiting for a chance to foreclose on every home and every farm that has any mortgage indebtedness. Armies of men and women were foreclosed when the depression came on and went forth like tramps. This should not be; it must not be. Ways and means must be found to prevent it. Human beings are more valuable than sums of money. As you read of, and believe in our policy, please come forward with subscriptions or contributions to help fight the battle for your principles. . : .. a SOMETHING TO HOPE FOR From the McCleary News, Excelsior Springs, Mo. From Beaver Press "Is It A Dream?" "Is it a dream and nothing more this faith That nerves our brains to thought our hands to work For that great day when wars shall cease, and men Shall live as brothers in a unity Of love live in a world made splendid? Is it a dream this faith of ours that pleads And pulses in our hearts and bids us look, Through mists of tears and time, to that great day When wars shall cease upon the earth, and men As brothers, bound by love of Man and God, Shall build a world as gloriously fair As sunset skies, or mountains when they catch The farewell kiss of evening on their heights?" NEVER EX PLAIN-B- UT The Polygamy article of last week was meant to state what those who practise it really believe and should have read: "The polygamists . . . claim they are as sincere and hon-est as man can be." "We were solely concerned with their belief but in the rush the words "they claim" were omitted in the first sentence. |