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Show Will Your Xmas He A Merry One? This question, originating in the office of the Highway Patrol, will be answered In the negative in many Utah homes. Homes which bear the scars of battle, the loss of loved ones whose bodies yet lie in foreign soiil, will have answered the question long ago. Unfortunately for many of those of us who remained at home separated from war by thousands of miles, and protected by millions of men under arms, the question can but bring a negative response. A war just as destructive, the casualties cas-ualties of which are Just as fatal, rages on our streets and highways. These streets now dressed in holly, hung with stars, and lighted to proclaim pro-claim the season's merriment, happiness hap-piness and peace have become battle bat-tle fronts that be lined with crosses white crosses. This Is and undeclared unde-clared war and one In which you and I, quite without purpose, have taken up arms in the form of motor vehicles against our friends, our neighbors, our women and children No one is immune to its destructive-ness, destructive-ness, and yet we are all responsible for its progress and intensity. Even above the Christmas carol enn be heard the screech and crash of locked lock-ed brakes and twisting metal. To many our wish of "Merry Christmas" Christ-mas" will revoke memories of a highway crash that COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. To effect an armistice in this war of "infamy" we need not use atomic power, we need to use our tanks and planes, our ships and guns We need but walk and drive In the spirit of the "Merry Christmas" we wish to all the worlld We need but walk and drive guided by the great principle of humanity PEACE ON EARTH, GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN. e |