Show I t. t i 1 z i I t fI I Dads Dad's t i Column i i f l or orT T r I I I 11 1 1 B Br r I DAY OF DELIGHT ELIGUr I THIS IS a n day of such serene delight A day when young green g shoots push toward the light When birds begin their first enchant enchant- enchanting enchantIng ing songs When every hour so So teasingly prolongs beauty Intimate and an That hat haunting dear of or orthe through the promise That echoes the year Pale skies and gentle stillness every every- everywhere everywhere everywhere where Yet one Is conscious that the very air airIs airIs airIs Is freighted with a hushed expectancy Springs Spring's ageless b proof of or Immortality Eleanor G G. R. R Young o o o oAN AN ENGLISHMAN seeing an American to toone toone toone soldier lurching and leaning heavily one side said Are you ill Can Qan I help you old man The soldier replied Naw bud It cant can't be helped Its It's medals Just me me- medals medals dals cant can't keep me balance balan e. e SO MR Gromyko likes lIk s to sing in public What a team he and President Truman at the piano would make pre pre- presenting presenting O 0 Promise Me MeI Exchange i FLAG DAY Y FLAG DAY the Elks' Elks celebration of or orthe the anniversary of ot the birth of or our country's Flag Is distinctly an Institution tion of or the Order Born Bom on American soil soU and founded upon the principles of ot freedom and Jus juS- Justice juStice justice tice symbolized by our Flag It Is fit tit fitting ting tang Indeed In ed that the Order of or Elks should be bo the first fraternity to make the anniversary of or Its birth a n. day of oC nationwide celebration Each year the lodges of ot the Order Invite the people of or their respective communities to gather with their mem mem- members members members bers and pay tribute to the banner which Is first on our altars as Elks and first In our hearts as Americans Flag Day Is an Impressive and signi signi- significant significant celebration Its lessons are not for Elks alone but for all people who believe In America and Its mission Is to give annual public expression to the patriotic principles ples which govern the Order of or Elks every day In the year Our country's Flag was born on June 1777 It has flown gloriously and I victoriously through every phase of or our I country's progress in peace and In war In this year of or 1946 the people of or America will pay tribute to a Flag that I has again passed through the fiery nery furnace of or war to be by blood and sacrifice a Flag to which the stricken and oppressed throughout the world are ure looking for leadership Into paths of peace The Elks' Elks celebration of Flag Day In id Inthis this crucial year ear of ot world history mUst m be a demonstration of ot renewed loyalty to our Flag and all It represents A rec rec- record record rec- rec record ord attendance at services s throughout the Order should mark the day and Elks everywhere should regard the ceremony cere cere- ceremony ceremony mony as one they are bound by obliga obliga- obligations obligations obligations of or loyalty and brotherhood to attend Elks attend Elks Magazine v O o v fIlEY DESERVE TI HELP THE TREMENDOUS flood lood Of oC G. 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I applicants at the doors of or every college In America not AmerIca not all of ot whom will be beable beable beable able to enter for sheer lack of or room room room- makes It Inevitable that a large number of or Negro veterans will be turned away But thero there Is a n way to help them They deserve It for they shared the dangers the toll toil the tho discomfort the hardships that were the lot of ot millions of ot servIce servIce- men A number of ot colleges In America AmerIca- mainly in the South South are are exclusively for members of or the Negro They race They have havo all had a struggle against poverty pre pre- prejudice preJudice prejudice judice lack of or sympathy y with their alms aims They have done a great work and triumphed over many obstacles But they still are poor For that reason 33 of or Continued on Page Four Dads Dad's D a d S Column C 0 I or r. r r 0 I I i Continued from Pago One I these colleges for Negroes have banded together to raise with the I special aim of ot providing for lor servicemen who certainly will apply for entrance in the fall It would bo be a 0 pity If It these thero particular institutions established established established specially for this race were forced to close their doors to a single deserving negro because of lack of ot funds funds Chris Chris Chris- I tian Science Monitor I O 00 O O OIT I IT IS still far from easy to leave this country An exit permit is not granted to anybody who plans going abroad to purchase pur se one of ot the hew British cars manufactured for tor export only London only London Opinion i 00 J JIN RIGHT I IN INT TIER OWN ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S election as chairman of the United Nations Com Com- Commission Commission Commission mission on Human Rights Is Is' Is Islar far lar more more than just a tribute to one of ot the found found- founders ers of ot tho the United Nations Franklin D. D Roosevelt says the Christian Science Monitor It is fruition of ot her own life life- time devotion to the cause cause of t human I rights of ot the able able- nb e It also is 15 a 0 recognition In standing for service she performed those rights at the tho U. U N. N Conference in I London There rile e aroused the admira admira- admiration admiration and others for lor tion of her colleagues able oble leadership In winning for lor European tho the right to determine for tor I refugees r of whether or oz themselves the question not they should return to their native I lands w Though ugh Mrs biro Roosevelt's predilection for lor travel has often brought her criticism clam cism and even ridicule It also has brought to her a wide firsthand knowl knowl- knowledge knowledge edge of world conditions and deepened her understanding of ot peoples and na na- na- na These combined with her sturdy turdY Championship of ot democratic principles make her well fitted for tor the task of or the t e Commission That task she sho ho sees as pro pro- promoting promoting promoting the ultimate objective of or the United Nations to Nations to keep the peace by helping human beings to live better together and so to be happy and con con- tented SOLVING THE TIlE LABOR LIBOR PROBLEM P O LEU ONE METHOD of ot solving the labor problem Is la outlined by N N. N A. A wiener Wlmer of Tennessee Schuylkill Corporation Cor Cor- Corporation In his annual report to stock stock- stockholders stockholders' stockholders stockholders I holders holders' as follows I Tho The Tennessee Tennessee- Mine has hns not been In production since last October for the tho I reason that the contract under which the operation was being conducted was I declared to be in violation of ot some of or the rules of ot tho Office of Price Admin Admin- Admin j It was to rescind the Contract and to draw up a new new form of or I contract eliminating the objectionable I features of ot the previous agreement agre ment all of ot which has been done I The Tho reason the Tennessee Mine lUne Is be being be- be beIng being ing operated by contract Is because It was found In 1044 1944 that with the in increasing In- In Increasing increasing creasing labor difficulties costs coI ts were reaching a point where profits were Im im- possible Tho The operating agreement is drawn up upon upon upon on a cooperative basis There Is no payroll pay pay- payroll payroll roll which eliminates the necessity of ot complying with a maze of government and union labor rules and regulations Each member of ot the cooperative association association association tion is working for tor himself and no out out- outside outside outside side labor is employed From actual experience It has bas been found that production pro Increased Increased- about I four tour to one ono by using this system It also provides a way for tor the laborer to tomake tomake tomake make more money than he could possibly pos pos- possibly sibly make working by the hour bour which condition In turn benefits the company through holding costs down and eliminating elim elim- eliminating elimInating laggards Another advantage we wo have bave found un under under un- un under der this system Is that there tire are plenty p enty of ot good men who are anxious to become members of ot the cooperative I association Those who already are ar mem mem- members members I bers use extreme caution In choosing additional members New members must i have a reputation and standing which are to their credit before they are al allowed al- al allowed II lowed to join up up Mining and Indus Indus- Industrial Industrial trial Journal IndUS IndUS-I |