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Show fBMTLfCREEK j .... The waning of the eighth month of the year always brings to mind that my Dad was born during the last hour of the last day of August, 1847. He often said that he could have been born in September, if he had a mind. These nostalgic recollections of him always include an episode that happened one late October day when I was almost 18 years of age. I was fall ploughing a piece of wheat stubble and paused paus-ed at the end of the furrow to let the horses rest. He was fixing a fence nearby and came over and sat with me on the beam of the walking plough. As we talked he pointed out that I was doing a pretty giood job and that the furrows were straight without the tell-tale "hog troughs" of the amateur. "You're nearly a grown man now," he said, "and it's time you assumed -the full responsibilities responsibil-ities of a man." He went on to say that he and mother had kept me well fed, well clothed and saw to it that I had a good, solid eighth grade education. educa-tion. "Whatever you do from here on out, you are on your own," he advised. He elaborated by explaining that "responsibility" has many important angles. There's the responsibility re-sponsibility of a man to himself, to his family, his community, state and nation and to his fellow men. Perhaps the strongest and most vital statement of universal truth was his conclusion: "Never forget, that with strength, power and authority comes increasing responsibility. ' ' Two of the most powerful organizations or-ganizations in the world are now engaged in a titanic struggle in this country. Arrayed against each other are the Steel companies, compan-ies, who are making the greatest profits in the history of American capitalism and the Steel union, whose members are the highest paid workers in industry. Both are giants of strength, power and authority in their respective re-spective fields. Both are seeking ultra-selfish advantages at the expense ex-pense of the other and the public at large. The tragedy of the fight Itself is bad enough, without considering consider-ing the impact of the senseless struggle upon millions of Americans Ameri-cans who are innocent and inactive in-active non -participants. . When fewer than two dozen powerful and selfish men can throw the economy of our great nation into a tailspin, its about time that the leaders on both sides realized that they are grown up. Neither side has as yet awakened awak-ened to the fact that with unlimited un-limited strength should come accepted ac-cepted responsibility. Each of these powerful groups has attained its present status of almost uncontrollable power thru the approval and support of the people of this free democracy. But each is not willing to recognize recog-nize that liberty does not include Qicense. Growth, power and strength are admirable accomplishments; but only if tempered with considered con-sidered responsibility for the welfare wel-fare of all concerned. So long 'til Thursday. |