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Show VOL.5 No. 43 David Keith Bldg., Dial SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, FRIDAY, NOV 2 , 194 J Published by C. N. Lund $1.50 PER YEAR MeCiryPeac,EtdtTSuerehnoPeace : Rehashed Editorials We read in the press and hear the commentators on the radio tell us what will take place after the war; how we are (going to rebuild the world, etc. But who among mortal man or decide now what they will do? What the world will look iike can not be seen now. Great many things will no doubt happen yet or it is all over. At the rate it is go;ng , now, it appears that the nations will be bankrupt, and many places will be entirely wiped of the earth Men by the milli-- J ons will have lost their lives in battle. Famine, pestilence and death will play havoc with thousands of human beings. jjS It is time that people meditate upon the truth that we fi are not merely human beings with a divine spark, but that we T are even now spiritual beings, and it is our business to at least A try to think and actasif we were and not carry around with us 4II the poison of fear, worry,-hate, prejudice, grief, discourage ' 1-- This paper and its editor are committed to th idea that a new national and world order must be established at the V earliest possible moment. And by this we do not mean a f European or Asiatic order. But what can one man or one institution do against present world conditions? Not much. . But if hosts of individuals will arouse themselves and step out to make a serious and. determined effort toward something better than the present If masses of human beines do not strive for and set out to make something different from the cruelty, suffering, gangsterism and tyranny of today, then j civilization ia doomed. While humanity is wading through a JJ sea of calamity, there is within their reach' something better a world of joy, peace, plenty, poetry, music, love, and fine aspirations. We offer the following from the Magazine Destiny The poor, confused human race has no plan. And jet, al-- j most as near as its heart is a prepared plan for a permanent and perfect world order about which we shall have much to say. The man who knows of a saving plan and does not give it to his fellows is unfaithful to humanity. Let readers follow us and do their utmost to help spread the good tidings locked the interests of this planet that none can long prosper where all do not prosper. So we require a New Order For The Whole Wo ld. Why no super race can ever rule the world. Evolu'iona- - ry scientist Clyde E. Keeler's interesting theory of "Nation-al Binding Cements',1 which defeat dictators when they try to whip the earth into one big, but hardly happy family. Read this timely, provocative article. Astrikingly illustrated feature in The Ameriran Weekly, the magazine distributed with next week's LOS ANGELES EX-- j AM1NER. Signs of Times Drift Of Events Liquor Cost Would Pay For Defense and Relief Editor Progressive Opinion: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union states that the daily liquor bill of the U. S. A. is $9,000,000 or a total of $3,285,000,000 a year. It is also stated that each day's yes, each day's-- drink bill would feed one million Chinese refugee children for nine monthsf or 600,000 English Children for six months; or feed most of Europe's famine threatened peoples. Every dollar of the fifty billion spent for relief and defence during the past eight years, could have been paid without appropriating p. cent from Federal or State treasuries if the money spent for alcoholic beverages and paid out to meet the cost of liquor-bre- d crime, accidents, disease and premature death in the United States during the same period, had been contributed directly by the people to Uncle Sam for these purposes. This is the conclusion'' of the American Business Men's Research foundation, announcing a survey of costs t n the first 101 months of the liquor business, from beer's legal comeback at the beginning of April, 1933 to Au-gust 31, 1941. It appears that if liquor consumption was done away with, there would be no need for the Red Cross Drive or heavy taxes. C, V. Hansen Some Items Of Personal Interest Neighbor J. V. Crone has lighted a fire under the editor-ial chair, and that's fine for this cold weather He brought a load of kindling, which insur-es him getting the paper for another couple of years. He and his wife are good and int-eresting people. Mr. Crone is of a scientific turn of mind and tries to square everything by the rule of science Our Friend and Neighbor Andrew Jenson, assistant L. D S church historian, passed out of this life Tuesday evening in his ninty first year. Few men have been more active and rendered more service than he, no other Utahn has traversed so much of the earth's surface. Coming to this country as a poor immigrant he made his way to a very high place and p erformed a very great service to his church and state. Our sincerest sympathy goes out to the family, especially to his good wife Bertha. Brother Jenson kept a com-plete ile of this paper. Friend Clair Stewart Boyer's husband is suffering with an affliction which will necessite his going to California for an operation The Sagebrush Democratic Club ktiows how to do things. Mom ay night they presented life membership cards to a large number who have been mem-bers for fifty years. 0fieers like II. B. Walker, and Win Waterfall have kept the organ-ization going very well and always see to it that each meet-ing has a good program Yon Pay Taxes levied on manufacturer are a part of their cost of operation and are included In the price of their products. In the end you pay them. For example, one and two-thir- d cents of the price of loaf of bread if Federal taxes. It helps to pay the high cost of New Deal gov-ernment. Have you read "Seven Years That Change the World" and 'Peace and Plenty For You" by Wing Anderson? Then send for a free application blank to be-o-a Kosmon Pioneer, to this paper. Progressive Labor League meets every Tuesday night at City andCounty Bldg. PROGRESSIVE OPINION EDITORIALS Br C. N. LUND "Peace, Peace. No More War." (I take my stand as follows. If I'm wrong come and show me. Editor) Peace with honor is always to be desired. But take up , your Bible and read, "men shall cry peace, but there is no peace." And read further in the good book that it is some-times neccessary to wage war that evil may be destroyed, as was the case several times in Old Testament days. Pacifism today is by no means in accordance with the prophet Daniel's statement that wars are determined until the consumation until the present order comes to an end. If those who are loudest in crying peace will search the scriptures they will find that in taking the stand they do they are but trying to close the mouths of the prophets and set at naught the very word of the Lord, who has decreed that wars shall go on untill the consumation decreed by Him has made an end of the old order preparatory to the great work He is about to institute. He has also decreed that the Prince of Peace shall personally come and take command in the final conflict until an end is made of so barbarous a thing as war. So when leaders rush into the arms of a pacifism that is really another form of sudversiveness, they are, if Bible and Doctrine and Covenants statements are to be relied upon working against the purposes of the Lord. God has veryi plainly said that peace has been, taken from the earth and that there will he no peace until He sends His Son to command and establish peace. Men passed up and betrayed their oppor tunity after the first World war, and now, ni their confusion and division they are powerless to makepeace. It is as true as any prophetic statement can be that Brit, ain is the "company of nations," and the United States is "the great people," referred to in scripture as the Israel people or nations whieh shall unitedly fight down paganism and Its evils until all Babylonic systems are destroyed. The present head of the nation is the one chosen and destined to lead in the erisis even though all hell rage against him, And when he is de-stroyed as likely he will be, there will be shame on the faces and sorrow and regret in th hearts of those who never have given him a single breath of good will. On this we stand God help us, we cannot do otherwise. C. N. Lund. Editorial (CONTINUED) " - Gene Debs got ten yeaas for saying on the stump less than Rush Holt said in the Lord's holy house of worship and prayer His effort does not aid peace, it but has tens Civil war which will take ten times as many lives as will be taken in an effort to keep the enemy from our shores. LOOKS PRETTY BAD. It looks p retty bad throughout the country and the world but do not despair, good people. Always believe that the hope is.'as Edwin Markbam said, in the aftermath. If what is passing out of existence cannot be saved people should pre-pare to "rebuild in beauty on the burnt out coals." All the pastjbas been bnt the cradle, the infancy of humanity. The fine flovering of truth and joy, happiness, abundance and se-curity is already treading on the heels of the debacle that is 's wrecking the things that men have built up. So "Lift up your eyes, desponding freemen; fling to the winds your doubts and fears;" He who created you and the earth is standing in the shadow keeping watch, and at the right moment He will cause all things to worktogether for the, everlasting fgood of humanity. w We are reliably informed, from what is said to be the record, that the increase in manufactured articles in Utah for 1931 amounted to $157,000,000, and that out of this employ-ed labor received a little over $20,000,000 On what the labor ers received there was paid to the state as sales tax $208,940, whereas if sales tax had been paid on theincrea e in manufact-uring the state would have received $21,524,400, about ten times as much money It is also said in the record that in' the last ten years 34,700 people have left Utah to secure em-ployment or business elsewhere, after it had cost the state something like $30 00,000,000, it is said to educate them. Isn't t time to do some thinking about our beloved Utah? --vs; m Conditions That Make Foi Trouble While it is many times worse in some respects, in Europe that is no excuse for the following conditions in this country: A murder is committed every forty minutes, a robbery every ten minutes.a 'arceny every forty four seconds.Eighty two per cent of the crimes are committed by boys and girls under 21 years of age, many of whom have been taught by their elders that Christian standardsare no longer worthy of respect. Ter. mites have undermined all the spiritual standards and there is something like another confusion of tongues. The voiceless millions appear to be hopeless and look in vain for someone to stem the tide of unbelief and sin. Money has been sought in-stead of souls. Out of eighty-fiv- e per cent of all hristian students entering the large universities, only fifty-fiv- per cent even believe in God upon graduation, Utah Youths Gain Education j From Smelting Scholorship Memorials to three of its dls- -' tlnguiahed officials have been pro-S-i. Tided through the establishment of three four-yea- r scholarships at the University of Utah for sons of employees, by the United States f Smelting Refining and Mining Com-- 2 pany. In recognition of long and j loyal service, these scholarships W provide an opportunity for a higher education to a group of capable n young men who might not other- - wise obtain it. . The Downle Davidson Muir, Jr. y scholarship, for study in mining and geology, is named for the 4 late in Charge of 5 Western Operations" and the p Walter Hazen Eardley scholarship, - for study in nonferrous metallurgy, s) carries the name of the late "Man-'- I ager of the Midvale Plant". These '' two scholarships are available to j! sons of day wage workers contin-l- k uously employed for five years or ff more at operations in Utah, or to jP sons of such workers retired or (I deceased. The Edward Alexander Hamilton 0 scholarship, named for the late y "General Manager of Mines", is for Ji study in any branch of engineering 2 and is available to sons of salaried K employees having an income not f exceeding $3,000.00 annually, also ' employed continuously for five f years at operations in Utah, or to sons of such workers retired or kv deceased. Graduation from an high school or equivalent U Is required. j Selection of recipients is In the W hands of the University of Utah 3 Scholarship Committee, who base (S the awards upon high school record, J competitive aptitude examinations 5 and tests, character and personal J1 attributes. j; Continuance of these scholar-- S Ships, which carry an annual h stlpened of $400.00, is dependent upon continued satisfactory scho- - lastlc and personal ratings. During the school vacation, recipients are given opportunity to work in a Company plant, with work and wages being consistent with scholar's education and aptitude. It is the present intention of tbe Company to award these scholar-ships annually for at least some' years to come. Now attending the University under scholarship arrangements are: Melvin J. Bellch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Belich of Midvale, Utah, awarded the Walter Hazen Eardley scholarship In 1939. His father, a head caster at Midvale Plant, has been in the Company's employ for 22 years. Alvin L. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Peterson of Murray, Utah, awarded the Downle Davidson Muir, Jr. scholarship In 1939. His father is a mine carpenter and has been employed at the United States Mine at Bingham for 18 years. Eugene W. Pearson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milo W. Pearson of West Jordan, Utah, awarded the Downle Davidson Muir, Jr. scholarship for the year 1940. His father has been employed In various capacities by the Company at its Midvale Plant for the past 15 years. The following young men are the recipients of the 1941 scholarships: Joe Tlbola, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tlbola of Lark. Utah, awarded the Downie Davidson Muir, Jr. scholarship. His father has been blacksmith at the Lark Mine for over 10 years. Joe G. Uzelac, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Uzelac of Murray, Utah, awarded the Walter Hazen Eardley scholarship. His father has been employed in various capa-cities at the Midvale Plant for the past 17 years and at present is dross furnaceman helper. Reld E. Jensen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Niels Jensen of Midvale, Utah, awarded the Edward Alexander Hamilton scholarship. His father has been In the Company's employ in the Midvale Plant as a chemist for the past 36 years. There is one thing we are very greatly interested in and that's slum clearence and the building of homes for the people in the lower income groups. Some facts about this matter are as follows: A survey looking toward slum clearance was made n this city and state at a cost of $58,000 of which the state ONE AMERICAN WAY paid oidy $3,000 and the government $55,000. We went to a drug store the other day to purchase a ream of typewriting paper. Previously we had bought scores of reams at 39 cents, but today they are asking 69 eents, a raise 0f 30 cents on that one small item. And so it is on everything. U p and up go the prices giving the war as an excuse. The main cause of many of these higher prices is greed. The pro-fiteers, seeing an opportunity to further fleece the public they do not scruple to do so to the limit. What will be the end of it all. ... - - The scientific and industrial progress made by the United States is almost beyond the comprehension of the ordinary mind. It has baen the great economic epic of the ages. What might we not do if we propjrly used all the technical advan-cement made in the interest of all the people. It would not, take long to build the New Earih. Jast look over some of the progress made. "Where Isaiah lifted up his voice for human justice, there is my country. Where Plato announced the reality of the spi-ritual, there is my country. Where Jesus offered His life for men, there is my country Where St Francis lived the com passionate life, there is my country. Where Shakespeare swept the human sceneinto his dramas, there is my country. Where Luther struck for the liberty of the soul, there is my country, where Pasteur labored to discover the method of the Creator, there is my country. Where the Magna Charta was signed, there is my counti-y- . Where Milton sang, wheie Rembrandt painted, where Goethe wrote there is my country. Needed: A New World Order! This has become the most nsistent idea be fore thinking men and woman today. As a human bein what do you ask of life? You ask for Space to achieve the satisfying development of your being. You de-mand Security for your children. You need Stability social political and economic that' the fruits of your labor shall no be filched nor wrested from you. But you want something more without which you w ould be indefinitely unhappy you want Satisfaction of the soul. NOTICES FOR AGED PEOPLE TOWNSEND CLUB MEETS The local Townsend Club No. 1, meets at The Legion Hall, 404 So. West Temple St., every Friday night at 7:30. A social dance fol-lows the meeting. All invited. OLD AGE PENSION MEETS The Utah State Old Age Pen-sion and Assistance group meets weekly as follows: Wednesday evening at 7:30, at City Hall, room 404 Every Thursday at 2 p. m. at 41 Post Office Place. Come one, come all. |