Show readers colu Column mn 0 we invite your personal comments and will include your letters if they include information of general interest in erest to our readers 0 editors note another f ine fine bit of writing from our hollywood friend vance collier in in keeping with our own thoughts we know to whom the article refers and we also know that throughout the country are other sincere and earnist men and women striving to call to the attention of the public and especially ally to those who have great wealth to use for the good of those who are suffering in our own country that we must do something to aid them and to establish a better plan of living based on the teaching of the man of galilee let us look to our own millions liona of people who are striving for a way out of the mental and physical darkness which has overtaken them and we shall eb so busy that all thought of internal revolution or internal internal revolution or international complications will take a new turn and could easily be resolved into that new form of gov we mention in the editorial column we know that it is not in the cards so to speak for such a plan to get into full swing while the present form of government prevails but that thai does not prevent us from thinking about it and from working quietly and just as earnestly as ever to bring about the new 0 der of living which we who have the formula plus the courage will present and foster when the time is right we are glad that our young friend is in touch with leaders in southern california who think as we do and we hope to receive otner bits of writing from his pen which will resolve into a column wherein he ha may express himself weekly hollywood calif dec 30 1940 heie on the coast in southern california there is a man who without doubt has helped more shut ins more unfortunates and more inore hearts eager for words of wisdom and truth than has any other angle ri agle person his words are very simple and his philosophy is ol of the best but most important he is sincere and un jiing in his effort to any one who is deserving no matter what his race or creed may be and in his benevolent work he has yea ned about the slums the suburbs sub eibs erbs and even the jungles he knows life and conditions condition therein as do no other outsiders your own immediate township or city may have a benefactor 1 who is is as good and even greater than the man of whom I 1 speak 1 so to the point I 1 to alleviate the suffering of his i fellow bellew man both mental and physical this person has brought brout ht tot to the at attention Lention of the public he cold facts ft acts concerning these people in need and hopes that their thoughts and hearts will turn back to the reality of their own hungry neighbors instead of to Eu ropes guns and Eu ropes needy for that time will never be when Eu ropes troubles are basically ours tie he realizes our own conditions cheref therefore ore it is by no means a hard bard task for him to solicit for the poor via the truth but in so doing his appeal for operation cooperation co has been literally cold shouldered so far and like other philanthropists before him have experienced there is an effort being made to silence him to clip his wings be foree he can get under way this condition not only applies t to today or yesterday but clear to So craties and back again it is evils grand trump card to keep people in ignorance to keep them quibbling over chos right and chos wrong etc therefore the time has come for a showdown and evil is now forced into the open to its grand finale tomorrow will but prove that the evil forces are more potent than the forces of good although their energies and resistance are far from being lasting and impregnable although love and pence peace shall eventually envelop this maddening chaos man must first learn to desire this peace but for him to desire this kind of peace which means an altogether simpler way of daily living he must make changes and these changes to many many thousands could hardly be called the desired way hence we have in the days before us uncertainty and unrest which will ultimately speed up the conditions every where into a more complete chaos then will come the desire to live as the christ has taught in love and in peace we too live for this day A letter from mrs H E blake received yesterday will undoubtedly be of interest to other friends we are glad that mrs blake is enjoying her visit after so many weeks of close confinement during tl alie e illness of her daughter mrs elmer bailey dear mrs ogden I 1 trust your holiday season was a pleasant one and that the snow and wind combined have not interfered too much with your journeys to and from the valley the snow has been deep here but no wind to pile ii it in dr drifts if ts but just how low I 1 have no way of knowing the river is frozen over just above here so elwyn and youngsters have gone skating all are well here and the children busy in school we had a nice little tree here at the home on christmas beside attending the one at the church on new years day we older members of the family attended a coasting party ten miles east of this place I 1 stayed in the house and tended baby while the others coasted I 1 am having a lovely T yi sith the folks but will be g gogg oin g ix in two weeks I 1 think alice received the stamps and was glad to get them the new daughter is fine and furnishes much amusement for the family this morning we attended sunday school and church which I 1 enjoyed very much hope all is well with you sincerely mrs blake 0 |