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Milford chronicle., 1941-10-17

AS long as men believe that they
have private minds and private in
tellects, and permit themselves to
be governed by the uncontrolled
force of human impulse and will, it
is not surprising that this kind of
thinking externalizes itself in evil
and arbitrary forms of government.
The Psalmist wrote, "The wicked,
through the pride of his counte-
nance, will not seek after God: God
is not in all his thoughts" And so
today, as we contemplate the entire
world in state of fear and discOrd,
we realize that men seem to be
learning through affliction and suf-
fering, as did the king of Babylon,
that human will and evil mental
manipulation cannot set aside the
divine fact that the one Mind alone
rules in the kingdom of men and
that, whether they acknowledge it
or not, God alone is the governor
among the nations. Through the
discipline of human experience, they
are being forced to bring God into
their thinking. Even if human be-
ings attempt to outlaw God and
what they call religion, they cannot
annul the inescapable government
of divine Principle.
Christian Science reveals the fact
that government, if it is to be right,
must find its source and expression
in the consciousness of the individ-
ual, and that as man recognizes
himself as the reflection or mani
festation of Principle he will be
self-governed.
What is government? Is it matter
or mind? Without mind there would
be no government, either good or
bad. 1t is the aggregate thinking of
the citizens which determines the
kind of government we have hui
manly, but we must remember that
this is only belief of government.
Gods government is going on, re-
gardless of what the material
senses are attempting to affirm.
Right thinking, and that, of course,
means thinking that has it's basis
in divine Mind, constitutes today
The actual government of the
world. Therefore, in the measure
hat our thinking approximates the
1ivine standard, it is aligned with
he law, power, and government of
God. Regardless of what appears
Is government or man-made law,
rue spiritual knowing is the only
potent factor in any situation. We
earn, therefore, in Christian Sci
,nce to spiritually maintain the |
acts of divine government, and |
Zach one of us must cast out the !
ears and doubts that would tempt .
is to believe in the power and
'eality of evil. For what nation
s there so great, who hath God so
ligh unto them, as the Lord our
Iod is in all things that we call
lpon him for?'~
Today, if we accepted what the
estimOny of the senses presents,
We might be tempted to believe that
vii had both place and power in
he affairs of mankind; but we are
lot idOlaters. Spiritual under
tanding demands that we stand
on the great command,
Thou shalt have no other gods be- (
ore me-" There are not two Gods :
"a good God and an evil one. There
) just one; and so we stand un-
on the divine fact-One
iod, one Mind, one government,
ne divine consciousness-and
1ork from that great premise.
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-17

The Peninsula Horticultural So
ciety will meet in Cambridge, Md,
December 10, IL and IL.
Milford chronicle., 1941-10-17
A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE
Entitled
Christian Science:
The Understanding of Mans

Oneness with God
by
Richard J. Davis, C. S. B.
of San Jose, California
Member of the Board of Lecture
ship of The Mother Church, The
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Massachusetts
Evening star., 1941-04-13
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE

pretty proud of himself. Nothing to
it," he says to himself. at is easier
than bringing in those kid crap
shooters from in back of Dugan's s
garage"
He ambles along behind the cows.
He smells nice early-morning smells
and listens to train whistle far, far
away and the singing of birds. 81
WISH" he says out loud to the collie,
someone had told me about this
cow racket sooner"
Tie LETS out long sigh, and all of
sudden being a cop seems silly. He
thinks why should guy spend his
life knocking up against mugs who
are crooks and killers when he can
live like this in the country and meet
people like the Browns who are sim
pie and honest? When you are a cop
all you see is the seamy side. His eye
lights up and he grins. He hopes Kitty
feels like he does about it. They have
five hundred in the bank to buy fur
niture with. Maybe they could bor-
row another half a grand and buy the
place.
The cows walk into the barn and
Dan follows He is little disappoint-
ed to find the fat guy and another one
sitting on stools and waiting for him.
II guess you want to do the milking
yourselves?" Dan says.
"Milk?" says the fat one. 81 never
use it. But maybe my brother Spike
will help you" Dan grins and finds
a stool.
II am not much good at it yet," he
says. "You have to learn the grip,
like when you join new lodge"
Spike starts at one end of the row
of cows and Dan at the other, and
Evening star., 1941-04-13

after a few minutes Dan is making
real progress, even if his wrists get
so tired he thinks his hands will drop
off. He doesn't want Spike to show
him up. He can hear Spike swearing
and grunting and then all of a sudden
there is clatter and yell. So he
stands up and sees Spike sitting on the
floor of the barn with the milkpail in
his lap. Spike glares at the cow that
did it and says, wise guy, huh?" and
picks himself up.
The fat guy on the stool laughs and
laughs. Spike has been away so long
he has forgotten how" he says. II
guess you will have to finish by your
SELF"
This is all right with Dan, and he
settles down to work with Spike and
the fat guy watching. Dan chats while
he works and he asks when their dad
is coming back because he may take
him up on his proposition and buy the
farm. So the fat guy looks interested
and says how much did the old man
want and Dan tells him grand on the
line
THAT is very interesting"
the fat guy. He leans over to Sp.Ae
and they put their heads together a
minute, whispering. Then Fatty says,
"We are anxious to help our pa sell
the joint, so l will tell you what we
will do. If you can lay five hundred
on the line quick, We will fix it up so
that pa will be satisfied with that.
But we are showing off in few days."
Dams eye lights up. Five hun
dred" he says. That sure is a bar
gain. I'll see what l can do
He runs back to his room and starts
a long letter to Kitty. He tells her
CONTINUED on poss 75)
Evening star., 1941-04-13

in field behind the barn and sure
enough there are the eight cows lying
in the shade of great big oak. Dan
finds stick, walks up to them and
says, Come on. you guys! Break it
up, break it up" Right away the
cows get up and start moving, the
collie yapping at them. Dan feels
Evening star., 1941-04-13
Who said the sun is coming up again?

audits, and similar material.
>ln many instances, it is necessary to go
further to make more exhaustive
study of the company's management, its
position in the trade, its record, and it's
prospects.
The mass of 6rst-hand, up-to-date infor-
nation thus obtained is carefully consid-
cred by those charged with this RESPONSE
bility. The recommendations of these men
must then be approved by the Finance
Committee of Metropolitan's Board of
Directors.
Once the securities have been purchased,
Metropolitan continues to follow the COM
pany's operations through annual or in
terim reports, and to watch trade
developments and changes in the industry
in which the borrower is engaged. Metro
politan is better able to watch these things
than an individual, and is better prepared
to handle any difficulties that may arise.
PAS we said before, safety is the first con-
slderation in all Metropolitan Investments
Second to safety, is the income from the
investment-the interest that helps pay the
cost of your life insurance.
The care with which Metropolitan in
vests funds for the benefit of its policy
holders is reflected in the sound assets
which enable the Company to fulfill its
obligations.
Evening star., 1941-04-13
McGARRY AND HIS MOUSE
Continued from pose five

cakes. Instead, he finds four guys and
they are all working on ham and eggs.
He can tell right away from their
clothes they are city and not country
guys, and though they are little
sour-looking they are polite enough
to jump to their feet the minute he
comes in. Dan is surprised, but friend
ly. He says good morning" and asks
for MIR. Brown.
'The old folks took a trip, sort of
unexpected" says one guy, who is a
little heavy around the waist. Where
did you come from?'
"He must belong to that jallopy
out in back" puts in another guy.
Dan mods at them.
II am stopping here" he says
pleasantly. "Are you guys boarders,
too?"
sort of boarders,' says the fat
guy.
And then Dan gets wise. He puts
back his head and laughs. "Golly, l
am dumb" he says. 81 know who
you are. all right!'
i HE fat one puts his hand in his
pocket and steps up. "Yeah?" he says.
Who are we?"
'You are Mr.. Browns four sons
that are married and live. in town."
says Dan. HE tells me last night you
are liable to drop in any time and sur
prise him. Oh. sure heard lot about
you guys!" He goes around shaking
hands. asking how are all the babies
and did they bring their wives with
them?
mo danes this trip" says the
fatty "How long are you staying?"
Dan says he likes the joint so much
he wants to stay full two weeks, and
he hopes MIR. and Mrs. Browns sud-
den trip won't make any difference,
because he sure has been looking for
ward to helping with those cows.
The fat guy looks him over while he
talks and then he mods and gets the
other three around him and they
whisper together The fat one comes
out of the huddle Chuckling. "You
can stay" he says. "You can help us
take care of the farm for our dear pa
and ma. In fact, we will turn the cows
over to you if you like them so much.
We will not even charge you board
if you will run few errands for us
now and again in that jallopy of
yours. We do not like to take our big
bus out on these dusty country roads"
"Sure will" says Dan. Il sort of
like to mosey around these hick
towns"
"The only thing isl says the fat
guy, I'VE will have to move you into
that room next to the kitchen. Me
and my brothers like to have our old
rooms when we come back to the
farm"
"Oh, / can sleep anywhere" says
Dan. Don't worry about me-"
The fat guy looks at him a while
and then he grins. 1--WE WON'T" he
says.
Dan sits down to the ham and eggs
and falls to. The four boys scatter,
except for one who sits with Dan until
he finishes and goes to the barn to
find the cow-dog.
This cow-dog is smart collie, and
he can certainly put the finger on
those COWS. He leads Dan to a fenced
Evening star., 1941-04-13
MANHATrAN SUNSET

WATCHING THE SUN SET, the pro-
verbal man from Missouri wouldn't be-
lieve it was coming up again :. until he
saw it do so with his own eyes.
And when Metropolitan invests money
for the benefit of policyholders, it adopts
that sound old habit of taking nothing for
granted. Like the man from Missouri, we
want to be shown
>And that's because, our first considera-
ton must be safety. OF course, there is no
such thing as an absolutely riskless invest
ment, but we like to be as certain as pos
sible that each investment is good one
Our staff of investment specialists is well
equipped to investigate proposed invest
ments and therefore should make fewer
mistakes than an individual attempting
the same thing.
Of course, all Metropolitan investments
are made in accordance with the insurance
laws, which wisely limit the fields in which
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-17

place remind of the devotion to with which
must take to the land and air against nations whose
foreign than her that of the
rest of Now and when the going gets
tough the sight of the figures 1882 should
up and fight with renewed courage and conviction.
That lone vote is also significant in that wonderfully
symbolic the standard which the worth of individuals
weighed in the society fight preserve unfortun
ate that in the confusion of the Miss Rankin
given opportunity to few words explanation of
stand But her rights minority have violated
She has not been sent to concentration camp will she be-
In this democracy people think and what they like
long what they does not constitute immediate
threat the general welfare Surely these rights of ndvd
ua freedom to learn to think to talk among
values which want to When those
1887 should remember these rights their
relation to the minority though the minority be
small in 388.
Had the vote been $780, should have had promi-
reminder simple of the which
fight Miss Rankin in doing her duty country
it, has truly made great contribution America and
the which embark 1t lies of us
who stand with the 388 give ourselves courageousy and
evody purpose of preserving the deepest of
civilization in the face of threat which will truly take
devotion to dispel
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Necessity Has
CONTINUED from Page One,


army of occupation.
Equally serious was the situation
abroad. British spokesman had stated
categorically that their declaration of
war would follow within the hour if
the Japanese attacked the U. S. 1t
seems likely that the Soviet Union.
working in close cooperation with
Britain and the U. S., will also be
drawn into the conflict against Japan.
Thus war move threatened to line
up three major powers-Britain, the
| Soviet Union and the U. S.-against
Japan.
While these and other weighty fac
tors counseled extreme caution, a crit
ical economic position compelled the
Japanese to take the offensive.
Japan proper consists of a long
chain of volcanic islands, generally
infertile and containing few of the
metals upon which modern industry
depends. The islands produce coal
but almost no oil. The Japanese
must import iron, cotton, rubber and
timber as well as food.
Siberia, China Thailand, Burma.
India and the East Indies produce
practically all of the economic essen
tials that are lacking in Japan. The
occupation of these territories would
make the Japanese economically self
contained as far as raw materials are
concerned. Hence the projected New
Order in East Asia under Japanese
domination.
Until the summer of 1871 the jana
nese obtained from the u S. large
part of their cotton, iron and oil.
During the past four years nearly T.
100000 tons of U. S. iron and steel
and 120,000,000 barrels of u. S. petro-
leum have reached Japan
Japanese imports are paid for with
two major exports-cotton goods and
silk. British Empire and U. S. mar
kets absorbed a large share of Japa-
nese cotton exports. The bulk of Jap
anese silk went to the u. S.
Through 1910 and 1941 the u. S. |
and Britain countered the Japanese
moves toward Burma, Singapore and |
the East Indies by curtailing trade
relations. During the past six months
the Japanese have been practically
cut off from their chief supplies of
oil, iron, cotton and rubber, and from
their principal markets for cotton and
silk exports.
In November 1941, Japan had to
10 months supply of oil and iron. It's
'oreign trade and its domestic econ
)my alike faced ruin.
Gripped in this economic vice Of
necessity, the Japanese
we're forced to choose between the /
abandonment of their program for the [
of East Asia and a war with
hree major powers. /
The militarists who are in control
# Japanese policy threw caution to /
he winds and staked the future of Z
apan and the well-being of her TO- 7
100000 inhabitants on a desperate war '
nove. r
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-17

whose appetites were whetted by the
Smith bill passage in the house, don't
like 1t little bit, but they have no
choice.
This column compiled the vote of
the eight poll-tax states on the Smith
bill-and this vote reads: Sc in favor
of this vicious measure and only four
In opposition.
By states, the vote follows: Ala
bama, 9 for and none against; Arkan-
sas, for and none against; Georgia,
for and 1 against; Mississippi, for
and none against; South Carolina,
for and none against; Tennessee, 6
for and 1 against; Texas, IS for and
against, and Virginia, for and 1
against.
The menace of the poll tax to labor
is thus obvious. The workers in the
south haven't enough money to pay
for exercising their constitutional
privilege of voting, so they just have
mt any representation iii congress.
Representatives like Gene Cox of
Georgia and Howard (Undertaker)
Smith of Virginia don't even regard
the workers in their districts as their
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-17
Butte Miners

CONTINUED from Page One)
lens, including maintenance of hard
won working conditions, will be dis
cussed
RESOLUTION
Unanimously adopted Dec. 10, 1941:
WHEREAS; ~ The sudden attack
and subsequent declaration of war
against the United States by Japan,
is, as President Roosevelt charges, a
planned move of the Rome-Berlin-
Tokyo axis:
(2) The existence of fascism in any
part of the world menaces the peace
and progress of all democratic peo-
pies as amply demonstrated through
the wanton acts Of aggression on the
part of the fascist governments, des-
troying nation after nation, and ex-
punging, wherever their hordes have
trod, the liberties, traditions and dem
ocratic institutions of the common
people;
90 We miners of Butte recognize
in the present world war struggle
of progressive and democratic peoples
against the ruthless fascist aggres-
sors, the axis powers and their wilful
puppets There can be no peaceful
progress until fascism is wiped off
the face of the earth; now therefore
be it
RESOLVED, That we Butte miners,
assembled in regular meeting of our
union this 10th day of December, 1871,
solemnly pledge our full support to
the President of the United States
in his announced determination that
the fascist gangsters, who have
banded together to make war upon
the human race, will be defeated.
Signed:
BUTTE MINERS UNION No. 1
of the International Union of Mine,
Mill & Smelter Workers.
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other way our citizens are proving
that they have the courage and the
stamina necessary to carry on a long
war
THE MONTANA preparedness ant
advisory commission has drawn III
plans for statewide civilian defense
program AS Governor Ford recently
pointed out: This is no time fol-
hysteria or mass action. Calm, col
lected thinking is most necessary
now However, we must be prepared
for all eventualities."
Under the governors leadership the
defense commission has established
volunteer units in each of the coun-
ties, has provided facilities for the
guarding of strategic areas, has set
up civilian protection units, and has
provided plans for air raid precau
lions as well as taking other neces-
sary steps.
REPRESENTATIVES, of the Amer
lean Legion have asked that the gov
ernor call special session of the
legislature. After considering this
suggestion at some length the gov
ernor announced that in his opinion
there was no need for calling a spe-
cial session. Such action would I'M
doubleday cost a great deal of money
which could be put to better use else
where, and furthermore, since the de-
Tense council is adequately taking
care of Montana's war preparations,
there is no need for a special session
now. With the continued co-opera-
ton of state, county, and local Off
Gals, the defense council is carrying
out the national program effectively
and undoubtedly will continue to do
so. Furthermore, most people have
not forgotten the special session
called some years ago when the mem
bers met to consider relief legislation.
Originally called to stay five days,
they were in session continuously for
some fifty-five days The tremendous
expense was not justified by the re-
suits accomplished, nor were the peo-
pie of the state satisfied with the re-
sulting legislation.
Under Montana law, although the
governor can invoke a special SEES
sion, he cannot tell the legislators
when to stop. In view of this situa-
ton no one can tell how long spe-
cial session might last.
SHERIFFS AND POLICE officers
net with the defense council and the
governor on Tuesday of this week to
nap plans for the defense. The gov
srnor reiterated his stand against
lysterical utterances and members of
he FBI said that all subversive ele-
nents, and enemy aliens would be
aiken care of in proper channels, and
hat until there was a charge against |
omeone there was no use apprehend- |
ng him. There are to be no arrests
Without hearings, and no principles of
american Democracy are to be sus-
ended. Our American Bill of
tights guarantees liberties which
aust be maintained, and as long as
hey are established and carried out
ur country will remain free.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-12-17
American Youth Speaks

The many suring remarks made in the and by
dvduas Montana and the nation Jeanette Rankin
for her the resolution declaring against Japan
have been quite ably answered by student in Cornell He
arguments which reach down to the undamen
tails involved her right to vote she did, Finally her vote
symbozes the thing that fighting to the in
divdual human rights in democracy We reprint the ed
toria written by student in Cornell university and
the daily published by the students during the
school year, and thank the writer:
3S8 TO
Republican Representative Jeanette Rankin of Montana
booed in the house of representatives Monday Americans
thank God that they have before them her
splendid example of conviction. This minority
of lust 388 should become national SYMBOL in
vove ourselves deeply in the struggle for her vote
dissent all of congress- suggests several of the values
of the democratic of evaues which sometimes for
get in excitement but which the of democ
racy itself.
That zone" linked with the 388, should in the first
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Trespassing-


war; so far as the United States is
concerned. It's not considered good
military tactics in the first place, and
it's not in harmony with the spirit OF
the American people.
Vichy will be watched most closely
Uncle Sam isn't going to stand for
any Vichy collaboration with Hitler,
and maybe the French people won't
either. Vichy collaborationists have
met with very little success in their
efforts to produce an anti-British feel
ing in France. It's just not in the
books that the French people will
ever become anti-American
But if Petain-Darlan & Company
proceed with collaboration plans with
Hitler, look for some hard-boiled ac-
ton by this country.
-
Nye Sounds Sour Note
OF all the congressional isolation
lists, the only one who had the temer-
ity to place the blame for the out
break of hostilities on the admins
tration was North Dakota's Sen. Ger
aid P. Nye.
Nye said that the outbreak could
have been averted had the admins
tration given the Japs an opportunity
to save their faces.
What Nye meant was that we
should have given our official okay
to Japan to gobble up China. That's
the peace" formula that Nye would
have applied to Hitler in Europe.
The theory upon which this formula
is predicated is that if you let the
dictators swallow enough other peo-
pie, they won't have any appetite
when it comes to your turn. At any
rate, they won't devour you complete
bit by bit.
Aside from the immoral aspects of |
such a policy, it hasn't practical ap-
plication, for the reason that the ap-
petites of dictators cannot be meas
lred by the physical dimensions of
their stomachs.
NeWsmen Grumbing
There has been grumbling on the
part of newsmen that they aren't get
ing all the news.
They were sore because they
couldn't get much information of the
lamage sustained in the Pearl Harbor
lttack. AS a result, there were the
widest of rumors as to what hap
,ened.
There is little doubt that more COM
'lete and more authentic information !
will be forthcoming in the future than s
vas the case at Pearl Harbor s
The government was in a tough 6
pot. Japan in particular, was anx- f
BUS to find out what damage its f
ombers inflicted, as this knowledge /
rould have a direct bearing on future a
trategy. FDR wasn't going to give
he Japs that advantage. ii
NTH Bill in Cold Storage Fl
At this writing, the Smith anti-labor p
III is a dead issue. The administra- n
on has called conference of labor r
I'd management to work out CO. G
arrangement for the dura- S
on. This would take the place of tt
gislation The anti-labor crowd, c,