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Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

rem ooer nod berididt tper6en ioll'
ten"
8ie ,,&bite" (Amertcan 8roaocait'
ing Station in gurope) ltnteroes NIT.
tetlt, gebt aus einem oeuti6en 9ofn'
ment, oas in elmer our9 Die auiter>
ten befreiten Staot in oer gtorman-
Die aufgefun0en tpuroe, berbor, bob
Die 5tpangstpeiie in 6eutlde Arbeits-
folonnen gepreBten Sran5oien tmmer
mebr oeiertieren. 0as S6riftltiid be-
faBte ii6 INIT Der Der5peifeIten 8e"
l9meroe enes 8a1tunternebmers an
oie Organiiation Eoot'', belagt oieier
8eridt. u8on ISL fran5oiti6en ar-
beitern, Die uns Dor 5tpei g8o6en 5u-
gelpieien puroen, itno nur nod 39
iibrig'', beiBt es in Der 8eI6Deroe
&peiter. Der l1nternebmer bate ote
Waiienoelertotion ieiner 3mangSar>
better prompt gerneloet, aber MIR ei.
ner bon ibnen por tpie0er 5u ibm
5uriidgebradbt tpor0en."
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23
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(6ortiekuna BON Seite i

uno oes amertfanil9en 2ebensl ltan-
ooros muB, oen Gerfe9tern Ser IuS<
MISUNDERSTANDING 5ufolge, 5uerit
geiorgt tperoen. Iuf Der anoeren Seite
ieben itb Die 8ertreter Ser bumanita-
rem uno international fooperatiben
Soee fir Die 3ulaiiung bon &riegs>
opfern, beionoers Sli6tlingstinoertt
uno fir cine bebor3ugte 8ebanolung
ser Maiierteh Elm. 9arin tpuroe ia be-
reits our9 BEN 8ioerruf Der 9lus>
i6liebung dineiiI6er @inwanoerer
uno our6 Die gan5 tiir5li6e slufnab>
me bon runo 1000 europaiI9en Ne>
fugees Elm Infang genradt uno miro
ertpartet, baB Die tommenoen Srie-
Observation-Disclosures feIte 8eltimmun-
gen 5u oieiem Broblem erlailen ner>
BEN.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23
Starfes Aniuadfen Der eurOpdiiden
11ntergrmnbpreiTe
Coffee Of @ar Snformotionl

\Stt1ce OF 2Sar Sntormatton)
0ie idpe6iide 3eitung .MHonblo.
oet' ber0ffentIi6t einen grtifeI zines
ungenannten oeutf6en SournaIilten
iiber Die 4ttioitGt Der untergrun6.
preiie in Na5i-@uropa, in Dem es u.
a. beiBt: ,,SSn Dem MaBe, in oem 6as
9feta it6 Der gnofataitropbe nGbert>
intenitbiert ii4 IN oen beIebten 2an.
bern Die attibitat Der Undergraduate
1pe9ung. 9ie iogenannte iuegale 8reI.
1e bat leBt cine geraoe3u pbantaItiIde
Serbreltung nno Gollenoung er,
rei6t, tuofiir Die 8unttli6teit uno
SerlaBlidfett ibrer 3eitungen, 8eit.
idriften un6 8roi9iiren ben be1ten
8etpeis biloet.
~@s miro i1nmer tIarer, BOB 6ie
yta5ibeboroen 6iefes Gntpa6Ien Ser
llntergrunopreHe ni6t berbinoern
fonnen> obtDobl lte itnmer tpie6er neue
Vtetbooen 5u ibrer 8efGn1pfunq uno
unterorudung anmenoen. Bur Belt
Derbreiten fte 3. 9. tueitgebeno faIl6e
@erii9te, Inn ben Siibrern Der Inter,
9runobetueglng 5al1en 5u iteuen, aber
o1e1e gta5imetbo0en it1o meilt iebr
plump uno baben 6enn oud> be1on.
oers in SoIlano uno 8eIgien> feinen
au5u groBen @rfoIg auf5upei1en qe-
Dabt. au9 in NorWegen bat, lpe3ieu
lett Der aIiierten 2an0ung in syronf>
re19> Die iaegaIe Breile oie l1nter>
grunobeIpegung Dor fallGen sSSnfor-
mat1onen geparnt, Die bon gea5if cite
abl13tli9 our unrubeitiftung uno Ser.
nlrrung ausgeitreut tpuroen. uno in
9ane1narf baben Die 9euti i6en 1ogar
1elblt oo1nit ongefangen, einiqe iue.
9ale 3ett1ngen beraus5ugeben, aber
erlt t11r5li9 gelang es ben 0qni1den
Satrloten> cine 9ruderei 5u 5erit6ren.
'>Sn georofrantrei6 gaben ote
Deutl9en unteroes elm ssluobIott
berouS, oaS oen SiteI truq: 8efeb1
yer: 1 oeS SouptquartierS Der ge-
1relnneSormee uno ie0en 2eler ouf.
Ioroerte> neun ibm betannte 8otrio-
ten CUR Weitunter5ei6nung elmer So,
Dolltatserflarung gu beroulofien. 4uf
Orele sSelle gelang es Der @eltapo, Ell,
ne Eelbe bon MitgIieoern Ser oebei-
men BefreiungSarmee Or geor0fi1te
(eote ou Noro) 5u berboften."
9er Artitel fabrt Damn fort: ,>gor
elnleer 3eit gelang es WeitgIieoern
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

ser polnii6en MISUNDERSTANDING
an Sausmauern in 8ari6au Elm an-
gebli9 bon Dem Oeuti6en Boli5eiprds
ltoenten Scope unter3ei6netes Ylafat
an5ui6lagen, oas oie iofortige @pa'
tuierl1ng Der 0euti6en 3ibilberpal-
tung anor6nete. Die oeuti6en 8eam,
ten tpuroen oaraufbin bon elmer poais
gen Banif ergriffen un0 itiirmten
formli9 ibre Imtsgebauoe, um ibre
ouslteben6en @ebdlter iopie 9eeiielpes
ien fir Sen Abtransport 5u berlan=
gen.
ugon Ser 8idp-&egierung beraus-
gegebenen 5tatiltiten 3ufolge balten
it6 in 6rantrei9 our 3eit ettpu 300,>
900 Berlonen berborgen. Sn 9oaan0
lin0 eS 5uuin0eit 10000, in BEL
glen $4,000, in OGnemart 10000.
9llle oieie 2eute brau6en SSSoentifi5ie>
rungspapiere uno 9tationierungstar.
ten, uno belon0ers in Srantrei6 un0
8elgien geb0rt oaber Die SdlI9ung
aller oieier an1tli6en Hapiere uno
Oofumente form1i6 5u elmer tdgli9en
&outine. Sn Normegen beri6panO
im Wear5 etnfa9 cine Babe Wiaion
amtlider 9}ationierungsfarten.
u@S lit au9 our6aus an 0er So=
gesor0nung', fdbrt Der slrtifel fort,
voaB Batrioten anttlide 0otumente
5erlt0ren, Die nit ser 6abn0ung nod
ii6 perborgen balten0en Botrioten gu
tun baben. Oas belgiife Quisling=
blatt ,2e SaDs Steel" beri6tete 3. g.
erit fitr5li6 aus 2iitti6, oaB 5tp0lf
0titglieoer Ser 8i0erl erltan0sbemegung
bort ouS &utbaus 0ur6Iu6ten unO
babel cine groBe 3obl tpi6tiger Ya-
pierre perni6teten. 9ie l1ntergrunos
5eitung ll2a 2ibre 8elgique" berib>
tet einen abnli6en SAL aus NeipeIe.
Satrioten iiberfielen oort oaS &C.
ri6tsgebauoe, mo iie 0ie Itten elmer
groBen An5abl bon Sran5oIen bor-
fonoen uno entfernten, Sic bon 6en
gea5iS 5ur 3pangsarbeit na6 Dem
0eutl6en &eid geididt tpor0en tpa=
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

- 8enn aa6 Siere NIT Beritano
begabt &pdren, 10 fonnte iid cine &al1'
pc oennod feline 8oritellung MAIDEN
bon Ser @riiten5tpeiie 1ulb Tiiblltn'
gen zines S6metterlings. @benio
berbalt es ft6 nit einem 8eltmen'
i6en; er bat teine Mbnung bon Dem
rei6en 2eben> tpel6es Der tpabre
@brilt in @ott fibrt. - Albon 5tola.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

Ser Gang @ottes in Der Ratur, Die
@eoanfen, Die Der @pige uns in Der
&eibe ieiner 8erte tatli9 oargele9t
bot; iie iin0 oas beilige 8u9, an
oeiien Gbaratteren ib atpor uinoer
als Elm 2ebrling, aber tpenigltens nit
Ereue uno @ifer bu6itabiert babe uno
bu6itabieren iperoe. - Seroer.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

&al6 tritt ser 500 oen Weni9en an,
gS lit linn feline Sriit gegeben;
@S itiir5t i'm mitten in Der 8abn,
@S reibt i'm fort bonn nollen 2eben.
8ereitet o0er ni6t 5u geb'n,
@r muB Dor iei11em Ni9ter lteb'n!
S1iller.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

8elen raul9en
8eaen 5ieben;
Stunoen fommen
5tunoen flteben.
5dmer3 un0 Sreu0e
@eb'n boriiber,
0'rum bemobre rein oein Ser5!
Ber iibertrifft oen Monn,
Ser ltetS itd milo er5eigt2
Ser, tpel9er @obltat iibt
uno es 5ugleid berl6meigt.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

Ser SSuoe meint, er lei ein Gbrilt,
8enn er nur S6tpeinebraten tBt.
@r ltebt bon @briiti @unoerlebr'
In oielen gbriiten audi ni6t mebr.
g8ilb. Neiler.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

5Dm B olismus, 8erIinnbtl6ung
geiitliden Dinge; bil6et einen tpe-
ientliden Sell Der tatboliiden 81.
turgie, Der audi in BEN &ir6en-
bauten our Dariteuung toumt.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

60 miro in er0Beren &ir9en oas
Sauptidiff Don einem 8uerI rI9iff
in Sorm zines &reu5es our9ibnit.
ten. auf ben 8anoen 6es Snnern,
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

8etpabre sir ein reines Sera,
&ein tpie Ser l1ni6uI6 Gleto,
l1no blide boffen0 bimmeltpGrts
8eorangt 0td iroiid' 2et6!
Wartt1 @reif.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

an oen Eiiren uno unter 6en Sen.
itern lin6 SDnbole Der auerbeiIig.
item Dreifaltigfeit uno peridiebe.
ner gtgenibaften @ottes ange.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

bra6t. 9as &ruaifir 1tellt @ot
Sobn bar. @ott Gater miro oft als
alter Wann oareeitellt uno oer SI.
@eilt in Sorm elmer Eaube ober
elmer Slamme.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1944-08-23

Aamd6tig lit oas @olo; aud Mob.
rem tann es b1ei6en. - 59iller.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
Victory Fleet

The S. S. United Victory, first of the
new fleet of Victory ships, was launched
the other day at Henry KaiSer'S Portland,
Ore, yards And with it was launched
an ambitious American program of post
war shipping The Victory is fast cargo
vessel = fast enough to sail without con-
voy and to cut a Liberty ships round
trip time to England by two-thirds. For
all its heroic, indispensable service, the
Liberty is outmoded. 1t would be USE
less in competitive peacetime trade. So
it was very likely the Victory that Rear
Admiral Howard Vickery, the Maritime
Commissions vice chairman, had in
mind when he told the British Ministry
of Shipping: "The United States in
tends to- become a maritime nation, and
to- remain one after the war" That this
is a new, or rather, revived ambition is
shown by shipping figures. Not since the
Civil War has as much as SO per cent of
our foreign trade been transported in
American ships. At the turn of the CEN
fury the figure was about 10 per cent, and
as recently as 1899 less than a quarter of
our trade was carried in our own vessels.
But this war has taught us the value
of an adequate merchant fleet as an in
Strument of national defense. Our short
age OF ships, coupled With submarine SINK
ingS, taught what was very nearly dis
aStrous lesson. 1t is unlikely, then, that
we shall again subscribe to the idea that,
since other nations with lower wage-scaleS
can carry our goods for less, we should
let them do so. Americas emergence as
power in merchant shipping, however,
carries its own set of peculiar postwar
problems. First of all, there will need to
be complete and friendly cooperation and
understanding among the various ma
tons, particularly between this country
and Great Britain.
Britain received Admiral Vickery's
statement, quoted above, in good grace.
AS this friendly threat to British mari
time eminence becomes a reality, this
countrys job will be to preserve that feel
ing of good grace without backing down
on it's own expressed intentions. These
and many other problems are bound to
come up. Their solution, and the settling
of similar problems in all fields, is going
to require much of the justice and gener-
osity and friendly understanding that
now unites these several nations in their
determination to defeat their enemies
quickly and decisively.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26

has shown that strikes do not end under
this system Of universal draft. Rather,
English strikes have increased each year
since the system has been in force, and
that country now has proportional
greater number of strikes than we do.
The secretary said that national service
would increase our production effective
ness and minimize turnover, and that the
coming year would call for greater pro-
duction effort. The War Manpower Com
mission, however, already has machinery
for regulation turnover and efficiency,
and the commission has already scaled
down its future Inanpower needs by 600,-
600 from the original estimate.
The RECOMMENDATION of military life is an
unfortunate but necessary consequence of
war. To regiment civilian life further
would, we believe, rather lower the morale
of the country than raise the morale OF
the fighting forces. Further, it would
seem that better application of present
controls, not more controls, is the answer
to our major production problems.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
Saving Bonds

AS the Fourth War Loan Drive gets
under way, and people prepare to "buy
more in a." it is encouraging to note
how tightly most of us have hung onto
the first three issues. From May /, 1941,
until the end of 1913, Americans had
bought more than $25,000,000,000 in
Series E, F, and B bonds. Redemptions
up to that time amounted to $1,763 ,000,-
900 or per cent - including the accrued
interest.
That seems to us a remarkably good
record. And it is interesting to learn,
from Treasury statistics, that most bonds
were cashed in at Christmas time. Dur
ing the flu epidemic, and in months when
taxes we're due. That's all right, too. 1t
is getter to sacrifice bond than to be
haunted by delinquent taxes, unpaid
doctor bills or the thought that you
Scrimped on the kids at Christmas.
And we suspect that a good share of
that cashed-in-$1, 763 100000 found its
way back into Uncle Sans sock anyway,
in taxes or more bonds.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
Useful Suggestion

If you are one of those unfortunates
who have to struggle with wartime hotel
conditions in major cities. the American
Hotel Association offers suggestions
which, it says, may make your travels a
little less unpleasant We are glad to
pass them on.
In reserving rooms, says the associa-
ton, it is wise to mention whether you
are travelling by plane, train Or bus, and
at what hour you expect to arrive; to
specify the number in your party and the
exact type of accommodations you want
(why not be an optimist? But don't
expect too muchD; to predict the length
of your stay and the hour you expect to
check out Then stick to your plans If
you possibly can, but if you can't, notify
the hotel at once so that some other lost
soul can be accommodated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
A Step Toward Progress

The extent to which the problems of
debt and taxation can affect future pro-
greSS in the United States, was lately
summed up by noted financial writer
in language any layman should be able
to understand. He declared that: apart
from the danger of initiation getting out
of control, one of the worst features of a
mounting debt burden is the scramble OF
different groups of taxpayers to shift the
taxes to other shoulders. In this struggle
for advantage, the contest is almost in
evitably resolved in favor of those groups
having the most political power. What
energies is tax system based more upon
political expediency than upon sound
economic considerations e.
Public debt and the burden of lopSided
taxation on the most productive elements
in the country have grown SO great that
some equalizing adjustment must be
made after the war is over or dreams OF
full employment and general advance
ment will not materialize. There is no
use adopting hardboiled policy in the
belief that government will take care OF
us if private industry fails. If private en-
terpriSe fails, so will the government-the
government lives by the productive effort
of private enterprise the same as the rest
of us. And it should not be forgotten
that individuals laboring in the hope of
reward are, in the last analysis, the spark
plugs that keep the machine running.
These are simple truths that we are
dangerously close to forgetting. The most
important step that has been taken in
many moons toward inSuring continued
progress in this country, is the widespread
movement to limit by Constitutional
Amendment the peacetime taxing powers
of the Federal government.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
NEWCOMERS TO THE FLEET
New York Times)


At the Massachusetts Quincy
yesterday the aircraft carrier Han
cock took her first swim. Related
to the Lexington and the Wasp,
she belongs to an honored and a
beloved family. This type Of ship
has been of conspicuous and gal
liant service. -Four Of the seven
that were afloat at the beginning
of the war have persisted. The
never say-die Enterprise is house
hold word. John Hancock's sloop
Liberty was once famous. Like
John and John Quincy Adams, he
was born in that part Of ancient
Braintree now called Quincy. Two
inconsiderable ships OF war have
hitherto carried the name of this
Signer and Signers, as his one IL
lustrious signature deserves to rate
him.
Now first Navy of the world, the
American fleet has been building up
under our eyes almost faster than
we can take note. Saturday the
battleship Missouri will be launched
in the Brooklyn Yard. She IS one
of the 45,000-tonners of which the
Iowa was the first to float. 1t is
hard for a landlubbcr to accustom
himself to these contemporary mon
sters. They are floating fortresses
just one-sixth Of a mile long, float
ing cities with a population Of g.
800. We salute these newcomers to
the fleet, confident that they will
prove their worth in battle. Many
of their specifications have not been
made public and will not be now
But We may be sure that they en-
body lessons learned in the heat
Of battle and that their striking
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26

He is chiefly famous in the Virgin
Islands, a community 95 per cent
Negro, for introducing legislation
imposing one years imprisonment
for a minor violation of the moral
code. The bill did not pass the
Virgin Islands legislature.
Governor HARDWOOD has COM
planned to Secretary Ickes that,
when he was appointed, he
though it was understood he
would not have to spend too
much time in the islands. He
spends considerable time in Wash
ington.
For some time, Ickes has hoped
to get rid of the Governor, but
there is one major difficulty. Har-
wood is one Of President Roose-
velt's oldest political friends. He
served in the New York State AS
sembly when FDR, then taking his
first plunge into politics, was
elected to the State Senate from
Duchess County. HARDWOOD and
the President have been good
friends ever since, in addition to
which the Virgin Island governor
has been a substantial contribu-
tor the Democratic Party.
Therefore, since the Secretary
of the Interior can't get rid of
his Governor of the Virgin Islands
in any other way, he would like
to see him made justice of the
U. s. Court OF Appeals for the
District Of Columbia, where Judge
Fred Wilson's seat is vacant. The
Court of Appeals, incidentally, has
become one of the outstanding
courts of the country, free from
politics, and with a higher caliber
of judges than at any previous
time in history.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
AS A MATTER OF FACT

House wives are almost unanimously in
favor of flexible adjustment in meat
points, and four-fifths of them are OPP
posed to subsidies, so it is reckoned as a
result of recent QUESTIONABLE sent to
women's groups by the Texas and South
western Cattle Raisers' Association. Many
women express themselves vehemently
as against a so-called "grey market, the
term applied to the practice of some
butchers who favor only their old Gus
toners. However, butchers, for the most
part, try to take care of all who come to
buy. It is natural to give good service
to old customers, but while shopping
about Housewives generally find butchers
as cooperative as is possible under exist
ing circumstances, you might say.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
Views Of The Press
NERVES
New York Herald Tribune)

| New York Herald-Ir1bune)
The war keeps everybody at high
tension. The most temperamentally
serene observer of the global trag-
edy is keyed up to it by a thou
sand varied impacts-the news of
great battles, the annals of indi-
vidual heroism, the German afro
cities and so on through an ever
mounting list. An apocryphal Incl
dent like "Pravdas" unfortunate
rumor can for all its incredibility
"add new shudder to life" Why
is it, then, that at time when SO
many Psychological forces are at
work all over the world there should
be so many contributions made to
the nervousness on the home front?
We do not refer to such major
sources of uneasiness as the in
creasing restlessness of labor, which
is perhaps unacceptable in the or
binary processes of democracy. We
are thinking, rather, of administra-
tive measures which directly add to
the exacerbation of the nations
nerves. We are thinking, for exam
pie, of the endless stream Of rec
ondite missionaries by which bus
mess, large and small alike, has
been plagued. And we are thinking
to Of the formidable nature Of the
tax forms which are now being dis
tributed to millions-forms fantaS-
tically complicated and, indeed,
well calculated to set the citizens
nerves on edge.
In period which, we repeat, is
one of tension, certain to affect
the minds of men anyway, it seems
extraordinarily dubious to double
the burden placed upon the most
intelligent mans mentality. Such a
man is indubitably patriotic and is
glad to do his share in the pay
ment of taxes, as he Is glad to pur-
chase war bonds. His need, how
ever, Is for the simplification Of
communications from the govern
ment to himself, of BLANKS" readily
understood and made smoothly
practicable. To ask this is surely
not too much to ask of a govern
ment which is supposed, after all,
to be the servant Of the people, not
a schoolmaster posing a puzzle ano
quick with the ferule to use upor
all those whom he considers recalci-
trant. AS it is, the tax forms are
framed to stretch already taut
nerves to the breaking point. to
make the approach of March IS
an afafir Of dread rather than one
lof whole-hearted cooperation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-26
TAKE THE PLEDGE FOR
HEALTH'S SAKE

Nobody can tell me anything
about the action or effects Of alco-
holic beverages or liquors. know
it all. This may irk you If you're
under the influence at the moment.
But let me put it in less provoca-
tive terms: I know all physician
or health authority may know and
should know about the action or eff
fects of intoxicants. On this knowl-
edge-which is open to any intel
ligent person who cares to learn
/ base my attitude. After all, what
other attitude can a physician or a
health teacher take?
In a talk about smoking the other
day spoke of the tremendous
HEALTH value of pledge by boy
or girl to parent, grandparent.
uncle, aunt, teacher or pastor
against smoking AID drinking be.
fore the age of twenty-on
Here and there a pastor may still
use his influence to persuade boys
and girls to take such pledge
before they are quite old enough to
have acquired the smoking OF
drinking habit. and to renew the
pledge in some ceremony from year
to year. But from the dignifled
silence Gas we tinid members Of
the medical profession call our
failure to warn the public against
the devices practiced and the false
pretensions made by charlatans) OF
most pastors these days 1t might
seem that this pledge thing is too
trivial.
I thank my lucky stars that my
mother, thanks to her membership
in the Women's Christian Temper
ance Union - even membership
therein took considerable fortitude
on our side of the tracks-conferred
this health protection on me
She was not so concerned about
HEALTH perhaps as about my
moral welfare. Just the same, it
was as great a boon to HEALTH
as it was to moral development.
One pastor writes:
'They expect preachers to rant,
and they take our words as the
line to be expected from profess
sional reformer, but when some
one like yourself puts the same
idea into your cogent phrases, it
means plenty more"
Kind of you, Dominic, but I sus-
pect it is vice versa, at least so far
as a good many young people are
concerned. That is, they pay little
serious attention to harangues like
mine if they hear them at all, for
they think they know that many
good doctors advocate or sanction
moderate" use of intoxicants. But
when a pastor whose intelligence
and sincerity they respect appeals
to them to take and keep a pledge
against the use of alcohol or tobac-
CO before the age Of twently-one
they take it seriously, nearly as
seriously as they would take such
a request from loving parent.