The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-06


Wallace grinned and shook his
head. Il haven't got anything to
say. never liked it when the old
folks handed out advice, and
am not going to impose my ad-
vice on Others"
The young boy stared, puzzled.
He had never found an adult
unwilling to tell the young how
to behave. There was a long
pause. 1t looked as If the inter-
view would fold up on the spot.
Presently Wallace resumed.
"The only way for young fellow
TO determine the right course is to
search within himself. Advice i'm
posed on him is no good. 1t has
TO spring from Within"
Wallace had struck a theme
close to his heart. He warmed up.
"a man came in here the
other day and asked for the
titles Of the ten books which
had influenced me most. He
was getting the same thing
from a lot Of peOple-the
President, Mrs. Roosevelt,
Churchill, Stain and others. I
didn't want to do it, because the
books that have influenced me
might not be the right books for
others.
But did name the Bible
and Plato's Republic. These
two are full of the idea of the
dignity Of the human soul, re-
Spect for the individual They
state it over and over again.
The ancient Hebrews and the
Greeks - the Bible and Plato.
Both civilizations were based on
the dignity Of the individual
human being"
Terrence Burke had expected
to stay only five minutes. But
the vice president was talking so
earnestly that it was obviously not
the moment to go. He sat like the
student at the feet of Gamaiel.
THE only way to develop your
full strength Is to reach out for
something greater than yourself.
That holds for a runner in
track meet, and it also holds
for a politician or business man.
You have got to reach beyond
your grasp, or you will never ex-
plore your full capacities.
This is in the Bible time and
again. There are a lot Of things
in the Bible that fit conditions
tOday-even inflati0n!"
BIBLE ON RENEGOTIATION
Here wallace reached for his
Bible and searched through 1t
for the Book Of Amos. Amos
was the Oldest Of all the prophets,
and a real social revolutionary"
The vice president started read
ing from the eighth chapter of
Amos. "'Hear this, o ye that
swallow up the needy, even to
make the poor Of the land to
fah
Wallace looked up. Those are
the prOfiteers," he said "And lis
ten to this. Amos Is putting his
finger on the people who don't
want to renegotiate contracts"
MERRY-GO-ROUND
"'When will the new moon be
gone, that we may sell corn? And
the Sabbath, that we may set
forth wheat, making the ephah
small and the shekel great
That's initiation - and classifying
the balances by deceit"
The vice president looked at his
listener. with twinkle behind his
silver-rimmed glasses. Then he
read another verse.
That we may buy tiIe poor
for silver, and the needy for a
pair Of shoes; yea, and sell the
refuse Of the wheat'?"
But even this wasn't very popu-
lar in those days" continued the
vice president. Amos was a So
cial revolutionary. and stocial
revolutionaries are never popu-
lar. Whats more, h. belonged
to the wrong kingdom. He was
of the people Of Judah, and he
had gone up to Israel to do his
preaching. And the Israelites
didn't like 1t, go they told him
to go home.
ATLANTIC CHARTER
And over here In the Book OF
Micah, Chapter 4, there's soEie-
thing about reconversion. And
they shall beat their swords into
plowshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks: Nations shall not
lift up Q sword against nations,
neither shall they learn war
any more