The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-08
by DvssO Pearson

wanting too much profit or a labor union aetllnA too hleh-handed; of from the fact that ail M ui have let down lltle since the var and Are think Ing too much about Che almighty dollar, rathef than about our nelnhhoF whose con wan missing ln action and the whole community, at that time, tried Co he thoughtful and neshecFly. Bus now we nave forgot. ten that nleghbor and have gone on Go worrying about meat and new automobiles and ether selilsh things
 Even were President Truman the most brilliant leader in the worid-which he certainly doesn't pre- tend to hehe couldn't solve lot Of these post.wAr problems We have Co solve them ourselves We have to be just as considerate and thoughtful as ws were when our neiehbors boy waA missing in action. we have Co drive just carefully and help people along rationed in other words we have to think just little more about the other fellow. and it we do we really help our country and ourselves
 Putting lol of opposition politicians h congress to make more speeches isn't going to help things much. certain amount of opposition is healthy and essential But t can be carried too fer and tear the country to pieces.
 on the other hand, if President Truman could persuade few more good men to work with him in the executive branch of the government, if he could bring in some able Republicans to share his responsibilities, then the country definitely would benefit
 For the next two years we face a political house divided against itself That can have a paralyEne effect on any nation. 1t could be disastrous
 If, on the other hand, influential and able Re. publicans were to occupy government positions of trust and importance this could tide the nation a daneeroNs period. Truman has not hestated to do this when 1t comes to foreign affairs and famine lief He has used two powerful and conservative Re- publcans vandenberg of Michigan and Austin of Vermont as leaders of foreign policy And he invited Herbert Hoover despite vigorous Democratic advice to the contrary to take the lead in famine relief.
 However, the inclination of most Republicans will be to stay out of the Democratic domestic picture. They will be tempted to say: The Democrats made their own bed let them lie on h Two years from now we can reap the harvest of their mistakes"
 Two years from now, however, it may be too late too late to head off another depression and the war which usually follows depression.
 During the difficult period which this nation faced after the Revolutionary War Thomas Jefferson wrote:
 There is a debt of service due from every man to his country, proportioned to the bountes which nature and fortune have measured to him"
 That is just another way of saying what John McCulloch, the ex-Marne, said in le46-"Its my fault and millions like me"
 Tn other words, we've all got to do our part, whether it be the alleged big boys in Washington or the little folks back home who have great deal to do wSh the final destiny of their country even if they don't always realize t.
 We've all got to serve. In doing so. we've got to get back to the fundamentals of the sermon on the mount and remember that after all our broth- CTS keeper-m we are to weather this one of the most chaotic periods of human history