Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-12-19
By
Clayton
Rusch
Chairman
Political Action Committee
Christmas Fantasy

the NHIlSLIIldS 1SSSliA' "A ASAAS
of the rule of men to Mike, Jr.
"You see son." said Dad
Microbe ''this is the time of
year when men celebrated the
birthday of a leader called
the prince of Peace"
did he advocate the aboli-
ton of war" asked Mike, Jr.
well, the whole tenure of
his teaching was the futility
of war. He taught that Bro
therhood of Man was an ideal
concept and advocated the
application of brotherly love
in the approach to human
problems"
did the men of his time
take his teachings to heart"
asked Mike, Jr?"
"Most of mankind did not
during his lifetime, but insti-
tutions were later established
whose aim was the perpetua-
tion and promulgation of his
doctrines"
These must have brought
about an end of warfare as a
means of settling disputes,
did they not?"
"They certainly did not.
During the last two thousand
years of the reign of Man the
idea of a peaceful society
was discussed and studied but
there were no large scale sue
cessful attempts to establish a
warless world"
Didn't their failure to
establish a peaceful world
government give us our op-
portunity to instigate the
germ and take over the
world?"
"That is true" said Dad
Microbe" but you are getting
ahead of the story"
THE STORY
"It happened like this. In
1945 the second World War
was brought to a close by the
use of the atomic bomb, the
most formidable weapon de-
vised by Man until that time"
you see Man had a basic
difference from us. We can
replace that which is de-
stroyed, but our replacement
looks just like the thing it re-
places. When the cities were
destroyed man designed plans
for better cities, that they
erected in their place"
after 1945 all the big
powers began experimenting
with the possibility of devils
ing some weapon even more
effective than atomic bombs"
"The new device was not
long in coming. 1t was very
simple device and constituted
a reversal of Mans former at
titude toward us bugs"
Ever since he inherited
the earth from the reptiles,
Man had devised ways and
means to keep insects and
microbes in check. The new
meteorological warfare which
was developed after 1945 was
a new departure.
BRED GERMS
"Now man began to foster
the breeding of germs which
would destroy his kind. The
idea for one colony or group
of mankind to turn us loose
on rival groups"
Shortly after the end of
the second world war the
world of Man was again di-
vided into armed camps"
Instead of establishing a
world government with an
economic system of jobs at
living wages for all, the big
powers were trying to avoid
the affects of uncontrolled
monopoly by warfare"
After the last superficial
attempt to prevent war with
out correcting the economic
evils which cause it failed,
the world of Man was again
plunged in a full bloom war"
"The leading powers align
ed themselves into two camps
and set out to destroy each
other"
"As you know each side
used us to destroy the other
side"
But Dad" interposed Mike,
Jr." weren't men smart
enough to know that in the
final outcome sof bacteriolo-
gical warfare that we would
be the real winners and
take over the earth?"
"Son," said Dad Microbe,
it seems that Men were smart
enough to build a great civil
liztion, but not bright enough
to realize that when they
used us bugs to kill off part
of their kind, we were GER
tainly going to 60 ahead and
finish the job. And we did,
my boy, we did"
81 guess Dad" said Mike,
Jr., Men weren't so smart
after ALL"