Evening star., 1950-03-01

how can there be progress toward the
larger objectives?"
Great developments come on the heels
Of resolute endeavor, not as a result Of
timid apology. Every American, and
every European too, should ponder the
words Of George Washington when he
addressed the Constitutional Conven-
ton in Philadelphia in 1887.
1T is too probable that no plan we
propose will be adopted. Perhaps an
other dreadful conflict is to be sustained.
If, to please the people, we offer what we
ourselves disapprove, how can we after
ward defend our work? Let us raise a
standard to which the wise and honest
can repair; the event is in the hand Of
God" c. N. MASON.
John L. Lewis More Sinned Against
Than Shining, This Miner Contends.
After reading Mr.. John o. Knott's
letter with reference to John L. Lewis
and the miners, have decided Mr..
Knott must have come to this country
with a silver spoon in his mouth. Such
people should go to the pits and toll as
the miners do. Then Mr.. Knott would
know who has sinned more against our
people than John L. Lewis.
I wish to say that Mr.. Knott does
not know about mining and the con-
ditions as I do, or he would not make
such a statement. have worked in the
mines before and since they were or
ganized I am Of the opinion If the
courts have the power to force the
miners to answer contempt charges, the
same should go for the operators. The
truth is that capitalists always have
walls to hide behind, and labor has to
come out in the open and face the
weather, it matters not how rough the
storm is.
If the arbitrators would go over the
present contract that is offered by Mr..
r Lewis and determine whether or not the
operators could make fair profit, then
am sure the courts would not hesitate
to view the whole situation and render
justice accordingly. r. II. REESE.
Riverdale, Md.
Hydroxen Bomb Belittled
i President Roosevelt Cor a ghost writer)
said, I'VE have nothing to fear but fear
ITSELF" Yet the politicians Of that time
and of today seem to delight in creating
emergencies which have the effect OF
soaring the daylights out Of the man
in the street. ~.ris.
It is quite obvious that the motive
for such scare tactics is to make the
populace dependent upon an all-power-
full government, and the more depend
ent they become upon this form Of pro-
lection the more securely are they bound
to the chains of dictatorship.
Personally. fail to get excited over
the fear that the hydrogen bomb will
blow us all to kingdom come. 1t would
be better to depart this life that way
than to face the loss Of our liberties
under totalitarian system.
So I am not impressed with these
emergencies that the New Deal schemers
habitually hatch up before an election.
obviously with the intent of stampeding
the voters into returning them to power.
w. B. c.
Peace Is Not Static Thing
We all want peace, but what kind Of
8 peace do we want? There is the peace
Of the stone and there is the dynamic
peace Of the smoothly turning wheel. We
should not want static peace but one
which represents the height OF con-
structive activity without friction. each
unit-man or nation-fulf1lling his or its
own duty for the benefit of the whole.
c. Delisle Burns wrote in 1884:
ut would be better to cease advocating
peace and to advocate instead that
civilized life for which peace is the
necessary condition. No one advocates
war, except as q means. The alternative,
peace, is also means. But only an end
can move men deeply. Peace, therefore,
must be made to be. and to be deeply
felt to be, sn opportunity for action.
not an interval nor an eternity Of rest"
PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHER.