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Evening star., 1952-11-21
Au4oMoslLEs FOR SALE

OLDsM0BILE l949 "as'' 8 to choose
rom. Fully. equipped. One -owner
cars. Only S1.295. Terms and trade.
OLMSTFAD MOTOR Co. 1000 viii
son blvd, Arl., Va OW. S4O0. -22
OLDSMOBILE '4a Series as. de luxe
4-dr. sedan; Matte; r.. h.;
low mileage. This I-owner car is in
You may take car to your own
mechanic. for approval without de-
BELL MoToRs, SOLO wis. ave ave.
OLDSMOBMEs 1a47. 1a4s. 1a4s: va
riety of colors. and body styles; sale
price low as $500. and Auto Whole
salers' 1000 protected money-back
s9srantse; Yn,1,5, es,a tst 1st payment nU 1884,
AUTO 8 WHoEEsAfERs, INC. i7si 81
oIpsMosinE I1Sssno6Gaff Fdi ds4s n;e' "ss" de luxe
sedanette; Nile green. r. and h.
Hydra-Matic. Wv. tires, ] owner.
terms. WOLFE MOTORS. 1891 wis.
ave. NV. EN-. 014l. -22
OLDsMOBILE 1947 rs" sedanette;
XNDRTA NASH. 17o5 MI. Vernon
ave AL. 2330 ewes. It'll 9. -21
OLDSMOBnE 1a4a "sS" 4-dr.; r., h.
and HydraMatic: l owner; excep-
tionaily clean car; guaranteed and
only 81 .395: bank finsncing. CATH
NESS BUICK, INC, Used Car Lot,
5115 wisconsin ave. NV. WO. 55Sl
OLDSMOBILE 81 Super "Ss" Holi-
day; elec. windows. all extras: like
brand new; $3.50. DE. 6210. --2233
OLDSMOBILE '5l "aS" 4-dr. sedan;
Hvdra-Matic; fully equipped: one
owner Must see to appreciate.
S2.395. Mr. STRAWBRIDGE OR.
Ol94 or ST. 1885. -22
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,AUroMosMss. FOR SALE

NASH l94a Ambassador super sedan;
orig. black. Weather-eye. overdrive
plastic covers: in finest cond. Today,
best buy; SS95 cash. trade or terms
WOLFE MOTORS, 1891 Wis. ave
NV, EN-. 014l. -22
NASH 1851 Rambler convertible: r
and H.; cannot be told from brand.
new: 81 AS. MCNEIL. Stu udebaker
4034 Wis. ave. EN- 1886. --23
NASH 194S Custom 5-pass. G-cyl. clur
sSns black nish clean asirasfeT fSrenphonf He
trades. trade ia. IA. ss94. S9 800 cash. nc
NASH 81 Ambassador Gust. 4-dr
sedan: with Hydra -Matic drive, r
and h.. seat covers. reclining seats
turning indicators, back-up lights
etc. Beautiful 2-tone finish. New
END specisi: 81 81 .4s5. cooPEF ofSa
Nash 1915 1913 800. ssi Super sFei -drs: di@ heat,
er. s. c.. good tires, low mi. one
eTner; eSis +. ss95. MoRRSJ5s-HUGHEs
NASH '46 sedan: a-toned paint, i'm
maculate throughout; only S495. nc
Island ave. at Goth st. ne. III
1949, 1851. variety of col
ors and body styles. Sale price low
as $3.50 and Auto Wholesalers
1909 protected money-back guaran-
tee; lst payment till 1853 You'll
md the car you want al AUTO
WHOLESALERS, INC, 1871 BIa-
densburs Rd. ne.
1916 "76" 6-cyl., ..
dr.; very good condition.; must sell
I947 "9s"; new seat
covers: white-wall tires; Hydra; r.
and H.; nice black finish: 1917
and take over payments S11. so wk.
Mr.. EVANS, NE. 9714 after G:3O
pm. 22s
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

OLDS 1a4s sedanette; 7. and h..
Hydra Matte like new tires, spotless
throughout; S995. MCNEIL. Stude-
baker. 4034 wis. ave. EN-. f2s6
OLDs 1946 e-dr. sedanette; 2-tone
finish finish r: "a, and h., far o aboye average;
PACKARD 1a4s 4-dr.; di y overdrive. T.
and h: excel. cond.; to settle estate;
S1.095. ST. 1741. -a,2
PACKARD 81 "oOO' de luxe 4-dr.
sedan: excellent: low-mileage car;
Sl.945. H: B. LEARY. JR. & BROS.
INC. 5iso WIS, ave. Ho: 60l@, ;,
new body style, r. and ' h., new nylon
seat covers; excel. cond.; S775.
Tskoma Park. Nd Nd. N ave.
PACKARD 1851 Mayfair: yellow
with black top, matching nylon and
owner: OR. s4es sat. or sun. 1a.S
PACKARD 81 Model 800 customed
4-dr sedan; Ultramatic drive, radio
with front and rear speaker. heater
customed seat covers and many
other extras. Green metallic finish
New. car condition inside and out
cooPER MoToRs. OF Sloo NV wis. ave.
PACKARD 1e4s de luxe sedan: black
fully equipped. Al cond.: ST, $50
1. J. LORENTz, Oak Hill drive
PACKARD 1859 de luxe sedan; driven
less than 10000 miles. fully equip.
2-tone green with sun visor; one
cost $1,000, will sell for 50, sos
HU 6o95. Ia
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AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

PACKARD 1s47 cdr. .'clipper"; =:
pvt. owner. Naval Oflcer. No dealers.
PAcKARb At. 'si 4:doe5g: e squipped; q; is, is;
offer AP. 77S1. ~ q
PACKARD 40 CONVERTIBLE Super
50: overdrive, radio. heater ana
elec. windows; excel. condition. Dr.
rect from sole OWNER, S1.4sS or
hest nffpr, OR al.1 -2T
PLYMOUTH 1851 Cambridge club
coupe: heater; l owner; TRACED on
new Plymouth: Sl.3a5. CALVERT
hwy. Silver Spring. Nd. sH. l434.
Silver Springs largest De Soto
Plymouth dealer. III
PLYMOUTH 1850 4-dr.; radio, heater.
SC. original fin.; excellent cond.
Sl,2a5. HOYLE AUTO SALES. 1345
Que 81. NV. DU. $500. -2l
PLYMOUTH 1850 Special de luxe A.
door; radio. heater. seat covers. sun
shade; very clean; low mileage; one
owner car: ST ,345. WHEELER, INC,
Chrysler- Plymouth. EN-. 470S. $500
Wisconsin ave. -21
PLYMOUTH 1a4s club coupe; r. and
h., Wv. tires; other extras; $3.50.
10. S-S41l. --22
PLYMOUTH 194S 4-dr. de luxe; r.
h., seat covers; Ss25. LARRY La
FEVER, KE. S-533Q. go
PLYMOUTH al 4-dr; S345. Very
clean. HoRNER's, 9th and Fla. ne,
AT 6464
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AUTOMOBILES FOR sALE

LINCOLN 1947 club coupe; r. and h.,
white-.wall tires, electric windows, 9
real beauty for only S545. ,710
MERtCiGGRESY ti GES is4s club coupe; equipped
with radio and heater: in imma-
TON MOTOR COMPANY, shirling-
ton Business Center, Va. -21
MERCURY AZ convertibIe: new top,
seat covers, paint Job; good tires;
Al throughout. Only S175. CALL
CARL MOTORS, INC. Hudson Deal
er, 5a4a Ga. ave. NV, GE 2444.
MERCURY so club coupe with radio
ana heater: in immaculate coudi.
tion ;395 SH1RLfNGToN MO-
ness Center, Va. --21
With Electric eShvfplo SindoWs' ne% eSuipere top,
throushoat: sIis5. Gvf5 efo eefT'fs. s. esHe sse
MEEcURY 40 a-dr.; orig. dark 6lue
sc1ers: pssf OvsEss1Ss sHssSiionsy and s
1855. scHLEdEL & GOLDEN.
2g3 Ssrron S ST.. Takoma Park. D. c.
MERCURY 1850 Monterey; complete
ly equip. extensive power and speed
equip; testing gauges incl. TAJIAfA
MERCuRY 1e4a convertible; rad radio.
% today sSS SSa TR1AMGs1s TFPRn1AAi4s ear Mo4oRs osRoefis
30a9 r; ]. ave. ne. DE. 1902.
MERCURY 40 convert: new top, SC.
$430 or best offer. EN- 1882.
MERCURY 1851 4-dr. sport sed :;
=. and h., Mere O. Matte. $4,000 ac-
tual mi, owner; new-car cond
see to appreciate; S1.115. 1896
down, bank financing. 1901 NJ st.
MERCURY 1850 club coupe: cleaning
black, r. and h., overdrive. Wv.
tires. reflects excel. care: guaranteed;
81 800 cash, trade or terms. WOLFE
MOTORS, 1891 Wis. ave. NV. EN-
NASH 1851 States. Gust. 4-dr.: Hy.
cond.: 81 1886. sH. 3O57. go
NASH 1946 600 4-dr.; r, h., sur
visor. seat covers: written guarantee
$685.. ALEXANDRIA NASH, no.
tI,,. Mt. Vernon ave-. AL. 1880; evenings
NASH 1946 1000" 4-dr.; new batter,
and tires recently overhauied: !verS
clean; $500. HU. $500, Ext. :92: OF
NO. 4511. after e. "a
NASH 1850 Ambassador 4-dr. Hydra.
tires, $1,000 actual miles. Car alb
solutely in peri. cond. throughout
You, may take car to your owr
posit Weekend special. 81 .295
BELL MOTORS. 5010 Wis. ave-,
WO. 5000. -33
NASH 1949 Ambassador Cdr; over
drive, r.. h.: written guarantee:
Nj lvs; verron ALsXANpR5A s2. JA.6 NASH t795
-ol
NASH 1852 Statesman Super 4-dr.
IKE new: S2.100 or best offer. OV.
5l9S. Call after 8 pm.
NASH $50 Statesman 2-dr. sedan;
with radio. heater and oyerdriye; I;
lust like a brand-new car; S1.195
SHlRLlNGTON MOTOR COMPANY.
Shirlington Business Center, Va.
-21
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Clothing for Xmas Gifts
RED HOUSE
TRAlLERS

BETTER TRAILER SALES - Cherry
Hill Trailer Park Route /. Berwyn
Md authorized dealer for several
rnaEes OF new and used house tran
sfARfoS sffFs rS fsbi ROYAL MANSION, 80 #.
living and bath; vacant; located ir
trailer park. Am interested in cash
but will take part payment in ola
1S4 mond; ID jee,wSeiry or? Call Vienns
will Wills SELL fises NY EQUITY for ss5D 80 o,
best offer. % American 26-ft.
complete bath. IA. 1857. RA. 514a
ZIMMER As, all-aluminum. 80 IT.
Iefgr.; Sl.e95: orig. owner. TE
GLIDER 1851. as-ft.. refgr., stove,
TRAILER couRT.. 8 mn mi south tMAIi Of
.A;ex: on U, S. /. lot -. KI.. 9-4912.
TRAILER, .-wheel utility, 4x7. Tel
1s5s :.'' -. sTRExMiIIrE. sTi, a complete
must sacrifice. NATIONAL TRAILER
COURT. Lot 80. S'.uJ oalto.-Nash
BiEd.. Goils:s Park; Md. .3'
tsAD ndilianad TRAiLERsMYon :s.;iI Gsn rent a
balance monthly like rent. ACKER
MAN TRAILER SALES, 9OO1 Balti-
mere ,H -, blEd;. College Park. Nd. %
elec. refgr., fully EQUIP. Lot II. 3rd
s.. Cherry Hill TraiIeE PARK, College
a REAL BUY-s1 600 will purchase
an aluminium l94S Travelo. with
heated lox2o rm; attached; on lot
VILLAGE Alex Va XII S-5u43 -o3
Evening star., 1952-11-21
TRUCKS FOR SALE

FORD 40 panel truck; running cond.
DGM SfSt OiseT BoDY or Nth a7ps psmp and power
take-off, Price, S225 or best offer
AID 9163. 1043 Potomac st. NV
"a
WILLYS 194S panel. Excellent cond.
New paint. Price, $3.50. Several
oVEIRLAND I b1sTRIsUToRs! SsIs1Si NC.
1915 l4th st. NV. 81
WHLYS '49 Ea-ton pickup with
stake body: excel, eond.::. only S6a5,
Island m avaes avs &. 2oth othiItiAMs' st. me-. f Espos
Evening star., 1952-11-21
CARS WANTED
Town & Country
1886 Wisconsin Ave. OR. 01OO

Wanted Immediately
10 clean cars daily. SO to '52 models,
until we supply the demand from
our Southern dealers Top cash
prices paid. We handle all title de.
tails. HOYLE MOTOR SALES. 134b
Que st. NV. DU. $500,
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TRUCKS FOR SALE Cent }

AUTO WRECKER, AZ Command car
with 81 Dodge motor and Atom
crane: perfect cond.. $3.50. OF.
FORD 1s4s. s-yd. dump. good con-
dition; $4,000 miles. Ford. 1850
3.auarter ton. pickup. $500 miles;
phone owner. 10. 5-1441.
DODGE 10 PANEL TRUCK in good
cond. Call RA. 1887 or NO. 5424.
DODGE az 4-ton panel truck:
offer. WI. 1917 or OIL. 0l23, -233
CHEFlE. '46 li2-ton stake; in Al
condition; take over payments. Call
Ii. 3-S4S3 after q. --223
FORD 1850; pick UP; $765. Cedar
FORD '4s ,s-ton panel; good condi-
ton; only $500. TRIANGLE MO-
TORS, 30l0 r. /. ave. ne. DE. 6iO:,
CHEVROLET 1851 1-ton panel; only
$4,000 miles: 81 $50 cash. Cali Fri.
Or Sun. after 10 am. Ma 09.@.
FORD-NEW 80 VANETTE
Never used. private owner will sell at
substantial discount: new truck
guarantee. Phone AP. 1900. -27
GMC TRACTOR '48 3-ton; full air.
FORD TRACTOR so Fs; full air.
excel cond. throughout
SHERIFF MOTOR CO.
900 r. /. Ave. NE. MI. 5000
Evening star., 1952-11-21
AUTOS 6 TRUCKS WANTED

NORTH CAROLINA DEALER will pa,
TOD priees for clean useo cars. Cal
FAIR HONEST APPRAISALS of al
makes OF cars are assured at MCKEE
PONTIAC. 1884 L st. NV. ST
Coon MAN FOR BAD CARS anc
ia 1859; immediate removal.
4 TOP PRICE for late model car. any
make. Mr.. Dunningan. CAPITOL
PACKARD. 79l1 Ga. ave. SH. 1904
WESTERN BUYER has immed; casf
HUGHES. 16I2 Ga. ave. RA. 1922
SOUTHERN BUYER in town for on,
week; highest cash prices paid fo
good clean cars. ia. 4S01.
ANY MAKE OR MODEL for iron an,
parts. wrecked cars, cracked blocks
etc. SH. S102 27s
Evening star., 1952-11-21
GARAGES

SPACE for one car in a 2-car brick
ST. NV %"
BRICK GARAGE al Klingle rd. near
! ARK rd. NV. $40 month. Phone
AD. 29St. -
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AVIATION

FOR SALE-194S Lycoming Piper
Vagabord, under so hours since top;
licensed to May SO; bargain at $500.
See at Davis Airport, Laytonsville,
Md -p3
Evening star., 1952-11-21
MOTORCYCLES
WINTER SPECIAL.

WINTER SPECIALS
This is a good time to buy used
motorcycles. We have a few motor
cycles from 1871 to l947 for as low
as S95 AS IS" They all need
all winter to fix them up. Also
used machines from 1852 models
down, all priced TO give you big
savings If you buy now. Cash,
terms or trade.
Clothing for Xmas Gifts
Leather jackets, helmets. mittens.
gloves, boots. goggles. sweaters.
genuine Harley-Davidsou oil; COM
plete line of accessories.
RED HOUSE
HID Sales and Services
1865 3lSt ST. NV. MI 0602
-23
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LOANS

End .kND 3rd TRUST NOTES PUR-
CHASED-Immediat action. HUGH
B, CONNER, 1877 K st. NV. RE
1850. evenings. DU. 1901.
LOWER PAYMENTS. LESS INTEREST
Let me retinance your home and
consolidate your present trusts
thereby reducing monthly payment
ance in cash. Call MR.. MILLER
NE. 1220: evenings, LA. 6-5l94.
End AND 3rd TRUST LOANS
Immediate service. Call MA 6540
NATIONAL FINANCE CO
"eaA K ST. NV U1th and X
Evening star., 1952-11-27

during the past year and there had been fears
that 1t might move entirely to the Southern
area After the arbitrator's ruling 1t was an
nounced by company officials there would be no
further cut in working force in Salem, and that
$50 more employees might be engaged soon.
The Northern textile industry has been
highly unionized for the past 20 years, with one
of the significant consequences being the con-
sistent lowering of the individual work load. Pro-
duction costs per unit have increased accordingly
In the South, the industry has not been as widely
unionized and has benefited from lower produc-
ton costs in many respects. The industry is
operating in competitive field of widely 1uc-
tuating prices and uncertain profit margins.
Along with other influences the long-te effects
of union demands in the North have been
damaging not only to that segment of the
industry but finally to the workers themselves.
The reversal of the trend in the Naumkeag case
though helated, may point the way to possible
solution of the cost problem.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
This and That

What have we to be thankful for?
The very putting of the question shows
that Americans live in favored land.
We can be thankful for:
The two-party system.
Freedom of speech that really works.
Great spaces of land, great water
ways. great roads and transportation.
Great books and great music.
Good housing and schools.
Newspapers, radio and television.
If it hadn't been for the newspapers.
we would never have known about cor
ruption and the like.
Sometimes it is easy to forget the
sentinels Of the press.
They stand on guard, day and night.
and let us know what is going on. Only
an informed people can make the vote
amount to anything more than ges-
ture.
The rights of free people are ours.
We must be thankful for them, al
though they are not perfect.
The right to be kind is something
known only at its peak in America.
In some other places one scarcely
dares to be kind, for 1t Is looked down
upon as soft"
There are many rights we enjoy Of
which we seldom think.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Sound Industrial Behavior

Labor and management in New England
cotton textile mill have joined in combating one
OF the basic problems that have been forcing the
industry out of that area and into the South
during recent years. Agreeing in advance to
accept the ruling of an impartial arbitrator, the
union and the company submitted the trouble
some question of individual work schedules. The
arpitrators decision was that each skilled weaver
should tend 40 looms, an increase calculated to
double the individual productivity.
The company concerned is the Naumkeag
Company, operating currently in Salem, Massa
chusetts, and in Whitney, South Carolina. Under
the same pressure of higher costs and lower work
loads which has caused 80 per cent of the
industry to move South in the past 80 years,
Naunkeag had reduced its Salem operation
Evening star., 1952-11-27
BY Charles E. TroceweN

Every one has heard of this book. but
few have read 1t.
Here, under the excellent editorship
of the historian, Samuel Eliot Morrison,
we have the blow-by-blow account of
the Puritans, and how they made a
home for themselves in the wilderness.
They invented" Thanksgiving, in a
sense, though at times they had woefully
little to be thankful for, with more than
so of those who came in the Mayflower
dying the first year.
They were still thankful to God for
His mercies to the children Of men.
Today we face world conditions far
more cruel and ruthless than Indians,
cold and famine.
We can be thankful today despite the
evil that still turks in the heart of man,
despite the terrible weapons that hang
in the bomb bays;
II to our thankfulness we add de-
termination and courage. no power can
stop us, as we try to bring peace to
war-weary world.
We can be thankful for our determina-
ton to be kind at all costs. for our cour-
age to do what we think is right.
It is courage and determination that
make us Americans, not deep freezes
and automobiles and steaks.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Thanksgiving

There exists the widespread notion
that Thanksgiving is distinctively an
American holiday, founded by the Pill
grims, but this is only partly true. The
fact is the fundamental idea of the feast
may be turned back through the ages to
distant Biblical times. We find in the
Book of Judges
And they went out into the fields
and gathered their vineyards. and trod
the grapes and held festival: and went
into the house of their God, and did
eat and drink"
The vintage of harvest festival ap-
peared later among the Hebrews as an
act of worship to Jehovah and was called
the Feast of Tabernacles. In Deu-
teronomy, Moses gave specific directions
for it's keeping, while in Leviticus the
command is-"When we have gathered
in the fruit and the land, We shall keep
a feast unto the Lord"
Greece and Rome too had their
Thanksgiving season in honor of the
harvest deities, nor was it unknown to
the aborigineS of the New World.
In the modern world England for
centuries observed an autumnal fsetival
called the Harvest Home" which traces
it's beginnings back to the Saxons. In
some parts of England there are still
found some picturesque survivals of the
customs relating to the feast.
Tradition dates the American Thanks
giving back to 1921, the year following
the landing of the Pilgrims when
Gov. Bradford called the pioneers to-
gether at feast to give thanks that
they were alive and in possession of
their scalps.
During the winter the little colony had
been sorely tried and only SIS of the 101
settlers remained alive. They had suf-
fered cold, hunger and disease. In the
spring they planted and labored through
the summer. Autumn came and the
harvest was bountiful enough to revive
the dropping spirits. 1t was not
day set apart for religious worship but
a whole week of festivity. No religious
service is spoken of, and it is not likely
that any was held other than the
customary morning devotions.
The exact date of this first Thanks
giving has never been ascertained to the
satisfaction of students but Bradford's
History indicates that it took place be-
probably in November.
Inc Pilgrim FatnefS OlQ all CnlS III
1621-but they didn't originate Thanks
giving Day. George Washington origi-
mated it in 1889. exactly 168 years later.
when he issued the first Thanksgiving
Proclamation.
But when our first President pro-
claimed National Day for Thanksgiv-
ing-1789-it wasn't, like Gov. Brad
fords celebration, to give thanks just
for enough to eat, enough to wear. and
for being alive. It was to give thanks
for the Constitution of the United States.
N.B.A.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

The right to have clean foods. for
instance We must be thankful for this
right. Here again there is no perfec-
ton; wormy foods are still confiscated,
but we are on the right trail.
Honest drugs, too.
All sorts of medicines are ours, and
we are thankful for the powers Of the
Government and honest druggists who
keep them the way they should be.
Even the animals and birds have a
right to be thankful in America.
Lowly creatures have hospitals of their
own. and loving care from their owners.
Children must be thankful for good
parents and good food and clothing,
toys and good housing.
Here again, there are some flaws in
the picture. How could we be nation of
$50 million people without some in
justice. even cruelty. In the great gen.
eral picture?
We have little sympathy with those
strange persons who, just because Ameri-
ca is not perfect as our Father in Heaven
is perfect. kick and rear and even be-
tray America.
They should read an old book newly
put out. William Bradford's "Of Ply
mouth Plantation" the intimate story
of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
The Districts Upkeep

1t has become increasingly apparent
that our citizens are paying an undue
proportion Of the cost of maintaining
the City of Washington. The Federal
Government owns or has use of approx
imately 48 per cent of the city property.
but contributes only 10 per cent of the
Districts revenue. This Government,
through the Commissioners who are
selected by the President, has complete
control over the city's needs, while the
taxpayer, who contributes the remain
ing 80 per cent of the revenue, have
little to say about what the city needs
and how those needs are to be met.
Now that the Republicans are again
taking Office, let's have ''pay-as-you-
go" Federal Government. The least it
could do is pay its own water bill, in
stead of making token donation.
We strongly feel that a vote for Dis
trict residents In the national elections
would help redress this growing inequity.
Three Young Republicans.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
On Giving Thanks

When Abraham Lincoln in 1868 proclaimed
day of national thanksgiving, he merely revived
an ancient custom. The idea of giving public
thanks dates back to very remote times Among
the Hebrews it was required of the whole COM
munity, as we'll as of individuals, that acknowl-
edgment should be made to the Creator of All
Bounties for His benefactions. Both the Old and
the New Testament brim with references to the
people giving thanks. Synagogue and church
alike kept the law living force down the ages.
The state also accepted and supported the
traditional expression of gratitude to the Deity,
helping to maintain the popular practice even
when it might have ceased to be popular-aS in
times of famine plague and war; Thus the
Nicholas Papers in 1641 show that: "It was re-
solved that there shalbe on ye 7th of September
next publique Thanksgiving for this good ac-
cord betweene We nacions." and Grotius' Low
Country Wares" records: "Pubck Thanksgv-
ings Ordered to be given to God for this
Victory" Sir Christopher Wren, in 17O4, erected
a throne in ST. Paul's Cathedral in London, "for
her majestic to sit in on the thanksgiving day"
It was in the same locality, though not in the
same sacred building, that thanksgiving services
were held following the defeat of the Spanish
Armada in 1888
Many of the Pilgrim settlers of New England
were students of secular history as we'll as Holy
Writ So it was natural for them to think of in
auguratng in America the custom of their former
homeland They realized that, despite many suf-
ferings, they had much to be grateful for; and
they testified to their thankfulness in the his
toric fashion. Edward Winslow, the printer who
came in the Mayfower and was of the lead
ers of the Plymouth colony from the first, wrote:
"Our harvest being gotten in, our Governour sent
foure men on fowling, that might after
more special manner rejoice together, after we
had gathered the fruit of our labolrs They foure
In one day killed as much foWe as, with little
helpe beside, served the Company almost a
week Many of the Indians coming amongst
us whom for three days we entertained and
feasted and they went out and killed five Deere,
which they brought to the Plantation
Certainly, the Pilgrims in 1921 had not solved
all their problems Many of their most grievous
troubles lay ahead of them. But their instinct
was right-they united to thank their Maker for
His blessings. Their example inspired George
Washington to similar observance and Lincoln
to his proclamation of annual thanksgiving;
and President Truman conformed to history
when he said: Let u.s. with full awareness of
our privileges and deepening sense of the obli-
cations which they entail, each in his own way,
but together as a whole people, give due express
sion to our thanks and let us humby endeavor
to follow the paths of Righteousness in obedience
to the will of Almighty God"