The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1952-10-09

UnlJe0 OLdJeS, Out AM dlSO JUST do
strongly convinced that everyone of
you who wants a change in Wash
ington must not only go to the polls
yourselves, but also see to it that you
take someone else with you.
From the registrations announced
all over the nation this election will
probably have one of the biggest
votes cast in many years and it is
well to remember that a lot of these
new voters will be young people 60
ing to the polls for the first time.
You, like myself, know many of
these young folks and l strongly
urge you to sit down and talk with
them whenever you can about the
Importance of the 1852 presidential
election.
Whenever l get an opportunity to
talk to young friends of mine l tell
them, right at the beginning, that /
am not interested in smears, either
by Republicans or Democrats, be-
cause l feel that these attacks are
made purposely to obscure the real
facts facing the voter.
l tell them also that, as far as l
am concerned, it is simply question
of giving the highest office in this
nation to a man of proven integrity;
man who has definitely shown his
powers of leadership, and man who
has also definitely shown that he has
a will of his own, instead of intrust-
ing that high office to man who, no
matter how high his qualifications
'are, is definitely and irrevocably tied
to the present administration.
And talking about the election, my
hat is off to the ladies of the Wom-
ans Society of Christian Service of
st. Paul's Methodist Church, who
have announced they will provide
baby sitters for any Mother-Demo-
crat or Republican-who will need
someone to mind her children if she
is to cast her vote.
They have also arranged to pro-
vide transportation.
That is an example that many
other Women's groups could well
follow.
strongly urge those Of you who
are sometimes prone to disagree with
the form of education now being
conducted in high schools all over
the nation-and l have got to admit
that they are a lot different to the
high school program of my day-to
take time to read a talk given by
Miss Louise Brltner (yOu will find it
on page ~, a senior at Hagerstown
High School, at a meeting at the
Board of Directors of the Chamber
of Commerce on Monday,
I for one am frank to admit that,
until I heard the young lady give
her very fine address, 1 had no idea
of the lengths these young people
go to, under the guidance of their
teachers, to fit themselves for the
future. And again urge you to take
time to read the address.
I was shocked to hear on Monday
morning of the sudden death of Ben
Pruzan, for many years manager of
the Kay Jewelry store here and a
prominent figure in community
work. Ben, in addition to his fine
activity, as a member of the Jewish
Congregation of Hagerstown, was al
so prominent in civic affairs, being
a former director of the Retailers
Bureau, an active worker in the
Community Chest and a member of
the Civic Affairs Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce.
My sincere condolences go to his
widow and daughter, who now re-
side in Allentown.
Congratulations to the Board of
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce on the decision, made at their
luncheon meeting on Monday, to
leave the decision for the site of the
Chronic Disease Hospital to the State
Board of Public Works and to in
struct their president, Odello M.
Letter, to send wire to the Board
asking them to make an immediate
decision and that the actual con-
struction of the hospital begin as
soon as possible.
While I agree with Senator Nc
Laughlin that the hospital should be
built on the Bellevue Home site, I
don't think that it is important
enough to warrant a long drawn-out
fight that could very well result in
the hospital going to some other
county.
1t is my understanding that the
Board of Public Works was sched-
uled to make a decision on this vital