The guardian., 1953-11-21
BOSTON
BAKED
BY MABE KOUNTZE

Blessed is he that cOnsidereth
the poor: the Lord will deliver
him in time of trouble"
THANKSGIVING DAY will be
observed Nov. 26, next week
Thursday. Its history is well
means sit is" history is well
known. Like the early Pilgrims,
many people have known the
Joy of full crops after lean
years" Many like the writer,
can remember the unemploy-
ment depression, the WPA, and
the bleak war days. Whatever
the criticisms of Roosevelt and
Truman they did bring us out
of a great war and depression.
There was much to the slogan,
you never had it 50 good"
SOME POLITICAL headline
seekers are very obviously play
ing the smoke screen" game
of hiding real economic issues
while focusing the spotlight
from the major to the minor.
Democracy is still our main
issue. If only SO percent of the
'red-hunt" publicity were
directed toward eliminating U.
S. race segregation we would
have an FEPC tomorrow.
BISHOP SHEEN, the learned
radio priest, speaking at the
April IS, 1853 World Mission
at Boston, and on other occa
SionS, refuted any propaganda
that the U. S. or our Presidents |
have been responsible for COM
muniSm in Asia, Africa, or Eur
ope. If such claim were true, |
we would have to blame the
Republicans and Hoover for the
depression and ~. S. commun-
ism"
TWO THIRDS of the world |
population earn less than 5000
per year and most of them "go |
to bed hungry, said Bishop
Sheen in outlining many OF
the current unrests and "ISmS"
in the world. One third of the
world earns less than $50 per
year. or less than a dollar a
week, said the Bishop, adding
that the U. S. per capita for
every man, woman and child
averages around $1,452S per
year. Certainly we are the
richest nation. Give Thanks.
THE CHINESE, said the BIZ
shop, were averaging $26 per
year, while the Koreans, Burma
and Ceylon were averaging
dust ten dollars more. The peo-
pie of India and PakiStan were
averaging $51 per year and the
Japanese had the highest year
ly average with $100. even. The
people of Africa do as badly /
or worse. These are the condi-
tions created by European West
ern Powers which led to many
events blamed" on U. S. Pre-
siAents. Why blame usP
WINSTON CHURCHILL who
upheld the greed of Western
Powers and their right" to
short-change the natives while
sdraining the lands" of their
diamonds, gold, oil and other
rtches, to-day processes to be
astoniShed as to the causes
ef communism" in these lands.
Churchill to-day is writing
many articles, like the Roman
Pontius PLATE. washing his
hands of guilt. Churchill is.
"selling" well in the U. S. A.
Perhaps too well for our good.
YALTA, which everybody talks
about but few can locate, was
nsver the fault of any one man,
especially Roosevelt. European |
aaistreatment of Asia had al
ready put communism in power
there. After world war II, it |
waSs too late for Roosevelt or
anyone to turn the tide. 1t took
a hard war to even contain the |
reds in Korea. Loyal Harry |
Truman fought that war. Do
we blame colonial powers? No,
we smear our own Presidents
Cd.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT by |
seiping the initiative to do
something" to help I'd, the U.
S. unemployed, and (2) the en-
Slaved millions Of the AXIS
world, will rise above the sor-
did SANDER of contemporary
critics. Roosevelt actually
checked u. S. communism and
chaos. even as Lincoln checked
similar dangers. Eisenhower
still has a chance to be as
great. A Thanksgiving thought:
rhank God for good Presidents.
God bless America.