The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1954-04-01

| the EagefSt0Wn hetallerS bureau
was held in the Ballroom of the Hotel
Alexander on Friday, with the presi
dent j. J. Murphy presiding. The
guest speaker was Governor Theo-
dore r. McKeldin, who was intro
duced by Morris Bassford.
The program was arranged by
committee headed by Earl Wolf, Jr.
During the luncheon the members
and their guests were entertained
with several organ numbers by Miss
Ann Johnson.
Special guests at the luncheon in
cluded: Herbert A. Poole, president
of the Hagerstown Manufacturers
Bureau; Harold M. Porter, president
of the Chamber of Commerce;
Winslow Burhans, Mayor of Hagers-
town; and the Rev. Frank P. Cauble,
pastor of Haven Lutheran Church,
who gave the invocation.
During the luncheon an election
was held for three directors and the
following were elected: Odello M.
Letter, Letter Brothers; Kenneth P.
Lynch, National Cash Register Com
pany; and Robert Miller, Potomac
Edison Company.
Governor McKeldin, who received
a standing ovation, spoke on "The
Five Nations" - Combination, De
termination, Resignation, Imagina-
ton and Coronation, talking on his
subject in that semi-humorous way
for which he is nationally famous as
an after-dinner speaker.
In opening his talk, the Governor
pointed out that to be a successful
businessman, the merchant must use
a combination of ideas and sell him
self his store and his product to his
customers.
He followed this by pointing out
that he must also have determination
to surmount all obstacles and fur
Their, that he must have the power
to be able to recognize the impossi-
bility of some things but, at the
same time, be able to approach the
seemingly impossible from a new
angle.
In this Connection, he told the story
of Thomas A Edison, who when
boy thought that if hen could
hatch eggs, he could do it also. He
soon found however, that he had to
resign himself to the fact that it
couldn't be done. He never got the
idea out of his head, however, and
as a result, in later years he solved
the problem by inventing the Incu-
bator.
Speaking on the fourth Nation"
Governor McKeldin told his audience
that imagination was a vital part
of a successful businessman's stock
and trade and he closed his talk on
this subject by pointing out that the
first four Nations" obviously led
to the fifth, coronation, in which a
good businessman is able to crown
his efforts with success.
The Governor closed his address
on a serious vein, with a brief talk
on ''The Freedom of American En-
terprise," during which he stated
that it cannot be separted from our
other freedoms - freedom of speech,
freedom of worship, freedom of
press, and those inalienable rights
with which man is endowed by his
Creator" They are all parts of the
same fabric" he said, obstruction
of a part would be the beginning of
deterioration of the whole"
After pointing out that these free
doms are unknown in lands ruled by
dictators, the Governor made the fol-
lowing statement:
'"The wonderful thing about the
free enterprise system in the United
States is that it is not prescribed by
law It is one of those inalienable
rights that just developed It is
good because it is what people want
They worked for it and built it with
out being told to do SO by anyone.
1t is the most successful system of
business and industry in the world
today 1t is the most effective in
time of war, and it is the most eff
Gent in time of peace. Even now,
as we shift from an extensive war
! economy to one of peace, industry
is meeting the challenge of the
change.
/ @America has its enemies of free
enterprise. They are the people
who now seek to convince the whole
body of the public that we are on
the verge of depression. They
would have us believe that business
cannot be kept at high level with
out high government spending for
the materials of war. They preach