Věstník (West, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 40, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 4, 1950 Page: 24 of 32
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wér&na 24
and Armislice Day. Concentrate all
Victory celebrations on this first Mon-
day, thereby securing' a needed week
end : otť - for workers wiio today háve no
brea-k in the long hot stretch from In-
dependence to Labor Day.
8. Labor Day. First Monday of Sept-
embeiy a happy choice.
9. Cóiumbus Day. Observe it on the
first Monday in October, thereby pro-
viding a long week end in the autumn
—ari mspiring time for all of us to dis-
cover America. Don’t be misled by the
slavisli ťéchnicality that this would
mean éelébrating on the wrong day.
Columbu.Ts October 12 was the wrong
day itself-—an accumulation of centuries
of errbrs subsequently corrected by
Pope Gregcry. Had the calendar been
ke.pt right, Columbus would háve re-
corded his discovery on October 21.
10. Election Day. Change to first Mon-
day in November.
11. , Thanksgiving Day. Chage to
foiirth .Monday preceding Christmas.
This would result in a long week end
every Thanksgiving. By eliminating, the
marconed Friday, production would go
up.. Business would also benefit from
the four full shopping weeks between
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
12. Christmas. Change to the Monday
nearest December 25. This would make
Christmas range from the 22nd to the
281 h. Tť the World Calendar, now before
tlíc United Nations, is adopted, the 25t.h
itself would always fall cn Monday—so
much the better.
Uhder either the present or proposed
calendar' a Monday Christmas would
háve many advantag.es. A full trade
week for. merchants, a chance to rest
so .impor.tant as an intangible benefit
up for employees—these are not nearly
that might come from having a Sun day
before ev.ery Christmas. This Sunday
cculd spotlight the trne significance of
the season, help end the despicably
materialistic approch to Christmas.
One Corporation president told me
that all the holiday changes appealed
to him “except Christmas—we can’t
change Chrisťs birthday.” A few min-
ii tes láteř this businessman, was
gráeioušly withdrawing his objection.
He had the facts: that church scholars
pošsessed no evidence that Christ was
borii cn December 25, that over the
agés the Nativity had also been cele-
brated on September 29, January 1. and
January 6, and that it was moved to the
25th to escape the riotous Roman cele-
brations of the New Year.
--) * * ♦ t--—
. She saki that she was just a little
pebble on the beach of his life, so he
askecl her to be a little boulder.
VĚSTNÍK — WEST, TEXAS
Weclnesday, October 4, 1950
LETS DO RIGHT BY THE BOYS
A boy died last night. He died in the
mud on a rain-swept Korean ridge, in
the terrifying blackness. When he died
he was alone and afraid. He fell forward
on his face in a pool of rainwater and
with his last breath he moaned: “Help
me, Ma, help me.” And there was no
one to hear him except his God.
Who was this boy? Who knows? He
might háve been your neighbor’s boy,
the one who ušed to irritate you almost
to distraction with his mufflerless “hot
rod.” Or he might háve been the kid
you ušed to watch on the football fieid.
Or he might háve been the tall awkward
youngster who, a short year ago, ušed
to call to také your lovely daughter to
the movies on Saturday night. Who he
was dosen’t matter so much now. What
matters now is that he is lying out in
the stinking Korean mud and the pool
of rainwater is stained with his young
blood.
What did the boy lock like? Why,
like a million or so other young Ameri-
eans, He was blond and lanky and quick
with a grin and a wisecrack. He was 20
years old and his che.eks had only ře-
čen tly felt a razor. He had big hands
and big feet and in his weeks of train-
íng he had had the usual trouble keep-
ing in step during close order drill. And
he had gocd eyes, ice blue and quick.
And in North Dakota an implement
dealer went about quietly telling farm-
ers that, for a bonus of $300, he could
get them a brand new combine, one
which would last out the war in Korea.
And in a Western State a young man
who had already taken his pliysical
examination for Service in the Anny
had a long talk with his fatheťs friend,
who just incidentally happens to be a
United States Senátor, and just coin-
cidentally the young man was granted
a deferment.
And in New York State a tlre dealer
who had been quietly buying up every
tire he could lay hands on, made%ome
discreet calls on many cf his custžímers:
“Look, George, i can get you two sets
of 6.50 by 16’s right now. They’11 cost
you a little more than they would háve
last week but you know how it is.” And
George, who needs two sets of tires like
he needs another head, bought them.
And a woman in Georgia looked
through her lingerie chest and found
to her amazement that she has 41 pairs
of nylons, still in the cellophane wrap-
pers.
And on Labor Day the Nation clcsed
its shops and factories and labor leaders
made pretty speeches about how our
brav.e boys on the firing line could be
sure labor would make every sacrifice
He was a goocl man on a night patrol necess&iy to see that the tocls of war
and during 2 months in Korea he had
learned what he had to learn.
He had learned plenty about night
fighting and patrol work. But who can
avoid the stealthy ambush in the rain-
dark? And who can stay the blast of a
machine pistol at clcse range?
And so a boy died last night. His five
companions on patrol, two wounded,
could not bring him in. They’11 send
the GRO boys out this morhing. They’11
bring him in provided they can get to
him, and within 2 weeks cr so his next
of kin will receive a telegram:
regret to inform you that your son-
And then we’ll know who the boy was.
A boy died last night. And the Presi-
dent of. the United States, in a rádio
message to the Nation. urged citizens
to refrain from hoarding and scare buy-
ing and war profiteering. And in an
east coast city th.e housewives formed
an organization to fight against unwar-
ranted price rises in food and clothing.
And in our city a pound of coffee
which had been selling fcr the already
high price of 78 cents a pound, sud-
denly jumped to 91 cents.
And in Chicago a ušed-car dealer
tacked on a blanket raise of $25 per car
on all his cars.
were at hand. And in Washington the
president of the AFL demanded that
wages be allowed to rise a little before
a Government freeze is put on.
And on a muddy Korean ridge a blond
American boý died last night.
--—) ♦ A « C—-
BARGAIN BEHAVIOR
The tall, dignifled man join.ed the
crowd in front of a bargain counter. in
an attempt to get a very speciál pair of
hoše for his wife. He inched his way
patiently, but was boffetd bere and
there by the women and made no pro-
gr.ess.
Suddenly he lowered his head, stretch-
ecl out his arms, and barged through the
crowd.
“Can’t ycu act like a gentleman?”
inquired a cold feminine voice at his
elbow.
“I’ve% been acting like a gentleman
for the past bouř,” replied the man,
still charging forward. “From now on
I’m going to act like a lady.”
..........> • A ♦ í-------
He was told to také two aspirins and
a hot bath. The aspirins went down
.easy, but before he could swallow all
that water his stomach was moving in
and out with the tide.
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