4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 6, 1960 FROM WHERE WE STAND - Each Must Win A Personal War Each Amen can must win a person al war inside himself—a war between his conscience and the human instinct of greediness —if our country is to win the cold war with Russia, Ed Lipscomb of the National Cotton' Council recent ly meeting of the American As sociation of Nurserymen. Mr. Lipscomb observed that in our national preoccupation with military strength we are losing a war within our own boundaries. “We tend to be come so afraid of Moscow that we are not sufficiently afraid of Washington.” lie declared. “Arrayed on one front in this per sonal war,” he said, “Is the tremend ous force of animal inclinations and natural desires—the appeal of immedi ate benefits, business advantages, or personal profits -from political pro grams. Here also is the power of iner ia. Our reluctance to get involved.” “On the other side are our con science, our judgment and our know ledge that throughout all history no nation has survived which continued much farther than we have already come down the road we are now trav eling” Mr. Lipscomb said. One reason we in America are los ing'this war, he said, is the extent of our vested interest'in a high level of international tension, and in the waste and extravagance accompanying it. Largest of these vested'interests, he explained is our bureaucracy the hundreds of thousands .of officials and clerks required to give away billions of dollars, prepare multitudinous pre programs, and operate all manner of red tape in the much maligned name of defense, He also cited the vested interest of industry with its contracts for arms, military' construction, housing units, and thousands of other items included under the classification of defense. Mr. Lipscomb concluded by saying he could cite illustration after illustra tion of the howls that go up when a man faces the specific application, to his own pocketbook, of the very prin ciples of national strength to which he claims allegiance. As long as there are man-made' laws ************ Da vldaan The next three or four •weeks in Washington will s>epjarate the politians from the statesmen. Congressmen will be put to the acid test of their sta ture during the extra session, that starts next Monday for Senators and the following Monday for Members of the House of Representatives. The temptation to make campaign speeches on the floors of the Senate and House during consideration of important legislation will be too much for all but the most stout-hearted Many will Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly ■P O Boi 1521 Lancaster, Tenna Offices - 51 Noith Duke St Lancaster, X'enna. Phone - Lancasttr EVprcss 1-3017 Jack Owen Editor Rob* rt (X Campbell, Advertising Director &, Business Manager Established November 4. 1955 Published rverv - Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lancaster, pa Entircd as 2nd class matter at Lancaster, Pa under Act of Mar 8 1879 additional entry at Mount 3oy, P" Subs notion Hates <2 per seat; tone ecus in Single copy Price b Cint- Mtmhns Pa Newspaper Publish ers’ Assoeiation National Editor ial As sociation. THIS WEEK —ln Washington With Clinton Davidson Return to Congress Washington weather yield to that temptation. August, at best, is not con ducive to calm deliberation and unhurried action. Con gressmen, already weary and worn from six months of ses sions and one of political conventions, will be impa tient to get back home for the campaigning. The legislation to be con sidered, and the issues to be debated, will be supercharg ed with temptations for de magoguery Some are sure to succumb Others, by their words and votes, will rise a bove political considerations. Votes in "Them Thar Bills" Of the half dozen or so im portant legislative measures to be considered, all arc load ed with potential votes for those who are tempted to place political advantages a bove the national interest. Democrats in charge' of both houses hope to give their presidential candidates a boost, and also to enhance their re-election prospects by passing at least four maj or pieces of legislation. Medical care for the aged is No 1 on the list of bills which the Democratic, lead enp wants as a “show piece” for the election campaigning This would be financed thru an increase in Social Securi- there will be' those men. who will find loopholes in those laws through which they can gain personal benefits. It has been said that no farm law has ever been passed that was not put through under the guise of aiding the inefficient farmer, but there have been very few farm laws passed that have not helped the efficient farmer more. It is paradoxical that too often help from government sources goes to those who do not need it. There is a story of he father who sat reading his newspaper', while his little son tried very hard to distract him. In desperation the father tore a map of the world from the paper he was reading, tore it to pieces and gave it to the son. “See if you can put the puzzle together.” he said thinking that the son would be occupied for a long while. _ In an amazingly short time the son was back with the map, and every piece was in its proper place. “How did you do that so quickly?” the father wanted to know. “Well Dad,” the son said, “When I started to put the map together, I saw that there was a picture of a man on the other side, so I just turned it over and put the man together. When I had the man together just right, the world was O.K-” We have lived with the attitude of “Let George do it” in this country for a long time. George can no longer do it. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry—and all the rest pf us too are going to have to win tins personal war Mr. Lip scomb speaks of. At least that’s how it looks from where we stand* “As far as we have been able to ob serve, there are two knids of taxes; good ones and bad ones. Good taxes are levied upon other people, and bad taxes are those that we must pay. “Likewise, there are wise and fool ish expenditures of public funds, the former promotes our ' ideas 'of public necessity, and the latter does not put cash into our pockets-’” —McClure, Pa., Plain Dealer ty taxes. The expectation is that President Eisenhower will veto such a bill, but to do so would put many Republican candidates in the position of seeming to he unsympathetic with the problems of the aged and ill. A vast program of Federal aid for increased housing has tremendous vote-appeal and congressional leaders hope to cash, m whether, as expected it is vetoed, or not. More Inflation Adding to a 7 Vi c /o wage increase for federal workers voted during the regular ses sion, the Democratic leader ship plans to push through a higher minimum wage for some 40 million factory (Turn to Page 5) Rural Rhythms I REMEMBER By: Carol Dean Huber I remember my Dad used to say with a sigh, “The wheat must be cut by early July” With horses and binder he’d cut the wheat; Oh. how the stubble hurt bare feet! He’d shock the sheaves in the field to dry Until the threshing machine came by. And then the meals my mo ther would make— Home made biscuits, pies and cake, Platters piled up high with > meat And all things working men like to eat I’d look at my brother say, “Don’t you Wish we could be on the threshing crew?” Evm At Their Worst Israel was a bad nau. of mostly bad people of their rival count thought God had n 0,,, at all Its histoiy bloodshed, its gr eat , mostly' skilled in the struction, especially w ship was cheap ana ] the great God Hose. went away from Tt/TANY ECHOES of the tragedy ficed to ,dols thev ’ iVJ through which the prophel turning awav from Hosea passed, are to be read m his refused to return tn r ’ pages. He uses figures of speech in spite o£ Israe , ° which suggest sad chapters in his they were at their uj l life-history. When his wife Gomel o ut, "How can 1 ? left him and all three children be- „ hnnl , y hind her, he had to.be a father and plainer mother to the destructible. God i OVf , little ones. This at WO rst, he w, may be a mem- run away from him jr ory underlying are bothered by the . 1 that ia the father w ords of the 11th Does that mean that chapter. The I alike in God’s sight? ’” v ® raes , l he loves wicked men a through 9 refer ly M good men? If to God. He is pre- hints we have here m sented as a loving can venture these answ father, .taking his- Dr. Foreman queshons; Men child (Ephraim, one of the names God . s sight . the ' for the nation of Israel) in his marks off good men m arms and teaching him to walk. doea love all men but It is a heart-stirring picture, the away fro m his love, mighty God picking up baby Eph raim and holding him m His "ever- Why Be A least? Bible Material; Hosea 11. Devotional Beading: Hosca 1 1-7. God’s Children Lesson for August 7, 1960 lasting- arms” and teaching him to walk. of Israel not as a wifi son, but as an animal, "Sharpir Than A Serpanl’i TotfW an ox, a beast of burda Perhaps Hosea had had trouble the glory and the pnvilt with his motherless children, children to honor and Surely God had untold trouble with But there is a great d( Israel. God and Israel are else- *ace- between serving i where called husband and wife; ou t °f love for him and here they are father and son. But" to please him, and servii the 'picture is not of harmony and because he puts t hr happiness; it is a picture of a y° ur mouth and drive; broken home, broken because the farmer drives a mule son will "not stay at his father’s u Pset_ God’s plan for tl house, he disrespects his father’s" t>y being balky. We gw orders and wishes. Yet God’s love do not defeat hr continues. Even when Israel acts mulishness. No man r< more like brutes than men, Hosea successful rebellion at cays God feeds them,, and makes Bod is all-powerful and their yokes and bridles as easy as we U all-patient and possible. Yet Israel has never ap- Be desires the free dev predated wha,t God has done. s °ns; hut if this is i Israel has never appreciated what failure and the tragedy: God would do if they would let him. on man’s head, not on rhey worship little gods, “Baals,” (BMcd on o ntUne< coi Instead of the true God. They owe the' Division of chnstui their whole existence as a nation Christ *in C the” C p. *s a* to his mighty help in (bringing Community Press Semct them out of a hopeless slavery in " . Egypt to a land of hope and free dom. Now Is The Time . . . TO MOW LAWNS HIGHER—One best practices to maintain, a good turf is to cut the grass at least lie high at all times during the season, dition during the hot summer mont advisable to cut still higher m ore hold maximum amount of moisture prevent weak growth; a lawn short each week will have less weed tance. During August and September grass is a problem in most lawns, MAX SMITH,. , cu tt in g of the grass each week will it more difficult lor the crabgrass to grow. TO RENOVATE OLD PASTURE—Late August or September are very good times to seed a new pastw fall rams and cooler weather will provide for c ' root systems, of the new plants. In order to do th* an old pasture it is necessary to destroy all of grassland weeds. The month of August is the time k or'disc this area. A complete soil test should be tai the required lime, phosphorus, and potash v orked • soil 'before the new seeding is made. Old bluegn may be re seeded to more productive grasses wi production of forage. TO ORDER SEED FOR WINTER GRAIN —SuPP 1 ’ *ter oats, wheat, and barley should be ordered w get the variety and quality of seed needed In m it pays to sow top quality seed in order to g et ’ return for materials and labor Home-grown see cases will e rry disease that will reduce the > quahty of next year’s crop. TO VENTILATE TOfeACCO SHEDS The (0 crop is developing rapidly; early tobacco apP e heavy crop and may face a curing’- problem ' n during hoi, humid -weather. Growers are urge ns ot plans 'to 'do some forced ventilation "by use oj ers in order to prevent tills -shed burning and “How sharps th»„ tooth it is a Tohaveathankle., Shakespeare sal