4 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 5, 1966
From Where We Stand,..
Promise 'em Anything,
But Give 'em Shapp
That would geem to be the tone of
the Pennsylvania gubernatorial Demo
cratic candidate's campaign to-date.
Milton Shapp has to be the most “pro
mising” candidate to come along for
many a campaign.
For the homeless and the slum
dweller, he promises decent housing.
For the farmer, he promises better
pi ices. For the laborer, he promises bet
ter wages and greater job security. For
the young, he promises free higher edu
cation. And . . . the biggest promise (at
least financially) is to the taxpayer. To
him, he promises all these bounties of
a benevolent state at no extra charge!
Promise ’em anything, but give
’em Shapp, Shapp, and more Shapp.
The temptation to indulge in rhyming
words is very great at this point, but
we’ll try-to resist it.
It is often unfortunate that a
governor cannot succeed himself, but
our outmoded State Constitution does
not permit it. As the saying goes, four
years is too short a time to have a good
governor and too long a time to toler
ate a bad one. Since Scranton cannot
succeed himself, there is probably no
more qualified man in the Republican
party for the job than Ray Shafer. He
has had the experience both legisla
tive and executive and he knows that
the formula for building a prosperous
and successful state goes way beyond
wild promises.
Shafer knows that any successful
governor will have to work with a state
legislature composed of individual
minds and diverse interests; and with
members of both major parties. He
knows that he will have to operate in
a “fishbowl”, so to speak. That every
move he makes as governor is subject
to criticism by the state’s more than 12
million citizens.
Shapp, as president of his own
company, is not used to operating in
such an open and above board manner.
If he can’t get along with an employee,
he can fire him. And he has already
demonstrated that he can’t even get
along with members of his own party.
How can he possibly hope to operate
satisfactorily with a bi-partisan legisla
ture 9
William Scranton will be a hard
Governor for anyone to follow. He has
been a strong and progressive adminis
trator, and he has set in motion long
range forces for a better Pennsylvania.
,Shafer seems the most likely candidate
to continue the direction and momentum
of these forces
Letters To The Editor
Editor,
Lancaster Fanning
Dear Sir
Another election is just a
tew days away Let’s take a
Hook at Milton Shapp and what
he proposes
I—To equalize leal estate
taxes by the enaction of a law
jtequmng public utilities to
oay real estate taxes to the
lownship or municipality in
which they own leal pioperty
vowei companies, raihoads
telephone companies, and
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of dollais’ worth of real es
tate in Lancaster County alone
They are privately owned cor
porations, operated for profit,
and they pay no real estate
tax You and I pay tax on
every quarter acie we own
So should they, and they do
in neighboring states
Does this make sense’
2—To enforce stieam anti
pollution laws
Those of us who Lve along
the Muddy Creek have lepoit
ed many fish kills, piles of
foam below the dam bieast ten
feet high, and watei the color
of indigo With what result’
Either no action or report, or
the official leport labeled “an
exaggeration, ’ or, “a few pan
fish killed” The (daily) news
paper that took good pictuies
of hundieds of dead fish
stinnded on the riffles con
veniently neglected to publish
them Why’ The industues
that we believe have been re
sponsible for the poison had
the powei to influence official
action and to suppress infor
mation that in the public in-
Adi ei Using
But don’t take his election for
granted. Shapp could win by default if
enough voters who really care about the
future of Pennsylvania stay away from
the polls next Tuesday. Imagine how
you would feel upon waking Wednesday
morning to learn that Milton Shapp was
our new governor, and recalling that
your vote against him was one of those
not tallied because you didn’t take the
few minutes necessary to cast it.
Don’t let that happen. Vote against
one-man rule of Pennsylvania. Vote for
Ray Shafer. Your vote does count!
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What Are Anti-American
"Slogans"?
Have you ever heard certain words
that public figures keep using that sort
ot “bug” you? That is, words which
you’ve been accustomed to hearing and
using in one context all your life that
suddenly are used to mean something
entirely different.
For example, for quite some time
newscasters have been describing com
munist vocal demonstrations by agita
tors as “anti-American slogans”. You’ve
heard them, “mobs of Red Chinese stu
dents stormed through the streets of
X-ville today chanting anti-American
slogans”.
The use of the word may be quite
proper, but for some reason we find it
annoying. For example, it is hard to
■think of “Warmongering, Yankee, Im
perahst Capitalists” as a slogan, es
pecially in the context in which it is
offered
According to the dictionary, one
definition of slogan is “a brief, striking
phrase adapted for use in advertising a
product, industry, etc.”
And that’s the way we have always
thought of the word; in a positive way.
Like “All the way with LBJ”; Duz does
everything”; “The pause that re
freshes”; “Tippicanoe and Tyler too”;
and like that.
Of course “Yankee go home” has
a real ring to it, and has apparently
achieved widespread acceptance. That
one might pass as a slogan in the tradi
tional sense.
Another definition found in the
dictionary, however, would seem to
justify the use of the word as the news
casters use it “The war cry or gather
ing word of a Highland Clan in Scot
land”.
However, it would seem more suit
able somehow to label these negative,
anti-American expressions as threats,
which they are meant to be, rather than
calling them slogans.
At least that’s the way it looks
from this corner of “The Garden Spot of
America”. !
terest should have heen pub
lished Tiymg to keep our lit
tle creek from becoming a
completely “dead” stream has
been like trying to break
through a rubber wall too
tough to even dent and too
slippery to climb We can see
it no other way Let’s put an
end to this
3—To find common sense in
the administration of the Proj
ect 70 law
Anyone who knows the Bard
farm, and -the neighboring
farms near Cocalico, has been
disturbed by the destruction of
good farms, the land improved
and excellent homes and barns
built by the efforts of genera
tions of hard woik Is this in
the good public mtei esP
Mi Shapp saw this pioject
and his statement added up to
an emphatic “no ”
Why can Milton Shapp bung
all this about’
He was nominated in spite
of all the opposition that well
entienched mteiests could put
up. and when elected, it will
not be by any help they will
give him.
Painless Invitation
Lesson For November 6,1966
Bockflrtuml Scnjifurt Jeremiah 7, 26.
Dtv#lion«l K««aimj P.aImJ2JI6.
Are you one H those who do- Elwood P. Dowd, the humor
lights in practicing the art of ous eccentric in the play Harvey,
painless invitations? It’s really constantly amazed people by
quite easy, you know. All you taking seriously their insincere
have to do is say something like invitations. He took them at face
this: "You must come over for value and transformed painless
dinner ” and then add invitations into uncomfortable
mickly, " . . .confrontations. When someone
nnctime.” You would say, "You must come over
;e, one harm-and see us sometime,” Ellwood
;ss - looking would pull out his little date book
ord gets you and ask "How about Tuesday
if the hook. evening?”
A German ex- It is amusing to think of Ell
hange studentwood P. Dawd taking painless
ho was a sem- invitations seriously, but there is
ary classmate nothing at all amusing in con
jed' to say that templatmg that God might take
Americans are us seriously too. The words we
particularly adept at this art of speak so effortlessly in our
painless invitations. "We’d like to churches or in the privacy of our
have you for dinner,” people own room, they are dangerous
would say to him, "... some- invitations,
time.” It always sounded like a The Prophet Jeremiah was
most gracious invitation, but be-much distrubed with the same
cause it was left indefinite, nothing situation in Judah. The people
ever came of it, The words were trusted in deceptive words o£
superficial and insincere: good worship and ritual. God didn’t
intentions that cost nothing. want w'ords from his people, ha
if Tn»i, wanted realities. What he wanted
If Took Seriously was not p lous words but right-
Some of us carry this art of eons lives. "Amend your ways
painless invitations over into our and your doings,” he demanded,
religious life too. We utter all Back up your words with deeds,
kinds of invitations and prom- There’s an old saying about
ises, none of which axe expectedinsincenty: "Put your money
to be taken seriously, where your mouth is.” God
This Sunday, for example, doesn’t want painless invitations,
you aie likely to pray:" ... and insincere rituals and words of
forgive us our debts as we for- w'drship. He wants to see oue
give our debtors.” We certainly commitment as well as hear if,
don’t mean that, do we? Cer- He wants us put out lives where
-t a inly you w r ant considerably our words are.
more grace and forgiveness from
God than you extend to Others, (Bos«d on outlines cdjiyrigliled by tli* Division
rlrmH of Christian Education, National Council of
n 1 y° U • , , . Churches of Christ in lh. U. S. A. Released b/
Perhaps -J-OUTI stand jn your Community Press Service) r
pew and sing, "Take my silver
and my gold, not a mite would
I withhold,” Surely you don’t
mean it! That dollar bill of yours ATTEND THE CHURCH
on the plate already seems to be
so great a sacrifice. Perhaps we OF YOUR CHOICE
would be more honest if w r e were
to sing: "Lord, in spite of all
we say and, do, this is reaHy
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Now Is The Time ...
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Exercise Sheep Flock
The winter season should not mean con
finement foi the ewe flock; a serious man
agement mistake is to shut Them into a small
pen with little outside exercise As long as
the pasture season lasts, they should have
access to forage when it does not have
frost on the blades When the grass stops
growing, quality hay should be given free
choice Daily outside exercise is a “must”
for healthy ewes and strong lambs.
To Check Chimneys
Many tobacco cellars will soon have
(heating activity, all pipes and chimney
mortar should be carefully inspected, all
joints should be tight and cracks resealed.
Many fnes have been caused
by faulty pipes and chimneys
To Use Meat Type Boar
The hog industry has ex
peuenced a very successful
year and the outlook shows
piomise of a growing demand
for meat-type pork Breedeis
should make every effort to
mate their sows to meaty boars
with size and trimness These
No matter how you decade
to vote, come out and vote
Miles W. Fry
Ephrata R 3
mt we think of you!*
Juit think of nil the palmeii
wltatione we give God 4a aa
mt’a time on a Sunday morn*
"Thy kingdom come, thy will
be done on earth as it is in
heaven”
"I believe In God, the Father
Almighty ...”
"... as it was In the begin
ning is now and ever shall
be, world without end . . . »
"Draw me nearer, nearer
blessed Lord, to the cross
where thou hast died . . . n
If he took us seriously what a
frightening thought!
Where Your Mouth Is
SUNDAY
kind of hogs can be found in
almost every breed, and no one
breed has this desirable charac
ter cornered Recent pork
markets demand a carcass with
a high percentage of red meat
and a minimum of laid. Breed
ers should recognize this fact
and try to produce animals
meeting this demand.
Like rare perfume, flattery
should be smelled, not swal
lowed.
SMITH