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A THOUGHT FOR THIS WEEK
Time is eternity;
Pregnant with all eternity can give;
Pregnant with all that makes archangels smile.
Who murders Time, he crushes in the birth
A power thereal, only not adorned.
YOUNG—Night thoughts
Curbing Violations At The Lake
Chief of Police Ira Stevenson’s crusade against Sunday liquor law viola-
will find wide support among the summer residents at Harvey's Lake, as
as among those people who make their homes there all year "round.
Northeastern Pennsylvania has no resort to compare with Harvey's Lake
n recent years the major advantages of the spot have been almost des-
ed by influences that seem determined to make it a center for wild cele-
ons and tawdry entertainment.
‘The world must have its hot spots, we suppose. Any resort must expect to
tiract certain undesirable elements. But if those elements are given full rein
y will, sooner or later, taint everything that has contact with them.
As long as Harvey's Lake remains a summer resort where families can
genuine entertainment and restfulness it will continue to attract the people
can contribute to its progress and development. But if it ever permits the
d houses and the night clubs to dominate its summer season it must expect
Jose the patronage of the folk who count.
The problem of controlling the pleasure-bent thousands who travel to the
ake during the summer season effects other communities in this section, too.
eed-maniacs who zip over local highways, ‘endangering the lives of pedes-
ans and other motorists, deserve to be given an early example of what the
ale will be this summer in Dallas and neighboring towns.
No one wants to see visitors to the Lake deprived of a good time but
‘when having a good time means burning up roads and smashing common-sense
laws it must be stopped.
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Heil, Hitler!
A Burgess from somewhere in the vicinity of Pittston recently made the
front pages with his announcement that he intends to use a horsewhip in pun-
shing juvenile offenders. A year or so ago another governing official, in Ed-
rdsville, employed castor oil as a corrective measure. Heil, Hitler!
The right to wield a herse-whip or administer castor oil is a dangerous
vilege, ordinarily granted through the authority of such forceful gentlemen as
Benito Mussolini or Adolph Hitler. The evidence of such tactics in this pre-
umably enlightened nation indicates that maybe “it can happen here”.
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Public Pay Roll Lists 3,000,000
Nearly one-tenth of all those gainfully employed in the United States are
on pay rolls which come out of the pockets of the taxpayers.
More than $4,000,000,000 a year goes for the salaries of Federal, local
and State employes, a figure which represents approximately 38 per cent of
the taxes collected. -
That money, visible or invisible, comes out of the total earning power of
the nation, with the more than 3,000,000 public employes directly on the pay
oll of every man, woman and child in America whether or not he or she owns
operty or pays income tax or pays or does not pay direct taxes at all.
It is, therefore, to the immediate and personal interest of all that the per-
micious system of political patronage—with its inherent extravagance and
waste—be removed once and for all from the American scene.
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Editorials - Letirs To The Edito
WASHINGTON
LETTER
Each passing week brings a little
more order out of the political chaos,
as the two great parties gird their loins,
summon their cohorts, and prepare for
their quadennial battle.
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Practically all preliminary interest
is, naturally, centered on the Republi-
can convention to be held next month
in Cleveland. The Democratic conven-
tion is also to be held next month, in
Philadelphia, but it takes no seer to
guess what will happen there. The
delegates will nominate Franklin De-
lano Roosevelt for the presidency, and
it is almost inconceivable that more
than one ballot will be required.
Thereafter, they will settle down to
work on a platform, and some interest
will attach to that, inasmuch as Dem-
ocrats inimical to the New Deal theo-
ries will be able to get in a few verbal
licks at Administration activities of the
past three-and-a-quarter years. How-
ever, it’s pretty much of a cinch that
the platform finally agreed upon will
reflect White House wishes almost 100
per cent.
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The Republican picture has changed
a good deal of late. A few months ago
some of the experts were freely fore-
casting that Governor Landon of Kan-
sas would get the nomination, probably
on the first ballot. Now the commen-
tators aren’t so sure that Mr. Landon
will get it at all. Events within the par-
ty organization, along with results of
various state primaries, have definitely
harmed his chances.
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To win at Cleveland, Mr. Landon
must pick up a lot more delegates than
can be seen now. He is not popular
with some party leaders in the great
Eastern industrial states—New York,
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, etc.
These leaders mostly belong to the
Hoover wing of the party, and it is
well-known that the only living ex-
President looks with little favor on the
Kansan. Normally, Mr. Landon would
go into the convention with practically
solid western and middlewestern senti-
ment behind him. But a great figure in
Western politics, Senator Borah of
Idaho, 1s also a candidate for the nom-
ination and is definitely out to “stop
Landon.” And Mr. Landon’s refusal to
allow his name to be put up in various
state primaries has weakened his posi-
tion. It is not at all impossible that
Hoover, Borah and Knox will cement
their forces, if necessary, to prevent
Mr. Landon’s nomination.
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Indication of what is to come is
found in the selection of the keynoter
and chairman of the coming Republi-
can convention. Chairman will be old-
guard Congressman Snell of New
York, a representative of the most
conservative wing of the party. Mr.
Snell’s congressional record shows that
he has opposed practically every New
al measure.
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Keynoter will*be Senator Steiwer of
Oregon, a middle-of-the-road man,
usually called a “mild progressive”.
Senator Steiwer has been outspoken in
criticism of many New Deal policies—
but his Congressional record shows he
voted for many of them, including the
NRA and the AAA. He was a leader
in the fight for payment of the bonus,
1s popular with the veterans. It is be-
lieved that Republican leaders selected
him to show that the party is not 100
per cent conservative, and welcomes
moderate liberalism in legislation.
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Upshot of all this is the fast gaining
belief that the stage is all set for
nomination of a reasonably dark horse,
with the outstanding candidates killing
each other ' off by their opposed
strength. And today, two men are
prominently mentioned for the dark
horse position. One of them is key-
noter Steiwer, whom many believe
would make a first-class compromise
candidate. The other is Senator Van-
denberg. It is known that Mr. Vanden-
berg would like the nomination, though
he has not gone actively in search of
it, as have Landon, Borah and Knox.
Instead, he has been ably attacking the
New Deal in the Senate. It is forecast
that Mr. Hoover would willingly throw
his weight behind Vandenberg, and
that Senator Borah would also if he
found it impossible to win the nomina-
tion for himself.
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As for the chance of the Republican
candidate, whoever he ‘is, being elect-
ed, opinions differ profoundly. Recent
polls indicate that the Roosevelt
strength is gaining again, but that it is
far short of its 1932 potency. And-the
President has made a very strong pri-
mary showing. However, Republicans
figure that with an appealing candi-
date to do their talking for them, much
gon happen between June and Novem-
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to express themselves.
In this department The Post presents letters from its read-
ers on current problems—suggestions, criticisms, bouquets. The
Post need not indorse any sentiment or criticism expressed here,
nor can it vouch for the accuracy of any sentiment. It recognizes
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Dear Editor:
I guess the trouble between the
two factions of the school board will
finally be decided now, with them both
in courts. At last the people of Dallas
wil] have a chance to see how a neu-
tral judge looks at this borough's
school district.
Personally, I have been against the
present board but I am willing to
abide by whatever decision there is on
the two suits now being talked about.
If the present board wins, I am willing
to start all over and let them run the
district’s affairs without interference
from me, anyway. *I'm: beginning to
think myself that we've never given
any board a fair chance.
— (Name withheld)
Dear Editor:
I should like to commend Chief
Stevenson of Harvey's Lake through
your paper in behalf of other residents
of the Lake. His warning to “crack
. down” on law vialators meets with the
approval of everybody but the violat-
ors, and if they are only discouraged
enough to stay away from the Lake
we will all be pleased. Now how about
slot machines?
Alderson
The
Kaleidoscope
This department of The Post seems
truly to fill a variety of purposes. This
week it calls attention to an unusual
piece of writing which has local inter-
est because it describes a spot near
Harvey's Lake. The following sketch
might easily pass as something from
the pen of a professional writer. In-
stead, it is the work of Christine Pul-
verman and appeared recently in The
Opinator, the weekly literary and news
magazine of Wyoming Seminary.
The Post acknowledges its respect
for Miss Pulverman’s ability in re-
printing the lively bit of writing below.
It can be mentioned, in passing, that
much of the credit for the high literary
standards maintained in The Opinator
goes to Professor Charles L. March,
‘who serves as a particularly under-
standing and capable faculty adviser.
Miss Pulverman’s sketch “Brier-
crest” follows. Do you recogmze the
spot ?
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BRIERCREST
To strangers Briercrest is an insigni-
ficant little hill that they have to drive
around to get to Harvey's Lake. It is,
if they ever even notice it, a dilapi-
dated white sign post on the edge of
a typical country lane. It is, if they
have ever even heard it, a name of no
importance because it does not bother
them or force itself upon them. It is,
to those who know Briercrest, those
who love it, one of the most enchant-
ing spots in all the world, with its
green grass, its trees, the moss, the
ferns, the vines, the briars, the rocks,
the flowers, the ponds, the berries, the
frogs, the birds, the insects, the rabbits,
the butterflies, and last and perhaps
least, the little score of mortals who
have dared to invade it with their ci-
vilization.
+ It was invaded almost thirty years
ago by the people living at the end of
the road, and, although the original
cottage has given way to a slightly
more modern one, and the grass has
been cut around the house, the place 1s
still much the same as it has always
been. It is a place where friends feel
free to come and make themselves
comfortable without invitation, where
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entertainment is unnecessary, but
where friendly conversation is neces-
sary between a man and his friends,
when everything is dark on the great
front porch except the faces of the
speakers, dimly lighted by the glowing
ashes from pipes and cigarettes. It is
a place where, after a hot day in town,
or after a day full of such delightful
things as roaming through the woods,
climbing a favorite tree to read a fav-
orite book, and pulling weeds from the
rambling garden, one can sit in a
rocking chair with one’s feet on the
porch bannister and watch evening ap-
proach.
And as it gets darker, fireflies can
be seen darting about wherever they
please, using their lights when neces-
sary, while in direct contrast to them a
narrow stream of lights in a chain-
gang formation trudges along an in-
visible highway seeking entertainment
and relaxation. The fireflies and the
stars appear seemingly at random,
giving an impression of peace and
friendliness, while the stream of head-
lights, somewhat duller and more mon-
otonous than its airy neighbors, pushes
along with almost audible noise; audi-
ble, perhaps, because one knows that
mortals ,the only inhabitants of this
world who have never learned the
meaning of self-control, are annoying
each other and themselves with their
blowing and their honking. But above
all this, the moon rises, slowly and
majestically through the branches of
the trees, touching equally the ash
and the maple, the twin sentinels of
Briercrest, who have dwelt for many
years with their trunks twenty feet
apart, but with their upper branches
intertwining. And one feels that if one
could rise with the moon and look
down on the earth with her from that
long distance, one cold see the pretty,
small things disappear, the larger, more
important things merge together in a
common bond—perhaps so God sees,
looking down.
Then when it has become chilly
(even in August the evenings at Brier-
crest are cold) and the mosquitoes
have had their fill, one can go into the
house and start ‘a roaring fire in the
six-foot fireplace made of rocks from
Briercrest mountain, perhaps burning
the huge trunk of a tree that one had
found dead that afternoon and cut
down and dragged from the forest.
Thus, settling down with this roaring
splendor, a good book, and the privi-
lege of reading the most interesting
parts of it aloud to an appreciative au-
dience before retiring to a screened-in
porch and the conversation of the
whip-poor-will, bob-white, katy-did,
and screech owl, one finds peace, and,
more than that, something that cannot
be defined, but so real that even the
mention of Briercrest will bring a won-
derful thrill of expectation to the mind
and make the heart beat faster.
—Christine Pulverman
* * *
From the national and regional com-
mittees appointed ‘last year to com~
memorate four hundred years of the
first printing of the English Bible came
a report stating that many hundreds of
communities had held anniversary
programs sponsored locally. Tens of
thousands of churches observed the
commemoration through addresses, ex-
hibits of historic Bibles, appropriate
exercises in church schools: and in
young people’s societies. The anniver-
sary was recognized in colleges and
universities, by women’s organizations,
service clubs and by other groups not
directly related to the churches. Pam-
phlets, leaflets, a pageant drama, spe-
cial articles, news items, editorials, and
a national broadcast were among the
channels through which the commem-
oration reached the people of America.
Numerous fresh efforts to spread the
Scriptures among the people of the
United States were reported. In a city
in upstate New York a veteran colpor-
teur visited 8,062 families or indivi-
duals, finding about one-fifth without
Bibles. In many centers the 400th an-
niversary commemoration stirred pas-
tors and ministerial associations to sur-
vey the needs of their communities.
One minister canvassed every home in
a large parish and finding one-tenth
of them without the Scriptures sup-
plied them.