ee . _— Highways bring Better Living NATIONAL HIGHWAY WEEK Sept. 21-27 1969 EDITORIALS --- What is a local problem? What is it among our concerns which is strictly local, the cause of which and the solution for which is entirely within the immediate circle of our influence? Actually, there are few! Certainly it is mot the schools. While the ad- ministration is local, the state and federal governments have their heads far in the door, looking and speaking. “It is. not the service of water. State government has its test tubes sitting in a row and the law books - open to page, chapter and paragraph. .= Disposal of garbage, even, can net be solved on the local level. The state tells in clear terms what may and what may not be done and even that “~Which may be done must be finally inspected by people far from the lo- cal level of government. . = These and many, many more of our problem areas are regulated by , the state. = “*+But, there is another area of prob- ~ lems. Zoning, for instance, is not a -. legal problem. If there is to be effect- ive zoning in Mount Joy, there needs . ta be effective zoning in Mount Joy township, in Rapho township and in East Ponegal township. t 7 But, if there is to be effective zoning in East Donegal township, fren. there needs to be quality zoning im. Marietta. If there is to be Zoning - regulations in Rapho township, then We do exactly what we tell our- selves we do not want to do and what our traditional position tells us we should not do. We turn over to larg- er ranges of influence to accomplish the purposes we finally decide that we can not handle for ourselves local- ly. As the problems grow bigger and harder to handle, we back away from them faster and deal them upward to the next higher level of influence. The frustration is that we feel we should keep our problems local, solve them ourselves, maintain our self-re- spect and identities. Yet, in the latter years of the twentieth century, the problems are rushing at us so fast and with such complexity that we find ourselves incapable of dealing locally with these multiple situations. We finally decide that we need help, and we accept help. But, and we must tell ourselves candidly, that unless we do cooper- ate—each local area with every other local area — this self-contained globe on which we are traveling is in trouble. None of the big problems, and a few of the smaller ones, are going to be solved unless there is cooperation. And that naturally takes us to man- agement on a high level. It is a disturbing case for the tra- ditional American with rugged indi- vidualistic tendencies. But, there are fewer problems teday which the indi- ~The Mount Joy ULLE IN MOUNT JOY, PENNA. 17552 Published Weekly on Wednesdays Except Fourth of July Week and Christmas Week (50 Issues Per Year) 11 EAST MAIN STREET, MOUNT JOY, PENNA. 17552 In the heart of fabulous Lancaster County. Richard A. Rainbolt Editor and Publisher Subscription Rate—$3.00 per year by mail. $3.50 Outside Lancaster County Advertising Rates upon request. Entered at the post office at Mount Joy, Penna., as second class mail under the Act of March 3, 1879. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1969 WASHINGTON REPORT Congressman Edwin D. Eshleman 16th District—Pennsylvania Government business is being carried on these days in an atmosphere of rather deliberate calm. It is a re- freshing change from a few months ago when everything seemed to be embarked upon with a touch of frenzy. There is a dedication to meeting the great problems of our era, but in a fashion calcul- ated to place expectations in line with reality. lately has been noticeably devoid of social crusades. It is an absence which, in my opinion, is a welcome relief for the nation. The crusades of the past sev- eral years were remarkable for what they promised, am- bitious in what they set out to do, and cruel in their fail- ure to deliver. Congress The legacy of the federal crusades is far more tragic than the thousands of disap- pointed people left with dashed hopes. The deep feel- ing within many Americans that borders on distrust of all authority also can be at- tributed to the aftermath of unfulfilled pledges. So many slogans were developed, so many commitments were es- tablished and so little was done. The result so obvious today is a collapse of confid- ence in Government and an uneasiness about the ability of Government to deliver services or keep its promises. Restoring confidence and quieting uneasiness is mostly a matter of dealing with the dreary details that were so often overlooked in impas- sioned crusades. Government in years past has lacked a preoccupation with perform- ance. Good intentions were substituted for actual achieve- ment. Any problem that reared its head had to be struck down immediately or at least a commitment made. The attack was usually a matter of appropriating mon- ey and expanding the bureau- cracy. One more program was added to an already in- comprehensible jumble. But nothing really happened be- cause none of the crusaders wanted to be bothered with the bothersome details of making their ideas workable. The challenge facing us now is to make things hap- pen. Congress should recog- nize the need for sensible programs of a modest nature rather than more magie rem- edies. Among the foremost considerations should be an attempt to put the Govern- ment machinery into good working order so that reas- onable expectations can be met. Maybe the present lull in crusade activity is only a temporary thing brought on because crusaders are taking some time to think up more glowing dreams. But then a- gain, maybe we have finally reached a point when the majority of Americans and their legislators are willing to talk less and do more. If the latter is the case, it in- deed is the beginning of an era of promise. RAT Eh a RR BS AN bed de ay aed - ‘there needs to be equal zoning in ~ Manheim: ~~~ “Poes this illustrate the widening diletion of local solution of local SWEETIE PIE vidual, his family or his immediate : neighbors can solve for themselves. If, for instance, we think that we can patch the chuck hole in the road —— . problems, It should, for the zoning problem in every little area or neigh- borhood relates importantly to its neighbor. But, to the big problems — pollu- «=x. tion, “conservation, peace. = Solution to pollution for instance is not poss'ble from any one source. Neo-town, county or state can by itself cleaf up the water and air pollution. The problems simply are not local. They are not even national—they are world-wide. ; To reverse the field, how can Mt. Joy permanently solve its water and air problems—supply, pollution ete.— unless there is a solution of the prob- lem on a far larger scale? Mount Joy's ult'mate water sup- . ply ( in the future) probably will be the Susquehanna river. How can this _ community have quality water if ev- ry community up stream “uses the river as a sewer? And—do not think that Susquehanna river water in the main¥ of Mount Joy is farfetched - The older pecple may not see it hap- pen but the present middle aged ones will Soy what do we do? 5 aiid 1% T+ 41 in front of our home, we need to con- sider that it is state property and we should be careful how wR we fill that chuck hole. Thought of the Week -- Someone once asked me, “Do you think we are too materialistic, or be- coming less spiritual?” My answer was that I think we’re not materialis- tic enough. In my understanding, a materialist is one who loves, respects, and reverences material . . . that is to say, earth, water, air, fire, vegeta- bles, animals, his own body, all ma- terial existence. Our culture is de- voted to the hatred and extermina- tion of material in every area: pollut- ing the water supply, poisoning the air, turning vegetables into plastic, poisoning the earth with disinfect- ants. There seems to be no end to it. We don’t deserve our reputation as materialists; we need to be material- ists; it’s urgent that we start loving the earth, cherishing it. —Dr. Olan Watts I ol s “Oh, it isn't supposed to be anything in particular—it's modern art!” bpd bie FA mh an em ed eled LLB D < = a
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