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No man and no nation ever became great the easy way. The greatness of this country was based on the fact that we put a premium on ability, on efficiency, on productiveness, and good old American ambition did the rest. That's how the Abraham Lincolns, the Henry Fords, the Thomas Edisons, and the Benjamin Franklins happened. That's how the United States happened. The Merit System made America.

What this country needs today more than any other one thing is more of the Merit System. (Come to think of it, that's what the entire world needs.) This is the system that made this country great, and rich, and strong, the envy of the rest of the world. This system simply says that genius, thrift, industry, sweat, frugality, ambition, integrity, productiveness, and excess thinking and doing shall be proportionately rewarded.

Robert L. Garner, vice president of the International Bank, said in a few words what others have taken carloads to try and say, about the condition of the world, economically. In a public add'ress he said: "Recovery from the devastation of war can come only by more work, not less; by longer hours, not shorter; by sacrifice, by pulling together. The hopes of .l .l.t**ay out, are dying hard."

Constitution Day marked the 160th birthday of the Constitution of the United States. Millions of our citizens paused to give thought to the fact that ours is the only Constitution in the world which has enjoyed uninterrupted continuity for 160 years. It is our job to preserve and perpetuate it. Many beautiful thoughts were spoken and printed on Constitution Day, celebrating the occasion. Of all those I read, this one made the biggest hit with me. Judge William R. McKay told an audience that: "The Constitution is the SILENT SENTINEL which stands as a guardian of the liberties and the rights of every American citizen." Mr. Gladstone said that our American Constitution is "the greatest of uninspired productions." A noted American jurist called it "the greatest thought Lver struck from the intellect of man* at*a single blow."

There is always great dignity in the language of Herbert Hoover. For instance, he was talking of our foreign affairs, and said: "It is impossible for this nation to continue spreading its largesse without evil consequences to our stability." What he meant was that if we don't stop dumping our resources by the billion we'll go busted. Because, as Bugs Baer so well says: "No fireman can hold a safety net and jump into it, too."

George Marshall, holding his top diplomatic job, still retains the straight tongue ofa soldier, and when he speaks there is no sign of double-talk. In a recent speech he made these remarks: "Any government which maneuvers to block the recovery of other countries cannot expect help from us. Furthermore, governments, political parties, or groups, which seek to perpetuate human misery in order to profit therefrom politically or otherwise, will encounter the opposition of the United States."

Watching the goings-." a ,r. United Nations meetings, it is difficult to remember that every member, in signing the San Francisco charter, ag to the following: "To re-affirm rights of men develop frelation g nations, based on respect rights and self-determination of people. to the threat or use of force against state." Perhaps we should print the above words in large type on the front wall of the U.N. assembly chamber, as a reminder to those who have so completely turned their backs on this pledge.

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According to the statistics I read, the farmer is sharing to a greater extent than he ever did before, in the present high tide of prices and profits. In the past we have always spoken well of the farmer, but, like the weather, we have never done much about it. Today the farmer is top man, from the standpoint of cash as well as usefulness. Dr. Samuel Johnson once said: "If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture "iS undoubtedly the first and noblest science." Chatfield w/ote: "Agriculture is the noblest of alchemy;\ it turns efrth and even manure into the additional reward of health." Daniel We founders of civilization." the ages wise men have economically the tiller of the soil has been in something of the position of the educator-generally underpaid. Today, for the first time since I can recall at any rate, the farmer is getting a stout share of the wealth he produces. We may not like the prices we are paying for farm products, but most fair-minded people will agree that there is some justice in the share the farmer is getting. {.*!k

Most folks love a fireplace. They are not as common a home unit as they used to, be, but it is still human nature to like one. Builders will appreciate John Burrough's trib(Continued on Page 10)