THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the postoffir**
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Wednesday, January 1, 1947
Writing A Tribute To World Pear
(The Denver Post)
WHEN HISTORY records its balance on the meeting
of the United Nations assembly in New York the accom
plishments of that session may go down as the starting
point of a great era of peace. There were dark debits in
the often-violent recriminations which were exchanged.
There was, and there remains a mutual suspicion be
tween the two worlds which we have some to contrast
as the totalitarian and the democratic. But there were
substantial credits, and, in the end, they outweigh all
the bitterness.
In the pessimistic mood which prevailed when the
assembly convened there was little to support the hope
of such a concrete achievement as the arms limitation
agremeent with which the deleg-.tes climaxed the meet
ing. That agreement is a tribute not merely to its au
thors—far more, it acknowledges the terrible pressure
of fear which drove the nations to accord.
From the start, it was clear that Russia’s motive in
demanding a troop census was propagandistic. Initially,
it was a move to give color to Russian charges of west
ern imperialism by showing he exent to which British
and American forces were deployed throughout the
world. But Russia’s demand backfired when the demo
cratic powers not only accepted but challenged Russia
to share with them the revelation of all troop disposi
tions, both at home and abroad. Russia thereupon at
tempted a final squeeze, seeking to use the troop census
as a lever to pry from the United States the secret of
the atom.
It is the very fact that the United States resisted this
Russian stratagem and stuck by its own basic demands
for atomic security that now gives the world its present
hopes. It was American insistence which finally forced
Russia to agreement, in principle, on a system of safe
guards which offers real promise of shackling atomic
warfare. Without agreement on international control,!
supported by a veto-exempt system of inspection, there
could be no assurance of peace.
The United States recognized this from the very be
ginning. Early last summer in presenting our proposals
for control of atomic weapons, the United States did an
unusual thing: we laid on the table our minimum re
quirements. We have stood by these requirements,
knowing that anything less would defraud the world in
its hopes.
The assembly’s agreement is one in principle only. It
yet needs to be established in a framework of interna
tional law and administrative machinery, a task which
has been left to the security council. We probably have
not seen the end of suspicion and recrimination, but we
have made real progress.
December 14, 1946, the date of this agreement,
opened an area of hope which has yet to live or perish.
What Tomorrow?
As our community grows older, years seem somehow
to shorten, and New Year's Day approaches in ever-}
increasing tempo. In doing so, a community realizes
that time is merely relative. The main thing is how a
community lives, not how long.
What better resolution can we make this New Year
than to resolve to make a better community? There is
only one way. Take an active interest in your fellow
man. Learn how to serve your community better.
Businessmen should endeavor to serve their custom
ers and the community in more and better ways. Cus
tomers should also remember that every dollar spent
away from home helps some community other
than their own, and so should resolve to make all possi
ble purchases here that the money represented by
WILL IT BE A BIG YEAR
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or a small year?
their purchases can go to work here at home to help
make this a better place to live.
Not least in our resolutions should be the one to take
an active interest in our schools, civic clubs, and com
mercial organizations. These groups play a very im
portant part in building the character of the kind of
community we will have in the future. Let’s resolve to
take a greater interest and give more liberal support to
these important character-building organizations.
In His wisdom, God does not show us what lies ahead.
We must enter the New Year and live it day by day.
The past can only be used as a reference point, not as a
relative guide to the future, unless it is planned with the
future in mind.
What we do with the New Year will determine our
tomorrow.
Freedom Speaking
In words supplied by Colin B. Viggers of Denver, field director
of a patriotic organization. Sons of Uncle Sam. the Bill of Rights
"speaks of an important anniversary.
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This is your Bill of Rights
speaking. It’s my birthday today
but I know that you have forgot-1
ten it as thousands and thousands
of Americans like you have.
Now I don’t mind your forget
ting but I do feel that you should
know more about me, considering
what I have done for you and am
still doing, so if you will permit
me I should like to tell you how
I happen to be, where I was born,
my age and my mission in life.
They call me the Bill of Rights
and I am the first ten amendments
to the Constitution of the United
States of America. I am your pro
tector. I was born in Philadelphia,
Pa., on Dec. 15, 1791 and today I
am 155 years of age. Until I was
written into the constitution that ^
document was like a body without ^
a soul.
But pelase don’t take me for
granted. Like all mortal creations
I can be killed. The giant shadow
of totalitarian state slavery moves
over the world and wherever that
shadow falls I can be obliterated.
That shadow has fallen over the
United States.
Three men—Thomas Jefferson,
James Madison and George Mason
fathered me. As men brought me
to life, I can also be slain by men
—and will be unless YOU and 1
YOU real Americans organize to
defend me.
As your Bill of Rights I am
Freedom of Religion, Freedom of
Speech. Freedom of the Press,
Fredom of Assembly and the pri
vate sanctity of your home. 1 am
your guarante$ of Trial by Jury,
as I am the policeman who guards
your property rights.
Cruel and unusual punishment
and excessive fines and bail can-^|
not be visited upon you as long as^
I am alive. I order that all rights
not specifically mentioned in the
Constitution shal be retained by
YOU, the people. I am the rights
of the states against engulfing
centralized power.
I am the Bill of Rights, your
signed lease to spiritual, mental
and physical freedom. I ask you
to meditate on all my ten clauses.
Memorize them. Engrave them on
your hearts.
My very existence depends upon
your vigilance—on how vigilantly
you watch your rulers, who are
your servants. My eternal enemies
known as dictators are abroad in
the world and right here on our
doorsteps. Personal unlim: ted
power has destroyed the liberties
of many people in ancient and^f
modern times. It can happen to
you.
Put every law that is proposed
in Washington and elsewhere into
the crucible of my ten command
ments, the Bill of Rights. Your
question must always be, not what
does the law give me, but what
does it take away from me.
I am the Bill of Rights. When I
am violated, a part of you dies.
I’m of course, getting older each
year; seen over a century and a
half of time. I have enjoyed the ,
respect of a great race of people
and I’m hoping to reach my 200th
birthday still enjoying the confi
dence of those real Americans
whom I have tried to serve so well
for so long a time, but that is go
ing to depend strictly upon you
and your children and their chil- ^
dren’s children.
So I have come to you today to
tell you about the things I have
done for you; how I have been
protecting you since that day I
was bom in 1791; now it is I who
need protection. You can help by
becoming more familiar with the
body to which I am attached and
part of, the Constitution of the
United States of America. I'm that
part of the body that’s been giving
you the freedom and protection
you have enjoyed for years, and I
only ask that you learn more
about these things I have done for
you, so you in turn can protect me
from my enemies. Will you do this
for me? Thank you!
Your protecting friend,
BILL OF RIGTHS.
Hashmarked In Memory
FISHER, 111. (/P)—Henry Pow
ell doesn’t need that newfangled
electronic numerical integrator
and computer to figure out how
long he was in the army. He got
in Feb. 11, 1942, got out Feb. 11,
1946.