THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at ;he postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Friday, April 8, 1949
SUPPOSING YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY HONEST?
(New World News Service)
While we in America arm against military attack
from without we will do well to re-arm against moral
rot from within. Whether we like to admit it or not
America is infiltrated by the fifth column of dishonesty.
It has cost some countries plenty.
“When we make out our national budget,” said a Sen
ator of a European country before the war, “we do it on!
the understanding that only 10', of our people will
make an honest return on their income tax estimates.”
That country folded up in short order when the Nazis
marched in. But let's not point the finger at other na
tions. What about America? According to FBI reports
there is an army of 6.000.00fI persons engaged in crime
in our country. It is a national shame for which we are
all responsible.
For most of us the cutting of moral corners comes in
more conventional forms. The mother who tells the
train conductor her child is half-fare when he is over
age cannot be surprised when the child in turn starts to
lie to her. The woman whose tongue across the bridge
table robs other women of their reputations can antici
pate her cook robbing the ice box for her own folks at
home. The husband or wife who laughs off the loyalties
of married life for the illusion of another romance need
not wonder why his or her children get into moral dif
ficulties.
Does honesty pay off?
For the past ten years housewife Mildred Powell hasj
served on the Seattle City Council. Her platform has al
ways been simple integrity in public affairs and in the
last election she received the highest vote ever accorded
anyone in a Seattle councilmanic election.
Seattle trusts the word of Mildred Powell. Not long
ago gambling interests tried to railroad through a bill
permitting gambling machines in the city. Fortunately
the bill had to be voted on twice. So in the week be
tween first passage by an 8 to 1 vote and the second
vote, Mildred Powell went to the people. In that week
such an outcrv was raised by the alerted and informed
citizens that when the bill came up for final passage, not;
a member of the council voted for it.
Opposition may come to those who practice absolute
honesty, but in an ideological age determined minori
ties set the pace.
For through struggle and opposition, through the up
hill battle to remake the world, men and nations that
fight for absolute honesty can know that they move in
harmony with an absolutely honest universe governed
by an absolutely honest God.
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CAN U. N. BRING PEACE?
No one can tell what the history of the world might
have been if the Senate of the United States had ratified
the treaty of peace, drawn up at the end of World, War
I, which included the League of Nations, for which
President Woodrow Wilson fought so vigorously.
The final vote in the Senate occurred on March 19,
1920, when fifty-seven Senators voted in favor of the
treaty and thirty-nine voted against it. A change of
seven votes would have prevented the development of
a decade of isolationist sentiment in the United States
and brought the League into being with the backing of
the United States, the one country able to give it the
strength necessary to face the future with a fighting
chance of success.
The constitutional requirement of a two-thirds ma
jority to ratify treaties thwarted the will of a majority
of the Senators and, according to general opinion, the
majority of the people of the nation. From that day until
the outbbreak of World War II, the general tenor of
American legislation, in connection with preparedness
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and a possible war in Europe, was that the conflict
would be none of our business.
In this conclusion, the nation and its leaders were
misled. No recital of historic events is necessary to sup
port this conclusion because everybody knows that this
country went into the second World War and that today
it is leading the world in an international effort to set
up machinery which will prevent the outbreak of an- '
other conflict.
It is too early to decide whether the United Nations
will succeed where the League of Nations failed. A
stumbling block in the work of the U. N. is the frequent
use of the veto by Russia. The communists have taken
advantage of this technical provision to block almost
every effort to begin effective collaboration for peace.j
Nevertheless, we doubt if the present impasse should
be blamed upon the veto power given to the larger na
tions because this mususe of the veto is only evidence of
a serious division of opinion which complicates the de
velopment of what the late Wendell Willkie called “One
World.” I
The peace of the world depends upon agreement of
the powerful military nations. In view of the wide
spread differences that exist between the Soviet and the
Western nations, the peace is in danger but the peril
does not arise from the right of veto. This right could
exist without threatening the success of the United Na
tions if the big powers were in substantial agreement, or i
commonly resolved to cooperate for the peaceful devel
opment of mankind.
MAY BRING PEACE
Attacking the North Atlantic Pact, Henry Wallace says
it will cost the United States “up to $30,000,000,000“ to.
rearm Western Europe and argues the money should be!
used to build low-cost homes, to insure every person!
against unemployment, illness and old-age, to raise min
imum wages and to provide schools and hospitals for all. i
Obviously, the vast majority of the people of the
United States would prefer to use the $30,000,000,000
for general improvement, somewhat along the lines sug
gested by Wallace. Nevertheless, if we spend our money
for these things and remain comparatively unarmed in
the present world situation, what assurance have we
some other nation will not take advantage of our weak
ness and take over the country, together with the pos
sessions of the citizens of this Republic?
The staggering cost of war and preparedness for ex
pected war has long been the target of individuals who
suggest it is follishness and the wiser course is to use
the money to benefit the people. Nevertheless, until
there is some guarantee which effectively protects a
peace-preferring nation from aggression by others there
is no alternative except to follow the sage advice, pre
pare for war in times of peace.
We are not among those who insist war between the
Lnited Slates and Russia is inevitable. We recognize the
present unbalance of military forces in Europe consti
tutes a strong temptation to the Russians to use force to
secure their ends. The rearming of Europe will tend to
create u balance between the con
tending forces in Europe and thus
we believe, have a tendency to
prevent war. The Russians will
not attempt war as an instrument
of national policy. The state of
Western Europe’s defenses is such
that the outcome of the war will
be uncertain.
CHI JRCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday—
Masses at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
At the Base Chapel at 4:30 p.m.
Lenten Devotions
Sun. eve. 7:30.Instructions
Wednesday—
Mass—7:00 a.m.
Evening Services—7:30 p.m.
Holy Thursday
Mass and Procession—6:00 a.m.
Holy Hour—7:30 p.m.
Good Friday—
Mass of the Presanctified—6:00
a.m.
Holy Saturday—
Blessing of Easter Water and
Easter Candle—5:30 a.m.
Mass—6:30 a.m.
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors - Rev. H. R. Amundson
and Rev. The ran McGrew
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday - 3:30 p.m. - Chil
dren's Miracle Book Club.
Thursday - 7:30 p.m. - Prayer
Meeting.
FEDERATED CHURCH
10:00 a.m. Sunday School.
Parents invited for spe c i a 1
Easter program.
PENTACOSTAL ASSEMBLY OF
GOD
Third Avenue West
Pastor A. E. Caper.er
Sunday—
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.
Evening service . 7:45 p.m.
Wednesday—
Bible Study .7:45 pm.
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
"When we walk with the Lord,
in the light of His word, what a
glory He sheds o’er the way ”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and Sun
day School classes.
11:00 a m. Morning message.
7:00 p.m. Young People’s Meeting.
7:30 p.m. Singspiration and special
music.
8:00 p.m. Evening message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody ani
Prayer.
Como and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to attend
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSION
of
Alaska Evangelisation Society
Rev. Vern Rimling. Pastor
Sunday:
2:00 p.m. Sunday School for
boys and girls.
Preaching service in the Eskimo
language by James Savok.
7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday:
7:30 p.m. Prayer and Testimony
Thursday:
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Bible Club for
Boys and Girls.
Friday:
7:30 p.m. Bible Study.
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