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No. 13
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As the PIONEER is heinf run more
ns o ’house organ’ of tlm colony
then os a Medium of world imves dis
tribution , the followin': divergent
views of the manner in which this
ero j ec fc is he in*" run 'carries rare
one interest.
Fcllewinp nr . some hir h lights
from a letter written by frs. Fred
Rot a of Iroot 9 2 and pubdished in
the Detroit Times of October . Ith.
"It seems that for e
^3,£C0 all say-so rf fp
The officio.Is her
f^pce many thine s dovi:
the pe:>rle, and if they
<5 +■• an d u o for th • i r r i r h
.led agitators.
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f filial
power
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hi
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ny families
~nd ere ready
Row many tears, hcv rr ny he rt
nohes ore in th.se homes only God
knows and understands. Thor - i
rest and for in the ho rt of m
npc,
ny
oo ce 1 o her in to t e trr at ad
Mvhat next?"
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. to the
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like little children, r
t h o e ve r lurk inf f e r r ■:
it destroys amtition :and h
At a meeting last ni- ht
v;as made upon the official
why one oouolo 1 c s sent ha
United States under nolim
These y ;unc people had
eirI which they nee leeted -11 day
le avinp it to the n-~ if hirers to fee
while they rode horsetac!k or v- ent
dances until 2 ^r 3 in the morninp.
.then clr r p r s • ■ r e f i 1 e d t h ;■ t
they were pettine suuoli-s fr°m the
commissary and so11inf them to colo
nists at 15 oer ;.-nt bel~w cost so
as ec pet cash for enjoyima life.
‘e have rec eived nc ti c e that new
officials have been ordered to take
charge of the colony. Cne ^f them
was reported to have said that any
one who made c enrol Tints was to be
sent home.”
CT p.
And here is a letter v/ritton by
another colonist on Tract 93, next
do or nei p hb or to rrs. Ro t a.
"Editor, Detroit Sunday Times:
Dear °ir:
I have a clipping rt hand from
your paoer , ■ n art ic 1 e ' T*i11 en by
firs. Helen Rotz, ’iin visions a hard
winter ahead.
rell, I can’t see where Hrs. Rotz
has any 'fears to really' worry her
because old man winter., is due, nor
from these hard boilea■of ficia1s who
cram things do■n your throat and
male e you like it.
"■Tow many tears? How many heart
aches are in store fcr us, only
God knows and understands.
That is almost as nathetic as
as her plea ’Pray for usT publishe
in your oaoer last summer, isn’t
it?
Honestly, conditions were never
so bad as to warrant the nation’s
prayers to save us from the few
trials we faced and endured*
If;/ answer to the statement:
’’Only God knows and understands,”
is, that knowing, He won’t have
to worry much about his flock here
in the valley-.
Such letters are a pain in the
neck to me. He don’t need anyone's
sympathy, and these ’God only
knows’ letters sure ask for it*
Trcub1e, vhy you can find it
any Here by just looking into the
And I don’t want anyone thinking
that anyone is cramming things
down cur necks and making us like
it. T'HH ART 'XT.
Just a fee • lines about the pow
erful officials who are treating
us like children, giving us no
freedom and keeping us under the
ev -.T lurking fear of ’what next?’
Ihi-jy don’t bcther the majority
of the colonists, that *:ay, and I
haven’t seen many that are afraid
of what’s around the corner. In
fact, most ore anxious to see what'
there. And to the question, ”Hcw
ya doin’?” the answer is, ”Ckay,
come over and see ns some time.”
two o uo - ^ o +-V..
are ar<
hard boiled official;
.ons urn
had t-c
■n;
judgment on.
”1 must have five tons of coal
sent out to tho tract at cnee.”
"•'ill the 30rporation send my
son tc a Radio engineering school
i n Sh i c ag o fo r s i x v/o e ks an d p ay
his expenses out and back and whii
h ? r
? ”
I'rs Rotz v/as no doubt disarpcir
ed T-,rhen both questions brought Tnc
for an an sorer, r,nd she r rot ably
felt she vos be inf- treated as a
child.
The officials are no personal
friends of nine, but I must say
they are oretty decent and reason
cb1e ?bout t hinrs.
There is another point in the
article that is misleading. The
younr couple mentioned were never
charted *Tith nefleet of their
child t y the c c mcr ation , bu t they
did a dmit the ethsr c'
a
•nd
,11
to reti
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t o t h e S t a t e ? . TT c
v.. r
i. r+
the valle\
relice ,uard.
t vrite-ur mav have b
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