CAPT. WALTER F. HENRY
Commanding Officer
CER. CHARLES V. AUGUSTUS P j I
Executive Officer \ I I
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EDITING STATE
CHARLES NICKS DOUGLAS HAIJSKAN
Phone 204 Phone 204
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1 DON’T DISMISS ALL DRIVES AS
BEING "JUST RACKETS"
Each of us has his-financial problems,
and when they become pressing there’s ka
human tendency to greet" any plea for
funds from organized charity with exas-Y
peration.
How uften have you heard service people
say, "They never stop hitting you with
their hand out. A11 this gimme-gimme is
just a racket."
But, of course, all of it isn’t. • The
Red Cross, the Community Chest, the Fed
eral Service Campaigns and other reput
able-charities have fine records of ac-'
coirglishmeht, and the people who admin-k
ister them are not in it for profit. Any
one who tries to convince himself they
are should stop kidding. He’s just look
ing for an easy out.
The charities tha.t get official support
from the services do an enormous amount
of good in helping the sick, the dis
abled, the unfortunate* And the three
service relief societies have helped mil
lions of men in uniform, quickly and gen
erously, when they needed help the most.
No serviceman with a legitimate finan
cial problem ever had to turn in des
peration to a loan shark.
Giving is good. The man who supports
nationally known and respected funds
drives as generously as he is able
feels a sense of accomplishment.. Some
where, somehow, another human being
will benefit because he answered the
call. To know that and take pride in
it is reward enough.
If you can’t afford it—well, you
canft. Nobody’s going to club you in
to giving. But don’t delude yourself
by giving all organized charity the
label of ’’racket.” You may keep some
one else from donating to a worthy
cause. •
C HA PL AIN 3; : C O £ N t K
: .father oque'
One day not many years ago the phone
-rang in the home of a small-town bus
inessman and interrupted his plans to
spend the day at home celebrating his
birthday with the family. . '’They*re
picketing your store,”the voice on the
phone told him. : Hurrying downtown the
businessman kept!thinking to himself:
’’Picketing my storel What's come over
them? They’ve worked for me for yearsl
They1re,my friends.”
His puzzlement ended as he pulled up
.in front of the store. The. store was
t>eing picketed alright i. But the signs
his, employees' were parading back and
.forth along the sidewalk carried mess^
ages like these: MOftE BOSSES LIKE OURS.
WE.WORK HERE AND WE LOVE IT. YOU CAN'T
BUY FROM A -NICER GUY. The pickets were
simply wishing their boss a happy
birthday. .. ... 1 ’ N..,
In this world of Big Business and
Bigger Labor it’s refreshing to hear
that loyalty to c-he's boss is not al-. •
ways a fprgotten virtue. God is Love;,
and his Fourth Commandment demands
more than mere submission. Nothing less
than loyal obedience 'to legitimate au
thority is pleasing to God. Nor, for
that matter,is man himself really sat
isfied with anything less. Mere serv
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