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Px'siJent Hits Top in Precedent
['leaking in Thanksgiving Ctiange
Stirs Hp Afore Comment Titan Any Statement Ever
Emanating From a Chief Executive; Eiement of Un-
certainty Injected Is What Makes It Harmful.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, Nations! Press Bldg., Washington, D. C.
repetition here. The remark re-
caiied that King George, on his re-
cent visit to North America, reset
his birthday so that it couid be cel-
ebrated white he was in Canada—
that being a prerogative of a king
and emperor. The question was then
propounded whether our President
contemptated a Hexible hotiday
schedule that would permit celebra-
tion of events whenever the White
House thought national morale was
low.
There is more to that remark than
just a laugh. Behind the thought is
an indication of a fear that all of
our people are being regimented,
told when to shout or when to weep,
when to work and when to play,
what to eat and what to wear and
not to think, but to obey. Of oourse,
it is an exaggerated viewpoint; it
is not so exaggerated, however, that
it is not possible of attainment. It
is to be remembered that the peo-
ple of Russia, and then of Italy
and then of Germany have gone
through that very stage. It was a
step which they took, and disregard-
ed as unimportant. It led directly
to the conditions under which those
people now live and have their be-
ing, regimented all, controlled, beat-
en down, living a life of fear.
Now, lest I be misunderstood, I
hasten to say that I believe there
was no such thoughts as those in
Mr. Roosevelt's mind. I believe his
action was taken because of his
ever-present urge to make changes.
There are many persons who hold
that it was another move by the
President designed to keep people
from thinking of their troubles, to
help them forget the terrible strug-
gles through which we have been,
and are, passing.
WASHINGTON.—President Roose-
velt's ability to keep things stirred
up has been demonstrated numer-
ous times since his accession to the
White House. He seems to have a
[u :)tly developed penchant for doing
the unexpected. He calls it "prece-
dent breaking." The results have
been varied, although it strikes me
that more of the "breaks" have been
against him in recent months than
when he first began to break prece-
dents as President in 1933.
It appears, however, that Mr.
Roosevelt reached a new peak in
precedent breaking when he changed
the date of our annual Thanksgiving
day. Probably no statement ever
forthcoming from a Chief Executive
stirred up as much comment—un-
less perhaps it was the famous
statement by Calvin Coolidge that
"I do not choose to run." True, Mr.
Roosevelt moved the date only one
week, making this year's Thanks-
giving day, Thursday, November 23,
instead of November 30. The effect
w as the same, however, whether the
change was one week or one month.
Next year, he proposes that the
date should be moved forward an-
other week so that thereafter the
date upon which we pay homage to
God, as a nation, will be the second
Thursday in November, instead of
the last Thursday of the month.
In announcing his plan, the Presi-
dent said he was desirous of rear-
ranging the November holiday so
that "holidays will be more evenly
spaced." There is Labor day on the
first Monday in September; there
are no national holidays in October;
Thanksgiving day in November and
Christmas day near the end of De-
cember. So, Mr. Roosevelt said it
seemed better to move Thanksgiv-
ing day a bit forward. His action,
he explained, was taken after many
business men had urged it as a
means of giving more time for
Christmas shopping. It is well
knows that shoppers do not really
get going in their Christmas buy-
ing until after Thanksgiving day,
and Mr. Roosevelt said the change
might spread out the usual rush.
Day CAany*
Sttra t/p Unuauaf Comment
Whatever the reason for the
change, the announcement broke out
all of the hissing steam that was
pent up. Business interests here
and there tried vainly to show a
united front. But that was impos-
sible because retailers disagreed as
to its possible benefits. There was
no disclosure by the President of
the identity of those business inter-
ests he had consulted. Some lines
of trade felt that terrific damage
had been done them and their shouts
were angry. Religious groups have
remained silent, as organizations,
but their individual members have
had unpleasant things to say about
the change. Altogether, the picture
seems to show a bad reaction
throughout the nation.
Let us look at the thing, how-
ever, from a practical standpoint:
Mr. Roosevelt made his announce-
ment without consulting the state
department. If he had sought ad-
vice there, he would have learned
that a presidential proclamation can
bo enforced only in the District of
Columbia and the territories of the
United States. No state needs pay
any attention to a White House proc-
lamation unless it desires to do so.
Hence, the declaration that Thanks-
Riving day shall be November 23,
1939, is binding only upon us folks
here in Washington, and those in
Ataska, Puerto Rico and Hawaii.
There are 11 states that have laws
fixtng Thanksgiving day for the last
Thursday in November of each year.
Their legislatures are not in ses-
Mon. They will not be called into
cssion again before the forthcom-
ing Thanksgiving day. Which day
v li they celebrate and praise God
i't' the blessings He has given them?
There is no national statute fix-
ing the date. It is a traditional
ceremonial day, a day which, to
Americans, means actually th6 con-
tortion between our economic life
nt;l the Almighty Power that guided
ir nation from its inception, the
i i k between material things and
ttligion.
1 nr the reasons of its establish-
' "t. it strikes me that there ought
' ! be a national law on the sub-
^ 't. It is a sacred thing. But my
- is there wilt be a law and
< law will say that the last Thurs-
y in November shall be set aside
) national holiday for expression
Htntitude. I think such a
"'H be passed at the next ses-
s of congress.
^rouses Fear F/taf A// Our
^ 'P.'c Are Being Regimented
-t. Roosevelt surely could not
[ nm'Ased the repercussions, the
'"c. that has greeted his an-
t' lnont and that has continued
'niabated fury. The politicians
' ' upon it for some of the dirti-
^ ccracks I ever have heard.
' ard one that really warrants
ha<
a JLooA at Practical
Side of fAe Sitaafion
Again, as to the practical side
and the results flowing from the
breaking of another precedent:
Let us consider first the litho-
graphing and printing industry of
the country. There are thousands
upon thousands of other businesses
that use the product of the lithog-
rapher and the printer. Consider
the calendar that hangs on your
wall. It will show November 30 as
the Day of Thanksgiving. The an-
nual bill for calendars, paid for by
industry and by each of us whtf
buys a calendar, exceeds $100,000,-
000. The calendars are not useless,
of course, but the fact that the "cal-
endar is wrong" has some inde-
scribable effect upon me.
Take the transportation industry.
OfHcials begin planning many
months ahead for tours, special
rates, excursions. Public events and
ceremonies have been scheduled.
Each ties in with some other—sched-
uled for Thanksgiving day when
Thanksgiving day was to be Novem-
ber 30. The printing industry has
done its job for most of those things
ahead even of today. What a mess
that is going to be!
Matty editorials have been writ-
ten, many interviews given out, con-
cerning the eflect of the new
Thanksgiving date on the college
football "industry," for college foot-
ball receipts run into millions of dol-
lars every year. Through all of the
years, traditional games—the big
games—the peak of the season—has
been the Thanksgiving day game for
hundreds of colleges. But if Thurs-
day, November 30. is just another
Thursday, what about the "gate"
of those games?
E/emcnf of Uncertainty /s
W/taf MaAes CAange /farmfuf
And that brings us to the crux of
this situation. It is the element of
uncertainty that Mr. Roosevelt in-
jected into our national life by the
change in one holiday date that is
harmful. Instead of promoting a
feeling of security, my hunch is
that the President has spread un-
certainty and has caused confidence
to crash in many a spot of which
he never dreamed. Instead of cre-
ating a net increase in business by
making a longer Christmas shop-
ping period, I believe a cold analy-
sis will show that the change will
cost the country, as a whole, many
millions of dollars in net losses.
Our nation has grown up, not in
one piece, but in many pieces, each
one fitted to another as smooth
working as the gears of your auto-
mobile. When the engine turns over,
it exerts pressure on the clutch,
then on the drive shaft, then on the
gears and then on the wheels, and
the car moves. When any onu unit
of industry in America—a<<^ one
phase of life—is changed suddenly,
the clutfh and the drive shaft and
the gears and the wheels of others
are affected. More than any other
one thing that has happened in re-
cent years, I believe, the President's
announcement proves how closely
knitted our lives are. It shows, too,
that government can wreck national
life as well as preserve and protect
it.
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UNtFORM iNTERNATiONAL
CUNDAY ]
OcHooL Lesson
By HAROt.O L. H)Nt)QiJ]ST. 6. M.
Dean of The Moody Hibie Institute
of Chicago.
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Lesson for
September
10
Lesson subjects nnd Scripture texts se-
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
HEZEKIAH: A KING WHO
REMEMBERED GOD
LESSON TEXT—H Chrontcies 30:M 22.
HOLDEN TEXT—Turn us again. O God.
and cause thy face to shtne: and we shatt
be saved.—Psatin 80:3.
The way out—that seems to be the
chief object of the search of men. {
The world is in what seems like
hopeless confusion with the immi-
nent danger of a devastating explo-
sion which may in the judgment of
some destroy civilization. Politics,
economics, education, yes, even re-
ligion, have tried their hands at
solving the problem and we seem to
be worse off than ever. Conditions
are much as they were when Heze-
kiah came to the throne after the
death of his wicked father Ahab.
The young king brought the na-
tion back within a few years to
peace and prosperity. How did he
do it? He did not do it. God did it,
and He did it because Hezekiah re-
membered Him and led His people
in a return to God, in a recognition
of His Word, and to restored wor-
ship. God therefore prospered them.
It is significant that while our les-
son is about King Hezekiah, his per-
son quickly recedes into the back-
ground of our thinking and God is
given our attention and our praise.
Trttly great men do not magnify
themselves or their own names, but
point by their very greatness to the
eternal God to whom they give the
glory. Let us consider how God
worked through Hezekiah.
I A Cleansed Temple.
Our lesson calls for attention to
the context. Read chapter 29 and
learn how the priests and Levites
first were directed by the king to
cleanse the temple which had suf-
fered degradation and disgrace un-
der King Ahab. Sixteen days were
devoted to a thorough clean-up.
That's a good place to start.
America, how about cleaning up our
churches? Some of them need atten-
tion to their physical property,
cleaning and rehabilitation. Others
are beautifully kept up as far as
the building is concerned, but the
rubbish is in the teaching and in the
manner of worship. Let's clean that
up too.
H. A Prepared Priesthood.
Hezekiah gathered the scattered
priests and Levites, but he did not
permit them to serve in the temple
until they had been sanctified and
prepared for their work. The men
who stand in the sanctuary to direct
the worship of God must not only be
men of God's own choosing, but they
must be cleansed by the blood. As
the sacrifices were offered in Heze-
kiah's day, so for us has One been
given in holy sacrifice, and unless
those who profess to be His min-
isters have been cleansed by His
blood they have no proper place in
His service or in the sanctuary.
HI. A Purified People.
The people of the nation were not
ready for God's blessing. Some of
those in the northern kingdom, to
whom the royal invitation had gra-
ciously been extended to come to I
the Passover, scorned the invitation }
(30:10). There was nothing that
could be done for them. But others
humbiod themselves and came (v.
11), and those in Judah came out in
a*great assembly (vv. 12, 13).
Observe carefully that this was
more than a great homecoming or
jubilee event. The people were here
to worship God and they needed to
be prepared by being "healed" of
their sins (vv. 18, 20). They too
needed the cleansing blood. Sin is
what we must be cleansed from and
healed of if God is to bless our land.
IV. A Feast of Joy and Blessing.
The nation and its leaders kept the
feast not only for seven days, for
they were not satisfied with this, but
they kept it for seven more days.
Think of many of us who can hardly
sit through an hour of service on
Sunday morning, and if we also go
to Sunday school we are quite worn
out. It is just "impossible" for us
to get to the Sunday evening serv-
ice or to the midweek prayer meet-
ing. Evidently we do not have the
spirit of the people of Hezekiah's
day or the joy that they found in
their hearts as they worshiped God.
If we did, we would seek His house
and give ourselves gladly to His
worship. The result would be that
we would receive some of the great
blessings which came to Judah.
The reading of II Chronicles 31
and 32 will reveal how God respond-
ed to the cry of His people and how
He blessed and prospered them.
He is the same God today and He
can and will do wondrous things for
those who trust and honor Him.
Strange Facts
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Stif on 7 /n !r
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MANY VARIETIES OF COOKIES
(See Recipes Below)
HousehoMNetus
Cookies in the Cupboard
What cookies do folks like best to
eat?
A cookie that's rich, and spicy and
sweet?
A toft, thick cookie with fruity fla-
vor,
Or the thin, crisp wafer the tea
drinkers savor?
A chocolate cookie that's moist and
rich,
Cr a tasty tidbit with nutmeats,
which
May be flavored with honey, mo-
lasses or spice?
Any kind of a cookie is pretty nice!
There are as many varieties of
cookies as there are occasions for
serving them.
And what satisfy-
ing morsels they
ate for the school
lunch box, for
afternoon tea, or
for a family meal
at home. You'll
find among the
tested cookie recipes below one fqr
any such occasion ranging from
dainty tea cookies to thick, soft, mo-
lasses cookies for an after-school or
bedtime snack. They're all grand
recipes for the Girl Scout cookie sale
you may be planning, or for the
next meeting of the church guild.
Soft Molasses Cookies.
(Makes about 7 dozen cookies.)
I cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 *Bgs
1 cup New Orleans molasses
2 teaspoons soda
I cup buttermilk
6 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon ginger
Cream shortening, and add sugar
gradually. Beat in the eggs and
molasses. Dissolve the soda in the
buttermilk. Sift Houri baking pow-
der and spices together and add to
the first mixture alternately with
the buttermilk. Drop from teaspoon
onto a greased baking sheet. Dip
the bottom of a tumbler in cold wa-
ter, and press down gentiy on each
cookie. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake
in a hot oven (425 degrees) for about
8 minutes.
Even on Sunday evenings hun-
gry families demand good food.
It's simple enough to provide a
meal that is temptingly different
with suggestions such as those
Eleanor Howe will give you in
her column next week. Be sure
to look for her article "Sunday
Night Suppers")
Nagging injurious
To Husband's Heart
WILMINGTON, DEL.—If nag-
ging wives don't change their tac-
tics. they're apt to give their hus-
bands heart trouble, warns Dr.
Robert Tomlinson. "Everyday
worries are enough to cause
heart trouble," he asserted, "but
nagging by a wife after a hard
day's work can be an important
contributing factor," declared his
honor.
Butterscotch Brownies.
(Makes 2 dozen small cookies.)
4 tablespoons butter
I cup brown sugar
I egg (slightly beaten)
% cup flour
I teaspoon baking powder
% teaspoon vanilla
',4 cup nut meats (cut fine)
Melt the butter in a smail sauce-
pan. Add sugar
.vf-Y slowly, and cook
fop g minutes.
Remove from
flame, and add
remaining ingre-
dients. Mix weil.
Pour into shallow
greased pan and
bake in a slow
oven (300 degrees Fahrenheit) for
about 18 minutes. Cut in squares.
Chocolate Applesauce Cookies.
(Makes 3 dozen cookies.)
% cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2% cups flour
1 teaspoon soda
teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
*2 teaspoon cloves
% teaspoon ginger
4 teaspoons cocoa
1% cups applesauce (unsweet-
ened)
Cream shortening, add sugar and
neat well. Sift together the flour,
soda, salt, spices, and cocoa and
add alternately with the applesauce.
Beat thoroughly. Drop by teaspoon-
fuls on greased cookie sheet and
bake in a moderate oven (350 de-
grees Fahrenheit) for approximate-
ly 15 minutes.
Orange Ice Box Cookies.
(Makes 5 dozen cookies.)
1 cup shortening
% cup brown sugar
% cup white sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons orange juice
1 tablespoon orange rind (grated)
2% cups general purpose Hour
% teaspoon salt
% teaspoon soda
% cup pecan nut meats (broken)
Cream shortening and add sugars
slowly, while beating constantly.
Add egg (well beaten), orange juice
and orange rind. Mix and sift Hour,
salt, and soda together and add to
the creamed mixture, together with
the broken nut meats. Form in
rolls in wax paper and chill over-
night in refrigerator. Slice thin,
place on greased baking sheet and
bake in moderately hot oven (375
degrees) 12-15 minutes.
Grandmother's Sugar Cookies.
(Makes 5 dozen cookies.)
% cup shortening
I cup sugar
I egg, and I egg yolk
% cup sour cream
% teaspoon vanilla extract
teaspoon lemon extract
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
% teaspoon salt
% teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Cream shortening, and add sugar
gradually. Add the egg and beat
until Huffy. Combine sour cream
with Havoring extracts, and add to
the creamed mixture alternately
with the sifted dry ingredients. Chill
for about % hour. Roll out and cut.
Place on greased cookie sheet.
Brush tops of cookies with unbeaten
egg white and sprinkle generously
with sugar. Bake in a moderately
hot oven (425 degrees) for about 8
minutes.
Pineapple Cream Tarts.
PART I—Tart Cases.
% cup butter
% cup granulated sugar
1 egg yolk (beaten)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1% cups cake Hour
Cream butter thoroughly and add
sugar slowly while beating con-
stantly. Add the
beaten egg yolk
and lemon ex-
tract. Then add
the Hour. Divide
dough into 12
even pieces. Then
lay one piece at
a time in the left
palm; press with the right hand un-
til dough is large enough to Ht a
muHln tin. Then Ht each piece into
the muffin tin and prick well with a
fork. Bake approximately 20 min-
utes in a hot oven. Fill with Pine-
apple Fitting.
PART II—Pineapple Cream Fill-
ing.
3 tablespoons cornstarch
3 tablespoons sugar
% teaspoon salt
1 whole egg (well beaten)
1% cups milk (scalded)
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 No. 2 can shredded pineapple
I cup whipping cream (whipped)
Mix cornstarch, sugar and salt
Add the egg (well beaten) and m&
thoroughly. Pour on the milk (scald-
ed). Return to a double boiler and
cook until thick. Remove from
Hame, add lemon extract, and al-
low to cool. Fill tart shells and
just before serving place one spoon-
ful of crushed pineapple (drained)
on top of the cream Hlling.
The total number of descendants
of any colonial family that settled
in this country between 1820 and
1640 is estimated to be more than
two hundred thousand.
England's aleconners, who prac-
ticed theit profession of testing ale
and beer up to a few years ago,
determined the sugar content by
pouring some of the liquor on a
wooden sto^! and then sitting on it.
If their leather breeches stuck,
they considered the brew satisfac-
tory.
Today many oil tankers plying
the West coast do not have to
"come in" for loading, reports
Collier's. They get their cargoes
through a buoy-marked Hexible
ftose attached to a huge pipe that
runs out into the PaciHc from a
point near San Luis Obispo.
AH fees of American attorneys
are not left to their discretion. The
United States Code, for example,
prohibits a lawyer from charging
his client more than $10 for prose-
cuting and obtaining a claim for
a pension.
Instead of dignifying their new
coins with engravings of political
heroes, the Irish make them gay
with pictures of pigs, hens, plants,
and other farm produce.—Collier's.
Send for Copy of Better Baking.'
Of course you'd like to be able to
make a feathery angel food cake,
lemon pie that melts in your mouth,
and crusty delicious rolls. You can
make all these and many more
tempting dishes with Eleanor
Howe's cookbook, "Better Baking,"
to guide you. Send 10 cents in coin
to "Better Baking," care of Eleanor
Howe, 919 North Michigan Avenue.
Chicago, Illinois, for your copy of
this valuable book.
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By burning 25% afoww than the
average of the IS other of th*
targaat-aeHtng brand* teatod —
alower than any of them —CAMELS
gtva amokera the aqutvatant a#
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"EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS-yet so
-E< inexpensive to smoke. Recent im-
partial laboratory tests of 16 of the
largest-selling brands show)
^ CAMELS were found to contain
* MORE TOBACCO BY WEIGHT
than the average for the 15 other of
the largest-selling brands.
9 CAMELS BURNED M.OIPER
*- THAN ANY OTHER BRAND
TESTED-25% SLOWER THAN
THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15
OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELL-
ING BRANDS! By burning 25%
slower, on the average, Camel? give
smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA
SMOKES PER PACK!
^ In the same tests, CAMELS HELD
O THEIR ASH FAR LONGER tbao
the average time for all the other
brands.
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more of it per pack... smoke Amer-
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