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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C. VUicftonte ^oum Rep&desi in WASHINGTON By Walter Shead WNU Correspondent Colorful Old West Lives Again In Omaha Historical Museum WNU Washingtoa Bureau 1616 Eye St.. N. W Expect Little Immediate Change in Financial Policy VX/ITH the holiday season over * ' and official Washington wind ing up the most brilliant social sea son since before the war, replete with diplomatic receptions, White House functions, state dinners and various other social gatherings, the new 80th congress buckled down to the actual business of setting up a policy and adopting the legislation to make that policy function for the na tion during the next two years. Most of the bickering as to com mittee assignments and other prob lems attendant to the reorganization of congress under the new con gressional reorganization act have been settled or at least bottled-up for the time being, with the new GOP leadership firmly in the saddle. And it would be nice to report that the spirit of the Christmas season has left congress with a feeling of peace on earth to men of good will. How ever, that would not be objective reporting. Whatever the reaction to the President’s state of the union mes sage, congress. Democrats and Re publicans alike, can be sure that this message, unlike some previous ones, represents the President’s own think ing. His proposals reflect his own viewpoints and they are not the ideas and ideals of the New Deal which President Truman inherited and with which he had to go along up until the time the people cast over board this theory of government at the recent election. The new congressional reorgani zation act, if the GOP leadership follows the spirit and letter of the law, is providing some obstacles, apparently not foreseen by some of the newly elected or reelected con gressmen, to the carrying out of their pet ideas. For instance, Rep. John Taber, New York, is bent upon arbitrarily slashing some nine bil lion dollars from the federal budget. At the same time. Rep. Harold Knut son of Minnesota is determined to bring about a 20 per cent reduction in individual income taxes as well as corresponding cuts in corpora tion taxes and abolishment of the various excise taxes. Outgo Tied to Income This would be fairly easy under the old procedure which has been in effect since about 1865. The house ways' and means and the house ap propriations committee simply would meet and, with the over whelming GOP majority, would just vote the cut through. Not so, how-' ever, under the new act. It is based on a scientific study of government and not on the basis of levying taxes without regard to appropriations, or vice versa. The new law pro vides that the house appropriations and the house ways and means com mittee, together with the senate fi nance and appropriations commit tees, shall meet jointly at the begin- : ning of the session . . . that they 1 shall consider the President’s budget recommendations and report a “leg- ; islative budget for the ensuing fis cal year, including the estimated overall federal receipts and expend itures for such year . . . that such a report shall contain a recom mendation for a maximum amount to be appropriated and an amount to be reserved for deficiencies . . . that if the report estimates the pro posed expenditures will be less than the estimated government tax re ceipts, then there shall be a recom mendation for a reduction in the public debt . . . that this report shall be made by February 15 . . . that the report from the joint com mittee shall be accompanied by a concurrent resolution adopting such budget and fixing the maximum amount to be appropriated for ex penditure . . . that if the report shows that estimated expenditures shall be greater than receipts, the concurrent resolution “shall in clude” a section substantially as fol lows: ‘That it is the sense of con gress that the public debt shall be increased in an amount equal to the amount by which the estimated ex penditures for the ensuing fiscal year exceed the estimated receipts, such amount being $ .’ ” Balanced Budget Dubious So under this law all appropria tions and expenditures must be con sidered in the light of the govern ment’s needs, as outlined in the President’s budget, and not by the desire of any congressman, however worth while. The size of the public debt is fixed as congress goes along. So whether congress can balance the budget at this session is a matter for conjecture. Despite many de mands by the new Republican ma jority for an immediate balance. Sen. Robert A. Taft, Ohio, considered the deepest financial thinker in the senate, said, as quoted in the Con gressional Record of May 14, 1945: “It seems to me that the most conservative government cannot hope to balance the budget until ap proximately three years after the end of the war with Japan.” Railroad Exhibit Is Visual Record Of Pioneer Days WNU Features. OMAHA, NEB.—The roaring, hectic days of the Old West are not dead—they still live in all their flamboyant glory in the Union Pacific’s historical muse um located in the company’s headquarters building here. Fascinating documents, maps, relics, weapons, furniture, books, household articles, farm imple ments, personal possessions and other mementos of the men and events which carved an empire out of a wilderness comprise a dramatic and graphic visual record of the struggles, tragedies and triumphs of the pioneer West. Portray Progress. Interwoven with the faded relics and ghosts of long-dead pioneers and heroes of the West dte exhibits por traying the epic record in the build ing of the Union Pacific, which played an instrumental role in the westward expansion of the empire. Shunning away from the musty and moldering atmos phere of the typical “museum idea,” all the exhibits are de signed to preserve all the color and adventure which prevailed in the pioneer days. Since this valuable historical col lection was opened to the public in 1939, approximately 200,000 visitors representing every state in the union and 41 foreign countries have regis tered at the museum. Reminisce on Careers. Bearded oldsters wander through the exhibits musing over items which recall their own picturesque careers when they—and the West— were young. In contrast are school children and street urchins, in trigued by the drama in the win ning of the West. Side by side come scholars and business men, house wives and railroad executives, while during war years many a serviceman discovered that brows ing around the exhibits provided an ideal means of whiling away the seemingly endless wait for trains. Curator of the museum is Mrs. Ruth Cultra Hamilton, former school teacher who has been asso ciated with the railroad for many years. Lauds Woman’s Role. True to her clan, Mrs. Hamilton admits that her one regret is that j the museum collections are almost | wholly a memorial to the great men ! of the past. “No one remembers those anony mous women who ranked with their men as courageous pioneers,” she complains. To museum visitors, How ever, she can point out a few household articles which serve as mute reminders that even while heroes conquered the West, someone had to cook and IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL S UNDAY I chool Lesson By HAROLD L. LUNDQUIST. D. D. Of The Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for January 12 Lesson subjects and Scripture texts se lected and copyrighted by International Council of Religious Education; used by permission. THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS LESSON TEXT—John 2:1-16. MEMORY SELECTION—Whatsoever he salth unto you. do It.—John 2:5. HISTORY WAS MADE . . . With the rifles, saddle and other equip ment included in this general view of a section of the historical museum. sew, rear children and help with the farming. Modern-day houswives stare un- comprehendingly at such primitive devices as candle molds, a sauer kraut stomper, a broom of hickory splints, a spinning wheel and reel dating back to 1859. Typical of the hardships which the pioneer wom an endured are exhibits of crude farm implements—an awkward flail, clumsy hoe and handmade barley fork. The old iron Dutch oven and grill in the museum once were the only cooking utensils owned by some Mormon family, which carried them across the plains on the historic migration from Nauvoo, 111., to Utah. Recall Indian Raids. Many souvenirs of the constant guerrilla warfare between the hos tile Indians and workmen who pushed the rails ever westward also are on display. Supplementing the tomahawks and arrows is the handi work of Indian women who en gaged in more peaceful pursuits than their warriors. Included in the display are fine baskets and bead- work, tobacco pouches, medicine bags, amulets and other articles fashioned by Sioux women and dec orated with embroidery of flattened porcupine quills dyed with roots and berries. Wild-eyed youngsters gaze in awe at the pistols which spat flame and lead in the hectic early days but which now rest peacefully in the museum’s display cases. Many Guns Shown. A huge .69 horse pistol is on display, along with flintlocks dating back to the American revolution and pepper-box types, derringers, ball and cap and muzzle-loading types. In one case are guns taken from train robbers while another case contains bullet molds, cartridge loaders, powder flasks and horns, shot pouches and other pieces of equipment used in pistol shooting. A rare old book showing the trails from Texas to Ellsworth, Kas., one of the roaring “cow towns” of the ’70s, and a collection of branding irons highlight the mementos of the day of the cattleman and cow boy. Mute symbols of a still earlier day when the buffalo and bison roamed the western plains by the THE WILD AND WOOLLY WEST ... Is re - created for goggle-eyed youngsters in this display of guns and knives. Mormon pioneers used these EN ROUTE TO PROMISED LAND crude farm implements and household utensils on their historic trek from Nauvoo, 111., to Utah. millions are the watch and scissors used by “Old Jim” Bridger and a money belt and autographed pic ture of “Buffalo Bill” Cody. The epic migration of pio neers over the Mormon trail, Oregon trail and other path ways to the West is represent ed by many relics. Attracting major interest is an original map issued to westbound pio neers, showing every place across the prairies where food could be obtained and the loca tion of blacksmiths. Rare and original photographs of the Great Emancipator hold the spotlight in an extensive Lincoln col lection. A replica of the Lincoln funeral car also is displayed. Tribute to Rails. With the building of the West ir retrievably linked with the develop ment of rail transportation, the mu- ! seum features mementos in the his tory of railroading. Principal item is a yellowed tele gram bearing a single sentence, “You can make affidavit of comple tion of road to Promontory Sum mit.” This message, sent by Gren ville M. Dodge, chief engineer, to Oliver Ames, then president of the U. P., signified completion of con struction work, and on the follow ing day the Golden Spike was driv en to join the Union Pacific and the Central Pacific as the first trans continental railroad linking the East and West. Blindness No Handicap, Industrious Ohio Man Proves PAINESVILLE, OHIO.—Although blind since he was seven, Robert Bixel is one of the most industrious men in this community. After work ing throughout the week at a rub ber plant, he continues the pace on Sunday by rushing off to church, where he is an evangelist and sing er. Not content with these regular activities, Bixel utilizes a guide dog to help him around the community to give chiropractic treatments, re pair chairs and sell greeting cards. At home he mows the lawn; fires the furnace and helps with house hold tasks. An ardent sportsman, Bixel rides horseback, goes fishing and coon hunting. On coon hunts he asks only for a stout club about four feet in length and “I’ll get along all right by myself.” Blind since seven years of age as a result of being struck by a stone thrown by a playmate, Bixel refuses to acknowledge the handicap. He now plans to learn typing to permit him to keep up with his immense amount of correspondence. Formerly the regular preacher at Riverview church in nearby Nov elty, Ohio, Bixel turned the pastor ate over to a brother-in-law and now acts as a traveling evangelist. Varied Surplus Items Test WAA Ingenuity MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. — Appar ently there’s no limit to the surplus material which War Assets admin istration is called on to handle. First there was an island, then a model dairy, farm complete with herd on the west coast. Later WAA found itself saddled with surplus horses in the Midwest and left-over panties and brassieres in the South. Now the New Orleans office re ports it has in safekeeping 99 black diamonds and a quantity of pure silver.- The diamonds — they’re not the kind you’d give your best girl —aren’t for sale, however. Used in precision machinery, they’re still classed as strategic material. But WAA is selling the silver— 36,000 bars of it—which was recov ered from a recently demolished magnesium plant operated at Lake Charles, La., as a defense industry during the war. College Coeds Are Free Baby Sitters CORVALLIS, ORE. — This col lege town has become a parents’ paradise since Oregon State college coeds have started serving as free baby sitters. The baby sittters are provided by the college Red Cross chapters, the only regulation limit ing the service to 10 p. m. on school nights and 12:30 a. m. on Satur days. No charge is made for th« coed’s services. The witness of John concerning Jesus as the Son of God had been attested by the divine knowledge of Jesus and his personal call to his disciples. Now the time had come for him to declare his authority as God'by an overt act which all men could see and understand. It is interesting to note that for this, the first of his miracles, he chose a festive occasion in the home. Ke had been invited to be a guest at a wedding (v. 2). Those who ask him to be present at their marriage may confidently expect him to be present and to add greatly to the real joy of the occasion. The authority of our Lord shows here in three different ways: I. He Commands (w. 1-8). He was neither host nor was he the one charged with responsibil ity for the serving, but when the time came for him to do his mighty act the servants were ready to obey the admonition of his mother and do what he said. Mary may have had some respon sibility for serving the guests. Why then had she, not looked to the sup ply of wine? Apparently she who knew of what had taken place at the baptism of Jesus and immedi ately after, and having in her heart the memory of what occurred at his birth (Luke 2:14), thought it time for him to do some great miracle. He was indeed ready to do so, but in his own way. “What is that to thee?” in verse 4 really carries the meaning: “This is a matter which I must care for in my own way,” and he did. We do well to seek grace to be like the servants who did what the Lord commanded, even though it did not seem to be a sensible solu tion to fill the jars with water. Obe dience without hesitation and with out question is the price of blessing! n. He Creates (vv. 9-11). The act of creation was already done, but now the fact came to light. He had changed the water into wine, the juice of the grape. This was not a case of adding something or dilut ing the remaining wine. Here the water, as he decreed it even with out the use of a spoken word, was no longer there, but the best of wine. Jesus was and is the Creator. He was present Eft the beginning of all things (note the “let us” in Gen. 1:26), and it is declared that “by him were all things created” (Col. 1:16, 17). In fact, “without him was not anything made” (John 1:3). What he created was good, so good in fact, that the one in charge of the feast remarked about it. The Lord never does anything by halves, nor in a careless or defective way. He made a great quantity of wine (probably more than 100 gallons) and it was of the greatest excellency. Some would read verse 10 as though our Lord were here helping along a drunken wedding party, but of course that is not true. The stew ard was simply recognizing the ordi nary rule of serving whereby one uses the best one has until there is no more like it, then takes the in ferior provision. To use this verse to excuse drunkenness is only pos sible for those “eager to mar, if by means they could, the image of perfect holiness which offends and rebukes them” (Trench, quoted by Lenski). III. He Controls (vv. 12-16). After a few days with his family and his disciples, he went down to Jerusalem for the great feast of the Passover. There he found his Fa ther’s house being misused and de filed. His holy indignation kindled, he spoke and acted with authority as he drove these “racketeers” out of the temple. People like to hear about a God of love, one who knows their weak ness, and is kind toward their in- \ firmities. But we must not forget that God shows his love by a great and holy hatred of sin, and a desire to deliver us from that sin. This means that he must and will deal in drastic fashion with those who per sist in their sin. This is a majestic picture. The Son of God and Son of Man steps into the center of this unholy traffic and with mighty, holy indignation (not anger) drives it out. Why did these men who were so deeply intrenched and so eager to make money flee before the wrath of a lone man? It was only because they recognized divine authority. He has a right to control men, for ha is God. It is not a mere matter of re form, for here he was cleansing the temple, the very heart of the life of the Jewish people. He dealt with a present situation to establish an eternal principle. We cannot help but admire this magnificent Jesus, but the question comes to us today, Has he been given his proper authority over and in our lives? Practical Instruction For the Home Nurse A LONG with her countless other duties, Mother frequently must serve as home nurse^ Whether it’s treating baby’s colic or sponge bathing a feverish patient, she has to know all the answers. Don’t let emergencies find you unpre pared. Learn what to do for jammed fingers, frostbite; how to care for post operative patients; how to nurse Junior through a bout of measles or another contagious disease. In our 40-page booklet, “Practical In struction for the Home Nurse,” a regis tered nurse tells you all you need to know. Send 25 cents (coin) to Weekly Newspaper Service, 243 W. 17th St., New York 11, N. Y. Print your name, address, booklet title. Topping Carrots Topping carrots at harvest helps to keep them fresh. When stored for seven days at 70 degrees and under moist conditions, topped carrots lost 40 per cent less moisture than those untopped, and they were much fresher looking. Brings MIGHTY FAST Long-lasting Relief In COUGHS due to CHEST COLDS MUSTEROLE RUB ON Ground Storage The time to store vegetables in a bushel box buried 1c the ground is before the ground freezes. Line the box with newspapers and put in an assortment of vegetables. Bury it In a hole in the garden which is a little deeper than the box. 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