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Pate Four November JO, 1974 W. Vn. All 253-3321 matt awttwriitd at pott at Hintan, W. Va. Miner Loud-Mouths To Be Believed? There are said to be 120,000 coal miners who are members of the United i Workers of America and will be Voting this weekend upon acceptance of a proposed three-year contract for their employment.

It will be interesting to find out, if can, just how many of those miners vote on a matter which looms so im- portantly in their lives. Unfortunately, "-many of those union members do not vote in other elections and do not.turn out for meetings of their union locals. These men abdicate responsibility for their own futures to others who often are nosiy and irresponsible. The UMW members will not only be voting on their own immediate future whether to return to work at newly increased wages and benefits they will also be determining the future of their a i i of i I neighbors, both in coal producing -t States and in all the others of these United States since coal is of such importance to our economy now; and the rest of the world, as well. ALL THE WORLD has a stake in the outcome of the current UMW walkout.

The world of free nations is in great part dependent upon the U.S. If our economy goes completely to pot, the other free nations of the earth will be in danger of collapse, surely. Inversely, of course, the enslaved nations of the Communist world and the so-called "Third World" will be reinforced in their attempts to take over and enslave the rest of the nations. There can be little doubt that the continuation of a coal strike in this country for any great length of time will bring on far greater economic problems for both the nation and the free world. if if ASIDE FROM SUCH consideration, however, is the circumstance which rejection of the contract might well bring.

The contract which has alreadv been renegotiated is apparently one i gives the i a everything they asked, which was everything they could think of to seek. tv The wage and benefit boosts are huge and historical, unless all the union's' leaders are to be considered liars. The only thing which seems to have been omitted from the new agreement was a right to strike at the drop of a hat or the upturning of a water bucket. The rabble-rousers within the union are 'citing this as an excuse to reject all other gains and consideration. i a i -themselves and we believe there are many of them should consider what a contract is supposed to be and what unlimited wildcat or local strikes can do to the industry.

A contract is supposed to be a two, Way instrument with benefits for both "sides. In order to gain and hold the potential new markets for coal, the producers must be able to offer some guarantee of a dependable supply to those manufacturers who are urged to use coal. If every man who develops a grudge against someone or simply gets up grumpy or hungover can bring about a strike, there will be no dependability of production or supply. if if if THE COAL MINERS should keep in mind how the rest of the world is at the Arab states who have begun holding us all up unreasonably for their near-monopolistic hold on the world's oil supply. Once the oil has been depleted those Arabs are going to have the world's largest reservoir of ill-will left to them.

Taking a i advantage of a supremacy which may be monetary will not do the Arabs a great deal of good in the long run. The same thing applies, perhaps to an even greater degree, for the coal business and the men it employes. Many of the men in the mines are inclined to look at the situation as one where they had better "get all we can the gettin's good!" If they will iook a little beyond the end of their -noses, they may see that the "while" of the good-getting could be cut a great shorter by unreasonable demands which may turn every power company in America toward greater research and development of nuclear power. -) The demands to which the coal producers have already acquiesced TV ifnay already be a move in that direc- -lion. The further reduction of depen- of supply could be a "final to break the back of demand coal! IT HAS HAPPENED before with the result that oil and natural gas took over huge portions of what had been coal's market! The mere fact that ojl and gas are now in short supply does not mean that nuclear and solar power and perhaps other substitutes not now even dreamed of cannot once again into "coal's market." We wouid suggest that the wise coal should think twice, or maybe even three times, before voting to re.

ject the huge gains which are already theirs with mere ratification of Arnold Miller's negotiated settlement. Mere big-mouthed claims that this proposed 'contract "is worse than the old one was" do not make it so. Such obvious disregard of the facts all the rest of such dissidents' claimt heavily tuspeci! By EMILE J. MODEL Well, Mac's Toy Fund is back in business at least a little after the complete blank we drew and had to report for Thanksgiving Day. Of course, we noticed Friday that all the contributions we received by mail had been mailed here on Wednesday but were not put into the post office drawer for the Post-Herald until Friday.

This was the main reason, probably, that we had no donations at all on Thanksgiving! We had always been under the impression that If you paid the extra money to have a box at the post office and picked up all your own mail instead of waiting to have it delivered to your home or place of business, you could be assured of getting your mail every day, even including holidays and Sundays. However, it appears that the mail is not being put into the boxes as well and regularly as it once was. i to the Toy however, we had five gifts arrive yesterday, two of them delivered personally. They added $61 to the 1974 fund. The donations were like this: A.

B. Coleman of Kilsyth, one of our regular letter writers on the editorial page, the Irving Goldsteins of 204 Granville $10; Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Vaughan of 904 Woodlawn $15; Melissa and Leigh Ann, both of Beckley, and John Rappold of Bridgeport, grandchildren of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Rappold of 908 Woodlawn in a very cute card with a puppy on it holding his Christmas sock, $10; and a whopper from the- Penn Wise Christmas I Mrs. Amos president, Mrs. Joseph Martin and Mrs. Carolyn Tinsley, secretaries, and Mrs.

Maryland Dickerson, treasurer, $25! That good list and the $61 it includes boosts the 1974 Toy Fund to a total for this morning of $1,228.75. On this same Saturday morning last year the fund stood at $1,106.56. So, as you can see, we are dropping back a bit in regard to the lead we had on last year's pace of giving. Where we were more than $200 ahead, we are now just $122 better than we were at this point in 1973. Of course, with the coal strike dragging on as it has and is, it is a wonder that we have not dropped off worse than that.

If the contract proposal is rejected by the miners in this weekend's vote on it, everything and everybody in the state may be hurting before Christmas arrives. That's all the more reason we do thank all the fine supporters who have already gotten behind the Toy Fund so well once again. 'Exiles' Returning! in regard to the economy of the state and nation, it has become, clear over the last six to ten months that West Virginia is in far better shape than the nation as a whole. That will likely continue to be true only if the coal business remains good in spite of the slump in automobile sales and But we have had many former West Vriginians moving back to the Mountain State. It has been going on for some time and it may be that before long there will no longer be an "exiles' capital" of West Virginia at Akron.

-0- Over the weekend we have had a number of inquiries about jobs from people wanting to come to West Virginia. In addition, a close friend who has contacts in the middle of the state says the same thing is' happening to some extent up there. It seems the stations for the rental trucks and trailers are being kept snowed under with people hauling their own furnishings back here. Also there are homes up hollows and along bottoms by the creeks which are being occupied for the first time in many years. And of course that is one way of beating a housing shortage or the excessive cost of new home construction and high interest rates.

-0- Do you suppose West Virginia's population will soar back over the That's where it was back in 1950! Meanwhile, top of the morning again! 'Now That I Got You The Moon, What Else Do You Wtntr Yetterday And Today-Christianity Is But One Religion By SHIRLEY DONNELLY IN alphabetical In my calling wherein I toil Buddhism comes first. There to get milk and shoes, three of are a my associates are men of op- Buddhists in 1 5 0 i i the world, the posite religious faiths. One is vast majority of them living a Hindu, one is Buddhist, while the third one is of the Islamist faith a Mohamme- 1 dan, AlT a intellectuals, being doctors of medicine. i i i i often put to me about the religious faiths mentioned, it is thought well to present a thumbnail sketch of each today, only a little rundown, mind you, and not a full dress analysis. in Asia.

Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (563 482 B.C.), founder of Buddhism, came from India. I I i a i religion was absorbed by Hinduism. The two are interrelated. In China Buddhism is one of a religions. It is claimed that there are 165,000 Buddhists in the United States; a handful here in Beckley.

Buddhists try to achieve Nirvana, the of perfection, by following the eightfold path: right views, right aims, right speech, right con- parallels the Christian idea of Heaven. ISLAMISM was founded by Mohammed ibn Abdullah, who was born in Mecca. A a i a in 570 A His followers are called Moslems or a a Their i i I a i -means submission to God. This religion dates from 622 A a in a i i a a assassination. That flight, known as the Hegira, is the Starting point of the Moslem calendar.

About 400 million Moslems i i A a i a A i a Pakistan, parts of China, and Asiatic Russia. Some 35,000 or more reside in the United AndriM My-Minnesota Senator Was Candidate With Quality WASHINGTON I am not man knows more about what sure I agree with Sen. Walter should make a president tick a a a i a withdrawing from the 1976 overwhelming desire" to Presidential race, to wit, thaf move into the White House, does a overwhelim- ing desire to bej president which is essential for the kind of campaign that is required." By withdrawing, Mondale has deprived the American people of an opportunity to cons i i i a qualifications of a unique candidate. It would have been refreshing, interesting, and Walter Mondale could continue to apply himself to the duties and responsibilities of a U.S. Senator.

He could dis- a i a i i a i through his labors in the Senate instead of inundating the electorate with a flood of political rhetoric. He could i i i i i papers. HE WOULD campaign outside Washington only when his Senate duties permitted. He could speak up, from perhaps even decisive had the Washington, for other can- Minnesota Democrat an- didates of his party and thus nounced that although he had preserve and nourish his im- no consuming passion for the age as a good Democrat. Moreover, he could save his supporters a lot of money and avoid the perils of pverex- posure and of peaking too soon.

He would not be there every time a voter looked up, and there would be no peaks or valley to his campaign. He would not be plagued by thoughts that he should trim a i i change an presidency he was going to stay in the race anyway. That probably would not have insured his electon or even nomination, but it would have given his candidacy a rare quality. And perhaps the voters would have cottoned to a man who addressed them in words something like these: "LOOK, I think I'd make a good president. I'd like to be president.

But I am not going to ruin niy health, drive rny family to distraction and try to stir the voters into a frenzy in pursuit of the office. I am simply going to run for president as a sideline to my job as a U.S. Senator. I'll neither die nor go crazy if I lose." Not to disparage other hopefuls, but the Republic could use a candidate with that quality. I rather like the idea of a man who cherishes values other than those that repose in the power and the glory of the Perhaps such a honest belief there.

After all, he would be secure in the knowledge that becoming president was not the end-all of his political career. Mondale has said that he believes he can best serve his country and his state in the Senate. It is sad he has concluded that he is disqualified as a presidential candidate because of a determination to do the work he was elected and is paid by the taxpayers to do. My Answer Will "We are friendly with Russia now, but you would be surprised the a of people that are not going there to settle. "Their big importation is caviar, that's a kind of gooey mess of fish eggs, that I suppose, is without a doubt the poorest fodder in the world, but it costs a lot and the rich just lap it up like they do grand opera, when they can't understand a line.

"We got fish here that must lay eggs, but we don't pay any attention to them. They are just home talent. If the same fish went to Russia and laid those same eggs, why, then they become important eggs. Instead of just a setting of eggs, they become caviar. "I was surprised, I didn't think a fish in Russia would lay anything but hard-boiled eggs." December 3, 1933.

Ortd tdHM by Brvofl AN rwMt for tlw WIH Every day I read your comments in our local paper and enjoy them. Would you comment on the relationship of God and Hannah? What is the meaning of the word "Hannah" according to the Bible? D.S. The Bible character Hannah was one of the two wives of Elkanah. Hannah visited the tabernacle at Shiloh yearly with her husband to offer escarifices. She was greatly distressed because they had no children, and prayed earnestly to the Lord for a male child whome she promised to dedicate to the Lord from birth.

The prayer was heard and she called her son, a a i "God hears." Her name, Hannah, had its own special meeting in view of all this. It meant "grace" or "favor." Incidentally, Hannah was a prophetess of no.ordinarty talent, evidenced by her poetic utterance elcited by God's answer to her prayer, (1 Samuel If was this that foreshadowed the Magnificat of Mary, and may have been familiar to the mother of Jesus. But taken in its entirety the story of Hannah reveals the happy home life of pious Israelites and is a great example of the power of prayer. duct, right living, right effort States. The a a or i teachings of Islamism are, one God, heaven, hell, and the world's ending with a great a i i meditation.

Buddha is said to have judgment, sprung from a lotus. When i i a preaching they hold a fan in their right hand to shut out distractions, chiefly the sight of women! a a young he traveled in Syria and in Palestine where he learned the essence of the Judaic and Christian conception of monotheism the belief in one God. Tradition a it a a received some revelations the Angel Gabriel. Those revelations he recorded in 114 Suras or chapters of the Koran, the Mohammedan Bible. Mohammed denounced the i i a i i as polytheism.

He did, however, acknowledge Jesus as one of God's prophets. Islamism is said to be the most active and virile religion in the world today. IT IS a circumstance that has never deterred other Congress from devoting virtually their full time to running for president. These days, when a Senator or Congressman decides to try for top banana it means he'll spend about two years neglecting the duties of his office. Maybe the voters who elected him to that office understand, but they are still being shortchanged by their hero.

Well, I suppose I propose the impossible in arguing that a candidate who would like to be president without being consumed by the ambition could seek the office part time while still minding the store. But I wish Fritz Mondale had decided to give it a try. He just might be the i i i politician. in a Buddhism is Hinduism, the religion of more than 300 million people of India, 20 million in Pakistan, Ceylon, Burma, Thailand, and South America. Over 10,000 live in the United States, but only a few here in Hinduism is the oldest of the world's great religions.

It had no inspired founder. Its earliest scriptures were in existence as early as 1000 B.C. Other religions have been influenced by Hinduism. The basic teaching of Hinduism centers around the eternal nature of the world, the belief that the world has always been and always will be. It teaches reincarnation, the belief that the soul of a dead person will be reincar- a in a body.

Karma the law of the deed determines that people who are good in one life will be compensated for it and improved in their next reincarnation. Evil ones will be punished. i a a a a of perfection will be achieved by those souls who have been good throughout successive i a a i i a a Our Readers Speak-Taft-Hartley Coming? If the coal industry strike continues, this writer fears that the TaftHartley labor law will be invoked. This will produce a mess worthy of historic honor. It is deer hunting season and the first day many deer were taken.

The Shady Spring a a a Resources Official Game Checking station is quite busy. Deer-hunting season is the hunters' most exciting season of the year. Charles A. James Shady Spring Jack Anderson-Uganda's Amin Would Advise World concluded Amin, who signed been hiring many of them at Throughout his first three off by listing some of the substandard wages, under a months in office, President medals he has bestowed upon program designed to get the himself as president of Ugan- seriously handicapped into da. government jobs.

Ford has been getting unsolicited advice from the madcap president of. Uganda, Gen. Idi Amin. Gen. Amin's i has been distinguished by mass slayings of opposition tribesmen, deportation of Asians, a i i a SUGAR industry officials President Ford was ponder- met privately a few days ago ing whom to pick as a vice with White House aides about president.

Again the ubi- reports that the Russians and quitous Ugandan chimed in Arabs are artificially jacking with some advice. The name up sugar prices. The reputed didn't matter as long as he purpose is to help Cuba, was black, counseled Amin. which produces a large por- Amin also advised Ford to tion of the world sugar crop, replace Secretary of State but is a a short of Henry-Kissinger with a black. West Point's an- A few weeks ago, Amin felt nual student conference, restrained polygamy and the Ford needed some guidance delegates privately discussed appointment of a chic Vogue on Watergate.

Although Amin a possible American military model as his foreign minister, frequently solved his own move on oil-rich Arab lands. But his own eccentricities political problems with a fir- We had reported similar Amin ing squad, he advised Ford talks were going on in the the that "amnesty" was the best White House. Among the policy- students, surprisingly, those All those prosecuted in the most cautious about the idea past and under prosecution the now should get immediate military "amnesty," said Amin. He congratulated Ford for ex- THE federal government is have not -prevented i American President on how to pick a vice president, how to wrap up the Watergate affair and where to relocate the United Nations. Amin began butting into U.S.

affairs when he urged tending "amnesty" to Presi- trying to take 83,000 acres of President Nixon not to get reinvolyed in Vietnam. He later wired Nixon a wish for a dent Nixon. the Osage Indians' best land Some days ago, A i for a flood control project, branched out in his con- Although the land brings the United States. "You a a been i the small society sultative services. Although Indians fl million a year in his last advice to Britain had natural gas and oil royalties, No sooner was Nixon out of gone the Army Corps of Engineers office than Amin began ad- Wales, Scotland and Ireland), has offered but a measly vising Ford on how to run the Amin tried again.

$317,000 and a vague promise In a telegram to the United of more later. a i i copies to The Justice Department, Britain, France and Presi- which is supposed to defend munications to your im- dent Ford, Amin declared the the Indians, is trying to help mediate predecessor," began Charter of the United Nations the Corps of Engineers take the general in a telegram to was irrelevant in today's the land away from Ford. Amin then advised world. The world body would Rep. Charles Sandman, R- Ford to solve the Middle East work, he said, only if it were N.J., who loudly questioned problem by "supplying the moved from New York to a the motives of his colleagues of A i a "nonaligned capital." while he carried water for traditional allies His suggestion: Uganda's Richard Nixon during the im- materials.

backwater capital of Ram- peachment hearings, has left "Pass on my best wishes pala, which Amin praised as himself open to some ethical and sympathy to President "the center of the earth questions. Sandman recently Nixon in his retirement," A i a joined other Judiciary Corn- Australia and the mittee members on a tax- So far, this advice, like the payerfunded junket to Ger- irrepressible Amin's other many, France, Spain and counsel, has gone unheeded. Italy to study "military claims procedures," ALTHOUGH Postmaster The i for General Elmer Klassen has Sandman is that, unlike the thrown away millions on other junketeen he will not foolhardy postal projects, he even be back in Congress for has been a Scrooge when it the new session Joel come to paying handicapped Barkan, a top Health Educa- workers. tion and Welfare official The Postal Service has supervising civil right! corn- employed hundreds of deaf pliance at New York Univer- people to sort mail. In the sity and other schools in the a i a i a New York area, was earning mosphere of the sorting money on the side as a rooms, they often work better teacher at New York Univer- than those who can hear.

sity. When we inquired about Yet Klassen, according to a thii conflict, Barkan abruptly recent federal survey, nan quit his teaching job by Brickman.