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WFI)NESDAY, MAY 25, 1949,
Hal Boyle
The Poor Man’s Philosopher
WHY GREAT MEN KILL THEMSELVES
NEW YORK—(AP)—Moré peo
ple take their own lives in a cold
war than a hot war.
This truth of history is empha
gized by the death of the nation’s
first secretary of defense—James
Forrestal. AT
I He i 8 the third major statesman
in the post-war world to kill him
self. The others were John G.
- winant, former ambassador to
. Britain, and Jan Masaryk of
Czechos]ovakia.
Forrestal . . Winant . . . Masa
ryk . . - Why they do it?
It is always a ripple on the
commonplace when men in high
places destroy themselves.
Why did they kill themselves?
All were well-to-do, respected,
and seemingly had much to live
for. They were three men with
three different philosophies of
life. They all traveled different
roads, but the roads ended up at
-the same blank wall. -
Forrestal was in investment
panker and a realist. Masaryk was
a cultured and cosmopolitan soph
histicate. Winant was an idealist.
But the realist, the sophisticate
'~ and the idealist all turned to sui
cide as the only way out of their
problems. :
Blame Over Work
. In the cases of Winant and For
restal their deaths were officially
plamed on overwork. Masaryk is
thought to have killed himself
when he realized he and his coun
try were prisoners of a foreign
power. And some believe, of
course, that Masaryk didn’t go out
his castle window under his own
power. They think he was pushed.
Traditionally, -:statesmen and
generals commit suicide for only
one reason — to avoid disgrace or
10 escape purnishment, This was as
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‘true in ancient Rome as it is in
modern Germany and Japan.
’ In many countries the cornered
leaders has chosen ' self-destruc
tion rather than submit to capture.
He hopes in this way to stay a
hero in his people’s eyes. So Bru
tus impaled himself on his sword,
Adolf Hitler shot himself, or is
supposed to have, and Tojo put a
bullet where he thought his heart
was — but it wasn’t. An American
rope finished Tojo.
| But Forrestal, Masaryk and
IWinant chose suicide in peacetime,
after surviving the strain of war.
None was in disgrace. None was
hungry.
Then why?
Why?
l The probable answer is unbear
able personal tension, a feeling
'that life was no longer worth the
struggle.
And it is an odd fact that the
tension of everday living is great
er in peace than it is in war.
Danger excites, tension destroys.
In a world at peace no one is
trying to take your life. In war
time the enemy is. And the more
he seeks your life the more you
want to keep it — if through pure
stubbornness. The more fact he
is after it makes you put a higher
value on it.
Another reason fewer people
commit suicide in wartime is that
life has a common aim, and peo
ple have more of a we-are-all-to~
gether feeling. They are also more
unselfish.
Long ago Henry Thoreau wrote
that most men “lead lives of guiet
desperation.” But as long as they
know they are needed and wanted,
they go on living, desperate or not.
Any goal or faith gives life a
purpose. This is why deeply re
ligious people are less likely to
kill themselves than those less re
ligious. And it perhaps explains
why fewer women commit sucide
than men. Women know their pur
pose in life better than men.
CAPUDINF
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ESROGER THE LODGER
34 By Elizabeth R. Roberfs - <lloly citous rusw
XXIIX
The storm was at our back, but‘
the night would be cold and we'd
have a long walk if the car stop
ped. We hadn’t seen another car
on the road for an hour, and after
dark there would be even fewer
cars abroad. Likely no one would
have gas to spare if we did flag
him down. The countryside was
almost tenantless; what few houses
there were were scattered miles
apart on the sheep ranches.
We pulled into Dupuyer eramped
and lame from muscles tense from
pressing.
Davis’ garage was locked. 1
squinted around hopelessly for
some Kind of hotel. Major got out
of the car and stopped a boy rid-‘
ing up the street on horseback.
“This garage locked for the day?”
he asked.
“Probably so. 'Less you can find‘
Ted. Gas shortage,” he explained.
With help from the boy, Major
sighted the pool hall and, hitching
up his trousers, made for Ted——wel
hoped. |
A few minutes later Major re
appeared, followed shortly by a
man pulling on a leather jacket.
He unlocked the pump and let us
have a tankful, refusing to accept
coupons for it, “Wish I could af
ford to give you the gas, too,” he
said. “My boy’s flying with the
Navy.”
“Got to make up time,” Major
observed, as he pressed the throt
tle to the floor. We hit 110. “Lots
o’ gas now and no worries.”
Coming off the highway into a
town, we had the illusion that we
could walk faster than the 30-mile
speed posted. Major compromised
on 50.
The patrolman who made the
arrest rode a motorcycle with side
car, He ordered Maijor into the
little side seat and told Molly she
could follow along to the station
house if she wanted to, but he
warned . her it wouldn’t do any
good. “This judge is tough,” he
said. “No fines. Just jail.”
“Call the Judge Advocate, Mol
ly,” Major said, before embarking
on his unwelcome ride.
" “No good,” the policeman said.
“This man don’t deal with no Ar
my'n
“That’s ridiculous!” Major ex
claimed. “Its understood the Army
is under its own discipline.”
“Supreme Court don’t under
stand- it.” The policeman knew
more than Major, and his knowl
edge was right. Major got three
days and he served them.
We left Major at the jail, dis~
Ilconsolately thrown into a tank
which contained only half encugh
beds to go around. The denizens
| already housed there explained
| that they took turns standing and
| sleeping and that since he was
new, he’d have to stand that night.
| Drunks, speeders, and other petty
|law-breakers made up the cell
| congregation.
| ~ Molly told Major not to worry,
|that she’d return immediately
| with his overnight kit. The boos
and catcalls which greeted this re
mark caused Major to tell her
harshly not to bother. .
| A drunk picked a body louse off
| his chest and crushed it between
his fingernails. Molly shrieked and
I led her out of the cell block,
drove her home, and put her to
bed.
Rob heard me coming down
stairs just as he was tuning in on
|Fred Allen. “Where you been?”
| he asked.
| “Glacier Park,” I answered hur
lriedly to get to more important
matters. “Major’s in jail.”
“I asked you where you've
| been,” Rob said testily, apparent
|ly convinced I was stringing him
|and not more concerned by my
telling him Major was in jail than
| by my saying we’d been to Glacier
| Park.
“Glacier Park.”
' “You're lying.” I never knew a
iman with: such resistance to the
| truth. .
“And Major’s in jail,” I repeated.
“Are you going to tell me where
you’ve been or aren’t you?” If I'd
said we’d been to the moon and it
really was made of green cheese,
he couldn’t have been madder. It
was all so silly, I laughed. That
laugh only served to increase his
anger.
“God, how I hate liars,” Rob
muttered to himself, too angry to
include me. He must have hated
liars more than he loved Fred Al
len, for he picked up his book
and went to his room without
hearing the program.
He had to admit next day that
Major was in jail all right, for we
gave him a thermos of coffee and
a bagful of sandwiches to deliver;
but he’ll likely die believing we
lied to him about going twice in
the same day to Glacier Park.
Montanans simply didn’t carry on
that way.
# & ES
Major had been “out” for 10
days and the incident was practi
cally forgotten. We were having
a game of bridge when there was
a knock at the back door. Being
dummy, I answered it.
Two begrimed individuals stood
there expectantly. They were
young and dirty. Their faces were
black as with coal dust; shocks of
filthy, matted hair showed around
the edges of their caps; their Navy
peacoats were gray with dust and
dirt, and their rough work shoes
were the same.
One asked for Major Capner.
I asked who they were.
“I’d rather not say,” the bigger
boy replied. “Just please let me
speak to Father.”
“Father! . . . Major!” I called.
“Come quick. It’s for you.”
It required a good hard look be
fore he recognized his son.
“George!’ he exclaimed. “What on
earth?”
The boy’s chin trembled. He bit
his lip before he answered. When
he spoke, it was with childish
bravado. “I came out to see you.
Aren’t you going to let me in?”
Spying Molly peering over Ma
jor’s shoulder, George said, “Lo,
Mom,” and sent her into hysterics.
(To Be Continued)
THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS GHoORGIS,
“Grady Day”
Set For
Friday Here
Although yesterday was the
99th anniversary of the brith of
Henry W. Grady, famed southern
journalist and native Athenian,
the University of Georgia journal
ism school which bears his name
will defer its cerebration wuntil
Friday, since mid-week celebra
tions are not in order at the Uni
versity.
Traditionally, the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism’s
chapter of Sigma Delta Chi, in co
operation with the Atlanta Con
stitution which Grady once edited,
will hold a dinner and dance on
the week-end date nearest the
date 'of Grady’s birth—May 24,
1850.
Bill Bates, pres.,of Sigma Delta
Chi, is rapidly completing plans
for these activities which will in
clude in addition to the dinner
dance, initiation of- honorary
members into the journalistic fra
ternity and announcement of the
outstanding male journalism
graduate of the year.
The Atlanta Constitution is ex
pected to provide a speaker for the
banquet. The dance will be held
in Memorial Hall, and the entire
faculty and student body of the
journalism school is expected to
attend.
Dance chaperones include Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Talmadge, Mr.
and Mrs. Tyus Butler, and Mr.
Paul Krakowski.
Civil Service
ivil S
Examination
Xaminatii
Is Announced
A Civil Service examination for
the position of Engineering Aid
(Highway Surveys and Construc
tion) is now open, it was an
nounced today by F. W. Orr, Sec
retary of the Board of U. S. Civil
Service Examiners at the local
Post Office.
The examination is being held
to fill positions in the Public
Roads Administration in the states
of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Maryland (except Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties),
North Carolina, Tennessee, Vir
ginia (except Arlington County
and Alexandria) and West Vir
ginia. Salaries range from $2,152.00
to $2,974.80 a year. Applications
must be received by the Execu
tive Secretary, Board of U. S.
Civil Service Examiners, Federal
Works Agency, Public Roads Ad
ministration, Division Two, Wash
ington 25, D. C., not later than
June 30, 1949, in order to be con
sidered for this examination.
No written test is required in
this examination. Applicants will
be rated on the basis of training
and “experience, as described in
their applications. The amount of
general Engineering experience
required varies from 3 months for
positions at the $2,152.00 level to
4 years of general Engineering
experience of which 9 months
must be Highway and-or Bridge
Engineering experience for posi
tions at the $2,974.80 level.
Complete information and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
from F. W. Orr at the local Post
Office.
LOUISVILLE HURLER FANS 20
LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 25.—
(AP) — Maury McDermott, 20-
vear-old Louisville baseball
pitcher, set an American Asso
ciation strikeout record of 20
against St. Paul here last night.
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