m-&mwmmmdumam-wd political maneuver is one in which it is possible to set up a "straw man‘" as an ostensible objective. The setâ€"up becomes even more nearly ideal if the "straw man" can be a cause to which almost everyone pays lip service; Under these conditiqns, the maneuver can be an appar ent success, even"if the true objective, screened by the straw man, is not achieved. We think that THE CHICAGO SUN engineered just such a maneuver in its recent "antiâ€"gamblingâ€"inâ€"Lakeâ€"County drive." We think so for thesé reasons: *4 1. We don‘t think THE SUN is violently opposed to gambling. (Witness the space it devotes to race re> sults and predictions and the absence of a sustained drive against the hundreds of Chicago handbooksâ€" many of them located in Chicago‘s Loop). $ 2. We think that THE SUN obviously "saved" the f campaign until an election was near. (THE SUN, aï¬-hkhcanuflnpnthtnblidtym that drove the book out of Highwood into western Lake County, ran only enough publicity on activiâ€" Â¥ol. No. 37; No. 39 m._th_*â€' : ‘cndiï¬n" g of Lake County Republican leadershipâ€"it can claim sucécess for the drive because gambling in Lake County has been halted. * é We think that the real motivation in THE SUN‘s drive was a desire to discredit present leadership so that a split vote, which might be achieved either by the entry of mmuuog hp!flifln candi~ dates, or enough protest votes, cast by nominal Republicans, might bring political advantage to THE BUN'lpll:t!. or to members of that We think that THE SUN knows that gambling and like enterâ€" prises exist only where public opinion is indifferent to them, and that mderueheonditiom,thyuit@dhudt?_p_dlfle:l}fldm by the party in power. We think that THE) SUN realizes that an indifferent public bears equal responsibility with indifferent office holders for the existence of such enterprises. Because we know that this editorial may be misconstrued by those who have their own reasons for so doing, we should now like to state, specifically, what we HAVE and HAVE NOT said. We HAVE NOT said that we favor gambling. We don‘t. “unmmummu&u..ï¬u WE ARE SAYING that we think that THE SUN pulled off a very -uh’“m.'ou'u“.d*m“ interest to see if it works. ; s Christmas Work Shops = For Children and Adults The children‘s Christmas Work Shop will be held at the Communâ€" ity Center each Saturday mornâ€" ing from 9 :80 to 12:00 noon. Miss Ella Rasmussen, the Director of craft activities, will be in charge. This is your chance to make some We HAVE NOT said that we think that present office holders woere blameless in allowing gambling to exist. . public at large. along your ideas and over with the Director. will be held each Tuesday evening, beginning November 25th, at the Community Center from 7:00 to 1000 P.M. * If you are interested in making shell ear rings, plastic novelties, some particular Christmas gift, the Work Shop is at your disposal with an experienced director to assist with your planning: The cost to you will be for materials used only. Come and bring your hus The Adult Christmas Work Shop ties at its new location to serve as valuable adverâ€" tising for the enterprise.) We concede that the maneuver was a shrewd one for the follow: Thus, even‘if THE SUN fails in what we think was its real ob _ â€"~~â€"~ The Higblanb Park Press wood, where extra transportation was openly proâ€" vided to care for the hbeavy traffic to and from . Chicago, until sustained publicity convinced civic groups that the presence of a gambling establishâ€" ment so close to Fort Sheridan and local schools, constituted a hazard to the morals of servicemen and school children. Actually, neither men..in uni~ form nor school children were admitted, but that réason served as well as any other, in view of the 5. Ma no reason, other than the i of the . e ‘y Lvimk 229 3 ul < No one can criticize THE SUN, or any other pub~ lication or group for attempting to suppress illegal No one can condone the existence of open, unsup, pressed gambling. (In Lake County OR Chicago). Almost everyone lends lip service to the proposition that gambling should be suppressed, although no oneâ€"publications, service clubs, civic groups or inâ€" dividual citizensâ€"is really interested enough in its suppression to initiate action to cause such suppres® sion. (The handbook wasn‘t driven out of Highâ€" Up To Now said that we think them no more to blame than the BY BILL THOMAS and Mrs. Senta Claus to Highâ€" land Park will take place Satâ€" Advance Visit From Mr. & Mrs, Santa Claus 8:30 A.M. train for a halfâ€"hour chat on the platforin with their and have hinted that they have a treat for each child present. Mr. and Mrs. Santa will take mh“;* parade is planned for them. The jolly guests want to meet * A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers Judge Dady Orders Lake County ing: flourishes here, will be served Signers and circulators of peti~ tions asking an investigation of gambling in Lake County, as well as newspaper reporters who pubr testify before the Decémber grand jury ‘ at" Waukegan, it was anâ€" nounced this week. ¢ Judge Ralph J. Dady, Lake Counâ€" ty Circuit Court Judge, ordered State‘s Attorney Harry A. Hall yesterday, to issue the subpoenas for the newspaper reporters. Subâ€" poenas for the petitioners will also with subpoenas requiring them to that he would order the December grand jury to make a fullâ€"scale inâ€" vestigation of the situation. He deâ€" nied a motion by Hall to have the Qctober jury make the investiga~ tion. He pointed out that the October jury‘s tenure ends Novemâ€" ber 30, which would give it insufâ€" ficient time to make the study. be issued under his orders, it was No opinion was expressed as to how much evidence of a concrete nature might be obtained from ‘the testimony of those who have re> quested the investigation. To Speak At Union Thanksgiving Service Rev. John F. Schaefer, of Elgin, Illinois is sJated to bring the mesâ€" sage at the Union Thanksgiving Service sponsored by the locab Minâ€" will be held on Wednesday eveâ€" ning ‘Nov. 26, at 8 p. m. instead of the usual Thursday morning , by request of a number of interested. The committee hopes that this change will increase the attendance at this important comâ€" munity service, which will be held at the corner of McGovern and Laurel Avenues. Rev. Lester Laubenstein, pastor of Bethany Church will preside at the service, and several of the other ministers of the community extended to the entire community to take part in this service of Church of Elgin, and is a graduate of the North Central Coliege and the Evangelical Theological Seminâ€" ary at Naperville, Ilinois. He has at present, Material Aids Director of his denomination, which ac* quaints bim with the general work of relief and rehabilitation in variâ€" ous countries of the world. eretionary Fund of the Family Service Society of the community. At a Solemn High Mass offered at 10:00 A. M. on Thanksgiving Day the parishioners of the Imâ€" maculate .Conception Church will render thanks for g1l blessings reâ€" Parishioners To Offer Children‘s Choir under the direc tion of the Sisters of Loretto will sing the Mass, The Solemn Mass will be celebrated by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor J. P. Morrison with Rev. E. Skoner as Deacon and Rev. J. ‘The annual Thanksgiving offer® ing will be received for the Disâ€" Highland Park, HMlinois,. Thursday, Nov. 20, astor of the First United Brethren An invitation is Ravinia Woman‘s Club A reception and tea for the thirty six new members of the Raâ€" vinth'lChbwillhbkl at the of Mrs. Bertram A. Weber, 1885 Groveland Avenue, on Friday, November twenty. first, from three until five o‘clock. STASSEN TO SPEAK FRIDAY NIGHT Mrs. Albert J. Bushey, president of the club and her board of Diâ€" rectors will welcome the guests. Officers who will .receive with Mrs. Bushey are: Mrs. H. Bowen Stair, first viceâ€"president, Mrs. Arthur R. Schramm, second vice> president, Mrs. Gordon Leonard, recording secretary, Mrs. Robert Spahr, _ corresponding secretary, and Mrs. William Wenninger, treaâ€" To Honor New Members Redeemer Guild Plans Christmas Sale . The Redeemer of Redeemâ€" er Ev, Lutheran h will hold their annual Sale this year on , December 4, Mrs. Marcus president, an~ nounced. Luncheon from 11:30 to 1 p. m. The ‘Worcas Society will sl the sale of articles at %.:m- i chairlady general chairlady of the whole, and Mrs. George Shuman and Mrs. Axel Larson chairladies of the A bakery sale will be Items for sale will be . work, aprons, pillow books, Christmas cards etc. Memâ€" proached for donations of any Thursday, $100 was contributed toward the new. heating equip~ ment, plans made for serving the Buffet supper after the Adult Bible Discussion Sunday, Novemâ€" ber 16 at 4.p. m., and plans made for preparing Christmas packages for needy families \ in Europe adopted by the Guild. Lions Set Meeting Day For Wednesday On account of Thanksgiving Day the regular weekly meeting of the Highland Park Lions will be held At the Ladies‘ Night dinner meeting tonight (Thursday) Phil Johnson, wellâ€"known restaurateur, will present movies of Norway, which he took during his recent trip to that country. se on Wednesday, November 26, next Fell‘s Highwood Store Suffers Loss By Fire Early®Wednesday morning Fell‘s mm 41 Highwood avenue, Hi , was attacked by fire. The cause has not yet been i aptertained, â€"her the witentâ€"of damage done, but the loss, espeâ€" cially at this preâ€"holiday "season, is supposed to be quite substantial. Lions‘ club, usually held the last ‘Thursday of each month, wilt be held today, November 20, at 7 p.m. Lions and Ladies To ‘The regular Ladies‘ night dinner meeting of the Highland Park Gift Parcels 22 pounds. At the same time the limitation of only one parcel pear week from the same sender to the same addressece will be removed. ‘The parcel post rates are 14 cents per A precise list of contents are required on the â€"customs declara® tion to all countries Save time by filling this information in be> fore attempting to mail. At the November meeting last 1947 % By WHITT N. SCHULTZ _ _ ~Harold E. Stassen, 40â€"yearâ€"old Presidential candiâ€" date, will speak before a capacity audience of Highland Parkers tomorrow evening in the high school auditorium. Stassen‘s visit is sponsored by the Deerfield Townâ€" ship and the Highland Park Men‘s Republican Clubs. He is the first of perhaps 10 widelyâ€"known speakers slated to appear on the "Men of the Hour" series. ~â€"Capacity Attendance Expected As ~ _ Presidential Aspirant Discusses International Affairs * Born on a small farm near Bt. Paul, Minn.; Stassen‘s parents were pioneers. Young Harold, it is reâ€" ported, lived the life of a typical farm boy. Attending first a country school and completing high school at 16, Stassen missed a year of school when he managed his parents‘ farm during his father‘s illness. _ He entered the University of Minnesota late in his 16th year and worked his way through, getâ€" ting jobs as a grease boy in & bakery and finishing his college working tour as a sleeping car conductor. He was also active in school affairs. After© leaving school, he pracâ€" ticed law, later. became county at~ torney and was reâ€"elected to that Friends suggested he seek the Republican nomination for gover nor in 1938. He did and whipped seasoned opponents by a 291,000 improving the state‘s administra~ tion. His greatest achievement as thriceselected governor, it appears, was a conciliation law, passed on his recommendation. The law reâ€" quires a waiting period before a strike lor walkout éan go into ef* feet. As a result, labor loss perâ€" Book Fair To Be Held By IM. Conception Parish Conception Parish are sponsoring a Book Fair to be held in the Recâ€" tory Club rooms from Saturday, Novémber 20 through Tuesday, December 2, from 1 to 5â€"p.m. and T to 9 p.m. . Numerous books of fiction and on fiction for adults scriptions to magazines taken. :n Monday evening, December Proceeds of the Fair will be used to enlarge the school library. Mre. J. M. Maxweoll is chairman of the Book Fair and Mrs. T. P. Clark 1, Father Thomas Hosty of Chiâ€" cago, author of Small Talks For is coâ€"chairman. Library To Close On Fridays Beginning Friday, November 21, the Highland Park Public Library will be closed Fridays all day. This is necessary because it has been impossible to secure the necessary & before ‘mm He took office at 31 and started Centagés dropped 70 per cent durâ€" ing a period: when strikes were on the upgrade across the nation. to ~doff his w::d m,mflldgh young politician‘s war record was exemplary and he won citations and medals. He also was promoted with extraordinary rapidity and ended up a captain. service, Stassen was selected by President Roosevelt to be one of United Nations conferencé at San Francisco where he unhesitatingly began putting forth his ideas on peace and internationalism. Press correspondents picked him as one of the two outstanding delegates at the conference, Resuming active fleet duty, Stasâ€" sen‘s last naval mission was.to help lead detachments sent out to res eue American prisoners of war held at Jap camps. ~~ Since released from active duty, Stassen has toured 16,000 miles Highland Park‘s Official through 16 countries interviewing Stalin (among others), writing arâ€" ticles, and generally warming up for the heated Presidential race Kiwanis Club To Feature Debate at the Kiwanis club, Monday, Noâ€" vember 24, at the Sunset Valley club, will feature a debate by Lake Forest college students, under the direction of Prof. Robert C. Marâ€" tin: The subject of the debate will tablished. The affirmative side of the debate will be taken by Koenâ€" noth Warren and Barbara Hahn, and the negative by James Kelly and Eleanor Clark. World Government Should Be Esâ€" Of Sat. Matinee Tickets With cold winds and snow in the offing, Mr. William Pearl of The nounced a presale of tickets policy llrï¬oll.i‘-. have to stand in a long line Satur -muu--ii of time for what has proven to be a popular feature of the Alcyon‘s 5c a copy; $1.50 a year Before released from active political officer‘s staff of for