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° Second Section NEW BRITAIN HERALD Pages 11 to 18 NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1930. "An Editorial Reprinted from The Evening World December 22, 1930 We know of no better way to extend our New Year’s greet- ing than to reprint this inspir- ing editorial. S. M. DAVIDSON, A. J. LEVENTHAL. By special permission of The N. Y. Evening World. Evil Spirits %, Yeht Press Publish G (New York Worl By W. J. Enrigh§ This page is reproduced and paid for by The Fair and Davidson & Leventhal , ENRIO WT® THE PuBLic ENEMY ToDAY HERE are far too many people, from business men to laborers, who are giving a too eager ear to wild rumors and spiteful gossip tending to destroy confidence and create an atmosphere of general distrust. The victims of vague fear. on the street and in the market place, are a menace to the cori munity. These are the defeatists th at hold back the return of that prosperity that cannot but come from the limitless resources of the nation. They are the terrorists that drive the dollar into hiding when it ought to be at work making jobs for the unemployed. They are the scarecrows of imaginary disasters, the spreaders of rumors having no basis in reality—the carriers of lies. They are the feeders of that mob psychology which cre- ates the spirit of panic. They blind the thoughtless to the very evident soundness of our great business enterprises. It is the pessimists ameng business men, who lack the red blood of courage, and who are mentally sick with vain imag- inings who are responsible for the gloom among the less in- formed. The most serious threat to our country today is in the brisiness man of little faith, whose fears are nlayed upon by the most silly gossip which poisons the air with absurd 1u- mors and mean and malicious lies. These are the public enemies, and in days of war they would be so proclaimed, and in any crisis they are worse than a nuisance—they are a menace. It is not like Americans to shudder af shadows, or fo surrender to fear. The courage, faith, determination, grit and confidence that have made them incomparable on the battle- field have never been more needed than they are today. But we have permitted the ¢roakers and the irresponsible 2ossips to charge the air with the poison of falsehoods and baseless rumors, and the air must be purged of the poison. A truce, then, to the gossips and the mean inventors of wild rumors, for these are the public enemies, whether they, operate in the pool rooms or in the most exclusive clubs. America is all vight if Am ericans are not all wrong. Buf the weak, the timid, or the malicious croaker of disaster must he made to understand by the way in which his story is received that he is engaged in rather disrenutable business. This breed of mischief-makers is not unknown fo our experiences before. We had them in 1873 when they assured us that railroad building had wrecked the country, that vast sections the roads had tapped would have to be given back to the wilderness again. We had them in the depression of 1893 when they told us that we had exhausted our markets and thereafter would decline in prosperity and trade. And America moved on ea ch time to greater heights and more abundant prosperity than it had ever known before. American Courage, Americ an Calmness, American Stead- iness, American Grit, American Common Sense and the coop- eration of all classes of the people in creating an atmosphere of confidence and faith will hasten the day of the restoration of prosperity. ~ @he Coening TTorid