Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1924, Page 4

President General’s Message + ™ ¥ he president generai of Mrs Anthony Wayne In part “We = pracious text of the annus the D. today nerit Ame auist common b \ In the a and lusion to roday w and plan for memory nts which hallowed cham ength emn waorid wisdom Aent requ oe h econc natur sior the -th. wreat ess privilege American Revoi aged in a4 gre £ vour country work "At this particular when we our tru saults upor eliefs at 1 dths, It may Pstiny require ntegrits be that voico of wa are to t shame of v above that endurance fiesh pirit ond the irdeal hodies of it inconguerable spirit -ration to service ¢ above all else. “That spirit has t the flesh. The Forge brokoe the did not break the that put conse Sod and cou burned brightly to light our way along dark paths into ihe unknown. That spirit glowed truly in Hale's immortal words, i was with the men blue and in cray, it went with Peary to the pole lifted Chicago and San Francisco 2 their ashes, it flared above tl as at Chateau Thierr ained us in every < with us now. and any need. Laws for Benefit of All And how far have we come toward a-curing liberty and justive? Thero is » government in all the world today hat rises to such high concept tion as the United Sta! ating and applying our of civil we have required | tor the benefit the public. Thesc laws are based on human experien nd are o more or less impel opies of eternal laws If we are to enjoy persons and our pro submit to authority. w mant of our freedom of action. unthinkable that any American would xchange the restraint of law for the reedom of anarcl In the words Hughes he great dut, r is not fo make law, but t w, to establish the funda the security life and d to maintain by en i for law in our great respeet { of our must | eourity f the hy nfo mentals roperty 4 .‘\(\r\‘ a more than fifty vigorous effort lasting| rs. the eighteenth | more I "to the federal Constitu- | lon was ratified because a majority | A the people in this country so willed In'mmy opinion that amendment will| I e b repealed. Loyal respect for| ant is the duty of every | Danger of Relaxation. ean any law be flonted with-j Swrious consequemces to the i and to the state. If lawlessn fnerease in this country it use we have relaxed our ‘peet for the law. To point to the dangers of that rel ion and to aid | in law enforcem t. representatives | of the most powerful women's na-; flomal organizations in this country oy last. week were in convention here in Washington. —y The security of our citizenship| rests on law enforcement. Nowhere | n the world has law had a greater | native maje: than in America From colonial times, through thel winning of the west, nd the found- | “& of the inland empire, Americans | “ve respected justice and abided by | law law kept pace with the pia ‘aers and ordered the lives of God- “aring men and women who wrested | our national domain from the wilder- | ness. The law of the land—what| more compelling phrase is there in | i national lexicon! The law must | ot he mocked In this day by the willful seifishness of the few. The Taw 15 the sovereign will of the peo- and it shall prevail ite the obvious multiplicity of | zovernment boards, bureaus and com- Tolasions, with their powers of offi- flal surveillance of the citizen and M8 astivities, we seem to be living A camnival of unrestrained freedom and of seditious whispering Against Mob Inflaence. *fs our liberty to be that of the mob? Are the funda ntals of our Coustitntion to be sci pped? Shaill we continue to see our state legislatures | and the Congress of the United States | ved by leagues, blocs, special| eadings and propaganda? Aro we | to receive our principles from the ominence of a soap box? Are the| sarantees of free speech and of a | ree press to dellver us to malicious | slander? Is liberty to become license? | 1= democracy to be unfettered by the; law? No, a thousand times no! When taw and order perish, then will democracy itselt perish from the face of the earth! “America is not failing in her great vurpose to prove democracy to all the world, but it is true that the 1ests of public office have sometim disclosed grave breaches of tru The hue and ory now raised at re- ried irregularitics of public serv- «nts suggest how little accustomed e are as a nation to condoning any hetrayal of trust. The American peo- ple have never failed to believe that overnment is a frust, that public fficials are trustees and that both ‘he trust and the trustees are for| ‘he bemefit of the people. In that | belief the people have required ac rountings to assure the security of the state. We are now come to a ‘ims of judgment. Let us not fear o be just Need of Patriotism. “In my appeal for law enforcement <nd faith in our government I have touched briefly on me of the out- ward manifestations of patriotism, but 1 wonder if we ever make ade quate appraisal of the quality itself. Patriotism has_been a factor o mighty in the history of the world that we naturally regard it as or- dained from above. On our entry nto the world war in 19517 we were profoundly impressed with the reali- ation that in our national and edu- | ational life we had given very little | ~mphasis to patriotism, courage and | “If-sacrifice as essentlal elements | 0 the character of the youth of our | land. | Mothers everywhere will testify | that nothing more arouses a l"h"d's‘ national consclousness and more en- kindles his desire to serve his land | 1o the point of sacrifice than listen- 24-HOUR SERVICE Carmack Dry Cleaning Co. ! Ground-Gripper Shoes Relieves All Foot Pains 1315 E St. miaier b Theater Blds. out en <on t “ s1 | smalier ! suffrage | uots, railroad freight rates, the world ()pening Congress of D. A. R. old tales of exalted has been more or less refer smilingly and to the patriotic poems from the old lyceum pl are learning that an influence that Lo bone No fiary it ing to the patriotism the fashion htingiy declaimed forms. We have decrled tributing we was matter ho may be in all we do not work to maintain we must count Patviotism is not the is u wise other with and xood relations A might try's v re our our only a service fo for the =oul More Shrines Advocated. ery definite of keeping the precious spark of love of is throush the preservation cred pluces and a system of me- nd commemorafive marker: been so diligently and labor of love 6n the cughters of the Amer So it is thut Moun saved to a loys of the cour and the women ¢ enshrined sacre th way of morial which wholeheartedl part the I can Kevolution Vernon has n terity, hecause puise There are tn nourish Americar opportunity made availab The seeds of pat toin well-tilled results the ced school n reg descendants of are 1t the s revolution antaze Thers ) ons o ation which ofore denicd ey in A Veaching Would Censor ) serve the aching are it we find impos doctrines’ upor all as speedily scours we would 4 virule There is no place in country for divided allegi man can serve two govers : two patriotisms, If Americ to erve civilization, America must stand | the hearts of Americans America ing pot, not a test tube for experiments with theories of | governments “The hope of America’s tomorrow the boys and girls of today. If onventic is be- are magnified through of opportunities for their Where is the man not vielded to friv- | vouth? Where the ss and decorum that | piced with a dram o * Who of us in the full and good deeds 1 dged wholls xuberance? to mistrust youth? appraise the whole of | part? If such there be y doubt, and tcmper | his judgment in the records of preme sacrifice and bright courage of youth written in the pitiless heat of the world war. America’s sons and never failcd th emergenc E plague he seems t cause it the varitic ation. n who has impulse in ture sedaten not_been foll years s Td lingly 't aot of our earl W Who dares a life by let him ba one a a in great never will Urges Work for Nation. “We must see to it that we women active, constructive forces for thinking and clean living We must ourselves re: 3 acter of government and local. Not half of the citizens t the United States voted in the presidential eiection of 1920. A still number took part in the congrossional eiections of 1922. Do | vou realize that those facts indicate 2 government of the majority by the minority? “Women are now servigg with men in party councils. Active in political | aff mothers and homemakers | omen who have lived through vital experiences of life. With earn est, pur] women of that type | . fad to be followed | days. To them suffrage | | are clear in | en election has come as safeguard dear, to mak ter. to serve their country. “We women are socond great milestone along the of our political independence. Pri- | mary elections are already with us. | In a few months we shall again be going to the polls to help select the | pilot under whose guidance we feel | the =hip of state will best ba steered | for the next four vears. Let us not be won with words: let us be de- | liberate in our choice of candidates. The wisdom of Solomon. the eloquence of Demosthenes, and the acumen of a Richelieu cannot redeem the charac- ter lacking moral rectitude. | Wants “Minute Women.” i “Many of our revolutionary ances- | tors were amonz the ranks of the| ‘minute men’' Let those of us who are their deccendants constitute our- selves_the ‘'minute women’ of our age. What a mighty citizenry, 140,- 600 strong, we shall be if we wisely exercise the suffrage which has been granted us “Let us be informed of all things ! that concern our country's welfare and let us share our information. | “Hanging in the balance now for! logislative disposition are issues | vital to the social and economio life | of our people—immigration, tax re- duction, price fixing -for farm prod- a great opportunity all that is near and life brighter and bet their countrymen and to approaching the court and others of comparable im- portance. “The Supreme Court has held that the federal child labor law is uncon- stitutional, but we carnestly hope that distressing conditions of factory, mill and mine will not again prevail “Immigration will be the most | pressing problem before the Con- ! gress when tax legislation is enacted. The present restrictive immigration law expires in June. The inherent characteristics of our national will be in danger of extinction unless Congress again provides a restrictive measure. The census of 1920 shows that of 14,000,000 white persons of foreign birth in the United States less than one-half are naturalized citizens. Favor 2 Per Gent Quota. “If our present legislation lapses this June we shall be submerged by | millions of south Europeans from the war-torn countries of the old world whose brethren already here, herding in our congested centers of popula- tion, constitute the American-nat- | uralization problem as well as the danger spot in our body politic. A - per cent quota of admission, based upon the naturalization of alien im- migrants during 1890, would prove a mighty bulwark to stem the flood of foreign inundation. “The problem of immigration is in- UNDER UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION Specialized Service - to Army, Navy and Civilian Depositors Industrial Loans, Checking Accounts 49, Savings Accounts Banking Hours: 8:30 to 5 P.M. THE DEPARTMENTAL BANK 1714 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. and sinew | THE EVENING ST [MOTORIST WOUNDED BY PURSUING OFFICER | Shot Fired at Tire Inflicts Scalp i Injury Uvon Raymond E. Price. 215 9th street northes scalp wound today automobile, in which he pdinz, wa comun ¢ when the alleged to be Motor ¢ \e tenth p fired at cinct in endeay The pr ta prevent its ¢ le 15th turned up at where Price nd the irroll | 1 stre cap cutome the ¥ but later tal Uiinally eluded man at |und Q street | Emergency Ho; treated. The driver cupant of 1he car wits other oc Nuckols. twenty north Cennedy ared 1 aped_through the nunber arrested the operator and him to drive the station The iatter. according to the )l eman. refused and sped south on ia T tired thre s api rationtes policem. cred to —_— | | Ka problem n the with w tance Ameri s und Ideais ine is a matter of national The benefits of a mrechant flee our people. Whe led with the dash our clipper ships of > Who has not felt glow of pride in the daring sea- hip that carried our flag to every | of the world? The glorious tra- | ditions of our merchant ships fire us to an appreciation of com- meroe on the high seas We cannot | afford to forego the benefits of a| merchant marine, which would assure our industries and a de sirable independence of as well as an essential our Nuvy. These bene lapse. 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Award of Prize to Winner of Ann Roger: M M Preservation of Historic Liberty I National Correct noA Spots )1d Trails d Use the Flag Student Loan Fund tion and Bndowment Pund Memorial to Caroline Scott Harrison Publicity Mrs. ) Mrs. Jul Mrs Mr: tecess for iuncheon, 12 saay 4 National Chairmen ers of their respective Committees itinental Hall, Ivening, ational Off Societs sht 1tinen Tl In honor be give Hetz auscher's the Congres Larz he from X Anderson, t ) to 12 Chapter Hours applic mit f a pap DOG SHOW PERMIT /i - Comm| cation nroceedings compel Commissioners and the to issue per- District for a dog <how plaza begun Supreme Court Kelford, who is = holis Grotio i th pony on trom April Charle i to repr Tust Siddons Commissioners and Maj to show cause Thursday permits should not be issued. Attorney Chapman W plaintiff savs he filed an Dr. the .. 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