Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 85

M_us_ic Art PART 7. The Sunday Shat | Magasine WASHINGTON, D. C, NOVEMBER 9, 1930. Eeatures Ameriea Is Calling Forth the Spirit That Brought Victory Twelve Years Ago to Break the Fetters of Depression and Unemployment. Drawn for The Star’s Sunday Magazine by J. Scott Williame. -~ A WAR WITH UNEMPLOYMENT WELVE years ago on the morning of November 11 the ominous growl of battle that for four years had rumbled over Eu- rope was suddenly hushed. Soldiers in the trenches released from a grim duty, relaxed. Citizens freed of the burdens and fears of war made cities and prairies ring with rejoicing. - in a wild gesture of relief men and women threw off the harness of common effort. For every one there had been months of stern responsibility, unremitting, unselfish labor and de- termined devotion to a single cause. As a Nation we poured money, ships, food and men into the dwindling resources of our war-worn allies. But greater than all of America’s material gifts was her contribution of a fresh and indomitable spirit. It was the flaming spirit of a young and powerful nation at its highest and best. n it was youth, vigor and a daring indifference to danger. It was an irresistible morale built upon a sure confidence in a newly realized power that brought home to the enemy the inevitability of defeat, and infused mew life into the ranks of the weary and bleeding allies. All this was done by uniting in a common aim and bringing to bear upon it the full force of our nation’s resources, leadership and courage. Such an indemitable apirit and mobilization of our national power sprang By William J. Donovan, Former Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States. from our urgent need to make ourselves and institutions secure against a threatening danger. But all challenges to a nation’s security do not come in the form of roaring air squadrons, gray submarines and marching men. There are also foes in peace time. These enemies of peace days-are no less dangerous to the intimate life of every individual, and to the security of the nation than an armed belligerent power. the well-being of individuals and countries is often more insidious and far-reaching than war. Meeting and coping with these hostile forces calls for the forti- tude and unified action of martial days. It is a battle for peace-time soldiers to fight. DAY the Nation faces an Intangible enemy. Unemployment attacks the quiet days of_peace. It has struck myriad homes and spread fear through - Their effect upog the economic and social life of the land. As the out- standing symptom of an economic depression it chal- lenges as does war the highest efforts of the Nation. For unemployment is at once the phase of the depres- sion that brings the human misery and the focal point for attack to break the cycle of depression. 3 We have as a Nation experienced severer depressions. In the panics of 1893 and 1907 the stamina of <the industrial world and the morale of the people had not achieved the force and virility they possess today. The situation today is not so critical and we are better prepared to meet it. Today our resources are unlimited, industry is organized for greater and cheaper produc- tion, mines are capable of infinite production, and our credit is unimpaired. We have but to use our intel- ligence and a determined spirit to overcome the chal- lenge to our economic system. Acutely as we in the United States feel the depression other nations suffer from it more severely. We'are more fortunately situated than they and with our funda- mentally powerful reserve of resources and spirit;we can constitute the spearhead to break through the present cycle and start it on an upward trend. Our resistance must not be passive. It must take the form of concrete attack. To fight depression requires knowledge, skill, foresight and high courage. It demands