The Daughters are a patriotic association. Of that there has been no lack of proof. Nor is there any reason for objection on that score.
Patriotism can be a fine and useful emotion.
But, above all, it calls for calm tempers and unbiased and judicial minds. Too often it can be sent fluttering into a fever and then into delirium. The complete right of the Daughters to express their own views and urge their own opinions, on patriotic grounds, no one will dispute, whatever may be thought of the soundness of the views or the worth of the opinions. But when a member of the House Naval Affairs Committee requests a member of the organization to make a secret study of the affairs of another group which holds opposed views, and when the Daughters indicate that they will tolerate such an activity, it is time for a protest. That it should come from a member of the Daughters makes it all the more welcome and ought to make it all the more effective.