The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-07-07
PRESS IS KEEPER Of
PUBLIC CONSCIENCE
SAYS ANDRAE
Vice President of Foreign
Language Newspaper Asso-
citation Finds Considerable
the Matter With the Keep
ers.

san Francisco. July 7.--Pcrcy An
drcae Of Chicago. vice president Of
the American Association OF Foreign
Language Newspapers. addressing the
International Press congrcs here to-
day. asserted his belief that the par
amoum function Of the press in
public conscience.
This IL no mere metaphor" he
continued. There never was a time
when men as well as women We're so
horcely intent upoa appealing to the
public conscience. and assuming to
speak In It's anne And who n TO dis
tinguish. amid this babel OF tongues
wugging in the name Of the public
conscience. which voice Is truly the
voice OF the people ana which Ia not2
1T Is the incessant conflict between
the contrary winds OF ALLEGED pu0liC
opinion that does more lasting dam
age In our day han even those COLI
ossai social %uphoavais which occa-
s%ionally result from the clashing In
tcrests of race and race. Not because
the conflict of human opinions Is In
itself Injurious, for We know that Il
is not. hut because, when opinions,
however honest. masquerade In a false
4 guisc, they are misleading, and per
pick and bcwildcr the public con
scincc instead of clarifying and
strengthening Il.
who. then. is better qualified than
the trained and experienced ucwspn-
per editor, 10 point the distinction he
tween the mere passing winds that
bend and twist the public mind for a
noeting moment and the real storIa-
wind that o%riglnatos in the public
mind Itself, searching II to us utter
most depths, and giving u a new and
lasting shape
The distinction between The foreign
language press in America ana the
American press, Mr.. Andrac thought,
lay IN the efforts of the former 10
make "a good American Of the lmmi-
grant and tho duty of the latter "a
keep him a good American. In this
connection. he said:
81 am not at all sure when Of the
two tasks IS the more difficult. The
forcipncr when he reaches these
shores comes in many cases with that
onc-sidcd conception Of American Ito.
crty which renders him blind TO an,
fact that the exercise Of his liberty /,
conditioned upon his due regard foi
the liberty of others. In his first eN
altatioa upon being delivered from thu
shacklcs % his old lie he Is apt I,
suppose that. since the order OF thingi
he has left behind him meant the de
NAL OF individual freedom, Therefore
the state Of freedom INTO which he en-
tiers here implies correspondingly an
absence o. all necessity 20 submit q
the cxigoncies OF sOcial order. H.
has To learn, In other words, that
while order may exist without liberts
there Is no liberty conceivable with
out order. II Is the task OF the for
elgn language newspaper TO bring thi
. fact forcioly home 90 him. and I az
: making no idle boast when say tina
Il has succeeded In accomplishing thl
self-imposed task In q remarkabl
degree.
{ II have characterized hat task a
one OF making a true American
the foreign-born immigrant. Whethe'
latter becoming merged in the gener,
citizenship OF the country, he remain
, a true American or not, depends, q
@ II depends In the case OF every n {
us, be he ~foreign-born or native, upo
our press than that ~ keeping III
10 miad Of every citizen " this counti
unalterably fixed upon those fund.-
10 mental principles OF government la
;, down by our immortal f~oTetathers."