New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
WORK FOR THE POLICE.

WORK FOR THE POLICE.
 vsterans of the Grand Army and other patriotic organizations, as senbled Sunday night for their an nuai divine services. were shocked at. the recitation by an eminent clergy
 man of crime committed Sagatnst the American ha<. Some par. tic,ilar family in this city carpeted their Kitchen fioor with the national emblem and took delight in walking upon the American colors The po- lice sdepaItunent. informed of the of- fenss. stde all Jurisdiction. If there svsf dissertation of the fiag this ,s it Vhether 1t Is committed in5the, kitchen Of . hovel or the parlor sof . mansioh 1t isI .a crime and pun- nn1er the law.
 Bouic Wh1ts the agitAtor in New York who pksd the American nag in. melting pdf lamitted his crime upon private prcnerfys In the back yard of his home. let he was arrest- ed by the New York police and is S;Aos serving "a term ia the Tonnbs The sl6ws q 'NssJl isofk state IS aps splled e the Ahetity 6f the nas are no di4seent than the laws of Con- 1srticqs TAssf poiice are empowered to afti any rsons who commit , ctii1ie n stnsts tue government. and ssdsecsAisn of tie fag Is crime of 'th4 sma g1itude. In time of war the shslltary authorities may take over s6e bffenders. An insult to the nas time deserves even greater punisknent than the same ofrense 'lviniurrants h time of pe4cs.
 New Bfatain must not stand idly by and let the American nag suffer in- suit. If It's police authorities fail to give the fiae the proper protection and secusa. far it the respect it de- serves ' eail must be made upon some higher power There have been re- ported nuinsrVaa, occasions where the American fias has been heaped with Insult. One case in particular has to do with a city official. man who works for the people of this, com l munity: in fact, 1t is said this man is a member of the police force. When the residents on the street upon which he lives approached this ofllcer l with the request that he display the American flag in front of his house
 along with other residents, he either
 refused or failed to, do so. At any rate an American flag Eas never graced his portals. Further.s when a neigh
 hor sent him a flag-pole as dona- ! ton this man ordered the donor of 1 the staff to move from premises which gunfortuhateIy are owned by the re-
 calcitrant American. These charges may and may not be true. We have the sacred word Of several substan- tial citizens that they are true. We have heard no refutation of the | runors. They have not been branded
 as lies. Tn the event they are true, the man who works for the. city gov
 ernment and who refuses, under the
 cifcumstances, to place the American
 flag in front of his premises should.
 in honor, resign from the force. Such
 a man is not 9 good citizen if, indeed,
 he is an American.
 f No man should be allowed to ig-
 nore, neglect, or dfsrespect the Amer
 ican flag at this time. It is bad
 enough to have enemy aliens harbor in their hearts wicked thoughts against the country and the flag
 which represents it. To have an
 American citizen. naturalized or na-
 tive born, desecrate the American
 flag. either by thought. word or deed.
 Is intoIerabie, When the police de-
 partment axets time its chief ofscials
 sheuId investigate the story told. be-
 fors the Grand Army mon on sun-
 day ni1lat and ferret ont the family