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with all her mighty power and re
sources and that our gallant boys had
such decisive part in shattering the
Hohenzollern dream Of world domin-
Son"
Fresh Glory, Says Baker.
Secretary Baker says:
The spiritual progress Of America
Is shown by our addition Of fresh
glory to this day set apart to me
moralize the Nations heroic dead.
There is no division of its ancient
significance, but fresh meaning is
added by those who have died on
foreign soil to perpetuate the liber-
ties for. which their ancestors gave
their lives at home"
Acting Secretary of State Polk said:
1.-The people may we'll pause today
and pay their need Of tribute to the
nations dead"
Never in the annals Of the world
has there been more fitting occasion
for a people to make acknowledge
ment, in every home, in every city
and hamlet, of the supreme sacrifice
Of those who went forth to serve their
country in a cause whose justice none
may challenge.
Inspired by justice and liberty, in
patriotism Of the highest, the best of
the American people Joined in COM
mon defense Of q sacred cause and
contributed toward the contamination
of ultimate victory over a great brute
force that threatened the world and
civilization. To those heroes who
now lie on foreign land and to all
those who fell in that cause, as well
As to those who served their country
IN the past, the nation today bows in
solemn tribute"
Reaches Around World.
To-day our hands are elapsed not
alone from coast to coast, but over
seas as WELL" said Secretary Wilson.
To-day we commemorate not only as
q nation this holy day of memory,
but our memorial includes the valleys
of France, the fields of Flanders, the
Y1irs OF Belgium, and reaches out in
q network of sympathy that stretches
around the world
For years il has been our custom
TO 90 with flowers each year which
s~e have lain on the graves of our
dead. We cannot reach them all this
year, we do not even know where
!Bome of them are buried. Some OF
bur cities are planting trees in mem
Dry of their boys; in other places they
sRre erecting buildings, cluhhouses,
community centers, hospitals-con-
.Btructive and permanent-beautiful
Recommendations Of our boys who
died to make the world a decent place
for US to live in
ITO labor falls the high privilege
Che noble honor-of carrying on the
SVork those boys began They died for
Sdemocracy-they died for freedom
FOR the cause which knits the world
to-day in the common brotherhood Of
humanity. It is for US to continue
their work-to carry out their plans
to do our work constructively, with
1.-THE same teamwork spirit, the same
gEteadfastness and courage that char
lacterized our fighting men who died.
while the war was on us our slo-
van was Labor will win the war; IN
this period, of reconstruction it is in
labor'shEnds the tools are given Let
us bufld permanent memorial, in
decd a memorial whose foundation is
built upon American pluck and perse-
Eerance. and whose structure is com
posed Of American integrity and 10y
atty"
SDeeiaJ session In House.
Congress kept the day with a spe-
ciai session in the House devoted to
tributes TO the Americans who made
the supreme sacrifice in the country's
wars.
The memory Of the fighters Of the
Revolutionary, Civil, and Spanish
American wars was not overlooked.
Lieut.. Royal Johnson, Congressman
from South Dakota, who was wounded,
IN France, took the Speakers chair,
At the special request Of Speaker Gil
lett. Congressman La GUardia, New
York, major with the Italian air forces
during the war, was one Of the main
speakers.
For the Civil War veterans, Con-
Rressman Isaac Sherwood, Ohio.
general in the Northern army during
the SOS was spokesman.