Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-07-08


ment ever given to the outstanding
Americanism of living official in pub
lie life is the forward movement repre-
sented by the powerful among more
than a score of large church denomi-
national organizations which has just
been effected in this country to combat
the RED menace"
Twenty-Five million persons, repre-
senting more than 20 per cent of the
membership of ali Protestant church
organizations in the United States, are
now lending their strength TO the alli-
ance which will carry Oh to its logical
conclusion the work of ATTORNEY Cen
eral Mitchell Palmer in awakening the
| people of the nation to d realization Of
| their peril from the enemy within and
| protecting the government with a firm
hand from those who sought to over
| throw it by force and violence.
Americanism and Americanizatio is
to be the watchword of the churches,
try, who have caught the note from the
reveille sounded by Mr.. Palmer, will
see to it that man alive to the great
question and of proved capacity to
carry on the great work that is being
launched is put at the head Of affairs
Of government in this country
-
who see in the safety Of the country,
home and Preside the overshadowing
issue of the future, regardless of poll
tics or politicians, there can be no step
backward now that the forward move
ment is on. and the man who aT5eas
to them most strongly as measuring up
TO the highest standard of American
ism and whose deeds are testcpT61F Of
his high purpose TO bring his Whole
country to realization of The Hottest
ideals of citizenship will receive their
undivided support in rr,mayy, election
and in the 'adminstras' of mis- high
office.
Before the great ca:n1,,;gn of Amer
icanism TO be undertaken by the Prot
estaut church organizations is well
under way it would not be surprising
to find the percentage in the alliance
grow to round 100 per cent, repre-
senting 100 per cent Americanism
The great hierarchy of the Roman
Catholic Church in the United States
is heart and soul with the movement
for Americanizaton and will lend its
full strength to the promotion through
the far-reaching channels of the
church of the preaching and teaching
of staunch Amercansm to the many
millions of its congregation within the
United States.
A pastoral letter, the first issued by |
the heads of the Catholic Church in |
the United States in thirty-fve years, |
has recently gone to all it's people, in
which the following paragraph is not
the least in Importance Of the decla-
rations of the letter:
whatever may be the Industrial and
social remedies which will approve
to the American people,
there is one that we feel confident,
|
method of revolution. For it there is
neither justification nor excuse under
our form of government Through the
ordinary and orderly processes of edu-
,ation, organization and legislation all
social wrongs can be righted While
.hese processes at times may seem
Interestingly slow, they will achieve
more in the final result than violence
)r revolution The radlcalism and
worse than radicaliSm of the labor
movement in some of the countries of 5
europe has no lesson for the workers
If the United States except as an eX-
Imple of methods TO be detested and
wooded" q
Thus the churches and their people a
n the United States stand united in a
determined movement to look to the
uture security of the government of r
heir country and the peace and hap ;,
'iness of its people. In this, as in
lany similar movements which have Q
iritten history, 1t is more a question Il
( the man than the measure. h
10 N
The formation of the powerful ALI X
nee in the interchurch world move
rent to campaign against red radical X
;m with Americanism Is but another "
roof that the American people have XXI
lade tne issue of the day for the gov w
for the church and for the |
alton. II is stated that the inter- W
lurch world movement Is serving as Y,
clearing house for speedy and CO. "
Deratiye action to cope with the evils IlI
radicallsm, which have been made ~
lblic as the result of nationwide *
lrvey. On their own account the "
of these 25,000,000 W
,ople OF the country have found that "
imericanism" is the one and great n
ssue now before the people and have
Illed upon the Churches to expend X
ON their emergency funds several ~
illions of dollars in immediate eff