The Winslow mail., 1920-06-04
A PROCLAMATION


awakening of the individual to his or
her personal responsibility as citi-
zen. Every citizen must learn that
when he speaks Of the necessity for
action by the government, he is talk
ing of his own individual responsible
ty since he can honestly say. with the
French king: 1.-THE Government, why,
that is myself" Every citizen must
learn to feel that every call for
right or privilege on the part of any
individual is predicated upon that in
dividual's responsibility and obliga-
tion to the country.
Representatives Of thrifty three
states and fifty national organizations
met in Washington in March, 1920, at
the call of Franklin K. Lane. They
agreed that the hope for better and
stronger Americanization of the peo-
pie of the United States could arise
only from better and stronger sense
OF the personal responsibility of each
citizen for the lifting to higher
plane Of the citizenship and the civic
conditions in his own community; to
bring this condition to pass would re-
quire a closer relationship among the
individuals Of the community.
Arizona, in company with her sis
ter states, hopes to be able to secure
a more complete national unity and
more effective constructive action
through closer and more complete or
ganization of the units of the various
communities. AS to the initial step
towards securing these better condi-
tions that all want and hope for, three
days have been set aside for encour-
agement of Community Organization,
as follows:
Saturday, June II, Neighbors Day,
Sunday, June 49, Community Sunday,
Monday, June IA, Flag Day.
NOW. THEREFORE,, l, THOMAS E.
CAMPBELL, Governor of Arizona,
acting thorugh the authority vested in
me by law, do hereby urge upon each
community of the State, the arrange
ment Of fitting programs for the pro-
motion of neighborliness and the dis
cussion of how best the organization
Of the community can most thoroughly
insure for each member an equality
of responsibility and representation
as well as that theoretical equality
before the law which is the founda-
tion of our system of government.
With this in view, I would call up
on the heads of civic and commercial
organization of each community to ap-
point the necessary committees for in
suring effective programs as follows:
NEIGHBOR'S DAY-Saturday, June
2th:-It is hoped that use can be
made Of the Saturday half-holiday to
man, woman and child of the commu-
nifty will feel that he is represented
This can best be done, probably, thru
a program of songs and addresses
bearing upon the Importance of each
element of our population in the bet
terment of local and national condi-
tions and the responsibility of each
individual man, woman and child Of
the community for the accomplish
ment Of the best possible results. The
slogan for NEIGHBORS' DAY is:
"Hellow. Neighbor!"
COMMUNITY SUNDAY Sunday,
June 13th-All religious bodies, whe-
ther meeting on Saturday or Sunday
are asked to cooperate in using this
day to center the country's thought
on the spirit of good will or neigh
borliness", and to arouse men and wo.
men of all faiths to the spiritualizing
effect on individuals arising from par
ticipation in unified neighborly acti-
witty. l hope that every clergyman in
the State will prepare a special SER
mon for this day, emphasizing the
need for a widespread manifestation
of this spirit and for the creation of
more definite channels for it's express
sion.
FLAG DAY-Monday, June 14th-
This should be the climax of the three
days for the betterment of Community
Organization. I would urge general
display of flags remembering that the
Flag symbolizes unity and freedom
which is the spirit of neighborliness
and the spirit of the American system