Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-30

devoutly worship and bet between
three. and six millions Of our fellow
beings starve because we are too
thoughtless, Indifferent or careless to
gather together and send them from
our superintendent stores enough
food and cast-off clothing to nourish
their bodies and sustain life through
out the coming winter.
The Honorable Herbert Hoover
and his devoted band of workers are
pie for the funds necessary to care
for these children. There are some
who will no doubt feel that business
conditions are bad and that we are
in a sense pinched and unable tC
aid others under the circumstances.
I fear in spite of what we are now
experiencing that we still do not
understand the meaning of sacrifice
or suffering. The war enriched us
with the full greater part of the
wealth and the gold of the world.
The temporary slowing down of
business is but an incident in our
national life. We have more food
to waste and more clothing to throw
away in this great United States than
it will take to care for the six mil
lions of starving children in Eu-
rope. We also have plenty of food
to supply the needs of the one hum
dred thousand intellectuals who are
slowly starving to death in Central
Europe. They represent whatever
of heart and soul may be left in
those terribly afflicted countries. IT
| they are to perish from the earth
while in leadership will pass away
with them and the rapacious, the
bloodthirsty, the incapable and the
ignorant adventurer will then at
tempt to formulate new policies and
plans of government for this extern
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of the universe. No greater crime
could ever be laid at our doors than
! that we sat idly by and permitted
the loss to civilization and repre-
sentative government of these hun
dred thousand teachers. scientists
and SaVantS upon whom the duty ana
responsibility of reconstruct1ng Cen
trail Europe now depends.
1t will take approximately three
million dollars a month to do the
job. We have about one hundred
and ten million people in the Unit
to give only about thirty-three cents
per capita This is the price of a
ticket to a movie show Are we not
willing to sacrifice that much for
the purpose of helping to save hu-
man being? 1t ms a long way across
blighting touch of war has never
been experienced by most of our peo-
pie. We are disposed to live rather
f-centered lives. We cannot pic
| ture in our imagination the fright
full suffering and the agonies which
starving populations endure. We can
not visualize the pale, wan faces of
these millions of perishing children,
and, so it is difficult for us to sense
our full duty in the crisis by which
| the world is now confronted. We
need to sit down in quiet corner
and reflect upon the situation over
there Let US forget for the moment
our own selfish aims and objects.
Just as certain as we do this, will
| the funds be forthcoming to finance
that marvellous life and soul saving
program which Mr.. Hoover has I'M
dertaken.
We are sound at heart and gen.
erous by nature and impulse. Thanks
giving is at hand. Peace and good
government reign throughout our
great country. We are blessed with
the most phenomenal harvests in our
history. Let us give enough of our
surplus wealth ard food to show to
the world that America still believes
in civilization and in God In the
words of our great president, Lincoln,
let us see that government of the
people by the people and for the
people" shall not perish from the
earth.