Evening star., 1920-03-01
HOLDS CLERGY LAX
IN WAR ON DISEASE
DR.. Pierce Tells Sociological
Congress Only IL Per
Cent Respond.

| OeI1t hcSpOnO.
| That the clergymen OF the country
are not generally responding to the
call of the public health service in
its battle to eradicate social diseases
is the statement made today by DR..
Claude g. Pierce. assistant surgeon
general, in an address delivered be-
fore members OF the American So
Geological Congress In the Franklin
Square Hotel.
| DR.. Pierce said that. while the med
ical men and pharmacists through
out the country are cooperating to
rid the land Of the menace, less than
IL per cent of the 112.O 900 clergymen
appealed to for assistance replied to
| the appeal.
| The speaker said that much of the
| reticence exhibited by clergymen in
| combating the evil from the pulpit
| is due to the fear it will shock
! their congregations"
The meeting, which was presided
over by Harry de Joannis. director
| OF extension work of the congress
was addressed also by Rev. DR.. E. o.
| Watson.
Citizens Hold Mass Meeting.
a citizenship mass meeting was
held by the congress yesterday in the
First Congregational Church. Speak
ing at this gathering, Senator Pat
Harrison Of Mississippi outlined the
purpose of his resolution in Congress
calling for the investigation of the
school system of Washington.
He said he does not want to favor
or harm any one: he simply wants to
| find out what is wrong with the
Washington school system. He said
! If the teachers here are paid less
than is fair in comparison with the
i e. 4 ~ ft,o
can be remedied.
| Poor discipline or 1arck OF teach
ers. If it Is proven. can also be REM
edied. he said. He said there is no
reason why Washington should not
have the best school system in the
country.
Other speakers at yesterdays meet
ing were Senator McKellar of Ten
nessee. Rabbi Morris Lazaron of Bos-
ton. Bishop Mcdowell Of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church and DR.. Ed
win c. Dinwiddie. general superin-
tendent of the congress.
Senator Mckellar Speaks.
"The one great thing necessary now
is to fearlessly stand for the right,
to go upward and onward as nation
and to take our rightful place as the
leader Of all nations. God hates
coward and there is no place in His
great plan for the individual. organi-
it's stand on all human problems of
right and wrong. If George wash
ington had paid the same attention
to tradition that some of the nations
leaders are trying to force our gov
ernment to do today. therS would be
no republic"
Address by Bishop Mcdowell.
Bishop Mcdowell said:
"A writer has said that Christian
AtH toe iC ho
with one another according to Christ.
Until within and without the republic
we learn to live well with one another
we will be threatened with those dis
| turbances whose aim is to wreck
society. All this must be achieved
according to standard-the standard
taught in the brotherhood preached
by the Master, in the golden rule
taught by Him."
Rabbi Laxaron's Views.
Rabbi Lazaron said:
America has been called the melt
ing pot Of the world but 1t is more
than that-it is now the boiling
cauldron. The millions who have
come here from Europe have been
given free rein until now large num-
bers are seeking to implant radical
ideas in our soil and to wreck our
democratic form OF government. We
nave gwen them a freedom tQaI Lnelr
leaders before coming to this country
would have scoffed at as possible of
attainment anywhere in the world.
Now we are face to face with the
| menace Of radicalism and basically it
| is to effect a cure for all this unrest
that the American Sociological Con-
gress aims-to teach true American
! ism to these restless millions ignorant
Of the true meaning Of liberty and
freedom, to bring about solution of
| the great problem by education. 1t
| is the most heroic attempt man has
ever made to create the kingdom of
| God upon earth. We who would give
| to the world the slogan Of democracy
must first make America safe for
democracy. What is needed today
more than anything else Is the Amer
| icanization Of our own citizens.
I'VE have crucified the spirit Of the
Declaration Of Independence. and be-
fore there can be any real progress
our laws must be rewritten and our
institutions be rebuilt. We need edu-
cation Of the heart, not Of the head"
A banquet tonight in the Franklin
Square Hotel will end the sessions of
! the congress.