The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-11-25
HARDING CONSECRATED TO
SERVICE

In his Thanksgiving Proclamation
President Harding once more stresses
what is the keynote of his administra-
ton and the central thought of his
political career-Service. I'VE shall
be prospered as we shall deserve pros
perity," he declares, seeking not alone
for the material things, but for those
of the spirit as well; earnestly trying to
help others; asking, before all else, the
privilege of Service" And. again,
opportunity for very great Service
awaits us if we shall prove equal to it. ,
Warren G. Harding entered the po'
litical campaign year ago with that
thought eyer before him. Service is to
him what the blazing cross in the heav-
ems was to Constantine: I'm hoe signo
vinces" In his acceptance speech he
said: with an unalterable faith and
in a hopeful spirit, with hymn of Ser.
vice in my heart, I pledge fidelity to
! our country and to God"
In his Labor Ds speech of 1920 he
declared: Work is the supreme en-
gagement, the sublime luxury of life.
l wish could plant the gospel OF 10y
atty to work and interest in accom-
plishment." And by work he meant
Service.
In front porch speech September 49,
1920 he said: Service, a willingness
to serve intelligently, to troin for
human Service, to cleave to an idealism
of deeds and honest toll and scientific
accomplishment, rather than to serve
by mere words"
In his address on Social Justice"
some time after, he said: II believe
and have repeatedly said that citizen
ship is based upon obligation, the
obligation to serve ones fellowmen.
In his Cleveland speech of October %
he said: II want to bring about the
greatest Service that America can give
10 the world-the Service of an exam.
pie of great representative democracy
undivided-that is my ambition. That
is my opportunity for Service to Amer.
lea as I conceive it."
In his farewell adore So to the Senate
following his election. he said: "One
cannot promise agreement il all things
with an opposite party which is some
times insistently wrong. but we may
find common ground lin the spirit of
of Service. There is 90 much to be
done, and we have already had so much
delay, that 1 should like unanimous
recognition that there are no party ends
to serve. but precious days are calling
for Service TO our common country"
Repeatedly in his inaugural address
he stresses the importance of Service:
II can vision the ideal republic where
we may call to universal Service every
plant agency, or facility, all in the
sublime sacrifice for country. Out of
such universal Service will come new
unity of spirit and purpose, new con-
fdence and conservation which would
make our defense impregnable, our
triumph assured. Service is the gu
preme commitment of life. / would
rejoice to acclaim the era of the golden
rule and crown it with the autocracy of
Service"
In his first address to Congress, and
In bis address at the unwilling of
Bolivar, while the word is not used the
thought of Service is kept uppermost,
and when the soldier dead were laid
row on row on the Hoboken pier, he
said: These had served, which is the
supreme inspiration in living "Serv
Ice is the greatest thing In life." he told
the Annapolis graduates last June, and
10 the graduates of the American Uni.
versity, in Washington, he said: Il
wish 1 could impress the Young men
and women of every graduating class
this year with my own acute convic-
tion regarding the obligation of Serv.
ice-the diploma is not a certificate of
right to special favor and profit in the
world, but rather commission of
Service"
War Department to Help Hays
Manifestly, one Of the notices Of
Postmaster General Hays Is, ''if at first