Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-25
VIGILANCE PRICE OF
TRUE AMERICANSM
Says Speaker Before Louisville
transportation Clut-Alien
Agitators Are Organized
BY Associated Press)

1
nal vigilance is necessary TO keep
down unrest and Bolshevism in
America, VIM. X. Ross, attorney
and chairman Of the executive
committee Of the Chicago Asso-
citation Of Commerce. told the
transportation Club OF Louisville
in an address here today. Ffe
( spoke OH the subject. Lessons
! We Have Learned in Developing
| Americans"
Americanization is not a new
problem, Mr.. Moss said. 1t has
been present since the landing Of
the Pilgrim Fathers. 1t is. how
ever. he asserted, 4 vital problem
and one that must be taken ser
iously.
The forces that oppose the gen
cral good are organized and con-
stantly active. he asserted. He
estimated the number of radical
speakers i'll the country during
the war at 5000. and said that
no reports could be made to the
proper authorities in Washington
without the radicals knowing OF
them IN advance. These people
are constantly working among the
immigrants who cannot speak
English and who have no way of
learning the truth about the
American government.
"!he first great lesson we have
learned. said Mr.. Moss. lis that
W" must be vigilant, in season and
out Of season: that if corruption
and vice dominate and control.
the fault IS ours. There must be
eternal vigilance. We must see
and do the right thing and we
must study the common good and
we must be strong and resolutc
for its maintenance. Our first
great lesson is that there can be
no substitute for eternal vigilance
it surely is the price OF hbcr-
tv'
Faith and sentiment. the speak
or continued, rule the destinies Of
the world, though mankind acts
only tltfully for the general good
and then seemingly only in the
face of some seeming great emer-
gcncy. The masses. however"
he said. can safely, be trusted to
do the right and best things for
common good if and when fully
advised with opportunity in their
own way TO arrive at a cOnclu-
sion"
In the constellation of national
problems the individual must new
cr be lost sight OF, he said. be-
cause he is the unit about which
the government is built The in
dividual always hs. sought places
where he can do what he believes
is the right thing, he said, and
America for 800 years has been
a haven for professors. I am
glad that this has been true and
hope that with proper regulation
it will still be haven for the
right sort OF independent think
ing, self respecting, broad-mind-
ed professors, but there is a vital
matter which must be kept con-
stantly in mind. Community life
demands that the individual conn
Ponent parts work for the COM
mon good. This presupposes the
composite mind and an assinnila-
ton OF differing views to COM
mon plan. While we have stood
out to the world as haven for
the oppressed. fear we have not
awaited ourselves at all times of
proper safeguards
Mr.. Moss read a letter from a
Czecho- Slovak who came to this
country 5 years ago and who
told how radical speakers turned
up during strikes and told the
foreign-toneued workers how the
capitalists owned the United
States. government and how rot
ten it was. He asserted that the
.non-English speaking immigrant
had no chance to learn. when he
first came to this country, the
truth about the government of
the United States.
Unless you and ! realize that
conditions as they are Mr.. Moss
concluded. "and take up the pro-
blem of developing Americans . :.
developing them and educating
them to knowledge and an APP
probation of the needs and oppor-
tunities, the duties and privileges
of citizenship, then we must pay
the price, and the price is chaos"