Evening star., 1922-04-17
Mrs. Minor OpensD A. r. Session
With Plea for a Better Nation

without His aid? !. therefore. beg
leave to move that hereafter
prayers. imploring the assistance OF
liberations be held in this assembly
every morning before we proceed to
business.
+ From that time on the delegates
made successful progress with the
In prayer. They finally fulfi,ied
washington's great exhortation when
he said to them. Let US raise a stand
ard to which the wise and honest can
God.
Lincoln, In the black crisis of the
civil war. prayed that he might be
on Gods side. for God is always right.
and today President Harding has said.
in q recent speech. No nation can
ever forgets Almighty God
1T is significant that in this hall the
armament conference began and end
ed with prayer. Keep God in Amer
ster. '.The ends aim at shall be my
country's. my Gods and truths.
Truth N History.
Let us, also. strive to keep truth
in American history. There are those
who are attempting to distort it
to pander to their hatred Of
England under guise Of love for
America. Faroical attempts to re-
write tho school histories. which are
thought to be too favorable to Eng
land, are being made and threaten
ing pressure is being brought to bear
on teachers and historians. whose
only object IS to be fair and speak the
truth. This 10 nothing more nor less
| fhon dAlihAR3f4 Anti. Erjtflh nrof1Q =.
ganda, 1t 10 the same old attempt In
another form to set England and
America against one another and to
perpetuate the bitterness OF q day
"Ths sinister attempt to wipe Eng
land out Of our national life has not
the truth for its object, but the base
motives Of prejudice and hate.
Keep the truth in our histories: for
history without truth ceases to be.
"As q society dedicated to preserve
the records Of the past, this watchful
guardianship Of our history is one Of
our peculiar duties. II we do not
guard our past with reverence no
one else viii do. it for us.
OIA style ffalalas Urged.
Far better for the child is the good
Iold-fashioned training m the ele-
meilts Of . sound education and in the
cardinal virtues Of honesty, decency.
integrity and truth than all the
, sumptuous modern schoolhouses you
can build. Give him character ana
the good old fundamentals Of a sound
education; the high-brow superflciali-
| ties will look out for themselves and
Good homes, good schoois-these
are the nations life. the very bone
and sfnew of democracy within a
republic. Bee that you maintain them
tkroughout our land az the fathers
bequeathed them to you, and pass
! and to the foreigner within our
| Gates; With friendliness and under
| standing let US teach the foreigner
the ideals OF the forefathers, that he,
| tco.1may become American in thought
fact one nation. indiyisible, with
Liberty and Justice for sll.'
The torches Of understanding have
Been lighted. said President Hard
Ing IN his farewell speech to the
flow ana encircie the globe This
means an understanding among ma
tions within our borders as well as
throughout the world. It means trust
! and co.operation. It means that the
ereatset gift OF the conference to the
world has beer. q spiritual gift.
Il believe we have been called back,
after much wandering, to keener
world conscience and deeper faith
| In the }8overnment Of God, for, where
men Meet In the spirit OF peace on
earth. good will to men, there fs God
in the.bmidst Of them.
De1ee9tNs Arrive Early.
| As early ~ . o'clock this morning
delegatet began fllfing into Memorial
Continental Hail for the initial ses-
sion OF the conference. An hour later
| the au4itorltim was almost completely
Allied affd the corridors in the build
ing weAe congested with small groups
The Serlpture and prayer at the
topenang nsDsSon NaS by. Mrs. eeldeu
r. Spencer. wife OF Senator Spencer