The Washington herald., 1922-04-19
RED PROPAGANDA
&NACE SAFETY
OF HOMES, HE SAYS
Gem Fries Asks Mothers
To Bind Ties of
Family Life.
Sacredness of Marriage EN-
phasized Before Parent
Teachers Congress.

Preservation Of the home as a
safeguard against communism, So
svietism and other agencies that
have ,as their aim the ultimate de-
struction of the home and govern
ment! was urged by Gen. Amos
Fries, head of the chemical war
fare department of the army. in ad-
dressing the Congress of Mothers.
Parent Association at
their meeting in the Ebbitt Hotel
yesterday.
Under the guise of women's
clubs. mems clubs. fraternal and
religious organizations. agencies are
at work preaching their doctrine OF
communism and other insidious
propaganda which aims at the de-
struction OF the American home.
While advocating disarmament they
speak Of bloody revolution in the
same breath" the general declared.
producing letters to emphasize his
statements.
Advocates Parental Confidence.
Gen. Fries stressed the import
ance of a complete understanding
between the parent and the child.
Lne parent sure lidl tue Chlltl
puts implicit trust in the parent.
that. no matter what happens. the
child will tell the affair to the
parent In order to secure counsel,
the future of the child is as safe
as human agencies can make it," he
said.
He emphasized the Importance of
comradeship between the boy and
his father. The same Relationship
should exist between the mother
and Slaughter. he said.
Encourage every kind of game
which is clean and wholesome. and
especially the games which keep the
children out of doors" the general
advised. He must he taught to
play the game fair: taught to abhor
unfaffness. and taught to uphold
fair play even when he is tempo
rarily lower. II he plays marbles
and he plays for keeps-and I am
ready to say that you cannot en-
tirely stop playing for keeps-teach
him To play within his means.
Lands THE Gump."
Il used to think the funny papers
wereC a bad influence. but now |
feel entirely different. I am in
clined to buy funny papers more
ard more. The children will drop
the funny paper to 20 to Sunday
school. but after they come back
they will read the pictures. The
desire to learn what is written
about the funny pictures will be-
come an incentive to learn TO read
He learns how to describe what is
taking place in few words. 7 know
funny paper where each picture has
n long description. 7 might make a
slight exception in the pictures now
running in The Herald. The Cumps
The humor in them is sufficient tc
make them reada able to older per-
sons" he explained.
Much publicity Is given to tn,
matter of saving money. but it i,
just as important to teach the
child how to spend it," he in,
SISTED The child should be taught
how to spend wisely and economi
callN, and in this way he will
always have a little money left.
he argued.
The home is the basis of civili.
zatiop. Until marriage became
sacred. mankind could not ris,
above state of emi-barbar rism
and until man felt that the home
he built and the money he saved
would not only be available for hi.
own use but for that of his widow
and children he had no incentive
To accumulate. Without the sacred.
ness of the home as we know il
civilization can never expect to get
higher than that of the Turk where
the harem rules"
Mrs. George S. Fraser. in charge
OF the clothing supplied to the
destitute school children by tn,
arent-Teachers' Association. de.
scribed the pitiful scenes enact et
during last month when the low
stock of clothing made II neces.
sary- to turn away the needy The
Herald. Mrs. Fraser told the as.
sociatiOn. offered assistance and
hroadcasted an appeal for cloth.
ing which was now coming in such
quantities that more automobiles
were necessary to collect 1t. Sew.
eral members of the association
offered to assist Mrs Fraser fr
collecting garments that were being
offered in all sections Of the city
Thanks to The Herald. we are
once more able to supply the chill.
dren with proper clothing who
would otherwise be Obliged to re.
main without an education" Mrs