New Britain herald., 1923-06-15
DRIVE ON FOREIGN
 PROPAGANDA URGED
Clergyman Delivers Patriotic Ad, dress at EIks Flag Day E,y~,SlSes

pev. ]. Leo Sullivan of St. Joseph s church called upon his audience to defend and preserve American >lhsu- tutions from the assaults Of forelsn propa gandists at the annual F1ag Day exercises of New Britain lodge, NO. e57 B. P. 0. E.. last night at the EIss home. Father Sullivan de- clared that foreigners with ulterier motives are attempting to poison the mind of the growing generation ana to undermine the foundation or pa triotism on which the progress or thls country has been built
 An inspiring program was carried ont three noteworthy features pelng the delivery of the Elks tribute to the flag by James J. Naughton. sins- ing by August Klein and the patrlotlc address by Father Sullivan. EXer- cises in keeping with the occasion were conducted by officers Of the lodge. William II. Bishop presided at the organ
 AS guests the Elks had about lo members Of the G. A. R. and nearly a hundred members of other eX-serv- icemen's organizations, including vet erans of the Spanish American war and the World war, Sons of Veterans and other military or patriotic so- cieties. After the exercises, the guests were taken to the grill where lunch was served.
 Father Sullivan's Address.
 Father Sullivan's address follows:
 "June is the month Of roses the sweet scented month when Motner Earth bedecks herself in her most bewitching colors.
 "June. too, Is the month when the young graduates blossom forth, in all their youth, beauty and wisdom, while we listen to the simple, wholesome optimistic formulas they enunciate for solving the problems of this old befuddled world of ours.
 "As one of the youngest members of this great order, being initiated only a few months ago, while l can ,taim none of the youth, or beauty or the young graduate, yet l feet aRin 70 them tonight in that feeling of rear and trepidation, which one feeis whether he is making his hrst or nun dred and first address
 "However, having had little more nractical experience in facing au- diences than the June graduate, and knowing that patience and long sur fering is characteristic of New Britain audiences, am going to impose my self once again upon your good na- ture
 "It Is quite fitting and proper that the great patriotic order of Elks should set aside the 14th of June or Flag Day to honor the flag of our country.
 "My first impression of the Elks pleaned on the eventful night Of my initiation, was the realization that natriotism, loyalty to the flag, and all that if represents is one of the car final principles of this great order.
 we are living in a material age. an age of selishness, when the nobler and finer things of life lie languish- ing. It is a bolshevistic age which frets under restraint, which rails against law and order, whose one aim is to get and grab.
 "Religion and patriotism are given hut scant attention in the mad chase after the dollar and what the dollar represents. It is well then to stop and ponder at times such as this; and take our bearings, and see what course the ship of state is holding.
 "Jt is quite proper, as intelligent and loyal American citizens, in whose hands the shaping of government lies. because we have the ballot, to inter- est ourselves and study those ques- lions that offset for good or evil the very existence of our great republic.
 Peril of Propaganda.
 To-day our nation is confronted with a deadly peril, which if un- checked will surely disintegrate the spirit of nationality, interfere with out happiness and inevitably stunt our growth as a nation--I mean the movement of foreign propaganda.
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