The Alaska daily empire., 1923-06-16

tion and envy of the whole civilized world.
 Sources Are Varied
 But from many quarters it is be- ing assailed. The criticisms come from various classes. From below. the anarchists, who would tear down all government,assail it with open violence. This is the least of our danger, however. We can cope with the anarchists.
 "There is another element, the par baked educators in a more insidious propaganda. Many of them are peo- pie of wealth and position. some of them witli-humanitarian ideals, some with simply lunatic notions, but they have the power to invade our schools and in our schools, all the way from the first grade up to the highest col legiate institutions, we find here and there a half-baked professor who in sidiously instills into the minds of our youth these socialistie ideas.
 "They would infuse into the mind of America the same ideals of gov ernment that prevail in Russia. They are filling our schools with text books that contain this propaganda. It is so elusive, so skillful, that it is hard to reach.
 But above all, the chief danger lies in men highly placed. men in the Senate and House, lawyers who should know their constitution and it's fruits. These demand that the safeguards of the Constitution, the interpretation by the Supreme Court, should he withdrawn; that the legis- latiye branch should be the sole judge of the constitutionality of it's acts and their conformity to the Consti- tuition. The moment this is done the judiciary and the executive would be prostrate at the foot of the majority in Congress. But they even go farther than that. They de- Inand that the decisions of the court shah be submitted to vote of the people upon constitutional questions.
 Would Destroy Instrument
 "These two proposals, urged by a minority bloc in Congress would as effectively destroy this Constitution as anything that the anarchists or secret socialists could do; and still if these two proposals were submit ted to the people today they would find thousands of advocates.
 "The truth is we have so long enjoyed the blessings of freedom, that we have grown indifferent to them. The founders carefully pro tected the rights of the minority by this written constitution. It was the first time in the history of the world that certain fundamental rights of the individual and minority were guaranteed them by a written in- strument superior to the legislative power or the will of~ the majority. It is an astonishing thing that intek ligent. people should deliberately at tempt to tear down these safeguards and turn the country over. to. mob rule.
 ~The American Bar Association has started a work of education, reH1izing these dangers. A commit tee Is working through every organi- zation that will assist, through theI great fraternal and Beneficial organi- zations. through women's clubs and the League of Women Voters. and through patriotic societies. and above all. through, the American Legion, |
 "A close scrutiny viii be made of the text books used in our schools and colleges to eliminate this dan gerpus and treasonous matter. Inl this way we hope the check the It is the duty of every one of us to repulse by every means within our power these assaults up on our government"