Milford chronicle., 1923-06-15
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
BETTER CITIZENSHIP

Il heard Uncle Ted say that if al
the people of this country would reaC
the beginning of the Constitution the!
would be better citizens" said Jack.
",rbat isn't the 'beginning, II Il
ouod the preamble said FredGle;.
0''aIS aWelI. whatever it is Called Vn'''
if anyway" said jack ,d then
"Snnnose en- 1 read it to you anu eme- s,,o-
o,' viii know what l mean, Sis
800 yo% Uncle Ted, joining In the uiS
cussion. . aood time to tell
Won Of a recent speech Oh a. eS dav
2arAing on this subject. WIN oI9 nas oTT %
co near we might as well IresnGH a;ti7ons %
,oomories oO on our duties as cieio'ic pio IN
ma NJ fHture citizens. The preanlplo ~
t1la t1l- CONSTITUTION reads as Ioll0Me. 9'tod
inc 1--WE g we the people of the UnlUeu
cto+es in order to form a NOR
,1e~fect Union, establish JusIloo'
pet1T Pc domestic tranquility pIo-
ms M for the common Defense pro-
,,loto p, the general welfare, anu Sc
no nlo.9 tbe blessings of liberty U
oneolves oure ives and our posterity' 90 OF
0uIseaTvd1 va establish this Constitu-
uall "a. az. +bo limited States of Am
erica ..i,o, of the pre-
,,,bIa rnoted by President HaIuiHs
the other day when he auGLesST+ % SS"+iO1-
meeting in Washington Oh Ihe Lse.'t 'oo+ion
al American Council, an orsani4G,oT n.4iaon-
formed to encourage better elCiaom CIoI,t
sbin through it's Membership Ot "pO III
On 600 600 Americans. In Inls a5 'o.l
D,,osident Harding said that we heeu
80 no rededicated to the aims ana PuL.
nosee Nc set fort hin that preamble O1o
re- +ba imnortant statements ne uldu9
nos that he deplored the too frequen'
soving of many Americans that uem
7',y : y.ac9 is on trial For that matter we
ora oil on trial in this world to a Ger
Lain extent and so are those princIo
n1os bv which we live. But thlnK OI
he Years that have passed Whlle our
s+itution, which is our Govern
7ent, has successfully stood the test
"The trouble with the average ciIl-
,o,, +odav is that he is too easily mis-
away from tnaC uOcuIIenS ~
hat made for him safe country ~
which to live. We are all TOO qulcA "
.riticise those who are running 0ul
and too slow TO nelp' E!
,,v man and woman over Il IN Lhls
oI1ntrv is entitled to voice In OUT
!overnment and yet thousands never
axe the trouble to vote. How can we
xpect our country to progress II we
6 citizens do not shoulder our part
the burden? ,,4
"I.et me read you some of President
rarding's words and then Will tell
OIL a few interesting things about the
merican flag.
Speaking of the Preamble TO the
onstitution, he said:
"There is the complete state s
ment of our nations aspiration, I
and a noble aspiration it is. There, l
is the chart of our course. There '
is the inspiration to every effort to v
make one and all of us better Cit I
izens.'
"In another place he said:
"'We will make no mistake If f
we confess that the attitudes and n
conduct of many people who pro- +
fess devotion to democratic insti- G
tutiOns are on trial u
"In other words, kiddies, 1t is not +,
IT democratic Government that is on II
ial. Those who would change that II
)vernment are on trial. Just look at II
this way. We have tried Govern n
emit that has stood the acid test of
ace, of war, of good times, and of Ii
d times. Radical critics of our Gov h
nment offer nothing definite as a n
bstitute. The only government near m
cir ideas is the government of Rus w
!, a militaristic and despotic gov nj
nment that is a proved failure. Now, Fl
me tell you something about the 81
g. III
Nearly year after the Declaration
Independence, the crosses of st.
orge and st. Andrew, forming the =,
tiff of the flag of the Mother coun- .
were discarded, and in their place =
S erected a flag with union of white
rs in blue field. The flag was born