New Britain herald., 1924-06-12
COOLIDGE UPHELD
 AS IDEAL MAN ID
 GUIDE AMERICANS
tContinucd From Fifth rage)

lIpnllUutu T lplll nun | HS''
 college commencement. He said, we
 do not need more national develop
 ment, We need more spiritual develop
 ment. We do not need more inteilcc-
 ual power we need more moral DOW CT. We do not need more knowledge,
 we need more character. We do not
 need more government, We need more
 culture. We do not need more law.
 we need more religion. We do not
 need more of the things that are seen,
 we need more Of the things that arc
 unseen
 "What America must learn is prc-
 cisely what this man is saying SO
 clearly and forccfulIy. It has ring
 to it wich will pcrmcatc the world.
 He has been successful in politics be-
 cause he has been simply and unan-
 swerably honest. The hardest thing in tho world 10 defeat is sheer char
 acter. Some American politicans still
 have great lesson 10 learn. The first
 mark Of public servant is NOT sole
 ly the desire to know what the people
 want. but the purpose to help the
 people want what they ought to have.
 Tt is not too much to affirm that the people of the Unitetd States have
 intense ongings which they do not entirely understand and which by the
 very terms of the problem they can
 not focus and express. I believe this man does comprehend these intense yearnings of the people and that quietly and persistenly he is putting them forth in sharp. incisiNe utter ances. The Boston police strike need not be rehearsed here. Its retails are well known, But America will not soon forget this emphatic assertion Of a conviction which is destined to live in American history. There is no right to strike against the public safe- ty by anybody, anywhere, any time The American people believe that, It required back bone 10 say il. They told him it would no doubt end his public life, He simply said very like ly and proceeded to do his duty as he understood if. Such is the man. He breeds confidence. There is here the solid basis on which you can build public career Of the highest quality. America needs this man in this hour, and the world needs America
 "II--The American.
 "With this partial understanding of the individual we arc prepared to learn that this man in the most thrill ing sense of the term is an American. He has been thinking America, be- lieying America and living America,
 "rhe place he gives to intelligence is genuinely American. He is satn- rated with confidence in the value of the mind. He constantly emphasizes tn. necessity Of schools and the im- portanee of education 10 our nation, xxx Problems of the most serious import require solution. Clear, straight hard thinking alone will do it. This man secs this great truth in all its bearings and never fails 10 emphasize il. IL may not be ono Of The spectacular aspects of his Amer lcanism. but II Is one which the fu. ture eill not forget. Americans bee lieve in their children and in cdu- cation They demand primary schools, high schools. colleges and universities. These agencies have no better or more understanding friend than this man.
 "In America we have the curious practice or classifying men. WI attempt 10 put labels on them and imagine that thereby po have settled something. We have unusual incil- ity in this method because we rarely pause 10 agree on any definition Of tho terms As matter of fact it ia not tho meaning Of inc term that gives us concern. 1t is inc implica. tion fl carries, it's flavor or ifs color. We say man is conservative, liberal or a radical and for ns tho term carries praise or opprobrium depending entirely upon our own roint of view. NoH his mans smericanism cotnes 10 lofty sXpres- others have criticized as his 'consery- aiism' Let us examine tho actual facts,
 "He resrronres our past, Hc knows that the past has produced for ns much truth and ptsdonl There fore. he believes in history and thorough knowledge of that past.
 He uses the past for inc future. Re is no mere worshipper of the past ss inc past. T. has meaning chicnv as guide for Inc future. fie rec oTnizes clearly ihc evils Of dead. cou- rsaied. tonservatisms X X <. His emphasis is on fine days to come. lip s concerned chiefly about our tcn- l. ncies Therefore. lac says. 'vo rc- riew tho past not in order that wn nay return 10 il. but that ae may Ind in what direction. straight and ,issr # points in inc future His i. sane Ioreard-looiing copscrv- iisfn.
 He does not concrde that thc pres .nt clsmor Tor change proves that Iur national principles ar. false or hat our governmental organization is roak. Changes must come. Eycry sne person recognizes that N H he real question concerns The causss ' our discontent and thc sources of fir sviL Tmms diateiy fo destroy ris'ing insfituiions because human continue io ezirf and human