Evening star., 1924-06-12
President Walks Erer In Sight
OF Relentless Duty, He Says
Declares Executive Represents Best OF
Spiritual, Cultural and Material
america, a Soldier of Conscience,

life. He actually believes that civil
| ization rests on conservation. To
him waste is a vicious betrayal of
our country, while thrift is the con-
Structve force which assures
stronger future. He seems to per-
sonify this philosophy. Every mo-
ment of time, without hurry or con-
fusion. is wisely employed. His mind
has a chance to work because his
tongue gives it an opportunity. He
| is marked by fecundity of ideas and
| frugality of idioms, by prodigality of
thought and economy of expression.
This picture makes CONSISTENT
whole. 1t all eventuates in an in
ment expenditures. He believes there
is urgent necessity the world over
| for actual retrenchment in the use of
public funds. His insistence upon tax
reduction and tax reform illustrate
emphatically the practical applica-
tion of his sense of thrift.
! Thinks Hard Work Desirable.
ITO him, life is work. He grew UP
with the idea that hard work is the
normal and desirable lot of every
one. This idea runs back into the
earliest origins of our history. John
! Robinson, the pastor of the Pilgrims
! in Holland. said that the people are
! industrious and frugal These ideas
were part of the very marrow of his
!
him TO direct the senate of Massa-
| chusetts to do the days work Theo-
| dore Roosevelt placed a stirring en-
| phaSls upon the strenuous life His
generation adopted the idea in an al
i most self-conSciouS way. This man
| simply assumed it, 1t would never
| occur to him that work was an Incl
| dent in life or a mere corollary to
| its ma in theories. 1t is an ingrained
| part of his being. He admires Ulysses
/ ia al he n
| progress. This conception of life is
| intimately interviewer with his ideas
! of government and sociMy Freedom
! demands work, because it is not Il
| gift, but an achievement. He insists
that there is no substitute for mill
| tsnt freedom He regrets that we
| Americans think we can take our
| blessings of free government and our
| heritage of noble traditions and en-
| joy them without realizing that eter
! nal vigilance is necessary. indie
| pendence is exceedingly exacting,
| self-control is arduous. selfgovern
ment is difficult We must all pay the
! price of freedom. Liberty and leisure
! are mutually exclusive, just as work
| and life are synonymous When we
all learn to work in peace as we did
| in war. our countryS evils viii di
minish and our confidence in its ideals
will deepen. Thus he thinks and acts.
He is the personification of work.
| I'm the largest sense of the term
time will do its perfect work. He
| does not judge conditions or civiliZa-
| tionS or government in terms of a
day, a month or year. He instlnc-
lively takes the long look. He knows
thoroughly the history of our country
and understands with keen insight
the principles which we represent.
He calmly writes that the great
forces of other centuries copverged
in America. They are working out a
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to view them with too much i'm
patience.
Philosophy q Living Reality.
This philosophy of progress and
! history is no mere intellectual con-
clusion. In his presence you feel
calm, unhurried. steady approach to
the tasks of life. No one can throw
him into panic. for he sees life
steadily and sees 1t whole. Perhaps
his most appealing qualities. Any
man in the turmoil OF practical
politics must deal with many con-
tiicting forces. He cannot please
every one. Therefore some, for the
time, become hostile and CRITICAL.
This condition is inevitable in the
life of any administrator. This man,
in a very remarkable way, takLs his
punishment quietly and silently. AT
times he must oppose what appears
cause he recognizes his temporary
benefits and sees in the distant
future that it must work an evil TO
society. Through all such expert
ences he walks with the spirit of
human understanding. He knows that
time will heal the hurt. His sense OF
time explains the thorougnness or
his work and his intolerance Tor
supe erficiality. He must have the
facts at first hand and will not base
n knOWleQKe
the situation. He will not be hur-
ried. He avoids extremes and loves
proportion. Life does not consist OF
detached unrelented events. It is
of time. He knows how to wait and
not be tired by waiting. When he
acts you know he will not be i'm
petuous, because he takes time to
think to the soul OF things; Demo-
cracy. in her careless laundering
confidence, is in dire need of such
Has he a sense of humor? EN-
phatically yes. 1t is not the type
that wastes time in recounting Incl
dents of ever-increasing triteness.
There is an elertness about his mind
and a nimbleness OF his spirit which
are very attractive. These qualities
do not express themselves in Just
might imagine he had not even
heard what was being said. Then he
drops a remark which makes you
realize that he has taken several
steps in advance and has put his
finger on the real point He is not
given to hilarity. His humor is dry
and delightful, and its expression as
a rule is just as sententious as his
more serious utterances.
Views Religion as Essential.
Beneath the character ristics we
have mentioned lies something which
of
into the light There are some things
too sacred for public parade. even
though man belongs to the people
When you find man, however, with
you inevitably ask for the secret
What is the dynamic back of this
moral fiber, this bitter self-control,
this sense of the value Of things, this
Instructive understanding of work,
this quiet patience with the ages?
II is his sense OF the spiritual No
one can read his speeches without
realizing that to him religion is es-
srntial to life. I am speaking in the
broadest and most comprehensive
terms. am not discussing theology,
but religion. There are at least a
few great fundamental spiritual real
tiles, which are the common posses
sion of men. He firmly believes reli-
gion to be necessary to the ideals of
America He asserts that most OF
that source alone came freedom.
Nothing else touches the soul Of man
Nothing else justifies faith in the
people federation in religion is
among our most notable achieve
ments in this country. The vital
realities Of religion alone can satisfy
the deepest needs of the human spirit.
1t is reassuring to know that this
man believes in a personal power
greater than man; in emergencies
= he rxyyl
know that the issue lies in another
hand.
Links Material and Spiritual.