The Washington times., 1924-04-22
FAV0RS COD|FGR7ION
Of LAW To AID PEACE

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tional work, national in its scope,
that the Associated Press per-
forms, and upon it's integrity and
fairness depends in large measure
the course Of public opinion in
the United States.
This work is done without any !,
tinge of personal or political
opinion. A very practical need
exists, and it is met by very
practical service. 1t Is individual
in its nature. It is a personal
service for each enc of US,
making its appeal entirely to the
intelligence of the individual and
recognizing fully the American
ideal Of intellectual independence.
This conception is not exactly
at variance with. but certainly
supplementary to, the long cher
tShed American ideal of the in
dependence Of the individual and
the independence Of the nation.
Granted that the largest possible
independence is a desirable goal,
the consideration at once arises
as to how such independence can
best be secured. The work of the
Associated Press, both necessary
and logical, indicates that the
true method would appear to lie
In recognizing the broad prin-
ciple of our individual and ma.
ttonal dependence, calculating the
requirements which flow from
that condition. and governing
ourselves accordingly.
Complete independence means
complete coordination and CO.
operation. From this principle
arises the oft-repeated law of
service-we can help ourselves
only as we help others. A knowl-
edge and an understanding of
others become absolutely neces.
sary, in order to make our ideals
practical.
One Of the pre-eminent require:
ments of our country at the
present time is to re-establish and
emphasize in the public mind this
law OF service. The danger to
America is not in the direction Of
the failure to maintain its eco
nomic position, but in the di-
rection Of the failure to maintain
its ideals.
Service Requires Strength.
The principle Of service is not
to be COMPOUNDED with a weak
and impractical sentimentalism.
It does not mean that either the
individual or the nation is to as
sumo the burdens which ought to
be borne by others. It is war;
ranted in considering self to the
extent Of recognizing that it is
justifiable to accumulate and
hold the : resources which must
necessarily be used to serve our
selves, our own household, and
our own nation. But it does not
stop there. It arecOgnizes also
the necessity of serving others,
and when the need arises for
meeting a moral requirement, OF
making individual and national
sacrifices sufficient to maintain
the cause of righteousness.
Some of the recent develop
ments in Washington have re-
vealed the dangers to which I
refer in very dramatic way.
Beginning nearly ten years ago
our country entered a period
when conditions were altogether
artificial and abnormal. culminat-
ing in the strained and lurid
events OF our participation in
the war.
The old standards OF action
were either suspended or entirely
cast aside.
Altogether too many Of those
IN a vNaCfkNANa % H.
take advantage Of the necessities
or the situation for their own
profit. Finally nearly all of
those in responsible positions
throughout the entire civilized
world had but one main object
IN view, which was the winning
OF the war. They began to make
almost every consideration and
motive subsidiary to that great
effort. Totally. inconceivable
amounts Of money were raised
and expended with "a lavishness
which few months before would
have been believed impossible,
and which now seems like some
wild nightmare.
Notwithstanding the great wave
Of patriotic fervor which swept
over the. land: Notwithstanding
the tremendous sacrifices which
the people in every walk Of life
made, and stood ready to make;
almost unconsciously these con.
ditions developed, which / men,
ton not for any purpose now to
criticise, where the least scrupul-
GUS became the greatest gamers
and a considerable part of our
population was thrown into a