Evening star., 1924-06-12
President Walks Euer IN Sight
Of Relentless Duty, He Says
Declares Executive Represents Best OF
Spiritual, Cultural and Material
america, 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
structive 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 nina
has a chance to work because his
tongue gives il an opportunity. lie
is marked by fecundity of ideas and
frugality of idioms. by prodigality or
though, and economy of expression
This picture makes CONSISTENT
whole. 1t all eventuates in an in
sistent policy of economy in govern
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.
''ro 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 d part of the very marrow of his
ancestors. 1t was only natural for
him 10 direct the senate of Massa-
chuSetts to do the days work Tbeo-
dore Roosevelt placed q stirring en-
generation adopted the idea in an al
most self-conscious way. This man
simply assumed il. 1T would never
occur to him that work was an incl
dent in life or mere corollary TO
its main theories 1t is an ingrained
part of his being. He admires Ulysses
S Grant because he worked. he made
progress This conception of life is
Intimately interviewer with his ideas
of government and Sociay. Freedom
demands work. because ii is not a
gift. but an achievement. He insists
tEat there is no substitute Tor mill
tant 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. lnde-
pendence is exceedingly exacting,
self-control is arduous self-govern
ment is difficult We must ali 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 Will di-
minish and our confidence in its ideals
will deepen. Thus he thinks and acts.
He is the personitication OF work.
he is a patient man. He knows that
time will do it's perfect work. He
does not judge conditions or civiliza-
tions or government in terms or
day. month or d year. He instinc-
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 conversed
y, nj l. n
new destiny here. 1t Is not for US
to view them with too much I'M
patience.
PhMosophy Living Reality.
This philosophy of progress and
history Is no mere intellectual con-
clusion. In his presence you feel
it as a living reality. He makes
the tasks of life. No one can throw
him into 4 panic for he sees life
steadily and sees it whole. Perhaps
this helps one to understand one Oh
his most appealing qualities ANY
politics must deal with many con-
fiicting forces. He cannot please
every one. Therefore some, for the
time, become hostile and critical
Thi. condition is inevitable in the
life OF any administrator. This man
in a very remarkable way. tak.s his
punishment quietly and silently. At
times he must oppose what appears
TO some as An unaualined good, pc
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 thoroughness of
his work and his intolerance for
supe rficiality. He must have the
facts at first hand and VIII not oase
decisions on partial knowledse OF
ried He avoids extremes and love:
proportion Life does not consist OF
detached unrelented events. 1t is
unity welded together by the alchemy
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 blundering
confidence, is in dire need of such
Has he sense OF humor? Em-
phatically yes. 1t is not the type
that wastes time in recounting incl
dents OF ever-increasng trteness
and a nimbleness of his spirit which
are very attractive. These Qualities
do not express themselves in just
the ordinary forms. At times YOU
might imagine he had not even
beard what was being said. Then he
drops a remark which makes you
realize that he has taken several
steps in advance and has put ms
finger on the real point. He is not
given to hilarity. His humor is dry
and delightful, and its expression as
a rule - just as sententious as his
more serious utterances.
Views Religion ~ Essential.
Beneath the characteristics we
have mentioned lies something which
one naturally hesitates to drag out
into the light. There are some things
too sacred for public parade. even
though a man belongs TO the people.
When you find man, however. win
qualities such as we have sketched,
YOU inevitably ask for the secret.
What is the dynamic back of this
moral fiber, this bitter self-controI.
this sense Of the value OF things, this
instructive understanding OF work.
this quiet patience with the ages?
one can read his speeches without
realizing that to him religion is es-
sentiaI to life. l am speaking in the
broadest and most comprehensive
terms. am not discussing theology.
but religion. There are at least
tiles which are the common posses
sion of men. He firmly believes relf-
4ion to be necessary to the ideals OF
America. He asserts that most OF
all there is need OF religion. From
that source alone came freedom.
Nothing else touches the soul OF man.
Nothing else justifies faith I'm 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 q personal power
greater than man; in emergencies,
with Warrington and Lincoln, he will
know that the issue lies in another
hand.
V.luks MateY<aI anA SuapttuaI