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.

me he actually heiieNcS tnat CIV.
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 mind
has chance to work because his
tongue gives il an opportunity he
is marked by fecundity of IDEAS ana
irugality of idioms. by prodigailty oil
thought 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,
Tanks Hard Work Desirable.
ITO him, life is work. He grew up
with the idea that hard work is the
normal 2nd desirable lot OF every
one. This idea runs ba-k 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
ancestors. 1t was only natural for
him to direct the senate Of Massa
,chusettS to do the days work. Theo-
dore Roosevelt placed a stirring en-
phaSis upon the strenuous life. His
generation adopted the idea in an al
most self-con scious way This man
simply assumed it. 1t would never
occur to him that work was an Incl
dent in life or mere corollary to
part of his being. He admres Ulysses
: 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 it is not Il
gift. but an ach hieyement. He insists
that there is no substitute for 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. indie
pendence is exceedingly exactinG,
self-control is arduouS. self-govern-
ment is dif1icult' We must all pay the
price of freedom. Liberty and leisure
are mutually exclusive, just as work
and life are synony NOUS. When We
all learn to work in peace as We did
in war. our country's evils will 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
a
time will do its perfect work. He
does not judge conditions or civiliza-
tions or government in terms OF a
day, month or year. He 1nstinc-
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
in America. They are working out
i
to view them with too much i'm
patience.
Philosophy Living Reality.
This philosophy of progress and
history ls no mere intellectual con.
clusion. In his presence you feel
it AS a living reality. He makes a
calm. unhurried, steadS approaGbn tbro o
him into = panic. for he sees life
steadily and sees il whole. Perhaps
this helps one to understand one of
his most appealing qualities. any
politics must deal with many con-
fictins 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 rms man,
punishment quietly and silently AT
times he must oppose what appears
to some as an unQuallneo good pc
cause he recognizes his temporary
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 erficiality He must have the
facts at first hand and will not base
decisions on a partial knoWledse oil
the situation. He will not be hur-
ried. He avoids extremes and loves
proportion. Life does not consist of
detached unrelented events. 1t is A
unity welded together by the alchemy
of time. He knows how TO wait ana
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 or such
Has he sense of humor? Em-
phatically yes. II is not the type
that wastes time in reeounting 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
the ordinary forms. At times you
might imagine he had not even
drops 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 it's expression as
rule is just as sententious as his
more serious utterances.
Views Religion N Essential.
Beneath the characteristics We
have mentioned lies something which
one naturally hesitates to drag out
In to the light. There are some things
too sacred for public parade. even
though man belongs to the people.
When you find man, however. with
qualities such as we have sketched
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?
lit is his sense of the spiritual No
one can read his speeches without
realizing that to him religion is es-
sential to life. i am speaking in the
broadest and most comprehensive
terms. am not discussing theology,
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
all there is need of religion. From
that source alone came freedom.
Nothing else touches the soul of man.
Nothing else justites 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 personal power
greater than man.. in emergencies,
with Washington and Lincoln, he will
know that the issue lies in another
hand.
Links Material and Spiritual.
.IJis raIi~ious copyjction, ,>rt>r