Evening star., 1924-05-11
HOME is SOURCE OF COUNTRY'S
WELL BEING, COOLIDGE ASSERTS
Bespeaks Interest in ''Better HOmes'' Increment in
Radio Address-Hoover, Daris and
Work Add Tributes

President Coolidge lauded the
American home las the source of our
national well being" in an address
opening Better Homes Week."
broadcast last night from the White
House by Station WCAP.
The President, no newcomer to the
microphone, his voice having been
heard several times before through
the either, said:
The American home is the source
Of our national well being. In it our
high traditions of service and in
tegrity are fostered. From the true
home there energies respect for the
rights of others and the habit of CO.
operating for worthy ends. Through
sharing its common enterprises and
common sacrifices. the child develops
that sturdiness of character which
distinguishes the manhood and wom-
anhood of our land
I'm recent years, the remarkable
development of our material re-
sources, of human invention and of
human opportunity. have turned the
attention of many from the home to
other fields of engrossing interest. 1t
mas peen necessary to recall public
attention to the home lest it's infiu-
ence and it's finer values be impaired.
l have therefore been we'll pleased to
note the founding of the movement
Tor better homes in America under
the inspiring leadership of Mrs Will
liam Brown Meloney, and have been
nappy to serve as chairman of its
advisory council. The reorganization
and program of the movement | have
followed with deep interest, realiz-
ing the Significance to the nation of
widespread movement to strength
en- and improve the home.
Gladly Aids Movement.
THUS. at the opening of Better
homes week, j am glad to call at
tention to the demonstrations planned
win such loyalty and disinterested
zeai oy the better homes committees
or hundreds of American cities and
villages, and to commend as a ma
tlonal service the cooperation of the
Womens clubs, civic and commercial
assoclations and Of the pulpit and the
press In this significant undertaking..
Such initiative, enterprise and devo-
tion should profoundly influence the
nome life of America, and should
make hrm the high ideals which
Characterize our nation"
Better Homes week" is being OBJ
served throughout the country. Nav
IL 10 ~ Those sponsoring the move
ment declare that the term better
homes mean more than better homes
health. better children, better men
and women, better cities, and a bet
ter nation" it is declared
President Coolidge is chairman of
the advisory council of Better Homes
in America.
"The character of people is
largely affected by the homes in
which they dwell" writes Herbert
Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, and
president of Better Homes in
America. The profoundest in
f1uences of early childhood are those
of the family circle. The warmest
memories of later years center in
the home. 1t is the environment of
most of the deepest experiences of
human life. The highest civiliza-
tions have been built not by nomadic
peoples, but by nations in which the
mass of the population are home
owners and home-lovers"
"Better Homes, Better Men,
''Civilization is known by the
homes its people live in" states Sec
retary James j. Davis of the Depart
ment of Labor. Past achievements
in arts and sciences are reflected in
the permanence of architecture and
convenience of the habitations they
left behind and are told in stories
Of home and fireside, for civilization
is built by man as a means for more
happily spending the short years of
his life Mere houses are not homes,