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Means Of preventing war, there must
IS preparation against war. As q
Mafi0n we must realize that reliance
mon right and logic i'm lieu Of prop
defense Is an invitation for us
= be preyed upon. Nothing could
81 farther from the aims of our sd
N<etr than to commit our nation to
niilitaristic program, but il Is the
8nfv of every citizen to safeguard
M United States against aggression
helping to support and maintain
s0nnble protection. TO this policy
Daughters of the American RevOlu-
z0n are SOlemnly committed. We
furthermore believe that It Is our
<1nty and that OF every other Ameri-
enrl citizen to be fully informed as
20 the measure Of national prOtec-
ton which is neceSSary-and to be
unceasing in our efforts to see that
e is provided by the Congress of the
Society On Record.
''As a society we have also gone
on record as expressing our entire
sympathy with the objects of the
Citizens Military Training Camps,
and we are directing toward them
the earnest attention of all parents.
inception they have performed an
invaluable service to the nation in
bringing together young men of
all types, both native and foreign
born, whom it is training for good,
clean citizenship through the de.
velopment of closer national and
social unity.
'TI1e spread Of pacificism and
the undermining of our ideals Of
national service by foreign agencies
and by our native born emotional
theorists who have been swept loose
from stable mOOrings by slxiIlful
propagandistS has reached dan.
gerOns stage.
''Organized efforts have even
been made on the part of a certain
powerful propaganda society to
have teachers of history confuse
the minds of immature pupils with
regard to their patriotic ideals con-
corning the men in our nations
history who gave their lives for
their country. In recent number
OF the bulletin Of such an organiza-
ton, great emphasis and commenda-
ton are given to a paragraph
which cited that mo articles or
songs extolling wars, battles or the
printed in the school books or
papers of the schools of certain
vicinity.
thinking citizens of America,
whatever may be the horrors Of
war, and however opinionated we
may be in regard to war or the
means for its prevention, let US be
resolved that every American boy
and girl shall be permitted to cher.
ish the memory of those who paid
the supreme sacrifice for an I'M
conquerable ideal. Rather than,
should we do more than less in
our schools by way Of implanting
the seeds OF patriotic emulation in
the hearts Of the youths and maid
ems who are coming after US to
take up the torch when We re-
Hnquish it.
Scandals Exposed.
within the last year instances
of unfortunate political scandal
have arisen and properly have been
given the fullest and most direct
publicity by a press that is grow
ing more and more independent Of
strict party control. These viola
4ions of public trust and political
morals have been brought to the
surface without regard to their ef
feet on public men or party. What
was once hidden is now brought
into the open. In actual fact, pub
lie life as a whole has never been
cleaner in America than it is to-
day.
BY the governments policy Of
retrenchment, stopping Of waste
and making possible the reduction
Of taxes, the Daughters of the
American Revolution are standing
firmly. But any plan OF economy
on the part OF the Federal govern
snent will not succeed to the fullest
degree unless 1t is also applied to
the cities, counties and states. All
of the saving cannot be done here
at the National Capital. The local
governments must also apply the
lesson and we must use our efforts
in our own homes to that end.
THE unparalleled growth of our
society during the past few years
js wildly brought to our attention
IN the fact that we are no longer
able to find comfortable accommo-
dations in our own Memorial Hall
for this meeting"
Education for IIIiterates
The education Of Americas adult
1lIiterates, numbering millions of
persons, was stressed today by Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cook in her adj
dress to the Daughters Of the
American Revolution.
She pointed out that there ere
more than 1000 900 registered
voters in the United States who
can neither read nor write, accord.
ing to figures reported by the Ma.
fional Education Association. She
Gus country of the South there are
5000, 900 persons of pure American
stock who, due to the lack OF con
tact with the outside world, are
left to large degree to live in
illiteracy.
Mrs. Cook declared that the
Daughters Of the American Revolu.
ton have established and are sup
porting schools which are enabling
the children OF the Southern noun.
taineers to be properly educated.
"This is a constructive work of
which our children's children shall
be proud" she said, for nowhere
in the United States Is there a
greater opportunity for, us to re-
enforce the existent patriotism and
aid in preserving the free institu'
tions which we fought to maintain
Admission OF aliens to the
United States has been entirely too
free, according to Mrs. Cook. She
said that it was unfortunate that
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