The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-10-06

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OMAEIA Neb. Oct 6-An outstanding part of President
Cooldge American Legion convention speech today his
peal for religious and racial tolerance and freedom of thought
and ideas. On this subject, lie said
cone of the most natural of reactions during the Was
intolerance But the inevitable disregard Tor the opinions and
feelings of mnores the less disturbing product of
psychology The slow and difficult advances which tolerance
and liberalism made through long periods of development
disspated almost in night when the necessary wartime
habits OF thought hold the minds of the people The necessity
for purpose and united intellectual front becomes
to everything else But when the need for such
solidarity there should be quick and readiness
to revert the old and normal habits of thought There should
be intellectual rehabilitation well military demobiza
on Progress depends largely the of
variety Whatever tends to standardze the community to
tabh liked and rigid modes Of thought tends to foze
ciety If all believed the thing and thought the same
thoughts and applied the valuations all the
about should reach state Of equilibrium closely akin to
an intellectual and spiritual paralysis.
Ideas Make Progress
cit the ferment of ideas the disagreeng jud
ment the privilege of the individual develop his thoughts
and shape his character makes progress possible 1t
is not possible learn much from those who uniformly agree
with us But useful things learned from those who dis
agree with and when gain nothing differ
likely to do harm.
In this period Of rigdy suspicion and ntoler
country has been exempt
experiences Thanks to comparative isolation, have
known of the frictions and rvaries than
some other countries less fortunately situated But among
Of the varying racial religious groups
people there have been manifestations Of of
opinion of outlook xty of dgment against
which well be warned 1t not easy conceive of
anything that would be unfortunate in community
based the ideals of which Americans boast than any
siderable development of intolerance regards religion
great extent the country it's beginning to the deter
mnaton Of hardy maintain complete freedom
religion. Instead of a church
be TO Of
conscience to his religious beliefs and affiliations Under that
guaranty have erected system which certainly justified
by its fruits Under other could have dared invite the
peoples of all countries and creed here and unite with
us in creating the State OF which all citizens.
Harmonious Cooperation Needed
But having invited here having accepted great
and varied contributions the building of the Nation
maintain in all good faith those liberal institutions and
traditions which have been productive good The bring
ing together of all these different national racial religious
cultural elements has made country kind of composite of
the rest of the world and render greater service
than by demonstrating the possibility of coopera
ton among many various groups Every of them has
something characteristic and significant of great value
into the common fund Of material intellectual and spiritual
The brought great of experiment amaga-
mating these varied factors into real Nation with the ideals
and aspirations Of united people None excepted from
the obligation to when the hour of danger struck The
event proved that theory had been sound On solid foun
daon of national unity there had been erected supersrucure
which its varied parts had offered full opportunity de-
veop all the of talents and genius that had
making Welnigh all the races religions and natonae of
the world represented the armed forces of this Nation
as they in the body of population No mans patriot
ISM mpugned service questioned because of his racial
origin his political opinion his religious convictions
giants and of immigrants from the central European
countries fought side by side with those who descended from
THE which allies; the equatorial
Africa and with the red of aboriginal population
al of them equally proud of the Americans.
All in the Same Boat
We must not in times of peace, permit ourselves to lose
part from this structure of patriotic unity make plea
eniency who vicious
enemies of society and not prepared accept the
andards of citizenship By tolerance dc
Aference to evil respect for different kinds of good
hethe his Americanism back three
fower three years the steerage half impor
whether his Amecansm of today real and genuine
10 by what various here we are all
in he same hnat