The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-10-13
COOLIDGE ST|RS LEGION
WITH TOLERANCE PLEA
pFsULTS OF WAR TO BE LOST
UNLESS RACIAL ANTAGON-
IsMS CEASE, HE SAYS.
civil AUTHORITY is SUPREME
President Given Remarkable Ovation
By World War Veterans. He and
Wife Travel West as Ordinary Pas
sengers on a Regular Train.


OMAHA, Neb.-Demobiliza of
-,cjal antagonisms, fears, hatreds and
srsojcions are necessary if the world
=. 10 avoid another war, President
Coolidge declared here in speech be-
iore the American Legion convention.
The president made plea, which
mas indirectly intended for the whole
world. for tolerance.
Intellectual rehabilitation is as
necessary as military rehabilitation,
the president said, and he pleaded with
q tbe legionnaires Ito take the lead in
uiping out national bigotry."
There were $1,000 wildly enthusiast
fc delegates in the city auditorium
and they gave the president remark
able welcome, it being nearly quar-
Ter OF an hour before their demonstra
ZION subsidized sufficiently for the pres
ident 10 speak.
The president scored the American
trend toward religious intolerance, and
condemned the efforts of the military
to usurp the powers OF the civilian
n dictate in the matter of national
Purpose of World War.
He opened his address with the
declaration that the real purpose for
which the world war was fought and
tbe results OF that conflict would be
entirely lost and the great nations OF
the world will enter another death
grapple unless the bitter racial antag-
onsns and prejudice and hatred are
demolished and a worldwide attitude
Of brotherly love and liberation is
manifested.
1T is a high privilege to sit as
member Of this convention Those
who exercise it have been raised to
the rank Of a true nobility. 1t is
mark of merit which did not come by
4 birth but by right of conquest. No
one may ever question your title as
gatriots, but if our country IS to have
and to maintain any position OF lead
ership trust it may be IN that d1rec-
lion and | believe that the place where
should begin is at home, he de-
clared
You saved civilization from gl-
gantic reverse. Nobody says now that
Americans can not fight Our people
were influenced by many motives to
undertake to carry on this gigantic
struggle, but we went in and came out
singularly free from those question
able causes and results which have OF
ten characterized other wars.
We were not seeking to CRAFTY
the ambitions of any reigning dynas-
ty. We were not inspired by trade
y and commercial rivalries. We harbor-
ed no imperialistic designs, We covet-
ed no territory. But the time came
when we were compelled to defend
4 our own property and protect the
rights and lives Of our own people.
Mobilize Mankind's Conscience.
His speech was frequently punct-
4 uated by deafening applause and he
was forced often to wait until the tu-
mutt and the shouting had died down
before continuing his address.
In closing his address the president
said
1t would be impossible to come in.
4 to this presence, which is symbol OF
4 more than 800 years of our advancing
civilization, which represents to such
a degree the hope of our consecrated
living and the prayers OF our halloWed
dead without hrmer conviction OF
the deep and abiding purpose OF our
"a country to live in accordance with TINS
n vision. There have been and will be
apses and Encouragement, surface
storms and disturbances. The shadows
will murmur. but the deep is still. we
shall be made aware OF the boisterous
Il and turbulent forces OF evil about US
seeking the things which are temper
al, But we shall also be made aware
Z OF the still small voice arising from
E the Preside of every devoted home III
q the land seeking the things which are
g eternal. To such country, to such
cause the American Legion has dedl,,
Gated itself Upon this rock you stano
Il Ter the service of humanity. Against
II no power can prevail.
Uses Ordinary Sleeping Car.
On their trip to Omaha President
d and Mrs Coolidge used an ordinary
drawing room of regular tram MS
policy developed when he went as an
ordinary passenger to chicago Ids'
\ Dec4nber
Railroad officials always are anxious
that everything shall go right when
Lley are carrying the presldent Vi N
4 United States They work like mao
to get the business, transact II at
4 loss, and heave huge signs OF rehel
B when he IS safely off their lines.
The president has abandoned the
private car idea for all time. Even
when he orders a special train, as ne
did to rush up to Plymouth last sum
mer when he feared his father was
dying he specified no private car.
Given Tremendous Ovation.
Thousands of citizens massed in ana
about the union station since daybreak
broke into a tremendous ovation as
the presidential train, coming !,5Oo
miles that Mr.. Coolidge might address
the war veterans assembled here IN
convention, pulled in. Twenty-one
guns, drawn up outside the station
by the Ninth Field Artillery, crashed
out the presidential salute.