Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-02

| the troubled Lincoln often made his
solitary way about the city in quest
of peace and calm. And on this street
the Assassin's bullet found its mark
| The whole Nation bowed in grief.
| Every sightseeing bus that passes
your door should remind you that
| Washington has an enormous Gin
tangible" that it has an asset which
gives to this city distinguished place
because Of the things which are touched
with an enduring sentiment.
Lives New History Each Day.
And if we had to rest our case here
it would be SUFFICIENT to make the point
that Washington has an individuality
personality, second to none other
American cities. But it does not ston
there: Important as are the historical
associations OF the past, Washington is
| living new national history dav nv
day. And to the war heroes and Web
scer1an craftsmanship of other days our
modern life has added a new phase in
the dramatic and varied economic ac-
tivities OF the present day. I am bold
to say that there Is more history written
In one year of the present time than
in any Is years of the last century.
1 have already mentioned one activ-
NY, "a AooI AhuLSody, anu you and !
| DOUBTLESS Is we wended our Way To
work brushed elbows on the street with
Thomas w. Lamont Of Morgan & Co.
Harry Chandler of Los Angeles and
Pierre s. du Pont and Charles Cheney
OF connecticut and Paul Shoup Of the
Southern Pacific, and George Horace
Lorimer Of the Saturday Evening Post,
and Myron G. Taylor of United States
Steel and Walter Teagle of Standard
Oil and score of others.
Here We are, living at the very door
OF vast laboratory in which are con-
| Quoted pretentious experiments in po-
littcal, social and Industrial admins
| tration. Here is the Farm Board, deal
ing with the wellbeing of 40,000,OO0 of
our citizens. Here the Commerce Com
mission, whose rulings affect our gigan-
tic rail system. Over there the Ship
ping Board, with our merchant marine:
here the Federal Trade Commission, the
Tariff Commission and a hundred other
bureaus and commissions list as long
as your arm-paSsing in review as they
make economic and social history. Here
We live in close proximity with the
tremendous apparatus of government,
as 1t reaches out over this broad land
and touches the lives of farmers and
railroad men, mechanics, housewives,
storekeepers, manufacturerS-folk in
every walk Of life, and in every field
OF endeavor-and even citizens abroad.
Business, too, has its craftsmanship
and its public service, and they are
exemplif1ed before your eyes day by day
in Washington.
Let us go forth resolved that WASH
ington shall be no longer called the
city of the Blind" knowledge is
power, and knowledge in this case be-
gins at home.
Would Create Sentiment.
Let us each create for ourselves and
for those with whom we come in con-
tact sentiment for Washington, not
only because it Is good business asset
for the community, but because it will
enlarge and enrich our daily lives.
Washington was founded on senti-
ment, and If you do not believe me-
call tonight upon Rev. James Muir,
who laid the first boundary stone of
| the District on April is, 1871, to repeat
the prophetic and inspiring words of
his on that occasion. He said:
May this stone long commemorate
the goodness of God in those uncom-
mon events which have given America
q name among nations. Under this
stone may jealousy and selfishness be
| forever buried. From this stone may a
superstructure arise whose glory, whose
magnifcence, whose stability, unequaled
hitherto, shall astonish the world and
invite even the savage of the wilderness
to take shelter under its roof"
You and I, and every one of us here,
are the trustees of that noble senti-
ment. Let US see to 1t that 1t Is en-
couraged, that 1t Is understood and that
nothing is done to cheaper its value
in the eyes Of any man.