Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
hourly protect the otherwise unpro-

on record in the Bible that the people
of ancient days were unstable to the
extent that it was said Of them in one
instance that they turned their backs
before their enemies. We cannot af-
ford to have cowardice in this country.
A running away and showing OF fear is
not desirable. SteadfaSt convictions
will prevent our turning our backs to
run away from duty. Have you not
seen great bodies of men and women
swayed by fluent speakers to the extent
of voting for new policies utterly out
OF keeping with time-tested practices?
Let us hold to our convictions, even
at the risk of being termed 'old-faSh-
ioned.' Is it old-fashioned to sing The
Star Spangled Banner? That is, in
truth, our national anthem now made
so by an act of Congress this very year.
Is it old-fashioned to have convictions
concerning home life and the friendly
relationship around the dinner table,
parents with children, and it may be
grandparents. included? Have you con-
victionS concerning the preservation of
the home and the school and the
church, free from the attacks of alien
inspired doctrines, unbecoming to
America?
Sensitive to Beauty.
ut seems to me that this country to
be bettered must be inhabited by q
people who are sensitive to beauty. For
years our society has striven to have
beauty observed in the outdoor world.
At this time we need more beauty in
art, in music, in drama, in language,
written and oral; in the furnishing OF
our homes. Youth admireS beauty.
Beauty and truth go hand in hand.
Goodness and mercy are fitting COM
panionS.
"A better countryi Are we willing
to delve into facts until we are shocked
with establishment? Many are demand
ing today only the pleasant and the
entertaining and the winsome. They
are afraid to look at reality. ALI who
reach the stage of establishment at
present conditions are at once ready to
do something to bring about a better
country During this year wherever I
have gone have found that practically
all men and women who were alert and
at work for home and country were
ready to acknowledge that they we're
astonished at the trend of the times.
by the trend of the times they
meant such items as these:
1.-The gains atheists are making In
their attempts to de- hristianize Christ
mas and Easter, to furnish theological
students with atheist literature, and to
confuse the mind Of the people with
their cries, abolish belief in Godl"
Grasp Of Communism.
The grasp Communism is getting at
election booths, in open-air meetings,
in front Of factories, in book stores, in
school rooms, on the streets.
THE daring of Socialists in organiz-
ing clubs in 1873 or more colleges, in
allowing their national representatives
RI ho in
in which red flags were used. in cam
paigns against military training in the
schools and colleges.
" The concerted plan Of numerous
paciflSt organizations to wreck the ma
tional defense act, to abolish the battle
ship and to abolish all armed forces
speedily, notwithstanding the Soviet
Union is arranging to have 100000
men and women under military training
by the year 1888
Hosts Of organizations are united in
a crusade to get the youth of our homes
to call for change in this social Sys-
TEN, which, interpreted. means the
overturning of our constitutional form
OF government.
"All these facts are self-evident. IN
less we are aStoniShed that such things
can really exist here in our own coun-
try, not much can be expected of us in
decades to come. 1t is possible to pick
UP literature from reading tables bear
ing such titles as these:
" The Right to Advocate Violence
Call to Action! Help Beat the Fish
Committees Program
" Mr.. God Is Not In
:" Is Monogamy DeSirable?'
Smash the Boy Scouts-Join the
Young Pioneers
You Do Not Give Us Bread-we
Will Take It Ourselves
The Very First and Wickedest
Moonshiner Is Named Jesus Christ
(Referring to the marriage feast of
Cana of Galilee.)
Vote Communist
Hate the Capitalist Country of
America-It Is Your Worst Enemy
Every Committee Has It's Mission.
Continental Congress! You shape
the policies of our national society
The National Board of MANAGEMENT
exists to aid you in putting into opera
ton your desire for a better country
Every committee of our society has
its mission to fulfill, for there are no
useless committees in our plan of work |
Every committee is eliminated or
merged with the activity of another as
soon as its work is finished
The administrative committees have
conducted the affairs of our society SO
that this year is completed to your
credit everywhere and to your comfort
as you are in congress assembled
In the coming days each committee
will report its own clear story of out
standing successes so that your atten-
ton can never flag. Such reports are
really dramas of living characters, with
stirring action throughout. They are
always classics of ministry to the Ma
tons faith and life.
so well is our society established
through its decades of quiet victories
that men Of high rank in every COM
munity appear on our platform in silent
and vocal support of our practical
patriotism. No district is so remote
that it does not carry on the same bust
ness-like volunteer service. Then, too, |
every member is privileged to share
some part in the all-around uniform |
activities.
Strangers and friends come to head |
quarters. Some seek assistance; others |
pass through the building as tourists |
or as friends with special message of |
good cheer.
Encouraging to Have Radio.
ut is encouraging to have available |
for our use the radio, with all its magic |
power. Practically every section now |
offers time to the chapters where pre-
viouSly such offerings were not so read |
lily obtainable. More and more We
should adopt the plan of letting the
public know about the work we are |
doing. Such an understanding will en-
able us to have the cooperation OF
citizens in general community projects. |
There is much work waiting to be done. |
1t ought to be the specific aim of the |
National Society, Daughters of the |
American Revolution, to enlist legions |
of young people in patriotic endeavor.
They should be enticed into helping us
with all big mass meetings.