The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-10-04
Chief Justice Devaney
Delivers Speech
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body, are under the Jur1Suction VI
no political power.
Mr.. Devaney then swung into his
talk and with rugged and terse
language cited the advantages OF
freedom Americans enjoy over
citizens of foreign lands He stat
ed that at the present time our
problem is not one Of production
but of distribution, so that the
hungry may be fed and the needs
of man can be distributed to best
advantage. OF all the lands in the
world the United States alone has
solved production, and he contin-
ued. that we are well on the way
to solving the problem OF distri-
button. Foreign nations have
struggled with the problem OF pro-
duction, and have been unable TO
achieve success, yet we can pro
duce more than we consume. He
further stated, that we, a nation
81 percent literate, can solve the
problems confronting US, and that
without dictatorship or communism.
When these problems have been
solved we viii have attained the
finest civilization ever known.
He further stated that if democ-
racy is to survive It must be DEM
onstrated in this country, for nine
teen nations of Europe are under
relationships and one has COM
munist government. Our Constitu-
ton provides for democracy, and
is our greatest guarantee OF free
dom. The Constitution, as signed
in 1877, was not new, for every idea
in it was at least one hundred years
old at that time. It had been grow
ing for almost 1000 years. He men
toned and enumerated the ten
amendments, and stated that trial
by jury was the greatest freedom
grant to man, and that If the citi-
zens of this country would study
the Constitution and learn Of its
guarantees, no political party would
be able to rob us of our liberties;
and having learned that, the Con-
stitution will never be surrendered
by the people. The Constitution
was written for the protection of
all men and not only a few. Ii
times demand, we have been given
the right to change the Constitu-
ton, however in a decent, orderly
manner. He dwelt on the Bill OF
Rights, Religious Freedom, Free
dom of Speech, Freedom OF the
Press, ETC., and stated that we are
going forward to better things, hav-
ing the means and tools to do 1t
with. The Constitution is a shield
of protection for both poor and
rich alike, and with that in view
there is no danger of communism
in our land. In closing he stated
that our greatest gift and heritage
is our American citizenship, and
that realizing the freedom granted
to us under it, it is worth fighting
for.
Gordon Morse then presented
resolution for adoption asking that
an office for the issuance OF. feed
loans and relief be established IN
Western Stearns County. w. M.
Parker stated that relief office
3 in this part of the county was nee
cessity, and would eliminate unnec-
cessary travel for farmers of West
ern Stearns. He stated that feed
grains would be badly needed IN
this territory during the winter and
that the business connected with
feed and relief distribution for this
community cannot be handled as
efficiently from st. Cloud, as from
an office located in this part OF the
county. The resolution was adopt
ed.
A representative of the North
west Bell Telephone Co. then pre-
scented three reels of moving pic
lures which were greatly enjoyed.
The first reel was travelogue, and
took the audience around the world
with the telephone. The second
reel showed how radio broadcasts
are sent over a network OF tele-
phone lines to all parts of the Unit
ed States, and the last reel was an
animated cartoon on the develop
ment of the radio microphone, loud
speaker, amplifiers, etc., as OFF
spring of the telephone. The pic
lures were interesting and educa-
tional. The showing Of these films
brought to a close a most pleasant
evening.