Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-07-19
FEARS NEW ORDER
GRAVE OF LIBERTY
Legion Head Warns Lions
Against Advocates OF
Recommendation.
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GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. July 10
Edward A. Hayes national COM
r1andsr Of the American Legion. In an
address before the International As
ISOLATION Of Lions Clubs today
charged that advocates Of the regi-
nentation Of agriculture, and the so
called new social order are digging a
grave for the Constitution Of the
United States.
To-day the strange tenets being
advocated threaten the very structure
upon which our democratic citizen
ship ia built" Hayes added, but he
emphasized that there is not now
and there never viii be so far as this
national commander is concerned
any partisan politics in anything he
says or does. because in the Legion We
are only interested In telling what We
know TO be the truth"
Roderick Beddow, international
president Of Lions. commenting on
the speech, told newspaper reporters
that what Mr. Hayes has said today
must be regarded purely as his own
expression as the fegions national
commander and not as member OF
Lions
Warns of Communism.
Hayes warned he could see strong"
indications Of steady advance Of
Communism in the United States and
called upon Lions clubs to unite with
the Legion in combating it.
We find,' he said, "in too many
Instances organizations OF young men
In our schools and colleges taking an
oath not TO bear arms in national
emergency. Does not the youth who
takes the oath not to bear arms in
national emergency say, I will not
obey the law and is not that an
archy? Laws are a rule Of the ma
Jority. A declaration Of war and an
order TO draft our youth for military
Service is a new of the majority"
This subsersive movement" Hayes
added, is creeping into our churches.
] do not like to criticize, even by
Implication, any UNCONVENTIONAL re-
1igious sect, but when the official
publication of the Epworth League
displays an article in black type,
written by the secretary of the Meth
sodist Federation for Social Service.
advocating that the young Christian
men Join the Army in the event Of
war and destroy munitions. the Amer
fcan people should know about it.
4 want to say. too, that such persons
as the one who wrote that article.
although having an official title, do
a 1f
people within that church"
Encroachment AssaiIed.
Deloss Walker OF New York, speak
ing before the 5000 delegates and
visitors, declared yesterday that pri-
vate business should guard against
any encroachments by government.
When government takes over bust
hess, said Walker, private initiative
is killed for no one can compete with
his own national government. No
government that takes up the supply
ing of human needs is performing the
duties for which it was created.
When II does this IL becomes q part
OF business. whereas the function Of
government should be to protect us
while we carry on our own business.
Prosperity can be had now. but
81 will be caused. 1t won't Just hap
pen. 1t will be caused by people
Eacting and thinking as real human
beings, knowing and understanding
'the facts and unafraid. 1t will be
the direct result Of our doing more
business, and doing it along good old
fashioned lines. 1t will be a business
recovery directed by local leaders"
The delegates will gather tomorrow
Tor the elections of new officers. and
this evening the Lions will stage their
annual convention parade.