The Washington times., 1935-08-31
Equal Opportunity

Equal Opportunity
This delightful picture by Mr. Reid illustrates the fact that
life is with many different prizes This picture shows
baby born today has perhaps chance in 100000 of
winning this first prize in the American race Of life
with much worry sorrow failure and ingratude attached
Nearly always it shortens life And in our party system OF
politics. victory that the winner has defeated and
annoyed large section of the population
However, there ten million mothers probably looking
at their babies saying to themselves: He surely will be
President How he fail with that wonderful forehead and
those beautiful eyes?"
Wise Nature makes almost every baby look like genius
to its mother The mother full of hope and ambition gives
to her child the that makes the child better than he
would be otherwise That is the marvellous system Nature
which has changed gradually from cannibas and
men to present state of almost" Civilization
The artist Mr. Reid pictures Uncle Sam sort Of super
ving Spirit of America looking babies they arrive
selecting with kindly eye those that provide the right
material
Rulers are actually chosen like that in far away Thibe
There mysterious priest Grand Llama head Of the Thibean
Buddhist religion rules mems minds and is their govern
ment controlling earth and hereafter The whole world
ruled like that once when different heads Of different
religions ruled their fellow EARTH largely by the fear
Of what they could do to them after they died
In Thbet when the Grand Llama dies the Buddhist priest
next to him in Importance makes careful note of the hour
minute which he passed away Then the priests
look for baby born somewhere in his dominons at the same
identical hour They believe in rencarnaon, and think
that when the Grand Llama dies his soul enters the body
Of some baby about to be born
Once discovered the priests have infalbe
miraculous method Of identifying the baby that
child taken to the palace of the Grand Llama high up in
the hills Of Thbet He is trained for his task as Grand
Llama and Ruler of Thibe During his infancy and child
hood Buddhist priests control him. of course, they actually
reign and rule and profit.
Americans do not believe in rencarnaon Nobody goes
around hunting for baby born at the very hour when
President dies Nobody looks for baby containing the
soul that passed from Calvin Coolidge, for instance
Americans believe that each baby starts out fresh for itself
to make its We believe every boy baby born IN
the United Statesg babies also, presumably that
women citizens and voehas chance for the White
House. the Presidency and half dozen lines or as many
volumes in the histories of the United States
many politics produce many kinds of Presidents
Some have been nominated by politicians in control of hand
picked That has not happened Often fortunately
It comfort for mothers that this nation offers
to intelligent children that grow be intelligent and
women many other przesome apart from personal vanity
perhaps greater than the Presidency.
The President after ALL President only this country
great scientist like Edison compes the admiration Of lne
gent men throughout the world.
national life offers nnumerable rewards Brilliant high
office great fortune and glory great ndustalist
and employer of men; leader in new ideas.
When this country baby among nations younger
and not pretty the little baby in the picture above
Thomas Jefferson wrote these words:
I'VE hold these truths to be self evdenthat all men are
created equal that they endowed by their Creator with
certain naenable rights that these are lfe liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
Those words welded deep into American e guarantee
every baby born in America better chance in the
pursuit of happiness than has prince of the royal blood
In any other country in the world.
Thousands of men at the top in American lifen govern
ment industry in literature in science, the arts
their present envable position by Vorkng
their uUay up from the bottom"
America nation has worked its way up from the bot
this country isef AT THE TOP among nations
offers every American baby equal Chance to reach the top
among
Wise do interpret Jeffersons words too literally
wise know that all not created in reality equal
What Jefferson that all children have equal
OPPORTUNITY to make in America.
There countries in the world today where children Grip
pied at BIRTH mentally physically do not have
chance to succeed in the pursuit of happiness.
In Germany effort being made to eradicate the unfit
from the German race, by supervising marriages. and by
preventing marriages between two unfit" people.
Matthew Arnold wrote that the of culture the true
apostles of equality"
The truth that statement has been well demonstrated in
American history
The splendid free public school system in the United States