The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-11-14
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NEWSPAPERS OPINIONS
INVESTIGATE BEFORE ENDORSING

The National Defense News, published for the
Daughters of the American Revolution, warns that
the Emergency Peace Campaign" should be in
vestgated before it is endorsed, for it holds little
thought for the safety and peace of America, but
much of alien thought looking toward new So
cial order'n The program for 1867 is held to
be "inimical to the national welfare and should be
vigorously opposed" a.tr
According to The National Defense News, the
program contains these items as having bearing
upon the questions of peace and.war:
al Repeal of the Oriental exclusion act and eX-
tension of the quota system to immigrants without
discrimination based on race country of origin.
"2. The elimination of the use of armed force,
public or private in industrial disputes and the en-
forcement of the peonage laws and adequate state
and national legislation designed to stop ynchings
are important steps which must be taken in order
to eliminate the use of violence and the war method
at home as an indispensable accompaniment Of the
elimination of war abroad
IS. Passage of the Nye-Kvale bill to withhold
federal military appropriations from civilian edu-
cational institutions that enforce compulsory mill
tary training.
a. The granting of discretionary powers to the
immigration authorities to suspend the immigration
may be maintained for aliens within the country
and political and religious refugees seeking en-
trance.
"5. The elimination of the war system demands
the preservation of the rights of freedom of Speech
of opinion, of assembly and of the press, and we
therefore oppose all infringement of political and
civil liberties such as teachers oath laws and dis
affection bills"
;S tba Of George
Hamilton Combs for "a proper preparedness, not
for wars sake, but for peaee's sake regretfully
dissent from the resolutions that are being passed
by so many pacifst bodies church and others.
believe it our bounden duty to make ready, not
for the immediate probability, but the grim posi-
bity of war To prepare to meet war, not as we
would prepare for party but as we would pre-
pare for .pestilence'
American groups should not endorse propaganda
until they have investigated and understand what
they are doing They should bear in mind that
propagandists for peace are expert organizers,
moving on set objective which is un-American.
If any group after investigation, should find itself
in favor of program, its endorsement OF it is its
own business, but this thing of endorsing pro-
grams which are not understood is, as the D. A. R..
SAYS, inimical to the national welfare.
There can be no question that great groups of
Americans are committed to detectives to which
they would be unalterably opposed if they really
understood the underlying motives. They are COM
mitted because they have accepted the propagan-
dist's version without proper investigation. 1t is
not for newspaper to tell Charleston groups, or
South Carolina groups, or American groups, what
they should sponsor and foster, but it is proper
for newspaper to tell these groups that they
should look before they leap.
If, for instance, one believe that The Citadel
the Virginia Military Institute, Clemson and other
more or less military colleges and schools, should
abandon the military feature, he should abide by
his conviction. Institutions which produce discip-
lined citizens who are available military officers
in time of national emergency are a protection to
the American people. One cannot approve a
scheme of passing the Nye-Kvale bill and be sup
porter of The Citadel or Clemson at the time.
careful reading Of the five points in the "Emer-
gency Peace Campaign" is recommended to groups
which are considering endorsement of the program.
Charleston News and Courier.