Evening star., 1937-03-18
The President, the People and the Court
More Letters From Star Readers the Proposals to Add
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another dose? I doubt that even he
would be willing to wait for a consti-
tutional amendment to grind out per-
mission for the medicine to be given
had his existence ever been placed in
such jeopardy as is that of many other
Americans today.
I do not believe that all of our
statesmen of wisdom we're buried in
the eighteenth and nineteenth CEN
turies and that there are no men of
vision among us today. 1t may be an
important thing to keep the echo Of
past wisdom ringing. 1t is also i'm
portant to recognize wisdom speaking
now
1 am, sincerely, believer in doing,
not dreaming"
PAULINE HIETT JACKSON.
Courts Protect Religious Freedom.
To the Editor of The Star:
You are to be commended for the
liberal amount of space devoted to a
discussion of the Supreme Court issue,
which has at stake the ultimate ques-
ton Of civil and religious liberty for
individual citizens of the United
States
I was deeply impressed by the let
ters written by George Jefferson, jr.,
and Charles F. McAllister, which ap-
peared in The Sunday Star. I have
also been just as deeply impressed
by the votes taken by different bar
associations, in which the vast ma
jorlty of attorneys comprising the
membership of these associations were
Overwhelmingly in favor of retaining
the Supreme Court as it is now con-
stituted. If the sentiment expressed
in most of the letters appearing in
your valuable paper is any criterion,
the majority of the people must be
against the proposed changes
The United States Constitution has
been the guiding star for the people
of this country all down through its
history. What has happened in
Europe in recent years in the repudia-
ton of principles that gave the people
the privilege of worshiping God with
much more freedom than they now
enjoy certainly ought to be warning
against any plan that would take the
virtue out of the document that has
kept America free in religious con-
Vlctlon for more than a century and
a half
With Supreme Court Subservient
to the lawmakers, minority religious
organizations would eventually find
themselves driven to obey any unjust,
cruel law that may be made at the
request Of the majority of religionists,
or suffer the sting of persecution. In
different countries of Europe, as so
prominently reported in our American
newspapers, minority religionists are
now suffering persecution.
Some one will say such things could
never happen here in the United
States. There are records in courts
in different States that show the sad
fact that otherwise law-abiding citi-
zens have been forced into chain
gangs and made to work with different
kinds of desperadoes because they
sought to exercise their constitutional
right to work on Sunday after they
bath.
Yes, there is spirit of intolerance
exhibiting itself right here in America,
and if the people cannot appeal to
a court that is above the lawmakers,
woe to any and all who do not con-
form to the laws these lawmakers
adopt, no matter how unjust they
may be. just at present-today-
there are two Sunday blue laws pend
ing in Congress to apply to the Dis
trict of Columbia, which should be
looked upon as step toward making
non -conformists yield to their regu-
lations or suffer consequences. Amer
leans need to fight constantly for their
liberties. WALTE.9 L. BURGAN,
He Trusts the Best Man"
To the Editor of The Star;
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