The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-05


 well as of conscience. which we should feel as keenly and hear as clearly as though the voice of the eternal God Himself spoke it to us. That command says to each of us today, render to everyone his due whether his skin be black. brown yellow or white, and whatever be his class, creed or circumstance. Be just! And as we obey that divine voice we may confidently hope to be blessed with the peace that pas seth understanding, and if we long disobey it, then just as surely as did the tyrants and the unjust of ancient times, just so surely shall we too tumble down into the dust.
 The fundamental principles of justice appeal to us with par ticular force today. Partly by reason of a deep and burning sense of economic injustice accompanied by economic insecurity exis tin g among a substantial number of our citizens, and partly by reason of the naked lust for power of some of the leaders, clamorous and in sistent voices are heard around us and ong us, demanding the of our traditional of liberty; demanding, in effect, under one guise or another, the creation of an all-powerful, or state, wherein m n would no longer be recognized as possessing any unalienable rights. These attacks upon our form of government, and upon it's ideals of human liberty, take two particular modes, bitterly hostile to each other, and yet identical in opera ton and ultimate effect: one of hem is generally called facist, and 5he other communist.
 Both Facsim md Communism are enemies of human liberty; one open and avowed; the other secret and insidiouS and cunning, always boring from within. Facism pre- Sents an ugly and brazen challenge so the very concept of individual freedom. Communism has a differ ent and more deadly approach, seeking first to seduce and then to strangle liberty. It is difficult to say which is the more repulsive to hose who love liberty, to those who 'evere the principles of the De- ,laration of Tn d p n dence; but works by concealment )f it's aims, works by indirection, by ,ubterfuge and by outright false hood, and may, therefore, be more dangerous. Both arc. de pressing examples of the enslaved which would, if it could, create another slave state.
 But aside from the leaders who are generally barren minded en- or ruthless and greedy for power, the followers of those alien and slavish beliefs are mostly those who feel themselves and many of whom are oppressed, by the injus- ice of the world, and who have ,hus lost confidence in democratic principles and processes, and ill he ideal of liberty, and so follow olindly the leaders who promise all ,hings to their adherentS, promise he kingdoms of the world and the glory thereof" and ask in return )ne thing only: absolute and com )lete submission and obedience, in ,olying the surrender of all liberty. The conclusion seems unacceptable hat if Facism with it's variant of lazism, or Communism, shall ever prevail among us, it will be because we have failed to promote and justice, and thus men lave become desperate.
 How necessary, then, if we are o keep the political faith of our athers, that we should remove, so ar as is humanly possible, every ast vestige of injustice, economic ,r otherwise, and thus preserve our heritage, and prove once more that ,nly in liberty can man truly and engage in the pursuit ,f happiness.
 In addition to the hundreds who heard MT. Dimond at the park, countless others were afforded op- oortunity to hear the Independence Day address through the facilities of radio station KINY which had been extended to the recreation park by Manager c. B. Arnold.
 i Nor should this day pass without l prayerful thought for those who made the last great sacrifice that ,his nation might become and re- main free-the dear, the gallant lead. We do not honor them be- ,anse they are dead. No, they hold nigh place in our thoughts, and they ire deserving of our eternal grati- ,ude, because they fought for a great, noble belief and ideal, and because they had the courage to die Or it. After all, humanly speaking, courage is among the grandest of She things of life, for nothing that s worthwhile can long survive with nut it. The value of courage as a