The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-07-05
DIMOND WARNS OF SUBvE vERSIVE FORCES AT WORK
Delegate Hits at "Isms in Forceful Independence
 Day Address Here

Before a cfOWQ LndC IllleQ the new grandstand at Firemen's Recrea- tion Park to capacity at it's Fourth of July dedicatio and overflowed onto the field, Anthony J. Dimond, Alaska Delegate to Congress, on his home coming to the Territory, yes- terday warned against the un- American theories of Fascism and Communism and declared the price of freedom and justice as expound- ed by the founding fathers in 1776 is eternal vigilance.
 Tt is not enough to establish po- htical freedom but we must have economic freedom and economic se- curity," he declared We cannot be blessed with peace unless we render justice to all''
 The Delegate struck out sat the forces working from within and without" and referred to them as Fascism, Nazisn and Communism. Describing these theories the re- suit of an "enslayed mentality he warned their aim was the totalitar- ian state which would wreck the principles of freedom and justice as known in America. Whether it is the black or the red flag, he de- clared, such theories lead only to tyranny and oppression" and if the people fail to maintain con- stant vigilance of the principles of freedom on which the nation was founded dictatorship and a totali- tartan state can result.
 Freedom can not be maintained by itself. the Delegate said. Liberty was conceived ifi battle; it nus been maintained for 162 years by battle, he pointed out, and can be lasting only by eternal combat against the forces which would tear it down.
 Preceding the Delegate, Eckley Guerin, young Juneau orator, de- livered the Declaration of Indepen- dence in impressive and able style
 Program Chairman John E. Pe- gues was master of ceremonies and introduced the speakers as well as other dignitaTies in the stand, in cluding Gov. John w. Troy and two former Governors, Thomas Riggs and George A. Parks.
 The complete text of the Dele gates address follows:
 After Q long absence, spent in your service, I am happy to be home. May I first express to the American Legion of Juneau my keen sense of obligation for the honor of having been invited to speak to you today That honor is a signal one, and I deeply appreciate it.
 This is a day of peace One hun- dred sixty-two years ago today, in the quiet streets of a city situated near the seaboard of then almost naked continent, was heard the sound of a bell, proclaiming new dispensation in the political affairs of mankind, declaring that all men are created equal, and that all alike are possessed of certain unalienable rights, among which are life, lib- erty and the pursuit of happiness.
 Equality of birth! And the nations of the world were then founded up- on the doctrine of an assumed in equality of birth. Unalienable rights! When in all the earth there was scarce a place where the rights of any man, no matter how sacred, or how unalienably inviolable, were not subject to cancellation at the whim or caprice of the autocrat who ruled the land. The more we con- slider the conditions of the times, the more we are lost in wonder and admiration for those great men who dared to be pioneers in political thought, who had the courage toI challenge the power of tyrant king.
 And we all know what followed: seven years of devastating war; seven years of battle, of privation, of suffering, of death; seven years. on each day of which the leaders. and a host of men unknown to fame. reiterated their belief in the doc- urine of certain unalienable rights of men, their devotion to the cause of freedom and of justice, in order that they, and that we, their child ren. and that our children's children may have life not subject to the will of any despot, and may enjoy that life in glory and the sunshine of true liberty.
 This is indeed day of peace; but it is the peace of man who has beaten his fiercest enemy; the peace of one who has overcome his worst temptation; and who is calm and confident in the victory that alone makes peace worth having. This is, indeed, day of peace, but the peace is not of defeat or of