Evening star., 1939-07-05
bark|ey Lashes
Isolation
Advocates
Fireworks CIimux
Fourth Keynote
Near Monument

I\SU1 NlO0uIUS0C
A gay crowd of $4,000, on hand
for Independence Day ceremonies
and fireworks at the Monument
grounds, heard Senator Alben Bark
ley, Democratic majority leader,
lash out last night at administra-
ton opponents who contend
Americas founding fathers advised
us to maintain foreign policy of
strict isolation.
Washington did not believe that
this nation, even in its infancy.
should or could encase itself within
an impenetrable shell of isolation
and take no part in the affairs nof
mankind said the Senator, who
has been leader in President
Roosevelt's fight for modification of
the Neutrality Act.
AS proof, Senator Barkley quoted
from Washington's Farewell Ad-
dress:
Taking care always said WASH
ington, to keep ourselves by suit
able establishments on a respectable
defensive posture, We may safely
trust to temporary alliances for
extraordinary emergencies
The Senator said he rejoiced that
the United States has never en-
tered permanent alliance, but
this does not mean that America
is a sand-lot or that the United
States constitutes huge ostrich
whose anatomy can be concealed
by burying its head"
Defends Cooperation.
The Kentucky Senator denounced
the isolationists. In spite of
Washington's Farewell Address, and
in spite of our history to the
contrary for $50 years. whenever
the President of the United. States,
or the Secretary of State under any
administration, seeks to cooperate
with other nations to preserve peace
and make wars less probable, or to
insist upon the observation of the
decent rules of international law,
we are told that we are flouting the
advice of the Father of his Country
by conniving at some mysterious
species of permanent alliance which
will involve us in all the quarrels of
other nations and destroy the fab
ric of our own independence"
Paying his respects to the author
of the Declaration of Independence,
Senator Barkley said that too much
attention has been given to Jeffer-
sons saying, That government is
best which governs least" He urged
more attention to Jefferson's state
ments that all constitutions should
be revised about every 20 years and
that no dead generation has right
to bind living generation in the
form of its laws or it's constitutions.
Five Senses Appeased.
In holiday spirit, the audience
was given chance to satisfy all
five senses during the evenings en-
tertainment.
Sight was gratified in an i'm
pressive massing of the colors by
soldiers and patriotic organizations.
and by the most spectacular display
OF fireworks the Capital has ever
seen. Hearing was presented with
a concert of marches by the Marine
Band, and with a recitation of the
Declaration of Independence by
Senator George L. Radcliffe, Demo-
crat, of Maryland. Smell was
whetted by the acrid drift of smoke
from exploding sky rockets, and the
audience made ample use of the
sense of touch in enthusiastic ap-
plause.
The first bomb, weighing 7
pounds, was set off on the last note
of the Star Spangled Banner"
From II mortars, surrounded by
barricade of sandbags, a crew of
experts shot over 600 aerial pieces.
Some of these contained as many
as IS series of explosions, they said.
The 35 set pieces included such
veteran exhibits as the egg-laying
duck and the bicycle race, but
Washington saw last night the world
premiere of a great red, white and
blue sign, requesting that God
Bless America" A trylon and per-
1sphere boosted New York's Worlds
Fair.
Rain Adds Work.
Afternoon rains forced Workmen
to dismantle display pieces and
shelter them under tents, and held
down the crowd, which ordinarily is
around the 100000 mark Time
was short for reassembling them,
and the support of a 30-foot George
Washington was thrust firmly into
the ground only at the last min
ute. This figure faced a sparkling
portrait labeled Franklin D..
Roosevelt" in the grand finale,
while number of battelships were
busy bomEarding one another, and
the Statue of Liberty gave general
blessing to the scene.
Many thought the redcoats were
coming when they saw the Fort
Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps clad
in striking crimson jackets laced
with gold braid and white plumed
caps. The corps played while Boy
Scouts marched before the speakers
stand brandishing red and green
torches.
The master of ceremonies was
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, who led
the audience in pledging allegiance
to the flag. Senator Radcliffe, DEM
ocrat, Maryland, read from the
Declaration of Independence, and
the Rev. Arthur j. OLeary, S. j..
president of GEORGETOWN University.