The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-01-19


liberate planned campaign for the
eradication of all ethics and moral
ity threaten our civilization. That
planned attempt to eradicate the
system of morals is the breeding
ground for totalitarianism.
Science and the Church have no
quarrel on evolution for it makes
little difference as to the changes
in man through the years. 1t is
mans intelligence, the soul that
counts, he said, in part.
He called attention to sadistic
art, the New Deal, the Federal Art
project. and the Writers Project
under the WPA. He stated that
''our young people go forth in a
maze of uncertainty and fall early
victims to monstrous impostures
such as sadistic art and the New
Deal" Continuing, he said, There
is the Writers Project under the
WPA. The latest complaint against
this group is their series of Chill
dren's Books. Therein the child is
informed of the fact that he is a
higher animarfirst cousin to John
nv Squirrel Minnie Mouse and
above all to Pete, the ape" These
things, he pointed out, are part
of the attempt made to destroy re
ligion to further the purpose OF
totalitarism.
He quoted as follows: IF the
totalitarian philosophy prevails
the Church will suffer first because
it is avowedly opposed to those
principles, but science, together
with all freedom of thought and ex,
preston, will be destroyed next by
the very force which 1t is bhndly
and earnestly sustaining because OF
its lack of deep philosophic in
sight"
The totalitarian theory says that
man is animal and the state Is
supreme, therefore everything is
subservient to the state. This is
in direct contrast to democracy.
In speaking of those who foster
such theory, he said:
'Dastardly towards, incapable oi
enough moral strength to achieve
the supernatural height of thought
to any degree-now wallowing In
immoral depths-striving to pull al
the rest of mankind into these same
depths of hell and degradation
These Friends of Mankind"-
these Friends of Democracy
these lying scoundrels, hiding be
hind the word Liberal Liberal II
what? Bestialityi
"St. Paul, the dynamic prototype
of the Christian missionary, con
ceived religion not as an opium fol
the people, but as a flame which
tempered the steel of character
Hunn)
The cleverness of the method!
used by these liberals" is evident
in us. We are all relaxing. Tht
first evidence of mental decay i:
impurity. This vice is rampant il
all circles. AS some wag aptly re
marked that, the only one in Hol
lywood who has not been in thu
divorce court there was that dog
Rin-tin-tin.' A public and open con
fession of this condition is also t.
be found in the legislative pro
gram anent medical examination be
fore marriage; in the establishment
of free clinics all over the country
in the extraordinary precaution
now SO necessary for the proven
ton of even indirect infection. TIL,
average doctor can voich for Thu
in his own mind-how, even in thu
innermost sanctums of the homes
and lives of so many, this terrible
scourge, aroused by mans Liberal
ism, is causing such tragic havoc
in body and soul
Another evidence of the menta
decay of our times is mental decay
Public and private mental insti
tutions are overcrowded with those
| in need of isolation, restriction anc
| treatment. Our methods of relaxa
ton, recreation and amusement re
fleet this mental decay. Only de
cay can explain jazz. The dance
of today has degenerated to a fea
of wild gyrations, or a close hug
with underlying low reactionarJ
emotions. Much Of our current
literature is plain filth. In oul
days to read The Liberty Boys Of
TO was considered terrible. Wha'
would they say of the present-daI
stuff? The greatest sarcasm OF the
! day is the fact that many Of those
engaged in supplying this filth have
the nerve to call themselves THE
intelligentsia." Quite an effrontery
on their part, with their product:
reeking with a neuropsyho-patholo
eic outlook on life-born in theil
minds. Perjury is common. Fol
$500 per person one can, in larger
communities, acquire a whole bat
terry of witnesses willing to swear
to anything. Murder and sex crime:
| are constantly being paraded be
fore our eyes in the daily press
which in quite a few cases, ha.
shown itself venal. Poverty du'
to shiftlessness and laziness Is OF
the increase. Purpose and motiv'
is being killed. Life holds no in
ducement, with the hereafter rid
iculed. And why should they
worry? They find support and re
lief in public agencies at the tax
payers expense. Instead OF mani
Testing gratitude, they characterize
themselves by unspeakably absure
and brash demands. To them 1t Is
not charity. A new class OF pro