Evening star., 1939-05-31
Peace Appeals
Mark Holiday
0ratory
Thousands Watch
As 1000 Stage
Parade

Washington looked back today on
Its most elaborate Memorial Day
observance in yearS-an observance
marked by parade, solemn services
in memory of the war dead, and ap-
peals by orators for maintenance of
peace and preservation of ideals of
government for which Americans
have fought and died.
AS a part of the Nation wide OBJ
servance. numerous services were
held throughout the day in Arlington
National Cemetery, last resting place
of many of the war dead. Earlier,
parade, resumed after a lapse of
three years, took place on Constitu-
ton avenue. with nearly 1000
marchers participating,
Soldiers, sailors, marines and
civilians took part in the parade,
which was witnessed by several
thousand spectators who lined the
avenue.
In several speeches, delivered here
and elsewhere, there was an indica-
ton of the fight in Congress on
neutrality legislation.
Senator Taft Speaks.
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio,
speaking at the annual Grand Army
of the Republic service in Arlington
Cemetery, opposed ENHANCEMENT in
foreign affairs.
He criticized involvement in foreign
affairs by methods short of war
a phrase used by President Roosevelt
in his annual message to Congress
in January to describe warnings to
aggresSor nations.
Some, it is true, favor methods
short of war" Senator Taft said
''but no nation can take methods
short of war unless it is prepared
to carry through the war to which
such measures inevitably lead
Senator Radcliffe. Democrat of
Maryland, upheld the Presidents S
peace efforts in speech at Sharps-
burg, Md, scene of one of the
bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
Senator Byrd, Democrat of Vlr-
ginia, first Southerner to deliver
the second address at the Gettys-
burg battlefield, said class differ
ences had replaced old sectional
hatreds.
The Nations unity, Senator
Byrd declared is threatened by
"racial and religious prejudice and
envy, hatred and jealousy between
those who have accumulated prop
erty and those who have not
Better Local Rule Urged.
ContendingAthat the Nation needed
mot more Federal Government, but
better local government" Senator
Byrd urged his hearers to resist
the trend of Federal Capitalization" !"
"a liberal and democratic govern
ment does not mean being liberal
with other peoples government" t."
he said. Among other things,
true liberalism in America means
preserving and protecting from at
tack from any source whatsoever
the immortal principle that our
Government was established in
three branches-the juricial, the
legislative, the eXecutive-free of
coercion or control, one from the
other.
only a government financially
solvent is a government founded
upon the liberalism of democracy.
The preservation of fiscal solvency
capable and strong enough to meet
any great national crisis is an obll-
CATION inherent upon those who
wish the generation to come to en-
10y the same freedom we have to-
day.
The maintenance of law and
order under all conditions; the
preservation of the principle Of the
sanctity of private property from
mob possession are the basis of every
form of liberal democracy; in fact,
of any form of constitutional gov
ernment."
Arlington Speech on Radio.
In the ceremony at Arlington
living veterans of the Civil, Spanish
and World Wars, and others sat on
stone benches as Senator Taft
talked, and at the end there was a
burst of applause. The speech was
heard also by radio audience.
John NJ Kline of Washington, 92-
year-old department commander of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
called the asSemblage to attention
at the beginning of the services.
In a voice that was strong and
clear save for one brief moment of
throat-clearing, he directed color
bearers to advance with their flags
and thanked God that he had been
spared another year to take part in
the ceremonies.
Rites Held in House.
Flowers covered the rostrum of
the House chamber for the annual
tribute to members of Congress who
died during the last year.
Parades and grave-decorating
ceremonies were held in hundreds
of cities and towns
OF the New Hampshire coast,
warships fired salute and a Coast
Guard plane dropped flowers on the
cold waters covering the sunken
submarine Squalus and its victims.
Only nine veterans of the Civil
War were able to turn out for cere-
monies in New York, where a half
million persons watched $4,000 SOL
diers and sailors parade on River
side Drive.
At Mount Rainier, Md, plates
bearing the names of five citizens
who distinguished themselves by
community service were unveiled on
the town memorial. Those honored
were F. M. Proctor, Irwin F. Has
kins, Charles j. Peckham and John
A. Weller, all former members of
the Town Council, and Julius Rein