Evening star., 1939-07-24
Governors Unite
In Plea for M. R. A.
Faith in Four Principles
Is Urgent Need,
They Declare

To the Editor Of The Star:
The Governors of SO States sent to the
Call to the Nations" mass meeting for
Moral Re-Armament, held In Hollywood
Bowl, Hollywood, Calf, Wednesday eve
ming, July 10. the following message,
which trust you will wish to print:
Emerson said that America may be
Gods last chance to make world.
1--WE have gone far toward making that
world. We have conquered continent.
We have built great cities. Our ships and
railways carry the produce Of farm and
factory to every corner of the Nation. We
enjoy great economic freedom.
And yet within our borders there are
empty factories, hungry people, strug-
Cling farms. We have found no cure for
the mounting overhead of strained rela-
tionships between class and class, busi-
ness and government, capital and labor.
For this all are responsible and all seek
solution.
Moral Re-Armament is our most urg-
ent need. We must return to common
faith in God, and in those elemental
principleS-honesty, unsel1shness, love
and purity-Without which democracy
cannot long prosper nor endure.
"A democracy lacks unity unless 1t
is built on private and public honesty,
unless responsible citizenship replaces
the selfish demand for rights.
1--WE, as Governors of States, recogniz-
Ing that the underlying cause of the pres
ent crisis is moral, and seeing in Moral
Re-Armament the way to meet it, pledge
ourselves to seek the solution of our
patriotism. We urge every citizen to do
the same, believing that only as we
unite in this spirit can we help lead the
world to sanity and peace"
Signers of this appeal included
Cows. R. T. Jones, Arizona; Carl E.
Bailey, Arkansas; Culbert L. Olson,
California; Ralph L. Carr, Colorado:
r. C. McMullen Delaware; Fred p.
Cone, Florida; E. D. Rivers, Georgia;
c. A. Bottolfsen, Idaho; Henry Horner,
Illinois; M. C. Townsend, Indiana;
Payne Rather, Kansas; Albert B. Chand-
Ter, Kentucky; Earl K. Long Louisi-
ana; Lewis o. Barrows, Maine; Lev
erett Saltonstall, Massachusetts; Her.
bert r. OConor, Maryland Lauren
D. Dickinson, Michigan; Harold Stas-
sen, Minnesota Hugh l.. White, Mis-
sissippi; r. L. Cochran, Nebraska; E.
P. Carville, Nevada; Francis P. Muir
ply, New Hampshire; A. Harry Moore,
New Jersey; Herbert H. Lehman, New
York; Clyde r. Hoey, North Carolina;
John Moses, North Dakota; John w.
Bricker, Ohio; William H. Vanderbilt,
Rhode Island; Burnet R. Maybank,
South Carolina; Harlan j. Bushfield,
South Dakota; Prentice Cooper, Ten
nessee; Henry H. Blood, Utah; George
D. Aiken, Vermont; Clarence D. Martin,
Washington; Julius P. He'll Wisconsin,
and Nels H. Smith, Wyoming.
Former President Hoover also sent a
greeting to the assembly, as follows:
THE world has for years been living in
an atmosphere of antagonism. Inter-
national conflict, economic conflict labor
conflict and philosophical conflict have
brought confusion, uncertainty and
often degeneration. There are areas of
real conflict in all these fields, but there
are also far larger areas of possible
cooperation. 1t is the duty of men
to find and work in these areas where
common action can take form. Thereby
they can minimize the areas of conflict
and make progress; and the common
ground of these areas of cooperation
can be found, if they be sought in the
moral inspirations of truth, justice,
mercy, tolerance, respect for dignity and
rights of individual men and women,
and a willingness to carry ones share
of the common obligations and the
common burdens. Regeneration in that
field would indeed reduce the area of
conflict. 1t would contribute much to
start again on the path of progress
through a confused world" E. N. L.
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