Evening star., 1940-08-18

foreign ancestry Many of the greatest citizens and pa
ios of age need trace their ancestry back only few
generations to find their foreathers leaving foreign lands
quest Of the freedom and liberty that America guarantees
its people. Our nation them debt of gratitude They
have helped make America what it today.
At the time there foreign foes within midst
who seek to ncucate alien aims and PHILOSOPHERS who
refuse to the patriotic duties of American citizens
who still homage to their homeland and who seek
undermine ideals and institutions by spreading their
alien aims and philosophers They threaten America These
the must fear and guard against Their cunning
far outdistances the vgilante method of attack.
When world conditions brought on the present emer-
gency urged law enforcement to avoid hystera and
warned against unbrided ramping the rights inno
cent persons 1t essential preserve civil Liberties as
it is to track down those who engage in espionage and
sabotage.
YET more than thousand honorary deputy sheriffs
recently Eastern city for the announced
purpose of hunting spies This is time for rowing Sher
lock Homeses with legal authority The organization of
groups for the alleged purpose of coping with the present
situation for consideration the evyng of
on private industry - unnecessary and repugnant We
cannot tolerate moneychangers nfesng the temples
patriotism.
Industry will be better served and America will be more
adequately protected through the efforts of modern law
enforcement The taxpayer entitled protection and he
get through the right kind of law enforcement which
Will protect his property and his life AmerCaniSm stands
for just that it does give license those whose
would infringe upon the rghtfu welfare of the majority
of our people.
In protecting civil liberties identification becomes of
increased importance Every citizen should be able to
identify himself at all times Fngerpnting the
to this problem Placed in the personal identification files
of the FBI, which maintained separate and apart
from the criminal files, your ngerpnts are safety in
surance that protects the Liberties of the innocent
No objects to filling out birth certificate
riage license application for drivers permit and
there can be valid objection to fngerprints.
The Federal Civil Service regularly the finger
prints of applicants. The Army Navy Marine Corps and
Coast Guard have long ngerprinted those who seek
lstment not only to safeguard the integrity of their
services but added protection the themselves
Identification tags and cards easily be lost Finger
prints survive life itself Certainly in times like these
public expedency urges the ngerprnting of those who
have confidential plans and materials bearing
upon national defense
To fulfill its responsibility, law enforcement crisis
necesstates complete public support and cooperation If
existing facilities inadequate they should be strength
ened But they should not be mpeded by gante methods
which by their adoption would confess that lawful
guarantees of public protection hopeessly inadequate
There is certainly fear that constituted
authority will not be provided with the essentials for
guaranteeing public protection.