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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. l9ll
THE MEEK
President Roosevelt, pointing out
that American freedom was won
ON the field OF battle and since de-
Tended there. says There has new
er been moment in our history
when Americans were not ready 10
stand up as free men and hght
for their rights"
Defense Labor Chief Sidney Hill
man lines up American labor
against the relationships with the
explanation. We have modified
our man power-And our willpower
for the contest between the work
shops of democracy and the sweat
shops OF the Axis
Federal Security Administrator
Paul V. McNutt believes that the
Western Hemisphere has finally
learned the great lesson taught by
Abraham Lincoln: The World
cannot endure half slave and half
free"
President Manuel Avila Camacho
OF Mexico sets down his nation $
guiding principle: I'VE desire 10
keep out OF every armed struggle
but are jealous OF our own indie
pendence."
These are only four OF the hun
dreds OF similar remarks that could
be quoted in defense OF our pre-
paredness program. The theme is
War. We get the impression
that every international difference
must be settled by military su-
premacy.
Some mild hammered person asks
why things should be so when in
the Beatitudes we read that the
meek shall inherit the earth.
That is a tough question II we
think Of the meek as torbearins,
submissive, humble and all the 9TH
err things that meek" commonly
signifies. But II isn't so hard II
We accept some OF the Biblical
translations which say that meek
ness in earlier literature was
simply an excellent virtue.
II war-like temperament and
military skill were considered ex-
cellent virtues the answer is made
easy by substituting the word
warriors" for meek.
In later times the oppressed peo-
pie, referred TO as meek, humble,
lowly, poor, needy. were promised
deliverance from rich rulers who
had come to be called wicked. This
Interpretation also leads TO an
answer for the question. II prom
ises deliverance from oppression
and we have seen the trend that
way since Lincoln freed the slaves
in our southern states.
II Is merely a logical cycle OF
events. In time OF common Pow.
erty we work unitedly for improv.
ed conditions. We think then OF
health and peace OF mind as the
greatest wealth. But as improve
ment comes the standard OF wealth
changes 70 things more material.
Gold becomes the prize and luxury
which II provides. becomes the
motive for strife. The rich are in
the minority. The majority organ.
ICES to depose the rich. The obs
cure see themselves being deliver
ed from economic oppression. They
are inheriting the world.
The big question is how 10 kesp
it. How can all people live COM
fortably and peacefully. Surely
the meek should not only inherit
comfort and peace. they should
keep It. Many agree, but no one
has yet been able TO lead the way
10 such accomplishment. The cycle
continues right on past the point
Of good living as we are coming 10
know II in the United States II
continues right on TO destruction
OF productive industry, ruinous tax
alton. oppressive dictatorship and
finally the tyranny that brings
poverty and the fight for life-revo.
luton and the cycle repeats.
Because OF great natural re-
sources, a united front for freedom
and the pursuit OF happiness, the
people in the United States have
during the past two centuries
built slowly and quite pleas
sntly toward the general goal Of
comfortable living for all people
II we could unite on common
course for preservation OF that
comfort. once Il Is achieved we
would be setting a new world rec
ord. For thousands OF years peo-
pie have been striving for this same
goal. but always missing We too
may miss, but somewhere in the
future there may come the time
when the meek will realize their
inheritance and retain It. continu
ing meantime meek in the sense
that we know II and being happy