The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
Thoughtful
Address At
Woman S Club
MAjer Huffsrd, in Stirring
Discourse, Stresses Present
Dangers to Our Freedoms.

| Members OF the Senior Woman:
Club met in the community room
OF the court house for their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday after.
noon. There was a fine attendance
The meeting was called to order 81
the president. Mrs. Chas. w. Gil.
dea, and opened by reading the Club
collect.
Hp0fts ~ the various depokf;
/ lBeIk1ve13 114j|e ~ ~
! chaixnl4n. II vnl vueed ~ 800
II 10 for nowefD D the Veterans
Hospital at TT. HAlri5on.
Mrs. Joughin, the program chair.
man, opened the patriotic program
with the Pledge Of Allegiance &c
the Flag followed by the singing
OF three well known national hymns
with Mrs. Walter Neils as leader
and Miss Inex RAtekin at the piano
The new song books were used
The HYMNS were, America, The
Star Snangled Banner and 1.-THE
Battle Hymn OF the Republic"
Mrs, Joughin then introduced
Major Huff0rd, who is in command
Of the cCC camp at Libby and who
is expecting to be called into active
service in the army in the nee,
future. The club was intensely in
terested in Major Huffard's mes
sage, it containing 50 much OF vital
interest and concern to us all in
these critical times. The subject OF
the address was National Defense
Major Hufford- stated that he
spoke as an individual and not as
a representative OF an organization
He brought home to his audience
most forcefully the fact that the
United States is frantically direct
ing great efforts toward defense and
that billions are being spent with
little regard to the spending.
Through it all, he said, we must
constantly fight to overcome the
efforts OF the small minority who
have been and are yet able to frus-
trate our every effort. We consider
freedom our right, We have always
had it. The Constitution proclaims
1t, hence little worry has been given
as to how and why, the major con-
tinued. 1t has been accepted like
the air wa breathe and like the
water we drink. Other nations
Denmark, Holland and Norway
were a few short months ago point
ed out as model democracies. They
took liberty for granted. They were
not in the World War so they sim
ply closed their minds to the terror
that has crouched over Europe for
the past 10 to 20 years. Today they
each tread to the sullen music of a
nation in chains. They are learn
ing the hard way what Freedom
means, as is also France. Twelve
other nations, not counting Italy
and Russia, share the victor's yoke.
AS we strain toward national de-
Tense, we have constantly to lash
ourselves to the new tempo. In
vasion seems remote, bombing of
our cities seems impossible, yet
whether we will or not we too are
bound to the wheel of the outlaw
nations, for not in our time nor in
our children's time will we cease
to pay the present terrific price we
are now paying to keep Freedom
alive, said Major Hufford. If Ger
many wins the present war, our
foreign trade will come almost to
standstill. We cannot do business
with a nation which uses as its
motto, Justice and good will should
be limited to our own people"
This expression was taken from
Hitler's newspaper.
After Major Hufford's address
the reports of committees contin-
ued. Mrs. Walter Neils, for Litera-
ture, read an interesting paper by
Mrs. j. Warren Burgess showing
how music brings people closer and
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