The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-12-24
1HeW E0lky .

Nineteen hundred and forty-cne years ago this
and died the Of sacrifice and sefIess
ness.
lie laid dawn even Hs life for mankind
Nineteen centuries later none q has attained shs
sublime spiritual emtnsnce achieved hy The Chr1stn ~
tottsred under the Cross ur the Slopes II Calvary.
Unlike His conception Of service largely e eirvau-
ehed b. the limits Of our people, hy The boundaries q our
But granting those human limitations. wt'Hauns~
Our acceptance ef the fact that fight fsv iva
for and ehl,rs~s fusssss. fss essstys
existence must ~ as~s'uss
| | am impelled to put this thought in this man
ner at this time Of consecrated festival because I
am convinced that NJ VT are srsks 70 ~ 81
tent AZ our psril
All. ha You may sAy. this man l. m alarmst
And II you do you viii be right
This writer IL aArmist who desires M pann. ~
who seeks cause come alive shnwsvsr unwslsoe the
realization that Americans this Chrstmss q Gos WITH
fss Who ~os destroy yss <ssr go ssd ysss sss
Remember Pearl Harbor." they smuxly say--
then petulantly whine Of "hraas hats who wsrs
not alert"
But are we slert' Are You slsrt'
Tn. answer. ! fear must y ma
might be trimmed away from the burden q sorrow and ss
fering that tunlss al signs fail) lies ahead
watehword Of resos fighters determined 10 pvusst
their people and defend their homes.
has become. = sasioaa ANN for sAsus VIE are ~.
ting George do ~"
| In Heavens name. Americans what viii II take
to make you realize that seusvfs1 eefteHs serses
Of and machines 10 encompass en- dsslvsettsN?
Must eschwords to tickle your plaintiff tongues
be etched in the blood Of your fellows
Must u yet b Remember siskaw tCsd fssbd) -
nember Tacena"
Over and over. nd nauseam, We have heard and
mouthed the phrase "msteriel will win the war
Because furnished an escape from reality have ben
glad believe that fleets Of planes armies Of tanks otne
Of ships like robots psrchanesD would win for m without
i Don't be deceived. II viii take much ssore.
e. ..s ana . Il 's s: :: sss: =
The brain Of each Of our msehiss. must b contained
to win In that viii be greater effective
REAL than the resolve. determination and VIII 70 vim
IN you and
| II will take more to win this war. to preserve
this nation than the whole Of our people yet have
manifested Willingness to give.
think you readers know Il tooand think you fssL
too. the shame Of H.
You have heard have Too many Of sehsmias
You have heard overpad defense workers loudly dodgns
behind asserted ndispensabIensss.
You have heard too many boast Of their eSysmsss y
seeking ttoo often senr) soft jobs with the asms1
forces.
You have heard some trsdssmsn the bsrkoass h.
cause they hurt business
You have business reduced profIts
You heard directed II those who labor In our
Civilian Defense organizations. y
You have heard our fsiuous ntsssncs advocate that
million ho poloi do the fighting and dying whiIs
they themselves and their precious hdes I'D avs
the nation in the trying times that viii follow this
These. friends The pslssss = wheh sses sssss
peoples have died.
| Most of such people are not knowing shirkers.
not knowing betrayors Of their fell0wmen; not
towards.
They simply lack In my belief IN accurate eon<sptos q
the bitterness Of the struggle just ahssd - Ne svfs -
defeat which II sSt-as1 10y tn s1sMeGy-0 eeeeoe
which IL mt beyond the bsssAs n m psesikts.
Let us now. this Christmas. 90 back together
through 1876 years Of shsdowy American history.
! 1t il Christmas night. i776
little army Of rs9red In nrrhing bosts picks ~
way seroe. an es-ehoked river. II Ii painfully cold
They march. with strength horn but n desperate -
solve and through frgld cir filled with ssst. dows ~
uhitsned way that 10 the road 10 Trenton.
They leave the behind thsm strsaksd asd nseks1
with blood.
Rat a. dawn came they won great vi<tosy Amorfoa