Evening star., 1941-06-29
Capital SideIights
By viii P. Kennedy.

Keep EN- fiylng!'
That is the slogan, recently adopted,
which the War Department is seeking
the cooperation of members OF Con-
gress to popularize. The adjutant gen.
ersl, Maj. Gen. Emory S. Adams has
written to congressman explaining:
1T is the desire OF the department
to make Keep EN- flying! a popular
every day expression used by persons IN
all walks of life throughout the Nation.
1t is desired to focus the public mind on
unity of purpose and action in our ma
tional defense effort and applies TO the
wheels of progress in the whole national
defense program, as well as the air
planes. The objective, Of course, is to
get people everywhere TO use the phrase
Keep EN- f1ying!'-as an expression OF
felicity, high morale, or as a toast, TO
the point where Keep EN- fying!' Will
replace such everyday expressions as
so long III be seeing YOU Down the
hatch 'Good-by,' Good luck and SIM
liar expressions. In short, Keep EN-
fying! is to be our expression COM
parable to Thumbs up.
How the newspapers of the country
smau as well as large-are valiantly
performing their traditional function Of
guiding public thought and molding
public sentiment is shown daily in the
Congressional Record. An army of re-
porters is gathering news all the way
from the forum of the crossroads coun-
try store at Squash Center to the great
battle grounds Of Eucpe and the Far
East. Other newspapermen, analysts.
are interpreting events and trends; anf
editors. trained by wide experience. are
preaching to their subscribers what the
policy of the paper believes is for the
best interests of their community and
the country as whole. Members OF
Congress are closely watching what even
the smallest of weekly papers in their
home districts are printing. Many
members of Congress are experienced
newspapermen. reporters, columniSts.
editors and publishers. Three of those
Indiana Thorn, Ohio, and Harris, Vir-
ginia, and Senator Lodge few years ago
were active workers in the Capitol press
galleries. Studying the newspapers Of
the country, members of both House and
Senate selected daily items, articles and
editorials that they consider important
in helping to guide them in their legis-
lative duties-and they insert them in
the Congressional Record. Thus the sc-
tive workers in the newspaper profess
sion throughout the land have an i'm
portant part in organizing public senti-
ment and transmitting it to those who
make the laws
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The historic Muhlenberg family. to
which this Nation is so greatly in debt,
will be honored with a special stamp is
sue celebrating the 200th anniversary of
the arrival in l742 of this family in
America-if Representative George w.
Gillie of Indiana, with the support Of
many other members of Congress and of
the United Lutheran Church in Amer
lea, can effect that goal Mr.. Gillie en-
phasizes that the Muhlenbergs gave dis
tinguished service in the laying of the
foundations of our Republic, the father
and three sons all being notable. The
father, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, was
prominent three decades before the
Revolution in the Colony of Pennsyl-
vania and married the daughter of Con-
rad Weiser. the influential Indian agent
of William Penn. Henry Muhlenberg
was the circuit-riding. church founding
patriarch of the Lutheran Church in
this country. One of his sons, Gen.
Peter, was aide to Gen WASH
ington and received CORVALLIS sword at
Yorktown. Pennsylvania has placed his
statue in the Capitol While preaching
in Woodstock, Va, at the outbreak of
the Revolution, he climaxed his sermon
dramatically: There's a time to pray
and time to fight Now is the time to
fight" He threw back his Lutheran pulpit
gown, disclosing blue uniform of a
colonel in tht Continental Army. Drums