Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1941-07-25
GOD BLESS AMERICA

,r ,uirc from an address delivered dio station
L. r. A. by Reverend George Gilbert Walker as part OF 'ne
Southern Hospitality program heard Monday at $3.50 M
The United States is the greatest democracy ana 'ie
greatest nation in the world To-Day. -
We have national problems or less acute and more
or less difficult But all progressive nations have problems
rha ,,, nations that have no major problems those
which have ceased to grow and of little Importance IN
the affairs of modern clvlhzaton 49,,
We must not forget that all the problems which con-
front the American people not racial There are prop
lens Of industry of agriculture of political reform oi
crime and delinquency of economic and 1hahclal ADJUST
ment quite apart from any consideration OF raca or ma
tional origins of groups of citizens Beng approMmate
notenth of the total population, the American Negro must
needs figure in industrial and other problems; but these
problems are not primarily racial The principles OF Ameri-
can Democracy are basic principles of freedom and oppor
tmitv and Justice When these principles are adhered TO
with determination and power the question OF race w"
cease to be Important .. , g.. ,e A.,
American peope today and despite the real disabilities and
han1cap under which groups of citizens labor here no
other country in the world in which any person OF ntel-
qence and persistence rise from the most humble CIR
cstances to positions and occupations of value and re-
suectabity and honor There is no acknowledged m TO
the possibilities of attainment for those who are thrifty
determined and who possess intelligence and personal H.
tegrity Ill. It'll, o, 10
come an elected member of the highest legislative body
representing of the richest and most important polt
raj constituencies in the land In other country in the
world can be found members Of an undeprveged group oc
cpying positions of trust and responsibility IN the federal
offices of the administration
In this country millions of dollars are spent annually
for the education of people from the primary grades
THROUGH the highest branches learning in all sections Of
the country. -.
In this country there tens of thousands Of splendid
homes tens of thousands of excellent farms tens of thou
sand of prosperous business concerns owned by people of
the darker race. . ,
We have civil engineers electrical engineers, chemical
engineers construction engineers architects machsts me-
cbancs Of all sorts artists musicians athletes scientists
surgeons of national reputation educators, and all types OF
scholars and other workersand 80 and 41OO cent OF
them have come from humble homes.
In this country we have great president who is out
spoken in the cause of economic and political Justice who
demands that all persons and peoples and groups be accord
ed equal opportunities in every phase OF the LIE and prog
ress of this democracy.
Where else can be found the teeming multitudes of
young colored people coming from high schools and col
Nleges-ceal-eyed and stout of heart efficient and loyal
OCNge young people constitute ever Increasing body
OOLotenal factors in the building of an ever finer