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WASHINGTON, OCT. IT Re
ligious Freedom in Russia wal
the nucleus of h ated debate il
the House during recent considers
tion of the $s,9S5,000 ,000,00'
lease-lend bill, as the admins
tration sought prevention of ban
ming that nation as a participant
The House, defeating all amend
ments against Russia, passed th'
legislation by qc.e Of 1923 to 81
Although we believe the ques
ton of religious status of the Rus
sian Government is secondary
when Congress is setting up re
gulations underwhieh any nation
can obtain funds to promote vic
tory against Hitler, Representa-
tive Robert F. Rich (R) Of Penna
Hau tHlS 10 say.
IL want to see our form of
government cnotinued," he ex-
planned, "and ii will be unless
il we set up in the White
House a dictator instead of
friend. I don't want to see
anything that puts all the au-
thority in the hands of the
President to give aid to any
country that practices comm
unism........"
His amendment, as were sew
eral others, was rejected by the
House. The vote in the House
was, to this correspondent, very
revealing. It opened the way for
our thought that religious liberty
of a nation, like other matters
within 1t that appear to deserve
investigation, can b. promoted
from a postwar angle.
However, there has been tack
ed on to this legislation as a rid
err, sponsored by Representative
John J. Cochran CD of Missouri,
which provides a fund of S136,570
for 100 additional policemen for
the District of Columbia. Hearing
will be held this week and pos
sihly next to adjust undesirable
sections of the whole lease-lend
measure. With the percentage of
Negro policemen being compare
lively low in the Metropolitan
Police Force, interested groups
of civic organizations are press
ing for certain amendments as
will give promotions for severa
officers 10 more responsible posi-.
tions in the setup end that tn,
number of new policemen SHOULD
approximate around so Negro of
ficers.
Columbus Day 1492 1941)
Comomoration Of the 4I9th Ar.
niversary of the Discovery OF
America by Christopher Colum.
bus while seeking new route tc
India in 1892, retold the story OF
his scientific attainment made pos
sibla thru the iewelry of Queen
Elizabeth being converted into
funds. His problem then, as was
Bri.ain's problem in past months
conferred around obtaining ade-
quate shirs. His purchase OF
three ships, Penta, Nina and the
Santa Maria, sustained him in his
endeavor.
President Roosevelt, coupled
with other peoples of this Hemis.
phera, had much to remark abou,
the singleness of purpose of this
great scientist whose success
might he regarded as the fanta-
mentals of liberty and progress
Two paragraphs, referring to oul
Hemisphere Unity, outlined by
Mr.. Roosevelt were very potent.
BIASED on the premise tina
all of the children of men are
equal in their natural right to tbs
pursuit Of happiness" the Presi
dent declared, "the governments
of the Western Hemisphere repub.
lies, now in their second century
of existence, have advanced thru
periods Of stress to present day
solidarity and unity of purpose
never before known on the Amer
can continents on Sc wide a scale
and with such unanimity of con
sent. These American nations are
firmly resolved to preserve and
defend the principles and the in
stitutions of representative gov
eminent, liberty Of conscience, and
social responsibility.
columbus acted according to
the ideal of science. On the basis
of assembled data, he arrived at
hypothesis; and he bent every
effort to test bis theory by actual
experiment g."
Of these thoughts contained in
the Presidents statement, which
we have partially quoted, we
wholly subscribe to. There is an
notated in the American Consti-
tuition in a mere srccinct way the
premise that all of the children
Of men are equal in their natural
right to the pursuit of happin SIS"
but, taking the situation for prac-
teal purposes, it has no stoppage