Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-21
M'ARTHUR'S VIEW
OF FATHERS DAY.

II edged his selection as ''the outstanding Amer
lean father of 1912 with an inspiring message to
the National Fathers Day Committee.
He has had many honors.
He has been entrusted with authority and
power over millions of men.
He has been given supreme command Of vast
armies which have the task of preserving civlllza-
ton, and are fulfilling that task
All these things mean much to him, and prop
erly give him great sense OF responsibility ana
pride.
But it is the measure of this able and remark
able man, upon whom so much depends, that he
says earnestly and sincerely:
Nothing has touched me more deeply than
the act of the National Fathers Day Committee.
"By profession am soldier and take
pride in that fact.
But am prouder, infinitely prouder, to be
a father.
"a soldier destroys in order to build
"The father only builds, never destroys.
1.-THE one has the potentialities of DEATH the
other embodies creation and life.
"And while the hordes of death and mighty,
the battles of life are mightier STILL My hope is
that my son, when am gone, will remember me
not from the battle, but in the home repeating
with him our simple daily prayer, Our Father
who art in Heaven"
GENERAL MACARTHUR has made Fathers
VI Day in the United States truly significant
with his beautiful message.
. He has made the preservation of our spiritual
values more important and more sure.
No American has ever despaired of victory
in this bitter war.
But many have despaired in contemplation Of
the cost of war, and the whole grim ordeal. When
there is such bestiality and barbarism rampant
in the world, and such abandonment of humanity
and compassion, many have wondered if we our
selves can come through with our inherent de-
cencies and spiritual values intact, however sure
the victory.
But none who read General MacArthurs mes
sage will despair.
When the supreme command of our armies is
with man who wants his son to remember him,
not as soldier not as leader with power to
influence world destinies for generations to come,
but as companion in prayer, our national char
acter will not change.
With such commander valiant armies have
spiritual strength and example beyond compare.
They will win battles with him.
They will win the with him.
They will endure great hardships and undergo muclf
suffering, and make extreme sacrifices.
UT they will not lose their instincts for brotherhood
ID and compassion their love of liberty and justice
or their dependence tolerance and honor for per-
petuation of the way of life they defend.
General Macarthur is great soldier
But his Fathers Day message reminds that
little tot of lad with him at Corregdor and
panied him the masterful and almost miraculous
escape from that doomed fortress and with him today
in Australia where our ultimate American victory is
being fashioned
And that boy if he patterns his ideals and principles
in the wishes of his father, will always remember the
honored and glorious part his dad played in these vital
events but will remember him for his sympathetic
understanding and affectionae companonship in the
privacy and sanctty of home where God is worshipped
and revered
PRAY God for victory PRAY Cod for neace Rut
pray God too in thanksgiving for this expression and
symbol of our enduring faith