Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-25

y. -. OI8GO 10 NNOio 49,
Defeas by Axis Isms
THE basic difference between the American way of
conducting great war and the totalitarian way of
our enemies has been emphasized BY National Com
mander Warng of the American Legion IN his Freeport
speech which The H2arst newspapers nave reprinted
The way of orr enemies is that their people do
what they are told without question and without
consultation b then leaders or consent or approval by
The American Wy also requires performance of
duty by the people 20 the utmost OF their capacities
abdes ny rgb, of the people TO know what they are
dong and to believe IN IT, and express their approval
and assert their dsapIroval OF leadership
N ORDER to conduct this according to our Amer
/ lean way, said Commander Warlng, the people have
duties beyond those Of fighting and producing weapons
The success of our whole democratic form of self
government" he declared depends the extent 10
which cleaS from whom all the powers of govern
ment stem keep themselves informed
They mast know ever, thing that is going
They must know both sides of every controversial
question
The essential implement of such information and
instruction is of free press, and Commander
Warng warns that every effort 10 impair the freedom OF
the press should be resisted and defeated.
He bluntly denounced the pleading Of war necessity
as excuse for unnecessary restriction of the press or
for the denial OF any Of the essential rights OF the people.
UTOR my part" he said, 81 am opposed to these
attacks under the guise of necessity, and to
unnecessary extension oil government req nau
takes executives and workers from their important
jobs on the production line
ftp winning of this war; winning OF the peace. and
the perpetuaon of cherished of life demand not
only service above self from every citizen but also call TOR
eternal vigilance.
Those always have been and always will be the price
of liberty
Commander Waring had. said earlier in his address,
we do not want this to fOst upon the AmCH IAN
people the alien philosophy that principles of self
government OumOded and out of style. and that we
ought TO adopt new faShion-a fashion under which the
state is to everybody liking, and everything is to
from and he controlled by the state.
That's exactly why fighting this war. We
didn't want the Axis powers 10 impose that kind OF life on
Let's beat the armies of the Axis only to succumb
to their poisonous isms
MR.. WARNINGS talk to the citizens of Freeport in
lNl the vein and spirit Of traditional Americansm.
His philosophy is wholly American
And it is for the purpose of the widest possible
dissemination Of his American beliefs and philosophy
that the Hearst newspapers have printed his Freepor
speech
Public support of the is enthusiastic and
complete
Public performance of every vital duty required to
win the is unhesitating and magnificent.
Public vigilance for the safeguarding and preservation
of American rights, of American institutions and Of
American principles must surely be maintained.
The call for that vigilance has never been made with
greater more tmelness than by Commander
Warning and he is commended for his valuable and
patriotic uterance The duty upon all the American
people TO heed his counsel and themselves that
what is fought for in this will endure