The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-05-30
;euere Fighting Keeps Up On Souiet Front
IT. COL. RIEGLE
 DELIVERS FINE
 ADDRESS TODAY
World War Veteran Sets Forth Principles lnvolv-
 ed in Present War

It. Col Roy w. Riegle delivered stirring address setting forth the principles of Americanism and the vital importance of the present war to preserve those principles m world menaced by dictatorships, at Memorial Day services held this forenoon at the Capitol Theatre.
 Context of Col Riegle's address follows:
 We are gathered here today to pay tribute and homage to the brave men who made the supreme sacrifice for our God and our coun- try We can best honor our dead today, by pledging ourselves to make a better order for the living. We can best honor them today by rededicating ourselves to the task of making possible world in which there will be permanent peace This year, Memorial Day, for the first time since 1918, comes to us in the midst of war. Today, we are facing the mightiest chal- lenge ever flung at the American tradition of freedom. The people of the United States and this great territory, must not mistake the nat ure and strength of this test. Ab- raham Lincoln, the Great Eman- cipater, measured this test foi us when he said, We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth" This new war should and must bring home to us with tragic impact, the truth that the defense of freedom and liberty nev- CT stops Freedom and liberty and justice among mankind can be had and held and defended, only the hard way-by fighting for them. We are worthy of them only so long as we are ready and willing to sacrifice for them. For a thousand years, and more, at recurring times, there has appeared a nation or group of nations, opposed to free dom and liberty and justice. This nation, or group of nations, has started wars, and waged them, for the purpose of enslaving nations and people.
 Champions of Freedom
 "The American people stand to- day, as the champions of the free principle that the State-the World -is made for all men equally, and that the Divine Creator has digni- tied every individual with certain nalienable rights. The United States is the strongest citadel f that principle in this world. If that citadel fails or falls, freedom and liberty and justice will disap- pear
 Opposed to the principle of equality among mankind, is the notion that one man is the state, that the individual exists only for the. qualification of the state, that might is right, and that the world must be dominated and ruled by race of self styled supermen with the rest of mankind as slaves Our forefathers came to the new world because they were oppressed and because in their hearts, was the desire for human freedom. They came to the new world so they could make possible a nation n which the common man might pur- sue in peace his own happiness and prosperity. And as the years passed by and this nation of ours grew and prospered, our forefathers gave up their lives only in righteous and sacred causes-for liberty for unity. for the preservation of human rights, for the freeing of the op- pressed, for the championship of great ideals.
 Four Human Freedoms
 My friends, as see 1t, we are fighting today for a world order founded upon four essential human i freedoms. Our President has de- scribed them very aptly The first of these freedoms for which we are fighting, is the freedom of speech and expression. everywhere in the world Our constitution guar antees to every individual ip the United States. the right to speak and express himself as he pleases so long as it does not hurt his neighbor And this restriction should extend to his country as well.
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