The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1942-08-06
IRLE SPEAKS
ATFAREWELL
TODRAFTEES
Many Gather at Civic Center
to Pay Honor to Valley e.
County Group.

I'VE know that the good things
that come out of the war will live
forever. Your service will not be
for Valley county alone, nor will
it be for the state Of Montana
alone, nor will it be for our beloved
United States alone, MOI the hemis-
phere in which we live-but, it will
be a job done for the common man
of both hemispheres and the is
lands of the sea-"
This was the declaration of R.
L. Irle, Glasgow superintendent of
schools and speaker at a farewell
program in honor of 33 Valley
county men entering service in the
civic center Wednesday night.
Mayor E. j. Kjelstrup presided
at the program which was arranged
by the Glasgow committee on selec-
tee entertainment, with the coop
Grafton of organized labor and
other local groups. A dance fol-
lowed the program, at which mus
ic was donated by the Musicians
union
Would Make Us Slaves
THE men in this country who
told us earlier in the year that
Japan and Germany were weak
and easily to be defeated were badly
mistaken" Mr.. Irle declared. THE
news of the war for the last few
months reveals that we have been
taking a terrible beating on all
frCrts . We know that the enemy
plans to destroy our homes and our
freedom and to force us into slav-
cry"
THE belief in the value of our
isolation due to the thousands of
miles of ocean between us and
our enemies has been exploded . .
Japan is no longer $4,000 miles
away; it is only 20 hours away.
Tonight we pause a moment and
ask why-why do we, a peaceful
nation, have to take a hand in
this war? Why is it necessary for
u men to leave us? I think the
question can be answered most
simply by comparing the state
mentS of two leaders who, though
they are in separate camps, at
least agree in principle.
"On Dec. 10, 1910, Adolph Hit
Ter said, Two worlds are in con-
flict-One of these two worlds must
break asunder.' on May 8, 1912, our
Vice President Henry A. Wallace
said, This is a fight between a
slave world and a free world We
will never agree with Hitler that
one race or class is distinctly super
Tor to the other peoples of the
earth, and therefor should rule
them as slaves. We do not propose
to live as slaves to a tyrant like
Hitler, who has no conception of
the rights of the ordinary man
and woman
All Peoples Fight
Race and color have nothing
whatever to do with this principle
of freedom. The yellow men Of
China are fighting with us against
the white men of Europe and the
yellow men Of Japan. When we
consider the many types of peoples
who make up the United Nations.
We must agree that in this war
there is no discrimination on ac-
count of race, nationality or re-
ligion ...
Even though we have been tech
at war for eight months.
We are just beginning to face the
grim realities CT its tremendous eX-
.ent and the demands it will make
Upon u normal way of living. We
'ealiZe that We cannot buy victory.
It can come only from the hard
ask of organizing machines, mat
erials and manpower. We are not
yoing to win a victory by repeating
and singing songs. 1t can
only by using the processes of
arithmetic, the science of engineer
ng and hard, gruelling work. We
win only by producing mere
md better instruments of warfare
han our enemies and by training
our men to S these instruments
" warfare more S%kilfully."
Concluding, he declared. 1--WE will
,e VICTORIOUS over these human
lewis who would make slaves of all
mankind, and a new spirit of right
BUSINESS and freedom will arise for
III the people of the earth"
Band Opens Program
The program opened with music
" the Glasgow high school band.
The invocation was given by the
Rev. H. F. Widen of the First Bap-
list church.
An entertainment feature was a
VhiStling solo by jeanne Gamas.
.ccompanied by Nell Helmer. Roll
all of selectees was read by Ingvold
group leader.
F.. S. Mueller, representing the
american Legion. presented the
electees with special certificates of
loncr, and with writing kits made
" the local Legion Auxiliary unit.
Community singing was led by
Novinger and the program
losed with the Star Spangled
Banner"