Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-07-06
It's News
To Me
By o. ]. Pecord
MORAL ISSUES

Robert Hutchns brilliant president University
Chicago in convocaton address, had this
The most distressing aspect of the world in which live
is its indifference to the basic issues which always
moral issues The discussion of the questions which fate
turns not conducted in moral language The word
cury which the great word today has no moral gnficance
for the worst usually want it, The words
justice charity fallen of
vocabulary They are fact regarded signs
showing that the who them guilty of the
capital crime of modern times-lack of realism"
Upon this premise, that issues up their
against those their They
to the belief that they establishing the freedoms
and they fight for the great principles the behavior of
people their country gives back lie by
directly opposed to the for which they fight sweat
bleed and die.
Our boys fighting for freedoms which involve
issues Freedoms which theoretical always sighted but
quite obtained Another japanese
mighty attack of armed forces and three senator's introduce
bill in Congress which would destroy the freedom of millions
of Americans to organize and collectively bargain.
Five hundred B29's fly a Jap city bringing death
and destruction in the of freedom and Justice and small
bloc of eaconay Southern senators talk Fair Employment
Practices Act to death
MORAL LANGUAGE
Peace justice, cooperation, words denotng issues
but where justice when so nations of the world to plot
for and deal injustice the Poles voice and
position in the world not backed by the force of millions
that might is right.
There something hypocrtica sight of dozens
softvoced quiet spoken diplomats meeting draw blue
print peace reality they standing
um expoundng the of their nation backed by logic
justice charity cooperation but by death
dealing fleets.
Morality for the weak The strong live world of
force in which control and retained moral
sion, but with the morals of the highwayman
What is moral the language of the enslave
Germans reconstruct the Russia which laid the
might the German arms? Is slavery
logically justify slavery in any form?
OUR MORAL ISSUES
Looking the issues the Russians
charitable for before Others should first
reform ourselves.
In 1917 went to war to end all democ
Again in l941 went to for the
to bring democracy to the backward nations of the earth
In 1945 talking about maintaining the
world planning peacetime conscrption
talking about island bases which would the
defense in the next war for democracy.
We talking about solving problems racial
gous discrimination knowing full well that al
ways has been and always will be based upon
sderaons rather than clinical differences
We talking about full employment the way out of
problems the cuea for discrimination the solvent
problems the crucble
pejudces and the ieaoues of nations will be
melted down refined into compound You
and talk thousands being laid off daily
forfeit unemployment
compensation for which they have paid.
Moral issues? Yes indeed! Our world
guided moral conceptions based not political economic
geographical considerations but justice peace
cooperation and charity Upon the rocks of this foundation
selves and preparing the for another day. with
the world into another and greater blood
built throughout the centuries Moral ssue nescapabe