Evening star., 1947-11-20
Clark 10 Speak Today
In First Observance
|0f Rehabilitation Week

Rededication Week began in
Washington today, with Attorney
General Clark, originator of the
Freedom Train idea, scheduled to
speak to Government employees at
4 pm. in the Departmental Audi
torium.
This is Government Day." first
of a week of special observances
leading up to the arrival of the
Freedom Train on Thanksgiving
Day. Touring the Nation with
original and early copies of famous
American documents, the train will
exhibit in Washington for two days,
Navy Orchestra to Play.
Opening the week of rededication
to the principles of Americanism,
the Navy Band Orchestra will play
briefly at 3:45 pm. The meeting
will be called to order at pm. by
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay, who is "Government
Day" vice chairman. Following the
singing of the national anthem
Chaplain Monroe Drew OF the Navy
will give the invocation.
A personal message from President
Truman will be read by John A.
Reilly, president of the Washington
Board of Trade and Rededication
Week chairman. The message will
be received at the White House by
committee including Mr.. Clark
Commissioner John Russell Young
and William H. Press, executive Sec
retary of the Board of Trade.
The audience will repeat The
Freedom Pledge" in unison, and the
meeting will end with the singing OF
God Bless America"
Gen. Edwards Speaks.
1t. Gen. Idwal H. Edwards, dep:
uty chief of staff of the Air Force
warned against complacency in ac-
cepting the duties of citizenship ir
a democracy. He spoke at cere-
mony attended by 1000 at the Pen
tagon this morning.
TOO many of us are taking lib
erty and freedom for granted-like
the air we breathe. . Gen. Edwards
said, *we forget these liberties are
not gifts of nature.
These freedoms were gained
through blood and strife and are
peculiar privileges. If we lose the
sense of their value they can. easily
slip from our fingers. Ours IS moi
only the opportunity of enjoyment
but the right and obligation to pro-
tect them" .a
Meeting at Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department employees
were to convene from 4::30 to 5:3C
pm. in an additional meeting. The
Marine Band will play.
Last night, Mr.. Reilly spoke on
"This Is Our Heritage" before the
District Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution at the May
flower Hotel
Man fails to appreciate what he
already possesses" Mr.. Reilly de-
clared, "and so it is with liberty and
human rights. To gain them, men
went through the fires of hell. Once
won, and seemingly secured, they
were left to the care of everyone
IN general and no one in particular" i"
Sinister Fallacies Condemned.
Condemning dark and sinister
fallacies that threaten to destroy
the glory we call the American way
OF life" he asserted that free
economy means the capitalistic sys-
tenn. - Competition is the great
est friend of the common man"
Mr.. Reilly was scheduled to de-
liver similar talk at luncheon
meeting of the Cosmos Club today
at the Carlton Hotel.
Tomorrow will be Youth dav.'
featuring 15-minute radio pro.
gram to be carried into the schools
at l pm. The District Fairgrounds
and Boy and Girl Scouts have pre-
pared special programs. Chairman
for the day is James S. Beattie
president of the Junior Board o1
Commerce.
Rededication Week services will
be held at the B'nai Israel Syna.
gogue, Fourteenth and Emerson
streets NV, at $3.50 pm. tomor.
row. Rabbi Henry Segal will de.
liver the sermon on the topic, "It
Is Good to Give Thanks" Cantor
Simon Weiss will chant the service