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people of the world than any other
material thing in recorded history.
A flip of the switch and there is
light, heat, power the contributions
of the great electric light and power
industry have brought the service of
electricity to every home, to every
factory, to every farm, to every min
istry, to every distribution.
A ring of the bell and there is a
voice, near or far:-the contributions
of the great communication industry
have brought man to man, dear one
to dear one, scene and story to all
A turn of the throttle and the
world moves:-the contributions of
the great transportation industry
speed mankind on his way and move
the products of trade.
A touch of the control button and
the wheels of industry turn;-the
contributions of the great manufac-
turing industries of our land bring to
man everything that is produced.
From the great electrical manu-
featuring industry comes the entire
complement of machinery for cleo
tricity production and safe distribu-
ton, the motors for power, the lamps
for light, the appliances for every
home service, and the radios and
television for home entertainment.
The productivity from electricity
has made us the leader of the world
in the production of services for
mankind
EntWined with these achievements
there have been many events of his
toric renoWn which have affected
the life of America and have made
her world power And these have
been in our life time, so rapid has
been the tempo of the past so years.
l well remember as a boy, we
boys played together with lead sold
iers. There were soldiers of Ger
many, there were soldiers of France
And the soldiers of Germany always
won. We made them win because
every boy knew that the armies of
the Kaiser were considered to be
the most powerful of the world. And
in 1914 we saw them march in real
life, to violate Belgium, and to be
met by the French, and as the fires
of World War | swept over Europe,
the English came to the side of the
French, and then we, too, entered to
make the world Safe for Democra-
cy," even though Mr. Woodrow Will
son had been elected in 1916 on a
platform that "he kept us out of
war" And so in November of 1918,
World War l came to an end
And there was to be League of
Nations to prevent world wars. And
I remember well one, day in 1919,
being a visitor in the United States
Senate Chamber as Senator Lodge
led the battle against the League,
and Mr.. Wilson's great ideal to pro-
vide for a world of peace went down
to defeat. And few days later,
from a sightseeing bus in Wash
ington, we stopped, and Mr.. Wilson's
automobile stopped at our side, and
| could see him, and | could see he
was disappointed man.
And SO the 1920's and the 1905
/ passed. They were years of great
building in our United States - too
great for our money system to stand
- and there was the great depres-
sion from which we emerged with
more power than ever before. But
Europe, weakened by World War I
had the will to rebuild, and they
did SO, and nobly, but in Russia
there was revolution to bring forth
a government under the control OF
a single man, extending throughout
the people by ruthless control, to
raise a power which visioned world
communism by infiltration of gov
ernments to bring the peoples of the
countries of the world under its rule
And in Germany, Hitler, playing
on the emotions of the people OF
Germany by the injustices done them
in World War I, similarly raised g
government under his absolute con-
troll, until, when he felt he had the
necessary power, he Unbiased his
military fury upon the armies Of
Belgium and France, and would have
overrun all Europe, and controlled
the world, except that the freemer
of England and the freemen of the
United States, girding themselves tc
battle, and undergirded again by the
productive power of the United
States which rose to undreamed di-
mansions, finally ended in the col
lapse of Germany in the spring Of
1945, and the collapse of Japan in