Evening star., 1952-02-21

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national defense program in the
Second World War work success
fully. He did such a good job there,
that when it became necessary for
me to take the oath of Office as
President, ! brought him along to
the White House to keep the door
for me. And he does a remarkable
job in doing that. He can make
every one Of you Masons believe
that he is a Mason, and he can
make every knight of Columbus
believe that he is a Knight of
Columbus. and he can make every
Knight of Pythias believe he is a
Knight of Pythias. It doesn't make
any difference what sort of organ
ization comes there for entrance,
Matt knows all about how to treat
them, and what to do with them
and whether to let them in or not.
And "or not" is the most usual
answer, for the simple reason that
If the President saw everybody that
wants to see him, he would work
"a hours day. seven days a week,
and Wouldn't get anything else
done.
And it is the duty of all these
gentlemen that I have been talk
ing about, and all these heads of
these departments, and the mill
tary and naval and air aides, to
see that the business of the Gov
ernment is carried on in a manner
that will get the best results. And
it is an all-day and nearly an all
night job. And just between you
and me and the gatepost, I like it.
When a man has to work IT
hours a day, there isn't much
chance of his getting into devil
ment, and for that reason you all
wonder why I can be gay and
healthy after all the bricks and
stones and mud and things that
are thrown my way. 1t is because
I work all the time, and because !
think I am doing something to
help the people Of this Nation to
live better than they otherwise
would live, and also because the
efforts that are now being put
forth are in the hope that eventu-
ally we will have a peaceful world
Looks for Peaceful World.
There isn't any reason why we
shouldn't have a peaceful world.
There is enough room, enough
potential production in the world
so that everybody in it could live
reasonably well, and could love his
neighbor and do to his neighbor
as he would be done by himself.
That is the fundamental basis
on which I work. I believe in the
Sermon on the Mount. I think it
is the fundamental basis Of free
government. We have got most
of our laws and most of our in
formation on how to live from
that old Hebrew Testament, the
first five books of Moses. And
if you know your Masonic history
as you should. you will find that
that is the foundation of this Or
ganization, those first five books
Of Moses. known as the Law and
the Prophets.
There isn't a single degree In
this organization that is not
founded on some Scriptural basis.
You talk about the deep dark
secrets of Free Masonry, don't
know what they are, and have
had every degree that there is
to offer. and I have been the
Grand Master of my own State,
and if there are any secrets that
anybody oughtn't to know, I don t
know what they are.
It is merely manner of living
with your neighbor, doing to him
as you would be done by yourself.
Now this year is leap year, and
it is most important year in the
history of the Government of the
United States. was listening to
Sam Rayburn, the Speaker, talk
about Gen. Washington, what a
grand man he was-and he was a
great man. But do you know that
when he went out of Office, the
principal paper in the great City
OF Philadelphia said that they
were getting rid of the worst
dictator the country ever had, it
was a good thing he was going to
retire. and they hoped they would
never see him again. They at
tackled him so bitterly over the Jay
Treaty and over Citizen Genet, and
one or two other things. that that
is the reason he retired instead of
running for a third term. It has
taken $50 years to find out what