Evening star., 1954-04-23
OAR Hears President
Urge Spiritual Unity
To Prevent War

The Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution concluded the
business sessions of their 63d
Continental Congress today, after
hearing President Eisenhower
prescribe spiritual unity" for
winning the cold war and pre-
venting a hot war.
The President stopped briefly
yesterday afternoon en- route
from Augusta. Ga, to New York
to address the OAR convention.
Mrs. Eisenhower. he said, "for
once in a long lifetime, bowed to
my wishes and remained at her
little place of rest down in
Georgia. while I came to bring
you greetings"
Cites Nations Resources.
The President told the Daugh-
tiers there is still in the control of
the free countries a great pre-
ponderance of resources, which
in the aggregate "are so over
whelming as compared to the
Iron Curtain countries that we
sometimes wonder why we grow
tense"
He spoke of material and hu-
man resources. including intel
lectual capacity, culture and
scientific advancement.
Gen. Eisenhower charted a
course of spiritual unity among
ourselves that is indestructible,
as individuals and among the ma
tions we are proud to call
friends"
To win the cold war and pre-
vent a hot war. he said, I'VE will
bring to bear all the great spirit
ual. intellectual and material
values the free world can con-
centrate."
Common Devotion Needed.
The President said the kind of
unity he was talking about was
not regimentation. He said he by
no means believes democracy
could live if each person was
compelled to think the same
thoughts. But he said there must
be a common devotion to ideals
and readiness to serve.
The founding fathers of this
country drafted a political Sys-
tenn demanding that all men
have equality of right before the
law. he noted. 1t acknowledges
that man has a soul, and for
that reason is equal to every
other man, he said.
That" he said, "is the corner
stone of what we call the Amer
ican system"
That system. he went on, car
ries to the political world
deeply religious faith, while
the system that challenges this
country today is atheiStic, recog-
nizing no values except material
ones.
IF we are united in spirit"
the President said, 1--WE develop
a power that is unknown to
regimentation.
He praised the OAR as "typ-
icallyl American" and said he
believes the society keeps alive
and nurtures the dignity of man,
greatness of our country and the
right of every man to walk
upright among his own equals"
Give Awards to Martin.
Last night. the Daughters
presented an award to Senator
Martin. Republican, of Penn
sylvania for his patriotic serv-
ices in the armed forces and
the Senate" and his sponsorship
of an act amending the Flag
Code.
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soil, the flying of any national
or international flag above or in
equal prominence with the Stars
and Stripes.
The Senator, principal speaker
at the session, told the OAR
that individual shirking of re-
sponsibility is the reason for the
enormous cost of Government
today.
twenty-five years ago. he
pointed out, there were but
100000 employees on the Federal
payroll, while today there are
2,347,000, "a decrease of 100000
from the high figure of a year
ago."
He said the total salaries Of
Federal employees today equal
the wages of all workers in the
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