Evening star., 1955-08-22
Ibrucker Asks
|Combat-Ready
Stand for u. 5.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. % CAP

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. % (E1.
Secretary Of the Army WILDER
NJ. Brucker called today for con.
ltinued "firm and sustained COM
hat readiness" despite the hope
for peace.
In an address prepared for the
annual meeting Of the American
lBar Association which opened
here yesterday. he said the sum-
INIT meeting ct Geneva last
month '.has given us some rea-
son to hope for the gradual
lessening Of world tensions and
the eventual establishment Of Q
stable order based on justice"
But he added that st would be
tragic to take counsel Of mere
hopes, and upon such Q slender
premise allow our military might
Ito deteriorate."
It would be extremely fool
hardy" he said. for the United
States to forget the history of
Communist violence, tyranny
lduplicity, subversion and armed
aggression" and ian inexcusable
mistake for us to forget that the
foundation Of peace is the col
Elective strength Of the free
world"
Educational Situation Hit
| Special services In three Of the
Icity's historic churcnes marked
the convention opening yester-
day.
Largest Of the religious serv-
ices was the celebration Of the
solemn pontlflcal mass Of the
Holy Ghost at the Cathedral
Of SS. Peter and Paul. The ser.
mon was preached by the Most
Rev. John F. O,Hara, Roman
Catholic archbishop OF Philadel-
Iphia.
Painting what he called "a
black picture" Of conditions in
America. Archbishop O'Hara as
serted.
Anyone who has followed the
revolt against reason that has
marked American education In
the past three or four decades,
any one who has watched the
substitution Of emotion for in
ltellect in the judicial process, the
substitution of sociology in ju-
dicial findings. the wasting away
|of the judicial instinct for the
preservation Of rights, Of judicial
zeal for the triumph Of funda-
mental justice. may well fear for
our salvation as q Nation.
| Fears Soviet America
/ The anti-intellectualism OF
American education" he con-
Itinued. has left us bankrupt OF
a philosophy. II Communism
takes over in the United States
in the next few years-as well il
may-it will be because the
great mass of Americans have
lost the anchor Of truth-ob-
Ijective truth"
The archbishop added, how.
ever, that there is hope, because
America still has q funda.
mental Christian tradition thai
corrects at least some Of it.
abberrations."
| Meanwhile. Gov. Robert B
Meyner Of New Jersey spoke be.
fore the junior bar conference
Iof the ABA at q luncheon. He
said that illegal wiretapping wa,
no better than the activities of Z
peeping Tom.
I The ABA will meet daily thi,
week. At today's session Of the
Junior Bar Conference. tn,
State junior bar sections oi
michigan and Arkansas and thu
local junior bars of Baltimor,
; and Philadelphia will receive thu
annual award Of merit.
The award Of achievement,
goes to the Michigan junior bal
section, headed by Craig Davis
i Grand Rapids, and the Arkansa,
junior bar section, headed BY
John c. Deacon. Jonesboro, get.
the award Of progress.
In the local units division, tn,
Baltimore Junior Bar Associa
ton. with Frederick j. Green
jr.. serving as president, will re.
ceive the award Of achievement
, and the progress award will &
to the Philadelphia unit.
/ The National Conference q
Chief Justices, which ended it.
; meeting yesterday. elected Chiei
!, Justice William H. Duckwortt
/ Of Atlanta, Ga. chairman fol
q one-year term.