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Friday. July 12. IV14).
Saeri fices
There'll be need for extended sacrifices on
the part of the American people ere the war in
Europe is ended and the aftermath is ironed out.
The willingness to sacrifice will determine, to
a large extent, the future course of this nation.
Irrespective of the outcome of the war in Eu
iope, this country is certain to feel the depress
ing effects of the conflict. If Hitler wins in Eu
rope and does not even trouble to interfere in
the Western Hemisphere, we'll be put to the
test to withstand a new economic order that
will tend to squeeze us as the boa constrictor
pushes the life out of its victim.
It is true that we are making minor sacrifices
that have been ordered by the government and
which are connected with cigarette, liquor and
other purchases in the luxury group. We have
not as yet voluntarily accepted any sacrifices
other than to give a few dollars to the Red
Cross. If we had been aware of the serious plight
facing starving millions and it we had honest
ly viewed the situation in a serious vein, we
would have given thousands instead of a few
Iiundieds of dullars tu the-Red Ciuss.
But the call for real sacrifices has not been
received bv us in this fair land. It is hoped that
no such call will be received, but as surely as
night fulluws day the indications are that we
will be called upon to sacrifice, to show our
stamina.
When world markets are closed to our sur
plus commodities and when we cannot find
outlets for our products of the farm and of the
factory, are we going to be able to bear the
pressure that will be applied? Can we stand
up as our forefathers did at Valley Forge and
march through tlie snows barefooted to vic
tory? Possibly it is an unfair charge, but ' it
would appear that we would rush headlong in
to revolution and suffer all its consequences ra
ther than sacrifice even a single pleasure, or a
few at the most.
France is shackled with the chains ot bond
age today. She was not licked by the invaders.
Internal strife and the unwillingness to sacri
fice cost that great nation its freedom.
This nation's unity has been maintained by
various agencies designed by a thoughtful gov
ernment in Washington. Will that unity stand
the test? Division might mean defeat, and if
rifice even with his life, if'necessary, to meet
the test? Division might man defeat, and if
we would judge our security for the future we
must first know the strength of the bonds of
our unity. If those bonds are weak, it may nev
er be necessary for Hitler to start an airplane or
ship a gun toward America, for we will have,
long before he is ready for the task, trampled
our own freedom into the dust because we could
not afford to sacrifice and meet the test.
FT/ipre It DemwravyY
When history records the far-flung events of
the current period, it wiTT liot hold democracy
to account for the weak condition France, Eng
land and the United States found themselves in
as they approached the test against totalitarian
ism. History will merely say that the three
countries faced their hour of trial because they
were not more democratic.
Where is Democracy today? In France it is
rooted in the hearts of millions of common, or
dinary Frenchmen. It is not given' to expres
sion just now, but surely it will rise iagain. A few
of the vested interests in that 'country, trying
to protect their holdings with one hand and
France with the other dealt a direct blow and
temporarily set back the democratic machine
to that great nation.
England has not bowed to "that fate, and the
queation is will she become more democratic in
time to save itself. All this business of handing
down positions in army, navy and government
according to social standings and positions has
already proved costly to England. And we have
a liberal taste of the practice in this country.
Why do we say we have a democratic form
.at government whan the "eighty families " con
trol the finances of the country, and a few in
dustrialists claim they have the right to chart
the lives and modes of living for millions of
wocfcers, denying those millions the right to
even lift their voices in their own behalf?
If Democracy is to survive we have got to be
come more democratic, adhere to those prin
ciples already in effect and add to them that
the American people might be identified with
our economic order and that our economic or
der might be identified with the welfare of the
masses.
Attorney General Robert Jackson in a re
cent memorial address said: "Nothing will more
strongly fortify democracy than a knowledge
among the people that American democracy is
their democracy and that this country is their
country. If we do that, we will not need to wor
ry about whether they will want to defend it."
Builder of Society
C hristian Science Monitor.
"Humanity desperately needs today a moral
and spiritual rebirth, a revitalization of relig
ion," writes Cordell Hull, American Secretary
of State. "There is no sure way to this supreme
goal save through adherence to the teaching of
the Bible."
If the Bible is going to help humanity win
through, as Mr. Hull and a myriad of others
hope, to the goal of a contented and happy life
for all. the Bible must reach people Bibles im
mured on store shelves. Bibles unprinted are
incapable of changing men's lives.
Last year the American Bible Society dis
tributed 7,370,908 Bibles or portions of the
Scriptures at home and abroad. The increase
in the United States was 12 per cent over the
year before; in other lands there was a slight
loss
Much was given away, and of what was sold,
the cost of publication exceeded the returns by
$24 000, as the Society sells all books at cost or
less. Incidentally nearly $900,000 was required
lor the American Bible Society to operate in
1939.
While no one can imagine all the devotion
and labor summarized in a few annual figures
like these they serve best perhaps to point to
the far greater Bible distribution that remains
to be done. Therein the humblest may become
makers of destiny. Many in high places today
are contributing nothing to humanity's progress
and some are even deterring it. The lowliest man
or woman who lives by the Bible is building
that which will endure.
Admitted Weaknesx
Democracy admits its weakness when it has
to resort to pressure and actual force to pro
tect and maintain itself. We enjoy our freedom
but we are unwilling to fight for it, and any
thing we are not willing to fight for won't be
ours for long.
l.fxsiHis Learned
Durham Herald.
Out of the defeat of France should come many
lessons for us here in America. And one of the
most important of these lessons to be learned is
that in a democracy, no less than in any other
kind of government, one must give as well as
take
In reality we ought to give more. For we re
ceive so much more.
Little doubt there is that France was one of
the worst examples of democracy to be found
in the world. In France democracy seemed to
stand for license rather than for liberty. The
greed for power infested the parties. The greed
for gain infested the citizenry, both in capital"
and labor.
In the face of a national calamity business
men placed profits above the nation's safety.
In the face of a national calamity labor placed
its own greed for gain above the nation's safe
ty' '
Even when it became apparent that the fu
ture of France depended upon the speeding up
of production, French laborers were unwilling
to give up the social gains they had made. When
they were forced into longer hours, they grum
bled. ^
The part certain business men played in the
downfall of France is no less ignominious than
labor's. When the real story of their manipula
tions is made known it no doubt will be one of
* the most odorous chapters in the history of free
peoples.
France concentrated on the luxuries of dem
ocracy and gave little thought to its responsibil
ities.
The people of France probably could not have
more efficiently arranged the downfall of their
nation if they tried.
These things are important to Americans be
cause we have been traveling substantially the
same road. We, too, have been concentrating
upon the privileges of democracy and have
largely ignored its responsibilities.
We have concentrated on social gains and at
the same time have allowed the nation's physi
cal strength to wane to such a degree that it
will take us billions of dollars to build it up.
It's time for us to wake up to the fact that
democracy^ carries with it responsibilities ?
more responsibilities thai? dictatorships place
upon their peoples.
We must accept those responsibilities.
They are more important than the privileges
for unless we Accept them we shall not have the
privilege* for long.
The greatest events of an age are its best
thoughts. It is the nature of thought to find its
way into action.?Bovee.
A constant fidelity in small things is a great
and heroic virtue.?Bonaventure.
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