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Show ALERT ! ! ! Communism and socialism pose as the only way to the attainment at-tainment of that 2reat brotherhood brother-hood of man of which Edwin Markham spoke so eloquently in the great poem "Brotherhood". "The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood; Brother-hood; our hope Is in heroic men, Star-led to build the world again." . As I look across the water I find little in Russia or Britain today to make me believe that the communist or the socialist is either heroic or "star-led". As I sit writing this I can catch a glimpse of "Old Glory" as she waves in the breeze I note the stars and this thought comes to me, surely we Americans are "Star-led", our proud flag is in truth the star spangled banner. Every country has acknowledged the heroism of our boys upon the far flung battlefields of two great world wars! Truly heroic men these, who gave their lives that other men might be free! Wars not of our instigating fought not for a selfish motive such as territorial gain, but fought to prevent mankind from again bowing its head before the despot and the tyrant. Yes, our own American boys can in all sincerity and truth claim the honor of the hero and the recognition recog-nition of real heroism. In all seriousness, too, can we not say that here In America we have indeed "built a new world", and is it not possible that we because be-cause of this can someday lead the way to the rebuilding of the whole world! If there is a brotherhood broth-erhood of men upon this earth today, It Is the brotherhood of us Americans. In the regard with which we hold each other and the respect and consideration we have for the rights of the individual. indi-vidual. During the war It was not difficult for our G. I.s to associate as-sociate with the people of the world! The American has a natural nat-ural feeling of comradeship with all men, for through his veins runs the blood of all races! We believe in true democracy, and not only do we preach these democratic principles, but we also al-so live by them. We rightly feel that no men are superior to us, and on the other hand, we are wise enough to know that there Is in the final analysis an equality equal-ity in men that belies thjs superman super-man idea. Our own Declaration of Independence sets this out In very simple terms "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable 'Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Can not this very declaration prove our right to denounce this infamous pose of communism and socialism as being the true Brotherhood of man. How can one even speak of equality in a slave state. And where are the "rights" of men in such a state? Life itself it-self is forfeit there is no such thing as liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for a slave! The true conception of brotherhood is of the spirit it has little to do with material possessions. The affection I have for my friends, which is nothing more or less than a feeling of brotherhood, Is based not upon what they have or because they have little. It is based on the esteem and mutual respect we feel for each other. It Is based upon what we are. Government will never bring about the brotherhood of man. A constitutional fonn of government govern-ment such as ours, which concerns con-cerns itself primarly with the rights of the individual can create cre-ate an atmosphere in which the spirit of brotherhood can be nurtured nur-tured and developed within the individual man; but the feeling of brotherhood must be spontaneous spon-taneous and voluntary, it cannot can-not be forced upon men by government. gov-ernment. Our duties as American citizens citi-zens are certainly not very arduous; ar-duous; we should be proud to perform them. One of the foremost, fore-most, is of course to express our claim to citizenship by voting Our votes are what will determine deter-mine what type of government we will continue to have,. They can also be a protest to what is happening to our form of government govern-ment today. I believe that if we are ever to see the dawn of the day of universal brotherhood, you and I, John Q. had better see that we keep within the framework of our constitution. George. |