Show for kedit meditation badon dy by LEONARD A BARRETT RESPECT FOR LAW when the street light la Is set at tho the red color instinctively the average motorist wishes als h e a it were green and in tho the absence of tiny any A 9 apparent daniker danger ot of being caught sor some will take the chanco chance and drive past the danger d anger signal this athla way may be regarded as aa only a slight alight ortense offense bense but when practiced in more dan dangerous gerbus a I 1 11 t u a tlona may prove perilous to human life and property what moral right L A barrett has haa an engineer to permit its his train to pass a red light signal or tile the pilot or of a ship to disregard the light house signals py no possible argument con ho claim the moral or legal right light to place in jeopardy human life entrusted to his bis care this tendency to disregard law or to claim the right to disobey it seems seema to bo be n common characteristic of 0 many people to such persons only the discovery of a wrong constitutes a crime innocent until discovered Is their guiding principle the application of tills this principle unfortunately concerns other persons than them selves for or when applied iii fco the social life of any community it la Is doaget ous in the tha extreme there was never a more lawless age than the present the crimea which go unpunished and even lun un discovered are too numerous to men tion everywhere wo we see sea evidences of a deliberate disrespect for law against such a state ot of public opan ton ion have gone gona forth from both pen and press many strong protests but hone bone more vigorous and denunciatory than the words of 11 president resIdent hoover in an address to the associated press president hoover said that the present disrespect for law to la tho dominant issue before tho the american people that obedience to law la Is vital to the preservation ot of our institutions and that tile the real problem lg is to awaken the moral sense in other words ft president hoover recognizes that obedience to law la Is fundamental ly a moral problem and no citizen ilea the moral right to refuse this respect and obedience mr hoover also emphasized the point that it if law can only be upheld by police enforcement them future ot of our democracy Is in serious peril obedi enco to law then becomes a duty an aa well asi aa a privilege of citizenship for it la Is true of society as it la IS true C 0 f an individual obedience obed la Is Ilber liberty disobedience li Is sl slavery every lilt 1929 castern 0 t |