Show armistice day once more honored out bation as s war bead dead tuesday november 11 marked another anniversary of armistice day armistice day 1947 once a gain we commemorated the sign ing of the armistice of 1918 truly that is all it has been an arm estice as succeeding events have proved had general pershing gone on to berlin as he wished there would have likely been no world war II 11 but the league of nations failed mussolini ravaged ethiopia and spain during its civil war be came a proving ground for war equipment then the holocaust of world war II 11 brought about by the failure of men to learn from the costly experiences of world war I 1 today we sometimes won der if world war II 11 is anything more substantial than just adoth er armistice if we are just having a breathing spell before the next conal ct et or whether we are at last on the road to a just and lasting peace real genuine lasting peace must come from the hearts and minds of men just as the friend sh p train that at this very mom ent is speeding across the contin ent is an expression of the hearts of the people rather than the will I 1 of the government though the lat ter heartily approves of it lasting peace is a state of mind and cannot be brought about by force or government proclamation it requires a faith in the dignity I 1 i and worth of all true men and wo men by tolerance in equal rights for each and every nation regard less of size in short it if the golden rule were put into practice and followed by every person govern ments would have small use for armaments tolerance is one of the virtues this old world sadly needs if every country had our constitution as their B 11 of rights and lived up to it what a difference there would be A half million american men and women d ed more than one and a half million were wounded during etwo great wars that you an I 1 might enjoy the blessings of de tuesday in thousands 0 of cities and towns throughout the country hearts were saddened by the flag draped caskets of our re turned departed comrades their silent presence speaks more elo than any word of ours what would these departed corn com rades say could they again stand before usa us these men could place entirely new values upon human relations they would tell us that our selfish exploitation of damoc racy s free enterprise privileges threaten our economic social and government structures they would urge us to submerge racial ious and social differences to cultivate the type of comradeship and unity through which our fight mg ing men and their allies won the military victory they would tell us to stand staunchly in support of human rights without fear of those seek see k ing to weaken us into doubt and confusion they would call upon us today in peace as well as in war the courageous invincible american will to get things done for the welfare of this nation and for A merican democracy they would remind us to care f for or their widows and orphans and to remember their living comrades who I 1 e sick and disabled could a miracle happen and the spirit of the departed stand be side their remains an speak to us then we would indeed listen but they cannot speak so let us speak fo them and do what we know they would have us do in thinking acting and speaking for the better ment of mankind in america and elsewhere |