Show i i II I Public Service as a Career I rHE HE United sta States tes needs more men of the I i ability arid integrity of William Howard raft who will make public service their life careers Statecraft is too much the plaything of oC poli poli- the the sly game of party bosses or the sideline sideline of seeking fame-seeking citizens who have achieved success in other oher pursuits There arc are I plenty of politicians but not enough real reah statesmen Our democracy has increasing ever-increasing need of men vho who will wilI as did Mr Taft devote practically their whole lifetime to public office The beloved Teddy Roosevelt was another who focused his life ambitions on ong g governmental service But this country has far too few outstandingly capable citizens who make public service their career With the i increasing creasing difficulties of ceo economic problems ining before the government for solution it will become urgent for more brainy men mento mento mento to be enlisted in the service of the country country- not as a pastime but as a life work calling for the highest type of devotion study knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge and concentration In other words the business of government needs to be made of a science As Plato reasoned everyone everyone every every- one should have a chance to prepare himself for the highest offices in the land but only the trained should be chosen to rule and guide the people I shows what William Il H Howard ward Tafts Taft's career heights of distinction may come to a son of democracy who dedicates his life to politics and statesmanship What That a notable record he left of s in iti public office judge office judge s solicitor general first civil governor of the Philippines and final finally attaining the thc two highest positions within the I gift of our democracy president democracy president of the United United Unit- Unit ed cil States and later laer chief justice of the su sup supreme su- su p preme enic court Brilliant though his years in p public office now seem in retrospect it is nothing more than some young man now living liv liv- lug ing can do within his generation His I exam exam- is au an inspiration to the nation The people have a sneering attitude to lo officeholders eh But here is proof that governmental govern govern- mental n service can and should be ue sought b by some men not as a transient glory and pastime pastime pastime pas pas- time but as the greatest goal of their lives Thc lc country can use more citizens ns who will make the sacrifices to climb step by step the steep trail to high office As a grateful nation mourns the passing assing of a former president president president dent and chief justice let us hope that more great characters will vill rise up UI to give their unstinted services to this democracy |