Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-20 | Page 10 | Constitutional Football Seen

CONSTITUTIONAL FOOTBALL SEEN Rawlings Shudders Over Fights Which Will Center Center Conter Cen Con ter on Document I 1 shudder when I I think how the constitution of the United States Slates probably will be used in the nex next month and a half halt as a political football foot ball District Attorney Calvin Rawlings Rawlings Rawlings Raw Raw- lings declared before the Kiwanis club Thursday at the Hotel Utah Speaking on The Constitution Mr Rawlings who is a member o othe of the American citizenship committee of the American Bar association declared declared de de- dared that within the next six weeks we ve will hear one faction contending contending con con- t tending that the constitution is being tossed heedlessly aside while another party will deny the charge vehemently vehement ly and declare what appears to be sabotage is s merely an attempt to modernize modernize mod mod- the constitution to meet changed world world conditions Mr Rawlings sketched the birth and history of the famous document and the lives of many of the men instrumental in writing and preserving ing it Even before the fires tires of the revolution revOlution revolution revO- revO revo revo- S lution died out he asserted the constitution constitution con con- was threatened by bythe the civil civi I war It survived only to be menaced again by a pistol shot which rang out in an obscure European country in 1914 Now it would appear the constitution tion is again threatened and responsibility responsibility responsibility of ot saving it this time rests directly directly directly di di- on the citizens o of the country he said Mr Rawlings congratulated members mem memo bers ber on their efforts cUorts to keep sacred and inviolate the terms and nd provisions provisions provi provi- of- of f the constitution cons