Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-04-21 | Page 6 | Prevailing Opinions

I Prevailing P rev a j I in g 0 Opinions pin ion s I Comment of tho the American Press Press- Why Salute the Flag Betty Matsumoto a pupil in La LaVerne LaVerne Verne Heights school asks the Times a question of interest to every child in America Says our little Japanese friend in a letter addressed to the editor of the Times In our room we we are writing essays on the subject Why I Sa So Salute Salute Sa- Sa lute the Flag Fag I would like Jike to know your reasons for tor saluting the flag Please reply as soon as you possibly can can because the es essays essays essays es- es says are due in a week or so Veara We Ve Weare Weare are ara trying to ask as many prominent prominent prominent nent people as we can Hero Is a letter written In the right spirit from a little lIlUe girl who wants to grow up Into a good American VeIl Well Betty Belly somehow v we think if you go down into nto your own heart you will find a better reason lor or saluting the flag than we or any of th the prominent people you are asking can give you When you come home In the evening evening- after ale your school work worl Is done you greet your parents parents- dont don't you you with with a smile of wel wel- come You rejoice in their pres pres- ence Well Ve that is one reason you ou salute tho the flag It covers tho the homes of a nation with the same guardianship that your your own home covers you Or when you have to cross a dangerous street and a big policeman po po- iceman guides you safely through the tho traffic why do your yourS fingers grasp his hand so warmly and why do you glow with faith in his protection 1 That again is why you salute the flag It protects tho the whole country as that traffic officer protects tho the school children children chil chil- dren at d dangerous crossings You t take ke your studies seriously dont don't don't dont you Betty and Betty and welcome the school and all you ou know that it is doing for you When you thank your city and teachers for lor providing you ou this opportunity do you think of the seed from tram which this American public school system has grown It is tho the flag that rings the school bell Sho Should ld you not salute the source of oC the privileges you enjoy When y you yu u grow Irow up you o will find how the fl flag g of your country enters en- en tors into most of the worthwhile undertakings of your car career er Yet you will find no better reasons for tor saluting the tho flag than in what it stands for tor to you today If H you appreciate te it now you will wm understand understand understand under under- stand it then The flag is your friend guide and protector So Betty when anyone asks you Why do you salute the flag remembering what it means to you answer proudly Why should I not not not- Lo Los Angeles Times Death for Murder Killers who are caught and executed executed executed exe exe- exe- exe by the state do not escape nor are they at some time released from prison to become a threat again to law abiding citizens That was the evident fact tact several years ago when gang murders mur ur- ur ders and killings in course of at robberies robberies rob rob- berles were at The urgency for resort to capital capital capital capi capi- tal punishment may not be lie so great as it was but the arguments arguments arguments ments for lor and against it remain the same A long lone record is to be considered in the light tight o of the opinions of the tho best authorities and the majority judgment of the voters in each state A highly dramatized electrocution can add bu little to the solution of the tho question either way The United States itself luelf and 41 of the 48 43 states adhere to the death penalty for tor murder The seven states not imposing Impo it are Michigan Rhode Island Wisconsin Wiscon Wiscon- sin sin Maine Minnesota North Dakota Da Dakota kota and South Dakota After abolishing it seven states have havo returned to capital punishment punishment- Arizona Arizon Colorado Iowa Kansas Missouri Oregon and Tennessee We Ve do not think this majority stand in the country for the extreme ex ex- ex penalty will be changed or weakened by tho the contention th that t prison for life would have been an adequate penalty for Haupt- Haupt mann The progress must be preserved which h has been made In sup suppressing suppress ress- ress ing lug for ransom Majorities Majorities Ma Ma- in most of ot the states may contend with much convincing force torce after alter the Hauptmann execution execution exe exe- cution that their case remains as strong for tor retaining the death penalty as u a means of ot deterring or preventing the commission of ot more ore such crimes Detroit Detroit News I