| Show I H Pre Prevailing V acL Opinions ion s Comment e i of the American Press Press- Corn for Europe Italy with a short wheat crop cropin cropin cropin in spite of land Jand reclamation and intensive agriculture must continue continue con con- to import breadstuffs but Mussolini says it will not be from democratic countries The wheat of democracy shall not be fed to fascist Italy Democracy has been warring on the true faith and Italy Itay will not eat its bread Probably Probably ably bly some communistic grain from the Ukraine will do Italy has been mixing American corn with wheat for its flour That demand along with the war storage storage storage stor stor- age requirements of other countries countries countries coun coun- tries and their stock feeding needs gave American corn and grain shipments a tremendous and unexpected boost a few few months ago The corn trade was a bit of ofa ofa ofa a mystery for a while During the World war America tried to teach European populations populations populations for the sustenance of which it suddenly became responsible that corn meal mal would make up into a number of palatable and nutritious foods It was a. a a failure Just as the Englishman knew that oats were for his horse the European European European Euro Euro- knew that corn was for his stock Americans had to divide their wheat and not their corn with their as it were allies The American housewife then in charge of a home can still remember remember ber her what happened to her flour bin Potatoes had the same experience experience experience ence when they were first introduced introduced introduced intro intro- in Europe a as substitutes in ina ina ina a wheat famine but then the American housewife was not standing in back to give up half her wheat flour Came the famine famine famme fam fam- ine me you liked potatoes Chicago Chicago Tribune Get Acquainted It has been said often about democracy democracy de de- de- de that its greatest peril is the apathy of its citizens Responsible Responsible sible for not a little of that apathy is sheer Ignorance A man is in incapable incapable incapable in- in capable of responding ding to threats 10 to a political form with which he has only a a. nodding acquaintance He is incapable even of recognizing ing those threats There is probably more talk of the perils of the democratic structure structure structure ture today than there has been in generations The times are particularly particularly particularly par par- in need of a public acquaintance acquaintance acquaintance ac ac- ac- ac with its government In the light of this need one of the happiest innovations in the field of civic enterprise in many in-many many years is the Boy State movement movement movement move move- ment which a a number of states are supporting For varying periods of time during during during dur dur- ing the summer sessions not Unlike unlike unlike un un- like summer camp are held but with the express p purpose of acquainting acquainting acquainting ac ac- ac- ac young men in their teens with the structure of American government Classes conducted by key government officials officiaLs officials of of- and judges are the preliminaries preliminaries narita to a period during which the boys try governing democratic democrat democrat- ic states of their own Rhode Island and Vermont are among the newcomers to the movement this year Illinois Illinois' was the pioneer in 1935 New York Ohio Indiana West Virginia and Utah are other stat states s in the movement move move- ment V V T More power powel to them Rocky Rocky Mountain News Compulsory Flag Saluting At Philadelphia United States District Judge Albert B. B Maris Mans has ruled it unconstitutional to require school children to salute the flag in contravention of their religious beliefs Judge Maris Mails has ordered the school board at Minersville Pa to reinstate in their classes two pupils childr children n of members of the Jehovah's Witnesses who had been expelled for refusal to salute the flag While expressing his disagreement disagreement disagreement disagree disagree- ment with the notion of the Jeh Jeh Jehovah's Je Je- Je- Je h hovah's Witnesses that paying Baying homage to any man-made man symbol is an act of idolatry the judge held that if they conscientiously believe it they are entitled under the constitution to the exercise of their belief It is worth quoting a sentence or two from the courts court's statement The loyalty of our people is to be judged not so much by their words word as by the part they play in the body politic Our country's safety safety safety safe safe- ty su surely does not depend upon the totalitarian idea of forcing all citizens into one common mold of thinking and acting or requiring them to render a Mp Up service of loyalty in a a. a manner which conflicts conflicts conflicts con con- with their sincere convictions Such a doctrine seems to me utterly utterly utterly ut ut- ut- ut terly alien to the genius and spirit of our nation and destructive of that personal liberty of which our f flag ag itself is t the e symbol 7 J j |
