Show How I Can Protect America p The Telegram received a number RECENTLY V o of requests from school students at Kenilworth Kenil- Kenil worth Utah for information or material on the subject How I Can Protect America Apparently Apparently Apparently the students had been assigned the subJect subject sub sub- for lor essays in some class Its It's an interesting subject and one which calls rather for expression of opinion than a compilation o of either facts or quotations for lor an an answer Lets Let's see what can be done with it as the it from the subject of an editorial Well We'll tackle standpoint of these Kenilworth school students anxious to do their part in protecting America as as boys and girls school students below the age at which they might be called upon to fend lend America in the front lines of actual conflict conflict con can tHet or in the training camps of our new defense defense de de- de- de tense army or in the mines and mills and factorIes factories factories fac fac- tories where the essential materials of war are produced These youngsters want to help protect America America America Amer Amer- ica right at home in the schoolroom in their own community now community now as they are today not as they will be in a few lew years years citizens citizens soldiers mothers workers All right What can I a school student do doto doto doto to protect America Well first and most important I can be a good American That's far broader than merely merely merely mere mere- ly being a resident of America It means that I must love my country and know why I love loveit it so that nothing can shake or weaken mylove mylove my mylove love for it Therefore I must study America its history its system of government its so cial structure its whole way of life If I know America well I will believe thoroughly in it I will believe that it is the best country and has the best system of government in the he world I will believe that it holds the most opportunity opportunity opportunity for its people that its future is brightest and that it has the soundest fundamental conceptions conceptions conceptions con con- o of justice and decency on which to base basea a way of life Knowing loving and believing in America I must show that faith love and I knowledge in my daily contacts with others showing myself to to be a good American and atrue atrue a atrue true believer in democracy in my school my home and my community Second SecondI I must be willing in the hour of my country's need to make personal sacrifices for formy my country Some day that sacrifice might be bemy bemy bemy my very life Right now it may be nothing more than joining wholeheartedly in the sacrifice which my family may be called upon to make makein in the interest of national defense such defense such sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- as the payment of heavier taxes or giving up certain luxuries or advantages in order that the nation may apply more of its productive effort to armament Or it may be if it should become necessary for lor national defense I can sacrifice some play time doing work at home so my father can work longer and harder in ln a amine amine amine mine or factory or perhaps even I can do my share by doing summer work to help meet a shortage of labor Third I must be tolerant and understanding helping to protect America against those currents currents currents cur cur- rents of injustice and intolerance and persecution persecution persecution tion which are the enemies o of democracy I must not only love my country and be willing willingto to sacrifice materially for it but I must help in my own life to give America the spiritual strength to withstand the pressure of undemocratic cratic concepts which have have- so much of the world Fourth I must be a progressive American Just because I love and believe in my country does not mean I think it is perfect It is the best yet and I am going to try to make it constantly constantly constantly con con- better so it will always always' be the best yet I dont don't want any other country or system o of government to get ahead o of America because I and my fellow Americans have been smug and self sell I want to be an adventurous progressive two-fisted two American like the patriots patriots pa pa- and pioneers who founded this country and made it great That should give any American youngster anxious to help protect America plenty to think about and work toward Yet it isn't a very large order for tor the youth of America Many of them are already filling it without conscious intention intention intention tion many more will willas as the need is shown Go to it young America Were We're depending on you to protect advance and invigorate Amer Amer- ica democratIc ica-democratic democratic America America for for the future |