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proc proc-k fixing firing Juno B as the day for registration for tor selective service the president has bas summed up the situation I most admirably Continuing he says I 5 To this end mr or people must draw J S close in on one onG com compact t front against a aS S common foe But nut this cannot be If It Ifach S ach each pursues a private purpose There he president has struck I a a. keynotE S The president sees clearly that the 1 energies of every ery American must be shaped to make the nation a unit S against autocracy autocracy against again t the common common com corn cornmon mon enemy Private alms alma and objects must J not conflict with Ith the national purpose private greed must not con con- 5 with the common good private private- privateS S wishes must not conflict with out national national na na- na- na effectiveness in war Everything has baa got to give way In I th the face tace of our determination to win this war for tor world liberty 1 Th The whole nation must be a 1 team t- t S in which each euh man shall play the part tor for which he is 15 best best fitted the S dent den t tells usHe us S He lIe is ia right Team play pisy Is what we must have We dont don't want an any backstops back back- f c stops stopa trying to play centerfield or any r. r pl pitchers chers loafing on the bench when they're needed on the mound We want y y team play Team play is the tho real American way of ot playing also But there is this about team tam play S- S t and our need of ot It that must be understood under- under i stood t Team play is had when the team t works together under a a. leader Team S 'S play is never had 10 when every member mem- mem 1 her bet of ot the team tries to run the team We e have got to shape and train the i nation for this war team pIa play will do it and give ghe the world a wonderful example example ex- ex ample of American effectiveness And t W cy J o o. e every American must sink hl his littleS little U S private Inclinations his little private t t Bobbies and his little hUe private desire to tc tor 1 HV r profit at national expense i Again fain to quote from the President t. t Is S a new thIng In ln our history and anc I R landmark In our progress S Let Let thIs a b be AmerIca aroused a nation I U unity t t n. n READER REGISTRATION FIGURES J S VS CENSUS FIGURES 1 Editor Telegram J Registration for tor war ar purpose shows show S the Ameri people to bo a hundred I per cent patriotic No one should b be B misled misted by apparent discrepancies s between be be- between tween the total number registered am and I the th forecast given out by the census S office Approximately men mci r registered while the estimate of ot th the 5 census officials of ot the total numbeS number numbe S of ot males mates In the country of ot registering age TV was as F t S The census officials admit two er errors errors er- er S In their estimate first their thel to take account of ot the men F In S the military service not required to I second their o i-o tk tak n ig i into nto consideration the fact that immIgration immigration g gration ration has almost entirely ceased s since ince the war began A third source of ot error should be rankly frankly f stated One would not expect t the he census officials to acknowledge it ft The census figures figures' th themselves are not accurate a Padding Padding- the census returns has long been one one- of the diversions of our o our ur enterprising cities i The census is taken under political a auspices by bv political appointees and t the he population count counts Js s paid for by the I h head ead It is natural to expect therefore there there- f fore ore that a good I many heads are re re reported re re- ported some of them probably from fertile graveyards and others from I s such euch sources as politicians draw on when they need to pad the registry I b books The population of or loom many a boom boom- boomi I ing ng Western city is made to look very f fine ine in the census returns particularly I It f such city ty Is ls il running running a close race with a rival S SIt It was waif a mistake tor for the e government t to i o permit the census officials to give out a lot of misleading figures before the regIstration ft took place tion Is based RegIstration I population nn on oath The count of was a Political count padded by e ula-tion ula and checked checke up by nobody The The regIstration I is a nearer i Index count today taken ot of 5 for tor P pOpulation P atlon than an any many years CommUnitIes to which there has b been en a u Si vu heavy J. J shirt shift of ot P POPUlation CommunIties finn tion Sr are shOwing a a. low of registration communities where the returns were or of were Inflated the d ta tn 1910 The young imen men United States taking this war seriously have hav done their duty i J 1 n It N. N I SHUT UP OR BE LOCKED UP UN Editor The rhe Telegram We e Americans are extremely Jealous of o our r rights Among them we hold none more precious man trian tr free e speech and a free tree pre press In most ot of our cIties we have permitted such freedom ot of speech that we have Permitted with I good natured tolerance I the free freo utterance utterance utter utter- ance of the ravings or oC of ofIn dIsordered mInds In some cities certain S I Places e been set apart In public where anyone might freely rail against and gOVernment goy gOV- established Institutions I and say most anything ne De Even en the St steps ps of pleased I government buIld buIld- lings ings have ha b been n favorite ro rostrums wherefrom wild eyed fanatics talk themselves might against the government black m Usell Itself n th the face I So long as It kept clear the or libel laws I press preM might gO as tar as the pleased to gO his against anything and anYbody thunderbolts And I a a. good natured fault fod no I Rut But that WitS was in time timM Or peace Now r-ow I we are at war The gOve I I resents the people represents rep rep- this democratic citizenship o of republic The Tho govern I I ment declared war and the proved its action people apI up- up I as their will settles It That I Frenzied I attacks on ou our government i I now are attacks on the people peals to any of oC our I our citIzens to rebel i against t of any the laws 18 pas t by congress to carr carry out tie the purposes U-poes ot Cf L I I I I I I I I I I I i our war are attacks on our govern govern- ment Whatever lends aid antl ald and comfort to toI to the enemy Is la treason treason and ana attacks on our government and app appeals ls for re resistance resistance reto re- re to Its laws lend aid ad and comI comfort com corn fort tort to the en enemy my Hence Ien they are treasonable The time has come treasonable editors and orators to shut up or be locked up I Goldman and Berkman are locked up They're in Jail That's That where they belong belon- Neither elther TS is a l citizen of at this republic yet vet both have been n perI permitted per per- to roam whithersoever er they pleased within our borders and give voice roles to their hatred or this government govern govern- government ment Dent and all government It was time timeto to lock them up And Ana ifs ts time to go goI right down the line Une ana ane lock up others othera who use their liberty in free tree America to lend tend aid and comfort to the Prussian sian enemy of oC democracy tion Uon S lAnd this goes for tor editors a as j well as a orators sq |