Show Duty Urged d in Liberty Address o e o Gov Dern Dem S. S L. L Speaker of Day The following Is Governor George GeorgeH H H. Der Dem's Dems s 's Independence Day address address ad ad- address ad- ad dress delivered at the Salt Lake City Fourth of July program at Liberty Lib Lib- erty park The Fourth of July is our national na- na national national na na- birthday the day of which John Adams wrote I am apt to believe that It l It will wm willbe willbe be celebrated by succeeding generations generations generations gene gene- rations as the great anniversary of deliverance It ought to bp be commemorated commemorated commemorated com com- as the day of deliverance deliverance deliverance deliver deliver- ance by solemn acts acts' of devotion to God Almighty It ought to be solemnized solemnized solemnized sol sol- sol sol- with pomp strews games I sports guns bells bonfires and Il Illuminations illuminations il- il from one end of the continent to tp the other from this time forward forever Salt Lake City today is doing Its share toward living up to the prediction prediction prediction pre pre- I diction and admonition of this Il Illustrious Illustrious U- U revolutionary patriot We Ve Weare Weare are celebrating our country's birthday birth irth- day and doing It much In the fashIon fash tashI fashion I Ion ton that was suggested by John Adams Ad Ad- ams Patrick Henry another revolutionary revolutionary revolutionary leader spoke an an Important truth when he said I have one lamp by which my feet are guided and that Is the lamp of experience I know of no noway way of judging the future fu fu- future ture but by the past VOICE OF THE PAST All the knowledge and wisdom that we have Is the result of our past experiences It Is well therefore therefore there there- fore that on an occasion like this we should listen to the voices of 01 the past so that they may help the future fu fu- fu ture I I It Is appropriate that we recite the heroic episodes in our country's history and freshen our understanding understanding understanding under under- standing of the principles of our government We Ve may do this without without without with with- out dwelling in the past pasta It Is is-al- is always al- al ways a sign of senility and decay to live In the glories of ot the past it ItIs itis Js Is always a sign of vig r and progress progress progress ress ress to be impatient of f the past and to look eagerly and c confidently to the future The United States Is a young young and vigorous nation In the the future future fu future fu- fu ture not In the past We Ve confidently dently feel that our country has a mission and a destiny add aAd a d as as' as patriotic pat pat- Americans we all want to help her achieve that destiny How cast caVi we help By doing our our duty auty asgood as asgood asgood good citizens Our citizens must be th the right kind of material or we can riot not have havethe havethe the right kind of a country no matter matter matter mat mat- ter how I perfect our form of ment may be An cannot be beany beany beany any better than the materials of which it is bu built lt The p people ople must h have ve capacity for citizenship and that capacity requires intelligence I self control and conscience Intelligence Intel Intel- Intelligence means that they must havethe havethe have the brains and the education to comprehend the questions they are l ca called d upon to decide Self control means that they must most be willing willingto to obey the laws that are are enacted by the majority within the limitations limitations limitations limita limita- of the constitution even though some o of those laws may at times seem obnoxious Conscience means that they must carry Into Into their civic activities the same high standards of character of honesty of f cleanness and of righteousness that they recognize In their personal personal personal per per- lives As James Bry Bryce e says The citizen must be able to understand understand understand under under- stand the Interests of the community community must be able to subordinate his will to tu the general will must feel his his' responsibility to tov the and be prepared d to serve it by voting working lor or If need be fighting DUTY IS FIRSTIn FIRST In other words tv we d should think thinka a little less about our rights perhaps perhaps per per- haps and a lot more about ourI our duties The man who is everlastingly everlastingly everlastingly I insisting upon his rights Is not a a. good citizen unless he at the same time recognizes his duties and ana lives up to them There Ther are three vices ices that hinder many of us from being good citizens I The first Is Indolence We Weare are too lazy to go to the primaries to vote to study public questions questions- and to do the other things nat mat the ae- ae cent cont citizen must doThe doThe do The second is self Interest Some people still sUll politics for tor what they can get out of it It Ills is s not 81 1 al always ways ways- getting an office or a job merely The more serious offenses are such for example as getting a road located for your special benefit benefit benefit bene bene- fit or helping to fix a tax law so as to escape your just share of the burden burderi or fixing a tariff bill btu so as asto asto asto to get undue privileges The third vice is extreme and blind party spirit wh when n carried to the extent of following party at the sacrifice sac of principle and the public public public pub pub- lic welfare It is these things that hinder one from being a good citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen zen and that bring about weakness and decay In a nation MUST BE ALERT I Thomas Jefferson said Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty We Ve sometimes think problems are settled but as we go along we find that nothing is settled There is no such thing as rest in nature Every Ever Everything thing is ison on ton the move In governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental affairs there is a a constant struggle between progress' progress and re reaction re- re action ShaH we sit supine when the movement ment Is backward when the liberties that we we have gained are ate in danger of slipping away from us A free people must be evel ever on In Inthe the alert alet if it wants to retain its freedom unimpaired and to carry civilization on to greater greatel heights A new feature In tn connection with our observance of f Independence e day this year Is that at the request di dithe f fth th the president this has been designated designated designated as a's national defense t test st day In In- carrying In-carrying out the presidents president's suggestion suggestion sug sug- I hope vye we e are not In any degree degre Instilling a spirit of militarism militar ism into the minds of our people of the objects of the late war was was to abolish war but none of us will seriously contend that this ob object object object ob- ob was attained Indeed many people think that although the war greatly altered the world it actually actually actually actu actu- ally achieved none of it Its ite purposes Be that as it may the world is still organized for war rather th than n f for foi r peace and the possibility of war even for the te United States has not t been removed In the United States we do not have a large standing army In fact our our army Is littlemore littlemore little littlemore more than a skeleton Organization NOT WAR MOVE In case of the plan is to fill up the organization by ty calling callIng calling call- call Ing the bodied able-bodied men into the service on short notice In order that those who are patriotic enough to be willing to fight for fOT their country country country coun coun- try in case of national danger may know ho how v to move promptly this da day has been declared a sample emergency so that we w-e may have a little practice In going th ugh the motions of f mobilization Call It a measure of preparedness as s If you will but that does not necessarily make it a militaristic gesture which other nations could regard as as' as asa a threat While we e feel that the prudent thing thin to d do J under present world conditions Is to indulge in ln this measure measure mea mea- sure of preparedness let us not deceive deceive deceive de de- de- de ourselves into into thinking that this sort of preparedness is to prevent war It will wUl do nothing of the kind It will only help us to achieve victory when the next war breaks out If we Ye want to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent war we must remove the causes of war and that Is an en entirely entirely entirely en- en different dl f rent problem than preparing preparing pre pre- paring for war What That greater ambition ambition ambition am am- can we have for our country than that she shall lead the world to permanent peace I based on justice justice justice jus jus- tice an and righteousness Let that be be Americas America's mission and let us devote ourselves to Its fulfillment |