Show Lest We Forget By Herbert Kauf Kaufman man H HIGH IGI f prices wont won't come down cost of living will keep rising until America translates some of its threats into reprisal Its It's a sad commentary on the times when guerrilla business can raid the thc national income and escape scot free Of course we ae started to do lido something but there is no finish in sight Everybody is looking to everybody else to handle the job As usual were we're relying on George playing George playing the old game of passing the buck to the next man while we wc individually ally attend to personal affairs I In n earlier days we se held self respect so high that Boston fish drank tea There were once men in this country to fight for right Is it any wonder that outlaw interests continue to dare public anger If we wc dont don't punish lawbreakers how may we expect them to quit breaking laws A nation that doesn't resent exploitation deserves it H. In the last analysis oppression exists solely by majority con con- sent Communities are plundered rights plundered rights are overridden and justice justice jus lus tice lice defied only where indifference rules Guns and legislation alike must have determined men behind them Congress has al already already already al- al ready passed the necessary statutes for relief We Ve know the remedy remedy remedy rem rem- edy but refuse to take it meanwhile it the holdup goes merrily on Isn't there SOME limit to your patience Copyright 1917 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights reserved |