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Show Iathleel1 Kathleen ( Norris Says : Good Medicine for Foreign-Born Foreign Born - ISnlS Isms IsmsBoil ( Bell Boil SyndJcate-WNU SyndJcate WNU Syndicate-wNU Syndicate - - Servtce Service I 1 It Ito Itt d A o - t Q-'t Q 't t - ' , , - , < / 'e e 'eU ' , U ) ' J \ / J / 1 A At t - p pI pLively I LIVely arguments ulII udl tra fra I 1 IIemsehes 11 II 11emselt emseltes emsehes emselt es ngl rig ! t oul out oflhe o f the dlTling during room and andcontinue , conllnue continue over Ihe the dishpan but Ihal that . exactly ul ulat at jon ) au uant want Dnll Drill Ihem them all allIn indmerican In InI Indmencan dmencan dmerican sm I By KATHLEEN NORRISPERHAPS NORRIS NORRISBERHAPS you are one of ofthe ofthe ofthe BERHAPS PERHAPS the mothers-the mothers the mothers - - the many , , many mothers ' ' - who whoare whoare whoare are vaguely worried worned today todayfor todayfor todayfor for fear that a ' fifth column column"is columnis " IS formingor forming formmg or is already alreadyformed alreadyformed alreadyformed formed , , m in America Amenca , , and thatNazism thatNazism that thatNazism Nazism and Fascism and andCommumsm andCommunism andCommunism Commumsm Communism are about tobreak to tobreak tobreak break out m in our midst ' Fifth column , , " you know knowis IS one of the phrases comed coined coinedin ! m in the late Spamshwar Spanishwar Spanish Spamsh war It Itmeans Itmeans Itmeans , means those enemies wlthm within withinour withinour our own ranks , , those quiet quietforces quietforces quietforces forces that operate under under- underground underground underground - ground , winning wmmng converts andgaming and andgammg andgaining gammg gaining strength that is someday some- some someI someday some-day some day - - day to be used against agamst Amer Amer- AmerIca America America - I IcaI ica icaHow I How strong these elements are in inour inour Inour our country I don t know and I Idon Idon Idon don t suppose anyone else doesWhen does doesWhen doesWhen When I was young it was the So- So SoclaIists SociaHsts So Socialists - - cialists claIists ciaHsts who were appealing appealmg to the therestless therestless therestless restless and rising generation But Butthey Butthey Butthey they never put a candidate Into of office office office fice they never formed anythmg anything anythmglIke anythinglake anythinglike lIke lake a formidable party And somuch so somuch somuch much more violent radical and s un unnatural unnatural n nnatural natural are the isms of today that thatmuch thatmuch thatmuch much that the Socialists advocate advocatehas advocatehas advocatehas has come to seem to us quite prac prat practiC pratticable practicable practicableAmerica tiC ticable able ableAmerica ticableAmerica America nas Has Progressed ProgressedFor ProgressedFor ProgressedFor For although we never adopted a asocialist asocialist asocialist socialist platform our ideals have havechanged havechanged havechanged changed Working Workmg hours and wagescales wage wagescales wagescales scales and living lIvmg conditions condlhons have all allundergone allundergone allundergone undergone changes Time doesn t tbring tbring , brIng about ALL that the reformers reformerswant reformerswant reformerswant want want , . , but it does much and to read readHenry readHenry readHenry Henry George s great land value valueI valueclassIc valueclassic valueclassic I classIc Progress and Poverty to toI today today I day is to realize that the world worldreally worldreally worldreally I worldI really HAS grown better-at better at better - at least leastm leastin leastm m in America Amenca s nee nce ace 1878I 1878If 1878If 1878 1878It It If fear for Americanism Amerlcamsm our mttitutions In m mstatutions I , shtuhons statutions and ideals our Constltu Constitu ConstltutlOn Constitution Constitution tlOn tion and our Bill of Rights reallyhaunts really reallyhaunts reallyhaunts thmgI haunts you there is a simple thmg thing thmgthat thingthat thingthat I that you can do to check combat combatI combatand combatand combatand I and eventually destroy the last shred shredof shredo1 shredof of o1 anti American activity in 1D ourm our our1m ourm 1m m dst , dstFor For these tore fore gn doctrmes doctrines doctrmesbrought doctrinesbrought doctrinesbrought brought here by the d saflected saITected saffected from fromother fromother , other lands reach our rising rlsmg generation genera generaI generation I , tlon tion first In other words they reachyour reach reachyour your children chlldren and mine And those thosechildren thosechildren thosechildren children like the children of everygeneration every everygeneration everygeneration generation are looking lookmg about theworld the theworld theworld world critically wondering wondermg why so somany somany somany many things thmgs are stupidly done donewrongly donewrongly donewrongly wrongly done . why .hy hy there is so much muchpreventable muchpreventable muchpreventable preventable poverty and Idleness idlenessand idlenessand ! and suffering suffermg and sm sin When strangepanaceas strange strangepanaceas strangepanaceas panaceas are presented to them they theyI theyaccept theyaccept I accept them gladly neither able nor noranXIOus noranxious noranxious I norI anXIOus to critics criticise critlc1'7e critlc17e ' + e them too keenlyThe keenly keenlyThe keenlyI I The cure for th s situation whichIs which whichI whichIs I is actually worrying worrymg America very veryI verymuch verymuch I much was suggested to me a few fewdays fewdays fewdays days ago by a fine old Americanwoman American Americanwoman Americanwoman woman who has raised sons taken takenan takenan takenan an active part m In the hundred civicand CIVIC CIVICand civicand and social activities and who servedAmerica served servedAmerica , America as one of California Callorma ! s representatives rep representatlves representatives resentatlves resentatives in 1D congress tor for many manyyears manyyears manyyears years I see no reason to concealher conceal concealher concealher her name Florence KahnStudy KahnStudy Kahn KahnStudy Study the Conshtutlon Constitution ConshtutlonMrs ConstitutionMrs ConstitutionMrs Mrs Kahn ahn and I were talkmg talking talkmgabout talkingabout talkingabout about the recent awakenmg-or awakenmg or awakening-or awakening awakening - or be beg beg beg g nning nnmg of awakening awakemng of American Americanwomen Americanwomen Americanwomen women to a sense of civic responsl response toldher toldhcr b responsib responslb responseb lity and civic power and I told hcr her theNational that many of our groups in m the National ofAmerica Leg on of the Mothers of AmerIca were taking their first In interest terest Interest hadformed in m the Constitut Conshtut on and had formed clubs to study ItI itI it itI I wish she said that they dgo d dgo dgo go a little deeper decpcr than that I wish they wishthey d take the matter right Into intotheir their homes read the Const tutlOn tution tutlOnaloud tutionaloud tutionaloud aloud at the d nncr nner table discuss It Itget itget itget get the children to discuss it and keep andkeep it up-kccp up kccp up-keep keep up - - keep it up-keep up keep up - - keep it up ' ' up'Unt upUnt Unt Untl Untlshe 1 I she 8he finished fimshed every grow growli growii 11 ii e g American g rland rl and boy would r realize alIze the simple truth that there thereis thereis thereIs ' is no reform no desirable change changeto changeto 'I I to benefit humanity humamty and right rightwrongs rightwrongs rightwrongs wrongs to control privilege and e'C eC ee e'Ctend eetend e\tend e tend \ ' I tend opportunity opportumty that they can t ac accompl accomps accompi ! compl comps sh r ght here in their own owncountry owncountry owecountry country under their own fiagIf flagIf flag fiag flagIf If our worrying worrymg parents alarmed alarmedat alarmedat alarmedat at the half baked red doctrine that thatso thatso thatso so many of our college students studentsseem studentsseem studentsseem seem to be imb 1mb bmg bing today would wouldtake wouldtake wouldtake take this simple suggestion to heart heartwe heartwe heartwe we should soon see not only the thedeclme thedecline thedecline declme decline of anti American mfluence influence influencebut mfluencebut influencebut but the healthy growth of new Amer Amerlcan Amerlean Americon lcan icon movements that might bringour brIng brIngour bringour our country back once more to thestandards the thestandards thestandards standards of the great Fathers of ofthe ofthe ofthe the Consttution ConsttutionRevive Const tutlonReVIve tution tutlon tutionRevive Revive Dimiertime Dmnerhme Dinnertime Discussions DiscussionsIt It has often occurred to me that thatIt thatit thatit It is a p ty that the old fashion of ofgood ofgood ofgood good talk at dinner dlnDer time has gone goneout goneout goneout out Judging Judgmg from trom old Amencan American Amencanbooks Americanbooks Americanbooks books and biography and letters It Itwas itwas itwas was a pretty usual custom a * hun bun hundred bundred himdred dred years ago It may do the thewhole thewhole thewhole whole family famlly good to have you re revlve revtve revive vlve vtve it it . . . The father or man of the house household household household hold may greet this thls idea with a agroan agroan agroan agroanDarling groan groanDarlmg groanDarling Darling Darlmg I Im m dead tonight torught Do Dowe Dowe Dowe we have to have politics at the ta to toble table table7 ble ? ' he may plead But persistanyway persist persistanyway persistanyway anyway The best system is qUietly quietlyto quietlyto to produce the book that is to be beread beread beread read handing it from one to an another another another other and keeping keepmg steadily steadlly to a 10- 10 10mmute 10 10-mmute 10 mmute - - mmute minute program night mght after n ght ght.Of ghtOf . . . Of course it will presently run totar to tofar tofar far more than 10 minutes mmutes and livelyarguments lively livelyarguments livelyarguments arguments will trail trall themselves themselvesright themselvesright themselvesright right out of the dining dmmg room and con contmue continue contmue tmue tinue over the dishpan but that s sexactly sexactly sexactly exactly what you want Drill them themall themall themall all m in Americanism Amerlcarusm unt tint 1 1 I there re remams remains remains mams mains no question as to the potentl potenti potentlalitIes potentialities potentiahties alitIes of their own Constitution that thatthey thatthey thatthey they need leave unanswered Don t twarn twarn twarn warn anyone of . what .hat hat you are domg doing domgfor doingfor domgfor for both husband and children have havea a deep rooted objection to being bemg edu educated educated educated cated but make your dinner d.Jnner dJnner . table a alittle alittle alittle little political forum for a few fewmonths fewmonths fewmonths months and you youll II ll find that they theywant theywant theywant want to keep it up longer than thanyou thanyou thanyou you doIt doIt do doIt It is a great tragedy that with a agovernmental agovernmental agovernmental governmental system as flexible fie'Clble fieClble ' andas and andas andas as inspired msplred as ours with a begm begin begmnmg beginping beginning nmg ping only 165 years ago that star startied starfled startied tied fled the whole world with its Ideals Idealsof idealsof idealsof of universal suffrage equality equahty and andhumamty andhumanity andhumanity humamty humanity . we .e e should let our chi chidren ch I Idren 1dren dren grow up with the idea that we weare weare weare are just about as reactionary as asfilled asfilled asfilled filled with class distinctions dlstmchons and so soclal socoal social clal coal injustices InJushces as are the old nations nationsof nationsof nationsof of Europe It is surely no fault of ofAmerica ofAmerica ofAmerica America s founders that we know so solittle solittle solittle little of o1 our own o.n on . country s Ideals Idealsand idealsand idealsand and use so imperfectly unperfectly those thatwe that thatwe thatwe we do knowHistory knowHistory know knowHistory History s Greatest Oreatest Experiment sufferinghave suffermghave Truly ExperimentTruly injustices inJllstlces ijUstices and suffermg suffering have long had a foothold here We Wehave Wehave have Wehave slums we have unemploy unemployment unemploymeat unemployment ment meat we have crime But we also alsohave alsohave have alsohave as an excuse the largest ill in illternatlonal international ternatlonal ternational international populat opulat on that the world worldhas worldhas worldhas has ever seen we are making his history history history tory s greatest experiment in the theamalgamation theamalgamation theamalgamation amalgamation of races and incadentally llclden incaden llcldentally meidentally tally succeed ng at ItIt itIt it itIt It is Inevitable that to the top of o1 ofour o1our olour our great melting meltmg pot scum shall shallarise shallarise shallarise arise The laws of all the Euro Europcan Europeas Europcan pcan peas countries countnes are far from bellg being beingthe bellgthe the reconcilethem same it at is for us to reconcile reconcilethem reconcilethemAmerica them themAmerica America must teach us the lessonthat lesson that lessonthat Europe never has learned that thataU thatall thatall aU all these may live together in ID peace peaceMeanwhile Meanwhile if that hotheaded hot headed reva- reva revo - . - lut revo-lut revo lut revalut madeto onary unary boy of yours can be made to read the Declaration Declarahon of Independ Independence Independence Independence ence the Con Constitution tituhon the Bill of ofRights Rights and if you ask him temper temperatcly temperately ately and sympathetically sympathetlcal1y what he heand heand heand and his new red friends want from their fromtheir country that is not obtamable obtainable obtamableunder obtainableunder obtainableunder under these franchises lranchlses you will be takIng betaking a great step to reduce all our I 1 our1 ourI ttle Hie scattered d sease spots of foreign for forelgn foreign elgn eign isms to our one great Ism Americanism ismAmericanism |