Show t RECOGNIZE HEROES OF PEACE L t Dr By RABBI RADD F F. M. M r. r ISSERMAN St. St Lour Louif II HY flY Y should 1 we only dedicate days of memorial to the honor of i W those who WIlD served their country on the battlefield Why have we not days days- of memorial for or those who lost last their lives Berving serving Berv- Berv ing then their count country y Je less lees s dramatically y but yet as effectively and lurd in the same sume sacrificial spirit f Is a country only served d on the battlefield Are there thore not outer other sere sere- services i ices is s equally important and d demanding manding a as much h heroism as much devotion devotion devo dev tion and as much consecration t Why Why could not Memorial day be expanded so th that t the he heroes oos' oos of f fp p peace c shall JI be e placed on n a par par with the h h heroes r roes e of the war war so 80 t that the miner coal miner loses his his- life to make mak homes c coal who our warm our children JI healthy and t to furnish power to our mills and factories shall receive the r recognition iti n due to 10 his sacr sacrifice fi ef 4 Are Are Arc not the mothers who lose Jose their lives bearing new life into the world deserving of just as much national al approbation a aa as those boys who f fell I on the battlefield Do not these I mothers reveal the the h same same heroism i. i f J What of the scientists who icho in their laboratories inO inoculate themselves J with deadly germs and and unobtrusively fall victims to their I courage and their d desire sire to serve their countrymen t Sha Shall l th they y b be ignored while whilo only the We man who bears arms arms is recognized Our Memorial day is a good institution but its present narrow scope Bl should uld be ve widened t to r include all those who have served cJ th their their- fr co country nty well wel well By Byi By doing i g this this' w we shall encourage encourage good citizenship i inclines times of peace peace a as W well ll as dramatic m martyrdom rl in 1 time of war r I I |