Show FLAG DAY Serious observers are questioning the durability of the American system One of these is columnist Stewart Alsop who commented recently that A good many normally sensible people are beginning be be ginning to ask themselves whether the American system might not come apart one of these days rather like Oliver Wendell Homes' Homes wonder one one-hoss shay The one one-hoss shay it will be recalled was built In such a logical way it ran rana a hundred years to a day But it went to pieces all at once all at once an nothing first Just as bubbles do when concludes that they burst Mr Alsop the odds are high that the American system will surmount present difficulties as it has other difficulties in the past These reflections of a leading and highly competent viewer of the contemporary contemporary scene should make everyone everyone every every- one pause and search for little little lit lit- tle ways in which to exhibit exhibit ex hibit a II reaffirmation of faith in the U. U S. S An obvious opportunity will present present pre pre- sent itself on June 14 during the nationwide nationwide nation nation- wide observance of Flag Day It was wason wason wason on June 14 1777 that the United States' States Flag was adopted For nearly years it has been a symbol of freedom and justice On countless occasions it has rallied the patriotic and unified the nation in the vast crucible of human existence where only the fittest can survive The right to fly the American Flag before our homes and places of business is isa isa isa a high honor at anytime and doubly so on the anniversary of the birth of the flag |