Show 1 Toas WH l b to WASHINGTON By Wolter Waller Shead kee d n 0 dha WHO ar III nil to St L N w Will Wilt of People Is It Final Sanction for All Laws LaWI AMID the turmoil and which Is ts obvious in the de de- de liberations liberation deliberation of congress and the hurly burly burly burly of the vest vast government scene ceno in Washington on your our horne home hornetown town reporter attended three events venta here which impressed him with the repeated oft but little heeded truism that you Vou cannot legislate faith or morals One event was the annual dinner of the tha Southern States Stat Industrial council co representing some ome leaders leaden In business and nci Industry from the 18 10 southern states At that dinner at the swank wank Statler Stater hotel OO more or lets less satisfied self of southern industry With senators congressmen and other distinguished southerners as al guests heard an excellent ad ad- ad dress by one of 01 them T Russ Ruse Hill of of Kentucky president of ef the Parry Martin Martin Parry corporation of De De- De- De Detroit troit troll Hill a forceful dinner after I speaker damned the lack of ot faith and the the use attitude of many business men and others about the future of this nation He castigated labor leaders and labor monopoly deplored a defeatist attitude and our present tax system and then he said laid this in discussing management labor difficulties difficulties and the labor bill bW now before congress Law alone alGne will not DOt suffice Our congress baa has been much concerned about a labor law Tough and mild mUd are the Iwo twe types pel type mentioned Ne Na labor law alone can caD solve this problem any aDy more than prohibition and controls solved C those thole problems The win will of the people peole not no law la Is the remedy Prayer and Good Will The following afternoon in one of the most moat beautiful settings with the shaft of towering Washington monument as II a back drop the dome of the national capi capi- capitol capitol tol tal gleaming In the afternoon sun and the mall mail a picture of or of lovely I vely velvet greensward some peo pen people pie gathered in a public demonstration demonstration tion of prayer prayer for a last last- lastIng lasting ing peace prayer for the Russian people and prayer pryer for America It was wa both dramatic and sym sym- and the lesson lellon those thole people carried away was waa that prayer not laws alone would bring brInI lasting ln peace On the same day Pres Prel Miguel Aleman of Mexico addressing a cheering whistling Joint session of congress said laid we have haye learned that the most powerful force to e uphold democracy lies not net In tanks taw and ordnance but bat In III the conviction In la the hearts bearta of men who when conflict finally breaks out oat will wW drive the tanks and lire fire the can CaD cannon non DOn And there we have bave it It from from Hill an industrial leader The will of the people not law is II the remedy You cannot legislate legisla Ie will In la the minds of the people From Rt Rev Msgr Fulton J Sheen of Catholic University of America Prayer not laws lawa and good will In the hearts of men not assembly deliberations is la I the rem rem- remedy remedy edy You cannot legislate prayer and good will in the hearts of ot otmen men From the President of Mexico Conviction in the hearts of men men not tanks and ordnance is II the pow pow- powerful erful force which must uphold de de- de democracy democracy You cannot legislate con con- conviction In the hearts of men Morally Right Law lW Laws So from these three sources we have the same IDS ansi r You Yon cannot legislate faith or morals morall Faith Falth In Iu God faith In American democracy faith faUb In hi the dignity of man Good will Win willin In the hearts burb of men Is III a moral question tolerance and convict convict- lions and prayer are moral forces forcel Whether tit lit be a labor law a tax as law a housing law a health law or whatnot the basic question Is II whether or not DOt the law la is morally right Is I It fair and just f Is III it tolerant of f the rights of f ment men Does Doe that law protect and defend the In III- III te and the dignity dim It of men mea and of 01 the Individual It was Eric Johnston former president of th the U tj S chamber of commerce who only recently rec said laid that our capitalistic system stem must change its process of thinking for tor forthe the privileged few to recognize Ita Its responsibility to the public interest and that the primacy and dignity of man come first fIrt Which brings us to wonder in the midst of the kaleidoscopic Washing Washing- Washington Washington ton picture what Is II the will of the people Is II it being bein carried out out What are the convictions conviction In hi the hearts of 01 the American people Do Dowe Dowe we recognize the primacy and Integrity In In- In Integrity of the Individual Do we legislate legis la te for lOr the public Interest or for the privileged few Are we mo- mo motivated mo mo- motivated by hate for other men and other nations Is Ii Intolerance a part of our national backdrop Where Is II our good will manliest manifest Above AbO all as al a I Christian nation do we pray and for tor what |