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Show Support laws, be patriotic, Dr. Wilkinson urges I ' A forceful appeal to all Americans to return to the old- i fashioned ideals and virtues of : being our brother's keeper, thrift, support of law enforce-j enforce-j ment, patriotism, doing what I we can for ourselves, and plac- Ing more emphasis on the in dividual rather than the group ! was the basis of remarks giv- en by Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson. He was speaking to a record crowd in attendance at the February breakfast of the Chamber of Commerce, Tuesday Tues-day morning. Americans' failure to become involved with others is one of j the grave concerns facing our j country today. Withholding our help and interest from others is creating a national problem. Another is the breakdown of support of law enforcement. He said that crime is increasing increas-ing six times faster than the population increase with an alarming amount of lawlessness lawless-ness by those under 18 years of age. A cynical attitude toward patriotism has developed throughout the country. During Dur-ing the past forty years reference ref-erence to national heroes in leading American History books has become less and less and in one example, the reference ref-erence in 1923 to a leading revolutionary rev-olutionary patriot was noted 23 times; in 1963, once. We must provide and glorify the old concept con-cept of patriotism, he said. A worship of government and a turning to that government govern-ment as a cure-all for our ills, even those we shrink from doing ourselves, have added to the breakdown in national morale. mor-ale. The old adage "Pay as you go" has become out moded. We are now living on money borrowed from our children and our grandchildren, he continued. contin-ued. The "Penny saved is a penny earned" motto has been replaced by "no down payment pay-ment required." There must be a rededica-tion rededica-tion to enduring moral values by both teachers and students. Traditional values are being replaced by the emergent values val-ues that the group is more important than the individual. The individual's importance must be emphasized and young people should be impressed with the necessity of not being content with the common place. They should make their own personal contribution to society, President Wilkinson noted. Jack Allen, president of the Chamber of Commerce, was in charge of the meeting. Howard Maycock introduced the speaker. speak-er. The next breakfast is scheduled sched-uled Tuesday, March 29. |