| Show m ta to total The Fourth Recalls Wars of th the Past I I 10 10 H 1 tIE tIB Fourth of July has occupied pled pied ed an honored place on j A jour our calendar for a long longtime longtime r time and the th temptation grows growl to regard It as aa a perfunctory perfunctory per per- gesture In honor of C an ancient deed Yet Tet there was never greater need of ot realizing how dependent those old victories victories vic vic- tories are upon present day courage The battle to preserve the freedom won In revolution Is II a battle that never neTer ends In observing Independence ence day we are celebrating an occasion occasion occa occa- sion alon which has far more than the pi picturesque pic significance of a venerable antique It can and should remind us of with what difficulty and suffering our freedom was first obtained and of how bow constantly It has been endangered endangered both by domestic and by foreign foes fols The treed freedom om which we proclaimed on that first glorious Fourth cannot last If It we do not tend It It any any more than a plant can grow without water and sunlight In domestic affairs restrictions restrictions re re- upon ullon personal freedom have grown to a dangerous height In foreIgn foreign for for- eign fields we are still Inclined to assume as same sume that because we have a primary material Interest as asell well ell as a strong trong moral belief bellef in peace as a guarantor of freedom the Interests and the morality of others Impel them along the same Bame path With a modesty which would be commendable under other circumstances many of us underestimate underestimate underestimate under under- estimate the Importance of ot America to and the need for a national nation nation- al Insurance equivalent to all that we have at stake In the continued maintenance maintenance main maiD of peace The Fourth of ot JUI July Is a valuable 0 occasion oc oc- casion caslon Indeed If It carries our minds through the War of ot the Revolution the Civil war and the wars or near near- wars which we have had with Great Britain France Germany and Spain It renews renew our present test Best for liberty May Mar It remind us ns that one neither gets nor keeps something for nothing In this world and that even such auch a priceless thing as freedom drifts away or Is snatched away unless a community Is const constantly vigilant I New Newyork I York Herald Tribune |
