Show GOOD CITIZEN tolerance Is important problem in every americans life today this li Is the seventh ol of a series of 0 10 articles from the booklet good II 11 en P 11 by th american tie foundation on the th rights and duties of an arner tan the sixth promise of a good citizen in thought expression and action at home at school and in all my contacts I 1 will avoid any group prejudice based on class race or religion in youthful sports we learn that tho the best pitchers or finest quarter backs are the boys who throw or pass better without regard to color of their skins the kind of churches they go to or the size of homes they come from jews and gentiles white and negro catholic and protestant skilled and unskilled rich and poor intelligent tell igent and dull tall and short m man a n and woman blonde a and n d brunette are all members of this club t h e united states of america and f fur u r thedmore ther more are members ol of the human race not TOLERANCE I 1 is not merely putting up with the other fellow its the spirit of trying to understand him it Is judgment of people as people rather than as classes intolerance and gro group up prejudice are a resentment of anybody different a manifestation of insecurity and ignorance and a form of bullying akin to that of chickens picking on tho the one with part of its feathers already off intolerance whispers and listens to and rumor the intolerant Is one who has a mob or a safo safe majority with him and Is mean enough to take advantage which is why appeals to intolerance are so generally used by rabble rousers and demagogues an appeal to prejudice an attempt to divide the united states along social racial and religious lines and so to conquer it was the chief hope of our enemies during the war PAIR FAIR PLAY starts at home where little pitchers have big ears even a 0 thoughtless remark by parents and absorbed by children can foster intolerance in school and in tho the play groups of the neighborhood bo where it grows its first poisonous roots and often assumes it its crudest crit forms we have made many laws of liberty in the country nurtured many forms of freedom but there is one 1 law aw made long before 1776 1770 which will last far longer than any man made regulation do unto others cis as you would that they do unto you let it shine from out the hear of every man let it spread through the neighborhood the countryside and the city block through the shop and office through the city andi and state north and south east and west through the country arid and throughout the world TWO LETTERS abraham Lincol ns letter to mrs bixby of massachusetts dear madam I 1 have been shown in the files of the war department a statement of the adjutant general of massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons eon s who have died gloriously on the field of battle I 1 feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming but I 1 can not refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the republic apu epu alic they di died ed to save I 1 pray that our heavenly F father ather may assuage the anguish or of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom yours very sincerely and respectfully abraham lincoln t message from kaiser wilhelm II 11 of germany to io frau meter ot of del venhorst oldenburg his majesty the kaiser hears that you have sacrificed nine sons in defense bense of the fatherland in the present war ills his majesty is immensely gratified at the fact and in recognition is pleased to send you his photograph with frame and autograph signature this aft article lelis Is I 1 chapter 8 6 of 0 the booklet good citizen produced by th the american iier heritage liage fountila Fou nila uon lion sponsors of thi the fiefdom train A complete book may be obtained by sending SS 25 tents cents to 10 the american amerian an ner lince foundation 28 25 west street now new york N Y |