| Show I y I all ll 1 i Released by Western Newspaper Union t r FREE JoREE SPEECH IN PEACE PEACE- tit AN ESSENTIAL RIG RIGHT T IN IRELAND in 1918 I made myself myself my my- l fi self obnoxious to a group of Irish h jt t people whom I met in Dublin The Countess was demanding 1 the blood of all Englishmen because o the English government had shot her t. t J son He had had been Involved in the X Easter uprising In Dublin After 60 days having been tried in a civil V I court and proved guilty he was executed exI executed ex ex- for treason r I 1 asked the lady what Ireland w wanted j r We want the same kind of freedom freedom freedom free free- dom you people of America have she replied r Ireland is a part of the British f d' d Empire I said and the British fi fir Empire is at war I live in Illinois r r 5 l a part of the United States and the United States is at war If 11 I a s 4 citizen of Illinois should become involved in involved in- in in an uprising against the United States I would be tried by a drumhead martial court-martial and if it j proved guilty would be shot at sunrise sunrise sunrise sun sun- rise the next morning That is typIcal typical ical of American freedom and we weare weare are proud of what we have No American worthy of the name j would engage in an uprising against the government at any time Until c we are at war until we are attacked or congress has decreed our attack on another country any American rr should be privileged to express honest hon hon- k est criticism Freedom of speech j and freedom of the press are fundamentals fundamentals funda funda- menials of our American liberties When When war comes officially if it docs does c i every real American will give all- all out support both by word vord and act to defeat the enemy 1 THOSE ON T THE E DOLE I BUY OF THE BEST BESTIN 1 IN COMPANY with Mrs Patterson PatterS Patter Patter- S son I visited a neighborhood grocery grocery grocery gro gro- cery and market in Chicago The k lady is a thrifty soul by instinct and of necessity She wa watches values and the pennies In that store were nine customers and I discovered that six were paying paying pay pay- t ing with government food stamps One of these food stamp customers a man was being served by the 75 same clerk who was waiting on my wife The customer was well t dressed prosperous appearing wearing a natty summer suit ht with shirt and tie to match and a finely nely woven Panama hat He purchased purchased puri pur pur- i chased oranges demanding the best and highest priced quality frozen k r strawberries a rib roast of the best quality beef the best grade of bacon t the highest priced brand of canned peas new potatoes fresh sweet cornand corn cornand and other items My wife bought a 9 pot roast second grade oranges old potatoes and a loaf loa of bread I Ii Iwa i IS wa watched the others who were buying buying buy buy- i ing with government food stamps 5 x and the man with us was rather typical of all of them I stopped to visit for a few mos moments moments mo mo- ments s with the store manager and andt t commented on the hardships the poor V of the city must suffer because of advancing prices l Yes he replied such hardships hardships hard hard- x ships as you have just witnessed We Wesee Wesee see the same thing every day and all C of each day The people to feel sorry orry for are those living on the boulevards The poor live better W r 4 than they do Five of the six on the dole cust cusI customers cus cus- t t I drove away in automobiles 1 My wife and I walk or ride on oni tl 6 i street cars t Despite the tremendous demand v for labor in defense industries there are still people who say they t cannot find a job Despite the defense de de- r A tense expenditures for the year ending ending ending end end- ing June 30 amounting to not including a billion and more for relief the tidy sum of r A part of that pays for food stamps for those on the dole REPUBLIC OR DEMOCRACY OUR FOREFATHERS established this nation as a Republic We today today today to to- day refer to ourselves as a Democracy Democracy 1 S racy and what is a Democracy t The United States Army Manual r- r gives the following definition of a Democracy A government of the masses t Authority derived through mass meetings or any form of direct expression expression expression ex ex- results in Attitude toward property is communistic com corn negating negating property rights P Attitude toward law is that the will of ot the majority shall regulate whether it be based upon deliberation delibera delibera- tion or governed by passion prejudice 1 dice and impulse without restraint t or regard to consequences Results k In license agitation l discontent anarchy r America should continue as a Republic t GOING UP THE NATIONAL DEBT on June 10 1933 amounted to t That represented for each b. b man woman and child In the United States On June 30 1941 19 the nai nao national national na na- i o debt had grown to S or for each one of us That June 30 1941 figure did not include any of the indebtedness of i t. t i the numerous government corpora corporations corpora corpora- s k i. i thins Hons and administrations none of v r 4 the more than 50 billions of appropriations fj 1 for defense or the seven I billion for England d dt t 14 c r i |
