Show i i i i I j t r AMERICANISM THE HE NEED OF THE HOUR al Confidence in the fundamental fundament fundament- soundness of American in in- dean a rebirth of the old ideals a revival of the religion gion that t made men f better and better human bengs be- be and a rekindling fires of American of the patriotism are among the the hour major needs of Weve We've been new gods chasing after in the wake of mad adventure thE that become overseas Weve We've smart and cynical and and skeptical and unmindful true l of f ou our historic Past 0 Ve Weve We've ve mixed jazz with ith o philosophy of living and ha have hal l' l I set up an n intelligentsia the nT the wise-crackers wise of an age i isham o sham propaganda and s iou Weve We've X 3 glitter been gettin setting a away vay from standards standard that ar aran e an integral part of our national nation life lite We Ve have become mockers mocker and questioners and robots of oi vicious and a a un order of thinking Weve We've got to check up o on a lot of this war post-war laxity and work back to the pattern of a better day I America America the America conceived con con- by our forefathers not intended to be the echo that it is today of Europ European Europe an standards and European modes lof of thought thought- Ours is a nation of pioneers of trail blazers of I men and women who believed ia in America and in American ideals and who worshiped Go God and the flag I There are some things that las as Americans American's s we must labor I to get back the back the habits habib of f thrift and self-denial self the thu cOUrage courage cour coup age to face new adventure the Iserene serene faith that was ours in simpler creeds and is established establish establish- I ed traditions tradition the patriotism that tha t pu put t America first th th-j l i I I cedes of business honor hono and private the unshaken land and unshakable belief that w was ours in American institutions institutions' land and American ideals I Weve We've got to get away from I sex and filth and flippancy from the allurement of easy I money moneys the contemporary trend f Ito to recklessness and excess the shallow hallo pose of indifference to I things of the spirit th the parrot parrot like readiness to mumble the I preachments of insidious prop prop I Weve We've got ot in a word to re return reo I turn to America again to the theold theold theold old sturdy clean upstanding America of the founders the 1 America that faced disaster that went forward with vi th the Bible and the flag and that built about the Ameri American n home and American family the f faith ith in God arid and in pur our institutions institutions that has raised this glorious land of ours into a place of leadership amone amont the I nations of the world John J John ohn I. I I Dillon Dinon in the Philadelphia Sunday Sun Sun- J day Dispatch J |