Show MJ o Released by Western Newspaper Union MEANING OF UNITY IN WAR VAR EFFORT THERE IS NO DOUBT about America being collectively a unit back of the government in the world contest in which we are engaged We Ve are arc all of that unit Every man woman and child wants the government government government govern govern- ment to win But there is a difficulty We must be more than collectively supporting support support- ing the war It must be more than thana a government war It must be in individually individually individually in- in our war We Ve must think of what losing it would do to each individual and what stake each of us has in the defeat of the Huns and Japs We Ve had that individual interest inthe inthe in hi hithe the First World war We Ve had it largely because each individual had hada a definite part or place in it We Ve had Liberty bond sales with a q quota ota set up for each community each county ward township and block It was Joe Browns Brown's job to see that Frank Mills bought one or more bonds and it was Frank Mills' Mills job to see that George Smith came across When it was not bond sales it was Red Cross YMCA Salvation Army Knights of Columbus or some other drive for war funds In all these quotas were set and it was up to the individual to meet those quotas in the field allotted to him or her Such efforts included the school chil chil- dren They brought their pennies and nickels and dimes and made sacrifices to do so That war was the individuals individual's war with something definite for each of us to do and over which we could and did enthuse Through doing doing doing do do- ing each individual job we individually individually individually indi indi- hated the Germans The kaiser was the enemy not only of our government but of each one of us To arouse the full force of America America America Amer Amer- ica to make this an out all war we must each have a definite job todo to todo todo do and we will do it Civilian defense defense defense de de- de- de is only a part of what we need With that must be civilian offense offense doing doing something on the part of the individual that will hit the enemy We need brass bands flags flying and parades of which we as individuals will be a part When each of us has been assigned assigned assigned as as- signed a job to do this will be an individual as well as a national war When it is that there will beno beno be beno no doubt of its being an out all war RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICA ABOUT A YEAR AGO Daniel J. J Schuyler a Chicago attorney said tome tome to tome me What America needs most isa isa is isa a great religious revival It would arouse our sense of responsibility as nothing else could At the time I wrote a piece about that statement which appeared inthis inthis in inthis this column In something of the same vein 37 citizens of Dinwiddie county Virginia Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia addressed a statement to the general public through the columns of the Southside ide Virginia News at Petersburg Va That statement calls for a prayerful prayer prayer- ful appeal by the people for Divine guidance and spiritual support that will enable us as a people to carry oh in these days of conflict with the forces of evil That appeal represents the Christian Christian Christian Chris Chris- tian virtues for which we are fight fight- ing Its 37 signatures are of all types of citizens teachers citizens teachers farmers merchants doctors workmen public public pub pub- public lic officials lawyers bankers and others It is truly representative not alone of the people of Dinwiddie county Virginia but of the people of every county in every state We Ve Weare Weare are a Christian nation and it is well that we make public acknowledgement acknowledge acknowledge- ment of our dependence upon Divine guidance YOUR NEWSPAPER NE A BULWARK BUL OF UNITY THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPERS of America those published in communities communities communities com com- of a few hundred to a few thousand people constitute one of Americas America's important institutions Their editors of an earlier day pioneered pio pio- pio- pio from ocean to ocean They aided materially in building communities communities communities and in developing those communities communities into market places and cultural centers They were and are the spokesmen for rural America Protection Protection Pro Pro- for the town and farm home is their province They are listened to and their views are respected in in inthe inthe the legislative assemblies of the land In these days of national peril they collectively are a bulwark for national unity maintaining the courage courage courage cour cour- age and patriotism of rural Amer Amer- ica They are safe sane and sensible sensible ble and stand four square for the America of yesterday today and tomorrow THE YOUNG WOMAN IAN STENOGRAPHER STENOGRAPHER in Cleveland w whose ose 25 25 a week salary was augmented to the extent of by a bonus must feel eel exceptionally patriotic That bonus was paid out of profits the company that employs her made out of war contracts Who gave them a contract that would permit of such profits THE AMERICAN SOLDIER and sailor sailors sailor's s idea of what they are fighting fight- fight lag ing ng for is is the preservation of our form of government and our wa way of life and standard standa d of f living 1 |