Show the nation s menace among the dangers which th threaten reatea to work rum ruti to our ar he re public is tho the defiance which is manifested by a large body bay ba y of foreign ei an agitators most of whom ar ara not citizen citizens but have been permitted to come into the e country antry and whom we have accepted in the belief that somehow environment or the flag of universal w awl cation or something giuld ma aa them capable 0 athe as veil well ag as the privileges privilege of a Demo democratic cratie boox government revient now however with the rise of a second and more audible generation of f these newcomers we are beginning to find cat bow low their lamus minds work themselves scarcely delivered from taij serfdom of europe or the anarchy of asia aney are informing us that the government of america is all wrong the same self centered individualism which made their original homelands among the most backward among civilized nations la is being blatantly preached as the salva tion 0 ot america so noisy ind disturbing has this clement element become that a redefinition of our fundamental s has hag seemed desirable 10 this end a group of eminent americans has each in his own feld undertaken to make male clear the ideal ideals upon which our tair government is towi founded ded the first two books of this series the new barbarians by ly wilbur abbott professor of history at harvard university universal T y and the indestructible union by william mcdougal professor oi of psychology of the same university are now published and arc are excellent st studies tidies upon this subject they should be read by every american who has bas the of the government aich has afforded ua us liberty and protection and prosperity now for nearly one hundred and fifty yean As a concrete cobe reto example of the effect of such propaganda against the government the constitution and the laws of our land may be mentioned the great under which the administration j laboring in enforcing tho the prohibition constitutional amendment and the act there is a widespread feeling that it is all right to defy the prohibit ian enforcement officers and particularly in some of the atlantic coast states many such SUCIL officers have been sibin by bootleggers and smugglers of liquor and great sums of money are being paid for the defense of such violators the grat great effort seems to be directed by these means mean to the overcoming of the said constitutional and statutory measures adi sdi that ultimately the administration will have to admit its defeat and give up the fight press reports bring tho the news that such antiona 3 are not limited to the east but are als alsi prevalent on the pacific coast under U J der date of april 21 1925 it is rt ported that a burglar ca capter purd d uli oakland calif has made a statement flat he lie had been pidd by bootleg interests in san francisdo Franci peo to kill captain charles goff prohibition enforcement director for california but was arrested on the burglary charge before he could eom complete hs preparations to take tako life Is it possible that things are coming to such a pass in these united states that a group of law breakers can openly defy the administration of the country and although tie oe congress and the states of the union have passed constitutional amendments amend mits and ath statutory provisions with the solemnity of soverign states the administration cannot enforce them and that it is openly flaunter flaun tea that thai the law breakers will compel the states and the congress to repeal the paid measures because they cannot enforce them I 1 hope bott 1 1 hope bope that the public conscience eon science can bo be so awakened that we will wil sy to the law breakers and definers of the you tot prevail we are behind the government aul awl ft aill ill help it and maintain the constitution and the laws of the land at any curt edit 0 george christensen |