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Show the difference between advertised claims and actual performance. We have learned how to iace the fear of war. Let this lesson keep us unafraid to face the problem prob-lem of peace. alty of our people. All we need to fear is ourselves. Wll we be equal to the days ahead? Will we be equal to the great problems of the post war world? Or will w etry again to draw our shells over our heads and wait for the opportunity to pass over us wait for the war that another neglect will undoubtedly un-doubtedly bring? The world has shrunk. Now we must face the fact that we have a post war job to do as well as a present war job. This does not mean we must accept either the regimentation of the right or the regimentation of the left. It does mean that we must face the future fu-ture as fearlessly as we do the present; that we must put to work the same ablities we let loose on the present crisis; that? we must cooperate in peace as closely as ! we have done in the block mobilization mobili-zation for war; that we must care as much for the poor and friendless friend-less and homeless in peace times as in disaster; that we must apply the same lessons of thrift we ! have learned in our own homes i to the management of our pubic effairs and we must be as unselfish un-selfish and neighborly In our hearts to our neighbors overseas as we have learned to be at home. Our own system. Imperfect as It may be.has still given us more than any other system has delivered. deliv-ered. Any mechanic can tell you The Danger Of Fear By RUTH TAYLOR Fear is a lack of knowledge. It is the desperate rebellion of the j mind against the unknown. j The danger of fear is that the frightened person reacts against things too quickly. He is afraid and therefore easily startled. He is not held by conviction. Frightened people are afraid j of what their opponent may do j and oftentimes they bring on what they fear by too sudden acton. ac-ton. Frightened people do not act constructively but destructively, j They are against they have not i yet found out what they are for. j We know what frightened peo- j pie have cost in panic at crisis. And we know the enemy knows it. They proved it too conclusively in the stampedes of the peoples which helped pave the way for nvasion. We must watch out for the inciters of trouble for those who stir up fears whether it be fear of class,' creed or color. We . are facing the most crucial cru-cial days in the history of our republic. I . talked with someone today who said 'We can win the war but can we win over ourselves our-selves in the world to come?" That is the fear that is causoing the faltering of step and of purpose among so many people. We need not fear the courage of our men in battle. They have and will fight on against the greatest odds. We need not fear the courage of our civilians if war comes from the skies to these shores. We need not fear the loy- |