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Show Are We Afraid To Do Justice? By RUTH TAYLOR Are we afraid to do justice? When I saw that caption in one of the religious publications that come to my desk, its implication its application to our. present problems struck me like a blow. Are we afraid to do justice? ' This is the answer we must give to those pseudo realists who have forgotten to remember the idealism which carved for them, out of an untouched continent, those realities to which they cling. This is the challenge . we must fling at those isolationists who ignore the .spirit that created cre-ated from the resources of the earth a nation self sufficient enough to dream it could stand alone. Are we afraid to do justice? Must we fear fair treatment for all men? Must we draw a barrier of class or creed or color and say at this point we must modify our ideal of equality of opportunity and of justice before the law ? Must we deny freedom of speech or worship to those who do not think as we do? Must we keep some people in the shackles of ignorance for fear that learning would lift them to our level? Are we afraid to give to all men the rights we claim for ourselves? Are we afraid to do justtce? The world is too small for anything but brotherhood. But to established brotherhood there must be justice toward all men. Whoever Who-ever fears justice for others will practice injustice Upon others. Are we afraid to do justice? The one way to make sure that there will not be another war is to mete out justice toward all men everywhere a justice based upon equality before the law and before God. Not a maudlin Lady Bountiful Bounti-ful charity toward the misfortun-ate, misfortun-ate, but a fair administration of the law of brotherhood without senseless distinction of race, color or theory. To quote again from a religious paper: "God has made this earth rich enough for everybody's every-body's need, but not rich enough for anybody's greed." Are we afraid to do justice? |