Show k RATIONAL NATIONAL AFFA IR WRITTEN FOR THE PARIC RECORD BY FRANK P HERT I 1 AJAJ Jj A jj the whole world has been thrilled by the exploits ot of lindbergh ot of chamberlain and levine thousands of columns ot of news concerning these american heros have been flashed bashed over the wires and displayed in the newspapers ot of tile the universe and thousands ot of editorials have been written concerning their exploits and concerning american enter prise and efficiency in general 40 40 01 of if course every american Is proud of what these thes e men have accomplished they have bisp displayed bayed real qualities ot of american manhood and the one outstanding q quality which they have exhibited the quality which induced them to embark on the lia hazardous aldous venture and carry it ou an to a glorious glorious conclusion is courage as e 4 lindbergh had courage plenty of it so did chanberlain and levine and so will the future pung americans and europeans who accomplish ish this dangerous flight have courage it only to sa in summing up that atter all the grea great t human quality n necessary L 10 tor I 1 IL a venture like spanning the At atlantic ailanti lanti in a tiny ali craft Is ie courage 0 we like to think that all americans sie aie courageous and most ot of them are when it comes to the task of defending their country ot of subduing nature or protecting the weak and the helpless there is one sort ot of courage however which Is almost rare enough to stand out like a good deed in a wicked world and that kind ol of courage is political courage 4 ilow how many P politicians and statesmen do we have who possessing plenty of 0 personal courage are deficient in the I 1 political kind it would be unwise per haps to too closely into the number for there are tar far too many of the b barometric aro metric statesmen who fail to have the courage ot of their convictions when confronted with a public question which has a sound but temporarily unpopular side it Is so much easier caster to go with the mob to advocate that which though popular la IS economically or politically unsound to avoid that which Is proper but unpopular to run with the pack Is denouncing those who ire are unpopular but unjustly accused rather than stand stan d up and be counted with those who will battle lor for their convictions lust just as lindbergh and chamberlain and L levane e tile battled av with the elements for the their lives 00 it would seem there therefore foie that there Is some fundamental di fforence between military courage and avia aviator tor courage on the one hand find and political courage on the other why Is it that men who ho would lives in defense of their I 1 country cannot stand in the political arena against a popular delusion when the worst tah abat could r 1 temporary tempo I iary political eclipse with an inevitable LI table reward when the clouds ot of mistaken opinion have lolled by 0 lindbergh and chamberlain gambled with their lives to achieve their goal and the whole world admirers and honors them but unfortunately we have too many so called statesmen who will not risk defeat tor for another term of office to stand up tor for that which they know Is sound but unpopular 0 4 t ap here Is a question lor for the philosophers rs to ponder over why do we have so BO much courage in americo america against ag airest actual personal danger and so little courage against possible political danger why la Is political defeat tor for a righteous ca cause use harder to face than personal personal danger ian gerl |