Show 00 ta M As fia t atit s b N released by western newspaper union FREE SPEECH IN PEACE AN ESSENTIAL RIGHT KIGHT IN IRELAND in 1918 1 I made myself obnoxious to a group of irish people who whom in I 1 met in dublin the countess plunket was demanding the blood of all englishmen because the english government had shot her son he had been involved in the easter uprising in dublin after 60 days having been tried in a civil court an and d proved guilty he was executed for treason I 1 asked the lady what ireland wanted 1 we want the same kind of freedom you people of america have she replied ireland is a part of the british empire I 1 said and the british empire is at war I 1 live in illinois a part of the united states and the united states is at war if 1 I a citizen of illinois should become involved in an uprising against the united states I 1 would be tried by a drumhead court martial and if proved guilty would be shot at sunrise the next morning that is typical of american freedom and we are proud of what we have no american worthy of the name would engage in an uprising against the government at any time until we are at war until we are attacked or congress has decreed our attack on another country any american should be privileged to express honest criticism freedom of speech and freedom of the press are fundamentals of our american liberties when war comes officially if it does every real american will give all out support both by word and act to defeat the enemy 0 0 0 THOSE ON THE DOLE BUY OF THE BEST IN COMPANY with mrs patterson I 1 visited a neighborhood grocery and market in chicago the lady is a thrifty soul by instinct and of necessity she watches values and the pennies in that store were nine customers i and I 1 discovered that six were w ere paying with government food stamps one of these food stamp customers a man was being served by the same clerk who was waiting on my wife the customer was well dressed pro prosperous s per 0 us appearing wearing a 1 natty summer suit with shirt and tie to match and a finely woven panama hat he purchased oranges demanding the best and highest priced quality frozen stra strawberries wb erries a rib roast of the best quality beef the best grade of bacon the highest priced brand of canned peas new potatoes fresh sweet corn and other items my wife bought a pot roast second grade oranges old potatoes and a loaf of bread I 1 watched the others who were buying with government food stamps and the man with us was rather typical of all of them I 1 stopped to visit for a few moments with the store manager and commented on the hardships the poor of the city must suffer because of advancing prices yes he replied such hardships as you have just witnessed we see ane same thing every day and all of each day the people to feel sorry for are those living on the boulevards the poor live better than they do five of the six on the dole customers drove away in automobiles my wife and I 1 walk or ride on street cars despite the tremendous demand for labor in defense industries there are still people who say they cannot find a job despite the defense expenditures for the year ending june 30 amounting to not including a billion and more for relief the tidy sum of A part of that pays for food stamps for those on the dole REPUBLIC OR DEMOCRACY OUR forefathers established this nation as a republic we today refer to ourselves as a democracy and what is a democracy the united states army manual gives the following definition of a democracy A government of the masses authority de derived rivea through mass meetings or any form of direct expression results in attitude toward property is communistic muni negating property rights attitude toward law is that the will of the majority shall regulate whether it be based upon deliberation or governed by passion prejudice and impulse without restraint or ok regard to consequences results in license agitation discontent anarchy america should continue as a republic GOING UP THE NATIONAL DEBT on june 10 1933 amounted to that represented for each man woman and child in the united states on june 30 1941 the national debt had grown to or for each one of us that june 30 1941 figure did not include any of the indebtedness of the numerous government corporations and administrations none of the more than 50 billions of appropriations for defense or the seven billion for england |