Show OUR COUNTRY in a message to secretary hoover after lie he had been nominated for president by the republican national convention at kansas city senator george H B moses as permanent chairman of the convention said aid it is riot so much that we give you this nomination as that you have earned carried the right to it your training your equipment and above all your character ma make ke you the leader for which the party has looked in order that there may be no halting in th the e progress of the united states under the policies which are warmly approve approved 1 by te ie peopled people and to which you have contributed so much in reply to which secretary hoover said you convey too loo great a compliment when you say that I 1 have earned the right to the presidential nomination no man can establish such an obligation upon any part of the american people my country owes me no debt it gave me aus as it gives every boy and girl a chance it gave me schooling independence of action opportunity for service and honor in no other land could a boy from a country village without inheritance or influential friends look forward with unbounded hope my aly whole life has taught me what america means I 1 am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay here aie words of wisdom words which ought to be considered carefully by every serious american especially those of the yo younger linger generation which is just now entering the arena of active life we b have ave had of late too much criticism of our country men have questioned its motives and the motives of its government and its ideals at home and abroad we have heard america referred to in words of irony as the land of the free with the implication that liberty has departed from our shores and is now reposing in the old world alone the innate falsity of such assertions immediately comes to light when we read carefully the words quoted above from the secretary of eom commerce merce in what nhat other land indeed but america can the boys from the country village without inheritance or influential friends look forward with unbounded hope yet they are looking forward today and many of them will succeed for instead of lank and influence so necessary essry in in the old world orld they have that unbounded american optimism which springs from the knowledge that in this count country of ours every man gets a square deal and the opportunity to carve out his future according to his own ability and the individual efforts which he may put forth our country owes none of us a debt in giving us the influence of american traditions adequate schooling and an equal chance as mr hoover well infers it has placed us all under eternal obligation neither the world nor samerica jA I 1 america merica owes us a living but we owe to our own country an affectionate loyalty in return for the opportunities which have been afforded us the literary snob and the professional agitator may sneer and rail to their hearts content but they cannot change the force and effect of eternal truth indeed the very fact that they are permitted to c exist and to ply their doubtful trade unmolested is but another proof of the independence of action which uncle sam affords all of his children secretary hoover in the words quoted has pointed the way in which sound american thought must flow if we are to remain a great and growing ing nation here and there we hear the cro akings of the carping critics and the volume of their noise makes up in part for the fewness of their number but the people are baill sound at heart and unless we forget the ideals on which our nation wa iva founded constitutional government overn ment will continue to live in america Aa |