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God give us men ! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and steady hands. Men that the lust of office does not kill: Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie: Men who can stand before a demagogue, And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog, In public duty and in private thinking;

For, while the rabble with their time-worn creeds, Their large professions and their little deedsMingle in selfish stride, lo,! Freedom weeps! Wrong rules the land, and waiting justice-sleeps !

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Love of country must rise higher among good men, and become highly vocal as well as physical. The young men in Korea are dying, as evidence of their love of country. We, at home, must likewise do our share, small as that share must be by comparison. Such philosophies as seem to endanger our way of life must be met head on-and destroyed. While the Communists kill and maim our boys over there, we must stop this damnable boring from within that goes on here at home.

Love of country i" thJ "JorJ". emotion of the human mind. But it must be coupled with willingness to strive and sacrifice when danger threatens. It must be courageous enough to speak out with words "as hard as cannon balls" when we see things here at ho,me that seem to deserve denunciation. Not to speak when we see things being done that we believe should not be done, and see things being left undone that we think should be done, is evidence of personal cowardice that all good men must shun in times of national peril. And we are in national peril now.

As united States ,.";.r. cJorg. Marone, of Nevada, recently wrote for publication: "The fact that we wholeheartedly unite to back up our boys on the front does not require that we excuse the blundering methods which made this awkward situation possible, and which will inevitably lead to greater embarrassment." That same thought is being echoed all over this land, and if you want to hear it expressed in cannon-ball terms, ride the trains, the b.usses, the streetcars, and listen to men talk. We must not allow ourselves to be muzzled in the free expressions of our honest opinions, if we expect to survive and keep our liberties.

Never was there a time in our history when the inspired

"Give us Men," of J. G. Holland was more surely a national prayer. Bernard M. Baruch, great American thinker and patriot and advisor of great men, recently said: "I find competence low, and growing lower in the affairs of atl mankind, and that includes us. I find politics largely in the hands of self-seeksls-ftr6sg who give the people what they think they want-bread and circuses."

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But that terrific columnist, Arthur "Bugs" Baer, boiled that opinion down to a still finer point, when he recently wrote: "MAN AT HIS BEST, IS STILL AN APE AT HIS WORST." That may sound rough, but brother, before you say so, take a look at the world today.

,8*rF we still wait. The o.J "; ,ir""." remains unbent. It has been often said by patriotic writers and speakers that whenever a great crisis arises, God sends great men to meet the needs of the nation.'If so, then truly this crisis must be much smaller than it at present seems. As the eloquent Ingersoll once said: "We cry aloud, and the only answer is the echo of a wailing crf."

William Allen White, the Sage of Emporia, used to say that this nation is waiting for "another humble, kindly, gentle leader like Abraham Lincoln." Trouble is that the world is billions of years old, and there has never been another like Honest Abe. But there have been plenty of great and good men, and there are probably plenty of them today, if we could just dig them out and start them running things like Abe would have done had he been here of late.

Said another poet t n.,.al"ri '

"Give us men to match our mountains, Give us men to, match our plains, Men with eras in their purpose, Men with epochs in their brains."

We need statesmen ""-J. intl is no time for politicians. Patriots are unorganized. There was never a time when public men seemed so fearful of the next election, so reluctant to strike for the right and "damn the torpedoes." It is impossible to employ a high degree of statesmanship when in dire fear of political consequences. Yet opportunity knocks, here in this dear land of ours; the opportunity for big and courageous men to step into the picture. "There were giants in those days," says the Old Testament. There are giants in these days, too, and on that rock I stand. Let patriots find them out, and put them in harness. Mediocrity with loud voices cannot solve this tragic world situation. We must find great minds; unselfish, courageous,

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Compony- tolerant, understanding; the kind that other big men will join and follow. Pray that such men may be fo,und, brother; their need is pressing.

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The drive against Communism here at home, grows daily, but faces huge barriers. The other day in Los Angeles there was a meeting of citizens to discuss Communism, and means for its suppression. A speaker who was contending that all Communists be cornpelled to register as such and indentify themselves so that all might know them and shun them, was greeted with loud boos and hisses from many in the audience. His reply should be historic. He said: "Our boys are being shot down in Korea by rats and traitors just like those in the audience who are hissing." And, he added, t}rey will be shooting the rest of us in the back when they get the chance.

The muzzling of the *r1.. L.l"ral MacArthur by President Truman, shocked the nation more than the man in the White House understands. I heard a man who looked like a mechanic, dressed in denims, and carrying a lunch box, discussing it loudly and clearly on a bus the other day. He said: "They have muzzled General MacArthur; but don't worry; we still have General Vaughan." And when the papers reported that the President, learning about a foreign policy remark dropped by Senator Robert Taft, remarked publicly that he did not know Senator Taft was a military expert, the thought that "he doesn't think much of MacArthur, either," became common talk.

He said that Russia overshadows the world, and everyone in it. Today we are increasing taxes, because of Russia. We are raising a great :trrny, because of Russia. We are drafting our young men, because of Russia. Russia fills all our thoughts, affects all our plans. And so,it has always been. Russia has always been an aggressor nation, and he quoted a famous statement of long ago that wherever on the ramparts of Europe a sentry cries "Who goes there?" the reply is always "Russia." So, he suggested, let's quit temporizing with Russia, and treat her as she deserves'

With regard to Korea, he said: "If we only drive the North Ko,reans back to the 38th parallel and give them a chance to do it all over again, we might as well bring our boys back from Korea right now."

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patriotically refused to unload Russian cargoes, Mr. Truman rebuked them publicly. He said it was not ulr to the longshoremen to set this co'untry's foreign policy. Perhaps not. But as between the longshoremen and Secretary Acheson, I'11 take the longshoremen, every time. Wouldn't you? :r :& :r

But even with those things in mind, Mr. Truman's bitterest critics stood appalled at his remarks about the United States Marines. American history furnishes no precedent for so colossal a blunder. And his critics, and they are legion, simply say-"f told you so."

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I heard a grand speech the other day. It was delivered to a big gathering of business and professional men by one of the nation's top columnists and radio commentators -Bill Ffenry, of Washington. No more honored or respected man lives and works in the news business in this country today. He said-said it better of course-something that I've written in this column twice lately. He protested against this natio'n treating Russia as anything but what we know her to be, a gigantic threat to the peace of the world and all the good people in it. He said that we treat this horrible aggressor with dignity and soft language, whereis we should treat her as we would treat a neighbor in our horne community, who had the same characteristics as a man that Russia has as a nation.

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He said that if there were a man in our neighborhood who was a liar, a thief, a killer, who sought to harm the

And with respect to Formosa,'he said: "\ll/e should take the advice of the man who has understood the situation all along, and not of those who, it is now clear, didn't understand things."

With regard to the set-up in Washington today, he compared the government to a college, preparing a varsity football team. The varsity team is built up from the various scrub teams, he said, and without the scrub teams there could be no varsity. But, he suggested, what we need in Washington today is the varsity team. "The President is entitled to the best brains in the country and we are entitled to believe that he wants them. He has said so many times. Ordinarily there is a place for mediocrity, for a scrub team. But this is no time for us to have a scrub team." The impression Mr. Henry gave was that we have a scrub team on the job now. :N<

Mr. Henry told one story in his speech, and it was a dandy. He said a German in Berlin lost his pet parrot, and wanting it back, ran an ad in the new3paper, offering a reward for its return. And the advertisement contained this very adroit clause: "Any political opinions expressed by this bird are strictly his own."

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