(continued from page 1.)
“I am the Constitution and courts, statutes \
and the statute-makers, soldier and dread
nought, drayman and street sweep, cook, 1
counselor and clerk.
1 am the battle of yesterday and the mistake
of tomorrow.
'*! am the mystery of the men who do with
out knowing why.
”1 am the clutch of an idea and the reasoned
purpose of resolution.
'‘I am no more than what you believe me to be
and 1 am all that you believe I can be.
”1 am what you make me; nothing more.
UI swing before your eyes as a bright gleam
of color, a symbol of yourself, the pictured
suggestion of that big thing which makes this
nation. My stars and my stripes are your
dream and your labors. They are bright with
cheer, brilliant with courage, firm with
faith, because you have made them so out of
your hearts; for you are the makers of the
Flag, and it is well that you glory in the
making .n
This speech'was'delivered by the late
Franklin K. Lane (died 1921) when secretary
of the interior, on Flag Lay, 1914, before
the employees of the Department of the
Interior, Washington, D.C.
VmT^GN’S U.\Y BE {VICES
;.:onday, .juVKwDjn* 11,■ 1963, is vemuib'
DAY. Givi Til AT DAY THE -if iTIGN .EYE
TRIBUTE TO VETERANS C? .ILL LARS.
GLENNALLEN /AFRICAN LEGION PC3T 27
AILu HOLD VETER/iNo1 DAY SERVICES AT
11 A.u., NOVEi.iBxjR 11 AT THu AaERICAN
LijOrlOi'c j OST . .iLL L_.uiCiM.il Aj.a .iRE
REQUESTED TO BE i’RESENT. THE GENERAL
lUBLIG 13 ,\LS0 INVITED TO ATTEND
SERVICES. DR.' CHESTER L. SCHNEIDER
..ILL BE THE ACNCIAAL BREAKER AT THE
VET 3RAN31 D AY SE AVIG Eo.
THE Ai/EAIC.vN LEGION aND ITS pUR, OSE
Its purposes arc “ io uphold and do fend
the Constitution of the United States;
to maintain lav/ and order; to foster
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and perpetuate a 100 per cent Americanism; j
to preserve the memories and incidents
of our associations in the Ireat wars;
to inculate a sense of individual obligati :a
to the community, state and nation; to
combat the autocracy of both the classes
and the masses; to make right the master
of flight; to promote peace and good will
on earth; to safeguard and transmit to
posterity the principles of justice,
freeedom and democracy; to consecrate and
sanctify our comradeship by our devotion
to mutual helpfulness."
America vrs in bettor condition when
there .were more whittiers and fewer
chiselersl ...
NATIONAL NLWSLAKER :ViEEK ,
October 15, was set aside as newspaper
week. Did you know that the United States,
is one of the extremely few nations that has
a totallyAfrpo press?-'roof of the value of
this guarantee lies in the fact that, in
nation after nation that has fallen to
dictators, the first thing they grab control
of is the press and other communications
media. Uhat is a newspaper? It is a medium
of communication, usually published daily
or weekly, by which information on current
affairs, opinion and entertaining features
are circulated among the people. It differs
from other disseminators of news, opinion,
and entertainment, such as film, radio, and
television, in that it presents its
communicated message as reading matter
appearing on paper. Traditionally, it has
been a printed periodical, but modern
experimentation with lithography and photo-j
graphy may conceivably introduce newspapers j
which ere not products oi the printing press.
Newspapers owe their being to the people-1 s j
desire to know about themselves-, their
government, and their economy, -.ven before $
devices of mass communication were avail
able, the forerunners of the newspaper
were acquainting the community with the
chronicle of its life, with the regulations
which governed it, and with the news of its}
commerce and industry. The persistence of ,,
this demand for news is evident among- all j
men and at all times. It has with greater j
regularity, over more years and in more
places kept the logbook of human affairs |
than any other medium of communication.
What is a newspaper?
It’s paper with words and pictures on it. j
It is made up of a lot of people, including:
ourselves.
It's a big event and a little event, about ;;
folks far away and folks next door. |!
It's happiness and tragedy, a laugh, a- cry,j
and a song that's heard again.
It's a policeman, a fireman, and others
in dangerous jobs.
ItTs business, it's industry; it's a front j
window for merchants to display their goods .
It's a record of what happened to people,
of who did what, when, where, and why.
It's a welcome to a new pastor, a church
dedication, a farewell to someone retiring j
after long service.
It's the first snow, awakening spring, an i|
autumn day with edges as crisp as the fallen
leaves.
It's about a youngster and the things he j
learns and does in school.
It's about playgrounds and vacations, and ;
places to go and how to get there.
It's a growth and it's progress, new
products and old standbys.
It's a note on what hospitals- and clinics j
do.
It's a bulletin for a-church.
It's a note on a veteran's organization
or service club.
It's the'greatest daily collection of
words assembled.
It's a mirror of life, a part of life,
as essential as the clock and the calendarl
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