LMS 8-No. 850, August 31, 7 p. m., from London.
men of right vision in the worlds history.
We must give our young men and women who are just coming of
age something else to hope for than a short life carrying a musket.
I well understand the discouragement which I occasionally hear
young people express --out of keeping as it is for the very young
to be disillusioned and cynical -- and I fee1 it is the fault
of us, their elders, that we have let things come to such a pass
for them.
Some of the nations of the world are involved in disputes,
both internal and external. The rest of us are anxiously watching
from the sidelines, doing what little we can to counsel patience
and forbearance and, above all, the avoidance of war. For that
is a principle on which we can all agree. We do not want war
to break out, not only because of its immediate effect on ourselves
but because of the devastation it will leave in its wake, visited
on millions of innocent and unoffending people -- people very
much like we are, who stand here today. I should like to ask
you all if you know of any dispute or controversy existing in
the world which is worth