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...principles of Christian conduct . .. [The] Declaration of Independence [says]: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.' . . . Thus we assert our conviction of the divine source of a set of absolute spiritual values, and with it we express a conviction that these values must not be subverted...
...assert that this historical attitude was erroneous. The nation grew none too fast. We can see today that all its wealth, all its strength, were needed to meet a succession of world crises-and we still dwell in a crisis era. Had we applied restrictions to keep our economy small, tame and pure, we would have lost the first World War. Had the United States not possessed the mightiest oil industry, the greatest steel industry, the largest automotive factories . . . and the most ingenious working force in the world, we would indubitably have lost the second World War. Were we significantly...
...feel that you want again to change back to the more serious aspects of your art." Singer Trau-bel's indignant reply: "I will be unable to sign the contract the Metropolitan Opera Association has offered me ... Artistic dignity is not a matter of where one sings ... To assert that art can be found in the Metropolitan Opera House but not in a nightclub is a rank snobbery...
...which they called the Slave Labor Act. Taft won by a majority almost twice the size of what he himself had predicted. It might have marked the high tide of labor's political influence. In any case, the C.I.O. and the A.F.L. have not been able to assert themselves since as an effective political force...
...These actions apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression are needed to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as citizens devoted to the use of books . . . wish to assert the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read...