Article November 7, 1931 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Ralph Guy, Hoover, Correspondent, Philip Snowden, William Warren Sweet

[President Hoover, as quoted in The Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Massachusetts]

Upon this day all thoughts must turn to our heroic dead whose lives were given in defense of the liberties and ideals of our country. Their contribution to these priceless heritages was made without reservation; they gave the full measure of their intelligence and energy and enthusiasm, and life itself, forfeiting their portion of further happiness—all, that we and our children might live on more safely, more happily, and more assured of the precious blessings of security and peace.

A solemn obligation lies upon us to press forward in our pursuit of those things for which they died. Our duty is to seek ever new and widening opportunities to insure the world against the horror and irretrievable wastage of war. Much has been done, but we must wage peace continuously, with the same energy as they waged war....

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