Article November 6, 1937 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: How to Promote Peace

with contributions from Secretary of State Hull, W. L. Mackenzie King, Mark F. Sanborn

[Secretary of State Hull, as quoted in the New York Times, New York]

If I were to walk tonight into a typical American home—any home to which at this moment the sound of my voice is carried by the miracle of the radio—I should be disappointed and distressed if I were to find the family living in that home at odds within itself, with its members lacking in mutual affection, understanding, helpfulness—in all those things which make for genuine family patriotism.

But I should be even more disappointed and distressed if I were to find that family without a friend in the community, attempting to live a hermit existence, self-contained, hostile toward its neighbors, withdrawing itself from the affairs of church, and school, and economic betterment, and all the other communal interests that make the lives of individuals fuller and richer—in short, devoid of broader patriotism, vision, and co-operation, which are the bases of organized society.

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