Flemington High School - Memories Yearbook (Flemington, WV)

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 Fi THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICAN IDEALS LIBERTY' AS OFIOSED TO LAV. LESS NESS In dealing with the present day situation of the world and still keeping in complete accord- ance with the doctrines laid down to us by the signers of the Declaration of Independence, our only hope would seem to lie in establishing a firm United Nations Organization. Its purposes and principles are relatively the same as that of the document given to us in 1776, in so far as granting people certain rights and privileges. The charter of the U. N. 0.,however, will deal with a universal problem. The ideals of the Declaration of Independence have succeeded in guiding our country with its freedom-loving people to understand and appre- ciate our democratic way of living. Ae, there- fore, have a good reason for disliking anything that is contrary to our standards and beliefs. We are not a w r-loving people, but we will not tolerate anything that may infringe upon out- rights; and with that we have always fought agreeable settlements the freedoms that our retain. It states in pendencc tint whenever becomes destructive of in mind, we will fight as (that is, if peaceful and cannot be made) to keep forefathers have fought to the Declaration of Inde- any form of Government it is the right these ends, (our freedoms) of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute a new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and hatpincss. It also states that it is their (the Government's and people's) right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government and to provide new guards for their future security. Now, in this post-war world, wc arc faced with that particular problem of dealing with those aggressors who sought by their inhuman methods, to take from us the ideals we have tried to preserve. 77e naturally favored liberty, as v c always have, while they favored lawlessness and liberty cannot be achieved until lawlessness 1 1

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 E is abolished. (That is, abolished to an extent where it will not affect the well-being of the nation as a whole.) '.7c have, with the help of our Allies, re- cently succeeded in putting an end to the most disastrous war in history; but our job is, as yet, not finished. V e have all, I'm sure, in some respect felt the effect of the war just passed. Kany have seen the horrors and the destruction as only such a war can bring. Kany have suffered the loss of loved ones. Surely those who fought and died must have had a reason for sacrificing their lives. The reasons differed with the individual, each having his own. Among them were these: They fought for the rights to which they were accustomed; they fought so that these same rights would be preserved for the succeeding generations; and they fought because they hated those who threatened to destroy that which had been built up by those who had fought before them. Through the combined efforts of a courageous people the war has been won. '.7e now must work together again, and win the peace. This too, will prove a tremendous problem unless we can obtain world-wide cooperation. ic fought the past war (in one respect) to prevent other wars; but v c can never prevent such a future disaster unless the effort we put forth toward establishing world peace equals that determination and effort wc have shown toward winning tho war. This will not succeed, however, until wc have a united effort. One nation cannot deal with all the unsolved problems that confront the world today. The problems of demobilization and reconversion are to be conquered and war criminals are to be tried. The problems re many, each nation having its own; but those mentioned arc a few that we all have in common. Due to,their importance, we must solve them together. That would be one. of the main purposes of the U. N. 0. 77c know that a nation is h- lple ss when it is divided; therefore in order to build a strong nation, we must unite and collaborate with one anothe r accordingly. By collaboration the United