NATIONAL ANTHEM
DESIRE IN UNITED STATES PRESENT SONG CRITICISED 'vNEWsYORK:, sth March. Arrierica is seeking a national anthem, and according to the volume of criticism levelled against ,it the "Star-spangled Banner," recommended by the House Judiciary Committee for adoption, does not seem likely to be chosen. Francis Scott Key's famous song has been in almost universal use since 1916, when President Wilson endorsed a recommendation of th» Joint Board of the Army for its adoption. Constitution experts, however, claim that the Wilson mandate applies only to the two services and.'nbt to the people generally. • :An objection to the "Star-Spangled Banner" is that it is too warlike for thesei.days of peace. It is said to give to children the idea the only real patriotism; is Warlike rather than •peace.:: Other objections are that the Banner" used to be a drinking song and. that it recalls a par-, ticular incident'with a country with which the United States is now at peace. "We cannot,''"says /.he music professor at Columbia University, "be belching forth war continually while we are talking peace and disarmament." • The alternative most favoured is Katherine Lee Bites' "America the Beautiful.'-'
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 29 March 1930, Page 11
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190NATIONAL ANTHEM Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 29 March 1930, Page 11
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