Symbol of Understanding

Southland Times, Issue 23840, 10 June 1939, Page 6

Symbol of Understanding

President Roosevelt can meet the King on equal terms as the representative of a nation that hates war and believes in the advances of peace. He is a man whose personal faith in and practical work for social progress have made him known and respected far beyond the coasts of his own country. In the meeting of these two men the hopes of those who believe that the safety of civilization lies in the hands of the Eng-lish-speaking peoples have already been partly fulfilled. “The British Throne,” said The New York Times editorially, “continues to exist because the British people regard it as a safeguard against tyranny. In that knowledge we greet its occupants; they and their people are sharers with us in a common destiny. The liberties of England could not be (destroyed without danger to our own.” At White House on Thursday the feelings and thoughts of men and women in all parts of the world were given a moment of lucid expression that will remain, long after the royal visit ends, as an invisible yet most potent source of understanding.