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Tl-lls address by President Coolidge at the Golden Rule dinner of & NmMRdMMWMII'!'nI'OflQO'WMWM °* larations on foreign policy which he has made--since he assumed the presidency. In it he embodies, after profound consideration, his concep-- tion of the position which the United States should assume in world [ .+ affairs. He becomes the sponsor of the Golden Rule idea among nations. & -Hhmnumnnmmuuuhlmwudm Es is a permanent contribution to the basic documents of American states-- géi manship. + The occasion of the dinner was internationally notable through the 4 presence of dipiomatic representatives of many foreign countries. t President 'Coolidge introduced his address by a reference to the sig-- s nificance of their presence as an indorsement of the Golden Rulé cam-- . tw paign of Near East Reliet, which cutminates in the nation--wide observ-- / America For Golden Rule Amonké ty do to you, do ye even so to them." It is a rule worthy of all acceptance, and to be translated into the terms and peoples, among races and nations. Those among us who are required to give consideration to the difficult and complicated relations between the Yhose concern is for the maintenance ance of Golden Rule Sunday on December 7. > Americas Greatest Humanitarian Work Abroad Before the people of Europe, the work of Noear Rast Reliet has rep resented the real heart of America In a very vital way during the past two years The million lives saved through' its efforts and the 100,000 erphan children who are growing up under its care, will havre an in-- #Auencea on the wholo future of the HAT rule of ethical guidance which we have come to designate as the Golden Rule PRESIDOENT, SPEAKING AT NEAR EAST RELIEF DINNER. IN WASHINGTON Left to right --*AMBASSADOR JUSSERAND, COOLIDGE , JOHN H.FINLEY and JUSTICE SANFORD n venaraginnes ities of the world; those Bule Sunday, an internation-- inee on Dea, 7, has been sot mm United States f to the promotion to all the great nnities of peace, of mutual helpfuiness and generous co--operation among nations, will do well to keep always in the front of our thoughts this simple pre-- cept. The philosophers have examin-- ed it and found it good. 'The writers whose <hands held the pen of in-- spiration have enjoined it upon as. With the passing generations it comes more and more into acceptance as the soundest guide to human conduct. right relations among men and states, it is most reassuring to see gathered together so many who are accredited spokesmen of national concerns, and so many others who from their pri-- Hopes. for Real International Golden Rule Sunday is a test of our religlon=--our sincer-- Ity. It is a day for personal stock taking, for memsuring our lves by a universally accepted standard of lite to asgoertain frow nearly wa have attained to an ldeal. 'It is Intended as a day of plain living and high thinking. On this day all persons who be-- Neve in Golden Rale are asked to provide for their Bunday dinner ap-- proximately the same simpla mena provided for the tens of thousands of children in the Near Kast Relioft or-- phanages. It is not a fast nor a "atarvation meal"; it is a fare on children vate stations in life have sought by their works of charity to give mean-- ing, force and Alumination to this noble all join me in the hope that: what shall be said bere, and at many other gatherings which will have like--in-- spiration ~and -- purpose, will be ac-- cepted 'as significant of earnest hope and determined intent to further in every possible way the neighborly kindliness, the reciprocal helpfuiness humdnity. ; We have just come to the end of a decade of the most momentous events in the modern world. The tenth an-- niversary of the beginning of the World War has been made occasion for many surveys of this extraordi-- nary period. 1 need not recall the long period of unprecedented horrors that was the war. with a death rata lower than the pab-- lished death rate .of any Ir! city in the world. w | * But the dinner is not an end in itself. It is an occasion=--in the words of President Coolidge--"of bringing to the minds of thosa .who ate prospor-- ous the charitable Wu of those who are in advéraity." 22 Natione Together On this in Golden Rule Sunday the Golden Rule citizens of #8 nationa will be seated Agurativaly by PresipENT CaLVIN CoOOLIDGE * GCBEBi oL 3" 2 °49\ _ ove THAT THEY MAY LIVE B( ~\ CLASS N %!T MAKLING FOR RLO: PERSIA THE WHITE HOUSE WA 5 b ) *4GTON Gentlazens The report which you give me of the Observance of Interuational Golden Bula Sunday last year, and_ 0f your plans for its more effaective observamce this year on >ecember Tth, is wost pleasing. L'an glad to rence the omsendation ¢iven last year of this exsellent plan for °> ~ringing to the attaention of those who are prousperous the charttable roquirements of those who are in adversity. 1 believe with you that the intertnmtional Observame of this day zay not only save the lives of thousands of does-- titute," but may possibly havo an even greater benofit in the way 0f reflex influence upon those who thas observe the Golden Bule and help to establicsh 1t as a reality daily living. 'The interkatLional observance Of this da., might wall contribute materially to the betterment OL intemationel relations and abilding world paagse. Yary truly yours, . * c "Vear Hast AolSef, % © > 151 Tifth Avenue,| °© | > Ho ¥o, % Te =<=© ing to be bad. We are able: already to realize that a great boon has been conferred on humanity in the weeding out of irresponsible antocratie govern; ment. Peoples will be slow to adjust themselves fully to the new condi-- consummation --of its . aspiration for the blessings of assured peace under a regime of free instifutions. It is moving in the right direction, and it is doing so because to a greater ex-- tent than ever before it has given it-- self over to the ethical guidance of that broad principle that has been Lvflm-lntooucd'um. 8 In many of our relationships it is as 5 World Moving for Peace But we are able already to see clear-- y that the world is moving toward a of the same food, thinking the same thoughts and entering into a new realization of, the btotherhood of mankind. » * It will be a world fellowshnip of communion of the Golden Rulo,. on tered into by all people who have not forgotten that tha Golden Rule ts the only principle .by which men may: dwell togather in amity; that the spirit of the Goiden Rule presides world fellowship or Tune 17, 1984. yet: little more than an ideal; but it is constautly : approaching ;nearer and nearer to universal acceptance as 'an ideal and a--guide. -- It is:the best basis torwhleh the individuat may build for good citizenship, the state for perma-- gor umiversal peace and 'widely ' dif-- tused well--being. : America is profoundly concerned in behalf of whatever promises to make the world a better neighborhood, and its peoples better neighbors. We have no better wish than to be good from the scemes of conflict, our peo-- ple insisted on bearing their share in the world struggle. s "Later, when for a time chaos threat-- ened in many parts, our people were ready with assistance for the unfortu-- nate~ and suffering, wherever they it is expected that t the world may turn our fellow men who aro leoss fortunaté and that in thousands of homes there may be a-- recasting . of _ogmdlum to help equalize the burdens and joys ot lite. t f It is proposed that the immediatoe beneficiaries of International Golden Rule Sunday be the orphaned chil Children Without a Country eeumetengeemeeee e oo Oe e ds N sSETTER : THE _ > Mcm HAG 180 LETTEARS the thoughts of| They are a part of the awfal legacy m to those of of the world war. They are not only ro less fortun@t6| without father and mother, but most s of homes ther®| of them are without country. They h::d:::'::;':;;: have no claims upon the over--populat-- ed, overburdened territoties in which t a Country (© * they have found refuge. They are as t the immediate lnoa-to(mm-oulnnll rnational Golden entitled" to the natural heritage of were. I have seen detailed tabulations which --showed a total of more than $18,000,000,000 -- of American wealth poured out in aid of our associates in the war, and of suffering peoples since sented operations in private Anancing to the extent of $3,000,000,000; $300, 000,000 furnished to the Red Cross; eontributions to the American relief administration, aggregating $200,000,-- 000; the Near East Reliet Work, to which more than $82,000,000 was de-- voted; and other items represented by . the work of pther societies and asso-- clations, personal charities and dona-- tions; the wholse making up a total, which would undoubtedly exceed $18, 000,000,000, covering: a period of eight years. ; : No appeal has gone unkseded by our peéople, whether in behalf of those who had been our friends or our ene mies in time of conflict. j No Apology Due From U. §. © I do _nmot think that our country needs to assumé any attitude of apol Oogy. I have evéry respect for the gov-- ersamental' and social. institutions of profess to see in them something bet-- ter adapted to our own nseds than those which 'we have developed our selves, and who are vaguely apolo getic of the fact that they are Amer} eans. £ 'Neither have 1 any sympsathy with those who are unwilling or unable to 82 Millions.for Near East : Aside from $10,000,000,000 of loans but I have look beyond our shores and who con-- tent themselves with an equally vague and unmeaning assertion of their Americanizsm. 1 reserve my approval for those who. while thoroughly Amer-- ican, yet do not propose to live unto themselves alone, who are u«'ther ob Hvious to duty or to charity, but who cherish as individdals and as citizens the (Giolden Rule of action among our own people. It is my> opinion that the policy adopted by America is the one most likely to promote peace and good will toward us among other nations.. Our government has extended to other governments loans and credits which they are beginning to repay. ! be-- levre there is a moral ~bligation to make such repayments, and for that reason I am opposed to the cancella-- tion of international indebteduess. _ ~It is through practical, ~workaday sought to be helpful in a world Allied with troubles. <It may be admitted that our people have given little con-- Adence to fine professions and plous America is ready today, as always, to do its full chare. it wants the peace of good will and of the Golden Rule, not the peace of force imposed by those who have power. It does not want peace as an interlude of bright. ness here and there in a world still addicted to war. It wants peate as the normal, the right, the assured es tate in a world from which a wiser The proposal woent forth that Sun-- day, December 2, 1923, be observed as . Golden Rule Sunday for the strengthening 'of international friend ship and co--operation and the prae tical application of the Golden to at least some of the ) p loms. 44 & ,3."';" Bo eauccosstully wan it os last year, that in response to damand from several count Best® Peace® Policy sball have forever outlaw. €» II'