Our Flas!

It hcs thirteen stripes, alternate red cnd white, representing the thirteen origiral stctes.

It hcs lorty-eight stctrE on <r blue lield illustrcrting the present skength cnd solidcrity of the republic.

Its red symbolizes pctriotisn, its white purity, .'nd its blue union

It has been consecrcted qn cr hundred lields, cnd scrnctilied by the lileblood ol innumercrble heroes.

It hcrg been drenched with women's tears, cmd its tctters hcnre been ccrefully pcrtched by lingers worn to the bone with poverty.

Yecns cgo Europe lcrughed it to scorn crs the emblem ol wecrkness cmd impotent idecrlisn.

Todcry the whole world views it cs enbodying the most qdvcmced principles oI liberty crnd iustlce.

To the poor it offers opportunity, to the oppressed lreedom, qnd to the persecuted mercy.

[nperfection it mcry countencnce, but the crims cnd pu4roses lor which it stcrnds crre the most exclted man hcrs ever cttempted to cttain"

By excmple it hcs exploded the theory of the diviae righl oI kings.

By excmple it hqs conferred upon crll peoples grecrter liberty.

By excmple it hcrs induced the world to look upon punishnent as a method of relomr rcrther thcn one of retcliction

By exconple it hcs compelled more humcrne trecrbnent ol the lower rccea.

This is the flcrg we nust, cnd skrll respect-not beccruse its stripes cne red crnd white, not becquse its stcrs shine lorth from cr lield ol blue, not beccruge it hcrs been glorified by c century ol uplift, not beccruse it represents cr mighty people ccrptrble oI bccking up their contentions, but beccuga of those principles, purposss qnd idecls lor which it stcmds, qnd which cre too sccred qnd too essential to bs menaced even by co'nstructive insult or indiEcretion

It etcmds lor crll thcrt hcrs been crcconplished by the huncm rcce during 6,000 yecre oI strile crnd struggle.

It stcmds lor qll thcrt hcs been gcrined by mcrtyrdom cmd sqcrifice.

It stcmdg lor whcrt the thinkers of qll +i-e hnve divined cmd discovered.

It is, in word cs well crs deed, ihe Flcrg ol Freedonl

New Booklet---Western Pine Camera Views

The widespread interest of previous editions of "Western Pine Camera Views for Home Builders" has prompted the Western Pine Association to publish an entirely new 1942 edition. Distribution of this delightful brochure is now being made through the Association's national advertising. This lGpage album with lithographed covers in four colors is filled with pictures of actual uses of the three Western Pines-Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine -in distinctive homes from Coast to Coast. It is strictly an "idea" book with a special appeal to prospective home owners and others interested in getting suggestions for new construction, remodeling or interior decorating of more livable homes.

Single copies will be sent without charge to anyone interested simply by making a request to the Western Pine Association, 510 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon.

Congratulations

Mr. and Mrs. William E. (Bill) Ream are the happy parents of a baby girl, Carolyn Lee, born at the Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, on April 28. Bill is sales manager for the George E. Ream Company of Los Angeles.

Calls On Hardwood Mills

C. R. (Bob) Taenzer, president of American Hardwood Co., Los Angeles, recently made a trip to Washington, D. C. on government business. Follorving this he called on a number of the firm's hardwood sawmill connections in the Southern States.

NYIY()(}D FOR EVIRY PURPOSE

IIARDWOODS OP MANY VAilETIES CALBOABD .ETTEilOB" WATENPNOOF DOUGI.AS FI8

NEDWOOD CAUFONMI WHITE PINE DOUGIAS FIN NEW LOIIDONEB DOOfft (Hollocore)

GllM atrd BIRCH

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