A WOMAN'S CODE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 126, 21 February 1940, Page 7

A WOMAN'S CODE

TEN COMMANDMENTS OF DEMOCRACY "Ten Commandments" of democracy were given recently by a wellknown American woman, Mrs Lehman. wile of the Governor of New York. The Commandments. They arc:-— (1) Tc] 1 the truth. This procedure is only possible in a. democracy where there is a free and unregimented Press. (2) Treat all men as you would wish to be treated. Observance ol' tliis principle would mean a repudiation of nil false ideas o! race superiority or race and class hatred, and ol' group warfare. ('A) Respect the .sincere religious beliefs of every man. even when you don't happen to share them. (I) Help those who suller ana who are persecuted because of their beliefs or their racial heritage. (.")) Try to preserve the democratic heritage of equai opportunitv I'or all men to learn and to earn. '((>) Remember that freedom of opinion lies at the very basis ol democracy and human liberty. (7) Distrust all those who sowhatred of other men. (8) Respect the law. for it is the guarantee of your own freedom. (!)) Remember that yours is not merely a country—it is an ideal lor the whole world. (1.0) Remember that the hope of the world lies in peace and justice to mankind. And the Woman. Mrs Lehman is described as a tall, lithe, beautiful woman with prematurely grey hair and blue-grey eyes. She has magnetism and charm, and is vitally concerned with the problems of the day. The daughter of a wealthy family.. she spent her early childhood in California, in a home in which philanthropy was the chief outside interest. She dislikes to make public, appearances, shrinks fomr addressing meetings, says her speeches are "simply awful,and sees her main job as looking aft"r the Governor, their children and their home. I his does not imply that she is not socialminded. for she has given much time all her life to work for hospitals and movements for the betterment of the conditions of children. It is said that it is only on rare occasions that she speaks in public, but when she does her words a;TC listened to with more than ordinary attention.