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EOITORFAI S
Get Rid of This
Depression
Get rid of the capital gains tax -and we 11
get rid of one of the ' r.nc pal o stacks to the
development of industry i nd the ieemypl*y
ment of labor!
So long as we kr: p u tex th t places puni
tive financial penalties ag n t c p '.al inc* eases
that are made from inv(*stin *ts, row endeavors
and new business of all kinds, over and a >ove
income taxes and all *thrr texe , capital will
l ug ly keep in hiding. And the up tel gains
tax does all of that. T! e man* who takes a
chance and risks his m* riey in n me venture
that provides jobs and i p; or'urit es must ab
sorb the entire 1 ' i" t Ca ls but if i* suc
cess the government takes an extortionate
amount of his profits.
That’s why s me of the ceuntry’s b'*st econo
mists are calling the capital gains tax “Job
Killer Number I" and why they are pointing
out that it, has to bo repealed if we are to have
the capital inve tment hut twill bring good
times to the United Mates.
Where Crime
Doesn’t Pay
The Washington Star recently observed that
the Governing Committee of the New York
. Stock Exchnge ‘‘is to-he commended for its de
* cision to put into effect a mow rule requiring
exehang- Lrokeigae firms to make available
statements of their financial condition to any
cust me ■ upon reom-st. To make this rule ef
fective. Charles It. Gay, President of the Ex
change. r e ounced that the Exchange is cooper
ating with the Securities and Exchange Com
mission in the- preparation of a ne'w and sim
plified form ( f financial statement that can be
easily understood by the ‘man on the street.’ It
this rul • is adequately enforced, and there is
every reason that it will be, the possibility that
dishonest brokers might deceive their customers
in the future will be largely eliminated.”
There are crooks in every calling whether
it be government, hanking, or the peanut trade.
The Stock Exchange has mot been to them.
jHut, out of regard for fact, it must be pointed
out that the |H*rcenage of failures o Exchange
members has been miraculously low—far low
er, for example, than in the case of banks. And
those brokers who have been derelict of the
trust placed in the have been exposed and
punished, mo matter how high their position, as
soon as their manipulations came to light. The
Whitney case in which only a few weeks passed
between the Exchange's discovery of his em
bezzlement and his commitment to a long
term in Sing Sing, is dramatic proof of this.
The Exchange’s new ruling requiring brokers
to privitf? their customers understandable state
ments of financial condition, is simply one of
the many steps that have been voluntarily tak
en to pLace security dealings on the highest
conceivable ethical basis.
The Rare Exception
W hencver a brokerage firm connected with
the New York Stock Exchange is suspended
for insolvency, due to admittedly criminal acti
vi ie», as in the Whitney case, an immense
amount of publicity naturally follows But such
occurrences are rare.
As a matter of fact, the record of solvency
of members of this Exchange is nothing short
of astonishing, as a recently published summary
comparing failures among Stock Exchange
members, all U. S. banks national banks and
commercials houses testifies. The figures on
which the summary is based are taken from the
records °f the Exhcange, Dun and Bradstreet,
the Federal Reserve Board and the Controller
of the Currency.
Tn no year since 1901, have failures of the
Exchange totaled 1 per cent of the membership
even though the amount handled by these brok
ers is irraluculaWy great. By contrast, in 13
years since 1901 failures of U. S. banks have
PXPPpHorl 1 row row* •
timial lank* ha e exceeded 1 per cent; and in
16 years, failurees of commercial house have
exceedd 1 per cent.
The worst year for hank failures since the
turn of the centurv was 1933, when 14 90 per
cent of all U. S. hanks and 15.65 per cent of all
national banks closed because of insolvency. Tn
that year Stock Exchange member failures to
tal the microsopic percentage of ,07! And in
the years 1935, 1936 and 1937, the percentage
was precisely zero—there was not a single sus
pension1 for insolvency.
Wnai line <>i‘ nUainess can a.ch this recoid?
The reason fur -,ucn a retold is the r-x naugt's
almost incietlioly string-nt rUie.,, regulations
ai*.i ethical standards which have been *n force
for many years. Constant “poli i; g” oi mem
bers firms by Exchange aceoui ants aid other
experts is carried on to unearth and instantly
; a ilsh an and all iiregularities. Consequently
there are few irregularities.
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Contrary to
Public interest
As a result of two years of painstaking study
unit re>ei.icn the ^>}-e„iu 1 Commi-tte -n taxa
tion ol uie Twentieth Century Fund Teeom
nitii is that all special taxes on chain stoies
bo in niedi; Lely repealed."
'I he i went e«,ft Centuiy Fund tepreeents an
impartial vi vv of the chain store tax problem,
a.i it. leeon.mendatiorjB are based upon the
grounds that such special taxes against chain
st.ires aie "contrary to public interest.’
Thu Committee, in its report, declared: “The
present taxes on chain stores, to say nothing
of new onus, ted to raise the cost of living for
tii. large number of people with small ncomes
who depend oil efficient merchandising to get
the most for their money."
S] Tiul taxes on chain stores, in effect, dire t
attacks on the consumer’s pocketbouk. And
the f*>rt that such taxes arc usually inspired,
not with an eye on public welfare so much as
! in an effort to destroy competition makes them
doubly offensive Facts merchandising stand
I aid; to a ? 1- ne that was undreamed of a few
years ego, Co sequen ly w do-awake independents
us well as chains have b nef ted, not to men
tion the American pubi c which enjoys the
highest standards of livi g the world has ever
se n.
The recommendation of the Twentieth Cen
tuty Fun ' to iepeal all punitive «hain store tax
law is simply practical common sense
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C unman Cause
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Agricultural marketing cooperatives and con
sumers of farm products are intertested in a
common cause. The purpose of such co-ops is
to provide the consumer with a constant supply
of products of established quality and purity,
at a price which will bring the producer a de
rent profit—and still be attractive to the buy
er.
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“It seems inconsistent for the government to
prosecute oil companies and others on a charge
of price-fixing and monopolistic control—while
that same government is spending hundreds of
millions in the Tennessee Valley in an effort to
monopolize and control the price of electric
current." The Daily Free-Lance, Henryetta,
Oklahoma.
Niggardly Rale Policy
Further retrenchment in expendi1 ores bv the
railroad industry may he expected in the near
future—and there is also a strong possibily
that it will become necesary for the lines to
lower rate,s
No one wants this to happen. For many
years the relatively low volume of railroad
spending has been a drag on the nation',
and a further reduction will make the problem
of attaining general economic recovery doubly
difficult. But, in the light of existing condi
tions, the raidroard no alternotive.
The railroad asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission for a 15 per cent freight )ate in
crease. It is estimated tha tthis would have
increased railroads revenues by $4.‘17,000,000 a
year, which is no more than is necessary to
compensate for increases in the price of ma
erials and supplies, and in wages and taxes.
The ICC granted a rate increase ranging
from 6 to 10 per cent, with Certain important
exceptions, such as soft coal, on which no in
crease whatever will be allowed. According to
J. J. Peley of the Assoiation of American Rail
roads, the increase granted will everage little
more than 5 per cent on the total volume of
traffic, and will increase revenues by only
$175,000,000 a year. This leaves the lines more
than $250,000,000 per year short of the money
needd to make up for the increases in operating
expenees that have occured during the past six
years. As Mr. Pelley said, “The decisio is de
pressing not only to the railroads but to indus
try as a whole and to general employmet.”
So it seems unavoidable that teh nation will
feel even ore severly the effets of a ruirrardly
regulatory policy toward our greatest single
industry. An inevitable consequence is a fur
ther slumping of confidenre, and a still more
clouded outlook for the future.
Just Pass A Law
And now the political doctors want to send
power from the Bonneville dam, 500 miles up
into Idaho. Of course the cost of transmitting
this government-owned power is a secondary
considerations, as well as the fact that Idaho
already his great power development.
In the past, long-distance transmission has
added tremendously to the cost of power, but
probably more brainy people can be found to
do with the tax-exempt government power, what
it has heeni impossible to do with power pro
duced by private enterprise, which gives the
public the electric service it enjoys today
It is all rather bewildering to think how much
smarter the promoters of the new regime of
soeializaion of the power industry must he
than he men wh pioneered and carried o the
industry up to date The blessings that our
people onn now look forward to from social
izatin of the power industry under political
management, should give them new courage to
face life in the future
Power caried 500 miles from Bonneville!
What of it? Pass a law and forget the bills
THE LOW DOWN
—--from —
HICKORY GROVE
I was tal!i g to my neighbor
the other day ani I say .■>. is sur.
- a h t joke on tha.se iennessi-e
I vl O W tl
the!e we'net they
was going to
have all these
tnew lights put i 1
by the Govt. And
the outfit ru i
ning the shebang
it is gel ting in*
trouhie mid looks!
like another fiz-|
zle and no light 1
But this d'.,.i « - • -
he says, brother, you n'edm’t be s >
amused about any joke on these
Tennessee people; yu ar> the guy
hat’s payin’ the bill. And I says.
:s that so! I am not expecting to
u.'-e their lights. And he says, if
you would think beyond your nose
ou would savvy.
He says with Govt, taxes, it
lon’t make any difference where
• hey lose the money. Maybe you
! ve in Arkansas and they spend
'he money in Maine—it is all the
same—everybody pays equal. Boy,
th's neighbor knows things. And
•hen he ••■ent to work and says
"i ll don’t need to go tto tennes
ee f->r a joke.
Yours, wi'h the low-down,
Jo Serra.
Protest Against Poor
Housing; Jim Crov
New York, May 1 1 Aprotest
against the inadequate and jim
••row housing arrangements for
•olorerl New York high school
boys, who were members of the
track teams which competed in the
us.
“The only effective course for
us to pursue is by way of the
courthouse routs. This method of
procedure w:ll require thousands
of dollars. Our legal department
has been handicapped more or less
by reason of poor support and in
sufficient funds, therefore I am
going to lead the way and ask for
others to follow. B"g:nning with
the month of May, 1937, l am go
ing ot pay into our legal deferas0
fund $5.00, each and every month,
until this fight is over.
“As chief executive, I pledge you
my word that I will g ve every
contributor a prompt receipt, and
•it the end of each month I will
furnish each contributor a list
showing the name and 1 ication of
fhe men who Contribute dto the
legal defense fund during that
particular month.
“In the pa^t, white rail workers
havev spend mill’ons of dollars in
an effort to eliminate you and me
from rail service. Why, then
should not we be willing to spend
a few thousand dollars in an hon
est effort to protect our legal, vi
vil ad seniority rights? If we are
real men, we will do it without
argument.”
‘I’lay Street1 Tried
Washington, May 14 (ANP) —
Fenton stree*-, Northeast, a thick
ly settled minor street in one of
the city’s most densely settled or
congested neighborhoods, is re
ceiving its first test as a “plav
stree'.” From 3 until 0 oclock
each afternoon;, it is closed to
through traffic, and outdoor
games are indulged in by the
neighborhood children. Five other
councils are interested in promot
in'' this safe scheme of plav for
children, the Central Neighbor
hood Council being directly re
sponsible for the opening up of
Fenton street
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Church Ushers to
Hold Convention
Washington, I). C., May 14.
(ANTP)—plans are being formu
lated for the 19th annual convent
ion of the National United Us
hers’ association, to be held here
July 26-30, at Vermont Avenue
Baptist church Rev. C. T. Murray,
pastor. Convention detail may be
had be communicating with Ralph
FI. Evans, general chairman com
mittee on arragements, 1208 Ken
yon Washington D. C.
Cleveland Boy Fourth
In Scholarship Test
Cleveland. O., May 14 (ANTP—
Adding further laurels to those al
ready captured by students of
Central high school here, Kenneth
Clement, a Central students, and
one of 00 students to take the
competitive oxaminat;on for scho
lar-hip at Western Reserve uni1
versify, was fourth from the top
of the list, according to grades,
to receive one of the 12 scholar
ships offfered.
Clement, despite the loss of an
entire semester from school due
to illness, will graduate with his
class in June with an average of
95.7 per cent.
Calvin s Digest
By Fiovd J. Calvin
O -ly column in the Negro P’ess listed by Ed tor ard Publisher)
v ommencement Orations
It will be .nteiest.ng to hear
v, hat the commencement orators
will tell college graduates this
year. A year ago the depression
seemed to be lifting, Lut now :t is
I hack, full force, wdth opportunities
I far ai t.und the corner for youth
going out into the world.
Perhaps the safest theme the
. orators can take will be that it
j always pays to Le optimistic; that
j the darkest cloud has a silver lin
ing; and that “even this will pass
away.”
However we be'ieve the most
I practical thing the orators might
tell the giaduutes is something of
the art of holding money if they
are lucky enough to earn any. It
does mt take a “seer” to note
that one great weakness of the
Negro group is improvidence. This
seems to be basic, for it is true of
thoe who have had supeiior advan
tages as wele as of those who
may actually not know better.
Recently, the New York Times
■tade a survey of Harlem retail
tores arjJ from the published re
•o: ts, the only figures which were
ufficiently impressive for circula
ion ve'-e the sales of “dollar
hiskey.”
A sad commentary. Of course
Tnrlem has recently “b st face” o-i
e<on nrc counts, but thi •
ffluence in the “dollar whiskey”
"lass is, to our mind, most dis
heartening of all.
We wih the commencement ora
tors would warn young people wh
will live in industrial centers and
v'!"< from $12 to $30 a week, that
they do not watch their pennies
lhov will most likely find the pawn
Vms getting $1.25 and up a week
f " fumnshings from $5 t0 $8 a
! ' “ready cash;” they will find
tier’"el yes m-irg three times the
worth of clrtthb'g because they
buy “on credit” (“easy payments’)
and that they may eventually ge'
married, ar>1 mortgage their fu
ture for years to coe buying what
they want but what they really do
"Ot need. Many will be unable to
live sound econnnrc lives because
even though they may have a job
fhev are weighed down bv debt.
Tf our young people knew these
"hings when they left school, am',
’s a con'enuence aoided some of
here pitfal's, our gr up life wou'd
he improved to a marked degree
almost over night.
Ui'r Newspapers
The latest report on our News
paper irom the Department of
Commere gives hope for the con
tinued growth if that industry.
L fe lnsu.ance is in the lead as
our e onomic bulwark, but the
press, according to the report jus:
issue ., Ih.is uvcsstmei ts raiigi ..g
from $ iUO to $500,00; and 34 con
cents own ecfuipme.t valued at
nioie than $5,000.
Ninety-e'g :t newspapers employ
1,0G4 persons and 70 papers have
a combined average monthly pay
ioil of $72,:’,40.95. Forty-nine news
paper enterprises have invested
$1.52:1,960 in equipment.
Again, it is noted that 124 news
paper reported a total circula
tion of 1.206,787. “or 86,589 more
than was reported in 1936 by 106
newspapers.” And 18:1 publications
(newspapers and magazines) re
ported combined average net cir
culation per issue of 1,411.087.
This is a very fine record for the
pre-s. And we are glad to have a°
compile'' of these statistics a for
mer ed:tor, Charles E Hall whose
’"vc of the press causes him to ga
ther uch basic data as will enabl
'■I’ li hei's to gain a larger share
of the advertising revenue of th
nation’s business.
I’oliti s
It is reported that Republican
Congressman Hamilton Fish of
New York, speaking to Harlemite
•eoentl told them that they are
themselves to blame for the low
•state of the Negro in nation;'1
nolitics. The Congressman, it i
mid, asserted that the race should
Fold the balance of power pol tie
■ 'ly in et'oiit seven state* an-1
should perforce, wield *» reme-d
ous influence in the nation.
It is not hard to see that the N°
gro group, by astute leadership
might seriously effect local an1
national elections in seven northern
nri'1 middle western states. But it i
another matter for the group t
have the proper coursel and g’lid
arce to make that power effec
tive in t.heir racial behalw. Hardly
any white man would counrtenanc"
such a situation as a matter or
right i>nd justice to the group
T"hf>t r- one 0f thp tnain reason0
why such a possibility is highly
•rv’orohahlo.
Fishop Fountain in Va
Augusta, On.. May H (ANP) —
The Rt. Rev. W Uiam Alfred Foun
tain, Bishop of the Sixth Episco
pal district, of Georgia, accompan
ied bv hig wife, arud sister-in-law.
were in Augusta Sunday, April
24. Bishop Fountain preached
morning and evening at Bethed A.
M. E. church, Rev. J. Frank Ro
gers, pastor at an Educational
Rally.
He preached at 3:00 p. m. at
Ward Chapel AME church, Rev.
G. Alfred Roberts, pastor. Large
crowds greeted the Bishop at
these services, which were held
in the interest of Morris Brown
college, in Atlanta, Ga„ of which
Rev. W. A. Fountain, Jr., is pre
| sident.
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Tolas Install Officers
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Washington, D. C„ May 14
| (ANP)—The well appointed home
1 of Mrs. Cantolia Horn, 47 R St.
Northwest, Washington, D. C. was
(he scene of the installation of the
new officers of Gamma Chapter
of Iota Phi Lamba Sorority on
Sunday afternoor, at four o’clock.
Gamma is one of the two chapters
of this widely reorganized business
sorority in Washington ad has be
come outanding for it,s consecutive
work as well as for its social acti
vit ies.
The following officers were in
stalled by Miss Harvey: Sara C.
Plater, president; Jane .R. Bos
field, vice president; Emmie L
Floyd, recording secretary; Louise
Jenkins, teasurerr; Bessie A.
Rhyans, journalist; Vivian Brown,
dean of pledgees.
The announcement from the
national office that the president
of Gammo had been appointed
Eastern Regional Directres was
received by the group with great
joy.
Congratulatory remarks were
“made bv the following guests:
Miss Catherine (Boble, Alpha Chap
ter, Chcago; Mrs. Olla Jenkins
Omicron Chapter, New York City;
and Miss Tola Smith, Washington
The installation was terminated
with a tasy repast.
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New York, May 14—Picture
postcards on sale in five and ten
cent stores in the South, and par
ticularly in South Carolina, drew'
a protest from the Nationay As
sociation for the advancement of
Colored People this week to the
officials of the F. W. Woolworth
and the S. II. Kress chain stores.
Orlsni’s Attucks
CoiiikM Protest4’
Brooklyn. N. Y.. May 21 (ANP)
—At a meeting Monday, of the
Crispus Attucks held at the Carl
in Avenue YMCA, George E. Wi
becan, president of the council
brought to the attention of the
members of he vicious attack on
our group uttered by Monsignor
Belford, of the Catholic church lo
cated on Clawson avenue and Put
nam.
A special committee was ap
pointed to visit the Brooklyn Eagle
office, lay the protest before the
city editor and have them retract
the statements made by Mdgr.
Belford, who said hat the Negroes
living along the Fulton street. L.
line had depreciated realty values
and that they should be restricted
to a certain section of the country.
He went on further to state that
he could not hold meeting at night
at. his church, because of the va
grants in the district, mostly Ne
groes.
Wibecan referred to the Rev.
Blackshear case and to stated that
some of the best Negro citizens
of the Catholic faith live in the
district he mentions. And that his
vituperations will hurt the cause
of he Catholic faith in their efforts
to bring Negroes into their faith.
At a council held by the Ca
tholic universities of St. John’s
college and other instructions of
of the Catholic faith. Wibecan was
the incited guest and made men
of Father Belford’s announcements
about our group being the cause
of the L are of the white race.
Our group pay higher rental than
the whites for less acenunoodation
he said.
Mrs. M. C. Lawton read a pre
pared statement from the federa
tion of women’s clubs, of which
organization she is a member and
past president, and scored Father
Belford for his untiely remarks.
The committee was composed of
the following: .Rev Dr. iWUis of
the Seventh Day Adventist church.
Rev. Dr. Roy Proctor, Counsellor
John M. Colean, Mr. and Mrs. Cae
sar Btainbridge, Mrs. M. C. Law
ton, William J. Ash, Associated
Negro Press, N. Y.
The committee was promised
that the Eagle would print all that
had taken place at the meeting.
Zjenomie Highlights
: <> quote a leading business nvi
gazine, the threat if a world war
’"ill aflect almost cverytK ng
that 3 done in Weshrgtoni from
! no on: Naval construction, m >•
cho.nt marine, army expansion
axes, Secretary Full’s re-pro a!
raile prog:ant, perhaps even gov
rnment reorganize t or* ” W>r__
past, present and future—is an
m:n n* and ex^e dinglv active
lement in American affairs today.
Most obvious example of our
•reoccupatirn w th the prrsne t of
car is the navel budding program,
he largest in our reac^-time his
'orv. Its proponents—-and there
ire many—targue that our best
guarantee of pence :s a ma ted fist
econd to rnre. On he ether hand
’here are men of distinction and
m^hont” who argue ”ith force
’h"t this nrogram ;s leed’rg us
freight into war. Reason: Navy
-pacification* today cull for fight
:ng shins of tremendous cru’s ng
: anges, and for supply vessels able
* o make runs rf thousands of
miles, provide the fleet w;th oil,
J’ood. murit;ons and return to
bases of the continental United
Etates. How say the opponents of
‘he building nrogrpm, can =hins of
‘his tvne be iustifind ns e«ser* "al
*onls of the national defense? Why
’o we rot build instoif) snydl fast
hin.s with a rel"*ivr’v short cruis
ing range, stiff :cieot in nunvb'r
nd p«wer to defend our ”o«st.e _
r to fight in foreign waters? Is it
nossible. they conclude that the
nsnoken purpose behind the c«r
•ent. pregram is the creation of a
TT. R fleet eruparilv designed for
ind capable of fighting in the
Thina seas or the Mediterranean ?
There >s no definite answer to
*hese niiostjons now ' ut they are
n 'icative of the cordusion that
vists in the minds of the people.
Even more important, perhaps, is
he attitude of the Rtate Denart
ppnt toward European trouble*—
an attitude that has received a
*ront, deal less interpretation than
a subject of such moment deser
ves.
Apparently the clay is over wnen
ippresentatives of great govern
ments could sit down, argue dif
"erences. arrive at agreements and
go home, with all concerned know
ing that the agreements will be
kept, at least until some crisis ar
rive which made one of the parti
cipants feel that it was necessary
sacrifice principle to expediency.
The U. S. State Department at the
present time doesn’t say it in so
many words—but it obviously
feels that words, treaties and pro
mises of the belligerent powers—
Germany, Japan and Italy-—can
not be trusted. There are two con»
crete examples of this to which
are not widely known. A few
months ago the Japanese govern
ment intimated that it was again
ready to discuss a treaty for the
limitation of capital fighting ships
—and the U. S. government of
fered no encouragement. And for
two years. Hitler has periodically
proposed an agreement among the
great powers to ameliorate some
of the evils of war. such as tha
unrestricted use of submarines
and the ruthless bombing of civil
ian centers—and again this gov
ernment has turned a deaf ear to
the suggestion.
It is. of course, almost unthink
able to blame the U. S govern
ment for this attitude. The dicta
tors who agreed to non-interven
tion in the Spanish revolution have
all but made a Franco victory cer
tain by sending him apparently
unlimited quanities of men, planes,
cannons, and other essentials of
war—and Japan, which now bur
dened under a stagg°r'ng debt.
Plight wish to slow down the
world navel building race wa« th°
Grst to violate the nrevmue naval
building treatv. The States De
partment’ attitude is simnlv an
indication icf the difficulties of
'■ari-viri'’' on diplomacv in a world
where the old values have been so
largely destroyed.
One hv-nroduct of th:s is Secre
torv Wuli’s nolicv of caution. Of
ficially', we have rot recognized
Ttalv’s oonouest of Alwasinia, nor
former's sodden seizure of Aus
tria. Wo have made protests
atrainot those acts_but mostlv in
v°i1ed and indirect terms. Our oro
niinent nart in seeking to curb *he
ravages and injustices of the dic
tators. Y^t no one thinks that the
feeling of this country is a rru
tral one— 4 merican sentiment
against the dictators is a’mo.st 100
ner cent strong Judging by yvhat
evidence there is. the majority of
Americans Were disapnointed at
the failure of Eden and the adop
tion bv England of the fhambor
lain “peace at any price” foreign
nolicv. Tt is rot a remote possibil
ity that, this partisan sentiment
will in the future be reflected in
the government's attitude, and re
sult in a more aggressive and
pointed U. S. policy toward the
totalitarian states. Whether that
would make our participation in
the next world war unavoidab’e is
a topic that is being fiercely de
bated by all manner of theorists—
but it cannot be settled save in the
infallible test-tube of Time.
