Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-28
AMERICA IS ITS PATTERN
DR.. MASARYK DECLARES
u. S. CZECH.SL0VAK IDEAL
Task of Social Rcforni. lie Says. Must
BE Achieved Gradually In
New Hepublic.
ny g. M.ASAIslK.

DOR new state. our republic ana
democracy in addition TO their adj
ministrative apparatus ana army, need
a firm moral basis Without moral
individuals, individuals of character;
!, without sound family life, without
the different social organisms "f which
we are members. without uprishtncss
in MI our activities, We cannot have
not acknowledge moral authority. the
authority Of principles and leaders, is
an irpossibil!ty.
republic because va had burning
faith in our national ideals. because
in our hearts "" aHkm3w ,edged ana
had faith IN our fellow men and the
people. In tho same way we shall
i We keep our faith in our ideals;
if we recognize that which il sacred
in our lives. and IL We have fUtth in
one another.
Religion and Morality.
Some political writer's said that the
American republic WAS possible be-
cause Of its great reverence for re-
ligion and morality our democratic
republic. which has abandoned the old
politca! authorities. mon3rchlsm and
niilitarism. Will firmly rest on gen
Democratic republics like America. We
shall also aim at the separation Of state
and church. ana thus free ourselves
from ccclcsiastica! authority as ii was
buItl up by Austria.
But that does not seem a loosening
of moral bonds, on the contrary. it
craI morality. I. was because the
Hapsburss lnisuscd ii for political ends
that the church suffered loss OF
esteem amongst ua. and that people
are diSincIined 10 listen to moral OK
hortation. but We must not be content
with n negation of the church wc
must not be afraid 10 aim At raising
public morality and producing that in
ner strength which our greatest men
~ AL 81 Il.
ne sitate to repeat that in, the separa-
tion OF church and state I see also
means OF strengthening religious au-
thority.
Socinliznti "n DimcuIt.
From this moral standpoint I also
regard the tasks Of social reform which
1ar,reachins. We are ali talking about
soeia lization. Specialization in COIN
pietcly abnormal conditions caused by
the Ions war is a difficult and RESPONSE
bic task. Distinguished Socialist lead
ers and writers maintain that in the
e .Sis,n, ;n, conditions ii is alb
this matter. Specialization presupposes
public control Of tho whole vconomic
life: In the same way that we ask
fora state budget we must ask for a
bubble balance sheet OF every enter
prise in the state. for q budget Of pro
uuptFn, n budget OF MI nccesSarIcs
Merx and his followers rightly an
sl22od tho anarchy OF modern produc-
tom Without the knowledge or All
tcononlic forces. without the lsnowI-
edge Of all production and all neces-
81 rtae. It is ir1nosSihle 10 initiate sue
cessfnl specialization.
sih'etif the masses of the workers do
not Try 70 understand tho whole pro-
cess g r nro o', rnd Distribution i
bourt"oteie ia specialization by means
OF thlctatorship: no violence is ever
nenefc'nl and that nnplles not only
I q l,tt
and social violence as wall
Workers Must Help.
Seeia citation Is not only matter Of
jstration of Industrial concerns. It is
:, matter OF creating new undertakings,
.. At any rate OF connecting and eficc-
For production needs q spirit OF en-
ternrise, which is the more necessary
while all Europc, is impoverished by
prise ] do not mean speculation and
hyper spec,hativcness. that ingenious
utilizing OF given conditions that re-
suits IN the creation of new wealth.
u ~ not Il matter, so TO say. of the
fnccialism of distribution, but Of So
ci3lism Of production.
II l speak OF this spirit of enter-
prise and effectiveness | 40 not say
mat The workers lacl; Il. ana that the
6 6onrSeoi 6n ,possess il in spperahun;
with hoth sides, | must complain that
portion OF our bonrgeoiEie seem to
me 10 sutfcr from a lack Of just this
spirit Of enterprise
Under the conditions OF universal
competition We must abandon our in
herted economic pcttincSs. \ really
energetic hourEcoisic will come TO an
understanding with Intelligent. enter
pEISing workers.
In modern history 7 was always sur
priscd at the behavior Of horeditlrv
aris'ncracy. And II often seems to me
as II the modern hoprgeoisic, the So
called capitalists. followed H., the :oo,-
stems OF the ola ar!-tCI.racv
We can amply here the words Of the
old philosophers Fate leads him who
VIII be led. end drags him who will
not"
4 Moral Postuinte.
! look uDoM the task OF specialization
NOT only aS an economic. but also ae
moral rosiulate. do no, believe
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