The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-05-23

The civilized worio tOuuy, M w ~....,.
that world, may be said TO be one
great altar Of sacrifice. II that IS not
true now. II certainly will be true II
the war continues sor another year.
II Is our duty In any adequate intel
lectual conception Of the task TO see
to II that the gains to the moral as
well as che material well-being OF the
nation shall square with the sacrifice.
little reelection will convince one
that this aspect Of reconstruction is
the fundamental aspect and that upon
II must be predlcated all successful
plans IN this direction.
"A year ago we were great. lazy
democracy. Lincoln sniu, "A fat hound
won't hunt That sentence illumlned
our national disease. The transfor
nation from that condition is already
under way. Soon the spirit Of the MT
ton viii be a burning flame. There
win be sloughed Off the scales fostered
by a love Of luxury and the loose and
hoastful thinking that have been our
curse in the last generation. Out OF
The turmoil and the sacrifice will come
discipline and orderly living and think
ing; and therefore. with sequentiHl
and irresistible logic viii come tle-
mands for new conditions of living
commensurate to the new ideals. Again
repeat here Is the fundamental re-
construction to which the American
government should address itself, and
only herein can be found the policy
which shall be the groundwork OF any
enlightened organization for recon-
struction.
History records but few fruitful
governmental agencies that did not
have firm and penetrating quality
Mt the base Raising the framework
for the tnslI Is merely u matter of me-
chanics in organization. In
The meantime The council and advisory
commission should accumulate all OF
the literature bearing upon this ques-
ton and form 1t into a working IL
br2ry.
at may be that as the war nears it's
ends ana as the issue between au-
tocracy ard democracy becomes ever
sharper and moro terrible, the civilized
world will demand that Immediately
at the wars close all reconstruction
of the worlds affairs be based upon
the dictum Of Lincoln that no man Is
good enough to govern any other man
without that other mans consent, to
the. end of approaching the proper
reimbursement of national, interna-
tional ana racial relationships. offer
tliis, thGSgh, not for the purpose Of
injecting idealism In q discussion
where undue accent Of il does not be-
long but TO emphasize anew that none
of us can see the end OF the road
and that therefore all plans for re-
construction should he builded so as
To permit OF flexlhilitY OF action and
even of minor policy at any given
time. The main thing now is to come
70 concrete thinking and study of the
entire problem"
Director CIarkSon Immediately he
-. -. tho nr9aN zafion Of u staff Of ex-
pertS, ncluGing O. N, w. Spragiic,
professor Of finance and banking at
Harvard. and Herbert ~ Shenton Of
Columbia. Out of this STAFF work grew
the reconstruction research division.
which was organized on February 3,
1870 with Mr.. Shonton as It's chief.
Burden One for Business.
THE reconstruction research divi-
sion" said Charles II. Chase, q mem
Der has curle 10 feel more and more.
as the reconstruction has progressed,
that It's information service should be
made available "a The leaders Of pri-
waite enterprise. just as it Is made re-
sponsive to the needs Of governmental
agencies The problems and respon
s.blities Of RECONSIDERATION tend as
time goes on. to fail more and more
heavily upon the shoulders OF bust
ness and relatively less upon govern
mental machinery. or the two grand
divisions of reconstruction, demobiliza-
ton and reorganization, the former be-
longs chiefly to the government and
the latter devolves mainly upon pri-
vate enterprise. The f".;.aee7T
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