The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-24
 OWNERSHIP IS
 GOOD REMEDY
Father Corrigan Sets Forth Antidote for Bol-
 Shevism

Rev. Jones I. J. Corrigan, S. J.. philosophy head at Boston College, declared last Thursday night in an ad- dress to the Young Mems Catholic Association at Boston College High School, that complete democracy in industry will abolish the defects of our present system." He spoke on ''The Antidote for Bolshevism.''
 Expressive measures alone will never stamp out Bolshevism," he said. Ideas must be fought with ideas, and Bolshevisn is a false idea. It is a false philosophy both of gov ernment and economics. It promises political freedom, but sub1ugates it's deluded followers under a Soviet slavery. It promises economic po1iti- cal freedom, but it's principles lead inevitably to economic ruin.
 ''Bolshevism and true democracy have nothing in common either as a political philosophy or as an indus trial adventure. The Russian idea es- senttaliy excludes some of the people: the American idea essentially includes all the people.
 ''The war was fight to the death between two political philosophies- democracy versus autocracy. Democ- racy won. A parallel struggle Is in its initial stages between two economic philosophies - industrial democracy versus industrial autocracy.
 'tAs a direct result of the war the workers are clamoring for an exten- sion of democracy to industry as well as to governm ent.
 Complete democracy in industry supposes one of three systems So- cialism, the National guilds or coop erative ownership and management. The first is undesirable; the second is desirable in probably only a few in- dustries; the third will ultimately, I believe, become the accepted system in the majority of industries.
 Democratic industry supposes that the masses of workers shall not re- main mere users of the tools of pro duction, even though all working con- dftions were perfectly satisfactory. Ii holds as an essential tenet that for the sake of their own develop ment and self-respect the workers ought to strive for a greater voice in the ordering of their own indus trial society should be divided into two classes, one of which should per- form all the functions of direction and management, while the other should be merely we1l-fed automatons of industry, is neither in accord with our dem ocratic age nor conducive to
 
 Besides, the supreme need of the world today, even in America, is greater production. But increased production can be obtained only when the workers become more interested in their tasks. So long as labor re- mains scarce this interest can be se- cured only by giving the workers a greater share in the mana cement Of industry and some share in it's profits.
 Through these two devices of la bor sharing in management and in the surplus, labor and capital become united in a genuine partnership. They are steps toward industrial democracy because they are clements in the on1y industrial democracy that will be finally satisfactory, namely, ownership by the workers individually of a con- siderable part, if not the whole of the instruments of production.
 ''Diffused ownership of this type with democratic Industrial control is the .eal solution of our industrial troubles Of course, the movement toward the goal will have to be very gradual"