The daily worker., 1926-01-27
INTERESTED IN
PROFITS MORE
THAN SCIENCE
Tries Uniting Science
and Religion
BY HUGO oEHLER.
(Worker Correspondent

American Association for the Advance
ment of Science recently held it's
convention in this city. Notables from
all parts Of the country were here.
Many sessions were held at the same
time in the different hotels Of this
city. Eastern scientists have been
wondering why the convention was
held "way out here" and others ex-
pressed regret when it was mentioned
that the next one would be held in
Memphis.
Although the convention has some
men whose research is known the
world over and many are of very high
intellect, the fact remains that as a
whole the policies and the work of the
groups shows that it is dominated by
capitalism, financially and mentally.
1t is consciously and unconsciously
defending the interest of the bourge-
ousie against the advancement Of the
proletariat. In saying that one must
give reasons for such a statement.\
One does not have to be scientist
to be a member of this organization,
one must only be interested in science.
Pay the five dollars initiation fee and
five dollars dues for the year and you
are a member. The bourgeois joins
this organization as a sustainor for
that in reality is the membership.
yearly or life, and donations from
them must come in to keep the work
up.
Dinner Most Import Event.
The local arrangement committee is
the chamber of commerce, which is
the only organization that could do
justice to this collection of capitalist
lackeys. The local scientist club here
seemed to be ignored entirely but
managed to arrange its annual dinner
at $3.50 a plate at the right moment
and gained the limelight This dinner
is the most important function of the
local group and to a great extent will
be the best part of the A. A. A. S.,
except the papers that are read which
are of the greatest value to our bour-
geois press.
A display of scientific apparatus,
valued at sixty thousand is on display
at the Aladdin. 1t is dominated by
the big corporations back east, Civ
ing the display it's natural tinge of
commercialism.
Unity of Science and Religion"
Vernon L. Kellogg, of the national
research council at Washington said,
Scientists have no quarrel with reli-
gion. They accept the bible as a
guide to high moral standards for the
individual and social life. They do
not however, accept it as a scientific
textbook" "The majority of scientists
are christians and churchgoers." This
may be alright from preacher but to
palm this off in the name of science
shows the deterioration of official
scientific thought in this stage OF
capitalism.
The secretary of the section of So
cial and economic sciences, in sum-
marizing his paper said, Reduction in
criminality itself will be from: The
recreation of the sense of the answer
ability to god A higher characterize.
tion that will insist upon more ideal.
istic philosophy and a more pronounc.
ed sympathy with laws and the or.
dered processes of society. A strong
er personal restrain against the viola
tion of delegated authority"
This is the division of this conven.
tion that the worker should watch
with double interest. The secretary
is DR.. F. L. Hoffman who is consult
ing statistician of the Prudential Life
Insurance company Of America.
Such statement for a propagandis,
for the system is logical though he is
the secretary of this most important
section. No scientific investigation
will bear this conclusion of his out Ia
say nothing of the other things he
said.
The other papers that were read the
FIRST day Of this groups meeting. so.
cial-economic. were always followed by
discussions from the attending scien.
tist, from the angle of returns on in.
yestments, profits, etc. And most OF
the subjects treated in these papers
were given from the angle OF private
property returns, to be sure the in.
Nestor would be safe. The first day
passed without one word about the
working class, wages, conditions OF
anything else. ] hope they come to
that point later, Just to hear the awe
inspiring conclusions.
Once or twice the workers had ia
be mentioned in the discourse on more
worthy subjects but is usually ended
win a slur against the attempted
child labor amendment, etc.
Five thousand new subs In thre,
weeks Is big Job-but II can be don,