The Washington times., 1932-11-12

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Mr. Ogden one of the keenest minds now at work,
man of knowledge colossal that he actually review
the Encyclopedia Britannica competently as Mr.. Gl
bert Gabriel review play has not been content with
wanting the destruction of few languages; he has
started failing about his instrument being new Ian
guage which is, however familiar to vast number OF
people, the language he calls Basic English Basc is
bit of pun for apart from its meaning the word
from the first letters of the chief contributors British
American, Scientific International Commercial Englsh)
It's great merit that it consists of exactly $50 words
and these do the work of the 10000 words ordinarily
used One magazine page is enough to print the entire
vocabulary and has room left for a sample sentence:
'"The camera man who made attempt to take NOV
ing picture of the society before they got their
hats off did not get off the ship till he was questioned
for photographer" Moving picture" is Basic for
Cinema" In Basic a familiar story by Edgar Allan
Poe is called the Gold Insect This startes because
we are accustomed to the of the Gold Bug but it
does not confuse us.
Simple Words .
While the world gets complicated Mr.. Ogden tries to
make the word simple The most striking proof that
Basic English does appear to differ from ordinary
English, either to the the eye is that Mr. Ogden
after writing account of its principles adds The
reader may or may not have been conscious that this
account is itself all in Basic English; and must
fess that was nVt@ The only thing worry about is
Brighter Basic fOrthose who are tired or sad sad) ot If
jargon for the over-happy?
A Capitalist Testifies
continue to receive letters assuring that exag
gerate the connection between finance and charity.
Perhaps do When a banker who is also the head OF
charitable organization says that banks cannot lend
money to the city unless the city reduces its expenses
and says that the city cannot therefore, give enough to
keep the obess and their families from desperate straits
and then that private charity must assume the
burden, / think the connection is evident. However,
willing to let the ideas of others take precedence
few days ago Floyd L. Carlisle, chairman of the
board of the New York Edison, Consolidated Gas, and
Niagara Hudson power companies who ought to
know something about the present strength of the
capitalist system said that IF there is not tremendous
response to appeals for private charity "a greater
to a breakdown in this system"
Cve-and Think!
The great drive is being organized. The need is
appalling and it hardly necessary to stress the threat
to system of society to make give. But think
that the business who getting together
committees ought also to form committee future
plans, committee to study the system under which
are living They keep saying that the only way
to the system is to give freely; but there is
another way 1t is to make giving superfuous because
the need will not exist. And do not Utopia
think we will arrive at method, perhaps not the
best method, but at least beginning the moment we
know, in our hearts, that unemployment will not end
this No matter what happens to make us happy
not Europe decides to pay everything and we have
beer and factories start to work again in year. It
never has been done and there is to believe
1t can be done The process may take three years or
i've. During that time mn will slowly move from the
red side of the ledger, the obess, to the profitable
black side OF producers; but the millions left behind
, until the end will still be problem
j doubt whether you can come before the American
people, they are and saw "You must sunnor
the unemployed for five years because our Government
hasn't discovered any way to take care of them" For
this were said would do something rather drastic
not about the unemployed, but about the Government
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