The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-29
M. E.TracySays:

FORTUNATELY for themselves and for the
l. world in general, few people took this eco
nomic conference seriously. No matter how
statesmen diplomats and experts may have
been intrigued by the prospect of doing some
thing big, ordinary folks, whether in London
Moscow or New York, sensed the absurdity
of it all.
Theoretically there ought to be some way
OF making people think alike with regard to
tariffs money, trade, armament, and national
aims, but the simple fact that we still lack
common language, common currency, a COM
mon religion, and common code of morals is
enough to indicate how far we are from such
goal
There still is world of nations, provincial
lsnls, beliefs, and traditions. None of the larger
countries has been able to eliminate racial and
factional prejudices
Glass consciousness, as the Russians call it,
is but phase of the inherited discord by which
we are plagued.
1t is healthy to hope and dream of an end
to that discord, but it is almost idiotic to look
for such happy result, except through the
slow, long -drawn-out processes of education
In time, We may be able to overcome many
of those customs and traditions which now di-
vide the human race into its component parts,
but no one can review history without realizing
that it will take very long time.
A orderly world emissions disciplined CO.
4 n operation, the surrender of privileges and
advantages on every hand for the sake of the
common good.
Well, we are finding it very hard to accept
that even On a national basis.
AS matter of fact, social relationships in
the simpler walks of life show marked tend
ency to break down. Marriage, the family
circle law enforcement as applied to individuals,
and contractual obligations with reference to
undertakings hor RI
maintain
The dream Of trying to make life easier for
ourselves by establishing a new order through
out she world is based largely on our failure to
overcome ANTIQUITIES and solve problems close
at home.
Everywhere there is a disposition for, men,
communities and nations to lean on one an
other, and that disposition goes back to the
simple truth that many of them have lost con-
f1dence in their ability to stand on their own
feet
E,OR fifteen years we have been trying to i'm
l. prove conditions by telling one another
what to do, by minding everybodys business
but our own, by building up superstitious be-
lief that conferences could take the place of
courage and hard work, and that if we only
could agree on something or other on a world
wide basis, national, local, and even personal
problems presently would disappear
We have mistaken the meaning of co-opera-
ton which is limited to specific purposes Men
can, and do, organize to achieve this or that
particular objective, but they never have and
they never will organize to control life.
There are certain things which each one of
us is compelled to do by himself or herself
There are other things which communities must
look after, and still others which fail to the lot
Of national sovereignty
No plan, no scheme, no democratic setup
ever viii disestablish the necessity of indi-
viduals, communities, and nations taking care
Of themselves in certain fundamental respects.