The Washington times., 1933-01-04

collectively responsible for everything we do not like in
present plight. Not being of them myself
would be pleased with this arrangement.
Dull Ones Right
The accusation against the wits is that they made it
extremely difficult to say that kind hearts are more
than coronets and that good is pearl of greater
price than clever and wicked one. Such things
left to the dull people to say, and it rapidly dscov
cred that they could praise virtue earnestly make
vice attractive. And that the world has been
lettering for year on the edge of (a an abyss
or b) tenfoo drop into sandpie it begins to appear
that the dull people right enough and that the clever
and wicked ones, who such good fun being the
There used to be fairly steady complaint about the
quality of men who took up politics as profession and
another about the sk-stockng voters who as luck
would have it, always too busy to vote on election
day On the other side of the fence the wits who
ougnt nothng more comic in the world than the Spec
Cce OF somebody doing something for the good of the
community when he might be having a good time or
making lot OF money for himself
Not So Funny
time seems to be near enough to be uncomfortable
wnen the wits and the wise men, the pure and the
wicked, will know that they have gone down in hean
together and when the idea of doing something because
the community requires it will be so funny because
the alternative will not exist much longer It simply
VIII not be possible to have good time or to make
sart remarks because all of these little extras
OF the system of wealth and leisure. Like all extras
tney came high in the final reckoning.
In the first year of the depression knew few peope
VINO gave money to charities saying that what they gave
was Boshevlst insurance., not very accurate phrase
out good indication of their state of mind Now these
people are far more keenly aware of what has been
happening and many of them giving their time and
their minds as well their money And nine out of ten
scorers and bystanders of three years conscious
OF the TACT that what has to be done make themselves
prosperous can only be done by making the community
prosperous.
like, myself, the luxury of not giving hoot what
happens to the street city country in which live
Children don't and most of would be glad enough
to become little child in that respectfully hockey
from responsibilities But long Government taxes
me and rules and doesn't exactly prosper me, be-
gin to suspect might we'll do something about it.
Nothing to Say?
quoted the other day the larger part of letter COM
enting expressions of feeling sent to me by
men out of work The writer of the letter graduate
student in university. In the part of the letter /
omitted for lack of space he writes: You say there
many things to be said in reply to the letters of the
workers do not agree with YOU" Then he goes on
to concede that people still at work. many still
find play for individual initiative but all of this he
believes holds out hope for present system of
society. W
/ impressed by the downright denial in advance,
even if they foolish-and I no more bow to the
than do to the stupidity of those who believe that
everything s has been and from everlasting to everlas
ing will be all right and Interchangeable in way of living
which is after ALL only few hundred years old and has
not yet shown either all its weaknesses all it's
capacities