The Washington times., 1933-05-04

ouest for little publicity have done what others have
done-made rough budget tyng 10 Who va@uev
want to do good But no adequate yard-rue eMsIs 80
Even my principle that at the moment charities wncn
look towards the future more Important tna nose
which cherish relics of the paseven that IS suoJect 10
exceptions and seems not always reasonable.
The Rand School
Il would be deplorabe if libraries symphony orchestras
and museums compelled to close, but II tney go
under losing their identity separate institutions some
wav could still be found keep literature and music and
art alive In such cases. the important thing is not the
building or the management the corporation but what
1t serves.
There is small institution, for instance, with head
quarters in New York which once was unoer IRE I IoI
subversive activities threatened with dissolution and
saved by decision in the Supreme Court, which was
more eager preserve American liberties than to encour
age the Is Committee of Redhunters. 1t is the Rand
School, and my guess is that disagree with nneenths
of the principles advocated under its authority YET learn
ing that the Rand School is in danger of suspendng for
lack of funds feel that it has served the community too
well to be allowed to fail.
Let the Winner Pay
It has served the community not by making us Social
lists and not by making more friendly to radlcaEsm
generally, but by keeping alive group OF ideas which
slowly become familiar to us, although dislike them
and so very slowly prepared for the vast upheava
through which we going today Mr.. Roosevelt, in
particular much to all radicals who by their propa
ganda have laid the groundwork for liberalism and social
change. Without them might have sunk even deeper
into Bourbonsm, and begun to think that Republican
was not only the noblest work of God but profound
thinker economic and social subjects.
1t would be gesture of sound sense, as well as of
gratitude for the Democratic Party to subscribe heavily
to the funds of the Socialist Party to the Rand School
for that matter. If the social program now boiling in
Washington turns out paatabe to and the Democrats
are dslodged from Congress two from they
will to the pioneer work of those who fifteen
ago hated Reds, just Theodore Roosevelt owed
much of his success to the Popuiss and William Jennings
Bryan and Woodrow Wilson to the parlor Socialists and
muckrakers who preceded him.
Joint Statements
There is something peculiarly stutifyingl in Off
ca statement about conversation between two heads of
Government. Certain words have to appears Frank =.
friendly clear. understanding. cordial exchange of
views" Without them joint statement would be almost
the equivalent of declaration of war, and visiting
prime minister would dare to show his face to his coun
trymen when he returned.
The statements the conversations between Mr..
Roosevelt and Mr. Macdonald between Mr. Roosevelt and
M Herrot did not escape that air of unreaty but one
sentence at the beginning of the latter announcements
interesting for the choice of words It read on the
subject of debts The President has set forth the entire
situation from the American point of vew and NJ Herrot
has acknowledged how the problem appears to the French
government and Parliament The President set forth
M. Herriot acknowledged. A fine distinction there.
It would be interesting to the translation into
Franch which must have been issued in Paris The chiefs
Of protocol and the master of diplomatic vocabulares have
probably looked carefully into the whole subject and de-
Cded that it is correct for the host to set forth while
the guest may only acknowledge It remains to be seen
acknowledge whatever France sets-or sends-forth.