The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-09-29
PULLMAN P0RTERS UNION INvADES PITTSBURGH DISTRICT
DEVELOPMENT OF OUR own

universal law OF equilibrium
rules this world. The atonement
for the sins or incapacity Of those
responsible for that massacre and
slaughter should have resulted in
a radical Improvement Of public
morality, political integrity, finan-
cial honesty, and q revaluation OF
all spiritual values Of mankind.
But this change has not event.
uated. You are free to intercept
my words In a symbolic or literal
sense when / say that the blood
of millions of innocent victims is
clamouring and that nothing has
been done in Europe to appease
that demand. And the most regret
table thing is that those countries
which emerged victorious out of
the struggle, those which were In
a stronger and healthier position.
thought It possible to go on living
as II nothing had happened. as II
all their old idols were still alive
and not smashed to pieces In the
universal cataclysm, as II a radi-
cal clean up OF all their systems
of governing a thorough reform
OF their entire theology was not
for them q matter OF life or death.
And IL appeared to be that on the
other hand, those countries which
were vanquished in the struggle,
or those which remained dissatis-
fled with the results OF the victory.
proved to be more responsive and
strove for renovation. While the
visitors intoxicated by an unusual
but fallacious prosperity worked I'm
selfishness in order to bring about
a blind frenzy and with a stubbon
the present economical crisis, the
vanquished were trying to seize
the bull by the horns and assail
the main enemy, who, they thought
wrongly understood democracy
and hypertrophfed individuafism.
Communism, Hitlerism and fas-
cism are different aspects of the
same reaction against tepid liver
aiism. egoistic individualism, ar
rogant capitalism and emasculated
parliamentalism. It is mainly a re-
action against the hollow and ven
imous parasited who hove arisen
between the ruler and the ruIed
The problem of democracy is now
daily being discussed as Senator
borah indicated in taking nm its
defence a few days ago. n MEANS
however the attempt TO create a
miracle, or in other words to re-
vive corpse.
democracy had its chance for
over hundred years and Il has
proved TO be failure. Not that
there Ia anything wrong in the
.unuaihental idea OF democracy
provided OF course It does not
mean rule by the unfit, by the
mop or their nominees. but the
truth Is that the people in their
present state OF civil and individ-
ual morality are unfit to realize
| true democracy. II Is no wonder
| tnat this is so for everything NOS
nDie has been done TO kin everv
Germ OF spiritual aspiration. ~ 4
vi Deiief In any other goal of
eAcept social standing and n
rent banking account. This Is wbv
.no results OF democracy are
tyranny OF the majority desnot,c
iuie or trusts and corporate hod~
n ,.s over whole indu :stries. vena Htv
ana utter instability. AS Lawranos
now@i puts 1t, Corporate self,sh
W uess Is far worse than persona =,
ne We navo lately seen Representa-
I'VE bodies vote almost unani,n
ousiy for law, which. a few vaars
la,er, they repealed with the same
overwhelming majority sha',
formulate my idea in few wo,.da /.
democratic government has failed
10 arouse In the people n feeljng 'e co
tne primary OF the general wa1so Oh ul
over and above that OF nersono,
, nha,ts. II has not succeeded :,
,Duilsnlhg class jealousy and
struggle. On to other hand a dn
mocracy has done a LOT for nh,,o ae-
lnropy, equality before the law
EDUCATION. etc. It's failures in NV
opinion are mainly caused by false
even though noble, phiiosopbicai
P0ostuiates. The philosophers Of the
18TH century laboured under tho
belief that every human being Is