Evening star., 1935-02-03

includes human Self-reStraint TO
insure a safe civilization" and If
that Is not consideration for the
future, what Is 1t?
The philosophy Of the present
which Mr.. Helton breaches has the
following tenets. /. Man Is fairly
good product Of evolution as he is,
in spite of the statements Of some
evtlutionists kpat he has not been
worth the gbcess. 2. International
peace could be secured if nations
would forget their dreams of. future
greatness and domination. g. Plan
ming for a better human race in the
future through eugenicS Is merely q
prelude to war. 4. Human welfare is
threatened by attempts to establish
any particular form Of government,
whether it be democracy, COM
munism, socialism, fasciSm, or capi-
talism. S. All governmental attempts
to control or indebt the future" are
theft from the present content of life.
6. Education should adapt the young
to this present world and disregard
the future. Mr. Helton's philosophy
is SO full of contradictions and i'm
possibilities that it would be in
teresting to know how he himself
would set to work to carry it out.
It's fundamental weakness is the
assumption that it is possible to
divorce the present from the future
u that could have been done, human
beings would probably have been still
sitting in their caves gnawing the
raw meat of their kills, for our primi-
tive cave ancestors had a perfect
philosophy of the present. But the
future ran away with them.
BOLSHEVISM. FASCISM AND THE
AL-DEMOCRATIC STATE
BY Maurice Parmelee. New York
John Wiley & Sons.
THE triumph of technology is i'm
pending, according to Mr.. Par
melee. former economist in the De-
partment of State, also former pro-
! fessor of sociology and economics in
several State universities. The three
types of social organization dominat-
| ing the world today are indicated
in his title. He evaluates their tenets
merits, faults and ultimate aims and
their present and probable effects on
| world economy. From their clashes
and their failures to satisfy human
needs it seems likely that a new
! form of government. better suited
to this industrial era, will develop
Capitalism, he says, is a scarcity
economy: what is needed is an
economy of plenty. This is the theory
! already familiar through the writ
! ings of Stuart Chase. The mechan-
ical and physical technology to pro-
duce great abundance for the whole
! of mankind is already available" Mr
Parmelee believes. This social tech
! nology will include a suitable political
! organization. educational institutions,
and the other essential features of a
! socialiZed system The new system
! could be introduced with the least
| possible degree of economic disloca-
. tion and social disorder"
TOWARDS STABILITY. The Prob
lem of Economic Balance. BY
Sumner H. Slichter. New York
Henry Holt & Co.
DR. SLIcHTER, professor of business
economics at Harvard, raises a
number Of questions regarding eco
nomic conditions in the United States
and in the world today, conditions
which most people will agree in call
ing unstable. He attempts to answer
none of them dogmatically, but sug-
/ gests that each person answer them
| for himself, if he can. He would be
/ an admirable selection for a forum
or town hall panel, for he goads to
thought Paraphrased. some of his
questions are: Is our Constitution
obsolete? What are the difficulties
in the way of modifying it? What
are the reasons for the absence of
responsible party government in the
! United States? (The discussion of
the domination of the district and the
State in American politics is interest
ing) Would our system of Govern
ment be improved by giving the
| President the selective veto? Would
coalition government be effective
in economic crisis? Can capitalism
be controlled without destroying It?
! Are business men themselves the
worst enemies of capitalism? Should
Government spending in excess of
revenue during depressions be under
the control of non-political body of
experts? What conditions are nee
essary to maintain production and
employment under capitalism? Is
mankind able to supply the economic
understanding and appreciation of
the interdependence of interests re-
quisite for the successful operation Of
capitalism or any other system?
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CAPE COD AHOY. A Travel Book
for the Summer Visitor By Arthur
Wilson Tarben. Boston: Little,
Brown g. Co.