Evening star., 1939-07-11
Regeneration
Conquering French,
Institute Told
All Liberties Will 60
If War Comes,
Says Gershoy
By the Associated Press,

BY tne Associated HTeSS.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, July
11.-Leo Gershoy. professor of Euro
pean history in Sarah Lawrence Col
lege, Bronxville, N. Y. and a noted
authority on French affairs, said to-
day the regimentation of individual
liberties which the nation has been
fighting was finally conquering the
French people.
Prof. Gershoy traced the rise and
fall of the Popular Front govern
ment during the last five years and
predicted that controls over French
"wayward individualism will grow
greater, and not less. If war comes,
all liberties will go. If war is avert
ed. some liberties will still remain
lost"
THE restored capitalism-if war is
averted-will share with both for
eign and Marxism not a little of
their anti-liberal organization and
bias. And in that newer capitalism,
perhaps at some remote day not yet
visible on the horizon, equality will
have another chance"
Later doctor and a banker pre-
sented their views on medical care.
Favors Medical Changes.
DR.. Darlington Williams, profess
sor of clinical surgery in the Med
lcal College of Virginia, said changes
in the present system of medical
care were necessary to provide for
all the people, but urged that these
changes be made "in a slow and
orderly manner" and said they
should preserve existing customs
and institutions as far as they are
compatible with efficiency"
Thomas c. Boushall, president of
the Morris Plan Bank of Virginia
and president of the Richmond Hos
pital Service Association, likewise
stressed the importance of the
process of evolutionary approach
to the problem of adequate medical
care for all.
Mr.. Boushall urged, however, that
there should be no delay on the
part of the layman, physician and
public to organize medical service
by group action whereby free, in
telligent and democratic activity
may occur before being overcome
with the stultifying action of
statutes"
Clarence K. Streit, foreign corre-
SpOndent for the New York Times,
told the institute last night the pro-
posal to organize a federal union
OF democracies was gaining favor
both in the United States and
abroad.
Other States Later.
The IS democracies Mr.. Streit
suggested for the union were the
United States, Canada, Britain,
France, Switzerland, Belgium, Hol-
land, Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Ireland. the Union of
South Africa, Australia and New
Zealand. Other states could be ad-
mitted later, he said.
Mr.. STREET said there was fight
ing chance to preserve world peace
If start was made now "by organiz-
ing a nucleus of a few peoples that
are most experienced in organizing
government by mutual consent" and
that have power enough to assure
keeping of the peace.
Aubrey Williams, National Youth
administrator, who shared the plat
form with Mr.. STREET, asserted that
youth can and should be permitted
to contribute to the increased we'll
being of the Nation. They have 1t
within their power to add vastly
to the equipment and wealth of the
public and private requirements of
the Nation. Furthermore, this work
can be done in such a fashion and
under conditions which do not in
terfere with private business nor
with adult labor"