The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-07-10
TECHN0CRACY
DIRECTOR TELLS
OF ITS PLANS
BY KAY ELLES

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Karl Siebecker, regional directo
for Technocracy, Inc, had some pert
nent comments to make on this Con
tinents defense in the present worl
crisis.
He called attention to the need TO
cooperation among the National en-
titles of North America; stating tina
Technocracy's plan for adequate dc
Tense would be Continental in scope
with expansion of all naval, army. al
forces and coastal defenses beyon'
anything contemplated by our presen
price system government. A detailet
outline Of this vital plan will appea
in the July issue of Technocrac.
Magazine.
Mr.. Siebecker further stated "tha
any country's defense is PRACTICAL,
worthless unless the morale of thu
linen behind the lines is solidly patriot
lie. Unemployment with its concom
liant of undernourished bodies, an(
worst of all, the depressing menta
outlook of a jobless future are the
most sinister forces that undermine
the patriotism of people. Therefore
real effort to correct whatever
causes these nefarious conditions, is Of
vital importance to our defense pro
gram and deserves the attention OF
every patriotic citizen.
various organizations throughout
the country purport to have plans to
cure these evils. The people should
study Them, remaining skeptical OF
all; until sure there is no Interior or
subversive motive behind the organ
ization and its activities. The first
sign of unpatriotic motive is, OF
course, that the sponsoring organiza-
ton and some or all of it's members
will stand to profit at the expense of
the common folks, if their program or
remedy is adopted. You will find that
very few organizations can stand the
searchlight of this sort of skepticism. I"
"How about Technocracy? | asked.
81 was coming to that" replied the
regional director as he went on to
say: "Technocracy was started as a
research body back in 1919; purely
American idea. It's membership is
open ONLY to citizens of this con-
filiations with any foreign organiza-
ton. It's study and conclusions are
based upon FACTS, taken from stand
ard sources, and are verifiable by
any one.
"As an organization it is entirely
different from all others. All OTHER
consist of body of
people banded together for the pur-
pose of creating a force within their
to bring about change
outside their organization. Now
is a non-political organ
ization incorporated under the laws of
the state of New York; it is a group
of people Joined together for the pur-
pose of studying the forces OUT
SIDE the organization, which are in
herent in our economic and social
to determine where these
forces are taking us; then to plan a
method of working with these newt
,ble scientific forces in order to pro-
luce and distribute the abundance of
goods our technology makes possible. |
"Technocracy Inc, will be disbanded |
whenever their plan is selected by |
he people to be put into operation, !
md each member will step into what !
yer functional capacity he can fill
n the social order Neither the or
nor any of its members will |
.ain anything more than everyone else I
will. We know the truth of the max
m: We can only help ourselves by /
eiping everyone else
you see Technocracy is not out to
ear down or smash anything. They
re studying the scientific physical /
orces which are already doing that,
II too rapidly From this study they
ave formulated a plan to substitute
yhen our Price System crashes, in
rider to avoid chaos and revolution"
"Tell me how you can get members
'ithout some sort of bait?" | queried.
There is plenty of bait" replied
lis Technocrat, eff people will just
,ok into Technocracy a little they
BON see that Americas ability to
reduce is so great that all can have
nything and everything they wish.
cry few have that today, and those
no have, can plainly see that their l
resent holdings will be valueless, c
hen the inevitable scientific forces 1
thin the Price System itself, de-
roy it." I
what class of people are interest y
in Technocracy? l questioned.
at appeals to a type of mind, not q
classes, either economic or social, I
,r to any particular profession, the L
type of mind is more apt C
be interested. We exclude only one
ass: The politician and the dues
lying member of political party. Ii
his excludes the radicals for Tech d
,cracy is 100 per cent against Naz- Is
m, Facism and Communism. C
This eschewing of anything poll a
,al is reflected in a letter to a post II
flee employee of San Diego, Calf, p
no had written to the u. S. Civil o.
,rvice Commission as to his status in G